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Ike isn't swinging at the junk the book says to throw him anymore but obviously the junk is still be thrown so he walks a ton. When the book is updated he will get more pitches to drive and the power will come back.
Davis Gets First Start Against Lefty In Three Months, Goes Hitless Against Capuano
Well Ike Davis got his little reward last night as promised by Terry Collins and started against a lefthander as many on this thread wanted.
Davis went hitless against Chris Capuano going 1-for-6 overall and stranding four runners on base. His lone hit was against righthanded reliever Brandon League – a double in the eighth.
His batting average against lefthanded pitching is now down to .141 for the season.with a team worst .394 OPS in 64 at-bats.
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I enjoyed reading this article today from Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal who digs deep into the numbers of Ike Davis who is batting batting .306 (26 for 85) since returning from his Exile on Main Street in Las Vegas.
Diamond writes that since the All-Star break, Ike Davis has swung at just 18.1% of pitches outside the strike zone, the second-lowest mark in all of baseball, and that "the most incredible thing about Davis's turnaround has nothing to do with how well he's swinging, but rather how well he's not swinging."
He adds that since the All-Star break, Davis is walking in an MLB-high 28% of his plate appearances. Obviously, we can all see that this is a vast improvement over the pre-exile version of Davis that was flailing at anything within a one mile radius of him and earning him the moniker of Strike Vegas.
But again, let me remind all of you that he's been doing this exclusively against righthanded pitching as I mentioned yesterday. In fact, Davis has not started a game against a left-handed starter since May 14, exactly three months ago. Although that streak may end tonight against Dodgers lefthander Chris Capuano – at least that's what Terry Collins said two days ago.
Josh Satin, who was on base twice against one of the toughest left-handers in the league last night, raised his average for the the season to .294, but even more remarkable is his .372 mark against leftys. Compare that to Davis' .150 average against LHP and you have to wonder if Collins is filling out his lineup card to win, or something else?
There's no doubt that Davis has made progress, but he has also reinvented himself into something else. As I told Jared Diamond this morning, yes these walk rates and swing rates are all nice, but at what cost?
Is this new Ike Davis the same middle-of-the-order, power-hitting first baseman the Mets thought they were getting when they selected him 18th overall with their first round pick?
Only time will tell….
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Two problems:
1- Ike can't steal bases, so his walks are overrated.
2- This is not a stacked line up, pitchers will keep throwing garbage to him, eventually Ike will realize to keep his job he'll need power, so he'll start swinging at what they give him.-
Walks are overrated, eh?
Tell that to Wilmer Flores and his 9 RBI…
Flores doesn't need Davis.
There's no logic to your statement. Starting 1st basemen are not paid to hit 10 hr's a year and drive in 45 RBI's while stealing no bases and hitting .210, he can walk 100 times heck he can walk 150 times a year it makes no sense at all.
He is due 5 million arbitration next year, if all you want is a guy that walks 100 times a year hits mendoza, you can go get someone a lot less expensive, Flores doesn't need Davis.
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There's no point in starting Satin right now. Sure, he's better against LHP, but we know what he is – a solid bench player. Ike is still an unknown, but he has a much better chance of factoring into our long term plans then Satin does. Starting Ike gives the front office a chance to see improvement, which they need to do in order to assess our needs going forward. Playing an accessory bench player to win meaningless games is entirely pointless.
Playing Ike against LHP is entirely meaningless because it will only detract from his potential trade value. He will never hit LHP and will always need a platoon mate
I would start Ike out in Vegas next year rather than trade him for nothing or non tender him
diehardmets — " Ike is still an unknown"
Surely you jest. Ike at his best is a lumbering platoon player. That's the reality.
Ike Davis needs to walk before he can run. That is what is happening here. I wanted him sent to Triple A in order to stop swinging at breaking balls in the dirt and fastballs out of the zone. He is doing that. Once pitchers see he won't go out of the zone then they will go back to throwing him strikes then he can drive the ball again. Remember that one reason Flores was able to get 2 bases loaded hits was that Davis was walked to load the bases because the pitcher preferred to go after Flores. If Flores or another guys behind Davis hits and drives in runs then, again, pitchers will be forced to throw Davis strikes.
So six years into his pro career and being drafted out of college, he is still walking before he can run? Doesn't sound like a keeper to me.
6 years? This is his 3rd full season. His first was solid. His second started well then he was hurt. Last season, he was top 3 at his position in HR and RBI. Year 4 has been a nightmare.
I wouldn't count on Davis going forward, but at worst it would be nice if he had some value or he can be one of a couple competing for the 1B job next season. It depends on who else we can get for 1B or the outfield. Also, it depends on what happens with arbitration. Is he non-tendered or does he sign a team-friendly deal?
In baseball, pro career means both minors and majors combined. So in the future whenever you read an article that says in his "pro career" remember that it does not mean in his "MLB career". Learn to distinguish between these two commonly used baseball terms.
Minor league seasons are irrelevant once a player has major league seasons.
Davis has to walk before he runs in terms of making adjustments on the major league level. He already succeed, but plenty of players have done that. The guys who have long careers are the ones who can respond after pitchers have a good "book" on them based on scouting reports.
An awful lot of Ike's future depends upon the work he does on his swing in the off season.
Right now he's getting a lot of walks because he's stopped being an automatic out but that does not mean his woes are over, just that he's the only lefty in the lineup so why pitch to him? See if he gets himself out and if not go after the righty behind him
For Ike to truly re establish himself he'll have to do it with the eye and the bat and I don't see that. He has to start his swing too early because of that hitch and he has gotten too slow to bring the hands down and get them back up
The only chance for Ike and one that would work for him is hands high and absolutely no body movement whatsoever. No load, just a stride but he will have to work hard on it in the off season and it won't be easy. It'll take a longtime for him to get comfortable and ST fastballs won't be telling the story on Ike. He'll hit them but come opening day it might be a different story
I would start him out in Vegas and subject to how Duda, Satin, Flores and Murph do figure it out from there. Make him earn it or better yet make other teams start calling about him
I agree that Ike should keep his hands back at all times, and only have to swing through the ball as it's pitched. He does not now have the same hitch as earlier. In fact, he brings his hands down early in his stance. That may be robbing him of bat speed and power. Look at Chris Davis. His hands (and Flores) are kept back, allowing him bat speed down through the ball. I think the Mets should play Ike against all but tough lefties. The Mets need to see if he can hit those pitchers before they make any decision on his future. Remember, Ike was their #1 pick. If he shows something, then tender him (gets a reasonable arbitration figure) and see how he looks in the spring of 2014. If he is not hitting at that point, option him one more time (he has an option left) and leave him at AAA until he shows a long period of hitting and hitting with power. Then bring him up. If he hits, great, If not, deal him for a low minor leaguer and put Flores at first. Or somebody else.
This is SABER SANDY: Ike is finally coachable.
Ike is firmly in Kevin Maas territory. He needs to get in gear and quick.
Mark Simon has been doing a Believe it or not series on Mets players and today it's on Ike Davis.
Thanks for the link and I found this to be the best takeaway from that article:
This recent run of success has been an odd one. His only homer during this stretch came against the Nationals in a game the Mets were winning 8-0 at the time. He does have nine doubles, but a bunch of those have been bloops rather than the potential long balls that fans grew used to seeing.
We utilize a video-review service that rates every batted ball as being either "hard-hit," "medium-hit," or "soft-hit" (several major league teams use either this service or others). Davis' rate of balls hit that were classified as "hard-hit" prior to his demotion was 14.9 percent.
That's an extremely low percentage of hard hit balls which means he's just trying to make contact rather than drive or even pull the ball like we need him too.
How many driveable balls has he seen ?
How many hanging off-speed pitches has he seen ?
Is he responsible for the opposition not giving him anything to drive either ?
Very nice comp Donal. I couldn't remember the type of hitter Mass was but only recalled he was supposed to be a big power prospect. I just looked up his numbers and I could see what you mean. It would be bad if Ike ends up this way. Mass had over 100 points of OBP over his BA almost every season and his power dissipated along the way before he was out of baseball after a 5 year career..
I have 2 brothers that are Yankee fans and the younger one went Maas-crazy after that rookie season. Put a ginormous poster in our room and everything (he even tried to hang it over by David Cone poster) got a jersey t shirts and everything.
Granted, Ike has an advantage of not having anyone to be compared to on the team. Maas was filling some pretty big shoes.
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Well,in all honesty,I think once they stop throwing junk to Ike,the power will return. But the question is: Will he be ready to capitalize on it?
I think the bigger question is….. Will he turn back into a .140 hitter come next April??? Can the Mets really take that chance?
Ike has turned himself into the tallest, burliest lead-off hitter in the game. Move him to the 1 hole already. Every team in baseball would kill to have a lead-off guy with those stats.
Seriously though, I know he's not hitting 500 foot home runs, but at least he's making an offensive contribution. That alone is a small miracle. Maybe he'll get some confidence and a few fastballs over the plate from this new, diciplined approach. -
Ike has reinvented himself into Lucas Duda.
Hawk, but isn't what this FO want from their players? High OBP to suit their philosophy?
Yikes, I hope not.
The other half of the equation is HRs, so no, not exactly.
"Hawk, but isn't what this FO want from their players? High OBP to suit their philosophy?"
I love you and I know (God I hope) you're only half kidding. I also know a lot has been made of Hutch's approach but I think his detractors are over simplifying things and claiming that the FO demand people walk. That's just not the case. They want hitters working the count and waiting for a pitch they can drive. A solid and proven approach. Can't blame him (I'm no fan of his) or the FO that many of our guys (Think Ike and Duda) can't recognize their pitches.
Without the occasional long HR's.
or Josh Satin. Duda doesn't hit .300 and still Ks a lot.
"Compare that to Davis' .150 average against LHP and you have to wonder if Collins is filling out his lineup card to win, or something else?"
I'm not sure where you are going with this statement. As you said Ike hadn't started a game against a LHP since May. So clearly TC has been doing what you want in benching Ike against LHP. That doesn't mean you never ever ever start him against a LHP. Capuano isn't a particularly difficult lefty anyway. Though really there probably is "something else" to it…in wanting to see more of Ike and I don't think there is anything particularly wrong with that. He has been swinging the bat well, no crime in trying to get him some starts against lefties…the season is fairly meaningless at this stage. Besides, Satin probably will play 3b tonight. I think the plan pre-Flores injury was to sit Murph this game and play Flores at 2b.
With Flores hurting, Satin and Ike should both be playing everyday.
Satin, yes. Ike, no. He does not look like he can even hit a lefty any more, let alone hit with power against a lefty.
Into a leadoff hitter without the speed.
Wilmer Flores…white courtesy phone! your new position (1B) awaits.
Ike is so inconsistent, play satin, who has done nothing but hit.
again Joe D.
Not to nit pick… but this is kinda lazy…
did Ike strike out on 3 pitches each AB with pitches out of the zone?
did he he hit 5 balls that were caught at the warning track ?
Ike hasnt started against a LHP in 3 months and the only thing i got out of this was that he was 0-4
did u watch the game or just the boxscore ?
TC says ID isn't hitting for power because he has little protection in the line-up. OK – why not bat him 3d vs RH pitching? With Byrd behind him he's bound to get some decent pitches to hit – if he doesn't and keeps walking then MB gets plenty of RBI opportunities. And Murphy doesn't like hitting 3rd anyway.
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He's accomplished what the chief decision maker, aka GM, wanted and therefore he is a success. The brain trust wants no swings and a high OBP. He did that! So stop complaining, He is followed instructions and is now molded in the form desired by the powers in command. No HR's? Oh well, HR's are irrelevant to the brains who are in charge. Remember, not only are HR's irrelevant, but so are SB's. Reyes was moved out because SB's are overrated. So why would they be of any concern with Ike? Ike has now fallen into the mold: no swings, no HR's and no SB's (although he inadvisably got one last night). The FO must be thrilled. The opposing pitchers are quaking in their boots because there is another no swing position in the Mets lineup. A hand of applause is due all around to the GM and his brain trust. (I hope you understand the satire here.)
Wait a min, HRs aren't valued by this FO? Where did I miss that memo high OBP and SLG are the two things stressed by this organization offensively. It's why they wanted more power our of Murphy and Tejada, it's why they put up with Ike's terrible average and pitiful numbers against lefties (his HR total last year). To say they don't value power is just not true.
The "Braintrust" doesn't tell hitters not to swing. You've been spending too much time listening too Ojeda.
The philosophy is not to swing a bad pitches…the ones you are likely to miss and/or only going to be able to hit weakly. They view hits AND walks as a good thing…making outs as a bad thing…not such an insanely crazy concept if you think about it. They also love power, which is probably a main reason ike has been coddled so much.
You obviously don't know what the philosophy they teach is….
Hudgens and Baxter have both said it this year….
They are not being told not to swing at BAD pitches…
Some of what they are being told to not swing at are GOOD PITCHES as far as the Umpire is concerned.They are being told to wait for MIDDLE STRIKES and to TAKE those strikes they can't hit as well as a Middle strike.
Which is why we are….
3rd in the league in Strikeouts behind Houston and Atlanta
11th in the league in Walks giving us a 2.6 to 1, K to BB ratio!
24th in the League in Hits
17th in the League in RS
17th in RBI
22nd in the League in EBH
8th in the League with a 7.14 LOB per game
Insanity is defined as always doing the same thing and expecting a different result. That we lost by a run makes those 4 LOBs a bit more glaring.
The game was lost because Hawkins got hit in the balls and the next pitch he threw he served up a two run homer, end of story.
Davis needs to platoon with Satin and we know that. The remainder of the season will be telling and Flores may well be playing first on opening day.
Hope you're right about Flores. A lot of fans seem to think that Flores is the one being traded and that Ike Davis and Daniel Murphy will still be here next season. And Metsblog who gets to know a lot of what the Mets are thinking and do said last week that Flores will be packaged for something with Montero or another pitcher not named Syndergaard. I think that would be a big mistake myself and unless it means getting Giancarlo I'll be pretty upset with this front office who I've liked so far.
If we get Stanton, I'm all for trading anyone not named Harvey. and getting stanton has to come with an extension too…
I want Stanton here for the next 8 years
maybe a 6 year 120 mil deal with 2 option years making it a 8 year 160 mil deal
The front office is trying to let Ike pump up Ike's trade value. That's my takeaway from this latest stratagem. To our front office — it won't work.
I've finally faced the music and now realize, Ike Davis, just plain stinks!!! He's nothing more than a platoon or part time player. Not even an American League team would be interested in this guy as a DH. He offers nothing at the plate and doesn't seem to know how to correct whatever is wrong with him. After 2 1/2 seasons in the majors, the guy still can't hit lefties. They're going to have to give him away, just to get rid of him and he ain't worth a damn.
Yep! Ike is like one of those plastic things you buy and it breaks. You can't fix it because its integrity could not handle being broken.
Unfortunately, there is no power solution behind him. Yes Flores and Satin can play there, but neither is a frightening power guy (Ike's long-forgotten power stroke is what's led to all those walks).
I thought Dykstra may be a solution… until I saw him play in a couple of MiLB games. He seems to be an Ike clone: Needs the pitch in one spot, and if you're a Mets' fan, hope that it's not a curve/off-speed pitch, as he flails big-time at those pitches. And it's not like he's young enough to grow into being a more refined hitter.
Great follow-up to the Cuban 1B piece and whether the Mets should go after him. All things considered, I think the Mets MUST look seriously into signing that guy, even if it may seem like a lot of dough or a lot of $$. Based on what's available next winter, there is probably no better guy on which to take a risk.
the problem is that Ike Davis returning to his "old" self makes the Mets so much better off. If Ike can hit .240 with 25-30 HR and a high OBP it allows the Mets to put all their resources into only 2-3 positions in the offseason.
If the Mets have to add 1B to their list of upgrades that already includes SS, LF and/or RF, bullpen. then that might be the difference between having Stephen Drew or Omar Quintanilla…
Other than meaningless baseball games that give us a possibly unprotected draft pick, what is there to lose in giving him every chance to find himself?
I don't think even hitting 30 HRs between now and the end of the season changes anything about going after Abreu…
Nothing Ike can do between now and the end will convince anyone that they won't see the same Ike Davis in April and May we saw the last two years.
Your not going to get a LOT in trade for Ike but you will get SOMETHING for him from someone who feels they can fix him. I don't think anything he does here on out changes that much.
If you ask me it's either Abreu or Flores at 1B in the future.
Makes a lot more sense to replace Ike's low BA w/ potential power with Flores than Murphy's Higher BA in the name of a few more HRs from 2B.That lets you focus on SS and RF (which are the two top priorities) going into this year since MDD is likely to be a 4th OFer next season to come in if EYJ goes back to what he was before we got him.
Daniel Murphy has now slipped to 11th (out of 15) for NL 2B with a .308 wOBA and that's not including his defensive lapses.
I understand that as of today, 1B is a bigger hole than 2B, but that is likely not to be the case going into 2014 as there are plenty of guys available that are improvements over Murphy.
The advantages of playing Flores at 2B instead of 1B is monumental as we might be able to get another big bat into the lineup, we otherwise would be unable to do if Murphy was still in the lineup.
wOBA is such a bad stat to use….
What is clear is is out of the entire NL…
3rd best BA
5th Best OBP
4th Best SLG
5th Best OPS
3rd Best XBH
3rd Best RBI
2nd Best in H
Tied for 6th in HRsYou don't just give up on that for a prospect, even one as good as Flores…Not when there are bigger upgrades Flores is more suited to fill elsewhere on this team.
Ike Davis Career OPS
Left-handed starters: .716
Right-handed starters .783It is against tough lefty relievers that Davis has some problems like many lefty hitters.
I don't mind him sitting for some lefties as it is a nice way to get bench guys ABs. Satin has earned some ABs.
Misleading stats. Ike's success vs. left handed pitchers came his rookie year when pitchers didn't know his weakness. Once word got around the league about his weakness, LH pitchers had him figured and he has never adjusted since.
OPS vs lefty starters: .615
OPS vs right starters: .646Not misleading as it is still happening. His numbers against tough lefty relievers is the big issue. Against starts who he gets a few ABs he stays in okay. Better vs righties, but not that big a gap. Versus relievers it is a different story. There he has been really bad.
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3. Is it to protect the data before it gets to the cloud?
As compliance continues to drive people to action, compliance with contractual agreements, especially for the cloud infrastructure continues to drive investment. In addition, many organizations are supporting Salesforce.com as well as packaged solutions such as Oracle eBusiness, Peoplesoft, SAP, and Siebel.
Of the available data protection solutions, tokenization has been used and is well known for supporting PCI data and preserving the format and width of a table column. But because many tokenization solutions today require creating database views or changing application source code, it has been difficult for organizations to support packaged applications that don't allow these changes. In addition, databases and applications take a measurable performance hit to process tokens.
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Hear Larry Ponemon discuss the survey results in more detail during a CSOonline.com/Computerworld webinar, Data Privacy Challenges and Solutions: Research Findings with Ponemon Institute, on Wednesday, June 13.
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In a May 2012 report just released by the Ponemon Institute, 69 percent of organizations find it difficult to restrict user access to sensitive information in IT and business environments. On top of that 66% say their organizations find it difficult to comply with privacy and data protection regulations. So organizations are finding it hard to keep up with new regulation at the same time they are unable to secure data from internal users. It's no wonder that in this same report 50% say that data has been compromised or stolen by malicious insiders such as privileged users. (more…)
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It's hard to miss data privacy in the headlines these days. Banks and insurance companies have not only had their customer information compromised, but they need to keep up with changing privacy regulations (PCI DSS, GLB, EU Data Protection Directive, US Privacy Laws)—or be fined. The impact is staggering—and costly. For example, last year Citigroup had more information compromised from their 200,000 bank cardholders. HSBC faced $5M in fines for inadequate data security.
But personal information is not the only type of data that needs to be protected. We've spoken to our customers about the need to protect sensitive information that includes financial information about a client, revenues, purchasing and pricing information. In addition I've spoken to organizations that are looking to keep and protect sensitive information across business units (so that one business unit will have restricted access to another business unit's data). (more…)
Dynamic Data Masking Combats Daunting Data Breach Risks
It seems like every day a new data breach splashes across the news. As consumers, patients, customers and social networkers many of us have a plethora of information stored in various databases well outside our control. Data security officers, DBAs and other security specialists continue to do their best to educate, protect and anticipate both internal and external threats. But … the breaches continue and so do their associated costs. There are many technologies from encryption to tokenization to database activity monitoring (DAM) to data loss prevention (DLP).
Informatica just released a new option to the mix: dynamic data masking. The technology came into the company through the acquisition of ActiveBase. Since then I've had a number of people ask me if Informatica Dynamic Data Masking will complement or replace an organization's existing data security technologies.
Your Biggest IT Security Nightmare – Non-Production Data
Everyone is worried about data security and privacy as they should be; for data to be trusted, users and management need confidence in not just knowing that data is correct, but also in knowing that it is secure and that access is permitted only in controlled situations. There is no shortage of security disaster stories, but I'm not worried about production data since it is at the heart of application management disciplines which, while still not perfect, have had 50 years to mature. This perspective is stated succinctly by Ronald Reagan when he spoke about the economy and said "I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself." (more…)
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Though the benefits of containing the size of your databases by archiving seems obvious in terms of saving costs and improving performance, quantifying those benefits in terms of dollar savings requires more thought. The same is true when it comes to the costs that can be eliminated by retiring redundant legacy applications. Some of the savings may come from hard dollar costs such as:
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Elevate The Data Masking Conversation – Richard Clarke At Informatica World 2010
Recently at Informatica World, 2010 in Washington, DC, Richard Clark was a featured speaker during one of the general sessions. He was the former Counterterrorism Czar, serving multiple presidencies in the White House, working for the Pentagon and the Intelligence Community, and is currently the Chairman of Good Harbor Consulting Services, LLC – a 360° Security Risk Management firm. There was no one better suited to discuss corporate information security and risk management where the entire theme of the event was Beyond Boundaries.
A Data Masking Conversation
I recently visited a client running multiple SAP applications with three non-production copies per environment - a separate copy for Test, Development, and Training. When asked what data they were using for the non-production copies, they stated they preferred to use data from production because they were guaranteed to have the latest, up to date information which should eliminate any testing issues associated with the data itself.


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Traditional toys will always have a place in the toy aisle, but increasingly digital products and properties are driving trends in children's play.
Marvel and Gameloft are joining forces for an official game app inspired by the film, Thor: The Dark World.
Cartoon Network and The LEGO Group have collaborated to create a new entertainment franchise, Mixels.
Razor USA is teaming up with Scarab Entertainment for mobile, social and console video games based on the scooter brand.
Halfbrick has appointed CBD Promotions as its sub-agent in Australia, Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
Disney U.K. held its Christmas product launch in London Thursday, highlighted by The Disney Dozen–12 products that will lead its Christmas charge.
Activision Publishing, Rovio Entertainment and Lucasfilm have announced plans to bring "Angry Birds Star Wars" to consoles.
Comic-Con International opens its doors today with a Walking Dead zombie run and Sanrio making its debut at the show.
K'Nex has added 12 new building sets to its Angry Birds line, in collaboration with Rovio Entertainment.
Toon Goggles, the online on-demand television service for kids, has rolled out a new app update.
Rovio Entertainment and Lucasfilm are planning "Angry Birds Star Wars II," which will make its debut Sept. 19 alongside figures from Hasbro.
Nurture Rights has engaged The Little Big Partnership to create digital offerings for its new preschool brand, Dinosaur Roar!.
DreamWorks Animation and Rovio, creators of "Angry Birds," launched the new "The Croods" app Thursday, in advance of the film's March 22 premiere.
Smart Toys and Games has created two new strategy games inspired by Rovio Entertainment's Angry Birds franchise.
The new "Star Trek into Darkness" app from Paramount Pictures and Qualcomm is now available for iOS and Android devices.
Online kids' channel Toon Goggles is broadening its accessibility and launching a new app for Barnes & Noble's Nook HD and HD+.
Nickelodeon has launched the first app for its new series, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," in 150 countries worldwide.
Disney Interactive has launched "Story," a digital storytelling app that turns photography and video into stories.
Gameloft and Mattel have released a follow-up to their 2008 "Uno" game app that allows fans to play each other.
App developer Tropisounds has created two new iOS apps featuring MGA Entertainment's Lalaloopsy brand.


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An exponential growth in the income gap within the United States has proven to be a major factor in our nations staggering economic growth. Regardless of the recent economic recovery taking place involving the stock market, 46.5 million Americans are currently living in poverty.
While millions are struggling to stay afloat, the wealthiest 1 percent continue to absorb America's riches. Taking a closer look at some of the top 1 percent discussed are CEOs of a couple of the largest American corporations:
- 1. Michael Dulce- According to analysis by PayScale, a salary information website, the CEO of Walmart, Michael Dulce, earns 1034 times more than the company's median employee. Despite claims that Walmart pays "competitive wages," half of their employes earned less than $22,400 in 2012, which for a family of four, is below the poverty line.
- 2. Greg Steinhafel: PayScale also notes that the CEO of Target, Greg Steinhafel, makes 597 times more than the average Target worker. As the Business Insider points out, Dulce and Steinhafel are at the top of the list of CEOs who are now getting paid at record levels. Compensation for CEOs in the United States has increased nearly 130 times faster than the average worker's salary over the last 30 years.
Stagnation felt by the majority of income levels across the US is due to large gaps like this. According to his book 'The Price of Inequality,' Nobel Prize winner and professor at Columbia Joseph Stiglitz states that "America has the least opportunity out of any advanced industrial economy."
"In the last 30 years the share of national income held by the top 1% of Americans has doubled; for to the top 0.1%, their share has tripled, he reports. Meanwhile, median incomes for American workers have stagnated."
With hindrances in economic growth and mobility, the nation has become much less competitive. Standing 17th place in the worlds developed nations, the US must limit the amount of loopholes used by major corporations and invest more money in the education system.


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Nuggets beat Grizzlies for 11th straight win
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetKosta Koufos scored 18 points and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds, helping the Denver Nuggets rally to beat the Memphis Grizzlies, 87-80, on Friday night for their 11th straight win, their longest streak in 30 years.
Heat overmatch Bucks as streak soars to 21
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetLeBron James and Chris Bosh each scored 28 points, and the Miami Heat made it 21 straight wins, beating the Milwaukee Bucks 107-94 on Friday night.Kobe plays only 12 minutes, but Lakers still win
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetKobe Bryant lasted just one quarter on a severely sprained left ankle, but Dwight Howard completed a go-ahead, three-point play with 90 seconds left Friday night to help the Los Angeles Lakers hold off the Indiana Pacers, 99-93.Smith returns, Teague not starting for Hawks
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetJosh Smith is back in Atlanta's lineup against the Phoenix Suns after missing one game with a sprained left knee, but point guard Jeff Teague is missing his second straight start.Source: ESPN.comKnicks sign Martin for rest of season
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetThe New York Knicks have signed veteran forward Kenyon Martin for the remainder of the season.Smith returns for Hawks
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetJosh Smith is back in Atlanta's lineup against the Phoenix Suns after missing one game with a sprained left knee.Source: nba.comDraft Watch: Noel's defensive prowess sought after
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetThe play was ordinary and unusual, a fitting start to the complex, contradictory debate unknowingly about to begin. Mike Rosario of Florida stole the ball, drove the right side and curled toward the rim to finish the breakaway layup, only to be denied b…Source: nba.comThe 10-man rotation, starring the Oklahoma City Thunder playing out the string
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetA look around the league and the Web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out. C: Oklahoman. The Oklahoma City Thunder r…Source: yahoo.comJason Terry doesn't think much of the Miami Heat's winning streak
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetThe Miami Heat, holders of the NBA's best record at 49-14, also happen to be the league's hottest team. They've won 20 games in a row, and it's not entirely crazy to think they could challenge the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers' all-time record of 33 straig…Clippers sign F Summers to 10-day deal
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetThe Los Angeles Clippers have signed forward DaJuan Summers to a 10-day contract.Source: nba.comBrian Shaw turned down a head coaching spot with the Charlotte Bobcats because he wants to 'have a chance'
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetFormer Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach Brian Shaw will probably be the first to tell you that he isn't slumming while working as associate coach of the Indiana Pacers. The team is firmly established as the Eastern Conference's Number Two, and he anSource: yahoo.comHere is a song about J.R. Smith (Video)
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetNew York Knicks shooter J.R. Smith can be an incredibly frustrating basketball player to watch, the sort of guy with enough talent to believe himself capable of things that no physics-bound human should attempt. On the other hand, that disregard for com…Source: yahoo.comClippers' Butler practices, eyes Sunday return
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetLos Angeles Clippers forward Caron Butler practiced Friday for the first time since suffering a left elbow strain last week and hopes to start Sunday when the team plays the New York Knicks.Source: ESPN.comPau Gasol was as surprised as anyone when told that he could be a Laker starter
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetContrary to the storyline we're all assuming, the Los Angeles Lakers were playing pretty well when Pau Gasol went down with a plantar fascia tear. The team had won six of seven before he hit the shelf in the first week of February, improving its recordSource: yahoo.comVideo and Q&A: How Andre Drummond Made This Trick Shot In A Shoe Warehouse
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetDetroit Pistons rookie Andre Drummond has been hurt for four weeks with a stress fracture in his back, but while his trick shot over a wall of shoeboxes Thursday at Portland's Oddball.com shoe warehouse isn't part of his rehab, it's still pretty aweSource: dimemag.comNBA Hall of Famer Adrian Dantley works as a school crossing guard in Maryland now
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetThe last time most NBA fans saw or heard from Adrian Dantley, the legendary scoring forward and 2008 inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame was crying foul over losing his job as an assistant coach with the Denver Nuggets because, h…This Is Awful: Jay Mariotti Has A Really Long Story On ESPN.com, For Some Reason
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetSo, Jay Mariotti's no-seriously-I-have-a-girlfriend-in-Canada-I-met-her-at-summer-camp freelance project? Turned out to be real. ESPN allowed Mariotti to write more than 5,000 unforgivable words on Kobe and the Lakers. The important thing to remember ab…Source: deadspin.comCreate-a-Caption: The visible rage of victory, the internalized rage of defeat
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetThere's a yin-and-yang element to this, right? Ivan Johnson's explosion contrasted with Metta World Peace's faux placidity? The intense appreciation of winning compared to the roiling angst of losing a winnable game? Or am I just looking for connections…Source: yahoo.comFor Spurs, Belief in Popovich Trumps Strategy
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetThe details of San Antonio Coach Gregg Popovich coaching strategies are secondary to how much his players believe in them.Source: nytimes.comMiami aiming to extend win streak to 21 in Milwaukee
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetMiami aiming to extend win streak to 21 in MilwaukeeSource: CNNSI.comIs there any blueprint for stopping Miami?
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetThere's a reason Miami has ripped off 20 wins in a row. Yet some teams have had a measure of success against the Heat. Is there a blueprint to stopping them? asks Rob Mahoney.Source: CNNSI.comSpurs clinch 14th straight 50-win season, 16th straight playoff berth, remain unhappy, duh
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetThe San Antonio Spurs won their 50th game in 66 tries during the 2012-13 season on Thursday night, topping the longtime rival Dallas Mavericks in a game that saw Tim Duncan continue his brilliant turn-back-the-clock season with a game-high 28 points on …Source: yahoo.comThe Memphis Grizzlies: Contender Or Pretender?
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetThe NBA is notorious for having a small number of teams with realistic championship expectations. While nearly half of the NFL can claim to be in the running, the NBA normally only has a handful of true contenders. The Heat, Thunder and Spurs have all e…Source: dimemag.comFinally, Someone Has Created Dynamic NBA Box Scores
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetThis is for all the basketbloggers out there: you will never need another box score again. Edd Morgan, a software developer in the UK, has created Box Score Replay. Try it out with last night's Mavs-Spurs game-by moving the slider at the top of the screSource: deadspin.comEl N.B.A.: Insulting Latino Names or Smart Marketing?
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetThe N.B.A. courts Latino fans with its Noche Latina promotions, but does calling its teams El Heat or Los Bulls appeal to Spanish speakers, or insult them?Source: nytimes.comDamian Lillard picks, pushes, puts in improbable layup in Blazers' win over Knicks (Video)
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetThrough the first 21 minutes of Thursday night's late TNT game, the shorthanded New York Knicks - playing without their highest-priced player (Amar'e Stoudemire, out for the next six weeks following right knee debridement surgery), their leading scorerSource: yahoo.comJ.R. Smith Goes Down The Lane & Crushes A Dunk On Portland
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetThe Knicks are walking around wounded right now, and fell again in Portland last night, being unable to back up their boy Raymond Felton's claims that he was going to kill the Blazers. But J.R. Smith did have one great highlight: this nasty, one-handedSource: dimemag.comSharman, Goodrich think Heat can break mark
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetBill Sharman, who coached the Los Angeles Lakers in 1971-72 when the team reeled off an NBA-record 33-game winning streak, believes LeBron James and the Miami Heat have what it takes to put that mark in jeopardy.Source: ESPN.comArea man vigorously picks nose, winks at us before TNT broadcast of Blazers/Knicks (VIDEO)
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetWhen you've got prime NBA real estate - in this case, a just-about-courtside seat right between TNT play-by-play man Kevin Harlan and color commentator Chris Webber for a nationally televised contest between the Portland Trail Blazers and New York KnickSource: yahoo.comDamian Lillard Steals Raymond Felton's Thunder; Tim Duncan Plays Like It's 2005
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetCasual fans outside of the West Coast might not know it but right next to Orlando and Dwight Howard stand Portland and Raymond Felton as cities who revile their former player. A quick recap: In Felton's lone season as a Trail Blazer (a shortened one, atBlazers hand Knicks fourth loss in last five games
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetBlazers hand Knicks fourth loss in last five gamesAnthony questionable for Sunday after knee drained
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetThe New York Knicks say Carmelo Anthony had fluid drained from the back of his right knee and is questionable for their game Sunday in Los Angeles against the Clippers.Source: nba.comAbout Last Night: Knicks Ripped in Rip City
Updated Mar 15 Share TweetIn case you were busy trying to pass off a quiche as an acceptable offering at a Pi Day party, here's what you missed in sports on Thursday. Damian ...Source: grantland.com-
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Kobe A Game-Time Decision
Mar 15ESPNLA.com's Dave McMenamin discusses Kobe Bryant's status for Friday's game vs. the Pacers.


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Repair work on Center Elementary gym floor could cost district $100K
By Karen Zapf
Published: Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, 8:53 p.m.
Plum School District officials are working on a solution for a settling problem with a portion of the Center Elementary gymnasium floor.
Arnie Caffas, president of Pennsylvania Soil and Rock in Monroeville, the district's engineer, said the problem appears to be caused by breaks in an underground pipe that is resulting in water escaping into the backfill or dirt around the pipe.
Caffas said the water appears to be eroding the dirt around the pipe and causing a portion of the floor at the edge of the gym where it meets the restrooms to settle.
"We're reviewing the videotapes from inside the piping," Caffas said.
"We saw three breaks in a pipe. It could be confined to a small area. Until we open up (the floor), we won't be able to tell."
The issue was brought to the attention of the Plum School Board last week during a facilities committee meeting.
Superintendent Timothy Glasspool cautioned the board that the fix won't be cheap or easy.
"It's going to be expensive and intrusive," Glasspool said.
Principal Jeff Hadley said students continue to have physical-education class and other activities in the gymnasium.
He said the only visible problem is hairline cracks in the tile floor area where the water problem is occurring.
"There is no safety concern," Hadley said.
Caffas said the repair work would include opening up a portion of the gym floor, cutting through the slab, repairing the pipe, putting down new backfill and placing the slab and flooring back on the surface.
Caffas said the project would take about two to three weeks.
He estimated the cost at $50,000 to $100,000.
"We will get it opened up and see how much damage is occurring," Caffas said.
Glasspool said he will have a recommendation for a board vote next month.
He anticipates the repair work won't be completed until school is dismissed for the year.
"It will have to be a fix in the summer," Glasspool said.
Karen Zapf is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 412-856-7400, ext. 8753, or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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November 19 2013, 9am
Personally, this has my vote for best Xmess ad of the season (so far). Encore!
November 6 2013, 4pm
this is my favorite fucking video
October 2 2013, 7pm
please watch this
Wow, that was way more something then I thought it'd be. Watch and get the song stuck in your head.
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September 13 2013, 5pm
I can't decide what's funnier, the dog, or the guy that's dying of laughter in the background
August 28 2013, 11pm
Imam Mosque, formerly known as Shah Mosque is a mosque in Isfahan, Iran standing in south side of Naghsh-i Jahan Square.
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July 20 2013, 8am
good reminder that mustelids share our limb structure
i've seen raccoons, skunks, etc get drawn with digitigrade legs too much
July 10 2013, 10pm
[ Another Movie Observation ]
((I was watching this scene and noticed that Baby Tooth actually looks like she's saying words. So from watching her mouth, this is what I think she's saying.))
I imagined Baby Tooth saying that in Jack's Sister's voice. Is that a bad thing or a good thing?
Baby Tooth/Jack's sister was begging Jack because she didn't want to lose Jack again.STOP RIGHT THERE YOUNGIN'
AS IF THIS NEEDED TO GET ANY MORE SAD THAN IT WASShe looks like her, too.
Your telling me she looks like a bird tsk tsk.
I'm telling you they resemble each other. Eyes, face shape, mouth. You know, just different nose and species. lol
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I don't think that's all a coincidence. *shrugs*
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July 10 2013, 8am
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Here's where she meets Prince Charming.
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Legend of Zelda OoT AU fic
So I ended up starting the Zelda fic. Should I continue?
Title: ??? (I'll title it if I continue)
Pairings/Characters: Ganondorf, Link, Link's parents, General OCs (so far)
Genre: Family bonding, hurt/comfort, canon divergence.
Rating: R
Word count: ~3500
Warnings: Violence, minor character death. Eventually feels and cuddles
Probably everyone knows the story of the Hero of Time. It is legend after all. How he rose up after seven years of slumber to rescue the Princess in disguise from the ruthless King of Evil and save the land of Hyrule.
This is not that story. This is what might have happened instead.
(Canon divergence: Ganondorf finds and raises Link from a baby)
Ganondorf pulled back heavily on the reigns of his Gerudo Charger as he crested a tall hill. The stallion snorted and tossed his head, but Ganondorf's hand remained firm and eventually his steed settled. The King patted the stallion's neck absently as he looked out over Hyrule Field spread out below. The screams and cries of battle floated up to him with the smoke rising from the fires spreading across the dry grass, obscuring the skirmish occurring between his people and the filthy Hylians below from his view.
Behind him, he heard hoofbeats approaching. He didn't bother to check who was approaching. He knew the sound of those hooves well. Sure enough, a moment later Velata, his eldest daughter, pulled her own horse to a stop next to him. Her long copper hair lashed out behind her in the wind like angry snakes, only barely restrained in a ponytail. He saw her watching him out of the corner of his eye, but he kept his head turned towards the battle, and eventually she looked away, trying to maintain the mask of his general.
"How are our troops?" he asked after a long moment of silence. She startled, and straightened in her saddle, trying to look as respectable as possible before her father and King.
"The raiders have managed to sneak around their defences and steal some supplies. There wasn't nearly as much grain as we were hoping, but we managed to find some gold, so it was still a success," she reported dutifully. He nodded to let her know that he'd heard her, but still did not look away from the field below. The wind was changing, and the smoke was beginning to clear. He was just starting to make out the battle. Flashes of red hair and curved blades were the only way he could spot his own people fighting amongst the rabble. The fight currently seemed to be in their favor, but anything could happen in a skirmish like these, and the tide of battle changed quickly.
Velata, thinking along the same lines, hesitantly spoke. "Should we go…help them, sire?"
Ganondorf only paused a moment more to take in a deep breath of the clean, fresh air that only seemed present over the kingdom of Hyrule, and then nodded. Without waiting, he kicked his heels into his stallion's side, and started charging down the hill, drawing his scimitar as he went. A Hylian soldier on the edge of the battle barely had time to look up in bemusement before he was neatly beheaded. Ganondorf was already charging past him and slicing through another soldier by the time the head hit the ground.
A savage grin broke out across his face as he entered the fray. He had always loved the thrill of battle. It was what he had been trained for since birth. To be King of the Gerudo, you needed to be the strongest of them, and he was strongest. He had conquered the toughest challenges their training ground could throw at him before he'd been able to grow a beard. He had surpassed all of his fighting instructors to the point they retired in despair. No stallion was wild enough to throw him off, no arrow target too far for him to hit, no warrior capable of bringing him down. He was death in battle, and he revelled in it.
His people noticed his arrival on the battlefield and a cheer went up. At once they doubled their efforts, and the Hylians began to fall back. Their supply post, which his raiders had already robbed of valuable supplies while the soldiers were distracted by the skirmish, loomed up behind them as the Gerudo gained ground.
One Hylian, his helmet missing and his blonde hair flying in the wind, was by the gate. He was fighting more ferociously than any man or woman Ganondorf had ever seen, blade lashing out almost quicker than could be seen and driving many Gerudo back with bloody wounds for their troubles. His face was a mask of determination, and Ganondorf briefly wondered what this man was guarding so fiercely, considering the supply post had been emptied. He was impressed by the man's tenacity and skill, and he paused a moment on the edge of the battle to observe.
The man took advantage of a lull in approaching fighters to scan the battlefield. Their eyes locked. Something passed between them then. He'd never felt a connection with a Hylian before, but Ganondorf found himself feeling a measure of understanding and respect for this soldier. Somehow he knew they were similar souls, fighting for their loved ones. His family must have been inside.
Then the moment was broken as a Gerudo warrior charged out of the ranks, scimitars held high, to strike down at the man. The soldier turned away from Ganondorf and immediately brought up his sword to block.
Time itself seemed to pause as Ganondorf watched. Both of the Gerudo woman's scimitars met solid Hylian steel. The strength of her blow forced the sword to follow the curve of her blades, but her downward slice prevented the sword from following it up and away from her body as it was intended. Instead the sword was dragged downward towards the hilts, and her hands. The Hylian simply followed the motion, catching both hilts on the flat of his blade and flicking his wrist up, cutting her palms open. He neatly disarmed the woman, and then reversed his grip. He drove his blade deep into her stomach.
Velata was too far away from him for her voice to reach, but he could still imagine her little gasp of surprise as she was neatly impaled.
He stared at the scene, his daughter frozen and staring up at her Hylian killer who stared blankly back. Then time resumed its usual course, and Velata slumped to the ground. Ganondorf could see blood pooling out beneath her.
He roared. The battlefield itself seemed to quake with his fury. Warriors, Hylian and Gerudo alike, fell away from him in fear. The Hylian soldier looked up from his fallen foe at the source of noise, and his eyes widened in terror. As Ganondorf started charging across the battlefield atop his stallion, people madly dashing out of his way to avoid being trampled, the soldier turned and ran through the half-opened gate of the supply post.
Ganondorf leapt from his stallion as he came to his fallen daughter, calling out softly to her, but it was as he'd feared. She was already gone. Her eyes were wide open and glassy with an expression of mild shock frozen on her beautiful face. He reached out with shaking hands to touch her soft silken hair with shaking fingertips, his eyes starting to blur with tears. Around him his Gerudo warriors were surrounding him, protecting him from attack as he mourned. When he lifted a lock of her hair, it was soaked with blood.
Shoulders shaking with sobs soon became shoulders shaking with rage. His hand tightened around her hair until it was clenched in a fist, trembling with the force of his grip. He screamed out his rage to the heavens, bloody revenge the only thought on his mind. He opened his hand, letting Velata's hair fall back to the ground, and then rose to his feet. His face was twisted with rage.
His began to advance on the tower, ruthlessly gutting the lone Hylian that tried to block his path.
The supply post was not large, but it still took Ganondorf a short time to find where the Hylian had escaped to. But when he heard frantic voices behind one of the doors, he didn't hesitate to kick it down. There was a scream, a surprisingly feminine scream, as the wood exploded outward. Angrily, Ganondorf looked around the room to find both the source of the scream, and the Hylian that was surely hiding inside.
To his surprise, he realized it was a birthing room. There was a Hylian woman, beautiful by their standards and with hair as golden as the sun, huddled by the bed, which was still damp with sweat and blood. She was holding a squirming bundle in her arms, and the room still reeked of her labours. Huddled beside her was what Ganondorf assumed to be the woman's midwife, but his attention was drawn to the soldier standing in the middle of the room. His sword was drawn and pointed at Ganondorf's face, still stained with Velata's blood.
"Run, my love!" the Hylian man ordered the shaking women in their disgusting tongue. "Quickly, while I hold him off!" Then, with a roar, he charged at Ganondorf, blade swinging in low to aim for the knees. Ganondorf quickly side-stepped the swing, just barely missed by the deadly blade, and then he was bringing his own scimitars up in response. To his frustration, he was distracted by the soldier's desperate attacks long enough that the Hylian woman managed to escape with her child. Snarling in rage, he made sure that the midwife did not follow, throwing one of his scimitars at her retreating back. She fell to the ground with a pained scream cut short.
The Hylian soldier flinched in shock at Ganondorf's brutality, and tried to fight ever fiercer. But Ganondorf had been trained since birth to be the strongest. He was King. There was simply no way that a common soldier, even one of this man's caliber, could best him.
A blow to the back of the knee where the armour didn't cover. A kick to the stomach. A stomp on the hand holding the sword. And suddenly the soldier was on his knees and defenceless before the Gerudo King. His eyes held fear, but he was still determined.
"I will hunt down that woman and slaughter her for what you did," Ganondorf hissed in the man's face, resorting to using the wreched Hylian language so that he was sure the man knew his fury.
The soldier merely stared back with hatred. "Your soldier attacked me. I was merely defending myself, and my wife. But you would kill an innocent woman, just for your petty underling's own foolishness? You Gerudo dogs are truly as evil as they say," the man spat.
"That underling," Ganondorf snarled, "was my DAUGHTER!" He punctuated his scream by raising up his scimitar and bringing it crashing down on the man's head. The man's skull broke open, his face split neatly down the middle. A splash of blood covered Ganondorf's chest and face. There was a pause, and then the corpse slumped over to the floor like a doll.
Ganondorf looked down on it, breath still heavy from his emotional outburst. Blood ran from the body along the floor to pool at the end of the bed, soaking sheets that had previously been stained with the blood of birth. More blood dripped from Ganondorf's chin. His clothes were stained beyond repair. Finally, he turned away from the body in disgust, his rage still unsatisfied.
He didn't bother retrieving the scimitar from the man's head, figuring it would be message enough to the Goddess-damned Hylian King that the Gerudo people were not to be trifled with. Instead he pulled the other scimitar from the body of the midwife, and headed out of the supply post.
His people had decimated what was left of the Hylian soldiers. Those that hadn't died had fled, preferring to face the dangers of Hyrule Field alone rather than remain to be massacred. Most of them wouldn't last the night. But Ganondorf wasn't interested in pursuing those cowards. Instead he squinted out over the field, looking for signs of the fleeing woman. Sure enough, to the east he could see a cloud of dust being kicked up, most likely by hooves. He called out for his remaining soldiers to rally.
"You," he pointed at a small group to his left. "I want you to burn this place to the ground. Leave nothing but ashes." he ordered. They saluted quickly and set to work, starting to pile scrap wood and dry grass around the base of the building. The place would be gone by nightfall, to his satisfaction. He turned back to the rest of his troops, looking out over the assembled group.
"The rest of you," he boomed, "bring me that woman's head!"
At once his soldiers raced to comply, hopping atop their own steeds, or stealing Hylian horses from their fallen enemies. One of the Gerudo women led over his own stallion, which he quickly mounted and turned towards the fleeing woman. He kicked the horse into motion.
The Hylian breeds of horses were bigger and stronger than Gerudo breeds, as they were bred for working fields. But no Hylian horse could ever hope to outrun a pure-bred Gerudo Charger, especially one as well trained as Ganondorf's. He quickly outpaced his own soldiers, pushing his steed to the limit to catch up to his fleeing prey.
He could see the woman looking back at him in fear over her shoulder as he came closer. All at once she seemed to realize that she could never outrun him over the field, and she made one last desperate attempt to escape, turning her horse towards the foreboding forest on the edge of the field to the East.
But it was not to be. Ganondorf swiftly drew up next to her, cutting off her escape. She tried to turn her steed, move around him, but he was too quick. A slash of his scimitar and the horse fell to the ground screaming, a bloody gash oozing out over the grass. The woman screamed as she fell from the horse, but she still held her bundle tightly in her arms, protecting it from the fall with her own body. Ganondorf's steed barely missed crushing her skull under-hoof as they charge by.
He dismounted even as his horse was still moving, landing heavily on the ground with a thump, a puff of dust rising from the impact. The woman trembled and cowered, hunching over the bundle to the point it seemed she was attempting to hide it within her body. Ganondorf stared at her with mild contempt. As he had noticed before, she was beautiful by Hylian standards, but to him her nose is too small, her ears too long, and her skin too sickly pale. She is wretched as she lays in the dirt at his feet.
"Please," she whispered in her blasted tongue as he approached, naked blade in hand. "Please. If you must kill me, at least spare my child. Please. My baby Link is innocent, even you must see this."
Ganondorf didn't answer, ignoring her even as her begging grew louder and more panicked. As he stood over her, he considered her frail and delicate figure. Scoffing in disgust, he tossed his scimitar aside. She was so weak there was no point in using the blade. Only warriors deserve to die like warriors. Instead he reached out, grabbed her head firmly in his hands despite her screaming and struggling, and twisted.
There was a sickening crack, and then the woman collapsed to the ground dead. Yet Ganondorf couldn't help but notice that she somehow managed to fall more gracefully than her husband had, with her lags tucked together and her hair spread out around her like a golden halo. But her eyes were too full of fear to give her the appearance of beauty in death. As her arms became loose, the bundle she held rolled to the ground. The cloth fell open slightly.
Ganondorf stared down at the baby. It was just beginning to whimper as it was exposed to the cold, squirming in distress. It was very tiny for a baby. None of Ganondorf's daughters were ever that small when they were newborns. It also had very pink skin, as opposed to the dusty tan Gerudo children have even since birth. Its ears were tiny, but pointed like all Hylian ears. Its hair was as pale as its parents, puffing up in little blonde tufts on top of the baby's head.
Then her eyes opened, and Ganondorf saw blue brighter than the sky above his desert home.
He reached down gently, picking up the baby, cloth and all. The baby began making a distressed noise, recognizing that the man holding it was a stranger, but Ganondorf quickly shushed her by re-wrapping her bundle more snuggly and bouncing her gently. He could hear his soldiers approaching just as he began singing an old Gerudo lullaby that his mothers had taught him.
"Sir!" The nearest soldier dismounted and approached him quickly, not even blinking at the body at Ganondorf's feet. Instead her eyes were trained on the baby in her King's arms. "Are you alright, my Lord?" she asks, bowing her head respectfully.
He glanced up at the assembled group. "Fine," he eventually answered. None of them dared mentioned the way his voice shook slightly. "Velata?"
"We've retrieved her body," the soldier responded evenly. Some of the others must have gone back to get it, along with the rest of their fallen, Ganondorf realized. Though they had won the skirmish in the end, they had lost more than a few of their own. He was privately proud that his troops had thought to do so without his orders. They were good, strong warriors, he thought, each worthy of protecting their home.
"Good," Ganondorf said. He turned back to the bundle in his arms to check on the baby. To his happy surprise she'd fallen asleep already. She was probably exhausted from a taxing first day of life. "Good," he repeated, more softly this time. A soft smile grew as he stared down at the sleeping baby.
"Sire?" one of the others spoke up, breaking his revere. He looked up sharply. "What would you have us do with…the babe?" she asked, keeping her voice low to avoid waking the child. He knew that if he desired the baby's death, all he would have to do was say so, and the Gerudo would cut her to pieces at once. If he decided to hold her for ransom, they would keep her safe until she could be exchanged for her value.
But Ganondorf considered something else. "I have lost one child today," he murmured quietly to himself, a thoughtful look crossing his face. "But perhaps I have gained another."
He looked up at the gathered women. Seeing them watching him so intently, ready to follow his order to the letter no matter what he said, he came to a decision. "I will take this child as my own. To fill the empty space in my heart, and to show those long-eared scum that we are better than them. We will not kill this baby, but take her in as our own. This babe is now my daughter, a princess of the Gerudo, and she will be treated as such by our entire tribe."
The gathered Gerudo bowed their heads at his declaration. They would gladly accept the baby as their own, no matter her race, if he so chose. Satisfied, he handed over the bundle to the nearest Gerudo to carry as he remounted his own horse.
They began to file into ranks behind Ganondorf, ready to start the long journey back to their desert home to deliver their new plunder and bury their fallen, but just as they were about to head out, the woman he handed the baby to let out a little squeak. Blinking, Ganondorf turned to look at her.
"Yes?" he prompted with a raised brow, causing her to blush.
"Ummmm…sire?" she said hesitantly. "About your new…daughter."
A spike of worry shot through him at her words, and instantly his mind when to the worst case. Perhaps the baby had been injured when he had chased down her mother and he hadn't noticed. Perhaps she was sickly, though she hadn't seemed so when he had held her. Perhaps she was already dead. Was she moving? The bundle might have been moving, but it was hard to tell. "What? What is it?" He asked frantically, gesturing the woman to approach.
She grinned at him sheepishly. "This babe is male."
Ganondorf paused, all his fears stopped short in their tracks. He stared blankly at her until she came closer. Sure enough, when she pulled open the wrappings fully for him to see, there was a tiny manhood between the babe's legs.
"Well." Ganondorf stared down at the baby. "Would you look at that."


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