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The Canon EOS 1000D (Rebel XS in the US) is Canon's smallest, lightest and cheapest entry-level DSLR to date.
Canon EOS 1000D Review
However, with newcomers like Samsung and Sony competeing against established brands such as Canon and Nikon for a slice of the entry-level market, DSLRs have been driven down in price and are now cheaper than ever before. Unfortunately for Canon, this means it's no longer the most affordable option.
But Canon has taken note, and its response is the Canon EOS 1000D (Rebel XS in the US). As the smallest, lightest and cheapest DSLR it has launched so far, Canon is targeting the model at compact and cameraphone owners tempted by the thought of a DSLR but who are yet to make the transition.
Canon EOS 1000D review – Features
Canon 1000D review – Headline Specs
If comparing specifications side
by side, you'll see that the EOS 1000D sits neatly between the 400D and
450D. It admittedly shares more in common with the latter model, though the headline spec – namely the 10.1MP CMOS sensor and 2.5in LCD screen – have remained from the 400D. And while the 1000D doesn't technically replace the 400D, Canon has said that its arrival corresponds with the latter model's discontinuation. With the APS-C sensor measuring 22.2 x 14.8mm, all mounted lenses are subject to a crop factor of 1.6x. The 18-55mm kit lens, therefore, produces an effective range of approximately 29-88mm, with the mount accepting Canon's EF and EF-S range of optics. Impressively there's no loss of functionality, even when using the oldest EF lenses.
EOS 1000D review – Maximum Image Size
A pixel configuration of 3888 x 2592 pixels allows for images to be printed – theoretically at least – to 13 x 8.5in at 300dpi, though experience shows that larger prints up to and above A3 are also attainable. Images are stored in either Raw or JPEG formats, or a combination of the two, with three JPEG sizes and three compression ratios to choose from.
Canon EOS 1000D test – Processing & Metering
Keeping processing in line with most recent Canon DSLRs, the camera features the company's DIGIC III processing technology. This is said to help reduce noise in images and maintain a swift operational speed, and helps the camera to maintain a JPEG burst mode of up to 3fps, up to the capacity of the memory card. In Raw capture this rate drops to 1.5fps, up to a maximum of five images.
Canon EOS 1000D review sample image – click for full size image gallery
A 35-zone metering system offers evaluative, partial, and centreweighted average options, though the 450D's option of spot metering hasn't been included here. Likewise, the Highlight Tone Priority option has also been omitted from the Custom Functions menu, though the Auto Lighting Optimiser has remained. Its purpose is in correcting brightness and contrast in either low-contrast images, those subject to trickier lighting conditions such as backlighting, or where insufficient flash, if used, has reached the subject.
Canon EOS 1000D review – AF System
Focusing features a seven-point wide-area system, with five horizontal points along the middle of the frame, and one each above and below these. The system features one f/5.6 cross-type centre point and is linked to a trio of focusing options to cater for both stationary and moving subject matter.
Autofocus operation is also possible when using the camera's live view mode, with the choice of Quick and Live focusing options. As its name suggests, the Quick mode is the zappier of the two, though a short mirror blackout is necessary for the camera to autofocus. The Live mode, meanwhile, allows an uninterrupted view of the camera focusing, but as it uses contrast rather than phase detection it's noticeably slower – the reason being that focusing is performed off the camera's main imaging sensor, rather than the dedicated AF sensor with which 'standard' autofocusing is carried out.
Canon 1000D test – Rear LCD
An LCD screen measuring 2.5 inches sits on the back of the camera, and features the 230,000 dot resolution that is standard for this type of model. Its brightness may be adjusted over seven levels to compensate for awkward lighting conditions, and the display may be customised to one of four colour themes – perfect for the young and trendy, or indeed, the not so young for whom different text and background combinations may be easier to read than others.
Canon EOS 1000D review – Sensitivity Range
Finally, the camera's sensitivity range may be adjusted in full-stop increments over a range of ISO 100-1600. This range is admittedly a little limited by current standards, though Canon has stressed that this is for performance's sake. In other words, it's happy enough with results at ISO 1600, but obviously not past this.
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Canon EOS 1000D image quality and value
Canon EOS 1000D design and performance
Canon EOS 1000D specifications
Given the tried and tested formula from which the 1000D stems, it's no surprise that it appears on the whole as a refined DSLR. The crux is, of course, image quality, and the 1000D delivers, with low noise levels, impressive detail capture and the best Canon kit lens yet. Where it fails, though, is with its ergonomics and the fact that its stripped-down feature set is eclipsed by much cheaper offerings.
So, is the EOS system still the best choice for the consumer? In some respects, yes, especially if you take advantage of its extensive lens options and need a good, general-purpose DSLR. Canon shouldn't be resting on its laurels, though; Olympus has the smallest DSLR and lenses, Sony has the most advanced live view technology and these are factors that have found a popularity all of their own. Nevertheless, as a model in its own right it performs well, and once it falls in value we imagine its positive traits should be enough to make it another successful model for Canon.
Image Quality & Value
Canon EOS 1000D review – Image Quality
EOS 1000D review – Raw and JPEG
It's unreasonable to expect perfect JPEGs from any camera, though there's quite a difference between Raw and JPEG files from the 1000D. On the plus side, highlights are generally tamed well in JPEGs, giving them a little more detail. There are times, however, when detail is poorly resolved. Fortunately, the bundled Digital Photo Professional software does an excellent job in handling files from the camera and boasts a range of tools to deal with removing lens artifacts among other things.
Canon EOS 1000D review sample image – click for full size image gallery
Canon EOS 1000D test – Exposure
The 35-zone evaluative metering system is aggressively accurate, with only scenes dominated by highlights causing it to underexpose. The lack of spot metering made close-up macro shots slightly more difficult to predict in terms of judging exposure, though partial metering performed well in these circumstances.
Canon 1000D test – Image Noise
As with the 450D, and indeed previous EOS models, the lack of noise in high-sensitivity images is something of which Canon can stand proud. Images at the highest sensitivity of ISO 1600 show just a modicum of chroma noise in midtone areas, with detail and sharpness maintained to an impressive degree, and colour representative of the same image were it shot at a lower sensitivity. Even if the model doesn't represent the best value as an overall package, it wins hands-down over the competition with regards to higher-sensitivity shooting.
Canon EOS 1000D review sample image – click to view full size gallery
Canon 1000D review – Tone and Contrast
In natural light with the appropriate white balance tonality is also good, though issues occur indoors with other lighting sources.
Canon EOS 1000D review – Colour and White Balance
Colour is generally good and the various Picture Styles lend themselves well to different subjects and conditions. Given that each white balance preset (aside from the auto and manual options) is calibrated to one particular colour temperature, there are times when using the correctly assumed setting will result in a slight colour cast. This makes the reliability of the Auto WB system even more of an issue, and on the whole the system is fairly accurate. The most challenging conditions to the system are artificial lighting, with images at times turning out with a warm bias under both tungsten and fluorescent lighting. Side-by-side comparison with images from the 40D shows that the 1000D does display greater neutrality.
Canon EOS 1000D test – Sharpness and Detail
Images, on the whole, are detailed and show good sharpness. JPEGs can appear quite soft though, particularly in comparison with the standard of Raw files, though even with the kit lens acceptably sharp results can be had. I'd recommend against adjusting the sharpening in-camera too much, as edge haloing can make itself known at higher settings, or alternatively to leave files to post-processing.
Canon EOS 1000D review – Value For Money
Too Little Too Late
Unfortunately, with regards to value for money it's a case of too little too late. Had Canon released this model towards the start of the year, its slight fall in value would have pitched it better towards the competing models which have already enjoyed a good six months or so on the market. The fact that it hasn't makes it comparatively expensive, even more so now that equivalent offerings from Olympus and Sony (incidentally, those with Canon's omitted features such as spot metering and dynamic range adjustment) can be had for around £300. I appreciate Canon marketing this as a small, lightweight and easy-to-use model, but even if just compared with its own EOS line, I find it hard to recommend it over the 450D that is equally simple to use and better specified, and so providing more growing room in terms of its feature set – for no additional outlay
Design & Performance
Canon EOS 1000D review – Design
Canon 1000D review – Similarities between 1000D and 450D
Just as the EOS 1000D's specifications follow the same lines as the 450D, its design centres on the same general idea. In terms of its chassis, internal construction and external control arrangement very little separates them, though the few alterations do make a difference worth noting.
The camera is constructed from a stainless steel frame inside a plastic body, with a slightly textured plastic grip. At first, it feels as though the grip is in some way rubberised but closer inspection reveals it to be simply a slightly different plastic. There's no rubber thumb rest on the rear, meaning that the majority of the body's surface area is of the same semi-matt plastic finish. Together with the general lack of contouring (such as with the LCD screen and power switch seen on the 450D), there's little to offset the relative blandness of the camera's body. The grip is a little shallow for larger hands, though the camera's general construction is good and it feels no less solid because of these factors.
Canon EOS 1000D review – Ease to Carry
Being the lightest digital EOS model, it's no surprise that carrying the camera around with the standard kit lens presents little inconvenience. This is undoubtedly one of the biggest bonuses of the camera, together with its small size, and no doubt will make it appeal to every demographic.
Canon 1000D test – Viewfinder
This smaller overall size results in the pentamirror viewfinder chamber being a touch smaller than that on the 450D, though it's a little larger than the 400D's and so in keeping with its hierarchy in the EOS range. It has, however, been made brighter by the use of a silver coating rather than aluminium on the surfaces, Canon claims. A further minor difference from the 450D is that the infrared sensor on the grip isn't present here. Neither is the proximity sensor below the viewfinder, and though this is beneficial with regards to battery life it's not vital.
Canon EOS 1000D review – Performance
Canon 1000D review – Menu Woes
Let us get our main gripe out of the way first: the menu system. Its various issues are relatively minor, though collectively they make for an obstacle-laden shooting experience. Card formatting, for example, is in a separate maintenance menu tab from sensor cleaning, which itself sits within a separate menu tab from firmware updating. The first menu tab, meanwhile, features lesser-used functions such as the 'shooting without a card' option and whether or not you want the camera to beep once it has correctly focused. Surely this is a little odd? These two features in particular strike us as options that would be more at home in the Custom Functions menu, rather than the first options you come across upon entering the menu. Also, now that live view has positioned itself as a significant feature with its own range of options and customisations, would it not make sense to have all its options under one 'live view' tab?
Canon EOS 1000D review – LCD Clarity
Despite this the LCD screen presents itself with good clarity, even though it's a little small and shares the same resolution as almost all other DSLRs. No LCD screen is perfect and in bright light at its default setting it's not the most contrasty either, but it's still one of the better LCD screens around and one which befits a DSLR at this price.
Canon 1000D test – 7-Point AF System
This continues to the AF system, which with seven points and a cross-hair centre point makes it stand out from its peers. A lot of people don't tend to call upon the more outwardly located points all too often, but it's nice to have the option should you need it. In terms of the system's sensitivity and speed, the camera does well when tracking objects in its AI Servo focusing mode and focusing in general is also well-paced. The only exception it seems is with the top and bottom points, which are fine against detailed subject matter but disappointingly insensitive and slow otherwise.
Canon 1000D review – SD Memory Buffer
On the subject of speed, while SD-owning compact users benefit from not having to switch media we did note that with standard speed SD memory cards (those with no particular speed designation, a cheap and therefore popular option for compact camera owners) there was often the occasion where the buffer's clearance prohibited us from taking pictures in quick succession. This is particularly the case with simultaneous Raw and JPEG recording, and even when not shooting as fast as to warrant using the continuous burst mode. With even the faster-performing SD media available now for peanuts, it's one investment we'd recommend.
Canon EOS 1000D review – Kit Lens
On a different note, it's nice to see that Canon has addressed the issues associated with the earlier version of its kit lens, and we were pleasantly surprised with how well it generally performs. What's more, its image stabilisation system is effective, and on the odd occasion we managed to shoot right up to the promised four-stop advantage over non-stabilised optics. There are just a few issues: barrelling at the wide end, a little fringing (though no more than is expected) and some slight edge and corner softness. Other than that, its performance is hard to fault.


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Playing Like a Team
The Padres lost the series to the Braves the other day, but last night they went out with a new mentality against a new team, and they played a great game.
BUT before the game even started, there were a few interesting moves from the Padres' front office. First, Chad Gaudin was traded to the Yankees for a player to be named later or cash considerations. I think this is really funny. There's a article about the trade saying that adding Gaudin will give the Yankees depth. HA! Chad has been terrible all year!! I don't think a little change of scenery is going to change that. But you never know, he might really help the Yankees out. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Goodbye, Chad, and good riddance.
Next, the Padres extended Bud Black's contract for the 2010 season. YAY!! Plus, there's an option for 2011. This is Buddy's third season as the Padres' manager, and I think he's done an amazing job. He's done his best with the pieces he's been given, and if we can give him the right pieces, he can do great things with them. I don't blame the manager at all for the Padres' recent misfortunes. It's not his fault at all. Congrats, Buddy!!
Now, on to the game. Clayton Richard made his second start as a Padre, and he did very well once again. He threw 5.2 innings, allowing three runs, five hits, four walks, and stuck out five. BUT he didn't allow any runs until the sixth, which is where he ran into some trouble. He allowed two walks, two singles, and a run-scoring-double-play before leaving the game. He got his first win with the Padres! Good job, Clayton.
And now, the offensive side. Oh man, this is some good stuff🙂
First inning. Tony Gwynn singled, David Eckstein doubled, and Adrian Gonzalez sac-flied T in. 1-0 Padres. Kouz singles in Eck. YAY KOUZ!!! 2-0 Padres.
Third inning. Eck walks. Adrian hits his 29th homer of the season. YEAH GONZO!!!!
But the Padres are not done in the third, oh no. An out later, Will Venable walks, Chase Headley walks, Henry Blanco singles, and Everth reaches on a error and a run scores. Then, Clayton Richard, of all people, came up and singled in a run. It wasn't a cheap single, either. Now that's called helping your own cause!!
Fifth inning. Chase Headley walks, and Blanco drives him in with a single. YAY!!
Then the Mets get their three, but no one's really worried. At least, I wasn't.
The bullpen was amazing, as always. Luke Gregerson went 1.1 scoreless innings, Mike Adams went one, and Edward Mujica went one with two strikeouts.
In the bottom of the seventh, we went single, single, single to load the bases. T. Gwynn was then walked to give us the 8-3 lead.
So, we won the first game of the four-game series against the Mets, who are not doing well at all. It was a really great game for us.
Henry Blanco had three hits. Kouz had two. Adrian drove in three runs. The bullpen was solid, and we hit very well.
Just a great, great game. These boys have been playing so well lately!!
Tonight is Kevin Correia against Oliver Perez. Correia had a rough ending to his last outing on Sunday. Hopefully he will be a lot better today.
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I'm glad the Padres' managers contract was extended. If shows they still have faith in him and more importantly faith that the team can become successful. Great game!
Thanks for Chad Gaudin. The minute he coughs up a bunch of runs I'm shipping him back to you!
Kaybee: Is there anything you can tell me about Gaudin? Is he cute? Is he good? (I guess not) Are you sad to see him go? You don't sound it. I hope he helps us! Great games for both our teams last night! -Virginia
LOL at Virginia's question about Gaudin – Is he cute? She is a woman after my own heart. heh heh!
Sounds like you're happy to see him hit the pavement. If he's as bad as he sounds, I am thanking you in advance for sending him to the Bronx.
Hi Kaybee-
Good win for the Padres- they needed it after losing 2 in a row to the Braves! Hopefully the Padres can win at least 2 out of the last 3 games this series and end the homestand on a high note!!!!!!!!!! GO PADRES!!!!!!!!!
Kaybee, congrats to your manager for that extension. Great win. I was hoping for a victory!!
Great win for you guys against the Mets. You're lucky you got Bud Black as your manager for another year.


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MapBird's eye view of the city of Allentown, Pa. Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC copy imperfect: Lacks part of indexes and lower right corner of map. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 728.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2
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Kudos and sincere thanks to Brenda Hughes for opening the doors of the Dog & Bee for Theology Live - Ale and the Almighty ecumenical series. Her generosity and community spirit provided a wonderful opportunity for Christians to come together and hear from gifted speakers on a variety of topics for five consecutive Mondays.
Besides the great fellowship, attendees (more than 100 at each meeting) enjoyed a grand array of appetizers and beverages. The facility was a perfect meeting place, and the wait staff was excellent.
Not to be overlooked, thanks also go to Father Clayton, pastor of St. Phillip's Episcopal Church, and Father Richard, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, whose joint brainstorming made all this possible. They proved to be a remarkable team!
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Get an overview of this hotel3-star hotel with bar/lounge and 24-hour front desk
Situated near the airport, this hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Ypao Beach Park and Guam Premier Outlets. Tanguisson Beach and Tagada Guam Amusement Park are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Hotel Features
This hotel features a bar/lounge, laundry facilities, and a 24-hour front desk. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, multilingual staff, a convenience store, and a TV in a common area are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 30 rooms provide conveniences like refrigerators and coffee makers, plus free WiFi and TVs with cable channels. Guests will also find balconies, free local calls, and desks.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Ypao Breeze Inn features a terrace, multilingual staff, and gift shops/newsstands. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This Tamuning hotel also offers laundry facilities, a grocery/convenience store, and a television in a common area. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Ypao Breeze Inn has designated areas for smoking.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 30
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Hotel Stella Alpina Edelweiss
In the historical center of Venice, hotel Stella Alpina Edelweiss is located in a quiet area, a few steps from the 'Canal Grande'.
Hotel Stella Alpina Edelweiss is located a few steps away from the 'Canal Grande' (the best known canal in Venice), 150 mts from the railway station, 500 mts from 'Piazzale Roma' parking area for busses and taxis coming from Venice airport, 5 minutes from the Casino' (gambling house).
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Hotel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- Air Conditioning
- Free Breakfast
- Free Internet Access
- Free WiFi
- Hair Dryers
- Internet Access
- Luggage Storage
- Safe Deposit Box
- Tours/Travel Desk
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 4 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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Credit cards only to reserve your room.
City tax not included in the rates.
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You can easily reach the Hotel in 2 minutes walking from the train station of Venice called S. Lucia, taking the first way on the left immediately outside of the station.
From airport Marco Polo you can get a bus till Piazzale Roma (one every 30 minutes), taxi, or a boat (one every 50 minutes).
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Jewish Ghetto (500 mt.)
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Philadelphia Phillies (81-80) at Washington Nationals (97-64)
Cliff Lee vs Edwin Jackson
Time: 1:05 PM, Nationals Park
Weather: Overcast, 78
Media: Twitter and Facebook
And then there was one. It's the final game of the regular season, and I'd like to take this space to thank everyone for once again making Phillies Nation the best website for baseball on the planet. Every day thousands and thousands of you come out to cheer, laugh, cry, and chat about your Phillies. We appreciate every one of you.
Cliff Lee will have the honors of trying to give the Phillies their 11th consecutive winning season. Think about that. This is the worst season the Phillies will have had since 2002, but it still could be a winning year.
All around baseball, it's the final night of the regular season – maybe. So it should be a lot of fun. Remember last year? It looks like we're headed down that road again. The Rangers and A's are fighting for the AL West. Miguel Cabrera might win the Triple Crown tonight. The AL East is up for grabs. So much happening.
But don't forget to stick with the Phillies for one last day. Spring Training is always just around the corner.
Your gameday beer: Stoudt's Oktoberfest
Why not finish off the regular season with another Oktoberfest beer. Had this one by Stoudts over the weekend and it's smooth and easy to drink. It doesn't overpower you like some of the other spicier October brews. It's got a medium amber color and is pleasing to the palette. Enjoy it with some sausage and peppers and settle in for Game 162. – Pat Gallen
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Big day today. Huge day. Gigantic day. Mini's cracking 2 homers* to end is Phillie career leaving all his crtics speechless. Book it.
* homers is a relative term to a player's skill set. Pop ups to short for Mini count as dingers.
My shortstop, my rules
Mini could de4finitely go deep here. Real deep.
Why is Mini batting 8th when Lee is in lineup. It possibly cost us 2 runs just now. COME' ON Charlie.
Mini is 1-20 when he leads off an inning. With overdueness like that, I believe Charlie is rightfully priveleged to hit Mini wherever he wants, and if he chooses to try to sneak him thru twice in an inning, then batting out of order should be praised, not scorned.
This is what baseball is all about. Teammates picking each other up. Mini pounds a vicious grounder to short, and I mean pounded, and leaves 2 on. But we are so thankful for the sabermetropologists who with = effectiveness have recreated the game, and oh thank you so much taught us that rbi are a team thang. Therefore, no need to blame the Mini Man. After all, it was the whole team's fault that the rbi wasn't registered.
Thank you, team. We can still love Mini.
Well, so far, so gooid. I figured it the other day, and came up with Cliff needing 8 shutout innings to hit 3 even in the ERA column, 9 would drop him to 2.98. I was never too excited by that finishing with a winning record as a goal, figured a lost season is what it is, but now that's it's here, it'd be cool, but Cliff under 3 has had me psyched as a possibility the last couple weeks. It's cool that he's even in position to do it.
Nice AB for rough. Didn't try to pull the ball as EJ worked him low and away, and still lifted it to the outfield for the rib. Good work off the righty.
"According to Nielsen, Phillies average audience was down 39.1 percent this year, with an average audience size of 168,000, although that still ranked fourth in the majors behind the Yankees, Mets and Tigers"
That is some serious droppage..
You've done a lot of good things this year Dominic, but if you want to be a major leaguer, you have to run them ALL OUT. It's only 90 feet 4 times a game, so for what you are paid, it's not too much to ask.
It's been a long and frustrating season, notwithstanding the fact that even in the "perfect storm" that was/is 2012 we pulled up to .500, had a pretty good second half with some glimmers of playoff promise for '13, and close out with some pleasant surprises (Frandsen, Ruf, Aumont, Horst among others).
Having put a bit of lipstick on the pig that was, I shall go on to say that nothing epitomizes the frustrations of 2012 more than seeing Michael Martinez as our starting SS for game 162. At least, he should have been placed 9th in the order, after Lee. This might have presented untold problems for the Nats, who might have been inclined to intentionally walk Lee, so as to face Martinez. Then, with all kinds of pressure now facing the Nats pitcher, he might have grooved one and Martinez may have belted that offering into shallow left.
The only explanation I can think of, regarding the season-long inexplicable Martinez phenomenon, is that there must be a dead body in the trunk of Charlie Manuel's car, and Martinez knows it and how it got there.
I actualy have this game on in the background.
81-81 with the second highest pay roll in a sport without a salary cap is not acceptable.
Sorry I dont have that warm and fuzzy feeling for next year.
I dont see Ruben Minaya Jr. and Charlie leading this group back.
They will all be a year older.
They only got decent this year when Ruben was forced to trade some of his precious line up. Unfortunately the right guys werent even moved.
I wonder where they will trade Ruf?
We dont need players like that or Frandsen or Glavis.
Ruben had the scouts at Roger Clemens last independant league game though.
Anyway enjoy the off season folks!
Ill be back opening day. All full of hope.
But with the reality of what Ruben has created and his philosophy as a stone cold fact in the back of my mind.
2013 can be a "light at the end of the tunnel" year for several reasons:
– if Utley can play most (if not all) of the season
– if Howard is healthy from Game 1
– if Worley is healthy, and Halladay reverts to "normal" for him
– if it's Charlie's last year – to be replaced by Sandberg
– if in the off-season the Phillies use their payroll space to make a big-time signing
None of these are pie-in-the-sky hopes; the first three merely reflect the run of bad luck that was 2012. An example of pie-in-the-sky would be Charlie platooning Ryan Howard … but that, of course, is too much to hope for and, besides, who would back Howard up after we trade Darin Ruff for PTBN?
Seriously why Martinez?
The Phillies got 99 problems and the util infielder aint one.
Just like Bruntlett never was or Blanton or KK or Moyer.
Your problem isnt the back of the bench its the top of your line up ( not jimmy specificly).
OK just happened to see that and responded.
Brooks have a shot for me.
Ken thanks for acknowledging my genius.
Lefty Ill talk to you soon.
I think we will see an end to Dominic Brown in a Phillies' uniform. I am watching the game on MLB.COM and Brown hit a tapper to the pitcher in the middle innings. He obviously DID NOT hustle to first base. In fact, he loafed. Well, the pitcher made a high throw to first base, pulling the firstbaseman off the bag. Brown was out by a step. Had he hustled just a little bit, he would have been safe. The Nationals 'announcers commented on this and the camera focused in on Charlie Manuel's expression, which was not positive.
I predict that Dom Brown will be trade bait in the offseason. And we will not get much for him. I think that "loafing" play cost this kid a whole lot of future. It's a shame,but I cannot blame the Phils for seeking a better player who hustles.
I thought Dom Brown was beginning to improve on his fielding; but, after seeing last night's game I'm back to wondering what his problem is. He jumped @ the fence for a home run ball that was about 5 feet behind the direction he was jumping toward. Then did the same thing on a foul ball down the line which should have been caught. He over ran the ball by 5 feet and missed it! What's up with that?
Lefty— You are 100% correct. I think Dominic is done in Philly. That loaf to first base today was a death march for Dominic. Most unfortunate.
It seems like you're drawing a lot of conclusions from a meaningless game.
It may seem so, but Brown has been chastised for lack of hustle before and at the time of his loafing to first bast, the score was tied. I may be drawing conclusions, but in this case, I believe it adds to that pile of facts on the negative side of a decision. And Brown is not hitting .250 and has not been very impactful during this "test." I hope Brown turns it around, and the Phils continue to give him chances. Loafing is not a good way to end an opportunity to show off his heart and his desire to win.
A believer
I was hoping for more from him this year, but he did hit better than Mayberry, Howard, or Wigginton (to name three admittedly low bars), is very cheap, and has a high ceiling.
If they can get something valuable in a trade, great. Otherwise I see no reason to give up on him. And I don't think they can get enough in a trade to compensate for his combination of decent hitting/cheap/high ceiling.
Brown also has a strong throwing arm.
Part of his lack of hustle may be due to the fact that he's had leg issues most of the season, including for a time after he was called up.
He's probably worth giving more chances to, because teams generally don't pay much for "potential."
Utley has some gas in the tank. Which is a nice suprise.
But I do feel hed be better served at 3b or LF.
I guess they have decided that is not happening.
D Brown is a part of the solution not part of the problem.
Worley I think you saw his best in 2011. But he could be usable as a 4th or 5th starter for some time.
Halladay is by far my biggest concern.
In 2011 he is the best player in baseball.
in 2012 he is not top 50.
Older players tend to not get better. Unless they find the golden nectar liek Clemens and Bonds did. Most likely the age and wear on the arms (all of them) is going to show up more next year not less.
Oh yea and this Nats team is good. they wont win it all this year but they may next year. and are a lock fo rthe division in 2013.
But this Bob Carpenter announcer is the worst ever.
Left Field and 3B both wouldn't be any easier on Chase's knees. 3rd might actually be considerably worse. The rest I agree with.
I really enjoyed reading the postings.
You guys are all awesome…Lefty, The Dipsy, Schek the stat man, Pat G, Beth w all those letters, the PN WRITERS, Ken Bland, etc etc etc- you are all awesome and passionate fans.
You mentioned Lefty ahead of me, implying you think he's more awesome than me.
I knew if I read enough stuff on this site, I'd find something that was true. I mean aside from any of AFW's interpretations.
Sounds like a lot of people are saying their goodbyes on here. Guess it's just be us few diehards during the off-season….
I don't think it's "goodbye" so much as it's "see you after the series." There will be some really heated debates then about what the Phils should do. There really isn't much that can be said right now or anytime soon until trade rumors and free agents begin to pop up. That is, unless one wants to talk politics, which would be even more of a death knell for a sports site than a .500 season.
hey George, lemme ask you a question.
How bad would it be if arc expressed his opinions on the American League?
That'd be pretty ruf, huh?
@Ken Bland, hahaha. Lefty is more local


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Wisconsin job numbers for March tough to predict
LA CROSSE, Wis. -- Fewer people than expected joined the working world last month, according to the U.S. Labor Department's most recent report.
Only 120,000 unemployed Americans found work in March. That's far less than the 200,000 from recent months.
Nationwide, the unemployment rate dropped by a tenth of a percent mainly because fewer people are looking for work. The 8.2 percent jobless rate is the lowest the U.S. has seen since 2009.
While nationally, there has been a slow gain in jobs the last couple of years, Wisconsin has stayed pretty much the same.
But there's at least one business in the La Crosse area that's doing better than it ever has. Business is doing more than well at APAC customer service in Onalaska.
"Business is great," said Todd Brudos, APAC's human resource manager. "Our client is a major wireless provider and their business is doing well, which in turns helps us do well."
APAC, like many business, took a hit during the recession, letting go about 200 employees, but now things have turned around completely for the company.
Brudos says business is even better than it was before the recession hit and thinks it's a sign the economy is bouncing back.
"Absolutely, we can tell that the economy is changing," said Brudos. "As we get busier and hire more individuals, our client is requesting additional business as well."
"I think that we are doing better than the rest of the state," said Taggert Brooks, UW-La Crosse Economics Department chair. "We're relatively buffered to the rest of the state."
Brooks said thanks to the sizable health care, education and agriculture sectors in the La Crosse area, the recession hasn't been quite as bad here, but that's not the case for Wisconsin as a whole.
"The national trend has been positive employment growth for the last almost two years now, not very strong, but positive and very consistent," said Brooks. "Wisconsin's given up its gains in the last few months."
He said one of the reasons may be because it took longer for the state to feel the hit of the recession. With Wisconsin's latest jobs report coming out soon, Brooks says anything can happen.
"Remember that on a month-to-month basis you see fluctuation in the data," said Brooks. "You don't want to put too much into them, so it's sort of a little bit better to pay attention to the aggregate number and over a longer term. Any given point in time, you'll see industries give up or lose jobs. It's just part of the natural churn."
Brudos said the company just hired 50 new employees and is looking to hire another 50 next month.
Wisconsin's jobs report for March will be out in a couple of weeks.
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She is colicky with gas badly and I am under stress (we just moved) but I am doing a fairly good job of using my help and sitting to relax, sleep and nurse. Please Help!


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It doesn't get much better for high school hockey than Friday at the Eagles Nest Ice Arena in Verona. No. 1 Green Bay Notre Dame played No. 3 Verona.
The Tritons came out scoring early and often. Notre Dame led 3-0 after the first.
Wildcat freshman goalie Alex Jones tried to keep the team in the game but Notre Dame showed spectators why the team is No. 1.
Tritons won 7-0.


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The Biffles' Welcome Their New Baby Girl...
Biffle and wife Nicole welcomed the birth of their first child on Wednesday. Emma Elizabeth Biffle was born just before 5 p.m. EST, weighing 7 lbs., 6 ounces. Both mother and child are doing well.
Biffle, driver of the No. 16 Ford for Roush Fenway Racing, was in Kentucky on Thursday to begin preparing for the first Sprint Cup event at the track on Saturday night.
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Tom Corbett has always been clear that he would not accept a tax on the soaring number of gas wells in Pennsylvania tapping into the Marcellus Shale. But he has now announced a plan that would allow counties to impose significant impact fees on gas wells.
Under a plan unveiled on October 3 at an event in Pittsburg, Corbett said that he would support an arrangement that would allow counties to impose a fee of $40,000 on each well; the fee would diminish each year with a total amount not to exceed $160,000 over 10 years.
Corbett's plan would have the revenue from the fee split, with 75% being retained to be divided between the county and its municipalities, and 25% being divided among three agencies, with PennDOT getting the lion's share of it, and smaller amounts going to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and the Office of State Fire Commissioner.
Corbett's plan also called for a number of measures that would tighten safety and environmental protections, such as increasing the setback for gas wells from private water wells from 200 to 500 feet, and enabling the Department of Environmental Protection to take quicker action to revoke permits for operators who consistently violate the rules.
There will almost certainly be changes to the plan as it works its way through the Senate and House, and reaction to it was predictably mixed.
Senate President Pro Tempore Republican Joe Scarnati, who has been pushing for the imposition of a fee, said in a statement, that he is "pleased" that Corbett has weighed in with a plan, and that he "believes the final package must include a reasonable fee, increased environmental safety measures and incentives to use natural gas. Also, there will be ongoing discussions with local officials and industry representatives to ensure that there is a balanced approach to zoning so that both sides do not continue to spend resources on legal costs."
Republican Senator Lisa Baker said, "Governor Corbett's proposals should help push agreement and action on impact fees that will provide for better levels of community and environmental protection. Between what he presented today and what the Senate has developed over many months, there are the necessary elements for a responsible package of regulatory improvements and revenue generation."
Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa, on the other hand, said, "The utter lack of funds going toward environmental protection is also a concern. This meager amount, layered on budget reductions, which have already been imposed on the agency tasked with protecting Pennsylvania while this industry grows at breakneck pace, is severely lacking. We only get one shot at this—and if we don't protect our water and our land, then we have learned nothing from our history."
That concern was echoed by Jan Jarrett, the president of the environmental group PennFuture, who found additional faults with the plan. She said, "This plan is neither fair nor comprehensive, and is full of giveaways to the drillers. The proposed impact fee is too small, full of loopholes, unwieldy to administer, and leaves too much money on the table."
Jarrett continued, "It also fails to address the serious needs our citizens and communities face in these hard economic times, and allows the drillers to pay very little in return for the massive profits they make from Pennsylvania's resources."


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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/81782
- Title
- Vector generalized linear and additive extreme value models
- Author(s)
- Yee, Thomas W.; Stephenson, Alec G.
- Abstract
- Over recent years parametric and nonparametric regression has slowly been adopted into extreme value data analysis. Its introduction has been characterized by piecemeal additions and embellishments, which has had a negative effect on software development and usage. The purpose of this article is to convey the classes of vector generalized linear and additive models (VGLMs and VGAMs) as offering significant advantages for extreme value data analysis, providing flexible smoothing within a unifying framework. In particular, VGLMs and VGAMs allow all parameters of extreme value distributions to be modelled as linear or smooth functions of covariates. We implement new auxiliary methodology by incorporating a quasi-Newton update for the working weight matrices within an iteratively reweighted least squares (IRLS) algorithm. A software implementation by the first author, called the vgam package for r, is used to illustrate the potential of VGLMs and VGAMs.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Extremes, Vol. 10, no. 1 (Jun 2007), pp. 1-19
- Publication year
- 2007
- FOR Code(s)
- 01 Mathematical Sciences
- Keyword(s)
- Extreme value modelling; Fisher scoring; Iteratively reweighted least squares; Maximum likelihood estimation; Penalized likelihood; Smoothing; Vector splines
- Publisher
- Springer
- 1386-1999
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Taylor-made delight
Taylor's Steakhouse offers nothing but the best in food and prices
By Dan O'Heron 02/21/2013
As the sizzling platter approached our table at Taylor's Steakhouse, I patted my stomach as if reassuring it that something within — that growling for action — would soon go away.
For the better part of three weeks, I had failed miserably to sprout affection for an all-vegetable diet, and just the thought of digging into a New York strip steak — one with a charred exterior covering a well-marbled, moistly pink inside — became a favorite fantasy. In fact, risking divine disapproval over something as mundane as a steak lunch, "amen" could have been my last word before taking that first bite.
The red oak-charbroiled, 10-ounce luncheon cut ($22.95) — tender and juicy — would live up to my fussiest expectations, as would the roasted loin of pork ($13.95), bathed in a special dressing, for my dining partner. Both of our dishes were complemented by delicious mashed potatoes. Pounded with butter, sour cream and milk, I think they started out as red potatoes. My friend, an athlete who had been getting his protein from diet supplements, looked up from his house-made applesauce and said, "I had forgotten how much I missed real meat."
Before ordering lunch, for fun I asked the waiter, "Do you have any alfalfa sprouts?" Shooting me a wilting glance, he turned his head away. You don't ask for alfalfa sprouts in an exclusive beef house. "We may have a few in the kitchen," General Manager Anita Prata told me later, adding that they'll fashion a few lo-cal, lo-carb meals on request.
Before our meaty orders gave us more respectful attention from our waiter, I asked for the famous "Molly" wedge salad as an appetizer. Cut from a big head of chilled iceberg lettuce, the wedge was bedded on a dressing made from a mixture of blue cheese and Italian, flecked with bits of onion and tomato. A perfect mate for steak, the "Molly" costs $5.95, but it's big enough to be shared by two.
Lore has it that the salad was created by a now-retired waitress named Molly. Arguably the first-ever iceberg wedge, she put it together in the early 1950s at the original Taylor's, which is still operating at the edge of downtown Los Angeles.
The original Taylor's — as the story goes — was an in-crowd hangout. Here, you could get intoxicated without inviting the police, primarily because the chief of police might be sitting at the next table. Back then, the mayor, other politicians, actors and gangsters may have been seated nearby.
That the restaurant was pleasing to so many different types of loyalists helped it get through the 1980s and '90s, a time when "nutrition police" were bashing meat and dairy products as if Elsie, the beast of Borden, were a mad cow.
A Zagat survey once proclaimed that Taylor's was "a landmark with the best steak value around." Today they are saying much the same thing about the La Cañada Flintridge location.
Like its predecessor, Taylor's La Cañada is dedicated to providing aged and corn-fed prime beef — and certified Angus — at the best prices around. Complete lunch steaks range from $13.95 to $23.05; dinners run from $19.95 to $31.95. Prime rib au jus, with creamed horse radish, creamed spinach and mashed potatoes, costs $16.95 at lunch and $24.95 at dinner.
Some of the meats are charbroiled on a new Texas Wood-Show broiler. Unlike many other woods, red oak imparts a very delicate flavor, preventing the natural taste of beef from going up in smoke.
Like any classy steakhouse, the menu at Taylor's La Cañada offers some fin and feather dishes as well. Seafood platters include the catch-of-the-day, sweet sand dab fillets, jumbo Gulf prawns and a deboned and pan-roasted one-half chicken. What's more, drinking in the impressions of a well-selected wine list completes the picture of a place where libations, food, service and decor fit together snugly.
Entering through a small patio, visitors pass a dark bar where guests are more likely to lean in for single malt Scotch than minted mango vodka. Though the restaurant has the capacity to seat 178, four dining rooms are divided by knotty pine wood panels and designed lead glass. This creates a feeling you're eating among friends and not dining out in public.
The next time I come in, it will be for dinner, and my aspirations will be loftier and more ambitious than the New York steak I had for lunch.
Taylor's Steakhouse
901 Foothill Blvd.,
La Cañada Flintridge
(818) 790-7668
Full bar
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Springfield, Ill.Illinois will need nearly 40,000 regular
teachers and more than 9,000 special education teachers through
2007. This and other information is included in the 2003
Annual Report of Educator Supply and Demand" just released
by the Illinois State Board of Education.
In its fifth report - which is required by Illinois law
ISBE outlines the supply and demand for teachers, administrators
and other certified personnel by field, content area and levels.
Additional data in the report shows that the demand for teachers
is currently tempered by the increases in the number of certificates
issued, the retention rate remains stable and the number of
students enrolled in college education programs.
These data trends are important for all of us in education
as well as for policy makers and universities that offer teacher
preparation courses, said State Superintendent of Education
Robert Schiller. This report is also something that
those who aspire to teach can review to determine where the
greatest needs are.
The report includes statistical information on demand
for teachers, or the needs of districts for educational personnel
and services. Supply information includes all educational
personnel available to schools - regardless of whether or
not they are currently employed by schools.
Retention rates remain high
The largest supply of educators is the previous year's workforce.
In 2003, 138,119 educators or 93% of the previous year's total
workforce were retained to work in Illinois public schools.
There has been an increase in the number of certificates
issued over the last four years
The second largest source of supply is newly certified of
"first-time" teachers. Over the last four years,
new certificates issued to teachers and school service personnel
have increased 11% a year, and administrative certificates
have increased 8% per year. Undergraduate and graduate students
enrolled in education programs showed a 7% average increase
from about 40,000 in 1999 to 48,500 in 2002.
The number of re-entries hired has rebounded
The third major source of supply includes educators returning
to the profession. Between 1997 and 2001, the number of re-entries
hired increased 67%, from a low of 3,172 to 5,301. The number
of re-entries hired decreased over 30% in 2002 but increased
by 28% in 2003.
K-12 student enrollments are expected to continue growing,
but only at the secondary level
Illinois public school enrollments have been increasing since
1990 and that overall trend is expected to continue through
2007. But all of the growth in the next few years will be
at the secondary level. Elementary enrollments are expected
to decline.
There was a rebound in educator workforce growth
Since 1998, the total educator workforce grew by only 2%
a year. But in 2002, the overall workforce increased by only
205 educators or 0.1%. In 2003, however, the trend rebounded
with the administrator workforce growing by less than 1%,
the teaching force increasing by 2.6% and other certified
staff growing by 2.8%. Taken together, the overall educator
workforce increase was 2.5% over the previous year.
The positions with the most severe shortages remained the
same as the previous year, with special education topping
the list. However, the number of districts reporting shortages
dropped by an average of 122 for these areas. Rank ordered
by the number of districts reporting shortages, the positions
most needed are:
Special Ed-Speech & Lang. Impaired, Special Ed-Behavior
Disordered, Special Ed-Learning Disabled, Special Ed-Cross
Categorical, Mathematics, Foreign Lang.-Spanish, Special Ed-EMH,
Psychologist, Science-Physics, Science-Chemistry, Guidance
Counselor and Librarian/Media Specialist.
The full report is available at:
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|Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the scrapie regulations by changing the risk groups and categories established for individual animals and for flocks, increasing the use of genetic testing as a means of assigning risk levels to animals, reducing movement restrictions for animals found to be genetically less susceptible or resistant to scrapie, and simplifying, reducing, or removing certain recordkeeping requirements. This action would provide designated scrapie epidemiologists with more alternatives and flexibility when testing animals in order to determine flock designations under the regulations. It would change the definition of high-risk animal, which will change the types of animals eligible for indemnity, and to pay higher indemnity for certain pregnant ewes and early maturing ewes. It would also make the identification and recordkeeping requirements for goat owners consistent with those for sheep owners. These changes would affect sheep and goat producers and State governments.
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Mood-Boosting Foods
Decades ago, the idea that there was a link between food and the mind was a preposterous one to scientists. In recent years, however, an abundance of research has emerged to show that there is, in fact, a connection between the two. So, if you're feeling a little down in the dumps and you're thinking of eating your troubles away, give it a shot! Just be sure you're eating foods that can actually help lift your spirits.
When you're sad
When you're irritable
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In addition to eating mood-boosting foods, stay active. Exercise is acknowledged by physicians everywhere as a good treatment for lifting spirits. An active lifestyle will help give you an overall feeling of well-being, accomplishment, and good health.


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Hampton Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court
8th Judicial District of Virginia
Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts Informational Pamphlet
Ms Judith D. Reed
Phone: (757) 727-6147
Fax: (757) 727-6082
Clerk's Office Hours
220 North King Street
P. O. Box 69104
Hampton, VA 23669-9404
- Hon. Jay Edward Dugger, Presiding Judge, Chief Judge
- Hon. Deborah S. Roe, Presiding Judge
- Hon. Robert B. Wilson V, Presiding Judge
Court Schedule
Protective Order Hearings Mon., 3:00 p.m. Tues.* - Fri., 8:00 a.m. *3:00 p.m. if Tuesday follows a Monday holiday Arraignments, Bond Hearings, Detention Hearings Mon. - Fri., 8:30 a.m. Support Establishment Docket - including all DCSE cases Mon., 8:00 a.m. (non-DCSE cases) Mon., 9:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. (DCSE cases) Mon., 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (attorney cases) Mon., 1:00 p.m., (contested cases) Support Enforcement Trial Docket Thurs., 8:30 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Domestic Violence Trial Docket Tues., 8:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. Juvenile Delinquency Dispositions Mon. - Thurs., 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Juvenile Delinquency Trials Mon. - Thurs., 10:00 a.m. Adult Criminal Trials (non Domestic Violence) Mon. - Thurs., 10:00 a.m. Foster Care/Abuse/Neglect/Child Dependency Cases* Tues., 8:30 a.m. *Emergency matters scheduled Mon. - Fri. Custoy/Visitation (includes screening for P.E.S and mediation referrals) Mon., Times available throughout the day for contested matters Tues., Afternoon reserved for contested hearings Wed., 8:00 a.m., afternoon reserved for contested hearings Thurs., 8:00 a.m., afternoon reserved for contested hearings Fri., Times available throughout the day for contested matters Curfew Violations, CHINS & Truancy Mon. - Fri., 8:30 a.m. (may be scheduled throughout the week) Traffic 1st & 3rd Fri., 8:30 a.m. Driver's License Presentations 1st & 3rd Fri., 10:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
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"I'll be running nice and easy, just taking my time, not hustling. I apologize to the Cubs fans."
— Carlos Zambrano, on how he'll play upon his return from the disabled list
(Chicago Tribune Article)
The good news is Carlos Zambrano doesn't have to take the fall for this mope wreck of a statement. The chain of command comes from up high and the Chicago Cubs suits are proving that not only do they not know how to win when it matters, but they also don't know how to manage the public image of their players.
So, the really bad news is that baseball has openly lowered its standards. You don't have to hustle anymore, folks — especially if you're a ticking time-bomb with a slingshot arm and a once-sore hammy that has now fully healed, leaving no pain.
Indeed, Cy Young is rolling in his grave.
Okay, so I gotta ask: If Zambrano feels no pain then why won't he be hustling on the field?
In the wake of steroids, with pandemic doubt blanketing the game from New York to Los Angeles to Los Angeles of Anaheim, the last thing we (and especially Cubs) fans need is to know that some players aren't giving it their all and that management is okay with that. If you're not healthy enough to play the game the way the game is supposed to be played, then you shouldn't be playing the game… I don't care how talented you are.
Note to Cubs: either sew Zambrano's mouth shut or hire a new P.R. person. I got just the guy for you too — even colored his hair to match your duds:
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Is that Corey Haim?
Jeff, I hope the purging helped you ease your sickness after my posting about the Luv Gov today. You'll have to build up a tolerance as his "hired help" surely did.
Well that makes me feel better for this series. If he isn't going to try maybe the Cards won't have to worry as much.
Wow…he really has set an all-time low for idiots in baseball. SO sad.
Prince — Perez Hilton, dude. And what bothers me more than than anything is the fact that Spitzer kept his socks on. HIS SOCKS!
Melissa — One can only hope… he won't be back til Friday, so we get by w/o seeing him.
Julia — If I were in charge, you could consider it done and done.
Jenn — I'm sure it will get worse. It's Zambrano we're talking about here. No such thing as lower than low. LOL.
I like the sewing of the mouth shut (although a new PR person would work too). Hey, Allen – how 'bout Dontrelle!
See, Carlos is the poster boy for slackers. Feel bd for Cubbies fans now. Maybe Carlos will get hit in the head with a brick or something. Just saying.
You know Perez wanted to be a Rays fan because of Fernando Perez and the Hilton just a mile down the road from the Trop., but we dropped him for Rob Schneider.
Was that a good trade?
Some players just have that lifetime supply of hoof and mouth and even if a PR department person is standing over them, they will spew the toilet if they want to air it all out.
I remember a story Rick Vaughn, who is the Rays VP of Communications used to stand next to Elijah Dukes when he spoke to the media with the Rays.
Some players just have to be shown the light, but Zambrano is wearing cheap sunglasses at night.
Rays Renegade
Jane — Al is still recovering from D-train's first outing. This is all too much for him.
Holly — Well, I don't wish him any harm… just poor performances from here on out.
RR — Haha, Perez being a baseball fan. Now that's funny. Dukes, like many players, NEEDS a handler for all occasions.


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CERA says peak oil theory is faulty
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., November 14, 2006 – In contrast to a widely discussed theory that world oil production will soon reach a peak and go into sharp decline, a new analysis of the subject by Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) finds that the remaining global oil resource base is actually 3.74 trillion barrels -- three times as large as the 1.2 trillion barrels estimated by the theory's proponents -- and that the "peak oil" argument is based on faulty analysis which could, if accepted, distort critical policy and investment decisions and cloud the debate over the energy future.
"The global resource base of conventional and unconventional oils, including historical production of 1.08 trillion barrels and yet-to-be-produced resources, is 4.82 trillion barrels and likely to grow," CERA Director of Oil Industry Activity Peter M. Jackson writes in Why the Peak Oil Theory Falls Down: Myths, Legends, and the Future of Oil Resources. The CERA projection is based on the firm's analysis of fields currently in production and those yet-to-be produced or discovered.
"The 'peak oil' theory causes confusion and can lead to inappropriate actions and turn attention away from the real issues," Jackson observes. "Oil is too critical to the global economy to allow fear to replace careful analysis about the very real challenges with delivering liquid fuels to meet the needs of growing economies. This is a very important debate, and as such it deserves a rational and measured discourse.
This is the fifth time that the world is said to be running out of oil," says CERA Chairman Daniel Yergin. "Each time -- whether it was the 'gasoline famine' at the end of WWI or the 'permanent shortage' of the 1970s -- technology and the opening of new frontier areas has banished the specter of decline. There's no reason to think that technology is finished this time."
The report emphasizes the importance of focusing on the critical issues. "It is not helpful to couch the debate in terms of a superficial analysis of reservoir constraints. It will be aboveground factors such as geopolitics, conflict, economics and technology that will dictate the outcome." The report also points to such aboveground questions as timing and openness to investment, infrastructure development, and the impact of technological change on demand for oil
Undulating Plateau
The new report describes CERA's liquids supply outlook as "not a view of endless abundance." However, based on a range of potential scenarios and field-by-field analysis, CERA finds that not only will world oil production not peak before 2030, but that the idea of a peak is itself "a dramatic but highly questionable image."
Global production will eventually follow an "undulating plateau" for one or more decades before declining slowly. The global production profile will not be a simple logistic or bell curve postulated by geologist M. King Hubbert, but it will be asymmetrical – with the slope of decline more gradual and not mirroring the rapid rate of increase -- and strongly skewed past the geometric peak. It will be an undulating plateau that may well last for decades.
During the plateau period in later decades, according to the CERA analysis, demand growth will likely no longer be largely met by growth in available, commercially exploitable natural oil supplies. Non-traditional or unconventional liquid fuels such as production from heavy oil sands, gas-related liquids (condensate and natural gas liquids), gas-to-liquids (GTL), and coal-to-liquids (CTL) will need to fill the gap.
Critical Issue
CERA argues that understanding the difference between a plateau and a peak followed by a precipitous decline, as well as the timing of events, is critical to the global energy future. "Corporations, governments, and other groups, including nongovernmental organizations, need to have a coherent description of how and when the undulating plateau will evolve so that rational policy and investment choices can be made," according to the report.
"It is likely that the situation will unfold in slow motion and that there are a number of decades to prepare for the start of the undulating plateau. This means that there is time to consider the best way to develop viable energy alternatives that would eventually provide the bulk of our transport energy needs and ensure that there is a useable production stream of conventional crude for some time to come," CERA concludes.
Peak Theory Shortcomings
The CERA review also finds that current "peak oil" advocacy suffers from several problems:
- The peak argument is not presented in the context of a credible systematic evaluation of available data; its proponents have not made available a transparent and detailed analysis that would allow an objective and rational discussion. At base "their methodology is to impute decline curves against currently proven reserves and declare that the game – and the argument – is over."
- The underlying analytical model formulated by the late M. King Hubbert both fails to recognize that recoverable reserve estimates evolve with time and are subject to significant change, and it also underplays the substantial impact of technological advances. Consequently, total annual production at the high point in 1970 was 600 million barrels higher – 20 percent -- than Hubbert's projection of peak production for the US Lower 48, although he correctly anticipated its timing within two years.
- Hubbert's method requires accurate knowledge of the ultimate recoverable reserves of an area, but his 1956 analysis could never have incorporated the impact of giant discoveries in Alaska and the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, and therefore couldn't have predicted the production profile for the U.S. As a result, total cumulative U.S. production between the high point in 1970 and 2005 exceeded Hubbert's predictions by the equivalent of more than 10 years of US production at present rates.
- Hubbert-posited post-peak reservoir decline curve assumptions are rebutted by observation that the geometry of typical oilfield production profiles is often distinctly asymmetrical and does not generally show a precipitous mirror-image decline in production after an apparent peak, even without the application of new technology or enhanced oil recovery techniques. As a result, in the US Lower 48 where Hubbert came closest to accurately forecasting a peak, oil production in 2005 was some 66 percent higher than projected by Hubbert, and cumulative production between 1970 and 2005 was some 15 billion barrels higher, a variance equal to more than eight years of US production at present rates.
- Those who believe a peak is imminent tend to consider only proven remaining reserves of conventional oil, which they currently estimate at about 1.2 trillion barrels. In the view of many petroleum geologists, this is a pessimistic estimate because it excludes the enormous contribution likely from probable and possible resources, those yet to be found, and plays down the importance of unconventional reserves in the Canadian oil sands, the Orinoco tar belt, oil shale and GTL projects. CERA believes the global inventory is some 4.8 trillion barrels, of which about 1.08 trillion barrels have been produced, leaving 3.72 trillion conventional and unconventional barrels, an order of magnitude that will allow productive capacity to continue to expand well into this century.
- The "peak oil" argument is frequently supported with data indicating that new exploration finds are not sufficient to replace annual production. Their data sets have serious deficiencies. The peak argument is an incomplete and therefore misleading analysis because it ignores the role of development (vs exploration) projects in expanding reserves, fails to understand economic factors that can point company and national strategies to emphasize development vs exploration work. By focusing on "discovery" and ignoring the increased knowledge and confidence about field volumes, it disregards the fact that revisions, additions and exploration together have generated resource growth of 320 billion barrels – 80 billion barrels more, or one-third more, than total production – during the period from 1995 to 2003. CERA draws both on its own data bases and those of its parent company IHS, which has the world's most complete proprietary data bases on oil production and resources.
- Hubbert's method does not incorporate economic or technical factors that influence productive capacity; most importantly, it ignores the impact of both price and demand, both major drivers of production.
- Peakists' projections of the date a peak would be reached continue to come and go, the most recent targeted around Thanksgiving Day 2005, give or take a few weeks.
"It is no longer sensible to allow the issues about future supplies to be clouded in a debate grounded in a flawed technical argument," the CERA report concludes. "There is general agreement that a peak or plateau of sorts will develop in the next 50 years, and it is not helpful to couch the debate in terms of a superficial analysis of reservoir constraints." The report emphasizes the importance of the aboveground factors cited earlier.
"There is a need to identify the signposts that will herald the onset of the inevitable slowdown of production growth and ensure that policymakers outside the energy community have a clear understanding of possible outcomes and risks."
Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), an IHS company, is a leading advisor to energy companies, consumers, financial institutions, technology providers, and governments. CERA (www.cera.com) delivers strategic knowledge and independent analysis on energy markets, geopolitics, industry trends, and strategy. CERA is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has offices in Bangkok; Beijing; Calgary; Dubai; Johannesburg; Mexico City; Moscow; Mumbai; Oslo; Paris; Rio de Janeiro; San Francisco; Tokyo; and Washington, DC.
For more information on CERA's Global Oil Advisory Service or our other service please visit our service offerings page or contact Michael Maddox at +1 617 866 5131. Obtain the report .
© 2006, Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Inc. All rights reserved. CERA and the CERA logo are registered trademarks of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Inc.
have not made available a transparent and detailed analysis that would allow an objective and rational discussion.And yet the short report cited by this press release is not publicly available (the 16-page PDF is sold for $1000). In contrast, a vast quantity of peak oil literature is available online for free. The Oil Drum, for example, publishes a stream of reports and analyses, many by industry experts. Most of us who work on peak oil issues are volunteers - could not CERA make more of their arguments public, so that a true discussion might be held? The Australian Senate Inquiry into Australias future oil supply and alternative transport fuels reached a strikingly different conclusion, stating:
Peak oil proponents have criticised official estimates of future oil supply with detailed and plausible arguments. The Committee is not aware of any official agency publications which attempt to rebut the peak oil arguments point by point in similar detail.On the positive side, the CERA report is surprisingly open to debate about peak oil:
We respect the urgency and seriousness with which some with whom we disagree put their case. ... We invite others to join in a considered dialogue, which now seems too easily lost in the rancor. ... It is essential and more productive [than making bitter and "true believer" arguments] to build common understanding and conclusions, open to rational assessment of evidence, so that preparations can be made for the future.I was surprised the number of points on which CERA and peakists agree. (CERA uses the term "peakist."):
- A peak (or plateau) of oil production is coming. CERA says no sooner than 2030; peakists say sooner.
- Both CERA and peakists seem to be agree that there will be a curve of rising production, a peak (or plateau), followed by falling production. CERA criticizes the "bell shape" of Hubbert's curve and maintains that the curve will be asymmetric. Many peakists agree. (The discussion about the shape of the curve quickly becomes very complicated - beyond the understanding of most lay people.)
- CERA prefers to talk of an oil production "plateau." Many peakists also use the term.
- Both agree on the urgent need to "prepare for the time when oil supply could cease to grow adequately to meet demand."
- CERA says: "Technical innovations will continue to unlock additional oil resources not currently identified or understood, or viewed as uneconomic." The difference between CERA and the peakists lies in their estimates of the magnitude and quality of the resources to be uncovered.
- CERA says: "we still appear to be in a phase where oil supply (deliverability) is largely determined by demand, economics, and aboveground risks rather than on any fundamental problems with resource availabily." Most peakists would agree that demand, economics and aboveground risks are important factors - especially now. However, they would probably say that these factors are exacerbated by geology.
- CERA says: "there is still no accurate assessment of global reserves and resources." Peakists heartily agree. Matthew Simmons argues that "transparency" about oil reserves is a critical need.
- CERA frequently lumps unconventional sources of petroleum together with conventional sources. Peakists tend to analyze them separately.
- CERA takes an optimistic view of technological improvements. Peakists are more conservative.
- CERA does not mention EROEI (energy return on energy invested) in its press release or report. Peakists are constantly talking about the EROEI of energy sources.
- CERA does not mention global warming and the constraints it will place on energy sources (at least in these documents). Among peakists, the picture is mixed. Some peakists do incorporate global warming in their analyses, while others do not.
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Adhesive note holders tend to stick out, even on a cluttered desktop. And we all know that desktops can be cluttered. I once saw a desk (belonging to a particularly eccentric Professor) with stacks of paper, pens, and other items that nearly reached the ceiling – but at the center of those stacks was a single adhesive note holder in which this quirky Professor managed all of his business. It was small and yellow, with the crest of his alma mater imprinted in bold colors at the top, and looked as if it had been around as long as he had. Clearly, these items have the potential to become extensions of recipients' own existences, which seems to have been the case with my old pal the Professor.


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But inside the "Clay House" sat four women. And in those four women's hands were paintbrushes.
Gremmel assembled the women to glaze the final handmade bowls for the upcoming Fill the Bowl "cool" organ concert Sunday, Aug. 26, at 3 p.m. at St. Philip's Episcopal Church.
Gremmel, a potter for most of her life, said, "All of the bowls are hand thrown on the potters wheel.
"One of the ladies at St. Philip's knew I was a potter, and she had heard about the empty bowl project and suggested that maybe we'd like to do one."
So, when the concert is over, the bowls will be filled with ice cream, donated by H-E-B, and for whatever donation denomination is set, you can fill an empty bowl with ice cream and take it home.
The women have been working for weeks in preparation for the concert with about 50 bowls painted, carved, fired, glazed and fired again; each piece is unique and really stunning.
The intricate details painted on some of them look like something you could buy at any china shop.
The rich colors and glistening glaze jump out at you, really making the pieces stand out and apart from one another.
One could imagine that many concert attendees will most likely take home more than one of the beautiful bowls.
The "Empty Bowls" concept is a nationwide fund-raising event which was founded by art teacher John Hartom in 1990-91.
Paul Gonzales is the entertainment writer at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 116, or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Checking on the valuation of Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) shares, we can focus on several ratios. One of the quickest ways to determine the projected value of a stock is the price to earnings growth, or PEG ratio. This formula was popularized by Peter Lynch and according to his calculations, a stock which is fairly valued will have a price to earnings ratio equal to its rate of growth. Simply put, a stock with a PEG ratio of 1 would be considered fairly valued. A stock with a ratio of under 1.0 would be undervalued and a stock with a PEG over 1.0 would be considered over valued. Fluor Corporation currently has a PEG ratio of 4.97, which indicates that is it overvalued if looking at this metric alone.
Most importantly investors want to know where the stock is headed from here. In order to get a sense of Wall Street sentiment, we can look to equity research analyst estimates. On a one to five ratings scale where 1.0 indicates a Strong Buy, 2.0 indicates a Buy, 3.0 a Hold, 4.0 a Sell and 5.0 a Stong Sell. Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) currently has an average analyst recommendation of 2.90 according to analysts. This is the average number based on the total brokerage firms taken into consideration by Beta Systems Research. The same analysts have a future one-year price target of $50.29 on the shares.
Technical Indicators
In addition to sell-side rational, we can also take a look at some technical indicators. The stock is currently 6.01% away from its 50-day simple moving average and 4.64% away from the 200 day average. Based on a recent trade, the shares are -3.14% away from the 52-week high and 37.24% from the 52-week low. The RSI (Relative Strength Index), which shows price strength by comparing upward and downward close to close movements. An RSI approaching 70 is typically deemed to be nearing overbought status and could be ripe for a pullback. Alternatively an RSI nearing 30 indicates that the stock could be getting oversold and might be considered undervalued. The RSI for Fluor Corporation(NYSE:FLR) currently stands at 58.52.
Fluor Corporation has posted trailing 12 months earnings of $1.14 per share. The company has seen a change of -36.40% earnings per share this year. Analysts are predicting 28.45% for the company next year. The firm is yielding 1.80% return on assets and 5.20% return on equity.


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Adrian Peterson can see it.
He saw it a lot on Sunday, he saw a lot of it on Dec. 2, and he hopes to see more of it again Saturday night, in the NFC Wild Card rubber match between the Green Bay Packers and his Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field.
Frustration. And, with it, fatigue.
"You can see it in their eyes," the Vikings superstar running back said in a conference call with Wisconsin reporters Tuesday. "That's one thing I like doing, is sitting back there in the huddle just looking across at the defense and looking in their eyes – just to see where they're at because you can get a good feel emotionally where somebody stands throughout the game by looking them in the eyes and checking them out."
And there is nothing more exasperating – or exhausting – for a defense than to have Peterson seemingly bottled up, only to see him escape. It happened time and time again during the Vikings' 37-34 victory at Mall of America Field at the Metrodome on Sunday, when Peterson ran for 199 yards on 34 carries and came up 8 yards short of Eric Dickerson's 1984 NFL single-season rushing record of 2,105 yards.
Of Peterson's 2,097 yards this season, a whopping 409 (19.5 percent) came against the Packers. But the more stunning number is this: According to ProFootballFocus.com, of Peterson's 199 yards Sunday, 189 yards came after contact. And in his 210-yard performance on Dec. 2, 186 came after contact. That's 375 of 409 yards coming after contact, or 91.7 percent, according to ProFootballFocus.com
That's obviously a subjective statistic. ESPN Stats & Information, 230 of Peterson's 409 yards came after contact -- 143 in the first game, and 87 in second. And per STATS, Peterson had 160 yards after contact in the Dec. 2 meeting and 94 in the second, for a total of 254 total yards. (STATS had Peterson with 1,047 yards after contact for the season, PFF had him with 1,414 on the year.)
But no matter how you slice it, at the very least, more than half of Peterson's yards against Green Bay have come after the Packers hit him. And that's as frustrating as it gets for a defensive player.
"We'll have him bottled up, and a guy like myself will come in and try to make a play on him like any other running back – but you can't do that against Peterson," outside linebacker Erik Walden said. "He made us pay, so we have to be on high alert and prevent that from happening again. He's gotten us twice, man. We've got to do something about it as a defense – we have to take pride, put our hard hat on and stand up like a man and make sure it doesn't happen again."
Or, as defensive end C.J. Wilson put it, "You know that you've got him, and you're like, 'OK, cool, we just stopped him for a loss.' And one second later he's breaking down the sideline and you're like, 'Oh, maaaan.' That's so frustrating for our defense."
And that's a fact that Peterson is well aware of.
"It feels good to be able to get out of different situations, especially when a defense is coming in focused on stopping on the run," Peterson said of escaping when it appears he's going nowhere. "It hurts the defense.
"A prime example, St. Louis, we played those guys, and they were talking a lot of noise, and the first 10 carries I think I was like negative yardage, and I just stayed patient and kept hitting it and sprung a big one, and that kind of was a gut punch to them. It's fun just to see the change and the switch of the momentum."
According to Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers, the Packers' mentality of getting all 11 defenders to Peterson actually came back to bite them against Peterson, who used their zeal against them.
"I think our guys had a chance to look (at the film) and realize you can't be overaggressive. You can't let your emotions get the best of you in terms of everybody going to the ball. Sometimes you have to be patient and hold your leverage on the backside," Capers said Thursday. "I don't think they reinvented the wheel in terms of running the football. It's a matter of execution. ...You can't be too over-aggressive and get your nose stuck inside because Adrian's a rare guy in terms of his ability to stack in there behind and he's going to go to the open area and he has the speed to out-run you."
According to ESPN Stats & Information, the Packers put eight or more defenders in the box on only 13 of Adrian Peterson's 55 rushes against them this season, but the strategy didn't do much to stop him. Peterson gained 6.9 yards per rush when the Packers put eight-plus in the box this season, compared to 7.6 yards per rush with seven or fewer. He also averaged 13.7 yards per rush outside the tackles, and the Packers allowed 7.0 yards per rush outside the tackles overall this season, second worst in the NFL.
"Hey, you can put 11 in the box," Vikings coach Leslie Frazier said in his conference call. "I mean, we had a second-and-27 and he gets 28 yards. So no, we're never afraid to give it to No. 28, never afraid to give it to Adrian."
And the Packer can't be afraid to go after him. They just have to be smarter the third time around.
"Especially this last game, we'd have him bottled up – we may not have a bunch of guys on him or ahold of him, but a group of guys around him – and he just puts his foot in the ground and he's off," inside linebacker A.J. Hawk said, shaking his head. "I've always said great running backs have great vision, and he's got great vision. A lot of those times, you have him bottled up, but if you don't have him on the ground, he's not done. That's for sure."
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