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Handicapping The 2011 Home Run Derby
The 2011 Home Run Derby has a couple familiar faces this season, including two previous champions as "team captains." 2010 winner David Ortiz will captain the American League, and 2009 winner Prince Fielder will head up the National League team. Of the eight 2011 participants, only four have previously appeared in the Derby before – Matt Holliday and Adrian Gonzalez are the other two.
Real quick side note: Ortiz has been in the contest four times before 2011 – not surprising. But can you believe Matt Holliday has been in the Home Run Derby twice before? I was surprised by that. That means after the derby this year that he will have been in as many derby's as Prince Fielder, Ryan Howard, and Albert Pujols. No diss to Holliday, but that seems like a lot for the guy when compared to those three home run titans.
This year, Papi and Prince could pick players for their team without regard for whether or not the players are All-Stars. Both AL and NL homer totals will be added up to determine a winning team, captain, and charity. But don't worry – there will still be an individual winner. Otherwise, the scoring format of the tournament will be the same.
The returning champs are well favored, but Blue Jays slugger Joey Bats is at the top of the list of favorites. Bautista has two home runs in 34 career ABs at Chase Field – but those dingers all came pre-2009 when he was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates, so who knows what to really expect from him? Ortiz has only batted 7 times in Chase Field, and has never gone yard. Prince has 4 home runs in 66 plate appearances at the Chase.
Among the other participants, Adrian Gonzalez played in Chase Field for years before getting dealt to Boston, and he hit very well there – going yard 13 times in 169 ABs there. Matt Kemp has hit 5 bombs in 124, Holliday only hit 4 in 167, Rickie Weeks has hit 2 in 59… and Robinson Cano has gone 0 for 13 in Arizona.
2011 Home Run Derby Odds
Current Oddsmaker.com odds for Monday night's Home Run Derby, sorted from the favorite to the longshot:
- Jose Bautista: 5 – 2
- David Ortiz: 3 – 1
- Prince Fielder: 3 – 1
- Robinson Cano: 5 – 1
- Adrian Gonzalez: 6 – 1
- Matt Holliday: 6 – 1
- Matt Kemp: 8 – 1
- Rickie Weeks: 12 – 1
So, after all of that, who's gonna win this thing? Find out AFTER the jump…
Who we like in 2011: Adrian Gonzalez.
Why? The shortest porch is in left field (330 feet), but that's only four feet shorter than right field. The center field distance of 407 feet also seem to favor right-handed hitters, which is probably a big reason why Vegas loves Joey Bats the most. We like him to compete – but win? Nah.
With his career performance at Chase Field, his tendency to avoid the gaps when he hit home runs, and his status as a non-first timer in the derby, A-Gonz looks like a great bet to take the title in 2011. Check out his 2011 home run landing spots below, plus get some more insight from us on who his top competition will be after the pic!
Based on their 2011 home run landing spots, look for Bautista, Ortiz, Cano and Holliday to be Gonzalez's top contenders. Weeks also fits a similar home run profile, but I just can't imagine him competing in this thing (seriously, say this out loud to yourself – "Rickie Weeks, Home Run Derby Champion" – can't do it without laughing, can you? Me either).
Left center and right center are actually the deepest parts of Chase Field (413), and this seems to work at a disadvantage for Fielder and Kemp. They simply have too great of a frequency of hitting their homers in the gaps.
So, what do you think? Who's going to win the 2011 HR Derby? Let us know in the comments below!


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Mr Mark Broadmeadow, Mr Pat Snowdon, Mr Mike Townsend
and Mr Richard Smithers
Q164 Chairman:
Good morning. Welcome. Thank you for making it through this very
unpleasant weather. Mr Broadmeadow is on his way and I think will
be with us in about 15 minutes but we will make a start. Just
formally, I think you have in front of you a list of interests
that have been declared by the Committee. This is a formal evidence-taking
session of the Sub-Committee and a full shorthand note is going
to be taken. Of course that will be on the public record and in
printed form on our parliamentary website. We will send you a
copy of the transcript and you will be able to revise minor points
if you have made minor errors. The session is being recorded and
it will be webcast live and accessible on the parliamentary website.
Perhaps we could start by each of you stating your names for the
Mr Townsend: I am Mike Townsend from the Woodland
Mr Smithers: Richard Smithers from the Woodland
Mr Snowdon: Pat Snowdon from the Forestry Commission.
Q165 Chairman:
On a general note, could you just give us some sense of what threats
are posed generally to forestry by climate change and also what
advantages forestry could take? What chances are there for better
times? How do these threats and opportunities relate to the wider
land management issues?
Mr Snowdon: My Lord Chairman, can I ask that
the Woodland Trust speak first and then we will of course when
Mr Broadmeadow is here. He is our foremost expert on this so it
would be good if he was present.
Mr Townsend: In terms of threat, extreme weather
events in particular we feel are a problem for forestry, particularly
increasing droughts, increasing storms and disrupted weather patterns
and linked to that are issues around changes in the pest and disease
regime of forests. I think we are already seeing that in terms
of new pests arriving on our shores. Linked with that is the need
for an increase in biosecurity measures around forestry in particular.
From our point of view and our interest in woodland wildlife and
biodiversity, the nature of our forest landscape in the UK, which
is relatively low compared to the rest of Europe and highly fragmented,
causes us particular concerns as the climate changes and as species
have that need to move through the landscape to find new climate
space. I think we have particular problems in the UK linked to
low woodland cover and a fragmented landscape. In terms of the
advantages or the opportunities linked to forestry and to climate
change, I think there are a lot of roles for trees and for woods
in helping both agricultural adaptation and the adaptation for
biodiversity more generally. I think that is through a more intimate
integration of trees into productive agricultural landscapes but
also into those places that are less productive, where the opportunities
for a greater coverage of woodland may be possible. I think we
have increasingly to look to opportunities to support productive
landscapes, both through adaptation of agriculture but also through
provision of ecosystem services.
Mr Broadmeadow joined the meeting
Q166 Chairman:
That is perfect timing. Mr Broadmeadow, welcome.
Mr Broadmeadow: Thank you and apologies for
the lateness.
Q167 Chairman:
Thank you for making it. We have just started and asked the first
question which is basically about the threats to forestry from
climate change but also about the opportunities. The Woodland
Trust went first and perhaps, if you are ready, you could continue?
Mr Broadmeadow: Beginning with the threats,
I think they will have a very regional basis and the most prevalent
threats in the UK will be in the south and east of the country,
where the impacts of drought are likely to become more and more
important. In the north and west of the country, initially, tree
growth may well increase as a result of rising CO2 levels, increased
warmth and also longer growing seasons. In the north and west
with the heavier winter rainfall, there may be increased waterlogging
and potentially more endemic windthrow. As time goes on, I think
the impacts will become more and more far-reaching. For native
woodland communities, the range of some native species may change
and certainly we will see, towards the end of the century, a change
in community structure of our native woodlands. There will also
be opportunities, and I think the fact that woodland has a role
in producing timbera low carbon, sustainable and renewable
material both as a source of energy and in constructionwill
be a real opportunity for forestry in the UK. That is particularly
the case because forestry is probably going to be impacted less
severely in the UK than in some other parts of Europe and indeed
the world. We should also see woodland creation and forestry in
general as an important component of the land manager's toolkit
to reduce soil erosion, to alleviate flooding and to improve water
quality. I do believe there are opportunities out there that we
need to address. The one threat that I think is outstanding is
the threat of pests and diseases. Those are clearly a concern
and will be a concern as time goes on.
Q168 Earl of Arran:
You mentioned disease, which I quite understand. Specifically,
Sudden Oak Death started off in Cornwall with the rhododendrons
and is now affecting the horse chestnut which has the potential,
I think I am right in saying, to affect many other species as
well. How seriously do you rate this? Is it spreading up country?
Mr Broadmeadow: It is not spreading particularly
quickly but within the south west peninsula the causal agent,
phytophthora ramorum, is of real concern and also the species
phytophthora kernoviae. That is not a particular area of
expertise of mine but that is a real area of concern and recently
there has been movement onto larch. That is an outbreak that the
Forestry Commission is addressing as we speak.
Mr Snowdon: We have looked in the past at the
economic impact of different diseases and we are now going to
be looking at the larch issue which Mark has just referred to.
By economic impact, I mean the effects on many of the social and
environmental benefits which economists place values on, including
the eco-system services which trees provide, as well as any effects
on the wood and timber sector of the economy.
Q169 Earl of Arran:
If Dutch elm disease were to go to other species, it would be
very serious, would it not?
Mr Broadmeadow: Yes. That has a different vector.[1]
That is, as far as I am aware,[2]
not an immediate concern, but one of the diseases affecting the
horse chestnut is bacterial rather than most plant diseases which
are fungal in nature, so that is a concern, as is another bacterial
disease that is emerging on oak. Pests and diseases do appear
to be becoming more prevalent.
Q170 Earl of Caithness:
Can I just change the subject very quickly, because I think it
would be helpful for me and perhaps to get it on the record? A
quick question for the Forestry Commission: how much land do you
manage and what about your relations within the UK given that
there is devolution? For the Woodland Trust, given that you have
1,000 sites, how many of those are commercial and profit-making?
Mr Snowdon: The estate in Scotland is in excess
of 600,000 hectares and in England it is about 250,000. I do not
have the exact figure for Wales. In England, about 18 per cent
of the woodland cover is managed by the Forestry Commission. In
Scotland, it is closer to a third or more. You are right to refer
to devolution. We have set up our own strategy group within the
Commission which is chaired by our Director General to ensure
that we take a co-ordinated approach to climate change work across
the three countries and that we have cohesion and sharing of information.
Obviously there is policy independence between the three countries,
but we think it is very important that the organisation takes
a strategic approach to this issue.
Mr Townsend: In terms of the Woodland Trust
estate, we have 1,000 properties, as you say, spread over about
20,000 hectares. About a quarter of our estate is in one property
in Scotland. Many of our sites are quite small, the majority under
five hectares. Our primary objectives as an organisation relate
to conservation of biodiversity and provision of public access
and they are managed with that in mind. We do harvest timber from
a number of our estates, generally the larger ones, and in that
way we generate some commercial income, but most of our estate
is focused around delivering public access and issues around biodiversity.
Q171 Earl of Caithness:
You are basically an amenity?
Mr Townsend: Fundamentally amenity-based.
Q172 Viscount Brookeborough:
You did not mention Northern Ireland and I live in Northern Ireland.
What is your relationship with Northern Ireland, with our Forest
Mr Snowdon: We do work together with them a
lot and we act on their behalf in some cases in terms of our research
and other activity.
Q173 Viscount Brookeborough:
Are they a bit more independent of you?
Mr Snowdon: They are a little more independent,
Q174 Viscount Brookeborough:
Is this because there is something which stops you being so involved
or is this because they wish to be independent or simply do not
involve you?
Mr Snowdon: I think it is the fact that they
are part of the Agriculture and Rural Development Department in
Northern Ireland. We are all looking at very similar issues and
we generally work very closely together.
Mr Broadmeadow: The UK forestry standard, which
is the definition of sustainable forest management in the UK,
is a UK document rather than GB. In response to the earlier question,
the only point I would add is that not all of the Forestry Commission
estate is woodland. For example, in England of the 258,000 hectares
only 202,000 is woodland.
Q175 Lord Lewis of Newnham:
We are talking about management essentially of forestation. We
received a paper from the Confederation of Forest Industries who
made a statement that in fact only about half of the forest area
is managed, the rest of it is unmanaged. What happens in this
particular situation? Who is responsible for this? If we are talking
about things like diseases and things like this, they can very
often start by being very localised and, if it is in an area that
is being unmanaged, what happens? Do they just naturally spread
or what?
Mr Broadmeadow: In terms of not being managed,
this may well be in terms of not being managed for timber production.
They may be being managed for biodiversity reasons for example.
They may be being managed for game cover, but certainly in England
this is an issue that the Forestry Commission are looking to address
to increase the level of management, because there is some evidence
that there has been a decline in habitat quality because of the
lack of management, primarily in woodlands that were established
over the past 70 years and have not subsequently been managed.
That is an issue we are looking to address and we are looking
at it as a potential source of renewable energy in the form of
wood fuel. We are focusing grant aid on improving woodland condition
through woodland improvement grants through the Rural Development
Programme for England.
Mr Townsend: Part of the issue is going back
to the very fragmented nature of the forest resource, particularly
in England and Wales. It does make management quite problematic,
particularly in an agricultural landscape. I think the reason
that lack of management has arisen is very often due to practical
and commercial reasons, but it is a concern in some cases.
Q176 Viscount Ullswater:
If I can turn our attention to the tension between food production
and forestry, this is really a question initially for the Woodland
Trust. In your evidence, you state that natural habitats and resources
should not be seen as luxuries to compete against the needs of
production. I take that as being commercial production as well
as perhaps any other form of production. It notes also in paragraph
10this is your evidencethat concerns around food
security, including the possible need to increase food production,
perhaps represent an obstacle to the adaptation of forestry to
climate change. Could you just explain how you see the woodlands
under your control as being adaptable in any sense to climate
Mr Townsend: Taking several points there, if
I may, I think the starting-point is that we completely support
the need to secure food production and indeed see an increase
in food production in years to come. That is our starting-point,
if you like. We then see that trees can perform an important role
in the adaptation of productive landscapes, either through issues
Mark has already raised to do with management of water quality
or to do with protection of crops or to do with shade and shelter
for livestock and animal welfare issues. There is a whole range
of issues where perhaps trees as opposed to woodland can be important
in helping agricultural landscapes to adapt. There is nonetheless,
we recognise, a tension there between the need for food production
and land available for forestry. I think, in very productive landscapes,
we would see the focus being on the integration of trees into
the landscape as opposed to the widespread adoption of forestry.
In less productive landscapes, there is the opportunity for more
expansive use of forestry. Again, I think we would see that being
linked through to the provision of particular services. Water
management again is a very important one but also soil conservation,
issues to do with biodiversity and generating connected landscapes.
I think, as I suggested earlier, we need to view our estate which
is relatively modest but also woods in general in terms of how
they integrate into a productive landscape and how they contribute
to it, rather than being seen as something which is an alternative
to that landscape. I suppose it is a shift in emphasis and approach
and a shift in understanding of the way trees fit into a landscape.
I think historically they would have been more integrated. I think
that integration probably has shifted over the last century, but
there are lots of good reasons why we can now see the need to
integrate trees, woods and forests more into the productive, agricultural
Q177 Viscount Ullswater:
Is there a comment the Forestry Commission would like to make?
Mr Broadmeadow: I would fully support Mike's
comments that woodland and trees should be seen as part of the
toolkit of land managers. We do not believe that there needs to
be an issue between food security and woodland creation. The UK
Low Carbon Transition Plan highlighted what an additional 10,000
hectares per year of woodland could contribute over 15 years in
terms of climate change mitigation. That is 150,000 hectares of
woodland. That is not a huge area when you consider the amount
of agricultural land. If we get it right with a well thought-out
spatial framework looking to target woodland creation (a) onto
marginal land and (b) where the environmental co-benefits can
be maximised, then there need not be a real issue. There are also
large areas of contaminated land around where woodland has been
demonstrably effective in stabilising some of those contaminants
and being a productive land use for those areas that are otherwise
not likely to be productive. If we target woodland creation well,
there need not be a conflict.
Chairman: Who should have the overall responsibility
for that? Where should the overall responsibility for that sit?
Viscount Ullswater: Who is going to pay for
Q178 Chairman:
Mr Broadmeadow: I think there are two issues
there. One is who should have responsibility for ensuring that
we get any woodland creation programme right. I think there is
joint responsibility between Defra, the Forestry Commission and
Natural England and the broad range of stakeholders involved with
land management and land use. As far as who should pay for it,
again the UK Low Carbon Transition Plan said that, at the current
time, public finance is not an option for a step change in woodland
creation and that Government would look to support encouraging
private funding of woodland creation.
Mr Townsend: I would agree that there is joint
responsibility across the board for delivering different elements
of woodland creation and the need for more tree cover. I also
think that there are other EU directives, particularly the Water
Framework Directive and the Floods Directive, which help to guide
where some of this might happen. I think there are a number of
things coming together and in a way this White Paper supports
that integration of those different directives and guiding documents.
Some of the groundwork is there already and it is a matter really
of how we fund it and how we move it forward.
Mr Smithers: We will come on to it I am sure,
but in terms of the Common Agricultural Policy the vast bulk of
money goes to decoupled production payments and far less to rural
development. Of the latter, only just over ten per cent goes to
forestry. In a world of climate change and given all that trees
can do for us and for agriculture, it would be nice to think that
we could somehow reach a better balance.
Q179 Earl of Arran:
Just a quick question on the timetable set out in the White Paper.
I know you are aware of the two different phases. The first one
is for preparatory groundwork to 2012 and the second one is for
a comprehensive strategy from 2013 onwards. In your view is this
too slack? Is it too slow? Is it lacking in ambition? What are
your views about this?
Mr Townsend: I would say the urgency is there
and therefore I would not call it too slack. I think there is
a degree of autonomous adaptation going on already, particularly
in agriculture, so I think the need to put a framework in place
urgently is there. There are elements, as I was suggesting earlier,
in terms of other directives and other guidance, which lay some
of the groundwork for making things happen. I think the timetable
is realistic in the sense that there are some things that we can
get on with at a relatively early stage. The one thing we should
not do is allow some of the gaps in knowledge and some of the
uncertainty around those to delay things which we can see as being
"no regrets" options, if you like. I think there are
things that can be got on with even where there is potentially
a lack of complete evidence. Our view would be that the timetable
is probably OK.
Note by witness: There is no current concern over Dutch
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Granger poised to return as PNCR Leader
PNCR leader David Granger seems poised to retain the party's leadership during its 18th Biennial Congress next month as none of its leading members seem interested in challenging him for the top spot.
Carl Greenidge, who vied to be leader during the last congress and was Granger's closest rival, is not saying if he plans another challenge. Greenidge told Stabroek News that more important matters are engaging his attention at the moment. If he decided to challenge the leader, Greenidge might be Granger's strongest opponent.
The two men went head-to-head on two occasions in the last three years. On the first occasion, in 2011, they challenged each other for the party's presidential candidacy and Granger won, although the race was close.
In July of 2012, Greenidge challenged Granger again, this time to be the party's leader. He lost again. Sources had told Stabroek News that of the roughly 650 votes cast Granger won about two-thirds.
Oscar Clarke, General Secretary of the PNCR, was extremely tight-lipped when contacted by this newspaper for information on the upcoming congress. However, Stabroek News has been told that the PNCR will hold its congress from July 25 to July 26.
Several members of the party's Central Executive, including Joseph Harmon and Amna Ally, have expressed interest in retaining their roles on the Executive body, and both have expressed confidence in the leadership of Granger.
"No, no, I will not be challenging Mr Granger. I believe he is a good leader and he should be re-elected," Ally told this newspaper during a brief interview on Thursday. Harmon also told Stabroek News that he has "no interest in challenging the leader of the party."
Harmon said he believes Granger is doing a good job as a member of the Central Executive, and that he believes Granger is competent enough to retain the reins of the party. He also noted that Granger is well-liked in the party.
Granger also seems to have the support of the party's younger members. James Bond and Christopher Jones, both of whom are Members of Parliament, have said to Stabroek News that Granger has their support to retain the leadership. Jones, in particular, said Granger has honoured promises to include the party's younger members in its work. He pointed to the several new, young faces sitting on APNU's side of the National Assembly as testament to the fulfilment of the promises.
Meanwhile, PNCR chairman Basil Williams, when asked if he has intentions of challenging Granger, said, "Bai, I wukkin suh hard me ain' even know what you talking about."
Granger, who has been leader of the PNC for almost two years, has told this newspaper that he means to maintain the party's headship come congress. He is confident of his chances of retaining the post.
There is though, the question of Granger's age. He is 68 and will be turning 69 early next month and so there may be questions as to whether he has the stamina needed to take the party into the next general elections, as will be the case if he retains the position of PNC leader.
At least one veteran politician, though, former speaker of the house Ralph Ramkarran, believes that age means nothing, and will certainly not hurt Granger's ability to effectively lead.
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This news will certainly be hard to hear for Manchester United fans. Moyes has struggled to really establish consistency in charge at United, which has led the club's worst start in quite some time. Injuries have plagued the current holders this season as well, which made many believe Moyes would enter the market with a goal of bringing in temporary help at the very least.
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If Arsenal's current form continues, someone will have to track down that disgruntled fan from the first day defeat to Aston Villa, whose position behind Arsène Wenger's technical area and A3 sheet of paper adorned with "Spend Spend Spend" was a godsend to every photographer in the stadium.
Rarely in the history of modern football has the red cartridge of a standard inkjet desktop printer been pressed into more noble service than it was that day. After that game, the Arsenal Supporters Trust wrote an open letter to the board warning of Wenger holding "far too much power". The fans' "Black Scarf Movement" said "there hasn't been a poisonous atmosphere like this at Arsenal for over 30 years" over lack of investment in the squad and ticket prices.
Arsenal spent, and 44 days on from that defeat – for the time being – all is well with the world. They have won nine straight games in all competitions (including the Capital One Cup). They are Premier League leaders after a weekend in which none of the other four clubs who finished in the top five last season managed a win between them, including embarrassing defeats for both Manchester clubs.
On top of that, Wenger is accomplishing it with injuries to six first-team players. Manchester United are the crisis club de jour and the Emirates on Tuesday night for the Champions League visit of Napoli should, on the face of it, be one happy family.
Caveats? It is early days yet. Arsenal's fixture list in November and December looks much trickier. The old, deep-rooted issues are still there, especially around Wenger. But it is understandable that the club just want to enjoy the moment and the misfortune certain rivals are experiencing.
For the Arsenal board, it is all good news. Not least because they have always wanted to give Wenger a new contract, even in the dog days of those cup defeats to Bradford and Blackburn last season. Boardroom consensus on Wenger's future has always been solid. Their problem has been the PR around it.
In February, when The Sun claimed Wenger was about to sign a new deal, he got so angry at what he considered the paper's mocking tone, he turned on the wrong reporter with his unique variation on Taxi Driver's Travis Bickle: "Why do you look at me?"
Last week, the club's owner Stan Kroenke made it clear that it was a question of when, not if, Wenger would sign a new contract and no one batted an eyelid.
The new deal is a fait accompli. It could well take Wenger into his late 60s. In those last years he may yet add to the seven major trophies he has won so far at the club. He may do it this season. He may never. But at some point in the next few years the question of his successor will have to be addressed.
Arsenal, like United, do not go through managers recklessly. There have been 11 permanent appointees in the job, post-war. To put that in perspective, there have been 13 different prime ministers in the same period, many of them considerably more unpopular than Wenger was in his bleakest times.
The question of succession is always difficult and sensitive. Yet this is Arsenal, who were far-sighted enough to embark on the Emirates project when they could have stayed at Highbury and enjoyed their turn-of-the-millennium status as one of the two best clubs in the country. This, like that new stadium, cannot eventually be ignored.
In short, as Arsenal place their immediate future in the hands of the man whose 17th anniversary in the job is today, they should be asking what kind of club Wenger will one day leave behind. Always better to ask that question when you still have the time to plan for it.
While it is far too early to make any judgement on David Moyes, Arsenal will have watched closely how United handled Sir Alex Ferguson's departure. They will have noted that Moyes was anointed by his predecessor and that when the time came for Ferguson to retire there was never any question of one of his staff stepping up. Would it ever be different at Arsenal? For now, that looks highly unlikely.
The Wenger approach is captured beautifully by a snippet from Zlatan Ibrahimovic's autobiography which reflects what many who know the Arsenal manager also say. The 19-year-old Ibrahimovic is in Wenger's office at Arsenal's training ground with an official from his then club Malmo, discussing a possible transfer.
"Something about Wenger set me off," Ibrahimovic wrote. "He would leap up every so often to check who was outside his window. It seemed as if he wanted to keep an eye on everything."
Wenger is, as one of his former players told me recently, the kind of manager who cannot stop himself peering at the next training pitch to see what is going on, even midway through a first-team session. He is out there, Kroenke said last week, in thunderstorms, at 63, an age by which Ferguson had delegated training.
Kroenke made clear last week that the total power Wenger has exercised over Arsenal will not be depleted in his final years. He will continue to look out of his window and consider himself master of all he surveys. That will never change. Will that also extend to him, one day, like Ferguson, effectively appointing his own successor?
It is too easy to say that Wenger's successor will simply be defined by what he is left in the trophy cabinet – that if there is still no trophy since the last one in 2005 then the new man is on to a winner. It is more complex than that. Ferguson's last act for United was not just winning a 13th title, it was his role in selecting Moyes, and the first-team squad and academy he left behind. A set of factors with far-ranging effects.
The great managers, like Wenger, have transformative effects on the clubs they manage. Their statues adorn the stadium for evermore. But they very rarely oversee a smooth transition of power, and often they militate against it. As Wenger approaches what could be his last Arsenal contract, you wonder if this most obsessive, single-minded of managers has it in him to break that pattern.
Modern boots will hurt you in the pocket too
My colleague Ed Aarons uncovered last week major concerns at the highest levels in the game over the blade/stud combination design of modern football boots.
Those of you who have not bought a pair of boots for a while might be surprised to learn that a pair of the top-of-the-range Nike Hypervenoms cost £205. Adidas Predators top out at £220. Puma PowerCats cost £165. So if they don't split your head open, they will do some damage in your pocket.
How gross was Poyet's misconduct anyway?
As Gus Poyet occupies the favourite's position for the vacant Sunderland job, Brighton have still not explained what constituted his "gross misconduct" charge that led to his suspension and eventual sacking. Could it be that it amounted to very little and that Brighton are counting on Poyet not taking legal action against them? Either way, it need not give Sunderland cause for concern.Reuse content


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Top Ten Conservative Idiots (Week 45)
19, 2001
Thanks For Nothing Edition
It's turkey time! No, not Thanksgiving - I'm talking about
this week's entries on the Top Ten list. Topping the chart
this week is good old CNN, who are really plumbing the depths
with their hot new on-air personality. Katherine Harris (2)
returns (please let this be the last time) and Lynne Cheney
(3), clearly suffering from an absence of Dick, has decided
to start blackballing liberal college professors. Meanwhile,
George W. Bush (5) reappears on the list after suddenly realizing
that New York voted for Gore, the Christian fundamentalists
(6) are about to suffer a nasty shock, and while Lynne Cheney
may be having trouble getting hold of Dick, we know where
he is - hiding out at numbers 7 and 8 this week. Bringing
up the rear are our fine "intelligence" agencies
(9), and we've got two tied for number 10 this week. Enjoy!
We've been chronicling CNN's transformation from serious news
network to third-rate infotainment channel/government propaganda
machine for some time now, but last week marked a new low
for the once-proud station. If you're still in any doubt that
the name "Bush" is synonymous with "success through under-achievement,"
CNN's latest hiring - failed radio DJ and first cousin of
Dubya, Billy Bush. Billy was fired from his morning show on
Washington's banal Z104 for continuously low ratings, and
you can't argue with a resume like that. No wonder CNN snapped
him up so quickly. What, you think they hired him because
he's related to the President? You think that pairing him
with Fox News defector Paula Zahn will help boost the all-important
right-wingnut demographic that CNN has been gagging for lately?
Don't be silly. When you're looking for a new morning anchor,
you look for quality, substance and experience
- and that can be summed up in just two words - Billy Bush.
He's got so much depth and gravitas, he doesn't even have
to comb his hair. For a great example of Billy's journalistic
skills, click here.
And here.
What is wrong with Katherine Harris? It's just that every
time more information comes out about what a dreadful job
she did in Florida, she seems to think it means the complete
opposite (see Idiots passim.) After last week's NORC ballot
study conclusively proved that Al Gore would have won if all
the votes had been counted, Katherine Harris said
she felt "vindicated." But... but... I don't understand. What
the study showed was that if Harris had done her job and
made sure all the votes were counted then their boy would
have lost. So how does this put Ms. Harris in the clear? Well,
it doesn't. Unless by "I feel vindicated, I followed the law,"
she actually meant, "It really doesn't matter what I say because
nobody's going to report that I'm lying anyway. Frankly I
could tell you that I shot JFK and invaded Poland and no one
would bat an eyelid. Hey everybody, I did it! I fixed the
election so George W. Bush would win! Tell you what, why don't
you get Billy Bush to check into it? I hear he's a top-class
investigative reporter HA HA HA."
While hubby Dick continues to hang out in his hidey-hole,
wife Lynne has been spending her free time knitting, playing
bridge, and engaging in a spot of patriotic McCarthyism. Last
week, the conservative group "American Council of Trustees
and Alumni" (founder: Lynne Cheney) named
40 college professors whom they considered to be unpatriotic.
These professors have been labeled as part of the "blame America
first crowd" for, as an example, daring to suggest that there
may be a similarity between the suffering of American citizens
after September 11 and the suffering of Afghan citizens who
are living in a war zone. Apparently this is evidence that
campuses are "hostile to the US government" and should presumably
be, what, shut down? Cordoned off? Yes, I suppose it would
be too much to expect university professors to actually teach
students to think for themselves instead of just parroting
whatever spin spews forth from the government's propaganda
machine. Come on, Lynne, be fair. They can't be forced to
watch CNN all the time you know.
W. Bush
We pointed out a couple of weeks ago (see Idiots 43) that
President Bush was reconsidering his bold pledge to help New
York - and now it's official.
Last week a House committee was pressured by the White House
to vote down a measure which would have provided billions
of dollars to help New York rebuild. So while big business
is suddenly reaping the reward of massive government handouts,
New Yorkers will have to find another way to recover from
the September 11 attacks. Funny really, I could have sworn
Bush took his bullhorn up to the top of that pile of rubble
at Ground Zero and told emergency workers, "I hear you."
But it appears what he actually meant was, "Sorry, you're
all going to have to pull yourselves up by the bootstraps.
Good luck. If you need me, I'll be in Crawford." Still
that's our George - always a man of integrity. Who you can
really trust.
It's common knowledge that Christian Fundamentalists have
a big problem with Disney - you know, the whole "treat
gays with respect" thing, not to mention complaints of
violent movie-making from some of Disney's subsidiaries -
but the proverbial shit is about to hit the proverbial fan
down in Crisco-land. Disney has just acquired
the Fox Family Network from Robert Murdoch's Newscorp, and
- surprise! - packaged along with the deal comes the Christian
Broadcasting Network and Pat Robertson's "The 700 Club."
Hilariously, the Christian right have been boycotting Disney
for several years now, so they may be faced with a bit of
a conundrum: either stop persecuting their fellow human beings,
or miss out on their daily dose of Pat. It makes one wonder
- just what would Jesus do? And just out of interest,
does the Christian Broadcasting Network have to give benefits
to same-sex partners now?
Ashcroft and Dick Cheney
Has anyone seen the Constitution? I swear I just turned
my back on it for five seconds and when I came back it had
disappeared. Last week John Ashcroft and Dick Cheney ham-fistedly
George W. Bush's new plan to try suspected terrorists before
military tribunals, bypassing their constitutional right to
a fair trial. Don't worry though, it doesn't apply to US citizens,
so it should at least put them fur'ners in their place. Anyway,
here's Cheney's take on the concept of trying suspected terrorists:
"They don't deserve the same guarantees and safeguards that
would be used for an American citizen going through the normal
judicial process," Cheney said. Isn't that peachy? Now that
I think of it, nobody accused of a crime deserves these protections
- after all, they're suspected criminals! They should be locked
up, post haste! Perhaps we should start a pool on how long
it'll be before the Bush administration starts narrowing that
definition of "American citizen" down to "patriotic
American citizen," eh? Interestingly, groups like the
NRA (who are so concerned about this kind of "slippery
slope") don't seem to think that there's a problem with
this. Sheesh, there was me thinking that they were all about
Constitutional rights, and now I find out that all
they care about is guns! How foolish of me...
Cheney (again)
Dick Cheney has been spotted! And he really has been
in a hidey-hole. Except he wasn't hiding from terrorists -
he was hiding from, um, ducks. Yes, our bold Veep recently
pissed off the locals in Union Vale, NY, after deciding that
the middle of a high-alert situation would be a good time
to splatter some wildlife. Two days before Halloween, Cheney
decided to go for a romp in the backwoods of New York state
armed only with his rifle, a team of snipers, some fighter
jets, and a convoy of government vehicles. Must be some damn
tough ducks up there in New York. Anyway, the locals were
naturally annoyed that they couldn't get their cars through
town because the vice-president had blocked off all the traffic
so he could sit in a duck blind for a couple of hours. And
in case you were wondering, this did all happen during
a period of "high alert," as ordained by Tom Ridge.
Good job Dick can still get his jollies while the rest of
us sit around wondering what the hell's going to happen next.
Intelligence Agencies
U.K.'s Sunday Times reported
last week that the FBI and the CIA have been told to "think
outside the box" to solve the problems of terrorism,
so that's exactly what they're doing. Since 1970, the US government
has apparently been employing teams of psychics to help combat,
um, communism. The program ended in 1995, coincidentally around
the same time that Miss Cleo started appearing on my television
screen to announce that my aura was poopy. But Miss Cleo could
soon be back on the government payroll, because the program
is being reintroduced to help fight the war against terrorism.
According to the Sunday Times, "Prudence Calabrese,
whose Transdimensional Systems employs 14 remote viewers,
confirmed that the FBI had asked the company to predict likely
targets of future terrorist attacks. 'Our reports suggest
a sports stadium could be a likely target,' she said."
Whoo.. that's some pretty impressive ESP skills there, bucko.
Oh, and one other thing... does anyone know what the Harry
Potter book-burners have to say about their government agencies
employing psychics? Just wondering.
Gerald K. Hege and Rep. Jane Baker (tie)
going to take a break for Thanksgiving next week, so here's
a special twofer to keep you going till we get back. First
up is Sheriff Gerald K. Hege of North Carolina, who apparently
has a penchant for dressing his deputies up in berets and
jackboots, but that's another story. He's on the list because
the Las Vegas Sun reported
last week that the good sheriff has been sending a very special
holiday card this year. The card apparently shows Hege holding
the severed head of Osama bin Laden, above the words "Happy
Ramadan!" It's all very funny until you realize that
many American Muslims don't find it particularly amusing to
juxtapose a murderous religious maniac's head with their holy
month. Hege laughed this off, but presumably he wouldn't be
too happy if he got a card this year featuring the severed
head of Pat Robertson above the words "Happy Christmas!"
finally, here's
a ridiculous story spotted in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:
"A Pennsylvania legislator has announced she will seek
a second term next year even though she claims in a $7.5 million
lawsuit that she "needs help with reading and understanding
material and carrying on conversations" due to brain and other
injuries she suffered in a car wreck. Rep. Jane Baker, a 56-year-old
Republican, says in her lawsuit that the injuries make her
"virtually unemployable" outside the Legislature."
Thanksgiving everyone, and we'll see you in two weeks!
a Conservative for Next Week's List


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- Online Tutoring for our classes
- Sample template to guide you through shared reading preparations.
- On Being Intimidated at First Discussion Questions I Wish I'd Thought of Then
- Student Learning Style Survey Understanding how you, as an individual, learn. Essential to answerability in learning. Link from the Ted Nellen Website.
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- Discovering your identity in learning
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- Paul Brians' Site at Washington State University.
- Nicholas Burbules' Page on Philosophy and Theory At The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne.
- Contemporary Philosophy, Critical Theory and Postmodern Thought Well organized list of links by Martin Ryder, University of Colorado at Denver, School of Education
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Evaluating Internet Resources
- Evaluating Hoax Emailwith samples, including an old one about charging for email that's going around again. Link updated March 29, 2004.
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Don't be afraid of scavenging through what appears to be "junk"! I found an amazing Civil War surgical case in this pile! It's beautifully detailed and a rare find. I'm always intrigued by what I discover in the most unexpected places. Remember… it's the "thrill of the hunt"! Enjoy and don't be scared of a little dirt!
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A resolution urging the convocation of a Zionist Congress for Latin American countries in Montevideo, on March 3, 1945, was adopted here at a two-day conference arranged jointly by the Latin-American department of the Jewish Agency for Palestine and of the Keren Hayesod. Delegates from sixteen Latin-American countries participated.
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State Trooper Tim Ghoshons vow to ticket his mother, Addie Gibson, for not wearing her seat belt inspired one of the ads Arkansas State Police are running to remind motorists to buckle up.
State Police officials last week unveiled a series of television spots theyre running in advance of the states new primary seat belt law, which takes effect at the end of the month.
Under current law, not wearing a seat belt is a secondary violation, meaning motorists could not be pulled over for that offense but could be ticketed if they were stopped for some other reason.
In one of the spots, Gibson portrays a driver pulled over by her son, a state trooper.
If I would give my own mother a ticket, I wouldnt think twice about giving you one, the trooper in the ad says.
Gibson, a 49-year resident of Jacksonville, said the TV commercial was inspired partly by a story she used to tell about her son, who died from leukemia in 2005 at the age of 40 after serving in law enforcement for 13 years.
Gibson said Ghoshon had twice warned her about not wearing her seat belt when driving to his house.
The third time, he told her, Mom, you have been told to wear your seat belt. If I catch you out somewhere without your seat belt on, Im going to write you a ticket, Gibson recalled.
And he was serious, he was not smiling, she explained, because, if he was in law enforcement, he was expecting for his family to do the law first and then spread it out. He was really expecting for the family to do what they were supposed to do.
One of the troopers from the Arkansas State Police headquarters called me because he was at Tims funeral and heard me tell the story. Because theyre getting ready to enforce the seat-belt law, he said, Well hey, why dont I just get her and we can do a commercial?, Gibson said.
She agreed to do the commercial as a way to memorialize her son and also let people know that the seat-belt law will change.
Gibson, who is chairwoman of the Concerned Citizens of Jacksonville, is always trying to make peoples lives better.
The Concerned Citizens of Jacksonville is a multi-purpose organization doing whatever they can to assist the Jacksonville community, she said.
The group regularly maintains Johnson Cemetery on Military Road. We always try to make sure its cleaned up, Gibson said.
On her own, Gibson speaks to the elderly about the local health services available to them. I have a lady that I take to the doctor free of charge, Gibson said.
Gibson is also an active member of Keep Jacksonville Beautiful and the Jacksonville Housing Authority.
Considering her humanitarian record, its no wonder she was willing to lend her image to the seat-belt campaign.
The spot in which she stars is among several others the State Police are airing around the state, dubbing the new restrictions as a law you can live with.
Col. Winford Phillips, director of Arkansas State Police, said he hopes to educate motorists about the new law with the ads. But State Police officials also said that there would not be any grace period where drivers would be given warnings instead of tickets.
If youre stopped for some other violation or youre seen not wearing your seat belt, there will be some sort of enforcement action taken, said Maj. Ed Wolfe, highway patrol commander for the states eastern region.
Phillips said he didnt expect the department would see a spike in tickets issued for seat-belt violations and said police werent looking at it as a new way to make money.
The reason for this law is not to generate revenue or to write tickets, Phillips said. Its to have the law enforced and followed by the citizens of the state.
Civil rights groups remain wary of the new law, warning that it could open the door to harassment of minority drivers by police.
Dale Charles, head of the Arkansas NAACP, said he expected to see an increase in the number of black and Hispanic drivers pulled over around the state because of the new law.
We still feel this is the worst law thats been passed with no data collection, no system set up to monitor the overzealous use of the process when it relates to African Americans, Charles said.
Sen. Hank Wilkins IV, who sponsored the seat-belt law, defended the measure and said that not everyone from the NAACP opposed it.
Wilkins also noted that he backed a companion bill requiring the state to set up a hotline for callers to report complaints of racial profiling.
Gibson says that, regardless of color issues, the law is a great idea and that those breaking the law should be punished. Now, whoever gets into [her] car, the car does not move until everybody has their seat belt on.
And she thinks that her son would be pleased about the changes. If he were alive, hed be enforcing the law even more because its becoming law.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and GOP challenger Sharon Angle are neck and neck in Nevada's Senate race, according to a poll today for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and KLAS-TV.
The survey by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research shows Reid with 43% and Angle with 42% of support from likely Nevada voters. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Reid, whose favorable ratings have been relatively low all year, had been gaining ground in polls after GOP voters nominated Angle in June. In today's poll, both Reid and Angle were viewed favorably by 38% of voters.
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The Premier Dance Academy was established in 1994 by its principal, Tania Whelan. Prior to this time the Academy was well known as The Sayers Dance Centre. Tania is a fully registered teacher with the Royal Academy of Dancing (R.A.D) after gaining her Teaching Certificate with Distinction and later her Teaching Diploma.
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BURLINGTON — Gov. Peter Shumlin welcomed Associate Justice Geoffrey Crawford to the Vermont Supreme Court on Wednesday at the Costello Courthouse in Burlington.
Speakers at the swearing-in ceremony cheered the former Chittenden Superior Court judge's addition to the state's highest court of appeals, acknowledging Crawford's wit, humor, compassion, intelligence and ability to do the job.
State Administrative Judge Amy Davenport described the positive influence Crawford will likely bring to the court. She said Crawford connects personally with every member of his staff, he adds humor to the courtroom and brings an "out-of-the-box" perspective to his work.
She cited an example when Crawford heard a case as a criminal court judge in Washington County involving a person who was charged with driving while intoxicated, which typically carried a fine of $400. The minimum fee was a norm of the court that everyone complied with, Davenport said.
"In every case it was a $400 fine and it had been like that for years," she said.
It was Crawford's first assignment in the criminal court, she said. Crawford took the plea agreement, which included the $400 fee, crossed it out and wrote in $250 because he did not believe the defendant could afford the fee, Davenport said.
"A shockwave," she said. "Through the State's Attorneys Office, through the entire county."
That's just one example of Crawford's character that will improve the administration of justice, Davenport said.
"I have no doubt that he will do an amazing job. But I also have no doubt that 111 State Street is not going to be the same again," she said.
Crawford will join four other justices on the bench: Chief Justice Paul Reiber and Associate Justices John Dooley, Marilyn Skoglund and Beth Robinson. Crawford replaces retiring Justice Brian Burgess, who was appointed by former Republican Gov. Jim Douglas in 2005.
During the swearing-in ceremony, Crawford greeted his new colleagues by recognizing their admirable qualities while also teasing them for their personal reputations.
Dooley, he said, is known for his intelligence but has scarred Crawford by the many times he has reversed lower court's rulings, tattooing the "scarlet R for reversed" across his forehead.
Robinson adds qualities of balance and decency to the court, he said, sometimes making others feel like children.
Skoglund, whose personality indicates that she came directly from the Canterbury Tales, a series of medieval stories, is funny and quick, he said.
Lastly, he said Reiber arrived on the bench "fully grown, like Pallas Athena, emerging from the forehead of Jim Douglas," and is now universally esteemed by trial judges.
Crawford started his career practicing law for O'Neill, Crawford and Green in Burlington. He then served as a trial court judge before he was appointed by former Democratic Gov. Howard Dean to the state Superior Court in 2002. Most recently, he served as a judge in Chittenden Superior Court.


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Best Practices to Protect the Cardholder Data Environment and Achieve PCI Compliance
Best Practices to Protect the Cardholder Data Environment and Achieve PCI Compliance
This white paper explains the best practices to protect cardholder data and other valuable information. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a standard created to help organizations secure cardholder processing environments.
Learn how to monitor the vulnerabilities on your network and much more after reading this resource. Some of the best practices of PCI compliance include a formal security policy and broad communication. Securing the cardholder environment is vital to gaining the trust of your consumers and an information security policy can help communicate company security goals.
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