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Broadcast: 25/07/2003
Reporter: Brent Blackburn
BARBARA MCCARTHY: Next month a group of the NT's finest sportsmen and women head overseas for a tilt at a world championship.
They're not footballers, cricketers or tennis players but dragonboaters.
All aged 40-plus, the team is past what's considered retirement age in other sports.
The crew will compete in the Masters category of the World Dragon Boat Championships, a task made all the more challenging with the event being held in far away Poland.
BRENT BLACKBURN: They're the NT's most unlikely sporting champions.
A crew of amateurs, all over 40, in what's considered a sport for musclebound youngsters.
But for the second year in a row, this is the best dragon boat team, in its division, in the land, taking out the Masters category at the National Championships in Adelaide.
KEN DWYER, TERRITORY ARAFURA DRAGONS: To do it back-to-back is quite an achievement actually.
We did better this time, we were actually a good boat-length in front of others so I guess we've improved.
And now we feel we can take on the challenge of the world and here we go.
BRENT BLACKBURN: Now as Australia's best dragon boaters, they're faced with the daunting task of defending the nation's honour at the world championships next month in Europe.
The titles were originally to be hosted by Shanghai, but the SARS crisis has seen them shift to Poland.
So the team is busily churning the waters of Cullen Bay Marina to find the edge that will propel them past master crews from Canada, the USA, Europe and Asia.
KEN DWYER: We've got to get five seconds down on our times, so what we're doing now is more endurance.
We've done a lot work as far as strength is concerned, towing tyres and crates, you name it around this little haven here.
BRENT BLACKBURN: Just what sort of people make up this unassuming crew of champions?
Up front is Lyndall Reader.
When not on the water, she's running her own hair salon in suburban Karama.
LYNDALL READER, TERRITORY ARAFURA DRAGONS: My husband saw an ad in the paper and he started doing it and one day after work I went home and my children were out horseriding and playing football and he was out paddling and I thought, "I don't have a hobby."
So when I was asked to join by some of the other ladies, I started.
BRENT BLACKBURN: Lyndall Reader is now something of a hardened campaigner, having competed in four national titles.
But she admits dragonboating can be tough at first.
LYNDALL READER: I just remember my back really hurt, and the next day at work, if you dropped something on the ground and you went to pick it up -- "Oh no!
My back!"
But that's good now, it doesn't hurt at all -- much.
This keeps your body fairly firm, which is, as your getting older, you want to do that.
BRENT BLACKBURN: For coach Ken Dwyer, who spent years competing in surf boats, dragonboating has given him a new lease on his sporting life.
KEN DWYER: It's just the enjoyment, the challenge.
It's very dynamic sport, you've got to have a lot of fitness to do it.
A lot of it is your timing and working as a team, the actual paddling technique itself -- there's a lot of work in getting that right.
It's not just like paddling a canoe, it's totally different.
BRENT BLACKBURN: With the world championships starting at the end of August, the team has only a few weeks to reach peak condition, before heading to Malta Lake in Poland's north-west.
So for now, more back-breaking work at Cullen Bay.


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A local nonprofit organization is among those benefiting from Walmart's 12 Days of Giving campaign.
Community Services Clearinghouse was listed as one of 10 nonprofits receiving $10,000 each on Day 1 of the campaign, which focused on Feeding Our Children.
"We are very excited about that," said Rick Foti, executive director of the Clearinghouse. "We have received from Walmart this year somewhere in the neighborhood of $60,000 in grants.
"It's been a great year for us with Walmart," he added, noting that the organization has also received state giving grants and received gifts for associates' volunteer hours.
After being nominated on Facebook in November, the United Way partner agency was among the top 140 nonprofit vote-getters according to Facebook users. More than 21,000 nominations were submitted for organizations making a community impact.
"No. 98 out of 120 doesn't sound good, but 98 out of 20,000 sounds real good," Foti said.
Sylvia Mathews Burwell, president of the Walmart Foundation, said total nominations this year quadrupled last year's.
"We were inspired by the support from thousands of people around the country who took the time to nominate organizations they felt needed assistance this holiday season," Burwell stated in a news release. "By helping us to identify those organizations doing great work, we will be able to make an impact in the local communities that need it most."
The Clearinghouse grant is part of the more than $1.5 million that Walmart will give away to 140 grant recipients across the country over the 12 days leading up to Christmas. Walmart associates from across the company initially reviewed submissions, and then a panel from the Walmart Foundation selected the winning organizations that focus on providing basic needs, such as food, shelter and clothing as well as services such as medical care and job training.
Winners have been organized into categories to be announced on each of the "12 Days" and will be spotlighted on the Live Better tab on Walmart's Facebook page daily through Dec. 21. The page can be found at Facebook.com/walmart.
Foti said the Clearinghouse will use the funds for food costs for the Meals for Kids backpack program, which provides a backpack of weekend food for more than 2,500 children in the area.
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Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey
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June 28, 2016
Texas Service Sector Activity Expands
What's New This Month
For this month's survey, Texas business executives were asked supplemental questions on the impact of lower energy prices. Results for these questions from the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey (TMOS), Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey (TSSOS) and Texas Retail Outlook Survey (TROS) have been released together. Read Special Questions results.
Texas service sector activity picked up in June, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey. The revenue index, a key measure of state service sector conditions, advanced from 5.8 to 15.6, its highest reading in 11 months.
Labor market indicators reflected slower employment growth but longer workweeks this month. The employment index remained positive but edged down from 4.5 to 2.0. After declining last month, the hours worked index rebounded to positive territory, rising 5 points to 3.6.
Perceptions of broader economic conditions were mixed in June. The general business activity index was similar to May at -7.7, its sixth consecutive negative reading. The company outlook index rose slightly from -2.9 to a reading near zero, with equal shares of respondents reporting that their outlook improved from last month as reporting their outlook worsened.
Price and wage pressures increased very slightly this month. The selling prices index edged up from 4.4 to 5.7. The wages and benefits index ticked up a point to 15.7, although the majority of firms continued to note no change in compensation costs.
Respondents' expectations regarding future business conditions were mixed in June. The index of future general business activity dipped from 1.3 to a reading near zero. The index of future company outlook rose slightly from 6.3 to 8.4, reflecting more optimism. Indexes of future service sector activity, such as future revenue and employment, continued to reflect optimism this month.
Texas Retail Outlook Survey
June 28, 2016
Retail Sales Rebound
Retail Sales Rebound
Retail sales increased modestly in June, according to business executives responding to the Texas Retail Outlook Survey. After dipping into negative territory last month, the sales index rose 6 points to 3.2. Inventories were essentially unchanged in June after decreasing last month.
Labor market indicators worsened this month. The employment index fell into negative territory from 1.4 to -2.1, indicating layoffs among retailers. The hours worked index remained negative for a fourth consecutive month but rose from -9.5 to -3.4, suggesting workweeks continued to shorten albeit to a smaller extent than in the prior month.
Retailers' perceptions of broader economic conditions were mixed in June. The general business activity index remained negative for a third consecutive month but moved up from -13.3 to -10.2. The company outlook index rebounded from a negative reading last month to 3.2 in June, with 18 percent of respondents reporting that their outlook improved and 15 percent noting that it worsened.
Retail price pressures increased, while wage pressures were unchanged this month. The selling prices index jumped from 5.3 to 15.5. The wages and benefits index was similar to last month at 8.6.
Retailers' perceptions of future broader economic conditions were mixed in June. The index of future general business activity remained negative for a second consecutive month and edged down further from -3.3 to -4.9. The index of future company outlook rose from 9.2 to 13.9. Indexes of future retail sector activity continued to reflect optimism this month.
The Texas Retail Outlook Survey (TROS) is a component of the TSSOS that uses information only from respondents in the retail and wholesale sectors.
The Dallas Fed conducts the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey monthly to obtain a timely assessment of the state's service sector activity. Data were collected June 14–22, and 285 Texas business executives responded to the survey. Firms are asked whether revenue, employment, prices, general business activity and other indicators increased, decreased or remained unchanged over the previous month.
Survey responses are used to calculate an index for each indicator. Each index is calculated by subtracting the percentage of respondents reporting a decrease from the percentage reporting an increase. When the share of firms reporting an increase exceeds the share reporting a decrease, the index will be greater than zero, suggesting the indicator has increased over the prior month. If the share of firms reporting a decrease exceeds the share reporting an increase, the index will be below zero, suggesting the indicator has decreased over the prior month. An index will be zero when the number of firms reporting an increase is equal to the number of firms reporting a decrease. Data have been seasonally adjusted as necessary.
Next release: July 26, 2016
Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey
June 28, 2016
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*Indicator direction refers to this month's index. If index is positive (negative), indicator is increasing (decreasing) or improving (worsening). If zero, indicator is unchanged.
**Number of months moving in current direction.
Data have been seasonally adjusted as necessary.
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June 28, 2016
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*Indicator direction refers to this month's index. If index is positive (negative), indicator is increasing (decreasing) or improving (worsening). If zero, indicator is unchanged.
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Data have been seasonally adjusted as necessary.
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June 28, 2016
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June 28, 2016
Comments from Survey Respondents
These comments are from respondents' completed surveys and have been edited for publication.
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
- The hiring climate in Central Texas is very competitive, especially for technical people, i.e., network services, developers and user experience/designers. We believe we are forced to overpay for talent in these areas and are evaluating other markets with similar attributes to Central Texas—including Lincoln/Omaha, Des Moines, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Indianapolis—but they have lower costs of living, which should translate into wages that are more in line with the value we receive from these positions.
- Firming oil prices has led to a more confident outlook; however, the energy collapse continues to negatively impact petro-chemical and industrial business activity. Three large industrial entities reported severe slowness in new business. Residential home building is robust and is offsetting oil patch job losses.
- Agriculture commodity prices will have a delayed outcome on agriculture outlooks, which will be partially offset by yields exceeding expectations where harvesting was able to be completed. Cattle prices continue to slide even with supplies being down and green grass in the pastures. Goat and sheep prices are steady to good and with current inventory levels, prices should be maintained throughout the fall season. Rural markets are just maintaining, but the overflow from commercial development in the metropolitan statistical areas has been a boost for business and industrial and commercial real estate lending. Economic anxiety is the biggest deterrent to a more positive economic environment, and government intervention imposing overburdening regulation is stifling potential improvement in the economy from a banker's perspective. The attitude of the administration has to change soon before we are beyond repairing our national well-being. I am thankful that I live in the country and have my own food and water sources and an ample store of whisky.
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
- Our business continues to languish along. There is no real reason for business to get better until there is a substantial and sustained increase in the oil and gas machinery and equipment business. The increase in this business depends solely on the prices of oil and natural gas, which will increase with sustained demand. Meantime, the cost of health and business insurance, property taxes, federal regulation costs, etc. just keep going up. There is not a bright outlook.
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
- Summer slowdown has kicked in. It is really quiet in far Northeast Texas.
Real Estate
- The election is weighing on everyone and there is no real optimism for either candidate. Costs and regulations are continuing to escalate and make it more difficult for small businesses. The unknowns with the election are starting to dampen customer confidence, and I think will keep growth from accelerating until next year at the soonest.
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
- Our revenue increased because several projects in our backlog were finally released for design. Simultaneously, we were able to loan out a few employees to a friendly competitor for a couple of months, which is reducing our staffing costs while allowing us to retain the employees in the mid-term. Projects in the Houston area continue to stagnate due to decreases in energy and related increases in office space on the sublease market. Work in other regions of Texas is increasing.
- Definite slowdown in commercial construction. Proposals, which we use as sign of future activity, are off approximately 8 percent over the last five months, trending to same activity as 2013.
- The oil and gas slump and declining stock market have hurt our revenue. Companies are holding on decisions, stalling and delaying, and in general it is challenging to plan for the future. The government's approach to small business is not beneficial.
- The bottom has fallen out. We have been going along okay, and all of a sudden everything has dried up. We are looking at layoffs for the first time since 2009.
- Activity in the realm of marketing communications is robust right now and projected to remain that way through 2016. Great talent is available to relocate to Texas, and we are taking advantage of that, which means new furnishings, technology elements, etc.
- As an independent consultant in the energy sector, I see some improvement in the attitude of others in similar consulting roles, but we all consider the stabilization of the price of oil (and its increase) as a driver for our having more work.
Management of Companies and Enterprises
- The overreach of our federal government and regulatory bodies is pretty much choking any hope of recovery.
- We are spending way too much time trying to comply with regulations. There is no end to the audits: financial audits, compliance audits, IT audits, operational audits. I honestly think the regulators sit in a room and try to invent new things to write us up for. There are some regulations that have been on the books for many years that suddenly get interpreted in a new way. Next thing you know, we are writing new policies and procedures. I feel the regulators get pressured, so they pressure us. Someone needs to wake up and realize that a whole lot of this work is accomplishing nothing. Many times when I ask an auditor/examiner why they are doing some of their audit steps that seem silly, they tell me they are "covering themselves." I don't blame them, but it is sad that it has come to that.
Administrative and Support Services
- We have seen a cutback in service from some of our main customers in retail and manufacturing, which we have not been able to replace at this time. I see both of these types of customers as very cautious about the future. It will take us the rest of the year to recover those lost sales. This will have an effect on our investment in further technology upgrades and employment.
- Our aviation customers overall have increased their request for quotes from last month. The oil and gas sector has remained low, but it seems to have stabilized, with no further loss of customers at this point from last month. Optimism seems to have increased. The military part supplier customers are stable, but no new business is expected for this month. The overall industrial sector seems flat, not much growth expected as far as new customers for us.
- We have had a shortage of full-time professional employees. We are currently adding to this shortage and giving the long-term intense training that is necessary to retain these individuals. The second half of 2016 should be an improvement over the first half of the year.
Publishing Industries (except Internet)
- The negative outlook of our clients and prospects because of all the uncertainty of government intervention (and perceived upcoming intervention) is impacting purchasing decisions. Many purchases expected over the next two quarters have moved out 90 to 180 days. We are adjusting our business model to try to bypass this. The coming months will tell if it works.
- The economy in Houston continues to be a challenge due to the oil bust. Home, apartment, retail and office vacancies continue to increase, while developers and builders continue to build new units for each of the aforementioned types of buildings. Construction planning and financing by banks and investors seem to be off base with the reality of the market. We may experience worse economic conditions in 2016 and 2017 due to oversupply of buildings.
Ambulatory Health Care Services
- We are considering the purchase of a couple of system solutions, which would be approximately three to six months out.
- Rural hospitals continue to struggle to meet unfunded mandates by our government.
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
- Finding qualified employees is extremely difficult; 70 percent do not pass the state-required background check. Health care and benefit costs prohibit us from providing enough work hours to retain good part-time employees. Overtime costs for full-time employees are driving costs up, but less than the cost of providing health care to entry-level employees.
- Sluggish economy is holding down hotel prices. We are also struggling to find associates for entry-level positions.
- We are seeing a tight labor market, which is requiring us to adjust our wages upward. Our outlook is slightly down but not in a significant way. We may have been hurt by the recent rains, which may have dampened demand. With the recent notification of the change in the overtime exemption rule in December, we will be faced with significant expense increase.
Food Services and Drinking Places
- Too much government intrusion, with huge extra costs associated.
- One new restaurant opened in El Paso in June. Another will open in Del Rio in July. Comparable store sales are running slightly positive. New overtime rules will have an impact on how we have to pay our current salary managers.
- Revenue is up but by slightly less than our price increases in place. This is a marked slowdown from the recent past where we had been consistently up more than our price increases. The number of employees and hours worked have remained quite constant—much to my chagrin given that our sales have slowed. Operations are running well over our targeted labor levels as they have failed to adjust to our shortfall in the seasonal adjustment that happens at the end of the school year. Wages and benefits are starting to experience some upward pressure. Some of our key operations staff indicated it is getting harder to find qualified candidates both at the hourly level and at the management trainee level. I reviewed our hourly rates per position and found that, in total, we still have an annual rate of increase of less than 2 percent. However, the bottom two hourly positions—busser and host—moved up just over 3 percent year over year. This is partially because we made the decision to use $8 as our minimum (for all but food servers). There were only a handful of employees paid less than $8, so it did not make a substantial difference. In comparison, the year-over-year increase for cooks is 1.42 percent, and the food server staff has not had any change in rate of pay. Our prices are up 1.43 percent over last year. Cost of goods sold is virtually even with last year. Our capital expenditures have returned to normal since we completed and opened our latest new restaurant in April. We are still spending for remodels and new equipment—we just finished a fairly major remodel of one of our older restaurants—but that is normal and ongoing pretty much at all times. I marked our outlook and general business activity as worse since we have clearly slowed down in the last several weeks. We aren't giving up on the summer as a whole yet, so I have marked the six-month horizon as about the same. Hopefully, that doesn't turn out to be too optimistic.
Support Activities for Transportation
- Reduction in health care costs, including additional employee contribution with no pay increase, is driving compensation down. This is causing some turnover in seasoned, trained employees.
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
- A new website will be launched at the end of third quarter, and we expect to hire five to seven people in Texas and see an increase in sales.
- Moisture conditions improved, generating better crops. Relatively low commodity prices create future uncertainty.
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
- Summertime slowdown has hit. Loss of sales days in April and May due to weather issues did not help. I was hoping for a bounce back in June, but not sure if we will see it coming.
Motor Vehicle Parts Dealers
- We are feeling the impact of lower overall demand due to oil sector issues.
- In the truck sales business we are in, the feeling among most all dealers is that there is a definite slowing of pace. Factories are either laying off employees or are complaining about not enough orders and threatening layoffs. Of course this has a negative impact to suppliers in the supply chain for the factories.
Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers
- Business is steady but flat compared with 2015, which was a much better year than some of the previous years so we can live with this for awhile. Pressure on margins and finding qualified employees is a struggle. I'd say the glass is half full, and we need more water before evaporation sets in.
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Kyle Katarn portrait by ChrispyDeeWatch
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Portrait practice! Here's my interpretation of Kyle Katarn!
"First off, just call me 'Kyle,' titles make my skin crawl. Secondly, you're not 'serving under me,' I'm going to teach you, and you're going to learn. That's it."
Love Kyle Katarn! Looks amazing
Wait, I was going to compliment your work but I got sidetracked by a random thought about Kyle and Chuck Norris, weird. This is a quite awesome portrait.
Chuck Norris is just one stereotype redneck Kyle Katarn is the man, haha! Thanks my friend!
Glad you agree. Kyle is far more nuanced and complex than any Chuck Norris character, and I think the comparison is an insult.
I've never liked the comparison of Kyle to Chuck Norris. Kyle is soooo much cooler. Lightsaber beats roundhouse kick any day.
This is awesome!!!
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It is a terrible title, but I don't know how else to describe it (this is probably something very simple). I'm creating a symlink to a sub-directory one directory up:
ln -s ../src/django-countries
This executes successfully, but when I enter the symlink its contents are empty, which not the case at all. When I do an "ll" the link is there and not blinking red (which would indicate that the link is broken). The folders are there, and the permissions seem to be all correct at the location of the symlinked folder.
Any suggestions would be totally appreciated.


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By Audrey Bellis
Audrey Bellis owns The Bella Bambino, a family owned, special occasion children's boutique, available online and by appointment in Los Angeles & Manhattan.
My mom is the youngest of 6. All my aunts and uncles and their families live within a 30 minute drive. With a family that large and very close knit (too close at times) conflicts are bound to arise. Growing up, our house was Switzerland- always neutral. From the time I was a little girl, I always remember my mom, grandma, and aunts congregating in our kitchen over a fresh batch of my mom's cookies or pan dulce (Mexican sweet bread) and strong pot of coffee.
I was one of THOSE kids- you know the kind, can't wait to sit at the grown up table, wear high heels and feel like a big girl. Instead of playing with my cousins or little sister- I used to go sit at the adult table and listen in on the latest family gossip. Who brought home a new significant other? Who is pregnant? Who didn't extend an invite to such and such? Etc…
One of my uncles dubbed this "el rincon de chisme" which translates to "the gossip corner". Whenever my aunts got together (pretty much weekly if not more often) I knew that I could climb into my mom's lap or an available chair and drink café con leche (half coffee/ half milk) and listen in. It dawned on the ladies early on that this probably wasn't a good idea as I was at an age where I could repeat what I heard and it probably wouldn't be things some people wanted repeated.
Whenever my aunts had something they didn't want us to know they would switch from Spanish to another language- the kind that baffled us as kids. Piglatin! In SPANISH!!! It works the same way as in English except that in between the vowels you insert an "ifi", "tufo", "ofo", "sifi" or "efe". Talk about sounding like gibberish to the untrained ear. It baffled and frustrated me.
One day sitting at the table while they were teasing me in their "secret language" it dawned on me that one of my aunts was taunting me. She was looking right at me and laughing. I strained my ear, furrowed my brow and stared back. In between the gibberish I could extrapolate a few words. I managed to piece together that she was saying something to the effect of "look at her struggle to understand" and I responded back defiantly with: "I can TOO understand!" It brought silence and then suddenly a burst of laughter from the other ladies. The jig was up!
They let me in on the secret and I learned how to speak it just like them. We still use it when we don't want others around to know what we're saying, only now I'm part of the inside joke. 20 years have passed, and I still join my aunts in the kitchen for chisme time. My best friend and I have Skype dates from across the country with our coffee and pan dulce and we use our Spanish (sometimes our piglatin when necessary) to get caught up on the latest and greatest. I don't often hear other people use that type of Spanish Piglatin or Jeringonza as some regions of Mexico call it (although they use a P in between their vowels) but it warms my heart nonetheless and feels like home.


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Up, Up, and Away
In small spaces, it pays to think vertically. For years, I underused my front hall's 80 square feet of uninterrupted wall for fear of encroaching on the narrow floor. Then one day I passed a magazine shop going out of business; the owner was happy to have someone cart away the metal shelves for free. I fashioned a 10-foot-by-7½-foot-by-7-inch floor-supported rack using plywood and my jigsaw. Braided wire taughtly suspended through a series of L-brackets runs the length of each shelf, holding the magazines in place.
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what do you mean 'can get it'? it's not a desiese or some thing it's a learning disibility!
Awkward moment when the words on a church sign change to a different unrelated topic...
I go through soooo many of these all expressionless and "These aren't even funny." hit this one and giggle a little, think about the fact that OF COURSE it was the ADD one that made me laugh, and laugh even harder.
OMG thats awesome!
I snorted when I saw this XD LOL!
Just one thing. You don't "get" ADD, either you have it or you don't.
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Kenya to Spend $1.2 Billion on Power Grid by 2014
Kenya Electricity Transmission Co., the state-owned power-grid operator, plans to spend $1.2 billion by 2014 expanding the network to import energy from neighboring Ethiopia and provide a link to a wind farm in northern Kenya.
The project will more than double the size of the national grid, Joel Kiilu, chief executive officer of Ketraco, said in an interview from Nairobi, the capital, yesterday.
"The capital requirements and planning required to build transmission lines as demand increases is massive," Kiilu said.
Ketraco was created by Kenya's government in December 2008 to build and maintain electricity-transmission lines as East Africa's biggest economy looks for ways to expand the power grid to more rural areas. The company took over the job from Kenya Power and Lighting Co., the monopoly distributor that still controls 3,400 kilometers (2,113 miles) of power lines built before Ketraco was set up.
Kenya, with a population of 39 million, aims to increase installed power capacity by almost nine-fold to 9,000 megawatts over the next 20 years, while targeting annual economic growth of 10 percent. The government is forecasting growth of at least 4.5 percent this year.
South Africa, the continent's biggest economy, has the capacity to generate about 40,000 megawatts.
Share Drop
Shares in Kenya Electricity Generating Co. Ltd., the country's biggest power producer, fell the most in more than three months today after saying profit in the year through June dropped 5.3 percent.
The shares shed 1 shilling, or 5.7 percent, to 16.4 shillings as of 2:35 p.m. in Nairobi, the biggest intra-day drop since June 4.
Profit fell after two years of low rainfall reduced levels in dams that provide Kenya with about 65 percent of its generating capacity, leading to scheduled power cuts between August and October 2009.
Under the expansion plan, Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd. of India has a contract to build 450 kilometers of 400-kilovolt and 220-kilovolt power lines. The cables will transmit power from diesel-fed generators being installed around the port city of Mombasa to Nairobi, Kiilu said. The total cost of the project, which includes two sub-stations, is 100 million euros ($138 million,) he said.
The construction of a 500-kilovolt, 1,060-kilometer power line linking Ethiopia with Kenya, as well as a 430-kilometer link between the planned 300-megawatt Turkana Wind Farm and the town of Suswa, about 100 kilometers northwest of Nairobi, should be completed by the end of 2013, said Kiilu.
Kenya is in talks with Ethiopia to import as much as 500 megawatts of electricity, Mekuria Lemma, head of strategic management at the state-owned Ethiopian Electric Power Corp., said on July 15. Ethiopia has Africa's second-biggest potential to exploit hydropower, after the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the capacity to generate 45,000 megawatts, according to the World Bank.


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Nothing works right and when you place a fix, something else doesn't work.
Whenever I update a new edit and I look into the html visual editor - the update screws with the various span, br, etc. tags. They end up reading backwards or they disappear completely!
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What is it that they say? Oh yeah - test, test, test before putting it out there for everyone. I really don't think that aspect was achieved.
I have to ask - why try to fix something that wasn't broken to begin with?!
3.4.2 worked just fine. Nice and smooth. Now, since the new versions have come out, it works like crap. Really puts a damper on your reputation for being such great a platform.
Hope you guys get the competence together soon. Time is money and you're messing with peoples livelihoods.
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"I thought maybe I'd share..." Mexico Local Custom Tip by gkitzmil
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I thought maybe I'd share about >Tequilla -since most US Americans seem to slam it down THEN make a face THEN take a suck on a lime.  WRONG!
First, the correct order is 1) lick the salt 2) lick the lime 3) SIP the tequilla
If you have GOOD tequilla you will want to sip it.
It's What's on the Inside that Counts
Agave (pronounced 'ah-GAH-vay') is the family of plants used to produce mezcal and tequila. It is found exclusively in the Jalisco area of Mexico. Only the distilled spirit of the Blue Agave plant is used for premium tequila.
Is It 100% ?
The best Tequila comes from 100% Pure Blue Agave rested or aged in oak barrels. And all 100% Agave tequilas must be bottled in Mexico, so look for 'imported' on the label.
The Seal of Quality
Norma Official Mexicana de Calidad is the official seal of quality. There are only a handful of officially recognized tequila distilleries in Mexico, and each is assigned a NOM #.
Every tequila brand should carry a single, consistent NOM #. This assures you that brand of tequila has come from the same quality ingredients and process as the rest of the line. For Sauza, look for NOM-1102.
How Old Is Old Enough?
The flavor and smoothness of each tequila is determined by the quality of its ingredients and the aging process it has undergone.
Tequila has four age classifications:
Blanco (Silver)
Clear unaged tequila
Fresh and fruity
Closest to the taste of agave itself
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Unaged tequila with added cane sugar or caramel
Slightly sweeter than Blancos
Distinctive golden color
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Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins met with Governor Sebelius at the Statehouse Monday to discuss the consequences of moving Gitmo detainees to Fort Leavenworth.
Jenkins said in a statement Monday she said it's not a Republican or Democratic issue, it's a Kansas issue. She says Kansans must work together to remove Fort Leavenworth from the list of possible detainee location sites.


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Folk and blues fest set for LudlowOctober 09,2013LUDLOW The first annual Black River Folk and Blues Fest is set for Saturday at the Town Hall Auditorium.
The event put on by the Friends of Ludlow Auditorium is set for 7 p.m. and features four blues and folk music groups.
The four groups are the Chris Kleeman Band, Gypsy Reel, The Break Maids, and Rusty Belle.
I dont think weve ever seen this great a collection of talented folk and blues musicians on the same stage for the same performance in my memory, program director Bruce Farr said in a release announcing the event.
Tickets for the event can be bought online at www.fola.com or in Ludlow at the Peoples United Bank, The Book Nook, The Wine and Cheese Depot, and at the door.
Tickets are $15 per person.
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A grant to be awarded later this week will recognize a first for a military post.
Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, will be at Fort Riley Thursday to present a $3.3 million Early Reading First Grant to Geary County USD 475 and Ft. Riley's Child and Youth Services program, a reading cooperative in Geary County.
Roberts' office says it's the first time that a military post has allowed this
type of curriculum cooperation between its Child and Youth Services and a school district.
The grant will be used to implement a literacy curriculum for children ages 3-5 years-old, to expand the program to include more children and full-day, year-round classes and to provide professional development for early childhood educators.


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but the intro was a bit abrasive with the harmonica bein much louder than the rest of everything else in the song. also the balance of the harmonica needs to be shifted to center because it seems to be the focus of the song, or atleast soften the harmonica and bring the guitar out of the background.
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Love it!
Its just great and relaxing, but all sound should come in both ears :) Not the left one,
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loved the surround sound thing going on, if it was meant to happen..? haha. oh well, brilliant. :)
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Price it cheap.
That's the No. 1 piece of advice from garage sale aficionados.
"If things aren't priced right, they just won't sell," said Jimmy Woodman, who hosts a multi-family sale at his Sleepy Hollow home at least once a year.
"People come up with armfuls of stuff and the total cost will be $8," he said. "But that's how to do it."
On Friday, the Woodmans and hundreds of Amarillo families took advantage of sunny skies to display their worldly possessions in driveways, garages and front lawns.
Most say it's a hassle - all the sorting, organizing and pricing - but they do it anyway.
And they're more than happy to share their experiences.
"Be sure to have furniture," said Danna Wilbourn, who was overseeing a garage sale to raise money for Cornerstone Academy. "Big items really draw people in and they sell quickly."
Dale Brenizer agreed.
"Antiques are especially popular," said the flea market owner who manages garage sales for a percentage of the profits.
But he recommends people price things correctly.
"I was helping a family the other day and found a dish they were going to sell for $25," he said. "I had it appraised and it was worth $2,700. It pays to be careful."
Maria Escoto won't sell anything that isn't in good working condition.
"People often tell me I run a really nice sale," said the Wolflin homeowner, who brings in extra cash by selling peanut brittle and soft drinks.
The majority of sales have similar merchandise: racks of clothing, tables of knickknacks, worn toys and books, and assorted household appliances.
One Gem Lake Road sale had some unusual items, including a tray of half-used bottles of hand lotions, wrinkle creams and hair gels, priced at a quarter apiece.
Another home had a life-size, inflatable stork holding an "It's a Girl!" sign.
"We got that on clearance at Wal-Mart," said Ryan Teichelman, father of three young children. "We used it and passed it on to neighbors when they had a baby. Now we don't know anyone expecting."
And yes, there was an "It's a Boy" sign included in the $15 price tag.
Homeowners say they're often surprised at what sells and what sits.
"We had some old tennis shoes my son wore to mow the lawn that I put in a box for 25 cents a pair," Woodman said. "One guy bought all of them."
Woodman and his wife, Nancy, spend weeks organizing and separating things into categories. They put a price tag on everything.
Not Susie White. The Wolflin homeowner refuses to put a sticker on anything.
"It saves me a lot of time," she said. "And people don't mind asking."
In fact, haggling is part of the experience.
"I like to see things priced, but people should be willing to negotiate," said Cynthia Kerbs, who has been going to garage sales every weekend for six years.
Her advice to sellers: Presentation is everything.
If clothes are hanging and treasures spread neatly on tables, they're much easier to view.
"And they need to be friendly," Kerbs said. "Garage sales should be fun."
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WQXR's The Washington Report
Monday, March 14, 2011
NYT's David Sanger weighs in on the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Libya, Wisconsin, and Washington
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Warships, no-fly-zones, and UN resolutions in the Middle East. Unions, collective bargaining and budget woes in the Mid-West. David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent for the New York Times, discusses what's on the Obama administation's mind today.
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The Military's Role in Political Change
Monday, February 21, 2011
As repressive regimes teeter and fall across the Middle East, the armed forces in these countries are in a consequential position. The Egyptian military quickly realized that President Mubarak's hold on power was slipping. As protests erupted in Cairo, most of the armed forces refused to open fire on civilian protesters. However, the situation is radically different in Bahrain and Libya. What role are militaries playing in political change in the Middle East and elsewhere?
Egypt: Behind the Scenes
Monday, February 14, 2011
David Sanger is the chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, files "The Washington Report" for WQXR, and is the author of The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power. He joins us today to go behind the scenes of Egypt's regime change, and to explain the organization there and the U.S. response.
What's Next for US Foreign Policy as Mubarak Stays On?
Friday, February 11, 2011
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak continues to hold power in Egypt after his announcement that he would not cede to demonstrators demands that he step down. Instead he decided to hand day-to-day powers to Vice President Omar Suleiman and made vague promises about the Egyptian Constitution.
President Obama watched Mubarak's speech on Air Force One, while returning from a trip to Michigan and seemed to be somewhat caught of guard. What role will the United States take now? A cautious one, says The New York Times, David Sanger.
The State of US-Egypt Relations
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
President Obama is treading delicately as tumult continues in Egypt. President Mubarak has been an ally of the United States for a long time, but the popular uprising has forced President Obama to come out in support of the protesters without being seen as meddling in the region.
Washington on North Africa & the Middle East
Monday, January 31, 2011
David Sanger, New York Times chief Washington correspondent and author of The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power, looks at the Washington response to the pro-democracy movement in the Middle East.
→ Read More and Join the Conversation at It's A Free Country
Swiss Family Involved in Black Market Arms Deals
Friday, December 24, 2010
A Swiss magistrate has recommended that three members of a family in Switzerland be tried for violating their country's laws regarding the use and proliferation of nuclear weapons. Magistrate Andreas Muller told The New York Times that a six-year investigation by Swiss authorities showed Friedrich Tinner and his sons, Marco and Urs, were working with Abdul Qadeer Khan, the so-called "father" of Pakistan's nuclear bomb. The Tinner family had also, according to American officials, worked secretly with the C.I.A. on nuclear issues since 2000. If the Tinners are found guilty, they face up to ten years in prison. But what does their relationship reveal about a black market of nuclear proliferation at work in a country so friendly to the U.S.?
North Korea Nuclear Progress Greater Than Expected
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
North Korea seems to have surpassed Iran, in its efforts to develop the advanced technology that produces nuclear material and weapons. According to David Sanger, chief White House correspondent for our partner The New York Times, senior American officials were recently stunned to see that North Korea is far more advanced in its nuclear ambitions than anticipated. The officials visited a new plant at Yongbyon, where North Korea's main nuclear complex sits.
Wikileaks Documents Shed Light on US-Pakistani Relations
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Among the State Department cables leaked on WikiLeaks and analyzed in The New York Times were messages from the U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan about the country's nuclear fuel resources. In a cable dating May 27, 2009, Amb. Anne W. Pateron reported her concern over a stockpile of highly enriched uranium, which had been sitting for years near an aging research nuclear reactor in Pakistan. There was enough to build several "dirty bombs" or, in skilled hands, possibly enough for an actual nuclear bomb.
The cables show that underneath public assurances lie deep clashes over strategic goals on issues like Pakistan's support for the Afghan Taliban and tolerance of Al Qaida.
WikiLeaks Cables Reveal Iran's Nuclear Capacity
Monday, November 29, 2010
Secret diplomatic cables obtained by whistle-blower organization WikiLeaks shed new light on the global nuclear standoff with Iran. The documents reveal for the first time that the U.S. believes Iran has obtained nineteen powerful, Russian-designed missiles from North Korea. Their range is long enough to strike Western Europe. Will this change the way the country is seen and dealt with by its neighbors?
WQXR's The Washington Report
Monday, November 29, 2010
NYT's David Sanger discusses the 250,000 leaked diplomatic cables published by Wikileaks and analysed by the New York Times.
The Big Picture: Iraq and Afghanistan
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
On this week's edition of The Big Picture, a look at why our military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan has not been more of an issue on the campaign trail during this election season. David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent for the New York Times, explains what the official withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq and the increase in the number of troops in Afghanistan has meant for candidates and voters so far this year.
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Monday, September 13, 2010
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Monday, September 06, 2010
David Sanger joins Kerry Nolan to discuss the August jobless numbers, new government stimulus proposals, and how the new round of Middle East peace talks are dealing with the key issues facing the conflict.
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
President Obama declared the end of combat operations in Iraq last night. David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, analyzes President Obama's address from the Oval Office last night, and explains what it reveals about the future of the U.S. in the Middle East. Sanger says that Obama's speech was interesting for its message that the commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan are not open-ended, and that there are bigger priorities at home, including the economy and job creation.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
David Sanger joins Kerry Nolan to discuss the upcoming middle east peace talks, as well as the Fed's announcement it will take additional steps to prevent a double-dip recession.
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Monday, August 23, 2010
David Sanger, of The NYT, weighs in on U.S. combat troops pulling out of Iraq and why Pres. Obama is getting heat for going on vacation.
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Friday, August 20, 2010
It's a simple question with an infinitely complicated answer: what happens if Iran is able to build a nuclear weapon?
Russia is expected to deliver low-enriched uranium to Tehran to bring the Bushehr reactor, Iran's first nuclear power station, online. And the U.S., Israel and other nations are reportedly on alert, as hawks are calling for the bombing the reactor before the fuel is loaded into it.
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Monday, August 16, 2010
David Sanger, of The NYT, talks about Obama's stance on NYC's planned Islamic cultural center and mosque, and Gates' comments on recent North Korean aggression.


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Most everybody has suffered from a sore throat at one time or another. You may experience symptoms along with a sore throat like fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, painful swallowing, and other signs. Just how long your sore throat lasts depends on if it is caused by a viral or bacterial infection. Any sore throat that lasts longer than 10 days should be evaluated by a health care professional. Read the entire Doctor's View
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I am suffering throat pain while talking with others for a long time and voice is not clearing while talking. When speaking in a loud voice I am feeling pain.
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I have had sore throat for almost two weeks; tested and found no infection or strep. I take liquid analgesic which only helps for about 10 minutes. I use cough drops and Chloraseptic spray with little relief. Next I will try sinus irrigation to relieve post-nasal drip and medication for acid reflux.
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I have had a sore throat for about a week, with a fever and sweats at night. It's very tough to eat. I am 44 and in good shape. I have never had cold symptoms for more than a week, but last year, I moved into an apartment that heats with forced hot air. I had the same sore throat last year for more than three weeks. Finally, I went to the doctor. He gave me a week's supply of antibiotics. That was the only thing that cured it. My point is: If you are not a chronic sick person, and your cold symptoms last for more than a week, call you doctor. You don't even have to see him, a nurse can fill a prescription over the phone.
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i am suffering from severe tonsillitis caused by a sore throat. Now I am towards the end of a long course of Amoclan 1g, together with Ibidroxil 500mg. Now the signs of tonsillitis are diminishing but an intolerable severe throat burning developed. I cannot drink water regularly, because of the burning and cannot talk for more than 5 minutes because i feel choked.
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I have had a sore throat for four days now. It came on within a couple of hours with aches in my neck, swollen glands, headache, and a slight swelling in my cheeks. There's also a fever too, which won't seem to budge. In the past, I've found that warm honey and lemon with ground ginger and beechams/lemsip usually work quite well for soothing, as well as gargling with warm salt water/saline solution. Ice lollies/popsicles help too.
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I got a cold that led to my sore throat, which I have had for five days now, and I still have it. I find that drinking coke soothes my throat and eating cereal helps as well. Sometimes the pain is too much to eat, but I always force myself to eat.
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My sore throat symptoms progressed to include a fever that felt very high and disturbed my sleep, though I do not know exactly how high my fever got. I believe the fever was so bad because I was dehydrated. My doctor had warned me to drink plenty, but I ignored her because it hurt so bad to drink or eat. That was a bad mistake. I think I would have been in the hospital if I had not started forcing down liquids last night. It has now been about seven days since my sore throat began. I am 52 years old. I mention this because I have rarely been sick since childhood, but since turning 50, my illnesses are pretty severe. My doctor says this is normal. So I hope all those older than 50 will take special note.
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A Population-Based Longitudinal Community Study of Major Depression and Migraine
Version of Record online: 15 NOV 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2011.02036.x
© 2011 American Headache Society
Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
Volume 52, Issue 3, pages 422–432, March 2012
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Modgill, G., Jette, N., Wang, J. L., Becker, W. J. and Patten, S. B. (2012), A Population-Based Longitudinal Community Study of Major Depression and Migraine. Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, 52: 422–432. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2011.02036.x
Sources of financial support: Drs. Patten and Jette are supported by Alberta Innovates, Health Solutions. Dr. Jette holds a Canada Research Tier 2 in Neurological Population Health and Health Services Research. Dr. Wang holds a New Investigator Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. This work was supported by a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
While the research and analysis presented in this article are based on data from Statistics Canada, the opinions expressed do not represent the views of Statistics Canada.
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- Issue online: 8 MAR 2012
- Version of Record online: 15 NOV 2011
- Accepted for publication August 22, 2011.
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- migraine;
- depression;
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- epidemiology;
- childhood trauma;
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Objective.— To examine whether major depressive episodes (MDEs) are associated with an increased risk of migraine in the general population and to examine whether migraine is associated with an increase risk of MDE.
Background.— Population-based cross-sectional studies have consistently reported an association between migraine and depression. However, longitudinal studies about this potentially bidirectional association are inconsistent.
Methods.— This retrospective cohort study used 12 years of follow-up data from the Canadian National Population Health Survey (15,254 respondents, age >12). Stratified analysis, logistic regression, and proportional hazard modeling were used to quantify the effect of migraine on subsequent MDE status and vice versa.
Results.— After adjusting for sex, age, and other chronic health conditions, respondents with migraine were 60% more likely (HR 1.6, 95% confidence interval 1.3-1.9) to develop MDE compared with those without migraine. Similarly adjusting for sex and age, respondents with MDE were 40% more likely (HR 1.4, 95% confidence interval 1.0-1.9) to develop migraine compared with those without MDE. However, the latter association disappeared after adjustment for stress and childhood trauma.
Conclusions.— The current study provides substantial evidence that migraine is associated with the later development of MDEs, but does not provide strong causal evidence of an association in the other direction. Environmental factors such as childhood trauma and stress may shape the expression of this bidirectional relationship; however, the precise underlying mechanisms are not yet known.
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Fish takes Bob Bryan's place in Davis Cup doubles
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MADRID, Spain -- Doubles star Bob Bryan will miss this weekend's Davis Cup semifinal against Spain because of a shoulder injury and was replaced on the U.S. team Tuesday by Mardy Fish.His withdrawal follows that of James Blake, who pulled out last week citing exhaustion, making way for 39th-ranked Sam Querrey. Bryan is recovering in the U.S. after receiving a cortisone shot for an inflamed left shoulder that has bothered him since Wimbledon. "I aggravated it pretty bad ...
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This proves how we Seattleites are the Nicest People in the World. Here ob Capitol Hill if you see a robber you hug him (or her!) Wonderful!
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How incredibly gracious of the guests to offer that cad wine. I may have been less gracious and asked him to leave (You know, after I dove under the table).I guess Washington, DC is more civilized than Michigan.
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Fantasy baseball-wise: Utterly devastating.
Those are the first thoughts that spring to mind upon learning of the trade of Matt Holliday on Monday not to the Phillies, or the Cardinals, or the Yankees. No, Holliday today finds himself on the move, separated from cozy Coors Field for the first time in his career and headed to Oakland for an undisclosed package of players.
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Chances are that's exactly what is going to happen.
I've already discussed Holliday's home/road splits in this space in my recent "Hot Stove Preview." The overwhelming opinion in the baseball world is that Holliday is a Coors Field-generated hitter, but the truth is he's not. As cited in that column, Holliday translates to about a .300-average, 30-homer, 110-RBI slugger had he played any of the past three seasons while calling a neutral park his home. Not bad, but MVP-caliber? Hmm, not quite.
Problem is, McAfee Coliseum is not at all a neutral park. On our Park Factor page, McAfee ranked 26th in terms of runs scored and 14th in home runs in 2008. In 2006 and 2007, it ranked no higher than 24th in either category. Coors, by comparison, has been a top-five park in either category each of the past two seasons, and in its existence has routinely ranked at or near the top in both departments. The thin air at Coors might work to a hitter's advantage, but in Oakland, spacious foul territory and high outfield fences work to his detriment.
Plop Holliday into that environment and it's hard to imagine him doing any better than that .300 batting average or 30 home runs, as opposed to the .330/35 numbers he came to be known for in Colorado. He might even fall short in one or both.
The other knock on Holliday in Oakland: His supporting cast will be considerably weaker than it was in Colorado. Fact: The Athletics finished dead last in the American League in runs per game (4.01) and team OPS (.686). That OPS, incidentally, was the worst by any AL squad since the 2003 Detroit Tigers (.675) and that team, if you don't remember, lost 119 games. Runs scored, and to a somewhat lesser extent, RBIs, will be a problem.
Holliday averaged 115 runs scored the past three seasons, batting primarily out of the No. 3 hole. By comparison, Oakland's No. 3 hitters combined totaled 86 runs in 2008, though to be fair, Holliday's .409 on-base percentage was noticeably higher than the Athletics' .316. The Athletics also managed sub-.350 on-base percentages -- and a dreadful .308 out of the leadoff spot -- from their top two lineup positions. Holliday can't drive home players that aren't on the basepaths, meaning his 2006 to 2008 average of 113 RBIs seems like a long shot with his new team. Who bats first and second? Travis Buck? Daric Barton? Aaron Cunningham? A free-agent acquisition?
And let's not overlook Beane's approach to the stolen base. Much of the impetus for Holliday's No. 6 final standing on the 2008 ESPN Player Rater was his 28 steals. As conservative as Oakland has been with regard to the stolen base in the Beane era, Holliday would be lucky to manage half that number for his new team. Fact: Oakland's No. 14 MLB ranking in steals in 2008 represented the first time since 1998 that the team ranked higher than 23rd in the category. Don't blame the personnel; Johnny Damon was on the 2001 squad that ranked 24th. Beane's teams have always operated under the belief that you don't risk outs on the basepaths, and besides, Oakland isn't going to risk injury to its most precious hitting resource -- and a possible midseason trade chip -- by letting him run wild 20-plus times.
Put it all together, and you no longer have yourself a first-round pick. I'd argue, in fact, that Holliday will be lucky to contend for top-25 overall status.
Statistically speaking, there's a player who immediately comes to mind as comparable for the 2009 version of Holliday: Carlos Lee, a guy who, you guessed it, has averaged a .290 batting average and 31 home runs per 162 games played for his career. Lee was the 22nd player selected overall in 2008 Live Drafts, and he finished 70th on the Player Rater, after his stats were hurt by his season-ending broken finger in mid-August. That seems about right for Holliday; when it comes Lee time -- think third round or so -- pick Holliday first, then Lee.
Smith stood up fairly well after being pressed into a starting role for the Athletics in 2008, but he brings plenty of warning signs with him to Colorado: He walked 87 batters in 190 1/3 innings, or more than four per nine frames, and had a 0.78:1 ground ball-to-fly ball ratio. Fly-ball pitchers with poor command rates don't make quality fantasy options calling Coors home; NL-only matchups consideration is his only chance at a 2009 impact. Think Denny Neagle, who never had an ERA below 5.26 in three seasons for the Rockies.
Tristan H. Cockcroft is a fantasy baseball, football and hockey analyst for ESPN.com. You can e-mail him here.