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So far, Nissan has only sold 6,791 Leafs for the year
Nissan has been shooting for 20,000 total sales of its all-electric Leaf in 2012, but the automaker has finally admitted that it just
won't be able to reach that number
Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn reported yesterday that the company will not reach its goal of 20,000 Leafs sold in all of 2012. Nissan was pretty confident throughout the year despite declining sales, and refused to give up the notion that it could double last year's sales until now.
"The forecast we have given ourselves for the year will not be reached," said Ghosn.
For all of 2011, Nissan sold 9,679 Leafs. After nearly achieving 10,000 sales, it declared a new sales goal of 20,000 in 2012 -- doubling the previous year's.
While Nissan had its best sales month in October 2012 with 1,579 sold, the overall year was pretty disappointing. So far, Nissan has only sold 6,791 for the year, making it impossible to even reach last year's 10,000 mark let alone doubling that.
Nissan has even tried to
lure customers in this year with price cuts
It took $3,250 off the price tag of each 2012 Leaf model starting in August. This is a considerable jump from the $850 discounts it was giving back in January. The 2012 Leaf starts at $36,050.
In addition, Nissan reduced lease costs of the 2012 Leaf from $249 per month to $219 per month with $2,999 down for 32 months.
Despite this failure to meet the mark, Nissan isn't giving up. In a video last month, Nissan said it now aims to sell 1.5 million EVs cumulatively by 2016.
While the Leaf seems to be withering in terms of sales, its competitor, the
Chevrolet Volt
, is doing quite well. In the first seven months of 2012 alone, the Volt was already at 10,666 sales. According to
Plugin Cars
, the 2012 year-to-date sales for the Volt is at 19,309 units -- nearly hitting Nissan's goal of 20,000 for the year.
General Motors (GM) recently said it plans to start
building 500,000 cars with electrification technologies annually by 2017
. It also developed a new way to use Volt batteries (which have been retired from the road) to power homes during blackouts.
GM partnered with automation and power technologies company ABB Group as well as Duke Energy to find useful applications for EV batteries after they've been exhausted in vehicles.
The end result was a unit that contains five
Volt lithium-ion battery packs
that can provide two hours of electricity to three to five U.S. homes during a blackout. According to GM, the unit can provide 25 kilowatt hours of power and 50 kilowatt hours of energy.
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Back in February, I burned my tongue on a steak sandwich. The next day I noticed some raised bumps on my tongue and it was sensitive for a couple of days. The following week, my doctor did a work-up and found out that I have hypothyroidism, for which he started me on a low dose of Levothyroxin. For the next couple of weeks upon starting the medication, my tongue had a few more pink raised bumps as well as a white coating that would not go away.
For two months, I went to my PCP and let him look at my mouth. He seemed to think it was a combination of the medication, as well as the taste buds. He recommended for me to stop my medication and to wash my mouth out daily with Milk of Magnesia.
It has been 6 months now and my tongue still has the bumps and the white coating. When I scrape my tongue with a tongue scraper, it seems like it takes some of the white coating away, but not all. Is there any advice you could give for me as far a treatment to resolve this?
It is difficult to assess your problem with the information you have given. It is normal for the tongue to have a bumpy appearance in some areas with normal taste buds. You have not mentioned any pain, discomfort, or bad taste associated with your condition.
Coatings on the tongue can result from medications, foods (including liquids) that we ingest, changes in saliva, dry mouth, and many others. In addition, normal colors of the tongue vary greatly.
Since this has been occurring for six months, I would recommend that you schedule your six month check up with your dentist and ask him/her if they see any problems on your tongue. They can then make a recommendation on how to correct it if they see that there is a problem.
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Five months ago I had hand/thumb surgery due to severe arthritis. Mini Tightrope is what the surgery is called. After five months, I am still in pain and have limited use of my hand. I am scheduled to have this "hardware" removed by another surgeon next week. My experience with Daugherty has been very bad. The morning of the surgery, he was joking about how fast he could do the surgery. I almost left and canceled, but I didn't. Within a day, my hand was so swollen that it scared me. When I called his office, I had to leave a message. The next day I got a call from his assistant and was told the swelling is normal. After three months, I was still in a lot of pain. Daugherty said he didn't believe me. He said another patient that he operated on the same day was doing fine and had little pain. He basically called me a liar. He told me about female patient that was trying to stay off of work even though she was fine. I have no reason to lie. I don't have a job that I'm trying to get disability from or any other reasons. I'm retired. I consulted another hand surgeon and he believes the wire is too tight. I still can't open my hand fully and the "buttons" feel like they are going to pop out when I make a fist. He is going to remove the "hardware". My new surgeon x-rayed my hand and didn't like what he saw. He said there was arthritis that Daugherty should have "addressed". He gave me a shot to help relieve some of the pain. Daugherty and his staff are the hardest people to contact by phone. He didn't even return calls from my therapist. The guy that re-did my cast complained about how bad it was to work there. His assistant was condescending every time I went there. In my opinion, Daugherty is a pompous and arrogant person. Yelp's guidelines preclude me from truly expressing how I feel about this "Dr". Now I have to get Daugherty's screwup fixed. One other thing. My current surgeon just went to a conference and met with the person who invented this surgery. He spoke to him about my case and he agreed that the wire is probably too tight and should be removed. He also said the "buttons" should be on the sides, not on top of the bones. Hopefully the scar tissue where the bone was removed will be sufficient to stabilize my thumb. I'm told that my recovery shouldn't be very long. He's going to make two small incisions where the buttons are, cut them off, and pull the wire out. I hope it works. I hope this review has been helpful. Good luck.
This Dr is Amazing. His assistant is a class act ! I fought with my primary care doc to get evaluated. For a bad shoulder and forced me to try only physical therapy to heal. Dr Dougherty listened to me and was thorough with his test , scheduled me for an MRI based on his findings and confirmed I was in dire need of surgery . My labrum and rotator were an absolute mess , I had no mobility and was in pain prior to surgery. After ward I was vastly improved. I was able to get back to work in about 6 weeks and today I am at 100% I recently rode my motorcycle 1000 miles in one day without a single. Issue with my shoulder( anyone who rides would understand the gravity of this statement.) I am extremely thankful to this Doctor and would readily reccomend him to anyone who is considering surgical correction particularly if your employment or livelihood require expertise to retain.
My daughter apparently tore the meniscus in her left knee when she fell playing 'Dance Dance Revolution'. He asked a lot of questions, verbally interacted, and listened. He provided useful information for self care and monitoring. He was able to relate since he said he had once suffered the same injury. He made us feel comfortable and that we could trust him. Condition is still pending, so we'll post update.
I had rotator cuff surgery in December 2009- Dr Daugherty has been so great. He very patiently answers all of my questions with his calm southern accent, and cheers me on in my progress. He always seems genuinely happy to see me. The office staff sometimes confuses which office I need to be scheduled in (he is in the Encinitas and the Oceanside office) but Dr Daugherty is a really nice man and I always feel confident that he knows what he is doing and is taking the best care of me. I have never had to wait more than 5 minutes after my appointment time. He lets me know if I need to work on more exercises to get my mobility back and has set up my PT to begin now that I have shown good progress. I am happy to recommend him to ANYONE and if I should ever need ortho surgery again I will not hesitate to go to him again.
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In this Campaign, Everybody has a Role
Comfort Captains play a vital role in California's grassroots campaign. At phone banks and field offices across the state, Comfort Captains provide snacks and refreshments to other volunteers. With phone banks that last for hours at a time, Comfort Captains ensure that making calls for the President is an enjoyable and productive experience for everyone.
Nancy is a dedicated supporter who has spent the last few weeks volunteering at Organizing For America's Rally Center in Long Beach. Nancy was hesitant to make phone calls, but that hasn't stopped her from making a difference as a Comfort Captain.
My husband is a volunteer co-director at the Long Beach site. Being aware of his hard work inspired me to get involved, even though I felt that making phone calls wasn't what I had the talent for. I enjoy baking, so I've happily donated cupcakes and shopped for the center. My contributions are very minor in comparison to what I see others involved in, but I realize that every little bit helps.
As a result of Nancy's hard work, the Long Beach rally center has become one of the most productive locations in California.
I strongly believe that making volunteers feel comfortable, appreciated, and valuable keeps them coming back. The atmosphere at the center is very positive, and every day it's filled with dedicated people who are making a difference. I truly admire all the hard work and passion I've seen and will happily be involved in any way that I can.
Californians have been doing an amazing job over the past few weeks getting out the vote for President Obama and we can't let up now. The calls we make here in the Golden State will be the difference on Election Day. Despite the long hours and endless lists of names to be called, phone banking is always a pleasant experience due to the hard work of Comfort Captains. Sign up now for a GOTV phone bank today; our Comfort Captains will be there to take care of you.


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While only minor injuries have been reported the massive earthquake that rocked Japan has stranded thousands of guests at Tokyo Disneyland & DisneySea.
Park employees have been supplying guests with humanitarian aid including blankets, food, and water. There's also a report that the parking lot has been liquefied due to water from the coastline mixing with the soil as Tokyo Disneyland & DisneySea are built on a landfill area.
Early on web sites were reporting that 69,000 guests were stranded or taking shelter at the park, but later reports have been smaller.
Japan is such a heavily connected country that eye witness images, videos, and tweets have been pouring out of the country via the Internet. Inside the Magic has posted images that have been uploaded to social media sites by Disneyland Tokyo park guests. I'll add more details as the story develops further.
Read Disney's official statement.
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June was a busy month of racing – I logged twelve days of racing in five different states. Rewinding to the beginning of the month, the racing started with a 'practice' race in Rockleigh, NJ to help us prepare for the biggest, most prestigious one-day race in America, the Liberty Classic, in Philadelphia, PA. After a few days at home, we regrouped the following weekend in Washington DC for two fast criteriums, which were part of the Air Force Classic. From there we hopped on a plane for Minnesota to race the grueling 5-day, 6-stage Nature Valley Grand Prix. Coming off a successful week of racing in MN, we jetted off to Augusta, GA to contest the time trial, criterium and road race at the US National Championships.
The Rockleigh Criterium is a weekly event that is held from May to August and is located around the corner from the Volvo headquarters, a Team TIBCO sponsor. As a way to open up our legs for the Liberty Classic and to showcase the team to Volvo, we jumped into this race alongside a bunch of men (we were the only women that night) to give them a run for their money. The race wasn't easy by any means, but we were glued to any wheel that attempted to get away. Two of my teammates ended up being part of the 5-person winning break. They traded pull for pull with the guys and were only out paced in the final sprint. I'm pretty sure that night we opened a few eyes to how strong women are on a bike.
Three days later we were toeing the line in downtown Philadelphia for the Liberty Classic, one race on the calendar that I never want to miss because of the kind of energy and thrill that makes this race. We were amped up and nervous for this race all at once. Winning the Liberty Classic is a BIG deal for an individual and a team. Historically this race has come down to a field sprint more times than not, but we were hoping for a break to eliminate the chaos that goes along with a field sprint. The break never happened so all we could do was line it up for our sprinter in the last kilometer. We did our best to deliver Joelle to the line, but we ended up one place short of the podium. Despite the disappointment, the team raced well together and we were happy with our performance.
The following weekend in DC, we were hungry for a win. We came out at the Clarendon Cup firing on all cylinders. Attack after attack busted out of the peloton, but nothing stayed away so we set Joelle up for a sprint finish. She got a great jump out of the last, tight turn, turned on the afterburners and easily threw her hands up in victory across the finish line.
Winning the race the day before only made us more hungry for another win on day two. We raced hard, we gave it our all but came up one place short of victory. You win some, you lose some. We raced well, that counts for a lot. Plus, it gave us a lot of confidence heading into the next week of racing in MN.
The Nature Valley Grand Prix is a prominent and highly respected race on the national calendar, and this year the strongest peloton I had ever seen at this race was present. The peloton included the current road World Champion, former World Champions and numerous Olympians. There was no doubt we would have our hands full each and every day.
Day one started with a double day – TT in the morning and crit in the evening. Let's just say day one wasn't our best day of racing, but we knew we had a lot of racing yet to come so we looked forward to the road race on day two.
Again, we raced hard and played off each other well all day long. At the end of the day we didn't have a big result, but we didn't lose anything either.
On day three we were one lap away from the end of the Uptown Minneapolis criterium, lined up on the front of the peloton ready to deliver our sprinter to the line. We were dialed! And then there was a serious crash that happened right behind us. Only 20 riders escaped the chaos, however so many riders and bikes blocked the road behind us that we were unable to finish the race. Bummer! But, at least everyone was ok.
The Menomonie Falls road race the next day was awesome! Three TIBCO riders made it into the break of seven and they helped drive it all the way to the finish, which catapulted Erinne into second overall. It was a fantastic display of selfless teamwork!
The final day of the NVGP is the toughest of them all – the Stillwater Criterium. It's the single, hardest crit all year and it comes after four days of racing. Brutal. I had a complete brain fart at the beginning of the race, which took me out of the race, but Erinne and the rest of the team rode their hearts out. The team was extremely proud and happy to see Erinne hold on to her second place overall after an exhausting but exciting week of racing.


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Please double check to make sure you have everyone in the right order. If you have multi-positional players it is very important that you make sure they are listed correctly.
A CF can score much differently than the same player listed as a FC.
If your not sure, take a look at some of the line-ups on the roster page. You'll see some teams have all their C's listed in order, as well as their F's & G's. If you have questions, now is the best time to ask.


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The racing bike proper has low dropped handlebars, very narrow tyres (20 to 25mm) and high gears (40 to 110in). It's good for maximum speed on smooth roads and nothing else! You must pedal hard or else the crouched riding position throws too much weight on your arms and you'll stall on hills.
There will not be enough space between the brakes and the tyres to fit mudguards safely and neither will there be any provision for luggage.
Some road bikes are available with a triple chainset. The fact is, British country lanes often have steeper gradients than you'll find on an alpine pass - shorter but steeper - and the gears on a racing bike are low enough for a Tour de France rider to haul himself up an alpine pass. A triple chainset also lets ordinary mortals ride British country lanes!
The term 'road bike' is a very broad one, encompassing several other distinct styles more or less related to the racing bike. Closest relatives are the fitness bike and touring bike, particularly the fast tourer or audax bike.
At the bottom of the market you have low-cost racing bike clones that lack the lightness and efficiency to be contenders in any race, but are more nippy on tarmac than any mountain bike or hybrid. Cheap 'racers', 'ten-speeds' or 'sports bikes' were what everyone bought immediately before the mountain bike came in. Now the mountain bike is on the way out, they're filtering back, but with 14 or 21-speeds.
If we confine ourselves to what can properly be called a racing bike, there are nevertheless a few variations. In addition to road racing bikes, there are 'track bikes' for racing 'on the track', which means one of those banked oval indoor or outdoor velodromes – not to be confused with rough tracks and mountain bikes and the like. Also, there are cyclocross bikes that can easily be confused with rough tracks and mountain bikes!
A track bike has a single fixed gear, hence no freewheel, and no means of stopping other than pushing back on the pedals since its only purpose is to go forwards at the maximum speed the rider is capable of – no hills and no wind. But you can still use a track bike on the road, provided you fit a front brake. Such a minimal bike is favoured by some cycling purists for commuting and even for touring!
Cyclo-cross bikes have lots more clearance than a road racing bike to accept medium width (28 to 37mm) knobbly tyres and the mud that goes with them, plus cantilever brakes - also for clearance - and somewhat lower gears to cope with the rolling drag of a soft surface.
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Arab singers and actors prepare for Hala February Festival
The organizing committee for the upcoming Hala February Festival is undergoing negotiations with a number of actors, with the help of Kuwait's Ministry of Information, to take part in the events of the festival. Some of the events include giving out prizes, attending seminars, and finally attending live concerts that will be the highlight of the festival.
The Kuwaiti based daily, Al Qabas, reported that a member of the committee has revealed that agreement has been reached with Kuwait's television to hold personal interviews with the actors and singers and film the places they will be visiting especially due to the fact that they hold a large popularity in the Arab and Western world.
The daily added that preparations for the festival are so far very successful and on time as well as the number of companies and associations wishing to be sponsors are increasing day by day.
The expected Egyptian actors who will be attending the festival are Muna Zaki and her husband Ahmad Hilmi, Nour El Sherif and his wife Poussy, Mohammad Huneidi, and Mohammad Said.
With regards to the live concerts that will highlight the event the first will be on February 13 and not at the beginning of the festival. The committee felt that it was more appropriate to pay respect to the Muslim population the first ten days of the festival as it coincides with the time of Hajj (Muslim's pilgrimage to Mecca, one of the five pillars of Islam). After the 13th of the month a total of six concerts will take place with the participation of singers from all over the Arab world.
Kuwaiti singers Nawal, Nabil Shu'ail, Abdullah Ruwaishid, and Miami band will participate in the event. From the UAE Ahlam will perform as well as Mohammad Abdo, Abdul Majid Abdullah, and Rashid Al Majid from Saudi Arabia. Egyptian singers Amro Diab, Ehab Tawfiq, and Angham along with Thikra from Tunis will be making appearances.
On a similar note, UAE singer Hussain Al Jasami and Saudi singer Asil Abu Baker were prohibited from taking part in the festival due to the fact that they have not release any new albums recently. Next week will witness the completion of all selected candidates who will participate in the festival. –Albawaba.com
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Networking meetings for voluntary and community groups in Keighley and the surrounding area are being revived.
Keighley and Ilkley Voluntary and Community Action (KIVCA) will host quarterly meetings that will be open to all local groups.
KIVCA officer, Julie Lintern, said the Voluntary and Community Sector Forum would allow groups to hear about changes and opportunities.
She added: "It is a troubling time in the district, with Bradford Council forced to make very difficult decisions regarding its budget.
"Our aim is to look at how the sector can possibly plug any gaps that may appear locally, and how that could possibly be resourced.
"We hope that by informing and involving all groups, we can ask the questions and possibly find some solutions."
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By now we all know the story: after a spring dominated by press coverage of his contract, Albert Pujols stumbled out of the gate with his worst full month in a decade. Given that his early struggles arrived on the heels of a couple of decline years (albeit from the loftiest of starting points), people started audibly grumbling the unthinkable: Is the best player of his generation facing a sudden early-30s decline?
Yes, that's the Albert Pujols story. Of 2011.
From 2003-2010 (ages 23-30), when Pujols established his consistently high performance level (an average of .334/.433/.635, OPS+ of 177), his worst two non-injured months looked like this:
That's right: the guy was so damned good he slugged .500 at his worst, putting up an OPS+ in the second-worst month that matched Torii Hunter's seasonal career high.
But in 2011, after a month of uncomfortable and unprecedented attention to his contract situation, Pujols came out of the gate looking more like Vernon Wells:
It was the subject of agonizing attention in St. Louis. He looked out of sorts at the plate. People started pointing out negative trendlines even in his otherworldly numbers of the previous three seasons—his batting average had declined from .357 to .327 to .312! OBP and slugging down each year, too! All the way through May 29, 2011, El Hombre was putting up a Cameron Maybin-style slash line of .257/.326/.395.
We all know how the 2011 story ended for the Cardinals. After shaking off the bad vibes, Pujols closed out the rest of the season hitting almost exactly like he always did: .322/.388/.623, for an OPS+ of (yep!) 177. MVP voters put him in the Top 10 for an amazing 11th season in a row.
The $240 million question: Can he pull out of another nosedive? And even if he does, how will that contract look five years from now, let alone 10?
I'm an Angels fan who edits a political magazine for a living, so there are certainly better people to ask. But every year over at Halos Heaven I like to tinker with various players' historical comps, and the exercise usually yields an insight or two.
The basic formula works like this—using Baseball-Reference's great Play Index feature, I assemble hitters since 1901 at the same position, who by the same age compiled +/- 25% of the player's plate appearances and +/- 10 points of OPS+. That usually produces a couple dozen comps, which I then whittle down to 10 or so using Wins Above Replacement and some eyeballing.
Under that formula, here is the complete list of Pujols' comps: Jimmie Foxx, Jeff Bagwell, and Frank Thomas.
That's not enough to make a meaningful comparison (though it's plenty sufficient to remind us that Pujols has been nearly incomparable), but expanding the search to include those who played RF, LF, and DH yields just three more (phenomenal) players: Barry Bonds, Stan Musial, and Dick Allen. Since six ain't enough, I widened the OPS+ band by 5 more points in each direction, finally cobbling together a solid selection of 11 comps for Albert Pujols.
Here they are, ranked by OPS+ through their age-31 seasons. It sounds like a Strat-o-Matic Hall of Famers set: Aaron, Foxx, Pujols, Gehrig, Musial, Ott, Bonds, Robinson, Bagwell, Allen, Thomas, and Manny. Take a moment to luxuriate in their awesomeness:
In this list of inner-circle Hall of Famers and are-you-effing-kidding-me hitters, Albert Pujols through age 31 had the most doubles, the second-most home runs, the third-highest slugging percentage and OPS+, and the fourth-best batting average and run/RBI totals. Those numbers benefited from Pujols' playing 162-game, strike-free, war-free seasons in a mostly offense-friendly era—creating some distortions that we will smooth out below—but the fact is he compares favorably to his fellow incomparables.
So how did these hitters age? It's a surprisingly complicated question. That's because some of these players, above and beyond being historical outliers, had among the most bizarre career second-acts in Major League Baseball history. I am not exaggerating. Consider:
That leaves us with a group of seven other players, which is still too small for non-government work but will have to do. Albert Pujols is 32, so what did his comps do at that age?
They flat-out raked. Four of the seven had more than 40 home runs, four hit over .300, four had OBPs over .400, four slugged over .600, four had more than 100 walks; you get the idea. Six of the seven received MVP votes. Here's a full list.
The lowest OPS+ here, Hank Aaron's 142 in 1966, would have been 18th best in baseball last year, between Alex Avila and Mike Stanton.
If you adjust each season for an 162-game schedule, in a park and league context of 4.42 runs per game, and then take the average and median of those adjusted seasons, you get an aggregate age-32 performance like this:
It's basically Prince Fielder 2011 territory:
Since the American League in 2011 averaged a nearly neutral 4.46 runs per game, and since we're doing things like trying to compare Frank Robinson's 1968 with Jeff Bagwell's 2000, these neutralized average and median performances of Pujols' comps give us a pretty good baseline of what we might expect going forward.
Here's what Albert's peer group did from 33-36, adjusted and neutralized:
Note that they never stop hitting. They just slowly miss a few more games each year (especially Frank Thomas). Manny Ramirez at age 36 hit .332/.430/.601, with 37 homers, 121 RBIs, and 87 walks. And that probably wasn't as good as Stan Musial's 36, when he led the league in batting (.351), OBP (.422), OPS (1.034), and was MVP runner-up. Hank Aaron hit .298 with 38 home runs (though he was much better the next year, at 37, when he led the league with a career high OPS+ of 194). Mel Ott hit .308/.411/.499 and finished 13th in the MVP vote.
You see what I'm saying here? Albert Pujols' comps, when they were four years older than he is now, when they were the equivalent of halfway through his monster contract, could still on average hit the cover off the baseball.
Ah, you ask, but it isn't really fair to compare Albert to the average of a group of Hall of Famers, is it? And you're right! It isn't fair—to Albert.
If you break up Pujols' career to date in half-decade chunks and stack it up to the careers (adjusted and neutralized) of his comp set from the same age, you will see that Albert consistently hit more home runs and had a higher slugging percentage than anybody, while being third in batting average and among the top three in OPS+. Look how he compares to the average and median of his comps:
If for the next five years he retains his current positioning within his comp list, Pujols would hit something like this from 2012-16:
So is Albert Pujols going to put up MVP-caliber numbers for the remaining 132 games of 2012 and the four years after that? I don't know, and neither do you. But to believe that he won't means you have to think that he is suddenly going to perform not just at a much worse level than his own established history, but also below that of a Hall of Fame peer group in which he has been one of the consistently leading lights.
I prefer the simpler explanation: the man got stressed out (again!) about the expectations surrounding his contract and subsequent bad performance and will soon reassert himself as a .320 hitter with monstrous power and terrific strike-zone judgment. Inner-circle Hall of Fame hitters are such outliers that we forget they don't generally fall apart at age 32, particularly when they take excellent care of their bodies and don't play demanding defensive positions. It's a half-educated guess, but my bet is on Albert figuring it out.
Thanks to Rob McQuown and Hudson Belinsky for formatting assistance.
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This article is reassuring for the Angels and Pujols owners, whether he is age 32 (as advertized) or slightly older than that (as widely suspected). Thanks.
May 08, 2012 04:38 AM
good article. what would the forecast be for pujols if he was in fact 3 or 4years older than advertised?
May 08, 2012 05:27 AM
That's where it gets more awkward, for sure. Stan Musial at 41 was still a very good hitter (2nd in OBP, 3rd in batting average, 10th in slugging), but he was just kinda bleh from 38-40. Hank Aaron was great through age 39. Frank Robinson's last very good year was 38. Manny hit like a bastard through age 38. Bagwell and Ott were toast after 36. And Frank Thomas was injured and weird through his 30s, but still managed to hit 39 home runs in Oakland at age 38. They all obviously leaked defensive value and speed throughout.
May 08, 2012 07:22 AM
This is really solid analysis. From a non-stats perspective, it's starting to look like Pujols is making solid contact and laying off of chase pitches once again--a return to normalcy, if you will. If he is 35ish, it's not end times in Orange County. It just means that he'll be under contract until he's 44, which--OK, that would be be sort of apocalyptic. Even so, his production should be alright for the time being.
May 08, 2012 06:07 AM
Thanks! On Allen, who I find to be a genuinely fascinating and not-totally-unsympathetic character, it becomes hard to overlook that he was washed up after 32, that he was one of the worst defensive players in the history of the game, that he couldn't stay on the field, and that he'd occasionally sabotage his team & his own performance. I think Bagwell, Thomas, Edgar Martinez, McGwire, and probably Palmeiro are all in front of him right now.
May 08, 2012 07:42 AM
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May 08, 2012 08:29 AM
I'm genuinely curious about this, as I have not followed Pujols closely: Is there actually any real reason/evidence to suggest that he is actually 2-4 years older than he is listed? I mean, aside from the fact that age-fixing was pretty common around the time he came up?
May 08, 2012 10:46 AM
Well, if you believe the pictures of him when he came up in 2001 are of a 21-year-old, then, no, there's no evidence.
May 08, 2012 11:37 AM
OK, here's Pujols from 2001, when he was 21.
May 09, 2012 10:39 AM
I'd like to see the analysis go a step further, and see how often 1.000 OPS players have .525 OPS months. And how dependent on age that is.
May 08, 2012 11:10 AM
Good idea for a follow-up. I was struck when looking at his monthly numbers how consistent they had been between 2003-10 -- only two months under 142 OPS+, and both of those were in the 120s. I'll do a follow-up over at Halos Heaven maybe comparing that to the month-by-months of his peer group.
May 08, 2012 11:58 AM
It's pretty clear starting last year that teams grew less and less afraid of him, with his walk rate dropping significantly, and his intentional walks have all but stopped.
May 09, 2012 23:22 PM
Interesting piece. Thanks, Matt. A number of quibbles, however, starting with this one - "Foxx also frequently played through injuries that would have sidelined other players..." Isn't that EXACTLY what Pujols has done? He's played through an injured oblique, a strained calf muscle, a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament (!), a chronic case of plantar fasciitis, a freshly healed broken forearm, etc., etc. It's too early to say whether those injuries have taken their toll on Pujols the same way they did on Foxx, but I'd be skittish about tossing out the comparison (particularly when you consider that Foxx - another 1B-3B-OF - has been Pujols' most comparable player, statistically speaking, for a number of years now).
May 10, 2012 14:49 PM
buckgunn -- I think the main takeaway from the Foxx comparison is not the nicks & cuts but the drinking and (comparative lack of) self-preservation. Pujols just takes care of himself so much better, and both the science and the incentive structure are much more helpful as well. There was grumbling about Foxx's conditioning and dedication during his career; nothing like that with Pujols.
May 10, 2012 17:04 PM
Makes sense. I still think the last part of that quote weakens your case about Pujols (regardless of whether it was the main takeaway). But yes, I've always understood Foxx's drinking to be a major (if not THE major) contributor to his decline. And in that respect he clearly differs from Pujols, who abstains from alcohol and is fanatically disciplined about his health.
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Rhyming couplets and curly fright wigs and lots of facial mugging are the kind of conceits more beloved by theater-folk than theatergoers. Actors are trained on classics like Moliere; hamming it up onstage as a fop is a rite of passage.
If you like that kind of thing, I suppose La Bete at Theatre 3 is about as good as you're likely to get. The conundrum is: Why would you like that kind of thing?
La Bete is a structural nightmare, a play about actors who hate other actors … and playwrights and critics and, to an extent, audiences. Elomire (Jakie Cabe, pictured left) is the lead actor-writer of his royal troupe and resents having the blowhard actor Valere (Bradley Campbell, pictured right) forced on him by his patron, Princess Conti (Georgia Clinton, pictured top).
You don't get much more of a plot than that in Act 1, which is dedicated to highlighting the vocal skill of Valere — he has an uninterrupted 20-minute monologue that Campbell modulates masterfully. His Valere is a flouncy boor — imagine Zach Galifianakis in pantaloons — both insufferable and the saving grace of the show. Campbell and Clinton seem to be the only ones who don't get cornered by the couplets, turning dialogue into the sing-songy patter of reading Dr. Seuss to children at bedtime, a sin especially committed by Cabe (It's not a pretty show, either, with the cast swathed in costumes that look like Carol Burnett's hand-me-downs from her Went with the Wind sketch.)
The playwright, David Hirson, has some modestly interesting observations about the tension between art and popular entertainment and the need to strike a balance between them. But he slathers on so much extraneous nonsense (a maid who only speaks in one-syllable words rhyming in "Oooh" is the most inane) that the message is lost. Maybe he's challenging us to see La Bete as the compromise between art and commerce; instead, it seems more like showcase for Campbell, ranting in the comic wilderness.
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Michael Stokes Paulsen is distinguished university chair and professor of law at the University of St. Thomas.
Sixty years ago, on April 8, 1952, President Harry Truman directed his secretary of commerce, Charles Sawyer, to seize and take over operation of the nation's steel companies, in order to give steelworkers a wage increase and avert a strike threatening steel production during the Korean War. Truman's action led, in short order, to one of the most famous and important of all modern Supreme Court decisions—Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, the "steel seizure case." The decision dominated the nation's headlines in the spring of 1952, just as the Obamacare case has gripped the nation's attention this spring. Indeed, the two cases have more than that in common.
Youngstown is the landmark case that invalidated Truman's action. The Court held, in sweeping and categorical terms, that the president may not rule by decree, conscripting private industry to carry out his commands. The chief executive may only execute laws passed by Congress, according to their terms. He may not make up laws of his own and then enforce them.
In February, President Obama an-nounced his intention to order private insurance companies to provide contraception and abortion drug coverage free, as his way of "accommodating" religious institutions' conscientious objections to being forced to provide their employees coverage of those items under Obamacare. Like Truman six decades ago, Obama has proposed in effect to seize a national industry and tell it what to do, without any warrant in enacted law. Like Truman's steel seizure, Obama's insurance seizure is flat unconstitutional—as unconstitutional as anything any president has attempted to do—and Obama does not even have Truman's excuse of a national security crisis.
Rewind to the spring of 1952: An unpopular president, conducting an unpopular, stalemated war he was not trying to win, was confronted with a political problem in a presidential election year—a looming steelworkers' strike that could shut down the nation's steel production for months. The steel industry was under wartime price controls and could not meet labor's demands without raising steel prices. The government's Wage Stabilization Board recommended a wage increase for labor, but the Office of Price Stabilization denied the companies' request for a price increase. Neither labor nor management budged. A strike was imminent.
Truman's solution was to issue an executive order directing Secretary Sawyer to take over the nation's steel mills. Steel officials kept their positions, but were ordered to implement policies prescribed by the secretary, notably the wage increase, to please a core political constituency of the Democratic party, organized labor, in an election year.
Steel production was important to the war effort. But Truman's brazen seizure of private businesses to be run by government decree was wholly unauthorized by law. Indeed, Congress had considered and rejected the idea of such direct government intervention in labor disputes. What Congress had authorized instead, in the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, was for the president to order a "cooling off" period of up to 80 days during which neither labor nor management could take action against the other. But steel unions were ready to strike if management did not accede to their demands and did not want to cool their heels. Truman did not want to alienate labor, so he took over management.
The owners of the steel mills promptly sued, and the case raced to the Supreme Court on an extraordinary fast track. The Court ruled, 6-3, that Truman's actions were unconstitutional. The president is not a lawmaker and cannot rule by decree. Even in wartime—even in the name of emergency—the president cannot command private industry except to the extent authorized by specific legislation. (The three dissenters thought that wartime emergency, supported by a generous reading of other statutes passed by Congress, justified Truman's action, at least as a temporary measure.) Youngstown is now regarded as a landmark decision on the limits of presidential power.
Fast forward 60 years to a near clone of Truman's steel seizure: A different president, battling unpopularity and desperately desiring to please a political constituency in an election year, miscalculates badly. His cabinet secretary at first orders that religious charities, hospitals, ministries, and colleges (essentially all religious organizations except "houses of worship") provide abortion pills, sterilization, and contraception to their employees or students in their health care plans, or pay a fine—regardless of whether the religious group objects to providing such services as a matter of religious faith. The secretary's order produces a firestorm of fury as a grotesque, unconstitutional interference with religious liberty.
It is then that the president, Barack Obama, seizes on the Truman-like "solution" of simply ordering private companies—insurance companies this time—to provide contraception, sterilization, and abortion drugs, and to provide them free, to workers whose employers object to providing them. In essence, he proclaims a right to conscript private businesses to do his bidding, even when Congress has nowhere authorized such action.
To be sure, the idea that insurance companies will provide services free is mere pretense. And it does nothing to cure the violation of First Amendment religious freedom. By entering into contracts with insurance companies to provide health insurance for employees or students, religious employers trigger the required coverage of services they oppose as a matter of faith. And insurance companies will simply pass the costs right back to the objecting religious organizations in the form of higher premiums. It's a shell game. For the employers, the only legal alternative is to pay heavy fines.
But while the Obama shuffle is a ruse and a violation of the First Amendment, it is also a flagrant violation of Youngstown. A president may not simply decree that private companies be run in conformity with the president's preferred policies and politics. Just as Truman could not lawfully seize steel mills and order a wage hike, Obama cannot command insurance companies to provide a "free" benefit if Congress has not conferred such authority. Obama's contemplated conscription—which he won't turn into an executive order until after the election—is an obvious and outrageous abuse of presidential power.
Recently, the professor-president lectured the Supreme Court that it would be "judicial activism" to hold any part of his health care program unconstitutional. As Youngstown demonstrates, however, the Court sometimes must exercise the duty to strike down actions of Congress or the president that exceed their constitutional powers. By Obama's definition, Youngstown was judicial activism because it limited presidential power to seize an industry. But as Youngstown made clear, when political leaders make up powers not in the Constitution, it is the Court's constitutional duty to rein them in.
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There have been seven new head coaches hired for the 2012 NFL season, but because of firings, retirements and other departures, there have been four times as many changes at offensive and defensive coordinator.
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1. Bruce Arians, Colts. This was a huge coup for Indianapolis to be able to attach Andrew Luck to the man who worked so well with Ben Roethlisberger.
2. Josh McDaniels, Patriots. With Bill O'Brien leaving for Penn State, it's nice to fall back on the man behind a historic 2007 for Tom Brady and the passing offense.
3. Brian Daboll, Chiefs. He found plenty of answers late in the 2011 season with the Dolphins and will love working with a healthy Jamaal Charles.
4. Tony Sparano, Jets. New York strayed too far away from "ground-and-pound" in '11. Sparano will re-establish the strength of the offensive line.
5. Mike Sullivan, Buccaneers. Josh Freeman should appreciate the Bucs went straight to the Super Bowl champion Giants to pluck Eli Manning's mentor.
6. Tom Clements, Packers. He goes from being the best quarterbacks coach in the business to help Mike McCarthy and Aaron Rodgers keep their passing game humming.
7. Todd Haley, Steelers. His Chiefs' stint was rocky. Before that he was outstanding during his "Pittsburgh West" days in Arizona, which ended with him excelling against the Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII.
8. Bill Callahan, Cowboys. Jason Garrett still will be calling plays, but Callahan has a key role in helping the young offensive line jell so Dallas can better execute a balanced game plan.
9. Mike Sherman, Dolphins. This allows new coach Joe Philbin to bring another part of the Packers' way to South Beach. Will Matt Flynn follow?
10. Brian Schottenheimer, Rams. His new young quarterback project is Sam Bradford, and looking at his current personnel, Schottenheimer has plenty of hard work ahead.
11. Dirk Koetter, Falcons. Koetter has the advantage of inheriting a smart, confident quarterback in Matt Ryan who should make his job a lot easier.
12. Brad Childress, Browns. Childress must first figure out whom he can trust at quarterback, running back and wide receiver before thinking about how to make his West Coast scheme work.
13. Hal Hunter, Chargers. Similar to Callahan in Dallas, his job will be getting his line to mesh with the playbook of former Cowboys coordinator Norv Turner.
14. Mike Tice, Bears. Just when Jay Cutler, Matt Forte and the rest of Chicago's offensive skill players were getting used to Mike Martz, there will be some transition pains.
15. Bob Bratkowski, Jaguars. Although he has a big rushing asset in Maurice Jones-Drew, Bratkowski has quite a challenge in trying to help further develop Blaine Gabbert.
16. Greg Knapp, Raiders. Going the recycled route brings an uninspired choice to work with Carson Palmer and Darren McFadden.
Defensive coordinators
1. Jack Del Rio, Broncos. It has been 10 years since Del Rio worked with John Fox in Carolina, but it was a pairing that produced the NFL's No. 2 defense in '02. The former linebacker will love helping Von Miller reach a higher level.
2. Mike Nolan, Falcons. Nolan's vast knowledge of both 3-4 and 4-3 concepts should allow Atlanta to be more creative, and most important, improve at rushing the passer.
3. Steve Spagnuolo, Saints. Call it Spags to riches for the former Rams coach. He'll love how well a Drew Brees-led offense will complement his aggressive 4-3 play-calling.
4. Gregg Williams, Rams. Here's another welcome reunion, as Williams and Jeff Fisher will be on the same page to get the most out of some good young front-seven talent.
5. John Pagano, Chargers. His brother Chuck was an ace 3-4 coordinator in Baltimore, and John gets his chance to show he can be the same in San Diego.
6. Dean Pees, Ravens. They've consistently hit on this position, and Pees can build on both his two years as their linebackers coach and four years as a Patriots' coordinator under Bill Belichick.
7. Jason Tarver, Raiders. Oakland stayed local, pulling the former 49ers assistant away from Stanford. He'll need plenty of help from coach Dennis Allen to get the Raiders' defense back to respectability.
8. Kevin Coyle, Dolphins. Coyle did good work with the Bengals under Marvin Lewis, but matching what Nolan did will be tough.
9. Alan Williams, Vikings. There's the cover-2 connection with Leslie Frazier, but it won't matter much if Minnesota doesn't overhaul its secondary.
10. Bill Sheridan, Buccaneers. In his lone post-Super Bowl XLII season ('09) as the Giants' defensive coordinator, the unit really struggled before Perry Fewell restored its championship-caliber status.
11. Greg Manusky, Colts. He lasted only one year in San Diego as the unit had a big dropoff from Ron Rivera, while his replacement in San Francisco, Vic Fangio was a big improvement.
12. Dave Wannstedt, Bills. Two years removed from Fewell, Buffalo is reaching back more than a decade for defensive answers.


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According to many experts, there's a perfect storm brewing. Between rising temperatures and drought caused by climate change, nearly one billion people are at risk of watching their homeland turn into deserts.
Many key agricultural areas in the United States are also at risk of falling to this "perfect storm."
However, according to award-winning biologist Allan Savory, there may a simple – and unlikely – solution to desertification: livestock.
"We know that desertification is caused by livestock, mostly cattle sheep and goats, overgrazing the plants, leaving the soil bare and giving off methane. Almost everybody knows this, from Nobel Laureates to golf caddies, or were taught it, like I was," Savory said in a recent TED conference.
"Well I have news for you," he continued. "We were once just as certain that the world was flat. We were then and we are wrong again."
For Savory, using large herds of livestock to rotationally graze the grasslands mimics the massive herds that grazed that same land thousands of years ago. Their trampling and fertilization allow the grassland to regenerate, retaining water and bringing life back to the soil.
It also helps soil retain carbon, helping reduce global warming.
"We can work with nature at very low cost to reverse all of this," Savory said. "We can take enough carbon out of the atmosphere and safely store it in the grassland soils for thousands of years, and if we just do that on about half of the world's grasslands, we can take us back to pre-industrial levels while feeding people."
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When it comes to understanding if weed shifts or hard-to control weeds are a problem, Mick Minchow of Waverly, Neb., turns to his ag retailer agronomist because he trusts him to give him an honest evaluation of the current situation.
"Locally, we have a really good agronomist, and we'll sit down and have lunch every once and awhile. We'll go over products that he's witnessed and seen that I haven't seen…He's just my ears on things, on things that I don't hear that I really appreciate," said Minchow.
The worry about herbicide-resistant weeds showing up influences decisions that Minchow is making. Palmer amaranth and waterhemp are two of the main weeds discussed these days across the nation.
These weeds require "zero tolerance," which means not letting a single weed go to seed because a healthy Palmer amaranth can produce up to 900,000 seeds, and that spells trouble. Even a Palmer or waterhemp seed that germinates late at the edge of the field or hidden somewhere in a corn field can produce seed. These two species in the pigweed family will grow and produce seed until a freeze.
"Even though you might only have a two-inch plant that came up in the fall, it can still produce seed. That is the real challenge. A lot of times in the southern United States where they harvest early, you are potentially going to have another flush of weeds after harvest to re-infest the acre where you did a great job of controlling weeds all the way through harvest," noted Jim Bloomberg, crop development manager for corn and soybeans with Bayer CropScience.
Letting these weeds survive hidden around or in a corn field is not acceptable if a farmer wants to keep herbicide-resistant weeds from taking over a field and farm. It is in the soybean year of a rotation that the weeds are obvious.
"Palmer amaranth is spreading across the United States and now is established in the South, as well as, several states in the Northeast, Minn., Ind., and most recently was detected in western Iowa. It survives the winters quite well," Bloomberg said.
"Waterhemp is primarily situated in the Midwest, but each year we have been seeing more and more waterhemp sticking through soybean fields' canopy, and it is probably glyphosate resistant," he also said. "The Midwest is starting to look a little bit like the Mid-south in terms of weed control and resistance problems cropping up."
A pre-emergence application of Corvus has worked well for Minchow in growing corn, and he has not had to make a post-emergence application in every field. He only hopes using multiple modes of action and multiple applications of products whenever a weed is discovered will keep him from having a problem with waterhemp and Palmer amaranth.
"Corvus offers excellent control of most weeds when applied as a one pass program, but for situations where waterhemp and Palmer amaranth are present," Bloomberg explained, "a two pass program will be needed due to the extended germination window of these two weed species."
He added that as part of this two pass program, Bayer CropScience recommends the herbicides used contain several differing but effective sites of action for control of these species.
"By using differing site of action herbicides in these programs, this should help slow the development of herbicide resistance," Bloomberg said. For example, if Corvus is used as the pre-emergence option, a grower can come back with a postemergence program containing Laudis or Capreno. In the interest of helping manage and prevent weed resistance from developing, these postemergence options should also contain another effective site of action herbicide such as an auxin or atrazine.


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Dampier won't be dealt by Warriors
By Marc Stein
Erick Dampier isn't going anywhere.
Despite growing interest in their starting center, the Golden State Warriors have decided not to trade Dampier.
Both the Memphis Grizzlies and New York Knicks sought Dampier to give them a low-post presence for their playoff runs, but the Warriors rebuffed offers for the eight-year NBA veteran, who's expected to opt out of his contract this summer and become a free agent.
Memphis president Jerry West coveted Dampier for months and had offered Stromile Swift, but Stein reported Wednesday that Golden State was holding out for swingman Shane Battier to be included in the package.
ESPN's David Aldridge reported late Wednesday that New York was deep in talks with Golden State for Dampier, with the Knicks also angling to annex Nick Van Exel in the same deal. Memphis was considered the leading destination for Dampier until news of the Knicks' interest surfaced.
Dampier, 29, is enjoying his best season, averaging a career-best 11.6 rebounds a game (fourth in the NBA) and 11.7 points a game. He also ranks sixth among the league leader's in field-goal percentage at .516.
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It is not in any way complimentary.
Alogol 68 is not in any way remembered fondly by people wishing to write code partly because even if you like the ideas there were so few implementations that it was higly unlikely they would run.
an accusation of being Algol 68 is almost as perjorative as being PL-1 like or Ada like.
It is not in any way complimentary.
Thanks for letting me know.
I didn't write the post because I thought Algol 68 was an admirable or ideal language. I wrote it because some of the sentences in the Wikipedia article felt like they could have been pulled from a Wikipedia article about Perl 6. There wasn't really any other value judgement involved. I have next to zero knowledge about the legacy of Algol 68.


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David Letterman Asks Snooki If She Has a Drinking Problem [VIDEO]
David Letterman had the diminutive "Jersey Shore" star on his show recently and asked her a rather bold question — does she think she needs to abstain from alcohol? According to Snooki, she doesn't have a problem and in fact "hardly drinks" when the show isn't filming.
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Shipboard ADCP profiles, central equatorial Pacific Ocean, 2003-2012
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Science under sail : ocean science education program combines traditional vessels with state-of-the-art technology
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Sea Education Association (SEA), located in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, offers introductory oceanographic instruction in the classroom and hands-on research training at sea to create a unique educational experience for ...
The history of ocean resources : modeling cod biomass using historical records
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Managing the remnants of the ocean's resources is a critical issue worldwide, but evidence for what constitutes a healthy fish population remains controversial. Here, we use historical sources to understand ecosystem trends ...
Women in Oceanography : a web site for students, teachers, scientists, and the general public
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In 1999 as the millennium was drawing to a close, we decided that the time was right to introduce a new type of web site highlighting the contributions that women are making to marine science. We envisioned a web site ...
Distribution and seasonal variability in the benthic eukaryotic community of Río Tinto (SW, Spain), an acidic, high metal extreme environment
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Segmentation and crustal structure of the western Mid-Atlantic Ridge flank, 25°25′–27°10′N and 0–29 m.y.
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The Equatorial Undercurrent and TAO sampling bias from a decade at SEA
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The NOAA Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) moored array has, for three decades, been a valuable resource for monitoring and forecasting El Niño–Southern Oscillation and understanding physical oceanographic as well as coupled ...
Gooseneck barnacles (Lepas spp.) ingest microplastic debris in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
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Substantial quantities of small plastic particles, termed "microplastic," have been found in many areas of the world ocean, and have accumulated in particularly high densities on the surface of the subtropical gyres. While ...
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Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made
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Polian through the competition committee asked the league to make defensive contact a league-wide point of emphasis, so that every single crew called it closely.
Until that point, each crew "called their own strike zone" so to speak. Unfair or not, in a game the same call was consistent. That is the difference.
With regular, competent refs, teams still knew things like "this crew calls it tight on offensive holding" or "this crew will allow incidental contact" and yes they game-plan accordingly. As long as during the game the calls are consistent, the players and coaches never complain.


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According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), approximately 17 million adults ages 18 and older have an alcohol use disorder. Alcoholism is a disease characterized by a dependency on alcohol. Because alcohol affects almost every organ in the body, chronic heavy drinking is associated with many serious health problems, including pancreatitis, liver disease, heart disease, cancer, and osteoporosis.
Maintaining sobriety is undoubtedly the most important health goal for individuals recovering from alcoholism. However, attention to other aspects of health, including bone health, can help increase the likelihood of a healthy future, free from the devastating consequences of osteoporosis and fracture.
Osteoporosis is a condition in which bones become less dense and more likely to fracture. Fractures from osteoporosis can result in significant pain and disability. In the United States, more than 53 million people either already have osteoporosis or are at high risk due to low bone mass.
Risk factors for developing osteoporosis include:
Osteoporosis often can be prevented. It is known as a silent disease because, if undetected, bone loss can progress for many years without symptoms until a fracture occurs. Osteoporosis has been called a childhood disease with old age consequences because building healthy bones in one's youth helps prevent osteoporosis and fractures later in life. However, it is never too late to adopt new habits for healthy bones.
Alcohol negatively affects bone health for several reasons. To begin with, excessive alcohol interferes with the balance of calcium, an essential nutrient for healthy bones. Calcium balance may be further disrupted by alcohol's ability to interfere with the production of vitamin D, a vitamin essential for calcium absorption.
In addition, chronic heavy drinking can cause hormone deficiencies in men and women. Men with alcoholism may produce less testosterone, a hormone linked to the production of osteoblasts (the cells that stimulate bone formation). In women, chronic alcohol exposure can trigger irregular menstrual cycles, a factor that reduces estrogen levels, increasing the risk for osteoporosis. Also, cortisol levels may be elevated in people with alcoholism. Cortisol is known to decrease bone formation and increase bone breakdown.
Because of the effects of alcohol on balance and gait, people with alcoholism tend to fall more frequently than those without the disorder. Heavy alcohol consumption has been linked to an increase in the risk of fracture, including the most serious kind—hip fracture. Vertebral fractures are also more common in those who abuse alcohol.
The most effective strategy for alcohol-induced bone loss is abstinence. People with alcoholism who abstain from drinking tend to have a rapid recovery of osteoblastic (bone-building) activity. Some studies have even found that lost bone can be partially restored when alcohol abuse ends.
Nutrition. Because of the negative nutritional effects of chronic alcohol use, people recovering from alcoholism should make healthy nutritional habits a top priority. As far as bone health is concerned, a well-balanced diet rich in calcium and vitamin D is critical. Good sources of calcium include low-fat dairy products; dark green, leafy vegetables; and calcium-fortified foods and beverages. Supplements can help ensure that you get adequate amounts of calcium each day, especially in people with a proven milk allergy. The Institute of Medicine recommends a daily calcium intake of 1,000 mg (milligrams) for men and women up to age 50. Women over age 50 and men over age 70 should increase their intake to 1,200 mg daily.
Vitamin D plays an important role in calcium absorption and bone health. Food sources of vitamin D include egg yolks, saltwater fish, and liver. Many people, especially those who are older or housebound, may need vitamin D supplements to achieve the recommended intake of 600 to 800 IU (International Units) each day.
Exercise. Like muscle, bone is living tissue that responds to exercise by becoming stronger. The best exercise for your bones is weight-bearing exercise that forces you to work against gravity. Some examples include walking, climbing stairs, weight training, and dancing. Regular exercise, such as walking, may help prevent bone loss and will provide many other health benefits.
Healthy lifestyle. Smoking is bad for bones as well as the heart and lungs. Women who smoke tend to go through menopause earlier, resulting in earlier reduction in levels of the bone-preserving hormone estrogen and triggering earlier bone loss. In addition, smokers may absorb less calcium from their diets.
Bone density test. A bone mineral density (BMD) test measures bone density in various parts of the body. This safe and painless test can detect osteoporosis before a fracture occurs and can predict one's chances of fracturing in the future. The BMD test can help determine whether medication should be considered. Individuals in recovery are encouraged to talk to their health care providers about whether they might be candidates for a BMD test.
Medication. Several medications are available for the prevention and/or treatment of osteoporosis, including: bisphosphonates; estrogen agonists/antagonists (also called selective estrogen receptor modulators or SERMS); calcitonin; parathyroid hormone; estrogen therapy; hormone therapy; and a RANK ligand (RANKL) inhibitor.
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Attendance likely slipped at this year's AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, but tournament director Steve John was feeling just about as happy on Monday as two-stroke winner Brandt Snedeker.
"I'm real happy," John said. "It was a great week."
A little bit of foul weather Friday morning gave way to chilly, but crystal-clear weekend weather that made the Monterey Peninsula — courtesy of the tournament broadcast — appear to be the most inviting destination in the country.
"It was the highlight of the weekend for the whole nation," said Jody Hansen, president of the Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce.
Overall attendance may have dipped, but the great weekend weather, a good mix of celebrity amateurs making the weekend cut and a top-notch field of pros produced a compelling crowd-pleaser, John said.
"We had a very deep, strong field," he said. "We should have a big (attendance) number, but it won't be what it was last year."
With more sponsors and added concession venues, the tournament likely raised about $11 million for nonprofit charity organizations, which would represent an increase from a year ago, John said.
"We were packed yesterday and the buses were running all day," he said.
Hansen said the tournament, besides being a boon to local nonprofits, gave a boost to area retailers.
"Downtowns were busy," she said. "It was looking good for retailers. Even our locals were shopping more. We definitely saw an uptick with the event."
Hansen said she saw a lot of out-of-state license plates in town for the tournament. "Maybe people actually drove out here," she said, in search for good weather.
There were no obvious snags with the event, and John was already figuring ways — little ways — to make things better for 2014.
Spectators sitting on the grass at one spot on the Pebble Beach Golf Links prompted him to plan for some picnic tables there next year. And some portable toilets would be welcome near the tournament "grand entrance," he said.
"I made tons of notes," he said. "I want this to be the best tournament on (the PGA) tour."
Even the theft one night of gift golf hats and shirts from a hospitality tent for military personnel prompted more than enough donations to make up for the lost goods, he said.
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I don't know when you men gon' learn. But this is a certified butta face. She has a body that ANYONE can have & I mean anyone… most of these "chicks" are T-Girls (which the hip hop industry loves) T-Girls are men turned women, which is so easy & convenient to do these days. Just get a fake bum & boobs and dudes will not care about your face. Hip hop=the biggest tricks for T-girls & ya'll praise them…smdh.


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'The Sens haven't connected since Wade Redden's goal on a two-man advantage with 16 seconds left in the second period of Game Two. But it's hardly like their power play has been horrendous. After getting no shots on their first three chances in Game Four, Ottawa began peppering the Buffalo net, only to be turned away by goaltender Ryan Miller.'
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SAULT STE. MARIE (AP) -- Members of a fraternity plan to push a street-modified bathtub roughly 170 miles across part of the Upper Peninsula this week to raise money for a police department.
WLUC-TV reports the annual Tau Kappa Epsilon fundraiser is Friday.
The trip is planned for between Sault Ste. Marie, which is home to Lake Superior State University, and Marquette, which is home to Northern Michigan University.
In previous years the effort has raised money for research on Alzheimer's disease, the Upper Peninsula Children's Museum and Special Olympics.
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Date: January 23 2013
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at the close of trade on Wednesday:
BHP - BHP BILLITON LTD - up 48 cents, or 1.3 per cent, at $37.06
BHP Billiton is on track to lift its full year iron ore production after enjoying a better-than-expected result in the final three months of 2012.
BOB - BORAL LTD - up 3.5 cents, or 0.4 per cent, at $8.53
Building products maker Boral has upgraded its underlying first-half profit forecast after ramping up cost cuts and enjoying better trading conditions before Christmas.
CWN - CROWN LTD - down five cents, or 0.4 per cent, at $11.87
The NSW Greens say conflict of interest concerns about a firm helping to assess James Packer's $1 billion Barangaroo proposal are another blow to the government's transparency claims.
NUF - NUFARM LTD - down 58 cents, or 9.2 per cent, at $5.75
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