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A Visit To Brooklyn Soda Works: Weird & Wonderful Carbonated Fruit Sodas
Who: Antonio Ramos and Caroline Mak
What: Founders and head juice makers of Brooklyn Soda Works
Where: Brooklyn, New York
It all started on a whim. Back in early 2010, Antonio, a chemist, and his partner Caroline, an artist, just wanted to make a good ginger beer at home, but what followed was the basis for a new business: intensely flavored carbonated fruit sodas made not from syrups (as is the norm) but rather fresh-pressed juice, with over 40 unusual spicy/sour/sweet flavor combinations, like Grapefruit Jalapeno and Blueberry Lavender. But what's interesting about Brooklyn Soda Works is how very unlike a soda company they are: they don't use syrup and they don't bottle. Instead, they sell their soda in 5 gallon kegs so they can be on-tap at local restaurants and bars. They're really more like beer brewers, but for non-alcoholic soda.
The Test Kitchen
Needless to say, Antonio and Caroline don't make batches of soda in their apartment kitchen anymore. After they were accepted into The Brooklyn Flea in summer 2010, they raised $2,800 through a Kickstarter campaign so they could scale up their operations. For the next two years they worked out of Palo Santo's kitchen in Park Slope, Brooklyn and then a rented shared kitchen before moving to their current headquarters last March: 1,000 square feet of space in a massive former Pfizer warehouse in South Williamsburg (which, incidentally, has become a haven for small food start-ups). They have three designated production days a week now, with a rotating staff to help, along with two to three days of cleaning, getting ready for markets, and delivery.
If you didn't know they were making soda, you might think they were brewing beer, since a good chunk of their equipment is actually beer brewing equipment, including the kegs and the brewing kettles. Plastic boxes of ingredients line the storage shelves, giving a glimpse into the the secrets of their soda: peppercorns, vanilla bean, lavender, wintergreen, a big bucket of ginger root, even bags of foraged greens and bark. (One box listed the ingredients for their proprietary Root Beer recipe, developed by Antonio, but I won't list it here!) A cooler room stores about a dozen filled kegs, and the connected spout dispenses whatever fresh juice they're working on that week. (Blueberry Lavender when I was there.) The one piece of equipment that belies their soda (not beer) business is a Ruby commercial juicer, the first piece of major equipment they bought back in 2010. The juicer is really the heart of the business, the soul of their unique soda. Here's why:
The Secret Sauce
Most soda companies make soda by combining a fruit syrup with carbonated water, but Brooklyn Soda Works does it differently: instead of boiling fruit juice down to a syrup, they just carbonate fresh-pressed juice directly! Their idea was to use as much fruit in their soda as a fresh-pressed juice would use. They first started carbonating with a Sodastream. As Caroline tells me, everyone knows that soda syphons warn you shouldn't carbonate anything in them other than water. "We were like, screw that," Caroline says. "Let's try to put fresh juice in and see what happens. And it was fine - you just have to be really careful when you clean it out, that you clean out all the sugar."
But while working with fresh juice allows them to experiment with all sorts of interesting ingredient and flavor combinations, it was also a big risk, because they're now looking at the same problems that fresh juice distributors have: a premium price and a shorter shelf life. Brooklyn Soda Works doesn't use any preservatives in their soda, besides the natural benefits some of their ingredients bring. (For example, lemon and rosemary are both natural preservatives.) But despite these limitations, the quality of their product sells itself to restaurants and bars, and they got early support from big wholesale clients like Blue Hill.
Brooklyn Soda Works offers three flavors year-round: 1) Apple Ginger, 2) Grapefruit Jalapeno, and Honey, and 3) Hibiscus, Orange Peel, and Ginger. Other flavors rotate seasonally depending on what ingredients they can get. They use peppercorns a lot in their recipes, especially in mid-spring to early summer. "Strawberry, Hops, and Pink Peppercorn is a favorite," says Caroline. "The sweetness balances with the hot. [And] Lemon Thyme goes over really well in late Spring." Currant fall flavors include a Spiced Plum and Concord Grape with Fennel.
They experiment with new flavors all the time (in general, Caroline is more interested in working with fresh, fruit flavors, while Antonio likes the bitter, spice-oriented things) but most of them don't make it out of the kitchen. "We have a pretty strict tasting, and at least half the people in the kitchen have to really like it for it to go out," says Antonio. "We do go for weirder flavors." In another ode to beer influence, they do use hops in some of their soda, including a few recent experiments in bitter Italian sodas made with hops and orange peel ("light, bitter, clean.") As Antonio says, "90% of the audience doesn't want it, but 10% will love it. That always happens when you do intense flavors. We love licorice flavors—anise, licorice, fennel— [but] that's another one when you know if you put that in anything 90% of people aren't going to like it, but the people who do will really love it. So we always try to mix it up between more crowd-pleasing flavors and really specific, intense flavors that only some people are going to like."
Curious, I asked about flavors that didn't sell. "Two orange flavors," Antonio says: Orange and Fennel ("Everyone loved it, we all thought it was a great flavor, but no one wanted it") and Orange and Chipotle ("I can understand why that one didn't sell as well"). But admittedly sometimes it's all about the timing: flavors are very specific to the time of year. "There's a lot of things where we'll have a flavor and we just bring it at the wrong time," says Antonio. "In the summer people want, like, lime. They want hibiscus, they want tart and sweet. It's taken us awhile to figure that out, to try to guess which flavors will work when."
When asked if there was one ingredient that defines Brooklyn Soda Works, they unflinchingly said ginger. "People ask us questions about recipe development and we always kind of giggle," says Antonio, "because, like, the basic Brooklyn Soda Works recipe is just add ginger to something and see if it tastes good, and if not, we'll try something else. We love ginger!"
The Business Plan + Community
As mentioned, Brooklyn Soda Works has taken most of their business advice from beer brewers, including the brewers behind SixPoint and the beer lovers at Beer Table. "Brewers have such accurate palates," Antonio says, and he and Caroline are very indebted to brew people who helped them out with technical things. Their model for Brooklyn Soda Works is to work on building up a good local audience by being on draft at restaurants and bars, while they work on fine-tuning their recipes and building up support in the community. Only then will they consider moving into bottling. "Most soft drinks go straight to bottling which is the only way you can really grow," Antonio says. "[Going] bar by bar and café by café is very labor-intensive and slow. You're not going to get the massive numbers that people get by going into bottles." But by relying on wholesale operations right now and building their base, they hope at some point to be self-sustaining, so they can bottle on their own terms.
5 Quick Questions for Caroline and Antonio
Favorite online resources for your kitchen?
We pretty much spend more of our time in our big production space now, so all of our equipment and cookware is from places like The Webstaurant Store which sells commercial grade equipment and restaurant supplies. But for a home cook you can find good quality kitchenwares without the mark up of all the brands.
The one thing you can't live without?
Got to be ginger - the basis of our beverages as well as the food we make for ourselves! And this past summer we became very invested in making ice-brew coffee for ourselves and our staff, so a couple of pieces of equipment have been integral: this "Clever Coffee Dripper" is a nice little tool to have. It snaps onto a cup (or in our case a large jar filled with ice) and you can close the valve to stop the dripping when the time is up.
If you could spend a day with anyone, who would it be and why?
Oh dear! this is almost impossible to answer! We're just going to be cheesy and say each other. We're very lucky and happy that we get to work with each other.
What's in your Google reader or what have you just finished reading?
Antonio: "The Disco Files 1973-78 - New York's underground, week by week" - a great chronicle of disco by Vince Aletti
Caroline: I just finished reading 'The Siege of Krishnapur' by J.G. Farrell.
If you won a million dollars, what would you do with it?
This is going to be boring answer, but as owners in a young business the first thing we would do would be to invest parts of it back into the business. Get all the equipment we've always wanted to get, pay back some loans, give all our employees a much deserved bonus. And if there's anything left, maybe build a yurt up in the Catskills.
Thanks, Caroline and Antonio!
Related: 15 Delicious Non-Alcoholic Spritzers, Sodas, and Mocktails
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Divorce can be civilised
And this is good for the children. My parents were divorced for a while before getting back together and they held their sh-t together to the best of their ability and thanks God for that because we didn't need to add another issue to the list.
So check out Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes today taking Mia and Joe to school together, everyone seems to be in very pleasant spirits. So mature and civilised and quelling reports that the two are scrapping over their separation. On the outside, it does all seem rather amicable. And Kate looks f-cking amazing. Skin is wonderful. Fit, fresh, and wearing a very similar jacket to the one I'd been searching for everywhere from Elizabeth & James and couldn't find in my size. Laura is this the same one? Bitch!
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Ambi-ON Review
- Publisher: Winning Blimp
- Genre: Puzzle
- Released: 26 Sep, 2012
- Size: 44.3 MB
- Price: FREE!
- An inventive new spin on the Breakout formula.
- Touchpad power-ups.
- Heavy reliance on grinding or spending cash to unlock items in shop.
- Same issues that have always plagued this style of game.
- The robot voice is annoying.
A Breakout style game with Pong style paddles all wrapped up in a machine-punk presentation.
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Ambi-On is the tale of controlling a parasite eradicating device used to purge the gas shafts of this planet mining operation. Accomplishing this task plays like a mix of Breakout and Pong, as you paddle an orb back and forth, collecting credits, and triggering explosions until the orb explodes itself and you end up failing your mission, only to take those credits, upgrade your device and try again. Not the most efficient way I could think of to clear out parasites, but there you go.
The paddles on either side of the screen move in tandem and are controlled by the slider on the side (whichever side you wish you place it on in the options). The sliding works well enough, and you can definitely zoom your finger up quick to catch a rebound that rockets out of a holding pattern (which happens quite a lot in this game). There is a danger later on when you need to tap the power-up buttons in the middle of the screen, that your return to the slider will not encounter optimal placement, which might lead to a falter in catching a rebound, and then a game over.
The Machine Shop holds plenty of single use items, upgrades to your paddles, and the unlocks for the other two levels in the game. Prices are set rather high, leading either to a lot of grinding or making use of in-app purchase for additional credits. Seeing that the basic game is just a high score grab, the prices definitely hurt what is a decent and fun core experience.
The art style is sufficient to impart the information needed for gameplay, and the music is alright if you enjoy electronica (although I think everyone can agree that robot voice gets annoying fast). The main issue here aside from the high shop prices is that the main faults of the original Breakout are still evident. You're too much at the mercy of luck as the orb changes velocity and careens back and forth through the obstacles between the paddles. This is of course part and parcel of the game, but this criticism has held since those early brick breaking days. Ambi-On is kind of a gaming stew that has taken the ingredients of two early classics, let them simmer, and sprinkled a few extras on top. Whether or not this becomes a meal depends on each individual player's taste. Now let's never speak of this metaphor again.
DescriptionClassic brick breaker gameplay flipped vertically on a scrolling playfield, solidly set in a futuristic sci-fi universe. Immerse yourself in Ambi-ON.
"Ambi-ON's gameplay and soundtrack make Winning Blimp a rising star in the iOS gaming community." - Games Abyss
"An inventive new spin on the Breakout formula." - AppSpy
Ambi-ON gives you:
★ Intuitive pick-up-and-play controls. No thrill-killing tutorials here.
★ 3 endless scrolling levels. Unlock them all and slam that hi score.
★ A range of useful power-ups and upgrades to help you dominate.
★ Game Center integration. Who will reign supreme?
★ Gut-punching soundtrack. Get those earphones in.
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About six years ago, I fell in love with a book--hard.
Sarah and I sped through it like madwomen; I got my first blurb on the Indie Next List for it; and then it came out and we sold it. And sold it. And sold it. We handsold that sucker to every teen girl and teen girl's mom that walked through the door, and over the years, we've continued to handsell it (first together, and now apart...sniff). That book was THIRTEEN LITTLE BLUE ENVELOPES by Maureen Johnson, and it remains one of my favorite YA novels ever.
So when the ARC of THE LAST LITTLE BLUE ENVELOPE showed up in the box from my Harper rep, my heart sank more than a little. TLBE was fine on its own. I didn't need to know what had happened to Ginny. I was fine with her story being finished (or unfinished, whatever). Couldn't anyone leave well enough alone? Why did everything have to have a sequel? One would be better off asking, "Why didn't you just trust Maureen?" Turns out finishing Ginny's story is a good thing. Turns out I'm pretty darn happy to have the sequel in the world.
I don't want to say much, because if you haven't read TLBE, you should read that first. You absolutely have to read it first. If you've read it, you can sleep soundly knowing that our Ginny is back and better than ever. There's a new, strange boy in her life (not by her choice), and he's the one who pushes her out on her new adventure. There's an old boy, too, causing problems. There's a possible new friend and a whole new series of trips to take. Turns out you open up THE LAST LITTLE BLUE ENVELOPE and it's like opening the door to an old friend. Thanks, Maureen, for the sequel I didn't know I wanted until I had it.


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Taken at one of the many beautiful lakes in the Gardiner Basin in Kings Canyon National Park on July 20th, 2018.
I almost lost my shoes to the accumulated muck on the bottom of this lake. Kinda like stepping in a six-inch deep layer of snot. I don't know what that stuff was for sure, but I'm assuming it was made of the decomposing bodies of other photographers who got trapped in it.
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A provocative and yet important question!
The New York Times recently "held" a debate in its "Room for Debate" Opinion Pages on just this topic. There were four debaters who presented their perspectives and then 192 comments were posted and possibly more when accounting for Facebook and Twitter activity.
The introduction states:
The New York Times reports that, as big stores like Borders disappear, "many public libraries are seeing an opportunity to fill the void created by the loss of traditional bookstores."
Is that the right direction for libraries to take? What are libraries for, and how should they evolve?
Given how much research your average genealogist has done historically in libraries, this is a topic very important to us.
Just recently, a branch library in Wake County (NC) was remodeled and some of the most notable changes were more open space, more computers and less books!
I will admit to "physically" using the county libraries less than I used to when the kids were little and we were frequently there to get books and attend programs. Though, I use the State Library of NC and other more narrowly-focused libraries much much more as I do research.
And, I do use "elements" of the Wake County library without having to leave my house – I can do interlibrary loan requests online, access select databases (e.g. HeritageQuest Online, Sanborn Maps, etc), see what's happening and more.
My mom was a big user of the library in the town where I grew up, even though I did find the back bookcases kind of musty and dim. Many a high school research project was completed using its resources and I was able to borrow books which expanded my reading beyond some classics, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys and an encyclopedia set, which was all we had in our house.
My kids have a slightly different perspective. Though we did go to the library to borrow books, they also were gifted or purchased with their spending money many books. Additionally, by the time they were in third grade, reports were being done on computers at the school and the research was being done at the school library. The shift to college created a world where much research is done online and on-campus libraries are more for study group gatherings. On occasion, I do have my daughter look at a real book and copy pages from it for me!
As a part of the research I do now, there is a not a month that goes by where I don't contact a library for some reason. Some recent questions by me have been:
- Can they search for an obituary for me?
- Do they have a vertical file for a particular family name?
- Would they look up something in a book that worldcat tells me they have a copy of?
- Have any local surveys of cemeteries been conducted?
- It appears that this funeral home has closed, do they know if another bought them out or where are their records?
Since I still find libraries invaluable, even if they have morphed through time, my answer has to be -- YES, we still need libraries.
Do you still find libraries invaluable to your research? Do you think we still need libraries? If yes, what makes them important now and in the future?
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Jack of all trade, master of none. First a disclaimer. My students have discovered this blog and they might think that what I write is gospel truth. Worse is they might find an argument that they think they can use, for some reason or another, against their teachers. So, to set the record straight, it is NOT. As a matter of fact, I write and open it to feedback to get another view in the hope that somebody would tell me if I am wrong and reenforce my thinking if it is right. Not that I will accept anything thrown my way, though. Just so I can think about it some more and decide whether my original stance is right or definitely off tangent. So there. I hope that clarifies everything. Now, on to blogging.


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The Flash has arrived.
The first image of actor Grant Gustin as Barry Allen's super-fast superhero was released Friday, highlighting the costume designed by Oscar winner Colleen Atwood.
The hero is gearing up to headline his own series for the CW, with the pilot for the new show expected to go into production next week. David Nutter will direct from a script by "Arrow" co-creators Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg and DC Entertainment's Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns, who has cited Flash as his favorite comic character.
The lightning-quick DC hero has a storied history in comics. The character who becomes the fastest man alive in the wake of an accident first appeared on the paneled page in 1940 and went on to become a member of the Justice League of America.
This isn't the Flash's first foray into live-action television, of course. John Wesley Shipp played the hero in the short-lived CBS series "The Flash," which ran for one season in 1990.
It's unclear how the character's return to television will affect Warner Bros.' reported plans for a Flash movie, to be written by Berlanti, Johns, Marc Guggenheim, Chris Brancato and Michael Green.
Still, the CW has found success with superheroes in the past. "Smallville," the Superman prequel series that ran for 10 seasons, garnered devoted fan support, and "Arrow" also has become a breakout hit for the network.
Are you excited to see the Flash come to television once more? What do you think of the new costume?
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NC House gives initial OK to Republicans' budget
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NC House gives initial OK to Republicans' budget
Plan would last for 2 years
The North Carolina House has given initial approval to its state government budget plan for the next two years.
The chamber voted 77-41 Wednesday night to the proposal written largely by Republicans. House members debated for seven hours and voted on more than 25 amendments.
A final House vote is expected Thursday. The Senate approved its budget proposal three weeks ago.
The two chambers should begin negotiations in earnest next week with the aim of getting a compromise to Gov. Pat McCrory by the end of the month. The competing plans each spend $20.6 billion next year.
Senior House budget chairman Nelson Dollar of Cary said the House plan would move the state forward. Democrats countered that the bill would send the state backward.


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SEAL BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Massive waves turned into floodwaters Wednesday along the Southern California shore as Hurricane Marie stirred up the surf from afar.
Beachfront properties were inundated with saltwater, and the storm-roiled Pacific knocked out pilings at Malibu Pier. The sea breached oceanfront walls to flood streets and homes.
Both Tuesday and Wednesday, beachgoers reveled in the towering surf at The Wedge in Newport Beach, with crowds egging on surfers and body-boarders brave enough to take on waves surging up to 20 feet. Lifeguards on both sea and shore kept a watchful eye on the crowd, making multiple rescues.
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The Reliance Group, founded by Dhirubhai H. Ambani , is India's largest private
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flagship company, Reliance Industries Limited, is a Fortune Global 500 company and
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities are bracing for nudity, drugs and general free-spiritedness during a counterculture gathering that began near Salt Lake City this week, compelling a pair of nearby Mormon church-owned girls' summer camps to move elsewhere.
The first attendees are setting up camp at the annual Rainbow Family gathering, where attendance is expected to total about 10,000. They have begun building kitchens and setting up tents in advance of their July 4 celebration.
Most visitors have come without incident through the closest town of Heber City, said Wasatch County Sheriff's Deputy Jared Rigby. But even just a few menaces have rankled locals in the town of 12,000 dotted with churches and bordered by vast fields and ranches.
Some revelers have already crashed a nearby wedding reception in search of food.
Police also expect to find marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine in coming weeks, but aren't saying whether the drugs have already turned up. They have doubled their force with help from the state.
"We don't deal with a lot of panhandling, people asking for handouts," Rigby said. "We don't have a lot of lewdness or public urination."
With only about 200 participants, the gathering Sunday logged one death when a 39-year-old New Hampshire woman was found on the site hunkered around a bend in the Duchesne River, Rigby said. She apparently died in her sleep, he added.
For the most part, participants have cooperated with officials, asking how they can limit their toll on the land at the spot about 40 miles east of Salt Lake City, said Dave Whittekiend of the Forest Service.
"People have approached and asked, 'How can we be lighter on the ground; how can we minimize those impacts?'" he said. They have "been very open" to requests of biologists, who barred the group from setting up camp within 200 feet of the river, Whittekiend said.
It's the first year the annual event has come to Utah since 2003, when it set up on the northern side of the same mountain range. It has convened every year since 1972.
Last year, the group chose Montana's Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, where law enforcement costs related to the gathering totaled $575,000, according to the Forest Service. Officers issued hundreds of citations but only arrested two people out of 10,000.
Officials there compiled a list of lessons learned, advising their counterparts in other states to make clear where participants may camp, set up fires and retrieve water.
The Rainbow Family has no official leaders and no one website or member list. Its creed revolves around nonviolence, inclusiveness and praying for peace, according to a number of websites asserting ties to the group.
The gatherings take the name "rainbow" because they aim to incorporate a spectrum of people and cultures, says one website.
Jan Olpin, co-owner of the Dairy Keen, spotted a group in recent days rummaging through the eatery's garbage, "so I said, 'Here's your cheeseburger with some soup, fries and a drink."
That's a one-off, she said: Police are urging against such donations.
At a community meeting, officials said the festival would boost local business, quelling anxiety, Olpin said. Some pledged to welcome the visitors but also vowed to lock their cars.
"The whole audience kind of agreed we need to do what's best for Heber and make these people feel welcome," Olpin said, "yet be vigilant."
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Weary Mudslide Rescuers Battle Rain, Exhaustion In Quest To Find Bodies, Maybe A Miracle
DARRINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Rescuers in hip waders have been pushing on through rain and exhaustion, searching for more bodies and perhaps a miracle in the pile of mud and debris that laid waste to the rural town of Oso in Washington state.
At least 26 people are known to have been killed in Saturday's mudslide. Nine of those bodies have been located but not recovered, while the list of those unaccounted for still totals 90. Officials are warning the community that a higher toll will be announced Friday morning.
The official death toll rose to 17 late Thursday as the Snohomish (snoh-HOH'-mish) County medical examiner's office announced it had received the body of an infant recovered earlier in the day.
At this point, digging is the only method being used to narrow the list of the missing. Emergency officials say they have stopped conducting door-to-door searches or calling relatives in hopes of locating people who haven't checked in yet.


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Cloud fluffer ready to lighten Microsoft's load
Rackspace talks private Azure
Web-hosting giant Rackspace could be among the first to deliver private versions of Microsoft's Azure cloud, free of Redmond's control.
Rackspace has had discussions with Microsoft to run Azure in its own data centers, the company's told The Reg.
Already a Microsoft hosting and cloud partner, Rackspace believes the world is too big and too complicated with different security standards and regional requirements for Microsoft to deliver everything on its own.
Microsoft this week announced the Windows Azure Platform Appliance containing Windows Azure compute and SQL Azure storage.
Rackspace chief technology officer John Engates told us: "I think it's a great idea to allow private versions of Azure because realistically, Microsoft can't run all the world's IT in its own data centers."
He added: "If and when we get strong demand for Azure in our datacenter, we'll certainly consider offering it."
The service provider also believes it's got the experience in hosting and .NET to make Azure usable and to help ease customers concerns over the newness of the architecture – most, for example, won't even know what SQL Azure is or be willing to commit at this stage..
Lew Moorman, Rackspace's president for cloud and chief strategy officer, said: "It's like house hunting and buying the house and every single element in it. You can't customize or do your own thing, and that's a big commitment for people... In time we could host it, but people are nervous about giving everything to Microsoft."
Windows Azure Platform Appliance came to light after The Reg broke the news on Microsoft's Project Talisker, a plan to let Microsoft customers and service providers run their own, private versions of Azure. Until Talisker, Microsoft's said only its datacenters would host Azure.
The appliance software will be tested on servers by Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Fujitsu in their data centers, with plans to deliver the appliance on hardware with services from Dell and HP once they've got a clearer idea of what the product should be, how it might work, pricing, and licensing.
Engates said the appliance concept would let customers run an Azure-like capability to meet the specific needs of their own environments or let Rackspace run Azure for them in its own datacenters.
Rackspace claims 80,000 cloud customers, but installing Azure would mean a change. Rackspace seems to define cloud by server virtualization, as it offers VMware's vSphere with its Windows Server and Red-Hat Linux stacks in addition to services and support.
Rackspace has been agnostic on the software side: while it hosts specific applications as services, such as Microsoft's email and SharePoint, Rackspace also offers vanilla .NET and Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP (LAMP) stacks that customers can launch code on.
Running Azure, though, would mean commitment to the complete Azure compute and storage fabric and Rackspace would not be allowed to customize the code.
Azure comprises a layer to cluster servers running on Microsoft's hypervisor, SQL Azure storage, and the .NET Framework using Microsoft's Common Language Runtime and ASP.NET.
Engates said he had "high confidence" Rackspace can run Azure when it's ready to ship, noting the company's already very familiar with hosting Microsoft's applications and operating systems. ®


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DNA privacy gets first Supreme Court test
When Alonzo King was arrested for assault in 2009 after pointing a shotgun at several people, authorities had no reason to think he was also a rapist.
Then officials swabbed his cheek at the Wicomico County, Maryland, booking facility and ran his DNA through a nationwide database. The check linked King to an unsolved 2003 rape.
Now King's conviction for the rape is set for argument next week at the U.S. Supreme Court, which will consider whether Maryland is violating the Constitution by collecting DNA samples from people arrested for serious crimes before they're convicted. The court's ruling, due by June, will be its first on the privacy of genetic information and will determine the fate of laws in at least 25 states that allow DNA collection at arrest.
"If the Supreme Court rules in favor of Maryland in this case, there will be no real limits on when the government can collect DNA," said Jennifer Lynch, a lawyer with the San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation, which opposes the collection laws. She said that would be a "huge privacy invasion."
Maryland argued in court papers that DNA gives police an invaluable investigative tool -- the "gold standard of forensic identification." Backers of the practice point to cases where DNA collection upon arrest might have prevented additional crimes.
Student Murdered
One of those advocates is Jayann Sepich, whose daughter, Katie, was raped and murdered in August 2003, when she was a 22- year-old graduate student at New Mexico State University. Police weren't able to identify the killer, Gabriel Adrian Avila, until December 2006, after he was convicted and imprisoned for breaking into a house with a knife in an unrelated crime.
Jayann Sepich says Avila's DNA could have been collecte in November 2003, when he was arrested for the break-in. While Avila was convicted in 2004, he was released on bail before beginning his sentence and fled to Mexico. Not until Avila was arrested again in 2006 was his DNA tested, connecting him to Katie Sepich's murder.
"We got a bad guy and put him in prison," said Sepich. "We could have done it three years sooner."
Sepich now works full-time to advocate for DNA laws. She helped persuade the New Mexico legislature to enact what became known as Katie's Law, allowing for collection from anyone arrested for a violent felony.
Effective Use
Privacy advocates say there are more effective ways to get DNA to solve crimes that don't raise constitutional concerns.
Police currently collect DNA evidence from only a fraction of crime scenes, says Erin Murphy, a professor at New York University School of Law who specializes in forensic evidence. One study found that physical evidence, including DNA, was collected and submitted for testing in only 32 percent of U.S. rape cases and even less frequently in burglaries, robberies and assaults.
"We could have the biggest database in the world, and if we don't have crime-scene samples of good quality to compare them to, we're not going to solve crimes," Murphy said.
States could also add to their databases legally by collecting more samples from those who have been convicted of crimes, losing some of their rights, Murphy said. Court records indicate King had at least six prior convictions. The state could have collected his DNA by using his convictions, rather than the arrest, as the legal basis, she said.
"It's not the case that we've maxed out at what we can achieve with convicted offenders," Murphy said.
Maryland Law
Until 2008, Maryland collected DNA samples only from people who were convicted of a felony. The state amended its law in 2008 to include anyone arrested for a crime of violence or burglary.
After taking a sample, Maryland ships it to a laboratory to create a profile -- a string of numbers almost always unique to that person. The state then submits the profile to CODIS, a national database maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The database allows comparison of the new profile to unknown DNA on file.
Maryland's highest court threw out King's rape conviction last year, saying the state had violated the Fourth Amendment ban on unreasonable searches. The court pointed to the "vast genetic treasure map" the state would be acquiring for each person arrested.
Identification Only
Maryland says it uses the DNA it collects only for identification purposes. The state also points to safeguards in the law, including requirements that samples be destroyed, with the records expunged, if a judge throws out the charges or the person is acquitted.
The Obama administration is backing Maryland in the case, which will be heard Feb. 26, likening DNA collection to fingerprinting -- a practice that is now routine procedure at intake centers, even though the Supreme Court has never ruled on its constitutionality.
"A DNA profile is only a list of numbers," U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli argued in court papers. "Like a traditional fingerprint, it exposes nothing about a person's physical characteristics, propensities or medical conditions."
That's not the case, according to two genetic scientists backing King at the Supreme Court, Robert Nussbaum of the University of California San Francisco Medical Center and Sara H. Katsanis of Duke University. DNA profiles can already disclose family relationships and indicate the prospect of some medical conditions, such as Down syndrome, they say in court papers.
In the future, "advances in technology present risks that DNA profiling will become even more intrusive and will reveal more personal information about individuals," Nussbaum and Katsanis argued.
Reasonable Search
King's Supreme Court lawyer, Kannon Shanmugam, says Maryland and the Obama administration are seeking to short- circuit the usual requirement that police have reason to suspect a particular person before conducting a search.
While the Supreme Court has carved out exceptions to that rule -- giving officers more leeway to search parolees and letting police frisk a person for weapons at the time of arrest -- none of those exceptions apply to DNA, Shanmugam says.
"If the state's reasoning in this case were accepted, it would be difficult if not impossible to resist the conclusion that taking DNA from ordinary citizens would be permissible," said Shanmugam, a Washington lawyer at Williams & Connolly LLP.
Recent Supreme Court history suggests that argument may get a skeptical hearing. The court last year upheld the use of strip searches of newly arrested people, dividing 5-4 along ideological lines. And Chief Justice John Roberts may have dropped a hint about his leanings the Maryland DNA case in July, when he ruled that the state could continue collecting samples until the Supreme Court resolves the case.
"Collecting DNA from individuals arrested for violent felonies provides a valuable tool for investigating unsolved crimes," Roberts wrote, "thereby helping to remove violent offenders from the general population."
The case is Maryland v. King, 12-207.


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Patrons at Lumen Thursday expected to see R&B; singer Ciara, who was making a schedueled appearance on behalf of Hennessy V.S.
The Derrick Rose sighting on the opposite side of the club?
That was a bonus. Still, it wasn't completely unexpected. Like many other Chicago athletes, the Bulls star has been to known to hang out at Lumen. The Bears' Kelvin Hayden was also there that night.
Prior to the appearance, Ciara performed a private WGCI show at the House of Blues. Singer/actress Jennifer Hudson was on hand for the show and posed for photos with Ciara, which they both posted on Twitter.
Rapper Ludacris -- who you might remember was featured on Ciara's song "Ride" -- had dinner Sept. 20 at Gibson's Steakhouse in the Gold Coast.
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from freshmeat: "Seperate forms for children and institutions to be added, fixes for some acqusition bugs, and optimised catalogue searches." see www.koha.org for more.
Streaming video catalog for Prisoners?
Keith writes: "Our help desk just got a call from a prison librarian wanting to broadcast their OPAC to the inmates TVs (since may aren't allowed out of their cells). Dodging the issue of in-cell TV torture, any ideas? Anybody come up with a video-OPAC out there?"
more freshmeat: "Reserves/requests were fixed so that only items in the requested group trigger the reserves flag. Bad behavior in subject search was fixed. Dewey decimal search was implemented. The receipt summary screen in acquisitions was improved. More spelling mistakes were fixed." Check it out at koha.org.
KOHA: free LMS/OPAC
Rachel writes: "Now running at the Horowhenua Libraries Trust in New Zealand, is Koha, an open source, free library system written by Katipo Communications. It is a true library system, not just an OPAC, that runs as a public website, a library intranet and issues and returns via a telnet interface." That download link still isn't working tho... [the correct link to download is here (thanks Jeremy).]
Peter writes to oss4lib-list: "After a bit of a pause the development ball at Avanti is rolling again. Version 0.3.1 is
released. This adds the simple but important capability of batch processing via scripting. It is now possible to run script files that process circulation activity in non-real time, set up and load data into the database and do other things better done in batch mode. Work continues on developing a lightweight native DBMS which is planned to be included in release 0.4.
For more information go to the Avanti website." Lots of momentum here following Peter's great talk at the LITA session.
TNRD Library System Catalogue
Adam Chandler writes in about the Thompson-Nicolo Regional District Library System Web Based Catalogue, a web catalog (sp!) front end with freeware indexing and z39.50 pieces on the back end. Has anyone else tried this?
Avanti version 0.2
Peter says about the release of Avanti-0.2: "Version 0.2 includes a new package that implements the abstract relationship modeling system (ARMS), a core component of Avanti. An ARMS is an information system that can be used to map and manipulate
relationships between a set of objects of various types (for example, a set of URL's, websites, text files, records in disparate databases, etc.).
Avanti 0.2.1
from Peter: 'Version 0.2.1 adds the ability to define "token descriptors" for token objects in an abstract relationship modeling system (ARMS). Token descriptors are used to link token objects in an ARMS database to things in the outside world or as descriptive labels for token objects.' available to all at the Avanti site.
CDS/ISIS: tell us more
I've now seen CDS/ISIS and its variants mentioned in several places and am still confused about what it is but here's a brief description nonetheless. from the UNESCO ISIS page: Micro CDS/ISIS is an advanced non-numerical information storage and retrieval software developed by UNESCO since 1985 to satisfy the need expressed by many institutions, especially in developing countries, to be able to streamline their information processing activities by using modern (and relatively inexpensive) technologies. The software was originally based on the Mainframe version of CDS/ISIS, started in the late '60s, thus taking advantage of several years of experience acquired in database management software development." take 2, from the CDS-ISIS user forum site: "Mini/Micro CDS/ISIS is a text retrieval program, designed and distributed free of charge by UNESCO. It is widely used for bibliographic (and other) databases throughout the world, and especially in developing countries." If I understand all this properly, it is basically a non-relational database environment commonly used by libraries and other largely nonprofits (20,000+ of 'em) throughout the world. I pulled down the unix version but can't quite make heads or tails of it. Somebody please explain more... update: collected comments from all who offered are available here.
OSDLS update: something to search!
Art writes to the OSDLS list: "I have done some updates at: 18.104.22.168/pytheas/pytheas.html. I am hoping to get it moved over to the more stable and more powerful OSDLS server soon. There is still lots to do but I cleaned up the need for a login and reworked the docs." Good to see some positive movement... it works, too.


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UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Back to Publishing Policies and Practices
- 1 Contact information
- 2 Web sites
- 3 Principal sources of Documents and Publications
- 4 Approval plan
- 5 Subscription databases
- 6 Principal serials
- 7 The languages of its products
- 8 Copyright/public domain
- 9 Indexes to publications
- 10 New title RSS feeds and e-mail newsletters
- 11 Participation in Social Media
- 12 Quirks
- 13 Statement of digital preservation on the organization's web site?
- 14 Preservation/digital archiving program
- 15 Publication information for subsidiary bodies
- 16 Links to other sites with useful information on this organization
- 17 Back to Publishing Policies and Practices
Contact information
Extensive list of contacts at http://www.unifem.org/about/contact.php Regional and national offices are sometimes the only sources of certain publications.
Web sites
Principal sources of Documents and Publications
From the website at http://www.unifem.org/resources/.
Note: "UNIFEM produces a variety of publications and tools that are available for free in electronic form on this website. Print copies may be for sale and are available through WomenInk; select titles can also be ordered from Kumarian Press. Requests for publications whose print versions are free of charge are handled based on availability. Each title listed in this resource directory includes information on where to order print copies."
Approval plan
Subscription databases
Principal serials
"Progress of the World's Women" Launched in 2000 and published biennially. Additional series listed at http://www.unifem.org/resources/series_listing.php
The languages of its products
- English
- Spanish
- French
Copyright/public domain
UNIFEM reserves all rights to its materials and provides really lengthy details at http://www.unifem.org/global/copyright.php.
Indexes to publications
None specifically devoted to UNIFEM.
- New Titles: http://www.unifem.org/feeds/resources.xml
- Email Newsletter: http://www.unifem.org/news_events/currents.php
Participation in Social Media
Statement of digital preservation on the organization's web site?
Preservation/digital archiving program
Publication information for subsidiary bodies
Links to other sites with useful information on this organization
- Women Watch
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By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle
OSLO (Reuters) - Plans by Arctic nations to start cooperating over oil spills are vague and fail to define corporate liability for any accidents in an icy region opening up to oil and gas exploration due to global warming, environmentalists said on Monday.
A 21-page document by the eight-nation Arctic Council, seen by Reuters and due to be approved in May, says countries in the region "shall maintain a national system for responding promptly and effectively to oil pollution incidents."
It does not say what that means in terms of staff, ships, clean-up equipment or corporate liability in a remote region that the U.S. Geological Survey estimates has 13 percent of the world's undiscovered oil and 30 percent of its undiscovered gas.
The countries have drafted the document as companies including Royal Dutch Shell, ConocoPhillips, Lukoil and Statoil are looking north for oil despite high costs and risks. Shell's Kulluk oil rig ran aground in Alaska on December 31 in near hurricane conditions.
"The document doesn't get to grips with the risks of a spill in a meaningful way," said Ruth Davis of Greenpeace, which passed the document to Reuters. Officials confirmed the text was genuine.
Greenpeace, which wants the Arctic to be off-limits to drilling, said it was "so vaguely written as to have very little practical value in increasing the level of preparedness."
"We should be far beyond this rudimentary document," echoed Rick Steiner, an environmental consultant and former professor at the University of Alaska often critical of the oil industry. He said the Council should put more stress on preventing spills.
The Arctic Council - comprising the United States, Russia, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland and Denmark including Greenland - sees cooperation as big progress for the region, where sea ice shrank to a record low in the summer of 2012, opening the area to further exploration.
"There will be a lot of improvements compared to today - quite simply by making it much easier for countries in the Arctic to help each other when needed," said Karsten Klepsvik, polar expert at Norway's foreign ministry until end-2012.
The document, for instance, sets up 24-hour emergency contacts in the eight nations, seeks national rules to allow quick transport of clean-up equipment across maritime borders, better monitoring and joint training exercises.
Environment ministers from the Arctic Council will meet in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden, on February 5-6 to discuss the draft.
Separately, Norwegian shipping and energy classification group DNV urged common regulations for the Arctic and said current oil spill technologies were inadequate.
"Present oil spill response technology right now can't effectively collect oil in ice-covered waters and it remains difficult even to detect a spill on water in permanent darkness and bad weather", said Per Olav Moslet, DNV's top Arctic technology expert.
The Arctic document makes clear it is non-binding, except for repayment of costs when one country helps another. It says it is "subject to the capabilities of the parties and the availability of relevant resources."
Global warming is making the Arctic region more accessible to shipping, mining and oil exploration. Oil spills could be extremely hard to clean up, perhaps trapped in or under ice that can be carried across international boundaries by ocean currents and winds.
In 2011, Arctic Council foreign ministers including outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed a plan for search and rescue - a prelude to harder work on defining rules for oil and gas.
The document says it will apply a general principle that the polluter pays, but does not define corporate liability. Steiner said Arctic-wide unlimited liability would make companies and insurers more cautious.
"Greenland suggested that we should include a system of liability in the agreement. There was no agreement on this," Klepsvik said. "We are a consensus body. We realized that it would take years and years to reach a conclusion" on liability.
Klepsvik said big oil companies showed they do pay for damage. BP Plc had paid $23 billion in costs and claims by late 2012 after its 2010 blow-out in the Gulf, the worst offshore spill in U.S. history.
Exxon Mobil says it paid more than $4.3 billion after the Exxon Valdez tanker ran aground just south of the Arctic in 1989, spilling more than 250,000 barrels.
(Reporting By Alister Doyle and Balazs Koranyi; Editing by Oliver Holmes)


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Farmhouse Pottery: Traditionally Crafted Tableware For a Modern Farm Aesthetic
"Simple, honest, useful designs." That's what you'll find at Farmhouse Pottery, the online shop for Zoe Zillian's beautiful stoneware line and a curated selection of other New England goods. Ms. Zillian works closely with farmers and craftsman throughout New England to provide a line of "authentic gifts with a deeper meaning and useful purpose." From stoneware crocks to Vermont ash cutting boards and Maine-harvested sea salt, it's all beautiful and totally heirloom-quality.
There were so many pieces that I really loved in this store, but favorites would definitely include the Beehive salt cellar and spoon and the large beehive crock. In addition to pottery, the store carries its own line of candles, soaps, and lotions (with scents inspired by Vermont woods like birch, fir, oak, and maple), and a few food items, including maple syrup, honey, salt — all from the New England area.
- 1 Beehive Crocks, $36 - $295
- 2 Beehive Salt Cellar and Spoon, $60
- 3 Pantry Bowl, $70 - $95
- 4 Windrow Serving Bowl $65 - $100
- 5 Organic Milk Board, $75
- 6 Silo Mug, $42
- 7 Barrel Jugs, $45 - $135
- 8 Mini Bottle, $36
- 9 Silo Pitchers, $95 - $135
- 10 Maine Farmed Sea Salt, $15
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Jean Wortman
Jean Corrie Wortman brings to the Starr Center many years of experience in museum education and the public humanities.
She most recently served as Program Officer at the Maryland Humanities Council where she administered the major grant program, coordinated the Maryland Center for the Book, and developed public programs that used the humanities to spur reflection and civic dialogue on critical issues. In affiliation with the Smithsonian Institution, Wortman led Maryland's Museum on Main Street program, helping small museums build institutional capacity and develop as agents for community building. Working in non-profit administration, she has designed and implemented a wide range of public humanities programs for diverse audiences. A college internship at Mystic Seaport Museum sparked an interest in maritime history; subsequently Wortman found her way to positions at some of the country's leading maritime museums. She has a degree in American Studies from Lafayette College, an MA in History Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program, and a Masters of Liberal Arts from Johns Hopkins University.


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Spotlight: Mikel Leshoure
posted by Jason Wood on Aug 6th
Jason Wood's thoughts
Some things are best avoided. Had I written this Player Spotlight a month or two ago, it would've read very differently. But as I sit down at the trusty computer to type my thoughts today, I'm left with a feeling of complete uncertainty as it relates to the Detroit Lions' backfield.
Jahvid Best is the most exciting running back on the roster - but he's yet to be cleared from last year's concussion symptoms, and his head coach has now said they're looking at Best's incremental improvement in a matter of weeks, not days.
Mikel Leshoure may be the most physically gifted back on the roster - but he's been a knucklehead off the field and an injury risk on it. After an offseason of missteps, he has yet to practice in training camp as he deals with a hamstring issue. This comes after Leshoure missed his entire rookie season, and now faces a 2-game suspension upon his return in 2012.
That leaves the Lions with the once and future starter - Kevin Smith. Smith came into the league four years ago and showed surprising versatility as a rookie - finishing as the 18th best fantasy back with 1,262 yards from scrimmage and 8 touchdowns. It's been mostly downhill from there as injuries limited Smith's effectiveness and led to the Lions opting not to re-sign him last offseason. But in an ironic twist of fate, it was injuries to Best and Leshoure that led the Lions to call Smith back into the mix - he re-signed in November and ran for 140 yards and 2 touchdowns (plus 61 yards receiving and another touchdown in the air) in his first start. That was the highlight of his return though, and he failed to gain more than 50 yards rushing in any of the remaining games.
Entering 2012, the Lions were supposed to have the trio back and ready to compete - giving them a dimension the 10-6 Lions lacked a season ago. Detroit ranked 31st in attempts and 29th in rushing yards last year, while the passing attack was 1st in attempts, 4th in yards and 3rd in touchdowns.
It's easy as ADP
- Jahvid Best's current ADP is RB29 and 76th overall
- Mike Leshoure's current ADP is RB41 and 113th overall
- Kevin Smith's current ADP is RB49 and 141st overall
Right now, based on what we know, the easy choice here is to a) draft Smith late, or b) avoid the entire situation. As much as I like Best's skill set (he could perform at top 10 levels if he were 100% healthy), I would much rather draft Jonathan Stewart (RB28), Peyton Hillis (RB34), Donald Brown (RB35) or Mark Ingram (RB37). I would also avoid Leshoure - probably at any draft position. He's coming off a torn Achilles, is missing camp right now, is serving a suspension, and has off-the-field concerns. That leaves Smith, who should be your RB4/RB5 and purely serve as upside and a bye week option.
The NFL is a humbling game, and a lot of what we hold as trustworthy is really smoke and mirrors. We view certain players as durable simply because they've never been hurt. Adrian Peterson was an iron man who played hurt until he tore multiple ligaments last year. Meanwhile Isaac Bruce was once considered fantasy repellant because of chronic hamstring issues, and then he went on to a Hall of Fame worthy career once the hammies stopped being a problem. You just never know. I say that because both Best and Leshoure are young, HIGHLY talented running backs and play on a potent offense that's going to afford them opportunities if they can ever get on, and stay on, the field.
The issue you have to face is TRUST. Do you trust anyone on this roster to handle the ball consistently? I don't see how you can, at least not at the prices you're being asked to pay currently.
- Leshoure has the size and strength to project as a full-time, 20+ carry runner, something that Best does not
- The Lions passing attack is among the league's best, and there will absolutely be running lanes for whichever RB gets the rock
- Leshoure has major issues on and off the field, already earning a suspension, a full season on Injure Reserve, and missed time this preseason
- The Lions aren't going to be patient, and have no choice but to go with the hot hand, whether that's Best, Leshoure, Smith or someone else
Final thoughts
Pick your poison -- or don't. A month or two ago I would've sung Jahvid Best's praises and mentioned that his upside was worth the risk. Best has the kind of explosive game and versatility that can make him a fantasy star even if he only gets 12-15 touches. Unfortunately I never foresaw Best being held out of training camp and not cleared from his 2011 concussions -- that's a real concern. I will never trust Leshoure until I see him do something at the NFL level. Smith is, by default, an intriguing sleeper but you have to wonder if he too can stay healthy. This is a murky situation and one that could unfold 100 different ways. That's not the kind of situation I would recommend placing odds on on draft day.
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rickyg said:
I don't understand why Kevin Smith is going so under reported or talked about for 2012. He was, when healthy, THE BEST RB on the Lions roster last season, is only 25, and reportedly is coming into camp in even better shape, has had the ota's, mini camp and will benefit from a full offseason with the team or the first time in several years. He has had more time now to learn the playbook better and gel with the o line. The only backs he has ahead of him are a guy who is one hit to the head away from calling it a career and a guy comin off a devastating Achilles injury that will limit him this season and is also suspended for the first 2 games.
When I read that Smith, not Leshoure, took reps with the first team yesterday, I was not shocked. Smith is going to end up being the lead back for the Lions this year.Sabertooth said:
I'm pushing my chips in on Best. I traded for him because I think you have a situation where you will have clarity (drink!). With the concussion thing, he will either play or not play. It isn't like turf toe or bruised ribs, he will either suit up at 100% or he won't play. This should conceivably give you a clear cut situation where you can replace him if he isn't going to go. And if he goes, he's going to score you points on par with Darren Sproles. He's explosive. When he played last season he only had one game under 10 fantasy points. He scores points when he suits up.FF Ninja said:
I avoided Best the last two years, but was really excited when they drafted LeShoure. I was going to target him in every draft while the Best hype kept his value reasonable. But after that injury I've got less faith in LeShoure than I do in Best. Players do well just to make it back on the field after that kind of injury, and are rarely even a shadow of their former selves.
I'm not sure why Kevin Smith is getting no love. I really thought he proved his worth last year and would enter the year at least in a dead heat for the starting tailback job. To me this situation is impossible to provide projections for, but the decision to roll the dice on Kevin Smith couldn't be easier.Shutout said:
I guess if you subscribe to the theory of Best being done because he's often injured, then you have to apply that to Smith as well. It kind of strikes me funny to see so many people wanting to bury Best because of it but completely ignore smith's own injury issues.
The plain truth is one of these guys (Best) has shown he can be a fantasy pinball machine, one (Smith) has shown that he can be very solid, and one (LeShoure) was seen by the vast majority as a much better prospect than both the others at this time last year.
the other truth is that all three have shown a propensity for injuries.
So, if you throw all that out as a push (instead of biasing it and using it to your particualr advantage), I think the better angle is to examine which one of these guys is likely to be there when you need it most (Weeks 12-16 of the NFL season).
I think the obvious answer is Best or LeShoure. If best comes out hot and LeShoure is sitting there suspended and resting, then LeShoure is the guy that can be the fresh, healthy guy late when Best gets dinged up and Kevin Smith does what Kevin Smith does (look great for about a month). If Best comes out hot and stays healthy, then its obviously Best.
Smith is the only one that really doesn't ahve a probable late-season roll because:
1)If best stays healthy, he's out.
2)If best gets hurt and a fresh Leshoure comes on and plays well, he's out.
3)if BOTH of these guys are out, Smith, himself, ahsn't shown he can go the distance.
Its just hard to envision the scenario where Smith is the last guy standing. I just get the feeling if it comes down to NO Best and NO LeShoure, the Lions will rever to what they did before; MOAR MEGATRON and some guy named Morris is just as likely to get the Tds as Smith is.
So, to me, its Best or LeShoure and I'm going to put my money on LeShoure just because:
1) He gets 2-3 weeks off due to suspension early. That doesn't hurt me in the fantasy playoffs and it actually just means thats 2-3 weeks he can't get hurt.
2)Since I'm gambling on one of the bigger NFL RB gambles, I'd rather put my money on getting some points vs. None because LeShoure at 80% is still better than Best with a concusion. I hate to say it because I LOVE Best and actually have him on a roster. I want him to do well. But I know, when I'm honest with myself that all it takes is that one Sunday in october where he gets his bell rung and that's it; no more best for the rest of the year. If he gets another concussion, they are going to go the Sid Crosby route with him and that doesn't help my fantasy team.
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