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So who are these new people?
All of them come from Zodiac Guard. I've seen the guild around, but one of the guys told me that the Raid leader stopped playing and things have been kind of stagnant from there.
Gutsy - Disc/Holy priest from Zodiac guard. He came from the Realm forums in our recruit post. I'm not sure if we really needed any more priests, as would like a paladin or a druid but any good healer is always welcome.
Augment - Combat rogue. Hard to look at any rogue after having Roshii around (but mind you he is in heroic gear so really can't compare!!!)
Entranosh - Blood/Frost DK. Came as a tank, but Fue likes him as a DPS atm. I think we need a tank :)
Fallnapart - only joined on Thursday, didn't raid on Wednesday. Fury/Prot.
So how do you think it will turn out? Over the years I have been cautious when large groups of people come - I don't want to be too reliant on them as when they leave enmasse if they are unsatisfied then it leaves gaping holes in our roster again. However, I like to ensure they get a Frostwolves welcome - after all, we're not hard core snobs, we are a guild, and we are nice people.
Anyway, back to the raid last night.
So we looked at Beth'tilac heroic for the first time. All I can say is OH... MY... GOD.
I don't think I have pumped out that much healing for any other fight in Firelands. All of us were all 16k+ HPS and still health was low. The main problem would have to be the spiderlings. I really think that a mage would be best on that fight. Though Souglyy is good DPS, it may be because she hadn't read up the fight or watched the video that made it a bit difficult for her to know what exactly to do (or it could be her spec). You're supposed to "block" the spiderlings (I think) from getting to the raid and exploding and putting poison on the ground. But you have to kill them as well. So I'm not exactly sure what the deal was, but a lot of spiderlings were getting through and puddles of poison were everywhere. And then when the Drone fixated on one of the spiderling killers it would run all the way over there and that was crap because then all the spiderlings reached the drone. It just seemed really really hard. And it felt like our DPS wasn't quite up to it. Anyway, it was only our first time there, and you know how it is, you go for the first time and it seems impossibly hard but after getting a strat down you, you get the hang of it.
So last night all we did was Rhyolith and Shannox and had a look at Beth. Tonight we will go finish off Alysrazor and Baleroc (gulp!) and then go back to Beth'tilac again to see if we can figure out any ideas to make it work.
Vanquisher legs dropped from Shannox. I let Roshii have them. Hwired (teasingly) said "Oh, what? Are you giving those to Roshii? Hasn't he got enough heroic gear?" But maybe if he gets one piece he will stop sulking and then I can get the rest of what I need :) After all, I'm happy now, I have one piece of tier and at least I have something to show for being in Heroic Firelands.
The other group got heroic Shannox down too. But they are doing the rest on normal. I think they should at least do Rhyolith or even Alys because Alysrazor was reasonably easy on heroic I think compared to things like Baleroc and even Majordomo.
Unfortunately, I am at work while typing this, and it looks like I'll be at work for a while. Which means I might miss raid. Which will be crap. I hate letting my raid buddies down!
Anyway, fingers crossed I can make it to the raid tonight. I would like to try my hand at Baleroc healing - everyone tells me how druids are the highest on the healing for that, but it really depends who you let get the stacks. If you let the druids get it then of course we will be highest, but if you let the paladins, then of course they will be the highest.


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January 28, 2011
Fantasy Beat
Reviewing the First Expert Draft
Given the fact that my article from earlier this week was relevant for all of thirty minutes, I am not going to focus on any one particular player with this piece. This past Monday night, many fantasy notables—which included three of my AL Tout Wars competitors—gathered in Las Vegas to participate in the FSTA 13 team mixed league draft. As the first expert draft of the season, this draft gives us a peek at how the experts are viewing players, as opposed to those who are spending their time mock drafting over at mockdraftcentral.com.
I have normally been someone who has done only auction drafts, but having helped run the NFBC drafts these past two seasons, I have seen just how revered ADP is with players in those types of leagues. It is always helpful to see where the "experts" are tracking guys, because these are the same people who are producing the draft kits with which your own leaguemates are doing their draft prep. It also affects your own draft planning, because it helps you track which players the experts are going to start pushing up the charts these final few weeks, and which ones will start coming down, possibly causing you to re-think your own plans.
In between fever-induced coughing fits, I took the FSTA draft results and compared them to the ADP of the last 116 mixed mock drafts over at mockdraftcentral and found some rather interesting results. Here are the top five players that had the biggest difference between their draft slot at FSTA and their ADP:
· David Freese: 168/397 (+229)
· Neil Walker: 142/344 (+202)
· Yunel Escobar: 183/380 (+197)
· Koji Uehara: 197/394 (+197)
· Austin Jackson: 140/331 (+191)
I am at a loss to explain why Freese exceeded his ADP by that much. There is nothing in his established skill set to suggest he is on the verge of some kind of breakout, and even if you look at the three months he played last year, it was clear that the league was starting to figure him out by June. The only other factor to consider was the talent pool at the position when he was drafted, because if you examine the draft results at the link above, there was a very sharp drop-off. On the other hand, Walker's jump can be explained by the fact that he qualifies at second base and profiles as an above-average bat at that position. The former top prospect finally stayed relatively healthy and put up the kind of numbers people have long expected of him. Now that he is entering his statistical prime, pundits believe he will continue to improve and are willing to ignore his ADP.
Escobar, like Freese, was a matter of available talent. Sure, he might hit 10+ home runs in the new bandbox of the American League but I like the pick of Danny Espinosa at 245 better than Escobar at 183. Uehara has two of the big skills pundits drool over for closer – a high K/9 and a high K/BB. Uehara quietly had a very good season outside of a few blow-ups against the Yankees. He also ended the season with elbow pain and has a history of injury issues making his overdraft an extremely questionable move. Jackson, like a lot of speedsters, got overdrafted. Yes, he had 27 steals last year but he also had a .400 BABIP and struck out 28% of the time last year. If one expects his chances to get on base to come down with BABIP regression, then certainly his stolen base production comes down. Since that is where a lot of his value lies, this was an extremely risky reach.
Conversely, here were the five players that were drafted well below their ADPs:
· Ryan Ludwick: 339/142 (-197)
· Alex Gonzalez: 344/156 (-188)
· Johan Santana: 313/203 (-110)
· Aubrey Huff: 213/108 (-105)
· Scott Rolen: 307/203 (-104)
Clearly the pundits see what the mock drafters do not with Ludwick, and that is bad trends. Yes, he hit .299 with 37 home runs and 113 RBI in 2008, but that was in St. Louis with an inflated hit rate and a sky high HR/FB ratio. Welcome to Petco, where fly balls go to die. His hit rate has normalized, his HR/FB ratio is half of what it was back in 2008, and the home park won't help that any. 2010 was the first time Gonzalez has had more than 435 at bats since 2004, and yet mock drafters are all in on him after seeing his 23 home run season last season. He hit 10 of his 23 home runs last season in the first five scoring periods in the home run derby played in the Rogers Centre and hit just 13 more over the remaining 21 scoring periods. Santana's drop is all about the recovery from shoulder surgery and the fact that mock drafters see less risk than a real competition. After all, Santana's K/BB ratio has been in a six-year slide from an impossible 5.3 to a more human 2.6.
Huff may have the cool rally thong, but I'm not sure why he was slighted this much unless people believe in patterns. Since 2006, Huff's HR/FB ratio has been 15%, 8%, 15%, 9%, and 14% last season. If people expect that trend to continue, than there is a reason for Huff to slide that far down past his ADP. However, he showed more patience at the plate last season than ever before while maintaining the rest of his skills, and I do not foresee that much of a drop-off for him myself. Lastly, Rolen's 475 at-bats last season were his most since the 2006 season and his HR/FB hit double digits for the first time since that same season in 2010. Do you pick the guy who hit 20 home runs in 471 at bats last season or the guy who hit 30 in his previous 1275 at bats? At his age, I am banking on the latter.
We still have LABR, FP911 Invitational, and Tout Wars left on the Expert League circuit to help line up where the experts are compared to the rest of the mock drafters, but the FSTA draft was a nice early peek and where things are lining up so far. If you would like to see the full break down of pick compared to ADP for the draft, see this google spreadsheet of the results.
Jason Collette is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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Brian Oakchunas
MDC's ADPs are heavily influenced by their own default rankings. If MDC has Walker defaulted at 355, the draft participants don't notice him in their list until they are in the 300s. If they had him defaulted at 155 it would be a different story.
Jan 28, 2011 12:48 PM
Agreed - but this is also the time of year where the seriousness starts to kick into high gear as the high stakes players start prepping more intensely. I will be curious to see where Walker's value is 2 weeks from now compared to where it was this week.
Jan 28, 2011 13:24 PM
Dave Scott
I am forced to assume ADP stands for Average Draft Position, but I would prefer these acronyms be spelled out at least once.
Jan 29, 2011 08:44 AM
Kevin Wilson
I appreciate that you put the word "experts" in quotes. Professionals might be a better choice of words, given the fact that very, very few seem to be significantly better at predicting the future than average serious player.
Jan 29, 2011 15:23 PM
Thank you. Yes, I play in two national expert leagues but I respect most of the owners in my own local leagues just as much. They constantly remind me that I won one of my expert leagues last year but finished out of the money in one of my local leagues.
Jan 29, 2011 19:25 PM
Rob McQuown
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That will teach you to draft Jacoby Ellsbury, as that can ruin a team right quick.
Feb 01, 2011 21:24 PM
It seems to me that the "stay away" warning from guys drafted much lower than their ADP is inherently more valuable than the "buy low" suggestion from the guys who went considerably earlier. One guy with a hunch about a guy like Walker, Freese, or Escobar (I think he's the best example) will cause him to show much higher than ADP, but someone dropping an extra 100-200 slots from ADP means that each of the twelve experts passed on him several times after his normal slot. To me, that's much more telling. I'm planning on taking the list of guys who went significantly lower than slot and putting them on a big "no draft" list.
Jan 30, 2011 18:58 PM
Yes! If you thought Neil Walker was a sleeper in your draft - think again. If you had Ludwick projected highly, it is time to re-evaluate that projection and see where you went wrong. I saw a guy in a high stakes NFBC league last season take Chipper Jones within the first 80 picks; I had to turn away to hide my laughter.
Jan 31, 2011 06:24 AM
Shandler's draft is very interesting in that he picks several "overreaches" within his first 10, at least as compared to ADP position. Braun, Konerko, etc.
Jan 31, 2011 14:08 PM
...and Shandler took Ethier in the 2nd round, Napoli in the 7th. Dont get me wrong Shandler is the man, just noting the overreaches is all.
Jan 31, 2011 14:09 PM
I just noticed that Chris Young (CF-AZ) is listed at an ADP of 192. How can that be right? I mean, I know he's never going to win a batting crown, but he's 26, he's ranked in just about everyone's top 70, and he finished last year No. 38 on the ESPN player rater, and roughly the same on Yahoo. Am I missing something here?
Feb 01, 2011 19:00 PM
Over the past five seasons, he's had just two seasons of $20+ value in NL only leagues and those 2008 and 2009 seasons ring loudly in drafter's ears. I think that is a very nice bargain right now but I don't expect it to be there in March as more mock drafters get serious about their draft prep.
Feb 02, 2011 04:24 AM
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PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team made it interesting on Friday night at The Palestra, but the Quakers had enough left in the tank down the stretch as they knocked off Cornell, 90-83.
With the win, Penn improved to 2-2 in Ivy play, 5-13 overall. Cornell entered the night as the only NCAA Division I program in the country without a win over a Division I opponent -- its win came over Division 3 Oberlin College -- and that stayed true as the Big Red fell to 1-18 overall, 0-5 in Ivy play.
Penn's 90 points were a high in the Jerome Allen coaching era, and in fact were the most scored by the Quakers in a regulation game since a 94-92 loss to this same Cornell program back in the 2007-08 season.
Penn led Friday's game by 18 points at halftime, and it was a 19-point game early in the second half. However, Cornell was able to get within single digits of the Quakers with 12 minutes still to play and was down by just five with more than eight minutes to play.
Penn did not let the Red get any closer than that, and used a 9-2 run over a 2:28 span that pushed the Quakers' lead back up to 12, at 80-68, with four minutes to go. After that, it was up to the Red and Blue to hit their foul shots and they did, especially sophomore Tony Hicks who was 7-of-8 at the stripe in the final few minutes including 6-of-6 in the final 28 seconds.
The two teams were pretty much even with eight minutes still left in the first half, Penn's lead a pedestrian 28-26, before the Quakers scored 11 straight to jump out by 13. Miles Jackson-Cartwright led the charge, starting it with a jumper and capping it with two more buckets on his way to 15 first-half points.
Cornell finally answered with a basket by Nolan Cressler, but then freshman Matt Howard (career-high 7 points, all in the first half) took charge with a personal five-point run that extended Penn's lead to 44-28 with four minutes left before halftime. The lead was still 15 when Cornell threw a sloppy inbounds pass at the end of the period, which Jackson-Cartwright collected and hit a running three-pointer at the buzzer.
Hicks ended the game with 27 points, two shy of the total he put up against the Big Red last year in Ithaca. The sophomore guard was 9-of-13 from the field and also had a career-high seven assists. Senior Fran Dougherty had another strong game offensively, going 7-of-9 from the field for 17 points, and he also had 10 rebounds forhis fourthdouble-double this season. His classmate, Jackson-Cartwright, had a hot start and finished the night with 19 points.
For Cornell, Cressler had 22 points, while Devin Cherry and Darryl Smith had 15 each. David Onuorah scored 11 points and pulled down nine boards for the Big Red.
Penn is back in action here at The Palestra on Saturday night, hosting Columbia at 7 p.m. The Lions defeated Princeton on Friday night and is 3-2 in league play coming into Philadelphia.
Game Notes: Penn scored 90 points in regulation for the first time since March 7, 2008 (a 94-92 loss to Cornell) … Penn's 50-point first half was a high in the Jerome Allen coaching era and marked just the second time this season the Quakers scored at least 50 points in a half; the other came at Rider, when Penn had 52 second-half points … Penn's 18-point halftime lead was its largest at the break this season … Penn shot 61.1 percent from the field, a team high this season … Penn won for the first time this season when its opponent shot better than 45 percent from the field (previously 0-4) as Cornell shot 46.0 percent … Penn also won the for the first time this season when allowing an opponent to score at least 80 points (previously 0-5) … Penn used its ninth different starting lineup this season … Sophomore Tony Hicks scored 27 points, his fourth game with 20 or more points this season (eighth at Penn) and 14th double-figure game this season (29th at Penn) … Hicks led Penn in scoring for the seventh time in the last eight games (six outright), he is averaging 17.5 ppg in those eight games … Hicks also had seven assists, a career high … Senior Miles Jackson-Cartwright scored 19 points, his 10th double-figure scoring game this season and 62nd at Penn … Jackson-Cartwright has scored in double figures in each of the last four games, averaging 16.3 ppg during that stretch … Senior Fran Dougherty recorded 17 points and 10 rebounds for his fourth double-double this season and eighth at Penn … It was Dougherty's 10th double-figure scoring game this season and 20th at Penn … Dougherty led Penn in rebounding for the 10th time this season … Dougherty has snared nine or more rebounds in 10 of Penn's last 13 games … Dougherty also played a career-high 38 minutes … Senior Steve Rennard made his first start since Feb. 2, 2013 -- coincidentally, also at home against Cornell --played a season-high 25 minutes, and tied a season best with two steals … Freshman Matt Howard scored a season/career high with seven points, all in the first half … Jackson-Cartwright now has 1,296 points for his career which is 17th in Penn history; he passed Joe Sturgis (1,292 from 1954-56) on Friday night. Tryone Pitts (1,301 points from 1985-88) is 16th, while Tony Price (1,322 from 1977-79) is 15th.
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NVIDIA GeForce 8M: DirectX 10 Goes Mobileby Jarred Walton on 5/9/2007 1:00 PM EST
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Scipio Africanus - Sunday, June 24, 2007 - linkNot to nitpick, but the introduction comment about nvidia dominating ati at the midlevel is not right. The 7600 and X1600 Mobility were competitive with each other. The mobile version of the 7600 had only 8 pipelines, instead of the desktop version's 12. Consequently, depending on the game, one was faster than the other or vice versa. This was extensively benchmarked on notebookreview forums. Reply
JarredWalton - Friday, August 31, 2007 - linkAll I know is I have an Mobile X1700 and a Go 7700. The latter spanks the heck out of the former. (That would be the ASUS A8Js vs. the ASUS G2P.) Reply
ChrisLilley - Thursday, May 10, 2007 - linkI think the workstation column is wrong. For series 7, the workstation lineup is 350M (low end), 1500M (midrasnge) and 2500M, 3500M (high end, 3500m is an overclocked 2500M) as follows:
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0298.1 = "NNVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0299.1 = "NNVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029A.1 = "NNVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029B.1 = "NNVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D8.1 = "NNVIDIA GeForce Go 7400"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DA.1 = "NNVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DC.1 = "NNVIDIA Quadro FX 350M"
The known released GPU IDs for 8xxxM are as follows
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0407.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0409.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GS"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_040D.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0425.1 = "NNVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0427.1 = "NNVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0428.1 = "NNVIDIA GeForce 8400M G"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0429.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_042B.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_042D.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M"
That makes the 1600M a replacement for the 1500m, based on 8600GS and midrange ('performance'). The 5700 should be under 'mainstream'. The enthusiast or perhaps 'heavy cad' cards - the replacements for the 2500M and 3500M - are, just like the enthusiast gaming cards, not released and likely waiting for a die shrink. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, May 10, 2007 - linkI'm going by the classification NVIDIA gave the various cards on one of the slides. Note that existing products are not included in the tables, only the new stuff, so outside of the mGPU parts (business) all of the cards are presumably DX10 capable. I would expect that the "enthusiast" 1600M is no faster than the other 8M parts listed, but there were no details on clock speeds or features of the workstation chips. I'm not sure any of the workstation parts listed are even shipping yet; most likely they are only being announced right now pending actual use in notebooks. I can check with NVIDIA for more details on those parts, though.... Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, May 10, 2007 - linkhttp://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_42274.html">More details on mobile Quadro cards are available here. Basically, they are all DX10 parts, and the 1600M will probably be similar to the 8600M GT. Possibly it will be tuned such that the performance offered in workstation apps will be worthy of inclusion in the "enthusiast" range, although I'd say "workstation enthusiast" is a bit of an oxymoron. :) Reply
ChrisLilley - Saturday, May 12, 2007 - linkThanks for the link. And yes, its the same for mobile workstation cards as for mobile gaming cards: the top performing ones ('enthusiast' or 'serious cad user' or just lets say 'expensive' :) ) have not been announced yet as the hole in the model numbers shows. They will likely need a die shrink to get the heat down for mobile use. So the 7xxx series still hold top place for mobile.
Plus of course the workstation models will be released a little after the gaming ones, due to the need for ISV certification. Reply
Myrandex - Thursday, May 10, 2007 - linkI believe Duke Nuken Forever should have been on that list :) Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, May 10, 2007 - linkOh, it will be DX10, but that's a "most anticipated game for 2010". LOL
(I actually have no idea when it's coming out or if it will be DX10.) Reply
Thatguy97 - Friday, June 26, 2015 - linklol Reply
bearxor - Thursday, May 10, 2007 - linkAny inkling or hints from nVidia that Apple might have picked a 8 series chip for the inevitable MBP refresh next month? Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, May 10, 2007 - linkNo idea, although since Mac doesn't use DirectX for graphics and may not really matter much. Those who want to use a MacBook Pro and run Boot Camp could potentially benefit if they run Windows Vista, but for now I wouldn't count on Apple using the new NVIDIA parts. I could of course be wrong, as I don't really stay up-to-date on Apple plans. Reply
iwodo - Thursday, May 10, 2007 - linkI like mGPU for several reasons. Not only for laptop but also for desktop or other application.
It allows you to run Vista with Aero. This is good enough for for most people who only want fast Interface.
VP2 would bring Full HD H.264 Decoding to the mass.
Combing with low power usage this is very good things like AppleTV.
Are mGPU only available on Laptop but not desktop? It would make a very cost effective PC for the mass. Reply
Ajax9000 - Wednesday, May 09, 2007 - linkAny news on whether we will finally see DL-DVI support on all but the high-end / 17"+ laptops? Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, May 09, 2007 - linkWhen I get one of the 8000 notebooks I'll be able to verify if that's supported. I think it's an option but it's up to the notebook manufacturers to support it. Reply
overzealot - Thursday, May 10, 2007 - link
GI: Are you planning on adopting DX10 for Quake Wars? Carmack: Not for Quake Wars, for sure. Quake Wars is definitely not DX10.
Any other wrongly listed games? Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, May 10, 2007 - linkGiven Carmack's support of OpenGL, he might be using DX10 type fragments shaders in that manner. Obviously, the slide is provided by NVIDIA, so whether it's accurate or not is up to them. Supreme Commander is listed, and yet that's "DX10 via forthcoming patch" which is a bit obscure. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, May 10, 2007 - linkThe slide has now been updated with a more current list of upcoming DX10 games. Reply
RamIt - Wednesday, May 09, 2007 - link"We do have an early Santa Rosa notebook in-house for testing that's equipped with a GeForce Go 8600M GS, but unfortunately we've run into some difficulties during testing and won't be able to bring you actual performance results for a bit longer"
Heavy sigh. Reply


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Thunderbolt Goes Universal in H1'12by Kristian Vättö on 1/4/2012 2:42 PM EST
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werfu - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkAs thunderbolt is a PCI-e passthrough and that PCI-E is hotplug, I'm pretty sure we'll see cheap adapter come to the market soon. Reply
zorxd - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkStill, if it's not integrated in laptops it won't succeed, just like Firewire.
It's cheaper to use eSATA for hard drives and HDMI/DVI/DisplayPort for displays. For just about anything else, USB2 is good enough.
The only advantage of Thunderbolt is to make displays that include many features such as ethernet and USB with only one cable. Will it be enough? I don't think so, personally. Reply
solipsism - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkFireWire's downfall was the high cost of entry. It also didn't have Intel backing it the way Intel backed USB. Don't think that because TB was exclusive to Apple for a year that it's an Apple tech with high tariffs.
No, I don't want eSATA to connect an external SSD/HDD. I want something that supplies power.
I also like the fact the port for an external display has a secondary purpose for protocol agnostic data because the majority of notebook users do not use the video out for the life of their machine. Still, the USB-IF missed their chance to get TB integrated with the USB port interface which would have been better for them in the long run. Reply
SleepyFE - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkSome eSATA ports are a USB combo and therefore do have power.
Also TB can reach higher speeds but unless you have you SSD in a PCIe it doesn't matter. SATA III can go up to 6Gb/s so it makes it a bottleneck. USB 3 on the other hand can make 5Gb/p which is close enough and you can plug a USB 2 device in it (and we all have those).
My point is that USB is catching up to SATA regarding speed and that is enough to use it instead of TB. The only thing i don't like is the fact that boards still have both USB 2 and USB 3. FFS!!!! USB 3 is backwards compatible. Is it really cheaper to use a USB 2 controller PLUS a USB 3 controller instead of just USB 3? Reply
zorxd - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkAll hard drives are SATA internally anyway. There are no TB (or USB, or Firewire) drives. Reply
SleepyFE - Thursday, January 05, 2012 - linkNot all drives. You can get an SSD with PCIe plug, OCZ even made a hybrid drive with PCIe. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Thursday, January 05, 2012 - linkThere is always SAS and IDE but in terms of today's mainstream HDs, you are right.
Although, I remember that there were a few HDs with internal USB. They were used in external HDs and mainly to save the price of SATA>USB bridge. I know I'm just nitpicking :-) Reply
zorxd - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkyou can have eSATAp, which is powered. Reply
ltcommanderdata - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkeSATAp is not an official standard and is not currently supported by either the USB or the SATA working groups, which doesn't make it an ideal competitor to Thunderbolt. Reply
ltcommanderdata - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkeSATA doesn't supply power. In a portable scenario it's much more convenient to connect a HDD using a single cable for both power and data. As more laptops switch to capacity limited SSDs I can see more people carrying around a portable HDD while on the go. I believe 3.5" HDDs often require more power than USB 3.0 can supply on a single plug, so Thunderbolt does has some advantages there. Reply
name99 - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkNegatives for eSATA:
- no power
- hubs are (as far as I can tell) possible but rare and expensive
- how common is is REALLY? I don't track PC laptops in detail, but my impression is the few of them have eSATA. For example, I think I'm correct in saying that none of the announced ultrabooks have eSATA.
Positives for eSATA:
- (Maybe) What is the expected story for how TB connects to storage? Is the TB conduit acting as a SATA conduit, a SCSI conduit, or a USB conduit? The reason I ask is: will NCQ, TRIM, SMART and whatever other new command-sets area added to ATA be passed through all the way to an external drive, or will we see the sort of crap we saw with USB, where a (largely useless) "abstraction layer" sits between the computer and a TB HD? Reply
CharonPDX - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkTB connects to storage over PCIe. Period. TB is just PCIe in a cable.
Storage devices must have their own PCIe storage controller chips. For example, the LaCie Big Disk Thunderbolt uses a plain vanilla SATA adapter, no RAID. So the two internal drives in the chassis appear to the host OS as two separate drives connected to a SATA controller, that SATA controller connected via PCIe.
The Promise Pegasus RAID Thunderbolt, on the other hand, has a full-on SATA RAID controller. So you have to use RAID configuration software that configures the PCIe RAID chip to recognize the drives however you want. Reply
MySchizoBuddy - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkyou are forgetting that one potentially NEW market is for external GPUs, just like external harddrives. TB is perfect for it. Imagine 2-3 GPUs being sold as compute nodes to existing systems via TB. notebooks at home can be turned in compute monsters while remaining light on the road.
I for one am very much interested in such a product Reply
r3loaded - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkIt's certainly a possibility, but 10Gbit each way will bottleneck nearly all graphics cards. Reply
CharonPDX - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkYes... Because first-generation PCIe SLI motherboards were severely bottlenecked...
Thunderbolt supports up to four channels of PCIe 2.0. It is generally configured as two channels each direction. These CAN be linked together to provide the equivalent speed of a PCIe 1.1 x4 slot.
Yes, the total bandwidth is less than an internal slot - but for a compute node, it's not likely to affect performance by so much that it becomes not worth it. Even for external graphics use, a GeForce 580 or Radeon 7970 would still be significantly better than ANY internal notebook GPU. Reply
Migelo - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkTB is 20Gbps in each way, making it equal to x5 PCIe 2.0 slot. (20Gbps/8=2,5GBps; 2,5GBps/500MBps=5)
But how much does a decent GPU really need in terms of bandwidth, like HD69xx or GTX570/580??
Because it would really be cool of you could buy an external GTX570 and connected it via TB to a notebook/ultrabook and a dedicated power cable to an outlet and with some driver magic :) get a monster ultrabook. Because notebooks/ultrabooks are more GPU than CPU bound if you ask me.
What do you think? Reply
Kristian Vättö - Thursday, January 05, 2012 - linkI don't think the market for external GPUs would be that big, though. Most people are fine with the integrated Intel graphics. eGPU enclosure would cost hundreds of dollars which would definitely drive it away from mainstream market. I can only think of a gamer prosumer who wants an Ultrabook to be his main computer. In that case, an eGPU might be useful but almost in all other cases, I think it would be cheaper to just build a PC and buy a cheaper laptop. Reply
piroroadkill - Thursday, January 05, 2012 - linkNot quite true, since it includes video output generated by a graphics card - DisplayPort.
Other than that, your point is solid enough. I'm guessing cable length concerns have made Intel develop thunderbolt controllers as opposed to just having a PCIe lane in the connector directly.
It would be cheap and simple to implement this way, and require no extra silicon.. Reply
cyabud - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkThunderbolt peripherals can also be daisy-chained to a single tiny, speedy port. Good news for ultrabooks, no doubt. Reply
Exodite - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkPoint being, what Thunderbolt peripherals?
All this is frankly unsurprising.
Given that we already have USB, which is both forwards- and backwards-compatible and enjoys a frankly massive support, it's not unlikely that the standard will have improved to the point of making Thunderbolt redundant by the time the latter have built up enough momentum to matter.
Thunderbolt should have been USB 4.0, using the same connector and offering full backwards compatibility with previous USB versions.
Piggybacking on mini-DP, which is already a fringe standard in it's own right, doesn't help. Reply
Shadowmaster625 - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkIs it thunderbolt or thunderbold? lol.
I am waiting on some sort of reasonable single wire docking solution for a complete workstation with dual/ triple monitors. I have 5 figure purchase order waiting for the right solution. Sadly nothing delivers, not for a resonable price anyway. I define reasonable as:
i5-2410M, 256GB SSD, and of course the docking solution (two of them actually) with the single wire interface.
Is it really too much to ask to get that for $1000? I dont think so since I can buy the notebook for $550, and the SSD for $300, leaving $150 for a pair of docking solutions. Reply
phatboye - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkAs long as Thunderbolt remains a proprietary standard I will not be investing any of my money into it. Rumors have it that the PCI-sig plans on working on a extermal-PCI that will compete against Thunderbolt for this reason. If not USB 3 will hold me over for the next few years until something else comes along. Reply
jontech - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkThat thing is a beast
With my EPP I got for $1775 from Apple and there is nothing that comes close to it for that size and speed.
Thunderbolt takes the need for laptops to have so much internal memory and places the onus on the external
A shot in the arm for those of us who want speed and storage.
USB 3.0 Cannot compete at this level, though its great for archive purposes. Reply
chizow - Thursday, January 05, 2012 - linkIs it means Intel can finally stop dragging its feet with native USB 3.0 support. Its obvious Intel wanted to give their proprietary Thunderbolt a fighting chance by keeping USB 3.0 at arms length and off their chipsets, but thankfully, OEM board makers pushed adoption by using controllers from NEC and others to force Intel's hand.
I hate what Intel is doing on the chipset/socket side of thing though, ever since P55 we have a long list of very incremental and minor updates just so Intel and their partners can sell new boards every year. Reply
danjw - Thursday, January 05, 2012 - linkThey can't really believe this interface will be successful at this price point? I just don't see how the development they put into this interface is ever going to pay off for them. Though, I believe they intend to use it at some point to communicate between chips. If this has any chance of being widely adopted, they need to work on getting the price down. Reply


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Personalized Glass Irish Coffee Mug Set - Four Leaf Clover
There are two glasses essential to any Irish bar... the pint and the Irish coffee glass. The pint serves ale, stout and the like and the coffee mug serves hot cocktails like the toddy and Irish coffee. My favorite recipe: http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/irish-coffee/Detail.aspx


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Setting the stage:
I set expectations pretty low for Thursday night and still found myself disappointed with this franchise on yet another NBA Draft evening. Going into the draft we had heard a few rumors that Kevin Love was going to remain on the club beyond Thursday night and that there may have been a promise from the Wolves Front Office to another Bill Duffy client, Zach LaVine. I found neither of these rumors to be a positive for the franchise, yet, here we are post-draft and both have come to fruition.
Here are a few thoughts on the Timberwolves' selections: [Read more…]


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A former gang leader who was involved in illegal dog sales but turned his life around has written a book about the role of dogs in gangs.
Wallington man Justin Rollins got into graffiti tagging when he was just nine-years-old and this led to him becoming the leader of the violent WZ gang when he was 14.
Graffiti tagging led to more serious crime as the gang tried to protect its turf and make a name for itself - and this included purchasing dangerous and illegal dogs like pitbull terriers and selling them on.
Mr Rollins, who now lives in Tooting, turned his life around after a spell in prison for injuring two people with a broken bottle after a gang of 14 youths set upon him in Sutton town centre.
Justin Rollins reads his new book
Since getting on the straight-and-narrow, the 29-year-old father-of-one has turned his attentions to writing and has already published two successful memoirs and a book of poetry.
Now he has turned his attentions to world of dogs in gangs.
He said: "I was the victim of a dog attack when I was three.
"A Doberman attacked me and I have a big scar on my head from it so I know about the effects of dangerous dogs from a victim's point of view.
"But I also see it from another point of view - when I was in stuff on the street I would purchase pitbull dogs and sell them on for a profit.
"This book is about the whole culture of dangerous dogs. I look at the incident where Gloria Knowles was killed by dogs in Morden and where Barbara Williams was killed in Wallington.
"I do an interview with a gang member who uses dogs as a weapon and an interview with an Irish traveller who's involved in the illegal dog scene."
Mr Rollins said the book also looks at the culture surrounding dangerous dogs including the rap music that glamorises them and suggests that laws need to be changed to successfully protect the public from these animals.
He added: "Having a list of banned breeds doesn't work - it isn't down to the breeds. In the right hands pit bulls can be fine, but in the wrong hands non-banned dogs are dangerous and kill people.
"There should be a long list of potentially dangerous dogs and people should need a licence to look after them and walk them in public."
Status Dogs and Gangs is available through Amazon priced at £7.96 for the print edition and £1.84 for the Kindle edition.


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2009 Lenhart J.H. Grothe Resources Award winner
John Roland "Rollie" Snodgrass, '32
John Roland Snodgrass graduated from the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, now known as the University of Alaska Fairbanks, with a bachelor of science degree in agriculture with honors in 1932.
Roland was a tireless proponent of Alaskan agriculture, both in public and private life; thus deserving, in the hearts of many, the true "Father of Agriculture" title in Alaska.
Former state senator Jay Kerttula wrote of Roland Snodgrass: "Rollie was exactly what was needed in the frontier—a Thomas Jefferson-archeologist-paleontologist, still revered on St. Lawrence Island. He worked with and exceeded the contribution of the immortals of Alaskan anthropology. A professor of genetics, chemistry, and agriculture; a surveyor and veterinarian; a lifetime Alaska farmer, land use planner, agricultural economist and director of the state Department of Agriculture."
During Roland's term as director of agriculture, there were many projects he initiated, including some of the first land sales at Delta Junction, the meat inspection program, the grain incentive program, the frozen vegetable processing project in cooperation with the University and USDA, the reindeer slaughter plant at Nome, and the irrigation loans from AFLF due to the dry years in the late 1960s.


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FLUSHING, N.Y., June 24, 2010 – The New York Mets today announced that they have recalled catcher Josh Thole from Buffalo (AAA) of the International League and have optioned lefthanded pitcher Raul Valdes to Buffalo. Thole will wear #30 and will be available for tonight's game vs. Detroit.
Thole, 23, was hitting .267 (44-165) with 20 runs scored, 19 doubles, one triple, two home runs and 17 RBI in 48 games for the Bisons. The 6-1, 205-pounder was with the Mets earlier this year from May 10-15, but did not appear in a game. Thole missed seven games from June 3-10 after getting hit in the back of the head with a bat on a backswing by Syracuse's Josh Whitesell.
Since May 1, Thole has hit .318 (34-107) with 14 doubles, one triple, two home runs and 11 RBI in 33 games with Buffalo.
He batted .321 (17-53) with two doubles, one triple and nine RBI in 17 contests with the Mets last season.
Valdes, 32, is 2-2 with one save and a 5.10 ERA in 20 games for the Mets. In 30.0 innings, he's allowed 34 hits, 18 runs, 17 earned, with 13 walks and 33 strikeouts.
It's a curious move. Perhaps since Valdes has been used so infrequently, the Mets figure they can use another bat on the bench. Although the Mets don't seem to have a problem with scoring runs these days, either.
Thole is the third catcher on the roster. Mets.com has this story about Mets catchers and how they must keep their communication skills sharp, especially with two Japanese pitchers on the team.


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'Pen takes second loss in a row to drop series
Three relievers throw in seventh, Uehara allows game-winning hit
BOSTON -- Koji Uehara had been flawless in his first three relief outings for the Red Sox, retiring all nine batters he faced in a mere 26 pitches.
But that stretch of brilliance ended on his first delivery of Thursday night, an 80-mph splitter that Adam Jones belted into the left-field corner for an RBI double that drove home the deciding run in a 3-2 loss to the Orioles.
"I wanted to throw it lower, but I missed my spot," Uehara said through an interpreter.
For Boston, this was one of those nights where it was just too much Jones. The blossoming Orioles' star drove in the tying and go-ahead runs on a night in which he went 2-for-5.
It was the first series loss of the season for the 5-4 Red Sox, who won the series opener against Baltimore, but lost the past two games.
The two American League East teams certainly looked evenly matched in this series, playing three straight nail-biters.
"They're going to play hard," Jones said of the Red Sox. "[John] Farrell is a great manager. I just think that day-in and day-out, he's going to get the best out of that roster, and you can't predict what the season is going to be, but you know they're going to bring it every single day."
For the second night in a row, Boston's bullpen, which was brilliant in the first week of the season, took the loss.
Clayton Mortensen fired a scoreless sixth and started the seventh with two outs. But after the righty gave up a single to Manny Machado, Farrell went to Andrew Miller for a lefty-lefty matchup. But Miller walked Nick Markakis, ending his night.
It was the third time in four appearances this season Miller has allowed the first batter to reach base against him.
"Well, we're in the first 10 games of the season," Farrell said. "I'm not going to rush to judgment. Certainly, you'd like to see the effectiveness be there, and I'm sure, in time, it will be. He's a valuable guy for us right now. We've got to pick our spots with that one left-hander out there."
Once Miller came out, Uehara came on, but Jones greeted him rudely and that double snapped the tie and decided the game.
"It was a split that didn't quite have the normal depth," Farrell said. "First pitch that he throws him, and he jumped all over it. [Jones] saw a pitch up in the strike zone and he's obviously very capable of doing that."
Just before the Orioles seized the momentum in the seventh, the Red Sox had a chance to do so in the sixth.
Mike Napoli led off with a single to center. Daniel Nava drilled a one-out single to right. Orioles manager Buck Showalter then pushed the right button, going to left-hander Brian Matusz.
That turned switch-hitter Jarrod Saltalamacchia around to the right side, and he struck out. Stephen Drew struck out looking on a 3-2 pitch, ending the threat.
"It's a big at-bat," Drew said. "I got back to a 3-2 count. The ball just caught the inside corner of the plate. It was unfortunate. I wish I could have driven some guys in right there."
Drew tried to make up for it in the ninth, when he drilled a one-out single against Orioles closer Jim Johnson. But Jacoby Ellsbury's liner to left was caught just in front of the Green Monster by Nate McLouth, ending the game.
"They're a good team and they're totally different than what they were last year," Johnson said. "It's going to be a dogfight all the way through. And we know that, and they know that. Anytime you can win a series and move on to the next city, you're happy."
Alfredo Aceves had to work through stretches of inconsistency in his first Major League start since 2011, allowing at least one hit in each of his five innings. But he did what the Red Sox wanted, allowing six hits and two runs over five innings, walking three and striking out four.
"I feel OK about those five innings," said Aceves. "Unfortunately, we didn't win the game, and that's all that matters."
Aceves will make at least one more start while John Lackey is on the disabled list with a bicep strain.
Manny Machado, who hit a three-run homer off closer Joel Hanrahan on Wednesday, knocked a double into the right-center gap in the first inning, but Aceves got some help from his defense when Shane Victorino and Dustin Pedroia executed a relay to throw out Machado at third.
Aceves became one of six pitchers to give up a home run to Chris Davis this season in the second inning. Aceves fell behind to Davis, 3-0, before letting a fastball catch too much of the plate. Davis deposited it in the right-field bleachers, giving the Orioles a 1-0 lead.
"Given that it was his first start of the year, he kept the game under control," Farrell said. "I thought he managed the lineup well, with the exception of the home run on the 3-0 pitch by Davis, I thought he worked his way around the lineup fairly well tonight."
The Red Sox rallied right back in the bottom of the third. Drew led off with a walk. Victorino stung a line single to right with two out, putting runners at the corners. Pedroia lined an RBI single to right to tie the game. Napoli worked a nine-pitch a-bat, which he capped with an RBI single to left, putting Boston ahead.
That narrow lead lasted until the fifth, when Machado dropped down a bunt single and scored on a two-out single up the middle by Jones.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The London Bike Show
The show displayed everything from shiny bikes and expensive gadgets, to basic commuter clothing and outdoors equipment. It was wonderful to see so many new ideas from independent organisations breaking through onto the scene.
My pick of pretty things
My personal favourite item of clothing had to be the dainty "Bow-Peep" finger-less gloves on the Ana Nichoola stall, complete with bows and an array of colours. It's great to see people making a stand about the lack of good-looking women's clothing. It seems to me these days that I can either look like a racing whippet in lycra, or a postman in baggies.
Businesses like Ana Nichoola are trying their hardest to cover the market of people who want their own style, but with the comfort of technical cycling clothing. The gloves are a good example of this; an item that looks casual, but in fact has well-thought our form and function.
As the day drew to an end, the crowds thinned due to torrential snow and threats of delayed trains, however, the CTC team soldiered on right through to the evening's races. This included the usual male and female elite Nocturne races and criteriums, but with the added fun of a penny farthing and folding bike race.
The folding bike race was dominated by Bromptons with over 50 entrants in the 2-heat races. As with Brompton Championships, entrants were expected to wear office attire, such as shirt, tie and non-lycra bottoms, and dash for the finish lines like mad-men late for work. It's always a great spectacle and I'm surprised by the amount of handling that comes with a folding bike.
Although the final heat was also dominated by Bromptons, the winner, Keith Henderson (who also succeeded in beating suited riders to the line in 2008, 2009 and 2010) was on a Tern folding bike. Teammate, Kane Headley-Cummings, also squeezed into the top 10 on the same bike. Proof that performance is in the rider, not necessarily the bike, when it comes to speed.
Media race
The most important race of the whole weekend was, of course, the media race on Thursday. This is a little-watched race that sees the writers and publishers of cycling-related publications get together and race for pride. Two CTC representatives and I confidently rolled up to the start-line with heads full of strategies and team tactics. All of which were discarded as soon as the gun fired. The new tactic; survive! Being the only female in the group I knew I wasn't going to win, but I didn't want to lose either.
Thankfully, Colin Murray of BBC 5Live's BeSpoke was on hand to take this position, despite being given a brand new Team Sky skin-suit made by Rapha, a £10,000 road bike and having a dedicated ex-professional race supporter on hand. Colin ambitiously squeezed onto the frontline next me (to the left in the photo) and ask me for tips.
I gave Colin Murray some cyclocross race tips; go in to the corners steady and wide, and come out of them accelerating. He nodded knowingly and swiftly sunk behind me in anticipation of the gun. Unfortunately for Colin, this advice was muddled around towards the end of the race where he came out wide and hit a barrier taking out another rider. Both were well and were both smiling afterwards.
I crossed the finish line with burning legs and lungs in a respectable 13th place, but still two laps down from the leader. CTC Training Manager, Greg Woodford (pictured in our blue CTC Merino jersey), proved he's not just an old tourer by coming in one lap down in 7th.
But the hero for me was ex-CTC employee, Chris Jubb, who now works for the London Cycling Campaign, who rolled into 4th place despite never racing a road bike in his life.
Oh, and I should mention the winner, by 3 seconds was Andy Waterman for Privateer. I must say, it's worth doing a race to prove how hard your body can work in 30 minutes, but group riding skills are sorely needed unless you plan on time-trialling it on your own.
And, of course the other highlight of the show was the launch of Team CTC.
As always, the CTC were on site to show the world who we are and what we do. We had great interest in membership, as well as a wealth of compliments from existing members. If you were one of them, thank you so much for coming to see us!


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These gorgeous peas are coming into season here in Sydney. My kitchen garden is not quite extensive enough to have peas growing in it, but I've certainly enjoyed all the herbs and salads it has produced so far. This pea, herb and almond crush is a perfect way to celebrate all the different herbs and fresh kitchen garden produce. Almonds add a lovely crunch to the dish and lime gives it a lovely tang. You could pair this with meat, fish or pasta or have it on a piece of toast like I did the other morning.
Mint loves having its own place to grow in. I'm using a planter made out of recycled rubber.
You can use any herbs you like for this dish. I've used lots of mint, some basil, marjoram and oregano. Chives is also easy to grow and suits so well for salads and pestos.
Pea, herb and almond crush
400g fresh or frozen peas
1 garlic clove
small bunch (5 tablespoons) chives, roughly chopped
1/2 cup blanched, slivered almonds
1/4 water
small pinch of sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
big handful of fresh, mixed herbs (mint, basil, oregano, marjoram)
zest and juice of one lime
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1. Place the peas, garlic clove, chives and almonds in a saucepan. Add 1/4 cup of water and bring to boil. Season with salt and pepper and let simmer for 5-10 minutes or until the peas are tender.
2. Place the herbs, lime zest and juice along with one tablespoon of olive oil in a food processor. Purée into a fine paste. Add the herb paste into the peas and mash roughly to mix. Serve the crush with fish or pasta or use as a spread on a toast.


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Read-all: Media coverage of the death of Ed Koch, compiled
In a special media feature today, we'll be keeping track of the ongoing coverage of the death of Mayor Edward I. Koch early this morning. Keep coming back to find more; tweet links you think we should be following to the attention of @joepompeo or @tmcgev, and we'll keep adding 'em.
The news of the death of Ed Koch first broke with the Associated Press, which carried a statement from long-time Koch spokesperson and confidant George Arzt. But as always with a big, breaking news story, the first point of reference quickly became The New York Times. Here, you can read the long (5,500-word), encyclopedic lede-all obituary by Bob McFadden.
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If you were one of the many readers who noticed that the word "AIDS" appeared only once in the original version of the article, you should go back in again. The Times has revised the article, adding in three paragraphs covering Koch's controversial approach to the epidemic. Here's the stand-out paragraph though:
Mr. Koch was also harshly criticized for what was called his slow, inadequate response to the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. Hundreds of New Yorkers were desperately ill and dying in a baffling public health emergency, and critics, especially in the gay community, accused him of being a closeted homosexual reluctant to confront the crisis for fear of being exposed.
Also at The New York Times, a video obituary in its "Last Word" series; the main interview was filmed several years ago, intended for release after his death. Some highlights: He has never quite forgiven the Cuomos, Mario nor Andrew, for the "Vote for Cuomo, not the homo" placard campaign. "Underneath," he says, "they know what I'm thinking: 'you prick.'" And lots more.
More from the Times:
City Room is curating the day in tweets and comments to the main obituary, mostly civilians and reporters remembering meeting Koch and such, alongside moments from and photos of his life, before, during and after the Mayoralty.
A review of the documentary Koch, by Neil Barsky, which opens today, from Times critic Tony Scott. Excerpt:
It is hardly an uncritical account of Mr. Koch's dozen years as mayor, but time has a way of turning the furious political battles of the past into amusing war stories, and of softening old enmities. Politicians, civic leaders and journalists who were thorns in Mr. Koch's side offer measured, even affectionate assessments of his administration, though some hard feelings persist, especially on matters of race.
Read it here.
The other go-to is NY1, if you're in a position to watch the television. The local 24-hour cable-news channel is devoting itself for now to wall-to-wall coverage of the late Mayor. Reporter Grace Rauh has put together the main obituary feature, with Pat Kiernan anchoring and assists from "Inside City Hall" host Errol Louis and political director Bob Hardt. As always, the call-ins are amazing. We've had everyone already from Al D'Amato, David Dinkins, and more; this is where the editorial page editors and old beat reporters are actually getting to put their stamp on the story first.
"Inside City Hall" is extended to two hours tonight, and will be devoted to the Mayor's legacy.
Here's what everyone else is up to:
Daily News: The main obituary also hands off to features including a facty timeline of his life and career, a 26-piece photo gallery, and a survey of quotable moments.
New York Post: The Post reported on the death early, but with thin sourcing other journalists (including NY1 reporters) couldn't confirm until the statement from Arzt. But it means they've been churning it out full-speed ahead. The notoriously backward web operation managed to break the homepage with a full-size hero at the top of the page:
But one vast lede-all obituary, gang written by Post staff, is the only real attraction so far. Excerpt:
The larger-than-life Koch, who breezed through the streets of New York flashing his signature thumbs-up sign, won a national reputation with his feisty style. "How'm I doing?" was his trademark question to constituents, although the answer mattered little to Koch. The mayor always thought he was doing wonderfully.
WPIX-11: In addition to continuing coverage the station is running this obituary segment, which we're not embedding just because we can't disable autoplay. There is also this call-in from Arzt this morning, describing the mayor's last moments:
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Video here:
CBS: Rob Morrison and Mary Calvi spoke by phone with Koch's rabbi, Arthur Schneier:
Tidbits from across the web:
At Poynter, a reminder that he finalized his burial and funeral plans back in 2008, when he described the self-written epitaph for his tombstone, which quotes murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. He told the Associated Press then that he was "moved that Pearl chose to affirm his faith and heritage in his last moments."
His funeral will be, naturally, open to the press. It's on Monday, at Temple Emanu-El.
Here's the trailer for the Neil Barsky Koch documentary that hits theaters today:
Our own Reid Pillifant has a nice reflection written for the occasion of the documentary. Excerpt:
When I spoke to him in 2010, he told me the only thing he held against Andrew Cuomo was that he killed the Liberal Party with his 2002 candidacy. And the film shows Koch endorsing Andrew Cuomo in 2010, when he was leading a push for nonpartisan redistricting. (Cuomo agreed to that reform during the campaign, then ended up signing off on a gerrymandered electoral map as part of a larger deal with the State Senate Republicans.) But the old tensions flare up later, when Koch calls Cuomo a "schmuck" after he's denied a chance to see the governor-elect at his Cuomo's victory party. The director's notes for the film say only two people declined to be interviewed about Koch, and one was a former governor.
This morning, our own Azi Paybarah managed to get in a question for Gov. Andrew Cuomo during a scrum with reporters. Among the Governor's off-the-cuff observations: "He was bigger than life. He was in your face. He was an ethnic. He was not here to blend in." Click through for video.
The New Yorker is repromoting (and it's in front of the paywall) a December interview with Koch. Notable among other things: Koch had viewed the documentary already by then, and found nothing to object to.
In an eerie coincidence, a venture capital group today announced the sale of its Manhattan Newspaper Group, which includes the community papers West Side Spirit and Our Town. As the Journal's Keach Hagey notes in her story on the sale, Koch had "long written" a movie column for the two publications. (Not mentioned: He also used to write a column for sister title New York Press.)
Buzzfeed editor Ben Smith, better known to many of us as an ace New York politics reporter, exhumes the obituary he wrote way back when for the now-shuttered New York Sun with permission from his old boss. It's broad and encyclopedic, and nicely done. And it's also notable for a subtle methodological difference from most of the rest of the coverage today: He applies a lighter brush to the question of Koch's relationship with Black and Latino voters:
Koch had alienated black leaders from the start. He had attacked the politicized administrators of federal anti-poverty money as "poverty pimps" and stood openly against affirmative action programs. He had been quoted musing that "the black community is very anti-Semitic" and "whites are basically anti-black." In his first term, he had closed an under-used Harlem hospital over the vocal protests of black leaders.But in his first two races, Koch had proven popular among black voters, and in the 1983 Democratic primary he won about as many black votes as a black rival. The Howard Beach killing helped set the stage for New York's first black mayor, David Dinkins, to defeat Koch in the 1989 Democratic primary on a platform of racial reconciliation.
In other words: Koch's strains were with prominent Black leaders; the Black voting public took three terms to follow.
At The New York Observer, The Politicker blog is going wall-to-wall pretty much, carrying items including prominent New York politicos remembering Koch (and a bonus for media people: "How Ed Koch Helped Make Nikki Finke a Reporter"). For my part, they get the hat tip on this Al Sharpton quote, which was released in a statement: "Although we argued about everything from my marching in Bensonhurst, to Florida and Trayvon Martin, and although we disagreed on politics from his views on President Obama to other matters, I have found that he was never a phony or a hypocrite."
Over at The Awl, Choire Sicha unspools a nice succinct stream of anecdotes with just enough context to amount to a typically subtle point of view on the man, including the statement (which I expect we will hear more about as the day progresses) that "[his] inattentiveness to AIDS was at least part of this third-term removal from the day-to-day running of the city."
Veteran city politics reporter Maggie Haberman is up at Politico with a nice broad obit, in which she (rightly, and with a disclosure) quotes her father, long-time formerTimes city columnist Clyde Haberman. Her own observations are just as on point.
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©2005 Douglas Adams; (P)2009 Phoenix
"Edited by Peter Guzzardi and with an introduction by Christopher Cerf, this bittersweet collection comprises letters, fragments of ideas for books, films and TV, ruminations on a diverse array of subjects and a good bit of a final unfinished novel by the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series....Included are a letter to the editor of a U.K. boy's magazine (written in 1965, when Adams was 12); a reminiscence about his lifelong love for the Beatles, written when he was in his 40s; a 1991 piece from Esquire entitled "My Nose"; and an undated article for the Independent espousing his preference for whiskey." (Publishers Weekly)
"It's hard to classify this cornucopia, selected by Christopher Cerf from Adams's papers after his untimely death, but Hitchhiker fans will want it." (Library Journal)
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"enjoyable but not well described"
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, even though it leaves you dangling. I had only known Adams for his novels and enjoyed seeing his other sides. The book loses a star for its inadequate description. It consists of an anthology of columns articles and notes by Adams with added eulogies. It includes a brief hitchhikers piece (Young Zaphod plays it safe, which I think was published before) and half of a Dirk Gently novel (i.e. the novel ends abruptly half way through). If you are looking for hitchhikers material (as the title implies) you may be disappointed, but finding myself a kindred spirit to Douglas I was happy with it.
"This is not the book you are seeking"
I have read all of the Douglas Adams books from when they were first published.
Yes and No. I greatly enjoyed the Hitchhilers Guide to The Galaxy and have don since its first publishing. It is part of my education.
I was hoping that Stephen fry was going to do more of the narration but sadly not the case.
This is the final of the printed works of Douglas Adams. It is a collection of the newspaper columns and thoughts on a disparate topics.
Fast forward through the introductions. They are the friends of Douglas Adams telling us what a talented author and great guy he was. While these were great words for his funeral they add nothing to the otherwise great collection of the thoughts of Douglas Adams.

I particularly love the definition of what it takes to ignore someone.
"Douglas Adams makes for some awkward situations."
My review title may be a bit strange, but I really mean it. This book made me laugh loudly on public transport, making several people stare at me, but I don't care. This book is full of Adams's clever writing, and the other contributors to the book also produced some amazing text wizardry.
Douglas himself. Hearing people like Steven Fry and Richard Dawkins describe him, gave me a great sense of what a great man (in more than one sense) he was.
The nerator of the main story, Simon Jones, also narrates all of Dan Arielli's books, which I really enjoyed.
Id made me lmao, as chatters would say, although it also made me sad that a man with such a great mind had to leave us so early.
"A sweet rememberance"
I lovely summation of Douglas Adams, his life and his way of thinking. RIP Douglas.
Consists mainly of a hodgepodge of Adams' speeches, articles and interviews, with far too much repetition.
"As close to meeting him as it gets"
All of this stuff was collected by his wife and closest friends off his hard drive and lovingly put together into one final book including the first few chapters of a Dirk Gently book.

If you are a fan of his books The Salmon Of Doubt Lets you meet him in person and get to know him in an amazingly amusing way. What an amazing life and a great loss. I will always wonder where that last novel would have taken me however after reading this I kinda like it that way. I think it was his way of getting the last laugh by making us all think about his unfinished last story and smile from time to time.

A must have for Douglas Adams fans. A glimpse into what was and what might have been. So long and thanks for all the laughs.
"Brilliant narrator, excellent moments!"
Obviously this is a mixed bag of interviews, essays, magazine pieces and leftover things. Some of it is not great, but much of it sparkles with Adams's trademark wit. There is some priceless stuff here which as a longtime Adams devotee I am so happy to have. The narrator was great. He was completely genuine in delivering interview transcripts as if he were speaking the words fresh from his own mind.
"Well worth the money"
Even though this is only snipits of stories it is well worth listening to
"A life lost too soon"
This book is a fantastic collection of writings of the late, great, Douglass Adams. It should be noted, however, that the Salmon of Doubt (the work this collection gets its name from) was cut short when Adams unexpectedly passed away.
If you want a collection of writings on science, technology, religion, Adams' life and a bit of fiction as well as a snapshot of Adams' final work, then this collection is for you.
However, if you are looking for a full story for Salmon of Doubt, you won't find it here. Adams' unexpected end brought an end to his final Dirk Gently novel, and we will never know whether he would have finished it out as is, or transformed it into the 6th Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy book.
"A hint of what was still to come"
Sequels to THHGTTG seek, not too successfully, to expand upon the 70's mindset of Adams. This book gives a hint towards what Adams himself would have done. His humour had definitely moved on and showed his obsession with the frustrations of computers (although he was obviously an Apple bore). I'm sure this would have fed into a sequel to keep the franchise fresh.
As the blurb points out, this is a collection of bits & pieces taken from letters, magazine articles etc and therefore is best listened to in small parts.
It's rather odd that Simon Jones is now the voice of Douglas Adams, but it's very fitting and evokes the unique atmosphere of Adams' humour in the character of Arthur Dent.
I'd have given it 5 points but for the misleading impression that there is more than one narrator. There isn't. Dawkins, Fry & Cerf, however, do provide amusing introductions to the book.
"The salmon of doubt"
This book told me a lot about Douglas Adams and what he did in his daily life.
"A fitting farewell"
Well, it's not done, as expected, but it's entertaining none the less. If you like Douglas, this is for you.
"Mostly Humorous"
Something of a hotch-potch of uncompleted work-in-progress tales. But each has its own Adams fun--after all, who needs a middle and an end to An Adams yarn?
"Magical Douglas Adams"
Wonderful collection of his final musings. Such a sad loss but a fascinating mind. Makes crazy seen normal
As a great Douglas Adams fan this book is a gift . It takes the unpublished writings from after his tragic demise and has them beautifully read by people who ,as well as being significant in his life ,also have wonderful reading voices.
The articles,speeches ,unfinished books and stories within show how much more we could have looked forward to if Douglas Adams hadn't passed away.
"A mix of emotions"
Being a collection of old letters, notes, lectures and unfinished stories, The Salmon Of Doubt feels a little like a wake for the late Douglas Adams. But if it is a wake, it's a knees-up, jolly Irish style remembering and celebration of his life and work.
Needless to say, his wit, intelligence and knack for story writing shines through here, despite the longing for more when the audiobook comes to a close.
Simon Jones (Arthur Dent in the radio and TV Hitchhikers series) does a good job of portraying Adams in his notes and interviews, though maybe less so as some of the characters in the later stories. That's no fault considering the wide range of characters he has to contend with here. Despite this, it's a highly recommended listen even if, like me, you've previously read the book several times.
"I miss Douglas Adams"
I have always been a huge Douglas Adams fan. This compilation of his various writings and the unfinished book, with all the wonderful readers was a real listening pleasure. Highly Recommended.
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BIG RELEASE: The Host (March 29)
BIG PICTURE: It's like Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets Twilight meets Terminator: Rise of the Machines. Aliens have conquered Earth, enslaved humanity and colonized our bodies (hence the title). A small, rag-tag human resistance remains free and in hiding. (If their group is any indication, "attractive young people with flawless hair" and "grizzled old guys with beards" stand the best chance of surviving any future apocalypse.) When a human rebel named Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan) is co-opted by the aliens, the "human" side of her struggles with her implanted alien host. When E.T.-injected Mel finds her way home to the rebels, everyone is suspicious: Whose side is she really on? Of course, her hunky boyfriend Jared gives her the benefit of the doubt. (After all, what young man in his right mind wouldn't want to make out with a hot alien). This one is based on Stephenie Meyers post-Twilight novel: Whether that is seen as a welcome or a warning is up to you.
FORECAST: I'm sold. In the 200-second trailer, Ronan displays a wider range of emotion than Kristen Stewart did in the entire Twilight series. Ronan doesn't just look sulky or vacant. She looks sulky and vacant AND... pensive. For the record, the humans live in caves and dress like hobos. The aliens wear white head-to-toe and all drive silver-gold sports cars. Earth's new slogan: Come for our bodies, stay for our wheels.
HONOURABLE MENTION: G.I. Joe Retaliation. Cobra infiltrates the U.S. government in the blink of an eye and replaces the president with a look-alike (Note to Hollywood: Did we really need to give the American right a new Obama conspiracy theory?). After suffering a deadly surprise attack, the few remaining Joes are left to take a page from Return of the Jedi and get some payback. Channing Tatum, Bruce Willis and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson star in this cinematic cockfight. As The Rock says, "the world ain't saving itself." My favourite touch: Willis plays the original super soldier -- the guy who literally put the "Joe" in G.I. Joe.
BIG EVENT: Game of Thrones (March 30, HBO, 9 p.m.
BIG PICTURE: It's like the Ken Burns documentary series Civil War -- only the North always loses (those poor Starks just can't catch a break)... and there are dragons. This epic fantasy series is based on the books of author George R.R. Martin. (But given the penchant for random sex scenes, topless women and wanton substance abuse, I've always assumed that Charlie Sheen is Martin's ghostwriter). What's new in Season 3? For starters, those baby dragons aren't so cute and cuddly anymore. They're in their terrible twos -- which in dragon years, is a few short steps away from "burning villages to the ground and eating human beings like they're popcorn shrimp." While the ever-enchanting exile Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) tries to control her scaly pets (not to mention build an army) the homeland she longs to return to is beset by civil war -- though I'm sure they'll still find time for the occasional mead-fuelled orgy.
FORECAST: This is one of TV's finest. I say let the Games begin! The North and the South, islanders and wildlings, magicians and con artists -- practically everyone wants a piece of the Iron Throne. Given those who sit on it don't tend to live very long, they'd be better off fighting to keep off the damn thing. It's a killer game of hot potato.
HONOURABLE MENTION: Orphan Black (SPACE, March 30, 9 p.m. A troubled young woman swaps identities with her dead, successful twin? Plus hints of a secret genetic experiment coming unhinged?! It's Ringer meets Dollhouse. I know, I know. Two shows that failed to live up to their potential. But unlike its predecessors, Orphan Black is anchored by a magnetic lead performance: Regina-born Tatiana Maslany plays Sarah, a street hustler and orphan who gets pulled down a rabbit hole filled with lookalikes, double identities and dangerous conspiracies. Strong writing and a stellar supporting cast add to Orphan Black's appeal. This is one orphan to adopt into your TV schedule.
BIG RELEASE ON MARCH 26: Strokes (Comedown Machine)
BIG PICTURE: If an album title has ever demonstrated a clear case of wishful thinking, this is it (the last time it was so blatant was Madonna's Like A Virgin). The New York garage rockers aren't high enough to come down from anything -- in the two years since their last album, Angles, they've been overshadowed by multiple new heroes on the indie rock scene -- especially in their hometown. With Comedown, they look to revisit the irreverent swagger, hedonistic charm and frenzied guitar work that made them indie musical darlings after releasing This Is It, their 2001 debut.
FORECAST: Don't call it a comeback. This time the garage rock doors have been opened up to elements of funk, punk, New Wave and even a touch of electronica. But the appealing raspy drawl of lead singer Julian Casablancas remains the same.
HONOURABLE MENTION: Depeche Mode (Delta Machine). The English electronic group also offers a new album featuring the word "machine" -- their first full-length effort since 2009. Only time will tell which machine has more power.
"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows," but these days, a guide through the seemingly endless flurry of pop culture offerings is just what we need. With that in mind, here is what's on the radar screen in TV, music and film for the coming week.


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Burgess Meredith, 89, Who Was at Ease Playing Good Guys and Villains, Dies
Burgess Meredith, a virtuosic actor whose career spanned most of the 20th century and a multitude of performing arts, died on Tuesday at his home in Malibu, Calif. He was 89.
In the 1930's, he was hailed for his performances on Broadway in ''Winterset'' and two other Maxwell Anderson plays. Reviewing the production of Mr. Anderson's ''High Tor,'' Richard Watts Jr. wrote, ''That Mr. Meredith is the best young actor on the American stage is generally conceded.'' He added, ''There isn't a better American actor of any age.''
Through his lifetime, he was discovered and rediscovered in films as well as onstage. One of his most notable movie roles was George, the guardian of the dimwitted Lennie, played by Lon Chaney Jr., in Steinbeck's morality tale ''Of Mice and Men'' (1939).
After years on Broadway and in Hollywood, he achieved a new celebrity on television in the 1960's as the Penguin, the archcriminal in the ''Batman'' television series. That was followed by his role as the crusty trainer in the film ''Rocky'' (1976), for which he received an Oscar nomination. Although those performances renewed his popularity, they represented only a small part of a richly varied career in which he played many of the more demanding roles in classical and contemporary theater -- in plays by Shakespeare, O'Neill, Beckett and others.
He did ''Hamlet'' on the radio, was Marchbanks to Katharine Cornell's Candida and played Christy Mahon in ''The Playboy of the Western World.'' In 1939, Orson Welles and Mr. Meredith shared the stage as Falstaff and Prince Hal in a collage of Shakespeare, ''The Five Kings.'' John Houseman said Mr. Meredith's performance had ''a warmth and an energy that I have never seen equaled in the part, even by Laurence Olivier.'' The production, however, closed in Boston. Of his collaboration with Mr. Welles, Mr. Meredith said, ''We thought we'd combine our immortal talents, but we shared colossal disaster instead.''
When he played the title role in the 1940 Broadway revival of ''Liliom'' opposite Ingrid Bergman, Brooks Atkinson wrote in The New York Times: ''His swagger is genuine; it arises from real strength of mind and spirit, and since it is obviously doomed it is profoundly moving.''
In his earliest days his performances were marked by a youthful exuberance. Gradually -- or maybe suddenly -- Mr. Meredith mellowed into a character actor, one who could, with equal ease, be lovable or villainous. To admirers, it always seemed as if he enjoyed acting.
Mr. Meredith was also acclaimed as a director. He staged the dramatization of James Joyce's ''Ulysses in Nighttown'' with Zero Mostel (and later played opposite Mr. Mostel in a television version of ''Waiting for Godot''). Later, he directed James Baldwin's ''Blues for Mr. Charlie'' for the Actors Studio Theater. Together with Jean Renoir, he wrote and produced the film ''The Diary of a Chambermaid'' (starring Paulette Goddard, Mr. Meredith's third wife).
The actor's distinctive voice was heard for years on radio, in his 1937 ''Hamlet,'' for example. Frequently he acted as a narrator both on radio and television. Later in life he was also known for his work on television commercials, as the voice of United Airlines and Skippy Peanut Butter.
He became an overnight sensation on television as the Penguin in ''Batman.'' It was the easiest assignment of his career, but the character made him an idol of teen-agers. ''Of all the roles I've ever done, this is the first time my own kids have wanted to watch me,'' he said.
If he took roles that seemed beneath his status, he took it in stride. ''If I spent all my time in Shakespearean companies and only did art movies like Olivier, my position would be more dignified and more serious, I might even be a better actor,'' he said. ''But this is America, and I'm a man moved by the rhythms of his time, so I'll just take amusement at being a paradox.''
Oliver Burgess Meredith was born on Nov. 16, 1907, in the Cleveland suburb of Lakewood to a doctor, William George Meredith, and the former Ida Burgess, the daughter of a Methodist revivalist. As a student at Amherst College, he paid his way by tending furnaces and washing dishes. He flunked trigonometry and dropped out. For the next five years he eked out a living as a salesman, clerk, reporter, editor, Wall Street runner and merchant seaman.
In 1929, when he was 22, he decided to become an actor and joined Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theater in Manhattan. He made his Broadway debut in 1932 in its production of ''Alice in Wonderland,'' playing the Duck, the Dormouse and Tweedledee. When he played his first leading role, as a juvenile delinquent in ''Little Ol' Boy''in 1933, Robert Benchley wrote in The New Yorker, ''I had to consult the back of the program to find out who Burgess Meredith was although I do not expect to forget him again.''
His breakthrough came in 1935 in ''Winterset,'' the verse drama inspired by the Sacco-Vanzetti case, in which he played Mio, a young man trying to vindicate his radical father after he has been executed. The role was written for Mr. Meredith. From then on, he shuttled between Broadway and Hollywood. He repeated his performance in the film version of ''Winterset.'' He appeared opposite Ginger Rogers in ''Tom, Dick and Harry'' and was in ''Idiot's Delight'' and in ''Second Chorus'' with Ms. Goddard and Fred Astaire.
During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps, achieving the rank of captain. At the end of the war, he resumed his career, playing the war correspondent Ernie Pyle in ''The Story of G.I. Joe.''
Increasingly, he became known for his comic performances, in such plays as Charles Laughton's all-star production of ''Major Barbara'' and the comedy, ''The Remarkable Mr. Pennyp


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Topic: An observation, and a little unloading
After reading a post from a member about their feelings on other members' "assistance" I feel the urge to write this.
I became a moderator not because I wanted to, but because I was asked to. I try to help others based on my experience, and things I have read. I WANT to help. Most of us have received our minor in the medical field (haha) because of our journeys, or those of of our loved ones. I know that I would be happier not knowing most of what I've learned in the past 3 years. Portal vein, hepatic lobe, embolization, adenopathy, and the real stinker: CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA are words I would much rather not know.
I cry every day. I cry when I read the story of the woman who had a pain and had to get a stent. I cry when I read about the man who only lasted 14 months from diagnosis. I cry when I read about successful resections and transplants. I cry when I read of the 17 year survivor. I cry. For me, for you, for all of us.
And then I keep going. I read many posts through a river of tears, and if I can, I respond, in order to help someone else who is scared, nervous, looking for answers.
Most of us do not have medical backgrounds. We are here to help. Many of us have lost loved ones, but are still here. Wanting to help. I apologize that I can't help everyone. But I just can't. Sometimes it's because I have no knowledge about their question. Other times it's because I just don't know what to say.
God bless each and every one of us. I pray for a cure for us all.
"Don't just have minutes in the day; have moments in time."
Any opinions I give are based on personal experiences, and are not based on medical knowledge. I strongly suggest receiving medical care and opinions.


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Topic: Cycle For Survival!
Memorial Sloan Kettering and Equinox gyms sponsor the 7th annual 'Cycle For Survival' fundraising event to fund clinical trials for RARE CANCER in early 2013. I formed a team (8 of us ladies) for the San Francisco event on Feb 2nd. It should be lots of fun and not too demanding physically. They will clear out these big, fancy Equinox gyms and fill them with 'spin' (stationary) bikes. Each team relay-rides for 4 hours (that's only 30 minutes per person...piece of cake!).
If you're interested in forming a team, there are Cycle For Survival events across the nation in major cities in Jan/Feb. I contacted M.S.K. to make sure that some of the $ raised has gone specifically to cholangiocarcinoma research studies and it has!
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Topic: So many questions???
Kristina was just 37 years old. In mid-March she starting getting severe headaches. She was accustomed to having migraines so thought it was just a bad migraine. When she went to the doctor he confirmed that he thought it was just a bad migraine. But they continued and no pain reliever could get rid of them. At another visit to the doctor she was prescribed nose spray thinking she had a sinus headache. Her headaches radiated from the lower back portion of her head along the sides of her head to the front. Not like any migraine or sinus headache. The headaches prevented her from celebrating her daughter


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Rowdy, boisterous, full of youthful energy.
The earliest citation we've found is from 1938 in John Steinbeck's, The Grapes of Wrath:
Grampa walked up and slapped Tom on the chest, and his eyes grinned with affection and pride. "How are ya, Tommy?"
"O.K.," said Tom. "How ya keepin' yaself?"
"Full a anger an' vinegar," said Grampa.
There are other similar phrases that came long before that which may be the source though. In 1922 Joyce has this in Ulysses - "All wind and anger like a tanyard cat."
As far back as 1602, in Return from Parnassas - "They are pestilent fellowes, they speake nothing but bodkins, and pisse vinegar."
Those earlier citations appear to indicate a more negative meaning to the phrase. 'Wind and anger', or as it is more often given 'anger and wind' is usually taken to mean empty talk, full of bombast. Vinegar is associated with sourness and acidity in many other citations.
Vinegar has been in the language as the name of the familiar liquid since the 12th century. During the 1920s vinegar was used to mean vitality and energy. That's the meaning in 'anger and vinegar'. At that time many phrases indicating a general perkiness and vitality entered the language, often for no other reason than linguistic exuberance. It's most likely that the phrase originated around then, possibly as an adaptation of the existing 'vig and vigour', which means much the same. http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/145600.html
I wanted to know more about this phrase anyone know something?
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text: iac249 135 Report post Posted March 17, 2013 In developing an RPG, it is common for characters to have attributes. I am wondering if "Luck" would make an acceptable one. It is possible to have a character score that determines how lucky a character can be, but I am wondering if this is an attribute that players can accept or if they would generally prefer something more like "perception" or some other attribute that makes things seem less random. Comments welcome. Corey 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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GEELONG forward Mathew Stokes has escaped serious damage to his ankle from the injury sustained in Saturday's NAB Cup match in Perth.
The premiership forward appeared to seriously damage his ankle but, while the injury will interrupt his pre-season, it is not expected to impact on the first rounds of the season.
''We are probably not as worried about it as we were beforehand, straight after the game,'' Cats football manager Neil Balme said.
''He will be in a moon boot and on crutches and you would think he would miss a pre-season game or two, but it certainly is not something that you would expect to cost him the first round.''
And even in a meaningless pre-season game Hayden Ballantyne manages to get under the skin. Ballantyne was downed in an incident on Saturday that could draw a report or just as likely be overlooked. The force was not significant, but that the recipient was Ballantyne was no coincidence.
Steve Johnson was seen to swing an arm into Ballantyne's chest with the Fremantle player going down. Johnson doubled back to stand over the Docker yelling at him. The contact seemed at the lowest end of the scale, despite Ballantyne going to ground, and may not be deemed sufficient for a report.
Ballantyne and Geelong have an eventful recent history.
In round one last year Ballantyne was suspended for hitting Paul Chapman behind play.
Later Matthew Scarlett punched Ballantyne in the jaw.
After the match coach Chris Scott said he doubted there was any lingering ill will towards Ballantyne from last year's round one. ''I would be amazed [if that was the case], none that I've seen, there tends to not be too much friction in NAB 1,'' Scott said.
''I didn't see what happened, I know [Ballantyne] was down for a long time. I was more concerned with how quickly he got up and set up the next goal; he didn't look too bad did he?''
Most encouraging for Scott was the form of recruits Josh Caddy and Jared Rivers, as well as the return of Travis Varcoe off half-back after he was limited to just one game in 2012.
''I thought he [Rivers] was impressive. He looks to me like a Geelong defender already.
''We aren't getting too carried away, but it was overwhelmingly positive.''
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Law enforcement in the Southland remained on high alert, but officials on Friday said Sunday's Grammy Awards in Los Angeles will go on as planned.
Officer Norma Eisenman, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department, said police so far weren't planning on beefing up security for the star-studded event at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live.
"A special event like the Grammys is always highly secure and the security is planned months in advanced, so at this point we don't plan on adding extra security," Eisenman said. -- Kelly Puente


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THE Lancashire FA is appealing to the county's 'golden oldies' to enter a new veterans summer 11-a-side league.
The LFA is introducing a veteran's summer 11v11 league, with basic rules and regulations to suit the 'older player'.
It will be the first stage in further developing veteran's football within the County.
The league is opehn to players over 40 and all matches will be played at the LFA's state of the art 3G football turf pitch.
It will be free to register – - although teams will need to provide proof of their own personal accident insurance cover – with matches officiated by FA qualified referees There will be an induction evening with refreshments and the league is due to run from June to August.
"The new veterans initiative aims to target those who no longer play football and also those who still occasionally get together for a friendly kickabout.
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Phyllis Maureen Dana, USN retired
December 7, 1941 — Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Phyllis "Phyl" Maurine Dana passed away very suddenly February 7, 2006, after just a couple of days of "not feeling good". Phyl was born in Evanston, Illinois, on April 8, 1917, to parents Jack and Eva Dana. At the time of her death she was residing very happily at Merrill Gardens, Marysville, Washington
She is survived by her brother, Newell (Shirley) Dana, of Snohomish, Washington; sister, Barbara (Bob) Friend, of Marysville; and nieces and nephews, Tom (Connie) Dana, Steve (Noreen) Dana, Melody Dana, Patty (Ty) Wernet, Cindy (Kal) Holler, Rick Dana, Heather Callan, and Shelly Dana.
Phyl lived an adventurous life, especially for a woman born during WWI. She never married and had a career that took her all over the world. Her travels began at an early age. She was three when she traveled with her Methodist missionary parents to the Belgian Congo, Africa. The family remained in the Congo for five years until her father contracted malaria. Upon returning to the U.S., the family settled in Lake Stevens, Washington.
Phyl graduated from Lake Stevens High School in 1935, and Everett General Hospital, School of Nursing, in 1939. During her training, she was encouraged to join the Red Cross Nursing Program. It was explained that members could be called on in the event of a national disaster. In December 1940, a friend convinced Phyl to join her in Hawaii, with the promise of free fare to the Islands and travel. These two decisions would prove to be important life choices, since in the spring of 1941, Phyl received a letter advising her to report to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, by April 15, 1941. It seems her membership in the Red Cross had translated to a commission as Ensign in the U.S. Navy. She was the youngest of the Navy Nurses at Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941.
Following the war, Phyl continued to live and work in Hawaii and other mainland locations, plus Panama. In the '60's, Phyl returned to Washington to pursue a degree in Communications. She graduated from the U.W. in 1963, and then returned to her life of travel and her work as a registered nurse with a stint of National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
Phyl retired in 1977 after 23 years with the Navy and subsequently the Veteran's Administration. Upon retirement, Phyl settled in Everett, to be close to her family. She continued to travel making several trips abroad with Elderhostel. An avid reader, when Phyl became interested in a subject or location, she read about it and then traveled there to investigate for herself.
At Phyl's request, there will be no services. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Marysville Fire District Foundation, 1635 Grove Street, Marysville, WA 98270.
Phyl will be remembered by her family and friends as a strong, independent woman. She took the road less traveled eschewing marriage and family for career. She spoke her mind with passion and vigor. She loved anything in nature and her beloved Hawaii. She will be missed.
Aloha, Phyl!