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FLORENCE, S.C. – The No. 3-seed Georgia College & State University baseball team (36-15) used all facets of the game to edge No. 4-seed Mount Olive College (40-10) Thursday 4-3 in the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Tournament at Francis Marion University.
The Bobcats advance to tomorrow, playing the winner of the No. 2-seed Columbus State University/No. 5-seed Catawba College contest. The next Georgia College game will come at 7 p.m. Friday, May 14. The Trojans will take on the winner of No. 1-seed Francis Marion University against No. 6-seed Erskine College Friday at 3 p.m.
The Bobcats got a complete game from starter Martin Dewald (Mannheim, Germany), combined with timely hitting and more than a few outstanding defensive plays, including one by second baseman Jason Veyna (Lamar, Colo.) to close out the game and send the 2008 National Champions to the loser's bracket.
Knotted up at 2-2 after the sixth, the Trojans took advantage of a two-out double by Joseph Westbrook off the glove of diving third baseman Paul Bordon (Martinez, Ga.) into left. MOC scored the go-ahead run when third baseman Topher Ellis ripped a single to center.
The Bobcats answered back in the bottom half, plating a pair when the Trojans gave Georgia College some extra outs. With runners on first and second, pitcher Jackson Massey tried to get the lead runner on a sacrifice bunt, loading the bases. Bobcat centerfielder Sean Harrell (Martinez, Ga.) beat out a double play ball to plate Andrew Evans (Milledgeville, Ga.), who led the inning with a centerfield single.
First baseman Matt Pitts (Brunswick, Ga.) then hit a bounding ball to third, and Bordon slid underneath the tag attempt at the plate, giving Georgia College the 4-3 lead.
"Winning close games like this in the post season is something we've spent all season trying to learn how to do," said GCSU head coach Tom Carty. "Today we overcame some tough breaks and held on to win, and that's what playing good playoff baseball is all about."
After the Trojans went in order in the eighth, designated hitter Michael Knox had a one-out single in the top of the ninth. His pinch runner, Kyle Hinrichs moved to second on wild pitch with two out, when Westbrook hit a sinking liner toward Veyna at second. The ball caromed off the dirt and Veyna used his chest to keep it in front, firing strike to first to retire the batter despite a head-first dive from Westbrook.
Dewald (10-2) tossed the complete-game effort, his sixth of the season allowing three runs on seven hits and -five strikeouts to the top hitting team in all of Division II. Massey (7-2) went six innings, allowing four runs on seven hits and three walks, fanning three.
For the Bobcats, Pitts finished 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run, while Evans had three hits in four trips, scoring a run. Rightfielder Shawn Ward (Martinez, Ga.) had an RBI double in the sixth and ended 2-for-4.
For the Trojans, Knox was 2-for-2, blasting a two-run home run in the fourth. Leftfielder Westbrook chipped in with a 2-for-4 effort and the one run.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Georgia College prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Last month, I suggested that for their political viability, Republican politicians should join with Democrats around a "Build, Baby, Build" strategy of public investment to rebuild and revitalize our infrastructure.
It was likely to happen with or without their support. It would likely join Lincoln's rails and Eisenhower's highways as historic public work successes. And to be on the wrong side of history could be politically devastating.
Apparently, some Republicans have gotten the message.
Following today's National Governors Association meeting, incoming White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel told reporters that "there was a consensus" across gubernatorial party lines in support of infrastructure investment:
There was a consensus [among] Democratic and Republican governors about the need, given their economic situations, not just in their budgets but their economy, about the need for investments in infrastructure.
Some talked about roads, bridges, sewer systems, new schools. Some talked about what I would call the infrastructure for a 21st century economy: Medical IT, broadband. A lot of the infrastructure was around green technology, some on … high speed rail, mass transit, that stuff. Consensus around that.
Also talked about doing all this infrastructure but with reforms associated with them. … Governor Schwarzenegger brought up the fact that when they had situations in California some people said it would take two years to rebuild bridges etc. [but] they were able to do it in a shorter period time because they cut through what he described as generically 'red tape.'
The criticism about investment in infrastructure is, 'Can it move fast enough.'
There's a general sense if you put a lot of reforms in, you can move resources that are critical in a fast way if you cut through the normal periods of times and studies, etc.
All of them agreed that they had projects today on the books pre-approved, ready to go whether that was the physical infrastructure of schools, roads, bridges, water systems, as well as other things that I would call 21st century infrastructure, medical IT, broadband … all of them had kind of a green technology, green infrastructure direction.
There was Democrat, Republican consensus about that.
Now, I suspect Emanuel may be overstating the breadth of the consensus. Governors Rick Perry (Texas) and Mark Sanford (S.C.) took to the Wall Street Journal opinion page to call for "targeted tax relief paid for by cutting spending," which would preclude additional public investment in infrastructure. And Gov. Tim Pawlenty (Minn.), on MSNBC today, mischaracterized the federal government as "broke" and using "Monopoly money" presumably to undermine plans for more public investment.
But it also doesn't make sense for Emanuel to throw around the word "consensus" without any basis. I can only assume he received enough Republican support to feel comfortable making the statement. The public investment bandwagon is filling up.
While the knee-jerk anti-government crowd is becoming increasingly marginalized, left to cooover Fred Thompson videos while the rest of us get to work rebuilding our country.

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Here's some background: There is this thing called the Printing Presses and Publications Act (PPPA) which has been in place in Malaysia for as long as I can remember. Our press and media has always been controlled, which is probably why when it became available, Malaysians pretty much took to the web like ducks to water.
However, the transition from web freedom to print freedom still doesn't do so well sometimes. Case in point: Zunar, a Malaysian cartoonist who produces political comics for the online newsite Malaysiakini.com, recently found his books of the same work on the wrong side of the PPPA's ban-wagon.
I have never written a review of Zunar's political comics, but for the time being let's just state first and foremost that I am not a big fan of them.
No doubt he is courageous to come up with what he draws, and openly, but from a comic reader's standpoint, I find most of his political caricatures have the subtlety of a cement trunk driving through a shopping mall. Not exactly to my taste, I like my comics less anvilicious. You know the phrase, "Show, don't Tell" and all that.
Of course, this is my preference, and it doesn't seem to matter for his target audience. Malaysiakini is purportedly an unbiased news site, but it cannot be denied that the majority of its reader base are anti-ruling party. So as long as his comics are critical towards the ruling party, there will be a fanbase who will like it irregardless.
Everyone is entitled to like what they like, of course. But the PPPA (and the people who control it) evidently do not think so. And so... they ban it. With the following reason:
"The contents are not suitable and [are] detrimental to public order."
And then to make it worse there's the whole sedition charge thing.
This a comics/travel/whatever I feel like blog, but one thing it is not is a political blog, so I will not go into detail on what should be obvious (how ridiculous this is), but I will say this really brings to mind of another work of literature/art that was potentially "detrimental to public order".
A couple of years ago, the literature section of a local Malay newsp
There was a great hoo haah over that back then, but in the end, no action was taken against the paper or the writer of the story as it was all "fictional". The going excuse was "Hanya sastera 'ja" (translation: "It's just literature").
While I may not like Zunar's work, I do believe in press freedom and his right to publish those comics (and retain his freedom after publishing them too). But I'm too much of a realist to expect the PPPA to go away any time soon. Many many things will have to change before that happens. (FYI, any political party who will agree to repeal the PPPA and the Sedition Act gets my vote in the coming elections).
But all for the tragedy, there is a lesson to be learnt here.
A precedence has been set.
As someone might say in the future: "Hanya Kartun 'Ja"


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Lee Hyla taught at New England Conservatory from 1992 through 2007, and was cochair or chair of the composition department for most of that time. Hyla was born in Niagara Falls, New York, and grew up in Greencastle, Indiana. He has written for numerous performers including the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Kronos Quartet (with Allen Ginsberg), The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Speculum Musicae, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Lydian String Quartet, Triple Helix, Tim Smith, Tim Berne, Laura Frautschi, Rhonda Rider, Stephen Drury, Mia Chung, Judith Gordon, Mary Nessinger, Boston Musica Viva, and House Blend, the resident ensemble at the Kitchen.
Hyla has received commissions from the Koussevitzky, Fromm, Barlow, and Naumburg foundations, the Mary Flagler Carey Charitable Trust, Concert Artist's Guild, three commissions from Chamber Music America and two Meet the Composer/ Reader's Digest Consortium commissions. He has also been the recipient of the Stoeger Prize from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, a Guggenheim fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, the Goddard Lieberson Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the St. Botolph Club Award, and the Rome Prize.
Recent projects have included At Suma Beach (based on the Noh play Matsukaze) for mezzo-soprano and seven instruments, which was commissioned by the Japan Society of New York, premiered there by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in June of 2003, and performed again by the Society at Lincoln Center in May, 2004; Detour Ahead for solo double bass, commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group and performed by Dennis Trembly at the first concert of the Green Umbrella Series in the newly built Disney Hall in November, 2003; Zurek for House Blend, the resident ensemble of the Kitchen in New York, which was premiered in May, 2004; and a setting of the poem Quarry by Paul Auster, which was premiered in the Works and Process series at the Guggenheim Museum in September, 2004.
New works in 2005 included Amore Scaduto for violin and cello, premiered in March by the Network for New Music and Phrenic New Ballet in in Philadelphia; a piece based on Polish folk songs premiered by Boston Musica Viva in May; a saxophone quartet for the Prism Quartet premiered in New York in May; and a piece for full orchestra commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center and premiered there in August.
The most recent recording of Hyla's music is Trans, performed by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, conductor. In the fall of 2004, Hyla was the resident composer at the American Academy in Rome, and in the winter and spring of 2005, he was a composition fellow at the Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France.
B.M. with honors, NEC; M.A. SUNY/Stony Brook. Studies with Malcolm Peyton and David Lewin. Recordings on Nonesuch, New World, Avant, Tzadik, CRI, Opus One, Avant. Compositions published exclusively by Carl Fischer.


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The identity
$\displaystyle (n+1) \text{lcm} \left( {n \choose 0}, {n \choose 1}, ... {n \choose n} \right) = \text{lcm}(1, 2, ... n+1)$
is probably not well-known. The only way I know how to prove it is by using Kummer's theorem that the power of $p$ dividing ${a+b \choose a}$ is the number of carries needed to add $a$ and $b$ in base $p$. Is there a more direct proof, e.g., by showing that each side divides the other?


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Vilhelm Hammershři, 1864-1916: Danish painter of solitude and light
Ordrupgaard, 1997 - Art - 191 pages
Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershoi (1864-1916), whose work is frequently compared to Vermeer's, has been overlooked for nearly a century. The catalogue for an exhibition that received wide acclaim at the Musee d'Orsay, Paris, and that opens at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, in June 1998, this handsome book presents 80 of Hammershoi's distinctive and intimate portraits, landscapes, and interiors. Hammershoi exhibited extensively throughout Europe and was recognized by his peers as the premier Danish painter; critics often included him among the French Impressionists. His reputation diminished after his death, however, and he remained relatively unknown until his recent rediscovery. Today's art lovers will immediately respond to Hammershoi's extraordinary use of line, light, and shadow, and to his interiors and landscapes punctuated with a mood of concentrated absence. His portraits, too, are compelling psychological studies, often reflecting the isolation of the long Scandinavian winter. This book restores Hammershoi's rightful place in the history of art.
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Classic Turkey - East Meets West at the Crossroads of History
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Day 1: Arrive in Istanbul
Arrive in Istanbul and transfer to our hotel. Tonight we meet as a group for dinner and orientation.
Day 2: Spice Market, Bosphorus Cruise
This morning, we start with a visit to the Blue Mosque and the Hippodrome. We then board our chartered boat and enjoy a leisurely cruise along the Bosphorus Strait, which connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara. We stop in Ortakoy, a picturesque village just outside Istanbul where we have lunch and time to stroll around. After the boat trip, we visit the spice market and visit the Chora Church to admire the exquisite mosaics and frescoes. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 3: Marmara Sea, Gallipoli, Troy
Today we drive along the Marmara Sea to Assos. Enroute, we stop in Gallipoli and Anzac Bay where a famous Memorial commemorates the Turkish and Allied soldiers that died here in WWI.
Day 4: Olive Oil Factory, Altar of Zeus, Temple of Athena
This morning we depart for a sightseeing tour of Assos. We visit the Temple of Athena, then continuing our scenic drive by olive groves and along the Aegan Sea to reach the village of Adatepe.
Day 5: Pergamum & Asclepion
Our journey continues to Selcuk; stopping enroute to visit Pergamum where we explore the Acropolis. Next, we visit Asclepion, an ancient healing center. Overnight in Selcuk.
Day 6: Ephesus
We drive to Ephesus to explore this ancient Greek city which boasts the grandest ruins on the Aegean coast. After lunch, we visit the Ephesus Museum where we can see statues, friezes and artifacts from the site. Overnight in Selcuk.
Day 7: Aphrodisias, Board Gulet Yacht
Today we explore the ruins of Aphrodisias and then it's onward to Ekincik where we board our gulet yacht for our 3-day Mediterranean Cruise. Gulets are traditional Turkish yachts that have cabins with private bath. All meals are cooked and served on board. After a brief cruise, we moor in Ekincik Bay, where we stay for the night.
Day 8: Mediterranean Cruise - Caunos
On the first day of our Mediterranean adventure, we take an excursion to Caunos, home to the Lycian Rock Tombs, which date back to the 4th century B.C. Throughout our journey, there are opportunities for hiking and swimming along the route. Overnight aboard the gulet.
Day 9: Mediterranean Cruise - Scenic Coastline
Today, we continue our adventure on the Mediterranean with stops to go ashore. The scenery along the coast is fantastic. Brilliant turquoise waters lap up against limestone cliffs, with water that is perfect for swimming. Overnight aboard the gulet.
Day 10: Ruins of Xanthos, to Antayla
In the morning, we disembark from our gulet at Fethiye and drive to Antalya. Enroute, we view the stunning UNESCO World Heritage site at Xanthos, once the grandest city in all of Lycia. We stop for lunch in Kas. Overnight in Antayla.
Day 11: Antalya Sightseeing
Today, you have the option of Antalya sightseeing or a day of leisure. For those going sightseeing, we begin with a visit to the archaeological museum followed by a brief walking tour of the old city with its collection of narrow streets and quaint buildings surrounding the old port. The remainder of the time in Antalya is free to explore on your own. Overnight in Antalya.
Day 12: To Cappadocia via Aspendos
A long scenic drive to Cappadocia, with a stop enroute to see Aspendos - the site of a famous Roman theatre and the city of Konya. Visit Mevlana Museum, famous for Whirling Dervishes. Overnight in Cappadocia.
Day 13: Cappadocia, Ballooning Option
We trek in the moonscape-like valleys that surround Cappadocia - a true natural wonder. The UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Goreme and Urgup Valleys feature secret dwellings carved out by earlier Christians and there are also fantastic towering "fairy chimneys" - formed from eroded volcanic deposits. For those who choose a scenic flight over the picturesque valleys and canyons of the region, we have an option this morning to balloon over Cappadocia. We hike through the Zelve Valley and overnight in Cappadocia.
Day 14: Cappadocia, Ihlara Gorge Hiking
Today, we visit the underground city of Kaymakli. For those keen to hike, we offer an adventure option of hiking in the Ihlara Gorge. It's a spectacular walk that takes you down into a gorge known for its hundreds of churches and mosaics that are carved into the gorge walls.
Day 15: To Gaziantep via Tarsus
Today we leave the magical environment of Cappadocia as we drive to Gaziantep. Enroute, we stop in Tarsus, an ancient city on the alluvial plain of ancient Cilicia and the birthplace of Paul the Apostle. With a history dating back over 6,000 years, Tarsus was an important stop for traders and a focal point of many civilizations. During the Roman Empire, Tarsus was the capital of the province of Cilicia and was the scene of the first meeting between Mark Antony and Cleopatra. We continue to Gaziantep for dinner and overnight.
Day 16: Sunset at the Giant Stone Heads of Mt. Nemrut
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mt. Nemrut standing 2,134 (7,001 ft), is believed to be the burial site of King Antiochus I, in 62 BC. Although the actual grave has never been found, today's attraction is two sets of giant heads, one viewing sunset and one viewing sunrise. The mysterious and impressive heads are not easy to reach, but the rewards are great. Each set of heads represent the gods of Zeus, Apollo, Hercules, the goddess Kommagene and King Antioch, having placed himself in such elite company. These heads are flanked by a lion and an eagle.
Day 17: To Urfa, Birth Place of Abraham, Fly to Ankara
After breakfast, we depart for Urfa, the birth place of Abraham. Enroute we will have the opportunity to view Gobekli Tepe (Potbelly Hill) perhaps the oldest known human made religious structure likely 12,000 years old. Urfa is an important pilgrimage site for Jews, Christians and Muslims. We will visit the cave where Abraham was born, as well as spend some time at the hilltop ruins, mosque and surrounding park with its holy lake. Because the site attracts people from all over the world, one can enjoy some delicious Turkish tea by the lakeside and relax just people watching.
Day 18: Ankara, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, to Safranbolu
This morning, we visit the renowned Museum of Anatolian Civilizations. This is Ankara's premier museum and a must-see for anyone interested in Turkey's ancient past. The museum is housed in a restored covered market built by the order of Grand Vizier Mahmut Pasa in 1471. The museum is often referred to as one of the world's great museums. After lunch we continue driving to Safranbolu, a unique and well preserved Ottoman town located in the inner Black Sea region. Dinner and overnight in Safranbolu.
Day 19: Safranbolu, to Istanbul
After breakfast, we enjoy time in the charming little town of Safranbolu, a UNESCO World Heritage site. A leisurely stroll through the lovely winding cobblestone streets brings us views of local artisans working, little shops with interesting crafts and, of course, the 200-year-old wooden Ottoman houses for which this town is famous. A welcome respite before we drive back to the excitement of the big city - Istanbul, for dinner and overnight.
Day 20: Istanbul City Sights
After a traditional Turkish breakfast, we explore the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Old Istanbul, a symbolic city of eastern culture, on foot. We visit the Yerebatan Cistern (an underground cistern) and continue to the Topkapi Palace, the residence of Ottoman Sultans for almost 400 years.
Day 21: Depart Istanbul
Transfer to Istanbul airport for departing flights homeward.
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Happy Wednesday everybody….Mom said I was going on an adventure the otter day…I was so excited I could hardly wait, but I waited as patiently as any lil pup would, kinda. Mom put on my harness and I was ready to go….Daddy opened da door and up I jumped, right into the car, then I was buckled in my seatbelt and away we went. My adventure was beginning…I watched all the trees and houses go by and thought "wow this is great I got some alone time with mom and dad and I no have to share with my sissifures." I was so excited, I was trying to stick my nose out da window but daddy never put it down far enough for me to do so, I was window blocked, grrr. Finally mom says " we are here" and Im thinking "oh boy no what"….i should have held on to this thought because before I knew what was happening I was walked inside and greeted by a lot of pups and a kitty, no this and of itself was great it was what I heard next that made me want to high tail it otta der…some really pretty blonde girl said and I quote " oh Titan it is nice to meet you, I'm just gonna hold your paw and clip your nails" WHAT???? Oh no, I don't think so, back off Buttercup…no nail clipping for me today, I think I will just walk right out of here, hey wait a minute, when did you slip this thing on my neck and why can't I move, MOM??? Mom as she is formally known was standing off to the side not offering to rescue me, dad was no help either. I finally surrendered after a lot of vocal protesting and maybe a shiver or two…but she finished and I have nice short nails and you can no longer here me coming down the hall….I'm gonna use this to my advantage WITH THE PERSON FORMALLY CALLED MOM TO SNEAK UP ON HER IN DA NEAR FUTURE. So my big adventure was going to meet Sandy's groomer and get my nails clipped, I would not call this an adventure at all….I'm gonna surprise mom with an adventure of my own I promise…hehehe.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
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The Tiberian Genesis development team. First release coming soon.
This job was posted over 30 days ago. This means the position is now most likely filled & no longer available.
Artists located Anywhere.
Posted by Tiberian-Genesis Team on
We are looking for a 2d artist to help our project in finalizing assets related to the popular Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun.
Tiberian Genesis is a non-commercial indie game based in the Tiberian Sun universe using the powerful CryEngine3. Our goal is to recreate the atmosphere and experience of the original game using the newest software developing tools and give the player the ability to experience the battles between the Nod Brotherhood and the GDI either as a commander (RTS-perspective) or a ground troop (FPS-perspective) .
We have one (1) open position for a 2d artist who would finish our work-in-progress models. These include eco-settlement buildings, weapons and vehicles.
- GDI assault rifle
- Solar collector, ...
Here is a list of requirements:
*Basic understanding of the C&C: Tiberian Sun universe and its atmosphere.
(Information can be found online as well as within the game itself which is a freeware (1.2GB) and can be downloaded online)
*UVWing and texturing according to CryEngine3's toolset.
*Understanding of CE3 tools (!)
(All information can be found online, and in-house assistance)
If you are interested into joining the team and assist us in creating a unique, immersive experience, then send us your motivational letter and portfolio (with the title as subject) at:
Let's make this an unforgettable experience for everyone!


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DALLAS television series was "on location" at the Museum this morning. Horizon Scripted Television of Dallas shot a
segment of Season 3's Episode 12 featuring the Museum's Kansas City Southern
boxcar #106917 and Western Pacific boxcar #68652. The cars were the subject of a fictitious illegal shipment of drugs from Mexico to
most location shoots, the Museum was converted into a major set, with portable
generators, cables, and related production equipment. Over 16 support vehicles and 35-40 crew
participated in the shoot. Nearly every
craft was represented during the five hour production. Pre-production work and set dressing took
place last Friday in preparation for today's 6:00am crew call.
Museum has been featured in numerous motion picture productions over the years,
including Showtime film Lily Dale,
and TV series Good Guys and Prison Break. Several music videos have also been produced such
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Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, director, businessman, investor, and politician who served as the 38th Governor of California (2003–2011).
Schwarzenegger began to weight train at the young age of 15 years old. He was awarded the title of Mr. Universe at age 20 and went on to win the Mr. Olympia contest seven times. Schwarzenegger has remained a prominent presence in the sport of bodybuilding and he has written several books and numerous articles on the sport. Schwarzenegger gained worldwide fame as a Hollywood action film icon. He was nicknamed the "Austrian Oak" and the "Styrian Oak" in his bodybuilding days, "Arnie" during his acting career and more recently the "Governator" (a portmanteau of "Governor" and "Terminator").
As a Republican, he was first elected on October 7, 2003, in a special recall election to replace then-Governor Gray Davis. Schwarzenegger was sworn in on November 17, 2003, to serve the remainder of Davis's term. Schwarzenegger was then re-elected on November 7, 2006, in California's 2006 gubernatorial election, to serve a full term as governor, defeating Democrat Phil Angelides, who was California State Treasurer at the time. Schwarzenegger was sworn in for his second term on January 5, 2007.


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ADVANCE DIRECTIVE – A decision about your healthcare that you make ahead of time in case you are ever unable to speak for yourself. This will let your family and your doctors know what decisions you would make if you were able to.
ASC/SPU – Ambulatory surgical center / short procedure unit.
AUTHORIZATION – An O.K. or approval for a service.
BENEFITS – Services, procedures and medications that CHIP will cover for you.
CLINICAL CARE MANAGEMENT – One-on-one help by a nurse providing education and coordination of CHIP benefits, tailored to your needs.
DISENROLLMENT – To stop your membership in CHIP.
EMERGENCY – When you reasonably believe that your health is in serious danger.
FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL (FPL) – Poverty income thresholds by family size that are annually updated by the Census Bureau for inflation.
FRAUD – An untruthful act – an example is someone other than you using your CHIP member ID card and pretending to be you.
HOME HEALTH AGENCY – A company hired by CHIP to provide care for you in your home.
ID CARD – Identification card – a card that says you are a CHIP member. You should have this card with you at all times.
INFORMED CONSENT – You agree to all medical treatments.
INPATIENT – When you are admitted into a hospital for a length of time.
MEDICAL NECESSITY – Your health care provider decides if a treatment, admission, procedure, medical supply, equipment, service or supply is medically necessary.
MEMBER – A person who is eligible for CHIP.
OUTPATIENT – When you have a procedure done that does not require a hospital stay overnight.
PROVIDER – Any medical professional that CHIP has contracted with to take care of you.
PROVIDER DIRECTORY – A list of providers who participate with CHIP to help take care of your healthcare needs.
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN (PCP) – A doctor you choose to be your family physician. They have their own private practices.
PRIOR AUTHORIZATION – The process for any service that needs an O.K. from CHIP before it can take place.
REFERRAL – When you and your primary care provider agree you need to see another doctor, your primary care provider will send you to a CHIP specialist.
SELF-REFERRED SERVICES – Services for which you do not need to see your primary care provider for a referral.
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Left brain. Right brain. If we're to believe all that pop-neurology, you're either a creative type or someone who just loves solving maths problems. Design manufacturer and retailer Thorsten van Elten, curator of One Year On, the show for entrepreneurial designers, explains how it's all about firing on both cerebral cylinders.
The One Year On satellite event at London's annual New Designers show features the work of motivated designers who have been in business for less than 12 months
The One Year On satellite event at London's annual New Designers show features the work of motivated designers who have been in business for less than 12 months×
It's becoming increasingly hard to remember those analogue days before the advent of design magazines and blogs. Certainly for a trend-spotting design journalist, they've become one of the most relied upon (perhaps, too relied upon) tools in the research box, disseminating as they do with increasing rapidity images of, and information about, new products, projects and people. For young designers, particularly in parts of the world where the opportunities to show their work are limited, they've become an effective way of making a connection with the wider creative field, the more adept users of such platforms skillfully exploiting the economy of exchange that the medium allows – that is, the opportunity to promote their work online to a wide audience and, at the same time, to monitor the practice of their international peers that might influence that very work.
Aluminium 'Spun Stool' by Edward Robinson, now produced by Thorsten van Elten
Aluminium 'Spun Stool' by Edward Robinson, now produced by Thorsten van Elten×
But, there's clearly still a place for real-time design shows (man is, after all, a social animal), where chemistry plays it part, relationships are formed, and, of course, the very materiality of designed objects can be experienced at first hand. 'New Designers', the annual London showcase for design graduates, has been a stalwart of the UK's design calendar for the past 25 years. Here, thousands of young creatives, emerging from the institutions that have helped foster their talent, present their designs to a public made up of, among others, manufacturers, collectors, press and would-be design students. While one of the objects of the exercise for any participating individual is to generate interest in one's own work, with hope of this converting into real career opportunities, there has always been a sense of a creative community about it, with ideas and advice circulating among those exhibiting, in no small part because of the size of the event and the fact that it is truly multi-disciplinary – furniture, products, ceramics, glass, textiles, graphics and illustration are all represented.
Furniture designer Andy Murray's 'Sea Defence' shelving
Furniture designer Andy Murray's 'Sea Defence' shelving×
A design fair wouldn't been a design fair without a satellite event. In the case of New Designers, this is One Year On, an exhibition opportunity for designers who have set up their own business in the last 12 months. 'Personally, I'd like to call it One Year In,' says the show's curator Thorsten van Elten, the London-based design manufacturer and distributor known best perhaps for producing such iconic and whimsical products as the 'Pigeon Light' by Ed Carpenter and Alexander Taylor's 'Antlers' coat rack. 'In'. 'On'. What's a preposition between friends? But the grammatic substitution is an important one, underscoring as it does that we are seeing here is just the beginning of a long creative journey. Or, rather, a slog, as van Elten reluctantly sees it. 'It's hard, hard, hard work,' he says. 'Working as a designer can provide you some great personal achievements, but in terms of financial reward, as we all know, it's bloody hard to make a good living out of this.'
Robin Grasby's 'Desk' was also shown at this year's One Year On exhibition
Robin Grasby's 'Desk' was also shown at this year's One Year On exhibition×
This year's One Year On show – which was lucky enough to be located in one of the few spaces in Islington's Business Design Centre that's air-conditioned – featured 40 entrepreneurial designers, selected by a panel that included Design Week editor Lynda Relph Knight, Isobel Dennis, the director of New Designers, and, of course, Thorsten van Elten. Originality, creativity, and relevancy were, almost needless to say, on the checklist of criteria, but it was equally about possessing an attitudinal edge. 'There were some people there I wasn't so keen on,' admits the show's curator, 'but they had their own merits and the right to be there. It's about demonstrating that you know where you're going and what you're aiming for.' For New Designers' sales manager Louisa Pacifico, who also sat on the selection panel, the decision-making was informed to a certain extent by a desire to help those who most needed help. 'Together, we selected a broad range of designers and discussed if we felt each particular designer needed a platform such as One Year On to elevate their work,' she explains.
'Cave Ring' by Imogen Belfield, who picked up the New Designers One Year On Award 2010
'Cave Ring' by Imogen Belfield, who picked up the New Designers One Year On Award 2010×
Once elevated, the One Year On-ners profit from the exposure that such an event gives them. Furniture designer Andy Murray was nominated by The Guardian newspaper as 'One to Watch' and received several commissions for his 'Sea Defence' light and shelving. Edward Robinson, who caught Thorsten van Elten's own eye at last year's New Designers main show, presented his aluminium 'Spun Stool', which van Elten himself is now producing. Comprising two pieces of aluminium that are held together by rolling the metal over, it eschews the need for welding. Meanwhile, jeweller Imogen Belfield, whose exhibited work included a distinctive ring that pulls no punches (it's aptly named the 'Knuckle Duster'), was recognised with the New Designers One Year On 2010 Award.
Edward Robinson's formally reduced vase privileges the horizontal
Edward Robinson's formally reduced vase privileges the horizontal×
But creative nominations and plaudits aside, it's the chance to increase one's business acumen that participation in such an exhibition affords. 'You need to have a reasonable awareness of how to run a business, however small or large it might be,' says van Elten. 'Some of the designers don't want to know, but you have to understand what you're doing. You need to understand how it works. So I try to give them help on that.' Starting up creatively it always going to be a challenge, particularly if the whole business side of things harshes your creative buzz, but you've got little chance of making if you don't engage with the economic reality of it all. 'It's your business,' van Elten puts it bluntly. 'Unless you're 100% committed to this, don't do it.'
Armchair from Luke Trybula's 'Home Concept 2' collection
Armchair from Luke Trybula's 'Home Concept 2' collection×
Such tough talking would seem to match the tough times we find ourselves in. Yet it's often said, as van Elten points out, that going into business when the economy is sluggish will do you a favour by truly testing your mettle, the thinking being that if you can survive the drought then you'll have no problem at all when the rains start to fall again. Call it natural business selection. That doesn't mean, however, that mistakes aren't allowed along the way. 'I've made my share of mistakes,' admits the show's curator readily, 'but in passing on some of my experience to the designers, I try to get them to learn from them.'
London-based design manufacturer and retailer Thorsten van Elten, who curated One Year On
London-based design manufacturer and retailer Thorsten van Elten, who curated One Year On×
But what about Thorsten van Elten himself? What has he learnt through his involvement with One Year On? 'Well, I've been doing it for four years now,' he explains. 'I thought it would be a challenge to learn about disciplines I didn't know anything about, like jewellery and illustration art. Obviously, you have an opinion about it, but it's nice to meet people and learn about the processes.' Maybe they should call it Four Years On.


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If [lastfm]Foo Fighters[/lastfm] Live on Letterman performance from the Ed Sullivan Theater seemed a little familiar to you, you're not alone. From the black and white broadcast, to the band's suits, to the set, and even the font on Taylor's drum, the Foos set out to pay tribute to [lastfm]The Beatles[/lastfm] legendary performance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Dave and the guys even tried to stand in place and move like the fab four.
In case you missed the Foos' webcast, or more likely, the Beatles' broadcast, we've got videos of both for you to compare.
Here are The Beatles performing "Saw Her Standing There" on the Ed Sullivan Show:
Now watch as Foo Fighters pay homage to that historic performance (fortunately, Dave didn't try to do Paul's entirely too adorable Bambi eyes):
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Last Friday's announcement in Beijing that the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will convene its 18th congress on November 8 has brought much relief to those concerned that political scandals and power struggle at the very top of the Chinese government have derailed the once-in-a-decade leadership transition. Finally, the party's top leaders seemed to have agreed on what to do with the disgraced former Chongqing party boss Bo Xilai (likely off to jail) and on whom to promote to the Politburo and its more powerful standing committee.
For all the obvious reasons, China's ruling elites will do their best in the next few months to project an image of unity and self-confidence, and to convince the rest of the world that the next generation of leaders is capable of maintaining the party's political monopoly.
That is, unfortunately, a tough sell. Confidence in the party's internal cohesion and leadership has already been shaken by the Bo affair, endemic corruption, stagnation of reform in the last decade, a slowing economy, deteriorating relations with neighbors and the United States, and growing social unrest. The questions on many people's minds these days are how long the party can hold on to its power and whether the party can manage a democratic transition to save itself.Enjoying this article? Click here to subscribe for full access. Just $5 a month.
These questions are by no means the products of idle minds. By many measures, the party's rule is about to enter a decade of systemic crisis. Having governed China for 63 years, the party is approaching, within a decade, the recorded longevity of the world's most durable one-party regimes — the former Communist Party of the Soviet Union (74 years), the Kuomintang (73), and the Revolutionary Institutional Party of Mexico (71). Like a human being, an organization such as the CCP also ages.
In addition, China's rapid economic development has thrust the country past what is commonly known as the "democratic transition zone" — a range of per capita income between $1000 and $6000 (in purchasing power parity, PPP). Political scientists have observed that autocratic regimes face increasing odds of regime change as income rises. Chances of maintaining autocracy decrease further once a country's per capita income exceeds $6000 (PPP). China's has already reached $8500 (PPP). And nearly all the autocracies in the world with a higher per capita income are petro-states. So China is in an socioeconomic environment in which autocratic governance becomes increasingly illegitimate and untenable. Anyone who is unconvinced of this point should take a look at Chinese Weibo (or microblogs) to get a sense of what ordinary Chinese think of their government.
Thus, the answer to the question of the durability of one-party rule in China is clear: its prospects are doomed.


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Celebrating the living Roman Way and the legacy of the Roman world. For current discussions, visit us at [societas-via-romana] on Google Groups.
Moderators: Aldus Marius, Valerius Claudius Iohanes
Under our current system, instead of a Senate, we have the Curia, traditionally where the Senate resided. It, however, consists of the administrators of the forum, and although technically both former and current magistrates, in practice only current magistrates with a few select others, myself included.
The Senate would vote on matters including but not limited to website caretaking, elevation to patrician status or other awards, and in times of a crisis electing a dictator. They also are responsible for organizing elections for magistrates.
I didn't want this one rogatio to be too bloated, so I'm cutting it up into pieces.
There will be censors, the number of which determined by the number of active sodales, elected by the Comitia annually. Their function is to evaluate applications for either the Societas to become a sodalis or the Senatus to become a senator. The consuls are to review the applications and accept them if they meet the requirements, and reject them if they do not, but nevertheless all applicants confirmed or denied must be reported to the Senate. The reviewal of applications will be held monthly.
Marius is correct in assuming that as of now, it only applies to the website.
P. Scribonius Martialis wrote:The discussion may be cut to pieces but you will appreciate that we cannot make a final determination on the merits of this package of reform until we have seen the whole.
Is the role of the censors to provide information about applicants so that they can make an informed choice? If I understand the procedure correctly it runs:
application -> censor -> consul
If this rogatio is about replacing ad hoc arrangements regarding the website with an institution of wider membership, then I support it. Who could object to limits placed on arbitrary power?
I don't see any other practical way of doing this except making one giant and bloated rogatio detailing the whole plan. But what is wrong with the plan I outlined already? That was the whole purpose of writing the plan, was so that everyone can see my full intentions before proposing individual pieces of legislation.
Of the only two people who've managed to really screw us over, one of them left in a huff and took a good chunk of our history with him; the other one neglected to pay the rent. Neither man violated a single provision of any Regula; though Consul Coruncanius had no authority to dissolve the 'government', there was nothing explicitly barring him from doing so. Legislation is not the answer to that problem; Romanization is--for I would hope that a real Roman would need no such laws, being sufficiently bound by disciplina et fides among other things.
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Dear Jennifer,
Are you as outraged as I am that the Philadelphia Eagles have signed Michael Vick? I'm sure that you are, and you have every right to be. Vick has admitted doing barbaric things to dogs, and the Eagles have shown horrible judgment by making him a member of their team.
The Eagles say that Vick will use his position to help save dogs and show kids that animal abuse is wrong. That simply is not good enough.
However, I believe that by working together we can make the Eagles put their money where their mouth is and do something very positive for dogs in Philadelphia.
That's why I've sent a letter to Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie urging him to prove his team's commitment to stopping dog abuse by donating AT LEAST the equivalent of Michael Vick's salary to dog shelters and rescues every year that Vick is an Eagle. That would mean donations of $1.6 million this year and $5 million next year, if Vick is still on the team.
Now I need your help to put public pressure on the Eagles organization to make this happen. Please join me by sending an email to Eagles Owner Jeffrey Lurie telling him to prove his commitment to protecting dogs by agreeing to make these donations.
Click here to send an email to Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie telling him to put his money where his mouth is to protect dogs.
The Eagles have said that they are giving Michael Vick a "second chance" by putting him on the team. By making these substantial donations to rescues and shelters the Eagles could give a second chance to thousands of dogs that have been abused, maimed and tortured by dog fighting rings just like the one that Michael Vick ran.
If they believe that Vick's second chance is worth $1.6 million this year, then we believe it's worth at least that much to give second chances to thousands of innocent dogs who otherwise would be destroyed.
Please help me convince the Eagles and Jeffrey Lurie that this is the right thing to do by sending him an email right now.
Please forward this email to your friends, relatives and neighbors who love dogs and ask them to join you by emailing Jeffrey Lurie too.
Thank you for your continuing support and for everything you do to help protect dogs in Pennsylvania.
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Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Autumn.. in my Heart
20 comments:
- Pink Cotton said...
wow! an entry in this blog is sooo rare nowaday...so i msut come n comment..keke
- Wednesday, June 02, 2010 4:21:00 PM
- Chen said...
Pink Cotton,
Haha, thanks for dropping by. Not only I seldom update my blog recently, I haven't do blog hopping for quite a while too. Really paiseh.
Will try to post more in the near future. hehe :D
- Wednesday, June 02, 2010 4:33:00 PM
- day-dreamer said...
Love the shot! You have been sorely missed. Haha.
- Wednesday, June 02, 2010 8:26:00 PM
- iml said...
Miss reading your writes.
- Thursday, June 03, 2010 8:12:00 AM
- Chen said...
Thanks Day Dreamer and IML.,
I took this random shot at Carlton Garden. Went there for a walk 3 weeks ago after watching Mama Mia at Her Majesty Theatre in Melbourne. :)
- Thursday, June 03, 2010 2:59:00 PM
- _butt said...
dropping by to say hi from Malaysia!! love your shot and miss your blog... :)
- Friday, June 04, 2010 10:45:00 AM
- Chen said...
Hi Butt,
Thanks for dropping by :)
How's life lately?
Miss u all too and the old days...
- Friday, June 04, 2010 12:44:00 PM
Aloha! How are you there? It has been a long time since I last hear from you! In Melbourne now eh? Migrated there or...? I tried to contact you couple of times through phone but failed! Anyway, glad to know you're doing good! Keep in touch!:)
- Sunday, June 06, 2010 9:51:00 PM
- Chen said...
Hi kok,
Nice to hear from u again. Ya, I'm now in Australia. I had terminated my M'sia mobile no prior to coming here. Sorry for not informing u earlier on. Btw, I have just sent u an email with my latest contact number. Keep in touch ya :)
- Monday, June 07, 2010 11:02:00 AM
- Sarawakiana@2 said...
Lovely autumn leaf....there is still strength in this leaf!
- Sunday, June 13, 2010 3:15:00 AM
- tuti said...
allo. wah so long neber blog wan. busy i know. this time this post's pic is not food and you're not eating it. kkekeke
- Friday, June 18, 2010 2:59:00 AM
- keeyit said...
Lovely leave..
- Friday, June 25, 2010 8:28:00 PM
- reanaclaire said...
Beautiful, Chen..
it is coming to autumn soon, right?
btw, i came from reanaclaire.com
- Wednesday, July 14, 2010 11:14:00 AM
- Mamapumpkin said...
Oh, you're in Melbourne now? I was about to ask you, Where did you take that beautiful shot from??? It really spells the mood!
- Monday, August 16, 2010 11:07:00 AM
- ah nel said...
Happy Birthday Lokter... :)
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- Leave application letter said...
I feel i will not come online untill your back!
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- Grow Your Penis said...
Very nice blog. Love the close up pics.
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An ex-brothel madam has been enlisted to help in research by Swansea University into students working in the sex industry.
Becky Adams, 44, originally from the Hay-on-Wye area of Powys, worked as a brothel madam in the south of England for 25 years.
The three-year project in Swansea started in June after receiving nearly £500,000 from the Big Lottery Fund.
Ms Adams has lectured students and is writing for the project's website.
The site was set up so student sex workers could share their views in confidence.
Ms Adams, who was educated at a convent in Brecon, advises female students who contact the website.
She also lectured criminology students at Swansea University last month about the sex trade.
The Student Sex Workers' project is led by Dr Tracey Sagar and Debbie Jones from Swansea University's Centre for Criminal Justice and Criminology.
It is unclear how many students are involved in the sex industry in Wales, but researchers hope to reveal what motivates them to join it.
The university project identifies sex work as erotic dancing, web cam sex, phone chat sex, escort work, massage parlour work and work in the porn industry.
Ms Adams, who lives in Milton Keynes, said a website for first-time escorts run by one of her close friends had seen interest soar, especially from students.
"There are so many young women entering the business (sex industry) now that supply is outstripping demand," said Ms Adams, who set up an escort agency with two friends.
"With the financial pressures of student loans it's becoming far more acceptable for young people to turn to sex work to see them through their education.
"Women can earn £1,000 a week from being an escort, but the women who tend to earn the most are the ones who have a good customer base - a few gents they are fond of."
Ms Adams said attitudes towards sex had changed and people were more relaxed with it, which could be another reason why students were engaging in sex work.
But she said people could get hooked on earning big money and that had its drawbacks.
"It's very easy for people to get trapped in the sex industry," she added.
"They are attracted by the money and get hooked on it when they start earning lots. When students graduate they start a job earning a lot less, so the sex industry is hard to give up."
'Professional knowledge'
Ms Adams said she advised young women against doing sex work.
"I'm not sure if people aged 18 and 19 are emotionally mature enough to work in it," she said.
"If they are determined to get involved I advise them to look at their choices, tell them to look at it as a short-term thing and advise them to plan their exit."
Dr Sagar said Ms Adams provided her project with professional knowledge.
"Becky is a champion and supporter of the student sex work project," she said.
"She provides the project with her professional knowledge based on her experience of the sex markets."
National Union of Students Wales women's officer Rhiannon Hedge said most of what was known about students working in the sex industry was anecdotal.
"We want to move beyond hearsay and actually get some evidence so we can better support all students," she said.
The university project is in collaboration with Terrence Higgins Trust, the Integrated Sexual Health Clinic, Cardiff and Vale NHS, NUS Wales and Newport Film School.


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Thomas Traherne, (born 1637, Hereford, Eng.—died 1674, Teddington), last of the mystical poets of the Anglican clergy, which included most notably George Herbert and Henry Vaughan.
The son of a shoemaker, Traherne was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, ordained in 1660, and presented in 1661 to the living of Credenhill, which he held until 1674. From 1669 to 1674 Traherne lived in London and Teddington, serving as chaplain to Sir Orlando Bridgeman, lord keeper from 1667 to 1672. That year he became minister of Teddington Church, where he was buried when he died two years later.
The only work by Traherne published during his lifetime was Roman Forgeries (1673), an anti-Catholic polemic. His Christian Ethicks appeared posthumously in 1675, and his Thanksgivings in rhythmical prose were published anonymously as A Serious and Patheticall Contemplation of the Mercies of God in 1699. The greater part of Traherne's poetry and his prose meditations remained unknown until their recovery in modern times. The chance discovery in 1896 in a London street bookstall of the manuscripts of Traherne's Poetical Works (published 1903) and his Centuries of Meditations (published 1908) created a literary sensation. The manuscript of Poems of Felicity was subsequently found in the British Museum and published in 1910. Other substantial manuscripts were discovered in the 1960s and in 1997.
As a poet Traherne possessed originality of thought and intensity of feeling, particularly in his mystical evocations of the joy and innocence of childhood, but he lacked discipline in his use of metre and rhyme. Indeed, his poetry is overshadowed by the prose work Centuries of Meditations, in which he instructs an acquaintance in his personal philosophy of "felicity"; the latter was based on Traherne's Christian training, his retention of vivid impressions of the wonder and joy of childhood, and his desire to regain that sense in a mature form.
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It has been a nice little run for the Angels since Aug. 23, their 21-8 record before Monday's game against Oakland taking some sting out of another disappointing season, but they can't let it fool them into thinking they can roll into 2014 with this personnel.
If the Angels are to end a four-year playoff drought next season, they'll need pitching, pitching and more pitching.
"There are some fundamental things we need to look at that a good finish will not and should not mask. … It's very clear some things need to be addressed," Manager Mike Scioscia said.
Who does that addressing is to be determined. There has been speculation that Scioscia or General Manager Jerry Dipoto, perhaps both, could be fired. Dipoto, whose contract runs through 2014, seems more vulnerable than Scioscia, who has five years and about $27 million left on his deal.
The team Dipoto and owner Arte Moreno envisioned, one tilted toward offense, flopped for 41/2 months, going 55-71 and falling as far as 181/2 games back in the American League West.
Of Dipoto's five major off-season pitching acquisitions — Jason Vargas, Joe Blanton, Tommy Hanson, Ryan Madson, Sean Burnett — only Vargas made a positive contribution. Blanton (2-14, 6.04 earned-run average) was spectacularly bad, Hanson was demoted to triple A in August, and Madson and Burnett were injured.
A team molded more in Scioscia's image — good pitching, defense, situational hitting and aggressive baserunning — has performed much better of late. In their 29 games before Monday, the Angels had an AL-leading 2.99 overall ERA and 2.04 bullpen ERA, second-best in the majors. They were averaging 5.2 runs per game in September.
"We're pitching well with terrific situational hitting, good baserunning and solid defense. That equation adds up to winning," Scioscia said. "Early, we were built around batter's box offense, and when that struggles, it becomes one-dimensional. That's something we need to take a broader look at."
Offense isn't really the problem, though. Before Monday, the Mike Trout-led Angels, despite their injuries and Josh Hamilton's 4 1/2 -month slump, ranked third in the AL with a .265 batting average and .330 on-base percentage, and fifth with 708 runs and a .418 slugging percentage.
If Albert Pujols comes back from a left heel injury, Hamilton finds a happy medium between the .217 hitter he was for four months and the .322 hitter he has been for the last six weeks, and the Angels fill their third base void with a solid hitter, the offense could be potent.
"If everyone does what they're capable of, it's an awesome lineup," said first baseman Mark Trumbo, who led the team with 34 home runs and 98 runs batted in before Monday. "There's a lot of production. It gives your pitching some breathing room."
It also gives the Angels a surplus of hitters to trade. Whom they part with will determine the quality of pitcher they receive.
Trumbo might net the Angels a top young, cost-controlled starter. A package of second baseman Howie Kendrick, more expandable with the addition of Grant Green, and outfielder Kole Calhoun or outfielder Peter Bourjos could net a solid starter. Shortstop Erick Aybar would have more trade value than Kendrick but would be much harder to replace.
Jered Weaver, C.J. Wilson and Garrett Richards are the only locks for the 2014 rotation.
The Angels are expected to bid on Japanese right-hander Masahiro Tanaka, who is projected as a No. 2 or No. 3 starter, but his market will be robust. The Angels would not have to trade anyone to acquire Tanaka, and his posting fee, expected to exceed $25 million, does not count toward a team's luxury-tax payroll.
The Angels will try to retain Vargas, who is a free agent, but there are few other attractive options in a mediocre pitching market headed by Matt Garza, Hiroki Kuroda, Bartolo Colon and Ervin Santana.
With $125 million committed to 10 players in 2014, including $71 million to Pujols, Hamilton, Weaver and Wilson, the Angels won't have much room below the luxury-tax threshold, which increases to $189 million next year.
But if there's one thing the Angels learned this season, it's that you can't out-hit bad pitching. Even with their recent surge, they started Monday ranked 11th in starting pitching ERA (4.31) and 12th in bullpen ERA (4.06).
"If you look at any team that wins, they're pretty good at controlling the game on the defensive end," Scioscia said. "And that begins with your rotation."
It usually ends with the bullpen, and the Angels need to improve there too. Ernesto Frieri, who had 36 saves in 40 opportunities before Monday, solidified his job as closer after a summer hiccup, and right-handers Dane De La Rosa (6-1, 2.96 ERA in 72 games) and Michael Kohn (1-3, 3.57 ERA in 62 games) had breakout seasons.
The Angels need Burnett, the left-hander who had elbow surgery in August, and setup man Kevin Jepsen, who had a shoulder strain and an appendectomy, to bounce back.
"Any time you add a Sean Burnett, it helps, but does that make you deep enough?" Scioscia said. "When you have a small group of guys doing what you need to do down there, you have to guard against overuse and overexposure. We have some good pieces. Now, we need to add depth."
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In animal terms, the Fukitorimushia floor-cleaning robot would be the Roomba's distant evolutionary ancestor. It wipes instead of vacuums, inches rather than rolls, and generally looks like it wriggled right out of the primordial soup.
Of course, the actual Roomba-Fukitorimushi chronology is totally different: despite its Palaeozaic sensibilities, the Fukitorimushi ("wipe-up bug") is brand new. Designed by Panasonic, the little robot is wrapped in a sticky nanocloth sleeve, which collects dust and debris as the robot crawls, worm-style, across the floor.
Its also got sensors to seek out dirt, so it takes a slightly different approach to floor cleaning than the Roomba, focusing on problem areas rather than just attacking the whole room. There's no word yet on price, availability, or any practical specs, but if robo-swiffing is your thing, Panasonic's artsy press materials and this mesmerizing video of the Fukitorimushi in action should hold you over for a while. [PinkTentacle]


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Nobody's home: MIT economist measures how much foreclosures lower housing prices
Foreclosed homes dot the American landscape — they make up about one in 12 houses with under $1 million left on the mortgage. These foreclosures drive down home prices, both because they add to the housing supply and because the financial firms that acquire the houses want to unload them promptly.
However, since foreclosures often occur in economically struggling areas, it is hard to determine how much of the drop in a home's value is due to its foreclosure, and how much can be blamed on the economy in general.
Now, in a recent working paper, MIT economist Parag Pathak and two Harvard researchers, John Y. Campbell and Stefano Giglio, have put a price tag on foreclosures. Specifically, they've determined how much a foreclosure dents a home's value, as opposed to a home going on the market because the owner has died or declared bankruptcy. Moreover, they've demonstrated how much foreclosures depress the prices of the houses around them, a finding that should capture the attention of home-owners and policy-makers.
In the study, "Forced Sales and House Prices," which will be published in the American Economic Review, Pathak, Campbell and Giglio examined 1.8 million home sales in Massachusetts from 1987 to 2009. By looking in granular detail at real-estate prices, the researchers have concluded that a foreclosure reduces the value of a house by 27 percent, on average.
"It's not surprising that there is a discount due to foreclosure," says Pathak. "But it is surprising that it's so large."
By contrast, other types of forced sales lower home prices by smaller amounts. When a house is sold after the death of an owner, Pathak and his co-authors found, the price drops 5 to 7 percent on average. When an owner declares bankruptcy, the value sinks 3 percent.
The researchers believe that their discovery of the gaps between these various price reductions is a key to isolating the effects of foreclosures. Because the declines in value are so disparate, yet occur among comparable homes in the same times and places, the reductions in value are not all attributable to the same overarching economic conditions. Instead, the researchers suggest in the paper, a central cause of the larger foreclosure discount is that the condition of foreclosed houses often deteriorates much more than it does for other kinds of houses whose ownership changes hands.
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This tendency of foreclosed homes to fall into disrepair lies behind the other main finding of Pathak, Campbell and Giglio: The presence of a foreclosed house in a neighborhood reduces the value of the homes around it. In their estimation, the value of a home drops by 1 percent, on average, if it is within roughly 250 feet of a foreclosed home. This paper represents the first time economists have been able to cleanly quantify how much nearby foreclosures affect prices of inhabited homes.
"This can happen for multiple reasons," says Pathak. First of all, he notes, "If you live near a foreclosed house, it may not be maintained." Neighborhood appearances enhance real-estate value, and ill-maintained houses make an area less desirable.
Secondly, even without visible deterioration of foreclosed houses, such homes, when resold quickly for a discount, can affect neighborhood values. "A home-buyer's benchmark [for a fair price] will usually include houses in the same neighborhood," Pathak says. Therefore, average local values can sink even without visible blight.
The study is a "very valuable and important paper," says Christopher Mayer PhD '93, a professor and dean at Columbia Business School in New York, who thinks it will open up more research on whether foreclosures cause other foreclosures, a process he calls "contagion." Even though Pathak, Campbell and Giglio found that foreclosures only dent the values of neighboring homes, Mayer questions whether there may be a tipping point "at which a neighborhood starts to fall apart."
The Obama administration has weighed a variety of proposals aimed at limiting foreclosures. In June, the White House directed $1.5 billion of a newly created "Hardest Hit Fund" to help homeowners in five states — Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan and Nevada — suffering from high numbers of foreclosures.
Pathak believes that there are housing-policy implications to the emerging understanding of the precise impact of foreclosures on neighboring home values. The work, he says, "speaks to whether or not we should have policies to prevent foreclosures. This is a fundamental issue in the housing market, so we're trying to take a step in the direction of measuring how big a deal this effect is."
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The 1996 Six-Man state championship game was, dare I say the greatest state championship game ever. It had everything: big plays, a great comeback, a dramatic finish, and controversy.
Gordon had a solid program for years under head coach Nelson Campbell, but had not achieved the ultimate goal of a state title. In 1994, they advanced to quarterfinals before falling to Zephyr, 54-32, and finishing with an 11-1-1 record. In 1995, they again fell in the quarterfinals to Panther Creek, 81-42, and improved on their previous record, finishing 12-1. Expectations were high for a senior-heavy 1996 team, as they returned 19 lettermen and every single offensive and defensive starter. Dave Campbell's Magazine had them pegged as the pre-season #1 team, and Granger Huntress in his third year of ranking and covering six-man football had the Longhorns in at #3 (Editor's note: although I wrote the section, they did not use my preseason rankings yet).
The Longhorns' opponent in the state title game would be the Whitharral Panthers, who paralleled Gordon in many ways. Both ran similar offensive styles, mixing between various spread formation sets and an unbalanced line I-formation (often called a J-Bird set). The Panthers had also advanced to the quarterfinals in 1995 before bowing out and had a solid group of upperclassmen returning, with 9-of-12 starters back for the 1996 campaign. The preseason rankings would be the exact reverse of Gordon's. "The Huntress Report" tabbed Whitharral as the pre-season #1 team, while Dave Campbell's had the Panthers at #3.
Gordon had a few tough games. The season opener was a big showdown with state-ranked Zephyr, which the Longhorns won 34-8. Sports Illustrated had a reporter and photographer present to cover this game and did a spread on six-man football in Texas later in the year.
Gordon again had some national publicity, as they invited a six-man football team from Canada, Bjorkdale, down to play for their fifth game of the season. In that exhibition game, which had no mercy rule, Gordon won 92-24. Their next game was a big one against a very talented district-rival Strawn which they defeated easily by 44 points, 72-28. The Longhorns cruised until they met up with Trinidad in the second round of the playoffs, who gave them all they could handle, as Gordon eventually won, 49-40. They defeated Zephyr for a second time in the quarterfinals by 44, to advance to the semifinals against Milford, who had represented the East in the state game the last two seasons. Gordon battled with the Bulldogs and edged them out 30-23, to advance to their first ever state title game appearance.
Whitharral, under head coach Gerry Gartrell, entered the state game 14-0, having survived a gauntlet of west teams in the playoffs, all of which had size, power and speed. They defeated Guthrie, 64-30, in bi-district, Groom, 68-32, in the second round, Southland, 44-32, in the quarterfinals, and Chillicothe, 75-28, in the semifinals. The Panthers defense, despite giving up some points in the playoffs, were holding their opponents to 13.2 points a game while the Longhorn defense was just as good, allowing 14 points a game.
Prior to the 1996 season, the furthest Gordon had advanced in the playoffs was the semifinals in 1981, where head coach Nelson Campbell's team was beaten by Whitharral, on their way to their first state title, 54-18.
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Whitharral received the opening kickoff and put together a six play, 60-yard drive that ended with an eight-yard touchdown pass from Michael Lopez to Jason Cook, the pat kick failed and Whitharral took the early 6-0 lead.
The Panthers then kicked a perfect onside kick that Michael Lopez recovered right before the ball could go out of bounds. On the very next play, out of a spread formation, Justin Stracener found Seth Dockery in the end zone for a 25-yard touchdown pass. The kick again failed and just like that, Whitharral was up 12-0.
Gordon would start their first possession on at midfield after failed onside attempt. Six plays later, the big Longhorn running back, John Leven, rushed in for a seven-yard score. Jason Sizemore's kick was good and Gordon was on the board, trailing 12-8.
On the Panther's next possession, after moving the ball downfield into Gordon territory, and facing a third-and-short situation, the Longhorns came up with a big tackle for about a ten-yard loss and forced Whitharral to punt, which was shanked.
Gordon, taking over on their own 28, moved the ball using backs Leven and Sizemore. On a second-and-short play, Whitharral hit Sizemore hard in the backfield for a loss. An incomplete pass on third down led to a fourth down attempt. The short pass out of a spread garnered just one yard, and the ball went over on downs back to Whitharral at their own 29.
The Panthers couldn't get much going to start the drive and faced a fourth-and-long. This time, instead of punting, they lined up in spread and pitched back to Michael Lopez, who avoided the Longhorn's hard-rush by splitting three defenders, breaking to the far sideline and sprinting 47-yards for a touchdown. Brandon Rogers PAT kick was good this time and the Panthers took a 20-8 lead, with 1:09 left in the first quarter.
On their next possession, Gordon quarterback Jim Kostiha tried to get their passing game going, but couldn't connect with a few open receivers and the Longhorns went three-and-out. Their ensuing punt was perfect, bouncing down and out of bounds at the Whitharral four-yard line. One play later, the first quarter would come to an end, with Whitharral in total control, up 20-8 and with the ball.
On their second play of the drive, first of the second quarter, out of the unbalanced line I-formation, wingback Matt Thacker took the quick handoff, dodged a defender and scampered for a big 20-yard gain. A 15-yard personal foul penalty by Gordon tacked on 15 more yards at the end of the run and the Panthers were on the prowl in Longhorn territory.
A few nice runs by Brandon Rogers took Whitharral down to the three-yard line. He was again given the rock and scored on a dive up the middle. Rogers then added the extra two points on the PAT kick and Whitharral was now ahead 28-8, with 8:10 left in the second.
On the kickoff, Whitharral kicked a bounding ground ball up the middle of the field, catching the Longhorns sleeping and recovered it. Unfortunately for the Panthers, the play was ruled Gordon's ball, due to a Panther player being offside. The tough luck with penalties didn't stop for the Panthers.
With Gordon, facing a second-and-seven and now running a spread offense, The Longhorns were sacked for big loss. However, one of the Panther linemen grabbed the spreadback's face mask and the penalty resulted in big yardage and an automatic first down for the Longhorns. On the next play, a nice pass and catch moved the ball down to the Panther 16-yard line, but another personal foul on the Panthers moved the ball further, all the way to the eight, for a first-and-goal for Gordon. On third-and-goal from the three, Leven got the call again and powered in for the touchdown and the added PAT made the score, 28-16, with 5:55 left in the first half.
On the next possession, Whitharral, facing a third-and-short at their 29-yard line, broke free on a sweep out of a spread formation and scored, but the penalties continued and it was called back for holding at the Gordon 23. The play resulted in a first down with the ball spotted at the Longhorn 33. Another holding penalty on the next play moved it back to their own 33. Then, thanks to a bobbled pitch, Gordon caught them in the backfield again for a 10-yard loss, setting up second-and-35. After a short gain, the Panthers committed yet another penalty, this time a block in the back. This would've set up and even third-and-longer, but Gordon declined, setting up a fourth-and-28. Whitharral punted the ball out of the end zone, giving the Longhorns the ball at their own 20.
A quick 13-yard gain on a screen pass made it second-and-short, however, Leven was stripped of the ball on a dive and Whitharral recovered at the Longhorn 32. Whitharral made it all the way down to the three-yard line and with just 44 seconds left in the first half, Brandon Rogers rushed in for the touchdown. Adding the PAT made it 36-16 in favor of the Panthers. Gordon would run a few plays but the score at the end of the first half would remain, 36-16.
Whitharral was in complete control of this game and had the momentum going into the locker room, having scored right before half. The second half would be a totally different story.
Gordon started the second half with the ball at their own 20 and looking to get back into the game. Their first play was a 19-yard run by Sizemore on a counter out of a J-Bird formation. He was then tackled for a five-yard loss on the next play. Then on second down, Sizemore gained those five back on a scamper out of the spread and then connected for a long pass on third, taking them down to the seven-yard line for a first-and-goal. A play-action pass out of a tight formation on the next play saw Jim Kostiha connect with Jeremy Jackson for a touchdown. The PAT was good and with 7:52 left in the third quarter the score was 36-24 and Gordon was back in business.
After some nice runs took them into Longhorn territory, the Panthers faced fourth-and-four at the Gordon 33. Rogers took the handoff out of a tight formation, ran around the right end, and sprinted untouched for the score. Gordon blocked the PAT and the score was now Whitharral 42, Gordon 24, with 4:58 left in the third quarter.
Gordon started at their own 20 again and this time were held by the Panthers. They punted the ball and it was downed at the Panthers' own five-yard line. The Longhorns only allowed Whitharral to gain two yards and a loss of down penalty for illegal grounding on third down moved Whitharral back to their own three-yard line. On the punt, little defensive end Jesus Tijerina pushed his way through the line and got a hand up and blocked the punt. The ball rolled out of the back of the end zone for a safety, allowing Gordon to tack on two more points. They still trailed 42-26, but the Longhorns were getting the ball back after kicking a perfect punt, holding the Panther offense and the getting a huge blocked punt. They had just swung the momentum in their favor for the first time in the game, with 2:30 still left in the third quarter.
Gordon began their next drive at their own 37 and after two long runs and a face mask penalty, they had the ball at the Panthers five-yard line. It took four plays from there, but eventually Kostiha hit Sizemore standing at the one, who was hit immediately, but turned around and pushed himself into the end zone for a four-yard touchdown catch. The PAT was blocked and the score was now 42-32. Whitharral would be in possession of the ball as the third quarter ended, with the score Whitharral 42, Gordon 32.
Gordon's defense stepped-up when Whitharral decided to go for it on fourth down, deep in their own territory. The Longhorns came up with the stop and took over at the Panther 23. After driving the field and the drive almost stalled, a pass interference in the end zone gave Gordon a fresh set of downs at the 10-yard line. Two plays later, Sizemore would run in for a three-yard score. The kick was again blocked and the Panther lead was now just four, 42-38, with 7:54 left in the game.
Facing fourth-and-one, Rogers broke loose, taking the ball down into the red zone. Again, facing fourth down at the 12, Rogers converted on a run, setting up a first-and-goal from the five. However, after a short run and a holding penalty moved the Panthers back to the 12, Rogers eventually caught Jason Dobrovolny for a 12-yard touchdown pass. Rogers' kick was good and the Panther lead was pushed up to 12 points, 50-38, with 4:28 remaining.
Needing two scores, Gordon would start strong, returning the ball all the way to their own 39. The Longhorns converted on fourth-and-seven on a Kostiha scramble out of the spread when he dove just past the first down marker. On the very next play, out of the J-bird formation, Kostiha hit Tijerina for a 26-yard touchdown play-action pass. Gordon faked a PAT kick, when the snap went straight to the kicker Sizemore, who passed to a wide-open Leven for the 1-point conversion, cutting the score to 50-45 with 3:05 left to play. We did not know how important that single point would be.
Gordon kicked the ball deep and Whitharral almost ran it back, had it not been for a horse collar tackle at the Panther 30-yard line (this was legal at the time). Facing a third-and-nine, Whitharral, looking to pass out of a spread formation, was bottled up and tackled for a loss, setting up a fourth-and-14 at the 21. The Panthers punted and the ball took a Gordon bounce and was downed at Gordon 29.
Lining up in a spread, Kostiha dumped it off to Sizemore, who ran out of bounds after a 13-yard gain. On second down, Sizemore rushed for a four-yard gain and a first down.
First-and-15 at the Panther 34.
Still in the spread, Kostiha was forced up the middle, but tackled for a two-yard loss.
Second- and-17 at the Panther 36, with 1:13 left in the game. Gordon burned a time out, and then Whitharral burned a time out.
Gordon came out in a J-Bird formation and Kostiha's play-action pass fell incomplete.
Third-and-17, still at the 36.
The Longhorns set up in a classic spread formation. Kostiha avoids a sack, running up the middle toward the line and throws a bomb perfectly over a defender and into the arms of Jeremy Jackson for the go-ahead touchdown.
But the play was called back on a penalty, as the referees ruled Kostiha had thrown the ball after he had passed the line of scrimmage. Here is where things start to get controversial.
The penalty should be a five-yards and a loss of down. The refs moved the ball back to the Whitharral 39, but failed to enforce the loss of down and instead replayed third down. So instead of fourth-and-22, it was third-and-22.
On the next play, still in a classic spread formation, Kostiha scrambled around in the backfield and broke up field, with the help of a big crack back block for an 11-yard gain. Then on "4th down" and what would forever be known as the "5th down play", Kostiha hit upback Sizemore on a short dump pass. Sizemore shook off two tacklers and broke another downfield, as he ran into the end zone for the go-ahead touchdown, with two seconds left to play in the game. Gordon's sideline was so excited, they received an unsportsmanlike penalty that was enforced on the PAT try, which failed and the score was now Gordon 51, Whitharral 50.
Whitharral fielded the kickoff on a knee at their own seven-yard line, giving them one play. They gained some good yardage on a short pass, but it wasn't enough, as a Gordon defender made the tackle and secured their first-ever state championship, in the closest six-man football state title game ever.
Whitharral out-gained Gordon rushing, 283-168, passing, 170-168, and thus in total yardage, 453-336. The Panthers had more first downs 18-17 and won the turnover battle 1-0 (the only turnover being a Gordon fumble). However, Gordon came up with the big plays in timely fashion and outscored their opponents 35-14 in the second half.
The game lives on, partly because of the great comeback by Gordon, but more so because of the refereeing on the final Gordon drive. Gordon has always maintained that on the loss of down play, where they scored and the touchdown nullified, that Jim Kostiha never crossed the line of scrimmage, and thus it was poetic justice that the refs failed to enforce a loss of down, allowing them to score two plays later. ESPN had film crews on hand for a short segment that aired in February about the Gordon Longhorns. In that piece, they provided video proof that Kostiha had not cross the line of scrimmage and it was a bad call by the refs. However, bad calls happen, the call was made and the fact remains that a slip of the mind by the referee crew allowed Gordon to have an extra play in which to score.
-I was at this game sitting with Duane Hyde, Thomas Hyde, Karry Owens…all of which are in the Texas Six-Man Coaches' Association Hall of Fame…and my teammate Nathan Hayes. Thomas Hyde knew immediately the mistake by the refs on the infamous "5th down" play, while many folks didn't take notice to it.
-As a spectator, I will never forget the blocked punt and late long over the shoulder touchdown catch by Jesus Tijerina, who stood about 5-5 and weight about 145. Myself being just a little freshman, to see him pull off those two crucial plays, was inspiring. Even though both Jason Sizemore and Jim Kostiha had huge performances, in my mind, Tijerina was the MVP.
-For this article, I reviewed the game film and used stats from the Abilene Reporter News article about the game.
-This had the best program ever for a six-man state game…it was a special edition of Granger Huntress' "The Huntress Report" newsletter.
-Personally, I think best venue to host a state game has been Sweetwater's Mustang Bowl.
-Granger always refers to the ESPN-Kostiha-pass video as the "Zapruder film of six-man", mostly to annoy people from Gordon (at least that's what they think). <--- editor's note


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Animals as Teachers and Healers
Ballantine Books, 1998 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 252 pages
Susan Chernak McElroy credits her astounding triumph over cancer to the love of the animals in her life. In Animals as Teachers & Healers she shares her remarkable story along with true stories from others who have been touched by the loving energies of animals.
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