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The Buffalo Film Seminars (BFS), the semester-long series of film screenings and discussions hosted by UB faculty members Diane Christian and Bruce Jackson, will offer participants a unique opportunity this fall to get an insider's perspective of one of the films being screened.
That perspective will be offered by Christian and Jackson, who directed and produced "Death Row," a 1979 documentary of life on cell block J in Ellis Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections that will be shown on Oct. 22.
The film examines how men get by on death row: how they spend the years between sentencing and the ultimate resolution: whether freedom, commutation or death. Some of the condemned men discuss their relationships with their families and attorneys; they talk about the waiting, and how they keep from going crazy.
Christian and Jackson had unsupervised access when making "Death Row"; no guards or other officials were in the cells when they were filming and interviewing. No other documentary film offers this view of the American criminal justice system; it would be impossible to make such a film now.
"Death Row" was used by former French President Francois Mitterrand during his campaign in the 1980s to rid France of the death penalty, as well as by Amnesty International to make a similar point. The film has been broadcast by public television stations in the U.S., France and Germany, and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and other institutions.
The BFS' screenings of "Death Row and the 13 other films being presented as part of the series' 27 season will begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays, beginning Aug. 27 and running through Nov. 26, in the Market Arcade Film and Arts Center, 639 Main St. in downtown Buffalo.
Christian, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of English, and Jackson, SUNY Distinguished Professor and James Agee Professor of American Culture in the Department of English, will introduce each film. Following a short break at the end of each film, they will lead a discussion of the film.
The screenings are part of "Film Directors" (Eng 438), an undergraduate course being taught by the pair. Students enrolled in the course are admitted free; others may attend at the Market Arcade's regular admission prices of $9 for adults, $7 for students and $6.50 for seniors. Season tickets are available any time at a 15 percent reduction for the cost of the remaining films.
Free parking is available in the M&T fenced lot opposite the theater's Washington Street entrance. The ticket clerk in the theater will reimburse patrons the $3 parking fee.
"Goldenrod handouts"—four- to eight-page notes on each film—will be posted on the seminar's website the day before each screening, and will be available in the theater lobby by 6:15 p.m. the day of the screening.
The series will open on Aug. 27 with "The Jazz Singer," the 1927 film that was the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences.
The film, directed by Alan Crosland and starring Al Jolsen, tells the story of Jakie Rabinowitz, a young man who defies the traditions of this devout Jewish family. It was added to the National Film Registry in 1996.
The remainder of the BFS schedule, with descriptions culled from the IMDb movie database and other online sources:
For more information, visit the Buffalo Film Seminars' website.


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on January 26, 2013 - 8:58 PM
ALBANY – State lawmakers recently came up short on their hopes of giving themselves a pay raise, but two Western New York legislators nonetheless will get a bump in their take-home pay.
Crystal Peoples-Stokes, a Buffalo Democrat, and Dennis Gabryszak, a Cheektowaga Democrat, will be getting pay raises thanks to leadership and task force appointments that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver gave them.
Peoples-Stokes moved up a couple of notches in the Assembly leadership when she became chairwoman of the majority conference. She will get a $16,500 stipend for that post on top of her base legislative salary of $79,500. She previously had been secretary of the majority conference, and she received a $12,500 stipend as chairwoman of a task force on farm, food and nutrition.
Until Thursday, Gabryszak had no leadership, committee or task force title that paid a stipend. But Silver gave the lawmaker, who represents a heavily suburban district, the title of co-chairman of the Legislative Commission on Rural Resources. That job will give him a $12,500 pay raise.
Assemblyman Robin Schimminger, a Kenmore Democrat, continues to be the only Western New York member of the Assembly to head a standing committee.
He keeps his longstanding post as chairman of economic development, which gives him an $18,000 annual stipend beyond his base pay of $79,500.
New committee leaders that Silver appointed include Kevin Cahill, Mid-Hudson Valley, of the Insurance Committee; Keith Wright, Harlem, Housing Committee; Amy Paulin of Scarsdale, Energy Committee; Aileen Gunther, Mid-Hudson Valley, Mental Health Committee; Charles Lavine, Long Island, Ethics Committee; and Andrew Hevesi, Queens, son of former State Comptroller Alan Hevesi, Oversight, Analysis and Investigation Committee. All are Democrats.
Lawmakers are barred from raising their own pay during a current legislative session. They had hoped to bump their pay in December for the new session that began this month. But two events – Superstorm Sandy and the Connecticut school shooting – made such a move politically undoable.
The next time the Legislature's base pay could go up is 2015. Legislators last received a pay increase in 1999.
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Friday, March 28, 2014
Paramedic Sara Cullinane, 28, of Summerville, has been with DCEMS for five and a half years. Now a Crew Chief, she says she was a Navy brat who moved around throughout her childhood.
However, she claims Minnesota as her home, having graduated high school in North St. Paul.
But I used to live here when I was a kid, she smiles. In fact, some may remember her, as her mom was the president of Flowertown Players.
When her dad retired from the Navy, they came back to Summerville because they loved the area.
Sara came with them.
I worked random jobs and thought, What am I going to do with my life?
I liked ambulances, she continues, and I told my mom I just want to be on an ambulance. She signed me up at Trident for Basic EMT. Its the best thing Ive ever done.
DCEMS allowed her to go to Intermediate EMT school with Lowcountry Regional EMS and then sent her to Lowcountry for paramedic training.
All that training leaves little time for anything else, she says.
I work a 24-hour shift, then have class the next day, then a ride-along the next day, then another 24-hour shift. Its been like that for a year. Its been the toughest year, but worth it, totally worth it.
Cullinane also has had basic firefighting training with the Ashley River Fire Department where she used to volunteer. She is also trained in low angle rope rescue and is planning on taking the next available Firefighter 1 training.
Her worst experience was her first full arrest (heart stopped). I had a 5-day-old [die] when I was still a basic that was very hard. Another tough one was a bad car crash she responded to as a paramedic where a 5-year-old had flown through the window because the child was unrestrained. The parents who were wearing their seatbelts walked away from the wreck; the child was flown to MUSC via helicopter and died a week later.
Her best was her first delivery. It was completely unexpected the mom thought she had hemorrhoids! It was amazing. There is nothing like being in a room with a bunch of people and suddenly theres a new person in the room it is the most amazing thing.
Her professional goal is not yet perfectly clear. I may want to go to nursing school but my work schedule makes it tough to do a regular college program. Or, she smiles, maybe do something crazy like go to Europe and work my way around. She says she loves doing things that are labor-focused, using her hands.
I love having to climb down into a ditch trying to help a patient love it.
Cullinane and her partner Sarah were married in D.C. and have no children yet. They do, however, have two canine kids Koda, a Golden and Tivo, a mutt.
She enjoys hanging out with friends and they love going to the movies.
Im a big movie buff. I like dramas but will go see anything.
She likes to travel and loves to camp. She also enjoys trying her hand at cooking. I like Pinterest telling me all these recipes that I can try.
Cullinane used to swim competitively and won lots of trophies, she says.
She also played soccer, basketball and softball.
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Her life goal is to have a family and progress further in medicine.
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Investigates Hot Links: Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Here are a few public-interest stories catching our eye in The Dallas Morning News and around the Web-o-sphere:
1. I understand why people are concerned about swine flu. But how about a little perspective? Other kinds of influenza kill tens of thousands of people around the U.S. every year, as this government report reminds us.
2. No Child Left Behind, the law that Dallas' W touted so highly, isn't closing the achievement gap between whites and minorities, The New York Times reports.
3. Texas appears ready to join many other states in protecting reporters who protect their sources, writes Dallas Morning News reporter Terrence Stutz.
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Patient CareThe clinical programs of the Division of Nephrology involve two teaching hospitals and two ambulatory care facilities:
Medical University Hospital
MUSC Hospital contains all surgical and medical sub-specialties, and most sub-specialties operate dedicated inpatient services. There are a total of nine special (intensive) care units and nine station acute dialysis units under the medical direction of the Division of Nephrology Faculty.
The MUSC acute dialysis unit supports all of our in-hospital continuous therapies such as CVVH and similar techniques. The acute dialysis unit also serves as a backup facility for our six chronic ambulatory satellite hemodialysis units in the greater Charleston area and supports dialysis for all patients hospitalized at MUSC who need dialysis. The training facility for our 50-patient home peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis program is based in one of our DCI Satellite Units.
The renal and renal-pancreas transplantation programs are based at MUSC. These programs perform 120-160 renal/renal-pancreas transplants annually, rating it in the top 15 most active transplant program nationally. The Surgical Transplantation team provides excellent general surgery support and vascular access for our hemodialysis patients. The Surgical Transplant program is located physically on Ward 6-East, a ward area geographically shared with the Medical Nephrology Service. Patients in our dialysis program and those with renal related problems admitted to University Hospital are generally admitted to our categorical Nephrology inpatient service.
Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center Hospital
The VA Hospital is approximately two blocks from the Medical University Hospital. The VA Hospital consists of approximately 250 acute and chronic medical and surgical beds and is a major teaching component of the MUSC system. The faculty of the Division of Nephrology share attending responsibility in our fully integrated MUSC/VA Nephrology programs. The Division of Nephrology directs a ten station acute and chronic in-center hemodialysis unit and home dialysis training program (hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis) from the VA Hospital. Nephrology service activity at the VA Medical Center is maintained through a consultation service since all patients are cared for on general medicine services at the VAMC. Dr. John Arthur serves as Program Director for the VA based dialysis programs.
Two ambulatory care facilities support this program as well:
The Rutledge Tower Outpatient Facility
Rutledge Tower is located adjacent to the Medical University Hospital. This state-of-the-art multi-specialty ambulatory outpatient facility offers an excellent Nephrology outpatient support. Our clinic area consists of 1 module, approximately 13 examining rooms, several clerical support persons and several dedicated registered nurses. Laboratory, radiology, consultation, social work, dietary, registration and reappointment services are available. Typically this clinic consists of 20-30 patient visits during a 1/2 day clinic each week (Tuesday afternoons).
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"Innovation Policy and Strategies in Germany and China: State of the Art and New Perspectives"
Thursday, April 11, 2013, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Shidler College of Business Room D-204
The global economic structure has changed significantly, especially in the innovation potential of important economies of the world. China belongs to the group of the most important newcomers among the innovative nations, not only due to its size, but also because of its very marked ambitions to speed up its modernization via imitations and innovations. Germany and China are two important players in the global innovation system. While Germany is highly industrialized and innovation-oriented, China is quickly industrializing and catching up. With the goal of becoming an indigenous innovation nation, China has been implementing its medium-and-long term plans for education and talent. What are the lessons learned from the German and Chinese national innovation systems?
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The average parent of a grade-schooler will spend almost $700 this school-shopping season, according to a national survey.
While 84 percent of parents said the sluggish economy will affect their spending, still $688 will go toward buying clothes and supplies for kids in grades kindergarten through 12, up from $604 last year, the National Retail Federation annual Back to School survey found.
�I think that�s a lot of money, especially for families with multiple children,� said Trae Bodge, a consumer savings expert with RetailMeNot, the leading online coupon site. �Parents should shop early and look for discounts.�
Experts like Bodge recommend comparison shopping and online retailers. And due to her frugal nature, Gretchen Wolf-Wiser, a Town of Tonawanda mother, has used these money-saving tips, mastering the art of deep-discount back-to-school shopping.
For her three sons, she won�t spend more than $350 combined to get them prepared for the new school year. The survey found that almost half of parents plan to start their shopping three weeks to a month earlier than last year, an increase from 42 percent, and 22.3 percent have likely already made a dent in their shopping list, saying they would shop at least two months before school starts, up from 21.8 percent last year.
Still, Wolf-Wiser has them beat again. She kicked off her shopping at home, immediately when school ends. Experts suggest salvaging supplies that survived the previous school year to reuse the next to cut costs.
�I open their backpacks, and I go through everything,� said Wolf-Wiser. �Pencils, pens, three-ring binders, plastic folders are usually in good shape. It�s saves me about $30, which is money I don�t have to spend.�
For Kim Krawiec, back-to-school shopping isn�t a one-shot, weekend affair, either. Instead, it�s a months-long, calculated and elaborate mission to save money. The Hamburg mother of three even started buying items before last school year even concluded.
�When you start early, you have the benefit of time, and you can gradually find good deals and buy supplies,� Krawiec said.
Staples, like pencils, pens, crayons, markers and glue sticks typically are much cheaper during the back-to-school rush than they are during the rest of the year. It�s a good idea to stock up now.
Bodge said �July and August are really sweet spots� for school shopping deals. There are savings for last-minute shoppers but they also run into the harsh reality of empty shelves, she added.
Most parents, about 67 percent, plan to shop at discount stores, according to the survey. Wolf-Wiser and Krawiec do the same but they dip in and out of stores, comparing prices and searching for sales.
�I go into all the stores,� Wolf-Wiser said, �and I�m very happy when I�m done because I know I�ve gotten the best prices.� More parents will use online retailers this year � 17.9 compared to last year�s 15.3 percent. And the survey found more will comparison shop.
�I go online for the best deals,� Krawiec said. For overall savings, Bodge said the Internet is your best bet. First check out price comparison sites, like Pricegrabber.com and Nextag.com, and then visit sites like RetailMeNot.com for online promo codes.
Krawiec aims for quality items that will last the school year and could be reused the next, but she doesn�t give in to marketing gimmicks. In fact, her kids don�t gravitate to the Justin Bieber binders or Disney folders because she leaves them at home. In some cases it can mean the difference of paying 79 cents for a generic notebook or $4.99 for a themed one, Krawiec said.
�I don�t get crazy, letting them get all those Trapper Keepers. I stick with the basics,� she said. �With three kids, you have to. You almost have to shop without them. If you take them with you, they�ll want the latest thing with the rock star or comic book character on it. But if you don�t have them, you can save a lot of money.�
The cost of clothing will make the biggest dent in school shopping budgets � totaling $246.10. And shoes for grade schoolers will average $129.20, according to the survey. But since kids are growing, Bodge said parents should also refrain from giving in to expensive trendy styles of clothing and sneakers, especially with tweens and teens, who tend to be more fashion conscious. She recommends including older kids in the budgeting process so they can understand the family�s financial situation.
Wolf-Wiser avoids the mall and shops consignment for children�s clothing and enjoys a big savings in an area where other parents don�t. Searches on sites, like ebay, have yielded great finds.
�Ebay is huge for clothes and cool backpacks,� she said.
Expensive electronics is only second to clothes on school shopping lists, costing parents an average of $217.88 per child. Almost 60 percent of parents planned to buy some of sort of gadget, an increase from last�s year�s 51.9 percent. With the technological advances and increasing use of them in education, Bodge said parents are grappling with the additional costs.
But Wolf-Wiser has an answer for that, too.
She turned to sites like Craigslist where she bought a deeply discounted e-reader for her boys.
�It�s like new and was super cheap,� she said.
Wolf-Wiser was surprised, even puzzled by the survey findings. �What could they be buying?� she asked. She has a son in middle school and two in elementary, and her back-to-school approach has evolved to fit her budget and family size, she said.
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Wheeler Hall, UCB : Love's Labour's Lost, 1977.
Audience Perspective: Don Armado and his page, Moth.
The King & Three Aristocrats
The Princess and her Three Ladies, with Servants, Meet the King
Letter Business
The Three Professionals: Pedant Holofernes (Mitchell Sandler), Priest Sir Nathaniel (Robert Burke), Constable Dull (Joel Prell).
Berowne (Stanley Chervin) in the Shakespeare Program Production at UCB, 1977.
William Smith (1730-1819) as Berowne
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Gold was discovered in 1862 in the Idaho City basin, and Boise came into being in 1863. There is some argument over how to pronounce the name of Idaho's capital city. However you say it, the name derives from the French word le bois, for the beautiful woodlands that surround the Boise River.
Grab a bike or some walking shoes and explore tree-lined pathways of the 25-mile Boise River Greenbelt. Visit the surprising and enriching Basque museum and cultural center downtown, which showcases the Spanish Basque immigrant population that settled in Boise. Drive a little ways out of town for a wine flight with some artisan cheese and elk salami at 3 Horse Ranch Vineyards.
Browse Boise's bounty with a Saturday morning trip to the Capital City Public Market. Swing by the Janjou Patisserie and treat yourself to an elegantly crafted latte and delicate, buttery palmiers. Keep your napkin close and dig into a plate of baby back ribs and a side of crispy onion rings at Goodwood Barbecue Company. And in this state famous for farming delicious and plentiful potatoes, head to the Boise Fry Company for hand-cut and still nutrient-rich fries with blueberry ketchup - you can get a free-range, grass-fed bison burger to go with that.


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UNIVERSITY PARK - Following are the highlights and lowlights from Penn State's 24-21 overtime victory over Wisconsin on Saturday at Beaver Stadium:
Play of the game: Sam Ficken made a 37-yard field goal in overtime that provided the winning margin. Moments later, Wisconsin's Kyle French missed from 44 yards to set off a Beaver Stadium celebration.
Offensive player of the game: Penn State's Zach Zwinak rushed for 179 yards on 36 carries, both career highs, and one touchdown. He also scored on a 2-point conversion.
Defensive player of the game: Nittany Lion defensive tackle Jordan Hill, in his final game, recorded a career-high 12 tackles, including three for 14 yards in losses and two sacks.
Most telling statistic: After allowing Wisconsin to score touchdowns on its first two possessions, the Lions' defense forced eight straight punts.
Hidden statistic: PSU outgained the Badgers 146-17 in the third quarter.
Best run: Wisconsin's Melvin Gordon took a screen pass and patiently followed blockers up the right sideline en route to a 57-yard touchdown that opened the scoring.
Best pass: The Badgers' Curt Phillips found Derek Watt up the right sideline for 33 yards in the fourth quarter.
Worst pass: Matt McGloin forced one underneath and was fortunate to have it hit the ground in the second quarter. The play was originally ruled an interception by Mike Taylor, but the call was reversed after a replay.
Best catch: Allen Robinson made a leaping 19-yard reception of a high pass in the third quarter.
Catch it, will ya: Defenders struggled to hang onto interceptions, none bigger than Glenn Carson's third-down drop in overtime, which could have clinched the game. Wisconsin cornerback Devin Smith dropped two catchable interceptions in the first half, keeping the Nits in the game. Badger receiver Kenzel Doe also dropped a pass in the fourth quarter.
Hold it, won't ya: Phillips fumbled, albeit on a blindside hit by Sean Stanley, but Wisconsin recovered in overtime.
Best block: Zwinak did a nice job to pick up a UW blitz on an early PSU completion.
Best tackle: Jesse Della Valle hustled downfield to stop Wisconsin punt returner Jared Abbrederis at the Badger 21 in the fourth quarter.
Best hit: Phillips went airborne in the third quarter, only to be decked by Hill.
Best kick: Wisconsin's Drew Meyer boomed a 53-yard punt, against the wind, to pin the Lions at their 12 late in the first half.
Worst kick: Would have to be French's 44-yarder in overtime that he hooked left.
Best call: On fourth-and-6, Bill O'Brien once again went to tight end Jesse James, who was open and raced in for a 41-yard touchdown that gave the Lions a 21-14 lead early in the fourth quarter.
Worst call: Down 14-10 in the third quarter, the Lions faced third-and-3 at the Wisconsin 15 and tried springing fullback Michael Zordich wide. The play was held to no gain.
Best effort: With Michael Mauti out, Carson picked up the slack with a game-high 13 tackles.
Unsung hero: Ficken was not only 3-for-3 in field goals - ending the season by hitting 10 straight and 12 of his last 13 - he also made a tackle on special teams.


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text: It doesn't have to be the high North: a little bit of elevation is enough. Enormous fish tumble about in the waters of the frozen lakes of Melchsee-Frutt, at 2000 meters above sea level. Gusti Berchtold knows exactly where to find these fish. The experienced ice fisherman takes you to the best places to fish, helps you drill a hole in the ice and is always very helpful and ready with advice. Even if you don't catch anything, you have at least a spectacular view of the fairy-tale scenery.


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Four years ago a group of freshmen took a chance on becoming the first incoming class of the upstart Wando rugby team.
There was no guarantee of success, no rugby experience between them, just a group of players eager to learn and a volunteer coach excited to lead his Warriors into battle. The lumps came early, but eventually the players got better. As the years passed, the youth matured and Wando earned its respect.
Last week, the Warriors closed an undefeated 2014 regular season with a road win over three-time defending state champion Chapin. Wando sits atop Rugby South Carolina's standings and is ranked No. 21 in the nation by Rugbymag.com heading into the playoffs. Of Wando's 15 starters, 13 are seniors, 10 from the inaugural season four years ago.
"When we started, we didn't know the rules. We didn't even know how to hold the ball," Wando head coach Tod Shepherd said. "We were teaching from the ground up. But the kids stuck with it. They lived it, they learned it and now they're dominating."
The Warriors lead the state in point differential by more than 40 points. They're led by seniors Ryan Springer and Davis Strobel. Springer is a scrum-half who facilitates throughout his team like a point guard on the basketball court. Strobel is a hooker who's most dangerous in a breakdown when teams are fighting for possession.
"Springer is the best high school passer I've seen," Shepherd said. "Strobel knows what it takes to win the battle of the breakdown and that's what you have do to win in rugby."
Austin Clark and Sean Keirnan are both shutdown defenders who bolster the Warriors' backline that's turned in four shutouts this season. Wingers Jon Cummins and Nick Hamlin both have dangerous speed and are consistent scoring threats. Riggs Law and Daniel Runck are the Warriors' second-row enforcers. Runck is 6-foot-4, 255 pounds, while Law goes 6-foot-3, 215 pounds.
"This is the most well rounded we've ever been," Shepherd said. "We have the full package. We can be a defensive team, put up the numbers, play in the trenches or we can play the speed game outside. I don't think we really have a weakness."
Shepherd says his players have all the intangibles of champions. The team is a tight-knit group that practices year-round, even by themselves out of season. When January's ice storms forced all high school teams to cancel practice, the Wando rugby players took it upon themselves to hold a players-only practice."
"They get pumped just to come to practice," Shepherd said. "They're motivated. They want to prove that they deserve to be considered one of the best teams."
Wando opened the season with a 55-point blowout of Columbia, but it wasn't until a five-point road win against perennial power Greenville a month later that Shepherd says the team knew how special this season could be. Wando didn't allow Columbia inside its 22-meter-line the entire match and held 70 percent possession against Greenville. But Shepherd says Friday's win over Chapin was the biggest in the program's history.
The win was Wando's first against Chapin, and secured home field advantage for the Warriors when they face Chapin again in the opening round of the playoffs Friday at Cario Middle. If the Warriors can get past Chapin twice in two weeks, they'll advance to the championship round the following week at Furman University in Greenville.
"We're focused like we've never been," Shepherd said. "Every one of these kids knows what's on the line. They've worked so hard. Their goal is to win state. They're focused on that. Anything less would be unfulfilling right now."
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Fruetiation (pronouced* frew E she A tion) is an English reflection of the Spanish word 'desfrutar.' The word 'fruetiation' was popularized by the cowboy poet Jacob Frech in Casper, Wyoming in 2012. In Spanish, the words for "to make the most of" and "to enjoy" are the same (desfrutar). However, in English there is no equivalent. You either have to 'appreciate your time or make the most of it. You can not do both within the same word. The word 'fruetiation' brings together the action and emotion into one word and allows for a pure expression of Carpe Diem.
The fruetiation of our deeds is above all things sublime.
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U.S. infrastructure at the mercy of China
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During the Cold War, the peace was assured by fear of the accepted concept of MAD — mutually assured destruction by nuclear weapons....
DocGoo, How true, and also very little asked about how the DOD would operate under the new budget constraints. They were more concerned with Benghazi and making sure Hagel would kowtow to Israel.
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You two are funny. You do know who nominated him, don't you? And you want to fault Republicans for not asking certain questions during the confirmation process? That's pathetic.
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What is not funny is Senators like Lindsey Graham who are beholden to Israel and not the US. Why? Why? Why? If any politician dare to question our unconditional support of Israel, they are attacked.
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The cause of all of this is the bailouts from the great one.If you readers have not checked General Motors is next with them China to produce 60 percent of GM facts when you spend what you dont have and you borrow who do you think owns you.
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China has been the #1 attacker against US cyberstructure for over a decade. Suddenly it's news?
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"beholden to Israel" and "kowtow to Israel"... so, the truth comes out. It always does. Our two loony liberals show why the ranks of the KKK and their various brethren like skinheads and Nazis have always been filled with democrats. Democrats - first in the fight against equal rights for blacks, Jews, and anyone else they don't think are like them. It's amazing how they can turn a conversation about China's spying techniques into a diatribe about how much they would prefer to hang out with people trying to destroy us. Why don't you morons go buy yourselves a Koran and quit trying to associate with normal people? Then you, too, could find yourself being supported by your buddies that hate the USA.
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Maybe Mitch McConnell's wife can intersede on our behalf. If not maybe Mittens can. If not maybe jus maybe Jeb's wife will.
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I would say the Chinese got a hefty return on all those millions they gave to the Clintons. Isn't it amazing we NEVER hear all the details about the deals the Clintons and the Chinese made. And yet we have idiots make comments about Mitch McConnell's wife and Mittens simply because of blind ignorance or stupidity, take you pick.
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One would think the mayor of the second-largest city in New York State would have more to say on the new gun control legislation championed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.
That is, unless said mayor is more interested in currying political favor from a political party with slim numbers in his city. Such appears to be the sad case when it comes to Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown, who has yet to state his unequivocal support for the legislation.
That stand is in contrast to New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's full-throated support of Cuomo's NY SAFE Act. Or, the support of Niagara Falls Mayor Paul A. Dyster, who endorsed many aspects of the bill. Or, that of Syracuse Mayor Stephanie A. Miner, who didn't flinch when it came to her strong support for the legislation.
When talking to a News reporter last week, Brown would not discuss some of the law's key provisions. Brown later told The News editorial board only that he supports the governor's legislation. "This is a bill that is law in New York State. I'm not a state legislator. I had no vote on it. The law is already the law. I am the chief executive officer of the City of Buffalo and I have an obligation to enforce the law."
All those statements are true, but they don't say specifically whether Brown supports the stronger ban on assault weapons. He did say that he has some concerns – one having to do with the point that in the reduction of magazine capacity, there is no exemption for law enforcement.
Generally, he will talk about such poll-tested topics as additional background checks for detection of mental health problems, extension of Kendra's Law, which reviews the record of mental patients before release from treatment, and the Webster Law provision that mandates tougher penalties for attacks on public safety personnel.
It is the politically safe route for a mayor who is up for re-election this year and is expected to seek the endorsement of the Conservative Party, which strongly opposes Cuomo's legislation.
Perhaps Brown – who won 643 Conservative votes back in 2009 – is overly concerned, although he says he's not, with the 1,200 Conservatives in Buffalo. Erie County Conservative Party Chairman Ralph C. Lorigo said the party has no "line in the sand" on the gun issue.
In his two terms as mayor, Brown has been extremely proactive in attempts to get illegal guns off the streets. The city has gun buyback programs and a police mobile response unit that targets guns and drugs, and participates in a strike force aiming at guns in conjunction with the Erie County Sheriff's Office and State Police.
He is an original member of Bloomberg's Mayor's Coalition Against Illegal Guns.
Given his efforts to eradicate illegal guns, Brown's equivocating on the major aspects of the governor's legislation makes no practical sense. It barely makes political sense.


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Monday, January 14, 2013
From the ground, the sight of hundreds of elementary school children, teachers, principals and staff, and parent volunteers all kneeling low to the ground with their heads bowed might well have resembled an atomic attack drill from the 1950s.
From the bucket of a huge construction crane, some 150 feet in the air above them, they became a living work of art, a 200-foot by 200-foot lighthouse shining their rays of hope and learning out to the rest of the world.
It was all part of Beech Hill Elementary Schools Cultural Arts Week, held Nov. 26-30, the purpose of which was to immerse BHES students in many different cultural experiences that they wouldnt otherwise be exposed to, including storytellers, sweet grass basket makers, and a special guest from out west, according to BHES officials.
Thursdays event was part of an initiative put together by Daniel Dancer, a conceptual artist from Oregon who works with schools, community groups, even corporations to raise environmental awareness through these living art team building projects.
The whole concept has to do with illustrating and demonstrating not only our relationships with each other, but also our relationship with the sky, the earth, and the ability to see how the big picture fits together, Dancer said.
He also noted that people have to change, but art can help change people.
He especially liked the idea of a lighthouse, not only because it is a continuing theme in the BHES educational experience but because it symbolized illumination.
Its a beacon shining a beam of light, he said. It shows what we can really do, how we really can make a difference in this world.
The children not only learned about the environment and the importance of a healthy earth, but they learned how to collaborate, how to see the bigger picture, how to work together for a goal of common good.
Dancer alluded to the number 350 that he works into each project. The number represents the maximum safe level of parts per million of carbon in the atmosphere a number which is already being exceeded and is increasing every day.
The lighthouse project is an illustrative and experiential example that things are not always what they seem as evidenced by the difference between looking at more than 1,000 people kneeling on the ground and looking at what they represent from 150 feet in the air -- and that individuals can make a difference, he said.
I love working with kids, Dancer said. Kids are open minded they are way more open than adults. They dont have pre-conceived notions. They get it.
Principal Renee Harris said she was especially pleased with Dancer and with the childrens response to the entire experience.
I am always looking for something interesting and different for our students and when I saw this online, it just seemed to be the perfect thing for our school, Principal Renee Harris said. This is an experience they will always remember.
The project was paid for through arts grants and through funds from the BHES PTA, she said.
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When something goes in the opposite direction it is intended to; use your imagination.
Ryan is negative distance.
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When "something" goes in the opposite direction, it has negative distance.
Ryan has negative distance.
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A term for having sex in a long distance relationship. A couple in an attempt to reduce the average distance between each other, should try to spend alot of time negative distance from each other when they are together.
Hunny, I just wanna be negative distance from you all weekend.
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The Nation of Islam's account of the slave trade, The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews: Volume One, presents a multi-layered attack against the Jewish people; it assaults the integrity of the Jewish religion, the meaning of Jewish history, and the foundations of Jewish scholarship upon which the book's own fraudulent charges are based. The anonymous authors of The Secret Relationship argue essentially that the history of slavery in the New World - which they claim accounted for the death of 100 million Africans - was initiated by Jewish ship owners and merchants, who as a group remained the main beneficiaries of the slave economy and who "carved for themselves a monumental culpability in slavery."
Justifying Anti-SemitismThe authors advance this bizarre thesis by unscrupulously distorting the findings of legitimate Jewish authors writing on the history of Jews in the New World. In the process, they rationalize and demean the centuries of suffering that brought Jews to the Americas. For example, the book's introduction opens with the observation that "no single group of people have faced blanket expulsion in so many places around the world as have the Jews." Rather than attribute this fact to the enduring legacy of anti-Semitism, however, the authors provide a list of "reasons" for these expulsions: the Jews were monopolizers, usurers, they engaged in "sharp practices" and sold "cheap" goods, they filed for frequent bankruptcies. Each of these charges, of course, stems from the timeless stereotype that Jews are inherently untrustworthy and obsessed with money, a stereotype the Nation of Islam apparently accepts as reasonable.
The Secret Relationship [mixes] both disreputable accounts of Jewish history and the Nation of Islam's own bigoted innuendo to arrive at conclusions in direct contradiction to the established historical record of the slave trade.Aligning With White SupremacistsThis analysis will take The Secret Relationship for what it is: a mendacious work of anti-Semitic propaganda. Confronting the book on these terms, this response will examine the way in which the authors of The Secret Relationship have defined and manipulated the terms Jew and Judaism. By doing so, it will become clear that the authors have deliberately and explicitly drawn on the rhetoric of white supremacists, whose hatred of Jews is matched only by their contempt for Blacks. This report will then address the way legitimate scholarship has been appropriated in The Secret Relationship and mixed with both disreputable accounts of Jewish history and the Nation of Islam's own bigoted innuendo to arrive at conclusions in direct contradiction to the established historical record of the slave trade. Most significantly, this examination will look at the statistics which the authors hold up as "proof" of Jewish culpability in the slave trade, and will demonstrate the disparity between The Secret Relationship's rhetoric and the actual level of Jewish involvement with slavery.NOI GoalsThe reader of this report should bear in mind that anti-Semitism is not a new element in the Nation of Islam's program, and that indeed, the Nation of Islam is not the only separatist movement within the African-American community to espouse this prejudice. This observation is not a casual one: as Minister Louis Farrakhan himself has stated, the purpose of The Secret Relationship was to "rearrange a relationship" [between Jews and African-Americans] that "has been detrimental to us." As such, acknowledging the value of this relationship for both African-Americans and Jews must contribute to the moral essence of any response.
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when a guy cheats on his wife then gives her an expensive gift (preferably jewelery) so she forgets about what he did.
Man, did you hear that guy banged that bitch then started pulling a kobe bryant so his wife wouldnt get mad.
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An act that is said to be forceful by the partner of a black male. This act is not necesarily forceful but that black guy will get sued. Sucks but it happens
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Dodgers Can't Escape the Wrath of Hoff-POWER!
Micah Hoffpauir crushed a grand slam in the bottom of the 5th, turning a two-run Cubs deficit into a two-run Cub lead, as the Cubs defeated the Dodgers 5-3 in the Cactus League opener for both clubs at Dwight Patterson Field at HoHoKam Park in sunny and warm Mesa, Arizona
Today's game marked the Cactus League debut of the Los Angeles Dodgers, as Da Bums have moved their Spring Training and Minor League operations from their long-time Dodgertown digs in Vero Beach, Florida, to Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona. It was very strange to see the Cubs playing the Dodgers in Mesa, let me tell you.
There certainly was no problem with the 80 degree temperatures, but the smallish crowd (7,916) was disappointing. Back in the day, the Cubs Cactus League home opener was ALWAYS a sell-out. But those who were there got to sing "Happy Birthday" to a smiling Ron Santo, before watching the Cubs come from behind to win the game.
Both clubs played a fair number of their regulars, but the Cubs gave the start to Jeff Samardzija, who is battling for the 5th spot in the rotation with Sean Marshall and a couple of others.
The Shark was not particularly sharp this afternoon, allowing two runs (both earned) on three hits and two walks, with one strikeout and a GIDP over his two innings of work (35 pitches - 20 strikes - 3/2 GO/FO).
Samardzija was able to escape the 1st inning unscathed, before loading the bases with no outs in the top of the 2nd. He then got the 1-2-3 comebacker DP he needed and was poised to finish his outing without allowing a run, before #9 hitter Tony Abreu lined a single to CF to plate the first two Dodger runs.
Mitch Atkins followed Samardzija and had a so-so outing, allowing one run on a couple of singles and a stolen base in the top of the 3rd, before throwing a scoreless 4th. Overall, Atkins, went two innings (25 pitches - 16 strikes - 3/2 GO/FO), allowing just the one run on three hits, no walks, one K, and one GIDP.
Five Cub pitchers then threw one shutout inning a piece, holding the Dodgers at bay. Of the five, Dominican RHP Esmailin Caridad was the most impressive, getting three easy ground outs on just ten pitches (seven strikes) in the top of the 6th. Rule 5 RHP David Patton (20 pitches - 14 strikes) surrendered a couple of singles in the 7th, but around that he threw some nasty breaking balls and showed a fastball with some pop, and NRI LHP Jason Waddell (20 pitches - 12 strikes) got a couple of punchouts while also allowing a walk in his one inning of work.
RHP Jeff Stevens (one of the pitchers the Cubs acquired from the Indians for Mark DeRosa during the off-season) had a bit of roller-coaster ride in the 9th while going for the save, putting the tying runs on base on a single and a walk, before getting the final out on a long fly to the warning track in RF. He also got a strikeout along the way, and appeared to have some decent velocity on his fastball, although he did struggle a bit with his command
The Cubs offense was essentially All Hoffpauir, as the DH also plated the Cubs first run on a 4-6-3 DP grounder with the bases loaded and no outs in the top of the 1st. Hoffpauir struck out with two on and two out in the 3rd, before smoking his bases loaded shot over the fence in right-center field off Dodgers reliever Ramon Troncoso in the bottom of the 5th.
Otherwise, there wasn't a whole lot of offense. Hoffpauir's HR was the only extra base hit of the game for either team, and only Ryan Theriot and Dodger 1B James Loney had more than one hit (both went 2-3 with two singles). .
The defensive play of the game definitely was CF Reed Johnson's diving catch in right-centerfield in the top of the 1st, saving what looked to be a certain double or triple. Johnson laid his body out to full length, before spearing the ball in his trusty mitt.
And catcher Koyie Hill threw a laser to cut down a potential base stealer in the top of the 5th, although he had some ugly swings in his two ABs (a strikeout-swinging and a feeble ground out).
Re: Dodgers Can't Escape the Wrath of Hoff-POWER!
1. I loved yelling Hoffpauir in a bad Scottish accent when he came to the plate in AA.
2. Thanks, as always for the re-cap 'Zona Phil.
3. I hope that Hill finds a way to contribute. I know that he will likely not make the 40 man (can't see a way he could save a Gabor injury), but he is a solid contributor. I like his grit, spunk, tenacity, and scrap.
4. I still miss Kerry Wood.
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How has Mike Stanton been doing in camp so far? Also if Marshall does win the 5th starting job do you think they will break Mesa with only Cotts as a LOOGY or do one of the NRI guys have a chance to pitch themselves on to the roster?
uh oh
Kerry Wood can't throw a baseball...back problems flaring up again
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I am so jealous. After reading the first recap it makes me regret my decision not to go to Arizona for vacation.
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How easy is it to get into see spring training games? That would be a pretty sweet vacation. Maybe '10 or '11.
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IT's only at Hohokam that I ever had a problem getting tickets, but I am a general admission type of fan. I like to do the beach blanket in the outfield, which you can do at a lot of parks around Phoenix.
If you and your significant others are baseball fans, it's just a great vacation. With not too much effort you can watch 10 to 12 games in a week and watch the NCAA tournament games at a nice open air bar during the evenings.
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Thanks A-Phil. Besides Ronny's birthday and Micah's slam, the broadcast team seemed pretty unexcited and kept mentioning the L-o-n-g spring training. Santo seemed like he wanted to dis the WBC since it makes ST too long and team chemistry is going to have to be plugged in later. With the disappointing end to Fukudome's season, Ron was raising his eyebrows a little over K-Fu's not being with the Cubs. Pat Hughes danced around it almost as though it is in WGN's contract to mention the WBC under Selig's orders. Should be interesting to see who has stamina this year, and if Lou will actually do what he threatens to do, that is rest his players regularly. Wish Micah could play 3rd also. Kudos to Soto for opening camp here. Here's hoping Lou and Jim have a close eye on how he is used in WBC games. Kudos to Marmol for staying close to Rothschild and his bread and butter. I hope the WBC flops, or from now on they play it in January during the college season with unpaid kids. Have a special draft (like you fantasy folks) in February at the end of the WBC for team Cuba and help the defectors sign contracts.
Anyways, maybe the WBC should make a good new thread here. I haven't heard much howling - is it a good thing (I vote no)or is there just too much risk involved (yes)? Discuss...
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I'm not sure about the point of the WBC? Is it to rally international interest in baseball? Provide extra pre-season revenue to MLB? Increase fan diversity?
I don't think you can measure the success unless you know what the heck Bud was thinking when it was conceived.
Personally, I don't really care either way. I have only slightly more interest in WBC games than I do spring training games. Sure guys can get injured in WBC games, but they can get injured in ST games, too. I'm not totally convinced it's that big of a deal.
And I've said before that Fuku's performance last year was almost exactly what was expected (at least what I expected), and this year I expect him to perform better. Fuku will be fine, imo.
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One caveat to my comments on Fuku:
The Cubs overpaid for him.
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I commented on the WBC a few threads ago and met some resistance. It's all well and good but the timing is awful, and it's really just an exhibition series. I said before, if Selig really wants a bonafide World Baseball Tournament, they should go World Cup and shut down for a year, each country could send its roster on the road for a 40- or 60-game exhibition season (or however long), then close with the tournament. Then you might see real team play from players really dedicated to the cause and the tournament might gain some integrity.
I'm not sure that US baseball fans are going to wave flags over "their" team's games. When it's over their city's players return and all the national pride vaporizes here. Maybe it's a bigger source of entertainment and bragging rights in Venezuela or the DR, and perhaps Selig's goal is to enhance that international involvement, but here in the United States I believe it will be a yawn.
For so many reasons, the majority of which relate to finances, setting up a true tournament will never happen. If I owned a major league franchise and my players were invited to a March tournament and I'm getting ready for a championship season, I'd disallow all of my guys from joining up. There can be very very little to gain, much more to lose.
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it helps things that the WBC falls a few weeks after the carribean world series.
MLB has done a crap job selling this to americans, but i dunno if that's even MLB's intention as much as it is showcasing the game internationally.
Re: Dodgers Can't Escape the Wrath of Hoff-POWER!
In short, the problem is that people in Turkey have never heard of Alex Rodriguez and Albert Pujols but they own David Beckham and Ronaldihno jerseys.
You can't build a city without laying the foundation for the first building. The goal is to turn baseball from the world's third most popular game into the world's most popular game, and generate more revenue for the MLB owners and the players.
As long as any one team isn't unfairly singled out for participation in the Classic - I don't see how the 'championshi season' is even impacted.
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I'm rooting for Hill as well. The familiarity with the staff that went through Iowa is a huge plus, but more to the point his working relationship with Soto is the trump card. It takes a while to learn to be a number 1 big league catcher and to have that support for Soto is one of those advantages you don't see on the stat sheet.
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He is what he is... he came from a Japanese league, probably not used to playing 162 games every year, probably had a swing that worked that he never had to significantly adjust, never needed to hit a Ben Sheets curveball...
He'll adjust and he'll be fine.
Re: He'll adjust and he'll be fine.
Hope your hunch is right, but that's all it is .. hope. Kosuke showed negative-ability to adjust last year. The longer season had nothing to do with it. He was done by the All-Star break.
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I had a big response typed up and Internet Explorer froze up. I think we previously discussed this, but IE sucks.
So a succinct synopsis, all imo:
WBC is bad for Fukudome. Inferior pitching yields bad habits.
Agree, November is only logical time for WBC. Cut to 8 teams, play over a two week span, expand rosters. Day-night double header US vs. DR? I'd cancel most plans to watch that.
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"Inferior pitching yields bad habits."
that's what the first 2-3 weeks of US spring training is all about anyway.
besides US-team-based pitchers being notoriously not ready "out of the box" i doubt he's missing much in arizona right now except bonding with teammates and possible future teammates.
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Edward Campusano is one of those names I see a bit, but I don't really know much about. What sort of stuff does he bring, and how's his command? Thanks Phil.
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i doubt he's missing much in arizona right now except bonding with teammates and possible future teammates.
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except they enunciate it as sro ronrey
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Stevie Eyre BAILED OUT
The Phillies yesterday said they would advance Scott Eyre an undisclosed amount of his $2 million salary in order to tide him over until his Stanford account becomes available, according to the Associated Press.
"I'll pay [the Phillies] back whenever I can. I invested in [the Houston-based Stanford Financial Group] three years ago [and] thought it was too good to be true — and it was," he told the Associated Press yesterday evening.
What sucks is, there are people who invested with that [expletive deleted] Robert Allen Stanford's group," Mr. Eyre added. "He's a billionaire. Does he really need to do a scam to make more money?"
Well, you're a millionaire speed junkie. Talk about a scam. Do you really need America to bail out your risky "too good to be true" investments?!
Re: Stevie Eyre BAILED OUT
Umm... where does it say anything in that article about bailing anybody out?
And if you don't understand the difference between fraud and risky investments, I am not really sure what to tell you.
Re: Stevie Eyre BAILED OUT
The lack of empathy I've seen from some people during this downturn towards those that have fallen on hard times is really astounding to me.
Moreover, Scott Eyre takes Ritalin for ADHD. Calling him a speed junkie is really a little much. It's easy to jump on the bandwagon and call that diagnosis nonsense. People have derided the existence of psychological disabilities since they first started being diagnosed. It goes hand in hand with a general lack of empathy towards other people's struggles.
I guess this is BluewaterBoats/CWTP/Navigator talking so I shouldn't be that surprised.
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don't ever go to vegas...your heart would bleed for those gamblers.
being in the tech industry and watching what happened in the late 90s/early 00s i would not trust my money (and havent) with ANYONE who even suggested "RedHat" or "VA Lixux" to anyone. i made my mother leave her investment "advisor" when that asshat tried to stick her with 1/4 of her portfolio on RedHat when it was topping 150 a share.
if i'm giving my money to someone you can be sure i'm going in it knowing HOW it's supposed to work.
might as well be in vegas otherwise.
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and since when are the Phillies "America"? Private organization spending their money. Not the government spending mine.
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I've been thinking about the WBC and the reason why Baseball has gotten a foothold in some parts of the world and not in others. One idea that occurred to me--and I haven't really thought this through so if it sounds totally ridiculous, forgive me--is that baseball gains popularity in areas with an affinity towards tradition. Japan and Korea are both places that culturally are steeped in tradition. Latin America is very traditional as well. I think the traditionalism that's present throughout all aspects of the game might be a connecting factor.
I guess the question I'm really asking is anthropological. How do you think places outside the United States perceive baseball? What's baseball's image in places that don't have a lot of exposure to it? Do people who know of it but don't follow it in these places in which it hasn't really taken hold have an opinion about baseball? What do you suppose it is?
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japan and latin america have baseball as a tradition dating back to the very early 1900s...hell, ive seen pictures of a very early baseball game in japan dated to the 1890s era (you should see the ump).
europe is going to be a hard sell. western asia, too...
it's not an easy pick-up game...you have to have a small army of like-minded people around to plug into. to be a pro you gotta find these people early in your life, generally.
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I happen to enjoy the WBC. I think that the only problem with this is the time needed for it to develop. I can't remember where I heard it (I believe it was someone on Mike and Mike Tuesday), but this should have started 30-40 years ago.
The best comparrison to this event, would be the World Cup. Having been on a soccer fit over the past two months, it was interesting to read up on the history of the event. While it is THE sporting event world wide, it took a long time for it to catch on, but it did. As time has gone on, the tournament has grown with the introduction of qualifying as well as the increase of teams involved (in my short lifetime alone the field for the finals has increased from 24 teams in 1982- no more than 16 teams were involved prior to then, to the 2010 games where 32 will again compete).
Over time this thing will catch on, but it is going to take other countries to make it happen. England is one off the top of my head, but I believe Germany, Israel, and some others are one the verge of joining the fray. There are reports that for the 2013 games that MLB is looking into inputing a qualifying round.
Lastly, it's funny that if Bud is forcing WBC into the broadcasts that the broadcasters should at least get the information right. Somewhere in the game yesturday, Ron or Pat said that the next one would be in 2 years. From here on out the WBC will be every 4 years (the 2009 was done three years from the last one so that it would not coincide with the World Cup Final.
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WBC is fine with me, competitive baseball in March.
The injury risk is no different than a spring training game. A guy getting hurt playing in that exhibition versus Cactus League exhibition, exactly what is the difference?
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I just figure the competitive juices would be flowing in a WBC game more than a ST tilt, where a guy might be concentrating more in getting the kinks out and working on some things than winning a game. Sometimes that drive motivates a player to take more than a few chances. Whether that translates to a higher risk of injury, I can't say, but I'd think a pitcher might want to try to throw through some pain in a WBC game as opposed to facing the Colorado bench warmers, for example.
Trash Talk not involved in the WBC
From ESPN.com's Spring Blog:
"Manager Davey Johnson had a material reason for hoping Alex Rodriguez would be on his U.S. team at the World Baseball Classic: Madonna.
The New York Yankees star played for the United States at the inaugural tournament three years ago, but chose to be with the Dominican Republic for this year's event.
"The only thing is I was upset about, Alex not, you know, being on my club," Johnson said Thursday, "I'm Madonna's fan. I was hoping she'd show up."
Rodriguez and Madonna were linked in tabloid reports last year as being very friendly.
The U.S. team opens March 7 against Canada. The Dominicans begin the same day against the Netherlands."
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So Davey Johnson is gay?
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.
j.buchanan going friday...should be...baseball...or something like it.
Wow. I didn't know they could do that.
Nice for Willson, not so much for Addy.
Game is officially called...also officially a tie.
Stats count, no make-up date of course.
Yeah -- seeing the weather -- I hope KB and Rizz are inside, wrapped in blankets and drinking hot chocolate.
rain delay...thanks obama.
Thanks again Phil. We actually were in Mesa and drove around. Hopefully, I am back for some Fall League. If not I have all of spring training (like the smart people who move here!)
What Rob G said. I can't speak for Piittsburgh, but the other end of the state has had absolute crap weather for two days. Perfect day to take it easy.


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