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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
All We Are Saying . . . The establishment usually wins. That, after all, is what it means to be an establishment. But not always. Three of the last six presidents—Jimmy Carter in 1976, Ronald Reagan in 1980, and Barack Obama in 2008—ran against their own party's powerbrokers …
Discussion: The Politico, Outside the Beltway, American Spectator and Washington Monthly
Alexander Burns / The Politico: Kristol: Give Rick Santorum a chance
Steven L. Taylor / Outside the Beltway: Santorum is Doomed — On the night of the Iowa caucuses …
Quin Hillyer / American Spectator: So Much Good Political Analysis, So Little Time...
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly: Is Kristol finally ready to settle?
Washington Examiner:
Why Gingrich tanked — NASHUA, NH — Just as in Iowa, Newt Gingrich's popularity has plunged here in New Hampshire. The former House speaker, who hit 24 percent in a Rasmussen survey in late November, is languishing at eight percent in the latest Rasmussen Granite State poll.
Discussion: Campaign 2012
Byron York / Campaign 2012: Top Santorum aide: Romney a 'bully'
Los Angeles Times:
Rick Santorum focuses on gay marriage — He suggests to a New Hampshire audience that an imprisoned father is preferable to a same-sex parent. — Mitt Romney leaves a campaign event outside an old peanut warehouse in Conway, S.C. (David Goldman, AP / January 6, 2012)
Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress: Santorum Tells Kids With Gay Parents: You'd Be Better Off With Parents In Prison
Bostonboomer / Sky Dancing: Saturday Reads: Abortion, Loss, Grief, and Privacy
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: Rick Santorum: A Straight Dad In Prison Is Better Than Two Gay Dads Who Aren't
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain: Rick Santorum Speech in Nashua: 'New Hampshire, Send a Message'
Mistermix / Balloon Juice: The Gift That Just Keeps On Giving
Donald Douglas / American Power: Sick Radical Progressives Attack Rick Santorum's 'Sexual Deviance' at Hate Blog Balloon Juice
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: Rick Santorum Meets The Next Generation
Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Santorum: All Students Shouldn't Be Pushed to Go to College — GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — Former Sen. Rick Santorum expanded his populist message into education Saturday, accusing President Barack Obama and others of "snobbery" for pushing all kids to go to college.
Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette, The Hill and Mediaite
Janet Shan / The Hinterland Gazette: Rick Santorum Calls President Obama a "Snob" for Pushing College Education for All Students
Peter Schroeder / The Hill: Santorum: Not every child should go to college
A.Killough / CNN:
Gingrich in friendly attack-mode ahead of debate — Wolfeboro, New Hampshire (CNN) - With a World War II-era military tank behind him and two critical debates ahead of him, Newt Gingrich gave his most muscular performance in weeks at a town hall Saturday. — Speaking at a WWII museum in Wolfeboro …
Discussion: The Politico, Hot Air and Los Angeles Times
Ginger Gibson / The Politico: Gingrich takes aim ahead of debate
Tina Korbe / Hot Air: Gingrich's Dukakis allusion: "Governors of Massachusetts don't always make good presidential candidates"
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Santorum Accuses Obama Of 'Elitist Snobbery' For Wanting Every Child To Go To College — ThinkProgress filed this report from Amherst, New Hampshire — President Obama has laid out an ambitious agenda for America's high school students, stating that by 2020, he wants the United States …
Discussion: The Political Carnival and The Huffington Post
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Rick Santorum to get Gary Bauer endorsement Sunday — Gary Bauer, a leader in the social conservative movement, will endorse Rick Santorum's campaign for the Republican presidential nomination Sunday in South Carolina, according to a person close to Bauer. — Bauer, who chairs the Campaign …
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Gary Bauer to endorse Rick Santorum
Gary Bauer to endorse Rick Santorum
Discussion: CNN
A.Killough / CNN: Source: Evangelical leader Bauer to endorse Santorum
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Romney pushing for four-state streak to steamroll GOP opponents
Romney pushing for four-state streak to steamroll GOP opponents
Discussion: Campaign 2012, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and American Power
Byron York / Campaign 2012: Gingrich plans ad to hit Romney on abortion
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: Heavy thumbs for Romney
Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Evangelicals Hurry to Find Alternative to Romney
Evangelicals Hurry to Find Alternative to Romney
Discussion: The Caucus, ABCNEWS, Good As You, Daily Kos, Prairie Weather and Washington Post
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus: New Hampshire Debates: Five Things to Watch
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS: Debate Day In New Hampshire: Can Mitt-Mentum Be Stopped? (The Note)
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post: The extreme Rick Santorum
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Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and Balloon Juice
Santorum again stresses social issues at event in N.H., criticizing gay marriage
Santorum again stresses social issues at event in N.H., criticizing gay marriage
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay and Little Green Footballs
Brandon K. Thorp / Towleroad News #gay: Rick Santorum: Mind Reader In Chief
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Paul pushback on Huntsman video — Ron Paul supporters have pushed back furiously in the last 24 hours on the charge that one Paul backer posted an offensive video questioning Jon Huntsman's national loyalty, and showing clips of Huntsman speaking Mandarin with his adopted Chinese daughter.
Discussion: The Caucus, Erick's blog, The Spectacle Blog and Connecting.the.Dots
Richard A. Oppel Jr / The Caucus: Rand Paul Stumps for His Father in Concord
Erick Erickson / Erick's blog: The Mental Derangement of Ron Paul's Campaign
Aaron Goldstein / The Spectacle Blog: NH GOP Debate Pre-Mortem
Robert Stein / Connecting.the.Dots: Ron Paul, GOP's Satchel Paige?
Emily Goodin / Ballot Box:
Huntsman's New Hampshire strategy: 'Speak from the heart'
Huntsman's New Hampshire strategy: 'Speak from the heart'
Discussion: The Politico and CNN
Jonathan Martin / The Politico: Trailing in New Hampshire, Jon Huntsman takes the long view
A.Killough / CNN: Huntsman to gain first congressional backer
Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
Michelle Obama and the Evolution of a First Lady — Michelle Obama was privately fuming, not only at the president's team, but also at her husband. — In the days after the Democrats lost Edward Kennedy's Senate seat in January 2010, Barack Obama was even-keeled as usual in meetings …
Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs: Right Wing Blogs Respond to 'The Obamas' Book with Deluge of Hatred and Racism
Peter Schroeder / The Hill: New book details first lady's tensions with former top Obama advisers
Thereisnospoon / Hullabaloo: The disempowerment of Michelle Obama by @DavidOAtkins
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute: With Friends Like This... With friends like this Michelle and Barack don't need enemies.
Libby Spencer / The Impolitic: Behind every great man...
Jeralyn / TalkLeft: NY Times Excerpts From "The Obamas"
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post: 'The Obamas': Book Reveals Friction Between Rahm Emanuel, Michelle Obama (UPDATE)
Carol Felsenthal / Chicago magazine: Jodi Kantor Goes Inside the Obamas' Marriage in New Book
Raf Sanchez / Telegraph:
Michelle Obama 'raged against Rahm Emmanuel and White House advisors'
Michelle Obama 'raged against Rahm Emmanuel and White House advisors'
Discussion: Doug Ross, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and Atlas Shrugs
Directorblue / Doug Ross: 500,000 Military Layoffs Planned As Obama Argues for Federal Pay Hikes and Need for $103K/year …
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Report: Gibbs Was Tasked With Telling Michelle Obama She Was Spending Too Much Money …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: New Book Details How President Sent White House Advisers to Deal With First Lady
Ventura County / Ventura County Star Stories:
Rep. Elton Gallegly to retire — U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly, R-Simi Valley, the longest serving congressional representative in Ventura County history, announced this morning that he will not seek re-election and will retire at the end of the current Congress.
Discussion: CNN, Hullabaloo and Daily Kos
A.Killough / CNN: California Rep. Gallegly to retire
Thereisnospoon / Hullabaloo: Elton Gallegly retiring by @DavidOAtkins
Peter Schroeder / The Hill: Rep. Gallegly to retire
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
Gallegly to retire — Rep. Elton Gallegly will not seek reelection …
Gallegly to retire — Rep. Elton Gallegly will not seek reelection …
Discussion: Capitol Alert
Mark Steyn / National Review:
The Left's So-Called Empathy — Lest you doubt that we're headed for the most vicious election year in memory, consider the determined effort, within ten minutes of his triumph in Iowa, to weirdify Rick Santorum. Discussing the surging senator on Fox News, Alan Colmes mused on some of the "crazy things" he's said and done.
Discussion: The Camp Of The Saints, Don Surber and Pundit & Pundette
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The G.O.P.'s 'Black People' Platform — That didn't take long. — As we've gotten around to casting votes to select a Republican presidential nominee, the antiblack rhetoric has taken center stage. — You just have to love (and despise) this kind of predictability.
Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette, The PJ Tatler, Wonkette, The Huffington Post, CBS News and Booman Tribune
Janet Shan / The Hinterland Gazette: Republican Party Continues to Push Its "Black People Platform" to Play on Racial Anxieties
Robert Wargas / The PJ Tatler: Cognitive Dissonance at the New York Times
Kirsten Boyd Johnson / Wonkette: Newt Meant ALL Minorities In Saying Blacks Shouldn't Want Food Stamps
Rebecca Shapiro / The Huffington Post: Anderson Cooper: Rick Santorum Changes His Tune On 'Black People' Welfare Comments (VIDEO)
Lucy Madison / CBS News: Gingrich singles out blacks in food stamp remark
Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Romney's A 'Job Cremator' — Democrats are in full force at Saturday night's Republican debate in New Hampshire, ostensibly to rebut the GOP field, but in practice mostly to go after frontrunner Mitt Romney. — Well, not necessarily, the frontrunner.
Discussion: The Political Carnival
Didn't matter, Matthew said, since the medicine obviously wasn't for him. … The situation got worse from there. Melbourne put his wife on the phone and even Googled the medication to show the pharmacist there was no law against selling it to a man. But "she didn't want to see it," he said.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Jezebel
Susie Madrak / Crooks and Liars: Pharmacist Refuses To Sell Man Plan B For His Wife Because He 'Might Be Giving It To Rape Victims'
Margaret Hartmann / Jezebel: Another CVS Claims Uterus Is Required for Purchase of Plan B
NBC/Marist Poll: Romney has 20-point lead in N.H.; Santorum gets Iowa bounce — A new NBC News-Marist poll of NH Republicans shows Romney with a 20-point lead. NBC's Chuck Todd reports. — Just four days until Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney …
Scared Monkeys: Post Iowa Caucus ... Mitt Romney Up Big in New New Hampshire Polls with 20 Point Lead, Santorum Sees Modest Bounce
Meghanetisinger / Franklin Center: New Poll Shows Romney Leading in NH, Followed by Paul and Huntsman


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Treetop – On My Nuts [Video]
London, ON – The Treetop crew recently debuted new visuals for the track "On My Nuts" off of Kehmak's forthcoming debut Revenge of The Nerds. I'm guessing the premise behind this video was pretty simple. I'm thinking the Treetop dudes got together and were all like, "Yo. You know what would make for the best video ever? Exploring the importance of identity by dressing up as TMNT and doing cool ish."
The Culture production on the track is really campy. It sounds like a sing-along song. And the hook "They're all on my nuts" will get obnoxiously stuck in your head. The video was shot and directed by Tim Freelink, and written by Casper and Kehmak. Check it after the jump.
The song itself hits pretty close to the title of Kehmak's upcoming release: Revenge of The Nerds. The bottom line is real. Being weird used to be very uncool. Now being uncool is cool. So consequently, all of the previously "cool" kids are trying to get back to cool-status. So they're on Kehmak's (and Casper's, and TT Lo's, and Culture The Beatsmith's) nuts. Hence the title, "On My Nuts." And apparently each Treetop dude dressed up as the turtle he felt best embodied himself. Deep.
With back-to-school season in-tow, this joint serves as a reminder for kids to be themselves. Getting on other people's nuts in an attempt to be someone you're not is bad news bears. You need to be you. Because that's who you are. Yay, pep talk! My favourite line on the track comes in on the final verse: "I was an outcast/ Listening to OutKast." This was my youth. I relate 100 per cent.
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"Disparate Youth" by Santigold
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Santigold is back with another batch of synth-soaked, new wave bliss. "Disparate Youth" is the latest track off her forthcoming sophomore album, Master of My Make-Believe - and is complete with animated album art. Nice. Master of My Make-Believe is out on 1 May
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The Witcher series developer CD Projekt RED has started posting classified ads for positions with the company on its site, stating the developer is "staffing up for its next project".
While this could be for either the Xbox 360 version of The Witcher 2, or making DLC for the PC version, there's evidence that the company is beginning work on The Witcher 3.
According to Gamepur, Jan Bartkowicz stated, "Consider this example, for comparison, films like Pirates of the Caribbean, where the first (has a) self-contained story, the later is unchangeable, but then you think, it should be a trilogy. So people have a problem then. The end of The Witcher 2 is the beginning of much larger events, while The Witcher (had) rather a cliffhanger ending."
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RPGWatch Feature - A New Look at Swords & Sorcery: Underworld
Back in 2010 Corwin reviewed Swords and Sorcery: Underworld, Today he takes a look at the updated Gold release of Sword and Sorcery: Underworld to see what the differences are with the original.
I bought this a little while back and still haven't played it, I will do at some point though!
The improvements to the gold version of this game are awesome, fun game. For anyone that liked the old might & magics and bard's tale games should pick this one up…its like those with modern improvements.
As much as I rail about gameplay over graphics, this overhaul really did make it feel like a brand new game to me. But Charles did a bunch of gameplay modifications to it, too, so the changes are much more than skin deep.
I really enjoyed it.
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My simplify life theme for this year is Think Big, Live Small. I can't think of a better place to re-focus my intentions than the mountains. I am looking for more than a moment of mindfulness; I want a state of mindfulness for me and my family.
What does it really mean to us to Think Big, Live Small?
• Live smaller and more sustainable in a world of bigger and faster (and still not enough).
• Give more and take less.
• Create more and consume less.
• Build up without tearing down.
• Respect more and waste less of our resources (time, money, nature, food, etc).
• Leave a smaller footprint and a bigger legacy.
"The more I take; the less I become. The more I give; the more I become."
I am still trying to figure out what it looks like in real life for me and my family. The awareness alone feels like freedom. And now, I am sequestering the courage to carry it out. I don't know exactly what it will look like for us, but I am beginning to put together the elements.
Reverence & Presence. If ever I felt small, it is in the vastness of the mountains. This was a time of great reverence for the cosmos and beauty of nature. Riding alone on a 12-minute chairlift is a presence of orgasmic proportion. To experience it several times for many days is epic. I found this to be the perfect conditions for re-focusing my perspective, removing myself from the center stage of the universe. Having the mindfulness to see everyone as a contributor and all living beings as a part of the plan, is to see the sacred in the ordinary. The power of presence is to have reverence for All.
Grounded & Connected.Physically or metaphorically, a drive up the mountains is a down shift into slow gear. Traveling light and with the least baggage creates less strain and the most effective mileage. Away from distractions, we discover what we truly enjoy and appreciate in life. Grounded in values, they become the censorship for decision-making. Without deep roots would be like flailing in the Kansas wind. From deep roots grows strong connections.
Courage & Compassion. Courage and compassion are the freedom fighting tickets to a fear-less life. Fear keeps the focus on "me." I am moving the focal point of the big picture from me to others. In life, in parenting, or skiing, it requires courage to take risks and be open to new experiences. Skiing is the perfect place to practice risk-taking – the perceived risks are high; the rewards are even greater. Falling and failing means we tried. We got back up and were stronger for it. To experience this as a family is priceless and we will reap the dividends throughout life. In life, the fear of failure can isolate one into never fully living or knowing what one is capable of it. No one has personal power until they realize they can fall and get back up with a new resolve.
Our current meaning to Think Big and Live Small, is to eliminate the waste and excess in our lives so that we may live to our fullest. We don't need extra to-dos, commitments, possessions, and emotions to carry on this journey. We are here to live and love whole-heartedly, without the weight of fear. More love and less fear is the only way to live simply, and simply live.
Conscious living requires a sabbatical or a Sabbath, a time of rest for the body, mind, and soul. A time to renew, recharge, and revitalize. A time to remember the important and re-align with purpose and intention. Plan yours today.
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Switzerland and Germany have earned reputations as safe spots to invest during Europe's economic crisis, but recent domestic scandals are attracting international attention of a less-desirable nature.
The Swiss have been shaken by allegations of improper foreign exchange trading by former Swiss National Bank chief Philipp Hildebrand, who stepped down on Monday.
Over in Germany, President Christian Wulff is fighting to keep his job after allegedly trying to stop a newspaper from reporting he had taken a personal loan from a businessman's wife during his former job as state premier of Lower Saxony.
The controversies have put the two neighbours in an uncomfortable position. They are used to being lauded for their stable political and economic climates, despite the spreading debt problems around them. Their roles are well established. Switzerland is the investment haven, while Germany is Europe's rescuer, bailing out its debt-ridden euro zone kin.
"This is definitely a blow to the SNB, because they were seen as a very solid institution," said Arvind Jain, a professor at the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University.
Mr. Hildebrand found himself under fire after his wife bought some $500,000 in U.S. dollars last August, a few weeks before the SNB decided to set a cap on the Swiss franc to keep it from rising further against the euro. The transaction resulted in a profit, which Mr. Hildebrand "rectified" by donating 75,000 Swiss francs to charity in December. In the end, Mr. Hildebrand admitted he couldn't prove he didn't know about his wife's transaction and left his post on Monday.
The incident has exposed some gaps in the SNB's oversight of its leaders. The central bank moved quickly on the weekend to bolster its corporate governance, including examining the regulations for own-account transactions, reviewing all bank transactions by members of its enlarged governing board back to 2009, and requiring approval for foreign exchange transactions over 20,000 francs.
But the affair has created bigger headaches for the Swiss. They have to find a banker who can fill the shoes of Mr. Hildebrand, who was well regarded by his peers at other central banks around the world. Questions linger as well about the SNB's policy toward the Swiss franc, although it has said the peg to the euro remains unchanged.
"Hildebrand was the architect of the peg of the Swiss franc against the euro," said Stephen Isaacs, chairman of the Investment Committee at Alvine Capital in Britain. "It was controversial."
There is also the damage done to Swiss banking secrecy. The saga wouldn't have come to light if an IT worker at Bank Sarasin, where Mr. Hildebrand and his wife were clients, had not disclosed the information to an old school friend. That friend happened to be lawyer as well as a politician for the Swiss People's Party, Mr. Hildebrand's harshest critic, according to Swiss media reports.
The SNB is not the only area where the Swiss have had to beef up their oversight. They are currently in the process of updating their insider trading rules, which were viewed as "toothless" according to one Swiss newspaper.
The problems in Germany and Switzerland show "weak governance is by no means a monopoly of the European periphery," said Uri Dadush, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment.
Nevertheless, Mr. Dadush and other experts don't expect the scandals will frighten investors away, saying they believe the fallout will be limited and won't hurt the economy.
"I don't think investor certainty or investor credibility of either the German or Swiss governments is tarnished in any way by the events that have unfolded," said Adam Meyers, a senior market strategist at Crédit Agricole SA in London.
The move by the SNB to part ways with Mr. Hildebrand so soon after the scandal broke also helps.
"If they move very quickly and put in governance rules about what people can do … if they enforce that, then the reputation will be restored fairly quickly," Mr. Jain said.
Resolution is slower to come in Germany, where Christian Wulff, who holds the largely ceremonial post of president, is refusing to step down despite calls to do so from some politicians and the media over the loan scandal.
German newspaper Handelsblatt said Mr. Wulff could learn something from Mr. Hildebrand's departure. So far, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is sticking by him.
Some experts characterize the German uproar as a "tempest in a teapot." But others believe it could lead to further political turmoil, with some media commentators wondering whether Ms. Merkel's coalition could eventually collapse.
"[Mr.]Wulff's credibility needs to be clarified since he could yet do damage to the credibility of the coalition and this would then become a market event," Jane Foley, a senior currency strategist at Rabobank in London, wrote in an e-mail.
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City of Champaign May Need to Cut $2 Million More From Budget
Champaign department heads are developing a contingency plan, in case $2-million in cuts are needed.
Those reductions are in addition to the $9-million in reductions the city has already made the last few years. Several pages of suggested cuts will be discussed late next month by the city council. Assistant City Manager Dorothy David said cuts could include customer service jobs in the city building and police department's front desk, and reduced service hours in public works. She said it is getting to the point where snow removal could be impacted, and the city may need to make adjustments in routes and how quickly snow is removed. David said Champaign's resources to run city government are at 2006 levels.
"Even though we are seeing very slow revenue growth, our revenues are not growing as fast as our costs," said David. "When your costs grow faster than the amount of money that you're bringing in, you have to make adjustments. So the economy has really impacted us in that way."
David said if the state takes further action to reduce revenues that it shares with the city, like income tax, that would mean additional cuts. The city council will discuss these proposals in a study session November 23rd, and could develop a plan to implement them in January.


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My son had a civil suit against the police department for an excessive force and wrongful arrest. They made an offer, that he turned down. His lawyer told him that was a bs offer and that he had gotten more for less. He then was supposed to have a trial by jury. His lawyer never filed because he was in the middle of a "big case" so the case was thrown out. His lawyer filed an appeal that was denied. Does my son have any recourse?
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I"m not sure that I understand. If his case was never filed, then how was it "thrown out"? If what you are saying is that he didn't file it on time because he was in a "big case" and then when he filed it, it was thrown out because the statute of limitations had passed, then that's a different story altogether.
In order to have recourse against the lawyer, you have to show that he breached a duty of care and that the breach caused you harm. If the case was actually valid and had potential and it was "thrown out" because the lawyer messed something up, then he may very well have recourse.
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Now that he's back with the Seattle Sounders, Brad Evans knows it will be tough to keep his mind off the opportunity that may lie ahead this summer with the U.S. team at the World Cup.
A potential chance like that is hard to completely ignore, especially when it'll remain a lingering question into May and June.
"It is a big deal and I try and dumb it down, but it is a big deal," the 2003 Mountain Pointe graduate said following a training with the Sounders. "I don't want to focus on that right now. My focus right now is on (the Sounders) and building the relationships with these guys and establishing a style of play and getting guys healthy and getting guys 100 percent here. And that's where my focus will remain until you switch places. I think I've done a good job of that."
Evans, who scored 54 goals in Mountain Pointe career, and Seattle teammate DeAndre Yedlin rejoined the Sounders in February and were back in Seattle for their first full training session with the club in advance of the MSL season, which began March 8.
And while their focus remains with the Sounders, there will remain the lingering thought of their World Cup chances.
Especially on Wednesday when the U.S. National team plays Mexico in a friendly at University of Phoenix Stadium.
Although Evans will miss the game because of hamstring injury he would seem to be a lock, as long as he gets healthy, to at least be included in the U.S. camp prior to leaving for Brazil after making five starts on the right side of the defensive backline during World Cup qualifying last year. Evans also started at that position during an exhibition against South Korea on Feb. 1.
Yedlin, 20, would seem to be more of a long shot to be included in the World Cup camp, but could be a long-range option at the same position as Evans. That's why Yedlin's experience in the January training camp in Brazil was so important. His reward was getting a first international appearance when he came on for Evans against South Korea.
"It was pretty amazing. It was something I have always dreamed of, playing with the national team. To finally get that experience and now it's just pushing for more caps and hopefully a World Cup," he said.
U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann took his players to Brazil for 12 days in January as part of "dry run" preparations for what they will face this summer. Evans, who was All-American at UC Irivine before being drafted by the Columbus Crew 15th overall in 2007, felt the decision to hold camp in San Paulo was smart, giving players a basic understanding of the surroundings they will be exposed to during the World Cup, which begins June 16 when the U.S. plays Ghana in Brazil.
"It's always nice to be familiar with a place, especially one that is so far away and is on such a big stage," Evans said. "You get familiar with the surroundings and what to expect — weather, food, whatever it is, little things, the facilities — so when you go you're not star struck."
Evans and Yedlin said they don't have a feel for their chances to be included on the final 23-man roster. Seattle coach Sigi Schmid said he has talked with Klinsmann about the pair and Seattle's Clint Dempsey — currently on loan to English club Fulham — but would leave it up to the American coach to speak on their chances.
The matchup against Mexico is another chance for Evans to show Klinsmann that he belongs.
"I won't be confident or sure until the name is on the list," Evans said. "That's how I'm going to approach it and you just hope the next call comes your way."


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For the record, Wade Dunagan and Judy McDermott did not call an Australian newspaper to plant a story that Tiger Woods may come out of seclusion to play in the World Golf Championships – Accenture Match Play Championship next week at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain.
Dunagan, the match play tournament director, and McDermott, who leads the ticket, revenue and volunteer work as executive director of the Tucson Conquistadores, don't mind the buzz surrounding the Match Play Championship since a media report that he may come back to north Marana.
If people are talking about Match Play, for whatever reasons, that's good for the tournament.
"The rumors are exciting," Dunagan said last week. "What would it mean? More interest, more dollars for charity, more ticket sales, more hospitality."
"It's a wonderful buzz, it definitely helps us," agreed McDermott. "There's nothing like free publicity."
If Tiger comes, "it's just more people, that's all," said Jeff McCormick, director of golf operations at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain. "The volume changes. It's good for every one, Tucson, the concessions. The more the merrier."
Phone calls for tickets picked up when the Tiger word began to spread. "It was starting to ring a little more" regardless, McDermott said.
"I had a guy, from Canada, today," she said Friday. "He wants to get out of Canada and experience our sunny weather. He did hear the rumblings about Tiger. He wants to come no matter what."
"No matter what" may mean sunny weather, the world's best 64 active golfers, a beautiful golf course, an $8.5 million purse, outstanding viewing opportunities, a world TV audience in the hundreds of millions …. and no Tiger. Woods' caddie Steve Williams said Monday he doesn't expect a Tiger presence in the foothills of the Tortolitas.
"It's a unique situation," Dunagan said last week. "I'm learning about it the same way everyone else is." His phone started ringing early Wednesday morning, after an article suggesting a Tiger comeback in Tucson was published by a Melbourne newspaper.
"We are a little bit in the dark," said Dunagan. "I feel like a politician. I cannot confirm nor deny."
Dunagan, McDermott and the world will know this coming Friday afternoon, when the world's top 64 players have to indicate whether or not they'll be in Marana for the match play tournament.
"I would tell you, from our perspective, our goals haven't changed," Dunagan said. "With the Tucson Conquistadores, we are trying to raise more than $1 million for charity, and trying to put on a world-class golf tournament," Tiger or no Tiger.
Geoff Ogilvy, the defending Match Play champion who's won it twice and finished second to Tiger once, told the media in Marana last month that Tiger's absence is "obviously strange. Nobody knows what's going to happen, I guess. I don't think it's that weird that he's not playing. I think it's just a great unknown that's kind of strange."
That unknown loomed a year ago, when Woods was recovering from knee surgery. He returned to the world golf stage at Match Play. "We found out he was going to play the Thursday afternoon prior" to the tournament's start, Dunagan said. When Woods committed, media requests went from 340 to more than 500. If Woods were to come to Marana next week, the media volume might double that.
Dunagan and the PGA Tour work with a number of different contingency plans. "What if Mr. Woods decides to come back this year?" More media, more fans, more volunteer help. "An increased or decreased volume affects the tournament the same way," Dunagan said. "It's preparations, and a lot of what-if scenarios."
"I really think we've already been through this," McDermott said. "Inside the ropes, I don't think anything really changes."


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Bringing the ideal of an entire electronic system-on-a-chip closer to reality-while calling into question the future of the PLD market-LSI Logic Corp. said it will offer programmable ASIC cores for its largest networking and telecommunications customers by next year.
Using the programmable cores will allow OEMs to put complex, cell-based chips into production sooner, even as they continue to work on a small portion of the design that today is typically handled by a separate 10,000- to 50,000-gate FPGA, the company said. But while LSI espoused the performance and economic advantages of an embedded solution over stand-alone FPGAs, the company said it won't directly target the traditional low- to moderate-volume PLD business of suppliers like Altera Corp. and Xilinx Inc.
The concept of a programmable SOC is not new, and in fact is being approached from various angles as a way to add flexibility to the design of multimillion-gate chips. But the use of embedded FPGA cores was thought by most designers to be a fairly distant prospect. LSI plans to implement the programmable cores in its existing G12 process, with beta silicon in the first half of 2000 and production volumes in 2001.
"Contrary to some analysis that shows it only makes sense to embed an FPGA at 0.13 micron or below, we can efficiently do it at 0.18 micron," said Danny Biran, LSI's vice president of strategic marketing, Milpitas, Calif.
LSI claims the FPGA cores will consume one-fourth the silicon area of a conventional look-up table-based PLD, because they are based on a more granular arithmetic logic unit that is closer in structure to what ASIC designers are used to working with. On a 100-square-millimeter chip, 50,000 programmable gates would consume only 10% of the die area, Biran said.
LSI is the latest supplier to enter an SOC cate-gory that Dataquest Inc. has come to refer to as application-specific programmable products (ASPPs). In 10 years' time, ASPPs will account for some 80% of all SOC revenue, according to Jordan Selburn, an analyst at the San Jose market research firm. Selburn believes the potential of ASPPs could have "catastrophic ramifications" for suppliers of conventional programmable logic technology.
"When you embed 10,000 or 20,000 programmable gates, a lot of the applications for PLDs kind of go away," he said. "It won't happen this year, next year, or the year after, but I think [PLD suppliers] will feel a pretty significant hurt five or 10 years out."
While not everyone agrees, a few PLD suppliers have taken it to heart, and have offered their technology to ASIC suppliers-with limited success. GateField Corp., for example, licensed its flash-based ProASIC to Infineon Technologies AG and Rohm Corp., which both plan to offer the technology as programmable cores. Royalties from designs to date, if any, have been minimal. Xilinx said it "aggressively" marketed its FPGA technology to ASIC suppliers last year, but had no takers.
Observers said the core-based approach will only be feasible for an elite set of customers that can spread the increasing cost of mask sets across millions of units. For low- to medium-volume designs, PLDs still offer the most flexibility and cost effectiveness, said analyst Bill McClean of IC Insights Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz.
"Customers that in the past wouldn't undertake an ASIC design won't necessarily move to an ASIC now," he said.In addition, market watchers said LSI will inevitably battle the same software demons that have kept others-including IBM, Motorola, and Texas Instruments-from succeeding in the PLD arena.
Nevertheless, programmability is seen as a key enabler of commercially feasible SOCs, and LSI said it considered several existing programmable technologies. But rather than trying to squeeze large FPGA blocks into its chips, the company has licensed its programmable capability from a Silcon Valley start-up called Adaptive Silicon Inc. The Los Gatos, Calif., company designed the FPGA core from the ground up to have a granular structure and flexible form factor that will allow it to be easily integrated in an ASIC flow, Biran said.
Implemented in 0.18-micron technology, LSI said the FPGA cores will consume approximately 6,000 gates per square millimeter of silicon, and about 0.13-??W/gate/MHz, while delivering up to 200-MHz performance.


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U.S. airline losses would increase to $6.5 billion this year from $5 billion if President Bush succeeds in raising airline-security taxes, the head of the Air Transport Association said yesterday.
Losses would widen because competition prevents airlines from passing on the $1.5 billion cost of the government fees to customers, said James May, president of the Washington trade group that represents major U.S. airlines. Carriers lost $10 billion last year, the group said.
"There is truly a consensus that the tax burden is killing this industry," May said at a news conference in Washington that also involved other airline, travel and tax-reform groups.
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American, United and other carriers have lost $33 billion in the past three years on higher fuel costs and excess market capacity that bars them from raising fares. Fares in past months have been at 1988 levels, according to the transport group. United and US Airways are operating under bankruptcy protection.
The Bush administration budget, released Monday, proposes higher fees to fund airport-screening operations of the Homeland Security Department. The price of a one-flight, one-way ticket would climb to $5.50 from $2.50 per flight, with a maximum of $16 for a round-trip, up from $10.
Airlines have been forced to lobby against security-fee increases, with success, every year since the current tax was enacted two months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The carriers say security fees should be borne by the general taxpayers, not travelers and airlines.
"It's totally irrational to have separate treatment for the airline industry only," said Duane Woerth, president of the Air Line Pilots Association, the biggest pilots union. He compared the administration's plan to taxing only Hawaiians to pay for U.S. defenses after Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
The airlines' trade group will be more aggressive than in the past in lobbying against higher taxes, America West Chief Executive Doug Parker told reporters yesterday at the company's headquarters in Phoenix.
"It's outrageous that's [increased airline-security taxes] a part of the new budget," Parker said. "It clearly indicates we, as an industry, have not communicated our message or, if we have, no one cares."
May said the U.S. hasn't yet made a case that it needs the additional revenue for screening. Airlines may have as many as 19,000 jobs "at risk," he said, in addition to 123,000 workers who have lost jobs in the past three years.
Airlines last year paid the government about $1.6 billion under the tax and $315 million under a separate security fee, according to the trade group.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary James Loy said Monday that department studies concluded passengers would pay up to $10 per flight if they felt they were safer.


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Josh Leventhal: Thanks for joining me on my debut chat here at Baseball America. Just want to point out that I'm sharing the date with the release of Springsteen's new album, and in that light, look forward to fielding questions on Eric "Born to Run" Young, Bubba Bell (who certainly lived his Glory Days in Lancaster) and why Kyle "The Big Man" Blanks didn't join the band.
|Elvis Andrus from Bakersfield, CA asks:
Did I not have enough games to qualify, or was I not good enough for the top 20? And if the former, where would I have ranked, had I qualified?
Josh Leventhal: Glad you could join us Elvis. Andrus unfortunately did not join the Cal League in time to get enough plate appearances to qualify. But folks around the league spoke highly of him and he probably would have fallen in behind Triunfel and Nelson but in front of the remainder of a deep shortstop list.
|Phil from Overland Park, KS asks:
Your thoughts on Kyle Blanks? Could he play LF? He is blocked at 1B which seems like the only position his size would allow him to play? Where did he fall for you on the list?
Josh Leventhal: A lot of questions submitted on Kyle Blanks and why he did not make the list. Blanks has a lot of raw power and certainly ranked high in the league in that category. He had good command of the strike zone, but there were a lot of questions about bat speed and how he'll fare against more advanced pitching. He does have good speed for someone his size, but defense is a question. The Padres are working him out in left field in instructional league and it'll be interesting to see how he fares. Blanks was certainly close to making the list and is certainly and interesting and unusual prospect. I'll be curious to follow his progress next year, presumably at Double-A.
|Paul from Tacoma, WA asks:
Josh, Great list, happy to see some Mariners on the horizon. Do the M's give Triunfel another year at short? Obviously his bat is that much more advantageous if he sticks, what did you hear?
Josh Leventhal: The Mariners want to give Triunfel time at instructional league and another full season at shortstop and are hardly writing him off at the position. While his range was a bit suspect, he showed off good instincts (particularly for his age) and perhaps the best infield arm in the league. His bat certainly is one of his biggest tools at this point -- he hovered around .300 for most of the year, even if it was at hitter-friendly High Desert -- and despite only 12 extra-base hits, the power is likely to come.
|Chip from Louisville, KY asks:
How close was Red Sox farmhand Zach DAeges to making the list? I know he plays in hitter-friendly Lancaster, but you still have to put the bat on the ball consistently, and he had a good first year last season. Is he a prospect? Thanks!
Josh Leventhal: Daeges had a great year, a record-setting one in fact. Lancaster certainly makes it tough to get a good read on players. Consider Daeges' home-road splits: Home: .396.476.702, 36 doubles, 13 homers Road: .260.369.448, 19 doubles, 8 homers. Let's see how he does next year.
|Colby from LA County, CA asks:
Josh, I know Anderson didn't qualify, but where would you have put him if he did? I was able to catch some Lancaster games towards the end of the year, and he looked fantastic, strong, fluid stroke. Anyone comment on him?
Josh Leventhal: Anderson came up short on innings but got good reports around the league. Probably would've been around the Top 10. As did fellow Lancaster pitcher Michael Bowden, who finished 23 of inning shy of qualifying but was dominating enough in the Cal League (though not necessarily Double-A) to have finished among the top pitchers.
|jason from stlouis asks:
whats henry sosas ceiling?? can he be a 1-2 starter??
Josh Leventhal: Sosa's ceiling is very high and he could potentially be a top of the rotation pitcher. In fact his ranking was so high in the Cal League primarily because of projection. He was inconsistent with San Jose and seemed to tire down the stretch, but had the most live arm in the league and a sometimes plus breaking pitch. That said it sounds like he has work to do and needs to refine that curveball and learn to repeat his delivery. His manager, Lenn Sakata, spoke highly of him (as did many around the league) but noted his work-in-progress status.
|jason from hazelwood asks:
is leblanc a possible rotation contender for the major league side next season? and what is his future rotation slot?? a 2-3, or lower?
Josh Leventhal: I think LeBlanc will have a shot to make the rotation out of spring training but will most likely return to the minors to the start year. He doesn't really profile as a reliever and will more likely be a midseason, or late-season, callup.
|Seth from California asks:
Both Chris Davis and Antonelli had huge breakout years this year, and I thought they would be higher on the list.I saw Antonelli at 2 or 3, and Davis at 6. Any reason for Davis and Antonelli being lower than some other guys on here?
Josh Leventhal: Antonelli was No. 4 and the highest-ranked position player (and most major league-ready) besides Upton. Davis also had a great year (and finishing in the Top 10 is nothing to be ashamed of). Davis went on and continued hitting at Double-A. Obviously strikeouts is the biggest concern with him, and though he made improvements at third, defense is also a question (though he does have a plus arm). I think he'll hit for a power wherever he goes and was the best of Bakersfield's top three (Teagarden, Mayberry). I'd say Antonelli has a shot to make the major league roster out of spring training.
|Auggie from Anaheim, CA asks:
Josh, Really like the list. Dodgers fans are excited about the emergence of Kershaw and McDonald. Kershaw is the better prospect, but McDonald's performance this year, especially after the move to Double A, could mean he's ready to contribute soon. What's his upside and were there any comparisons given?
Josh Leventhal: McDonald definitely had a breakout season. He has the potential to be a back-end of the rotation pitcher. Command is his biggest strength particularly of a plus curveball and a low-90s fastball that he controls to both sides of the plate. Didn't get a comp on him.
|Henry T from Tiburon, CA asks:
Wow really shocked to see Chris Nelson come in at #8 he has always had tools and he did have a decent performance but those numbers were put up in the cal league are his tools fully back?
Josh Leventhal: Comeback player of the year? Certainly would be among the candidates. He had the most errors in the Sally League last year and probably saved his standing as a shortstop -- he showed good range in the field as most of his errors were throwing this year. Certainly a five-tool player (stole 27-of-32 bases).
|Kyle Blanks from CA asks:
Who did I upset over there, and why? Maybe next year if I do it again at AA, you'll give me credit? ...or will you wait until I'm doing it in the bigs? Frank Thomas style.
Josh Leventhal: Big Frank. Gotta love it.
|josh from california asks:
do u think tillman will repeat the cal league next year and prove that he's ready for double-a or will it all depend on how well he does in spring training?
Josh Leventhal: I'd be surprised to see Tillman back in the Cal League next year. He lowered his ERA each month in High Desert (no easy feat at that ballpark) and had an incredible August (4-0, 1.82, 41 strikeouts in 35 innings). The Mariners like to advance their players at a young age, and so you'd figure he'll be at Double-A next season as a 20 year old.
|Bigfan from SLO asks:
If you got to choose between Upton and Chris Young for your team, which do you choose? How close is it?
Josh Leventhal: I'll take Upton. I think he matches Young's power and will hit for better average. Not a bad combo though.
|Tom Waits from San Diego asks:
How does Kyle Blanks get left off this list in favor of Bell? 24 year old in the best hitting park this side of Williamsport vs a 20 year old (just turned 21) with a 960 OPS in a much tougher home park?
Josh Leventhal: I like the comp for Lancaster's Clear Channel Stadium, but it's not as if Blanks was hitting in the old Yankees Stadium. Bell made the list because not only did he have the most dominating year of anyone in the league, but he also drew raves from managers around the league. He drove the ball to all fields, hit at home and on the road, and played a good center field. He was old for the league and how he projects remains a question, but his year was awfully tough to leave off the list (and he hit after being promoted before getting hurt).
|Jon from Peoria asks:
What are your thoughts on Adam Moore and Chris Pettit?
Josh Leventhal: I like Adam Moore a lot and was a great pick for the Mariners in the sixth round. He's big (6-3, 215), hits for power (22 HRs, 102 RBIs) and is a good receiver behind the plate. Was described as a raw prospect with plenty of upside. Pettit had a great season in his first full year out of Loyola Marymount. The Angels comp him to Reggie Willits but with more power. He may work at first and third in instructional league and they project him as a major league utility player.
|Matt from Wheaton asks:
How difficult is it to pitch in the Cailifornia League? It seems that it must be tough if all of the top 4 pitching prospects there have given up more hits than innings pitched.
Josh Leventhal: It's certainly the most hitter-friendly league in the minors (just ask Daniel Bard, a highly-touted prospect who had a rough pro debut in Lancaster this year). Lancaster hosted two four-homer games this season and lost 30-0, 21-6 and won 19-7 and 16-8 in a five-game span. Don't have time now, but would be curious to see how Cal League run totals compare to, say, the Midwest League.
|Matt from Wheaton asks:
Can't give any more love for Teagarden!?! A stud defensive catcher who answered questions about his bat with his 20 hr's and .315.448.608 clip? How does he project as a major leaguer?
Josh Leventhal: More love? Man, you Rangers are tough to please. (Just kidding, please don't send e-mails). Teagarden had a great year, did answer any questions about his bat and went a long way toward answering questions about his health. But he did only about half his games behind the plate and, ultimately, it's his defense that's going to get him to the big leagues.
|ADAM from White Plains, NY asks:
What type of ceiling and success can Brandon Hynick really have with that low velocity? Can he succeed in the the way Kevin Slowey did - location, location, location? What is his ultimate ceiling?
Josh Leventhal: Yeah, that is the question regarding Hynick and ultimately the reason he didn't make the Top 10. That said, it's no easy task to be the organization's best pitcher and lead the minors in innings pitched while playing a full season in the Cal League. Hynick mixes speeds to go along with his control. He definitely has to be on with his control to succeed. One manager noted that he wouldn't be surprised to ee him end up in the back of the bullpen.
|Joey from La Grange, GA asks:
I was surprised to see Brooks Brown ranked so low. His numbers were better across the board than any pitcher in the Top 10 and it was only his 1st full season of pro ball. Why was he not ranked higher? Do you see him in the big leagues next year?
Josh Leventhal: I don't know, I think I might take McDonald's overall year over Brown. But Brooks did have a solid year. Good sink, able to command his fastball, and a good slider. Good mound presence that apparently rubbed off on his teammates. No shame in No. 19.
|Molokai from LosAngeles asks:
How close was DeJesus and what do the scouts think of him.
Josh Leventhal: DeJesus was the last cut. There were several shortstops that fit into a similar profile -- major league-ready defense but questionable bat. DeJesus was among them. He's still young and may fill out a little more to add some power, but I think Statia has a little more upside.
|MC & Juan from DC asks:
Hi Josh! As Yankee fans, we believe Justin Masterson is vastly overrated as a Red Sox prospect. We don't believe he was any better than any Yankee prospect at Trenton after he was promoted to AA. What do you think? And, how are the kids??
Josh Leventhal: Hey MC and Juan. Thanks for the question (the kids are great, but that baby won't sleep at night). Amazing, a Yankees fan begrudging Sox prospects. Save it for the postseason. John Manuel will be better suited to speak of this during his Eastern League chat in a few days, but there isn't much wrong with Masterson from what I hear. Great, heavy sinker with an ever-improving slider. Only question is if he starts or moves to the back of the bullpen.
|BHSportsguy from Los Angeles asks:
Any chance that Lucas May is a legitimate catching prospect?
Josh Leventhal: I'd say so. He wore down some in the second half of the season but showed off an above-average arm and the ability to hit for some power. Good baserunner for a catcher.
|Todd from Chattanooga asks:
Was extremely impressed with Michael Saunders as I got to see him when he was promoted to AA this year at West Tenn. He seems to have an excellent blend of power and speed with tremendous athleticism. Can you see him batting leadoff when he makes it to Seattle? Also - do you believe he has 30-30 potential?
Josh Leventhal: Saunders is arguably the best athlete in the Mariners system and has the potential to be a five-tool player in the big leagues. Where hits in the lineup? If he continues to hit for average and improve his baserunning skills (28 steals in 38 attempts), I'd say he has the makeup for a leadoff hitter. Then again, if his power continues to develop he could end up a little deeper in the lineup. I'm curious to see if he stick in center or if the Mariners move him to right -- where he does have enough arm to play.
|P.J. from L.I. asks:
Had Volquez pitched enough innings, would he have cracked the list, and if so, where?
Josh Leventhal: Oooh, not sure what I would've done with Volquez if he had qualified. He was the Rangers best pitcher in the minors this year, but most of that came at the higher levels. He was 0-4, 7.13 with 38 strikeouts and 20 walks for Bakersfield. Compare that to his 6-1, 1.41, 66-21 k-bb numbers in Triple-A Oklahoma. Hmmm.
|Tommy from St. Charles asks:
What is Matt Antonelli's ceiling? Does he have a lot of room for improvement? And what current Major League player do you seem him resembling ?
Josh Leventhal: This was Antonelli's first season at second after playing third in college, so I'd expect to see some improvement for him in the field. I wouldn't expect to see him much longer in the minors. Was told that he projects as a good hitting second baseman. Has extra-base power potential and average home run potential. Great makeup.
|Hauser from St. Louis asks:
You said that Dexter Fowler has great tools. The best outside of Upton in the Cal league. What ranked Fowler so low? Does he not have a great chance to reach his ceiling? What's holding him back?
Josh Leventhal: Fowler is a talent but a raw one. He really just needs more playing time, and missing half a season definitely hurt. He was improving as the ceiling went along -- he was hitting .349 in June when he got hurt after hitting .187 and .290 in the first two months of the season. Gotta think he would've stolen upwards of 50 bases with a complete season. His probably closer defensively, a lot of range in the outfield and can use his speed to chase down balls.
|steve S from Davis, CA asks:
Giants RHP Henry Sosa ranks much higher on this Cal League list than the SAL list (#2 vs #7), despite how much better he performed in the Sally than in the Cal. Does this suggest that beyond Justin Upton, there was little elite talent in the Cal League this year? I was mildly surprised to see Sosa ranked ahead of Antonelli based upon their second-half performances. Can you explain that decision?
Josh Leventhal: There wasn't necessarily a clear-cut No. 2 behind Upton. I think you could make a pretty good argument for Tillman, Antonelli, Masterson, Triunfel or McDonald to fill that spot. That said, I think Sosa has the most potential of anyone in that group, but is a sure-thing in the way Antonelli or Masterson is.
|Dee Znuts from ATL!! asks:
Who makes it to the bigs first: Chris Nelson, Eric Young, or Dexter Fowler?
Josh Leventhal: That's a tough one. I'd say you have the order right -- though the Rockies could add Young to the 40-man now as a pinch-runner. Young may have the highest-rated tool of anyone in that group with his speed and as many said around the league, could get to the big leagues on speed alone. I think he did a lot to improve the other areas of his game this season -- defense at second in particular. It'll be interesting to see how he does next year, I assume at Double-A.
|Kent from sonoma asks:
Josh, I know he is a little old for the league, but did anyone you spoke with mention Sergio Romo? Thank you.
Josh Leventhal: There was some talk about Romo and he was solid coming out of the Giants bullpen. He's only 5-foot-10 or so but his strikeout-walk ratio was ridiculous (106-15). He's a crafty pitcher who throws around five or six pitches for strikes -- including a fastball from three different arm angles.
Josh Leventhal: Okay folks, Bruce just played Rosalita so it's time for me to get back to work. Talk to you again during my Royals chat -- Hochevar or Moustakas for No. 1. Hmmm.


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The installation isn't going anywhere soon, as it is scheduled to run until August 8, 2010.


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At times we are asked a direct question, to which we have an answer that will turn-off the person asking. This often occurs during a job interview. How do can you say "NO" without directly saying "NO"?
If your response starts off with "NO", whatever you say after that no one hears. The reason is that you already answered the question and your answer was "NO"; the rest does not matter. But if you respond by telling a reason why "NO" occurred, your chances for being heard and understood are greater.
For example you might be applying for a faculty position and are asked if you have taught a specific course, which you have not taught. If you answer with just "NO", you don't know where this question was heading to, and you lost "points" with the faculty search committee. But what if you said "In the past I have taught similar academic courses, including (naming a few), and I would not expect teaching this course to present any challenges to me." Now you have said "NO" without saying "NO".
The added benefit to this type of response is it allows you open the door and learn why the question was asked. You could continue your response with "Does teaching this course present an academic challenge to the department or school?" Now you are trying to dig into the reason why this question was originally asked. If the university has had problems with students failing to master the skills covered in this course, you can expand on how you have overcome some similar academic challenges in the past, and relate it to the current issues at the university you are interviewing.
Without saying "No, I have not taught this course", you have been successfully able to uncover specific problems or challenges facing this subject/department/university and be able to provide a strong response as to how you would manage the perceived problems and help the department/university overcome this issue.
Rich Gerstin is the founder of The Asheforde Group and is the head of math department at Brown Mackie College, Atlanta
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The Door (pt 2)
Making the Door (Pt 2)
Click the link if you missed part 1 of the door for our Harry Potter Party
I had drawn up a rough sketch of what I wanted the door to look like, I worked out the width of the foam for the door rails and styles and then divided the rest of the space evenly into eight sections, this gave me the measurements I needed for the foam which was to be the eight raised panels.
The Door Measurements
I started by cutting all the foam for the styles (uprights) and rails (cross pieces) first. That way they were all the same size and having all the pieces at the ready made it easier to work. Next I marked out the center of the door and drew a line form top to bottom.
Tip: Use a straight edge and get your center line perfectly straight as nothing looks worse than lines that are crooked.
I then used the foam that I had cut out for the styles and rails and traced around were they were all going on the MDF. Then it's just a matter of gluing everything into place, well almost.
I started from bottom right corner and cut the foam on a miter, glued them into place, once the bottom rail was in place I then glued the center piece into place and slowly worked my way around the door until I got to the part of the door were the arch started.
The arch part was a bit challenging as I needed to keep the same width of foam as the rest but curve it around the top of the door. I used the jig that I had made for the windows and moved it around until it matched up with the curve, then I placed the jig onto my piece of foam, traced around it and cut it out.
Now that all the styles and rails were glued into place, I could get the exact measurements for the raised panels
Tip: Measure each panel section separately and cut it as you go, that way they will fit nicely and look professional.
I had worked out from my rough drawing that I needed four panels either side of the center upright, now it was just a matter of measuring, cutting and gluing the two bottom panels, then cutting to length the rails that went between the panels and simply working my way up till the last two panel at the top as they needed to be shaped to fit into the arched top of the door.
The Door
The door was starting to take shape, however it lacked that old heavy look I was after. So I thought I would try and make some old wrought iron nail heads out of foam. I cut some foam blocks into squares about 40mm x 40mm and then chamfered the edges this gave it the look I was after.
Tip: Don't use the heat gun to seal the edges on these as you will loose all your detail and sharp defined edges.
After working out how many I needed, I cut them all out and sealed them with watered down glue to give them a little more strength. I also made the center nail heads slightly larger to give add to that chunky look.
Standing back and looking at it from a distance, it still didn't look quite ,right. It was missing something. I tried making a center piece for the middle of the door, and this seemed to finish it of nicely, now to start painting it.
The look I was after is that of copper panels and a iron frame. I brought some cheap enamel spray paint, there are hundreds of colors to choose from, we wanted copper, silver, grey and black.
I painted the raised panels first with the copper and then worked on the frame with the a mixture of silver, grey and black. On the foam nail heads I used a brush and painted them with black first, then gave them a slight spray with silver this seemed to work perfectly.
Finally I had the six sections that made up the two walls completed, I just need to cover the joins of the sections with columns as I had planned. I used the foam my friend had given me to make the columns. I simply cut some groves to look like the stones of the column and fitted them in place.
I was really happy with my walls They really looked like they belonged in Hogwarts castle. As I looked around the area where I was going to hold the party I realized that I hadn't finished.
I had originally planned to disguise the barbecue area by covering it with a black cloth and dressing it with props. But as I looked at the finished walls I realized that this would not do.
The only problem with setting such a high standard is that you have to keep it up in all areas. I would have to cover the barbecue in stone….. @#!$/!^##*@/&$#.
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Review for LGBT Center Of Raleigh Inc, Raleigh, NC, USA
The Center provides a generally low-stress environment with friendly people, so it's a great place for anybody who wants to gain volunteering experience and already has a lot on their plate. The leaders communicate with all the volunteers well. It has a wonderful library and lots of resources, and it's a good place for community members and allies to just hang out. Obviously you shouldn't disturb any events taking place, but you can come in almost anytime the Center is open if you need a friendly place to be. I know that sometimes I just need to be around people like me, and I tend to go to the Center when I feel that need.
There are programs for all four letters in the acronym. I can't speak for the gay and bi programs, but I can say that the Center provides some great support for transgender people. The trans* support group and supper club have friendly people in them with a wide range of gender identities. I've heard horror stories about gender policing within trans* groups in other cities, but I've never experienced anything like that here. This group is respectful and a lot of fun. I feel pretty comfortable in the group as a non-binary person. The lesbian/queer women's initiative is run by two trans-friendly people, so trans lesbians and queer women should have minimal problems in those programs.
I had limited experience with the youth coffee house program when I was still in high school, and I recommend it. It provides a low-pressure environment for LGBTQ teens to meet other people their age in the community.
I'll go ahead and promote my own program while I'm at it too. I run the open mic night. I aim to provide a safe, welcoming environment where the attendees feel free to express themselves without judgement. Not to brag, but I get a lot of great feedback about it. You should check it out.
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Joorabchian denies rift talk
Kia Joorabchian has insisted there is no problem between Carlos Tevez and Sir Alex Ferguson.
Last Updated: 06/01/09 12:24pm
Kia Joorabchian has insisted there is no problem between Carlos Tevez and Sir Alex Ferguson.
The Argentine striker is currently in the second year of a complicated loan move with the deal set to expire at the end of the season.
Tevez, who has not been able to hold down a regular starting place this term, has yet to agree a permanent contract with Manchester United.
Speculation has suggested that Tevez's days at Old Trafford could be numbered and the 24-year-old has been quoted as saying he would be interested in playing for Real Madrid.
However, Joorabchian maintains that his client is happy at United and has a good relationship with Ferguson.
Asked if there was an issue between Tevez and Ferguson, Joorabchian told Ole: "No. Tevez just wanted to clarify that he hadn't received an offer. Everything's fine.
"He gets on very well with Ferguson. Everything started with a lie written by an English journalist who wrote that Ferguson had said they made an offer.
"The truth is there are no problems and he's going to carry on playing for Manchester United until the end of the season."
Ferguson recently stated that he had 'no idea' about when Tevez's future would be resolved and Joorabchian concedes that he does not know if a permanent deal will be agreed.
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Life Story
Changing Times
"We all are on the constant change"
Sometimes we realise it too soon and sometimes it takes too long to realise that we have been a part of this change which is moving us all the time. The time that is restless, shapeless and boundless of structures in which it comes. The time I am talking here is the invisible bit that moves us with its quiet motion. We all are part of it and none of us belong to it. This double faceted motion of time is linked quite deep inside us – We just belong to it.
For a good long while since I have been back from my longest Europe trip – there has been subtle settlement in my life which makes me feel that I have sunk into the routines of life and wish to overcome it in every possible way. Something that has been a silent killer for most of things I have been doing in life so far. Photography, Travel and writing the main three pillars of creative, adventure self have seen a dull days in as long as I can remember. Time seem to have left me in a frozen moment with all that I used to be and has taken me into the next bit where I am more surrounded by the people of professions who have limits of how far they can take ahead into this fake success of helping you achieve a "title" that can define you. Knowing myself and this game of people that they make you part of this enterprise seems to kill me really hard. I know that I will break this very soon and won't be part of this change that seems to be engulfing me deep in this unsound routine of enterprise model we all want to live in.
Being so close to the change and seeing myself change – I am entitled to accept that I don't like how this world makes us shrink, stress and suffer in its ties to the employers, the materialistic world and money. I hate to be one of you but I know I am not one that belongs to this masses out there – the challenge is all about living besides the child within me is always reminding me to break away and be free again. I see that day is not far that I will be free from this uneasy want of being a modern slave engulfed to the needs and supplies of other big enterprise models who know how to exploit your good for sake of their profits for the little they can pay you back in the package of monthly salaries. We are all part of it somewhere but the perk of happiness is just as little as a holiday or a break once in few months. Just don't see myself being in this strange monotony of routines that makes me a human with lifecycle of growing up and giving up. The stages from a child – to man to greatness everyone wants to be – to ultimate the deathbed. I don't want to be but that is what the time makes one realise – the depth of your happiness is something that is within you. If you have a connection to yourself – you will seek the content of your happiness is not bound to be what the world wants you to be but what you can be yourself.
With love to life, I see that we all have the potential to be happy but many deny this because they are modern slaves of their double faceted mentality of being over smart to show their power over others. This takes us no where in personal growth but just makes slump to fight this race with our face in the fight to survive. I am glad to be back and seeing how the Changing Times make me see this life we all are part of. Some in glory of it and some in doom of it – we are in it somewhere. Be considerate of what you give to others because it all comes back to you from others in ways you may not realise. #BeHumble
2015 : The first post and something not like a resolution but rather like a need to change. I have been stuck in the customs of being the usual which is not me and I should get back to what I am used to be in my own skin. I know I am not one of the many who revel their lives in comfort of 9-5, luxuries of high profiles, endless followers and enjoying their fames of whatever they can mould their followers into.
The time to be who I am and where I belong is here and is right now running through my head, my blood and my body – CHANGE. I need this time for myself to get back to what I have loved doing over the years – Travel – Click – Be Happy – Be the Hippy Happy Nomad adventurer. The theme of life needs to come back to life. I have been stuck in the comforts of western life for too long. I need that to change to accept and respect what life has to offer. The comforts have made me become weak and nimble. I need to reconvene myself with the nature to be in sync with myself.
The project XC has taken over. I know I have this urge to go and travel so let this be NOW. This moment of now has been initiated. Last two weeks I have been digging around looking at where can I find this XC – the one that Walter Colebatch has been inspiring me about. I need this to happen and I want it to there. So for those who don't have an idea what I am talking about – It is to do with searching a right motorcycle, in this case a BMW G650 Cross Country also known as XC. Once I have the right one, preparing it over period of time and then planning to go where my heart belongs – the real world away from the civilisation of masses and arrogant people which the cities turn them into.
I have been riding up and down the Indian Himalayas over the period of years that I spent in India in my earlier life. Since year 2000 till 2008 I have racked up several thousands of kilometers riding solo, with a friend, doing a two-up as well as doing endless longest rides of more than 24hours. Age does catch up and body does start to make you feel that you don't have the same youth but the power of mind can take you anywhere again. So this is the moment to bring this change in life and do what I love. Prepare a motorcycle that can handle the Adventures, the rough terrains, those water crossings, the language barrier and the cultural clash over the years. I need to see these people with a difference – where life, culture and aspects of life make you feel the importance of your life. Riding in UK\EU over the last 6.5yrs is a cream that anyone who wants to do it can do it. The last 75,000miles in Europe has been an ease which didn't include seeing the happiness, the adventure and the real friendly world – I don't deny of some exceptions but generally – the world is not same when you live in the western perimeters of modern life. Everyone is connected but more disconnected than ever. The advent of technology has not connected but rather disconnected us from each other in a way bigger than anything else ever did in the past history of our existence.
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XC secured on 08.01.15
XC Collection on 10.01.15
Time, Tide and Life never comes back again.
One morning just a sudden thought to see this 24hours in 90seconds …. I just pushed the timelapse button and here it went …
Interviewing – Carl Fogarty "FOGGY" – The Seven Time World Champion of SBK racing.
What set my pulses racing was a chance to take pictures and cover him during his recent visit to Stevenage, England at BIKE STOP.
To all those who don't know about him – FOGGY the most successful World Superbike racer of all time in terms of the number of championships and number of race wins. Now retired, he is renowned for his high corner speed riding style, combined with an aggressive competitiveness, which netted him 59 victories and four World Superbike Championships (1994, 1995, 1998 and 1999). His greatest success came with the factory Ducati team. He was awarded an MBE in 1998's New Year's Honours List.
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Reebok is taking a step backward in order to take a step forward with their Summer 2009 sneaker collection. These retro-themed kicks are famed models from Reebok's history that keep true to their original designs, but also possess a modern flair.
Reebok has included the 'Commitment,' the 'Pump Omni Lite,' the 'Sir Jam,' the 'Hexalite-cushioned Sole-Trainer,' and finally the 'lightweight Inferno running shoes.' The bright and glossy hues, and the high-top strap are small but significant additions to many of these classics models. Old is cool again, folks.
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I'm way overdue in responding to David Berlind's post from May 19 with the catchy title "IBM's Sutor understands DRM, but logic misses major point". I just went back and reread David's entry where evidently I was lacking in logic when I said I didn't buy much DRM-protected online music because I frequently just bought the CD at some later date. It seems I should have realized that I want to buy individual songs online and buying the CD is not the solution.
For what's it worth, I rarely just want one song. I subscribe to eMusic and the great majority of what I buy there are complete albums. All the music there is straight mp3s with no DRM. I may occasionally get one song here or there, but that is not my personal buying habit. My daughter Katie takes it a step further and says that you fundamentally do want to get the complete album to maintain the artistic vision of the whole. Sure some of the songs may not stand too well on their own. On the other hand, many of them may do quite well in the context of what was placed around them.
So, David, I really do personally get the idea of why DRM is a problem, and you say that, but I may have missed your logic because I wasn't going there in the first place. That's ok, though, because you made me think about it.
Where I was going with that particular piece was to start to raise awareness about the potential pitfalls of DRM in documents. For that, I'm not sure where the a la carte logic fits in but maybe we can get to that when you send me a DRMed zip file of documents and I really just want one. I'm joking.
I am concerned about the situation there because of what you said about DRM and music at the very beginning of your post, "To me, it's simple. Most don't know it's there." The same will be true of DRM and documents. You'll be told how safe and private your information is and then when you complain that you can't open it on the platform of your choice or your successor in your job can't access important files, you'll have that rude awakening. It may be and probably will be too late by then.
Since DRM in documents is coming whether we want it or not, I think there there will need to corporate, government, and organizational policies about its use. For governments, that may even mean legislation in some places. We're seeing that in France with DRM and audio and I see no reason why it won't pop up again with documents. I wouldn't be surprised if some of those organizations and governments just say "no" to DRM for their documents because of fear of unforeseen consequences. That's pretty simple logic.


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Redhill's East Surrey Hospital has become the first hospital in the country to agree to use a unique "hospital passport" which focuses specifically on eye conditions.
The passport has been introduced by charity Sight for Surrey to ensure patients receive specialist targeted support when they are admitted to hospital.
The charity believes the passport is the first of its kind because its focus is vision impairment as the primary additional condition.
The passport includes an eye diagram which allows the patient to shade the area or areas where they are having the most difficulty seeing. The charity stated the passport offers detailed information about the patient and gives vital advice around vision impairment and combined sight and hearing loss.
It said the details should enable medical staff to provide the best possible support during the patient's stay in hospital. Alyson Bunn, eye clinic liaison officer for Sight for Surrey, said: "An unfamiliar environment can be challenging for a patient with a vision impairment or combined sight and hearing loss.
"However, this document allows someone to be extremely specific in what they need from staff to maximise their hospital experience."
East Surrey Hospital is the first in the county to formally agree the use of the passport, with Sight for Surrey's aim being to roll the passport scheme out to every other hospital in the county.
Ann Stribblehill, sister at the East Surrey Hospital Eye Clinic, who advised on aspects of the passport and contributed towards its introduction, said: "I was delighted to work with Sight for Surrey on this project. "I am confident that its use within East Surrey Hospital will enable our staff to ensure patients are as happy and comfortable as possible.
"Copies of the passport will be available in our Eye Clinic and we will have staff available to help patients shade in the part of the eye where their vision loss is."
The passport is available to download from Sight for Surrey's website, and hard copies are available from Sight for Surrey by calling 01372 377701.
Sight for Surrey is committed to working with blind and partially sighted people and those who have a combined sight and hearing loss in Surrey, and to provide services so they may lead fuller, more independent lives. The passport can be found at: http://sightforsurrey.org.uk/helping-you/eye-clinic-liaison/hospital-passport/ Website: www.sightforsurrey.org.uk


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New floodplain maps for Kill Creek and Cedar Creek in De Soto will become affective Aug. 3. Homeowners placed in the new floodplain have until that date to buy flood insurance based on the old map.
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Those who were informed this month their homes near Cedar and Kill creeks will be in the newly adopted floodplain maps are encouraged to purchase flood insurance before Aug. 3.
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