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BALTIMORE -- You didn't really expect anyone else, did you?
Commissioner Bud Selig, with a nearly spotless 22-year record of persuading Major League Baseball owners to reach a consensus, pulled it off again, and in dramatic fashion.
Baseball averted an embarrassing impasse Thursday night by electing Rob Manfred, Selig's chief operating officer, to become the game's 10th commissioner.
But it took some politicking from Selig -- and then some. Manfred beat out Boston Red Sox chairman Tom Werner and MLB vice president Tim Brosnan, who dropped out before the first vote.
"There were differences of opinion," Selig said, "but in the end, we came together, and did what we always do."
Owners worked at it Thursday for 9 1/2 hours, including several votes, before finally confirming Manfred by a unanimous vote. He will officially replace Selig on Jan. 25, 2015.
"It wasn't a cakewalk," San Francisco Giants president Larry Baer said, "but that's OK. As the industry is getting bigger and the stakes are getting higher, the 30-0 (vote) is harder to achieve. It was a very good ending.
"The last thing you want is for people to walk out with bruised feelings. But the good news is that we walked out of the room as a very together entity. People weren't looking out of the room cross-eyed, and saying, 'I'm not going not talk to that guy anymore.'
"It was just the opposite. Everybody was sort of hugging, and shaking hands, and saying, 'We got there.' "
Manfred, who needed 23 of the 30 votes for election, spent most of the day between 20 and 22 votes. He was stuck on 22 votes for hours, Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos said, and at about 6 p.m. ET, earned the full support.
"Long day, but worthwhile," Angelos said. "I think the owners elected a very confident, strong, strong leader, and I think he's going to make some real difference in the future. He can build on the accomplishments of the previous administration."
Manfred's biggest competition was overcoming a contingent led by Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf and Los Angeles Angels owner Arte Moreno, who supported Werner. Yet, when it was clear it was Manfred or an impasse that could lead to chaos, the owners opted for stability, with Milwaukee, Tampa Bay and Washington eventually switching to Manfred.
"While Rob may not have been my initial choice for commissioner," Reinsdorf said in a statement, "the conclusion of a very good process was to name Rob as the person best positioned to help baseball endure and grow even stronger for the next generation of fans. Everyone wants baseball to flourish. Today's decision was reached by 30 owners voting separately but speaking, in the end, with one voice."
The biggest obstacle facing Manfred now is to modernize the game, with attendance stagnant for the past decade and with declining national TV ratings. It starts with drastic plans to speed up the game, perhaps even using a pitch clock, Baer suggested.
"I think there's a huge amount of consensus about certain types of efforts that we will be undertaking to move the game forward," Manfred said. "In particular, the modernization of the game, like we saw with instant replay. The owners have a vision of continuing to move forward in that vein."
Of course, there is also the labor issue.
Baseball's Collective Bargaining Agreement expires Dec. 1, 2016, and you better believe the players union wants changes, particularly concerning draft restrictions and free-agent compensation rules. Manfred, who has been the league's chief negotiator since 1998, has successfully negotiated three labor deals. Baseball hasn't had a work stoppage work stoppage since the 232-day lockout ended in March, 1995.
"The biggest thing is always labor peace," Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said. "That's never going to change. These things come around every few years and there's a lot at stake."
Manfred will have to convince owners such as Reinsdorf and Moreno that he will be a tough negotiator during labor talks.
Even with the new challenges, Selig insists Manfred is the perfect choice to lead baseball into the next frontier.
"There is no doubt in my mind," Selig said, "that he has the temperament, the training, the experience to be a very, very successful commissioner. And I have justifiably very high expectations."
Manfred, 55, who began working for baseball in 1998, spending 15 years as an executive vice president in charge of labor relations before being promoted to COO, appeared emotional at times during his acceptance speech. Manfred, married with four children, grew up in Rome, N.Y., just an hour away from the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, and now is in charge of preserving the sport's legacy.
"I am tremendously honored by the confidence owners showed in me today," Manfred said. "I have very big shoes to fill.
"There's no question I would not be standing here without Bud. And I hope I will perform as the 10th commissioner in a way that will add to his great legacy."
Selig, called by St. Louis Cardinals owner Bill DeWitt as the greatest commissioner in the sport's history, has spent 22 years at the helm, the second-longest tenure in baseball. His strength was developing relationships, and building a consensus among owners. Now it's up to Manfred, who realizes he needs to win the support of those who initially voted against him.
"What I said to the owners after the vote," Manfred said, "that I didn't really want to even think about who was on what side on what issue at points in the process. My commitment to the owners was that I would work extremely hard, day in and day out, to convince all 30 of them that they made a great decision today.
"(Selig) established a great tradition of unity among the 30 clubs, and I'm going to work very hard to try to keep that unity as we move forward."


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AkzoNobel presents inaugural North America Science Award
AkzoNobel's prestigious Science Award program officially honoured its first North American recipient yesterday when Carnegie Mellon University Professor Krzysztof (Kris) Matyjaszewski, Ph.D. was recognized for his cutting-edge polymer chemistry research.
Established in collaboration with the American Chemistry Society, the award was presented at the end of the company's first ever North America Innovation Conference, held at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois.
Cited in scientific literature more than 50,000 times, Professor Matyjaszewski's many achievements include the discovery of the atom radical transfer polymerization (ARTP) process. He received a $75,000 cash award and a certificate of recognition during the presentation ceremony.
"We have been honouring outstanding scientific contributions for more than 40 years and are privileged to recognize the work of Professor Matyjaszewski," said AkzoNobel CEO Ton Büchner. "As a company, we are deeply committed to creating a more sustainable future through scientific research and we will continue to support visionary scientists as they strive to advance our understanding in all fields of chemistry and materials science."
First bestowed in the Netherlands in 1970, the AkzoNobel Science Award was extended to Sweden in 1999. In order to reflect the increasingly global nature of the company, it was then extended to China in 2010, the UK in 2012 and North America in 2013.
Last year, the company invested almost €400 million in research and development, two-thirds of which was focused purely on sustainability. AkzoNobel has also set a target whereby 20 percent of its innovations will provide distinct sustainability benefits for its customers and their value chains.
The company will next present its Science Award in Sweden later this year.

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Why Within-Subject Designs Require Fewer Participants than Between-Subject Designs
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One widely recommended approach to increase power is using a within subject design. Indeed, you need fewer participants to detect a mean difference between two conditions in a within-subjects design (in a dependent t-test) than in a between-subjects design (in an independent t-test). The reason is straightforward, but not always explained, and even less often expressed in the easy equation below. The sample size needed in within-designs (NW) relative to the sample needed in between-designs (NB), assuming normal distributions, is (from Maxwell & Delaney, 2004, p. 561, formula 45):
NW = NB(1-ρ)/2
The "/2" part of the equation is due to the fact that in a two-condition within design every participant provides two data-points. The extent to which this reduces the sample size compared to a between-subject design depends on the correlation between the two dependent variables, as indicated by the (1-ρ) part of the equation. If the correlation is 0, a within-subject design simply needs half as many participants as a between-subject design (e.g., 64 instead 128 participants). The higher the correlation, the larger the relative benefit of within designs, and whenever the correlation is negative (up to -1) the relative benefit disappears. Note than when the correlation is -1, you need 128 participants in a within-design and 128 participants in a between-design, but in a within-design you will need to collect two measurements from each participant, making a within design more work than a between-design. However, negative correlations between dependent variables in psychology are rare, and perfectly negative correlations will probably never occur.
So what does the correlation do so that it increases the power of within designs, or reduces the number of participants you need? Let's see what effect the correlation has on power by simulating and plotting correlated data. In the R script below, I'm simulating two measurements of IQ scores with a specific sample size (i.e., 10000), mean (i.e., 100 vs 106), standard deviation (i.e., 15), and correlation between the two measurements. The script generates three plots.
We will start with a simulation where the correlation between measurements is 0. First, we see the two normally distributed IQ measurements, with means of 100 and 106, and standard deviations of 15 (due to the large sample size, the numbers equal the input in the simulation, although small variation might still occur).
In the scatter plot, we can see that the correlation between the measurements is indeed 0.
Now, let's look at the distribution of the mean differences. The mean difference is -6 (in line with the simulation settings), and the standard deviation is 21. This is also as expected. The standard deviation of the difference scores is √2 times as large as the standard deviation in each measurement, and indeed, 15*√2 = 21.21, which is rounded to 21. This situation where the correlation between measurements is zero equals the situation in an independent t-test, where the correlation between measurements is not taken into account.
Now let's increase the correlation between dependent variables to 0.7.
Nothing has changed when we plot the means:
The correlation between measurements is now strongly positive:
The important difference lies in the standard deviation of the difference scores. The SD = 11 instead of 21 in the simulation above. Because the standardized effect size is the difference divided by the standard deviation, the effect size (Cohen's dz in within designs) is larger in this test than in the test above.
We can make the correlation more extreme, by increasing the correlation to 0.99, after which the standard deviation of the difference scores is only 2.
If you run the R code below, you will see that if you set the correlation to a negative value, the standard deviation of the difference scores actually increases.
I like to think of dependent variables in within-designs as dance partners. If they are well-coordinated (or highly correlated), one person steps to the left, and the other person steps to the left the same distance. If there is no coordination (or no correlation), when one dance partner steps to the left, the other dance partner is just as likely to move to the wrong direction as to the right direction. Such a dance couple will take up a lot more space on the dance floor.
You see that the correlation between dependent variables is an important aspect of within designs. I recommend explicitly reporting the correlation between dependent variables in within designs (e.g., participants responded significantly slower (M = 390, SD = 44) when they used their feet than when they used their hands (M = 371, SD = 44, r = .953), t(17) = 5.98, p < 0.001, Hedges' g = 0.43, Mdiff = 19, 95% CI [12; 26]).
Since most dependent variables in within designs in psychology are positively correlated, within designs will greatly increase the power you can achieve given the sample size you have available. Use within-designs when possible, but weigh the benefits of higher power against the downsides of order effects or carryover effects that might be problematic in a within-subject design. Maxwell and Delaney's book (Chapter 11) has a good discussion of this topic.
Maxwell, S. E., & Delaney, H. D. (2004). Designing experiments and analyzing data: a model comparison perspective (2nd ed). Mahwah, N.J: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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Sometimes it takes an unexpected conversation to clarify certain things. Today's conversation was informative and inspiring. There's _so_ much for me to learn, and I can't wait to get started.
I think I'll take a week off from certain issues in order to concentrate on my work. At the end of the week, I'll give the matter some more thought. It's not as cut-and-dried as I thought it was, and the conversation reminded me that there's more to now than now.
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We Feel Fine visualizes people's moods through dots, pictures, and text. Good stuff. Link from Alex Schroeder.
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Not content with experiencing Canada's medical system, I also dipped my toes into its political system. Simon told me that the Green Party was having a leadership debate at OISE. I along because politicians live and die by their public speaking abilities, and Ian gave me a lift there.
It was absolutely fascinating. The two candidates present - Elizabeth May and Jim Fannon - were as different as night and day. I spent most of the evening not only listening to the points they made during the debate but also watching how they made those points, taking notes on their speech technique and manner.
Elizabeth was by far the more seasoned speaker. Here are a few things she did particularly well.
I learned a lot from the conversation afterwards, as Simon and Ian discussed a few of the points that were raised. I need to develop political thinking. It's a great way to practice critical thought.
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One of the reasons why I've never quite felt comfortable in networking-focused events is that the value proposition of a student is hard to define. Deal-oriented people will probably overlook me because I can't offer them immediate value. What can I offer people? What's my value proposition?
I don't have much business experience yet, and as geeky as I can be sometimes, I'm not as into technology as are people I know. Why should people want to spend time with me?
I'm a student, a wannabe, an apprentice of life. Right now, I can't really offer anything. No, that's not entirely true. I bring my comfort with technology, my experience of being alien (in a good way), my passion and enthusiasm and peace. Perhaps I also offer people an opportunity to pay back their own mentors for all the opportunities they've received, too.
It's silly of me to doubt life, considering how I've been so, so, so lucky in the past. At conferences and conventions, I've always managed to sit beside or otherwise discover people who totally inspire me. I don't deserve any of the breaks, but I should learn how to make the most of them so that I can share the benefits with other people.
I'm hungry for more knowledge, more learning, more connections. I'm excited and interested and alive. Maybe that's my value proposition for now - not that I'm some subject matter expert or anything, but that I'm curious. I should learn how to ask good questions and how to get to the heart of things. I also want to learn how to tell stories and write articles and books...
Other things: Hmm... I need to know who's who. Note to self: add business magazines to my weekly diet. That's what access to the university library and the dorm reading room gets me. And I _should_ take advantage of the library. We have access to all these journals and educational resources that businesses don't have. I should take advantage of that! Maybe that's part of the value I offer, too.
I can take risks. I can spend time learning about something that eventually pans out. I can try different things and get to know different people. Maybe that's part of it, too.
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Congratulations to Hrbs and Krisette on their nuptials. =) My friends have been telling me all about it, including how my dad totally rigged the garter thing to set up poor Kel, and how my mom was joking around...
I love how my friends get along with my folks! And I love how my friends are just such characters! If there's one thing I regret about being here, it's that my friends here can't experience that part of my life...
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I asked my mom how to converse with people who have far more experience than I do. She said, "Brilliant people need ordinary people like me to listen to them. Sometimes, I ask questions that provoke some thinking on their part. Call it the yin and yang of conversation. You can't all be brilliant. You can't all be talkative."
I've received a number of compliments on my listening skills. It's rather odd to think about that. I've been asked to sit up front in a presentation because I'm an enthusiastic listener, complimented on my ability to include people in conversation and help them feel at ease, thanked for helping people relax and express their thoughts... I want to play to my strengths. I want to be an even better listener and conversationalist and host.
I see listening as a way of drawing people out. I've experienced that before, shaping a conversation to bring people in. I feel distinctly uncomfortable when people are left out of conversations. I like giving people the opportunity to show different aspects of themselves. I also enjoy the dynamics of groups because people bring out such fascinating aspects in others.
I'm lucky that I got to practice this so much at home. I loved bringing my mom into conversations with my friends, knowing that she loves discussions and that she and my friends would get along well. I'm thrilled to hear that even though I'm no longer part of their day-to-day lives, that link endures.
Maybe I do have value, then, as someone who listens and keeps stories and remembers and perhaps - from time to time - has something to add. Not much, yet, but eventually...
One of my mentors in the company also had insights to share:
Some people can't pass up a blank space in media without wanting to fill it in with their thoughts. Partially to create and partially to preserve a bit of themselves.
That's one value a student holds - especially one who presents a vast canvas that is well prepared for all the content and texture that's out there.
I am a canvas for conversations. Fill me with ideas and thoughts. I'll remember them and share them with others.
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Have fun. ;)
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In the process of helping a friend get some insights from David Allen's book on Getting Things Done, I found myself telling a few stories about how other people use the thoughts in the book, and how he could adapt it to his life. Stories!
I'm not a technology evangelist as much as I am a storyteller. I can tell stories about non-technological things, and in fact I _love_ telling stories about so many different things and so many different people.
That's it! I want to tell stories!
Here's how my grad school research ties into it. My master's thesis will be about how to tell newbies stories about a social computing system so that they can understand the value of the system, so that they'll _get_ it.
I'm looking forward to going to work tomorrow. I plan to be on the first bus out and the last bus back so that I can catch up on all the stories on the blogosphere. I'm looking forward to writing, to calling attention to other people's stories. I'm looking forward to preparing more talks and articles, polishing stories and facts and ideas into presentations that might persuade people to try things out. That's what my life purpose translates to in terms of my very next action.
Short-term? Let's talk about one year. My master's thesis is one of my top priorities, of course, and I see it as a good reason for me to find out if stories are useful and what kinds of stories might help people understand social bookmarking. Orgchart, location, network? Lots of other ways to take advantage of someone's context... Anyway, it's shaping up to be a really exciting project, and something that I'd love to see translated into other areas like blogging.
No, I have no idea yet how I can make a living through storytelling. I want to learn how to write books and speak well. I may need to figure out what to do in the middle, while I'm still not "respectable"... <laugh>
I want to listen to people's. I want to tell people's stories. I want to learn about how to do those two things really, really well.
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Peter Donohoe was born in Manchester in 1953. He studied at the Royal Northern College of Music with Derek Wyndham and then in Paris with Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod. Since his unprecedented success as joint winner of the 1982 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, he has developed a distinguished career in Europe, the USA, the Far East and Australasia. He is acclaimed as one of the foremost pianists of our time, for his musicianship, stylistic versatility and commanding technique.
During the 2005/06 season Peter Donohoe's engagements include concerto performances with Sakari Oramo with the Royal Concertgebouw and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestras. He also undertook a major tour to Russia and play solo recitals in London, Vienna and Moscow. In April and May 2007 he performed the complete works for piano and orchestra by Tchaikovsky with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Last season, Peter Donohoe's orchestral concerts included the London Philharmonic/Jurowski, Deutsche Oper Berlin/Maerkl, Bergen Philharmonic/Litton, Munich Philharmonic/Metzmacher and Oregon Symphony. He also performed on a major tour with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra with their Music Director James Judd.
In 2002 Peter Donohoe played with the Berliner Philharmoniker in Sir Simon Rattle's opening concerts as Music Director. He has also recently performed with all the major London Orchestras, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Swedish Radio, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Vienna Symphony and Czech Philharmonic Orchestras. He was an annual visitor to the BBC Proms for seventeen years and has appeared at many other festivals including six consecutive visits to the Edinburgh Festival, La Roque d'Antheron in France, and at the Ruhr and Schleswig Holstein Festivals in Germany. In the United States, his appearances have included the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Detroit Symphony Orchestras. Peter Donohoe has worked with many of the worlds' greatest conductors including Christoph Eschenbach, Neeme Jarvi, Lorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, Andrew Davis and Yevgeny Svetlanov.
Peter Donohoe is a keen chamber musician and performs frequently with the pianist Martin Roscoe. They have given performances in London and at the Edinburgh Festival and have recorded discs of Gershwin and Rachmaninov. Other musical partners have included the Maggini Quartet, with whom he has made recordings of several great British chamber works.
In 2001, Naxos released a disc of music by Finzi, the first of a major series of recordings which aims to raise the public's awareness of British piano repertoire through concert performance and recordings. Discs of music by Rawsthorne, Bliss, Darnton, Rowley, Ferguson and Gerhard have now also been released to great critical acclaim.
Peter Donohoe has made many fine recordings on EMI Records and has won awards for them including the Grand Prix International du Disque Liszt and the Gramophone Concerto award for the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no. 2. His recordings of Messiaen with the Netherlands Wind Ensemble for Chandos Records and Litolff for Hyperion have also received widespread acclaim.


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"Virtual" grocery stores aren't just for South Koreans anymore—a version of them exists in the US now as well. Peapod, which operates without commercial stores and delivers groceries to customers after they order online, is testing a new real-life shopping concept in Chicago and Philadelphia. But it doesn't involve picking up products and putting them into your cart: instead, shoppers can scan barcodes for items plastered on the walls of a virtual store space and add those items to their online shopping carts automatically.
The second virtual Peapod store was introduced to Chicago overnight on Friday this week in the State & Lake CTA (Chicago's train system) stop. I was tipped off to the "store" via the Chicago Tribune, and as a long-time Peapod customer, I was eager to check it out. The idea is that people will see products they need to buy as they wander through the CTA tunnel, lured by the colorful images of products in the same way people are lured when they enter a real grocery store, causing them to add the items to their virtual carts. Peapod offers an iPhone and Android app for this purpose, theoretically upping the chance that a user will impulse-buy something rather than specifically searching for it within the app.
When I went to see the "virtual store" on Friday afternoon, it was just before CTA rush hour—there was a steady stream of foot traffic, but not the flood that usually starts around happy hour. It didn't take me long to find the Peapod tunnel.
Both sides of the tunnel were plastered with images of branded products—70 of them, to be exact—along with standard bar codes below each item. For those who don't have the Peapod app yet in order to scan the codes in the first place, Peapod also has posters up with QR codes that will direct you to the appropriate app. (Insert snarky comment about having to download a different app in order to scan the QR code so that you can download the Peapod app so you can scan the product code.) But once you have the app, you can begin scanning immediately.
(You can imagine how ridiculous I looked attempting to take the above photo, with my iPhone scanning a code in one hand and a DSLR in the other hand trying to take a photo of the first hand. I'm lucky that CTA riders were polite and walked around me. I never did get the camera to focus properly on the phone—need extra hands.)
Once the app identifies the code—which only took a few seconds, for me—it brings you to the product page and allows you to add it to your cart. Technically this works with any product you find with a bar code, not just the ones on the walls of a subway station.
The rest of the story is just about as exciting as actually going grocery shopping. Still, I like the virtual grocery store concept even though it comes off as gimmicky for the time being—the general population is still used to the idea of shopping for groceries and other items in a real store, and people who already use Peapod are used to just defaulting to the online interface for their shopping needs. But I can see the potential for the "virtual store" concept. Stores may one day decide to cut down on their commercial real estate, instead offering scannable walls like this with a warehouse in the back that will deliver a box of goods when you head to the checkout. For now, however, even the South Koreans will have to make do with these virtual stores being relegated to subway stations. What would it take to get you to make use of a store like this?


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Forty years ago, when I first came to Milwaukee, a large family was not a common phenomenon. After having had a number of children, I appeared at an event in maternity clothes and very obviously pregnant. A woman observed my condition and without a second thought, right there in public, asked "Didn't you ever hear of birth control?"
I have to admit I was somewhat taken a back. I saw that there was no malice in her question. But at the same time there was no sensitivity to the fact that a) this might be a private matter, or that b) even from her frame of reference, the right to choose should include the option of a large family.
Money, in our time, is a value. Having children, our link to immortality and eternity, is not.
I found this incident to be sad commentary on our culture. No one would walk up to other people and ask them how much money they had in the bank or why, if they already had a million, did they need to hustle for more. That would constitute a terrible breach of privacy. Money in our time is a value -- it is sacrosanct. Having children, our link to immortality and eternity, is not.
In a world where the color spectrum is rapidly yielding the landscape to stark black and white, the concept of "quality" and "quantity" have come to represent irreconcilable opposites. Against this backdrop of mutual exclusiveness, it was only a matter of time before I would receive the question: Are there any advantages to having a large family?
The implication was clear that a smaller family provides a far better context for "quality" parenting than its "quantity" counterpart.
Before commenting on this issue, a number of salient explanatory notes are in order.
- God runs the world! It is His Omniscient decree which determines fertility, its presence or absence, its fecundity or paucity, its health or insufficiency.
Judaism recognizes two cardinal objectives in marriage: one, procreation, and the second, the dynamic significance of intimacy itself on the marital bond. To the extent that contraception challenges one of these two dimensions, advice of a qualified halachic authority is imperative.
Amongst the relevant issues such an authority would need to know is whether this family's physical, emotional, psychological health and continued well being would be threatened by the pregnancy and/or birth of another child. Only someone well versed in the delicate considerations of Torah and halacha would know how to weigh and balance all of the variables of this complex equation.
For a husband or wife to simply ignore real risks and dangers and to proceed without addressing the situation puts one no less in violation of the Torah mandate of respecting life. Whether the question is one of limiting or expanding one's family in mitigating circumstances, the Torah knowledge, objectivity, absence of rationalization and bias of a reputable and competent rabbi are critical to the process.
Procreation, bringing life into the world, is an awesome responsibility and privilege.
Procreation, bringing life into the world, from a Torah vantage point, is an awesome responsibility and privilege. It is the closest we come to being like God. Indeed, the Talmud teaches that there are three partners in the formation of a child: mother, father, and God. We literally become partners with the Almighty. This is not a relationship or trust that we want to treat cavalierly or casually.
On then, to large families.
In a functionally healthy context, many children multiply life's joys while dividing its sorrows. Happy occasions are more festive, sad situations are mitigated by the caring and sharing of kith and kin. It is for good reason that many communities encourage "Big-Brother and "Big-Sister" clubs. There is singular comfort in the know that one belongs to someone who takes a personal interest in him or her and with whom one shares a special bond. The security of being part of a larger whole can be matched by little else.
Another bonus of sizable families is one of "economy." In my experience the most difficult time was when I had but one child. I carried all the responsibility. My daughter was dependent on me exclusively. When her younger sister came along, with time, they entertained each other. As the family expanded they looked out for each other, helped cleanup, baby-sat, assisted each other with homework -- each contributing to the well being of the family with their unique talents, proclivities, and resources. The family unit became the flint against which the children ignited the flames of their manifold talents and abilities.
Another benefit, in my experience, has been the way in which children use the family as a testing ground for developing their social skills. A large family provides an ideal laboratory for the definition of interpersonal competence. Parents know that no matter how many children they have no two are ever alike. Curiously, just when we think we have it down pat, the Almighty in his unfathomable wisdom and sense of humor dispatches to us yet another unique model.
It is always a delightful but humbling experience to learn that each child comes with their very distinct personality, character, strengths, and weaknesses. Some are more flexible, and easy going, while others manage to drive everyone in their immediate vicinity "up the wall." The long-term advantage here is that in the context of a loving and supportive family, these different specimens of "human becomings," have the opportunity to learn to co-exist and interrelate with a wide variety of people. Having experienced many siblings of different temperaments they will be better equipped to handle challenging social situations, not necessarily of their choice.
What about giving each child the love they need? Part of the occupational hazard or definition of being a parent in both large and small families is a feeling of insufficiency, of second guessing ourselves and beating ourselves up over our perceived limitations. I personally found peace and comfort in knowing that having brought children into the world in accordance to what I understood to be the Divine will that I was only human and that I could do no more than try my best.
Most importantly perhaps, I tried to be mindful of my blessings.
Ingenuity proved to be a key concept. I tried to give each one of my children personal time -- they took turns accompanying me on errands, sitting on my lap, trips to grandparents, etc.
Most importantly perhaps, I tried to be mindful of my blessings and as they walked by me, in the kitchen or wherever, as I was doing chores, (cooking, baking, cleaning, talking on the phone, etc.) I would grab them and give them a hug or kiss for no special reason -- just because I loved them. In retrospect I hope these expressions of affection helped them as much as they helped me.
Creating a context of love and caring in the marital relationship is perhaps one of the most critical components of helping children feel loved. Psychologists have confirmed that nothing works better for children than the sense that their parents love each other. Finally, as in all things, one needs to constantly pray for heavenly assistance.
No one can deny that when the children are young and numerous that the intensive supervision they require makes it difficult to project beyond the moment. But there is, incontrovertibly, an exalted light at the end of the tunnel, when at long last, and despite our parenting mistakes, we find ourselves surrounded by upstanding mature human beings who represent the proud and amazing products of our many years of blood, sweat, and tears.
It is truly remarkable to find ourselves in a place where our children become our confidants, where we look to them for wise counsel, erudition, care, and concern. Speaking as a mom, it is very special to be able to share woman-to-woman experiences with grown daughters who move with me side by side through life.
And there is, of course, the interest on the principle. The blessing of many children contains the potential blessing of many grandchildren, wherein lies the splendorous logorhythmic progression of love and naches to even more sublime heights.
Needless to say, reaching this destination mandates the extra special vigilance over many years that none of the children fall between the cracks.
"Raise each child according to their own unique needs", King Solomon, the wisest of all men, urges us. For an already stressed parent this exhortation presents a constant summons of intimidating magnitude. Moreover, no matter how old the children may be, parents still feel compelled to kiss their "owies" away. The ancient paradox of parenting, however, requires that just as the younger years demand our involvement, the more mature years require us to know when to let go.
The bottom line is that God delights in every soul that comes to this world on a heavenly mission.
The bottom line is that God delights in every soul that comes to this world on a heavenly mission. The Kabbalah teaches us that life as we know it will reach its destiny when the repository of the souls scheduled for duty on earth will all have fulfilled their purpose. With every child born we come closer to that day of eternity.
Cheryl, one of the fabulous members of my community comes from a secular background. Her parents are sophisticated and educated people but were not prepared for the change in her lifestyle when she became Torah observant. As many parents of such children, they unfortunately viewed her Torah life as a personal affront and a rejection of their values. Cheryl loved her parents and their attitude hurt her deeply. Their reaction to her having multiple children was especially painful.
I would have to hold her hand and lend her strength when she called to advise her parents that she was pregnant and having yet another child. They could not relate to the blessing and the joy that every additional child brings with it. They were concerned that their daughter was confining herself and sacrificing the possibilities of vacations, new cars, summer homes, etc. and everything that in their estimation was worth having.
It took a while and after many visits and opportunities to derive naches from this magnificent bunch of kids, Cheryl was finally in a position -- confident of their great pride in every child -- to confront her parents and ask the question "Now which one would you like me to have sent back?"
At the bar mitzvah of her oldest child, her father, surrounded by his remarkable group of grandchildren put his arm around Cheryl and with tears in his eyes and in choked voice, told her that indeed she was right.
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The prime minister of Somalia, present at yesterday's deadly bombing in Mogadishu, on why terrorism won't disrupt his country's turn for the better.
MOGADISHU, Somalia – I was at the National Theater in Mogadishu yesterday, and witnessed the despicable terrorist attack by a suicide bomber in which more than six people were killed — including two of the country's dearest sporting heroes. Seeing first-hand the appalling loss of life and harm done to my countrymen was a savage reminder of what is at stake in Somalia. On the one hand, we have an internationally recognized government, one that is growing in strength and steering the country through the last four months of transition towards a new constitution, a new parliament, and presidential elections; on the other, we still face a nihilistic terrorist group, influenced by foreign ideologies, that delights in killing Somalis and has nothing positive to offer.
Although violence has become tragically endemic in Somalia in recent years, it doesn't have to be like this. Conflict is not inevitable here. Go back to 1966, for instance, when an Associated Press news report described Somalia as "the most democratic country in Africa. Half a dozen political parties contest free elections. Government officials get modest salaries and drive modest automobiles." In those days, Mogadishu was a peaceful city of elegant avenues shaded by palm trees, handsome villas, and graceful architecture that combined the best of Africa and Europe.
Today, in the aftermath of more than 20 years of ruinous fighting, hope is once again in the air — despite the attempts of terrorists to return the country to chaos. We are taking advantage of the longest sustained period of relative peace since 1991 to rebuild the shattered infrastructure of Mogadishu, doing everything we can to restore it to its former glory and set the country on a path to lasting peace and reconciliation.
One of the last times Somalia was featured at length in Foreign Policy, in July last year, Ambassador Boubacar Gaoussou Diarra, head of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), argued that with a little more help from donors, the al Qaeda affiliated terrorist group al-Shabab could be driven out of Mogadishu. Only a month later, that came true.
Seven months later, Mogadishu is a city transformed. Yesterday's attack on myself, the country's government, and the nation's media was unusual. There is no doubt that compared to a year ago, Somalis are more confident of security and of their future. Don't just take my word for it. Actions speak louder than words: Somalis from the diaspora are flocking back to help rebuild the nation and start new enterprises. Business is resuming in earnest — new shops, markets, hotels, hospitals, restaurants, and cafés are opening. From soccer to basketball, recreation and public entertainment is resuming across neighborhoods. To the delight of the city, musical concerts are taking place again. The seaport is busier than ever; the airport is receiving more international flights than it has for years. Foreign VIPs, such as the Turkish prime minister, the British foreign secretary, and the German development minister among many others have been welcomed visitors in recent months. And earlier this year, the United Nations Political Office for Somalia decided to move its core staff to Mogadishu after 17 years of operating from Nairobi, a genuine vote of confidence in the future of Somalia. We hope that other organizations, agencies, and embassies will follow the UN's example.
The international media has also spotted the change, hence headlines this past week such as "Somalis Embrace Hope and Reconstruction in Mogadishu" (New York Times), "Sports, art, streetlights: A new life in Mogadishu" (AP), and "Is Al Shabaab cracking under the pressure?" (Allafrica). The answer to the last question, incidentally, is a resounding yes. Al Shabab, the principal obstacle to peace, is under pressure as never before and is tearing itself to pieces. By resorting to indiscriminate terrorism, as we saw yesterday, they prove that they are desperate, looking for any means to impose their tyrannical will on Somalis. Every day, they are losing more ground; on the outskirts of Mogadishu, in Bay, and Galmudug to our army, who is fighting alongside our valued partners from AMISOM.
With all this progress behind us, the next four months represent the greatest opportunity we have had for a settlement in Somalia since the collapse of the state in 1991.
The political process under the internationally agreed road map remains firmly on track. We are nearing the end of our quest for a new constitution, the bedrock of a new Somalia. The lead role will be played by an 825-member Constituent Assembly, a body chosen to represent the diverse segments and communities of our country, that will come together in the last two weeks of May. The Constituent Assembly and traditional leaders will be assisted by expertise from a panel of legal and constitutional experts.
My government and I have already engaged on the process of writing a constitution in Mogadishu, Beledweyne, Garowe, and Galkayo — as well as with the Somali diaspora communities that are so vital for our future reconstruction, in Britain, Canada, Italy, Kenya, Kuwait, Norway, Qatar, Sweden, and the United States. We will continue to build inclusiveness by traveling across Somalia, listening to what our fellow Somalis have to say about the constitution. From women to youth groups, from the business community to traditional leaders and cultural figures — all will have their say in the new Somalia. We will leave no stone unturned to make this constitutional process the most inclusive yet. Only then will the document we produce have the legitimacy that previous processes lacked.
At the same time, our institutions are being restructured to make them fit for purpose. Parliament will be reduced from 550 members to 225, newly selected by traditional Somali leaders, a key part of our commitment to responsible and representative government. This is just one of the ways in which we are tackling the issue of corruption head-on. International donors need to see we are credible and transparent partners in order to be able to give us the support so necessary for our recovery from the abyss. In August, the transitional government will come to an end and a new president will be elected, presiding over a state with a new parliament and a new constitution.
Reconciliation and a fairer sense of justice and governance will be the order of the day in the newly liberated parts of the country. We are only too conscious of the dangers of leaving a vacuum in the increasing number of areas from which al-Shabab has been ousted. Working with local communities, we will be establishing civil administrations, peace committees, and promoting social reconciliation. Of course, the state must strive to contain and remove heavy weaponry from al-Shabaab and move as quickly as we can to disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of former combatants. Above all, we will be need to be flexible in what we do. No one is seeking to impose a one-size-fits-all solution in what are very different regions of Somalia. The point is: We are prepared. We have the mechanisms to end this transition.
Where al-Shabab recently refused to allow humanitarian activity and food distribution in the areas it controlled during the famine of last year, we welcome the partnership of the international agencies in assisting the populations that have suffered so terribly under its draconian regime. We will also need help from our friends in AMISOM and the wider international community in providing basic services to these communities. We must show them — and quickly — the benefits of stable and inclusive government or risk spoilers moving in to exploit the absence of authority.
There is no doubt that we face formidable challenges between now and August. We know from yesterday's horrific events that people are out to wreck the opportunity for peace. In the past, Somali politicians have been guilty of fracturing — just at the moment when citizens expect and hope for the greatest leadership. Inevitably, some political factions will sow disunity. They must not prevail. We know only too well where that leads. Somali leaders must come together, and stay together, at the local, regional, and national levels to take advantage of this once-in-a-generation opportunity. At the same time, we need to be realistic that progress will be incremental.
Much of the progress we have made during the past seven months has only been made possible by the support of the United Nations, AMISOM, and our international partners. As we move into the critical period that ends Somalia's transitional government, we acknowledge this assistance with grateful thanks and call on our friends to stand by us in this hour of need. Only by working together can we move forward and close one of the most catastrophic chapters in our nation's history. But with their help and our will, we can achieve this historic aims. There is not a moment to lose.


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Freshwater: Diarrheal diseases in North America can be caused by a large variety of bacteria (e.g., salmonella, shigella, and campylobacter), viruses (e.g., rotavirus), and protozoa (e.g., giardia lamblia, toxoplasma, and cryptosporidium). Climatic effects on the distribution and quality of surface water, including increases in flooding or water shortages, can impede personal hygiene and impair local sewage systems. For example, extreme precipitation contributed to an outbreak of toxoplasmosis in British Columbia in 1995 when excessive runoff contaminated a reservoir with oocysts from domestic and wild cats (British Columbia CDC, writ. comm. 1995).
Cryptosporidiosis, which causes severe diarrhea in children and can be fatal to immunocompromised individuals, is the most prevalent waterborne disease in the United States (Moore et al., 1995). Natural events (e.g., floods, storms, heavy rainfall, and snowmelt) often can wash material of fecal origin, primarily from agricultural nonpoint sources, into potable water. The Milwaukee cryptosporidiosis outbreak in 1993 resulted in 403,000 reported cases; it coincided with unusually heavy spring rains and runoff from melting snow (MacKenzie et al., 1994).
Factors enhancing waterborne cryptosporidiosis will depend on hydrological responses to climate change and the degree of flooding in water catchment areas. Flushing from heavy rains may be more important than actual flooding, especially for private wells influenced by surface water. Land-use patterns also determine contamination sources (e.g., agricultural activities) and therefore must be considered.
In addition, intensification of heavy rainfall events (as suggested by some scenarios) could lead to more rapid leaching from hazardous-waste landfills, as well as contamination from agricultural activities and septic tanks. This leaching or contamination represents a potential health hazard-particularly at times of extensive flooding, which can lead to toxic contamination of groundwater or surface drinking water. Improvements in water treatment facilities and technologies could help ameliorate this situation.
Marine: Warm water favors the growth of toxic organisms such as red tides, which cause paralytic shellfish poisoning, diarrheic shellfish poisoning, and amnesic shellfish poisoning. For example, one species of toxic algae previously confined to the Gulf of Mexico (Gymnodinium breve) extended northward in 1987 after a "parcel of warm Gulf Stream water" reached far up the east coast, resulting in human neurologic shellfish poisonings and substantial fish kills (Tester, 1991). Domoic acid, a toxin produced by Nitzchia pungens diatom that causes amnesic shellfish poisioning, appeared on Prince Edward Island for the first time in 1987. The outbreak coincided with an El Ni�o year, when warm eddies of the Gulf Stream neared the shore and heavy rains increased nutrient-rich runoff (Hallegraeff, 1993).
Zooplankton, which feed on algae, can serve as reservoirs for Vibrio cholerae and other enteric pathogens, particularly gram-negative rods. Quiescent forms of V. cholerae have been found to persist within algae; these quiescent forms can revert to a culturable (and likely infectious) state when nutrients, pH, and temperature permit (Huq et al., 1990). V. cholerae occur in the Gulf of Mexico and along the east coast of North America. With warmer sea surface temperatures, coastal algal blooms therefore could facilitate cholera proliferation and transmission.
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Ferris State's Anna Rudd Claims NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP In 5,000 Meters
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Big Rapids, Mich. - Ferris State University junior runner Anna Rudd (Leslie) put her name in the record books on Friday (March 8) night as she claimed the NCAA Division II National Championship in the women's 5,000 meters at the Division II Championships held in Birmingham, Ala.
Rudd became only the second-ever women's track and field individual national champion by winning the indoor 5,000 at the national meet taking place as part of the 2013 Division II National Championships Festival held inside the Birmingham CrossPlex.
By virute of her national title effort, Rudd joins former FSU long jumper Amy Woodman as the only women's NCAA national track and field champions in school history. Woodman claimed the indoor long jump individual crown in 2008 to become the first Bulldog female to win a national title at either the indoor or outdoor national meets.
In addition to Woodman, the only other previous individuals to claim national track and field titles for the Bulldogs were current Bulldog Athletics Hall of Famers Corey Bouyer and Paul Cochran. Bouyer claimed the NAIA Outdoor title in the 440-yard hurdles in 1970 while Cochran won a combined three national titles in the throwing events at the 1990 indoor and outdoor championships.
Rudd won the women's 5,000 meters on Friday night as she clocked a personal-best time of 16:28.18 to outdistance second place finisher Ruth Keino of Alaska-Anchorage (16:36.27) by more than eight seconds. A total of 18 competitors took part in the event at the national championships. Her time also narrowly eclipsed the previous school record of 16:28.71 set a year ago by 11-time All-America standout Tina Muir. She had held the seventh-fastest seed time heading into nationals prior to winning the event.
Last year, Rudd claimed All-America honors at the 2012 outdoor national championships with a fifth-place performance in the 10,000 meters. Earlier this season, she led the Bulldogs as she claimed two individual event titles at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Indoor Championships held in Allendale (Feb. 23-24) en route to being tabbed as both the Women's Track Athlete of the Meet along with being voted as the league's nominee for the regional track athlete of the year honor.
Rudd will also compete again on Saturday (March 9) to wrap up the three-day meet in the 3,000 meters, which is scheduled for a 5:40 p.m. (ET) start. She won the 3,000 meters at the GLIAC Championships two weeks ago when she set a new meet record with a time of 9:37.06. The time surpassed the NCAA Division II National Provisional qualifying standard and was a personal-best along with the second-best individual event performance in school history.
In addition to Rudd, Bulldog men's senior runner Ryan Chute also competed in day two action on Friday at the national championships and came in 12th overall in the mile run with a time of 4;14.37 in the event. He did not advance to the finals as only the top nine runners moved on to Saturday's event finals.
Junior thrower Jessica Pilling represented the Bulldogs in the weight throw on Thursday (March 7) during first day action and just missed reaching the final round. She placed 10th overall in the event with a top mark of 58'4 3/4" and was less than six inches away from ranking among the top nine performers who advanced to the finals in the 18-thrower event.
Behind Rudd's 10 points in winning the 5,000 meters, the Bulldog women's indoor team climbed into eighth place overall in the national team standings on Saturday.


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How to Make Your Website Stand Out
How to Make Your Website Stand Out
Published in the AMA Bulletin
by John Wilkinson, JH&A Advertising
Today the Internet hosts over 92,000,000 websites. How can you make yours stand out while displaying your products or services in the most compelling light? Here are some tips from an industry expert that will help you build a better site that effectively communicates your message.
Robert Cowes is an expert at creating websites that spotlight products and drive success. He most recently worked at S1 Corporation as the Web Technologies Product Manager and is co-founder of the consulting firm, Intra-Focus Marketing Solutions.
According to Cowes, a successful site considers six critical elements: audience, objective, layout, navigation, content and imagery. It is important for web-based marketers to understand who will be using the site and for what purpose. "People surf the web to research, learn and purchase products. Content addressing these three topics is crucial," said Cowes.
When a potential customer or client visits a site, they should be greeted by an intuitive "master plan" or site map. A >site map helps visitors quickly and easily navigate to the information they are looking for.
Well thought-out navigation helps create a positive experience for the visitor. Highly visible headers and simple icons should smoothly guide the visitor from page to page. In addition, rotating content not only gives marketers a chance to share more information, it keeps visitors interested and informed. Finally, relevant imagery reinforces your company's
brand positioning and messaging. "An analogy is a store front," Cowes explains. "As with retail, your window dressing helps customers decide whether they will enter or pass you by." Encourage browsers to stop with interesting graphics that complement your brand, enhance your image and provide valuable information not readily available elsewhere.
So you've made some website improvements, but how can you know if they work? Consider a call to action. Requesting a response makes recording site traffic easier. For example, a toll-free number and an e-form are useful tools. Ask your visitors, "How did you hear about us?" or "Do you have any comments?"
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Subject: Craggs
From: Noah J.
To: The Staff
You are such a prick—your little snide "Well recall it fondly!" bullshit. On one hand, Deadspin is doing really great journalism that prides itself on solid reporting, journalistic ethics, and on the other hand, you have captain Tommy Snarkface with his blatant disregard for ethics. When someone asks to withdraw a submission, you withdraw the submission. You don't print it in Dead Letters and call it a wash—-you withdraw it because for whatever reason, that person was not comfortable with being identified as the Dong Bush Guy, and he respectfully requested that it not be publised. Yes, you retracted his name, but he retracted the content. So no, you're not going to get sued, Tommy, but you are an asshole for doing that. Do you really think people respect you for your snide little note like, "haha, I printed the sucker's dong photo anyway!" No, we see you for what you are, a snide little prick sitting up on 3 phone books in your swivel chair as you snort coke and giggle at your unchecked power to publish reader-submitted phallic shrubbery photos that folks kindly requested to not be published.
Pick one—a good sports writer—or the "I stole your lunch money" post-childhood inferiority complex ridden tabloid prankster that too often shows up when your crack addled self lets loose under Deadspin's fine banner.
From: Tommy Craggs
To: Noah J.
Dude. Chill:
From: [Redacted]
To: The Staff
[Redacted] would like to recall the message, "Bush Dong".
From: Tommy Craggs
To: [Redacted]
Ah, yes. We'll recall it fondly!
From: [Redacted]
To: Tommy Craggs
Ha! If you could just not mention the name of the company on there that would be great.
From: Tommy Craggs
To: [Redacted]
Yeah, no problem, [Redacted].
From: Noah J.
To: Tommy Craggs
You're right. Sorry.
Subject: On top?
From: Noah J.
To: Erik Malinowski
Why does Mike Leach have to come out on top? Yes, it's sports—there's supposed to be winners and losers. But in all honestly, both are assholes.
Yes, CJ is a giant douche who I hope I never see on television ever again.
But Mike Leach did treat Craig's son like a diseased cow, putting him in that shed like that, with all the medical doctors testifying that it was not right. I've gone back on all your coverage of the situation and Mike Leach seems to come out like some cult hero , because of CJ's douchiness.
Why can't you deem both of them unfit for public consumption?
Subject: Deadspin-Jezebel Question
From: Snickerr36
To: The Staff, Jack Dickey
How hot are the chicks at Jezebel? Are there any routine hook-ups between writers?
I get the feeling most struggle with their weight and image.
Very curious,
[Ed: We consulted Jezebel for their official statement. They said, "We have a moratorium on hooking up with Deadspin guys until they get their weight and body image issues under control."]
Subject: Islanders in the Stanley Cup Finals
From: rbrigantic
To: Tim Burke
You write: "I mean, who could even fathom the Islanders being in the Stanley Cup Finals?"
I don't know, Timmy, maybe those of us who watched the Islanders get to the Stanley Cup semi-finals 9 times in 10 years, get to the Finals 5 years in a row, win 4 Stanley Cups in a row and 19 straight playoff series. Yes, Timmy, maybe WE "can fathom the Islanders being in the Stanley Cup Finals."
Subject: Law School to Right Choice!
From: MDiMartino
To: Jack Dickey
I have to believe that the author of this story does not understand Pro Football. I've never played organized football in my life but I know enough to say that Sweat made the right call deciding for Law School.
1) Do you know who becomes Undrafted Free Agents? Everybody!!!
2) Did you know the average career of an NFL athlete is about 3 years!
3) Did you know that most undrafted free agents never make their NFL team and rot on practice squads for 2-3 years before quitting!
4) By the way, what is the average salary for a practice squad player? I'm sure they can moonlight as bouncers or cashiers.
5) Did you know that Sweat had 72 tackles last year on a mediocre OSU team. Did you know that every Div 1 team has at least 5-7 players with 60-70 tackles? Do you know how many Div 1 teams here are?
6) Also, next April there will be hundreds of more Undrafted free agents just like Sweat in addition to the hundreds of drafted players above him!
Where would you want your son to be as a 26 year old? Having a Law Degree and pursuing a job or washed up in the NFL with a beat up body and poor outlook on the prospects of any career in this country?
Dude, do you even have kids??
Reality Dad
Subject: QUESTION
From: Ty Cobb
To: Barry Petchesky
Do you have Selig's e-mail address?
I'd like to send him a message.
T Cobb
Subject: The kindgergartner fight
From: Ted Progar
To: Brian Hickey
Long-time blog reader, first time e-mail sender
I generally have no problem with your Tuesday night fight blog posting (just drunks and idiots duking it out). But the kindergartner fight really bothered me. Taking a knock out blow at that age cannot anything but horrible for the developing brain. And the absolute scumbags who are filming and encouraging the "fight" got exactly what they wanted by your posting the video on deadspin. I worry that the increase in viewership you give them will only encourage them to start more of these fights.
Maybe I'm over reacting, I don't know. But that was the first time one of the fights you posted really bugged me.
Beyond that, I love your work. Your story is a amazing and I truly admire you.
Thank you,
Subject: Re: The AP is gay for stupid
From: John Anderson
To: Tommy Craggs
I'm sorry - this is a shitty piece of writing. You make a knee jerk assumption that Peter Wolfgang is a "dime-a-dozen bigot" based on probably very little research (God forbid you actually reach out to him!)... and why - because he has the audacity to defend traditional values? That's pretty fucking stupid and shallow of you. But okay, I get that - you wouldn't be the first idiot writing a blog. The bigger problem is you take a totally benign quote from the guy who is making a solid and understandable point - that point being that if you want to be against the singling out of one group over their life choices or beliefs - fine. But you have to apply that evenly across the board to all beliefs - including those who espouse traditional views on life, marriage, morality, whatever. He is obviously talking about people just like you - who when confronted by the opposing view just throws a tantrum and flings out ad hominems with no desire to actually address the issue. You guys (yeah, I'm stereotyping now - GASP!) never want it both ways. You want people to assent to your personal world view but you have no desire to extend that same courtesy to anyone who believes something you do not.
I'm obviously not addressing the main point of your article which was a criticism of the AP for even including this obvious "bigot" in the article. I guess you were probably never taught that in the old days of traditional journalism (of which not a lot remains), the pieces weren't written as propaganda advancing a single viewpoint, but rather actually tried to examine an issue from multiple sides. You are obviously so myopic on this issue that the mere act of getting an opposing view point sends you into a tantrum that begets a blog post.
Your argument (and the arguments of many liberals I know that are incapable of using facts or evidence to backup their viewpoint) that the opposing side is wrong because they're all just bigots purely because they espouse this belief is silly and sad. You know - it wouldn't hurt for you to go out in the world and actually make friends and spend time with people who have different beliefs than you. You'll get more out of life, learn that for as long as we inhabit the earth there will be these major differences and that you can just learn to get along, and wouldn't be sent into silly diatribes as regularly as you probably are.


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Lincoln in Dalivision
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Lincoln in Dalivision is an original limited edition lithograph created by Salvador Dalí. It is often considered one of the most counterfeited Dalí lithographs.[1][2] Dalí authentication experts who have noted the counterfeiting issue with this work include Albert Field (The Official Catalog of Graphic Works of Salvador Dalí – authorized by Dalí),[3] Frank Hunter (Dalí Archives – authorized by Dalí),[4] Robert Descharnes (French photographer, long term friend and associate of Salvador Dalí)[5] and Bernard Ewell (Bernard Ewell Art Appraisals, LLC).[6] Lee Catterall comments in his book The Great Dalí Art Fraud & other deceptions, "The painting most commonly reproduced for such fraudulent purposes was Lincoln in Dalivision, 'prints' of which Los Angeles art appraiser Dena Hall testified in the Hawaii trial have become as commonplace as 'pancakes at the pancake house.'"[1][7]
Lincoln in Dalivision was created based on the Dalí painting Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea which at a distance of 20 meters is transformed into the portrait of Abraham Lincoln (Homage to Rothko). Dalí painted two original versions of this painting spanning from 1974 – 1976, which are similar but not exactly the same. The first resides in the Museum in Figueras, Spain. The second resides in the permanent collection of The Salvador Dalí Museum in Saint Petersburg, Florida.[8] This painting is the basis for the Lincoln in Dalivision lithograph. Prior to the acquisition by The Salvador Dalí Museum, the painting resided in Japan.[3]
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Dear Colleagues,
The Sexual Medicine Society of North America would like to ask your attention for an initiative to send a letter to the Editor of JAMA recommending retraction of the article published in JAMA by Vigen et al entitled "Association of testosterone therapy with mortality, myocardial infarction, and stroke in men with low testosterone levels". JAMA 2013;310: 1829–36.
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- A letter to the Editor of JAMA recommending retraction of the article published in JAMA by Vigen et al entitled "Association of testosterone therapy with mortality, myocardial infarction, and stroke in men with low testosterone levels" . JAMA 2013;310: 1829–36.
- Letters to the JAMA Editor criticizing the study and pointing out flaws.
- An editorial written to in response to this article and published recently.
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