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Weekend Wrap-Up, 5/5
The Weekend Takeaway
Between Wednesday and Saturday of last week, Rizzo went deep in three consecutive games for the first time in his career. Equally as notable as the thump, though, were two of the pitchers against whom he displayed it.
Tony Cingrani, who gave up Rizzo's first-inning homer on Wednesday, is a bear for left-handed hitters. In his first 138 innings in the majors, he'd allowed only one home run to a fellow southpaw. Rizzo worked the count into his favor by laying off of two low fastballs, which bought him the one over the plate that he drove to the opposite field.
Randy Choate, Rizzo's victim on Saturday, has one job: rendering lefty sluggers powerless. He does it exceptionally well. When Choate took the mound in the eighth inning of the middle match at Wrigley Field, he did so with a streak of 107 homer-less appearances. His last gopher ball had come on August 1, 2012. Rizzo didn't wait around: He got a Reagan-era fastball over the plate and rocketed it into the right-center field stands.
That's two homers off of two tough lefties in a span of three days. This, from a hitter who'd been stymied to the tune of a .189/.282/.342 slash line in 216 plate appearances versus lefties last year.
Rob wasn't the only one who thought Rizzo was on the verge of a breakout this spring. Scouts who saw him in the desert did, too. Three of them told Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune that Rizzo looked "more comfortable and more selective against left-handers." The data from his first 28 games of the regular season affirms their observations.
There were two clear weaknesses in Rizzo's swing versus port-siders last year: below the knees and in on his hands. Unfortunately, Rizzo wasn't particularly adept at spitting on pitches in those parts of the hitting area:
Fast forward to 2014:
Rizzo is swinging less often in general this year than he did last, and from a percentage standpoint, most of that decrease has come on offerings below the strike zone. The sample size is small—and it's even smaller off the plate inside—but even in one month of action, the apparent change has produced tangible results.
If the 40 plate appearances of data contained in the above table can be trusted, Rizzo is squaring up the ball far more often. Joe Mauer and Jacoby Ellsbury are the only hitters with as many trips to the box and a higher left-on-left line-drive rate than Rizzo, and their combined home-run total (three) is half of his. Mauer is the only other one who's yet to pop the ball up.
Rizzo will need a healthy dose of luck to sustain his .435 BABIP against like-handed hurlers, but keeping up that batted-ball profile would give him a chance to hover around .400. A popup-free diet with a 30 percent line-drive clip is Joey Votto territory, and Rizzo's Reds counterpart posted a .404 BABIP in 2012.
A month's worth of action is hardly enough data on which to proclaim Rizzo an elite hitter on par with Votto or even a tier below. But at least in a month-long sample, the underlying numbers are present. All Rizzo needs to do is sustain them.
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The Rays led 4-2 heading into the home half of the eighth. Mark Teixeira and Alfonso Soriano erased that lead with back-to-back home runs. The Rays put one on the board in the top of the ninth, but the Yankees countered with a run of their own. That 5-5 tie would hold for a while, and eventually, the fun began.
The Yankees threatened to walk off in the last of the 12th, when Jacoby Ellsbury singled and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt attempt that became a throwing error when Heath Bell chucked the ball into center field. That put runners at first and second with nobody out. Carlos Beltran hit a ground ball to second. Here's what happened:
That's a 4-3-3-6-3-4-3-4-5-2 double play.
In the 13th inning, the Yankees once again put the first two runners on, this time on singles by Brian McCann and Brian Roberts. Yangervis Solarte hit a ground ball to first. Sean Rodriguez fielded it and stepped on the bag to retire Solarte, then initiated a rundown to try to complete the twin killing. Here's what happened:
Yunel Escobar took himself out of the play when Roberts scampered back to first, and with no one backing up the keystone end of the pickle, Roberts enjoyed a free path to second base. That put runners at second and third with one out, and—with the designated hitter eliminated by an earlier substitution—Joe Girardi needed a pinch-hitter for pitcher Adam Warren. He chose Brett Gardner, at which point Joe Maddon responded by setting up a five-man infield.
Gardner validated that unorthodox alignment with a ground ball to the first baseman, Rodriguez, who wasn't close enough to the base to take it himself. Instead, he threw it to Wil Myers, who had joined the infield and was playing first base.
That's a 3-9 putout, if you're scoring at home, which, according to Twitter's best Retrosheet efforts, had never happened before in recorded major-league history.
With another out under his belt, Bell walked Ellsbury intentionally to bring Derek Jeter to the plate with the bases loaded and two down. Jeter hit a comebacker to end the inning—and even that anticlimactic at-bat was historic. It marked the first time in 19-plus big-league seasons and 2,624 big-league games that Jeter had gone 0-for-7.
A five-run Rays rally in the top of the 14th made Bell, who wound up throwing 43 pitches in 2 1/3 innings before Josh Lueke replaced him in the bottom of the frame, the winner. It was his first victory in a Rays uniform.
Bell's reward: getting to throw 28 more pitches on about 15 hours of rest on Saturday afternoon. And then, a ticket out of town.
The Pirates were batting .190/.288/.251 over their previous eight games and hadn't homered in 69 innings. The Blue Jays' bullpen was wilting under a heavy workload, and closer Sergio Santos, who came on to protect a 5-3 lead, entered with an 8.31 ERA, having blown two of his previous three save chances. Something had to give.
Three batters in, Santos gave…
…Pedro Alvarez a center-cut fastball to mash into the center-field stands and tie the game.
Two batters later, Santos gave…
…Starling Marte another middle-middle heater to smack into the Pirates bullpen and send the PNC Park crowd home happy. It was Marte's first extra-base hit since he'd last gone yard, way back on April 14. He'd batted .207/.292/.207 in the interim, with 18 strikeouts in 65 plate appearances.
The 6-5 defeat also cost Santos his temporary gig as the Blue Jays' closer, which manager John Gibbons will now decide on a game-to-game basis. It's tough to lose your job while striking out 17 batters in 9 1/3 innings, but despite his success in the bat-missing department, Santos had coughed up 12 hits—three of them homers—walked nine, and uncorked three wild pitches.
He'd also turned in just about the weirdest pitch-type result split you'll ever see:
The easy advice would be to tell Santos to throw more sliders, but he's already using the breaking ball 38 percent of the time. To right the ship, the right-hander is going to have to start spotting his fastball somewhere other than the heart of the plate.
In the meantime, Marcus Stroman is on the way to help the beleaguered bullpen.
The Brewers weren't going to play .700 ball all year, and they finally hit a bump in the road in Cincinnati this weekend, where the Reds took three of four. With Ryan Braun hurt and Aramis Ramirez in a 4-for-48 slump, Ron Roenicke's club foundered at the plate, failing to score four runs in any of the matchups at hitter-friendly Great American Ball Park. That's unfortunate, as Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel beat writer Tom Haudricourt pointed out, because the Brew Crew is 17-0 when it reaches that total this year.
Only a 2-0 victory in game two of four saved the Brewers from being swept for the first time in 2014. And even in that one, the offense let its pitcher, Wily Peralta, do all of the heavy lifting.
The visitors and hosts combined for one hit in 15 at-bats with runners in scoring position on Friday. The only knock? This fifth-inning double by Peralta—the fourth hit by a Brewers pitcher this year—which one-hopped the wall and brought home the only runs in the game:
Of course, the 24-year-old Peralta had a hand in the other end of that equation, too. He scattered three hits and two walks over eight frames on the bump to lower his ERA to 2.04. To find the last time the righty was charged with more than three earned runs, you'd have to go back a dozen assignments to last August 18. With the all-around masterpiece, Peralta became the first pitcher since Tim Hudson on June 20, 2011 to blank an opponent for eight or more innings while accounting for all of his team's runs.
Peralta has been the chief beneficiary of the Brewers' defensive shifts, which have yielded a .215 opponents' BABIP on ground balls. Peralta's foes, who've hit the ball on the ground 54.5 percent of the time, have teamed up for a .197 average in those at-bats.
On Saturday, Jon Lester became the first left-handed pitcher to strike out 15 batters since Francisco Liriano did it on July 13, 2012. Both of those outings came in 6-3 decisions against the Athletics, but the similarities between them end there.
For one thing, Liriano and the Twins were on the losing end of his duel against A.J. Griffin. Lester, on the other hand, left with a 6-0 lead. Jonny Gomes slugged his fifth career grand slam in the bottom of the first inning, and Lester never looked back, permitting only one hit and two walks in the 119-pitch effort.
Liriano dominated the Athletics with his slider, coaxing 17 whiffs on the 39 that he spun, many of them in the dirt:
Lester blew the A's away with his fastball and cutter, and he induced fewer swings-and-misses (14) with all of his offerings than Liriano did with his slider alone:
The 30-year-old Lester threw 98 total hard pitches, and the Athletics put only seven of them in play.
With only one lefty (Josh Reddick) in manager Bob Melvin's platoon-laden lineup, Lester pounded the low-and-away quadrant to Oakland's righties, and they rarely swung at pitches in that part of the zone, as evidenced by all of the bright-red called strikes on the above chart.
"He was working the corners really well, taking balls around the back side to righties and front door to lefties," catcher David Ross told reporters after the game.
The A's, meanwhile, were looking for pitches over the inner half, perhaps eager to take aim at the Green Monster. But even when Lester threw it there, they seldom managed to do more than foul it off.
Only 32 (43 percent) of Liriano's 75 strikes were called by the umpire or hit foul. By contrast, 55 (72 percent) of Lester's 76 fit into one of those two categories. He's the first pitcher of either handedness to record 15 punchouts without getting at least 15 whiffs since Cliff Lee baffled the Braves on May 6, 2011.
Lester is also just the fifth Red Sox pitcher ever, and only the second lefty, to collect 15 Ks. Roger Clemens (six times), Pedro Martinez (10), and Bill Monbouquette (once) are the righties on the list; Martinez had been the only one to do it while permitting fewer than two hits. Mickey McDermott is other southpaw—and he needed 16 innings to fan 15 Indians on July 28, 1951.
An impending free agent, Lester now owns a 58-to-10 K:BB ratio through seven starts. It improves to 43-to-5 when Ross, who has caught five of Lester's games to date, is in the squat. That explains why the veteran catcher "expect[s] that kind of performance every time he goes to the mound."
During Jenrry Mejia's days as a top-10 prospect in the Mets farm system, many evaluators—including BP alumnus Kevin Goldstein—pegged the right-hander as a future reliever while giving him a puncher's chance to stick in the rotation. The 23-year-old underwent Tommy John surgery in May of 2011 and went under the knife again last August to have bone chips removed from his elbow, but he pitched well during a brief big-league stint in 2013 and earned a job in the starting five out of spring training.
Six games into the 2014 campaign, Mejia is undefeated and has fanned 34 batters in 32 2/3 innings. On the other hand, he's sporting a 5.23 ERA, only slightly worse than his 4.70 FIP. The five gopher balls he's served up are chiefly to blame. But dig a little deeper into each of Mejia's starts, and a stark pattern emerges:
A good deal of the damage in the second and third rows of the above table came in Saturday's wild affair at Coors Field, in which Mejia posted four zeroes while the Mets scored six times against Rockies starter Franklin Morales. Then came the bottom of the fifth inning, which began ominously, as Ryan Wheeler, staring down Mejia for the second time as the sixth-place hitter in Walt Weiss's lineup, slugged a solo home run. It would only get worse from there.
Jordan Pacheco singled. D.J. LeMahieu walked. Pinch-hitter Brandon Barnes hit into a force play at second base, leaving runners at the corners with one out for the top of the order. Mejia would face five more batters without retiring any of them.
Charlie Blackmon singled. Drew Stubbs singled. Carlos Gonzalez singled. Troy Tulowitzki was hit by a pitch. And then, on the first pitch he saw from Mejia, Nolan Arenado brought them all home with a grand slam.
That was all for Mejia, who has now surrendered 14 runs in his last 10 innings of work—13 of them following his final trip to the mound in each of the past two games.
Virtually all of the fifth-inning damage came in early counts; only one of the nine Rockies who batted versus Mejia saw more than three pitches. After keeping the home nine at bay for four frames and two-and-a-half turns through the order, Mejia and catcher Anthony Recker weren't fooling anyone in the fifth.
For now, Mejia will remain a member of the rotation, as manager Terry Collins told reporters that he expects him to pitch against the Phillies on Friday. But even the skipper acknowledged that Mejia's injury history and outings like the one he had on Saturday could eventually force a permanent move to the bullpen.
Corey Kluber set an Indians franchise record on Sunday by striking out seven White Sox in a row. He whiffed 13 total, becoming just the fifth Tribe pitcher since 2000 to reach that number in a game. That was a shrewd game plan, because the Indians entered play yesterday having allowed opponents to bat .271 on worm-killers, the third-worst clip in the majors. They'd also committed a league-high 16 errors on ground balls.
Unfortunately, tossing eight innings of one-run ball didn't help Kluber beat the South Siders, even as his battery-mate, George Kottaras, became the first player in Indians history to go yard in his first two trips to the plate. For the second time in five starts, the right-hander gave the Indians a chance to win, only to watch John Axford melt down in the ninth.
The first-year Indians closer threw 28 pitches and notched only two outs, permitting two walks and a three-run bomb by Dayan Viciedo in between. That was all the scoring the White Sox would need in the 3-1 decision. Matt Lindstrom, who coughed up a one-run edge on April 13 to set Axford's first blown save of the year, blanked the Indians in the home half of the ninth following his second.
So, should Cody Allen's fantasy owners rejoice? Nope, said manager Terry Francona, urging Axford to "have a bit of amnesia, come back tomorrow and get a save." For more on the situation, check out Mauricio Rubio's Closer to Me column, which includes a weekly look over Axford's shoulder at Allen's chances of usurping the job.
The Defensive Play of the Weekend
And, on top of that, Arenado has a league-best 24-game hitting streak going, including the aforementioned grand slam.
What to Watch for on Monday
Thanks to Nick Wheatley-Schaller for the embedded GIFs.
Daniel Rathman is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @danielrathman
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Not sure if I'm misreading the sentence, but Peralta's hit was the 4th hit for a Brewers pitcher this year.
May 05, 2014 06:32 AM
151 hours of rest?
May 05, 2014 06:46 AM
I honestly don't think that should be considered a 3-9. What actually happened is that Myers was moved to first base for the play.
May 05, 2014 06:46 AM
I think this raises a fascinating question. With the growing popularity of defensive shifts and non-traditional defensive formations, how do we score all these plays? Apart from the pitcher (and, in the AL, the DH), I assume there's no requirement that a lineup designate what position a player is fielding or that the umpire or scorer be notified of position changes. (Think of those occasions where a manager runs out of position players and is forced to use a pitcher in the outfield. The pitcher generally moves back and forth between left and right based on the handedness of the hitter -- I assume if he catches fly balls on those occasions, it will properly be score F7 or F9 based on where he was playing when the ball was pitched.) Given that after P and C, you can put the other seven guys anywhere you want on the field, doesn't that mean that scoring conventions are just a convenience to allow us to recreate the game, not a formal stat? If so, perhaps the scoring of games needs to evolve?
May 05, 2014 08:43 AM
Jeter's handling of that rundown was a thing of beauty, but I wonder: don't they teach rundowns in fielding instruction any more? Admittedly, the presence of the potential winning run ahead of the play was a complication, but that still took at least two or three more throws to finish than a rundown ever should. Not the first time I've seen such a ridiculously extended rundown lately, either. If I'd seen a play like that by my kids when I was coaching Little League, I'd have had a quiet "teaching moment" with them at the next practice.
May 05, 2014 07:02 AM
Credit to Peralta Friday night, but the Reds lineup was shameful. Heisey-Votto-Frazier-Bruce-Pena-Cozart-Bernadina-Santiago-Leake. Walt Jocketty's bench is sad, again.
May 05, 2014 08:10 AM
Just a note to keep things correct. The Jays are not going to a 6 man rotation any time soon. Brandon Morrow was put on the 60 DL on the weekend. Surprised - not really. So for the foreseeable future Happ will be in the rotation unless he stinks so bad that Marcus Stroman gets starts earlier than anyone thought. Personally I'd like Stroman to stay in the bullpen until Sept.
May 05, 2014 10:21 AM
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Dura Automotive Systems, Inc., parent of RV industry supplier firms Atwood Mobile Products and Excel Industries, has purchased German steering parts supplier Reiche GmbH & Co, KG (Reiche Automotive) for $20 million. The purchase price includes stock and Dura's assumption of $4 million worth of Reiche debt. Reiche has annual sales of around $60 million. Read More →
Stock Markets and RV Shares Climb
November 24, 2000 by Sherman Goldenberg · Leave a Comment
Bargain-hunting occurred on the stock market as it did in the shopping malls on Friday, traditionally the busiest day of the year for retailers. Investors in RV company stocks also benefitted as almost all RV company shares gained value on Friday. The Nasdaq composite surged 149 points, or 5.4%, Friday as investors gobbled-up tech issues. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also climbed 71 points, or 0.7%. Retail chain Holiday RV Superstores, which does business as Recreation USA, was the RV industry... Read more
Judge Denies Forest River Request
A Virginia state court judge denied a request by Forest River Inc. that sought to prevent Fleetwood Enterprises Inc. from holding a reception next Monday night (Nov. 27), prior to the opening of the RV industry's national trade show in Louisville, Ky. Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Terrance Ney denied the request for a restraining order on Nov. 21. Goshen, Ind.-based Forest River tried to have a restraining order imposed against the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA), sponsor of the Louisville... Read more
Election Deadlock Casts Pall on Stock Market
The presidential election impasse caused the Nasdaq composite to fall on Wednesday to its lowest point in 13 months, according to market analysts. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and most RV stocks also were down. The Nasdaq fell 116 points, or 4%, on Wednesday, while the Dow declined 95 points, or 0.9%. Certain market analysts were quoted Wednesday saying they fear the economy might lapse into a recession, and that apparently caused the stock of retail dealership chain Holiday RV Superstores to... Read more
Forest River Halted Truck Camper Production
Forest River has told a federal court in California that it has stopped producing truck campers, according to the attorney for Lance Camper Manufacturing Corp., which sued Forest River for allegedly copying its designs. However, Lance, based in Lancaster, Calif., has not dropped the law suit, which claims Forest River committed copyright and trademark infringement and engaged in unfair competition, according to Jan Kurahara Jr., general counsel for Lance. Forest River told the court it stopped building... Read more


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Time Endorses Gay Euro-Pols
If you're educated, you'll vote for gay politicians. That was the underlying message of the Time's article "Europe's Gay Leaders: Out at the Top" by William Lee Adams. Adams based his premise on the worn out stereotype that conservatives lack forward-thinking skills - or perhaps any thinking skills whatsoever - and need to be educated by progressive liberals such as himself. (And since we're dwelling on stereotypes, note that the first sentence above used only eight words to summarize what Adams, like a typical pontificating liberal, took 1,867 words to say.)
Adams argued in his article that Iceland, which elected Johanna Sigurdardottir last year - the world's first gay leader, was an "extremely homophobic" country until its citizens were given an "education."
"Over the last 30 years," Adams wrote. "Samtokin '78, a Reykjavik-based gay-rights organization, worked with the national media to produce news programs that gave gay men and women a human face, and acquainted the public with the prejudice gays encounter. Activists visited high schools to create gay role models and counter stereotypes. By 1996 the country had legalized gay civil unions, and Sigurdardottir had served as a Cabinet minister. Today, only 6% of Icelandic clergymen say they would refuse to perform a gay marriage."
And Adams failed to find any of them - or anyone else hesitant to celebrate gay pols - for his article. America, Adams concluded, needs just such an education. The country that's fallen behind its peers in the race towards sexual equality. And who's to blame for that?
"Religious conservatives," of course.
The "attitudes" of these conservatives - notice he doesn't refer to them as deep-seated religious beliefs - Adams claimed, destroy the political aspirations of America's homosexuals. He quoted Denis Dison, the spokesman for Victory Fund, "an organization that offers financial support to gay political candidates," who said that "it's hard for [gay politicians] to even go into a town hall meeting or public forum because they get such nasty questions."
In Adams' ideal world, Americans wouldn't even point out - much less focus on the sexuality of their candidates, just like in the case of Iceland's new Prime Minister.
"The Icelandic media didn't mention Sigurdardottir's sexuality for days," Adams wrote. "Sure, she was gay and had entered a civil partnership with another woman in 2002. But Icelanders hardly seemed to notice."
Adams quoted Margret Bjornsdottir, the director of the Institute for Public Administration and Politics at the University of Iceland who said that "the media silence echoed the sentiment of the public. Nobody cared about her sexual orientation. Being gay is a nonissue here. It's considered unremarkable."
Such should be the progressive aspirations of America, according to Adams, and it can be achieved by instituting "Europe's liberal laws."
"Eighteen European countries," he wrote, "allow gay marriage or same-sex civil unions, and gay couples in nine countries can adopt children."
It's these laws, Adams argued, that have "largely normalized perceptions of gays" across Europe and, according to Christopher Girard, the openly gay deputy mayor of Paris, have "forced respect."
Of course Adams failed to mention that over half of the United States has already clearly voiced its opinion on gay marriage with laws of its own. So far, thirty states have added defense of traditional marriage amendments to their constitution.


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Designer Alessandro Dell'Acqua focused on the label's trademark knitwear for the womenswear spring-summer 2013 collection previewed Friday during Milan Fashion Week.
Relaxed striped sweaters with a nautical feel were paired with fitted cigarette pants or pencil skirts. Dell'Acqua also took inspiration from the African Masai intricate intarsia knitwear that showed up as sweaters, skirts and dresses. Sequins and beads made some pieces ready for evening.
The collection also contained flower graphics -- one of the themes blossoming on the Milan runway this season.
Accessories included thin golden belts, cinching a black sequined dress with sheer top or a sparkly gold bustier dress.


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ROBERT Hodkinson has been chosen as the Conservative candidate for the Ramsbottom by-election, to be held on March 6.
Mr Hodkinson was selected at a meeting of the town's branch of the Bury North Conservative Association following the resignation of Labour councillor Joanne Columbine.
Mrs Columbine won the seat three years ago after drawing straws with Mr Hodkinson, who received an equal number of votes.
Coun Ian Bevan, who represents Ramsbottom, said: "Rob lives in Whittingham Drive, Ramsbottom, with his wife, Mary-Ann. They have two daughters. Rob and his wife established their small independent business in Bridge Street many years ago and continue to have a thriving local business.
"He spends most of his spare time volunteering with Ramsbottom Business Group, where he is treasurer, and helps organise a variety of events and festivals in the town. I am happy to fully support Rob and hope he gets the opportunity to join me on Bury Council in the very near future."


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Is it a good thing or a bad thing that the cost of parking in downtown Winnipeg is the third lowest among Canada's 12 major cities?
I've been trying to decide and I fear my travelling comfort is winning out over my best efforts to be eco-friendly and civic-minded.
First, it may well be that downtown parking in Winnipeg is cheap in relative Canadian terms and, in comparison with London, England, is a total steal, but really cheap? Well, no. Not really.
I pay $190 to park in an unheated parkade less than 100 yards from my building. In summer, it has the advantage of keeping my car out of the sunlight and consequently relatively cool. In the winter, it's out of the notorious wind of Portage and Main -- a stone's throw from our offices -- and it has block heaters.
Were I to take the bus, however, the cost of a monthly pass would be only $74 and that's total cost: no gas, no insurance, no servicing. What's more, taking the bus is simple and quick. There are two buses within a maximum five-minute walk of our building on Wellington Crescent; one leaves from Corydon and the other leaves from across the street. Both trips get me to work in less than 30 minutes.
Why don't I take the bus? Why don't other people like me take the bus?
Here's where it gets complicated. I know one of the major problems with Winnipeg is that the car remains king and public transit is a poor second. Sure, my trip to my office by bus is relatively quick and simple, but most other trips I would make are not.
So, I own a car. As it is, that car gets very little use. I've had it for more than three years and it still has only 16,000 kilometres on the odometer. People travel farther than that in three months. So, I have this very expensive, depreciating asset sitting in my garage day after day. Economically, what I should do is get rid of the car.
Hah! Easier said than done. If there were taxis to hail on the street, if there were an easily available car-sharing service, if there were (in the summer) even a bike-sharing service it might be possible. I know I am pampering myself but, really, I'm not sure how I would do food shopping without a car.
So, when I debate with myself about why I am spending $190 a month to park my car downtown when I could take the bus for less than half the price, one of the arguments I use is that I am paying for my car anyway so I might as well make use of it to drive to work.
Even though it is an easy bus trip, the convenience of the car is enormous. If I have business trips to make during the day, I can just leap in the car. Sure, I could wait for buses or order a taxi, but the time and trouble is significant. If it sounds to you that I am trying really hard to justify the unjustifiable, I think you are right.
The real question is at what point would the cost of parking make me think twice about driving to work? Because, while the cost is very significant at $190 or $2,280 a year, it doesn't feel like too much for the convenience it brings. I might get a week's holiday for the same cost, but the real saving would be to get rid of the car altogether and that's not going to happen, at least not without real alternatives.
I am sure others who drive similar distances feel the same and make the same kind of calculations. We drive to work because we can and because the cost doesn't outweigh the convenience.
The result is, however, that Winnipeg remains a city dominated by making the streets convenient for cars. The barriers at Portage and Main remain so thousands of cars can pass through the intersection every day without interference from pedestrians. Arguments rage over building rapid-transit systems because most Winnipeggers own and prefer to use their cars. The downtown is dotted with surface parking lots because people take their cars to work.
How can this cycle be broken? Tough to say. Raising the cost of parking may cause a revolt. Improving the transit system would help, but it's going to be tough to persuade people such as me to take it. It's difficult to admit it, but personal convenience has a nasty habit of beating public good most of the time. There is a tipping point between the cost of car usage and convenience but I'm not sure where it is. I'm not proud of my selfish use of a car, but I can always use the climate as an excuse.
Nicholas Hirst is CEO of Winnipeg-based television and film producer Original Pictures Inc.


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SciTech Festival Spotlights Arizona As Growing Power In Science, Technology
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Techno party: SciTech Festival will put spotlight on Arizona as a growing power in science and technology Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says there is no better way to launch the state's second century than by creating future leaders in industries that Brewer sees as crucial for the state's economic vitality. "Arizona is an emerging world… Read More →


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National Science Board to Meet Sept. 28-29
The National Science Board (NSB) will hold its 388th meeting Sept. 28-29, 2005, at the National Science Foundation (NSF) headquarters, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va. This is one of NSB's regular meetings related to general national science and engineering policy issues of interest and specific NSF activities. Media representatives are invited to attend all open sessions, subject to provisions of the Government in the Sunshine Act.
Highlights of open sessions include:Sept. 28
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Kate Middleton Celebrates St. Patrick's Day With Her Usual Shamrock Cluster
And the usual sold out outfit.
Aside from the baby bump Kate is sporting this year, this St. Paddy's is shaping up to look like most others for the Cambridges: The Duke and Duchess attended ceremonial duties (presenting shamrocks to the Irish Guards), Kate wore her usual broach of live shamrocks and a black Catherine Walker coat dress that appears to be sold out. So really, the usual.
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman's gold necklace was ripped from her neck.
The 64-year-old victim was targeted by two robbers in Clayhall Avenue, near the junction with Tiptree Crescent in Barkingside, at 1.20pm on May 23.
She was approached stealthily from behind by the men as she walked with her husband towards Tiptree Crescent.
They snatched the necklace before running into Tiptree Crescent.
The woman was not injured in the incident and her husband phoned police shortly after it happened, and they provided a description of the muggers.
Police described the first suspect as a black man, 6ft 4ins, in his mid-20s with a slim athletic build and short hair.
He is said to have a light skin tone and a square muscular face.
The suspect was wearing a green sleeveless body warmer, a grey or white long sleeve top and blue jeans.
The second suspect is described as a black man, 5ft 6ins and around 20-years-old.
He is slim and wearing a black jacket.
No arrests have yet been made.
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9 New Pieces Of Saints Gear From Nike That Are Really Cool [PHOTOS]
Now that everyone has seen Nike's new 2012 uniform designs for the Saints along with the other 31 NFL teams, what about the stuff that we can actually buy and wear right now? Nike took over the license from Adidas AG's Reebok unit, which held the NFL outfitting rights for the past 10 years. In addition to the jerseys, cleats, gloves and other on-field accessories, Nike also has the rights to make sideline, practice and fan apparel.


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This very flash, very knowing, vastly entertaining French thriller is so ironic it almost ends back at innocence. Poupaud is a naive small time con artist who gets in way over his head when he puts together a drugs deal with the reptilian Ecoffey and his independent-minded protégée, Bohringer. Graham Guit, director and co-writer, has fun and games with a Tarantino-esque chronology, a joyous kitsch soundtrack, and a novice's delight in the mechanics of the genre: he tears it apart, reassembles it, then hides the spare parts behind a ready wit. Bright stuff.
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A relatively new British brand that has built up quite a following since its launch in November 2008. Illamasqua (a combination of 'Illusion' and 'Masquerade') is the brainchild of Yorkshire marketing guru Julian Kynaston who, without any previous experience in the world of makeup, launched the brand to reflect his passion for all things subcultural.
Illamasqua was edgy from day one so it felt like a natural step for Joseph Corre to join in 2010. There aren't many people with as much punk heritage in their blood as this man. The son of Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, Corre grew up in the middle of London's punk scene. After a number of years working for his mother, he co-founded lingerie company Agent Provocateur, where he worked for 16 years before leaving to join Kynaston. The pair have created a bold beauty brand that is expanding rapidly and will soon have 13 UK stockist sites, as well as a presence in the US, Australia and Dubai.
What makes it edgy?
Well, they don't shy away from unconventional looks and highly pigmented colour. The core collection is based on a range created by Arnold Langer, who learned his trade in prewar Berlin among the underground clubs and cabaret performers of the time. Illamasqua certainly maintains that theatrical feel and playfulness with adventurous seasonal collections. From their core range, I rather like the Cream Pigment (£17, illamasqua.com) that can be used on eyes, lips or cheeks, the colour able to be built up to be as intense, or not, as you like.
So what's new?
Their present collection for A/W 2011, called Theatre of the Nameless, pretty much summarises Illamasqua in a nutshell – theatrical, decadent, over-the-top and dramatic. The lipstick Kontrol (£15.50) is a rich violet; the lip gloss in Violate (£13) is a sheer green; and the aubergine-coloured Precision Ink liner in Havoc (£17) is meant for use all over the face and body. Personally, I'll probably stick to using it on my eyes.


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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
How do I correctly perform the "Back Slice" hidden skill?
I do what the guy tells me, but I can't seem to actually perform the move. Any tips?
Kaleidoscalp - 9 years ago
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And if you are playing on the gamecube, try this: simply hold the control stick to one side or the other, then press A, A, B.
CryBaby51 (Expert) - 8 years ago
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You want to target the enemy and jump to the side twice. The first jump will look like a regular side-step jump, but for the second jump, Link will roll behind the opponent, at which point you need to push the A button to actually execute the attack.
kirkinout - 9 years ago
Learning this technique can be tricky for some, as the controls are not perfect and the timing is precise. Just practice and side jump twice, as you come out of the roll from the second jump hit A to perform it, just keep trying and you'll perfect it eventually
saturos_4_ever - 9 years ago
Perfect answers given. Side jump twice while targeting. You will circle around the opponent automatically and then come up. It's good for avoiding attacks too. During the roll, shake your wiimote and you'll come up swinging. One of my favorite moves in the game.
GhostChrome - 8 years ago
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AN arson attack which damaged a new Astroturf pitch and equipment at a school in Taunton has cost the developer "a significant" amount.
The pitch at Bishop Fox's School will be opened in September when the developer formally hands it over the school, and repairs have now been made to the site.
The incident took place before May half-term and the school carried out an internal investigation as well as one completed by the police.
Head teacher Paul Scutt said: "The pitch is all sorted now. There were significant costs involved as the surface came from Belgium and they had to get new carpet to lay down."
He added: "We are satisfied with the outcome of our investigation."
He said: "This is something which has cost half a million pounds and will be used for the school and community's benefit.
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Serious Question: Does Lupus Make You Retarded?
Selena Gomez is reportedly suffering from lupus – it's always lupus – so here she is going on a Segway ride with Justin Bieber (and here) because if there's one person who will be sensitive to her at her darkest hour, it's Whorebang McSyrupdawg.
"Justin, thank you so much for seeing me. I've just been-"
"Yeah, yeah. Let's ride Segways! That shit is TIGHT."
"Okay… but will you ride next to me so we can talk?"
"Sure, girl, sure. *hops on, takes off* PSYCHE!"
"Justin! I'm really, really sick."
*circles back around* "Yo, for real? Like hospitals and shit?"
"DAYAMN. … So we're not fucking, today are we?"
"Probably not."
"I'mma record an album. PEACE."
Ahh, young love, what can't it heal?
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Israel marks four years of Ariel Sharon's coma
Israel has marked the fourth anniversary of former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's coma after a massive stroke.
Mr Sharon, 81, has been in a coma since 2006 and is currently in a care facility in Ra'anana, outside Tel Aviv. He suffered a stroke several months after the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
He was elected Prime Minister in 2001 as head of Likud, but abandoned his old party after making enemies when he backed the withdrawal from Gaza.
He formed new party Kadima to run in the 2006 elections. The popular leader seemed destined for re-election with his new party when he suffered a severe brain haemorrhage.
Doctors believe it is unlikely Mr Sharon will ever regain consciousness, despite being able to breathe unassisted.
If Mr Sharon to awake from his four-year coma, he would find a changed Israel. Just after his stroke Hamas won control of Gaza in the January 2006 elections.
After his absence for 100 days, his deputy Ehud Olmert became Prime Minister in his place, only to resign amid allegations of corruption to be replaced by Tzipi Livni.
But Mr Sharon's Kadima party had even more woes to come, despite its strong support. Ms Livni failed to form a coalition and Binyamin Netanyahu, Mr Sharon's long time Likud rival, became Prime Minister in 2008.
The former Prime Minister was also unconscious throughout Operation Cast Lead, Barak Obama's presidential election and the terrorist attacks in the UK.
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Obama Courts Young Ohio Voters With Help From Hollywood
Ohio again took center stage in the presidential race as President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney return to the swing state.
The Democratic president spoke to a crowd on the Ohio State University campus Tuesday evening. The event included a performance by will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas.
"To let people know and remind them how powerful their choice and their vote is," Will.I.Am said.
Obama urged college students to vote early. Obama told the young voters at a large rally at Ohio State University yesterday not to wait or delay their vote. Yesterday was the state's deadline to register to vote.
"Everything we fought for in 2008 is on the line in 2012 and I need your help to finish what we started," Obama told the crowd.
"Please, empower yourself, make yourself visible," Will.I.Am said. "Make your voice heard by coming down here to the polls."
Obama's Tuesday visit came as republican candidate, Mitt Romney campaigned with N.J. Gov. Chris Christie in Cuyahoga Falls.
In a sign of its importance, the two campaigns and their outside supporters have spent more than $110 million on TV advertising in the perennial battleground state.
Roughly 7.9 million Ohioans have registered to vote. Registration ended last night. Secretary of State Jon Husted said that more than 1.1 million people have applied for an absentee ballot to vote by mail, as of Friday. And another 13,100 military and overseas absentee ballots also have been requested.
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today i discovered the music of London based Italian-English singer Valentina. i know literally nothing about her (google has failed me, i guess) but you can buy her EP Wolves, which is out now on iTunes, and also listen to snippets of it on her label's soundcloud page. watch the videos…
in the past week i've received two emails telling me about 16 year old New Zealand singer Lorde (thanks Holly and Sarah). this girl is good. and the more i listened to her music the more i thought, damn what was i doing at 16? i was making mixtapes, not…
Sydney Wayser
a wonderful reader, Heather, put me onto to Brooklyn based songstress Sydney Wayser, whose new album Bell Choir Coast is, simply put, track after track of RAD. have a listen to Potions below (the video premiered on Time entertainment last week) and be sure to buy her entire album here.
Last of the country gentlemen
Josh T. Pearson promised himself he wouldn't shave until he put out a second record. Now he hasn't seen his face in "over ten fucking years" and doesn't know what he'll do with the length of ashen fodder he's grown when his new album Last of the Country Gentlemen is…
fine folk
october music mix is here! this past month i've been spending a lot of quality time with my ipod listening to tunes on my own – in airports, on long flights, walking around in a strange city, driving in my car… and i kept returning to the same kind of music. would…
another day
everyday she takes a morning bath, she wets her hair, wraps a towel around her as she's heading for the bedroom chair – it's just another day.
you can call me al
this gives me such goosebumps, it's ridiculous! also makes me want to jump up & dance like a crazy. the concert was in 1987 & held in harare – you can buy the dvd at amazon (or take2 for the locals). the graceland clip is equally rad.
kings of convenience
i am really loving the new kings of convenience album – declaration of dependence
don't think twice, it's alright
metric – don't think twice, it's alright (bob dylan) i love emily haines' voice!


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Cups to cubic inches (in3) conversion table shows the most common values for the quick reference. Alternatively, you may use the converter to convert any other values. If scroll down, you may also create and print your own custom conversion table create your table.
1 Cup [US] = 14.4375 Cubic Inches
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Death by Party | Iggy Azalea- What's up with the white girl hip hop?
So early on this year I proclaimed 2011 as the year of white boy hip hop. I don't know about that now. It seems like white girls are far more the cause celeb this year. First you have Kreayshawn and the White Girl Mob. Art school hipster rap chicks from Oakland dropping the N bomb and horrifying old school purists. The rage the White Girl Mob produces is powerfully visceral, but the fact is, they're really fucking good.
Now along comes Iggy Azalea. Iggy is even more confusing and just as good any member of the White Girl Mob. Unlike Kreashawn's clear cracker roots, Iggy seems to be trying to fit in with a ghetto fabulous getup, powerful super booty and her obsession with rapping about her pussy. Like the Beastie Boys back in the day, Kreashawn isn't claiming street cred, but unlike the the Bestie Boys, she's catching shit. Like Vanilla Ice, Iggy (originally from AUSTRALIA) appears to be trying hard to fit in, and unlike Vanilla Ice, isn't catching shit.
The thing is, in the city you do occasionally stumble across a white girl who was legitimately raised in the hood. The current manager of my ghetto Rite Aid comes to mind, a lilly white irish girl with a ponytail on top of her head, a neck tattoo and black lipstick. Last week I watched her jump over the counter and get between a wheelchair bound homeboy and a gang sign flexing Puerto Rican who were arguing about who was "more legit." She was screaming in her best Jerry Springer awww yeah drawl "I'm the law up in this piece mother fuckers."
I went in to buy some Draino, and I fell in love. I see her everywhere, the gamblers anonymous meetings, the casino, the dog fights and even in the back alley where I watch hookers huff glue with Wheat Toast.* Now I can't take my eyes off of her with her big busted nose, thick dose of eyeliner and long gaudy nails. I just want to coo in her ear "you're more legit than Iggy, wheel chair thug or any set claiming Puerto Rican.."
But I digress. The question I think that is starting to form on everyone's lips is, does race really matter in hip hop anymore, or have the crackers finally taken it away too?
– Jimi Jam
*Death by Party does not endorse or condone the use of illegal drug use and all references are purely fictional for entertainment purposes.
Tags: bestie boys, ghetto, huffing glue, Iggy Azalea, Kreayshawn, pussy, vanilla ice, yellawolf


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Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar
Initial Review: 3,400 miles on tires
December 07, 2012
I appreciate the input from others w/same tires. Bought the car w/3200 miles and oringal tires. Can not find the same tire in any other brand. Reading reviews gives me hope that if I buy a new set they will perform better. Once these have gone over 3 to 4 years the rubber gets very hard and will not hook up. Afraid of corners at speed until I get new set, wish the size came in another brand but such is life. On the GT, absolutely the best American car ever! Tires, fair, car no question.
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Diamond Offshore (DO)
Industry: Oil service and exploration
Market Capitalization: $6.7 billion
Total Return Since 3/9/2009: 20%
Diamond Offshore (DO), an oil service stock that focuses on deepwater drilling, has been nothing but bad news since 2009. Share prices remain slightly in the red compared with the bear market low, but thanks to dividends it has managed to post a total return of 20%.
But note: If you're measuring from the 2009 highs instead of March 9, share prices are more than 50% lower.
Also note that dividends totaled $8 per share in 2009 before dropping to $5.25 in 2010 and then $3.50 in 2011 – where payouts have stayed.
As oil prices crashed and deepwater drilling became less profitable (and also less popular thanks to the Deepwater Horizon disaster), Diamond Offshore has had a rough go of things … and its 16% declines in the first few months of 2014 show that the pain might not be over yet.


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Skillzys® Development Club
Information about the Partnership
Anchorage Youth Soccer Club has partnered with skillzys to better improve soccer and the way it is played. This partnership is geared toward clubs who share skillzys player development philosophies and who feel they can benefit from various product lines that are offered. Some of these skillzys that players are using are:
- Individual Technical Development (I.T.D.)
- Juggling
- Life Skillz
To improve and add other alternatives to player development at both technical and game awareness. The club has adopted skillzys (merit badges) for coaches to punch holes in to recognize accomplishments. To learn more about skillzys, what specific skills players can work on, and the company's player development philosophy and products, visit their website at www.skillzys.com.


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SPARSHOLT College celebrated the return of bees to its 400-acre campus at an event which launched the start of the college's centenary celebrations.
The milestone marked 100 years of land-based education and training on its current site. Special guests and VIPs including college president Lord Malmesbury joined the principal and the Sparsholt team last week to mark the launch of the centenary celebrations.
Lord Malmesbury was joined by John Cosburn, head of Hampshire Beekeepers Association, and Adrian Kelly, seasonal bee inspector from FERA, the Food and Environment Research Agency, as 120,000 bumblebees living in four hives took up residence in the college's orchard.
A lime tree was planted as a permanent commemoration of the event. It is particularly attractive to bees and will support the cross-pollination between the orchard trees and the wild flowers.
Tim Jackson, Sparsholt College principal, said: "This event marks the beginning of our centenary celebrations, which recognise the incredible contribution this college has made to the training and education of those working in the land-based industries.
"From ploughing the land in 1914 to research and innovative development in 2014, Sparsholt College has been at the forefront of training to ensure those entering these professions continue to push industry ever forward."
Once happily settled among the college orchard, the bees will make an important contribution to the curriculum, in particular for students on the horticulture, agriculture and conservation programmes.
They will experience first-hand the vital role bees play in pollination and how this feeds into sustainable agriculture and the environment.
Sparsholt will also be marking its centenary with a series of activities throughout the year, including a specialist lecture programme, conferences and events.
This year, Countryside Day will be vintagethemed, as visitors are invited to celebrate 100 years of progression.
For former students an alumni group will be launched, and for prospective students looking to advance their studies to degree level, a centenary scholarship.


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Penguins say Caps' picks littering series
Picking the Penguins to win four of five potential remaining playoff games against the Washington Capitals probably isn't the worst bet in professional sports.
Of course, picking the Penguins might just allow the Capitals to essentially end this best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series before it really begins.
"It's tough," Penguins defenseman Sergei Gonchar said Tuesday of perceived plays involving illegal picks that he and many teammates believe Capitals players have committed through two home victories in the series.
"I thought the league was against it. They called that during the regular season. Unfortunately they aren't doing it now."
No complaint is insignificant in a playoff series, and this Penguins' beef carries some weight — if the plays they question, both involving goals by Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, indeed were against the rules.
The Penguins tail this series, 2-0, and each loss came by a goal after the teams entered the third period tied.
A pivotal Game 3 is tonight at Mellon Arena. The Penguins have never won a series they trailed, 3-0, but they have claimed seven best-of-seven postseason affairs in which they won Game 3 at home.
To win tonight they need to cap Ovechkin's scoring chances. He is tied with Penguins center Sidney Crosby for the series lead with four goals, and he has been credited with 21 shots on 36 attempts.
"He's the kind of player that, if you give him a little room, he doesn't need too much to get a goal," Penguins defenseman Hal Gill said. "A lot of other players, if you give them room will get off a shot. He'll get a little more. That shot he's got is pretty effective.
"We have to take him out of the play as much as we can."
Trouble is, Penguins such as left wing and prime penalty-killer Matt Cooke say, Ovechkin's teammates are creating free space for him by running interference — a foul according to the NHL's rule No. 56, but one allegedly not assessed enough by referees in this series.
Cooke claims Capitals defenseman Mike Green interfered with Penguins center Jordan Staal on a 5-on-3 power-play goal by Ovechkin in Game 1. Cooke believes he was interfered with on Ovechkin's third-period power-play goal in Game 2 that snapped a tie.
"We've talked to the referees, and I know we showed them tape," Cooke said. "It's a blatant play. I'm nowhere near the puck. (A player) is not allowed to touch me.
"It's a penalty. ... Call the game accordingly. The rules are the rules. It's not a guessing game."
The Capitals are 2-for-7 on the power play in the series, but the Penguins will take their chances on the penalty kill — provided, of course, on-ice officials don't force them to alter their approach by allowing interference.
Staal said the alleged non-calls have hurt the Penguins on faceoffs. They won only 38 percent of draws in Game 2.
"They've got a few (pick) faceoff plays and stuff," he said. "When you have Ovechkin and (Capitals winger Alexander Semin) waiting to fire one from the top of the circle, it's tough to judge what's going to happen."
Staal added that the Penguins simply need to win some draws, though coach Dan Bylsma said the Capitals' penchant for pick-plays significantly alters players' approaches to faceoffs.
"It should; you know there is going to be contact," Bylsma said, later acknowledging that he has addressed the Capitals' would-be interference fouls with referees.
"They talk to us about what they are looking for. They told us (in Game 2) they were looking for that situation and didn't feel it merited a call."
If that trend continues tonight, the Penguins must adjust fast, Gonchar said.
"You have to deal with it, make sure that position-wise you are better and don't give them a chance," he said. "Bring attention to the referees right before. Sometimes those things are obvious, but sometimes they aren't."


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15 Hostess Gifts Under $20
15 No-Fail Hostess Gifts (All Under $20!)
15 No-Fail Hostess Gifts (All Under $20!)
Nothing makes us more grateful than someone else hosting a holiday party! This year we will be showing our hostess appreciation with something that will last longer than an open bottle of champagne. Take a look at our great hostess gifts — each under $20.
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100% of proceeds will be donated to the Kate McCarthy Memorial Scholarship Fund; come on down and support our brothers from the Weymouth Fire Department.
NEWS: 2017 Town of Braintree Firefighter Exam. Please see the following link to register. This exam is administered by Town of Braintree, not the Department of Fire. All questions should be directed to Human Resources located at the Town Hall (Second Floor). Applications must be submitted on or before January 6, 2017.


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I am open and honest, with a thoughtful streak. Confident and looking for someone who is the same. I love to hike and get outside with the pup.
I like bad movies and great movies, and find the line between them to be pretty small. The best bad movie is The Room, and my all time favorite movie is Jaws.
Most of the TV I watch is what is on Netflix and Hulu, and I never watch it on my TV, which begs the question, why do I still call it TV?
I gave up on ITunes a while back and made the switch to Spotify. I have more faith in its understanding of my likes and dislikes than I do in my own.
I'm a vegetarian who loves all sorts of food. Indian, Thai, Mexican, really I'll try any style, place, or dish once (so long as its vegetarian that is).
Also, if you have seen Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead. I love that movie.


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Glory is Good Value: Carnival Glory Cruise Review by ctdahlquist
Overall Member Rating
Glory is Good Value
Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: Miami
This was my 9th cruise, with previous cruises on Holland America, Carnival, Commodore, MSC, and Royal Olympia. My most recent cruises have been on Freestyle NCL, so comparisons will be mostly with Norwegian.
Although the MDR fare is less gourmet that was previously experienced on Carnival back in 2002, we were pleasantly surprised by the overall flavor and temperature of our food. It is my feeling that many will enjoy the more approachable menu now featured. In no way is the MDR food comparable to Applebees or any other mass-market chain back on land, nor is it comparable to higher-end establishments. It fits somewhere in the middle.
We did not enjoy breakfast in Red Sail (Lido buffet area), as the offerings More were cold and didn't seem as fresh as they could have been. We also did not care for the processed eggs that were offered.
Guys Burgers, the burrito offerings, fish and chips station and the pizza were all excellent, although we have some gripes about availability and wait times. Carnival has replaced MDR breakfast and lunch on sea days with a brunch, and we found no MDR lunches available while in port. This resulted in long lines in the buffet and other alternative dining establishments, especially when passengers return from shore looking for lunch or an afternoon snack. Carnival should better coordinate the availability of food venues with the times passengers return from ports of call to avoid excessive crowding.
This is where Carnival shines, in my opinion. Most of the staff were smiling, greeting customers and seemed happy with their jobs. Service was both fast and efficient and at a level not experienced on 8 other cruises. Carnival gets 5 stars, in my book, for excellent service!
Funship 2.0
We very much enjoyed the new food and drink venues, especially the Alchemy Bar. The creative cocktail concoctions are very well made with high quality ingredients. Drink prices around $9.00 are quite a bargain for upscale and robust cocktails and are a better value than those found on land.
Activities and Music
There seemed to be activities and live music at all times on the ship; it was a high-energy cruise, and everyone seemed to be having fun. We didn't find a lack of music or entertainment, especially in the evenings. While in Grand Turk, I had the opportunity to view the Sapphire Princess which was pulled up along the other side of the dock, and I was astounded by the lack of anything going on aboard that ship. It was really crickets on the Princess Ledo deck, as compared to the party going on aboard the Glory.
Faster to the Fun
This worked out great for us. Upon arrival at the terminal and clearing security, we were ushered to the front of the line, thereby avoiding a long queue of at least 100 people. We then waited for about 10 minutes before VIPs were allowed on-board, and we boarded approximately 5 minutes later. Having priority at guest services is also a big plus, especially the last night of the cruise.
So, this was the first cruise on the Glory offering the Cheers program, and we signed up immediately. While we enjoyed the care-free aspects of this program, I can't say that I would sign up for it again. Mixed drinks on carnival average around $9.00, so we figure we'd have to enjoy at least 5 per day to break even. We soon realized that the Carnival's cocktails are stronger that those found in land-based bars, so we didn't always need or want to reach the 5 drink mark. In hindsight, perhaps sticking with bon voyage liquor plus one or two alcoholic drinks around the ship would have worked better for us.
Carnival vs. NCL
Although the service on Carnival was outstanding, I really missed the Freestyle cruising to which I have become accustomed on NCL. There are simply more dining options with fewer lines and hassle on Norwegian. I really HATED having to wait until 8:15 for dinner, as we were often hungry much earlier, and we didn't want to wait in line at the buffet. Freestyle is less regimented, more predictable and makes for a more relaxing experience, in my opinion.
Scary Reviews on CC
Based on my recent Glory experience, many of the extremely negative Carnival reviews are utter nonsense. Did we enjoy all aspects or our cruise? No, but we also managed to have a good time, and we feel we received a great value on Carnival. My advise to CC readers is to take all reviews with a gran of salt, then form your own impressions. Don't be held hostage by some of the outlandish opinions of others. Go and have fun!
Overall, we had a great cruise, and we would certainly recommend the Carnival Glory to others. That said, we are still exploring options on other lines including NCL and possibly Celebrity. The new Celebrity Reflection looks absolutely stunning, so perhaps we'll giver he a go next time. Less
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (Mar. 1)
James H. Jones, president of the Negro Trade Union Leadership Council and international representative of the United Steel Workers of America, and Joseph Schwartz, president of the Knitgoods Workers Union, I.L.G.W.U., are the co-chairmen of a labor delegation of Philadelphia trade union leaders and their wives that left this weekend for 10-day visit to Israel. Jones is the first black trade unionist to lead such a delegation. The announcement was made by City Representative S. Harry Galfand who was chairman of the previous labor delegation that visited Israel in 1968. The delegation organized by the State of Israel Bonds, Labor Division, will be the guest of the State of Israel during their visit and will be hosted by Moshe Yegar, Consul General of Israel in Philadelphia, who is accompanying the delegation. Jones, in accepting the co-chairmanship, said, "I am looking forward with every red blood corpuscle in my body to the excitement of this visit to Israel."


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- ⅓ cup Dijon mustard
- 2 Tablespoons mild honey
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Stir together all ingredients in a bowl until well-combined.
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Most Americans eat some kosher food every day, but chances are they're not aware of it. Take a walk down the aisles of any supermarket and you will see that certification appears on over 60% of America's produced foods that are certified kosher, from the coveted Oreo to the thirst-quenching Coca-Cola. Over $150 billion of kosher certified products are consumed annually, and spending continues to rise dramatically.Read More ›
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Tom Chilton quickest again in second free practice - with the same margin over Gordon Shedden on the times
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Tom Chilton was quickest once again in the second Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship free practice session of the weekend at Oulton Park - lapping 0.025secs quicker than Gordon Shedden for the second session in a row.
Chilton improved his best time to 1min 27.658secs during the session to once again edge the Honda driver off the top of the times.
Joint championship leader Jason Plato found more speed from his Chevrolet Cruze to set the third fastest time despite being the heaviest car on the grid, with team-mate Alex MacDowall behind in fourth. Tom Onslow-Cole and Matt Neal - who starts the weekend level on points with Plato at the head of the standings - rounded out the top six.
Quickest BMW this time around was Mat Jackson in seventh for Airwaves BMW ahead of James Nash's Vauxhall and the Honda of Paul O'Neill. Rob Collard dropped down to tenth on the times as he focused on race runs in his WSR-run BMW.
Andrew Jordan was eleventh quickest but ended the session early to allow Pirtek Racing to complete an engine change of his car ahead of qualifying, while Arthur Forster ended his session early with an engine issue. Martin Johnson was back on track after his earlier brake issues but was 22nd and last on the times.


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Survey: AT&T Still Has Most Dropped Calls
A survey of 4,040 users taken in March find s that roughly 4.5 percent of calls made on the network are dropped. The other largest network in the U.S., Verizon, claimed the least dropped calls, at 1.5 percent.
T-Mobile and Sprint/Nextel were about even in the middle at 2.8 and 2.4 percent, respectively.
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Seven Sharp will need to beef up its journalism
Seven Sharp will need to beef up its journalism,
says UC media expert
February 5, 2013
A University of Canterbury (UC) media expert says TVNZ's Seven Sharp programme will need to beef up its journalism if it's to carry the mantle of current affairs.
UC senior journalism lecturer Tara Ross said the programme launched last night on the same day that Solid Energy's chief executive Don Elder quit, yet there was no analysis of what that might mean for the state owned enterprise (SOE).
``Instead, we were given a fluffy tour of parliament, a promotion for a music gig, and an awkwardly placed story about one man's battle with post-traumatic stress disorder and all pre-recorded. The stories weren't so current and offered nothing that we wouldn't see at 6pm.
``When the New Zealand Herald launched its new format it did so with significant stories. There was none of that journalistic drive here. Where was the passion to tell a good story or get viewers thinking? Good current affairs stories should pose a question; Seven Sharp's stories didn't do that.
``I don't want to see John Key's office kitchen. I want to see public watchdog journalism. Ask Key the hard questions about the economic health of our SOEs. Don't run an asinine poll on the role of escort at Waitangi; explain why it became an issue. Focus less on the format and more on in-depth journalism. Is it current affairs? You'd have to say not yet,'' Ross said.
She said she applauded the producers for attempting to connect with audiences to promote TVNZ as a place where news discussion could happen. But she was not sure they achieved that last night. A handful of Facebook opinions did not amount to a discussion. But they were right about needing to get to grips with social media and the online audience.
Research in the US confirms the trend is to mobile news. Nearly a third of all US adults now get their news on tablets and smartphones and people's news consumption is increasingly an anytime, anywhere affair.
``My research with Pacific audiences has found similar habits here, especially among young people. They're regular and avid news consumers, but they get their news on their phones and computers in their own time and not at 7 sharp.
``The challenge for the programme's
producers will be how to generate the discussion they say is
their key focus if the audience is looking elsewhere for
news and how to generate a discussion that rises above the
superficiality of Facebook polls. We were invited to tweet
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GUTSY Sam Thompson bounced back from his high-speed crash to claim first place at Donington Park on Sunday.
The 19-year-old Bournemouth rider won round three of the cup class in the supporting race of the World Superbikes meeting.
Thompson, who walked away from a 110mph spill at Oulton Park earlier this month, only received his replacement bike on the eve of the competition.
"After a huge crash at Oulton Park we were lucky to have a bike to race this round so we wanted to make the most of it," explained Thompson.
"We collected the bike at the circuit on Thursday evening and finished putting the last touches to it by midnight."
Despite having no time to test his new machine, Thompson qualified first in the cup class on the Strategic Solution-backed bike.
In the opening race Thompson collected 20 points for a second- placed finish before stepping up a gear in the next contest.
Thompson established a five-second lead over his main rival before closing out the race.
The victory lifted Thompson from fifth place to second in the championship.


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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Bunny and Easter Centers
Bunny Business
We've been busy little bunnies this week getting all of our Easter stuff ready to post on TpT to share with you.
Here's the first item . . . it is a 64 page unit called Bunny Business that is filled with several math, writing and art activities that incorporate many of our favorite "bunny" themed books. There are even ideas and activities that you could do if you had your very own "Bunny Day" at school.
Our kiddos have always loved these activities. We hope you and your kiddos will, too!!!
Monday, March 28, 2011
Inside our Classrooms
We wanted to invite all of you to come take a peek in our classrooms this week to see what we've been up to. Besides this blog, we have each had our own class blogs for the past two years. We originally began them as a way to let parents see what their child was doing all day at school. Then before we knew it we had grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors, family friends, former students and even teachers from around the world checking in with us on a regular basis. Our own mom's even log on a few times each week to see what we're doing!
Thanks to some fabulous parent volunteers, we get pictures almost every day of our kids during center time. Then we try to capture the rest. It's a BIG job, but we've had such a great response. The kids really feel like stars when they see their pictures online.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Writing A Complete Sentence
Friday, March 25, 2011
Gumball Math {Expansion Pack} Winner!!!
Thank you so much to everyone who entered our Gumball Math {Expansion Pack} giveaway. We are happy to announce that the winner is . . . (drum roll please) . . .
If you didn't win and would still like to purchase the Gumball Math {Expansion Pack} then head on over to our TpT store.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Gumball Math {Expansion Pack}
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Lost in Space
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Let's Learn About Weather
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Weather Unit
When we return from Spring Break we are going to launch right into our weather unit. Here's a little {sneak} peek at all the new center activities we have made and posted on TpT. We have 8 activities in all . . . so far.
And now . . . here's a weather freebie
These are a few of the "rainbow" themed activities we do to wrap up our weather unit. After learning all about the water cycle, wind and storms we introduce our students to Roy G. Biv. He is here to help us remember the order of the colors in the rainbow. We always make this silly little art project and do a rainbow writing activity. Students love to make their torn paper art project and then write about what each color of the rainbow reminds them of. They also REALLY love tracing over each color of the rainbow with colored pencils.
{click here for writing paper and nametag}
Here are some "rainbow" themed books you might want to consider adding to your library.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Circle Story Giveaway
The day has finally arrived for us to giveaway a copy of our Circle Story Unit . . .
We are absolutely AMAZED at the response we had from all of our new friends {followers} since we blogged about this last week. For those of you who couldn't wait and already bought your own copy . . . thank you, thank you, thank you for your purchase!!!
We can tell you that we finally got to do it this past week with our own kiddos and it was a HUGE hit!!! The kids did a great job with all of the writing and center activities.
As we mentioned earlier in the week we did find a few mistakes and they have all been updated on TpT. If you already purchased the unit and don't want to have to go through all 136 pages of the download here's a brief description of the updates
1. Muffins for Money – the word "quarter" was misspelled on the poster . . . {page 27}
2. Muffins for Money – the muffin that now says 85 cents had the wrong amount printed on it . . . {page 35}
3. School is Cool – the worksheet had the wrong coding marks printed above the oo sounds . . . {page 87}
Now, the moment you have all been waiting for . . .
If you didn't win and you would still like to have a copy of our Circle Story Unit head on over to our TpT store.
We would really love to hear from you and get your feedback after you do this unit with your kids. We are always looking for ways to improve our activities. Your comments or suggestions are welcome. Just drop us an e-mail at [email protected]
We are taking a few days off because it's finally Spring Break . . . plus we have lots of Jayhawk basketball to watch. We think they are going to go all the way this year!!!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
It's Your Lucky Day
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Gumball Math
We've just added a new item to our TpT store. It's a series of timed addition and subtraction fact tests. We use them in our classrooms to reinforce mastery of facts. As students successfully complete each test they get to glue a paper gumball on their gumball machine. They also get to celebrate by earning a real gumball, too!!!
There are 10 tests in the Gumball Math series.
Here's a {sneek} peek at what this download includes.
We would LOVE to give one of these away to one of our new friends {followers}. All you have to do to do win is leave a comment and make sure you are already following us.
Since tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day we figured there was no better time to make someone lucky.
We will announce the winner tomorrow (Thursday, March 17th) at 4:30 CST.
Good Luck!!!
Monday, March 14, 2011
Circle Story Correction
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Welcome to the Jungle
There is a set of (32) "NO MONKEY BUSINESS" behavior cards that you can print, laminate and display in a pocket chart.
There is a set of (9) 11x17 posters that have basic classroom rules that everyone should follow.
There is also a cute set of jungle themed numbers {0-20}.
We are completely overwhelmed by the response we have gotten from all of our new friends {followers} the past few days. We can't wait to announce the winner of our circle story unit giveaway later this week. For those of you who couldn't wait and already purchased the unit . . . thank you, thank you, thank you!!! We hope you are as excited about using it with your kids as we are with ours.