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Ah, keeper leagues. They afford you all the fun of being Theo Epstein, but without having to haggle with the Boston Red Sox over player compensation.
Epstein -- and new right-hand man Jed Hoyer -- has been tasked with rebuilding the Chicago Cubs, a daunting assignment that, translated into fantasy baseball, might scare off certain owners. I recognize that there are some of you who prefer to be Brian Cashman, whose annual mandate is to win the championship.
These are real-life general managers on polar ends of the strategic spectrum, and in fantasy baseball, they would embody owners in two distinct league types:
• Epstein is your long-term keeper (or dynasty) league owner.
• Cashman is your classic redraft league owner.
We feed the Cashmans of the fantasy baseball world a cornucopia of information and advice every day. If you play only in redraft formats -- leagues that annually draft their rosters from scratch -- this isn't the column for you. Go check out our 2012 Draft Kit; there's plenty there to help you win this season.
This column is for the Epsteins of fantasy baseball, the owners tasked with planning not only for the current season, but also the many seasons after it. It is designed to help several sets of fantasy owners, including those beginning a keeper league from scratch, those entering a Cubs-esque rebuilding phase in an existing keeper league, and those simply seeking to inject a little more youth into their already strong core of keepers.
This is a column in which players such as Bryce Harper, Mike Trout and Shelby Miller, none of whom is necessarily guaranteed an Opening Day roster spot in 2012, have a prominent seat at the table, while Lance Berkman, Mariano Rivera and Ichiro Suzuki, each of whom ranks among our 2012 top 100, do not.
These are my annual Top 250 keeper rankings, designed as a rough price guide of sorts for keeper or dynasty leagues.
The rankings formula
I'll state this up front: It is impossible to craft a set of keeper rankings that will be of equal help to every owner, because few keeper leagues are alike. Among the many variables: the player pricing method (draft or auction, and do you keep players in the round they are picked or the auction price you paid?), number of keepers (can you keep one, three, 10 or perhaps your entire roster?) and length of keeper contract (can you keep a player for only two or three seasons, is there price inflation each year or can you keep every player forever without penalty?).
Whether you're a fantasy owner hovering somewhere between being a contender and rebuilder -- your league's Mike Rizzo, let's say, using the major league GMs parallel above -- also has an impact on your personal keeper rankings.
You'll need to do the legwork to determine to what extent these factors influence said personal rankings. For example, a $1 David Freese might be far more attractive a keeper in your league than a $33 Ryan Zimmerman, despite Zimmerman's 49-spot advantage over Freese in my keeper top 250.
This is the player valuation formula I used:
• 2012 performance: 25 percent.
• 2013 performance: 25 percent.
• 2014 performance: 25 percent.
• 2015 performance and beyond: 25 percent.
The rationale behind equal weighting for 2012 and 2015 and similar to the Cashman comment above: We already have rankings, projections and profiles designed to help owners shooting for this year. If you're a keeper-league owner going for it in 2012 -- that's always my first recommendation, and kudos to you if you're in that position -- our redraft tools are also excellent for your purposes.
Remember, these rankings are for you, (fantasy's) Mr. Epstein.
On throwing darts
From a general standpoint, keeper rankings are like an effective game of darts. They are guesses. Educated guesses, but still out-and-out guesses.
I revert back to my 2010 keeper rankings for examples of both the successes and failures of forecasting the distant future. That list, for instance, included Cameron Maybin (157th), Desmond Jennings (173rd), Madison Bumgarner (181st), Trevor Cahill (189th) and Carlos Santana (194th), all of whom have paid off handsomely. Maybin, Cahill and Bumgarner have each managed a top-100 finish on our Player Rater in either of the past two seasons.
That list, however, also included Grady Sizemore at No. 27, Jonathan Broxton at 87 and Jose Lopez at 91. Sizemore was a complete misread due to the long-term impacts of his injuries. Broxton demonstrates the volatility of closers in a keeper league (though knowing that he, as my No. 1 closer on that list, was ranked that low makes me happy about my evaluation of the position). As for Lopez, let's just say I don't know why I ever liked him as much as I did.
Many of the names on this list will be comparative successes to the examples from 2010, and others will make me look like a fool. That's the fun of this exercise, and the debates inspired by it make it all the richer.
On closers and pitching in general
Broxton is the prime example of why it's a dangerous game to build a keeper or dynasty team around relievers. Here's another fact to support the argument: Since the turn of the century, only 12 pitchers have managed at least three seasons with 30-plus saves and 2.0 or greater Wins Above Replacement (per Baseball-Reference.com). Mariano Rivera has spoiled us; the truth is that "great" closers are usually lucky to have half the shelf life that he has had.
It's for that reason that Craig Kimbrel, fantasy's No. 1 closer, not to mention the most valuable rookie closer in the history of baseball, is one of only two closers to crack my top 100 keepers. Drew Storen at No. 77 is the other.
Kimbrel's No. 61 ranking, in fact, is the highest by any closer in my history of doing these rankings, and it's from the simple angle that, while his hefty workload as a rookie could burn him in the long haul, his potential contributions in 2012 and 2013 alone are far greater than anyone else at his position. He's 23 years old and has as much upside as any relief pitcher in professional baseball. That makes him a viable keeper.
As for pitching in general, while I'm more willing to pay for quality arms in a redraft league in today's increasingly pitching-rich landscape, in a keeper format I still prefer to invest in safer, more projectable hitters. It's for that reason that you will find only 32 pitchers (starters and relievers) ranked among my top 100 keepers, only five more than you would have found in my top 100 from 2010 (27).
Consider this: Five of the 10 players to rank among the top five starting pitchers on our Player Rater in either 2009 or 2010 failed to crack the top 50 at their position the following season. One of them, Adam Wainwright (No. 2 in 2010), was lost to injury for the entire subsequent season.
That's not to say you shouldn't invest at all in pitching, but you need to be picky doing so. Among the most critical qualities sought: Youth, strikeout ability, durability and command (performance in WHIP). And if you're facing a difficult decision between similar pitchers, take the one with greater long-term upside.
So with that, let's get to the Top 250 keeper rankings. More in-depth player analysis is below the rankings. And once again, these rankings are based upon a standard, mixed rotisserie league with 5x5 scoring, using the following long-term value formula: 25 percent for 2012 performance, 25 percent for 2013 performance, 25 percent for 2014 performance, and 25 percent for performance in 2015 and beyond.
Tristan's Top 250 keeper rankings
Note: Position eligibility is determined based upon a minimum of 20 games, otherwise the position the player appeared at most in 2011. Players' listed ages are as of April 1, 2012. Players' rankings in past keeper lists are also provided: "2011 Mid" are rankings from July 2011, "2011 Pre" are from the 2011 Draft Kit, "2010 Mid" are from August 2010 and "2010 Pre" are from the 2010 Draft Kit.
Players who juuuuust missed
I won't call these players officially "Nos. 251-257," nor are they in any particular order. They are the seven players I had on my initial candidates list who made the most compelling cases for inclusion before being scratched.
Jed Lowrie: Stay healthy for a full big league season and stay at shortstop, Jed, and we'll talk in a year.
Travis Snider: I'm not even a fan, but the guy is still 24 years old and has plenty of power potential, as proved by .216 isolated power during his minor league career and .175 during a rocky big league career so far.
Vance Worley: Now armed with a cutter, Worley has replaced Roy Oswalt as one of the Philadelphia Phillies' "Four Aces" and they're better for it.
Doug Fister: What the Detroit Tigers have done the past year, tossing caution to the wind defensively, worries me. Fister needs quality defense behind him, and the Tigers might spend years after this one fixing those mistakes.
Bud Norris: On a more competitive team, he might be in. But he might make 100 good starts from 2012-14 and win only 30 of them.
Travis d'Arnaud: Interestingly enough, he landed on the cut list for the same reason J.P. Arencibia did; I cannot justify putting two Toronto Blue Jays catchers in my Top 250. Arencibia has the experience, but d'Arnaud has the better overall game in the long term. If I were to pick between the two, I'd take d'Arnaud.
Tyler Skaggs: He's somewhat overshadowed by Trevor Bauer, and it's Bauer himself -- not to mention the current members of the Arizona Diamondbacks rotation -- who affords the team patience with this young left-hander.
Oddsmaker: The No. 1 spot?
Here's a fun little exercise: Can you predict who will finish No. 1 on our Player Rater in each season from 2013-15?
It's not as easy as it sounds. Yes, Player Rater performance might have been easier to forecast as recently as three seasons ago, when notable names as Johan Santana (2006), Alex Rodriguez (2007) and Albert Pujols (2008 and 2009) reigned supreme. But in each of the past two seasons, the eventual No. 1 name was someone few might have predicted: Carlos Gonzalez (2010) and Matt Kemp (2011).
Accurately predicting the game's greatest superstar is what keeper leagues are all about, right? Your goal is to get the most valuable player before he ascends to that level, and if today's MVP isn't already on your roster, often it makes sense to try to get tomorrow's MVP, instead of spending a lower keeper spot on a more ordinary veteran player. Studs. Always aim for studs in a keeper league.
As a handy partner to my keeper rankings, I've estimated several players' chances of ever earning the No. 1 spot between 2013-15:
Justin Upton: 10 percent
Miguel Cabrera: 9 percent
Ryan Braun: 8 percent
Felix Hernandez: 7 percent
Matt Kemp: 7 percent
Carlos Gonzalez: 6 percent
Justin Verlander: 5 percent
Troy Tulowitzki: 5 percent
Joey Votto: 5 percent
Stephen Strasburg: 5 percent
Brett Lawrie: 4 percent
Hanley Ramirez: 4 percent
Bryce Harper: 3 percent
Matt Moore: 3 percent
Albert Pujols: 3 percent
Mike Stanton: 2 percent
Clayton Kershaw: 2 percent
Andrew McCutchen: 2 percent
Mike Trout: 1 percent
Tim Lincecum: 1 percent
The field: 8 percent
Too soon
Though all nine of these prospects should find a place in future editions of my top 250 keepers, none is close enough to being big league-ready to warrant inclusion right now. Some might make a brief appearance in 2012, some in 2013, but the majority of them are unlikely to see the major leagues before the 2014 season.
Dylan Bundy, SP, Baltimore Orioles
Yasmani Grandal, C, San Diego Padres
Hak-Ju Lee, SS, Tampa Bay Rays
James Paxton, SP, Seattle Mariners
Jurickson Profar, SS, Texas Rangers
Cory Spangenburg, 2B, San Diego Padres
Bubba Starling, OF, Kansas City Royals
Jameson Taillon, SP, Pittsburgh Pirates
Taijuan Walker, SP, Seattle Mariners
And what of the imports?
There were perhaps no more difficult players to rank than Yoenis Cespedes and Yu Darvish, who will play their first seasons in the United States in 2012.
Cespedes, 26, and Darvish, 25, both enter the U.S. game during the prime of their careers; from this angle, they both should be at least as attractive draft targets in keeper as redraft formats.
At the same time, however, both players face significant adjustments to the U.S. game, not to mention the difficulty we endure translating their past statistics. It's for that reason that both fall outside my top 100. That said, they don't miss by much.
One year from now, either or both could rank as high as the top 50 on this list, though the possibility that neither might make the top 250 at all explains their rankings. It's "splitting the difference" somewhat, yes, but it's justified, considering their unpredictable futures.
I'll say this: I've ranked Darvish higher here than I would have any past Japan import since Hideo Nomo in 1995.
Here's hoping that, armed with these rankings, you'll be on the right track to keeper-league success this season. Remember this: At least your task isn't as monumental as Epstein's. He has a curse to reverse!
Tristan H. Cockcroft is a fantasy baseball analyst for ESPN.com, a two-time champion of the League of Alternative Baseball Reality (LABR) experts league, and a 2011 FSWA award winner for Best Baseball Article on the Web. You can email him here, or follow him on Twitter @SultanofStat.


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The Poor Clares founded a convent in Cavan in 1861 in a large premises on Main Street.
The Poor Clares founded a convent in Cavan in 1861 in a large premises on Main Street.
Published in The Building News, December 7 1850. Constructed in red sandstone with limestone dressings. The proposed spire was never completed.
Gothic chapel designed by the County Surveypr for the Sisters of Mercy convent. The spire on the short tower is quite distinctive.
Former Convent of Mercy complex, now is use as a school. Later wing by W.H. Byrne &
A Georgian house that was "gothicised" and later added to by John Sterling Butler. The gothic dress was added c.1834 and a large twenty-two sided conservatory was also added.
Opened in 1863, with the chapel added later by George C. Ashlin.
Part of a convent. Published in The Building News, April 14th 1876.
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Euro Area Carry Trade - From Disbelief to Consensus?
When we noted about a year ago that the ECB's LTROs were likely to give banks incentive to initiate carry trades in the bonds of euro area peripherals, it was an opinion very few people shared. We wrote at the time:
Is is clear from the above that Spain's banks - and this goes of course for the banks in all the other "PIIGS" nations too, even though the details of their problems differ from case to case - should be more concerned with getting their leverage down and generally getting their house in order rather than embarking on yet another carry trade. And yet, from the point of view of the banks, things may look a bit different. As noted before, the fate of banks and their sovereigns is in any event closely intertwined. A bank that may one day require a government bailout will go under anyway if the government debt crisis worsens further. So it has actually nothing to lose by adding to its holdings of bonds issued by said government. They will both sink or swim together no matter what.
A new story has emerged yesterday that illustrates what actions governments and banks in the euro area are taking behind the scenes to ease the bank funding crisis. It should be clear that one of the unstated objectives of these activities is to free up money for the purpose of banks adding to their sovereign debt holdings.
It later turned out that Spain's banks did both: they deleveraged by reducing their loans to the private sector, but they also jumped on the carry trade opportunity in bonds issued by the government. The same essentially happened in Italy. At the time of the LTROs, most observers disagreed quite vehemently with the idea and we noted in our 2012 outlook (which got a few things right and a few wrong, in almost perfect coin-flip fashion), we were also looking for a bit more upheaval in the first half of the year, which we did indeed get.
It seems that the carry trade idea has now been accepted more widely - see this freely accessible report by Nordea entitled "Some Pigs Can Fly", which is well worth reading for two main reasons. For one thing, it makes an important point about how benchmarks play into the decisions of investors - the pertinent quote is:
One of the reasons behind the recent strong performance of e.g. Italian bonds has been the fact that not having Italian bonds in your portfolio has been expensive, if you still use a broad Euro-zone government bond index as your benchmark. Thus many have felt the need to add these bonds to the portfolio. After all, Italy has the biggest bond market in Europe, so its weight in indices is notable.
Bond fund managers wouldn't want to underperform benchmarks, both for obvious psychological reasons as well as practical ones (such as year-end bonuses). This is probably also one of the reasons why Central and Eastern European (CEE) sovereign bonds and senior bank bonds in the euro area performed extraordinarily well in 2012: a general "hunt for yield" broke out in order to catch up.
A chart of Italy's 10-year government bond yield illustrating the situation. When yields began to fall sharply in the second half of the year, not owning these bonds meant underperformance relative to popular benchmark bond indexes - via BigCharts
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The other reason why it is well worth reading the report is that we think it describes an emerging consensus. As far as we can tell, this consensus is shaping up as follows: there will be more gains in both euro area and most CEE sovereign bond markets, but they won't be as heady as in 2012.
We can certainly state that the monetary backdrop appears to be much looser than it was at this time last year. In the euro area as a whole, true money supply growth has recently accelerated to 6.1% annualized (as of end October 2012, data via Michael Pollaro), which is the highest since mid 2010 - and in 2010 it was heading down, not up. To be sure, monetary inflation in the euro area is very unevenly distributed. There is mild deflation in the peripherals, while inflation is accelerating in the 'core'. However, the total is increasing and has done so with unwavering regularity over the past year. It is also noteworthy that money supply growth in the euro area has shifted mostly to growth in uncovered money substitutes, which means that it is currently due to credit expansion on the part of commercial banks. The ECB merely provided the tinder.
However, keep in mind that this also means that the future pace of monetary inflation is highly dependent on the recent improvement in confidence holding up. Failing that, more intervention by the ECB will be required. Our guess on that front is that the consensus may well turn out to be wrong again in 2013. The main reason for that expectation is that the governments of the countries that were in the market's crosshairs at most recent crisis peaks (late November 2011 and early July 2012) will continue to miss their deficit and debt targets. At some point the markets are likely to rediscover their suspicions - the benign neglect of recent months is not an immutable condition. One must also keep in mind that yield-chasing as a rule always goes wrong, as by its very nature risk continually increases as long as the hunt is on and yields on ever riskier paper continue to decline. The only thing that is uncertain is the precise timing of the next capsizing of the ship.


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The Open Handset Alliance supporting the Android operating system has won a new member in MIPS Technologies.
MIPS Technologies out of Sunnyvale CA brings with it its Android on MIPS code as a new member of the Open Handset Alliance. The source code optimized for its own use is already available as open source. Some months ago MIPS Technologies had joined the Open Embedded Software Foundation, where it's also "working to define standardized Android-based platforms for consumer devices."
The source code for porting from Android to the MIPS32 architecture, a reference binary and documentation are on the company webpage.
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Weezer at Madison Square Garden: Singalongs and Old Songs
Weezer Wednesday September 24 Madison Square Garden Photos by David Atlas
There's a 1988 evaluation sheet from Rivers Cuomo's pre-Weezer metal band on Weezed.com. Not sure who wrote it, because there are three kinds of handwriting on tips like "gotta have a core following," and "need something special." But it does say this about Cuomo: "nothing outstanding, average - no smile no eye contact with audience." Cuomo probably wrote it himself. And while he was all smiles and eye contact with the audience last night, he's no less self-conscious now than he was 20 years ago. When songs began to peak, Cuomo couldn't channel his enthusiasm into any graceful mic poses. His geek energy evacuated via pogoing, shoulders curled in, hands flapping on their wrists. He and the band wore jumpsuits, then tracksuits, then Cuomo alone wore a blue soccer uniform (number 26). No glasses. Cuomo called playing Madison Square Garden a "dream of a lifetime." It's easy to see now that the glasses and first two albums were the detour, he was always working toward executing his band evaluation: both "something special" and "nothing outstanding."
The audience, even the younger members, were quiet during songs from The Red Album, though it's those songs' bigger guitars and more ridiculous solos that worked best in the arena. I saw exactly one guy (baseball cap, no glasses) sing along with "Perfect Situation" and "Pork And Beans." The Blue Album and Pinkerton songs had the most people standing: "My Name Is Jonas," "Pink Triangle," "Say It Ain't So," "Undone (The Sweater Song)." Cuomo sat out for "El Scorcho," letting Scott Shriner and Brian Bell sing most of the verses. He's still cagey about Pinkerton, but not the cultural baggage—he talked to the audience in Japanese between songs.
"Undone" and "Say It Ain't So" were mostly sung by the audience. And a Weezer audience is surprisingly nice to hear: lilting and musical, not annoying at all. They covered Nirvana's "Sliver" and Oasis' "Morning Glory." But Cuomo was never much of a rock star. A stage hand meticulously set up a little red record player on a stool. Then Cuomo stomped over and kicked it out of the way, without explanation or conviction.
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Not sure what you are asking here. Do you wish to compete in a body building meet in the next year or two? Are you building strength/body so you can compete in your 20's? Do you just want to look buff on the beach? Etc. All of those are valid goals, don't get me wrong, I've been hoping for a buff body for the beach since I was 16 and it hasn't happened yet, but there's always hope for next year!
Seriously, if you want to get big muscles and have them be obvious on your body you need to lift big but you also need to eat with some serious discipline. Diet is easily as important as weight training.
I'm 5' 7 and a 1/2" and about 192 so I can relate to your size (and if I ever hit 175 again, I'll be the happiest camper ever!).
But anyway, Sounds like you are about the right weight for your size, so you just need to tighten it up. Depending on your bone structure and body fat, you are close to your ideal weight anyway. And you are clearly just starting out on your iron journey.
So, you need some basic compound movements as Shadow described, and I'd suggest a 5x5 scheme to get you going as it helped me when I started out (admittedly about 2 decades older, shudder
), but with some biceps and calves thrown in too if you want to compete.
There's a Steve Reeves routine floating around somewhere on this site that would be perfect, but if you want my suggestions, here goes.
Monday - Squats ramping up to max set of 5 (the most weight you can do for 5 reps), then Bench to a max 5, Rows to max 5, Stiff DL to a max 10, and calves to a max 10
Wednesday - OHP to a max 5, Squats to a 80% max 5, Chinups 5x max, RDL 3x 5, DB or BB curls 3x 10, Pushups to failure
Friday - Hang cleans up to 3x3 across, Squat to 90% max of 5, Bench to 90%max of 5, Rows to 90% max of 5, Deadlift to max of 5.
T-Thurs, Abs (5x 12) and some cardio
There's tons of good programs out there, but that helped me get started.
However, define your goals specifically short term and long term, then see what's out there, try some of it and keep what works. Switch to something else as soon as it stops working. Come back around to it when whatever you switched to stops working.
Everything works, and nothing works. It's all relative. Get stuck in. Lift weights regularly. See what happens.
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The King of the Monsters is stomping back into theaters, so it's time to (regrettably) relive Roland Emmerich's disastrous 1998 version of Godzilla. So charge up your atomic breath as we roast a movie that everyone wishes had stayed extinct.


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Bubble Combos features:
Swapping the lovely cartoon bubbles, fight for higher scores in given time, try to make more bubbles combos!
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Not happy I've gotten some high points and was not given my stars on certain levels no matter how many times I played it it keeps you at 1 star other levels after you go back and play it again it will give you your stars and over all games OK but a bit board with it no different faces just the same background theme stayed the same so boring I would of keept on playing this game but it won't even give me my stars so another game delete it's hard to find a good game that doesn't have glitches. Disappointed.
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The Great Recession that began in 2007 is now more than four years old - and counting. Some 24 million Americans are unemployed or underemployed, and at recent rates of job creation we won't be back to normal levels of employment until late this decade. This is a tragedy. Do we have to accept it?
"No!" is the resounding answer given by Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman in this call to arms. We have seen this situation before and we know how to fix it; all we lack is the political will to take action. Krugman walks us through the financial crisis that triggered the greatest downturn since the Great Depression and outlines the efforts that have been made thus far.
The way forward is clear: Our priority must be to get ourselves back on the path to growth; every day that we lag behind normal production levels only adds to the astronomical economic loss of this depression. What we need for a rapid, powerful recovery is precisely what we've needed in crises past - a burst of government spending to jump-start the economy. We owe it not only to the unemployed, but to everyone affected by this tragedy to end this depression now.
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I read science, biographies, histories, mysteries, adventures, thrillers, educationals, linguistics but not no way, not no how, romances.
"Just Wow!"
Not only interesting, thought provoking and endlessly informative, this is an important book that can help shape the national debate. Today, more than any time in recent memory, the average voter and citizen needs to have a passing understanding of the economy and what makes it tick. That will drastically change the way that we talk about monetary policy and how to get people back to work. This book, more than any other I've read, accomplishes all these goals while being - surprisingly - a fun and straightforward read.
The narration is good, the logical progression of basic ideas into theory into concrete examples from the recent past makes sense and it's so relevent and timely it's almost painful. This is a great book, fun and intelligent wihtout pretension or the need to dumb things down for the reader. Also, more than being a great book, it's an important one. Please buy it. Then tell your friends about it.
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"Outstanding and Important"
This is an excellent review of economics and the current financial and political situation. It is a must read before you go to the voting booth in November.
"Great book for a scientist"
I never appreciated how well a real economist can explain economics in scientific terms. I am so used to hearing it from the POV of "traders" and "talking heads". It gives me hope there is a solution to this "depression". However, don't expect this book to make you feel good. It is rather sobering.
Due to the immensity of the topic, I tried to read it from the library but it would have taken too long to read. The audio version allowed me to get through it easily.
The nature of liquidity and how important it is. Also, it is sobering to think our legislators are so determined to go the austerity route that has failed in every instance.
"Totally Refreshing!"
Top 5 all time
Its common knowledge backed with hard stats
Totally hated the Narrator, since author Paul Krugman would've been the obvious choice, because he naturally has that wise guy type sarcastic humor
No! you will def need to break it off in multiple sessions, i prefer them during my long drives
Awesome well researched masterpiece, luv it
"Perfect Narration for a Vital Economics Book"
Nobel-Princeton economist Krugman explains a complex situation so clearly, calmly, and factually. As an investor I need accurate and complete facts, not spin and shouting. But too many PhD economists these days emphasize spin and political bias over facts and logic.
Rob Shapiro also narrates "Predator Nation" a 2012 book by the award winning Charles H. Ferguson. I am halfway through it now. Another A+ narration.
The economy could easily have been cured in 2009 by applying basic freshman Economics 101. And it is not too late to do so now.
"Krugman shows the way"
The logical reasoning to understandable conclusions based on reliable economics
The hope it provides that we can kick start this economy if only we can develop the political will.
no. There were a few funny parts describing the shenanigans of certain politicians.
This will make tea partiers nuts with anger.
"He reviews the situation clearly and logically"
Highly recommended - Great survey of how we got here - what are the issues facing us and what we need to do - Backed up with facts, figures, history and a workable model of the economy. I can see what he got his Nobel Prize.
If I could
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"Sensible economics masterfully explained"
Krugman brilliantly explains and documents how we will all be better off in the long run and short run by unfreezing the economy by embracing the time honored principles of Keynesian economics. A must read.
"Excellent -- worth your time"
Why it works to spend in a Depression -- i.e., why J.M. Keynes was right
a documentary of what we did wrong and what we might still do right....
"Breaks down complex issues comprehensively."
I have not seen the print version.
Prof Krugman clarifies myths one by one. All the vague rhetoric is defanged.
Inflation Fears!
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Career and Education Opportunities for Cement Masons in Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado provides a wide variety of opportunities, both career and educational, for cement masons. About 7,740 people are currently employed as cement masons in Colorado. By 2016, this is expected to grow 39% to 10,740 people employed. This is better than the nation as a whole, where employment opportunities for cement masons are expected to grow by about 12.9%. In general, cement masons smooth and finish surfaces of poured concrete, such as floors, walks, or curbs using a variety of hand and power tools.
Income for cement masons is about $16 hourly or $35,210 yearly on average in Colorado. Nationally, their income is about $16 hourly or $35,080 yearly. Incomes for cement masons are not quite as good as in the overall category of Carpentry and Masonry in Colorado, and not quite as good as the overall Carpentry and Masonry category nationally.
There is one school within twenty-five miles of Denver where you can study to be a cement mason, among sixty-four schools of higher education total in the Denver area. Cement masons usually hold a post-secondary certificate, so you can expect to spend a short time training to become a cement mason if you already have a high school diploma.
CAREER DESCRIPTION: Cement Mason
In general, cement masons smooth and finish surfaces of poured concrete, such as floors, walks, or curbs using a variety of hand and power tools. They also align forms for sidewalks, curbs, or gutters; patch voids; use saws to cut expansion joints.
Cement masons mold expansion joints and edges, using edging tools and straightedges. They also spread and smooth concrete, using rakes, shovels, hand or power trowels, hand or power screeds, and floats. Equally important, cement masons have to direct truck drivers to enable pouring concrete, and move chutes to direct concrete on forms. They are often called upon to check the forms that hold the concrete to see that they are properly constructed. They are expected to produce rough concrete surfaces, using brooms. Finally, cement masons trim out damaged areas, drill holes for reinforcing rods, and position reinforcing rods to repair concrete, using power saws and drills.
Every day, cement masons are expected to be able to maintain precise control of objects and devices through a range of movements. They need to use lower back and abdominal strength. It is also important that they twist and stretch their arms and legs to get work done.
It is important for cement masons to clean chipped area, using wire brush, and feel and observe surface to establish if it is rough or uneven. They are often called upon to apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure surface of concrete, and waterproof or restore surface. They also monitor how the wind or cold affect the curing of the concrete throughout the entire process. They are sometimes expected to chip and grind high spots and rough projections to finish concrete, using pneumatic chisels or hand tools. Somewhat less frequently, cement masons are also expected to set the forms that hold concrete to the desired pitch and depth, and align them.
Cement masons sometimes are asked to push roller over surface to embed chips in surface. They also have to be able to sprinkle colored marble or stone chips, powdered steel, or coloring powder over surface to produce prescribed finish and fabricate concrete beams and panels. And finally, they sometimes have to polish surface, using polishing or surfacing machine.
Like many other jobs, cement masons must have strong self control in the face of challenging situations and have exceptional integrity.
Similar jobs with educational opportunities in Denver include:
- Brick and Block Mason. Lay and bind building materials, such as brick, structural tile, and terra-cotta block, with mortar and other substances to construct or repair walls, partitions, and other structures.
- Bricklayer Helper. Help brickmasons, blockmasons, or tile and marble setters by performing duties of lesser skill. Duties include using, supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
- Glazier. Install glass in windows, skylights, and display cases, or on surfaces, such as building fronts, interior walls, and tabletops.
- Plasterer. Apply interior or exterior plaster, cement, or similar materials. May also set ornamental plaster.
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES: Cement Mason Training
Emily Griffith Opportunity School - Denver, CO
Emily Griffith Opportunity School, 1250 Welton Street, Denver, CO 80204-2197. Emily Griffith Opportunity School is a small school located in Denver, Colorado. It is a public school with primarily less-than 2-year programs and has 2,148 students. Emily Griffith Opportunity School has a less than one year program in Concrete Finishing/Concrete Finisher.
Concrete Flatwork Finisher & Technician: A Concrete Flatwork Finisher/Technician is a craftsman who has demonstrated the ability to place, consolidate, finish, edge, joint, cure and protect concrete flatwork.
For more information, see the American Concrete Institute International website.
LOCATION INFORMATION: Denver, Colorado
Denver is located in Denver County, Colorado. It has a population of over 598,707, which has grown by 7.9% over the last ten years. The cost of living index in Denver, 102, is near the national average. New single-family homes in Denver are priced at $223,800 on average, which is below the state average. In 2008, eight hundred thirty-seven new homes were constructed in Denver, down from 1,215 the previous year.
The top three industries for women in Denver are health care, educational services, and professional, scientific, and technical services. For men, it is construction, professional, scientific, and technical services, and accommodation and food services. The average travel time to work is about 25 minutes. More than 34.5% of Denver residents have a bachelor's degree, which is higher than the state average. The percentage of residents with a graduate degree, 12.4%, is higher than the state average.
The percentage of Denver residents that are affiliated with a religious congregation, 53.0%, is more than both the national and state average. The most prominent religious groups are the Catholic Church, the American Baptist Churches in the USA and the Episcopal Church.
Denver is home to the J F Kennedy Municipal Golf Course and the North Marston Filtration Plant as well as Cheesman Park and Bear Creek Park. Shopping malls in the area include Alameda Square Shopping Center, Boulevard Shopping Center and Brentwood Plaza Shopping Center. Visitors to Denver can choose from Embassy Suites Hotel Denver Downtown, Intown Suites Aurora and Denver Marriott City Center for temporary stays in the area.


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Hotel description Bed and Breakfast Bavaria
The hotel has a total of 4 rooms (2 single rooms, 2 double rooms).
You can easily walk to the golf course (distance approx, 1.0 km).
The friendly hotel staff are happy to offer room service and a wake-up facility. Free hotel parking is available for your car.
Please be aware, that this hotel only accepts cash payment.
Routing: Motorway Garmisch (A95), leave schaeftlarn, go on B11 to Icking, drive throught Icking, turn right to Walchstadt and go up the hill, on the hill turn left to Rosenfeldweg, first house left.
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Reception hours
On business days from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM and 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM
On the weekend from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM and 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM
Renovated: 2014
Built: 1994
Check-in time: 14:00
Check-out time: 11:00
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Rosenfeldweg 3, 82057 Icking, Germany
Distances (km)
|Metro / suburban train
|Highway (A 96)
|Tennis court
|City district (Marienplatz)
|Station (Hauptbahnhof)
|Airport (Munich International Airport (MUC))
|Airport (Innsbruck Airport (INN))
|Airport (Memmingen Allgau Airport (FMM))
To reach the hotel
Starting point:Coming from Munich take autobahn A 95 towards Garmisch, exit Schäftlarn, at the end of the exit ramp turn left onto B11direction to Schäftlarn, continue on B11 to Icking, drive through... more
Coming from Munich take autobahn A 95 towards Garmisch, exit Schäftlarn, at the end of the exit ramp turn left onto B11direction to Schäftlarn, continue on B11 to Icking, drive through Icking, about 100 m after the underpass turn right in direction of Walchstadt, and up the hill . Take the third road to the left into Rosenfeldweg. It is the first house to your left. Parking is possible on the property. S bahn S7 5 minutes by car
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Shuttle service to the train station
Shuttle service from the train station
Welcome drink
Parking spaces at the hotel
Free WI-FI
Hotel features
- Single rooms: 2
- Double rooms: 1
- Twin rooms: 1
- Triple rooms: 1
- Quadruple rooms: 1
- Reading room
- Wireless LAN in public areas
- Garden terrace
- No pets allowed
- TV room
Room features
- Full-length mirror
- Separate luggage deposit
- Shower
- Wi-Fi
- Lounge
- Bathroom with window
- Non-smoking room
- Window that can be opened
- Hairdryer
- Bathtub
- Change of hand towels
- Change of bed linen
- Desk
- Make-up mirror
- Vegetarian meals
- Wholefood meals available
Sport/leisure activities
- Walkways
- Horse riding available
- Skiing tours
Accepted credit card payments
- MasterCard
- Visa
Hotel location
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|52.94 km/32.9 mi
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Budget riders threaten media justice winsSubmitted by Cheryl Mon Nov 30 2015 16:16:00 GMT-0500 (EST)
Over the last year, we've had a couple of great FCC rulings. We were pleased to see the FCC, last year, take a step toward rules that will promote more media diversity. The FCC eliminated loopholes that allow companies to own more stations than permitted by FCC rules. This resulted right away in more stations being sold off to women and people of color and increasing media ownership diversity for the first time in years.
In addition, of course we're all excited about the FCC's strong net neutrality ruling this year, supported by our fantastic Faithful Internet campaign.
But unfortunately each of these rulings are at risk during the budget process, when members of Congress attach "policy riders" to the budget. Essentially even if Congress can't blog the FCC through legislation, it can put limits on how the FCC spends its money and that means Congress can block the FCC's decisions through sneaky back-door maneuvers.
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Faithful Internet: A Big Week!Submitted by Cheryl Thu Jul 30 2015 12:15:11 GMT-0400 (EDT)
For the last nine months, the UCC OC Inc. has been collaborating with people of faith and faith leaders around the country on our Faithful Internet campaign, co-led by me and Valarie Kaur, lawyer, faith leader and filmmaker extraordinaire. It has been a great privilege to see so many faith leaders consider, some for the first time, the importance of an open Internet for their work as clergy and as social justice advocates.
Our work culminated this week in a social media Thunderclap campaign that reached over a million people. On a visit to the Congressional Black Caucus we delivered faith-leader testimonials and our Groundswell petition signed by more than 1,200 people, and we released Valarie's beautiful video First We Pray, Then We Organize, which is featured on the Huffington Post. We have been joined on this journey by so many allies, from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to Rev. William Barber II to Rev. Otis Moss III.
The video, petitions, testimonials and campaigns all have one central message: Communities of faith and social justice advocates cannot perform their work in the 21st century without a free and open Internet. Without Net Neutrality, which the FCC adopted this year, faith leaders and institutions would have to pay for their websites and their content to have equal and fair treatment on the Internet. Without Net Neutrality, content from civil rights and social justice leaders would be trapped behind the "buffering wheel of death" while only content from a few wealthy providers would be easily and readily accessible.
This morning, I was joined by my colleagues in the United Church of Christ, both local and national leaders, as well as the Media Action Grassroots Network and one of our Faithful Internet fellows. We visited with the policy director and the director of external affairs of the CBC, asking them to convey to the current chair of the CBC, Congressman Butterfield, that we're concerned about Butterfield's position on Net Neutrality.
Late last year, President Obama proclaimed his continued support of full and robust Net Neutrality, and in February 2015, the FCC voted to adopt strong rules protecting us. Since then, opponents of Net Neutrality have been advocating for congressional legislation to weaken the FCC's decision.
While the Democratic caucus has stood behind the Obama FCC, Congressman Butterfield has stated publicly that he supports an effort in this Congress to change the FCC's decision. We have little hope that the current Congress could ever adopt protections as strong as the rules adopted by the current FCC, and we don't want this Congress — which has not proven to be a friend of social justice issues — to replace strong protections with false ones.
Of course, members of Congress are always going to be willing to have a dialogue with their colleagues; without those civil conversations our democracy would only become more partisan and more craven. But we hope none of our leaders will be fooled by efforts to undermine Net Neutrality that are disguised as compromise.
Although today Net Neutrality opponents filed their legal attacks on the rules, the FCC's decision was strong, legally sound, and done with fealty to the law that mandates that all people in the U.S. should receive fair and equal access to communications technology. Nothing less will do.
We hope Congressman Butterfield, as chair of the CBC, will follow the lead of caucus members and great heroes like Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Keith Ellison, Rep. Bobby Scott, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Chaka Fattah and Sen. Cory Booker, who have led the way and supported strong Net Neutrality protections. The great civil rights victories of the future depend on it.
Video briefings, webinars, resources and opportunities to take action are all available at faithfulinternet.org.
Faith Groups Praise FCC Net Neutrality RulingSubmitted by Cheryl Thu Mar 19 2015 17:16:00 GMT-0400 (EDT)
We, as organizations representing many diverse religious traditions, express our gratitude to the Federal Communications Commission for the strong net neutrality protections adopted in February and released last week. These protections will assure Internet openness and are essential for the faith community to function and connect with our members, to protect and enhance the ability of vulnerable communities to use advanced technology, and to organize, advocate for justice or bear witness in the crowded media environment.
An open internet impacts all of us, not just the technology sector or sophisticated elites. All of us rely on the Internet every day. We are relieved that our communities will not be forced to pay fees to ensure that our high-bandwidth content receives fair treatment on the Internet: non-profit communities, both religious and secular, cannot afford to pay those tolls. Even more important, low-income people cannot afford the higher prices which would be passed on to them from commercial content providers paying for priority access. The Internet is an indispensable medium for people of faith – and others with principled values – to convey views on matters of public concern and religious teachings. As Chairman Wheeler explained before the vote, Net Neutrality is a guarantee of First Amendment protections on the Internet. We strongly support the FCC's decision as responsive to our previous letter to the FCC, and oppose efforts to derail those protections either legislatively or in court.
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Between You and God: The Spinning Wheel of DeathSubmitted by Greg Sun Mar 01 2015 16:24:28 GMT-0500 (EST)
This post was written by OC Inc. Policy Advisor Cheryl Leanza and was originally posted on the Patheos Blog.
I am so grateful to Kimberly for offering a chance to guest blog here. As I am sure many of you do, I admire Kimberly's writing so much — she brings the real struggle that we all experience to life in her posts — giving me energy to face my own struggles. I work for the UCC's media justice ministry, and for me Kimberly's work is such a great example of how the online world is as much a real community as any community I have in person. Today is a great day for me to post because this week is an important week for the Internet – the Federal Communications Commission is voting on the future of the Internet this week, and we expect Congress to get involved right after.
Through the Internet, many people find community with other people who believe the same things they do, validation at times when we're in desperate need of support. We can find God in the electrons when we come together looking for human connection. Kimberly's example is one of the important reasons why the UCC's media justice ministry, OC Inc., has placed such a high priority on fighting for net neutrality, and why we co-founded Faithful Internet. The Internet creates human connection in miraculous ways that were not possible only a few years ago, and I firmly believe that as we move into more and more online spaces that mimic close interpersonal connections, more and more people will find meaning and relationships with each other and their faith communities.
Great examples abound. I know Kimberly started some of her online ministry insecond life, and I was just enjoying a great blog post interviewing Becca Kelstrom, who is a real life pastor, but also helps run a UCC church in second life today about how she welcomes and offers support to visitors in second life. And in the last year the United Church of Christ created Extravagance UCC, an online congregation, designed to reach people that don't attend a traditional church. One of the driving reasons behind Extravagance is the UCC's deeply held belief that we want to welcome all people to our community — Jesus taught to welcome everyone — and the UCC has been a leader in demonstrating we believe that the LGBTQ community is as welcome and blessed in God's eyes as anyone. And yet, many people who we hope could find a home with us may have had many bad experiences in brick and mortar churches in the past. Perhaps, an online community could be a door that would be easier to enter for someone with years of hurt and anxiety about his or her sexual orientation and religion.
But to create a truly intimate and connected online space –where people can meet each other and the technology falls away, where the connection between people supersedes the technology used to connect–we're going to need to use the most modern platforms. Today, participants connect in Extravagance using zoom online video chats. As it expands, it is my d
ream Extravagance will connect using more and more advanced video and high-intensity technology. As a church venturing down this path, that a few others have trod successfully ahead of us–folks like Darkwood Brew and the Unitarian's Church of the Larger Fellowship, the UCC is marshalling all of our scarce resources to develop worship, master technology, find the people who would find meaning and friendship in our community. While we know we have to compete with the myriad other things in people's lives, from their busy schedules to their fears to the doubts, so far, however, we've been able to rest assured that if someone wants to join us on Sunday nights for online video bible study–they can as long as they have a computer and a broadband connection.
Like so many efforts at building community, we are reliant on the world around us, structures and decisions beyond our own efforts can put in front of us impenetrable walls. As so many Christians who are called to social justice–who look beyond the immediate needs of today to the structural barriers that result in inequity, poverty, fear, isolation. In our case, we're reliant on an Internet that treats everyone equally — if someone wants to view our video feed, they can. Content from NBC or Amazon or Netflix rides on the same wires and is treated the same way as Extravagance Bible study. But as some of you have heard in this space before, technology policy is invading our utopian dream of an online space where all can meet as equals communing with each other and God. Because there is a danger that, in Washington DC, the law of the land could explicitly permit the big content folks to pay to be at the front of the line on the Internet.
Imagine, someone who is fearful, they haven't been to church in years despite feeling the call to participate in a worship community, they think, "Well, maybe these Extravagance people could be OK, I'll check them out." The time for a service arrives, they log in, and — that little buffering circle of death is all they see. She's waiting, and while waiting she starts to surf around on her phone — hey,Transparent comes through right away! "I can watch that show right now, and I'm already 10 minutes late for worship — I don't want to start in the middle, maybe I'll connect with God another day." Or maybe that person does connect, but at the critical moment in the sermon, or a soaring sacred song–the spinning wheel pops up.
The moment is gone, community falls away and we're left with a blank screen. Imagine that happening, not once in a while– but Every. Single. Time. Why? Because the big companies have deep pockets and they can pay big bucks to send their content faster, right away. The rest of us have to wait. God is lost to buffering.
Maybe you've never heard of "net neutrality" or maybe it's old news. But net neutrality is the nick-name for a policy that will stop my nightmare scenario and protect all Internet content — make sure that everyone is treated fairly online. Net neutrality might sound like a far-away issue for nerds and big companies. But it's not, and it's not even only a concern for those of us creating faith communities online. The Internet is essential these days, whether it is a web site telling people when service starts on Sunday or a Mosque letting people know that a neighbor is ill and needs a hand, whether it's a pastor demonstrating the vitality and humanity of young African Americans in her neighborhood in response to Ferguson, or Birth Justice doulas helping women deliver babies in prison. Research shows that increasing load times by as little as 100 millisecondssignificantly reduces the amount of time people spend on a site. A small delay means a big problem.
This is why I'm so proud of our work to demonstrate the importance of net neutrality to everyone and to work for the UCC's media justice ministry and ourFaithful Internet project. I'm so grateful Kimberly let me share this story today, and for her earlier blog on this topic. At Faithful Internet we're sponsoring aGroundswell petition and collecting testimonials of the many ways that the faith community uses the Internet, from online justice actions to sermons via podcast, from connecting with our pastors to talking with teens.
Please, visit Faithful Internet to explain how you use the Internet — perhaps you read blogs on Patheos?– so that our leaders in Congress know that all of us are counting on full, real, net neutrality. The FCC adopted great rules today, but the newly conservative Congress is already making plans to block it. Our political leaders need to know that this will affect all of us.
Fourteen Major Faith Groups Support Full Net NeutralitySubmitted by Greg Mon Sep 15 2014 16:12:00 GMT-0400 (EDT)
Today fourteen major religious denominations and organizations joined the throngs of people in the United States and around the world in calling on the Federal Communications Commission to adopt robust net neutrality protections. The letter, coordinated by the United Church of Christ's media justice ministry, OC Inc., and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, was joined by the National Council of Churches, the Islamic Society for North America, the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, among others.
The letter highlighted the importance of free and open Internet communications not only for church and religious organizations own operations, but also for disenfranchised and vulnerable people to access services:
Strong net neutrality protections are critical to the faith community to function and connect with our members, essential to protect and enhance the ability of vulnerable communities to use advanced technology, and necessary for any organization that seeks to organize, advocate for justice or bear witness in the crowded and over-commercialized media environment.
Noting that "the Internet is an indispensable medium for people of faith – and others with principled values – to convey views on matters of public concern and religious teachings," the letter also described the consequences of inadequate protections, "Communication is an essential element of religious freedom and freedom of conscience: we fear the day might come when people of faith and conscience, and the institutions representing them, would have no recourse if we were prevented from sharing a forceful message or a call to activism using the Internet."
The letter urged the Federal Communications Commission to adopt the strongest possible rules to prohibit paid prioritization and survive legal challenges.
The full list of signers included:
Church World Service, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, California (CLUE CA), Conference of Major Superiors of Men, Franciscan Action Network, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Islamic Society of North America, National Council of Churches USA, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Trabajo Cultural Caminante, United Church of Christ, OC Inc. and Justice and Witness Ministries, United Methodist General Board of Church and Society, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the World Association for Christian Communication, North America.


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