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UNIONDALE, NY Jamal Mayers is OK with the NHL pushing through its head-shot rule.
The Flames right winger, however, wishes the decision to curb blindside hits to the head came with more of a deterent than just supplemental discipline.
They have to add a penalty, or else people may feel its worth it to take out a player, Mayers said. You have to assess a minor or major penalty, or else it doesnt hurt the team. Otherwise, it might be worth it in a playoff situation.
In the playoffs, whats to say its not a smart move to go after a guy?
The NHL took a bold step in ushering a rule mid-season, which took effect in time for Thursday nights games.
Owners voted Tuesday to implement a rule which the NHLPA endorsed Thursday.
Targeting the head with a lateral, back-pressure or blindside hit is now an offence to be reviewed.
The decision comes on the heels of hits by Pittsburghs Matt Cooke on Bostons Marc Savard and the early-season check on Floridas David Booth by Philadelphias Mike Richards.
Savard has been out of action since being hit March 7. Booth missed 45 games. Neither Richards or Cooke were suspended because their hits werent deemed infractions.
The new rule is temporary, in place for just the remainder of the regular season and the playoffs. After this season, all parties plan to draft a rule which includes on-ice penalties.
Obviously something has to be done because a lot of guys are getting hurt, but theres still a lot of grey area, Mayers said. Hopefully over time that will become more clear, but I think the idea is when you go to hit somebody, you cant just get a piece of him.
When you choose to get a piece of him, then youre in trouble.
I know for me, personally, if Im trying to track back to the zone to hit a guy, if I cant get at least half of him, my rule is dont get a piece of him.
I still think its OK to finish your check and the guys who cut to the middle need to be aware of the fact theyre going to get hit, but I think what theyre trying to make clear for anybody is you cant aim only for the persons head. You have to get the body. Making a particular rule makes it clear.


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My personal opinion is this will be a short lived series.
It seemed fun at the start with the interchanging views of the prosecution and defence, yet they didn't leave not enough time for the actual trial, and if those are the sort of jurors you have in America, then god help any innocence person, getting arrested there, (yes I know at the end it proved them right, with that little clip of the crucifix), however what if the guy was actual innocence, he would have been found guilty regardless purely on circumstantial evidence. Reasonable doubt was thrown out of the window, by the jurors, a shoddy display of justice. Pavlos
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Surrounded by a blur of wind and rain and loud, screaming Kansas City Chiefs fans, the San Diego Chargers appeared on "Monday Night Football" this week looking very little like the San Diego Chargers.
"It wasn't the rain so much, which is never an issue to me. It's always the wind," Chargers coach Norv Turner said. "There was a crosswind. We ended up throwing two different times during third down into a crosswind, and the ball just kind of died."
The team that ended the 2009 regular season on a 13-game winning streak lost 21-14 on Monday night, struggling in every facet of the game.
Coming off that disappointing start, the Chargers (0-1) will play host to the Jaguars (1-0) at 4:15 p.m. Sunday in San Diego's first blacked-out home game since 2004.
The Chargers, led by Pro Bowl quarterback, Philip Rivers, are hoping and expecting to get back on track.
"They have a lot of good football players, and I thought the one thing that stood out was Kansas City was rocking the other night," Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio said. "That place is really a difficult environment, and that's part of traveling, and that's part of traveling on the road. And now we'll face that this week for the first time going on the road."
The Chargers' biggest offseason, preseason and early season story has been about what they don't have.
They don't have Pro Bowl receiver Vincent Jackson, who is still holding out and would be suspended if he hadn't been, anyway.
They don't have left tackle Marcus McNeill, who is also holding out.
Aging running back LaDainian Tomlinson, a centerpiece of the Chargers offense in the past few years, and defensive back Antonio Cromartie, who sparked the San Diego defense, both play for the New York Jets now.
And if that wasn't enough, three-time Pro Bowl linebacker Shawne Merriman sat out the first game with a heel injury. Merriman is reportedly optimistic about his return Sunday against the Jaguars.
There's also the loss of former special teams Pro Bowl pick and current Jaguar Kassim Osgood.
On Monday night, his absence showed as San Diego's special teams sputtered, giving up a 94-yard touchdown and nearly giving up a punt return touchdown.
The Chargers gave up 160 yards on five Kansas City punt returns.
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San Diego's running game reached 109 yards, and rookie running back Ryan Mathews fumbled the ball in the second quarter.
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Oakland is 59-36 on the season, which is the best record in the majors. The Athletics have a 1.5-game lead on the division and are 30-15 at home and 29-21 on the road. Oakland is a 16-time winner of the division and the Athletics have won the last two years.
The Angels are 57-37 on the season, 1.5 games behind the Athletics. Los Angeles is 32-15 at home and 25-22 on the road. Los Angeles is an eight-time winner of the AL West, last winning in 2009.
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And complain about how "tough" their parents are.
Sorry, if you don't have a job and don't pay your own way - you don't have it so "bad."
A majority of my peers dropped out of school, didn't get jobs, and continue to live under their parent's houses with NO responsibilities. Yet, a majority of them also have brand new cars, brand new clothes, top of the line electronics, everything their little hearts desire... their parents buy it! But their parents are SO horrible for making them come home at a certain time, SO horrible if they do not buy into the latest trend, SO horrible if they do not buy them whatever they want.
Now, I no longer go to school but I got a job the second I made this decision. I live with my parents, pay rent, and am expected to pay for whatever I want for myself and my dogs. Even before I had a steady salary I was expected to work for what I wanted.
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Parametric estimation of hidden stochastic model by contrast minimization and deconvolution: application to the Stochastic Volatility Model
We study a new parametric approach for particular hidden stochastic models such as the Stochastic Volatility model. This method is based on contrast minimization and deconvolution. After proving consistency and asymptotic normality of the estimation leading to asymptotic confidence intervals, we provide a thorough numerical study, which compares most of the classical methods that are used in practice (Quasi Maximum Likelihood estimator, Simulated Expectation Maximization Likelihood estimator and Bayesian estimators). We prove that our estimator clearly outperforms the Maximum Likelihood Estimator in term of computing time, but also most of the other methods. We also show that this contrast method is the most robust with respect to non Gaussianity of the error and also does not need any tuning parameter.
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From "Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. VII," abstracted by K.T.H.
McFarland. [This work encompasses Partition Dockets 1,2, &3, Allegheny
County, PA 1858-1873.] Published and copyright by Closson Press, Apollo, PA,
June 1991.
Page 52.
p. 320 of Partition Docket 2
"NEELD, James S., decd. - Sept. 28, 1867 [note this is the proceeding date,
not the date of death]
On petition of Sarah Jane, wife of Francis Lyda & widow of James S. Neeld,
decd., who died in 1864 leaving a widow (the petitioner) & three children,
to wit: John S.; Eli W.; and Emma Blanche (all minors). By his will, the
decedent named his father, Eli Neeld, to be the guardian of his children;
and his brother, George Neeld, to be his executor. The decedent died seized
of 97 acres in St. Clair Twp., adjoining land of Hiram Ray, Wilson Lesnett,
Samuel Collins, J. McMillen, Jr. & Thomas McMillan's heirs.
June 25, 1870
The heirs having refused to accept the property at valuation, the court
ordered it sold & appointed C. Hasbrouck as trustee for the purpose.
Aug. 31, 1870
C. Hasbrouck reported that the land was sold to J. W. F. White, Esq., on
Aug. 17, 1870"
Christine's notes: Two thoughts - this man was apparently the right age and
died at the right time to have died in the Civil War, so maybe a pension
Since he owned 97 acres of land, its possible that there could be a deed
which ties him back to an earlier location.
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Airbnb Stays are Illegal, Rules New York Judge
A New York judge has ruled that Airbnb violates the city's illegal hotel law, which prevents residents from renting out their homes for less than 29 days. The law was originally meant to prevent landlords from turning residential properties into hotels. Airbnb responded, "87% of Airbnb hosts in New York list just a home they live in — they are average New Yorkers trying to make ends meet, not illegal hotels that should be subject to the 2010 law."
In other news, Flickr gets a redesign, and check out miniatures of the Golden Gate Bridge. See the headlines after the jump.
• Airbnb Stay Illegal In New York, Rules Judge | Fast Company
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Hello, and welcome to my kog'maw guide
First i would like to say something
This will not be an extremely long guide like my Alistar guide.
It is not an explenation on how to play Kog'maw for noobs, but i will explain the basics just not very in depth.
This is me showing the build i use for kog'maw. this build and kog'maw in general should really only be played by people who consider themself kinda good at this game. and being good at staying back in teamfights and playing ranges is an advantage.
About the build
This build will not be focusing on ap, neither on ad.
And no we will not be stacking aspeed only.
Behold ladies and gentlemen,
This is the
hybrid kog'maw
This build will be focusing on with getting lots of aspeed items like Madred's Bloodrazor, Nashor's Tooth and Malady the reason for this is that with Madred's Bloodrazor and Bio-Arcane Barrage you do 10% of their hp pr strike.
But this build has a twist. Guinsoo's Rageblade and Rylai's Crystal Scepter this is because Bio-Arcane Barrage and everything else scales with ap.
and Guinsoo's Rageblade works extremely good and giving your ulti ad and ap.
+ Madred's Bloodrazor isnt that good early game so rushing Guinsoo's Rageblade is better
In a total if you get all this items you will hit well over 2 times per second with 12% of their hp pr strike + 160+ base dmg.
Some math.
A squishy hero like ashe has 2k health and 30 mr and 80 armour.
30 mr=0 since you penetrate it all(negatives with malady)
and 80 armour is maybe 30-40%.
Meaning. 12% of 2k is 240 pr strike. + 165 minus the 40% = around 100.
So 340 pr strike. not to bad twice a second. equals to 680 dmg pr second.
And im not counting your abilities here since you reduce their mr by more with Caustic Spittle and your Living Artillery does loads of dmg once per sec ca.(this is probably more thanks to mr going in minus)
And against tanks.
4k hp 150 mr 250 armour.
250 armour - 25 = 225. wich is maybe 70% dmg red.
150 mr - 9 - 20 - 25 - 20 = 76 not that much. Meaning.
12% of 4k = 480 - 40% ca is around 280. That + basic attack 165 - 70% 0 50 ca. is 330 only 10 less than on the squishy. not bad eh?
and that equals to 660 pr sec on a tank with those stats. ca.
And still not counting abilities here.
Runes can vary alot for this build.
But i just use these
Dont switch these. never. almost all your dmg is magical.
greater seals of replenishment
Early game harassing mid.
Can be switch out for pr lvl mana, health etc
I dont think cdr is that important to kog'maw early game so i pick these. i wont cap without blue but im closer late game with these. and kog is late game carry.
Can be switched for flat(since they give almost same)
This is for early game power also. easy and nice. can be switched out for flat health, ap pr lvl or mpen
I use a stander 9 0 21 caster build for the most.
Grabbing the 15% mpen in offence and going straight down to reduces summoner spells in masteries(see top)
But building 15 0 15 or 21 0 9 would work to.
The defence tree is not needed really. you HAVE to stay back in teamfights anyway.
Summoner spells.
I will only list those i use or think is viable.
This is good, use it almost every game. you are slow and need to kite so it helps.
can be replaced with Flash
Think this is a little op atm , but really helps me with kills mid. it is so easy to pop this and shoot them down. you usually dont want to replace it but can be replaced for Flash or Cleanse
This is also good, easy for escape and kills i just prefer Ghost on him atm.
Other decent choices.
Good your 6-8 first lvls til you can get blue buff. sucks after that.
Heal good til lvl 10 sucks after that.
Rally this is actually quite good. BUT you need to have 21 offence in masteries for the ap then. if you have it is good. your ulti will deal alot more
These are the best i think. tell me if you know some more.
Well this will not be an very long item section since this is not a guide to a champion but just a build, so not that many optional items here. please dont downvote for that.
first get almost always get it actually.
Then go back when you have maybe 1100g and buy
Next back you buy
And then
and then
The game should be in late game now and you will be owning. now you need some aspeed most likely and the best alternatives are
or i prefer nashor's first because of ap and cdr. Another option is to get Wit's End if facing a lot of casters.
You can also buy a Rabadon's Deathcap for increased ap as 5h or 6th item. your ult and bio-arcane barrage will deal siick dmg. and you will reach 14%-15% pr strike.
As 6th you either get the one aspeed item you didnt get above or something defansive like or depending on what you are up against.
Playing as Kog'maw
I know this is just a build but i will include this anyway.
As kog'maw it is important to stay behind your team in teamfights ans snipe out the targets you can with Bio-Arcane Barrage and Living Artillery it is not really important to focus their carry because most likely the rest of your team will. and the carry is in the back so you wont always reach it without dieing.
Focus the one you can that is easiest to kill or does the largest threat. you have lots of cc
slow on Living Artillery with Rylai's Crystal Scepter
And Void Ooze
You should also always pick mid lane, kog'maw is really good mid.
Really long range heroes that out range you is annoying before lvl 6 but after that they are piece of cake.
Teemo is annoying tho. cant be ganked and can blind you and is quick, damn quick and has invis.
When you are mid harass and farm at same time with Void Ooze time it so you hit enemy champion and kill minions. kog is really good at farming. after lvl 6 just Void Ooze and Living Artillery them to death(if you got the blue buff, if not get it)
Important things to know
1.Get blue when you can.
2.If you play ranked and they have lots of cc take cleanse
3.You own tank. remember that.
4.your Caustic Spittle reduces armour AND mr. remember that to.
5.Your ulti is easy to dodge, try to predict movement.
6. Bio-Arcane Barrage give you longer range, easier to towerdive.
7.can get spawn kills with Living Artillery if fed
8.Have fun
Change log.
1th june EU time
- Guide publishes(Yay)
- Added wit's end to the item section
2th june EU time
- Added rabadon's deathcap as an alternative item to the item section
Kog'maw is a range champion that is best at sniping targets.
This build is focused around Aspeed and ap and madreds. with some mpen.
Be carefull.
remember hes passive and try to get kills with it if you die.
Remember that exhaust reduces dmg so use it for that reason to, not just for slow.
The End.
Sorry for a short guide guys.
But this was just ment as a build sine i could find no hybrid guide that matched mine so please dont downvote for that reason.
If you read id please dont downvote without trying to and i will probably make this longer in the future. it just take's some time and i am kinda lazy atm.


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90' + 3'FULL-TIME! Manchester City get the three points as they cruise to a 4-0 win at home to Newcastle. The hosts were impressive throughtout and never looked like dropping points.
90' + 1'Three minutes of stoppage time are added as Negredo slices Clichy's cross well over with a volley.
89'Debuchy has had a poor match for Newcastle and he almost gifts City another goal as Nasri catches him in possession on the edge of the area and feeds Dzeko, but his shot is tame and straight at Krul.
87'Replays suggest the officials were wrong with that decision. Negredo was onside.
86'City think they have a fifth goal, but only for a moment! The corner is flicked on at the near post and Negredo taps the ball in after Krul parries the initial header, but he is ruled offside.
85'The impressive Fernandinho drills a pass from deep on the right towards the back post for Negredo. The striker brings the ball down but Debuchy puts it behind for a corner.
83'Newcastle have all their players back behind the ball now as they clearly just look to keep the score as low as possible. City on the other hand are playing at a stroll.
80'SubstitutionDavid Silva Negredo
80'David Silva has run out of time tonight as he is replaced by fellow Spain international Alvaro Negredo. The former Sevilla man makes his competitive debut for the club.
78'We don't have long left now. This is quickly beginning to resemble a defence vs attack training session, and it is clear who is coming out on top. Newcastle will hope they can keep the score as low as possible.
75'Assist Pablo Zabaleta
75'Goal Samir Nasri
GOAL!!! Manchester City add a fourth goal! Zabaleta cuts inside by the halfway line and plays a pass forward to Dzeko. However, the frontman steps over the ball allowing Nasri to beat Debuchy to it and slot past the helpless Krul. Game over, if it wasn't already.
73'Silva tries to dictate play in the attacking third as he lifts a pass over the Newcastle defence for Dzeko, but it is slightly over-hit.
71'SubstitutionVincent Kompany Javi García
71'Kompany continues to clutch his groin and is replaced by Javi Garcia. Pellegrini will be desperate for that to not be anything serious.
70'Ameobi tries to exploit his pace down the left wing only for Kompany to race across and slide in powerfully. The Belgian puts the ball out of play, but he appears to have injured himself in the process.
68'Silva and Navas play some clever one-twos with one another, but eventually Fernandinho gets the ball and leaves them staring on as he charges towards the penalty area and shapes to shoot... But he loses the ball.
67'Pellegrini's side are enjoying themselves out there. Out come the intricate passing moves and the triangles. These final 23 minutes could be rather long for Newcastle.
65'SubstitutionHatem Ben Arfa Sammy Ameobi
65'With The match already lost for Newcastle, Pardew decides to withdraw Ben Arfa and introduce Sameobi [Sammy Ameobi]. Given the France international's injury history, that is probably a wise move.
62'SubstitutionSergio Agüero Samir Nasri
62'Great opportunity for City as the ball is lofted over the Newcastle defence and into the penalty area. Zabaleta, Dzeko and Nasri all chase it down as the ball bounces up, but the Argentine misses it and Krul catches just in time.
61'But as before, the City corner creates precious little as Nasri comes on for Aguero.
60'City win themselves another corner as Yanga-Mbiwa pokes Zabaleta's long-range pass out of play.
59'Sissoko tries to create an opening as he chips a pass forward for Cisse, but the striker can do very little with it and Kompany cleans up.
57'Silva takes the out-swinging corner, but Newcastle hack it clear.
56'Navas is involved again, but this time he cleverly cuts a low cross back towards the edge of the area and Clichy hammers it at the goal, but Debuchy deflects it wide.
55'Good play by Navas as he explodes past the static Yanga-Mbiwa and delivers a brilliant cross into the danger area, but Coloccini gets it away just before Aguero can nod it in.
54'This has been comfortable for City and you can't see it getting much better for Newcastle. Three-nil down and a man short; can they stop this from getting embarrassing?
52'Silva nearly adds a fourth as he get beyond Coloccini and brings Lescott's long-ball down as it comes over his shoulder, but Krul saves the following shot.
50'Goal Yaya Touré
GOAL!!! Manchester City get a third goal to all but secure the three points. Aguero wins a free kick left of the centre just outside Newcastle's area. Yaya Toure steps up and curls a wonderful effort into the top corner.
50'Aguero collects Navas' cross as it becomes loose. He plays Silva into the area and the Spaniard chips the ball into the six-yard box for Dzeko, but Krul palms his header away.
49'Home fans less than impressed with the referee as Aguero receives a quick throw-in from Dzeko before playing the ball through Tiote's legs and getting bundled over by the midfielder. Nothing given, however.
48'Slow start to the second half as the City defenders enjoy a few touches of the ball.
46'Right, the players are back out on the pitch and City get the second half started.
45' + 5'After playing a further two minutes of stoppage time after the initial three, referee Andre Marriner blows his whistle for half-time. City have been smashing and Newcastle have been... Well, outclassed.
45' + 4'SubstitutionYoan Gouffran Paul Dummett
45' + 3'Red Card Steven Taylor
45' + 3'RED CARD! Taylor's left arm is having its 15 seconds of fame as it takes on a mind of its own and smacks Aguero around the back of the head.
45' + 1'Penalty claims from City for the second time in the match as Aguero gets into the left side of the area, cuts on to right foot and hits a shot at Taylor. The ball does appear to hit the defender's arm, but it was in close to his body rather than out-stretched.
44'SubstitutionJonas Gutierrez Vurnon Anita
44'Tiote is given lots of room 30 yards from goal so he decides to shoot. Joe Hart gets down to his right and catches the ball, but at least it was an actual shot on target for Newcastle! Hooray! That's a mini victory there if there ever was one.
43'Unfortunately for Pardew Gutierrez cannot continue and Vurnon Anita replaces him.
42'More bad news for Newcastle. Gutierrez marches down Newcastle's left and holds off Zabaleta and Fernandinho for a moment, but after losing possession he pulls up clutching his hamstring.
40'Yellow Card Mathieu Debuchy
40'City are given a throw-in near the halfway line, but Debuchy is not impressed and he chucks the ball away like a sulking toddler. The right-back gets a yellow card.
38'The only way City could be more comfortable would be if they were relaxing on a sun lounger by the sea on their summer holiday, which, incidentally, it seems Newcastle are still doing.
36'Brilliant chance for City as Fernandinho pounces on a loose ball following Zabaleta's tackle on Sissoko. He slides a pass into the area for Dzeko who looks set to shoot but he slips over at the vital moment in rather comical fashion. It didn't look like there were any cartoon banana skins out there.
35'Navas stands over the resulting free kick in an advanced position on the left. He curls a fairly low delivery into the area, but it is slightly ahead of Dzeko & Co. Lovely cross.
33'Yellow Card Moussa Sissoko
33'A fourth yellow card in three minutes is given to Sissoko. Aguero's fancy footwork was too much for the Frenchman, so he resorts by kicking him over. Well, if you can't beat them...
32'Yellow Card Fernandinho
32'Fernandinho picks up a booking now as he just tries to prevent a Newcastle counterattack.
31'Yellow Card Edin Dzeko
31'Yellow Card Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
31'Handbags by the corner flag as Dzeko gets around Yanga-Mbiwa, but the two engage in an on-the-ball tussle. The City man clearly isn't happy and the two begin to push each other about. Both receive yellow cards.
29'Those two are at it again. Silva surges through the centre this time and threads a pass into the area for Dzeko. The Bosnian retrieves it and tries to play a return pass for the midfielder, but he is crowded out.
28'Silva and Dzeko try to link up on the left, but Sissoko steps in and makes the interception just before the move threatened the Newcastle goal area.
27'Well, not yet anyway. Ben Arfa plays the corner into a good area, but City hook it clear with relative ease.
26'Ben Arfa does well to win a corner on the right side of attack. Will set-pieces be Newcastle's only way back into this contest?
25'After 24 minutes of City domination, Newcastle are looking to finally get a feel of the ball. They knock it around in their own half before advancing down the right.
23'Well, only a brave man - OR woman - would bet against the hosts now. They have been in total control and look very good value for this two-goal lead.
22'Assist Edin Dzeko
22'Goal Sergio Agüero
GOAL!!! City double their lead at the Etihad Stadium! Kompany brought the ball out of defence well before playing it into Dzeko. The forward flicked Kompany's pass into Aguero's path and the Argentine placed his shot across Krul, into the bottom corner.
19'Papiss Cisse has a lonely job out there tonight. He tries to make the most of a fairly ambitious pass from Gouffran but ends up being called offside. He responds by kicking the ball into the crowd.
17'City are trying to monopolise possession now. Fernandinho, Toure and Silva try to keep the ball amongst themselves, but the move ends as a final ball is misplaced.
15'Ben Arfa's free kick is poor as he pretty much hits the first man from the left. City clear the ball but it just ends up back with Krul.
14'Good play by Gutierrez as he makes something out of nothing down the left. After being played in towards Zabaleta, he plays the ball through his compatriot's legs and draws the foul. This is a good opportunity.
12'Huge penalty shout for the hosts! Dzeko slips a perfectly-timed pass in between Debuchy and Taylor for Toure who is sent tumbling to the ground by the French defender. However, the referee does not penalise the Newcastle man. He was lucky there.
11'Navas appears on the left flank but puts the ball out for a throw-in. The winger looks to have a relatively free role tonight, rather than being restricted to the right.
10'Visiting fans celebrate briefly as Gouffran finds the back of the net, but he was offside when collecting Ben Arfa's pass after a weaving run.
9'Newcastle will hope for a reply as soon as possible and they are seeing plenty of the ball, but City are looking solid towards the back.
8'That goal had really been coming. City have made a ferocious start here, but can they maintain this intensity throughout?
6'Goal David Silva
GOAL!!! Manchester City take the lead! David Silva sends Dzeko out to the left side of the penalty area. The Bosnian beats Debuchy too easily and although Krul is able to get a block on his cross, the ball falls kindly for Silva who nods it into the goal.
5'Newcastle are on the offensive now. Ben Arfa picks the ball up in a central position and heads for the City penalty area, but he decides to try his luck from range and send a shot over the bar.
4'Yaya Toure meets the corner with his head, but it goes comfortably wide of Krul's left-hand post.
4'More joy down the right for City. Again Navas picks out Zabaleta, but this time it is the right-back who crosses and Dzeko sees his shot tipped around the post.
3'Navas almost makes an instant impact as he crosses low into the area. Zabaleta scuffs his shot and it drops to Dzeko, but Krul gets a block in.
2'Encouraging spell of possession down the right for Newcastle as Sissoko, Debuchy and Ben Arfa combine in the attacking third, but City crowd them out.
1'Newcastle get the match started in Manchester.
The players are now out on the field and engaging in a minute of applause for former City goalkeper Bert Trautmann who passed away over the summer.
Not long until kick-off now. Eferemo thinks City's new signings could even see them challenging for the Champions League this season.
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There are no new faces in the Newcastle team, but the big talking point from their perspective is the absence of Yohan Cabaye. The France international was the subject of a reported £10 million bid from Arsenal earlier today, yet there have been no suggestions of an injury.
Pellegrini picks two debutants in his starting eleven as Fernandinho slots into the midfield alongside Yaya Toure following his arrival from Shakhtar Donetsk. Jesus Navas, an acquisition from Sevilla, starts on the right flank. Alvaro Negredo, who also signed from Sevilla, begins the match on the bench.
Newcastle's team is: Krul; Debuchy, Coloccini, Yanga-Mbiwa, Taylor; Tiote, Sissoko; Gutierrez, Ben Arfa; Gouffran, Cisse. SUBS: Elliot, Dummett, Anita, Marveaux, Obertan, Sammy Ameobi, Shola Ameobi
Manuel Pellegrini's first competitive starting line-up for Man City is: Hart; Zabaleta, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy; Fernandinho, Toure; Navas, Silva; Dzeko, Aguero.SUBS: Pantilimon, Negredo, Milner, Kolarov, Garcia, Nasri, Rodwell
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Cal Shakes rounds their 2009 season with A Midsummer Night's Dream, coproduced by Two River Theater Company in Red Bank New Jersey. Two River's Artistic Director, Aaron Posner, directs this mostly gleeful yet sometimes dark production with an inventive eye, bringing much music and Chorus-like narration to this dreamy comedy. Fresh faces share the Cal Shakes stage with the tried and true, and most of the newbies work. In fact, most of this production works, and what doesn't quite make the cut is still sharp with intrigue.
Patterns and shades of blue in a towering backdrop flow into the stage and down the stairs leading to the audience. The flat design oddly creates depth on this otherwise sparse stage that eventually offers doors, grows ladders that act as trees, and cradles oversized pillows on which the mixed up lovers sleep and fight. Perhaps the most mesmerizing part of Brian Sidney Bembridge's set design is the full moon looming above. Peter West's lighting design that casts imposing shadows around the theatre throughout the production also casts a heavenly reflection, of sorts, of this moon in the clear night sky above Bruns Amphitheatre, somehow emphasizing the starry sky above, creating an open universe for this play and a brilliantly lucid dream as our eyes are drawn upward. This magical feeling is further emphasized by the transcendent and melodious howling of Doug Hara's Puck, who seems to have some otherworldly connection to the moon and the skies above. Perhaps reaching here, but Puck is the name of one of moons of Uranus, the planet named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky. Of the planet's twenty-seven known moons, twenty-four have names from Shakespeare's plays, such as Miranda, Ariel, Titania and Oberon, and of course there's Puck. Both of these Pucks wrap a girdle 'round its globe at night, and both are mysterious entities.
Hara's spry Puck works without a doubt. This hobgoblin grasps his pre-Elizabethan roots planted in somewhat devilish ground. With West's lighting, this Puck looks downright sinister, and when left to his own devices, one gets the feeling that this sweet hobgoblin is capable of much more than breaking the legs on your stool. While Puck is usually seen as a sidekick for a more powerful Oberon, newcomer Keith Randolph Smith errs on the side of over the top sitcom comedy. While he looks the part of forest royalty, Smith is rather whiny, absurd when he jumps up and down in laughter, garbled when he roars his lines, and too excited—in a childlike way— for the reserve of the Fairy King. Even if Smith is trying to portray the absurdity of jealousy, he comes across as being more jealous of the absurd. He also seems an incapable match for his Titania, played by Pegge Johnson. Johnson plays a strong queen—in fact, all the women in this production embrace strong characters. She and Smith look oddly alike as the fairy queen and king, with shaved heads and earrings and similar dress—hardly androgynous but similar. Even Puck has a shaved head. These are the only three spirits portrayed in this production. Scenes with Cobweb, Peaseblossom and the others are left out or portrayed by Hara's narration or by a somewhat confusing but visually intriguing spritely red light in the hands of Puck.
The lovers are all very different, which eliminates any notion that love is blind. Erin Weaver as Hermia is a tough little scrapper with a solid right hook. She usually looks like she's ready to rumble, with a masculine stance and center ring bounce in her step, but Weaver shows her soft side in a beautifully sung duet with her Lysander. Avery Monsen is charming and gallant, handsome and romantic as Lysander, even when he takes a sock in the nose from his little vixen. Richard Thieriot is less obvious as Demetrius, though it's tough to forget a guy who enters the stage zipper down. Helena, portrayed by Lindsey Gates, is fabulously funny, adding her own little asides, winces and cries throughout the play, giving her character its own habitation and name. Fight director Dave Maier and choreographer Erika Chong Shuch, along with West's inventive lighting design, work together to create exciting fight scenes and slow motion chaos between lovers and lunatics alike.
And then there are the mechanicals, led by none other than Cal Shakes' crowd-pleasing comedian Danny Scheie as Bottom. Although their original seated circle formation on stage while casting their play within the play is awkward—what audience wants to look at the backs of actors when they could so easily enjoy their fronts—the rest of their antics are well received with due laughter. Scheie needs no props and no kicks to ooze comedy. His timing is impeccable and his ability to slightly contort his body or distort his gaze makes this gay and bully Bottom tops. Scheie steals the stage every time.
Ted Barker (Starveling), Dan Hiatt (Snout), Joan Mankin (Snug), Patty Gallagher (Quince) and Lance Gardner (Flute) play the rest of Scheie's posse, with their oncoming comedy erupting in the end with their take on Ovid's tragic tale of Pyramus and Thisby. Gallagher might be the most enthusiastic Quince ever, doing everything shy of pulling a Molly Shannon (Saturday Night Live), breaking into a cheerleader pose and smelling her armpits, in order to direct a successful show for Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding day at night. Hiatt turns the role of Wall into a laidback musical exposé complete with cockney accent; Scheie and Gardner turn this tragic love story into a real lust affair as Pyramus and Thisby; Mankin plays a lion that apparently escaped from an insane asylum (in fact, Mankin is frighteningly funny throughout, whether as an unstable lion or an eruptive joiner), and together these mechanical work. Utterly hysterical.
Music and sound are big parts of this production, be it Hara's music of the spheres or his echoes into the night; the battle of the microphone at the play's start, the musical adventures of the mechanicals with Hiatt's Snout on guitar; the playful strums accompanying a harmonious duet between Lysander and Hermia singing Smokey Robinson's "You've Really Got a Hold On Me," or the always exciting compositions of sound designer Andre Pluess. I'm eternally touched when Pluess includes his simple and simply perfect signature piano chord in the midst of exciting composition, here adding a pristine chime whenever magic occurs in the play. And I can't help but believe he and Posner were influenced by the hit television show "Glee" when bringing this show to an end with an exhilarating, exciting, and well-choreographed bergamask. An entire production of Midsummer in this vein would work well with this creative team of players at the helm.
Olivera Gajic's costume design is sort of all over the place, with some punky layers on Hermia, patterned chaos on Helena, a bit of Madmen, some Dick Tracy, some everyday casual garb and some elegant gowns. In a way, I suppose you can say everyone has a style much like one would see in any ol' crowd—less the harnessed rack worn by "Thisbe" in rehearsal, their loosely Elizabethan play, or Gajic's brilliant nightmare of a donkey head. The lack of cohesion serves to place this play in any ol' time and any ol' place rather than confined to Ancient Greece or Elizabethan England or 1980's middle America or, or…
And this is important for A Midsummer Night's Dream, especially when focusing on the universal themes of love—falling in and out—on jealousy, on the concept of time, and then, of course, on the arbitrary nature of it all. This production of Midsummer speeds up time, emphasizing warriors conquering then wooing to wed their wives or lovers falling in and out of love in the blink of a tainted eye, all wrapped up in a fairy-forged tornado of jealousy. This speed is best sped by portraying Puck as not only a shrewd and knavish sprite, but as this production's Greek Chorus, commenting on this play's themes and activities both on and off the stage in order to catch us up to speed. It's a little confusing, as the events of the play seem to fall out of order sometimes when Hara rhythmically delivers his summaries, but it's also interesting to hear Puck tell us in his own words what he's done to Bottom in this Shakespeare play turn adaptation. The twists and turns Posner adopts mostly work. Those that don't quite are still intriguing ideas. Perhaps revisiting this play in the future—perhaps in the vein of a musical—is on Posner's inventive palate. If so, this current production at Cal Shakes is one hell of a fun prologue.
A Midsummer Night's Dream runs September 16 – October 11 at the California Shakespeare Theatre Bruns Memorial Amphitheater, 100 Gateway Blvd, Orinda, CA 94563. Information can be found at http://www.calshakes.org/v4/home.html.


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Kuwait: Once in a blue moon comes a film whose makers have the courage to take up and drive home a theme that is different from standard films, and a script that absorbs all genre.
'Nachom-ia Kumpasar' among any kind of films – Hindi, English or other languages, is extremely exceptional and inimitable. No wonder it bagged 3 honors at the Indian National Film Awards with 2 awards and 1 Special Mention Merit.
The screening in Kuwait was a much awaited one, coming through a long while after the movie was declared a stunning hit. Thanks to Goan Cultural Centre for bringing the film to Kuwait, and the Kuwait government for allowing the screening. Getting a license to screen a film in this part of the world, as everyone knows, is one of the most difficult tasks.
As expected, the film – a nostalgic recreation of the 1960s era, an age that showcased Goa's musical heritage – left the audience mesmerized.
The film has been going great guns ever since its premier last December. However, in terms of finding an international platform, it is so far only been screened in the Middle-East.
Kuwait had 4 shows at the 1000-capacity American International School with the first show on 29th May jam-packed.
Tibush Rebello of T-Bush Int'l Films and DJ Mario were in-charge of the technicalities.
A short presentation was held during the intervals of all shows. Special mementos/plaques were presented to Bardroy for the unsurpassed achievement of the movie. John Barretto, Savio Lopes, Simon D'Silva, Reaven D'Souza, Archie D'Mello, Naser Dastani & DJ Mario, etc, were presented with flower bouquets and plaques.
One cannot but have a word of admiration to the lead stars of the film – Vijay Maurya and Palomi Ghosh who played their roles to great perfection. Facial expressions and chemistry between the two is flawless. Palomi was perhaps the perfect choice to play the role with her naïve, sparkling looks – a symbol of youth and maturity.
Veterans John D'Silva and Prince Jacob are hardcore actors, their presence in the movie is a proof indeed of their God-given talent. Both stalwarts amuse the audience with interesting and witty dialogues. John D'silva is simply super. His one liners are worth every applause; he is kept precise and expressive. Meenakshi Martins, in the role of mother, is well noted as well.
Director Bardroy Barretto, the brain behind the project, deserves 'Much More Special Mention'. His detailing is commendable in every frame. He has brought the best out of his star actors, but as a writer could have made the screenplay more animated and a bit emotional given the scenario of the script. Perhaps, the second half is in need of some trimming.
Kuwait Konknni Mogi (KKM) also presented a special memento to the director at the hands of senior members Salazar Menezes, Gennifer Marshall and Domnic Fernandes.
Savio Lopes spoke on behalf of Director Bardroy. Goan Cultural Centre President Carmo Santos, one of the producers of the film, thanked a number of people in his speech.
Versatile Corraine Santos and Domnic Fernandes compered in English and Konkani respectively.
In a colorful souvenir released on the historic occasion, Goan Cultural Centre (GCC) has thanked the Government of Kuwait and its people, Embassy of India to the State of Kuwait, Dr Kamil Al Rayes Theater, Response Media, Reaven D'Souza, Agnelo D'Costa, Tony Dias, Lawry Pinto, Anthony Aranjo, Gasper Crasto, Gasper Almeida, Aldrin Menezes, DJ Mario, Julio Cardozo and all the organizing team of GCC.
Special thanks were acknowledged to Arab Times, Kuwait Times and prominent websites that covered the event.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A University of Southern California student was shot in the chest at a weekend party near the school and remains in guarded condition.
Police spokesman Bill Smith says the student, whose name is not being released, was at a party when a fight erupted and he was shot Sunday morning shortly after 2 a.m. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he underwent surgery.
A second student, identified as a woman, reported hand injury which was not considered serious.
Authorities have not yet arrested a suspect.
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Openings for Parks and Recreation slow-pitch softball
Farmington Parks and Recreation is currently taking teams for Spring/Summer Adult Slow-Pitch Softball Leagues which begin late April. Men's Leagues are offered Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Mixed League on Sunday evenings. For more information or registration materials, please visit the City's website at www.ci.farmington.mn.us or call 651-280-6854.


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Gaining closure: SAP to shut down TomorrowNow subsidiary by October's end
SAP plans to close its TomorrowNow software maintenance subsidiary by Oct. 31, having failed to find a buyer for the company. It will help TomorrowNow's 225 customers to find new support providers before the company closes its doors, it announced Monday.
TomorrowNow built a business selling third-party support for PeopleSoft and JD Edwards applications at around half the price charged by the original software vendors, later adding support for Siebel and Baan software to its range.
SAP bought TomorrowNow in February 2005: the company offered a convenient way for SAP to get closer to customers of its arch-rival Oracle, which had acquired PeopleSoft and JD Edwards in 2004, and later snapped up Siebel too.
However, in March 2007 Oracle filed suit against TomorrowNow and SAP, alleging that they had gotten a little too close. Oracle charged that TomorrowNow employees had illegally downloaded support materials for PeopleSoft and JD Edwards products from an Oracle Web site. SAP has denied gaining access to Oracle's intellectual property in this way.
Last November, SAP announced the resignation of TomorrowNow's management team, and said it was considering selling the company. Both moves were seen as ways for SAP to distance itself from the activities of its subsidiary and clean up its reputation.
Oracle is asking for damages likely to total US$1 billion or more in its suit, according to documents filed with the court last month. A trial is scheduled for February 2010.
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Before the calendar turned, 2016 already had the makings of a pivotal year for manufacturing, and for the world.
There were the big events for the year, including the United States as Partner Country at Hannover Messe in April and the 2016 International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago in September. There's also the matter of the U.S. presidential elections in November, which promise to shape policy in manufacturing for years to come.
But the year started with global economic turmoil, as a slowdown in Chinese manufacturing triggered a worldwide stock hiccup that sent values plummeting. The continued plunge in world oil prices has resulted in a slowdown in exploration and, by extension, the manufacture of exploration equipment.
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Man jailed for pensioner burglary
A burglar whose terrified 86-year-old victim suffered a suspected heart attack has been jailed for 16 months.
Barbara Haynes, from Lancaster, died eight weeks after William Hartley climbed through a window of her home and prompted her to rush into her bathroom in horror and lock the door.
She alerted police by pulling an emergency cord and Hartley fled empty-handed, but the pensioner later felt unwell and had to be taken to hospital.
The widow was eventually fit enough to return home but her daughter told Preston Crown Court she was "never the same" after the break-in in the early hours of February 15 and was noticeably more frail.
Fingerprints on the window of the address in Wheatfield Court were traced to the defendant, who was arrested and told officers he had been out drinking and had taken valium.
He could not accept - and still does not believe - he was capable of such an offence as he changed his plea to guilty on the day of the scheduled trial.
Hartley, of Sun Street, Lancaster, then committed a public order offence while on bail and beat up his girlfriend a day after pleading guilty to the burglary.
His counsel, Chris Hudson, explained Hartley had alcohol and drug problems which all stemmed from the break-up of his parents' marriage.
In a family statement, Marjorie Haynes said: "Mum was a very gentle, caring person but at the same time she had a strong independent spirit and was determined to remain in her own home despite increasingly poor health. Mum was at the very centre of our family; we all miss her very much and are sad that the break-in caused her so much fear and anxiety.
"We hope that the court case will highlight the need to protect and cherish elderly and vulnerable members of our society."


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A poor headline on a fascinating piece about the future of labor, machines and the welfare state. An excerpt.:
For much of the past 200 years, unskilled workers benefited greatly from capitalism. Before the Industrial Revolution, for example, skilled construction workers earned 50 to 100 percent more than unskilled laborers; today, that premium has fallen to 33 percent in the United States. The era of the two world wars, 1914 to 1945, was one of particularly sharp gains for the wages of unskilled workers, relative to the rest.
Why have the unskilled fared so well? After all, machines — whether steam engines, internal combustion engines or electric motors — have replaced people as deliverers of brute force. But even today they cannot replace many of people's manipulative abilities, language skills and social awareness. The hamburger you eat at McDonald's is still put together and delivered to you by human hands; even a fast-food "associate" deploys an astonishing repertoire of spatial and language skills.
But in more recent decades, when average U.S. incomes roughly doubled, there has been little gain in the real earnings of the unskilled. And, more darkly, computer advances suggest these redoubts of human skill will sooner or later fall to machines. We may have already reached the historical peak in the earning power of low-skilled workers, and may look back on the mid-20th century as the great era of the common man.
I recently carried out a complicated phone transaction with United Airlines but never once spoke to a human; my mechanical interlocutor seemed no less capable than the Indian call-center operatives it replaced. Outsourcing to India and China may be only a brief historical interlude before the great outsourcing yet to come — to machines. And as machines expand their domain, basic wages could easily fall so low that families cannot support themselves without public assistance.
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Gregory Clark – The Washington Post
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Yesterday, CD and drove to Traverse City to meet up with Katie Kearney, the founder and president of Naturally Nutty Foods Inc. We met at a farmer's market taking place in downtown, and CD and I asked Katie all kinds of questions about her business.
Katie started making her signature nut butters in her own kitchen and three years later, Naturally Nutty products are now sold in 44 states across the country. Unfortunately, we couldn't tour the manufacturing facility because her recipe is top secret, but Katie was kind enough to bring us a sample of a new product that she's working on along with a Naturally Nutty reusable bag tied-died by her kids. 🙂
Katie, it was so nice to meet you, and your story amazes me! Plus, thanks so much for the almond butter sample – I feel so honored to be a taste-tester. The new flavor is a chia seed almond butter. That's right, chia seeds + almond butter!!! Two of my favorite things together in one jar, and my particular jar is flavored with cinnamon and vanilla. Honestly, I have no idea how Katie added chia seeds to nut butter without getting a gloppy mess, but she did. She also managed to make it taste amazing!
Per Katie's recommendation, CD and then I walked to Soul Hole for lunch, a restaurant specializing in eclectic southern cuisine. Southern cuisine in Michigan, huh? This I had to try. I ordered the shrimp and grits with a side of collard greens and CD had the rueben.
OK, I grew up on the South, and honestly, Soul Hole's grits were some of the best I've ever tasted and super filling as well. My bowl didn't look that big, but that meal kept me satiated for HOURS. However, I think there was probably about half a stick of butter in the grits. Mmmm, butter. 🙂
Then, thanks to a tip from my favorite Domestic Dharma and directions from Katie, we walked to Oryana, a natural foods coop near downtown. Check out the Naturally Nutty selection…
Oh my goodness, I was in heaven. Usually, I'm a simple nut butter girl, meaning I prefer no salt, no flavors, etc. However, sometimes, I really enjoy a good sweetened nut butter (I blame Justin), and I would love to be able to purchase the Naturally Nutty products in Nashville since I have banned myself from online nut butter orders. In fact, I think it's been two years since I've had any of the company's products, but I'm going to talk to a few stores when I get home and request (okay, beg) that they carry Katie's nut butters.
Although I wanted to take home all of them, I only walked away with one jar…it was a difficult decision, but this is what I chose…
After exploring Traverse City a bit more, we drove back to Fife Lake, and I finally started to get hungry about 6 hours after lunch. So, I made myself a turkey & egg scramble and ate it alongside a leftover baked sweet potato topped with the almond cinnamon vanilla chia seed butter.
Really Katie, how do you pack your nut butter with chia seeds, flax seeds, and hemp seeds, and get it to taste like a decadent dessert without a ton of sugar?!? Well, however you do it, all I have to say is thank you!
Can't wait to bust open my new sunflower seed butter for breakfast this morning, and someday, I WILL try the Pepita Sun Butter…oh, and the Mocha PB as well! May have to lift the online nut butter ban for those two. 😉
Is Naturally Nutty available in your area, and if so, which flavor is your favorite?


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Jeff Kosberg has joined Satco Products [1] as Southeast Regional Sales Manager. He will be managing the sales responsibilities for Florida, Georgia and Alabama.
Kosberg brings experience in both the residential and commercial marketplaces and will oversee the Builder/Specifications sales channels.
For the last 14 years, Kosberg was the Eastern Regional Sales Manager for Sea Gull Lighting Products. Prior to that, he was principle at Ark Lighting Sales, an independent decorative lighting rep agency based in the Philadelphia area. Earlier in his career, Kosberg was the National Sales Manager overseeing lighting showrooms for Lutron and the Northeastern Regional Sales Manager for Juno Lighting.
[1] http://www.satco.com/


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All Your Questions About Watermelon Seeds, Answered
Watermelon season is most definitely upon us, sticky juice dripping down our chin and all. For the rest of the summer we'll be cutting through countless watermelons in order to get our fill, and we hope you do the same. But beyond the juicy pink flesh, let's talk about the seeds. Yes, there is a whole lot to talk about when it comes to those little guys.
So Many Questions, So Many Answers
Sit with a pile of watermelon slices long enough and suddenly the seed questions emerge. Why are there black and white ones? What happens if I swallow a few black seeds by accident? What makes a seedless watermelon a seedless watermelon — especially if it's still full of those tiny white seeds?
We answered every single one of these questions and more. Those little seeds deserve a bit more attention and this summer, we are giving it to them.


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Archive for Thursday, June 5, 2008
The eephus pitch
June 5, 2008
The ship could be righted today.
The Kansas City Royals, although they're out of their funk that marred the better part of the first two months of the season, still aren't producing runs. And they show no sign of doing so any time soon.
But today, at least for a few hours, hope springs eternal and Royals fans can focus on something that could impact the team before the Beltrans of the world fall into millions of dollars in free agency.
With players like Alex Gordon, we're talking two more years, counting 2008, before he's eligible for arbitration. Then the organization will either have to pay him what he's worth, as deemed by an arbitrator, or let him go elsewhere - a bigger market team.
Using history as a guide, some of this year's players won't be here in four years, and that puts even more importance on today's MLB draft. The Royals need hitting, that's well-known.
But the organization can't completely neglect pitching. Before Tuesday's game, the Royals had a 4.49 earned run average, good for 11th out of 14 American League teams.
And offensively, they were last in the major leagues in runs scored, at 207. The next-to-last team out there in the Bigs are the Padres, having plated 216 runs. In the hitter friendly American league, the team above the Royals, the Mariners, have scored 26 more runs than the Royals, through 57 games. That means the worst team in the AL, record-wise, offensively manages about a half of a run more than the Royals.
That's unacceptable.
The Royals need to take a hitter with their third overall pick today, given their offensive woes early this season.
Most projections show the following players going somewhere in the top-five:
-Tim Beckham, SS, Griffin, Ga. (hs)
-Buster Posey, C, Florida State
-Pedro Alvarez, 3B, Vanderbilt
-Brian Matusz, LHP, San Diego
-Justin Smoak, 1B, South Carolina
Drafting in front of the Royals are the Rays and Pirates, and most predict the Pirates will take Alvarez.
Beckham is thought of by draft analysts as a Jose Reyes-type of player; grease speed with great baseball instincts, a five-tool player. He's also the most raw of the five projected picks, having not attended college.
If he doesn't go in the top two, I say the Royals have to take him. You score runs by not only extra base hits but having a leadoff guy who plays the style Reyes or Rafael Furcal plays. Get on base, get moved over or steal a base, and find a way to cross the plate. You can't count on getting three hits to score every single run. You need extra base hits and stolen bases, too. Billy Butler is a base hit machine, but he's riding the bus in triple-A until he can produce some extra bases.
The Royals may be last in the AL in homeruns, but they don't have to have a power hitter in this spot. And taking this shortstop ensures production at a position that has been terrible, at least at the plate, for the Royals since Angel Berroa's flash-in-the-pan of 2003. It also gives the Royals a pure leadoff, something that has also been lacking.
The team took a shortstop with its top pick a year ago, but Mike Moustakas seems better-equipped to play a corner outfield position. He's bigger than the typical shortstop, and his speed and range are below average. I don't think he's the long term answer.
If Beckham is not there, Posey should be. Posey has hit for average and power in the past, and with our current catching situation, the Royals could draft a guy who is above average behind the plate and standing beside it. Catchers who can hit, looking around the league, are few and far between.
Either selection would be encouraging for the franchise, given what has transpired in 2008.
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text: Miguel is on his Art Dealer Chic while two lovelies get their freak on in the background of his latest video for the track "...All" from Vol. 2. These visuals have a hazy treatment as if Miguel got a fingerprint on his cell phone's camera before he pressed "record" while twisted from the effects of a 40 ounce. Miguel might very well be under the influence as he encourages us to "elevate" in the song's lyrics. As long as he keeps delivering music like this, we'll go wherever he leads us.


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UK Draft Energy Bill: chill wind blowing for renewables?
The Institution of Engineering and Technology's energy expert Robert Sansom comments on the UK's draft energy bill and how it impacts the wind sector.
Interview by Rikki Stancich, Editor
The UK government this week unveiled its draft Energy Bill in Parliament in response to growing concerns over the UK's energy security. Energy demand in the UK is forecast to double by 2050. With roughly one-fifth of existing capacity to come offstream by 2020, Britain must find investment worth £110bn in order to meet the shortfall and secure the UK's future energy supply.
Central to the Bill is the long-awaited Electricity Market Reform (EMR). Originally designed to ensure that low-carbon energy generation is sufficiently incentivised to ensure new plants are built, observers are concerned that in its current form the EMR favours nuclear and gas over renewables. This is because the complex new feed in tariff appears to be weighted in favour of multi-gigawatt nuclear and gas energy projects.
Wind Energy Update speaks to energy expert Robert Sansom, on behalf of the UK's Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) to get industry's take on the draft Bill, and to find out what it means - in its current form - for the wind energy sector.
Wind Energy Update: Compared to other EU member states, the UK's renewables target is fairly low. Roughly what will the UK's 2030 energy mix look like under the new regime?
Robert Sansom: The UK has taken a market-based approach to the energy system's design and the government's aim is to substantially decarbonise electricity by 2030 to ensure we are on track to meet the 2050 carbon reduction target.
Aside from renewable energy, nuclear is the only other commercially available low carbon technology, given that carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) has yet to be proven.
By 2030, there would be a mix of renewable energy and new nuclear, probably with coal and gas with CCS.
There is not a single view for the UK but the government has published a 2050 Pathways report that covers all the energy sectors with a range of projections or pathways. For electricity generation renewables, in particular wind, and nuclear have an important influence on the mix and will determine how much carbon emitting plant remains on the system, most if not all of which will be gas.
Coal and gas with CCS is not expected to be significant by 2030, mainly because the technology has yet to be commercialised. Possibly the greatest uncertainty rests with nuclear. Although EDF remains committed to its nuclear investment proposals, the recent announcement by Eon and RWE that they will not invest in nuclear has raised questions over the prospects for nuclear.
Wind Energy Update: How key a role does wind energy play in the UK's future energy mix?
Robert Sansom: The government expects wind will have very large role to play but as the UK's Electricity Market Reform (EMR) takes a market-based approach, the extent of its role will come down to its competitiveness with other low carbon technologies.
Wind Energy Update: Global warming is the result of market failure. How confident is the IET that the carbon pricing mechanism will adequately reflect environmental and health costs, and in doing so ensure adequate deployment of sustainable, clean, renewable energy technologies?
Robert Sansom: I wouldn't attribute global warming to market failure. However, the European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) was introduced as a market based approach to cap carbon emissions within the EU.
Unfortunately for a number of reason the traded price of carbon has been much lower than expected and investors in low carbon generation technology have argued that it does not provide the necessary long term confidence for such investment to be made.
The carbon price support mechanism seeks to address this and provided it is compatible with the EMR then we would expect it would be helpful to renewables along with other lower carbon technologies.
Wind Energy Update: According to the IET, a main short-term requirement for the UK is to enable the build significant amounts of low cost peaking generation to provide cover for renewables shortfalls and exceptional demand peaks. What form of energy would this likely be?
Robert Sansom: More than likely it will be gas-based technologies, given that it is the only energy that can be cycled up and down quickly to meet demand requirements. There is concern among certain groups who say the EMR will, in this respect, create a 'dash for gas' and adversely impact investment in low carbon technologies.
The point of the reforms, however, is also to diversify the UK's energy portfolio away from heavily carbon-based technologies to a mix of low-carbon technologies. From an energy security point-of-view it is very helpful, given that there will be a lot more diversity in the UK's energy sources with less dependence on imports and exposure to volatile prices.
Wind Energy Update: How crucial is it that UK increased investment in energy storage and inter-connectors?
Robert Sansom: One of the challenges is that, in terms of energy storage, gas provides massive storage capability that can help manage changes in energy consumption due to weather for example. Reducing the amount of gas in the UK's energy portfolio (to be fully de-carbonised, we would need to largely phase out gas by 2050) requires that we replace the storage capability with something else, particularly with increased amounts of intermittent plant such as wind and inflexible plant such as nuclear.
Storage, in the form of pumped hydro (which the UK has a lot of) is important. Interconnectors can also provide back up and storage. There is likely to be a need for other forms of storage using other technologies such as battery-based systems for unexpected events. Demand side management also has an important part to play here and this is a crucial component of the EMR we believe.
Wind Energy Update: To what extent will Feed-in Tariffs with Contracts for differences (FiT CfD) improve on FIT schemes elsewhere, such as Spain and Germany?
Robert Sansom: One of the benefits of publishing a draft bill is to provide an opportunity for organizations to contribute directly and to incorporate lessons from other mechanisms around the world.
One thing [the UK government] doesn't want to do is get it wrong. Therefore, it is granting both the public and the private sectors a period of time to examine and provide feedback on the bill in order to ensure that the mechanism is optimally designed.
An important difference with the FIT CfD is that unlike other schemes that are designed to support domestic and renewable energy installations, the UK's FIT is also designed to cover large-scale multi-billion pound thermal power station projects, such as EDF's nuclear proposals at Hinkley and Sizewell, which could cost in excess of £20bn.
Another important point is the FIT length, which has yet to be agreed upon. A combined cycle gas plant has a financing term of 10-15 years. Large thermal energy, such as nuclear power, may require a longer period, possibly more then 20 years. For renewable energy, the financing regime is typically 10 -15 years. Critical to the success of the EMR is that it enables low carbon projects to be financed and deliver good value to consumers.
Wind Energy Update: The new feed-in tariff system was designed to allay investor concerns related to short-term support mechanisms. However, the Renewable Obligations Certificate (ROC) system has worked well until now. Will this new system deliver the level of investor confidence required?
Robert Sansom: The ROC was designed to expire in 2027, which was great for projects built in 2002, but not for those being planned in 2010. However, if you have a mechanism that works and that people are comfortable with (such as the ROC), it is a challenge as to whether you can transition smoothly to the new regime, and indeed, whether it will work as well.
To respond to this article, please write to the Editor: Rikki Stancich


text: Sir: After passing my graduation I tried to seek admission to a master's degree programme in Balochistan University. For this I submitted the admission form, along with Rs 1,000.I was waiting for an interview call but the university changed the decision and opted for holding a test under the National Testing Service (NTS). We all paid Rs 750 each for the NTS test, along with our forms. We were then told that we would get our test roll number slip via the Internet. But NTS did not publish our roll numbers on the Internet. As a result, many of our friends who were from rural areas of Quetta or other parts of Balochistan, could not make it for the test and it caused their disqualification.Those candidates who were from the city took the examinations and were told that their results would be published on the Internet after three days.I waited for the results for about 15 days but these were neither published on the Internet nor in any newspaper. I made a call to the Balochistan University's department concerned, asking it about the NTS results. The answer I got was shocking. I was told that the results were announced immediately after the test and interviews of the qualified candidates had also been conducted.When I inquired why NTS did not publish the results on the Internet or in any newspaper, I was told that the NTS had e-mailed us the results. What sort of merit is this? Who is responsible for those who could not join the test?Why did the university ask the NTS to conduct the test? NTS should be abolished as it is not working on merit. Rizwan ZehriQuetta