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The second panel of the day featured a spirited debate of the tenet "information wants to be free."
We knew we were in for fun when Rebecca Tushnet, Professor of Law at Georgetown, who was tasked with arguing in favor of the tenet, lead off by arguing that no, information does not want to be free. Information doesn't want anything. People want things. Rebecca went on to argue that adding new legal property rights is not the answer to the problems we see in the news industry. Creating new legal rights in information to tackle the thorny problem of "free riding" would come at a high cost in other areas, particularly to journalists — as we've seen when sports associations and investment banks rely on the hot news doctrine to monopolize information others want to report. She highlighted these examples to demonstrate the poor fit between making information property and saving the news industry. Putting a price on information may keep information locked away, clearly not a solution that will save the news industry.
Moderator, Tony Falzone of Stanford's CIS, engaged the panel by asking a fundamental question: is professional journalism in jeopardy or is it diversifying and evolving?
Alan Murray (Executive Online Editor of the Wall Street Journal which as we all know closely guards its web content behind a pay wall) jumped right in and unequivocally answered yes, professional journalism is in jeopardy. And the reason for it is the industry made the mistake 15 years ago of giving away its content for free. Now it's the minority voice that says news should not be free, making the news industry an anomaly among those like it that rely on intellectual property for their value (like the movie, music, software, and pharmaceutical industries). In those other industries it is a minority voice that says all of their information should be free. The news industry needs to stand up and say, its information shouldn't be free either. To get quality information and content, people have to pay for it.
Josh Cohen, of Google News, took issue with Murray's contentions and argued there isn't one cause to the problems the news industry is facing. The news industry isn't suffering simply because of the decision to not charge. The competitive advanatage news publishers used to enjoy was the means of distribution and the internet has blown the doors off the monopolies that newspapers once had. The challenge now is to focus on the unique value journalists can offer.
David Marburger, an attorney at Baker Hosteler LLP, vociferously contended the problem leading to decline of the news industry is that any one can take news stories, copy them, rewrite them, and trade on the reliability of the major news outlets. New online media sites don't have to hire journalists, they have low costs and easy profits. He argued that these sites drive newspapers out of business by using their own content to compete against them (to which an audience member rejoined, "A suicide pact!"). The law doesn't adequately protect traditional news outlets and now the internet is full of websites that aren't offering any "original" news.
Both Cohen and Tushnet took issue with this contention. Cohen critiqued Marburger's conclusion as overly simplistic and one that underestimates the innovation that has taken place on the web and the litany of challenges that publishers have faced for a long time, particularly the decline in classified ad revenues. Tushnet added that more competition and voices on the web is a good thing, and that the problem might just be that people don't want to buy the content news publishers want to sell them (a sentiment some in the audience cheered).
Marburger came back to his contention that free riding by all these media websites is the root of the problem, one he'd solve not by making new property rights but by strengthening common law tort of unfair competition – by amending the Copyright Act to make explicit that it doesn't preempt unfair competition or unjust enrichment, and reinvigorate state courts' reliance on the hot news doctrine.
Tushnet pointed out that the hot news doctrine is viable and exists, and questioned what exactly legal reaffirmation of the doctrine would accomplish. What Marburger calls "free riding" she calls talking. These websites have a function: talk about a story, what that reader thinks about it, and provide a link to the full article if others want to read about it. Handing out a right to sue for misappropriation is a bad idea and bad for journalists in particular. "Rewriters" aren't the problem and copyright law already protects against those who simply copy. The plaintiffs we've seen relying on misappropriation in the last decade are toxic to journalists — sports organizations and investment banks. The WSJ certainly doesn't gain in a world where we have pay the NBA to report basketball scores. Not only would Marburger's solution not solve the problem, it would come at a very high cost.
Falzone wanted the critics of the web to identify just who these bad actors are. Murray immediately pointed to Cohen — Google and aggregators are the problem. The ever-argumentative Marburger disagreed with Murray too, saying that it's not aggregators he has a problem with, it's the Gawker.com sites of the world — ones he says simply take news stories, rewrite them and compete with the originator. Murray chimed saying he'd love to shut down Gawker and Huffington Post. Marburger doesn't want those sites shut down, he wants them to pay a license.
Looking ahead, Falzone then asked are there technologies out there that will encourage people to read more news? Cohen contended that technology is key, and that news publishers need to innovate and create an engaging experience for readers on the web. News publishers have to innovate to create a competitive advantage; there is space and demand for different perspective on the same stories and information but we need to re-imagine the format for what the news should be. Murray disagreed that innovation alone will close the circle, contending that despite lots of experimentation and innovation publishers cannot support reporting staff on advertisement budgets only. Cohen responded that there is not one change that will radically fix all this.
Given the divergence of viewpoints and the passion of the panelists for the topic, the discussion was fiery and held the audience in rapt attention. For the full effect be sure to check back and watch the video when it's posted.


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Derived from early slave times when black people would come out at night and sing slave songs under the moonlight like crickets.
Hey! Billy Bob and Joline, grab the shotguns the damn moon crickets are escaping from the plantation
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A member of the afrocentric persuasion.
I was lost in the dark, luckily the teeth of that moon cricket showed me the way.
Carl Panzram Jr.によって 2004年05月27日(木)
Derived from the word Moon and Cricket. An African American Male who only perfers to come out and socalize during the evening hours.
Shit, I am not going down that street, there are fucking Moon Crickets everywhere.
TickleTitsによって 2004年05月05日(水)
Used as a deragatory term for a black person. Similar to porch monkey, nigger, or coon.
Some moon cricket must have stole it!
dingrahaによって 2007年10月31日(水)
racial slur for an african american male.
Those damn moon crickets play they're music all through the night!
John Spurlockによって 2005年03月28日(月)
Black people that come out at night to raise hell and make alot of noise, like crickets after you turn off the lights to go to sleep thats when they come out.
Damn the fuckin moon crickets.They woke me up with all their fucking loud ass noise.
beeradによって 2006年03月25日(土)
Derogotory term for "colored people". Basically the same as saying Nigger
Dude...look at those mooncrickets in that back alley playing dice.
Andrewによって 2004年09月27日(月)

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James A. Eckard, 78, Duncansville, died Tuesday in Altoona.
He was born in East Freedom, son of the late Homer and Elizabeth (Lingenfelter) Eckard. He married Alma M. Boore on March 4, 1961, in Winchester, Va.
Surviving are his wife, with whom he shared 51 years of marriage; a daughter, Tammy L. Merritts and husband, John, of Duncansville; a son, James A. II and wife, Kim, of Hollidaysburg; six grandchildren: Sarah, Jay, Nate and Ben Eckard and Brad and Mitchell Merritts; and three brothers: Edwin, Richard and Thomas.
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He was preceded in death by a brother, George; and a sister, Margaret Smith.
James was a 1952 graduate of Girard College of Philadelphia. He served with the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict. He retired from Bell Telephone as a splicing technician in 1992 with 37 years of service.
James was a former member of the Beagle Club and had shown coon dogs. He enjoyed his grandchildren and hunting small game, deer and raccoons with a gun and bow. For 18 years, he was the coach for Hollidaysburg baseball teams.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Sorge Funeral Home Inc., Hollidaysburg, where a funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, by Father Clement G. Gardner. Interment will be at Logan Valley Cemetery.
Memorials may be given to Home Nursing Agency Hospice, 201 Chestnut Ave., P.O. Box 352, Altoona, PA 16603.


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November 20, 2013
This article was reported by San Diego Gay & Lesbian News.
San Diego Gay and Lesbian News recently reported that the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) unveiled the second installment of its Artists Gallery billboard series, for which the foundation commissioned famous and emerging artists to create a piece of art that raised awareness of HIV and AIDS and other sexual health issues. AHF planned to enlarge each piece of art to billboard size and post the art at the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Highland Avenue in Hollywood, Calif.
Galo "Make One" Canote and Sergio "Doc43" Rueda, founders of the Second To None (STN) graffiti crew, created the second piece of art for the billboard, which AHF will display in time for World AIDS Day on December 1. Canote designed the typography for the billboard's message -- "AIDS is NOT over" -- and Rueda painted a portrait of an HIV-infected Ethiopian woman from a picture of an actual AHF client.View Full Article
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—Once again, I was distressed to see a biased Commentary1 based on clichés and rhetoric obviously taken from the Sarah Brady handbook.The gun violence epidemic is hardly an epidemic, it's a tempest in a teapot that's taken on monumental proportions thanks to a willing accomplice in the form of the liberal national media.Using the data of Adler et al, there are more than 200 million guns in America. The vast majority of these are legally owned and are used responsibly by 70 million honest Americans every year for sport and self-defense. The average makeup of the 20 000 Americans who are killed "by guns" (not by each other) are young, urban, drug-using criminals shot by others of the same ilk. This figure, which is widely touted by the "ban-them-all" crowd, but not fully explained, also takes into account criminals shot by police and criminals
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Three Fire 64s in First Round of Senior Players
Joe Durant, David Frost and Doug Garwood each carded 6-under 64s to take a share of the opening-round lead in the Senior Players Championship. The $2.7 million event - the third major of the year on the Champions Tour - began Thursday at Fox Chapel Golf Club in Pittsburgh.
Rookie Durant, a four-time PGA Tour winner, had seven birdies and a bogey, while Frost, a 54-year-old South African with five Champions Tour titles, posted six birdies, the same flawless scorecard enjoyed by Garwood.
The 50-year-old Durant told reporters his accuracy paid off Thursday as players sought to avoid the rough, made denser by recent precipitation. "It's not the thickest rough, but it's very wet and dense," Durant said. "It's a penalty if you get in there, and you're at the mercy of the lie.
"The fairways are fairly wide, but as soft as they are they're not playing as tight as they typically would," noted the Florida native. "If it was firm and fast, this would be a very difficult driving course. Being that they're soft they're much more generous.
"It's not the longest course we play, so you can attack especially as soft as they greens are," Durant added. "Obviously, that can change if the sun bakes things out a little bit."
Bernhard Langer, Corey Pavin, Larry Mize, Steve Pate, Olin Browne, Bart Bryant, Peter Fowler and Wes Short Jr. each posted 65s. The 56-year-old Langer is seeking his 21st win - and third major overall - this week on the Champions Tour.
Bernhard Langer, Corey Pavin, Larry Mize, Steve Pate, Olin Browne, Bart Bryant, Peter Fowler and Wes Short Jr. each posted 65s. The 56-year-old Langer is seeking his 21st win - and third major overall - this week on the Champions Tour. The German World Golf Hall of Fame member has a 240-point lead in this season's Charles Schwab Cup standings.
Pavin is looking to get back to the winner's circle, a place he hasn't visited since the 2012 Allianz Championship. "It's been a year not to remember, so it's nice to get a good round in," the diminutive Californian said. "Good start to the tournament. Long way to go, but I certainly feel good about the way I played today."
The low scores continued on a day on the rain-softened course, especially the greens. England's Barry Lane, Zimbabwe's Mark McNulty and Americans Mark Brooks, Tommy Armour III, Bob Tway and Marco Dawson posted 66s.
Seeking his fourth major title on the over-50 circuit in the past year, defending champion Kenny Perry opened with an even-par 70.
Rocco Mediate, who grew up in nearby Greensburg, Pa., and is a gallery favorite, was among a big group to start out with 67s. Also posting that number were Bobby Clampett, Bill Glasson, Brad Bryant, Mark O'Meara, Billy Andrade and Tom Lehman, who won last week's Encompass Championship.
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Rich in history and tradition, Eldorado Country Club is a premier private member-owned country club. The Club's dramatic setting — a picturesque cove at the base of the Santa Rosa Mountains in Indian Wells, California, serves as the ideal backdrop to all club activities.
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Organizations from The Girl Scouts to the League of Women Voters participated in the parade, many using bicycles to navigate the parade route.
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In-cue: Start with the Touchstones title which introduces this segment (approx. 35:09 into the program).
Out-cue: ... and his reconsideration of every stroke.
The featured artists show and analyze artworks that particularly appeal to them, including landscape, portrait, and still-life paintings in the collections of the University of Kentucky Art Museum, the Speed Art Museum, and the National Gallery of Art. Their comments offer viewers a lesson on how to look at a painting.
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Have students select a master painters painting that particularly appeals to them; it should be a still life, portrait, or landscape. Then, to paraphrase something said by artist Sheldon Tapley, ask them to give the picture a lot of time and put effort into studying. After studying the work, each student should be prepared to show the work, provide background information about it and the artist who painted it, and help the viewer really see the painting by analyzing it (following the example of the artists in the Touchstones segment).
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COLUMBIA — Putting restrictions on what people can buy with food stamps might be a way to cut down on South Carolina's growing obesity problem, the state's public health chief said Wednesday.
"I'm rather astonished that nobody has ever proposed it," Department of Health and Environmental Control director Catherine Templeton told The Associated Press. "This is just a tiny part of the obesity epidemic."
Templeton's agency administers Women, Infants and Children, a federally funded program that helps pregnant women and mothers buy healthy food and covers about 130,000 in South Carolina. Under WIC, beneficiaries are limited to a list of purchases that includes items like milk, grains, and fresh fruits and vegetables.
It's that basic model that Templeton would like to see used for food stamps, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Those SNAP benefits, which are also federally funded, are administered in South Carolina by the Department of Social Services. Aside from banning purchases of alcohol and tobacco, the benefits have no other limitations on consumable goods.
"The state of South Carolina would use the WIC list for SNAP recipients. Period. That would solve so many of the empty calorie issues," Templeton said. "We already do it at DHEC for children up to age 4. Why don't you expand that for households up to 17?"
At least 30 percent of South Carolina adults are considered obese, according to a 2011 survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That figure ties the state with Indiana for the seventh-highest obesity rate in the nation.
About 875,000 South Carolinians get benefits under the SNAP program, according to DSS. Agency officials said that number, which was about 630,000 in 2008, typically fluctuates with the state's unemployment rate.
Templeton said she doesn't support banning junk food or super-sized soft drinks and has already fielded criticism from industry groups concerned about possible dips in sales. But, she argued, public money shouldn't be used to buy unhealthy items.
"Should the government be the food police? Absolutely not," Templeton said. "Eat what you want to eat. But the taxpayers shouldn't pay for it."
But South Carolina would need federal permission to put those restrictions in place because SNAP benefits are funded by federal dollars. And it would be up to the state's social services department, not the health agency led by Templeton, to make such a request of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the agency that funds the program.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has rejected at least one such proposal before – in 2011, it refused a waiver request that would have allowed New York City to ban using food stamps to buy sugary drinks, such as sodas.
DSS officials didn't immediately comment Wednesday on Templeton's ideas. But the DHEC director said she had discussed the issues with DSS Director Lillian Koller and felt she had her support.
"I feel very confident that DSS will ask for a waiver," Templeton said. "I know they're trying to determine if there's more or different that they want to ask for."
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Editor: Please discuss the recently published EPA Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) under the Toxic Substances Control Act for multi-walled carbon nanotubes.
Rogers: Before the EPA announcement in January, 2010 concerning the proposed SNUR, a series of studies was done beginning in the United Kingdom with a study led by Poland, et al. (2008). That study involved the injection of multi-walled nanotubes into the abdomen of mice, the mucosal lining of which is identical to the mesothelium of the pleura or chest. The injection directly into the abdomen was intended to simulate exposure of the mesothelium in the chest due to inhalation exposure. Approximately 90 days later they examined the biological changes who had taken place as a result of exposure of the abdominal mesolthelial lining to the carbon nanotubes. They reportedly found evidence of inflammation that was consistent with the type of inflammation that had traditionally been recognized in people who had inhalation exposure to asbestos fibers and who later developed mesothelioma. They did not find actual mesothelioma in the mice, but rather what were thought to be precursors to such cancers. The result of publication of these findings was an alarmist reaction that carbon nanotubes posed a danger to humans analogous to that of asbestos fibers. This became headline news.
The problem with the study was that the mice were exposed to massive doses of nanotubes by injection, which is not a natural or likely cause of human exposure. The test methodologies were a poor analog for what likely human exposure would be in any setting. Many commentators criticized the study's findings and suggested that its conclusions about a potential relationship between carbon nanotubes and asbestos fibers was flawed because it rested largely on their shape similarity (long and thin); however, for the last two years there has been talk in the popular media about whether the risks associated with all nanomaterials are akin to those associated with asbestos fibers. The only similarities between carbon nanotubes and asbestos fibers is their long aspect ratio, unlike other nanomaterials. There has been more focus on carbon nanotube toxicity than on other nanomaterial substances, which has percolated up to the EPA. EPA has now decided to treat carbon nanotubes separately from other nano-objects.
Bashaw: The proposed SNUR you mentioned is one that EPA has been toying with for over a year under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This is currently one of the primary federal regulatory and statutory schemes for regulating nanoparticles. Under TSCA, people who want to manufacture or import a new chemical substance have to go through a pre-manufacturing notice process. If chemical substances that are already in the market can be identified as having a significant new use, EPA can impose certain restrictions on how they are used. EPA has proposed a new rule for multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Companies that require workers to wear gloves and wear National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)-approved respirators while handling certain multi-walled carbon nanotubes will not be required to receive pre-approval from EPA for the use of these materials. This proposed SNUR is focused on only one particular form of a multi-walled carbon nanotube. The importance of this regulation is that it is the first one of major significance that EPA has promulgated for a nanomaterial. It gives a signal to the regulated community of the direction that the agency intends to take. EPA is soliciting input from users of these new materials on their toxicity and health effects so that they can better formulate regulations targeted to these materials.
Editor: What new regulations governing the introduction of nano-products can we expect and from which government agencies?
Bashaw: EPA is one of a number of agencies that are beginning to take the lead, primarily under TSCA. I expect to see very soon a change in EPA in terms of its "general approach" to determine if a nanoparticle is a new or existing chemical substance. In 2008, EPA took the position that if the macro form of a nanoparticle is already on the TSCA chemical substances inventory, then the nano form of that material does not require separate listing, pre-manufacture notice or health and safety studies.
We have learned much since 2008. One thing that we have learned is that the nano form of a particular compound may act in a manner 180 degrees different from its macro form. Because of that, there have been hints that EPA may announce that there is going to be a change in EPA's general approach. I think that you are going to start seeing more of these proposed SNURs and regulations being adopted under other sections of TSCA to require the submission of toxicology data on many of these compounds.
There are other federal regulatory programs that have some impact on nanomaterials: for example, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) that regulates pesticides; the FDA regulates the use of nanomaterials in cosmetics, sunscreens - things that you would put on your body or ingest; OSHA obviously regulates workplace safety. While none of those current regulatory programs is targeted to nanomaterials, I think that you are going to start seeing that happening in the very near future under all of these programs.
Rogers: Another agency is the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) which has new authority and supposedly new funding under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. They are supposedly going to get a stepped-up regulatory enforcement staff and with that the resources to examine new products under a host of federal consumer and environmental health and safety schemes. There has been a lot in the news lately about lead in children's products and the presence of substances called phthalates, which is a substance used to soften plastics. The CPSC banned three of the six commercially available phthalates. Now we are seeing talk about cadmium, a toxic substance, which is being used now in lieu of lead by some manufacturers in China, primarily in children's jewelry. Ultimately the CPSC will devote some energy in looking at the use of nanomaterials, initially, nanotubes used in carbon fiber products like those used in sporting goods, or consumer products. Tennis rackets, golf clubs and some vehicles, like bikes and personal watercraft, already include nanomaterial components. They will likely receive scrutiny not so much at the point of sale but as they are exposed to wear and tear during use. For example, what is happening in terms of dermal exposure to the nanomaterials as they are coming off on people's fingers or skin during use?
Editor: What prospective governmental regulation should be adopted to provide against toxicity and injury to humans but at the same time not impede the growth of this new science?
Bashaw: Senator Lautenberg of New Jersey is proposing some far-reaching amendments to TSCA. The EPA has already signaled its intention to propose rules under TSCA that will seek out new toxicology data on existing nanoparticles that are chemical substances. Before the agencies jump to prescriptive regulations which could stymie the industry, we have to keep in mind that this is truly a global marketplace when it comes to nanotechnology. If regulatory efforts are undertaken that stem its growth in the United States, other countries are going to move forward and leave us behind. The first step is to collect as much information as possible on the toxicology of these materials and try to assess, based upon that information, what type of regulation we need for these particular compounds. It appears that that is where the agencies are heading right now.
Rogers: There needs to be a peer governance over the scientific community so that studies that are undertaken to assess nanomaterial safety are done using appropriate and accepted scientific methodologies. What is not needed are the hasty conclusions from short-term studies that lead to hysterical findings that will be published in the popular media (as was true in the case of the multi-walled carbon nanotubes). We need people who are making appropriately designed studies using proven methodologies to come up with relevant data that will bear on human health and environmental safety.
Clark: Rather than wait for the government to intervene and propound regulations, interested stakeholders can and should participate in standardization efforts that are currently underway. For example, the American National Standards Institute ("ANSI") (www.ansi.org), has an accredited Technical Advisory Group to the International Organization for Standardization's technical committee on nanotechnologies ("ISO") (www.iso.org), and both ASTM International (www.astm.org) and IEEE (www.ieee.org), as well as many other organizations, have active panels dedicated to standardizing various areas of nanotechnology. My personal experience is primarily confined to the ANSI Technical Advisory Group, and ASTM efforts, and both groups are involved in creating global standards in a variety of areas including environmental health and safety, metrology and characterization, nomenclature, and material safety data sheets. Participation in any of these efforts is really a great way to become involved in building a foundation upon which the industry can grow and flourish.
Editor: Since this is a global industry, I assume other countries are handling this burgeoning data in different ways. Is there something to be learned from them?
Rogers: We are learning from them as the ISO organization has member bodies all across the globe of which the United States is one. It is a democratic process where people postulate potential approaches, all the member bodies comment on those - back and forth - and these things get revised over time until ultimately they are in a form where the member bodies can pass on them by way of a vote and they become an international standard principle. Actually Joe and I are involved in the ANSI-Technical Advisory Group which, among many other things, is looking at safety and labeling concerning nanomaterials; we expect that standards will be created in the not-too-distant future. The European Union uses the precautionary principle regarding nanomaterial regulation, which most people in the U.S. would prefer not to adopt. Different people have different approaches, but there needs to be compromise so that we come to a more global, standardized approach. As Americans we want our country to benefit and prosper from the opportunities that this innovative area offers us. The potential for nanoscience and nanomaterial engineering to give Americans and people around the world a better quality of life is at our doorstep. We just need to make sure that it is developed in an appropriate manner so that the benefits far outweigh the costs at every point along the spectrum.
Editor: What would you suggest to an owner of a factory as a website that he could review? Are there individual websites relating to different products?
Rogers: There is no one website that will necessarily offer you the guidance that you need to address a specific problem. If you want to begin the process on your own, and do some due diligence in assessing the risks and hazards associated with your manufacturing processes, you should probably go to a couple of different resources. The first that I would recommend is the website of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. NIOSH has published a couple of nanotechnology-based best practices guidelines.
As John mentioned last month, there also is the "GoodNanoGuide" (http://www. goodnanoguide.org) which is maintained by ICON - the International Council on Nanotechnology - a consortium of stakeholders, governmental agencies, NGOs and Rice University, among others. Readers who are interested in seeing what their peers are doing should visit the site and can also reach out to the GoodNanoGuide's Dr. Kristen Kulinowski from Rice University, who will introduce you to that resource, which is an interactive database for sharing best practices.
Lastly, there are a couple of pilot projects of major corporations who are partnering with non-governmental safety organizations, such as DuPont's partnership with the Environmental Defense Council, which is considered leading edge.
Bashaw: Readers can also pursue links from our own blog site at www. thenanonewswire.com.
Part I of this article can be viewed at http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/articles/12275/nanotechnology-new-force-human-betterment-part-i.
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Of the many hardcore rappers to emerge from Memphis during the late '90s, Project Pat certainly stood above his peers. His affiliation with the Three 6 Mafia collective introduced him to many listeners, especially after he guested on the group's hit song "Sippin' on Some Syrup" in 2000. Yet Project Pat (born Patrick Houston, brother to Three 6 Mafia founder Juicy J) made his mark on much of America with a hit song of his own a year later, "Chickenhead." The song -- which features production by Juicy J and DJ Paul along with vocals by La Chat -- became a Dirty South anthem in 2001 and propelled Pat's third album, Mista Don't Play: Everythangs Workin, into the Top Five, an amazing feat for such a hardcore artist. Rap music had long been a part of Pat's life before he soared to national fame in the early 2000s. His brother, Juicy J, co-founded influential Memphis hardcore rap group Three 6 Mafia during the early '90s. Though never an official member of the group, Pat affiliated himself with the Mafia, appearing on such albums as Crazyndalazdayz (1998) and Indo G's Angel Dust (1998). A year later, Pat recorded a solo album of his own for Hypnotize Minds/Loud, Ghetty Green. Though the solo debut didn't propel Pat to superstar status, it did establish him within the growing Dirty South scene, and his follow-up album, Murderers & Robbers (2000), did much the same; though this second album was independently released rather than through Loud. Next came Pat's high-profile appearance on Three 6 Mafia's "Sippin' on Some Syrup," and when that song became a huge hit, the stage was set for one of his own. That hit would be "Chickenhead," a song also featuring La Chat, the successor to Gangsta Boo's position as the token female member of Three 6 Mafia. The song pitted the two against one another in typical Dirty South style: La Chat talking badly about Pat, him calling her a "chickenhead." Such indigenous slang had long been a staple of the Memphis scene, yet "Chickenhead" became an unprecedented success, extending its reach far beyond the South and taking its vernacular with it. Just as his career had reached exciting heights, Pat's longtime legal skirmishes began to catch up with him. During the interim period following the success of "Chickenhead," Pat struggled with legal problems stemming from a January 2001 parole violation, when police pulled him over for speeding and discovered two revolvers. On March 13th of that same year, a federal jury found him guilty of two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He had been on parole for aggravated robbery. Perhaps because of these legal matters, or for whatever reason, Loud continually pushed back the release date for Pat's fourth album, Layin' da Smack Down. Jason Birchmeier
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The Little Engine That Could
The Little Engine That Could
By Watty Piper.
The unknowing progenitor of a whole generation of self-help books, Wally Piper's The Little Engine That Could is one of the greatest tales of motivation and the power of positive thinking ever told. In this well-loved classic, a little train carrying oodles of toys to all of the good boys and girls is confronted with a towering, seemingly impassable mountain. As nicely as they ask, the toys cannot convince the Shiny New Engine or the Big Strong Engine--far too impressed with themselves--to say anything but "I can not. I can not." It is left up to the Little Blue Engine to overcome insurmountable odds and pull the train to the other side. The Little Engine That Could is an entertaining and inspirational favorite, and the Little Blue Engine's rallying mantra "I think I can--I think I can" will resonate for a lifetime in the head of every child who hears it. (Ages 4 to 8)
"A good example of pioneer feminist lore, with girl engine as 'hero'." -- Publishers Weekly
The classic story of optimistic thinking that has delighted generations of children. -- Amazon review
A classic children's story. It begins when the engine carrying toys over the mountain for the boys and girls, the engine breaks down. A series of engines go by, each one giving a different reason why he can't take the toys over the mountain. Finally, a small maintenance engine comes by, sees the toys' predicament, and decides to take the risk, to try to bring the load of toys over the mountain. It's hard going, but eventually she succeeds, first saying "I think I can, I think I can", and then "I knew I could, I knew I could."
The story at this URL:
though an interesting variation, is not what I have before me as I speak, with the cover displayed at the top of this page, marked "The complete original edition."''
This is a story of initiative and risk. Most people try to avoid risk. But for those who take the initiative, there is a chance of much greater gains, of growing, of doing something you didn't think you could do before. All the experienced engines in the story merely found
. It was only the small engine who was willing to put her own neck on the line to progress.
At no point in the story does anyone tell the Little Engine she is unable to pull the train over the mountain. It was merely a question of whether she was going to try, or whether she was going to maintain the status quo. So in that respect, it's a story about innovation, innovating even if you're small, because even small innovators can make big differences.
is the enemy of initiative. It recently occurred to me that most of us, myself frequently included, teach our children
. This thought especially struck me in light of
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That's funny. When I read this story as a child, I understood the theme to be "Adults try to tell children they are weak and incapable, but with determination - you can accomplish anything they can". . . I never saw it as a "risk takers often win", just purely as "adults patronize perfectly capable children"
I wonder now if they were both correct - Do many people avoid taking the initiative because society insists they would fail?
Of course what I've been watching recently is...
"The Little Tank That Could" by "Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie" -->
That's my inspirational note for the day. ;->
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So Now What?
Today was last day of the 2013 MLB regular season, so starting tomorrow and continuing for several weeks, there are a number of roster issues that will need to be addressed:
1. OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENTS: All players on Optional Assignment to the minors must be recalled. No players may be on Optional Assignment to the minors beginning on the day after the conclusion of the MLB regular season until 45 days prior to MLB Opening Day.
2. RULE 5 PLAYERS: After being selected by the Cubs in the Major League Phase of the December 2012 MLB Rule 5 Draft, RHP Hector Rondon fulfilled Rule 5 requirements by spending the entire 2013 MLB regular season on the Cubs 25-man roster, so as of tomorrow he will no longer be a "Rule 5 Player." This means he can be sent to the minors without any special restrictions (although he does have the right to decline an outright assignment and elect to be a free-agent because he has been outrighted previously in his career), and the Cleveland Indians AAA Columbus affiliate (the club from which Rondon was drafted) no longer has the right to reclaim the player for $25,000 per MLB Rule 6 should Rondon be placed on Outright Assignment Waivers and not be claimed by another MLB club.
Note that although he used three minor league options (2009-11) while he was a member of the Indians organization, Rondon will get a 4th minor league option in 2014.
3. ARTICLE XX-D MINOR LEAGUE FREE-AGENTS: All minor league players eligible to be a free-agent per Article XX-D of the CBA can file for free-agency beginning on the day after the conclusion of the MLB regular season through October 15th. This is the only class of free-agent who must file for free-agency. (Article XX-B MLB free-agents and MLB Rule 55 minor league free-agents are declared free-agents automatically, an Article XX-B MLB free-agent on the day after the conclusion of the World Series, and an MLB Rule 55 minor league free-agent at 5 PM on the 5th day following the conclusion of World Series if the player is not added to an MLB 40-man roster prior to that time).
A player is eligible to file for free-ageny under Article XX-D of the CBA if the player was on an MLB 40-man roster and then was sent outright to the minors, and the player had accrued at least three years of MLB Service Time and/or had been outrighted previously in his career, and the player accepted the assignment and deferred his right to elect free-agency until after the conclusion of the MLB regular season. (If a player eligible to be a free-agent per Article XX-D of the CBA elects free-agency immediately upon being outrighted, the player's contract is terminated and the player receives no termination pay). However, if a player who is eligible to be a free-agency per Article XX-D of the CBA accepts an outright assignment to the minors and then is subsequtently added back to an MLB 40-man roster prior to the conclusion of the MLB regular season, the player is not eligible to elect free-agency after the conclusion of the MLB regular season.
RHP Michael Bowden, RHP Henry Rodriguez, and RHP Eduardo Sanchez are the three Cubs minor leaguers eligible to file for free-agency per Article XX-D of the CBA beginning tomorrow and extending up through 10/15. In each case the player accepted an Outright Assignment to the minors, deferring his right to elect free-agency until the after the conclusion of the MLB regular season. However, if the Cubs were to add any of the three back to their MLB 40-man roster prior to the player filing for free-agency, the player would NOT be a free-agent. So the Cubs have several hours left if they wish to add Bowden, Rodriguez, and/or Sanchez back to their MLB 40-man roster. That said, I doubt VERY much that the Cubs will do that, altough they may try to re-sign one or more of the three to a 2013 minor league contract with an NRI to Spring Training.
BTW, it is not unusual for a few potentially useful Article XX-D players to be signed quickly after electing free-agency (usually to a minor league contract with an NRI to Spring Training, but occasionally to a major league contract), either because the player has some value at the major league level but was not claimed off waivers because he was making too much money when he was outrighted, or because the claiming club did not have room on its MLB 40-man roster when the player was placed on waivers but now it does, or because the player had a good year in AAA after being outrighted.
4. ARTICLE XX-B MLB FREE-AGENT: There are five Cubs eligible to be Article XX-B MLB free-agents post-2013: RHP Scott Baker, RHP Kevin Gregg, RHP Matt Guerrier, C Dioner Navarro, and OF Brian Sweeney.
Any unsigned MLB player with a least six years of MLB Service Time is automaticaly declared a free-agent on the day after the conclusion of the World Series (the player used to have to file, but now it's automatic), and the player's club retains exclusive negotiating rights with that player for the first five days after the conclusion of the World Series. The club must decide by the 5th day whether to extend a "Qulaifying Offer" to the player (a one-year guaranteed contract with a salary at least equal to the average salary of the 125 highest-paid MLB players from the previous season, expected to be about $13.5M post-2012).
If the club extends a "Qualifying Offer" to the player and the player accepts, the player is considered "signed" and must be added back to the club's 40-man roster immediately.
If the club extends a "Qualifying Offer" to the player and the player declines, the club can still sign the player at some point, but the club would receive a compensation draft pick immediately after the 1st round in the next year's Rule 4 Draft (First-Year Player Draft) if the player subsequently signs a major league contract with a different club.
If the club does not extend a "Qualifying Offer" to an Article XX-B MLB free-agent, the club receives no compensation if the player signs with a different club.
Don't expect the Cubs to extend a "Qualifying Offer" to any of their Ariticle XX-B MLB free-agents, but they probably will offer Baker, Guerrier, and Sweeney a 2013 minor league contract with an NRI to Spring Training, and Navarro will probably sign a multi-year (maybe two years plus a 3rd year club option) major leaguie contract, maybe even with the Cubs. Despite the apology, Gregg probably burned his bridge with the Cubs.
5. MLB 60-DAY DISABLED LIST: Players on the MLB 60-day DL do not count against a club's 40-man roster limit, but all players on a club's 60-day DL must be reinstated no later than 5 PM (Eastern) on the 5th day following the conclusion of the World Series.
The Cubs have six players on their MLB 60-day DL: RHP Rafael Dolis, RHP Kyuji Fujikawa, RHP Matt Guerrier, OF Thomas Neal, RHP Zach Putnam, and RHP Arodys Vizcaino. Each will have to be reinstated to the 40-man roster no later than 5 PM on the 5th day following the conclusion of the World Series, and six players will need to be dropped from the 40-man roster to make room for the players on the 60-day DL when they are reinstated. However, Guerrier will be an Article XX-B MLB free-agent on the day after the conclusion of the World Series, and any of the other five on the 60-day DL (especially Dolis, Neal, and Putnam) could just be outrighted when they are reinstated. Also, four more slots on the 40-man roster will be available when Baker, Gregg, Navarro, and Sweeney are declared free-agents after the conclusion of the World Series, and two more slots will probably be available when Boscan and McDonald (likely) get outrighted in October.
6. MLB RULE 55 MINOR LEAGUE FREE-AGENT: Any minor league player who is eligible to be a free-agent per MLB Rule 55 ("Six-Year FA" and/or "Second-Contract" FA) is automatically declared a free-agent at 5 PM (Eastern) on the 5th day following the conclusion of the World Series, but a player is not eligible to be a Rule 55 minor league FA if the player is added to an MLB 40-man roster or if the player and the club agree to a minor league "Successor Contract" prior to the deadline.
Also, if a club wishes to outright a player to the minors who would be eligible to be a Rule 55 minor league FA if on a minor league reserve list, the player must be outrighted to the minors by 5 PM on the 5th day following the conclusion of the World Series, unless the player signs a major league contract for the following season or agrees (in advance) to sign a minor league contract for the following season prior to being outrighted.
CUBS MINOR LEAGUERS ELIGIBLE TO BE RULE 55 FA POST-2013: LHP Jeffry Antigua, LHP Kyler Burke, RHP Alex Burnett, RHP Yeiper Castillo, RHP Jaye Chapman, RHP Johermyn Chavez (ex-OF), RHP Eduardo Figueroa, OF Cole Gillespie, INF Edgar Gonzalez, RHP Marcus Hatley, RHP Marcos Mateo, INF Edwin Maysonet, INF Jonathon Mota, 1B Brad Nelson, IF-OF Nate Samson, IF-OF Tim Torres, RHP Casey Weathers, and OF Ty Wright,
SECOND CONTRACT (PREVIOUSLY-RELEASED) MINOR LEAGUE FA: RHP Michael de la Cruz, INF Carlos Figueroa (player-coach), INF Humberto Garcia, C Nate Maldonado (player-coach), RHP Yomar Pacheco, RHP Brohiglyn Rivero, RHP Orbandy Rodriguez, and C Roberto Vahlis.
A player is not eligible to be a Rule 55 minor league FA if the player and club agree to a minor league "Successor Contract" prior to 5 PM (Eastern) on the 5th day following the conclusion of the World Series, although if a Rule 55 minor league FA signs a minor league successor contract, he would be eligible for selection in the Rule 5 Draft.
7- NOVEMBER 20th: Any minor league player who is eligible for selection in the next MLB Rule 5 Draft who is not added to an MLB 40-man roster by close of business on November 20th cannot be traded or added to an MLB 40-man roster until after the conclusion of the Rule 5 Draft.
Arismendy Alcantara, INF
Gioskar Amaya, INF
Frank Batista, RHP
Dallas Beeler, RHP
Julio Borbon, OF
Justin Bour, 1B
Marcelo Carreno, RHP
Lendy Castillo, RHP
Javier Castro, RHP
Zach Cates, RHP
Hunter Cervenka, LHP
Pin-Chieh Chen, OF
Casey Coleman, RHP
Gerardo Concepcion, LHP
Willson Contreras, C
Wes Darvill, INF
Antonio Encarnacion, RHP
Luis Flores, C
Anthony Giansanti, OF
Enyel Gonzalez, RHP
Carlos Gutierrez, RHP
Jae-Hoon Ha, OF
Marco Hernandez, INF
Eric Jokisch, LHP
Austin Kirk, LHP
Matt Loosen, RHP
Jeff Lorick, LHP
Eric Martinez, RHP
A. J. Morris, RHP
Chad Noble, C
Alan Oaks, RHP
Juan Carlos Paniagua, RHP (see NOTE)
Loiger Padron, RHP
Amaury Paulino, RHP
Felix Pena, RHP
Starling Peralta, RHP
Dae-Eun Rhee, RHP
Greg Rohan, INF
Jose Rosario, RHP
Victor Salazar, RHP
Dave Sappelt, OF
Brian Schlitter, RHP
Elliot Soto, INF,
Nick Struck, RHP
Luis Villalba, LHP
Yao-Lin Wang, RHP
Oliver Zapata, OF
NOTE: Juan Carlos Paniagua signed his first contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks as "Juan Callado" on 5-8-2009 and pitched for the DSL Diamondbacks in the Dominican Summer League in 2009-10, but the contract was "pending" for almost two years and was never officially approved by MLB. The contract was eventually rejected by MLB due to "fraudulent paperwork" and Paniagua (Callado) was suspended for one year and then was declared a free-agent. He signed with the New York Yankees in March 2011 but then was suspended again and that contract was rejected, too, because his birth certificate could not be verified. Paniagua was cleared by MLB in 2012 and he signed with the Cubs on 7-9-2012. Therefore, Paniagua could be eligible for selection in the Rule 5 Draft for the first time in December 2013, since 2009 was his "first season" on the field, and he was 18 on the June 5th immediately preceding the signing of his first contract, or he might not be eligible for selection in the Rule 5 Draft for the first time until December 2015 if 2012 is considered Paniagua's "first season" for Rule 5 eligibility purposes.
Also, any injured player who accrued at least one day of MLB Service Time the previous season cannot be outrighted to the minors after November 20th.
8. RULE 5 DRAFT EXCLUDED PLAYER: Any minor league player eligible for selection in the Rule 5 Draft who is added to an MLB 40-man roster between August 15th and the Rule 5 Draft is a "Draft Excluded Player." This means the player cannot be sent to the minors (by outright or optional assignment) between the Rule 5 Draft and 20 days prior to MLB Opening Day (same as a Rule 5 Draft pick), and if the player is outrighted prior to the Rule 5 Draft, Outright Assignment Waivers must be requested no later than 2 PM (Eastern) on the 4th day following the conclusion of the World Series.
LHP Zac Rosscup is presently the only "Draft-Excluded Player" on the Cubs 40-man roster (although more are likely to be added by the November 20th roster deadline), so (for example) if the Cubs want to send Rosscup outright to the minors to open up a slot on their 40-man roster during the off-season, they must request Outright Assignment Waivers no later than 2 PM (Eastern) on the 4th day following the conclusion of the World Series and then outright the player before the waivers expire, or else they will have to wait to outright him to the minors until 20 days prior to MLB Opening Day. Same goes for any other minor league player eligible for selection in the Rule 5 Draft that the Cubs add to their MLB 40-man roster prior to the Rule 5 Draft.
So the Cubs need to be careful to leave enough slots available on their 40-man roster for free-agents they might sign during the off-season. A club cannot outright a "Draft-Excluded Player" to the minors for most of November, December, January, February, and the first half of March. The club could outright a player who is not "Draft Excluded," but most of those players would be minor league free-agents if outrighted (at least until the player has signed a 2013 contract).
9. PLAYERS ELIGIBLE FOR SALARY ARBITRATION: The following Cubs players will be eligible for salary arbitration this off-season: RHP Daniel Bard, INF Darwin Barney, OF Darnell McDonald, INF Donnie Murphy, LHP James Russell, RHP Jeff Samardzija, OF Nate Schierholtz, RHP Pedro Strop ("Super Two"), INF Luis Valbuena, and LHP Travis Wood.
10. DECEMBER 2nd: 2014 contracts are tendered to unsigned players on a club's 40-man roster on December 2nd. If an unsigned player is not tendered a 2014 major league contract on 12/2, he is said to be "non-tendered," and he is immediately declared a free-agent, free to sign a 2014 major league or minor league contract with any MLB club (including the club that non-tendered the player). To open up a slot on the club's MLB 40-man roster, or to sign a player for more than the permissable 20% pay cut, or to avoid salary arbitration, a club will sometimes non-tender a player on 12/2 and then (almost immediately) re-sign him to a major league or minor league contract for the following season. Daniel Bard, Brian Bogusevic, Danny Murphy, and Darnell McDonald are the type of players who could get non-tendered on 12/2 and then re-sign with the Cubs, probably to a non-guaranteed minor league contract (but for "major league money") with an NRI to Spring Training, and perhaps an "opt-out" for the player if the player doesn't make the Cubs 2014 Opening Day MLB 25-man roster.
11. 2014 MINOR LEAGUE OPTION STATUS: This doesn't matter right now (although it will matter in Spring Training), but J. C. Boscan, Alberto Cabrera, Rafael Dolis, and Thomas Neal each used up his last minor league option in 2013 and thus each will be out of minor league options in 2014, joining Brian Bogusevic, Welington Castillo, Darnell McDonald, Donnie Murphy, Jeff Samardzija, Pedro Strop, Luis Valbuena, and Travis Wood as players on the Cubs MLB 40-man roster who have less than five years of MLB Service Time who are out of minor league options. (Players with a least five years of MLB Service Time must give their permission in advance before they can be optioned to the minors). I would expect Boscan, Dolis, McDonald, and Neal to get outrighted to Iowa in October (with Boscan and McDonald electing free-agency immediately because they werre outrighted previously in their careers, and Dolis and Neal being declared Rule 55 minor league free-agents after the World Series).
didn't notice til today that
didn't notice til today that ryan theriot never played this year (majors, minors, or indie).
he supposedly had offers this winter and right into spring training, but was "holding out" for a starting job, significant playing time, or better pay offers depending on which rumor mills you listened to. looks like he screwed himself...or making $9m over the course of his career (salary + postseason bonuses) is just enough loot for him to call it a career. giants, phillies, indians, and rangers were all linked to him through-out the offseason. there was also rumor of him becoming a player agent...haven't heard anything about that since it came up in march, though.
you'd think that 500-700K (probably the worst he would get, even as a part-time player as a middle IF'r) would be worth sticking around in the bigs considering his age and career arc. it's going to be hard for him to get back in the game at this point if he's not already walked away.
at least he's got 2 WS rings. sigh.
Yeah, this came up last
Yeah, this came up last spring:
He would get more playing time if he was a better player, so if he could figure out how to get his OPS above say .630 he'd be half way to solving this problem.
But, part of me respects him a lot. I'm 32 and if I hit 9 million in the lottery tomorrow, I'd almost certainly stop going to work to and just enjoy life, and I generally really enjoy my job too.
Maybe he'll go to Japan and
Maybe he'll go to Japan and become their next home run king.
So now the real season starts
So now the real season starts.
Sveum Fired. BYE BYE
Sveum Fired. BYE BYE
He was a pretty uninteresting fellow. Cubs need a guy with fire in his belly. Bring back Lou!!! Then bring em all up!
Here are some Managers the
Here are some Managers the Cubs had that I remember with "Fire in their Bellies":
Lee Elia, Lou, Durocher, Don Baylor, Don Zimmer, Jim LeFevre, Jim Riggleman, Joey Amalfitano. The 70's (other than Durocher who went until '72) only had managers that had anvils in their asses.
Phil Rogers out at the
Phil Rogers out at the Tribune too. Going to work for mlb.com.
WrongWay Phil should just
WrongWay Phil should just give his salary to the worthy AZ PHIL.
Phil, you really have this
Phil, you really have this contract stuff down pat. It is very insightful. Looking forward already to getting down to Mesa for the month of April. Seems like a lot of the young players started to come into. their own this year.
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Oh my! Cards down 2-1 to Reds in the bottom of the 9th -- get a leadoff triple -- and don't score!
Gameday has stopped at the top of the 8th inning. Google tells me it ended up 8-4 Pirates but I can't get further detail. Guess I'll have to wait until the Cubs' website updates...
Phil, thanks for posting. Where do find the schedule? I have a condo in Surprise, yet I drove to Mesa and Tempe looking for a game today! Thanks!
Dear Baseball Gods--
My trip to Chicago has nothing whatsoever to do with the Cubs. In actuality, I am a Red Sox fan.
Well, if Strop had to give up a run...at least he hit Sean Rodriguez to do it.
jaso has a cycle and 5 rbis...pit leads by 4.
have a nice
bowl of pizza soupdeep dish pizza...or a leisurely walk around the notorious south-side (bring money)...shopping at one of the walmart supercenters...waiting in line to waste $20 at willis tower...
seriously, though...it's chicago, a lot to do. have a dog for lunch, a great dinner, and catch some local comedy.
Strange, because he really seemed to have the Pirates number last year.
Bummer for Jake -- I think this is the first time all year his ERA has been over 3.00, and that will be his number for the year.
Jinx remover -- your trip doesn't have to be for a baseball game -- lots of stuff to do here in town.
Guess they could always try to White Sox (and Bears...sob) approach: Never Rebuild! Seems to work pretty well for them.
3rd time this season he's given up 6+ runs to PIT...only team he's given up 6+ runs to this season.
7 runs is the most he's given up since august 6th in colorado...in 2014.
Over 100 pitches, only the 5th.
coghlan out...got his cleats stuck in the wall attempting a play (failed, but looked great doing it). walking off on his own, precautionary/day-to-day looking stuff...hopefully not worse.
also, jake arrieta is literally worse than hitler. 1-5, bottom 5. ...make that 1-6, bottom 5. ...make that 1-7, bottom 5.
Coghlan crashes into wall and comes up limping, looks like left knee or ankle. Leaves game...
Arrieta inspiring no confidence yet again.
from a sun-times article that I won't link to so you don't have to bear the ad-loading that will crush your browser
When he left Boston after nine years as general manager, Epstein said he believed in the philosophy espoused by legendary football coach Bill Walsh: essentially that 10 years is a natural shelf life for a high-stress job.


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Chris Broas has made it her mission to help those for whom life is no picnic.
Thousands of homeless men, women, and children lined up on the lawn of Veteran's Memorial for the fifth year of the H.O.P.E Picnic. It started small, maybe a hundred at first, at various parks, but then word started to spread, all because of Chris.
H.O.P.E stands for Homeless Outreach Programs and Events.
The idea for the event came to Christine during a 2004 ice storm. Chris didn't have electricity for seven days and when she looked in the newspaper she saw a picture of a homeless man sitting in the frigid temperatures with his dog. She was inspired to do something to make a difference.
Her outreach started with helping people living under Columbus bridges and woods, and blossomed into an all-day event.
This past year, she rallied hospitals, students, health organizations, large and small businesses, and more than a 125 volunteers. Together, they served 2,600 meals, distributed hundreds of blankets, shoes, coats, and food items; provided hundreds of vision, health, dental, flu shots, HIV tests, haircuts, manicures and foot washings; and conducted small worship services to those in need.
The H.O.P.E. Picnic is more than just filling stomachs and giving out supplies. It has been catalyst for the Gahanna community, rallying volunteers from both Peace Lutheran Church and Stoneybook United Methodist Church.
When visiting the homeless camps, it was the loneliness of spirit that stuck Chris Broas – the craving of human companionship. Chris says, "There's a fire that grabs your spirit and you don't want to let go." Her goal is to live and preach the gospel by saying as few words as possible.
The homeless men, women, and children in the Central Ohio community are better today because of the work of Christine.
There is no budget, no fundraising, no large corporate sponsors. This is a grassroots effort that has no paid staff or infrastructure: simply a talented woman who sees the opportunity, and the need, along with a corps of volunteers who appreciate share her vision.


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From Local to Global in Latin America and the Caribbean: Where Have We Come from and Where Are We Headed?
At the beginning of a new millennium, the celebration of rapid global integration has become commonplace and simplistic. The richness, diversity, and historical depth of regions such as Latin America present a challenge to straightforward models of present global trends. The image of a global-local continuum diverts attention from complex processes and interactions that define the social, economic, political and cultural realities of Latin America. Political and cultural developments in Latin America and the Caribbean show complex and often discordant interactions among local, national, regional, and global levels. This conference will look at interactions, points of contact, overlaps, contested arenas, emerging spaces, and new grounds for discussion in the context of this diverse region, where we find on the one hand, policymakers promoting common international standards for economic and political performance across the region, and on the other local populations resisting one-size-fits-all recipes while demanding local solutions for local problems.
Globalization is nothing new in Latin America and the Caribbean. Worldwide forces have for centuries profoundly shaped the region. The conquest created one of the largest empires in world history; the silver trade and the slave trade tied Latin America to Asia and Africa. Nineteenth-century economic developments pulled independent countries into tight economic relationships with Europe and North America. More recently, as indigenous movements across the Americas (and around the world) have found common ground, they have begun to challenge political and cultural landscapes that have too often marginalized them. While the nation-state remains a major focus of people's struggles, states themselves are increasingly unable to resolve people's problems. Moreover, in many places states have hardly existed.
The impact of globalization is not limited to the political and economic spheres. In a way that mirrors today's complexities, nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin American artists and writers struggled to find their voices in the spaces between the demands of international (European) high culture and their own cultural experiences. Contemporary fiction writers, film-makers, and other artists continue to wrestle with the pressures of globalization and often criticize its homogenizing tendencies. Yet globalization is not necessarily a one-way street, as the surprisingly-rapid global spread of capoeira, the Afro-Brazilian martial art, suggests. Migration to and from Latin America (and within the region) has constantly reshaped social, political, and cultural identities.
Paradoxically, given the historical importance of global forces in the region, contemporary scholars of Latin America and the Caribbean have recently eschewed grand narratives and broad generalizations, retreating to ever-narrower scholarly specializations. While we do not call for readopting discarded frameworks, we do call for taking stock and making sense of the current complexities, a task that requires seeing the big picture and paying attention to multiple voices and perspectives. What are the relationships between local, regional, national and global levels in Latin America and the Caribbean? How should scholars understand the current interactions in light of past experience and future possibilities? How do the cultural, social, economic, and political spheres interact on these different levels?
For the meeting of the Conference of the Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, to be held at the University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta, Canada), September 28-30, 2006, we invite papers that address these questions specifically, or through related themes and issues. Panel and paper proposals from all disciplines are welcome.
All conference information is available at www.larc.ucalgary.ca.


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Three Types of Offers that Always Work
Despite the growing popularity of Internet TV, both DishNetwork and DirectTV are a growing business. A lot of it has to do with the huge population of sports fans that know that they can get the best quality games via these methods, but a lot more probably has to do with the aggressive affiliate programs that the resellers use. If there is one program that year after year is a constant, it is the affiliate programs for DishNetwork and DirectTV. This search will show you DishNetwork Affiliate Programs at OfferVault. I've also heard a rumor that HybridAds has a private email submit for DishNetwork that is killing it.
With the Price of Gold Going up, Gold Kits and Gold Seller Offers are probably still one of the hottest offers for mailers, but also for all types of people. These offers are partially doing well because of the economy and the price of Gold, but also because of the enormous advertising push being done on FoxNews and late night TV. With people like Glen Beck pushing gold companies and talking about it, tons of people know about these programs. Thus, when they are given the opportunity to redeem their gold for money via a mailing, they are more interested. Try Envyus Media and their CashForGold offer.
I have talked about how to make money on Dating Affiliate Programs many times. Dating Affiliate Programs will always be hot, because for whatever reason people are always searching for new loves. I read in a study that as more and more people get on dating sites, more and more people try OTHER dating sites – because it's almost like an addiction. People love the attention of an unknown suitor or admirer.. who might be stalker, but still its fun. If you haven't tried already, try NICHE dating. For example, Hispanic Dating can be huge, partially because its less competitive but also because there are a lot of keywords that cost a lot less money than the rest. For example, Online Dating goes for as much as $4.00 per click, while Domincan Women goes for $.43 per click on Google. Let's also be honest, nothing really sells like the photos of Sexy Dominican Women too, there is are just a plethora of great photos out there for your ads!
2011-02-17 at 20:18
Awesome news, I'm doing dating now and it rocks. Will definitely try gold and dish campaigns. Thanx for great info
2011-02-17 at 21:36
I agree with the Gold. It's a big market right now. Even a series on A&E I think, Gold Rush. Never tried something like Dish Network but maybe should explore after reading this. I've promoted many tv on pc offers in the past with some good success so satellite tv sounds like a winner as well. Thanks for the tips.
2011-02-23 at 16:26
I have to concur with the dating side of things — I used to push that BIG time in niche markets (gay/lesbian, black, hispanic, asian, etc.) and rocked it! THings which will ALWAYS make money are health, wealth & relationship offers 🙂
-Daniel Wiafe
2011-02-23 at 16:45
Envyus Media doesn't seem to have a CashForGold offer?
2011-02-23 at 18:08
great chick, anyway
2011-02-23 at 23:54
Excellent. Thanks for the info. I was looking at dating,but didn't realize what was going on with gold and dish net,directtv.
2011-02-24 at 03:54
Gold and Dishnetwork affiliate programs profitable – who knew? Dating is of course widely known – but the other two might just be what I need. I wonder if the adsense ads for these 3 are as lucrative as its affiliate programs? All the same – I 've found 3 niches that I will add to my niche list for use for this year. Thanks Offervault!
2011-02-25 at 08:01
I've never tried to promote tv or gold offers. I've been testing out dating but have yet to strike gold.
Thanks for the recommendations.
2011-03-10 at 19:00
Chick are always great…lol
2011-08-02 at 21:46
Well I obviously love the Dominican Women niche. Very profitable.


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Pietersen hundred seals series
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Kevin Pietersen struck his first one-day international century in over three years as England sealed a series success against Pakistan courtesy of a comprehensive nine-wicket victory.
Following their 3-0 defeat in the Tests, the tourists had a point to prove in the four-match 50-over rubber and, having secured 130- and 20-run victories in Abu Dhabi, headed to Dubai desperate to finish the job.
They managed that thanks, in the main, to skipper Alastair Cook - who continued his remarkable series by adding 80 to his centuries in the opening two games - and Pietersen, who finished on 111 not out.
Cook fell just 20 runs short of becoming the first England batsman to register three successive ODI centuries; he would have joined Zaheer Abbas, Saeed Anwar, Herschelle Gibbs and AB de Villiers in achieving the feat.
But Pietersen's hundred - his first in ODIs since registering the same score as today against India in 2008 - was perhaps more important given his recent lean spell.
There were some moments of luck for the right-hander - he was dropped on 45 by Azhar Ali - but his brilliant display undoubtedly deserved the rewards it reaped.
As much as the individual efforts were impressive, it is perhaps the 170-run partnership - the highest by an England opening pair against Pakistan - between Pietersen and Cook that will have pleased team director Andy Flower most.
In the build-up to the game, Pietersen revealed that Flower had pinpointed his players' ability to "dovetail" as a key factor in achieving success.
He will, therefore, have enjoyed watching two very different batsman - Pietersen's front-foot, aggressive demeanour is in stark contrast to Cook's back-foot punchy approach - yield similar results.
Flower, though, will not overlook England's efforts in the field as well as their exciting combination at the top of the order.
Throughout this series, both in the Tests and ODIs, England have prospered in that area and today was no different.
Steven Finn continued his fine tour with another three wickets - he now has 11 in three games - while Stuart Broad matched that performance.
James Anderson picked up 2-52, with the tourists' efforts being rounded off by a couple of run-outs as they dismissed Pakistan - for whom Umar Akmal and Shahid Afridi hit fifties - for 222.
That proved insufficient as England emerged victorious with with 12.4 overs to spare, Pietersen an unbeaten centurion and Eoin Morgan, promoted to three, finishing on 24 not out.
Starting as they intended to go on, England got off to a flying start when Finn found Imran Farhat's edge to provide Craig Kieswetter with a simple catch.
Broad's introduction, at the expense of Anderson, initially signalled frustration for the tourists as he had Mohammad Hafeez caught at point off a no-ball, in an over that went for 16.
However, his mood lifted when, soon after, Azhar - on five - feathered through to Kieswetter.
Things got even better when Finn trapped the dangerous-looking Hafeez in front for a 28-ball 29 before Broad located Misbah-ul-Haq's edge, Graeme Swann doing the rest at first slip.
Umar responded with a fine strike over cover as he and Asad Shafiq mixed fine running with the odd boundary. But, with the 50-run alliance approaching, Cook and Kieswetter combined to run out the latter.
Guilty of ball-watching, Shafiq was sent back by Umar and, despite making his ground, had to depart for 18 due to his bat being in the air.
Umar was dropped by Kieswetter off Broad, while, at the other end, Afridi signalled his intent by launching Swann down the ground for six.
Lofty boundaries interspersed with plays and misses followed as the enigmatic all-rounder and Umar reached their half-centuries in quick succession.
The latter could not add any more runs, though, as he clipped Broad to midwicket, where Samit Patel took a fine one-handed catch.
Afridi was bowled by Anderson - who later repeated the trick to remove Saeed Ajmal - as England eventually dismissed the designated hosts for 222, Aizaz Cheema being run out by Finn to herald the end.
In reply, England's openers were quickly into their stride as they traded boundaries.
Pietersen was fortunate to top-edge over wicketkeeper Adnan Akmal for another four, with Pakistan's frustration not helped by Umar Gul bowling three no-balls in an over.
Cook punished the second with a free-hit four, and it was soon apparent that Gul had again overstepped, allowing the left-hander to help himself to a maximum over midwicket off the next.
Pietersen brought up another half-century stand with Cook - their third in as many matches - with a glorious sweep over square-leg off Hafeez.
A Cook late cut heralded another boundary before Pietersen launched Afridi down the ground for six.
After the 100-run alliance came around, the latter enjoyed some good fortune during the bowling powerplay, dropped on the pull by Azhar off Cheema at deep square-leg.
Cook reached his half-century with a nudge to leg and Pietersen joined him at the landmark soon after with a clever scoop-swept two.
Pietersen moved past 4,000 ODI runs in emphatic style, launching an enormous six down the ground off Hafeez.
That signalled increased dominance from the right-hander, while strike rotation remained his partner's focus as the 150-run stand was brought up.
With the score on 170, Cook nicked Ajmal behind and England surprisingly sent in Morgan, who did not take long to strike the off-spinner over midwicket for six.
After Pietersen moved into the nineties with a scorching four through cover, Morgan was dropped by Adnan off Ajmal.
England took the batting powerplay in the 33rd over, with Pietersen reaching three figures, from 93 balls, soon after courtesy of a two through square-leg.
Attentions then turned to finishing the job and, after Morgan followed up his partner's pulled four with two boundaries of his own, Pietersen did just that to cap an eighth 50-over ton and seal England's first series victory in Asia since 2007.
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In a few weeks we get to exercise our right to elect a president. The choice we make will set a course for the future of the U.S.
We need to put aside the notion of Democrat or Republican and be "Americans" first and foremost. Each of us needs to get beyond all the media rhetoric that will fill our lives and consider the issues:
Should we spend more than we take in?
Do we need to get more people working in this country?
Is marriage between a man and a woman or should there be no restrictions?
Do we need a strong military?
Should we demonize those who have worked hard and become successful or is that just the result of their pursuit of the American dream?
Should the government require that employers supply contraceptives to employees? If free contraceptives are currently available now, through social agencies and employers, why are there so many moms on welfare with multiple kids?
How best do we administer programs like Social Security and Medicare? Is Obamacare going to work?
If indeed 47 percent of the folks don't pay federal income tax and we don't get more people working and create more higher-paying new jobs to pay taxes, doesn't that just leave the wealthy and middle class to support all federal programs? If so, how does the middle class not get stuck with a higher tax burden?
Our country was formed on the democratic principle that neither one person nor one party has all the answers and we as reasonable people can work together to move our country forward.
I urge voters to think as an "American" on how best we pursue our future. Is it President Obama's liberal approach or Gov. Romney's conservative style that should lead us forward?
God Bless America (yes, the same one in which we trust).
Paul J. Bobbey
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Season, Higgins' coaching stint ends for Medical Lake softball
The softball season, and the latest stint for head coach John Higgins ended for Medical Lake last Saturday in Suncrest.
After a thrilling 14-13 win in 12 innings over Chewelah last Tuesday that got them into the postseason, a pair of losses in the Northeast A League's district tournament ousted the Cardinals.
Medical Lake lost its opener 11-5 to regular season champion Lakeside and then 13-9 to Riverside in the loser-out contest, finishing 9-14 on the season. Saturday's game was the final one in Higgins' second stint at ML's softball coach as he's retiring.
"That' over 20 years, that's long enough," Higgins said. "I've got grandkids playing all kinds of sports."
Higgins, who doubles as Medical Lake's mayor, not only leaves behind a program in better shape than when he took over but has a summer league that now enters its third season with a healthy group of teams. West Plains Little League is also part of the pipeline, he said.
Assistant coach Tim Blakely will run the summer team, Higgins said.
The Cardinals closed out 2013 in much the same up and down manner that seemed to frame the season. Especially in the Kettle Falls game last Tuesday.
"We spotted them a big lead," Higgins said as Medical Lake trailed 8-2 through the top of the third. The Cardinals would battle back and tied it with two runs in the bottom of the seventh at 9-9.
That set up what Higgins referred to as the "Texas Tiebreaker," where a runner is put at second upping the chances of scoring to end the game.
The teams each scored single runs in the ninth and eleventh with that Cardinals' defense showing up in extra innings and collecting a pair of first-to-third double plays.
"We won it with a squeeze play with the bases loaded and two outs, " Higgins explained. "I was out of players, he was out of players and didn't want to play much longer so I tried a squeeze play and it was bunted right back to the pitcher."
The Chewelah pitcher misplayed it and by the time she recovered Darby Evans scored to help advance her team to Saturday's round. "It was close but our girl slid underneath the tag," Higgins said.
Faith Keister had four hits, including a double in the Kettle Falls win. Becky Troutt's three hits included a pair of doubles. Shelby Pavao got the win to go 2-1 on the season.
In their opener Saturday, the Cardinals spotted Lakside an early lead, trailing 4-0 through three before closing to 4-3 in the fourth. But the Eagles were too much, scoring four in their half of the inning and the Cardinals were never able to fully close the gap. Hailey Cheevers had three hits against Lakeside. Troutt and Pavao each doubled.
Lakeside's Madi Naccarato was robbed of a home run by Rachael Crofoot who made an over-the-fence catch.
Kettle Falls' 7-4 upset win over Riverside in the other game sent the Rams into a must-win match-up versus Medical Lake.
Riverside led 4-0 after one but Medical Lake battled back to take a 9-6 lead with a four-run fourth. "We gave it back up on a couple of plays on the infield," Higgins explained. "We didn't make plays we should have, a pop-fly on the infield, we didn't cover that, and then they got a couple of hits and we didn't."
Troutt concluded her ML career with a 3-hit afternoon versus Riverside. Evans, Keister and freshman Bradyn Wegner each had a double. Evans also hit a triple.
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British troops used armed drones in Libya against forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the Government has revealed, marking the first time that British personnel have operated such a weapon outside Afghanistan.
In a sign of the close relationship between British and US forces, Lord Astor of Hever said that the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), owned by the United States, were flown last year by British operators as part of the Nato-led mission against the former Libyan regime.
He was responding to a written question by Lord Bates of Langbaurgh asking what the Government's policy was on the use of


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I know there are annual descriptions and lists of how terrible the weather is in Pittsburgh. These lists or ratings usually give us around 22 clear days (or some other ridiculously low number) per year and the gray haze can seem eternal, but for several days now, we've had some amazingly nice weather (warm days, cool nights, clear blue skies, ah! San Francisco?), and the beautiful days have made shooting around town especially exciting and exhilarating.
We started on Thursday at the Terminal Building (now officially called River Walk Corporate Center) on the South Side where BikePittsburgh and Friends of The Riverfront share some office space.
My old buddy and promotional wiz John Seekings has his business Caroline Communications in that beautiful old complex of brick buildings too, and I called him to say maybe we'd stop and say hello, and he volunteered to get us a parking space. Parking is very valuable right now in that neighborhood because the little bridge that takes you from Carson Street to the middle aisle of the Terminal Building has been closed. Big thanks to Seekings (who is also a skilled squirrel wrangler, but that's another story.)
Lou Fineberg is a slim writer/bicyclist/nice guy who worked with us at WQED as an Associate Producer on Pittsburgh A To Z for a short while back in 2001,and he's set up three interviews for me. I said we wanted to highlight the trails that are on both banks of the three rivers around Pittsburgh, and Lou (who now calls himself an advocate for Bike-Pgh) seemed a logical contact, and he said he'd find three people who know about the trails. He's got a nice relaxed attitude, friendly demeanor, and (we found out later) a fake front tooth.
We decided to interview Lou first. He'd be our morning victim. We asked him to pedal to the North Shore, and we'd drive the WQED van over to meet him by Heinz Field.
He's a bright and winning interview. He knows how to talk about his love of the city, his hopes for bicyclists around here, and some of the joys of the trails. After we talk, Bob says they'll get some shots of Lou riding his bike there on the North Shore. But Lou gets a flat tire before he can pedal an inch.
This changes our plans. Lou doesn't have all his tire-repair gear with him. We shift plans. I drive Lou back to the Terminal Buildings, saying we'll see him tomorrow on his bike.
Bob and Glen stay on the North Shore getting some of the lunchtime festivities as people come out to take advantage of the weather, the trails and proximity to the rivers on their lunch hours. I promise to pick them up by the Clemente Bridge, and about 12:30 that's where we rendezvous: at the statue of Roberto Clemente at the North end of the old Sixth Street Bridge. We're all ready for lunch. We decide to go back to the South Side and end up at our favorite Middle Eastern: Kassab's on Carson Street.
Good lunch. The hummus and baba there are so smooth and garlic-y delicious.


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