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Getting that prime piece of PA ave real estate back on the tax rolls would be a boon to the entire city.
Rebuilding at Hoover is cost prohibitive for a variety of reasons.
They either do the smart thing and relocate the buildings occupants offsite during the multiyear rebuild, the relocation itself would probably drive the cost up 15-20%, or they let the people stay in it and rebuild piecemeal like they did the Pentagon which ended up taking nearly 15 years, again...super expensive.
Cleanest and cheapest thing for them to do is stay where they are until the new place is built and simply move everyone over.
Another problem, I suspect, is the building's style of construction...Brutalist concrete is notoriously difficult to renovate, as I recall. That would surely add both time and cost to a full renovation.
Also, getting rid of the FBI might do wonders to clean up some of the streetscape along that section of Pennsylvania Ave.
by Ser Amantio di Nicolao on Jan 11, 2012 10:17 am • link • report
His answer on metro mismanagement and the 30-yr old arbitration agreement made sense - at least to me.
The GAO and GSA have studied it. Renovating the building (for any tenant) is not likely to be cost-effective. The space is laid out inefficiently, and the architecture prevents much in the way of re-arrangement. The architecture also adds to costs significantly.
Renovating it for the FBI would also fail to address the FBI's security concerns (see the large setbacks for the ATF building in NoMa as an example of the minimum requirements).
Given the proximity of the Franconia-Springfield station, I think this would be much less of a problem than it could be otherwise. And Springfield could use the business - it's knitting together as a community rather well, but something like this wouldn't hurt.
And it might finally provide some more incentive to extend the Blue Line to provide coverage to Fort Belvoir. (OK, OK, no it won't, but a fellow can dream, can't he?)
by Ser Amantio di Nicolao on Jan 11, 2012 10:58 am • link • report
I propose calling it the "Leonardo DiCaprio FBI Building" - has a nice ring to it.
Wait, what's happening to Crystal City? [I kid because I love]
How close is the site to the metro station? I glanced at Google Maps but am having trouble confirming the location of these GSA-owned warehouses that are supposedly on the site. My main issues - exactly how walkable from the station would a new FBI HQ be? And is the site actually big enough, and secure enough, to meet the FBI's standards? When this issue was discussed a few weeks ago, I remember the Post describing the vision of a CIA-like campus for the FBI (FBI and CIA being roughly comparable in size). In glancing at Google Maps, I don't see a site near the F-S Metro that is that big. Am I missing something here?
Over the long term (maybe 10-15 years), would a Springfield site increase or decrease the number of FBI employees using transit? Given the current location is served by multiple lines from all directions, and that F-S Metro is served by one line (and maybe by Amtrak/VRE?), wouldn't more FBI employees choose to drive to the new site? Perhaps a Blue Line extension southward, for several new stops toward Lorton or beyond, would encourage FBI employees to live in those places and commute by Metro to Springfield; and perhaps some would choose to live on the Blue line in Alexandria/Arlington, and then reverse commute to Springfield. But nevertheless, I would expect increased traffic and decreased metro usage by FBI employees.
Finally, everyone on here is eager to redevelop the current FBI HQ site. Who owns the land? Would it be given over to private development once the FBI leaves? Or would the Federal government continue to own/use it, just for a new or different function?
The VRE station platform access there though is terrible - up and down a long flight of stairs, or a slow elevator.
Forget about a Blue Line extension. Nobody has $10 billion to spare, and the board would almost certainly ask the Commonwealth to pay most of that freight.
From my recollection and from reviewing this map, it does not look like it will require an awful lot of work to put in some trails or dedicated paths between the GSA site and Metro.
I would also expect that there be a review of bus service to the station. Already the station is a terminal for some Metro buses (one of the 18s and maybe some others). This may need to be expanded to include service into the heart of Fairfax, or to the Pentagon, or to downtown.
It will get sticky if and when the Commonwealth is asked to put up some funds for this.
Yes, the government is that backwards thinking.
The Commmonwealth has an economic development fund they use for attracting big employers like Northrop Grumman. I suspect they can use some of that money for infrastructure improvements necessary to persuade the FBI to move to Springfield.
In other words, could DC even redevelop the building back into the downtown landscape? I guess putting new federal buildings there wouldn't be the worst thing, but then you don't have the tax advantages for the city.
@Burger: Do you mean GSA?
The large block area to the west (left) in the sat view is the GSA complex. So yes, they are that close, b/c just to the west of them is I-95. From the highway, they look like WW-II vintage barracks.
@Falls Church "The Commmonwealth has an economic development fund they use for attracting big employers like Northrop Grumman. I suspect they can use some of that money for infrastructure improvements necessary to persuade the FBI to move to Springfield."
In Virginia, "infrastructure improvements" all too often == "roads". I'll give you the area needs some roadway improvement: the exit from the Parkway to Metro will need major upgrades, and maybe additional exit points.
When the downtown FBI workers transition to a suburban facility, they will be sorely tempted to drive, especially with I-95, I-495, and the Fairfax County Parkway so close at hand.
I don't think this move should be planned wholly by roads. What I'm driving at (no pun ha-ha) is that VA needs to get with Metro yesterday on this. Rail is part of the solution, but not all. I would start thinking about express buses from downtown, Pentagon, etc, running at rush hours with limited service all day.
So if VA wants to throw some of that development cash at Metro and VRE to improve mass transit options, great. Otherwise, if it's just roads, it's going to be ugly.
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Minutes - Wednesday, February 4, 2003
Members present:
Lee Hoemann
Marla Skelley
John Carmichael
Mary Ann Steele
Jim Beaver
Edie Harding
Susan Bustetter, honorary member
Kate Lykins Brown (recorder)
The group met to handle three items:
1. Introduction of new Director of College Relations Jim Beaver, who will take over for Kate as co-chair.
2. Update on the activities proposed by the Police Services Community Review Board, summarized by Kate, who serves as a member. (Jim will also take Kate's place on that committee.) The PSCRB has been asked by Vice President for Student Affairs Art Costantino to organize campus-wide information-sharing and opinion-gathering sessions on the issue of full arming of Police Services officers. A Web page is being created for the PSCRB that Kate wants to link to on the left navigation bar of Connections.
3. Discussion of potential campus implications should war with Iraq happen. The committee heard some history of Evergreen with previous wars from Lee, and agreed that certain steps could be addressed in anticipation of such an occurrence. This would include writing a statement from President Les Purce explaining why the college could not adopt a formal position on the war. The committee also explored ways of getting information to the campus as quickly as possible, believing, for instance, that setting up televisions in selected areas of the campus could be useful. This point raised the issue of computer use to access news services. Lee said that she is drafting a policy that takes into account recent developments at the state level about appropriate use of computers.
Given that Edie's legislative schedule through at least the next month makes it difficult for her to serve as co-chair, Lee suggested that John fill in for her.
The next meeting of the Communications Committee is scheduled immediately following the Management Breakfast on Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 9:30 a.m. in the Board Room.

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Hailing from Argentina, Cardinal Bergoglio – now Pope Francis, is known as a humble man who forgoes a chauffeur to take the bus to work. As the first Jesuit pope, it's expected Francis will encourage priests to evangelize, educating others in the Catholic faith. NBC's Anne Thompson reports
VATICAN CITY — Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected the first non-European pope in more than 1,000 years on Wednesday, signaling the beginning of a new era for a church combating scandal and internal strife.
Described as a conservative with "great compassion," the 76-year-old will be known as His Holiness Pope Francis. He will be installed at the Vatican on Tuesday.
The new pontiff named himself after the humble Catholic friar St. Francis of Assisi. President Barack Obama hailed the new leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics as a "champion of the poor."
The first Latin American pope was introduced from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.
There was an audible gasp from the rain-soaked crowd - an indication that he had not been a widely tipped choice - followed by a roar and wild applause.
In Italian, he seemed to address his outsider status by joking: "As you know the duty of the conclave is to give Rome a bishop. It seems that my brother cardinals went almost to the end of the world."
Newly-elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio speaks to St. Peter's Square and delivers a blessing after being elected as Pope Francis I.
"Pray for me and I will see you soon," he added, asking Catholics to also pray for his predecessor Benedict XVI, who abdicated on Feb. 28. "Have a good evening and rest well."
His first act on Thursday will be to visit his predecessor, the Pope Emeritus, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan told reporters later.
A vocal advocate for Argentina's poor during the economic crises that struck the country during the 1970s, Francis is the first Jesuit pope.
Vote: Was Pope Francis a good choice?
Known for his humility, Francis is the son of a railway worker and one of five siblings. He has a chemistry degree.
Francis has only one fully-functioning lung, the other having been partially removed due to an infection when he was a teenager.
He prizes simplicity and is expected to encourage priests to do shoe-leather evangelization, according to his biographer.
Shortly after his election, Francis skipped the limousine and chose instead to ride on the last shuttle bus with other cardinals to go back to the Vatican for a meal.
"And as the last bus pulls up, guess who gets off? It's Pope Francis. I guess he told the driver 'That's OK, I'll just go with the boys,'" Dolan told reporters.
Later, during the dinner, Dolan said Francis showed his humorous side.
"We toasted him and when he toasted us he said: 'May God forgive you,' which brought the house down," he said.
About an hour before Francis emerged on the balcony, white smoke rose above the Sistine Chapel and bells rang out across Rome to signal a decision had been made.
The unveiling of the new pope was moment of pure joy for the 100,000 pilgrims, tourists and other onlookers in St Peter's Square.
"Who is this?" asked Deirdre Sweeney from Boston, Mass., when Francis first walked onto the balcony.
"Argentinian!" shouted a man nearby.
Americans were among the tens of thousands who gathered to witness the unveiling of Pope Francis.
"I think this is wonderful," said Sweeney's husband, Kevin. "It's an incredible breakthrough. It's a great recognition for the church that the church is not euro-centric anymore."
Another man shouted: "It's very gutsy that he chose the name Francis, he's going to be the first Francis. He wants to be a humble pope and build the church up, from a time of ruin, like St. Francis of Assisi."
Smoke billowed from the chimney at 7:07 p.m. local time (2:07 p.m. ET) on the second day of behind-closed-doors voting.
The cardinals are thought to have taken five ballots to reach the two-thirds of the vote necessary for a decision.
The new pontiff's debut was heralded by a Latin announcement beginning with the phrase "Habemus Papam!" meaning, "We have a pope!"
George Weigel, NBC News' Vatican analyst, said Francis would be "a great defender of religion around the world."
"The papacy has moved to the New World. The church has a new pope with a new name," he added. "I think it speaks to the church's commitment to the poor of the world and compassion in a world that often needs a lot of healing."
NBC News Special Report: The Vatican announces that Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been elected as the new head of the Catholic Church.
Obama said the choice of the first pope from the Americas spoke "to the strength and vitality" of a region "that is increasingly shaping our world."
"Alongside millions of Hispanic Americans, those of us in the United States share the joy of this historic day," the president said in a statement.
Now known as Pope Emeritus, Francis' predecessor Benedict watched Wednesday's events from a temporary lakeside residence at Castel Gandolfo while his permanent living quarters inside Vatican City are refurbished.
The behind-the-scenes ballot process that took place in the Sistine Chapel should still remain a secret. Both the cardinals and staff working alongside them swore an oath of secrecy as the conclave got under way, with the threat of ex-communication for anyone breaking the church's ancient code.
NBC News' Yuka Tachibana and Richard O'Kelly, and Reuters contributed to this report.
Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected to lead the Catholic Church following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.
Pope Francis: Humble leader who takes the bus to work
'He's not feeble in any way': World reacts to a new pontiff
Full coverage of Pope Francis from NBC News
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When I was a young, impressionable teenager watching SportsCenter, there was a phrase often uttered by Stuart Scott, and later repeated deadpan by Kenny Mayne: "Don't hate the player, hate the game." I had no idea what that meant and, if we're being perfectly honest, I still am a little shaky on the meaning. Since I have gotten a little more responsibility on the site recently, maybe it is now my responsibility to know what that phrase means.
Either way, there was a lot of uproar yesterday over the two moves that the Phillies made yesterday. In the first move, the Phillies signed sometimes starter, sometimes reliever Chad Gaudin to a minor league contract with an invitation to Spring Training. Gaudin, 30, comes with significant recent recent baggage, but is coming off two of the best seasons of his career, including career lows in ERA and WHIP.
The other signing was 39-year old Bobby Abreu. Abreu, unlike Gaudin, hadn't played in the Majors since 2012. Abreu, who played with general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. on the 1998 Phillies, is seemingly in the twilight of his career. Sure, there is very little financial commitment, Abreu can opt out if he's not on the Phillies by March 26, but the fact remains that Amaro signed one of the Phillies' top, albeit unpopular, players from the years 1998 through 2006.
A lot of folks expressed their dismay of both signings on our Facebook page and our Twitter feed, placing the blame solely on Ruben Amaro Jr.. To those folks I say, don't hate the player hate the game: yesterday's moves weren't half bad.
Let's start with Gaudin: Gaudin turns just 31 and comes to a team void of a solidified fifth starter. The team currently features Cliff Lee, Cole Hamels, Kyle Kendrick, and… well, that's where it gets hazy. It's not entirely clear what the plan is beyond those three. Sure, the team signed Roberto Hernandez and Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez, but to expect anything specifically from those two would be taking a shot in the dark. Meanwhile, it is unclear if Jonathan Pettibone will be healthy for the entire season. There were absolutely worse choices than Gaudin available.
Abreu, on the surface, provides less upside than Gaudin. But the veteran Abreu can provide value if he makes the team. A quick look at the Phillies current bench, which will likely be comprised of some sort of combination of Wil Nieves, Lou Marson, Kevin Frandsen, John Mayberry, Darin Ruf, Cesar Hernandez, and Freddy Galvis, reveals that the Phillies lack anyone who primarily hits left-handed. Abreu, in his worst season, had a higher OBP than any Phillie last year. There's reason to believe that Abreu the pinch hitter and sporadic starter will be able to perform just as well.
While fans and observers alike have much reason to question the direction of the Phillies in 2014, these two moves represented a cunning shrewdness. As my colleague Corey Seidman pointed out over at CSN, if Gaudin and Abreu make the team out of camp, they will make less than John Mayberry.
So as you read through this, hold your frustration for one day. Both of these signings have the potential to improve the Phillies for 2014 and worse, if neither make the team, do nothing at all. The Phillies, at this point, don't really have any young players that either player would be taking time away from in Spring games. These moves weren't half bad.
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I would completely agree with you on this one. Where does it hurt to sign these two guys? Honestly this team is not going to win a WS so who cares about them adding an insurance policy for the rotation and a lefty bench bat? I read somewhere that Abreu wanted to retire as a Phillie so why not let him come back and play one more season here and let him retire on his terms. He was showing some decent power and consistency in winter ball so what is the harm? I would still like to see them make one or two more moves but something tells me that Madsen on a minor league deal may be the only potential signing left.
Ditto Alex.
I'd like to add that even if we don't win the world series (which baseball nation had us at 33:1 odds to do :), these moves pose basically zero risk to the Phils. Even if we just wind up in the wild card race late in the season we could potentially lure some free agents with some of that TV contract money.
BTW, does anyone know what these guys make for being at spring training? Just curious.
A lot of Amaro's moves can be justified when individually looked at in a vacuum. It's the end result that has the fanbase in an uproar – a team that is top 5 in payroll yet nowhere close to being a top 5 team on the field. If we're going to have a 70 win team, it could be done a lot cheaper than for $165 million dollars. Maybe some of that extra cash could be used to evaluate and revamp the scouting and player development departments. This team really needs to emphasize building a strong farm system once again. It still remains the most cost effective method of player acquisition.
I agree with these moves based solely on the direction the team is going anyway. I mean, one could argue that this offseason has been lackluster and without any sense of really improving it so what's the big deal now in giving these two a shot. It's not like Ruben has some sort of great plan and is now going against it by making these moves.
Guadin presumably is an ass but if he can channel some of that into a positive direction when he pitches then i will look the other way (think Brett Myers here…)
And Abreu…well, Raul Ibanez is still hitting those clutch bombs at 40-41 so why not see if Bobby can provide some bench pop and depth? He HAS to be better than Laynce Nix, right?
All in all I see a net zero gain/loss with this. Maaaaaaaybe they scratch out 80 wins instead of 77 but that's about it.
How's that for being positive?? …..
Chuck I agree with your comment. I've been indifferent lately. Mainly because I have already resigned myself back to the fan mode of the mid to late 80's and the same in the 90's. I read and see the moves they make and just shake my head. It seems to me they (Rube) are just like a fish out of water floundering around with no direction and not knowing where they're going to end up. Which brings me to the lighter side of fish Chuck. Did you know that a fish doesn't know he/she is a fish until you take them out of the water? Sort of like if you took Rube out of the GM job……..Happy New year Chuck.
Three fifths of the games this year will be extremely difficult to watch as they get blown out by their opponents. The remaining two fifths that are pitched by Hamels and Lee will be extremely frustrating as they continue to struggle to score runs and lose games by scores of 3-1 and 1-0.
I can't wait.
No, seriously. I can't wait. Ps & Cs 3 weeks from today.
Just the thought of spring training makes looking at these 4 foot icicles almost tolerable.
Same here
But in all honesty, when Kendrick pitches I usually leave the game on and just sporadically check in every once in a while. I can't stand Kendrick with a passion…never could. I don't like to watch him pitch and I like his interviews even less. He never holds himself accountable and acts like he pitched great but they just hit good pitches. Of course watching Hamels and Lee is fun and I am excited to see what Gonzalez has to offer. Pettibone, not so much. So maybe 3/5 of the time I will be watching:-)
Unless the Nationals suffer serious injuries to key players, the Phillies won't even sniff first place. The Nationals are superior to the Phillies in every way.
I'm looking forward to it to. But when they come out and stink up the joint, all my excitement will be gone. Remember last year when they lost on opening day 7-5 to the Braves and then lost 9-2 the next game with Halladay on the mound? 2012 was more of the same thing…they lost 3 of their first 4 and effectively deflated our balloon.
2007: lost the first 3, 6 of the first 7, and 8 of the first 10
2008: lost the first 2, and 4 of the first 6
2009: lost the first 2, and 3 of the first 4
2010: started well, but still had two 3-game losing streaks in April
They may very well stink this year, but come on. We're Phillies fans — we're tougher than that.
Do you have a crystal ball and know the outcome of those 3 out of every five games or are you just sad because they didn't go out and spend money on money on a shiny new Tanaka or McCann or Elsbury? I for one am not. They needed a consistent RH outfielder and they went out and got an affordable one in Byrd. They needed a catcher and resigned the guy who was arguably the best catcher not named McCann. They signed a cheap, high reward pitcher in Hernandez ( or Carmona if you prefer) and bench player in Abreu. I for one am looking forward to a healthy and effective Howard and improved Rollins and Revere.
If you are happy with the moves this organization made this offseason, then you are in the minority. Most websites and tv analysts are giving them an "F" for their offseason moves or lack thereof. The bottom three pitchers are Kendrick, Fausto Carmona and Gonzalez/Pettibone. Oh and our bullpen is bad and we can't score runs. Did I leave anything out? There is a very good chance that they will stink and continue to stink for the next several years.
Frank, are there moves you wish had been made, and what do you see as the benefit from those moves?
Obviously RAJ made these moves and dug these holes. At the time we were all looking at a core that we thought would still be competing the last two years.
So what would you guys do if you were GM (other than fire yourself?)
I think we would all agree that not handing out any more payroll shattering long term contracts would be step one. So far so good on that one in the 2013-14 offseason.
Hopefully draft well.
As much as we would love it, there are no 2012 LA Dodgers out there who are going to take all our big contracts.
Any other ideas?
Otherwise, we can just save our pennies and give Mike Trout 400 million in 2017.
I agree with your post and I don't think there's anything he could have done this off-season to quickly fix the hole that he's dug during his tenure. I think that this off-season is his best yet….which is not saying much, but at least he has realized that buying free agents – and relinquishing 1st round picks in the process – is not the way to go.
I think guys like Abreau, are ok to fill in holes, he will probably do better than Nix as a lefthanded bat off the bench.
But, instead of using up a roster spot on him, why not give a kid a chance instead? Guys like Cesar Hernadez ?
Abreu isn't on the roster. He signed a minor league contract.
If he makes the team, he will be taking a roster spot.
Right, but do you really want Hernandez sitting on the bench all year waiting for the occasional game or PH appearance? I'd rather have him in AAA learning center field to make him more valuable.
Better than Laynce Nix. Does that mean he will strike out 1 out of every 3 at bats rather than 1 every 2 at bats. Nix was just abysmal in the last 3 months of last year.
Abreu is what Bill James would refer to as free talent. It's basically a no risk move. Either he hits or he doesn't make the team. It's possible that as a pinch hitter, Abreu could help the team. It's possible that Abreu saw the Phillies as the easiest team to make. He would be better than Delmon Young in the outfield because he can still run better.
My dead grandfather can run better than Delmon Young.
Just read this depressing article that grades all of the mlb teams offseason moves. Nats got an A+, Mets and Fish got a B+, Braves got a C-, and our Fighting Phil got an F. We're the only team that got an F. Any chance Sam Hinkie can be gen manager for Sixers and Phils?
The article and a buck will get you a Wawa coffee (although, since it's a B/R article, you might need two bucks to make up for it).
Everyone who thinks, like the author, that they should have blown it up, rates the off-season badly, but it's not the off-season that he's rating, it's the entire strategy of filling in pieces around the aging core over the short term to try and remain competitive as they're rebuilding. (he also doesn't mention Gonzalez)
I think this one by Bill Baer makes much more sense: http://crashburnalley.com/2014/01/21/the-phillies-have-had-a-relatively-good-off-season/
I want to believe this schmenk…. I really do. I've been guilty of bashing Amaro, too. Some of it is justified and some of it is just reactionary. I would love to believe that they can improve on those 73 wins, have things break just right, and compete for one of those playoff spots. But that would require AT LEAST a 15 game turnaround. Doesn't seem likely…but I suppose stranger things have happened.
Pitchers and catchers in what? …. 3 weeks or so? ….
Like Schmenk and pretty much every else here, I honestly can't wait for the Ps & Cs to report to Clearwater. I love this game and this team no matter the prospects in any given Spring.
That said, there are a few IFs this season, but I believe the Phils can win the division…
IF Howard can convince Bud Selig to recategorize left-handed pitchers as a growth hormone.
IF Utley can avoid using his knees when bending for ground balls.
IF Rollins can confound opposing defenses by grounding out for a change.
IF Asche can do a Mike Schmidt impersonation by occasionally wearing a wig.
IF Byrd made a TWO-year pact with the Devil.
IF Revere doesn't accidentally make a 1-way run to India while chasing down a routine fly.
IF Brown doesn't break his glove hand by catching a ball in it.
IF Chooch can avoid a collision at the plate with accidental tourist, Revere.
IF Mayberry decides to return to Stanford for his doctorate.
IF Hamels can hit just 4.5 home runs per start.
IF Sandberg remembers to take the ball out of Kendrick's hand BEFORE the first pitch.
IF Roberto Hernandez returns to his 20th century form.
IF Papelbon can shut up long enough to use the saved energy to throw an actual fastball.
IF the team allows Mike Adams to sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
IF the Phillies didn't accidentally sign Elian Gonzalez instead of Alfredo Gonzalez.
IF every star player on the Nats and Braves seeks asylum with the Rakuten Golden Eagles.
IF the Mets decide to reinvest with Madoff.
IF Ruben didn't miss some clause that allows the Pirates to return Mini-Mart to Philadelphia.
Okay, granted, there are a few "IFs" this season – but darn it, it's baseball!
I'm pumped for my boys in the red pinstripes.


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bridging by apologyMargaret Ernst BMC '11 | June 16, 2010
Yesterday, Great Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron dealt with the frightening results of a report on the Bloody Sunday Killings in Northern Ireland by apologizing. As I read about crowds celebrating the release of the report and Cameron's statement, strings of comments commending him for his sincerity, and two books about a different public figure, the Salem witch judge from my last post, I feel awe at the difference simple, honest apologies can make in history.
Now, my dad's in the public relations business. For many years our lights were kept on by the tricky mechanisms by which companies and governments control their images. That's why I'm taken aback at how candid, how easy, and how effective Cameron's statement seemed yesterday. You very rarely hear anybody be as honest as to say "what happened should never, ever have happened", but he did. He continued, "And for that, on behalf of the government — and indeed our country — I am deeply sorry." You don't hear it often because it's really hard to do.
We live in a world of tough justice and rampant suing, all of which will probably happen now because of the report that British killings of 17 protesters in Derry were unjustified. But first Cameron's apology allowed for a moment of rare emotional catharsis for Britain and I think that's important. The results didn't get buried in a behemoth of cover-ups and vague answers, which would have made the unbearable 12 years it took for the report to complete an even larger band aid to pull off. I am reminded of how difficult it is to begin processes of reconciliation, how very resistant people as well as governments are to admitting they were wrong after war, after genocide, after discrimination. When bad things happen in relationships, in families, when mistakes happen or feelings are deeply hurt, it can feel nearly impossible to apologize like you mean it.
Richard Francis, author of Judge Sewall's Apology obviously became very close to his research about the man who confessed in Old South Church that the 20 executions in the Salem witch trials were simply wrong. He writes eloquently about the effect of Sewall's apology in his introduction:
"For all of us, it's difficult to say we're sorry. An apology means repudiating an aspect of our past selves; in that way, it's a little like suicide. And those in public life find it almost impossible ever to admit they have made mistakes and errors of judgment. They fear doing so will suggest weakness and unreliability, a poor capacity for decision making, ultimately a fatal crack in the facade of leadership…But there is another way of looking at it. Apology can be a creative act. It can liberate both an individual and his or her society. Apology frees you from the past and gives you access to the future."
Judge Sewall's Apology Richard Francis, HarperCollins 2005
I feel struck by Francis's description of apology as "creative", in the sense of it's ability to give people, governments, or businesses the ability to create new bridges after others have been burned. Often times to say we're sorry is the only thing will save us, or anybody else. But only if we act on it too.


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I hope someone picks up the phone, because I FUCKING CALLED IT!
I hope someone picks up the phone, because I FUCKING CALLED IT!
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Is it odd that I now read anything Nappa says as the DBZ Abridged version?
Found this posted in the Funny Pictures Megathread.
I have Bubbles training me to fight Mystic Gohan. I'm definitely going to be le dead.
The generalist looks outward; he looks for living principles, knowing full well that such principles change, that they develop. It is to the characteristics of change itself that the mentat-generalist must look. There can be no permanent catalogue of such change, no handbook or manual. You must look at it with as few preconceptions as possible, asking yourself, "Now what is this thing doing?" -Children of Dune
So Gohan will be the second martial artist nerd to kick Doakes' ass.
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Btw i still want to know
what the hell killed pikkon
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About the raditz image, he expected him to still have his pod from when he were a baby i think.
I think saiyans are sent to planets as babies, then as they grow up they conquer the planet. Once that is done (or when the other saiyans show up) they go home and i believe they go back in the pod they came in.
"When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful"
those pods must be durable i mean it was supposed to last 20 years? not be found?
also gohan destroyed raditz's pretty easily
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You may soon get a call from your doctor if you've let your gym membership lapse, made a habit of picking up candy bars at the check-out counter or begin shopping at plus-sized stores.
That's because some hospitals are starting to use detailed consumer data to create profiles on current and potential patients to identify those most likely to get sick, so the hospitals can intervene before they do.
Information compiled by data brokers from public records and credit card transactions can reveal where a person shops, the food they buy, and whether they smoke. The largest hospital chain in the Carolinas is plugging data for 2 million people into algorithms designed to identify high-risk patients, while Pennsylvania's biggest system uses household and demographic data. Patients and their advocates, meanwhile, say they're concerned that big data's expansion into medical care will hurt the doctor-patient relationship and threaten privacy.
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"It is one thing to have a number I can call if I have a problem or question, it is another thing to get unsolicited phone calls. I don't like that," said Jorjanne Murry, an accountant in Charlotte, North Carolina, who has Type 1 diabetes. "I think it is intrusive."
Acxiom Corp. (ACXM) and LexisNexis are two of the largest data brokers who collect such information on individuals. Acxiom says their data is supposed to be used only for marketing, not for medical purposes or to be included in medical records. LexisNexis said it doesn't sell consumer information to health insurers for the purposes of identifying patients at risk.
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W Paul and a few minor additions that team could make a run.
I know you hate this Toons, but I still think we'd be a lot better w Paul than we are w Felton. Still think we could add him. Donnie's was smart to only sign Felt for 2 yrs.
W Paul, we'd be contenders RIGHT NOW. Sry for getting off topic.
Get a new owner!!!
I love Felton. Honestly I do, but if Paul is available, he is to good. Like Ron said, Paul is just on a whole another level. If Ray Ray can average 18 and 9, Paul would blow this system out of the water.
Melo is not top 10
Monta Eliis >>>>>>> Melo
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There's just no way you can compare the impact Melo has on a game to what Ellis can bring to bare.
Melo is a world-class dominant scorer who w decent players around him can get you a 50 win season and a deep playoff run, by himself-- meaning w out another star player.
Ellis is a really good scorer on a bad team. That's it..
He is not of Melo's ilk. Stop.
Ellis brings all the attention on offense that Melo brings he can score from all over the court and actually spreads the ball better than Melo. Some of you haven't seen Melo play only playoffs. Billups and Nene carry Melo year in and year out so far to the playoffs. Melo scores that's it. We are already the highest scoring offense but one of the lower defense teams and your idea is to bring in more offense.
Melo is sometimes a black hole on offense, Remember the Nuggets vs Knicks game how many times did Clyde say he ain't passing that up and Melo shot jumper after jumper. I even watched a few games on league pass this guy goes iso mode and keeps his head towards the rim no passes.
Damn son I would love the Day people think for themselves and stop letting the media tell them what to think.
We don't need no Melo. The crazy thing is a lot of people lobbying for Melo where saying Yellow Mellow and few months back. That sound familiar.
Go check metro's old thread and you'll see. Damn everyone just follows what ever player espn says we need
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It's one thing to call overrated, and state that Melo isn't a "superstar" just a "star", but to say Monta Ellis is better than him is a whole other thing. That's not true. Melo is better than Monta Ellis. Monta is so overrated himself.
I personally believe Melo is a superstar, but I understand and agree with some of the points some of the non-believers make. But I can not agree that Ellis is better than Melo.
Only a complete retard would take Monta Ellis over 'Melo, and luckily, Donnie Walsh is not one of them.


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Wirt works on infrastructure
ELIZABETH – The Wirt County Commission has been working on where a nursing home for the area will be located, and continuing to make progress on infrastructure projects and dealing with the county's limited finances.
Commission President Bob Gunnoe and Commissioners Robert Lowe and Charles Murray have been working on projects to improve infrastructure and create economic opportunities for county residents.
The majority of work on courthouse renovations has been completed.
The courthouse and its surrounding grounds have had renovation projects over the past few years, funded through grants, including restoring the building's clock tower, fixing leaks around the building, installing outside lighting around the courthouse, adding courtroom furniture, the installation of storm windows, rewiring the entire building, and replacing the building's roof/trim.
"The courthouse is in really good shape," Gunnoe said.
The building has been looked over by officials who track the conditions of courthouses around the state and commended the county's efforts for its restoration.
"They said we were among the tops in the state for the things we were able to accomplish," Gunnoe said.
During the 2012 session of the Legislature, bills were passed that will allow a nursing care facility to be built in Wirt County.
Wirt and Doddridge have been the only counties in the state without a nursing care facility. Wirt County has around 900 elderly residents. Officials are hoping to build a 32-bed facility.
Because Wirt County does not have such a facility, residents who need this kind of facility are sent to facilities in Wood County, but if no beds are available they could end up getting sent to facilities in Ohio.
Being that far away causes hardships for family members who have to drive a long distance to be with their family member, commissioners said.
A meeting was held recently to discuss where the facility will be placed.
"We are finalizing where it will go," Gunnoe said.
Commissioners are discussing options on what could be done with the deteriorating Wells Lock and Dam outside of Elizabeth.
The structure, which lies along the Little Kanawhar River outside Elizabeth, has been deteriorating for years.
It has undergone modifications and repairs, but erosion has taken a toll on the structure.
A failure of the dam would likely not result in any loss of life or property downstream, but officials fear there will be an adverse effect to the local water table, causing infrastructure problems for Elizabeth as well as erosion along the riverbanks with the loss of the holding pool behind the dam. A few years ago, rock fill was put in the lock chamber to reinforce a bowing chamber gate.
An engineer is supposed to be meeting with the commission soon to discuss a possible option.
"A rock-arch bridge is one of the options being looked at," Gunnoe said.
Work is expected to begin this spring on the Newark sewer project with the construction of a treatment facility.
The commission has spent years working on getting something moving on the project as the existing system is aging, inadequate and creating problems for 400 households.
The commission recently provided grant money to the city of Elizabeth to construct a sidewalk along Court Street from Clay Street to the Coplin Health Clinic.
The county relies on grants to fund a lot of work on projects.
With the Wirt Oil and Gas Group marketing thousands of acres throughout the county, the commission made a conserted effort to digitize its county records and maps to assist with searches, titles and other records. This project was done through grants.
"We have most of our record books scanned in," Gunnoe said. "We still have 11 books to do. They were too big for the scanner and will have to be taken down to Charleston to be done. We are finishing up this project."
An operating levy previously rejected was approved by voters in a special election on Feb. 23. The levy generates $225,000 a year, about 25 percent of the county's $1 million budget.


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Posted on November 27, 2012
The large crane that was used to help put up parts of the Mary Idema Pew Library Learning and Information Commons is expected to be taken down by the end of the week.
The boom has been taken down, and the main support beam will be down by the end of the week, weather permitting.
The library will open in fall 2013 and will provide 1,500 seats for student study, 20 group study rooms, and offices and support areas for faculty and staff members. There will be room for 150,000 books on open shelves and 600,000 books in an automated storage/retrieval system.


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June 2, 2011 —
"Cake of the Week" has survived another year in Mr. O.'s classroom at Sullivan West.
Kids have been bringing in historically themed cakes for extra credit since before the merger, when my husband, John, aka "Mr. O.," was teaching social studies at Narrowsburg. (Sullivan West School District, as we now know it, is the result of the 1999 merger of the three districts of Narrowsburg, Jeffersonville/Youngsville and Delaware Valley.)
Each June, John and I speculate that this will be the last year for the Friday treat—but then September rolls around with a new brood of high school confectioners ready to capture a cake-worthy historical moment—as well as a few extra points.
Rendering a social movement or historical happening in cake and frosting is, of course, no easy thing. (Dare I say "a piece of cake"?) Just like empires, cakes fall. Some don't even survive the ride to school. They may taste good but are more often than not tastelessly decorated and worthy of the popular website "Cake Wrecks—when professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong."
A prime example (that I found especially amusing) is the recent "The wives of Osama Bin Laden" cake, a chocolate frosted nine-by-13 with pop-up faces, labeled "Welcome to Abbottabad."
Cakes often feature current events such as 9-11, elections and the Iraq War. A few years back there was "The Villa Roma destroyed by fire" cake.
There has been a Elian Gonzalez cake, a Michael Jackson cake, a Pope-mobile cake and a "trout season begins tomorrow" cake. There have been New Deal cakes, Cold War cakes and a Louisiana Purchase cake. There was a cake shaped like the country of Yemen.
There are many flag cakes—with the stars and stripes concocted from M&M's, coconut, berries and cereal. Little green toy soldiers are popular ornaments along with licorice barbed wire. Abridged versions of the Declaration of Independence or the Bill of Rights grace many cakes.
Some cakes post news bulletins such as: "SW boy's golf wins division" or "11 days till Xmas." Some, such as: "Ground 0 workers contract disease from dust," read like news screen runners. Well wishers state: "Good luck on the Regents." Each cake is a small window into the life of our community—and far beyond.
The "new" high school in Lake Huntington (which opened in 2003) is certainly still standing despite fears of poor construction. One cake, emblazoned with the hopeful sentence "Please oh please don't let the roof fall on me" commemorated the building's earlier days.
Nay-sayers of public education may object to this frivolous use of classroom time, but remember when this all started the Sullivan West School District was just a name on a letterhead—I like to think it has contributed a little to the creation of a Sullivan West community. After all, eating together is community. Besides, it's fun.
"Cake of the week" has survived as long as it has due to student respect—there have been no food fights or suspicious brownies that would result in an immediate shut down. "Cake of the week" has also, thus far, survived the nationwide crackdown on sweets and soda in schools.
So—we'll see how long it lasts. This time of year, the kids are supposed to be reviewing and memorizing all those court cases for the Regents test. So "Let them eat cake"—this is just my way of twisting up yet another historical moment in "Cake of the Week" style.


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While some trends come and go (we're looking at you, mesh), fur has stuck around. Over the years, icons from Marilyn Monroe to Madonna have embraced fur, and the luxe look is one of fall's biggest trends as well. Even if you're not an advocate of wearing the real thing, there's no doubt that the fuzzy textile has played a key role in fashion. Take a look back at our favorite fur moments, and shop similar faux pieces to get the look.
Scene Stealer2 of 15
While Joan Crawford's performance in the 1945 film Mildred Pierce scored her an Academy Award, there's no question that the actress's fur coat also stole the show.
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Diamonds may have been her best friend, but Marilyn Monroe also had a penchant for luxurious fur. Here, the actress was spotted in 1957 at Hollywood nightspot Ciro's, as owner Herman Hover helped her cover her shoulders.
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In the 1965 movie Doctor Zhivago, Julie Christie made the cold Russian winter look somehow glamorous, thanks to her furry Cossack hat. For a similar style, try ASOS' faux chapeau.
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Natalie Wood wasn't nominated for an Oscar in 1966, but the actress dressed like a winner, wearing a sumptuous mink coat to the Academy Awards.
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Elizabeth Taylor epitomized Old Hollywood glamour and was often photographed swathed in fur. Rumor has it that she once walked into Bergdorf Goodman to order 200 pairs of mink earmuffs as holiday gifts.
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Even when she was shrouded in a floor-length fur coat in Milan circa 1960, French singer Francoise Hardy's signature bangs and high cheekbones make her completely recognizable. Get her look in Miss Selfridge's cozy, fully lined faux fur coat.
Model Behavior8 of 15
A young Twiggy modeled an oversize furry coat in 1966, but today she often speaks out against designers using real fur.
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Marianne Faithfull was a fixture of the '60s, famous for her voice, dating Mick Jagger and her bohemian ensembles, which included plenty of leather and fur. Steal her look in Alice + Olivia's short furry jacket.
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Arriving at the 1973 Golden Globes, the decade's golden couple Sonny and Cher made quite a contrast, with him in a traditional tuxedo and her wearing a decadent fur coat over a midriff-baring two-piece.
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A fox fur coat screams eye-catching drama, which is exactly what Bianca Jagger was aiming for at a Christian Dior couture fashion show in Paris circa 1977.
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Olivia Newton-John's plush fur getup is a far cry from her Sandra Dee days. The Australian actress looked like a Siberian queen when photographed outside London's Savoy hotel in 1980.
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Model, actress and singer Grace Jones was known for her adventurous outfit choices, like this colorful Cossack hat and matching shawl she wore in the late '80s.
Material Girl14 of 15
Fresh from her performance at the 1991 Academy Awards, Madonna showed up at the afterparty in the same glamorous outfit she wore onstage: plenty of jewels, a plunging gown and a plush white boa, similar to this affordable faux version by Milanoo.
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With a fur jacket draped over her slinky dress, Kate Moss looked every bit the party girl in this 2002 snapshot. Snag her look for your next night out in Line & Dot's furry cover-up.


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Through the National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI), the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is offering financial and technical assistance to farmers, ranchers and forest landowners interested in improving water quality and aquatic habitats in priority watersheds with impaired streams. NRCS will help producers implement conservation and management practices through a systems approach to control and trap nutrient and manure runoff. Qualified producers will receive assistance for installing conservation practices such as cover crops, filter strips and terraces. For over 75 years, NRCS has provided agricultural producers with assistance to implement voluntary conservation practices that protect natural resources while maintaining production and profits.
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Lower Deep Creek Watershed encompasses 32,025 acres of land in the northwest part of Turner County, southwest Georgia. Deep Creek is used primarily for fishing. The land around the watershed is about 60 percent crop, pasture, range and other associated agriculture use. About 35 percent of the watershed is forested. The other 15 percent is commercial or communities such as the county seat Ashburn. Access to these communities and the watershed is through State highways 107, 112 and 159, with I-75 just east of Ashburn.
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Upper Piscola Creek Watershed encompasses 25,936 acres of land in the southeast part of Thomas and western part of Brooks Counties in southwest Georgia. The land around the watershed is about 75 percent photo by Georgia NRCS crop, pasture, range and other associated agriculture use. About 20 percent of the watershed is forested. The other five percent is commercial or communities.
Middle Piscola Creek Watershed encompasses 38,520 acres of land in the southeast part of Thomas and east part of Brooks Counties in southwest Georgia. The land around the watershed is about 69 percent crop, pasture, range and other associated agriculture use. About 25 percent of the watershed is forested. The other six percent is commercial or communities.
Lower Piscola Creek Watershed encompasses 41,242 acres of land in the northwest part of Brooks County, southwest Georgia. The land around the watershed is about 64 percent crop, pasture, range and other associated agriculture use. About 29 percent of the watershed is forested. The other seven percent is commercial or communities such as the county seat Quitman.
Access to the communities and the watershed around both the Middle and Lower Piscola Creek Watershed is through U.S. highway 84 and 221 or State highways 364 and 333. Both of the watershed areas are designated for fishing. The population of Thomas County is around 44,720 residents and Brooks County is 16,243 residents. The source for the land data is the 2006 National Land Cover Database (NLCD).
NRCS conservation professionals will provide technical assistance and planning tools to determine which conservation actions will provide the best results to improve water quality on your land. Nutrient management systems, erosion control, conservation tillage, pest management, and buffers systems are just some of the practices being offered as part of the National Water Quality Initiative. To help install these conservation practices, financial assistance to share in the cost of these conservation practices is available though the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).
NRCS identified priority watersheds through the help of local partnerships and state water quality agencies. Partners sometimes offer financial assistance in addition to NRCS programs. NRCS will continue to coordinate with local and state agencies, conservation districts, nongovernmental organizations and others to implement this initiative. This strategic approach will leverage funds and provide streamlined assistance to help individual agricultural producers take needed actions to reduce the flow of sediment, nutrients and other runoff into impaired waterways.
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Seidman Center Community Open House
Posted on October 11, 2013
A community open house was held at the L. William Seidman Center Saturday, October 12, from 1-5 p.m.
Members of the community had an opportunity to tour the Seidman Center and connect with faculty, students and alumni. The family friendly event featured self-guided tours, live music and light refreshments.
The Seidman Center, located at 50 Front Ave. in Grand Rapids, houses Grand Valley's Seidman College of Business.


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i cannot find any solid answers on the 'net about when i can safely give dd raw fish. i live on an island, and raw fish is plentiful and a major food staple here. local women all tell me their babies were eating poke (ahi tuna) by age 1, and i know that in asian culture, babies eat sashimi, sushi, etc at early ages..
i'm not like, desperate to give her raw fish, but dh and i eat it often, so it's here in the house a lot, and is also at parties and others' houses where we take dd..
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It's like Romeo and Juliet all over again.
Now they are desperately trying to reclaim it by blindly firing notifications into the ether in the hopes that the intended recipient happens to be scanning the killing fields of Craigslist at the same time. Sadly, it almost never works out.
But in the same way that these people will never be the protagonists of their own story, so too are there nonessential characters in movies who clearly suffer the same fate. Long after the happy endings in films, somewhere in their collective fictional universe is a group of unfulfilled, lonely people who had to suffer to advance the plot. In honor of them, I offer the Missed Connections they never got to write.
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The Naked Man Who Committed Murder in Our Bar -w4m- 37
CL>Los Angeles>Missed Connections
Hello. You were in our establishment on Monday night during my shift. You were the guy who ordered nothing, broke our window, and killed another customer before stealing a motorcycle. We really didn't get much of a chance to talk. You seemed nice.
My boss and the other waitresses informed me later that you were naked the whole time, but I don't notice things like that. I'm more interested in character than the broadness of your chest, the cut of your jaw, the length of your penis, etc. For example, I could see that even though you used your bare hands to take another man's life, those same hands are capable of extraordinary gentleness, and that you never actually meant to kill anyone. I could just see it in you, in your heart. Everyone says I am very intuitive.
Now, I don't need to tell you that there was an undeniable spark between us right after you walked in, and just before you threw Sid onto the gas stove. Maybe you noticed me blushing. I'm generally kind of a wallflower. I never do things like this, I barely use the Internet at all, and I have no idea if you even know how to use a computer. But I've had a string of bad luck with not-so-great boyfriends lately, and I'm looking for a good guy like you. I work on Mondays, Wednesdays, and weekends. Please come back and see me.
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Hey girl, I really hope you see this. I clocked you last Friday night around 10:45 wearing a bathrobe and a turtleneck outside my room (No. 245). I was the guy in the full dog costume (with the butt cut out), remember me? You and I made eye contact, and I don't think I'm crazy when I say it felt like we had a connection. We watched each other for well over 10 seconds, and I could tell that you had some other stuff going on, like maybe you had been crying over a guy or something. I'm not even trying to be a home wrecker or anything, but you were so beautiful, and I could have watched you all night, but you ran off with your knife before I had a chance to even ask your name. Oh, hey, what was the deal with that knife, anyway? Do you always carry it? (Not a deal breaker.)
I was thinking that maybe I freaked you out somehow, and I understand if it looked like a weird exchange was about to transpire in my room. See, I was staying in that room with my buddy, Derwent. He was the guy dressed as a guy (but old). I realize now that it may have seemed, from your perspective, like I was getting ready to pack his grease piece inside my cheek, but that's not what we were doing (lol). First of all, my mask didn't even have a hole in the mouth area, so that kind of thing would have been logistically impossible (obviously). Second of all, we were just showing each other some new MMA moves and I tackled him onto the bed (for safety) when you walked up. That's all. I won't pretend like it wasn't a crazy night or like everyone wasn't partying hard throughout the hotel (some kid was running around all by himself!), but it was all pretty innocent.
Oh, and if you were mad about all that blood in the elevator, Derwent and I had nothing to do with that. I, for one, think whoever was responsible is completely immature and inconsiderate. I'm sorry you had to take the stairs, and if I ever find out who it was, I wouldn't think twice about showing him my MMA moves for real (not on a bed [my arms and thighs are technically registered weapons]). My name is Roger, look me up on Facebook!
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Investment banks are looking to hire in the real estate sector after more than five years of hunkering down, as investors put money to work in the asset class across equity and debt.
Almost $30 billion of equity has been raised in Europe, Middle East and Africa by real estate companies since the start of 2013, according to Dealogic, while the debt markets have also been booming.
David Church, vice-chairman of Emea real estate, gaming and lodging at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, said: "We've got deeper capital markets than ever before, and also a wider pool of investors looking to access real estate as a secure income stream."
Fees paid to investment banks total $269 million for the year to May 7, the highest level since 2007 and up almost a quarter from the same period a year ago.
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch recently named a new head of Emea commercial real estate origination and Citigroup is looking again at the sector, having pulled back following the financial crisis.
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One senior sector banker said: "I do see a lot of banks looking to hire people for real estate. I think, in general, banks have been under-invested in real estate investment banking over the last five to six years, and I do see them trying to catch up."
The speed of the rebound in activity has surprised some, with assets in the EU periphery now at the centre of fevered bidding wars as US private equity firms in particular look to take advantage of a stabilisation of Europe's battered economies.
The increased interest of private equity firms extends to spending on secondhand stakes in real estate funds, with some of the world's biggest investors gearing up to raise billions of dollars for such deals.
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Book update No. 24 — first pass
I've been working for a solid week on the "first pass" of my manuscript. Basically, what that means is…the book was finally type-set. All the fonts and headings have been laid out, and all the artwork (more than 100 photos!) has been placed. Even though the book is still just a stack of papers at this point, it's finally looking like a book for the very first time.
Hi Zack,
At this point, you're giving it another read to see how the design and text are working together. You can make small changes to the text if you think it's necessary (like the stats you mentioned in previous emails), and if there's a particular piece of art that you don't think is working the way it's been laid out, you can note that and we can discuss with design. Go ahead and write any changes in the margins with colored pencil. If you want to mark them with Post-It notes or tabs to make sure we know where they are, you are welcome to, but it's not necessary.
Jenny might have more to add, but hopefully that's enough to get you started!
Jenny (aka "Jennifer") is my editor. She was also my editor for Watching Baseball Smarter, but anyway, Andrea had indeed given me enough info to plunge into The Baseball. And that's what I've been doing for the last week. I basically read the whole book very slowly, word by word, line by line, and looked for every little thing that needed to be adjusted. Take my bio, for example. Even that page needs a couple of tweaks:
pt. I'm going to discuss some of the changes with the folks there, and in a few weeks, "second pass" will be coming my way…
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Oh great, thanks, that's made waiting for this book easier, NOT. What size will the book be? I don't mean thick, I mean x by y. Any more info about book tour? signings? etc You know this book would have helped me in my off season cold turkey stage, but I am having to wait for this just like spring training!!
Ha. I'm pretty sure it's going to be the same size as "Watching Baseball Smarter," but of course it'll be a bit thicker. Book tour? Signings? Nah, haven't figured any of that stuff out yet. It'll probably be a couple more months before my plans for the spring start taking shape.
Excellent! When does the book tour start?
Hey Zack,
Congrats on (mostly) finishing the book. I just thought u would appreciate this tidpit of information on New York Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro, courtesy of the isles website.
DiPietro added, ?I remember when I was a kid. I used to send letters to professional players. Just to get a puck thrown at me or something signed would have meant so much. I caught a foul ball at a Yankees-Red Sox game just this year and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. So I know how they feel and I realize what an impact you can have on a child?s life and that means a lot to me.?
It was from an article. I thought you should see it. Have a good one.
Thanks for taking us along for the book ride I'm enjoy'n it. I had no idea so much went into publishing a book. Take care and I hope all is good with you Z'man…D
Sorry for the very slow reply. I somehow didn't notice that you had left that comment until now. But anyway, I don't think I'm going to be doing an official book tour. I'll probably do a few talks/signings, but that's about it. The travel is too expensive.
Man, I wish I'd heard about this sooner. I would've written about him in my "celebrity ballhawks" section.
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Feedback is back, baby. The big news of the week: X10! We just returned from Microsoft's X10 a few days ago, and the Xbox 360-centric media event saw blockbuster news about Halo: Reach, Fable III, Dead Rising 2, Alan Wake and more.
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