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Robbie Williams, the man behind such hits as Millennium, Old Before I Die and Strong, has titled a recent blog entry 'Me and Anya [Field, William's wife] are going to be mummy and daddy this year'.
He joins the ranks of people from music mag NME and Radio 1, according to band face-off Live and Unsigned: Simon Li has signed up to help out with the competition.
Previous X Factor contestants to pen books include Matt Cardle and One Direction.
Plays down hopes Hyde Park gig could be a rejuvenation
The piano company has a creative association with the event.
The double number-one-album-scoring Florence and the Machine singer Florence Welch has been waxing lyrical about a recent choral experience.
Historic electric guitars from the personal collection of the legendary guitar pioneer Les Paul are to be sold at auction.
The Sun has reported that the prime minister's wife, Samantha Cameron, mentioned Marcus Mumford's favourite band when she recently came across the musician.
Girl band the Spice Girls are to have a theatrical musical performed about them and the show will be "a collection of their best memories", according to an interview with Jenifer Saunders in the Mirror.
Music themed TV show Glee has decided to take on a track by pop group One Direction.
June will see Rihanna head to east London to give a performance for the BBC, the corporation has said.
Roland's TD30 KV PRO is the new flagship kit in Roland's industry Leading V-Drums series.
Bee Gee Robin Gibb – who recently had cancer – "deserves a medal" after his work on a Titanic-themed piece of music, says his son.
Sean Conlon appeared on the The Voice over the weekend.
Ashdown announce a host of new bass heads, combos and cabinets at Musikmesse 2012.
Pop group S Club 7 have become the subject of get-together speculation.
Singer Engelbert Humperdinck has said that he is 'very proud' of 'Love Will Set You Free.'
Alesis announce Pro X Kick Professional Bass Drum Pedal at Musikmesse 2012.
Steinberg announce Nuendo Live ideal for recording live performance at Musikmesse 2012.
Oasis should get back together, but their fellow Manchester band The Smiths should not – at least according to one festival expert.
Focusrite announce the ISA TWO classic dual mono transformer-based microphone preamplifier at Musikmesse 2012.
Mackie announce three new PA series including the S500 series and FRS series at Musikmesse 2012.
A switch has been made in part of a forthcoming instalment of the TV show Mad Men to ensure that the music is historically accurate.
Follow what we're checking out at Musikmesse 2012 by visiting our Pinterest at http://pinterest.com/gear4music/musikmesse/.
Audio-Technica release an array of new products including new microphones and headphones at Musikmesse 2012.
PreSonus has announced updates to two of its classic tube preamplifiers at Musikmesse 2012.
X Factor judge Simon Cowell has congratulated boy band One Direction after their LP went to number one in America – thus setting a record for a band from Britain.
Avid have released Mbox and Mbox Midi audio interfaces as bundles with Pro Tools Express at Musikmesse 2012.
Recently heralded gigs will take place this summer.
Yamaha announce the new GC Series with ten classical guitars made from both spruce and ceder being released at Musikmesse 2012.
Brooklyn Beckham has received an invitation to play a music instrument with a British pop group.
Yamaha announce the alluring NU1 hybrid piano at Musikmesse 2012.
Yamaha announce a new DTX electric drum kit in the form of the DTX560K at Musikmesse 2012.
Yamaha have announced the EZ-220 portable keyboard and a special edition Tyros4 at Musikmesse 2012.
Music technology innovators Roland have unveiled the WNA1100-RL Wireless USB Adapter for use with Roland Gear and the iPhone at Musikmesse 2012.
Roland announce a two new high-impact stage amps the GA-112 and GA-212 at Musikmesse 2012.
Roland announce the release of the F-120R Digital Piano available in Ebony, Red & Ivory finishes at Musikmesse 2012.
After the release of the BK-5 keyboard earlier this year Roland have now announced the release of the BK-5 OR Keyboard at Musikmesse 2012.
Roland have unveiled the latest addition to their vocal effects processor range with the VE-5 Vocal Performer at Musikmesse 2012.
Building on the success of the JUPITER 80 Roland are releasing a smaller version the JUPITER 50 at Musikmesse 2012.
Roland announce the release of the TD-15K and TD-15KV V-Drum kits at Musikmesse 2012.
Roland announced the release of the TD-11K and TD-11KV V-Drum kits at Musikmesse 2012.
Korg announce two new microKEY USB powered keyboards in addition to the original 37 key model at Musikmesse 2012.
Vox announce the Lil' Looper Multi-effects pedal allowing effortless looping performance at Muskimesse 2012.
Dynaudio announce the DBM50 studio monitors offering a new angle in desktop mixing at Musikmesse 2012.
TC Electronic have announced the BG250 TonePrint Bass Combo Amp offering 250 watts of power at Musikmesse 2012.
TC Electronic announce the Spark Booster Pedal designed to push amps to there full potential at Musikmesse 2012.
Fender announce seven new American Standard Series bass guitars at Musikmesse 2012.
Fender announce five new american standard series electric guitars at Musikmesse 2012.
Alto announce the Kick 12 and Kick 15 keyboard amps at Musikmesse 2012.
Alesis announce the release of the iO Mix 4-channel mixer/recorder for iPad at Musikmesse 2012.
Music instrument players of all kinds are among those who may benefit from a new injection of charitable cash from the BBC this year.
It features such music greats as Queen, Oasis and The Beatles: the list of albums that have sold more than any others in Britain.
Nord are adding a new keyboard to the popular portable Electro range with the Nord Electro 4D at Musikmesse 2012.
Joshua Bell has been talking to the Telegraph about the difference between conducting and directing a piece of music while also playing in an orchestra.
Rufus Wainwright has come out as a fan of Lady Gaga – to a certain extent!
Laney are set to unveil the Tony Iommi Signature guitar amp this week at Musikmesse 2012.
The drums player for Sheffield band Arctic Monkeys has used a recent interview to hail the success one of the band's music videos – as well as hint at fresh tunes that could be coming fans' way soon.
Festive-themed title will feature an infant dinosaur, publisher Random House has said.
Ibanez, the leading extreme electric guitar manufacturer, has announced a series of quilted maple instruments for Musikmesse 2012.
The Pioneer RMX-1000 Effector is set to raise the bar for live DJ performance, promising to become a one stop "remix station", launched at Musikmesse 2012.
As he spoke in the USA (where he was famously 'born'), he said that both 'doubt' and 'confidence', 'worry' and calm were necessary attributes.
Liam Gallagher has said that a gig at the Fuji Festival will see the stalwart tunes' return.
The instrument had been produced in around 1900.
Revered amp manufacturer Blackstar has announced that it will release its "biggest ever" product at Musikmesse 2012.
Rupert Neve's mystery product is due to be launched at Musikmesse 2012, and the company is building interest with with a competition to win the unknown gear.
Record has hit the peak position in the download chart on Apple's iTunes platform.
One of their special instruments is an ocarina carved out of a sweet potato.
Singing information already appearing on the programme's website.
Course apparently has a strong emphasis on playing, while allowing the exploration of a variety of genres.
Buddy Holly and Jimi Hendrix are among the legends to have used the firm's guitars.
June 20th and 21st will see a thus-far mystery array of guitar players, singers and other artists appear at a music event set in a whiskey company's base.
Brother calls him 'loyal friend'
Film to channel the power of the band's live shows.
Music lovers from elsewhere in the UK will also be able to enjoy the composer's presence via Radio 3.
Anoushka Sharp has been named Emunah Young Musician of the Year 2012.
Singer still tours and will be Jetting to Azerbaijan
Playing home of Oasis, Manchester
Lauded as one of the greatest guitar players of all time.
He's not a composer you'd expect to hear from any time soon, but fans of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart may soon be in for a treat.
A scientist has found a novel use for spiders' webs.
Noel Gallagher would love to see TOTP back on air.
A violin stolen from a train has been returned to its owner.
Johnny Marr suggests a new government could see the return of The Smiths.
Graham Coxon has announced his latest musical offering is a lot bleaker than previous records.
Davy Jones of The Monkees has died at the age of 66.


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1 - Download Odin, TWRP recovery, Stock I9505 Rom (?) and Adam's kernel ( you can find link for all on this thread )
2 - Boot the device on dowload mode (push volume down, home and power button until the device vibrate)
3 - Flash the TWRP recovery, and wait for Odin return Sucess message.
4 - Copy the Adam's kernel .zip and Stock Rom file in the device ( sdcard root or what you want )
5 - flash the kernel with "Install" recovery option
6 - after that Wipe and Format every thing you can! (system, cache, etc...)
7 - Flash the stock Rom ( may have some error for the modem.bin but no matter )
8 - This may work now!
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Queen of the Lot (DVD)
Henry Jaglom
A film about fame, love andiother addictions.
An electronic ankle bracelet and being under house arrest aren't about to stop up-and-coming actress Maggie Chase (Tanna Frederick) from the two things she craves the most: real fame and true love. With more "Google points" than her Iowa hometown, but far less than Angelina Jolie, Maggie is desperate to claw her way off the B-list of action/adventure pictures and into major movie stardom. With a team of handlers (Ron Vignone, Diane Salinger, David Proval and Zack Norman) to spin her recent drunk driving arrests into tabloid gold and bad-boy movie star boyfriend Dov Lambert (Christopher Rydell) on her arm, Maggie's star is on the rise. Things get complicated when a trip home to meet Dov's legendary family introduces Maggie to the world of Hollywood Royalty (Kathryn Crosby, Mary Crosby, Peter Bogdanovich, Dennis Christopher and Jack Heller) and to her boyfriend's brother Aaron Lambert (Noah Wyle), the black sheep of the family, a failed writer who can actually see who Maggie really is behind her ingénue facade, but who has dark secrets of his own...
Product Details
- Starring: Tanna Frederick, Noah Wyle, Peter Bogdanovich
- Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen
- Language: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85.1
- Number of Discs: 1
- Rating: R
- Label: Breaking Glass Pictures
- Release Date: 06/07/2011
- Run Time: 110 minutes
- Catalogue #: RBR007
Special Features
- Commentary by Henry Jaglom and stars Tanna Frederick & Noah Wyle
- Never Before Seen Outtakes
- Theatrical Trailer


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WASHINGTON — As Congress moved Wednesday to approve legislation responding to high gasoline prices, energy experts said there is not much lawmakers can do in the short run to bring down the stratospheric prices at the pump.
Analysts said a measure approved by the House on Wednesday to strengthen penalties on gasoline price-gouging would do little, if anything, to affect gas prices. It is not clear much price-gouging is going on, they said, even as oil companies are making record profits.


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Minister for Children James Reilly has said the Government is concerned about the increase in child poverty and homelessness in Ireland and is tackling the issue.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Mr Reilly said he told the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child yesterday that the Government has identified the problems causing child poverty and homelessness and there is a plan in place to prevent both problems.
Mr Reilly said that €3.8bn has been allocated for housing in the Government's capital plan so people can avoid homelessness.
He said the best way out of poverty is to have a job and financial independence, which he said, would release more resources for the Government to reinvest back in services like healthcare, social protection and child care.
"The heart of all this was the economic crash. The Government's plan for recovery is what is giving us the resources now as a recovery takes hold to address these issues," said Mr Reilly.
Yesterday in Geneva, the UN top body put a spotlight on Ireland's children's rights record with the State's delegation led by Mr Reilly.
Fianna Fáil spokesperson for Children Robert Troy has criticised the Government's handling of housing provision for children.
"Far too many children have been left behind by this Government," said Mr Troy.
"The Government's dismal record on housing provision is creating a whole cohort of children growing up without a fixed abode.
"In 2013 a total of 20 families were becoming homeless in Dublin alone every month - in the last few months this more than tripled to over 70 families.
"The experience of homelessness and constant disruption is having a profoundly damaging effect on these children's development and raises significant child protection issues," he said.


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The Double-Reach of Self-Righteousness
The Bible makes it clear that self-righteousness is the premier enemy of the Gospel. And there is perhaps no group of people who better embody the sin of self-righteousness in the Bible than the Pharisees. In fact, Jesus reserved his harshest criticisms for them, calling them whitewashed tombs and hypocrites. Surprisingly to some, this demonstrates that the greatest threat to gospel advancement is not unrighteous badness, but self-righteous goodness.
In Surprised by Grace: God's Relentless Pursuit of Rebels, I retell the story of Jonah and show how Jonah was just as much in need of God's grace as the sailors and the Ninevites. But the fascinating thing about Jonah is that, unlike the pagan sailors and wicked Ninevites, Jonah was one of the "good guys." He was a prophet. He was moral. He was a part of God's covenant community. He was one who "kept all the rules", and did everything he was supposed to do. He wasn't some long-haired, tattooed indie rocker; he was a clean-cut prep. He wasn't a liberal; he was a conservative. He wasn't irreligious; he was religious. If you've ever read S.E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders, than you'll immediately see that the Ninevites and the sailors in the story were like the "greasers", while Jonah was like a "soashe."
What's fascinating to me is that, not only in the story of Jonah, but throughout the Bible, it's always the immoral person that gets the Gospel before the moral person. It's the prostitute who understands grace; it's the Pharisee who doesn't. It's the unrighteous younger brother who gets it before the self-righteous older brother.
There is, however, another (perhaps more subtle) side to self-righteousness that younger-brother types need to be careful of. There's an equally dangerous form of self-righteousness that plagues the unconventional, the liberal, and the non-religious types. We anti-legalists can become just as guilty of legalism in the opposite direction. What do I mean?
It's simple: we can become self-righteous against those who are self-righteous. Many younger evangelicals today are reacting to their parents' conservative, buttoned-down, rule-keeping flavor of "older brother religion" with a type of liberal, untucked, rule-breaking flavor of "younger brother irreligion" which screams, "That's right, I know I don't have it all together and you think you do; I know I'm not good and you think you are. That makes me better than you." See the irony?
In other words, they're proud that they're not self-righteous!
Listen: self-righteousness is no respecter of persons. It reaches to the religious and the irreligious; the "buttoned down" and the "untucked." The entire Bible reveals how shortsighted all of us are when it comes to our own sin. For example, it was easy for Jonah to see the idolatry of the sailors. It was easy for him to see the perverse ways of the Ninevites. What he couldn't see was his own idolatry, his own perversion. So the question is, in which direction does your self-righteousness lean?
Thankfully, while our self-righteousness reaches far, God's grace reaches farther. And the good news is, that it reaches in both directions!


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Germans call it gemütlichkeit - a sense of brotherhood, of coziness and social warmth in a relaxing atmosphere.
Gesundhiet?, I asked my friend Verena, who grew up in Bavaria and now lives in Mid-City.
No. Listen: gemütlichkeit, she said in her perfect English.
Gefilte fish?, I tried again.
No. Gemütlichkeit.
I still dont know how to pronounce it, but I know how it feels because it has been on abundant display during New Orleans five-week-long Oktoberfest. The local version of this celebration of Bavarian culture is hosted each year by the members of Deutsches Haus, a nonprofit social club that formed in New Orleans ten years after World War I as an expression of ethnic pride.
Deutsches Haus, or German House, is also the building that houses the club and its Oktoberfest. Its an exceptionally sturdy brick structure, which is fortunate for the club since of course it was horrifically damaged by the federal levee failures. The volunteer members seem to have rebuilt every splinter of the interior and, as is so often the case these days, rebuilt it better than before.
As always, there's good sausage, meaty sauerkraut, convincing German potato salad with bacon, cabbage rolls stuffed with ground beef, buttered pretzels and iced cakes. This year, the beer selection has been expanded to something like 18 German imports flowing from 40 taps inside the clubhouse and around the beer garden.
People who attend this year should be advised, however, that the City of New Orleans, much derided lately for its lame and fitful approach to business development, crime fighting, public contracts, recycling, intergovernmental relations, recovery planning and other related duties, has chosen to demonstrate its prowess in issuing parking tickets and towing the family minivan. People have long parked on the South Galvez Street neutral ground during the five Oktoberfest weekends, just as patrons of various social clubs, bars and restaurants around town do every day throughout the year. This year, though, the city has roused itself against this illegal parking practice in a very specific zone defined by walking distance to the Deutsches Haus.
Were other city initiatives so swift and purposeful, New Orleans would be in much better shape. But for now, go to Oktoberfest, park carefully, and enjoy some German gemütlichkeit under the Dixie moon.
200 S. Galvez St., 522-8014; www.deutscheshaus.org
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New YorkThe Guest List
Eavesdropping Is What Guests Do Best...
Fire shuts down Sweetwater's in Williamsburg [Eater]
Now even the government needs a government bailout - [Gothamist]
Somebody in Newark won 126 million bucks; Or was it an even Brazilian? [NYT]
Is this supposed to get us to visit, or stay away? [Gawker]
Apple finally puts enough bathrooms in the Meatpacking outlet [Racked]


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This was the second quilt I started, probably about 5 years ago. (Dont even ask about the first one I started - its still a UFO)
I bought the fabric because I liked it. I then had to work out a pattern to use the amount of fabric I had bought. Then my mum managed to get hold of some more fabric as a present, so the pattern got altered.
I didnt know about rotary cutting then, so made templates out of corrugated cardboard, and marked them out with thick lines of chalk, each time bending and wrinkling my templates a bit more. I approximated a seam allowance. I got all the blocks done though, and sewed them into rows. I then came to sew the rows together and they wouldnt fit at all. Huh? Anyway, I shelved it and signed up to a beginners course, starting another quilt for the course.
It stayed on the shelf until about 18 months ago, when I got it down and looked again. I still liked the fabric, but by then knew all the problems with it, but at least now knew how to sort them. Anyway, over the last year I formed a strong relationship with my stitch ripper and separated all the rows into blocks. Since the design is just HSTs and QSTs I was then able to measure them (which were anywhere between 7.5" and 9.5" - oops) and cut them all back with my rotary cutter to a standard size. I then rejoined blocks into rows, and then joined the rows together. Woohoo - I'd finished the top!
It then once again sat. I only have a normal machine to quilt on, and find large quilts really difficult (having only done one). However at the end of the summer I was made redundant, and it seemed a good time to continue, so I layered and basted it. And quilted it. Then when I started back working I sorted out binding it, and so finally its FINISHED!!!
Its far from perfect if you look closely, but its certainly taught me a lot about how NOT to quilt, and is now my testament to persevering.


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In case any of our customers are
greatly interested, the Moran-Willard
fight has been postponed. Plans now
are for the two big men to meet
March 25 in New York, but this also
is subject to revision if Jess cold does
not improve.
The champion is a very sick man,
take it from his manager, Tom Jones,
the only one. outside his family who is
allowed near the royal bedchamber.
No physicians have so far been inter
viewed. Criticism of Jess has been
so harsh here in Chicago, and jangles
so on the finely-strung nervous sys
tem of the champion, that he will be
taken to New York as soon as he is
strong enough to travel.
Jones doesn't want Jess training out
of his sight, and Tom must be in New
York,, of course, to watch the money
roll in. Jess got sick as soon as he
was left alone this time, and Tom
doesn't want to risk a replase.
Tex Rickard agreed to the contin
ance, there being nothing else to do
but call off the fight, and March 25
was the only other date open. Mad
ison Square Garden, according to
Jones, has been arranged so it will
seat 12,900 spectators, and a packed
house would mean $145,500, still ac
cording to Tom. ) And he adds that
every $25 seat has already been sold.
Mo ran, notified of Willard's illness,
refused to take Jess' forfeit money,
as he had a right to do, according to
dispatches. Frank said he didn't want
to take advantage of a sick man. If
Frank tried to take that coin there
would be a large howl arise from the
Willard -end, for they figure Frank is
lucky to be getting a crack at the
champion at all, with the $20,000 that
will be his share.
And he is, for the purse is larger
than that usually staked to cham
pions, much less challengers.
Art Wilson, for two years catcher
of the Chifeds, has been sold by Man
ager Tinker to Pittsburgh, where he
Jimmy Callahan. In his new sur
roundings Art will get plenty of work,
and should thrive on it. Here, with
Archer and Fischer in harness, he
would not have had so much to do,
and Wilson is the kind of man who
needs active service to be at his best,
With the departure of Wilson, Tink
er now has only 26 men under con
tract, and the entire bunch will be
taken south. A reduction of five will
bring Joe within the limit of the Na
tional League.
Archer will be first string catcher
for the 1916 Cubs, with Fischer to do
relief work. Bill is a young man, de
veloping rapidly, and a smashing bat
ter who swings from the left side of
the plate. He will be valuable when
the Cubs are facing a first-class right
handed pitcher.
Final arrangements have been
made for the sale of the' Cleveland
team of the American League to Chi
cagoans, and the money will be paid
pver within, ten days. This comes
from Ban Johnson and .the head of
the local syndicate which made the
James C. Dunn, senior member in
the contracting firm of Dunn & Mc
Carthy, will be chief stockholder in
the new company, probably being
elected president Robert McRoy,
former business manager of the Red.
Sox, may become interested in the
Terms of the sale will be an
nounced by President Johnson at the
American League meeting in New
York. Lee Fohl will probably remain
as manager, as he had a conference
yesterday with Dunn, and gave him
information about the players. This
closes the door to the entrance of
Roger Bresnahan and George StovaJl
into the American League, for the
present at least
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Somers, who was the angel of the
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"They're one half the size they were in the 1970s and 1980s," he said. Big chinook might be a dozen pounds now instead of 30, he said. Coho are 10 pounds, not 18. Whitefish are numerous enough, but still much skinnier.
New aquatic order
Even alewives, a once-plentiful invasive species eaten by stocked salmon, have retreated to the north end of Lake Michigan, Thomas said. He blames mussels for chasing them off. "The food chain is gone," Thomas said.


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Lessons in the Cracker Market
By ANTHONY RAMIREZ, Special to The New York Times
Published: July 5, 1990
EAST HANOVER, N.J.— Few products looked more promising. When RJR Nabisco introduced a bite-size version of graham crackers last fall, the company was abuzz. In the in-house lingo, the sweet, crispy snack was very ''more-ish'' (you wanted more of it) and had ''high poppability'' (you wanted to pop it in your mouth).
But to the company's dismay, sales were sluggish. As it turns out, looks -at least the looks of the box - were the problem.
So in a crash program, Nabisco's marketing people changed the logo and changed the name to Graham Bites from Honeycomb Graham Snacks. And perhaps most important, in their eyes, they changed the color of the box, from a subdued blue to a bright yellow. As a result, sales of the six-sided snack, reintroduced in May, are strong and getting stronger.
What the Package Says
''In hindsight, the old box didn't say, 'I'm a new product; notice me,' '' said James Chambers, the Nabisco product director who oversees Graham Bites. ''With the new box, our sales are in the kill zone all the time.''
Nabisco's experience with Graham Bites shows how an eye-catching package design can be crucial in selling a product, even in this age of increasingly sophisticated consumers.
Marketing consultants say that as packaged goods have proliferated, eye-appeal has become increasingly important. This is especially true for snack foods, which many shoppers buy impulsively as they trudge through a store.
But consumers tend to shun the new and unfamiliar. So packaged-goods companies have been reluctant to introduce brands because of the high risk of failure - more than 95 percent in most instances. Instead, companies offer easy-to-recognize line extensions, or new versions of established brands, like Nabisco's Graham Bites.
Even so, success is far from guaranteed. A big question in ''leveraging brand equity,'' as marketers put it, is how close in taste, appearance and packaging to the old product should the new version be? This is treacherous territory, as the experienced executives of Nabisco discovered, because package design is more art than science, more trial and error than application of established principles.
''More and more marketers are realizing that package design is the final stage of their entire marketing program,'' said John Lister, a principal in Lister Butler Inc., a brand-identity consultant to companies like Nestle, Colgate-Palmolive and Nabisco (but not on Graham Bites). ''What the consumer sees on the supermarket shelf is the last five seconds of your selling effort. It's the stage when the consumer does or does not reach for your product.''
There are more than 18,000 different packaged food items in the typical supermarket, 80 percent more than 10 years ago, Mr. Lister said. Yet the average shopping time of 30 minutes has not changed.
The upshot: the typical person glances at an average of 10 items a second during a shopping trip, up from 5.5 items a decade ago. More than likely, shoppers have gone glassy eyed long before the end of their trip.
The Cookie Market
At stake for Nabisco, Keebler, Sunshine and others is an estimated $5.9 billion wholesale market this year for cookies, crackers and biscuits, up from $5.6 billion last year. Nabisco has by far the largest market share, at 44 percent or an estimated $2.6 billion.
As the major food subsidiary of RJR Nabisco, the tobacco giant that went private in history's largest leveraged buyout at $25 billion last year, Nabisco needs to score big new-product successes to help pay off the parent firm's huge debts. Marketing has long been part of the company's history. In 1899, Nabisco's Uneeda biscuit was one of the first nationally advertised products in the country.
Graham Bites began as teddy bears. In early 1989, Nabisco executives were toasting each other over the success in the previous year of a new children's snack called Teddy Grahams, bite-size graham cracker snacks shaped like teddy bears.
In its first year, more than $150 million worth of Teddy Grahams was sold, the biggest new-product success in the industry in more than 25 years. It became the third-best-selling cookie, after Chips Ahoy and the market leader, Oreo, both from Nabisco.
Focus on the Mothers
In snacks aimed at children, usually preteens, food companies rarely focus on them because they seldom go unaccompanied to stores. Companies focus on mothers, whom marketers call the family gatekeepers.
Toward that end, designers strive not so much for what will appeal to children, but for what mothers think will appeal to their children. Even if antic cereal boxes with brightly colored cartoon characters turn children off, a mother will still buy it -at least once.
Teddy Grahams were an exception. Graham crackers are low in sodium and saturated fat, so they seem relatively healthful. Nabisco thought mothers would buy bite-size graham crackers for their children without the guilt that restrains frequent purchases. And children liked them for the sugar.
Aiming at Adults
Nabisco reasoned that the sweet taste and relatively healthful image could also hook adults. So it took aim with an adult version of Teddy Grahams, called Honey Maid Honeycomb Graham Snacks.


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Richard Isanove
After escaping death at the Battle of Jericho Hill, Roland Deschain helps a dying gunslinger return to the crypts of Gilead. He finds the fallen city haunted by both the memories of his past life there and the ghost of a long-dead traitor. Inspired by Stephen King's momentous saga, THE JOURNEY BEGINS is a haunting psychological examination of Mid-World's last gunslinger as he begins his search for the Dark Tower and the evil that lurks within.


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after all the research we did on it jon and i still came down hard on opposite sides of the fence. i'm against it and he's for it. it's been our first true parenting debate. a few reasons why i'm against doing it: it's medically unnecessary, possibly painful, removes a part of his anatomy that is helpful and natural, and it's not "the norm" anymore. anyone ever heard of, uh, europe? because circumcision is pretty rare there and everything seems to be working just fine. it's a leftover from a victorian era when people thought that circumcision would prevent mental defect and curb masturbation.
a few reasons why jon is for it: the recent studies published that cite it as a huge deterrent for STD's especially AIDS and even for his future partners in preventing cervical cancer. and he has one and doesn't feel like it's "scarred him forever" as some guys seem to feel. though the percentages have changed of boys being circumcised vs. being intact from when we were young it just wasn't something we grew up with in our age group. it was "the thing to do". most people didn't even question it.
i thought it would only be fair if i asked jon to weigh in here, to make sure i'm representing his position fairly, so:
Hi, it's Jon guest posting on this oh so dangerous a topic. My reason for doing it was my own, which I feel is important to delineate because I do not believe it should be compulsory or standard. I feel people should make informed decisions across the board and this is certainly no exception. I felt the pros outweighed the cons. However, that will not hold true for all people. I do think that the option to cut should remain, but informed consent should be required. Not simply "Do you want it or not?", as we were asked. Rather, let's take the time, doctor to parent, to discuss the facts about it. The numbers no longer support circumcision as an everybody-is-doing-it type of thing. There are studies on both sides that support or go against it and it should be left up to each family's informed consent. Now, back to your regularly scheduled blogger.
hi there, it's me again. that's a big part the crux of my beef with the whole thing too. don't do it just because it's what everyone does or because you want your kid to "look like you". they aren't going to look like you anyway, all a little kid is going to see is hair versus no hair down there. learn about it before you do it or don't do it. like anything, don't make your decisions blindly. please, oh please, edumacation! get out there and educate yourself.
in parenting there are going to be quite a few situations where we are going to have to come together and make tough choices. and when we make different decisions we're going to have to work it out and find a way to compromise. so, what did we do? we ended up having him circumcised at the hospital. neither one of us was willing the budge on our beliefs. but, i conceded the outcome based on the fact that jon, you know, has one of those things and i, you know, don't. if he says he's perfectly happy with his post-cut item then hell, i'll go with it. and honestly in the hospital it wasn't a big ordeal. they whisked him off the to the nursery for a bath and his heel prick test, gave him some anesthesia, and our doctor did the deed. it healed super fast and didn't seem to cause jude any additional discomfort or troubles.
a few days after we had been home i mentioned to jon that his cut looked a bit, well... long. and jon said, oh no, it's fine, it's probably just healing or something. but a few days after that we both noticed that yes, he definitely has the long cut. after all that debate, we got our compromise after all. it seems silly that we even had to pay our doctor for it since now you can't even tell. it makes me laugh how hard we debated and fought and worried... just to end up with mr. long cut- the best of both worlds. i can honestly say that even though i would consider myself a "natural parent" or at least definitely an "attachment parent" i'm not sorry at all about the way things turned out. well, that's not entirely true- when i read articles about it i still think, man, i just really don't agree with routine circumcision and yes, the decision chafes a bit. but i think things turned out just right. hopefully there's still room for me in the natural parenting pantheon.
dare i leave comments open on his bad boy? I DARE. i am hipster mama, hear me ROAR! or well... type. tap-a tap a-tap tap-a.
so, would you? could you? did you? was it a big deal to you or no big thing? i want to hear about it.


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Iraq: Four from al-Sharqiya TV killed in Mosul; arrests made
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New York, September 15, 2008 – The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the arrest of suspects in the killing of three journalists and a media worker in Mosul on Saturday.
CNN reported that two suspects have been arrested in Mosul, according to Gen. Jalal Tawfeeq, military operations commander of Nineveh province, who spoke to al-Sharqiya. According to Reuters, Brig.-Gen. Khalid Abdul Sattar, the spokesman for Iraqi military operations in Mosul and Nineveh province, said police had arrested five suspects.
Musab Mahmood al-Ezawi, a senior correspondent with al-Sharqiya, cameramen Ahmed Salim and Ihab Mu'd, and their driver, Qaydar Sulaiman, were filming a show in al-Zanjali district, in Mosul, when they were kidnapped by militants, al-Sharqiya said in a statement. Their bodies were later found in al-Borsa district, a short distance from the site of the kidnapping, a local journalist told CPJ. The journalist said that all the victims were in their twenties.
On Sunday, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered the police in Mosul to launch an investigation, according to a statement posted on the Iraqi Prime Minister's Office Web site.
"Iraq is not only the most deadly country in the world for the press, it also has an unblemished record of impunity for the killer of journalists," CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon said. "These two facts are not unrelated. The only way to ensure a safer reporting environment for journalists is to go after those who murder them. We urge the Iraqi authorities to ensure that this investigation is timely and transparent and ensure that those who are responsible for the killings are brought to justice."
The nine-member crew was filming a family for a show called "Your Iftar Is On Us." Iftar is the meal that breaks the Ramadan fast. Each day on the show, the crew would make dinner for a poor family, and give them $2,000 and household goods.
The station transferred the five crewmembers who survived the attack – they were in the house filming at the time – to Arbil, about 62 miles (100 kilometers) east of Mosul the same day, according to a local journalist.
At least 20 other journalists have been killed in the northern city of Mosul, 230 miles (370 kilometers) north of Baghdad since March 2003, according to CPJ research, making it the second-deadliest city for journalists in Iraq after Baghdad.
Iraq topped CPJ's Impunity Index for 2007. No one has ever been convicted for the murder of a journalist in Iraq, according to CPJ records. The death of the three al-Sharqiya journalists raised the number of journalists killed in Iraq since the U.S. led-invasion of Iraq in March 2003 to135, according to CPJ research. The murder of the driver raised the number of media workers killed in Iraq to 51. The vast majority of those killed have been Iraqis.


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Bazinga! Kaley Cuoco made quite the impression while in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, this past weekend, turning heads in a sexy black bikini.
The Big Bang Theory star, 28, hit the beach in the steamy city with her husband, Ryan Sweeting. She was seen playing in the sand, doing yoga oceanside, and taking a romantic dip with her new husband on Friday, July 4.
Cuoco showed off her gorgeous toned figure in a pair of string black bottoms and a high-necked angular black top with a sheer and black-and-white patterned construction.
The actress kept her eyes protected from the sun in a pair of brown aviator sunglasses, and let her cropped hair down, rocking beachy waves fresh from the ocean water.
Sweeting, who Cuoco wed on Dec. 31, 2013, tied his hair back for the day of fun, wearing a trendy man-bun. He echoed his wife's color palette in a pair of black-and-white swim trunks, and chose a pair of classic black Ray-Ban sunglasses.
The Sweetings have been in Mexico for the past week, as Cuoco shared sweet photos via Instagram of the pair kissing on the beach, posing in bathing suits, and celebrating the 4th of July.
The star also got in some quality girl time, as she was joined in Cabo by her surprise pal, former Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky, her former 8 Simple Rules costar Amy Davidson, and her sister Briana Cuoco, who got her own 15 minutes of fame when she was a contestant on The Voice in 2013.
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I have been in the middle of a major rethink of search engines' efforts to digitize books. As it started I enthusiastically celebrated their potential to tame information overload. But major research librarians are now questioning search engines' practices here:
Several major research libraries have rebuffed offers from Google and Microsoft to scan their books into computer databases, saying they are put off by restrictions these companies want to place on the new digital collections. The research libraries, including a large consortium in the Boston area, are instead signing on with the Open Content Alliance [OCA], a nonprofit effort aimed at making their materials broadly available.
As the article notes, "many in the academic and nonprofit world are intent on pursuing a vision of the Web as a global repository of knowledge that is free of business interests or restrictions."
As noble as I think this project is, I doubt it can ultimately compete with the monetary brawn of a Google. And why should delicate old books get scanned 3 or 4 times by duplicative efforts of Google, Microsoft, the OCA, and who knows what other private competitor? I also worry that a fragmented archiving system might create a library of Babel. So what is to be done?


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DVD Boosts News Corp.7 Feb, 2007 By: Erik Gruenwedel
DVD sales of Ice Age: The Meltdown, X-Men: The Last Stand, Oscar-nominated Little Miss Sunshine and The Devil Wears Prada helped News Corp. report record second-quarter (ended Dec. 31) income in its filmed-entertainment unit.
Led by the theatrical box office hit Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan and strong TV DVD sales of 20th Century Fox Television programs "24" and "Prison Break," News Corp. posted operating income of $470 million, up $171 million from $299 million during the same period last year.
News Corp. executives said the Kiefer Sutherland starrer "24" continued to be a home entertainment juggernaut both in sales of packaged media and download markets.
Executives said 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment was named vendor of the year by Wal-Mart for the third consecutive year.
Revenue for filmed entertainment, which included strong results from cable network programming ($275 million in operating income), topped $2.2 billion compared to $1.6 billion last year.
News Corp.'s popular networking site, MySpace, saw a 25% increase in comparative quarter user growth and a 70% rise in revenues.
The company expects MySpace to exceed its $500 million in projected fiscal year 2007 revenue.
News Corp. president and COO Peter Chernin reiterated the company's binding letter of intent agreement with Google.
Overall quarterly revenues reached $7.8 billion, up 18% from $6.6 billion last year.
TV earnings dropped 39% in part due to weak baseball ratings, higher NFL fees and costs associated with the launch of MyNetworkTV, a mini-Fox network catering to prime-time soap operas, including "Wicked Wicked Games" starring Tatum O'Neal.
"Since its launch ratings for MyNetworkTV have been very disappointing and the initial start-up losses have higher than we expected," said Chernin. "Clearly, MyNetworkTV is not going as originally planned."
He said the fledgling network would soon incorporate movies and mixed-martial arts fighting into the programming schedule in an effort to reduce costs 50%.
Chernin said Fox TV continues to struggle launching new prime time programs, which Chernin said the network had to improve upon.
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Staying warm and comfortable while Nordic or backcountry skiing, snowshoeing, or hiking in winter is a constant challenge—we sweat, our bodies and clothes get damp, then we get cold. But it's not impossible. In fact, as someone who runs hot when moving and cools off quickly—and who gets cold fingers very easily—I've learned some tricks over the years that have made getting outdoors in winter vastly more comfortable and enjoyable for me. Follow these tips and you could be more comfortable on cold-weather outdoor adventures, too. Continue reading →


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I've written before about the seemingly contrasting messages we offer to young people in church about sex and sexuality:
Sex is dirty; save it for someone you marry someday.
Umm, what? Granted, we walk a narrow rhetorical tightrope when discussing sex with our kids. If we tell them it's actually pretty awesome, and then tell them they can't do it, that's a setup for failure. On the other hand, if we focus on the negatives, we risk scarring and shaming them into a life of emotional conflict and struggle when it comes to sexual intimacy.
What we end up with, often times, is a vacuous silence when it comes to the real, difficult issues of sexual identity, impulse, and expression. Add to that the Christian emphasis on marriage, and the result in many cases is scads of unhealthy, sexually awkward young people, married far too early with no idea why.


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The new Maxima will start at an MSRP of just $29,290 for the Maxima 3.5 S, and $31,990 for the step-up SV model.
That continues the pricing overlap that's existed with the current-generation Altima and Maxima, such that the Altima, at the top of its range, is actually the same price if not a bit pricier than the Maxima. The top-of-the-line 2008 Altima V6 SL starts at $28,670, but it bottom-lines at $32,230 by simply adding electronic stability control—an increasingly common safety feature—and the requisite nav-system package.
In that relative sense, the 2009 Maxima stands as a value, especially considering that, according to Nissan, it returns to its heritage as "The 4-Door Sports Car," or 4DSC, as they like to say.
The new Maxima shares the same Nissan "D" platform that underpins the new Altima, Altima Coupe, and Murano, and is actually about two inches shorter with a slightly wider track. The so-called Liquid Motion design brings a new look, even if the proportions are about the same, and in the flesh the sculpted rear fenders especially stand out.
TheCarConnection.com recently had the chance to spend a full day in the new Maxima, on some of Southern California's best, more serpentine mountain roads between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, and left the driver's seat very impressed.
Of course we were wary; as we've mentioned before, the outgoing Maxima suffers from pronounced torque steer—a tendency for the steering wheel to pull to the side under hard acceleration, or for the steering to unwind in a less-than-smooth way coming out of a sharp corner and hard onto the gas. The Maxima is still a front-wheel-driver, but engineers have worked some magic underneath—in the way of revised suspension geometry and reconfigured steering—that no longer makes it an issue.
On our drive route, we especially appreciated the 3.5 SV with the Sport Package; yes, there was a little more impact harshness over bumps, but handling felt considerably more secure. And while steering effort has been reduced, the steering feels more intuitive near the limit and even communicates the road surface a bit—thanks to a new twin-orifice unit that's vehicle-speed-sensitive and has the quickest ratio of any Nissan. For those with mostly straight roads and frost heaves, we recommend the standard suspension.
What we weren't so enthused about—as before—is the continuously variable, automatic transmission (CVT). Nissan says that the manual transmission isn't coming back, as only 2 percent of buyers were opting for it when it was most recently offered. The Jatco CVT, which in Drive functions shifts "steplessly" to choose the most economical ratio for the type of driving, works well during leisurely driving, raising revs a bit when accelerating and dropping them way down when cruising. But it doesn't work so well for twisty, hilly roads where quick power or engine braking are required for the best control. That's where a new sport mode comes in; slide the shifter to the left and it simulates the ratios of a manually controlled automatic transmission. The function works well but can be annoying as it's not always predictable how it's going to respond; sometimes it produced quite a bit of engine braking on downshifts, for example, and other times almost none in situations seemingly almost identical. Paddle shifters are available, and they even did it right—they stay stationary while the steering wheel rotates.


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Global health care company Sanofi is keeping its own employees healthy by opening a full-service medical center and on-site pharmacy at its U.S. headquarters in Bridgewater, N.J.
"As a global health care company that is dedicated to solving health challenges, it is essential for us to know that we are doing everything we can to help our own employees and their dependents stay well," says Sanofi's Judy O'Hagan, VP of U.S. HR.
The health center and pharmacy is operated by Walgreens Take Care Health Systems and will serve 2,600 employees in the Bridgewater area. Services include primary care, urgent care, laboratory services, preventive care, wellness, health screenings, patient education and disease management.
In addition, the full-service pharmacy will provide medication counseling, prescription transfers, automatic refills and over-the-counter items.
The company also gave employees vouchers for flu shots at Walgreens.
Contact: Jack Cox of Sanofi US, (908) 981-5280.


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Fasting Comparative Bioavailability of Two Tablet Formulations of Levodopa /Benserazide in Healthy Volunteers (PHOE10903)
This study has been completed.
University of Buenos Aires
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First Posted: April 1, 2011
Last Update Posted: August 4, 2011
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A group of 24 healthy volunteers receive one tablet of an association of levodopa 200 mg and benserazide 50 mg corresponding to two drug products: a test formulation (Evoser ®; Phoenix S.A.I.C. y F., Buenos Aires, Argentina) and a reference formulation (Madopar ®; Roche Pharma, Switzerland) to assess their relative bioavailability. After administration of each formulation 17 blood samples are taken and levodopa is measured by HPLC. Pharmacokinetic parameters (AUC, Tmax and Cmax) are compared.
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|Drug: Levodopa + benserazide
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
|Official Title:
|Fasting Comparative Bioavailability of Two Tablet Formulations of Levodopa /Benserazide in Healthy Volunteers: A Single- Dose Randomized- Sequence, Open -Label Crossover Study
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Comparison of Area Under the Curve and Peak Concentration of plasma levodopa reached after two different drug products containing levodopa + benserazide [ Time Frame: Blood samples are collected up to 6 hours after dosing. (day 1) ]In order to comply with Argentine regulation for marketing approval this study includes 24 healthy volunteers to investigate whether the relative bioavailability of the test formulation met the regulatory criterion for the assumption of bioequivalence to the branded formulation. After dosing with each formulation, 17 blood samples are taken to measure plasma levodopa concentration by HPLC. With plasma concentration values, pharmacokinetic parameters are calculated and bioequivalence assessed with WinNonLin software.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Number of Participants with Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety [ Time Frame: Clinical evaluation are performed up to 6 hours after dosing. (day 1) ]Volunteers are asked about any discomfort or unusual manifestation they feel. Vital signs are recorded at each sampling time.
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Experimental: Levodopa + benserazide (test formulation)
A randomized-sequence, open-label, 2-period crossover study assessing relative bioavailability of two drug products containing the association levodopa + benserazide.
Drug: Levodopa + benserazide
Single oral dose of either Experimental or Active Comparator. Levodopa 200 mg/benserazide 50 mg tablets,with 200 mL of water.
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Drug: Levodopa + benserazide
Single oral dose of either Experimental or Active Comparator. Levodopa 200 mg/benserazide 50 mg tablets,with 200 mL of water.
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthy Caucasian Argentinean males and females volunteers aged 21 to 50 years with a body mass index from 19 to 27 kg/m2 were enrolled in this study.
- All volunteers provided written informed consent prior to study initiation.
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, psychiatric, neurologic, hematologic, or metabolic disease
- Drug or alcohol abuse within 2 years before the start of the study
- Smoking
- HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C infection
- Consumption of any prescribed or over-the-counter drug within 2 weeks before the study or
- Participation in a similar study within the past 6 months. Female subjects were not to be pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or breastfeeding at the time of the study, and were required to use an effective method of contraception (intrauterine device or hormonal method) throughout the study.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01327261
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01327261
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University of Buenos Aires
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Keller GA, Czerniuk P, Bertuola R, Spatz JG, Assefi AR, Di Girolamo G. Comparative bioavailability of 2 tablet formulations of levodopa/benserazide in healthy, fasting volunteers: a single-dose, randomized-sequence, open-label crossover study. Clin Ther. 2011 Apr;33(4):500-10. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2011.04.012.
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|Guillermo Di Girolamo, Buenos Aires University
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Phoenix-Evoser (PHOE 1-0903)
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|March 28, 2011
|First Posted:
|April 1, 2011
|Last Update Posted:
|August 4, 2011
|Last Verified:
|March 2011
Keywords provided by University of Buenos Aires:
A Single - Dose
Randomized- Sequence
Open -Label Crossover Study
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Antiparkinson Agents
Anti-Dyskinesia Agents
Dopamine Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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Only question for Mets is at top of lineup
Only question for Mets is at top of lineup
Daniel Murphy and Justin Turner, along with perhaps Ronny Cedeno and Jordany Valdespin, will ostensibly compete for the starting second-base position. But it's clear that in reality, the job belongs to Murphy so long as he displays any sort of defensive aptitude in the spring.
The only question that remains, then, is the batting order -- if it's even a question at all.
Nearly all the uncertainty on manager Terry Collins' lineup card comes up top. The Mets traded for Andres Torres in December under expectations that he would lead off, and it's a two-fold argument for Torres: He is the fastest member of the starting lineup, and he possesses by far the most leadoff experience (981 career at-bats hitting first, compared to 28 for every other member of the starting lineup combined).
Torres wants the opportunity, too.
"I know some fans maybe say, 'Oh, this guy didn't have a good season,'" he said shortly after his trade from San Francisco. "But I'm going to go forward and I'm going to work hard to do what I know I'm capable of doing."
The risk is that if Torres produces an on-base percentage similar to his .312 clip during last summer's injury-riddled campaign, he will be a detriment to the lineup. But since Torres is the team's unquestioned Opening Day center fielder anyway, the Mets will likely bat him leadoff in the hopes that he can produce something closer to the .343 mark he had in both 2009 and '10.
The alternative to Torres is Murphy, less of a classic leadoff man but the better sabermetric choice given his .362 on-base percentage last season. Then again, Murphy posted a .313 on-base percentage in his only full big league season back in 2009, and he possesses a fraction of Torres' speed.
More importantly, Collins said at the Winter Meetings in December that while the idea of batting Murphy first intrigues him, in an ideal world, he would prefer to slot the infielder's gap power lower in the lineup. So expect Torres to bat first and Murphy second, with the slight potential for Murphy to bump up a spot.
From there, the lineup card unfolds in a straightforward manner. David Wright third. Ike Davis fourth. Jason Bay fifth. Lucas Duda sixth. Josh Thole and Ruben Tejada seventh and eighth, or perhaps eighth and seventh.
If nothing else, it is a balanced lineup. The Mets appeared to lose much of their balance when they lost three switch-hitters (Pagan, Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes) to trades and free agency. But their Opening Day lineup nonetheless projects to have four left-handers (Murphy, Davis, Duda and Thole) and three right-handers (Wright, Bay and Tejada), along with the switch-hitting Torres, whose career splits are roughly equal from both sides of the plate.
Against tough lefties, the Mets can sub in Turner for Murphy, Mike Nickeas for Thole or Scott Hairston for Duda. Against right-handers, the starting eight should not vary much.
So with that in place, all the Mets have to do is produce. Simple, right? And yet questions remain as to whether Torres can bounce back from a poor season, whether Wright and Davis can move on from injury-ravaged seasons, whether Bay can recover from all that has vexed him over the past two years. Uncertainty surrounds so many of the young players who flesh out the lineup, as well.
Right now, the Mets are simply looking past that uncertainty to the potential that lies beneath.
"Don't forget -- Ike Davis was on pace to be an All-Star [before his injury]," Murphy said earlier this week. "David Wright is a year removed from that back injury, and we still have a former All-Star in left field. For me, I see nothing but upside. Maybe I am ever the optimist."
Maybe. At the very least, with less than three weeks until the start of Spring Training, Murphy -- like the rest of the starting lineup -- has a decent idea of where he stands.
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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You could almost see the bits of rust on the ice as the teams played loosey-goosey, September-style hockey in the middle of January.
It was just one game of 48, but Toronto coach Randy Carlyle's flaming boat analogy about adventurers who leave themselves no escape but victory, made some kind of impression. The Leafs played just enough shutdown hockey, had their special teams in gear and Scrivens survived some rough patches for the win. It puts him a leg up on James Reimer, who was judged too wooden to be ready in comparison to the game-sharp minor leaguer. Scrivens made 21 saves.
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His enthusiasm is infectious.
Hans Benson just wants to play hockey.
Where, it really doesn't matter, as long as he's doing it on a professional basis.
"Everyday people go to their job and they hate it," Benson said. "I wake up every day and there's nothing I would rather be doing than playing hockey."
"I'm very passionate about that and I would do anything I can to keep doing that."
Benson's road to the Edmonton Oilers rookie camp has been a long one.
He picked up the game late, only getting introduced to it at the age of 10 by a neighbour in Northern California.
"I've always just wanted to skate," Benson said. "My next-door neighbour had nets and sticks and stuff and was always out there shooting. I just wanted to go out there and play with them.
"After that, all I did all summer was skate. I just wanted to put my time in. Some of those guys were light years ahead of me and I worked hard to try and catch up to them."
Benson eventually made his way onto a select team in California, which led him to Junior B in Port Alberni, B.C. From there he earned a tryout with the Regina Pats before settling on Junior A in Saskatchewan.
"It's strange how things work out," he said. "My grandma had passed away that same night I was cut by the Pats, and we were really close. But later I got a call from some scouts of the SJHL and I was invited to go play Junior A."
Following his junior career, which took him into Manitoba, Benson, 24, went to play in the Central Hockey League, the ECHL and eventually in the AHL with Peoria.
In 44 games with the Rivermen last season, he had three goals and four assists with 265 penalty minutes, that included 33 fighting majors.
"He certainly had a reputation in the East Coast League, and having a team in Stockton, they got to see a lot of him and he came highly recommended from that standpoint," said Oilers assistant general manager Kevin Prendergast.
"He left his mark in Peoria too. They really liked him. He's worked his butt off this summer and he signed an American League deal for us."
At six-feet, 253-pounds, Benson is not a considered a true heavyweight.
However, he looks like someone who knows his way around a weight room and is not one to back away from a fight. His cousin is former Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson.
"We felt last year we got pushed around a little in Springfield," Prendergast said. "We were very young and it was hard for our young guys who do the defending or be the deterrent, and he brings that factor with him.
"He's not a legitimate heavy- weight, but he's ready, willing and able. He skates well enough. He keeps his game simple and he's going to be a guy that when he gets on the ice, other teams have to be aware of him. Hopefully he can free up some room for our skilled players down there."
Benson will be attending the Oilers' main camp, which gets underway this morning with medicals and fitness testing. Whether he gets into an exhibition game will depend on what kind of impression he makes on the coaching staff.
So far he's done well at rookie camp, which wrapped up last night with a game against the ACAC All-stars in Camrose.
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Two flying robots developed in Professor Daniela Rus' Distributed Robotics Lab are enjoying some time in the spotlight this summer as they perform at the Joyce Theater with the modern dance company Pilobolus. In a piece called "Seraph," the two robots interact with a dancer during an exploration of the human-machine relationship, set to a selection from Schubert's Trio No. 2 in E flat.
Rus and current and former PhD students William Selby, Brian Julian, Daniel Soltero, Andrew Marchese and Carrick Detweiler worked in collaboration with Pilobolus to develop the piece, which will run through August 6.
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Camden — While helping his team win the state Class B ice hockey championship was the ultimate goal this winter, Camden Hills Regional High School senior Jack Orne would have to settle for bringing Class B West's top individual honor home instead.
Orne, who has been one of the region's most potent scorers the past four seasons, won the Evans Spear Class B West player of the year award for his play on the ice over the winter. Orne earned the distinction at the Western Class B high school boys hockey banquet on Sunday, March 16.
"It was great," he said. "I think there were plenty of guys who could have deserved it as well. The competition was really even this year and even in terms of individual efforts and points and all that, I was in no means that far above anyone else. It definitely came right down to the last couple games, but obviously I'm thrilled to get it."
Orne tallied 30 goals this season and 25 assists. Six of his goals were game-winners, while four were on the power play and three shorthanded. He had a plus/minus of plus-54 in 18 games played this year.
The Windjammers were the No. 2 seed in Western Class B and advanced to the regional semifinals. They also clinched the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B title for the second straight season.
Orne said while he felt he had a legitimate shot to win the region's highest individual award, "I wanted to try to push it to the back of my mind."
"During the season you don't want to get caught up in the personal part of it where it's still a team thing," he said. "If you worry about it you might tend to get selfish and shoot where you should be passing or things like that."
Orne led the Windjammers in goals, while teammate Grayson Szumilas (26 goals, 27 assists), who earned first-team all-conference honors along with Orne, led the team in assists. The duo proved to be arguably the most potent offensive one-two punch in Class B, combining for 56 goals and 52 assists on the season.
"Jack has played a significant role since the first time he came in as a freshman," said Camden Hills coach Karl Enroth. "Every year he improved significantly. When Jack has time and space, he is extremely explosive. He also has a tremendous shot, great hands, and good awareness. Becoming quicker and stronger the last few years, along with his natural instincts allowed him to become one of the best high school hockey players in the state."
The veteran coach added that both Orne and Szumilas "led the Camden Hills hockey program to a higher level."
"Both contributed in the most meaningful games. Their production and minutes over the last four years are irreplaceable."
Orne, who started skating when he was age "seven or eight," said Szumilas started playing "a few years ahead of me" when the two were youngsters.
Orne credited Szumilas in helping him become a better player.
"He was already a standout guy [in the youth leagues] and I had just kind of strapped my skates on for the first time," said Orne of Szumilas. "I remember one of my first years playing I was not the best skater and I was having trouble out there. And we were 2-on-1 or 2-on-0 with the goalie and he could have shot it and scored, but he passed it right across the crease. And I totally whiffed on it.
"And I said, 'Why did you pass that to me?' And he said, 'You were open.' "
While that was the first, it was certainly not the last time the two would collaborate on a scoring chance.
"We've put a lot of work in over the years so it's good to see it pay off," he said. "Not just in terms of Camden Hills, but I think we've always spent the whole summers going to camps and stuff like that, play on teams in the fall or the spring. Do everything that we can."
Both Orne and Szumilas broke 100 career points in the same game this season at MRC against Leavitt of Turner.
"We played our first game against Gardiner and at the end of that game, we were both at 99 points," he said. "So it was going to be the next game. It was going to be one of us."
Orne earned the honor first when he assisted on a goal by teammate Simon Lydon, while Szumilas scored minutes later.
Orne credits his cousin, Will Orne, who also played ice hockey for Camden Hills, for turning him on to the sport. He added that the overall speed of the game is what drew him to the ice.
"I'd never done a sport that fast before, and it was exciting," he said. "I wanted to be able to skate like those guys [in high school]. The high school games were always fun to watch and it was physical and loud and fast. It just looked like a fun thing to be doing."
Orne plans to do a postgraduate year at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass. in the fall before making the jump to college, and hopefully, Division I, II or III hockey.
"Division I is the goal of everyone I'd say, but even Division III Is great hockey," he said. "And just to keep playing competitively would be awesome."
Orne also played golf last fall and will play lacrosse this spring for Camden Hills. He has two younger brothers and a younger sister, all of whom play ice hockey.
Personal information
Name: Jack Orne.
Age: 18.
Grade: Senior at Camden Hills Regional High School.
Parents: Matt and Michele Orne.
Town: Camden.
Favorite athlete: Jarome Iginla.
Favorite personal moment in sports: Scoring my 100th career point in front of everyone at the Midcoast Recreation Center.
Favorite course in school: English and psychology.
TV show I never miss: The Walking Dead.
Favorite phone/computer app: Spotify.
What do you listen to on your iPod before competing: Anything rock.
Favorite movie: "The Doors."
Food I pig out on: Whatever Ben & Jerry's flavor is in the freezer.
Favorite book: "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley.
Hobbies: Playing guitar, being outside and spending time with friends.
Vehicle I wish I was driving: 2001 BMW MS.
Person I most want to meet (dead or alive): Jerry Garcia.
Most influential people in my life: My parents.
Future plans: Hopefully college hockey, but who knows.


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Study finds online gamers aren't antisocial basement dwellers
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Mar 27, 2014
Donors Help Top Students Reach Their Potential
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences continues to grow as a destination college for talented, top-ranked students from across our state and beyond. Merit scholarships play a critical part in attracting and retaining such students. This year, CHASS awarded more than 100 merit-based scholarships across all its disciplines. A number of scholarship students were able to thank their donors at the college's 2014 Scholarship Luncheon.
Mar 26, 2014
Students Document Ukranian Unrest, Student Involvement
Two CHASS students -- both Park Scholars – spent their spring break in Ukraine, interviewing students there about their participation in the protests and upheaval roiling the country. Andriy Shymonyak (History and Political Science) and Neel Mandavilli (Political Science) are creating a short documentary about the role of students in the Euromaidan protests.
Mar 24, 2014
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The following is a research summary originally published in Communication Currents, a publication of the National Communication Association Can ordinary people participate meaningfully in decisions about complex technologies such as nuclear […]
Mar 24, 2014
Two CHASS Alums Receive 2014 Watauga Medals
CHASS alumni Peaches Gunter Blank (BA, political science and MA, public administration) and Burley Mitchell (BA, political science) have received the Watauga Medal, the university's highest nonacademic award, for their extraordinary service and commitment to NC State.
Mar 21, 2014
Study Shows Mentally Ill More Likely to be Victims, Not Perpetrators, of Violence
New research shows that almost one-third of adults with mental illness are likely to be victims of violence within a six-month period, and that adults with mental illness who commit violence are most likely to do so in residential settings. NC State assistant professor of psychology Sarah Desmarais is lead author of a paper describing work done by researchers at NC State, RTI International, and three other universities. The study also finds a strong correlation between being a victim of violence and committing a violent act.
Mar 20, 2014
NC Tech Association CEO Earns National Praise
CHASS alum Brooks Raiford, CEO of the NC Technology Association, has earned the national "TechVoice Champion" award for his advocacy on behalf of the tech sector. Raiford, outgoing president of the CHASS advisory board, is a former president of the NC State student senate and the student body.
Mar 19, 2014
Dean's Reflections: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
Since moving into the CHASS dean's office nearly six years ago -- I became interim dean 16 May, 2008 -- issues have come at me with a speed and fury that make strategic thinking and reflection difficult at best. It's often challenging to think past the end of the day, much less think about strategic direction. So when the provost asked me recently to make a presentation that looked back over my term as dean and also looked to the future, I relished the opportunity.
Mar 18, 2014 | WUNC
The Book Was Better Than The Movie…Or Was It?
Marsha Gordon, film professor at NC State, and Laura Boyes, film curator at the North Carolina Museum of Art, return to The State of Things to talk with host Frank Stasio about literary adaptations in film. Marsha Gordon, English, featured.
Mar 18, 2014
English Professor Ding Wins TCQ Nell Ann Pickett Award
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Revealed: the new Porsche 911 Cabriolet
Porsche has revealed the first official pictures of the new 911 Cabriolet, ahead of its upcoming world premiere.
It shares the same aluminium-steel body as the new Coupe (which we drove here), and features a brand new folding roof mechanism that contains magnesium in the frame to help keep the weight down. Porsche tells us this lightweight fabric roof makes the new Cabriolet "significantly" lighter than its 1,500kg predecessor. More details will be revealed at its premiere, but don't forget Porsche has managed to make the new Coupe 45kg lighter than before.
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Otherwise it's the same story as the Coupe. It gets a 100mm longer wheelbase, a wider front track, Porsche's new electro-mechanical power steering and the choice of a 350bhp 3.4-litre or a 400bhp 3.8-litre flat-sixer, both mated to that new seven-speed manual gearbox.
No performance figures have been released just yet, but you can expect them to be a mere fraction slower than the Coupe. That car, fitted with the PDK gearbox, hits 0-62mph in 4.6 seconds (Carrera) and 4.3 seconds (Carrera S). Both Cabriolet models are said to return over 28mpg.
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Thank you Adriana
A nice photo for a nice puzzle
Thank you Hanne, Ank, Graciela, robryan, oddio and Patti.You are very observant oddio.
Maybe if they put out a bucket to catch the drips...
I can tell from here: that roof probably leaks.
Nice photo chickie - thanks.
Great idea Ank! then we can have a campfire party!!
A very nice photo, I'm afraid it's too late to repair this one. So maybe we can use the wood for a cosy campfire.
Pretty bad condition, but indeed picturesque!! Thanks so very much Sandy!!
Thank you for your comments Suzy, JiggyBelle and young man.
You have a great collection of barns and birds chickster.
And, this view is wonderful, too! :D
Would be a good barn to "deconstruct" and then use the wood to build something "new".
Thank you jcarroll, grandmalucy, Bizarra, mirris and warbler.
Classic Chickie photo! I like the blue sky, too, but I'm kinda surprised there's no green showing up at all that I see. Thanks CM
Sure is a shame! Nice photo, chickie!
I agree is a shame they are just left to fall to the ground,,,thanks chiskie for sharing this memory :))
Grandmalucy is right, what a shame. Nice picture chickiemama!
It is ashame these old barns are no longer of use,
Beautiful photo, chickie!