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Here is the Stanford Tree's email response to our post from yesterday, which included a shocking photo of the mascot involved in some apparent menage-a-tree with buxom college cheerleaders.
Actually, it was The Tree's media representative who fired off the missive (at 1:30 a.m.). Turns out that the girls in the photo were not cheerleaders, but in fact Stanford band members posing as cheerleaders. And the photo was taken at ... the Special Olympics? Read on.
Hi-diddly-ho neighborino,
It's the folks from the Stanford Band, that organization that effortlessly blends punk pop, sousaphones and pants dropping into a homogeneous creamy mixture, here to say that we saw your entry on the Tree today and we thought we could provide the appropriate context for this rogue photo, for as you know, the Tree is actually the mascot of the Band.
First off, We (or perhaps I is more appropriate, let's drop the Leitch-esque use of the royal we) are big fans of Deadspin. I love Deadspin like a fat kid loves cake. HOW-EVA, STEPHEN A. SMITH IS HERE TO SAY THAT YOUR APPROACH TO THE TREE NEEDS MORE NUANCE. You see, the Tree is like Che Guevara with bling on, he's complex. He leads a high-stress life, filled with enemies out to get him after they found out about the Rolexes and the Lexus and that he was blowin' up like nitro. Sometimes he needs to unwind, which may attribute to his/her past indiscretions, but is not at the root of this current image which indubitably was lifted from the Tree's Facebook profile. Now I know you understand my flow, so here we go.
From the looks of the surroundings, my best estimate is that that picture was taken at the 2007 Marin Country Special Olympics, who invited the Band to provide a funk-laden rockin' soundtrack to these athletes. They appreciated our boogieing so much, the local newspaper even wrote an article about it (Lookit Martha! We's in thu paypurs!). It's not as illicit is it may initially appear. In fact, our drum major just needed a visual illustration of the Krebs cycle for his Human Biology problem set, and the Tree and Dollies were more than willing to oblige. That's all that picture is. Move along folks, nothing to see here.
Also, and listen close because this part is the most important, as much as I love Deadspin posts with the cheerleader tag (and believe me do I ever) I would have to petition you to remove it from this photo. You see, those fetching lasses depicted are not cheerleaders at all. In fact, they are 3 of the Dollies, the Band's 5 woman dance team/ninja commando strike force. They only perform in a dance and/or roundhouse kick capacity, so as you can see, they are definitely not cheerleaders. The only way they resemble Stanford's designated cheerleaders is that neither of them actually lead cheers.
Finally, while nothing I can say will ever truly convince you. I can say that by and large most of the times when you see the tree he is not, in fact, schwasted, schmammered, nor even schipsy. Before every football game and basketball game, the Tree now has to take a breathalyzer test, and of course pass it. Funny story about that though, for our reunion game against TCU we had about 8 or so returning Trees, with their costumes and everything. That morning they had partaken in the Breakfast of Champions (aka beer and donuts) as well as some light post-BoC drinking, unbeknownst that a breathalyzer ambush awaited them as they entered the stadium. Twas a sad day when most of them were denied entry into the game, and made doubly sad by the fact that the entire ordeal took so long that we had no chance to do our pregame show that we spent hours on, listening to people in towers tell us how much we were messing it up. We almost didn't have time to play the Star Spangled Banner. That would have been a fine how-do-you-do. I tell you this story merely to illustrate what happens when our mission of rocking out and bringing the funk run up against stodgy administrators. It's veritably out of a college movie! Maybe a bra bomb would loosen them up a little.
Also, this story shows that maybe we should keep this picture on the d/l. If word got out that we were having S-E-X in front of the C-H-I-L-D-R-E-N, they might just close down our Sex Cauldron once and for all.
Finally, know that this letter is primarily a procrastination technique, to avoid doing my problem set, but feel free to post any of it on your interwebs.
Peter "Shotgun" McDonald
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K-Rod lights up radar gun in Friday's save
MILWAUKEE -- All was good for Francisco Rodriguez following Friday's save against the Marlins at Miller Park. The right-handed closer improved to a perfect 10-for-10 in save opportunities this season and hit 94 mph on the radar gun, a sight rarely seen this season.
"I saw that," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "He's been pitching mostly 92s before that, and he'll hit 93. Yeah, hopefully he's fresh and we'll see what we have."
Rodriguez, who is on a one-year contract and may be the Brewers' best chip ahead of the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline, said he feels the best he has all season.
"No doubt about it," Rodriguez said. "I'm feeling pretty strong as far as physically. I feel the ball is coming out of my hand pretty well and the command's been really a key factor of the success. Hopefully, it can continue."
The Brewers signed Francisco to a Minor League contract on April 17 and promoted him to the big leagues on May 16. He won the closer's job from Jim Henderson in late June and said the lack of a Spring Training this year may have been a blessing in disguise.
"Of course. It definitely is," Rodriguez said. "A lot of hard work has been put into it and the ending result is paid off. It's still a long way to go, but I feel pretty good. I've been feeling a lot stronger and hopefully that's a good sign."
Rodriguez entered Saturday with a 1.14 ERA in 23 2/3 innings, while striking out 26 and walking eight.


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"Collateral Damage" by Pinnick Gales Pridgen
Catching a smoke outside a Southern California hotel (and looking badass with a single-coil pickup repurposed as a necklace), blues-guitar virtuoso Eric Gales reminisces about playing on the same bill with King's X years ago. "I never thought that I'd have the opportunity to open up for them on my first tour ever," he recalls. "As a kid, I'd go to see King's X, and my head was blown away." King's X bassist and vocalist Doug Pinnick (aka dUg) elaborates. "Eric opened up for us when he was about 16. My impression of him was the same back then as it is now: He's always been a freak of nature."
Both men have since achieved cult status, and even though their paths crossed countless times over the decades, surprisingly they'd never collaborated on any music until now. "People had suggested it, but I never really gave it a thought," says Pinnick, who is currently working on five separate projects. "I mean, I get so many opportunities and suggestions to play with people. It's not something that I really think about."
In 2012, Gales' label president—the impresario almost single-handedly responsible for feeding the shred craze of the '80s—reached out to Pinnick. "Mike Varney from Shrapnel Records called me up one day and asked if I'd be interested in doing a project with Eric and Thomas [Pridgen, ex-Mars Volta]," Pinnick says. "I said, 'Sure, it sounds really good.'" Soon after the call, supergroup Pinnick Gales Pridgen was born. "I did it originally for the paycheck, but after I did it, I went, 'Wow. That was a lot of fun. Let's do it again,'" says Pinnick.
The power trio's self-titled debut release Pinnick Gales Pridgen infuses Gales' Hendrix-meets-Eric Johnson stylings with Pinnick and Pridgen's prog-flavored twists to create a heavy, riff-laden masterpiece of mostly originals, with Gales and Pinnick sharing vocal duties. There's also a low-tuned cover of Cream's iconic "Sunshine of Your Love"—a ballsy move, given the song's almost holy status among classic rock fans.
"I was like, 'Everybody's done it—now watch us [expletive] it up,'" says Pinnick. "Anybody can do that song, but nobody's done it like we've done it. I thought what we needed on this record was to have Eric and Thomas do what they do best. I said, 'Let's just overkill. Nobody's gonna tell you that you can't—that's what people want to hear!' I just laid back and plugged along and sang, because Eric and Thomas are really killin' it."
Here, Gales and Pinnick tell Premier Guitar what went into the making of Pinnick Gales Pridgen and share their unorthodox approaches to their instruments and gear, including Gales' signature Two-Rock amp and Pinnick's 12-string bass—and the rare pickups that are the secret to his sound.
Eric Gales plays all of his guitars upside down and lefty, including his signature St. Blues Blindsider. Photo by Willem Kuijpers
Pinnick Gales Pridgen kicks ass like a
band that's played together forever. What's
interesting is that, as cohesive as it sounds,
you're coming from different musical
backgrounds—Eric, you're often labeled
a blues-rock guitarist, and Doug, you're
often considered a bit of a prog-metal
bassist. What was the common ground?
Eric Gales: Man, you know that's a really good question. I don't even know if I have the proper words to say how or where it meets together. The one thing I know is that it does meet.
Doug Pinnick: We're black. That's what I think. It's a 3-piece, all-black rock band. We haven't had one of those since Living Colour. There's camaraderie between the three of us because we all came from a heavy gospel background growing up—not gospel preaching, but gospel groove. That's the thing that I connect with them on more than anything else, and on our next record I hope that we can bring that out more.
Did any of the material brought in for
this album take any of you out of your
comfort zone?
Gales: Never. Not for any one of us.
Pinnick: Y'know, I never even gave that a thought. The thing I enjoyed about it was that Eric just stepped up to the plate. It was nice to see his eyes light up when we played some of the songs that I brought in, which didn't have "normal" changes. He found new things to do—and when he did, he always looked up and smiled. We knew that we were on the right track.


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One of the highlights of the annual interviews with Pershing executives at the firm's annual Insite conference is always (for this writer) taking some time to look at the company's technology platform for advisors and broker-dealers. Usually, Suresh Kumar is the lead technologist at the event, but this year he's passed on his wizard's crown to the equally passionate Lucille Mayer, who has become co-CIO of Pershing, sharing the title with Ram Nagappan, as Kumar has been named chief information officer at parent company BNY Mellon.
In an interview Wednesday with Mayer (left) and Michelle Gutierrez, a Pershing director on the technology team, the two executives discussed the current state of Pershing technology and some planned enhancements, listing three main focuses, including one that was announced publicly during the conference.
That first focus is on NetExchange Client, the end client application of Pershing's NetX360 technology platform. Having done "lots of usability work" to determine how to enhance the client experience, Mayer said that the enhancements being rolled out in 2012, beginning in July, include a redesign that features more white space, a streamlined user interface and additional content options. At the discretion of the client's advisor or broker-dealer, using an approach called "dynamic entitlement," end clients have access to a revised suite of market research, news and commentary.
If the advisor or broker-dealer is an Albridge customer, the client can also be given access to their entire aggregated accounts, she said. Pershing acquired access to the data aggregation firm Albridge Solutions' offerings when BNY Mellon purchased PNC's Global Investment Servicing operations in 2010.
The second focus is providing access through NetX360 to Pershing's Managed Account Solutions (MAS) platform, including the separately managed account offerings of Lockwood Advisors. Again using Albridge technology to enhance SMA performance reporting, and going beyond "single sign-on," said Mayer, to provide a more integrated experience for advisors using managed accounts, which Mayer believes represents a "tremendous area of potential growth."
In a separate interview, Steve Dunlap, president of Pershing MAS, said the enhancements give advisors the ability to "explain important concepts to clients" but then to provide performance reporting to the client's entire portfolio. "Ultimately," said Dunlap, " the final vision would be a unified managed household (UMH) platform."
The third focus, said Mayer and Gutierrez, is a strategy called "complete business solutions." Now in beta testing, the approach focuses on easing the client onboarding process to provide an "consistent experience" for the advisor, regardless of whether client funds are in a Pershing account or invested directly. By year-end or first quarter 2013, that process will include e-signatures.
The team is also working on providing mobile access on both iPads and iPhones to not only view portfolio data but also to make transactions.
Mayer's co-CIO, Nagappan, like many top Pershing executives, has a long tenure—24 years—at the company and played a key role in architecting DLJ Direct, one of the first online brokerage platforms. Mayer joined Pershing in 1990.
Mayer and Nagappan are not the only members of Pershing's leadership team to be promoted lately. Jim Crowley, head of broker-dealer clearing, has been named chief relationship officer for the company; while Caroline O'Connell, a Pershing managing director responsible for marketing and communications, among other duties, has been named to the additional post of chief strategy officer.


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I know it's summer time but since it's that time of year when graduation speeches abound, including the rules for life speech falsely attributed to Bill Gates, and it's the last summer before my oldest goes off to high school, I figured the time was right to put my thoughts together for her. Because at the time it rolls around and we're really in the thick of it, I'm not so sure I'll be able to put my thoughts together too cohesively.
So, to my daughter, entering high school…
At the end of this summer you'll be entering a brave new world where there are lots of options, opportunities and a lot of new people – peers, coaches, teachers, administrators, staff and lots more kids and parents than you've ever been exposed to. High school is an amazing place where many people find their path in life, or their life partner even. Not that I'm advocating for either of those things really but you never know.
Some say the high school years are the best years in your life. I say that's a sad statement and you don't want to count your best years so young, but they can be pretty fun. And crazy. And hilarious. And eye opening. And sometimes hard and confusing too. You'll learn so much about yourself, about friendship, about community, and about the world as a whole – good, bad and confounding.
I went through my own high school years a little blind and most of what I learned I realize I actually learned in retrospect. I really wish I had kept my eyes a bit more open and taken more advantage of what was presented to me, but alas, it was what it was. And now, though I know you'll learn your very own batch of lessons, I want to share mine with you. The things I know now that I wished I knew then. And the things that I think will allow you to learn more than I ever did!
Of course there are the lessons in class and all the information you'll take in, but beyond that there are the lessons even bigger than that.
So, in no particular order…
1. Celebrate your newness. Remember that all your classmates will all be freshman and therefore also new to this whole scene. Some will pretend they know what they're doing how could they? It's all so new. So revel in the collective newness and celebrate the fact that you are all inexperienced. Wear it on your sleeve in a very exposed way. Laugh at your errors. Ask for help. Inquire where or what or who something is even if you think you should already know it. Don't be afraid to look lost or confused or in awe. If you celebrate the fact that you are unfamiliar with this whole scene, you'll allow others to celebrate it too and you'll alleviate any teasing from upper classman because most of their teasing is about the fact that you are new. If you're already wearing it, what's to tease??
2. Form your own opinions. Whatever you decide to do, study, try, taste, or experience, someone will have a story to tell you about whether you should or shouldn't do it based on the experience they had. Listen to the stories with your mind wide open. Then open your eyes to all the possibilities and come to your own conclusions. Look at all the people, all the classes, all the teachers, parties and clubs. Then make your own story.
3. Show your awe. If you see something amazing or hear something wild or meet someone mind-blowing, show your awe. Don't hide behind a mask of coolness. Wear your awe. Share your awe. And you will allow others to do the same.
4. Don't be afraid to say, "I don't know." When faced with something new – a concept, a big word, a book, a food, an idea, whatever – if you don't know, say "I don't know." It leaves you open to the possibilities of learning more and seeing more and discovering whole new worlds. A cautionary tale to emphasize my point… When I was about 19, I was at a friend's house and they were serving whole artichokes with butter. I had never seen anyone eat them before and while everyone else was super excited, I was afraid to expose my naiveté. Rather than saying "I don't know" I said, "I don't like those" and so I missed out on a chance to try something new and really delicious. While everyone else sat around the table drooling, and pulling leaves off these exotic plants and dipping them in vats of butter, including one other friend who admitted he didn't know, I sat there feigning my disdain. It was years before anyone offered me an artichoke again. So when someone asks you if you know this answer or that or if you know about a certain band or scientific procedure or if you know how to tango or drive, don't pretend to know, don't pretend to not like it, simply say "I don't know" so you can share in this new experience and gather the information you need to gather.
5. Eat well and eat enough. As you make your way through classes and homework and practices and socializing, don't forget to eat good foods and eat enough. Eat the foods that make you strong and give you power to think and do. Eat the foods that will allow you to fully engage with the world, to learn the subjects you want to learn, to play the sports, bang the drum, and communicate and play in the strongest way possible. Sprinkle in some of the other not so good foods too for fun, but treat them like the luxury they are; not everyday sustenance but every now and again indulgence. Eating well will give you a distinct advantage in whatever you do.
6. Bring your whole self to the table. You are strong, smart, beautiful, creative, thoughtful, innovative and powerful. Remember that when you are dealing with teachers, peers, people you have crushes or want to befriend. When you come to the table, bring your whole amazing self. Don't shrink to impress – a boy, girl or otherwise. Don't lose your voice for fear it might seem like too much or too loud or too opinionated. Don't diminish your abilities in order to make someone else feel bigger. If someone else feels bigger because you lessen, they are not someone you should be hanging out with anyway. As your mother, I realize this advice might come back to bite me when you speak up against something I say, but I'm willing to take that risk in the face of your being your strongest, most powerful self.
7. Choose real experiences over virtual ones. If you have the choice between hanging out with real people, going on real adventures, trying real things in real places, choose that always over a virtual experience. If, for example, you are given the choice between watching a movie and rock climbing, or going for a walk around the block with friends vs. a Facebook chat, choose the realness. The screen will be available always, but the real life adventure might not. You won't remember the time you watched Hulu all night or got a high score on a video game, but you will remember the hike you took with friends when it started to pour or the meandering walk you took around the city with a dear, dear friend.
8. Be here now. Be present. Love the ones you're with. When you are with friends, at a show or on a hike, in a class or sitting on the side of a mountain, ignore incoming texts and phone calls that pull you away from fully experiencing where you are and who you're with. (unless it's me of course wondering where you are and why you're not home!) Don't let the lure of virtual greener grass pull you away from being fully present with the people and places you are actually with.
9. Be nice to the school support staff. The custodians, the lunch ladies, the crossing guards, and all the other support staff do A LOT of work for not a lot of money. Be nice to them. Learn their names. Say good morning. Find out something about who they are and what they like. Pick up garbage in the hallways. Put your tray away neatly. Give a wave. Treat them like fellow human beings who are walking this same earth as you and working hard to make your world run a little smoother. And not that this is the only reason why, but they will be the ones to let you in the school after hours when you accidently leave your study notes in your locker.
10. Join something. Whatever it is, join something. A club, a team, a squad, a support group. Whatever it is. High school is about learning and most of the learning takes place outside the classroom. By joining something you'll learn about your own desires, abilities, working in a group, creating something amazing PLUS, you'll meet lots more people than you would if you just go to class and then go home. You might forget a lot of what you learn in US history but you'll always remember that bus ride home from the county tournament or the night you stayed up all night with friends to get the yearbook to the printer in time or the way that kid in your Spanish club could make you laugh like no other.
11. Give a hearty handshake and look people in the eye. Whether you are being introduced for the first time or greeting someone for the thousandth time, greet them with a hearty handshake and look them in the eye. The connection made can be just seconds long, but when done with intention and intensity, it can be the most connecting thing you can possibly do.
When you meet a new person, hold their gaze for an extra second. When you come home from school in the afternoon, look your parents in the eye and give them a big hug, look at your siblings. Linger there for just a second or two longer until you feel that essential connection made. It might be uncomfortable at first but it will soon become a part of you and you will be remembered more, you will get the part or the job, it will energize you and the person you are greeting and you will create a human bond that can significantly increase your serotonin levels thereby making you happier, healthier, and cooler too.
12. Listen to your gut. Whatever you decide to do, wherever you decide to go, whomever you decide to hang out with, whatever parties you decide to attend or groups you plan to join, before you do anything, listen to your gut. Is there a part of you that's questioning your decision? Give that place a little time and space. Sit in the decision. Tune into what your body, mind, heart and ego are saying, then follow that feeling. Listening to your gut will help keep you out of harm's way more often than not. It will bring you to the right people, places and things and it will let you have more fun than you ever dreamed possible. Which is definitely one of the goals of high school.
So learn a lot. Have fun. Make good memories and don't forget we're here if you need us.


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Would there be any way to implement an "upcoming games" opposite of the RedsZone logo on the pages? It'd be cool to see what upcoming games the Reds' have without needing to run over to Reds.com to see the schedules/times. Just a thought!
Would there be any way to implement an "upcoming games" opposite of the RedsZone logo on the pages? It'd be cool to see what upcoming games the Reds' have without needing to run over to Reds.com to see the schedules/times. Just a thought!
Probably, and it's a good idea, but it would require regular, if not daily, maintenance, and I don't think that's something GIK or I could commit to.
Hmm...couldn't you just pull the API from an online schedule? There'd have to be something out there that auto populates and doesn't require daily shenanigans.
Sure, if you can point me in the right direction, I'll be more than happy to see what I can do.
Roger that...Ill take a look around.
Looks like there is a publicly available RSS feed on the Reds website. You just need to create a plugin to accept that and it'll auto-update with each upcoming game.
camisadelgolf (05-07-2013),_Sir_Charles_ (05-17-2013)
Is there anything on that page you could use?
I can look into it, but nothing immediately stands out to me on that page that would accomplish what you're requesting. If anyone is well versed in this sort of thing (I'm not), please feel free to lend a hand.
I have a good friend of mine who's a web developer...I'll see what he has to say.
camisadelgolf (05-08-2013)
Even utilizing the blank space next to the RZ logo with a complete mini schedule that could be clicked and enlarged would be better than nothing if the auto updating idea isn't feasible.
New York Red (05-16-2013),WMR (05-14-2013)
I do like the idea a lot of having a schedule of some kind made available here. I think that would be very helpful.
Take a look at the Reds Away style here, and let me know your thoughts. I can resize the image accordingly, as it's likely too big right now, but I can't make it too much smaller and keep it readable.
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Regional banker Fifth Third Bancorp reported Thursday that its fourth-quarter net income jumped 28 percent, helped by improving credit conditions.
The Cincinnati-based company earned $390 million, or 43 cents per share, for the period ended Dec. 31. That compares with $305 million, or 33 cents per share, a year ago, and topped analysts' estimates for of 41 cents per share.
Net charge-offs of bad loans dropped to $147 million from $239 million, which Fifth Third said Thursday was the lowest level since 2007's third quarter. Total delinquencies fell 4 percent from the third quarter, the lowest since 2004's second quarter.
CEO Kevin T. Kabat called the results "strong," and cited double-digit mortgage banking and corporate banking revenue growth among other highlights. He told analysts on a conference call that Fifth Third expects loan charge-offs to again be lower in the first quarter of 2013, and that the bank is setting aside less money to cover loan losses.
"That gives us confidence as we move into 2013," he said of the bank's fourth-quarter performance and favorable credit trends. Kabat said Fifth Third is well-positioned for more growth during a slow national economic recovery.
Shares rose 65 cents, or 4.2 percent, to $16.20 in late-morning trading after rising as high as $16.35 earlier. FactSet says that is their highest level since August 2008. Its shares traded as low as $12.04 in June.
Non-interest income, which includes revenue from fees and other sources, surged 60 percent to $880 million. This included a $157 million gain on the sale of shares of payment processor Vantiv Inc.
Net interest income declined 2 percent to $903 million from $920 million.
Net interest income combines interest on loans that the bank collects and interest on deposits and debt that the bank pays out. It is a measure of the bank's ability to profit from its lending.
For the full year, Fifth Third reported net income of $1.6 billion, up from $1.3 billion in 2011. Earnings available to common shareholders were $1.66 per share, up from $1.18 per share in 2011. Kabat said it was the second-highest yearly net income level in company history.
Fifth Third's business has rebounded in the aftermath of the nation's financial and housing crisis that hit particularly hard in key markets in Florida and Michigan. In September, Fifth Third raised its third-quarter dividend to 10 cents per share. Its dividend had been cut to 1 cent per share in late 2008.
Fifth Third has more than 1,300 banks in 12 states: Ohio, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia.
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YANKEES: Derek Jeter goes hitless in first rehab start for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
MOOSIC, Pa. >> New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter went 0 for 2 with a walk and a run scored in five innings for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Monday night in his third game back from an ankle injury.
Jeter tested the left ankle several times while playing the field for just the second time and was part of four defensive plays.
He fielded two grounders, caught one pick-off attempt at second base and tagged out a runner on a close fielder's choice call in which he took a throw from the catcher and had to drop to his knees to apply the tag.
Jeter reached on an error in the first inning, walked leading off the third and came around to score three batters later, and grounded out to third in the fifth.
It didn't take any time for Jeter to get action in the field. The first batter of the game hit a slow chopper out to short. The Yankees' captain mildly charged the ball and threw in time to get the out.
He fielded just one grounder in his only other rehab game in the field. The 39-year-old was also tested in his first at-bat hitting a chopper to short. His hustle down the line forced Rochester shortstop Doug Bernier to hurry the throw, which was in the dirt as Jeter reached on the error.
On a single to right by the next batter J.R. Murphy, Jeter sprinted to third and slid in safely. It was the second time in two games he went from first to third on a single. Brent Lillibridge the flied out to center, but the ball wasn't deep enough for Jeter to try to score.
Jeter walked in his second at-bat -- his fourth base on balls in three games -- then moved to second on a single and scored one out later on another single. He grounded out in his third trip to the plate and was replaced in the field by Walter Ibarra to start the sixth inning.
Jeter is expected to sit out Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's next game on Tuesday will next play on Wednesday.


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Switzerland's largest bank and second largest wealth manager, UBS, is going to look very different when CEO Sergio Ermotti gets through with it.
Among the actions planned by the man who took over after the bank lost $2.3 billion in unauthorized trades are job cuts totaling 10,000 and trading and investment banking operations cutbacks that include a reduction in risk-weighted assets of 100 billion Swiss francs ($107 billion).
The announcement comes on the heels of a reduction in duties for investment-bank co-head Carsten Kengeter, who, it was announced Friday, would see a reduction in responsibilities as co-head Andrea Orcel correspondingly sees his own rise. Bloomberg reported that the fixed-income segment of the unit run by the two could be cut, with Orcel getting the lion's share of the responsibility for what remains.
The actions are seen as a return to the advisory business begun by Siegmund Warburg, founder of S.G. Warburg & Co., and acquired by Swiss Bank Corp. in 1995 to form UBS.
"UBS is going back to its roots," Kian Abouhossein said in the report. Abouhossein, a London-based analyst at JPMorgan Chase & Co, continued, "UBS is in fact the easiest restructuring story besides Credit Suisse by closing most of fixed income, cutting back-office costs, freeing up capital and becoming even more wealth-management geared."
Regulators have been pressuring the Swiss bank to cut back and strengthen its position in preparation for Basel III requirements; the cuts announced Monday would reduce the bank's risk-weighted assets to below 35 billion francs and the bank overall to below 140 billion francs. UBS had previously announced those as targets for 2016.
Christopher Wheeler, a London-based analyst at Mediobanca, said in the report, "I think the market will welcome UBS facing up to the reality that it is not a market leader in fixed income."
Mark Williams, a lecturer at Boston University's School of Management, said in the report, "UBS is a microcosm for the industry. The banking business model is changing and we've got to look at cost structure, we've got to look at compensation, and we've got to readjust."


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The defense budget has been sliced into virtually the same-sized pieces for decades, with roughly equal shares of resources going to the Army, Air Force, and Navy. In a move analysts say is sure to strike fear among some services, Congress this week will begin asking why.
A bipartisan House panel is nudging the Pentagon to begin a conversation on how to reform itself in many ways. But at the Pentagon, talk of change usually has a budgetary impact.
And, despite the past several years of "nation-building" and counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, there has been virtually no change in the way the defense budget is carved up in at least 40 years, says Rep. Jim Cooper (D) of Tennessee, who chairs the panel.
"That right there is a statistical indictment of the process," Representative Cooper says. "There had to be a year in which there were greater needs in one area or another, and the system was unable to accommodate it."
The fiscal 2009 budget request released this month, for example, shows the Army requesting a 27 percent share, the Air Force asking for a 28 percent share, and the Navy, which includes the Marine Corps, wanting a 29 percent share of the proposed $515 billion budget.
Cooper's seven-member panel is expected to release a study this week on each of the branches' "roles and missions" that may threaten services that are seen to perform more conventional warfare. With the focus on the ground wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, that makes some in the Navy and Air Force worry.
Cooper hopes the study will spark a broader debate about the need to reform national security, with new emphases on cybersecurity and nonmilitary government agencies. The panel isn't recommending specific changes to the budget as much as it is raising concerns about the Pentagon's historical aversion to change. More specifically, some services are clinging to a version of warfare the panel believes is dated.
"There should be vociferous support from inside the services, since the military has been left carrying the burden of the failures of our national security institutions," reads a draft of the report, to be released Thursday. "Instead, our military has resisted change just as they have past efforts at reform. The Air Force and Navy are reemphasizing more traditional threats and downplaying the unexpected threats we face today."
In fact, the Navy has tried to emphasize its so-called soft-power capabilities to combat terrorism, and senior Air Force officials seek to remind Congress that conventional threats, like those presented by China, still remain.
Congress is asking the same questions that many in and out of uniform have raised for some time. "After seven years of war, that we haven't budged one inch away from the cold war apportionment of the budget to me is Kafka-esque," said Robert Scales Jr., a retired Army major general, speaking last week at a think tank. "I just can't explain it. I don't understand."
The Pentagon has begun its own internal review of roles and missions. But with budgetary planners essentially in limbo until a new administration arrives next year, it's unclear how much impact such discussions will have, says Loren Thompson, a senior analyst at The Lexington Institute, a think tank outside Washington.
It may serve to create a debate in anticipation of the broader effort to review the nation's strategic planning document, the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). But when all is said and done, it's likely that things will remain largely the same, Mr. Thompson says.
"My guess is, when the roles and missions and QDR processes are complete, the historic share of the services will not change much in the defense budget," he says.
But such talk of budgetary reform can sound like fighting words to some inside the Pentagon, as Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged earlier this month during hearings on Capitol Hill.
"What I worry about in this ... is that, not done well, it has a tendency to turn services against each other," Admiral Mullen said.
And moving money from one service to another can be politically insurmountable. Each service, with its own political constituency on Capitol Hill, carefully guards what belongs to it.
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have emphasized the need for ground troops, leading to focus on the Army and Marine Corps. Meanwhile, while the Navy and Air Force both contribute much to operations overseas, they are seen as virtual "silent partners."
That has forced both services to step up their marketing efforts. The Navy is holding events it calls "Conversations with the Country" in an effort to call attention to its new maritime strategy, which focuses on fighting terrorism in untraditional ways. And the Air Force on Sunday launched a new ad campaign to highlight the allure of the nation's air superiority, employing a marketing theme titled "Above All."


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Benedict XVI left the Vatican after greeting his staff for the final time as he becomes the first Pope in nearly 600 years to step down as head of the Catholic Church.
The ancient bell of the Senatorial Palace of the Capitol - Rome city hall - rang out three times as Benedict left the Vatican for the last time at 4pm. The bell will ring again again at 7pm.
The Pope has also tweeted for the final time at the @pontifex account, writing at 4pm: "Thank you for your love and support. May you always experience the joy that comes from putting Christ at the centre of your lives".
Pope Benedict XVI attends a meeting with his cardinals during a farewell ceremony in the Clementine Hall of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace
Benedict is to come out onto the balcony of Castel Gandolfo at around 4.30pm GMT to bid goodbye to local townspeople before retreating from the public eye forever.
The Swiss Guards will then close the doors of Castel Gandolfo and quit their posts at exactly 7pm GMT.
His eight-year papacy will formally end at 8pm local time, when the Swiss Guards who protect the pontiff will march away from the doors of the 17th century palazzo, leaving the task to the Vatican Gendarmerie.
That will usher in a phase known in Italian as the "sede vacante" – the empty seat of St Peter.
The 85-year-old pontiff's final day in office has been overshadowed by unusually outspoken criticism of his decision to abdicate by a senior cardinal, as well as claims of a covert operation of bugging and surveillance in the heart of the Holy See.
Cardinal George Pell of Australia said Benedict's decision to resign set a disconcerting and potentially dangerous precedent for the Church.
"People who, for example, might disagree with a future Pope, will mount a campaign to get him to resign," said Cardinal Pell, 71, the Archbishop of Sydney, who will take part in the conclave to elect a new Pope.
He said Benedict had been "well aware" that his resignation would be "slightly destabilising".
Meanwhile an Italian current affairs magazine, Panorama, claimed on Thursday that Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who as Secretary of State is equivalent to the Vatican's prime minister, authorised police to intercept phone calls and emails within the Curia, the powerful governing body of the Holy See.
In what is likely to be an embarrassment for the last few hours of Benedict's papacy, the latest edition of the magazine carries a front page headline – "Exclusive – everyone was spied on in the Vatican".
The weekly claimed that the covert, internal surveillance was coordinated by Domenico Giani, the head of the Vatican Gendarmerie and a former officer in the Italian intelligence services.
The wide-ranging internal surveillance was launched last year to try to find out whether any Vatican insiders had helped the Pope's butler to steal and leak to the press confidential papal documents, according to Panorama's Vatican correspondent.
"For more than a year, emails, telephone conversations, meetings and discussions were meticulously placed under observation by the Vatican Gendarmerie," the magazine claimed, in "a sort of Vatican Big Brother" operation.
Benedict had a final meeting with cardinals on Thursday morning, promising that he would pay "unconditional reverence and obedience" to his successor.
He said he would pray for the cardinals in coming days and weeks as they choose his successor.


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Pro Tools 8 Software provides everything needed to create, compose, score, record, mix, produce and broadcast in single application.
DALY CITY, Calif., (December 17, 2008) — Digidesign®, a part of Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID), today announced the immediate availability of Pro Tools 8 software, the company's highly-anticipated, next-generation music creation and audio production software.
Available now through authorized Digidesign dealers as well as at http://www.digidesign.com, Pro Tools 8 is the latest version of the industry-leading digital audio workstation. A dramatically enhanced feature set is highlighted by a completely updated user interface, more than 70 bundled plug-ins and virtual instruments, fully-integrated MIDI and score editors and an expanded array of editing features for both music and post production applications.
"Customer excitement for this release of Pro Tools is at an all-time high," stated Tex Schenkkan, Vice President and General Manager, Audio at Avid. "We believe that this is not only in response to the substantial changes and additions we've made to the product, but also because so much of what's new came directly from customer feedback. We are grateful for their contributions, and are looking forward to hearing what they produce using all the powerful new capabilities included in Pro Tools 8."
For composers and musicians, Pro Tools 8 provides powerful functionality for streamlining the creative process, and delivers the most versatile sonic palette ever available out-of-the-box for Pro Tools. New music creation features include:
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• A sizable collection of music creation and sound-processing plug-ins, including: 20 all-new effects and five new virtual instruments—Mini Grand piano, Boom drum machine, DB-33 tonewheel organ, Vacuum tube-modelled synthesizer, and Xpand!2™ sample player
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Virginia Tech edges Boston College in OT
Virginia Tech 30, Boston College 23
The boos rained down on Boston College head coach Frank Spaziani at the end of regulation, from frustration over both a dismal season and his decision to hold for overtime.
A few minutes later, the Eagles were walking off the field losers again — and maybe Spaziani's final home game as Boston College's coach.
Logan Thomas threw for two touchdowns — the second a 7-yarder to Randall Dunn in OT — and ran for another score to help Virginia Tech keep its bowl hopes alive with a 30-23 comeback win over Boston College on Saturday.
After the Hokies marched 62 yards in 10 plays, with Cody Journell's third field goal of the game — a 41-yarder — tying it at 23-all with 65 seconds left, BC took over on its 17 and ran a draw play for only 2 yards. Then the Eagles coach decided to hold the ball for OT.
"There are a lot of factors that are involved in it," he said. "We ran the draw hoping we were going to get a good play on first down and we were going to up-tempo it. They could have made us punt, we could have thrown an incompletion, wound up punting, they kick a field goal, win the game and the game's over."
But it all ended a few minutes later. The Eagles are assured of having their win total decline for the fourth straight year.
"I think you definitely want to (move the ball) there, but since we didn't have a great (kickoff) return before that it was tough," BC quarterback Chase Rettig said. "A lot of times the decision on whether or not you go there depends on the quality of the kickoff return."
The Eagles (2-9, 1-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) look to avoid matching their worst record since 1989 next week at North Carolina State.
"Great win for us," Hokies coach Frank Beamer said. "We're going to enjoy this one for three or four hours and then we are going to get ready for Virginia."
The Hokies (5-6, 3-4) need to beat Virginia at home next Saturday to become bowl-eligible for the 20th straight season.
The victory snapped Virginia Tech's seven-game losing streak away from Lane Stadium. It was their longest since nine straight in Beamer's first two seasons — 1987-88.
Thomas completed 16 of 33 passes for 247 yards and added a 1-yard touchdown run.
Rolandan Finch rushed 26 times for 133 yards and Nate Freese booted three field goals for BC.
Rettig was 13 of 30 for 129 yards and one touchdown for the Eagles.
Boston College won the toss before overtime and elected to play defense first. Virginia Tech scored on its initial possession.
The Hokies then held BC, tackling David Dudeck 5 yards short after he caught a swing pass from Rettig on a fourth-and-11 play.
With Virginia Tech holding a 20-16 edge, BC grabbed the lead when Dudeck, a freshman, took a handoff, hesitated at the line and burst through an open hole for his first career a TD run — a 12-yarder with 4:11 to play.
Virginia Tech, which trailed by 10 at the half, took a 17-13 lead on Thomas' 37-yard TD pass to Marcus Davis late in the third quarter. The play came on a third-and-17 after BC elected to accept a holding call and move the Hokies out of field goal range. The Eagles had stopped Thomas on a scramble up the middle on the prior play near the 22.
On the ensuing drive, Freese's third field goal of the game — a 42-yarder — cut it to 17-16, but Journell's 42-yard field goal with 6:15 to play restored the Hokies' four-point lead.
Trailing 13-3, the Hokies' Demitri Knowles returned the second-half kickoff 75 yards to the Eagles' 20. Seven plays later, Thomas lunged the ball across the goal line on fourth-and-goal from the 1 after being stopped initially at the line. The play was reviewed and upheld.
BC grabbed a 10-3 lead early into the second quarter when Rettig connected on a well-executed, play-action pass for a 2-yard TD to Alex Amidon, who was wide open in the right corner of the end zone. Finch ran for 38 yards and Rettig hit tight end Chris Pantale for 23 on the 86-yard drive.
Beamer made what ended up being a costly decision late in the half, helping give BC enough time to march down for a 35-yard field goal by Freese with 4 seconds left in the half.
The Hokies elected to go for it on a fourth-and-3 at the Eagles' 40 and Knowles, after catching a pass, had the ball knocked out of his hands by linebacker Nick Clancy on what would have been a first down. Rettig completed consecutive passes for 11 and 15 yards, then connected with Amidon for 16 before the Eagles had to settle for Freese's kick.
BC had taken a 3-0 lead when Freese kicked a 36-yard field goal at the end of the Eagles' first drive of the game after Spiffy Evans' 40-yard punt return gave them the possession at the Hokies' 29.
Virginia Tech tied it on the next possession on Journell's 26-yard field. The score was set up by 69-yard pass from Thomas to Corey Fuller deep down the middle on a third-and-19 from the Hokies' 10.


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For this bottom bracket type I am not sure you can take the bearings out to lube them. How do I get grease in there. Also how do I get the old grease out? Does it even matter?
I found this video (External Bottom Bracket Cup Bearing Removal) where someone removes the bottom bracket bearing cup, but they never showed the bearings.


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Im at a strange place in my psych recovery; Ive never been this far since childhood.
My mind is returning to me bits and pieces ( haggard). The dissociative disorders symptoms are going down. With Gods help Im making a successful transformation back into the real world. Im tough to dealing with the outside world. Im slowly allowing myself around the right situations to toughen up; and I am toughening up!
Most of my interactions are with people ( not like me). However, Im considered. " one of them". If Im in a middle class groups, Im considered to be middle class and shallow. ITs assumed I don't know anything about the real world, and Im going to ( suppose to) put on a false front to act the part for status.
If Im with the street lower class, chances are I am assumed to be a sociopath with no conscious, or something close to it! If I act with humanness, Im considered a weakling and treated like a punk in prison.
If Im in church, its assumed I am to play some type of fake roll. I am to go along with the rhetoric spilled on me! I am to play a part just like in the religious church movies. I seem to be playing this roll of naive Christian that does not really know God and everyone else is now going to show me the way to God since ive wised up to the program. Its interesting, because Im the only one that really knows God out of the bunch. Ive told people this, they are from the middle class and do not understand, it goes over there heads.
Since Ive changed and changed some-more, IVe been turned on. Many people are seeing Im not like them or the me that used to be and Im moving on. As I wake up Im seeing these goons treat me very badly, very controlling and very prison like.. As if Im a weakling under there thumbs. Im praying about it. Im not ready to confront these people; not yet! It will be awhile. I will have to heal up and get a new life. I need strength on the other side and healing. I can see where all of this is going. Im heading of the street life back into middle class life. Im healing in that area of torture, or being tortured. Im praying and learning to forgive people all the time, over and over and over. Its all very grueling hard work. God sent me back around people like the people that hurt me. I spent years around them, and this made all the difference. Its not for everyone. It was what I needed. I do not need it anymore. However, Im not ready to reenter the middle class life either. I will have to work my way into a new way of thinking. A new middle class way of trusting.
I was destroyed by the middle class. Many people are. Many children are destroyed because they choose to have depth and think for themselves; not be part of the system. Many get ostracized by middle class closed family systems. Many kids will kill themselves from this rejection. Nice world! Welcome to the herd circling the water hole.
All of these scenarios have helped to bring me back to conscious life. However, nothing will be the same. I know to much about what happens to children in this society and what is happening as I write . Every 17 minutes a kid kills themselves. Every 40 seconds a kid tries. I cant live in this place. I cant live with in societal walls with a conscious. Im on my knees to God 2o times a day for mental stability. I have to much of a conscious to live in America or any other society in the world. I do not want to be part of murder. Anyone who worships this place also accepts the role of what it does to its young victims. Its not alright that children die that I live as I wish!
I have gained feedback. I have never been respected by others the way Ive needed to and that wont change. I will slip through there hands. They will not change. They will stay the same. None of these people will ever be on my side. They will always live for themselves and put there own interests above everyone else's.
Healing is the name of the game.
The tortured area is a numb area. This is the area that allows others to walk on me without fighting back. I had to allow others to take advantage of me when younger. I could not fight back. It was the best and only survival choice. I had no where to run. My back was against the wall. That part of me, the part that defends by allowing others to abuse me and I stay silent is still active. Its now ran its course and needs to decline. Bad element people are still taking advantage of me ( and Im still attracted to the abuse and the masochism. It feels warm and safe) and Im not fighting back. Im still dissociative enough that I don't see the abuse coming and I cant respond to it or the manipulative abuser. I automatically shut down. Hopefully this will get better. In addition, I always feel the victim as if these people are attacking only me! Im aware that trouble makers cause trouble for everyone, not just me. Many complain about the same people and there behavior!
Im codependent and dependent personality type. Ive gotten better. I have a large way to go! I allow people to abuse me. I hate them, but please don't leave me! I do not want to be abandon.
Help me! I do need the help. However, Im helping myself! And I turn to God!


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Mikael Samuelson
Mikael Samuelson holds a unique position in Swedish musical life because he is successful within opera, musicals, songs, theatre, film and TV. He also composes his own music and collaborates with symphony orchestras throughout the country. In Autumn 2013, for example, he is giving a concert at the Stockholm Concert Hall, featuring his own songs together with a string quartet.
It was as a singer that he first made his name, in operas such as The Barber of Seville, The Magic Flute and The Marriage of Figaro, at venues such as NorrlandsOperan, the Royal Swedish Opera and the Drottningholm Palace Theatre.
He made his great breakthrough and was awarded the Guldmasken Award with the title role in The Phantom of the Opera at Oscars Theatre in Stockholm during its record run 1989-1995. Other musical roles have included South Pacific and Fiddler on the Roof at the Malmö Opera and Music Theatre, Zorba at Säffle Opera and Cyrano at the Oscars Theatre. Mikael is also well known from the highly successful Swedish TV series Rederiet and, at the cinema, he was seen most recently in Min Frus Förste Älskare.
Within the repertoire of more contemporary music, for example, he has sung in the first performance of Sven-David Sandström's Requiem, Musikdramatiska Ensemblen's production of Britten's opera Death in Venice and Peter Maxwell Davies' Eight Songs for a Mad King. His interpretations on CD of songs by Birger Sjöberg, Evert Taube and Carl Michael Bellman have been highly successful with audiences and critics alike, and he has also recorded his own arrangements of poems by Svante Söder. The recording Bokslut came out in 2001, and it is subtitled: You leave something behind you yet have a lot more in front of you.


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Kater, our cat, has caught many mice. Just this morning she caught one. She also likes to catch birds, but she has only got one that we know of. She sits at the bottom of a tree with a feeder on it, waiting for a bird to come close enough to pounce. We have seen her sit in one place for more than an hour, waiting for one to come. When she pounces she misses, because the bird feeder is too high. We definitely have fewer birds in our yard since we got the cat.
Kater also gets stuck in the garage. For some reason she likes going in, and then gets shut in; but she is ready to come out when we come to get her.
Kater update
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Group aims to reopen Barnard General Store
Local haunt closed in May after 180 years
A community group is raising money to buy the property that housed the Barnard General Store. The store closed in May after 180 years of service.
The Barnard Community Trust wants the store to reopen. It needs $500,000 to buy the property, and it will take more money than that for licensing and other costs.
Without the store, many of the sleepy town's 900 residents feel cut off.
Beginning June 30, the group has offered a three-hour coffee service allowing people to hear about their fundraising efforts and to offer an opportunity for people to catch up.
The coffee and pastries are offered from 7 to 10 a.m. every morning.
The store is gone, but its shell remains. Inside, community members talk about their day-to-day lives and how they're working to bring the store back.
They've raised $20,000 so far.
Like many Barnard residents, the general store is the town's social hub, resident and group member Dana Bargezi said.
"Did you hear what happened at so and so," she said, providing examples of some of the discussion. "Or, business is good? Your house is for sale? Anything happening? That kind of conversation."
"I'd stop here every day for a paper and coffee," said the group's president Rick Carbin. "And then on the way home, I'd stop off to pick up milk or bread or whatever, something for dinner. I'd always do that."
With 180 years behind it and its future unclear, people are coming back. The conversation -- whether about what's happening in town or how much money has been raised -- continues to spew.
"This is the center of Barnard," Carbin said. "It's not just a general store; it's a community center."
"This is the heart of the community," said Tom Platner. "This is where you find out what's going on."
And, of course, if the group has its way, it's where residents around Barnard will be able to buy their staples once again.
For more information, visit the group's website at friendsofbgs.com.


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Patrol info for U-410
Date lookup for 30 Sep 1942
|Arrival / Fate
|27 Aug 1942
|28 Oct 1942
|St. Nazaire
|63 days
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KrvKpt. Kurt Sturm
Ltn. Alois König
Ltn. Gerhard Peters
Fritz Ufermann
U-410's position on 30 Sep 1942
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Greenwood, AR 72936
This is a VA home. The Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) has foreclosed on this home after the original owner couldn't meet their payments. The VA may sell this home to anyone. Sales are not limited to military service people. Buyers interested in VA homes can either contact the listing agent or a local real estate broker of their choice.


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Aramis won't be game-ready; Crew not concerned
PHOENIX -- Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez underwent surgery in December to remove a non-cancerous polyp from his colon and will not be game-ready when Cactus League play begins late next week, club officials said. Ramirez is expected to arrive in camp on time ahead of Saturday's first full-squad workout.
"My understanding from [head athletic trainer] Dan Wright, who followed this closely, is that there were no [long-term] issues to be concerned about or alarmed with," said Brewers assistant GM Gord Ash. "He's just behind, and what's the rush? If he's a week to 10 days behind [it is not a problem].
"Part of the problem in giving you updated information is we haven't seen him. This is all word of mouth. Until we see him -- I expect him to be here for the physical on the weekend -- then we'll know more. ... But our understanding is this will be a question of days. There are no problems."
Brewers manager Ron Roenicke spoke to Ramirez on Tuesday and was told Ramirez has been doing some hitting lately in the Dominican Republic. The 35-year-old is entering the final season of his contract and coming off a 2013 marred by a nagging left knee injury.
Ash also provided an update on reliever Francisco Rodriguez, who has been delayed because he signed so late in the offseason. Rodriguez has an appointment at the U.S. consulate in Caracas, Venezuela, on Feb. 26 to acquire a work visa, Ash said, and the Brewers hope to see him in camp several days later.
It is unclear whether the recent violence in the Venezuelan capital will impact Rodriguez's plan.


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BioWare to correct Mass Effect: Deception errors
BioWare has apologised for and promised to fix the startlingly prevalent errors in the latest Mass Effect tie-in.
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Weekly MMO news round-up, September 12: Star Wars has zombies, The Secret World's not so secret anymore
Massively had a chat with Stew Chisam, VP of game operations at Hi-Rez Studios, during DragonCon last week. It's a video interview, and in it, Chisam chats about how well things are going with Global Agenda since the two closed Betas. If this game has been on your radar, you should check out what Chisam […]
God of War novels announced
Del Ray is to release a novel based on the God of War franchise in March 2010.The book is the first in a two-part deal.Blurb:In the novel GOD OF WAR, Kratos, the game's protagonist, is a great warrior who seeks revenge on the God of War Ares for the deaths of his wife and child. […]


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East Waterfront Community Improvement Plan
In 2006, the City of Port Colborne retained Urban Strategies Inc. in association with RCI Consulting to prepare a Community Improvement Plan (CIP) for the East Waterfront. The purpose of the CIP is to:
- Identify the physical, economic and other strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in relation to the reviltalization of the East Waterfront;
- Articulate a Vision for the East Waterfront;
- Specify a Public Realm Improvement Plan that contains recommended improvements to various elements and features of the East Waterfront in order to improve the pedestrian environment and promote private sector investment activity; and
- Develop a toolbox of incentive programs that can be offered by the City to directly stimulate private sector investment in the revitalization and redevelopment of the East Waterfront.
The East Waterfront Community Improvement Plan has been developed specifically to address the key weaknesses and threats and take advantage of the strengths and opportunities identified throughout the duration of the study. The adoption and approval of this CIP will provide the legislative basis and comprehensive policy framework to guide the public realm improvements and incentive programs needed to achieve the vision for the East Waterfront in Port Colborne. Successful implementation of this CIP will require commitment from Council and Staff in order to implement the public realm improvements and to administer and monitor the incentive programs.
The investment made by the City in this CIP will be augmented and supported by the Region's Smarter Niagara programs which are designed to support local community improvement plan initiatives. In summary, the revitalization of the City of Port Colborne's East Waterfront will benefit not only business and property owners in the East Waterfront area, but also residents, business and property owners in Port Colborne and the wider regional community as a whole.
Background Materials
The following links provide background information regarding the East Waterfront Community Improvement Plan and Draft Secondary Plan.
Workshop #1 (presentation) April 28, 2011
Workshop #2 (panels) June 23, 2011
Workshop #4 (presentation) August 9, 2011
Workshop #5 (presentation) September 12, 2011
Satutory Public Meeting (presentation) November 28, 2011
Final Community Improvement Plan Document
The following is a link to the East Waterfront Community Improvement Plan and Draft Secondary Plan approved by Council March, 12, 2012
Port Colborne East Waterfront Community Improvement Plan and Draft Secondary Plan
Financial Incentive Programs
An important component of any Community Improvement Plan are financial incentive programs that are offered to eligible property owners as a means of promoting private investment and change. The incentive programs contained in the City of Port Colborne East Waterfront Community Improvement Plan represent a comprehensive framework containing a range of programs that are designed to stimulate local development and redevelopment by addressing indentified critical needs. The financial incentive programs are primarily directed at the private sector and are designed to encourage private sector remediation and rehabilitation, adaptive reuse and construction activity within the East Waterfront project area.
The following program guides outline the various incentive programs that are available to encourage redevelopment of sites within the East Waterfront Community Improvement Plan project area. They provide program descriptions, required information and FAQs about the individual programs.
Please click on the links below to view the guides.
Urban Design Study Grant Program Guide
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The following application forms are to be used by persons wishing to apply for Community Improvement Plan funding for one or more of the incentive programs offered under the East Waterfront Community Improvement Plan for the City of Port Colborne. Each application includes the respective program guide for the program to which the application refers.
*Please review the General Program Requirements in conjunction with ALL applications. The document contains standard requirements which are applicable to all East Waterfront CIP incentive programs *
Application for Commercial/Mixed Use Building and Facade Improvement Grant
The purpose of the Facade Improvement Grant Program is to provide a financial incentive in the form of a grant to promote the rehabilitation, restoration and improvement of the front, rear and side facades of commercial, institutional and mixed use (which includes commercial/residential, commercial/institutional and other mixed uses which contain a commercial use) buildings, including retail storefront display areas and signage. And, to promote the maintenance and physical improvement of existing commercial, institutional and mixed use buildings and properties, in order to improve the attractiveness of the Project Area and provide safe and usable commercial, institutional and mixed use spaces.
Application for Urban Design Study Grant
The purpose of the Urban Design Study Grant is to provide a financial incentive in the form of a grant to offset the cost of preparing professional urban design studies and architectural/design drawings required by the City.
Application for Residential Intensification and Rehabilitation Grant
The purpose of the Residential Grant Program is to provide a financial incentive in the form of a grant to promote the renovation of existing residential units and construction of new residential units through: renovations to existing residential units in mixed use buildings (which include commercial/residential, commercial/institutional and other mixed uses containing a commercial use); conversion of excess commercial and vacant space on upper stories of commercial and mixed use buildings to residential units; residential intensification; and infilling of vacant lots with new residential units.
Further, this program is in place to promote the rehabilitation (maintenance and improvement) of existing single detached and multi-until residential properties. This program is not intended for the conversion of ground floor commercial space to residential use.
Application for Revitalization (Tax Increment) Grant
The purpose of the Revitalization (Tax Increment) Grant is to provide a financial incentive in the form of a grant to promote rehabilitation, redevelopment, infill and intensification projects. Only those projects that result in an increase in property assessment and property taxes will be eligible for funding under this program.
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The Planning and Building Fee Grant is intended to provide a financial incetive in the form of an upfront waiving of fees for planning and development applications and building permits in order to facilitate re-use, infill, intensification and redevelopment through the provision of an incentive that will complement and augment the other incentive programs availble in the East Waterfront CIP project area. This is an upfront grant that is addressed at the time of application.
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Kristy Starling on ... Becoming a Star
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"American Idol", "Star Search", "Fame" … there's no doubt that Kristy Starling had a wide array of shows to choose from to help make her dreams come true. But the 22-year-old college student wasn't looking for fame, fortune, or a record deal via televised talent competitions this time last year. She was merely focusing on finishing college and planning her wedding for the summer of 2002.
Then came an opportunity she couldn't pass up. The "Today's Superstar" competition (on NBC's "The Today Show"), which aired twice weekly last fall, was looking for entries. And spurred on by her mother-in-law, Kristy decided to send in her two-song, videotaped entry and try out. Little did she know then that she'd be selected from more than 4,000 entries and win second place overall (viewers of "The Today Show" chose the winners online).
The once-shy vocalist also landed herself a record deal with Warner Bros. Records Christian Division and was quickly whisked into the studio with a slew of big name producers (David Foster, Richard Marx, Billy Mann, Pete Kipley, Dan Mukala) to lay down tracks as quickly as possible to make an April 15 album release date.
On street week, Kristy unveiled the project with a live performance on "The Today Show" where host Katie Couric interviewed her briefly about her whirlwind rise to fame. Recently, Crosswalk.com sat down with Kristy and asked her a little more about the making of a star.
Crosswalk.com: What were you doing a year ago at this time?
Kristy Starling: Okay, let me think. I was a full-time student in college just studying to be in youth ministry. I was focusing on finishing school at Southwestern Assembly of God University. Just a full-time student hanging out. Also, I got married last July, so I was in the middle of planning a wedding … doing all this crazy stuff.
CW: How did you even find out about the competition on "The Today Show"?
Kristy: My mother-in-law told me about it. She said "You have to send your tape in." So I sent it in for my family, because I didn't really think anything would come of it. "The Today Show" gave me a list of songs that I had to choose from and I sang a minute of "Hero" by Mariah Carey and then the national anthem. I think I was one of the last videos to get in. One of the producers called and said we wanted to pick you for the top 25, but we're still going to narrow it down to 6. So they called and interviewed me a lot over the phone – just to get to know me and my situation. They went to my home church and videotaped my home church choir, who I used to sing with. They sang me a song -- "New York, New York". They interviewed my family. And they actually flew my family to one show.
CW: What was the whole "Today Show" experience like?
Kristy: Wow. It was so unique. It was so cool. It was something that I never imagined could happen to me. Like winning Publisher's Clearinghouse. Those cool things don't happen. When I got to be on it, it was just like a dream. It still doesn't process in my mind that I was on "The Today Show" like eight times. It was neat getting to meet all of the people – I got to meet so many famous people that have been kind of role models. Like Bill Cosby.
CW: Who were you most excited to meet out of all of the celebrities you encountered?
Kristy: I would say Bill Cosby was probably the coolest guy I met. Adam Sandler – I love his movies so that was cool to meet him. I got to meet Joan Rivers, Joey Fatone – just really cool people who are just stars. Some of them were really stars. But Bill Cosby was so down to earth. He just sat down and talked with me about school. He and then Katie and Al and Ann, too. They're all so down to earth. Me, being in the position that I'm in … well, it's cool because I've seen the stars who treat me like they're a star and then the stars who treat me like I'm a normal person. And so it makes me so conscious that I don't want to be like that or turn out like that.
CW: Have you thought about what you can do to help keep you grounded?
Kristy: My husband! He keeps me really grounded. Just staying in personal contact with the Lord. You realize that you didn't get yourself there … that the Lord totally put me where I am. There's nothing that I could have done to have planned this out myself. If I tried to say "Hey 'Today Show', can y'all have me on?", there's no way it would have happened. But just trusting in the Lord to take me where He's going to take me. He said if you abide in me then I can do the things that I've called you to do and I can do bigger things than you can even think of. It's cool to see what God is doing.
CW: What does your husband say to you?
Kristy: If I say something that sounds sort of like I think I'm all that, he'll say "please … don't even talk to me like that. I'm going to go ahead and let you say that again." And I know that that's my hint that I'm being too whatever. He's the most genuine, down-to-earth person, and that's why I love him. I am no more important than the next person. I just get to do what I love to do, you know? I just want people to know that. I don't want people to have this image of me that I'm somebody I'm not.
CW: What was it like working with David Foster and the other mega producers?
Kristy: How did I get there? It's been the question of the year. "Lord, how in the world and why in the world would you use me and why did you pick me?" Getting to work with David Foster … I'm singing behind the same mic that Celine Dion sings behind. I was totally not worthy to be standing there. It was so amazing just to see the confidence that they had in me. I thought maybe I should have more confidence in myself. But I thought there's no way I can match Celine Dion. But [David Foster] wanted me to be me. He didn't want me to try and match the way Celine Dion sings. Richard Marx was the same way. He'd say, "Kristy you sing like you. Don't sing like this person." And so he really just made me say, "Okay I'm at this point because I sang like me, so I need to sing like myself." You can compare yourself to so many people. But when you do that, you don't get the real thing. It's been such a learning experience.
CW: Who chose the cover songs on your album and what was it like recording those?
Kristy: The Richard Marx song, "To Where You Are," it's the Josh Groban song. That one, I think David Foster called Richard Marx and said what would you think about Kristy re-doing this. I loved that song so I thought, At least I'll love singing it. But then I started thinking, Wow nobody can beat Josh Groban. But I just sang it how I sing it. And that was what was cool. And then the LeAnn Rimes song, "I Need You" … some of the people at Word [Records] said that a lot of Christian radio stations wanted to play this song, but they wanted to play a Christian artist. I love that song!
CW: What has been your favorite part of the process so far?
Kristy: Probably recording. It was just a dream to get the product out and done. But also meeting the people I've met. There's so many cool people that I never could have met if I hadn't gotten in to all this. It's not even necessarily famous people. It's just friendships that I've gotten from people with the label or people that I've met.
CW: What's the best piece of advice you've gotten in the past year?
Kristy: To stay me. To remain genuine. Not be someone that I'm not. Don't try and sing music that I can't sing. Just to be genuine and be who I am. Because if that stays in line then everything else will fall into place. When you try to be something you're not, it gets out of hand.
CW: Would you turn around and give this same advice to the next 'Kristy Starling"?
Kristy: Totally. Because that's what people want to see. They don't want to see the star who knows they're a star. They want to see people just like them because they can relate. I would give that advice to anybody. And not even in becoming famous, but even in your daily life. Be genuine. Be real. People are attracted to that.
CW: Have you been able to meet any other Christian artists who you love or look up to or admire?
Kristy: Yes! Nichole Nordeman is my favorite person ever, and I got to meet her. Amy Grant, Point of Grace, Jaci Velasquez – all these people who I've listened to growing up. It's so great to meet them and get to know them.
CW: What do you hope your life is like a year from now?
Kristy: I hope that the music I have made has been successful, but I mostly hope that people have been ministered to. I hope my life is just where God wants me to be. I'm hope I'm in His will. I want to see where God's brought me from to where I am now. If I'd planned it, it wouldn't have been this good. So I say, "God, you plan out this, and I'll follow what You have planned out for me." Also, I hope that I'll be able to tour and be played on the radio, too. I just want to be in God's will.
CW: What do you hope that people say about you after they've met you?
Kristy: Just that I love God, and I love people. I just never want to get to the point where I'm out of someone's reach or not approachable. I'm so ministry oriented that that's just bred in me that that's what God's called me to be. So I love people, and I just want to be a people person. I just want to be real, 'cause I know kids are starving for that these days. And I have a heart for youth. My husband's going to be a youth pastor. My brother's a youth pastor. My uncle's a youth pastor. Youth – I just really click with them. And I want to be consistent in my faith, so that they can have someone to look up to.


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I am Nicole Beale (nee Smith), a PhD student at the University of Southampton, looking at the impact that the Web is having on professional practice in the cultural heritage sector. As with every weekday, my morning has begun with some toast, a cup of tea, and my RSS feeds. I have a meeting with my supervisor later today, so I'll mostly be spending time with my own thoughts this morning, but there's still time to do a few little fun 'archaeology' themed jobs.
Firstly, after I have brushed my teeth I am planning to clean up a blog that I set up for a great project that is run by two insanely motivated archaeologists, between Southampton University and Zupanja Museum in Croatia. The blog is quite dusty and needs a spring-clean before the next load of students begin to populate it with this year's fieldwork data (they survey/dig through August). The blog aims to give updates about the fieldwork season as it goes on, but invariably has been updated at the end of a season with a few personal thoughts and then a season summary. I'm going to try to encourage more 'raw' content this season, but don't know if those digging and surveying will be able to find time to contribute content.
In an attempt to lessen the frustrations of visiting a blog that doesn't have regular content updates, I have tried to fashion it more like a static website. Not sure if that does actually make the lack of new content less frustrating for the subscribers, but it certainly does lessen my guilt for not spending much time cleaning it up as I should have last year (or the year before). Time is the biggest barrier I think to the success of communication avenues like the blogs we set up every year. Along with persuading team members that content can be brief and still worthy of inclusion.
Next up; the semantic web and art gallery data sets…