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Skip to comments.A-Rod says he's transgendered: will sue MLB & Yankees on grounds of sexual harassment/discrimination
Posted on 08/02/2013 3:59:37 PM PDT by ken5050
Embattled NY Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez, facing the threat of a lifetime ban from baseball, and the loss of some $100 million left on his contract, just held an emotional press conference to announce that he was in fact transgendered, and was taking drugs supplied to him by Tony Bosch of Biogenesis, to prepare for a sex change operation after the season.
"But I wasn't brave enough to come out. It's still too hard for professional athletes, in all sports. So I struggled with it. Two years ago, through my cousin, I met Tony Bosch. We became very good friends, and I confided in him. He told me that he could supply me with all the pre-op medications, and arrange for the surgery to be done after the season at a clinic in Brazil."
"That's what all the secrecy was about..why he came to my house, the emails, the phone calls, the cash payments. Bosch told me that he was in fact supplying PEDS to many ballplayers, and I realized that this could be a perfect cover..everyone would think I was juicing, and not that I was taking hormone treatments."
"So now, to avoid the suspension, and the loss of a lot of money, I have to come clean. And if the Yankees and MLB don't stop this..drop all the charges, then I'm going to sue them for sexual harassment. The law's on my side..that's what my attorneys tell me. I have rights. If they don't stop, it could even be a hate crime."
A-Rod was asked what his plans were..would he now in fact go ahead with the surgery?
"Of course, I'm so ready for this. And yes, I plan to come back for spring training and play with the Yankees. I haven't decided if I'm going to be known as Alexis, or Alexa, but I'll have to find something to replace 'A-Rod.' Maybe I'll ask my fans to Tweet me their suggestions."
"There's one more good thing that has come out of my having tell all of this now. I was originally going to ave the surgery in secret, then show up in March at Tampa, and ask the Yankees to install a private bathroom and shower for me. But now, since everyone knows in advance....well...you know know some guy paid $2.6 million for Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball? Well, how much do you think they'll pay for a PAIR of A-Rod's balls?"
Who knew???
from A-Rod to A-Hole.......
works for me.
Is A-Rod the most hated person who ever played the game? I say yes, even more so than Ty Cobb.
Gay ground crews everywhere rejoicing.
Come on now,keep this crap out'ah here
If I were baseball, I'd offer to pay for the surgery and find a doctor real quick to start hormone therapy, just to see if A-Rodctakes it up.
The LGBT community are so excited they're going to pay the balance of his contract.
heh...he should try it.
Nice, excellent parody.
In these times of BO and such a story as below is not only believable but probably true.
Remember we have a pResident that took the time to call the basketball player because he 'fessed up' that he was really playing for the 'other' team.
Not to worry that he is in his 30's, was '13th' man on a 12 man squad and probably would have been playing for 'peanuts' this year anyway - IF HE PLAYED.
Good line about what an idiot would (probably) pay for his balls......
I don't really care one way or the other about A-Rod. As with Cobb, perception is more important than reality.
Did you know that the Rangers still owe A-Rod over $40 million?
Personally, I don't know why he would bother to fight. He's an old man by sport standards and he's worth about half a billion dollars.
Go do something that you can enjoy.
I think the whole "scandal" is crap anyway.
I do agree that A-Rod should retire without fighting this crap.
And he's changing his name to "No-Rod."
He is a hall of famer. Retire with no charges brought and maybe the writers will forget about all of this and vote him in.
If McGwire and Sosa aren't HoF'ers, than neither should A-Rod.
so the ""scandal"" is so crappy he should run away from it? That makes nothing but sense
That's the second time you've whined about my attitude that it's not an issue.
What's the matter, didn't make the team? LOL
Does this mean that A-Rod is now a switch-hitter?
it's cute when you LOL at yourself. But the real point it that you think this issue is so minor that a guy may as well walk away from scores of millions of dollars. Okay, captain consistency.
I said maybe....
Writers won't take kindly to this regardless of what he does.
It's over, A-rod...
Report: If A-Rod Is Banned For Life, Rangers Will Still Owe Him Over $40M
Him? Or her?
It obviously bothers you a great deal but the facts are the facts.
A paid informant and deals being made to decide who stays, who goes, and for how long. If it were really about PEDs, there would be a strict unbending policy.
oh, so that's why he (she) should retire. I get it.
A lot of speculation that Nelson Cruz will appeal, so he can play the rest of the season. He will be a free agent, but the hint is the Rangers might make a deal with him if he cooperates, because few teams will want to sign someone who stands to miss 50 games after they sign him.
He should retire because he's an old man and his game is gone you moron.
thank you for finally making that clear, Mr Fussy Pants. You can unknot your panties now.
Of course he's a transgender, he's a f&cking Yankee!
Jhonny Peralta is just sitting out the rest of the season which is why the Tigers snatched up Iglesias from Boston.
Ken...I love you as a son....
Anyone want an A-Rod jersey?
Yo, pop...can I have my allowance now?
He's clearly a bitch in the post season.
In Tagalog, the "ay" phonic is pronounced as , "eye"
He would also say Sip, Sip, Buto...
It might be his only hope.
Good one!!!!
Sure. It's Friday. :^)
Well, the guy's creative... ONE HUNDRED MILL will do that to ya, a real motivator lol
Watch him sue you now lol
Is this sh!t satire?
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Japrisot, Sébastien
Sébastien Japrisot 1931–
(Born Jean Baptiste Rossi) French novelist, screenwriter, and translator.
The following entry presents an overview of Japrisot's career through 1991.
Japrisot is recognized as a master of the mystery novel. His stories feature likable protagonists caught up in increasingly complicated predicaments that are often resolved in strikingly simple ways. Acclaimed for their literary style and thematic richness, several of Japrisot's novels have also been adapted for the screen.
Biographical Information
Born Jean Baptiste Rossi, Japrisot achieved literary acclaim in France with his French translation of J. D. Salinger's Nine Stories (1953). Writing Les mal partis (1950; Awakening) and all of his subsequent novels under the pseudonym Sébastien Japrisot—an anagrammatic rendering of his given name—he eventually adapted several of his novels for the screen and wrote screenplays for such noted directors as Constantin Costa-Gavras, René Clement, and Anatole Litvak. Winner of the Grand Prix de la Littérature Policière for Piège pour Cendrillon (1962; Trap for Cinderella) and the 1966 Prix d'Honneur for La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil (1966; The Lady in a Car with Glasses and a Gun), Japrisot continues to live and write in France.
Major Works
Japrisot's novels often use complex plots to create intrigue and suspense. In Trap for Cinderella, for example, two young women are burned in a fire. One of them survives but has amnesia and is disfigured beyond recognition. The woman's identity becomes the novel's main mystery: she is either a flamboyant heiress or the heiress's sister, the murderess who set the fire. Beginning with the murder of a young woman in a train, Compartiment tueurs (1963; The 10:30 from Marseilles) reveals, through a series of flashbacks, information about the lives of the main characters as the police attempt to solve the crime. After various suspects are killed off, a small child accidentally stumbles upon the solution to the murders. The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun also focuses on a young woman. Borrowing her employer's car for a trip to the seashore, the protagonist picks up a hitchhiker who injures her hand. From then on—though she is in an area she has never visited before—she encounters people who recognize her as a murderess. L'été meurtrier (1980; One Deadly Summer) is narrated by four characters and concerns the murder of an Austrian woman by her French neighbors. Hated for unclear reasons, the Austrian woman is derisively nicknamed "Eva Braun"—the name of Adolf Hitler's mistress—and eventually beaten and raped. Before dying from her injuries, she gives birth to a daughter who, years later, avenges her mother's murder. La passion des femmes (1986; The Passion of Women), considered more erotic and less suspenseful than Japrisot's previous novels, concerns five women and a mysterious young man who, as the story begins, lies dying from a gunshot wound. The young man loved and abandoned each woman, using a different name with each one. As the women narrate the stories of their relationships with him, they eventually reveal why he was shot and who did the shooting. Early twentieth-century France is the setting for Un long dimanche de fiançailles (1991; A Very Long Engagement), a story about a young woman investigating the death of a soldier to whom she was engaged. Unlike Japrisot's other novels, A Very Long Engagement is based on an actual historical event, in which a young soldier and four comrades wounded themselves to avoid combat in World War I. Convicted by their commanding officer of treason, they were thrown into the no-man's-land between French and German lines where, presumably, they would be killed in the ensuing battle. In Japrisot's version of events the soldier's bride-to-be travels throughout France after the war, interviewing people who can provide information about her betrothed's death.
Critical Reception
Most critics have applauded Japrisot's clear, concise language; his well-constructed, complex plots; and his ability to make the conventions of the mystery genre plausible. They have also praised his skill at creating realistic, likable characters while evoking and maintaining an aura of suspense. Critics have noted that Japrisot's use of multiple narrators—in The Passion of Women and One Deadly Summer—is unusual in the mystery genre. His often intensely erotic portrayal of human relationships adds, most critics agree, another unique aspect to his oeuvre. As Howard Junker has stated: "Japrisot is obviously a great talent, whom students of the popular novel and of the narrative form in general will want to analyze."
Principal Works
Les mal partis [Awakening] (novel) 1950
Piège pour Cendrillon [Trap for Cinderella] (novel) 1962
Compartiment tueurs [The 10:30 from Marseilles] (novel) 1963; also published as The Sleeping-Car Murders, 1978
∗Compartiment tueurs [with Constantin Costa-Gavras] [The Sleeping Car Murders] (screenplay) 1966
†La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil [The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun] (novel) 1966
‡Adieu l'ami [Goodbye, Friend] (screenplay) 1968
§Le passager de la pluie [with Lorenzo Ventavoli] [Rider on the Rain] (screenplay) 1970
§La course du lièvre à travers les champs [And Hope to Die] (screenplay) 1972
L'été meurtrier [One Deadly Summer] (novel) 1980
∗∗L'été meurtrier [with Jean Becker] [One Deadly Summer] (screenplay) 1984
La passion des femmes [The Passion of Women] (novel) 1986; also published as Women in Evidence, 1990
Un long dimanche de fiançailles [A Very Long Engagement] (novel) 1991
∗This film was also directed by Costa-Gavras.
†This work served as the basis for the 1970 film The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun, directed by Anatole Litvak and written by Richard Harris and Eleanor Perry.
‡This film was directed by Jean Herman.
§These films were directed by René Clément.
∗∗This film was also directed by Becker.
Anthony Boucher (review date 17 November 1963)
SOURCE: A review of The 10:30 from Marseilles, in The New York Times Book Review, November 17, 1963, p. 58.
[Anthony Boucher was a pseudonym used by William Anthony Parker White, who was a mystery writer and critic. In the following excerpt, he favorably assesses The 10:30 from Marseilles.]
Sebastien Japrisot, one of France's distinguished translators (he was, for instance, the first French translator of J. D. Salinger), recently won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, the major French crime-novel award, for his second novel, Piège Pour Cendrillon (A Trap for Cinderella)—of which one of the jurors exclaimed, "C'est le Marienbad du roman policier!" His first novel, Compartiment Tueurs, which some French critics have preferred to the prizewinner, now appears here, in a highly readable translation by Francis Price, as The 10:30 from Marseilles. It clearly reveals the most welcome new talent in the detective story to reach us from France since … well, probably since the early Simenons almost three decades ago.
This is largely a straight police-procedural starring the likable and believable Inspector Grazziano of the Police Judiciaire; but is also a puzzle-novel in the classic mold, with a fine setup of murder in a train compartment sleeping six, with the remaining five (suspects or witnesses?) being steadily eliminated by death as the Inspector investigates them. There are excellent flashbacks into the lives and characters of the compartment sleepers and admirable use of that rare device, the Least Suspected Detective. In all, a highly satisfactory import that makes one hungry for more.
Anthony Boucher (review date 5 July 1964)
SOURCE: A review of Trap for Cinderella, in The New York Times Book Review, July 5, 1964, pp. 14-15.
[In the following excerpt, Boucher offers a favorable review of Trap for Cinderella, contending that the novel is "a beautifully intricate essay in novel-writing and mystery-making."]
Sebastien Japrisot, the French translator (of J. D. Salinger among others), achieved a good deal of recognition here last year with his first novel, Compartiment Tueurs, translated as The 10:30 From Marseilles—a book which most reviewers, including me, welcomed as the most interesting French import in the crime field since the debut of Simenon. Meanwhile his second novel, Piège Pour Cendrillon, went on to win the Grand Prix de la Littérature Policière, the most prestigious of France's many crime-novel awards. It has now been ably translated by Helen Weaver, as Trap for Cinderella.
This is a beautifully intricate essay in novel-writing and mystery-making, in which the narrator, having almost been burned to death, finds herself with a mind wiped blank and a body reconstructed by plastic surgery—so that she has no notion whether she is the madcap heiress people tell her she must be. If she is, who tried to kill her? If she is not, may she herself be a murderess? The uncertainties and ambivalence are sustained with great skill. I still find The 10:30 even more impressive, both in plot and in writing; but Trap certainly maintains Japrisot's reputation as a highly original and professional writer of murder-suspense.
Howard Junker (review date 18 December 1967)
SOURCE: "On the Road," in Newsweek, Vol. LXX, No. 25, December 18, 1967, pp. 110-110A.
[In the following review, Junker praises The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun.]
Whodunit? Who is responsible for keeping this magnificent thriller hidden? Why haven't critics heaped praise upon it? Why haven't readers fought to buy it? Unlike most novels published this year, The Lady in the Car can be—and must be—read in one sitting. It cannot be put down, and that, mystery-lovers, is the ultimate test. Last year in France, Lady spent months on the best-seller list—an achievement few suspense novels ever match. And it also won the coveted Prix d'Honneur. In...
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J. Walt (review date Winter 1979)
SOURCE: A review of L'été meurtrier, in World Literature Today, Vol. 53, No. 1, Winter, 1979, p. 77.
[In the following favorable review of One Deadly Summer, Walt notes Japrisot's use of multiple narrators.]
Rebecca West, covering a trial of Southerners indicted in the wake of a "lynching bee," found a partial explanation for the townspeople's violence: the brutal heat that was a sovereign fact of life before the advent of air conditioning. Japrisot's characters (despite his title) are violent in season and out and throw morality to the winds, whether they blow from North Africa or the Alps.
Indeed, the event that sets off a train of...
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Jean Strouse (review date 30 June 1980)
SOURCE: A review of One Deadly Summer, in Newsweek, Vol. XCV, No. 26, June 30, 1980, p. 68.
[Strouse is an author and editor, whose books include Alice James: A Biography (1980). In the following review, she comments on the way Japrisot constructs characters and plot in One Deadly Summer.]
This compelling new tale by the author of The Sleeping-Car Murders is set in a tiny village, population 143, near the Combes Pass in the south of France. Told in the four voices of its central characters, it takes place in the summer of 1976 but reaches back 21 years, to the winter of 1955, for the key to its mystery.
The main narrator [in...
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Charles Mackey (review date May 1988)
SOURCE: A review of La Passion des femmes, in The French Review, Vol. LXI, No. 6, May, 1988, pp. 991-92.
[In the following review of La Passion des femmes, Mackey suggests that while much of the novel is captivating, it is, finally, not entirely satisfying.]
The novelist Jean-Baptiste Rossi, whose anagrammatic nom de plume, Sébastien Japrisot, is more widely known, published his eighth novel in 1986, which found its way immediately onto the best-seller lists in France. With the renown of L'Eté meurtrier and the hugely successful film, a certain following has apparently been sustained by the commercial reclame of La Passion des...
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Kirkus Reviews (review date 1 August 1990)
SOURCE: A review of The Passion of Women, in Kirkus Reviews, Vol. LVIII, No. 15, August 1, 1990, pp. 1029-30.
[In the following review, the critic contends that The Passion of Women is an erotic but slight mystery adventure.]
Japrisot, who has long specialized in languorous, eroticized suspense (The Sleeping-Car Murders, One Deadly Summer, etc.), offers [in The Passion of Women] more erotic languor and less suspense than usual in this eight-dimensional portrait of a mysterious convict on the run.
As the novel begins, its hero falls to earth, dying from a gunshot wound. In a series of flashbacks featuring eight successive...
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Christine Watson (review date January 1991)
SOURCE: A review of The Passion of Women, in West Coast Review of Books, Vol. 16, No. 1, January, 1991, pp. 31-2.
[In the following review of The Passion of Women, Watson focuses on how multiple narrators and a clear prose style effectively contribute to the mystery and suspense of the story.]
The main character in this witty, provocative novel [The Passion of Women] is a man who appears only briefly onstage. The story of his life is told to us indirectly, by the eight women who loved and were left by this man, and by the end of the book we feel we know him as well as any of them.
Which is to say, we probably don't really know him...
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Anita Brookner (review date 21-28 December 1991)
SOURCE: A review of Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles in The Spectator, Vol. 267, No. 8528, December 21-28, 1991, p. 80.
[Brookner is an English novelist, nonfiction writer, critic, and art historian whose books include Jacques-Louis David (1981) and the prizewinning novel Hotel du lac (1984). In the following excerpt, she focuses on the "clever" plot and the clear "narrative tone" of Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles.]
Japrisot is the author of those two classic mysteries, L'Eté Meurtrier and La Dame dans l'auto avec des Lunettes et un Fusil. Here [in Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles] he tackles more dangerous subject matter....
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Richard Eder (review date 8 August 1993)
SOURCE: "High Above the Trenches," in Los Angeles Times Book Review, August 8, 1993, pp. 3, 6.
[An American critic and journalist, Eder received the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1987. In the following highly favorable review of A Very Long Engagement, he argues that the novel is thematically richer than most mystery fiction, describing it as "a hybrid of the detective story and the classical quest."]
Procrastination is the heart of writing, and by that measure, this review starts off with a lot of heart. You can struggle for days, not to say what you want but to resist saying what you don't want. It has been a battle to avoid writing of Sébastien Japrisot's...
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Rachel Billington (review date 12 September 1993)
SOURCE: "No Man's Land," in The New York Times Book Review, September 12, 1993, p. 24.
[Daughter of the seventh earl of Longford, Lady Rachel Mary Billington is an English novelist, nonfiction writer, author of children's literature, dramatist, and critic. In the following favorable review of A Very Long Engagement, she contends that the story is a morality tale about war.]
World War I has always inspired writers, as if art (in particular poetry) could do something to overcome the dominance of death. The war's notorious trenches introduced a new form of horror that killed, maddened and deformed. Afterward, Europe was filled with widows, mothers without sons,...
(The entire section is 788 words.)
Michiko Kakutani (review date 21 September 1993)
SOURCE: "Seeking Fiancé's Fate, and Finding Bigger Issues," in The New York Times, September 21, 1993, p. C17.
[In the following review, Kakutani praises the clear language and philosophical themes of Japrisot's historical wartime thriller A Very Long Engagement.]
The event is horrific: in World War I, five wounded French soldiers, their arms tied behind their backs, are marched by their own troops through the trenches to the edge of no man's land. There they are abandoned in the snow to die in the crossfire with German troops. All five have been court-martialed and condemned to death for self-inflicted wounds.
This chilling story, which forms the...
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The slideshow below, assembled by Walter Friedman, author of Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters, brings together several forecasting and business charts from the early twentieth century.
More information on many of these charts and the forecasters themselves is in Friedman's book which you can sample here. If you would like to download a PDF of these images and captions, please right click and save this file.
A new type of forecasting
The years from the turn of the century to World War I were a fertile time for many business analysts, including the scientific management exponent, F. W. Taylor. While some experts sought to improve the inner workings of firms, other tried to make sense of the very atmosphere in which business operated.
Who were the Fortune Tellers?
After the Panic of 1907, economic forecasters began producing newsletters.
Roger W. Babson published Babson's Reports, which featured the Compositplot of ups and downs. In 1909, John Moody, who is today remembered for his credit rating company, started his own weekly market report. In 1910 Irving Fisher, a pioneer of mathematical economics, published the first of several charts, intended for economic prediction, in the Journal of Economics. Around this same time, James Brookmire, the son of a grocer in St. Louis, founded the Brookmire Economic Chart company and began publishing forecasts on a regular basis.
The most influential forecasting chart of the period belonged to the Harvard Economic Service, which, in 1922, founded a weekly newsletter that featured its A-B-C curve. Along with these charts were other efforts to map economic activity, including Malcolm Rorty's sketch of the business cycle and several attempts to capture the geography of business within the U.S.
The Babson Compositplot, from 1921
The large shaded areas marked A, B, C, D, E, F, and G, represent depressions below and expansions above the "normal" line. Babson believed that areas of expansion (B, for instance), would be equal to areas of recession (C, for instance) that followed. The chart also contained a wealth of other information, including stock prices, bond prices, and commodity prices.
Source: Roger W. Babson, Business Barometers Used in the Accumulation of Money (Wellesley Hills, Mass: Babson Institute, 1921), insert.
Irving Fisher's Diagram of the Equation of Exchange for use in forecasting, 1912
While Fisher did not produce a forecasting chart, he did create a diagram to illustrate the Equation of Exchange (MV + M'V' = PT), which he depicted showing a mechanical balance. The left side of the balance symbolized the left side of the equation, with a small weight standing for M, the money in circulation, and a larger bank book standing for M', deposits in checking accounts. The distance to the left of the fulcrum of the weight represented the velocity of circulation (V) and the distance of the bankbook, the velocity of circulation of bank deposits (V').
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Irving Fisher's Diagram of the Equation of Exchange for use in forecasting, 1912
The volume of trade (T) was represented by a tray on the right, with the index of prices (P) at which these goods were sold, represented by the distance of the tray to the right. The diagram showed the changes in the values for all the components of the Equation of Exchange from 1896 to 1911. To predict the future, Fisher thought, one needed to look especially at recent changes in the bank deposits, which, if rising rapidly, indicated a coming crisis.
Source: Irving Fisher, "'The Equation of Exchange,' 1896-1910," The American Economic Review 1:2 (Jun 1911): p. 299.
John Moody's view of the economy
In this 1904 chart, Moody encapsulates a firm-centered view of the economy, in this case showing the dominance of the Morgan banking interests and Rockefeller's Standard Oil. Moody wrote at the top of the chart, "The large circle in the center of the chart indicates the dominant position of the Trust-formed industries of the Nation; directly linked to and representing this dominant force we find two groups of capitalists, the Standard Oil, or Rockefeller, and the Morgan groups." Moody's diagram resembled something of a family tree of capitalism.
Source John Moody, The Truth about The Trusts: A Description and Analysis of the American Trust Movement (New York: Moody Publishing Company, 1904), between pages viii and ix.
James H. Brookmire's Barometer, close-up
James H. Brookmire's Barometer depicted three indexes of economic sectors—business activity, the stock market (an index of thirty-two stocks), and banking resources. The small print reads, "Condition of business, banking, and the stock market in February, 1907, foretelling the panic of October, 9 months later."
Source: The Brookmire Economic Chart Company, A Graphic Record of Fundamental, Financial and Business Conditions Since 1885 (St. Louis: Brookmire, 1913).
Brookmire's Barometer Chart
Here, Brookmire combined his barometer with a chart of values over time for general business (a black line), average stocks (in shaded line), and banking (in sold red).
Source: The Brookmire Economic Chart Company, A Graphic Record of Fundamental, Financial and Business Conditions Since 1885 (St. Louis: Brookmire, 1913).
Harvard Economic Service Chart
Harvard Economic Service Chart, like Brookmire's Barometer, was a leading indicator model. Persons believed that Group A (representing stocks) forecast Group B (representing business activity); in turn Group B forecasted Group C (representing banking). In this way, the three indexes together created a view of overall business conditions and, in Person's words, "future tendencies." The graph above showed historical values from 1903 to 1908.
Source: Warren M. Persons, "The Index: A Statement of Results," Review of Economic Statistics 1:2 (April 1919): 112.
Karl Karsten's "Map of Business Conditions"
Economist Karl Karsten showed American states in relative proportion to their population and shaded according to condition of "business activity," with the darkest states (New Hampshire and Vermont) representing poor levels. The chart revealed the relative geographic distribution of business activity and population—still very weighted toward New England, Pennsylvania (with the rise of the steel industry in Pittsburgh), and Illinois (with the growth of Chicago and its meatpacking plants and grain industry).
Source: Karl Karsten Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Brookmire's Cycle Chart of Business and Banking
This chart shows how the ups and downs of business activity tended to deplete and then free up banking resources. As business activity ran from "normal" to "prostrate," banking resources climbed from "normal" to "abundant" and even "plethoric." When business activity subsequently climbed to "feverish" and "hazardous," at the peak of the cycle, banking resources fell to "overextended" and even "critical."
Source: The Brookmire Economic Chart Company, A Graphic Record of Fundamental, Financial and Business Conditions Since 1885 (St. Louis: Brookmire, 1913).
Malcolm Rorty's depiction of the business cycle
In this graph, capitalist economies had four discernible phases: revival, prosperity, liquidation, and depression. Above each of these four, Rorty included a list of economic conditions common to each to help readers determine the end of one phase and the start of the next. Note that the chart showed an especially sharp drop of business activity during times of liquidation or crisis.
Source Rorty, Some Problems in Current Economics (1922).
Babson's Map of the United States for Merchants and Bankers, 1911
The map showed regions where failures were increasing (shown in squares) and business declining (shown in circles).
Brookmire's survey of business conditions in the United States
Regions were color-coded to indicate whether crop production was good, fair, or poor. Cities were marked with stars if they were numerous business failures, with diamonds if they held dull opportunities for salesmen, and ampersands if the opportunities for salesmen were improving.
Source: The Brookmire Economic Chart Company, A Graphic Record of Fundamental, Financial and Business Conditions Since 1885 (St. Louis, Mo., 1912).


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SoulDawg74 wrote:Triple-S wrote:peeker643 wrote:And Mark Ingram ran a 4.58?
plant some pot on him, and lets see if we can get him to drop to the 6th.
would love to see him and hillis make up the backfield.
He'll be there pardner , in fact you could trade down to 10 with the skins and still net him, and maybe as gar as 17 to New England IMO.
There 17 and 28th and one of their seconds would go a long way to rebuilding this train wreck.
Saw somewhere today (not sure if it was paper or online) where he won't get past Dolphins at 15(?). Apparently they're really high on him. But 6th isn't a spot where the Browns will consider him IMO.
If they think one of the DL are the next Julius Peppers or if Peterson/Green are available they'll likely go that route.


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Skip to comments.Being White in Philly
Posted on 03/16/2013 6:10:28 PM PDT by The people have spoken
Subtitle: Whites, race, class, and the things that never get said.
My younger son goes to Temple, where hes a sophomore. This year hes living in an apartment with two friends at 19th and Diamond, just a few blocks from campus. Its a dangerous neighborhood. Whenever I go see Nick, I get antsy and wonder what I was thinking, allowing him to rent there.
One day, before I pick him up for lunch, I stop to talk to a cop whos parked a block away from Nicks apartment.
Is he already enrolled for classes? the cop says when I point out where my son lives.
Well, given that its December, I think so. But his message is clear: Bad idea, this neighborhood. A lot of burglaries and robberies. Temple students are prime prey, the cop says.
At the same time, white Philadelphians think a great deal about race. Begin to talk to people, and its clear its a dominant motif in and around our city. Everyone seems to have a story, often an uncomfortable story, about how white and black people relate.
(Excerpt) Read more at phillymag.com ...
I have become a "cultural" racist when it comes to blacks.
thomas sowell, Ben Carson, Col allen West....no problem.
Blacks on the street ...forget it.
I read the article, I wanted to copy and send it to a few people and file it but I cannot get it to copy and it looks like the gestapo will work to get it surpressed.
Part of the "conversation on race" that Eric Holder says we're too cowardly to have.
It's payback time for Whitey, I'm not sure how it can be prevented.
I am a Caucasion woman, I do not talk to men, only women. But the men think I am a soft touch and are always heading my way for help or whatever. I just walk right past them. Totally ignore them. When I walk downtown or in the courthouse in the elevator, I keep to myself and avoid all that mess.
Odd that you can't get it to copy. Have you tried highlighting only the text of the article, copy, open word processor, paste.
I just copied that first page that way with no problem.
After you get all 5 pages or whatever, save the document and send it as an attachment.
It crashes my Word every single time. Can you post it to the thread?
I attended college in Newark, NJ (Newark College of Engineering). Sometimes I would take the Amtrak to Philadelphia (the Amtrak ticket was cheap then). While looking out the window when approaching the North Philadelphia, I saw some city blocks that looked like Dresden after the bombing.
One round of 00 buckshot at a time, in self defense of course.
Yep. And this author was indeed taken to the woodshed by black readers. The article came out a couple of weeks ago or so, and a critique by a local black agitator quickly followed, and that was promptly followed by a very defensive twitter feed hosted by the magazine's editor. And then there were the "letters to the editor", lol.
It's all pretty hilarious. The author (a regular writer for the magazine) should have known better. Sure, he tried his hardest to be politically correct throughout his article, but then he goes and relates true facts and quote actual stories from white people. What a clown.
A white person has to be a moron to talk honestly about race.
The moral of the story? Just shut up, keep your distance, and watch your back.
I work up in Philly from time to time. It not a safe place to travel.
actually I think he is brave,
actually I think he is brave,
If it's going to be suppressed, that's a good reason to copy it.
All the problems are caused by white Americans going into black neighborhoods and acting up. /s
Gee you sound sweet. Can I get you anything?
there's a difference between urban ferals and those that escaped the urban war zone/plantation.
NORTH PHILADELPHIA - November 14, 2012 (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are warning Temple University students to be careful around campus. Armed robbers have been targeting people in the area over the last few days.
Action News spoke with several students who say they received an advisory Wednesday morning from the school warning them of the armed robberies. Police say the robberies are taking place off campus in some of the areas where students live.
On Sunday around 8:30 a.m. two Temple University students were walking along the 2000 block of N 18th Street when a man approached them. He held a gun to one of their faces. A 21-year-old woman handed over her cell phone; the other woman, a 22-year-old, handed over her purse, which had her ID and debit cards inside. The man then fled down 18th Street.
Roughly 12 hours later, around 8:15 p.m., a 19-year-old student was walking along the 1600 block of West Edgely Street. A man pointed a gun at him and ordered him to the ground, but nothing was taken.
Then around 6:00 Monday evening another student was robbed at gunpoint on the 2100 block of N. 16th Street. The 18-year-old had been walking from her nearby home when a man appeared with a large, black semiautomatic handgun and pointed it at her head. He then fled east on Diamond Street with her cell phone.
Police say the latest victim's cell phone does not have tracking capabilities, and the cell phone in the first case had been turned off.
Ray Betzer of Temple University tells Action News, "The city came to us and said we think there may be a pattern here. And whenever there is a pattern we want to make sure our students are aware of it."
A couple students say they were not surprised to hear of these robberies, but will use extra caution.
Sophomore Alexa Bury responded to news of the robberies by saying, "I wasn't too shocked because we do live off campus at Temple."
"It's a part of city life," explains sophomore Dylan Ernst.
I grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1940s and 1950s. The city was divided in half: whites on one side and blacks on the other. They had little to no interaction.
Did I miss something?
I work with a lot of black women and I love almost all of them. We all get along and talk and laugh and work well together. But we were having a luncheon last year and I looked up and noticed one table with all black women and my table was all white women. I don't think it was purposely done, it just happened that the different races chose to sit together. Weird.
I remember hearing about an emergency room doctor at the University hospital being held up at knifepoint by a black kid. 4 nights later the good doctor was hovering over the black kid in the emergency room-the kid had been knifed.
As a matter of fact I am looking for a good boring man who is orthodox Catholic, if you find one, send them my way.
But whitey in Philly still voted 0bama.
Controversial Article Published In Local Magazine Has Mayor Nutter Asking For Investigation
The PHRC will hold a public meeting in the Fairmount/Brewerytown section of the city on April 18th, and residents are encouraged to attend to share their stories, concerns, and recommendations for changes.
You can't make this stuff up!
You do not have to be a moron to talk about race.
Certainly you will be called racist-—ignore that
Sticks and stones. Being called a racist doesn't bother me at all. I simply say that I am no more racist than Maxine Waters, Al Sharpton, or Barrack Obama.
The truth.
Why is it ok for every black in the House to belong to the CBC, for Hispanics to belong to the Hispanic Caucus, and there is no White Caucus.
You want to find racism? Start looking where it is.
Controversial Article Published In Local Magazine Has Mayor Nutter Asking For Investigation
The PHRC will hold a public meeting in the Fairmount/Brewerytown section of the city on April 18th, and residents are encouraged to attend to share their stories, concerns, and recommendations for changes.
You can't make this stuff up!
I would advise any white person who attends this public meeting and intends to tell the truth to go there armed.
I would expect to see a lot of whites there apologising for the story and sucking up to the mayor.White guilt a-holes will be everywhere, while those who would tell the truth will be frightend to do it.
The safety of anyone who goes there with the truth cannot and will not be guaranteed.
Whatever you say do not give your real name or address if you do not wish to become a victim.
If you're in Kansas (really I mean the Kansas City area) and you want a "good boring man who is orthodox Catholic" here's a suggestion (a serious one):
right across the border in Missouri:
Good, orthodox Catholic men. They're not necessarily boring, but I think you are tough enough to handle a little excitement.
Go read the anecdotes about the make ups of tables during the breaks on the set of "Planet of the Apes".
Those similarly "made up" and costumed sat together in groups...
Sounds like one of BHO's study groups, meeting convened, meeting over, problem solved.
Well counsel, you certainly have my prayers. There is no way on earth that I could live in or near those cesspools.
When I read threads like this, I am reminded of just how blessed I truly am to live in the sticks and on top of my mountain. Last week, a neighbor watched a cougar run off with one of my ducks and that is about as dangerous as it gets around here.... poor duck.
Stay safe.....
I attended college in Newark, NJ (Newark College of Engineering). Sometimes I would take the Amtrak to Philadelphia (the Amtrak ticket was cheap then). While looking out the window when approaching the North Philadelphia, I saw some city blocks that looked like Dresden after the bombing.
I felt the same way about the Spring Garden Station stop on the way to Reading Terminal in 1983.
Good luck to any of you who live in urban feral paradises.
Great response lol.
I've seen your posts many times and didn't think you were as hardbitten as this last one sounded to me.
I appreciate your keeping your cool in response to my being wise.
I'll keep an eye out for a good fellow close to your description. I bet you deserve one.
I grew up in Philly and attended Temple.I lived with my parents and took a trolley car and the subway every day.It would've been suicidal to live anywhere within 20 blocks of the school.
I basically agree with everything you said, except I'm pretty sure athat if this "meeting" ever actually takes place it will be populated mostly by angry, frowning blacks crying about victimhood and "racism". And sure, there will be your usual cadre of metrosexuals and their wives (or "husbands") on hand to apologize and patronize and wring their hands. But I cannot imagine any normal whites will show up to speak the truth - - that would be pathetically stupid.
Philadelphia is another failing, Democrat run city, similar to Detroit but not as far down the drain. Being White in Philly just means you haven't moved out yet.
My oldest son went to Temple and lived in an apartment across from the Art Museum over there at 22nd(?) and the Parkway. There was a very regular and convenient shuttle back and forth to campus. My youngest son now goes to Temple and he lives at 14th and Diamond. He steps out his front door and sees the campus less than a block away. Plus, there's a cop car on that corner 24/7. I think my son is reasonably safe.
But the kid in this story, out at 19th and Diamond? Wow... The Raymond Rosen projects may be gone, but the Raynond Rosen people are still there. No freaking way would I let my son live near that area. It's amazing what 5 blocks can mean in North Philly.
Go to it, right mouse click it, click on source, and copy from source.
Rizzo was a cop and then a police commissioner before he served two terms as mayor.
When a reporter asked then Commissioner Rizzo how he planned to deal with a black anti-police organization he said: "When I'm finished with them, I'll make Attila the Hun look like a fag."
Taking the trolley to and from Temple was not safe even back in my day
"I work with a lot of black women and I love almost all of them. We all get along and talk and laugh and work well together. But we were having a luncheon last year and I looked up and noticed one table with all black women and my table was all white women. I dont think it was purposely done, it just happened that the different races chose to sit together. Weird."
I took a picture of some parrots in Brazil; later I was looking at it. There were lots of other types of birds in the cage but the parrots all perched together and not just "the" parrots. All the parrots which had similar markings perched together. Look at animals in general. Dogs and cats don't hang out together. In spite of Walt Disney, mice and rabbits don't hang together. Self segregation is the natural order of all animals, including humans.
"An electric chair on every corner" -- Frank Rizzo
that's what gets me....these stupid whites keep voting for rats......
Thanks for the beautiful graphic.
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A Mark Mulville OBSERVER photo on today's front page shows Glen Perkins of Ellington trying his luck fishing in Conewango Creek in South Dayton. Trout season opened on April 1 in New York state with many streams reportedly high due to melting snow and rain.
Thirty years ago – 1983
Paul Cybart of Walt's Marine in Dunkirk recently presented lucky winners with their prizes in the Lake Erie Salmon and Trout Association's 1983 Icebreaker, including a complete weekend at the Buffalo Hilton which was won by Dan Gard of Silver Creek. The event was held at the NYS Armory in Dunkirk.
Forty years ago – 1973
The St. Mary's School basketball team, the Saints, and their cheerleaders were honored for their achievements at a recent banquet. Guest speakers included Dunkirk High School Head Coach Mike Tramuta and Cardinal Mindszenty High School Head Coach Bob Muscato.
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For the longest time, a peek behind the Save the Chimps' curtain was strictly off limits—it is not a zoo but more of a retirement community. The added stress of daily visitors intruding on the chimp's territory is something founder Dr. Carol Noon and staff simply would not have. On my visit, the chimps were keenly aware of the trespasser. Although there is a large number of regular staff members and volunteer corps, numbers are limited and their faces are recognizable to the chimpanzees. As an outlier, I was eyed by the chimps with caution, curiosity or nonchalance.
Save the Chimps is an expensive sanctuary. Its annual food bill easily tops $400,000, while some chimps receive a cocktail of medications for a variety of ailments, such as heart disease, arthritis, type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol and epilepsy. To connect the public with this cause in the hopes of raising funds, Save the Chimps will open its gates September 21 for the first time ever. The sanctuary will welcome members on premises for a guided tour—either by foot or bus—with staff discussing the sanctuary's mission, talking about the family groups living on the islands and delving into the day-to-day lives of the chimps. The hour-long tour leading from island to island allows guests to observe the chimps enjoying their retirement years, see the good the sanctuary provides and perhaps come away with a better understanding of the challenges both Save the Chimps and chimpanzees not lucky enough to live on these islands still face.
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September 6, 2011 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: Breast Pump Order
SUBJECT 2: Food Safety Tips
SUBJECT 3: Nutrition Education Opportunity
SEMINARS and CONFERENCES: October 2011 MWA Workshop
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Nutritionist or Dietitian-Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center-Kansas City
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Breastfeeding Peer Counselor-Samuel U. Rodgers WIC Clinic-Lexington
Breast Pump Order: Medela will begin shipping the requested breast pumps the week of September 19, 2011. Please remember that the following procedure must be followed in order to verify receipt of shipment for payment and to send the required WIC tags.
- Immediately upon receipt of shipment, please locate the packing slip and verify that your agency received the products and quantities stated.
- Sign the packing slip to verify the order is correct.
- Fax the signed packing slip to Laura Weiler at the state WIC office at 573-526-1470. WIC tags will be mailed upon receipt of your packing slip.
- If your agency did not receive what was stated on the packing slip, please contact the state WIC office immediately.
If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Mertzlufft at firstname.lastname@example.com or by telephone at 573-526-4792.
Food Safety Tips from USDA: The United States Department of Agriculture, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and the Ad Council are launching a new public service advertising campaign that encourages parents and caregivers to help protect their families from food poisoning by checking their food safety steps. Please see the attached for additional information. If you have questions, please contact your TA Nutritionist. (ONE ATTACHMENT)
Nutrition Education Opportunity: WIC Registered Dietitians, Nutritionists, and Public Health Nurses who serve pre-conceptual, pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women will want to take advantage of this two-day National Maternal Nutrition Intensive Course Seminar, shown on October 5-6, 2011, in Jefferson City. This year's continuing education program focuses on appropriate nutrition services that can improve pregnancy outcomes, the effects of maternal eating behaviors on birth outcomes and infant health status and development, and the characteristics of model programs and counseling approaches for maternal and infant nutritional health. This training is presented by the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health and will be shown by the WICNS' Nutrition Training Institute. The registration form and additional details are attached. Please contact firstname.lastname@example.com with questions. (ONE ATTACHMENT)
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October 2011 MWA Workshop: The Missouri WIC Association 2011 Biennial Workshop will be October 25th and 26th at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City. The registration fee is $150 per person with registration to be completed online at http://mowica.org. Attached is the tentative Workshop agenda with the Opening session beginning at 1:00pm on October 25th and Closing at 12:00pm on October 26th. A block of rooms have been reserved on first come first served basis at Capitol Plaza Hotel (1-800-338-8088) for this event. Please contact the hotel directly mentioning the Missouri WIC Association (MWA) to make room reservations, room rate is $81.00 (single or double). This block of rooms will be held until midnight on 9/24/2011.
Questions or to Contact Us: If you have further questions or concerns please feel free to check out our contact list on our web site to contact your local MWA representative or Jim Wheaton, MWA President, at (816) 404-9745 or Lynn Sojka, MWA Vice-President, at (314) 615-8370.
We will be looking forward to visiting with you and planning the future of Missouri WIC Association. (ONE ATTACHMENT)
Missouri WIC Association Board & Committee Members
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JOB OPPORTUNITY - Nutritionist or Dietitian-Samuel U. Rodgers-Kansas City: Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center is looking for a full time Nutritionist or Dietitian for our WIC Department. This position will work out of two locations at the Main site and at our North Clinic. See our website at www.rodgershealth.org for job requirements. Email your resume to firstname.lastname@example.com, fax to (816) 474-4914 or apply in person at 825 Euclid Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64124.
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3 hours per week; 1 hour is mandatory on Thursday's: Samuel U. Rodgers WIC Clinic in Lexington, MO is looking for a Breastfeeding Peer Counselor who will work with WIC team members to encourage and support breastfeeding among WIC participants. This position will counsel pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers by telephone and in the WIC office at scheduled intervals; teach prenatal and breastfeeding classes with approved lesson plan provided by the health center. Current or previous enrollment in WIC preferred. Position requires three days of training to become a peer counselor. Fax resume to (816) 474-4914 or email resume to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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College football bowl game season is the best time of the year.
It's that time of year where you sit down with your family and friends and watch intriguing games, such as the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl and the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl. Yes, I know there are a few rather interesting names for the early bowl games, but football is football, right?
Some of these no-name bowl games end up being the best of the bowl season, but enough about teams going .500 and playing in a lower-tier bowl game. It's all about playing on New Year's Day and making a BCS bowl game.
This will be the final year of the controversial BCS era, which began in 1998. There are a lot of national title contenders that could be in the final BCS Championship game this year.
The obvious pick would be two-time defending champion Alabama, but will this finally be the year they get knocked off their pedestal? Teams like Clemson, Georgia, Louisville, Ohio State, Oregon and Stanford could be up for a national title run. Who will be playing for the crystal ball and who will be left out?
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Enjoy the evening performance of "I Remember You" performed by the Cascades Theatrical Company in Bend, Oregon. "I Remember You" tells the story of Austin "Buddy" Bedford, a lounge pianist, and his search for long lost love.
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Sunday May 11th, 2014
8am - 2pm
Treat mom to an elegant brunch at the Meadows at the Lodge restaurant. $39.95 per adults, $19.95 per child 6-12 years of age, complimentary for children 5 years or younger with a paid adult brunch. $5 per adult additional for bottomless champagne and mimosas.
Reservations can be made by calling 541-593-4609.
- May11
Mother's Day Brunch at CrosswaterWhen: From May 11, 2014 to May 11, 2014
Sunday, May 11 10:00am - 2:00pm
Join us at the Club for our 2014 Mother's Day Brunch prepared by Chef de Cuisine, Jason Greene. Reservations are required and the cost of the Mother's Day Brunch is $36 per person and $18 per child under the age of 12. Please RSVP by May 10 to Leiana Smith at 541-593-3428 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- May24
The Sunriver Run to Remember: Memorial Weekend 5K & 8KWhen: From May 24, 2014 to May 24, 2014
Saturday May 24th, 9am
Make Sunriver your destination to remember our hero's. Join us in our 1st annual run to remember 5 and 8k and kids' k. This run will be a time to gear up for an active summer as well as remember the fallen, the fighting and the families of the military. Our 5k will be a fun run/walk that is untimed. The 8k will be timed with awards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd female and male finishers in each age group. After the race participants can join us in a Memorial Day BBQ and awards ceremony. This will be an event the whole family will want to participate in! Pre-registration required, no day of registration.
Entry Fees
$25.00- Individual, received online by 5:00pm, May 23rd.
Veterans receive 1 FREE entry. Please contact Kelly Moulton at 541-593-3843 or email email@example.com for more information.
Race Entry Fee Includes:
- Aid station with water
- Commemorative finisher prize for each runner/walker
- BBQ food at our post-race celebration
Commemorative 2014 Run to Remember short sleeve Tee-Shirts are available for purchase until May 16th and will be ready for pick up to wear on race day for an additional $10
$15.00 - Kid's 12 & under 1K race includes a cotton tee-shirt. Shirts are only guaranteed if registered by May 16th.
- May31
Sunriver Brewfest 2014When: From May 31, 2014 to May 31, 2014
May 31st, 2014 | 12 - 6pm
Besson Commons
This culminating event of Central Oregon Beer Week will take place on Sunriver Resort's Besson Commons and will feature beer tastings from Oregon craft breweries, musical entertainment, family-friendly activities and food for purchase including burgers, wraps, hot dogs, brats, and pulled pork sandwiches. $25 entry fee - which includes 12 tokens good for 12x - 4oz pours and a Brewfest beer mug!
- June1
Swings fore Strings Golf Tournament at the WoodlandsWhen: From June 01, 2014 to June 01, 2014
Benefiting the Sunriver Music Festivals two week summer festival, music education programs in the South Deschutes County Schools and the Young Artists Scholarship Program.
Mark your calendars! The 6th annual Precision Body & Paint Swings fore Strings Golf Tournament, presented by Sunriver Resort, will be Sunday, June 1, 2014. Prepare to join your friends and associates for a fun filled day of golf, food, drink, music, and camaraderie on the championship Woodlands Golf Course at the world renowned Sunriver Resort.
The entry fee of $125 includes 18 holes of golf, cart, practice balls, BBQ lunch and an awards reception with entertainment by Festival musicians and complimentary craft beers courtesy of Sunriver Brewing Company, plus tee prizes and fun challenges on select holes. Register a foursome for $500. Become a Hole Sponsor for $200 – includes one entry fee, signage on your "sponsored hole" and event publicity.
Entry fees allow participants to play another round of golf, cart, and practice balls at the Woodlands or Meadows courses over the Swings fore Strings tournament weekend for $50.
To register or get more information, contact the Sunriver Music Festival at 541 593-1084, email email@example.com, or visit www.sunrivermusic.org - or contact Mal Murphy at 541 593-2641 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
- June3
Poolside Invasion at Lodge Village PoolWhen: From June 03, 2014 to August 29, 2014
4:00pm | Free for resort guests
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, & Fridays
Join our recreation staff as we invade the Lodge Village Pool! We'll crank up the tunes for exciting games, competitions and prizes. Our team will also do daily giveaways; this will be your chance to win a free admission to one of our programs!
- June3
Outpost Art Studio: Paint N' PinotWhen: From June 03, 2014 to August 28, 2014
5:00pm-8:00pm | $15 for the class plus the price of the ceramic piece
Tuesdays and Thursdays
Enjoy an evening of adult-only ceramic painting or glass fusing while sipping on Sunriver Resort's exclusive Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris. We will have exclusive wine-themed ceramic pieces as well as our regular selection to be fired in our kiln. Please keep in mind that pottery can take 3-6 days to be finished; shipping is available. Please bring valid ID.
Reservations Required: 541-593-4609
- June3
Glow Ball PuttingWhen: From June 03, 2014 to August 28, 2014
9:00PM-10:30pm | $12 per person
Tuesdays & Thursdays
Join us after dark as we keep the party "glowing" with one of our most popular programs. Using flashing golf balls and neon holes, try your luck on our 9-hole putting course. Show up after-dusk with the whole family for the best effect. We accept walkup players until 10:15. Meet us at the 9-hole putting course behind the Lodge. Please note, day-time use of putting course is separate from the fee of this program.
- June3
Challenge Ropes CourseWhen: From June 03, 2014 to August 30, 2014
9:30am-3:00pm | $65 per person (minimum of four people to run The Program)
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays
Take your vacation to new heights! Join us on an above-ground journey as we lead you through ropes course elements 25'-30' off the ground. Test your skills with favorites like Rickety Ladder, Pamper Pole and 200' zip line. This course is filled with adventure and adrenaline.
Reservations required by 8pm the evening prior. 24-hour cancellation policy, or full program fee will be charged. Meet in the parking lot of the Sunriver Stables. Children must be at least 10 years of age, and children between 10-12 years must have one participating adult. Adult signature required for anyone under 18. Please bring a sack lunch, sunscreen and durable closed-toe shoes. Snacks and water provided
- June4
Tie-DyeWhen: From June 04, 2014 to August 29, 2014
12:00pm-3:00pm | $20 for t-shirt provided by Sunriver Resort | $15 for materials with your own t-shirt
Wednesdays, & Fridays
Create your own groovy design with colorful dyes on some of our newest Sunriver swag. We have Sunriver Resort-logoed male and female t-shirts, kids shirts or poolside bags and much more. We will provide the cotton t-shirt for $20 or bring your own 100% cotton dye-able for $15. Allow 15-30 min to complete your design. All ages are welcome. Children 12 years and under require adult supervision to help create their custom piece. Starting June 17th.
- June4
S'mores under the StarsWhen: From June 04, 2014 to August 29, 2014
9:00pm-10:30pm | $5 includes four s'mores and stargazing
Location: Please check with the front desk for current location - 541-593-1000
Wednesdays & Fridays
Join us for our favorite evening treat as we gather around the fire pit. Our staff will bring all the s'mores supplies, along with candy for creative s'more combinations. We will be roasting marshmallows to golden perfection while looking at the stars above (with the help of our friends at the Sunriver Observatory).
- June5
Twilight Tennis MixerWhen: From June 05, 2014 to August 28, 2014
Love to play tennis, but don't know anyone? Join in the fun each Thursday afternoon.
- Time: 4-6pm
- Location: Sage Springs Indoor Tennis Courts
- Level 3.0-4.0
- Format: Round Robin
- Guest Fee: $15 per person


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On the times I have been there, bake time was between 50 seconds and about a minute. I also doubt they could put through the 1200 odd pizze they typically do on any given day, if bake times were 2 minutes.Peter
Chau,Perhaps were are slightly off the mark in terms of what we both see as "toughness." What I experienced in Napoli, and I believe Jordan can attest to this as well, you could never lift a "slice" of the pizza in the air, because it would just come apart. It is that soft and supple. That is why it is eaten with a fork/knife or as a portafoglio. From what I see in a lot of photos here are pizza that are overly "doughy." Now, they might not necessarily be tough, but they would have what I would describe as too much chew.Salvatore
Da Michele's dough still blow off of the water most wild yeast dough around the world. One day I will cover in full the reasons, but in the main time you just have to trust me on that ;-). Again, As I still like it, I actually believe that Gino's pizza do not retain all the wonders of pizza napoletana and therefore it should be one of many other tasted but not the only one or one of two. I was in Naples last week and a senior guy at VPN was actually described Gino's pizza as almost not neapolitan...
Back in 2010 Marco (pizzanapoletana) said about the difference between Da Michele and Gino Sorbillo:Peter
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Chau that pie looks awesome! A 3 hour dough? Was it easy to eat? I know Coccia swears that you can get a digestible dough in 7 hours, but most of us who use Caputo would disagree with such a short and rushed fermentation period. I am very interested in your experiment and it should how important heat is when it comes to Neapolitan. If you didnt tell anyone how long that dough fermented Im sure most of use wouldnt of questioned.. What was your mixing/kneading method for this dough? Thanks for sharing!
Jordan, nice job on the videos. I like the video comparison of the tomatoes. I'll have to give Cento DOP another try based on your video investigation.
Cento did stop making the DOP labeled product. You must have found one of the last cans. According to Cento, the product in the "Certified" can is the same SM tomato and held to the same quality standards.
I don't doubt your senses or the video. Notwithstanding, there is going to be variation between cans from the same pack year let alone different years as in the cans you tested.CL
For sure Craig, I agree 100%, even the "Certified" ones taste different depending on the store I get them from. I can see that the year its packed could hold drastic measures in the tomatoes quality. What tomato do you prefer Craig?Here's a video I just made of me playing guitar. Enjoy!
I like the Cento Italian in the 35oz can.CL


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Lincoln's history kept in a closet
LINCOLN -When village Treasurer Mary Kossa decided to clean out a closet at city hall, she found herself holding the past in her hands – two antique ledgers she unearthed among the discards documented the town's first government. The largest leather-bound ledger began with an entry March 19, 1908, reporting the minutes of the town's first council meeting.
"It's our history and how we came to be, and what they did before us to make the village the way it is today," Kossa said.
Lincoln was settled around 1885 along Brownlee and Lincoln lakes, and platted a few years later, Kossa said. By the 1900s, it was a pulsing community. Hotels, banks, meat markets and lumber yards lined the town's streets, while the train from Detroit stopped at the depot on a regular basis.
According to the spidery but elegant handwriting across the ledger's pages, W.G. Anderson was elected president and presided over the inaugural meeting. He also was president of a bank in the community and owned the finest home in town.
Kossa said she remembers hearing this from her aunt and uncle when she was a child. She has lived in Lincoln all of her life.
Charles W. Schram was town clerk and Kossa's grandfather, Peter LeCuyer, was treasurer, the same job she performs today.
The LeCuyer name was well known, because the family ran a general store in town for 100 years, she said.
Lorenzo L. Mills was named assessor and the other trustees were Mack Apsey and T.A. Ferris.
Among their first actions, the board approved a $2.50 payment for the paper ballots used during the election. They allowed the expenditure of $12 for sidewalks, and passed their first ordinance: cattle were not allowed to roam the streets after dark. Farmers violating that standard could be fined $25 a head, Kossa said, reading from the book.
The ledger also contained clippings from the Alcona County Herald published back then by R.E. Prescott. One of them was a story of how some Lincoln citizens were sent downstate to learn about election laws, she said.
Kossa showed off the book during a recent council meeting, and expressed hope that a way can be found to restore and preserve its pages for the future. She and Trustee Phil Naylor are researching the subject independently and will present their findings to the board.
Kossa has some experience with preservation. A member of St. Anne's Catholic Church in Harrisville, Kossa came across records there dating back to the 1700s.
"The pages were falling out," she said.
Under the guidance of church, she and others contacted a company in Indiana that specializes in antique book restoration. Although the process is costly, the company neutralized acids in the ancient paper, rebound the pages and is relettering the covers in gold leaf for about $1,000, she said.
Restoration of the village ledger should be considerably less, because it is in fair condition, she said.
Kossa is protective of the ledger and is keeping it at her home. Since she found the books three to four years ago, the smaller ledger disappeared.
"I hope whoever borrowed it will bring it back," Kossa said.
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BEIJING (AP) Australia's attack was relentless Wednesday in its men's field hockey game against South Africa.
The world's top-ranked team scored in the second minute, and by the time the onslaught was over, the Australians had won 10-0 and improved to 2-0 in pool play.
Eli Matheson scored three goals and David Guest and Jamie Dwyer each scored two.
South Africa hasn't scored in either of its games.
Host China led South Korea 2-0 before Jang Jong-hyun tied the score at 2 with a goal in the closing seconds of the first half. Jang scored off penalty corners in the 55th and 57th minutes, then Kang Seong-jung closed the scoring. South Korea improved to 1-1, while China fell to 0-2.
Pakistan beat Canada 3-1. Canada led 1-0, but Muhammad Imran and Shafgat Rasool both scored goals in the 39th minute, then Muhammad Raqas scored in the 57th to give Pakistan its first win.
Germany and Belgium tied 1-1. Germany's Matthias Witthaus scored the opening goal in the 19th minute, then Belgium's Cedric Charlier scored three minutes later.
The late games involved last-minute game-winning goals. Spain defeated New Zealand 1-0 on a goal by Santiago Freixa in the 70th minute. The Netherlands defeated Britain 1-0 on a goal by Taeke Taekema in the 63rd minute. Both Spain and the Netherlands improved to 2-0.
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With a little TLC and lots of ingenuity, one Florida couple turned their sheltered patio into a chic tropical retreat
When Maria Fernanda Molinari and her husband, Rafael R. Lopez, went house hunting in Miami Lakes, Florida, they weren't looking for a fixer-upper. But they made an exception when they spotted the view from the screened-in back porch on a 1968 lakeside ranch. "It was love at first sight," Maria says. So the couple overlooked the home's dated appearance and leaky roof and put their beginning DIY skills to work. They converted the 532-square-foot covered patio into an airy lounging-and-entertaining sunroom, where they could nap, dine, cook, and even bathe. The structure had good bones -- limestone columns, a built-in stainless steel grill and ventilation hood, and a ceramic tile floor -- but the space lacked adequate lighting, seating, and homey touches. To bring their beach-inspired oasis up to date without diving into debt, the couple got very creative, built oversize sofas, and installed more lighting themselves. Now it's paradise found.
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New screens - $144
Paint - $65
Ceiling fans - $357
TV and mounting arm - $189
Plywood and molding used to make daybeds and coffee table - $232
Wood stain - $30
Twin mattresses - $110
Slipcover fabric - $70
Wicker vases - $40
Seagrass mat (inset on coffee table) - $1
Woven stools - $80
Recessed lights - $70
Chandelier - $60
Dining table and chairs - $405
Curtain fabric - $79
Bamboo poles - $40
Brackets - $36
Travertine backsplash (around grill) - $100
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