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Subject-Pronoun Agreement
When you examine a sentence in the Writing Section, you should make sure that the sentence substitutes the correct pronoun for the subject of the sentence. The most popular way for the SAT to test this concept is by substituting a plural pronoun for a singular subject. For example,
Ryan believes that a musician must practice their instrument for several hours each day in order to master the most difficult techniques.
In this sentence, the pronoun "their" refers to "a musician". This is the error in the sentence because "a musician" is singular but ""their" is plural.
Proper Verb Tense
One of the most fundamental rules that the Writing Section tests is Proper Verb Tense. In fact, one of the first things you should try to determine about a sentence is what tense it is in. If the sentence calls for a past tense verb, make sure that it has one. It is a simple rule, but careless errors are common when this rule is tested. For example,
During our visit to Paris last summer, Rachel has taken many photos of the Eiffel Tower.
In the sentence above, the visit took place during a period of time that is now over, so the sentence calls for the past tense verb "took." The clause after the comma should read, "Rachel took many photos of the Eiffel Tower." The SAT loves to substitute examples of the present perfect tense- "has taken," "has played," "has studied"- when a simple past tense verb would be correct. The verb form "has + past tense verb" ("has played") is correct when something began in the past and continues today. For example:
John has played basketball since he was 10 years old.
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Health Care and the Public Sector
This paper summarizes the many aspects of public policy for health care. I first consider government policy affecting individual behaviors. Government intervention to change individual actions such as smoking and drinking is frequently justified on externality grounds. External costs of smoking in particular are not very high relative to current taxes, however. More important quantitatively are the internal costs of smoking to the smoker. A recent literature has debated whether such internalities justify government action. I then turn to markets for medical care and health insurance. Virtually all governments provide health insurance for some part of the population. Governments face several fundamental choices in this provision. The first choice is between operating the medical system publicly or contracting for care from private providers. The make-or-buy decision is difficult in medical care because medical quality is not fully observable. Thus, private sector efficiency may come at the expense of quality. A second choice is in the degree of cost sharing. More generous insurance reduces the utility cost of illness but also leads to overconsumption of care when sick. Optimal insurance balances the marginal costs of risk bearing and moral hazard. In the US, government policy has historically tilted towards more generous insurance, by excluding employer payments for health insurance from income taxation. The welfare loss from this subsidy has been a theme of much research. Finally, governments face issues of competition and selection. Sick people prefer more generous insurance than do healthy people. If insurers know who is sick and who is healthy, they will charge the sick more than the healthy. This differential pricing is welfare loss, since it denies sick people the benefits of ex ante pooling of risk type. Even if insurers cannot separate sick from healthy, there are still losses: high costs of generous plans discourage people from enrolling in those plans. Generous plans also have incentives to reduce their generosity, to induce sick people to enroll elsewhere. Adverse selection is empirically very important. To date, public policies have not been able to offset it. Finally, I turn to the distributional aspects of medical care. Longstanding norms support at least basic medical care for everyone in society. But the generosity of health programs for the poor runs up against the possibility of crowding out private insurance coverage. Analysis from Medicaid program expansions shows that crowdout does occur. Still, coverage expansions are worth the cost, given the health
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Art and the Environment, a six-part Sunday at the Met program, brought together artists and scholars to discuss art's relationship to the environment. In this video, Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. D.J. Spooky That Subliminal Kid, discusses how humans have impacted our environment, and his most recent work concerning the Arctic and Antarctic and geometry in nature.
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Use the tools below to refine your search by only displaying reviews with a certain number of star ratings or to only show reviews from a certain time period. Eg click on '1 star' to just display the reviews we have which received a 1 star rating click or 'Within the last month' to display just reviews posted over the last month.
Written on: 01/11/2013 by Lisa15 (1 review written)
I have been a customer for a few years now and I cannot fault them. Prices have always been the lowest by far compared to the other suppliers and their online service is easy to manage which means I am always on top of my payments with no surprises… Read Full Review
Written on: 01/11/2013
Hi, You must have slipped under their radar according to the other responses, which appear to paint a more realistic picture of EDF without the rose coloured glasses....Totally disagree that their prices have been lowest, I think Scottish Power had (past tense) the lowest prices for a very long time..
Written on: 28/10/2013 by yasmingrantham (1 review written)
I been waiting on hold for 1 hour and 45 min they hang up first time second time at 82 min they hang up now i'm still holding for last 28 min. I definitely want to leave them. No one answer. Music is rubish. and they play the song over and OVERRRRRRRR ohhhhhhhhhh come on… Read Full Review
Written on: 29/10/2013
Try going into their chat room as you hold, just to pass the time and have a conversation with a call centre operative on the other side of the world who has only been trained to sell additional products and not trained to understand customer needs. Initially it is frustrating after several months of banging your head against an Incompetent and ineffective brick wall it becomes laughable. This organisation sorry wrong word 'shower' are being endorsed and progressed as 21st century opportunity involved in Nuclear Power!!! God help us...
Written on: 27/10/2013 by moylie1964 (3 reviews written)
I am somewhat puzzled by the other comments on EDF? We switched to EDF to supply our electricity and gas 3 years ago and I have seen our bills stay stable since our switch. We pay £64 a month for electricity and gas by direct debit Their website is good and informative and so easy to enter meter readings. I have recently had telephone contact with them and this was no a traumatic experience quite the opposite in fact. After the phone call concerning the fitting of a new meter I felt I had been… Read Full Review
Written on: 29/10/2013
How much have they paid you?
Written on: 15/01/2014
As you have appointed yourself as the official Knock EDF spokesperson, are you calling this reviewer a liar or are people not allowed to have an opinion if it is opposed to yours. I find your comment offensive
Written on: 24/10/2013 by JLDave (2 reviews written)
moved my contract 3 months ago, but they are completely unable to organise and agree a final reading. meanwhile they have £1000 in their bank they won't give back to me avoid them they are totally useless… Read Full Review
Written on: 29/10/2013
They will not give it back to you, as it is probably funding the expensive marketing campaign that they have, or the sponsorship they have with the London eye, or potentially the new contract that they have won for the Nuclear powerstation working in conjunction with China? Alternatively your money could be compensating another dissatisfied customers who have chosen to take them through the courts through breach of Contractual Terms and conditions promised via their Pie in the sky service? Yeah What service?
Written on: 23/10/2013
EDF cannot be contacted by phone. Appauling customer service. Would not buy from them again. You have been warned… Read Full Review
Written on: 29/10/2013
EDF cannot be contacted online, by phone, chat or any type of communication. The only calls that they respond to is new business, any problems end up being dealt with their collection agencies as they do not understand or care about current customer needs. It is all about profit...
Written on: 18/10/2013
I have a bill from x/04/2013 - y/10/2013 Called today as there is a payment missing off of it, from z/05/2013 to be told there isn't and it is showing on the previous bill - even though the payment was after the last bill was released. my point to EDF was, even if that is the case, surely something covering a time frame should list all payments/costs in that time frame. It's simple, basic sense. It's bad enough that the layout has just chnaged and only summarise that there were some payments… Read Full Review
Written on: 20/10/2013
EDF deny everything unless you place the facts and evidence under their noses but the only way to do this is through their collection Agency which many of their Customers have now formed a relationship with. EDF's bills are mis-leading, inaccurate and totally unfair they would confuse the most intellectual person backed up by a call centre operative working on a SAP system that chooses its own figures and information. British Gas may have increased there prices but I still feel I am getting a transparent service from them where they put me in control of my usage....Change why you can because things will not get better they will drive your to despair...Good Luck!
Written on: 18/10/2013 by wdhd (1 review written)
I have been with edf for nearly a year and have now changed to another supplier they are not cheap, customers services are not helpful,when you get through they speak over you when your trying to get your point across,your final bill is a estimated final bill even though your new supplier will have sent your readings across they say that they have not received them,i have been trying for 6 weeks to get a proper final bill still no joy its still estimated and still wrong even being threatened… Read Full Review
Written on: 20/10/2013
Join the queue with many others. Unfortunately Ofgem do not handle Consumer complaints, I am led to believe, just Business level. Us under dogs have to go through the CAB but their hands are usually tied. The Governing body to Energy Consumer complaints is as useful as a chocolate fire guard....Be very cautious with EDF Energy as they have a reputation of billing unfairly, inaccurately, and have absolutely no internal communication between departments. The staff are not trained and rarely understand Customers needs. The Big Wheel sponsorship is appropriate for EDF as they raise your hopes then bring your spirit right down to ground level - a slow false ride.
Written on: 19/09/2013
Amazing how they always seem to be experiencing "unusually high call volume". I must be very unlucky because I never seem to ring when they are not… Read Full Review
Written on: 03/10/2013
They've probably switched their phones off to march in Woolwich again
Written on: 07/10/2013
I would not say it was 'amazing' that they are receiving 'unusually high call volume' I would say it was an everyday problem for EDF having to deal with Customers unhappy with the very poor service that they deliver. Frankly I still believe that they are full of 'hot air' and focus more on spending consumers money on pathetic advertising campaigns and sponsorship packages including the London Eye rather than offering reasonable prices to struggling customers...
Written on: 28/08/2013 by skybudgie (1 review written)
I received yearly statements and electricity used meter readings taken by EDF was £338 yet money paid into the meter for the same period was £530. In October 2012 EDF change my prepayment meter as they said my one was too old and since I have been paying high amounts. for 6 months from April 2012 to October 2012 I paid into my meter £180 then they change it and from October 2012 to April 2013 I paid into my meter £350. EDF fail to see the problem occurred when the new meter was fitted, even… Read Full Review
Written on: 09/09/2013
Unfortunate for you they are your suppliers. I am under the Impressions that the CAB (Citizen Advice Bureau) now deal with Energy Complaints therefore it may be worth contacting them and also changing suppliers... Good Luck.
Written on: 10/09/2013
Thanks, A lot more has happened since I posted this, they haven't even replied to my MP.
They seem to think they are a law unto themselves
Written on: 23/08/2013
I had been with EDF Energy for quite some time before I recently switched and during that time I saw a marked deterioration in customer service and a markedly different approach to dealing with ourstanding bills that can be summed up in one word - aggressive. To cut a long story short if you are a day or two over the bill date you get letters making threats of legal action stating they've tried to call you (but haven't). A debt collector came round after we had switched asking for outstanding… Read Full Review
Written on: 23/08/2013
Total Agreement!
Why not read back on past problems with EDF the list is never ending. What Blue Promise? - the blue cloud they generate around customers through poor customer service, how they make their customers feel and blue indicating cold, icy and non caring....
Written on: 27/08/2013
Agree totally, terrible company.
I switched from them after only two months because they kept taking miscellaneous direct debits from my bank account.
Now a month after the switch they are completely incapable of sending me an accurate final bill - have had three so far this month, two with the wrong meter readings and one which appeared to have picked random figures out of the air to total up the bill.
They are now sending me rude and unhelpful emails telling me to open a dispute with my new supplier! They are attempting to bill me for gas I haven't yet used (and I have been with my new supplier for a month). I am therefore being expected not only to pay for gas I haven't used, but for the gas I have used, twice!
Have this evening sent them a photograph of my meter reading with today's paper alongside to prove that the meter reading is still 16 units under what they are billing me for (and this works out to be 29 units more than it was on transfer).
Avoid at all costs, terrible company.
Written on: 20/08/2013
You can't get through on the phone and I am still waiting for an e-mail reply. The live chat disappeared and then signed off so I couldn't get them via that either. I waited on the phone for OVER AN HOUR and never got through. I started trying at 6.40pm, it is now 7.50pm and they shut at 8pm so that's it for this evening. The reason I am trying to contact them is because they said they would send a bill for my late mother's account until the date of her death, as I need this to apply for… Read Full Review
Written on: 23/08/2013
Sadly your experience with EDF replicates many others experience. In a nut shell they do not care, the lack of real customer service is very apparent and I should imagine 'scripts' do not include dealing with everyday life eventualities. All I can suggest is log all of the correspondence that you have already and note times and dates and then write a letter and keep a copy. Eventually this may reach a member of staff that lives in the real world and understands what Customer service is about. Good Luck.
Written on: 11/08/2013
It all seems fine when you sign up to the cheaper rate and easy way to pay by direct debit. EDF set my DD at £50pm and as that hadn't changed in the last 3yrs I thought all was ok and it was a reasonable amount. Then I get invoice informing me that they are increasing my DD to £247pm 500%increase as they clearly have failed to review my usage yearly and revise. Now I am expected to now make these huge payments. Whilst they seem to admit it not great, they won't do much about it and expect you… Read Full Review
Written on: 14/08/2013
Unfortunately you will not hear from the Director as he does not get involved with honest paying Customers.
EDF are failing to inform their customers that they no longer send people out to read meters for accuracy and that they no longer adjust or amend DD monthly by analysing the customers usage and supposedly do reassess your usage twice a year (this does not happen) and you are evidence that this does not happen. Customers buy into EDF with the promise of capped prices (ill informed information) with the illusion of that is what you pay and owe. The surprise factor is the large bill EDF spring onto their customers when they (EDF) realise that the service they have been providing is inaccurate. So effectively EDF in their specialist field do not really understand that you as an honest paying customer expects a decent upright honest and accurate service - because they are 'so called' specialist within this field?? EDF have failed you. If you have any paperwork consisting of terms and conditions as to what level of service they have promised you, read through it, as sometimes the small print may give you the service level information that they have promised to adhere to. As for picking up a tab, unfortunately you probably are and that is their continual advertising tab and yes unfortunately, it is all about profit not Customer Service. EDF should have been tackled a long time ago but I believe the massive profit that they makes acts as a deterrent for those that should be tackling them?? Good Luck and I hope that their is a light at the end of your tunnel preferably not energised by EDF!!
Written on: 09/08/2013 by Charlie_Dog (1 review written)
We've only recently changed supplier simply because we found a better deal. We were with EDF for 18 months and naively assumed they were adjusting our monthly payments according to our usage because that's what they told us!! How wrong were we?!?! Over the whole period we were in credit (at one point by over £1,200) and then suddenly were slammed with a final bill of over £500!!!! The bills were totally confusing and very difficult to work out. We've never experienced this kind of issue… Read Full Review
Written on: 14/08/2013
EDF offer no real transparency in what they deliver with their Sales pitch being great to get you to buy in but, no supportive service or clear understanding of charges after this. Totally misleading and conflicting information there after. My recommendation to anyone is to move suppliers if you are not getting good honest Customer Service because lets face it, you are the customer.
Also, since they have slammed you with this surprise debit why not pay this off monthly or weekly so that it does not impact on your outgoings. After all you did not plan or agree to this level of so called 'service'??
Written on: 01/08/2013
I have just won x 2 identical bronze prizes.....free telegraph three monthly subscription. It is not. The detail is to leave with them your direct debit details or debit / credit card. How is it free, it boarders entrapment to me. I have queried and raised concerns and would be very interested on what comes back. Perhaps reducing fees would be better than this hit or miss give away. Regards… Read Full Review
Written on: 30/07/2013 by SallyB2013 (1 review written)
I have recently moved out of my flat and gone through the truly tedious process of trying to extract a final bill from EDF. I will keep this brief as from glancing at this page I can see that many people have experienced similar issues. Moved in to my flat two years ago and called to give EDF a meter reading Despite a number of attempts to extract a bill from them we were unsuccessful. 18 months later received a whopping bill and had to set up a payment plan. EDF assured me that this would… Read Full Review
Written on: 30/07/2013
I totally feel your annoyance and disbelief SallyB2013! I can't believe how EDF can treat numerous customers in exactly the same way and still get away with it.
Surely WATCHDOG should be notified of their incompetence!
Written on: 31/07/2013
Totally agree with Mg2016's response BUT also believe that the Government should have a handle on how this massive French supplier is treating members of the UK. Ok EDF may dominate areas in France through no competition but, why on earth are they being given a free rain and a monopoly of unfair costs (meaning pluck out of the air figures) to honest customers in the UK. Energy concerns are being flagged daily so at present why has this 'review area' not being absorbed by a Energy researcher and why have EDF and their 'massive profit' at the expense of the everyday paying customer being left off the radar???I can see Hot air not Transparency and also finely lined pockets.......
Written on: 01/08/2013
An update as of 1st august 2013 - Moneysavingexpert most complained-about energy firm.
EDF had the most complaints of the big six energy companies at the end of last year, according to figures demanded by regulator Ofgem.
The energy giant received 8,072 complaints for every 100,000 customers in the final three months of 2012 – more than double the 4,001 logged by rival Npower, which had the second-highest number of complaints. the big energy firms must publish quarterly complaints data on their websites, including information about how many complaints were received and how quickly grievances were dealt with.
•EDF received 8,072 complaints per 100,000 accounts •Npower, 4,001, •E.on, 3,023, • British Gas, 2,285, •Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), 1,435, •Scottish Power, 1,359, E.on, Scottish Power and SSE were the only companies to provide figures for the previous quarter. All three saw their complaints rise, although numbers traditionally increase during winter.
The data showed EDF and E.on were the quickest in dealing with complaints, with both managing to resolve 92.3% of complaints by the end of the next working day.
'Service not up to standard'
Ofgem consumer policy partner says: "Ofgem is now shining a spotlight on individual supplier performance by getting suppliers to publish better data, more often and more prominently.
"This should mean that suppliers improve the way they handle complaints and that the things they learn from complainants lead to better services."
An EDF spokesman says: "We recognise that last year our customer service levels were not up to the high standard we expect and our customers deserve.
"However, we're pleased to report our service levels have improved significantly over the last six months and our new systems are delivering clear benefits to our customers through clearer, more accurate bills and the introduction of better online services."
Written on: 05/08/2013
"However, we're pleased to report our service levels have improved significantly over the last six months and our new systems are delivering clear benefits to our customers through clearer, more accurate bills and the introduction of better online services."
I am very sorry, but nothing has improved. I am pretty tired of EDF not being held accountable for their numerous mistakes. My problem is very near identical to SallyB2013 - After trying to resolve this problem since March of this year I'm having to now involve the ombudsman. Absolutely ridiculous.
Written on: 05/08/2013
Hello unfortunately this a standardised response that you would receive from every large corporate that does not have control or a handle on the 'service?' that they originally promise to deliver. In my opinion EDF have had a free rain for long enough to upset customers lives, causing unnecessary stress and unnecessary worry through their shoddy mismanagement. Blinkered and turning a blind eye to feedback. A block on top level salaries or penalised via a nice big fine might have the desired effect of a wake up call. But please pity the poor staff that work for EDF, if lead by is example is what they work too well the proof in in the null and void 'Blue Promise - being no promise'...Change suppliers like the rest of us...
Written on: 16/07/2013 by BrightonT (4 reviews written)
Switched 3 months ago to blue plus price promise on Martin Lewis' recommendation. Shocked to find out the difference between what I was paying with British Gas. No problems yet but no app for my windows phone. Watch this space. Overall theres not much difference as my lights and oven are still on.. I'm just paying much less. They answered the phone quicker too… Read Full Review
Written on: 17/07/2013
Hello I believe the Blue Price Promise has finished? Paying much less? Check your supplier as you are either not connected to anyone, or have mis-read your bill? Interesting.................Don't be fooled by an initial agreement subject to change............
Written on: 18/07/2013
Hi Gabriel, double checked today online and phoned up customer service as you worried me there! My lights are still on
Written on: 06/07/2013
After months of undercharging followed by huge bills to make up the shortfall, I switched to a new tariff where I agreed to pay £56 a month direct debit. I was told that this would be it, all my electricity would be covered by this monthly payment and I wouldn't have to worry about it. This was 2 months ago. The first month everything was fine, £56 was taken out of my account. Then this month I noticed a huge amount of money seemed to have disappeared from my account - when I looked at my… Read Full Review
Written on: 12/07/2013
Unfortunately this is not an unusual thing to happen through EDF. Legally they should notify you if they are going to take out larger sums of money from your account. The question is was the original agreed amount a capped rate? Did you receive notification or were you given the opportunity to increase your month on month DD?
If not, I believe EDF have failed you in a very untrustworthy way as a customer. Hopefully you will get your money back unless they calculate that this amount was underpayments month on month. Realistically we are all searching for a supplier that understands out needs and offers us the best deal and customer service but, also recognises via their own systems both underuse or overuse and who will come up with the best plan for us. Unfortunately that is in an ideal world, this is all about profit. Can I suggest cancel your Direct Debit and shop around for the best supplier who will offer you a realistic rate and why not read your own meters month on month as many suppliers offer things like points as an incentive. Fuel is going to continue increasing in price therefore it may be wise to get a capped rate till Sept 2014. Good Luck!!
Written on: 29/06/2013
I contacted EDF when I vacated my property back in August last year, I was advised that my acc was closed and everything would be sent to my forwarding address, only to find out in April that they had continued to take the DD from my bank account! Made numerous calls to several advisors who on each occasion apologised and confirmed my issue had been dealt with yet I heard nothing. I was so stressed and fed up my niece took over and dealt with the issue for me, the advisors she spoke with… Read Full Review
Written on: 04/07/2013
So sorry to hear this but, unfortunately you need to join the line with the rest of us. What appears to be apparent is the lack of Customer Service, Training, Knowledge, Understanding, Networking, Compassion, Empathy, Care, I could carry on and on. What is transparent is EDF's non-transparency, lack of care and could not care less attitude to existing customers and past customers but at least you have the capacity and choice to move to another supplier. If you have all the facts and evidence either go to your local CAB or contact the Energy Ombudsman....Good Luck...
Written on: 26/06/2013
Received gas bill for winter period of £250 based on an actual reading, asked them to send same bill out but with partners name on, they asked for meter reading which I gave, bill arrived for £594!!!! Asked how it could be double the amount when they only took an actual reading one month prior to this (April - only have gas fire on and cooker and even then not often)didn't get a satisfactory answer just said not a faulty meter and basically pay up. Explained the bill for the whole year… Read Full Review
Written on: 27/06/2013
The exact same thing has happened to me. The bill I received was for £2500. They explained that I was underpaying on electricity and that they hadn't charged me for gas for over two years. The amount they claimed I was spending on gas seemed ridiculously high for my one bedroom flat, but I got the same response as above 'the reading looks right'.
My only recommendation would be to make sure they're taking in to account the 'billing code', which means they can only charge you for energy you've used in the last year.
EDF, what do you think you're doing?
Written on: 28/06/2013
Just for information EDF do have a Facebook page where you can ask them directly or voice your opinions along with others.
As follows:
Make sure you retain a strong paper trail of all communication
log all your communication with EDF be it Phone, email or chat (get a printed copy of the EDF chat)
Keep all your bills as evidence
If you can, make sure you take your own meter readings month on month
Contact the Collection Company directly and put them in the picture as to what has happened and what you intend to do (at least that way you know that you have communicated with them)
Lastly but by no means least if you have a direct debit set up cancel it.
Support and advice can be obtained via your local CAB (Citizen Advice Bureau) an appointment may be necessary or if you are fortunate to have your own legal help get them involved. The foundation of any good Business should be to offer an excellent, upright and honest service or product to the customer....
Have a read back on other comments if you get a chance.
Good Luck (Don't get brow beaten)
Written on: 25/06/2013 by Moulton99 (1 review written)
Have left this rating due to very poor service from EDF, and not just from their appalling call centres. The straw that broke the camels back for me was that I was working from home today & had a really rude representative of EDF Energy park on my drive without permission, then knock on my door to obtain the latest electricity/gas figures. I asked reasonably why he had parked on my drive when there was parking nearby & his reply was that he always did this. Absolutely no manners, and no… Read Full Review
Written on: 26/06/2013
Well what can I say but I believe the representative on behalf of EDF spoke volumes about the training by showing ..Little or no respect, for the customer with a law unto themselves attitude. With regard to the money debited from your Account this does not surprise me at all. If you care to read previous reviews you will see many others caught unaware by the EDF 'dipping into' effect. If you had gone over your overdraft would EDF have paid the charges??
Written on: 01/07/2013
I very much doubt it! In my experience EDF seem oblivious to behaving responsibly towards their customer base - it seems completely irrational to me that any company would debit their customers accounts for lets face it, very large amounts of money, but do not let those customers know about, and hence budget for, the debit. In my case, I was very lucky that I had an overdraft in place.
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Subject: [BRE] Baer/Bear & Graff/Groff Brethren
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:49:22 -0400
The record of baptisms of the Conestoga Brethren include, among many others,
the following:
Jacob Baer/Bear - 1742
Henry Baer/Bear and Wife - 1743
Anna Baer/Bear - 1747
Veronica/Fronica/Freny Graff/Groff - 1750
Hannes/John Graff/Groff - 1754
Madeline Baer - 1763
First question: Does anyone know about one or more of the above
Second question: Were they possibly from the early Swiss Mennonite
Baer/Bear and Graff/Groff families that intermarried and lived in Earl
Township, Lancaster County?
Third question: In a footnote on p. 161 of his book, Martin Grove Brumbaugh
says his first ancestor on his mother's side was Hans Graff/Groff who came
to Pennsylvania in 1696 and ultimately settled in Earl Township. Was this
the same person as the Hans Groff who was married to Anna Bear and to
Susanna Orendorff Kendig, who wrote his will 7 Nov 1738 in Earl Township
where he died before 5 May 1746? If so, what is the line from him to Martin
Grove Brumbaugh?
Fourth question: My own Grove ancestor was a Jacob Grove who was Brethren
in Wilkes/Ashe, North Carolina, during the late 1700s, and whose children
migrated to Muhlenberg, Kentucky, in 1801. Was this Jacob Grove a
descendant of the Earl Township Graff/Groff/Groves?
Was he the Jacob Grove who was the son of Martin Graff (died before 1760) of
Earl Township?
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I have an object that is a circle. I want to be able to rotate the circle around it's center point which will always stay the same (currently I have it at 0,0,0).
I can get two other points in space, basically a start point (x1,y1) and then an end point (x2,y2) based off of where the mouse is clicked and then where the mouse is dragged to.
From this I can get the distance from the the center to the start and end point and from the stop to the end point to get a triangle. The problem from there is I'm not sure how I can calculate the angles.
If I am thinking this through correctly I need to get the angles of the start point and end point and then use those to derive the angle of the center point. Then somehow set the rotation of the object to the angle of the center point.
I have a little diagram below. I'm very dusty on my trig and still learning the Unity language so any help would be much appreciated!
Here is the code I have so far, I'm stuck at how to get all three angles and then what I should use to apply the angle to a rotation once I find it.
using UnityEngine;
public class SpinWithMouse : MonoBehaviour
public float speed = 5f;
Transform mTrans;
Vector3 currentLoc;
Vector3 startTouch;
void Start ()
//Set the transform for the script to the transform of the object the script is attached to
mTrans = transform;
void OnPress()
//Set the x,y,z that is currently clicked or touched
startTouch = UICamera.currentTouch.pos;
//Get the distance of x,y,z from the center
currentLoc = startTouch - transform.localPosition;
void OnDrag (Vector2 delta)
//Set the x,y,z of where the mouse is currently at
Vector3 dragTouch = UICamera.currentTouch.pos;
//Get the distance of x,y,z from the center
Vector3 newLoc = dragTouch - transform.localPosition;
Debug.Log("Wheel location " + mTrans.localPosition);
Debug.Log("Clicked location " + currentLoc);
Debug.Log("Dragged location " + newLoc);
Debug.Log("Start Touch " + startTouch);
Debug.Log("Drag Touch " + dragTouch);
Stil at a loss, would really appreciate any guidance even a push in the right direction.
Read through most of that. Problem is I can't really use Quaternion.LookRotation because the location I would be looking at is a Vector2 not a Quaternion. Unless I'm missing something?
I can't imagine this is too difficult for someone familiar with how this works, but as I'm still learning I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around it.
TBC ... all you want to know is how to calculate the angle shown between the two lines
AB and AC
is that correct?
spark has given you the answer! just use the unity function "Angle"
Unity has amazingly helpful functions. often if you simply search on the WORD involved (eg "angle") you'll find it !
so it's Vector2.angle( B-A, C-A );
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So I played with the LookRotation a little bit more and I almost have it working. There is one problem, it turns the whole object to face the mouse rather than just turning it around the z-axis toward the mouse.
I tried limiting the x and y as per the example in unitygems, but then it just doesn't rotate at all.
Here is where I am at, if the x,y rotation can be stopped somehow and only the z rotation this would work perfectly.
using UnityEngine;
public class SpinWithMouse : MonoBehaviour { public Transform target; public float speed = 1f;
Transform mTrans;
Vector3 currentLoc;
Vector3 startTouch; public float angle = 0f;
void Start ()
//Set the transform for the script to the transform of the object the script is attached to
mTrans = transform;
void OnPress()
//Set the x,y,z that is currently clicked or touched
currentLoc = UICamera.currentTouch.pos; startTouch = currentLoc - mTrans.localPosition; }
void OnDrag (Vector2 delta)
//Set the x,y,z of where the mouse is currently at
Vector3 newLoc = UICamera.currentTouch.pos;
Vector3 currentTouch = newLoc - mTrans.localPosition;
//Get the difference between the start angle and the stop angle
//Quaternion targetRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(newLoc - currentLoc);
//Set the rotation of the object based on where the click occured and where the mouse is dragged i
mtrans.localRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(newLoc - currentLoc);
Debug.Log("Position " + UICamera.currentTouch.pos);
Debug.Log("Wheel location " + mTrans.localRotation);
Answer by sparkzbarca
Oct 16, 2012 at 02:12 AM
this is a 2d rotation?
then you want to rotate around the y axis
angle degrees
angle can be found using the angle function
angle = vector2.angle(from angle(or first click pos), to angle(second click)
rotate(vector3.up, angle)
if good mark as answered if you need more help comment.
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Map of Nevada State College
Nevada State College
1125 Nevada State Drive, Henderson
Nevada State College Expansion:
Size: 65,000-square-feet, three-story building
Location: Southeast of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Building
Features: 3,600 square feet of student activity space, library with 2,000 square feet of study lounge space with computers, tutoring and testing center, technology laboratories, visual media studio with edit bays, food court, bookstore, student organization rooms, student advising office, career services office, resource center, administrative offices, conference rooms.
Size: 66,500-square-feet, three-story building
Location: East of the Liberal Arts and Science Building
Features: 250-seat auditorium, 17 general purpose classrooms, two cadaver laboratories, speech pathology laboratory, finance laboratory, education observation suite, media center, 59 faculty and staff offices, School of Nursing administrative suite, School of Education administrative suites, student computer lab, conference room.
To pay back its students for helping finance its campus expansion, Nevada State College is launching a new two-year capital campaign to expand student scholarships and supports, academic programs and faculty. The goal is to raise $15 million by the time the new buildings open.
Former Nevada higher education chancellor Jim Rogers and his wife, Beverly Rogers, donated a piece of property in Idaho, worth about $5.8 million, to the college on Thursday. With about $3.1 million in pledges already, the college has raised about half of the goal.
"It'll be for our students," Glenn Christenson, who is chairing Nevada State College's first capital fundraising campaign. "Without them, (the new buildings) wouldn't have happened."
In addition to the capital campaign, Nevada State College received $4 million more in state funding after the Nevada Legislature revised its higher education funding formula. The Nevada State College's share of state funding jumped by 40 percent — the most of any Nevada college or university.
Nevada State College broke ground today on two new campus buildings, which for the first time in state history will be financed mostly with student fees.
More than 100 people, including Gov. Brian Sandoval, Nevada higher education regents, state legislators and Henderson Mayor Andy Hafen and other city officials, attended the ceremony.
The school is building a new academic building and student center at its main campus in Henderson.
The $54 million project, slated for completion in fall 2015, is the first capital project for students built since the recession.
"In a few years, we're going to see a place where the future of Nevada resides," Sandoval said. "This is part of the evolution of a great college."
Nevada State College President Bart Patterson called the groundbreaking a historic day for the four-year, public college, which has struggled in recent years to meet the demands of it growing student body.
When it was founded in 2002, Nevada State College had just 177 students, who attended classes in a former vitamin warehouse.
Its enrollment has skyrocketed to nearly 3,400 students, who now have a dedicated campus located at 1125 Nevada State Drive in Henderson.
To accommodate student influx, the college built a 43,000-square-foot liberal arts and science building in 2008 and leased several office buildings in downtown Henderson, creating a satellite campus five miles away from its main campus. But enrollment continued to climb as the demand for trained nurses and teachers grew.
"Increasingly, students have come here notwithstanding these challenges," Patterson said.
The student center and academic building, which will house the nursing, science and education departments, will triple the size of building space at the main campus. Each building is about 65,000 square feet.
After the buildings are finished, students will have access to new amenities, including a food court, 250-seat auditorium and expanded library.
"I'm just really thrilled for our students," Patterson said "(The new buildings) will give them the experience they deserve."
Nevada State College has embarked on an unconventional path to pay for the buildings.
Traditionally, construction of new academic buildings has been the responsibility of the state.
Amid the recession, however, Nevada froze its capital funds, forcing Nevada State College to think creatively about how to finance campus expansions.
"We were at a crossroads," said Buster Neel, Nevada State College's senior vice president of finance and administration. "The state was having a real challenge, so we went to the students, and they really stepped up. It's all because they care about the future of the institution."
Students will bear the brunt of the cost for the new buildings, paying a little more than half of the $54 million cost.
The remaining debt on the new buildings will be paid with existing state money used to lease office space in downtown Henderson — a cost of about $1.6 million a year. The state is also kicking in $1.26 million from estate tax funds.
Nevada State College will begin charging a $150-per-semester building fee, starting in 2015.
UNLV and UNR have levied student fees to pay for student centers in the past, but no Nevada college or university has charged a student fee for new classrooms.
The fee will be applied to students taking more than two courses per semester. Students will pay the fee on top of about $21 per credit in existing fees for campus improvements.
A campus survey, which had a 25 percent response rate, showed 75 percent of students approved of the fee.
"We wouldn't have moved forward if two years ago, students hadn't supported this," Patterson said.
Students at the groundbreaking ceremony seemed excited about the new buildings but were mixed about the new fee.
"The college needs it," said 19-year-old sophomore and student body Sen. Karl Falkenstein. "As long as it's spread evenly, I'm OK with it. We're still spending less (than other colleges) in tuition."
Other students were less enthusiastic.
Andrew Page, 26, a former student body senator and president of the chess club, said he opposed the student fee.
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March 13, 2016
As a direct result of Europe's refugee crisis, new and very unpleasant social fractures have started to emerge.
One particularly troubling issue is the extent to which officials have tended to "blame the victim" in the ever more frequent sex attacks resulting from Europe's refugee surge, something we first touched upon earlier this week. For instance, Cologne mayor Henriette Reker drew sharp criticism for suggesting that it was German womens' duty to prevent assaults by keeping would-be assailants "at arm's length."
Then there was the now infamous case of the 17-year-old Danish girl who faced a fine from police after she allegedly used "illegal" pepper spray to deter an attacker.
In the most recent example of authorities suggesting that Europeans should adapt to threats rather than compelling authorities to protect citizens, police in Sweden's Östersund advised women not to walk around by themselves at night, during at press conference on Monday.
As reported on Tuesday, "women in a town in northern Sweden have been warned not to walk alone at night in the wake of a spike in violent assaults and attempted rapes.
Police in the town of Östersund made the unusual move to ask women not to go out unaccompanied after dark, after reports of eight brutal attacks, some by 'men of foreign appearance', in just over two weeks."
It is extremely unusual for Swedish authorities to make such warnings, and it has not been well received in Sweden, a country proud of its progress in gender equality and women's rights.
All incidents have taken place in Östersund since the 20th of February, and involved outdoor attacks where the perpetrators have been unknown to their female victims. A police spokesperson added that in addition to the increased frequency, the attacks are also conspicuous as – despite being carried out late at night – none of the perpetrators were drunk.
The observation of "sober rapists" aside, the force's recommendation that women should avoid being alone at night swiftly prompted criticism in Sweden, a nation that prides itself on promoting gender equality.
According to the Local, "The solution can never be to not go out because of such a warning. We have very many women who work in home and social care at night for example. What are they supposed to do?" the city's mayor Ann-Sofie Andersson told Swedish broadcaster SVT.
"It's wrong if it calls on women to adapt to the criminals. It risks leading people the wrong way, if the victims must adapt to the perpetrators," he said.
There is another word for it: appeasement, and history is rife with examples of how appeasement results in an ever greater threat by the appeased party, in this case refugees who flood European countries as a result of Angela Merkel's policies.
As the Mail reports, the infamous town of Östersund which is now a no-go zone for women after eight, has seen a surge in sex attacks in just the past three weeks. The most troubling recent examples:
For their part, the police in Östersund (with a population of 45,000) say they have never seen anything like this before.
Stephen Jerand, the county police commissioner, admitted police in the town are struggling to cope – adding that the surge in attacks "seem unreal." He said that 'we called the press meeting this Monday because we have seen an accelerating development here.
Stephen Jerand, the county police commissioner
"'This is a small town where groups of men are attacking women during the night. We wanted to warn the public and urge women not to walk home on the streets in the central part of the town after dark, because it is not safe."
"The situation is tense. We have never experienced anything like this before. It is almost unreal. Eight attacks and just three this last weekend. This is a quiet part of Sweden where we barely have had any attacks on women and now this." Officers are confident they will catch the perpetrators and say victims claim their attackers were of 'foreign origin'.
So far only one man, whose nationality is unknown, has been arrested.
Taleb Moafagh, 22, was caught allegedly attempting to flee to Germany on board a ferry in southern Sweden. He was detained in connection to an attack on February 26.
For those living in the town surrounded by mountains, 350 miles north-west of Stockholm, there is no doubt where to find these criminals: among the migrant men who have arrived in droves in recent months, forcing them off the streets of the town they call home. An asylum centre has opened 10km outside the town holding 900 refugees, mostly from Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq.
Many within the community have blamed the migrants for the attacks. Police have not released any nationalities of suspects but have admitted victims described their attackers as men of 'foreign origin'.
Commissioner Jerand added: "We have had a lot of problems with immigration. It strikes our resources really hard. We are often called out to asylum centres."
'We see increasing violence towards women and children at the centres and do not really have the resources to cope with everything.'
The string of assaults began on February 20, when the two young schoolgirls were groped.
Fortunately, a number of adults saw what was happening and intervened – but the attackers fled from the scene before police could arrive.
Other incidents include women being molested outside a nightclub, a group of women walking home being groped by a laughing mob of men, and a woman being told she would be raped and murdered.
Even before this week's warning, the women and teenagers who live in the city were too terrified to walk alone at night, telling MailOnline the situation has got 'out of hand'.
Josefine Larsson, 16, told MailOnline it is 'really worrying' and that she is frightened to out late on her own.
'Everyone is saying that there are immigrants responsible for this. But they are always blamed when something goes wrong,' she said. 'Hopefully the police will eventually arrest these psychopaths and then we will see who they are.'
Josefine Larsson, 16, told MailOnline it was 'really worrying' the streets were no longer safe after dark
Others said the situation had already got 'out of hand', and admitted they were 'terrified' to go outside after dark. Lovis Jonsson, 16, said: 'It is terrible that women are the ones who are targeted. I feel afraid and exposed. I will never go out by myself after dark after the police warnings.'
Lovis Jonsson, 16 (right), vowed to never go out alone after dark
Gry Abrahamsson, also 16, said 'It is really creepy what is going on in town.
Gry Abrahamsson, 16, vowed to never again walk the city streets alone at night
Abrahamsson said "I never thought the police in a small town like this would have to tell
women to stay inside because of groups of men attacking innocent women
during the night. This has gotten out of hand."
Perhaps things will change for the better, in the meantime, as a result of flawed policies taken in a country far away, the reverberations of Merkel's agenda has converted Östersund into a ghost town.
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That would, of course, make Joey Logano the odd man out at JGR, which still would have to find a sponsor for the driver many believed would be the next superstar.
Montoya certainly has suitors, but the list of quality open rides is shrinking. There's allegedly been interest from Michael Waltrip Racing, a two-car team with room to grow and a satellite branch at JTG Daugherty Racing.
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There's a handful of wild cards that also must be considered: Where will Danica Patrick go when she moves full time to NASCAR as expected at the end of the IndyCar season? She could go to a full Nationwide Series ride, but any move to NASCAR would be with the intent of joining the Sprint Cup Series as her advisers might think racing at the junior varsity level is a waste of time.
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For 18 days, the Times editorial page remained silent as the search for the missing Israeli teens continued and as segments of Palestinian society reacted to the discovery of their dead bodies with extremist rhetoric, street dancing, a social media campaign celebrating the deaths, and the passing out of candy and sweets.
That silence ended once a Palestinian teenager had been killed, giving you license to decry "hostilities and recriminations" generally before pointing the finger of blame primarily at Israel and its leadership.
The editorial's primary focus -- on the actions of the Jewish extremists -- fails to shed light on the fact that this crime has been repeatedly, clearly and unequivocally condemned by Israeli officials from the prime minister on down. Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas get a pass -- even as its leaders heap praise on the killers of Israelis and rockets aimed at civilians and children continued to fly.
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Braves loading up wild-card roster with pitchers — ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves had 16 position players on their roster for Friday's wild-card game against St. Louis and kept three starting pitchers active. — Manager Fredi Gonzalez said he wanted to have Tim Hudson and Mike Minor available …
Discussion: Lone Star Ball
ghostofErikThompson / Lone Star Ball: National League Wild Card Game GDT
David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Infield Fly? — With men on fist and second with one out, Andrelton Simmons hits a pop up to shallow left. Pete Kozman goes out to get the ball, but gives up and the ball drops. The leftfield ump called an infield fly rule at the last second, however, and Simmons is out.
Gondeee / Talking Chop: Braves Screwed By Blue In The Eighth
David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Uggla Play — Dan Uggla may have made the worst play I have seen. He bobbles a grounder from David Freese, but keeps the ball in front of him. He has time to throw out the runner, but throws the ball to the batting circle, the batter winding up on second.
Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com:
O's will send Johnson or Saunders to face Rangers
O's will send Johnson or Saunders to face Rangers
David Pinto / baseballmusings.com: Super Saunders — It appears Buck Showalter knew what he was doing …
Peter Lyons / The Good Phight: 2012 Wild Card Day Discussion Thread: Cardinals at Braves, 5 p.m., Orioles at Rangers, 8:30 p.m.
Al Yellon / Bleed Cubbie Blue: MLB Wild Card Day, Friday 10/5: Cardinals at Braves, Orioles at Rangers
ghostofErikThompson / Lone Star Ball: Wild Card Morning Rangers Update
Baseballgirl / Athletics Nation: Open Thread: Playoffs, Day 1, Game 2 - Texas Rangers at Baltimore Orioles
Tom Dakers / Bluebird Banter: Wild Card Friday Gamethreads
Eat More Esskay / Camden Chat: Joe Saunders to start AL Wild Card game for Orioles
Ben Lindbergh / Baseball Prospectus: Baltimore's Best Bet to Beat Texas
Associated Press:
Braves bench C Brian McCann for wild-card game
Braves bench C Brian McCann for wild-card game
Discussion: Viva El Birdos, Yahoo! Sports, Federal Baseball and TSN.ca
Dan Moore / Viva El Birdos: St. Louis Cardinals advance to the NLDS as Wild Card umpires buy fake mustaches
Patrick Reddington / Federal Baseball: Washington Nationals Heading To St. Louis To Start NLDS After Cards Beat Atlanta Braves In Controversial Fashion.
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
N.L.D.S.: Reds' Baker to Try to Close Out Former Team — Only 20 managers in baseball history have guided their teams to at least 1,500 victories. Among that group, all but two have won the World Series: Gene Mauch and Dusty Baker, who takes his Cincinnati Reds into a division series against his old team, the San Francisco Giants.
Discussion: McCovey Chronicles and Red Reporter
Grant Brisbee / McCovey Chronicles: 2012 NLDS Preview: The Reds' Starting Pitching
AC Slider / Red Reporter: Red 'Rithmetic - 2012 by the Numbers
Associated Press:
Bochy unsure of Giants' NLDS Game 3 starter
Bochy unsure of Giants' NLDS Game 3 starter
Discussion: Hardball Times, Red Reporter and Yahoo! Sports
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Angels Extend Chris Iannetta — The Angels have agreed to sign catcher Chris Iannetta to a three-year extension, Mike DiGiovanna of the LA Times reports (Twitter links). The contract is worth $15.5MM, Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com reports (on Twitter). The deal keeps Iannetta off …
Discussion: HardballTalk, Halos Heaven, Baseball Nation and MLB Daily Dish
Aaron Gleeman / HardballTalk: Angels sign catcher Chris Iannetta to three-year extension
Rev Halofan / Halos Heaven: Angels Sign Chris Iannetta For Three More Years
Blaine Blontz / MLB Daily Dish: Angels sign Chris Iannetta to 3-year extension
Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com:
Twins shake up coaching staff for next season — Steve Liddle had been with the Twins since 1987, the last two seasons as their third-base coach. (Getty) — MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins shook up their coaching staff on Thursday, as they did not offer 2013 contacts to bullpen coach Rick Stelmaszek …
Discussion: HardballTalk and AaronGleeman.com
Associated Press:
Twins fire five coaches, head trainer in shakeup
Twins fire five coaches, head trainer in shakeup
Discussion: Associated Press
La Velle E. Neal III / Twins Insider:
Twins coaching shakeup: Stelmaszek, Liddle, White, McWane out. Vavra, Ullger reassigned.
Twins coaching shakeup: Stelmaszek, Liddle, White, McWane out. Vavra, Ullger reassigned.
Discussion: Twinkie Town and HardballTalk
Aaron Gleeman / HardballTalk: Twins reassign hitting coach Joe Vavra amid staff shakeup
Francona excited about chance to lead Indians — CLEVELAND — A year away from managing has been enough for Terry Francona, who craves a chance to get back on the field and back inside a major league clubhouse. — The Cleveland Indians just might put him there.
Discussion: Boston Herald, Boston Globe and Associated Press
Scott Lauber / Boston Herald: John Farrell, Sox are match made in compensation
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe: Francona interviews for Indians job
Darren Rovell / MLB:
Tigers' Cabrera embracing Triple Crown frenzy — After securing the Triple Crown on the final game of the season, Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera has been cashing in. — He gets a piece of the pie from commemorative Triple Crown shirts, coins and photos and, on Friday night …
Discussion: NESN.com and Associated Press
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Sox's Peavy hires Berry as agent — Jake Peavy has enlisted the help of an agent who has negotiated some of the biggest contracts with the Chicago White Sox as well as some of the most lucrative deals in major league baseball recently. — Jeff Berry of CAA will represent Peavy …
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors: CAA To Represent Jake Peavy
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Extra Bases — It's official: Red Sox fire Bobby Valentine — The Red Sox have fired Bobby Valentine after the franchise's worst season in decades. The Sox were 69-93 and finished in last place in the American League East. — Not since 1934 have the Red Sox fired a manager after only one season.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports, Boston Globe, Bluebird Banter, Bleed Cubbie Blue, Over the Monster and MLB Daily Dish
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe: Bobby Valentine seems relieved after being fired
Al Yellon / Bleed Cubbie Blue: Cubs get approval to add row of seats
Ben Buchanan / Over the Monster: Bobby Valentine Fired As Red Sox Manager
Blaine Blontz / MLB Daily Dish: Red Sox fire Bobby Valentine
Zach Links / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox Receive De La Rosa, Sands From Dodgers
Red Sox Receive De La Rosa, Sands From Dodgers
Discussion: Over the Monster and Boston Globe
Matthew Kory / Over the Monster: Daily Red Sox Links: Bobby Valentine, Curt Schilling, Ben Cherington
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe: Red Sox complete deal with Dodgers
Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Sources: Ozzie Guillen's job in jeopardy as some with Miami Marlins condemn his managerial style — Manager Ozzie Guillen and some members of his coaching staff might have worked their last game for the Miami Marlins. — Owner Jeffrey Loria is getting pressure from his top baseball executives …
Discussion: Fish Stripes, South Side Sox and MLB Rumors
Michael Jong / Fish Stripes: 2012 Miami Marlins What Went Right: Giancarlo Stanton
Jim Margalus / South Side Sox: This week in Marlinfreude: Ozzie Guillen on the outs?
Zach Links / MLB Rumors: NL East Notes: Marlins, Phillies, Sandberg, Nats


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About the Book
"Fred Kaplan's Lincoln offers penetrating insights on Lincoln's ability to explain complex ideas in language accessible to a broad range of readers and listeners." — James M. McPherson, The New York Review of Books
"A fine, invaluable book. . . . Certain to become essential to our understanding of the 16th president. . . . Kaplan meticulously analyzes how Lincoln's steadily maturing prose style enabled him to come to grips with slavery and, as his own views evolved, to express his deepening opposition to it." — Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World
Fascinating. . . . persuasive [and] highly perceptive." — Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
From acclaimed biographer Fred Kaplan comes an illuminating look at the life of Abraham Lincoln that chronicles his genius with language.
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Critical Praise
"Absorbing." — Leon Wieseltier, The New Republic
"Lively. . . . Kaplan does a good job of tracing the young man's reading habits, identifying favorite books and noting their influence on the mature politician. . . . Powerful and convincing. . . . Kaplan is a biographer on a mission." — The Los Angeles Times
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Tom Coughlin will be the Giants coach next season whether or not his team beats the Cowboys on Sunday night.
FOX Sports reported on their pregame show that the 29-14 win over the Jets is the reason Coughlin is safe. .
"I was told that his win against the Jets last week was the biggest win in Tom Coughlin's New York Giants career since the Super Bowl," FOX reporter Jay Glazer said. "They said it really saved him. Had they lost last week, he would've been squarely on the hot seat. Even if he loses against the Cowboys tonight, he's probably safe because of that win against the Jets."
CBS also reported that Coughlin would be back, and so will Andy Reid with the Eagles.
If the Giants do beat the Cowboys they will win the NFC East despite an injury-riddled season. A loss and their season ends at 8-8 with Coughlin having one year left on his contract.


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Before it was released, I was convinced that it will be a good game, but after it got out and I heard what some people say about it (a lot of negative opinions), I am wondering what is the truth about it. I am interested on your opinions on storyline, instances, PvP and mostly end-game. I would like to know if this game keeps interesting after the first month, and if it's worth trying.
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Changes expected at MLB Well-being of college athletes secondary Cartoon: Hoops scrutiny Brooks NBA's chief innovation officer MAC at home in non-Saturday slots Rich Eisen's Top 5 Labor and Agents: Player's NFL lawsuit Lefton: Kaepernick's tough task Legends selling PSLs for Chargers Nomadic's Super Bowl party
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Rugby World Cup digital subs bring in more than $750K
With a week still remaining in its coverage of rugby's World Cup, U.S. rights holder Universal Sports has raked in more than $750,000 on digital subscriptions for the event, making it one of the most profitable programming ventures in the young cable channel's history.
Universal Sports, which is owned by InterMedia Partners, has sold close to 5,000 broadband, pay-per-view packages for $150 each, which have delivered the bulk of the revenue from the World Cup. It also has broadcast games on its network and shown two games on NBC. The combination of the broadband sales and advertising sales for telecasts has turned the World Cup into a profitable venture for the network, said David Sternberg, Universal Sports president.
Universal Sports acquired the rights to rugby's World Cup in June 2010. The tournament, which began in New Zealand in early September and ends Sunday, featured 48 matches that were streamed online and 38 matches that were sold to bars and homes on pay-per-view. Universal Sports showed the opening ceremony and seven matches live and used the rights to drive its best month of Web traffic since 2009, delivering 926,000 unique visitors and 1.7 million video streams.
The matches are held from midnight to 4 a.m. ET, and Sternberg expects those numbers will rise considerably when the rugby World Cup is held in 2015 in England, which has a more favorable time zone. He hopes that by then Universal Sports has more distribution and can offer more live games on its network.
Universal Sports recently changed its distribution strategy. It previously used an over-the-air strategy that allowed it to provide the channel to consumers free of charge. It's now converting to a traditional cable channel that seeks subscriber fees from cable and satellite operators.
It struck its first distribution deal with DirecTV last summer and is available in 40 million homes. It's running an "I Want Universal Sports" marketing campaign to help it increase its distribution.
Universal Sports has also put its digital video behind a pay wall and cut about 10 percent of its costs.
Big East appears left behind by media influence that created it
After all, this is the conference that virtually was created by the media when it launched in 1979. From its start, it was the most media-friendly college conference, almost immediately starting a relationship with ESPN that has lasted more than three decades. Its media deals and media centers up and down the Eastern Seaboard's biggest markets defined the conference.
The conference's rich media history is why the Big East's precarious position has to sting so much now. Some conference insiders are asking how the Big East's leadership was surprised by the moves of Pittsburgh and Syracuse to the ACC (and more media money) and TCU to the Big 12 (and more media money).
The loss of Pittsburgh and Syracuse, in particular, came as a shock to conference leadership, according to several sources.
Did Big East Commissioner John Marinatto fail to see conference realignment coming?
The conference shuffle already has cost one commissioner his job: the Big 12's Dan Beebe. I'd be surprised if the Big East hasn't started searching for new leadership to help see it through this next round of conference realignment. A powerful segment believes the conference needs to make a statement to re-establish credibility. It's easy to see why. The Big East has been reacting to events for the past month; it needs to start becoming more proactive to remain relevant.
Two names keep popping up in Big East circles as potential commissioners, and they both have Georgetown connections. One is former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, who played basketball for the Hoyas in the 1960s. Tagliabue, who has been a special adviser to the Big East since April 2010, seems like a long shot. The other is Tim Brosnan, who is MLB's executive vice president of business handling the league's TV negotiations. More importantly, he was playing baseball for Georgetown as the conference was formed.
Some Big East insiders blame ESPN for their predicament. Nobody will go on record with these complaints, but several executives privately wonder whether the Big East still would be intact if the conference had accepted ESPN's offer to extend its media deal by 10 years for a reported $130 million to $150 million per year. Big East Conference presidents rejected that deal in May.
That view seems farfetched. It seems like realignment was going to happen regardless of whether the Big East cut that deal or not. After all, Pittsburgh was one of the vocal critics of the ESPN extension. Even if the Big East signed that deal, it still seems likely that Pittsburgh would have left the conference.
But the perception of ESPN as a puppet master engineering these moves is pervasive throughout college sports. Several high-profile college officials privately have voiced these concerns. They believe ESPN, the college space's biggest media partner by far, is pushing to create four 16-team football conferences that it could better control.
That view picked up momentum last week when Boston College Athletic Director Gene DeFilippo told the Boston Globe, "ESPN is the one who told us what to do," on expansion.
DeFilippo later apologized for that statement, calling it erroneous. ESPN has denied any involvement in brokering the move of Pittsburgh and Syracuse to the ACC. Each time it's asked about the college space, the company says: "The driving force on realignment lies with the conference and universities."
Still, it's hard to envision ESPN as a wallflower, impassively watching all of these changes taking place. ESPN became involved in saving the Big 12 last year, when it looked like that conference was going to lose its marquee teams. It's a fair question to ask why ESPN wouldn't do the same for the Big East.
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TORONTO - The Blue Jays may be pushing the running game but theres nothing wrong with the pop in their bats that was so evident last year.
Travis Snider slammed a three-run homer in the fourth inning Wednesday night. That gave the Blue Jays nine for the season, behind only the Yankees and Texas so far.
Toronto hit a club record 257 homers last season but this years team is off to an even better start. The Jays have now hit homers in the first five games of a season for the first time since 2000.
hes been hit
Mike McCoy got a surprise start at designated hitter. Hes been a contributor to the offence here of late and with Jose (Bautista) absence were taking a look at different ways to manufacture some runs, manager John Farrell said.
McCoy came into the game with four hits in seven at-bats. Bautista is expected to rejoin the team for its weekend series in Los Angeles.
With so many new players Farrell is still experimenting and keeping everyone involved is part of it. Tomorrow, with a day game, well probably have a different look again.
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Is nine innings asking too much? Farrell on what he expected from starter Jesse Litsch in his first start Wednesday night. Litsch started the game nicely with a fastball in the low 90s and he threw a nasty changeup in the second inning that had Mark Ellis bat flying into the stands. Everybody ducked, well everybody who showed up anyway which for the second consecutive game consisted of a crowd so small that instead of introducing the starting lineup the announcer couldve introduced the fans.
In praise of Carlos
Reliever Carlos Villanueva came in for praise yesterday for his 2 2/3 scoreless innings in Tuesdays 7-6 comeback. He stabilized the game for us. Hes gained a lot of our trust, said Farrell. He can pitch off his fastball and his secondary stuff. Hes a guy not afraid to throw any pitch anywhere in the count.
The trainers room
Brandon Morrow and Frank Francisco will both pitch today in Dunedin as the farm club plays its season opener against the Clearwater Phillies. Francisco is rehabbing a sore shoulder and Morrow is coming back from a tender elbow ... Outfielder Scott Podsednik is running again after having the cast removed from his foot. Podsednik suffered plantar fasciitis, cutting short his attempt to make the big clubs roster.


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Salsa Burger
Yes, you read that right — burger.
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Level: Easy
- 1 medium tomato (finely chopped)
- ½ c. loosely packed chopped cilantro leaves
- 2 tbsp. Chopped red onion
- 1 tbsp. minced jalapeño (seeds removed)
- juice of ½ lime
- ½ tsp. coarse salt
- 4 oz. ground turkey
- ¼ tsp. chili powder
- ¼ tsp. coarse salt
- ¼ c. tomato-salsa mixture
- lettuce
- Combine 1 medium tomato (finely chopped), ½ cup loosely packed chopped cilantro leaves, 2 Tbsp chopped red onion, 1 Tbsp minced jalapeño (seeds removed), juice of ½ lime, and ½ tsp coarse salt. Set aside.
- Combine 4 oz ground turkey, ¼ tsp each chili powder and coarse salt, and ¼ cup of the tomato-salsa mixture. Form into a patty.
- Heat 1 tsp olive oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook burger, flipping once, until browned, 4 min. Reduce heat to low and cook through, covered, 5 min.
- Serve on lettuce with remaining tomato-salsa mixture and more cilantro.
All Day-Off Diet dinner recipes are under 520 calories per serving.
This story originally appeared in the January/February 2016 issue of Dr. Oz The Good Life.
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- 10-17-2012
- Series
- Sakizou Artworks
- Character
- Cafe Latte
- Year Completed:
- 2012
- Construction Difficulty:
- Normal
- Costume worn at:
- Katsucon 2012
About this Costume
- Personal Thoughts:
- I was only able to wear this for about two hours at Katsucon last weekend before getting sick, so I'm happy I got some nice photos in it before that happened!
This is from the "Cafe Latte" artwork by Sakizou. Holy crap, ruffles ruffles and beads! It was really fun to work on such a detailed costume, and finding places to add my own flair to certain things (there is a tiny mamegoma on my teacup, for example!). It was a lot of fun to be ruffle butts with my pretty girlies!
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Obama Has No Mandate the Conservative House Majority Doesn't Have
For once I agree with David Alexrod: the claim that President Obama has a mandate is 'foolish [and] generally untrue."
Speaking of foolish and generally untrue, Vice President Biden says the election gave a "clear sort of mandate" to the Administration on taxes.
Not possible, Mr. Vice President, as the election gave a far more "clear sort of mandate" to the lower-tax, lower-spending philosophy of the House of Representatives by re-electing its conservative leadership.
And when it comes to tax increases, as Grover Norquist pointed out on CNBC Thursday, almost all the members of the re-elected Republican majority have signed a written pledge not to vote to raise taxes -- a fact well-publicized in the conservative, liberal and mainstream (but I repeat myself) news media, and thus well known to every voter who is paying attention.
Grover also points out that the Republican House "passed a budget last year; Obama never did," so it was very clear to the voting public what the House stands for in terms of taxes and spending -- a claim the Obama/Biden Administration and its Democratic allies who run the Senate cannot make.
And although it has nothing to do with the mandate question, Grover made another point worth emphasizing: If the United States could get its business tax rate down to European levels, we'd spur the creation of a lot of new jobs, which in turn would increase tax revenues. A win-win. Why not?
Grover's interview is worth watching, and can be viewed here.


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From Hip Hop DX: The promoter paid Nas to perform in Angola on New Year's Eve, but he failed to appear.
An American concert promoter named Patrick Allocco says that he and his son were kidnapped after Nas failed to show up at a New Year's Eve performance in Angola.
According to TMZ, Allocco, who serves as CEO for AllGood Entertainment, and his son were kidnapped at gunpoint by employees of local "concert impresario" Henrique "Riquhino" Miguel, who had supplied money for the show.
Allocco had paid Nas and opening act Jemiah Jai $315,000 to perform two shows but both artists failed to get on flights to Angola. Miguel took him into custody as he feared that Allocco would leave the country before the matter was resolved.
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