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Tara W. has worked for Crutchfield since 2004. She writes about whole-house music and video gear, and works on Crutchfield's video team.
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Learn how Niles remote control extender systems let you keep your A/V components hidden away, but still control them with your regular remote.
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Amanda: Hi. I'm Amanda.
Tara: And I'm Tara, and we're here in the Crutchfield video studio to talk about Niles remote control extender systems.
Amanda: Right. Now these days a lot of people have a lot of home theater gear. You've got a Blu-ray player and a cable box, maybe a home theater receiver, and you want to be able to watch and listen to and enjoy all of that without maybe having it hanging out in the middle of your room, visible.
Tara: Definitely.
Amanda: Right. So that's where Niles infrared or "IR" systems come in. They let you keep your gear hidden in a cabinet or a closet, wherever you want, and give you easy control over it by passing your remote's original IR signal on to your gear.
Tara: And here we've laid out the components of a typical IR system. The first thing is an IR sensor, and this is the only thing that's visible outside your cabinet or your A/V furniture.
Amanda: Yep. Inside your cabinet, you've got the IR hub, which routes the signals it receives from the sensor. And you've also got a number of these little IR flashers. These just tack on to the front of your gear to pass the signal on.
Tara: So here's how this system works. Let's say we want to play a Blu-ray movie on a Blu-ray player that's hidden away behind these wooden doors in this audio/video cabinet.
Amanda: Right. Now your remote control's IR signal can't make it through solid surfaces like wood, so let's take a look inside and see how the Niles system can help.
Tara: You'll hit "play" on your Blu-ray player's remote control, and the Niles sensor here picks up that signal, passes it on to the Niles hub, which then passes it down to the IR flasher. And that tells your Blu-ray player to play your movie.
Amanda: So these systems are really cool. Like we've said, they let you hide your gear in a cabinet, a closet, another room, pretty much wherever you want. And you can get pre-matched systems that are already set up for you, or you can customize your own to fit your system and your room. For example, in addition to these little tabletop sensors, you can also choose from wall-mountable sensors or in-wall sensors that install flush in your wall. And that's nice if, for example, you've got a flat-panel TV and you want to keep that nice, sleek look.
Tara: Yeah, definitely. And you can use these IR systems to integrate with a more sophisticated multi-room system where it's going to be really important that you get all those controls you're used to in each of the remote rooms around your house.
Amanda: Yeah. So whether you want to choose a pre-matched system or make your own, visit crutchfield.com/NilesIR for more information.
Tara: And if you're interested in those multi-room systems, you can visit crutchfield.com/multiroomremote, or call our A/V Design Group at 1-800-555-9407.


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m0rl0ck wrote:Are there hostile spiritual forces? What are they?
m0rl0ck wrote:Are there hostile spiritual forces? What are they?
As for us, we still lie under the sway of Maras of various kinds. These intimidating Maras are called Kilesa-Maras, the demons of defilement. The big ones, the really infamous ones, are greed, aversion, and delusion. These are the famous ones. As for the ones that stay more in the background, behind the scenes, those are kama-tanha, craving for sensuality, struggling to get things in ways that are offensive to the Dhamma; bhava-tanha, craving for things to be this way or that; and vibhava-tanha, craving that things not happen. For instance, once we've gained wealth, we don't want to lose it; once we've gained status, we don't want anyone to wipe out the edge we have over others. This is vibhava-tanha. These three forms of craving are also demons of defilement, but they're not very well known. Only once in a long, long while do you hear anyone mention their names.
Anicca wrote:Only m0rl0ck can say what he meant .
If he meant beings - then the answer is Asuras.
We all answered assuming forces - that which deforms ...
No, I didnt realize that knowing what I meant was prerequisite for postingm0rl0ck wrote:Anicca wrote:If he meant beings - then the answer is Asuras.
could you expand on that?
The asuras, known for their fierce anger, later became classed as angry demons ...
and he says even visiting hell can be enjoyableHungry shades come in all different shapes and sizes — really entertaining, the hungry shades.
Unfortunately, he says nothing of Asuras.you can go sightseeing in hell. It's nice and relaxing. You can play with the denizens of hell, fool around with the denizens of hell. Any of them who have only a little bad kamma can come up and chat with you, to send word back to their relatives. Once you get back from touring around hell you can tell the relatives to make merit in the dead person's name.
The state of an Asura reflects the mental state of a human being obsessed with force and violence, always looking for an excuse to get into a fight, angry with everyone and unable to maintain calm or solve problems peacefully.
Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:Ven Dhammika describes believing whatever is written in the texts as "Flat Earth Buddhism," but that is not how I describe it. Flat Earth Buddhism, for me, means dismissing whatever is beyond your own personal experience.
For example, if one stands on the cliff tops at Dover, one can see France, and even a Flat Earth Buddhist can rightly conclude that land exists on the other side of the English Channel without crossing the channel, whereas a Spherical Earth Buddhist can come to the same conclusion without even visiting Dover, let alone visiting France.
If one stands on the cliffs in Cornwall, it is not possible to see America. The Flat Earth Buddhist should conclude that America does not exist. Fortunately, early explorers who gained confidence in their ability to navigate, ventured out beyond the sight of dry land, and discovered new continents. They learnt that the earth was not flat. At first, their knowledge was patchy and inaccurate, but as more mariners successfully navigated the oceans they were able to draw better maps. Today, space travel leaves no doubt about the shape of the earth.
The Spherical Earth Buddhists will believe those who say that other realms exist even though they are not able to see them personally. They will rightly conclude that these realms exist by examining the teachings thoroughly and verifying their integrity through personal experience. The greater their knowledge and experience of the Buddha's teaching, the more clearly they can understand the extraordinary powers that the Buddha possessed. Of course, the ability to read and interpret maps correctly is not the same as actually being able to travel to distant places.
khlawng wrote:Better to put such curiosity and energy into pursuing and practicing the path and develop vision, insight, discernment, illumination and knowledge that may one day answer your questions on them anyway.
khlawng wrote:My point is that it is difficult to answer direct questions on them with certainty because aside from what is mentioned in the scriptures and suttas, a lot of the views on spirits and ghosts are also shaped by different cultural believes, the media, pranksters, personal experience and tales that have been passed on from generation to generation. Better to put such curiosity and energy into pursuing and practicing the path and develop vision, insight, discernment, illumination and knowledge that may one day answer your questions on them anyway.
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Drag-queen-cum-pastry-chef Chad Fitzgerald rocks TLC — and now Oak Lawn — with his baking prowess
RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer
In what used to be a butcher shop, Chad Fitzgerald sits in the back room of a storefront now called The Cake Guys.
The dark red walls of the bakery make for a cozy, elegant ambience, but the cakes take center stage: Towering confections with ornate scrollwork, rhinestones, peacocks and chocolate-covered strawberries are jaw dropping.
Despite his calm demeanor as he strolls through his shop, Fitzgerald and his cakes are about to be seen on a much bigger stage.
"The producers told us when the show airs, life will change," Fitzgerald says.
"The show" is the second season of Next Great Baker, which debuts Tuesday on TLC, with Fitzgerald among the contestants.
The path from kitchen to TV studio has been a long one for Fitzgerald. As a kid, he would head to his grandmother's house after school in Hereford, Texas, where he picked up her creative skills. At her knee, he learned ceramics and sewing, but it was her baking that really nabbed his attention.
"She completely influenced that," he says. "She bought me pans and decorating tips and my first mixer while I was in high school. I ended up going to culinary school at Oklahoma State University but I didn't like it — I already knew how to make cakes; I didn't want to do any of the other chef stuff."
Fitzgerald received a degree in education at West Texas A&M. Baking became a hobby as Fitzgerald took up teaching for 21 years. Baking re-emerged seriously in 2003, when he and his partner, Edward Navejas, began The Cake Guys out of their garage.
It quickly boomed. They opened a full-service shop in Duncanville in 2008, and have just expanded to Oak Lawn, which led Fitzgerald to make a major decision.
"There were not enough hours in the day and I was overwhelmed," he says. "I'd teach, bake till 3 a.m. and get up to go to work. When I resigned this month, everyone told me they were surprised it wasn't sooner."
The Duncanville location is now a production facility; they handle all the cake orders — mostly from bridal parties — out of their Oak Lawn location.
A few years ago, Fitzgerald and Navejas started applying to appear on chef-based reality shows. They had the talent, but never made the cut, until a casting director for TLC called to ask them to try out for Next Great Baker.
"I got that call and I told them that we'll apply," he says. "But they needed something by that night. This was in May or June. It was a very long app, but I stayed true to myself."
By staying true, he means he let his natural tone come out, freely peppering LOL and LMAO throughout his answers, and not sounding pretentious. But it was the question "What would set you apart?" that acted as a mini-crossroads. In other applications, he'd held back, revealing some personal details, thinking his baking skills should be all that mattered. This time, he decided to go all-in.
"It was do-or-die, so I sent in pics and videos of me doing drag," he laughs. "I also bawled talking about my grandma, who died two years ago.
It was about 6:30 p.m. when I sent it in, and the casting agent called me around 7:15. She told me was the best application so far." With more than 10, 000 applicants in the mix, Fitzgerald "started feeling good about it," he says.
Fitzgerald then flew to New York for a screen test and on-camera interview. There he met Buddy Valastro, better known as the Cake Boss.
"I had a fabulous time doing that," he smiles. "And they made me do a drag number on video — as a guy! I had told them I was Miss Texas USA At-Large and Miss USA At-Large in 1996 as Stacy Holiday." On July 31, Fitzgerald got the phone call.
"They said 'Congratulations, you're one of the Season 2 contestants,'" he recalls. "I started crying, of course. I called the staff and just said 'I made it! I made it!'"
Typical of reality TV, the show only now is airing, though the competition ended weeks ago. Fitzgerald has been baking away, waiting to see how life just might change as a result of the competition. He's already noticed some changes (a few autograph requests), but he'll know better once the series begins airing.
"Other contestants thought I was a cheater because I had my trinkets and gadgets," he says. "But I'm a planner. Other contestants came with three bags [of supplies]; I shipped 38 boxes. I took an aquarium, strobe lights, anything that could go in a cake. This is the biggest thing in my life — why wouldn't I prepare?"
Fitzgerald says he never became a character. Although he was the only gay contestant and was occasionally encouraged to "gay it up" for the camera, he stayed true to himself.
"I kinda became the go-to guy," he says. "People would ask me for advice and that's just pure respect. I was the nice guy of the group, but I was definitely the crybaby on the show."
Of course, how he fared remains to be seen as the season plays out. For now, Fitzgerald knows he and Navejas have a good thing. Win or not, The Cake Guys know one thing for sure.
"I don't want people to buy our cakes just because I was on TV," he says. "But once you try our cake, you'll be hooked."
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition November 25, 2011.
CORRECTION: We printed that Next Great Baker airs on Tuesdays when it actually airs on Mondays. The first episode airs Nov. 28 at 8 p.m on TLC. We regret the error.


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Tipranavir Expanded Access Program (EAP) in PI-experienced Patients With HIV-1 Infection
This treatment has been approved for sale to the public.
Boehringer Ingelheim
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First received: November 30, 2004
Last updated: November 29, 2016
Last verified: October 2013
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This study was designed to provide early access to and evaluate the safety of TPV/r in PI-experienced patients with HIV-1 infection.
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Tipranavir Drug: Ritonavir
|Study Type:
|Expanded Access What is Expanded Access?
|Official Title:
|An Open Label, Non-randomized Treatment Protocol of Tipranavir Co-administered With Low-dose Ritonavir (TPV/r) in Protease Inhibitor-experienced Patients With HIV-1 Infection (the Tipranavir Expanded Access Program)
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MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS
Drug Information available for: Ritonavir TipranavirU.S. FDA Resources
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|Child, Adult, Senior
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00097799
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|November 30, 2004
|Last Updated:
|November 29, 2016
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Communicable Diseases
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
HIV Protease Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-HIV Agents
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
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Better Evaluation of Acute Chest Pain With Computed Tomography Angiography (BEACON)
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|Acute Coronary Syndrome Acute Chest Pain
|Radiation: Cardiac CT
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
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|Better Evaluation of Acute Chest Pain With Computed Tomography Angiography - A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Successful discharge rate [ Time Frame: 30 days ]The proportion of patients discharged home without major adverse events during the following 30 days. Major adverse events are cardiovascular death or non-fatal myocardial infarction.
- Diagnostic yield of invasive angiography [ Time Frame: 30 days ]Number of patients identified with severe coronary artery disease identified by invasive angiography requiring revascularisation according to the international guidelines.
- Successful discharge rate for all adverse events [ Time Frame: 30 days ]The proportion of patients discharged home without any adverse events during the following 30 days. Adverse events are cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, unstable angina, coronary revascularization, repeat hospital visits for chest pain.
- Major adverse events [ Time Frame: 6 months ]Composite endpoint of major adverse cardiac events at 6 months: cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, unstable angina, coronary revascularisation and repeat hospital visits for chest pain.
- Acute coronary syndrome [ Time Frame: Index hospital visit ]Diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome, according to international guidelines, at time of discharge.
- Missed myocardial infarctions [ Time Frame: 2 days ]Missed myocardial infarctions, at 2-day follow-up, in patients discharged from the emergency department.
- Duration of hospital stay [ Time Frame: Index hospital visit ]Duration of hospital stay
- Direct medical cost [ Time Frame: 30 days ]Direct medical costs until 30th day after ED visit.
- Radiation exposure [ Time Frame: 6 months ]Cumulative medical radiation exposure at 6 months.
- Renal function [ Time Frame: 2 days ]Change in renal function after 2 days.
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|July 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2015
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|February 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Active Comparator: Cardiac CT
Triage based on cardiac CT results.
Radiation: Cardiac CT
Calcium scan and CT coronary angiography
No Intervention: Standard Care
Standard diagnostic management according to the European guidelines.
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Myocardial infarction remains one of the most important causes of death and disability. Therefore it is important that individuals with acute chest pain are accurately assessed without delaying appropriate treatment. Acute coronary syndrome is only one cause for sudden chest pain, which is a very common complaint in the ER. Other life threatening causes such as pulmonary embolism and aortic dissection may also be the cause, although most chest discomfort has a benign reason (musculoskeletal, hyperventilation, oesophageal reflux, etc).
The current work-up of suspected acute coronary syndrome, based on presentation, symptoms, ECG and biomarkers, is not efficient and results in unnecessary diagnostics and hospital admissions, as well as errors or delayed diagnoses, in a substantial number of patients. Computed tomography angiography (CTA) images atherosclerosis, coronary obstruction as well as myocardial hypoperfusion. We hypothesize that early use of CTA is of incremental value and allows for accurate and immediate triage of patients with acute chest pain.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|30 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Acute chest pain or equivalent
- Patients older than 30 years
- Males < 75 years and Females < 80 years
Exclusion Criteria:
- Troponin > 0.1
- History of known myocardial infarction, PCI or CABG
- Pregnancy
- Contrast allergy
- Renal disfunction
- No informed consent possible
- No follow-up possible
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01413282
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|Rotterdam, Netherlands
|Principal Investigator:
|Koen Nieman, MD, PhD
|Erasmus MC
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|Koen Nieman, Associate professor, Erasmus Medical Center
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|NCT01413282 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|August 9, 2011
|Last Updated:
|August 3, 2016
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|Plan to Share IPD:
Keywords provided by Koen Nieman, Erasmus Medical Center:
Acute coronary syndrome
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Chest Pain
Myocardial Ischemia
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
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Regional Dance Company of the Week: Tulsa Ballet
BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the Internet, is thrilled to announce a new feature to its comprehensive regional coverage - the Featured Regional Dance Company of the Week! Much like we do with our featured Regional Theaters, each week, we will bring you a story on a regional dance company in one of our coverage cities.
This week's featured Dance Company is TULSA BALLET in Tulsa, Oklahoma!
Tulsa Ballet also offers ballet classes for youth and adults as part of its Tulsa Ballet SemGroup Center for Dance Education (TBCDE). To learn more about the offerings at Tulsa's Ballet School, click here.
Dracula (Credit: Sharen Bradford, The Dancing Image)
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Welcome to Lumpkin County, Georgia!
Welcome to the Lumpkin County Government Website. Lumpkin County is located approximately one hour north of Atlanta, Georgia at the southern end of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the famous Appalachian Trail. Our new website has been rebuilt from the ground up and promises a faster, more responsive and more mobile-friendly experience than ever before. We continue to develop and improve our online presence and services for the citizens of Lumpkin County to provide you the most current, accurate and easily accessible information available regarding your local county government.


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Pygmy marmosets, which have long held the title of the smallest monkeys in the world, make their homes in the rainforests of the Upper Amazon Basin. Be sure to keep a keen watch for these tiny primates on your small-group cruises (see this post about Amazon wildlife sightings). These little creatures stick to lowland forests and spend their days swinging through the trees along the banks of the Amazon River.
"Our naturalists must have had binoculars for eyes," said Amazon River cruise guests Betty and Steve Wing. "To see pygmy marmosets three times was unbelievable!"
These marmosets are not the smallest primates in the world, as the pygmy mouse lemur holds that claim. However they are the smallest of the monkey family, standing about five inches tall with eight-inch-long tails. These creatures live in small family groups consisting of an adult couple and their young, up to 15 members. Each group lives in an area of about one acre, which the monkeys will defend from predators and other marmosets by crying out and displaying their genitals. Marmosets will prowl about one third of their land each day looking for insects, fruit and plant buds to feed on. They also chew holes in certain trees and drink the sap, gum, resin and latex found within.
Pygmy marmosets typically give birth to fraternal twins, and older offspring will help care for the young until they reach maturity, which takes anywhere from one year to 18 months. While these creatures are small, they have a relatively long life expectancy of more than 11 years. When babies are born, they have pale yellow coats of fur except around their heads, which are dark gray with yellow highlights. Adult pygmy marmosets are covered with golden brown fur peppered with black and gray. Their tails are ringed in black, a common occurrence among marmosets.
When pygmy marmosets are swinging through the trees, they are able to dangle from a branch by just their fingernails. The nails are more like claws, long and tough, than flat fingernails that grow on other primate species. These nails and their tiny bodies, which weigh less than one-third of a pound, make it easy for the pygmy marmosets to move through the tree branches with ease. Their quickness, combined with their naturally camouflaged fur, makes it tricky to spot these tiny primates.


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15 and 12 for Asik today remember the time we thought he was overpay and Roy got the right contract?
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15 and 12 for Asik today remember the time we thought he was overpay and Roy got the right contract?
Royce White's still going off on twitter. like right now.
he also doesn't understand the 1st amendment.
Yup he is annoying as hell been going off on it all day long someone said it best he isnt in the NBA to ball he is just there to cash checks and get people to feel sorry for him.
Counting down the days untill DJ Augustin's contract expires.
I guess I was completely wrong about Royce.
He's officially on my list of players that annoy the **** out of me. Good lord man, get a grip. You aren't entitled to anything. My wife suffers from anxiety and handles it 100 times better than this primodonna *****.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
according to one study, Louisville couldn't support an NBA team
through 3 games our average attendance is down about 100 people
@Chris_Broussard: Minnesota & Josh Howard agree to terms on 1- year, vets minimum deal, sources say
I think the general opinion was that Asik was solid, just the signing didn't make sense for a team that was chasing Dwight Howard at the time, while Roy was overpaid but the Pacers didn't have better options.
Rudy Gay has looked like a star out there with all those tough shots. Memphis has a great deal of cohesive talent and strong depth.
They've played their hearts out.
For those thinking about the Rockets, I think that the James Harden trade saved their *** on the signings of Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik. They would be terrible without him this year.
He has OCD as well. That tweeting does seem to have compulsive/manic or even delusional element. But I'm no specialist, I don't know if OCD can do that.
I read on IndyStar when I had the free trial that ticket sales are up 30% from last season and are at the highest point in 5-6 years, but the team marketing staff and salespeople said that November is the toughest time to sell tickets because of the amount of events going on. This should turn around a month or so from now based on what I gathered.
Hopefully the team gives people a reason to attend.
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I agree that the team would be terrible without Harden.
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There is nothing wrong with being OCD. "If one is good, then half a dozen is better!" It allows you a collector and a hoader too.
Maybe he's got anxiety meds that reduce him impulse control.
@marktinsleyjr: @mg_indy the 360 view get him out of here. http://t.co/pbYFpfY7
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@ArashMarkazi: D'Antoni said he's been trying to get Steve Blake for the past 10 years because he's perfect for his system.
Exactly what I've been saying, Blake is going to look amazing, he is going to be like a mini Nash.
@ESPNSteinLine: Word is Hornets & Matt Carroll working on buyout after CHA dealt Carroll for Hakim Warrick. Possible free-agent shooter for Lakers' radar?
Barbosa is looking good so far.
Two great games so far today, Joe Johnson gets pay the big bucks because he is pretty damn clutch and the Knicks are for real.
That was not a foul wow what a bs call.


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There I sat, coffee in hand, getting in some last minute research before Fed chief Ben Bernanke was to give congressional testimony Tuesday. The robust market open was understandable after Monday's drubbing, given the heightened demand for lower-priced stocks after investors were reminded that Italy won't be exiting the eurozone. Yet the pop didn't seem right to me. In fact, it felt fake -- a function of simple repositioning ahead of soothing words of wisdom from the Fed chairman and economic reports that made sense.
Then Bernanke spoke, visibly nervous as usual -- but little more rebellious, too, since it's probably close to the end of his tenure. The market zigged and zagged and, by the close of trading, it had scored a decent enough gain to anger the bears.
So which is the real market? If you have a holding period in excess of a nanosecond, is there any reason to put the brake on buying what the brokers are selling? I contend that there is -- because, honestly, the real market is now a confused one, mired in a daily grind as stocks search for their true value.
Of course, this stands in stark contrast to what we saw January. The current volatility is warranted, as we are experiencing the first true mixed reads on the economy this year -- not only from government and survey reports -- and remember that "mixed" is not what is priced into stocks. From our friends abroad we are reminded that the global financial situation is precarious, backstopped by guarantees that are not improving fundamentals in actual economies.
So, for the moment, play things close to the vest. I'm not sure if this action is a pricing-in of the looming congressional sequestration and its delayed economic effects, or whether it's an expected steam blow-off due to less-than-perfect happenings that are really speed bumps instead of mountains. Either way, buying into a sizable up day doesn't seem a good strategy right now. Wait for the new trend to emerge.
Turning to the federal budget squabbles, here are several "sequestration panic plays" that are worth looking into:
IRS Furloughs
- The Concern Equation: An increase in identity theft means more use of cash instead of plastic.
- The Trade: Short MasterCard (MA)
This is a one-two-punch opinion. First, I was not enthused on the near-term potential of MasterCard shares after I chatted with management two weeks ago. Second, since the company lives and dies by card processing, a short-term shift to cash could create a mini-hiccup in its operating performance.
Closed National Parks
- The Concern Equation: Closed national parks or shortened operating hours mean canceled trips and less need for camping gear.
- The Trade: Short Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS)
"Hardlines" represent approximately 52% of Dick's' business, and it is obviously the largest component of annual net sales. This category includes such items as hunting and fishing gear. Lost in the Barron's write-up last weekend, moreover, was mention of very tough sales comparisons.
Health Centers Cut Off from Federal Funding
- The Concern Equation: A lack of government money here means delays or cancellations in orders of medical supplies
- The Trade: Short Cardinal Health (CAH)
Cardinal, through its medical segment, sells private-label medical supplies to a range of customers. This business only represents a little over 8% of the company's revenue, but it has almost a 2x greater operating margin than the core drug-distribution business.


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New York -- British grocery giant Tesco is moving closer to selling off its U.S. Fresh & Easy division, with Tesco CEO Philip Clarke traveling to the United States next week to try and strike a deal, according to a report in the British newspaper, The Telegraph.
Tesco has held discussions with Trader Joe's and others about selling Fresh & Easy, but a break-up of the business is considered the most likely option, the report said. Other options include closing the business and selling off assets.
Clarke is set to give an update on the progress of the company's previously announced strategic review of Fresh & Easy on April 17, when the company posts its full-year results.


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CINCINNATI — Robert Moeder, president of Kroger's central division, is retiring from the company after more than 40 years in the retail industry.
"During his 42-year career, Bob has consistently demonstrated his passion for and commitment to our associates, our customers and our local communities," said Rodney McMullen, Kroger's president and chief operating officer. "His improvement of our convenience store division and support on launching supermarket fuel has contributed to Kroger's connection with customers and increased value for shareholders."
Moeder, originally from Kansas, began his career with Dillon Companies Inc. in 1971 working part-time for its Calhoun's clothing division while attending college in Salina, Kansas. He earned a degree in computer science from Kansas State University in 1971 and was recognized as a distinguished alumnus in 2008. Moeder also is a 1993 graduate of Leadership Kansas.
He was named president of Calhoun's in 1984. In 1985, he joined Kwik Shop Inc., a convenience store division of the Dillons Company, as assistant director of operations. He became EVP Kwik Shop in 1991, and he was promoted to VP convenience stores and Turkey Hill Dairy in 1995. In 1999, he was named corporate VP convenience stores, supermarket petroleum group and Turkey Hill Dairy. In 2006, he was promoted to serve in his current role as president of Central Division.
During his tenure at Kroger Central Division, Moeder oversaw a strategic restructuring of the division, including a significant number of new store openings, expansions, remodels and store closings, leading to almost $1 billion in store investments and nearly 2,000 new jobs. Under his leadership, Central Division acquired Scott's Food & Pharmacy in Fort Wayne and pursued a more than $105 million capital investment project across the Fort Wayne region. His passion for people guided effective investments in community relationships and increased community support to nearly $15 million per year.


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The Xbox 360 will not be receiving a price cut in the UK this Christmas, Microsoft has told MCV.
It emerged this morning that $50 has been slashed off the price of both the 4GB and 250GB versions of the console in North America. And shortly after that we learnt that Nintendo was slashing the RRP of the Wii in the territory.
But when asked by MCV whether we'd see anything similar in the UK, Microsoft simply sent what it described as a "full list of Xbox bundles available this holiday".
The SKUS on the list were:
- 250GB Holiday Value bundle inc. Skyrim and Forza 4 - £199
- 250 Kinect Holiday bundle including Kinect, Kinect Adventures, Dance Central 2 and Kinect Sports - £299
- 4GB Kinect Holiday Value bundle including Kinect, Kinect Adventures and Kinect Disneyland - £249
- 4GB Kinect and Nike+ Kinect Training bundle - £269
- 320GB Halo 4 Limited Edition console - £269
- 4GB White Gloss bundle - £149
Nintendo, meanwhile, has told MCV that it has "nothing to announce in the UK at the moment" regarding a possible Wii price cut.
Sony made its Christmas move last week when its new 12GB Super Slim PS3 arrived on the High Street for under £160 at a number of retailers.


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Pacers win.......Lance carried the Team on his back in the 2nd half. The Bench of CJ/Granger/Scola/Mahinmi came up big this game with 29 points.
Also....I don't see how Lance isn't going to get any contract offer less than what Tyreke got in the offseason ( $11 mil a year ).


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TEMPERANCE (AP) -- A woman who was the sole employee of a Michigan credit union near the Ohio border has been charged with embezzling $2.1 million.
United Catholic Credit Union in Temperance was declared insolvent and locked up in August. State prosecutors say Sharon Broadway of Toledo, Ohio, stole money for more than 20 years through the use of aliases and forged checks. Many certificates of deposit were not recorded.
Defense attorney Lorin Zaner says a plea deal is anticipated with the Michigan attorney general's office.
The 61-year-old Broadway was her own boss at United Catholic Credit, which had just one location. It had more than 200 members from Roman Catholic churches in Monroe County. Deposits were insured up to $250,000.


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A SIX-year-old girl from Milford Haven is gearing up for a 25km bike challenge to raise money for three local charities.
Accompanied by dad Jason, Bronwen Lee will ride her bike from Haverfordwest to Neyland and back this Sunday (August 3).
So far, Bronwen has raised more than £250 in sponsorship, which will be shared between the Paul Sartori Foundation, Prostate Cymru and Pembrokeshire Special Needs Gymnastics Club.
All kitted out with a brand new pink bike, snazzy helmet and special fingerless gloves, Bronwen is looking forward to the big day, and has been cycling everywhere in preparation.
Her longest journey so far has been eight miles, so the 15-mile route will be a challenge, but mum Aelwen James has every faith in Bronwen's ability.
"She's very determined, even if it takes all day she'll do it," she said.
Bronwen was inspired to tackle the charity challenge after seeing her dad, now 43, complete a long-course race last year.
She is also happy to be raising money that will be used to help local people.
"I've seen the care that Paul Sartori has given local patients and families – the difference they have made to people at the end of their lives," said Aelwen, who has worked in care for several years.
In the last 13 years, the Pembrokeshire Charity Bike Ride has raised more than £160,000.
Last year's event attracted 500 riders and helped to raise more than £18,000 for local charities.
The cyclists set off from Haverfordwest Rugby Club at 8am this Sunday.
For more information on the event, which will see cyclists tackling 25, 50 and 80km routes, visit www.pembsbikeride.co.uk.
To add to Bronwen's sponsorship total, visit www.justgiving.com/Bronwen-Mair-Lee.


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Anode|ION|JOKERi|MD2|FD|TD|PD|LEGENDaParks wrote:If the posts on this forum are any indication, the PD is like a Teebird with sunshine coming out of its butthole so hard that it flies faster.
dgdave wrote:Because I like flat, stiff putters with some glide. The yeti is the complete opposite of that.
masterbeato wrote:...900 feet, everybody is happy.
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jaydub803 wrote:Well, I got two "max weight" yetis the other day. One turned out to be 174 and the other 177 on my scale. I threw the 177 in the back yard and it was just like throwing my early 12x kc pro aviars that are beat to shiz. Maybe a little less glide. I will keep using mine for "sure" putts because I love the grip, but if I hit low or high on a flat surface on a long putt the disc hits the ground on its edge and rolls a few feet nearly every time. I almost lost it down a 40 foot very shallow slope into the creek at a friends private 3 tee "course". One other thing I noticed, this disc simply has no fade if you get it off flat. It sort of reminds me of a turd slow mako.
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SC man wins $200,000 in the lottery twice in four months
Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:10:43 GMT —
ROCK HILL, S.C. - A Rock Hill man has won $200,000 in the South Carolina Education Lottery for the second time in four months.
Lottery officials say the man won playing the $10 Color of Money scratch off game both times. The man's name has not been released.
Officials say the man has won two of the six top prizes offered in the game.
He planned to use the money from the first win for his children's college education. The latest winning will go toward his retirement.
He says he won't be playing any more.


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Soil testing for nitrate-N in the fall for making nitrogen (N) recommendations on winter wheat is a valuable practice, particularly 24-inch profile sampling. Unfortunately, few farmers utilize this tool, and its value has been questioned in some areas due to the potential for overwinter N loss.
To evaluate the relationship between wheat yield and fall soil nitrate-N -- and to determine if it is still a viable practice to utilize in N management of wheat -- we summarized data from 26 different N management experiments conducted across Kansas from 2007 through 2013. Most were from 2010 through 2013.
The driving force behind this study is the growing interest in improving N management in winter wheat production. Recent efforts have been focused on improving nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), or the portion of the fertilizer N we apply which is used by the plant. This has resulted in the creation of N fertilizer products designed to reduce N loss, optical sensors that can evaluate wheat's N status, and changes in methods and timing of N applications. With so many new practices incorporated into N management systems, older practices are starting to be considered dated and discarded.
Taking fall soil profile-N samples has been a recommended practice for making an N recommendation for winter wheat for many years. However, due to the mobility of nitrate-N in the soil, soil test values observed in the fall may be completely different than values observed in the spring. Because many producers wait until spring greenup to make their N application, does soil sampling in the fall for nitrate-N really provide useful information for N management in wheat? That's a legitimate question.
The objective of our study was to evaluate the relationship between N fertilizer response by wheat and fall soil nitrate-N and determine if it is still a viable practice to utilize in N management of wheat.
Data were drawn from 26 dryland wheat experiments conducted in 2007 through 2013 throughout Kansas in cooperation with producers and Kansas State University experiment stations. Locations included Manhattan, Tribune, Partridge, Johnson, Randolph, Rossville, Ottawa, Sterling, Pittsburg, Silver Lake, Solomon, and Gypsum.
Soil samples to a depth of 24 inches were taken prior to planting and fertilization. Samples from 0 to 6 inches were analyzed for soil organic matter, phosphorus, potassium, pH, and zinc. Soil profile 0- to 24-inch samples were analyzed for nitrate-N, chloride, and sulfate. Fertilizer needs other than N were applied in the fall at or near seeding.
1. Analysis of yields taken from plots that received no N fertilizer shows a strong positive relationship with fall soil profile nitrate-N (Figure 1). Wheat yields increased rapidly as soil N levels increased to about 80 pounds soil N per acre, and then leveled off.
2. We then converted check plot yields to a relative yield, or percentage of the maximum fertilized yield obtained at each location (Figure 2). The results reveal not only the yield of the check plot, but also the N responsiveness of the site. This shows that at low soil nitrate levels, sites respond well to applied fertilizer. When fall soil profile nitrate-N levels are greater than 80 to 100 lb/acre, relative yield is approaching 100%, and it is unlikely the site will respond to additional fertilizer N applied in the spring.
3. A third way to show this relationship between fall soil nitrate and N response is to calculate the Delta Yield, or the increase in yield obtained from the addition of fertilizer at each site. This is a good measure of N responsiveness of an individual research site. The relationship between fall profile N level and Delta yield is shown in Figure 3. It is clear from this graph that at low soil nitrate levels in the profile, sites respond well to applied nitrogen fertilizer. However, as the profile N level increases beyond 75 to 80 pounds N per acre, little or no N fertilizer response was found.
4. A commonly used way to measure the efficiency of N use is to determine the amount of N fertilizer required to produce one additional bushel of yield. This relationship is shown in Figure 4.
On highly N responsive sites, those with a large Delta Yield, the amount of N required to increase yield by one bushel is relatively low, less than the 2.4 pounds N per bushel used in the K-State fertilizer recommendations. However, as the yield response decreases, the amount of N required to obtain that response increases dramatically. This relationship provides a good explanation of why fertilizer recommendations are generally made not to obtain the maximum yield, but rather the economic optimum yield. The efficiency of squeezing out those last one or two bushels is just too low. A number of additional conditions such as drought, disease, and poor root growth can influence this relationship. Many of the new technologies being developed to enhance N management and NUE, should help reduce the pounds of N fertilizer required to obtain a bushel of N response.
Wheat yield with no N fertilizer applied was compared with fall nitrate-N levels and a strong relationship was established. Although new practices have been developed to improve N management in winter wheat, soil sampling in the fall for nitrate-N remains an important practice to manage N efficiently and can result in considerable savings for producers.
When soil sampling for N is not done, the K-State fertilizer recommendation formula defaults to a standard value of 30 lb/acre available N. In this particular dataset, the average profile N level was 39 lb N/acre. However the N level at individual sites ranged from 11 to 197 lbs N/acre. Most recommendation systems default to a standardized set of N recommendations based on yield goal and/or the cost of N. Without sampling for N or using some alternative method of measuring the soil's ability to supply N to a crop, such as crop sensing, the recommendations made for N will be inaccurate, resulting in a reduction in yield or profit per acre and increased environmental impact.
Due to the drought of the past two years, there have been many situations where large amounts of N have been present in the soil at planting of wheat or summer crops such as corn or grain sorghum. Early samples requesting soil N tests from western Kansas coming to the lab are showing consistently high soil N levels. Failure to account for that valuable resource can result in excess vegetation, increased plant disease, inefficient use of soil water, and reduced yield.
Soil sampling in fall for nitrate-N can have a significant impact on N recommendations for winter wheat, thus improving N management, and is still strongly recommended.


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I was born in 1991 in Alexandria, VA. Virginia has been my home my entire life. I am the 2nd of 3 children and the only boy. My parents bought their first home in 1993, after emigrating from Sierra Leone in 1987. I have many memories in this house, as Im sure will be the case with my current house after I move. I took an early interest in trying to educate myself, managing to get past Dr. Seuss and finger counting and on to novels and basic multiplication by age 4. Math has always been simple for me, except for Geometry. I was usually well ahead of my classmates throughout when it came to math. But since I attended 3 different schools for 4th-6th grades, the last being brand new, I wasnt given the opportunity to take Algebra 1 in 7th and in 8th grade. I attended the brand new South County Secondary School in Lorton. Upset that I was placed in 8th grade math, I appealed to my teacher and was able to get moved up. It was there that I earned my reputation for ruining curves. I was unsatisfied with the rigor of the standard courses and continuously increased my course load each year and it proved to be my downfall. I nevertheless was mostly successful, and took a liking to the sarcastic nature of my physics teacher. AP Physics was a welcome challenge, and really opened me to possible careers based on physics.


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Revivals had one of their biggest influences in upstate New York. Rapid changes there in politics and economics had left many men and women struggling to find their place in a new world. The revivals, which offered spiritual guidance and emphasized the importance of the individual, therefore appealed to many people. Revivals fired through upstate New York so often and so strongly that the area became known as the "Burned-Over District."
The Second Great Awakening had a further effect on the region. Many people there, as in other parts of the country, took its lessons about self-determination and applied them to their lives outside of church. The Burned-Over District became a hot-bed of activity for many of the reform movements appearing in antebellum America: abolition of slavery, developing public education, and reducing the consumption of alcohol. In 1848, citizens of Waterloo and Seneca Falls, two towns in the Burned-Over District, came to play a critical role in the early struggle for women's rights by organizing the First Women's Rights Convention.


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Becky and Steve are preparing Amy for a family trip to the prison to see Tracy. Steve tells Becky that they need to try and get on with Tracy for the sake of their adoption dreams. At the prison, Steve and Becky greet Tracy with crossed arms. Tracy tells Steve and Becky that there's no way she's going to give them a good reference and they'll be kiddie-free zones for the rest of their lives. Becky takes Amy to the play room as Steve talks to Tracy alone. Steve tells Tracy how fantastic that Becky's been with Amy and part of why he loves her is for what she's done with Amy. Steve tells Tracy that Becky's desperate for a child of her own and doesn't deserve having Tracy trying to stop her. Steve also says that it was Becky that brought Amy down to see Tracy and she deserves some support. He tells Tracy to make the reference a good one. Will Tracy soften? Tracy decides to give them a good review since if Becky has a child of her own she'll be less inclined to think Amy is hers.
Tracy tells this to Gail later, and Gail reckons she's a lot nicer than she wants people to believe since she's been a great support to her. Gail tells her she's a "really nice person." Oh, don't be so sure about that. While Gail is out, Tracy asks the guard if someone's talked to her about her moving cells. Tracy says she must move today. It seems the detectives followed Tracy's advice since they show up at the cottage to do a more thorough scan of the place. Well, whattayaknow, they find a rolling pin hidden behind the cupboard. Oh, this is looking very, very bad for Gail now. The detectives think the rolling pin is still questionable. Gail gets summoned out of her cell later since her solicitors are there.
Poor Gail. Her solicitors show her what her "cellmate" has been saying and Gail insists it's a lie. Her solicitor says the police have found the corroborating evidence – the rolling pin. Gail suddenly remembers the conversation she had with Tracy about when her and Joe were making biscuits and how she hid the rolling pin from him. Gail has no idea why Tracy would do that. The solicitor tells Gail that this bit of evidence (lie) will get her some sort of reward from the powers that be – something that they must make sure comes out in court. Gail says she never killed Joe like they said she did, but she could kill Tracy. Back at the cell, she realized Tracy had been moved and she knows why. This is definitely when the sh*t hits the fan for Gail.
Deirdre's at the salon getting her hair "did" by Audrey and starts bawling over Tracy and her predicament. Oh, something tells me Audrey won't be so sympathetic soon. In walks a face I haven't seen for a while – Lewis'. He asks her out that evening and manages to charm Deirdre as well asking her and Ken to join them. Ken isn't interested in going to tea with Audrey and Lewis since he was in the middle of a good book. I wonder if it was one of Blanche's Maeve Binchy novels he been bequeathed. At tea, Lewis tells Deirdre that he thinks people are more interesting than books, when she asks if he reads. I don't necessarily agree! Lewis can see that Deirdre is not content with the amount of attention she gets from Ken.
Later, Nick hears from Gail as to what Tracy's done and things aren't looking good – again. David thinks that what Tracy did is the most evil thing. Wow, coming from David Platt you know it's bad. David loses it and heads directly over to No.1 and finds Ken and Deirdre to be in the Rovers. David storms in on Deirdre's tea with friends and tells all what Tracy's done. Deirdre can't believe what she's hearing, but Nick comes in to confirm it. David threatens the Barlows that if Tracy doesn't tell the police she's lying then she's going to be sorry and so will they. Oh, I'd take that threat seriously – especially if you enjoy your window panes.
Becky has to explain to Amy later – who heard everyone calling her mum a murderer and a liar in the pub – that no one thinks her mum is terrible. Just that sometimes grown-ups row. Oh, lying to kids. Becky tells her that all that matters is that her mum, dad and her love her. Steve overhears this and looks lovingly at Becky.
Back in prison, it's good luck since Gail has her old cell mate back. Bad luck since they might be cell mates for much longer than Gail had originally hoped for. At home, David's losing it and grabs a piece of brick from the builders yard and almost throttles it towards the Barlows when Peter stops him and tells him that whatever Tracy's done it's got nothing to do with Ken and Deirdre. David talks to Graeme later and figures that they need another witness. Someone else who was there that night. He figures they could bribe a witness but Graeme warns against that, but as usual, David doesn't listen. Oh, boy.
Graeme goes to see Tina and she's irate since she's gotten a letter in the mail from the courts to be a witness for the prosecution. Being called in for a witness doesn't do much for agoraphobia now does it? Tina says she can't go, because she's just too overwhelmed. Graeme leaves and goes directly to the salon where he tells David that Tina has decided not to testify for the prosecution. David gets excited and tells Nick the news and Nick also thinks this will help them out big time.
Graeme tries it on again with Rosie and listens to her witter on about some promotion and other self-indulgent crap. She says she has nothing to do, and he suggests they could hang out. She says that she'd hang out with him for just a drink. They could go to the Rovers and pretend they just bumped into each other since she doesn't want people thinking they're a couple or anything. Graeme can't believe what he's hearing and agrees to meet her in about an hour. On his way to meet Rosie he picks up a kebab and chips for Tina who is sobbing her eyes out. She says she spoke to the police about the trial and they still want her to testify, but she can't do it. He tells her to eat, then they can talk all about it – regardless of where he's supposed to be. Meanwhile, Rosie's waiting around in the bar for someone who's not going to show. She gets fed up and leaves, while Graeme is consoling Tina on the couch. He goes to Rosie's to make some excuse later, but she sees right through it and wonders what's become of her since Graeme stood her up. He begs for a second chance, but she's not giving those out.
Hayley tells Roy that her salsa dress is to be delivered today and if he could ring her when it comes in. Roy is suspicious about this dress and Hayley continues to give him the cold shoulder. The salsa instructor arrives with the dress and Hayley comes over to check it out. She thanks the instructor and asks Roy what he thinks. Roy says he finds it hard to picture Hayley in that dress. Oh, well, I have a picture of her in it if he'd like it! Hayley is insulted, Roy defensive and the instructor awkwardly in the middle. Hayley shuts down and says he won't have to see her in it, because she'll never wear it now. Later, Roy hands some cash over to Hayley and says it's for the dress since she should have it. Oh that Roy, he tries, he fails, but he tries. Hayley takes the money and goes to get her dress back, only to find it's been sold to somebody else. Roy does a terrible job trying to make Hayley feel better.
Meanwhile, the factory is still leaking and the girls are worried about their health and safety. It's Kirk's interview today and Izzy cheers him on even though he thinks he has no chance. Kirk is waiting at Underworld for his interview and is sweating buckets – probably literally if you recall what he did to David Platt's dress shirt on the night he met Izzy. Carla managed to keep Kirk waiting for an hour and seven minutes. I cannot imagine how much sweat and nerves have accumulated at this point. Carla takes a call in the middle of their interview only to tell Kirk later that he wasn't suited for a factory environment. He tells this to Izzy who's waiting outside and she suggests a drink. Izzy thinks that Carla didn't even give him a chance. Izzy finds Carla outside loading fabrics and gives her a piece of her mind. Carla agrees to talk to her inside if it'll get rid of her. Izzy tries to convince Carla that if she could do that job, so could Kirk. Instead, Carla offers Izzy the job much to her shock. Izzy tells Kirk she's gotten the job and he's happy for her. Carla comes into the pub and tells Kirk she's sorry the job didn't work out but she's got a job he could do. She asks if he could be their delivery driver for a few weeks and he's so delighted he embraces her in a hug.
- The conversation between the two detectives whilst searching the cottage. One detective complains that his wife is always asking to go to a cottage on the lake. Yeah, like he'd take her now!
- How Graeme roughly pats Tina on the shoulder as though she's one of his mates. Just because you're "just friends" with a woman doesn't mean you pat her on the shoulder! Ha-ha, he's obviously smitten!
- Kirk cleans up quite nice in a suit!
- Graeme tells Roy that he's a red-hot love machine, then asks if he's with him. To which, Roy answers "not very often."
- It was nice to see Graeme without that cap on! He has nice hair!
- Ugh, that nasty Tracy Barlow! I felt so sorry for Gail and Deirdre this episode. And even little Amy.
- Carla making Kirk wait an hour and seven minutes for his job interview! She even manages to take a phone call in the middle of the interview! What a rude cow!
- Rude little superficial Rosie telling Graeme to meet her for a drink incognito since she doesn't want people thinking they're a couple or anything. Oh, get over yourself. Then, get a personality.
Overall Episode Review: 7.5/10
Drama: 9/10, Humour: 7/10, Classic Corrie: 6/10, Wow Factor: 8/10


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Are Starters Motivated by Wins?
On Monday's edition of MLB Now, anchor Brian Kenny once again made the case against using wins as a measure of pitcher quality. Citing recent games such as Matt Harvey's brilliant nine-inning, one-hit no-decision, he argued that the win is an overrated statistic that doesn't do a good job of describing the pitcher's performance. After Kenny's presentation, former pitcher Al Leiter came out to give a rebuttal. Leiter had an interesting take on the issue. He said that Kenny wasn't respecting the human element of the game, and he suggested that the win statistic might actually make starters perform a little better in some key situations.
Leiter cited the memory of a time when he was pitching and the game was tied. With two outs and his pitch count north of 95, he knew that he wouldn't be out for the next inning, but that if he could retire the next hitter, he could get the game to his team's offense in the next half-inning. If they scored, he would pick up the win. Leiter recalled one time that Bobby Valentine came out to the mound to check on him in such a situation and asked whether Leiter had "one more" in him. Leiter said yes, and the possibility of getting a W next to his name was what drove him.
Leiter never directly addressed the main question of whether wins are a silly statistic, but he brings up a very good point about whether the existence of the stat has some very real behavioral effects. Certainly, pitchers would love to get a win in general (and in that situation), and they may feel more motivated as a result, but does their performance actually get better in these situations because of the tantalizing lure of a possible win?
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Using the logged odds ratio method of controlling for pitcher/batter quality, I controlled for the likelihood of seven events (strikeout, walk, HBP, single, double or triple, home run, or out on a ball in play). Because we're also specifically dealing with pitch counts here, I entered pitch count prior to the at-bat as a control. I also controlled for whether the pitcher had a handedness advantage over the batter. Also, I restricted the sample to plate appearances in which a batter who had logged 250 PA in that season faced a pitcher with 250 batters faced.
I ran a series of logistic regressions to check whether the "Leiter" variable had any predictive power beyond the control variables. So, below when I talk about differences in performance, I'm talking about differences from what we might expect given that we know how good the pitcher and batter are, and the fatigue level of the pitcher. Does our starter gain (or lose) anything extra that makes us believe that he is more (or less) than we would expect of a tired pitcher nearing the end of his outing?
It's important to find a good set of control plate appearances to use as a comparison group. So, I tried a couple of different approaches.
Leiter situations (starter, game tied, high pitch count, fifth inning or later) vs. similar situations in which the game was not tied
There was an effect of being in a Leiter situation here, only it's not the one that Al suggests. Pitchers in a tie game were more likely to walk the batter, but less likely to give up a home run or record an out in play. The pitcher was not actually better at getting outs—he was just more careful. Seeing that it was a tied game, I can't say I blame him, but the lure of the win did not make him more effective.
When I restricted the sample to situations when the game was close (within one run either way), but not tied, being part of a tie game continued to increase the chances of a walk, although no other outcomes were affected. Being in a tie game in your last gasp for the day doesn't make you better. It just makes you more careful.
Leiter situations vs. similar situations when it was not the fifth inning or later
With the pressure on and no dubya on the line, do pitchers perform any differently than we would expect given everything else we know? Not really. Strikeout rates go down a bit if there's a win on the line, but that's about it.
Leiter situations vs. similar situations where the pitch count isn't quite as high, so he might be able to go another inning
Is there any difference in his performance because in a Leiter situation, it will be his final chance to have an impact on the game? Nope. He'll be better off for not having thrown as many pitches, but the fact that it's his last chance doesn't seem to make him better or worse.
Leiter situations vs. everything else a starter does
There were differences between Leiter situations and the rest of what a pitcher does. Strikeouts and walks went up above expectations. Singles, extra-base hits, home runs, and outs in play all went down. It's hard to say that this is an improvement in the end, because walk rates jump about 1.6 percent, while strikeout rates go up only 0.7 percent and rates of outs in play drop by almost two percentage points. Hits do go down by just shy of two percent, but in the end, fewer batters make outs. In Leiter situations, compared to all others, pitchers are apparently valuing strikeouts and accepting the additional risk of a walk, but more to the point, just trying to keep the other guy from hitting the ball.
The first control group that we looked at was to see whether the fact that it was a close game made a difference, and the results were similar in that pitchers got more careful. I'd suggest that what we're seeing here is an extension of those findings. When the opportunity for a win is on the line, pitchers get into a different strategic mindset. Maybe they're reaching back for something here, but there's a difference between accepting a different risk profile for the likely outcomes and being better at retiring batters, which is the pitcher's job.
What it Means
There just isn't evidence that all of that will to win actually translates into any benefit in terms of the outcome of the at-bat. A starter in that situation is nothing more (or generally, less) than we would expect him to be, and that's a tired guy nearing 100 pitches. That may still be a good pitcher, and he may get the batter to ground out to second, and his team might get him the win in the next inning. But if there's a lesson to be learned here, it's that one should not confuse a desire to win a game or to get an extra attaboy on the stat sheet with some sort of extra talent that will help accomplish that goal.
Russell A. Carleton is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @pizzacutter4
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The flip side of the Leiter argument is that he is assuming that a professional pitcher is not trying his hardest every inning, and thus has the ability to 'reach back' and give full effort when the situation is critical.
May 23, 2013 07:45 AM
It strikes me more as the Jack Morris 'pitches to the score' argument. And we all know how that turned out.
May 23, 2013 08:53 AM
Very interesting article. Instead of calling them "Leiter situations" maybe you should have called them "Me First." Is a guy really going to focus better and work harder to pad his own personal win stat?
May 23, 2013 10:31 AM
Could actual odds ratios be of any use here? Logistic regression results in Stata produce what it calls odds ratios but those are the log odds ratios. Odds ratios could tell the increase/decrease in magnitude of the odds for different variables. Great stuff - BP is the best!
May 23, 2013 11:21 AM
As opposed to all the times when he said, "take me out coach. This guy's got my number and my wet noodle arm is about to go all Dave Dravecky on me. I suck and I'm tired and my lady parts hurt."
May 23, 2013 12:36 PM
Matthew Trueblood
The added proclivity for the two true outcomes makes sense to me. You don't just hear about pitchers reaching for something; you can see it. Watching games, you see pitchers toward the end of their outing disregard any inclination to pitch to weak contact and limit pitch counts, and they just start aiming for the corners, trying to throw perfect pitches. Problem is, a lot of guys don't make themselves better when they do so, as you note, Russell. They just make themselves different and less efficient. This is when the time between pitches drags, and a good hitter starts to foul balls off and frustrate the guy. Carlos Zambrano used to see way too many outings end with crucial mistakes after seven-pitch at-bats in tight games, because he started throwing 98, missing his spots, trying to bury his slider instead of throwing it at the bottom of the opponent's bat. Yeah, this finding makes sense.
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oushi wrote:...
It's intriguing that you seem to truly believe that you know what is going on with other people's practice.
oushi wrote:...
Fu Ri Shin wrote:oushi wrote:...
It's intriguing that you seem to truly believe that you know what is going on with other people's practice.
Longchenpa wrote:In all experience of samsara and nirvana, inner and outer,
convinced of the absence of both delusion and freedom from delusion,
we do not seek to abandon samsara or attain nirvana.
muni wrote:ps As mentioned we need oral instructions from our master.
oushi wrote:Fu Ri Shin wrote:oushi wrote:...
It's intriguing that you seem to truly believe that you know what is going on with other people's practice.
How could I know that?
oushi wrote:Every practice that has craving as its root. That is why we have hundreds of millions practitioners, and maybe few hundreds awakened.
oushi wrote:I only described known pitfalls, which were stressed over and over again by great masters in the past. If you think that you can achieve something by deliberate practice, tell me what will you achieve?
catmoon wrote:Careful there.
This discussion has just settled down nicely from a tendency towards personal sniping, which is a really good example of Buddhist practice. Don't throw it away.
Fu Ri Shin wrote:Every practice that has craving as its root.
Fu Ri Shin wrote:Practice is practice
Fu Ri Shin wrote:Getting caught up in whether it's deliberate or not at any given moment is beside the point.
oushi wrote:Can you prove that statement is not true?
oushi wrote:I do not know every practitioner personally, but I know about a lot of misconceptions going on in the "practice" area. And it's not about the false teachings, but misinterpretation. Result of that is fractions of a % of realized practitioners.
oushi wrote:I recall Mumon Yamada stating that for example Zen in Japan is dead. I can list many such an examples.
oushi wrote:It's the whole point.
Zenda wrote:I was inspired by your post to look up Shinzen Young. Interesting guy. He did an interview with Buddhist Geeks.
Full link is: http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/06/on ... zen-young/
oushi wrote:Tell me please, how many awakened people do you know? I mean, people that openly admit to be awakened. We both know Sakyamuni did that, so it is not faux-pas.
oushi wrote:I heard Shinzen Young proclaiming to be awakened. So we have two. I heard him saying that there are maybe few hundred awakened people in our times. But feel free to quote statements from any time period. According to wikipedia we have 350-500 millions followers of Buddha Dharma. If practice is effective in 1%, then we should have realized Buddhas in a number able to populate small country. Certainly you wont have problem with finding confirming quotes. Even if it is 0.1% that task shouldn't be hard. If is it below 0.001%, is deliberate practice effective or not?
Fu Ri Shin wrote:Extant material that I concern myself with (i.e., Kapleau's The Three Pillars of Zen) regards awakening experiences as a fairly common result of serious practice.
Fu Ri Shin wrote:You may or may not consider this Awakening. In Zen (I use the word cross-culturally) it is considered the beginning of it.
Fu Ri Shin wrote: It would be more likely to suggest that the vast majority of practitioners do not commit enough or that awakening is more subtle than an all or nothing phenomenon.
Linji wrote:Even though one lives on a lonely mountain peak, eats a single meal at dawn, meditates without lying down through the six periods of practice, he is only a Karma-producing man. One who gives away as alms all that he has: his head, eyes, marrow, brain; his home, wife and children; elephants and horses — the seven precious things — look, all such actions cause only suffering to body and heart, and contrary to expectation incite further sorrow
There are shaven pates who eat their fill and then sit down to do zazen. They arrest the flow (of the heart) and do not let it act. They dislike noise and seek quietude.
These are the practices of other ways.
A patriarch said: "If you stay (fix) the heart, you see quietude. If you arouse it, it beholds the outside; if you recollect it, the inside is clear. If you concentrate it, Samadhi is entered." But all these are merely forms of activity.
Do you not know him who is right now listening to the Dharma? Why should you need to approach him by practice, ascertain him and solemnity him? He is not one whom you can approach or dignify. Moreover, if he would exalt himself, then everything would gain exaltation.
Do not be deceived.
You say you train in the Six Perfections and the Ten Thousand Practices. As I see it, they are all productive of Karma. To seek the Buddha, to seek the Dharma, those produce only Karma in hell. To seek the Bodhisattvas is again producing Karma. Reading the Sutras and Treatises also produces Karma.
Followers of the Way, there is talk of the Way to be practiced and the Dharma to be realized. Tell me, then, what Dharma is to be realized, what Way is to be practiced.
At this moment, what do you lack for your functioning? And what do you need to restore by your training?
Young students, not understanding anything, put their faith in wild fox sprites and so get entangled in their random talk and fancies such as that in the law, theory and practice must tally, to
guard against the three karmic actions and so to attain Buddhahood. Such and other discourses are as frequent as April showers.
oushi wrote:...
Fu Ri Shin wrote:oushi wrote:...
Okay, I'll bite. I will be open to the alternative to deliberate practice. What does it involve?
oushi wrote:Everything.
oushi wrote:ceas[ing] from his frantic looking for it
Karma Dondrup Tashi wrote:oushi wrote:Everything.
Sure. But "everything" ain't the same thing as:oushi wrote:ceas[ing] from his frantic looking for it
Is it?
Otherwise it would include not "ceas[ing] from his frantic looking for it".
what happens when a desire is fulfilled? The desire disappears
Karma Dondrup Tashi wrote:Now tell me if you can what's the difference between that process and the process of wakin up as a result of deliberate practice?
Karma Dondrup Tashi wrote:It does take a huge amount of hard sweat.
Does it now?Karma Dondrup Tashi wrote:So how can we just tell everyone to get up from their cushions? Don't make sense to me.
"Everything" ain't so easy.
oushi wrote:Everything.
"The pathless path
is the path always under our feet
and since that path is always beneath us,
if we miss it, how stupid! - Longchenpa"
"Followers of the Way, if you know that fundamentally there is nothing to seek, you have settled your affairs. But because you
have little faith, you run about agitatedly, seeking your head which you think you have lost. - Linji"
Hard to go more direct. Maybe I can add that even deliberate practice is it, so even through deliberate actions we proceed on the path. Just don't take is as a shortcut, or a way of attaining realization.
"Do not be deceived. Though something can be attained by training, it only creates the Karma of rebirth and death. - Linji"
So what is the problem? Desire to attain something that we expect, and we deliberately act to make real. If if doesn't (and it is not our decision) we despair, blame ourselves (often others). Guilt appears, creating suffering. And how can we attain/become someone that we already are?
"An old master said:Yajnadatta thought he had lost his head. When he ceased from his frantic looking for it, he had nothing further to seek."
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