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A troubled day at Sydney Olympic Park should have ended better for Fabian Coulthard but a slip saw the Lockwood Racing driver finish 16th overall in today's practice.
Coulthard had set-up dramas in the day's first two sessions but, after finding the cause, believes he had a top-five car going into the final practice session. Congestion saw him abort one lap, however, and a mistake on his final attempt means the car's pace remains unproven.
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"In my first session I was having to really under-drive and we were getting nowhere. We made a few adjustments and the car was a little better but in middle of the second session we made a big improvement and it just went back to normal.
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I am hoping someone on this forum can help ID the manuf. or provide information on this old gun. I picked it up yesterday as one of my winter restoration projects but have been unable to come up with any reference to it.
It is a SxS double, fluid steel, internal hammer gun with very few markings.
It is marked 16ga on the top of the left barrel, the words in all capital letters PARAGON MODEL CS are stamped on the left frame just below the barrel. There is an inspectors mark of V inside and under the left barrel and T24084 which I take to be a seriel number as it is also on all of the original assemblies. There is also an inspection mark of G on the barrel mounted locking post for the forearm stock.
I need to find out who made it as I would like to track down parts and information. So far it's got me stumped. My best guess is that it is a trade gun sold through hardware stores etc. in the early 19??.
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For nearly every show on The Rolling Stones' current 50 and Counting World Tour they've welcomed a special guest. These performers have ranged from pop stars like Gwen Stefani and Carrie Underwood to legendary rockers like Tom Waits, Dave Grohl and John Fogerty. You never know what you're gonna get when it comes to the wide array of Stones guest stars. In another strange and lovely twist, on Sunday in Montreal, The Rolling Stones will welcome Win Butler of Arcade Fire.
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One of the most important filters or criteria for investing in a stock for Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger is the quality of management. No matter how cheap the stock gets it is always very risky if it is run by a CEO who certainly sees the company as his personal bank account and its board turns a blind eye. Chesapeake Energy Corp (NYSE:CHK) suffers from this problem.
It is understandable that supply and demand dynamics in the natural gas industry has ensured that Natural Gas prices remain at their lowest price point in decades making Mr. Market punish the pure Natural Gas plays like Chesapeake Energy. But company's CEO irresponsible behavior is not helping the matters.
Yesterday Chesapeake's stock declined by as much as 10.2% from already depressed levels, Why? Because Chesapeake's CEO Mr. Aubrey McClendon and the board of the company goofed up again. Reuters uncovered that Chesapeake CEO has borrowed $1.1 billion in personal loans in last three years against his stake in the company's oil and natural gas wells as collateral to help finance what could be a lucrative perk of his job - the opportunity to buy into the very same well stakes that he is using as collateral for the borrowings. These loans should have been disclosed by the company to its shareholders. These personal loans against company assets surely create a situation where there is a conflict of interest.
Tomorrow if Mr. McClendon gets into a cash crunch or value of assets goes down and he is not able to sustain the loan payments he may force Chesapeake to sell those assets at unfavorable terms to guard his own interests vs. the shareholders.
The worst part is this revelation of McClendon's bout of borrowing comes as he is scrambling to help Chesapeake avert a multi-billion-dollar cash shortfall amid a plunge in natural gas prices.
Per Reuters, a similar approach was used by CEO of WorldCom Bernard Ebbers. The WorldCom scandal in part was driven by $1 billion in loans Bernard Ebbers took secured by his WorldCom stock and we all know what happened with WorldCom after the dot-com bubble burst. Similar risk exists for Chesapeake as Natural Gas prices plunge to new lows posing high risk to its shareholders.
This is not the first time Mr. Aubrey McClendon behaved in his interests vs. the shareholders of the company and its board has supported him.
- In 2008, to buy more Chesapeake stock, McClendon borrowed money from his brokers further what's called "buying on margin." In October 2008, just after the financial crisis erupted with the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, he was forced to sell more than 31 million Chesapeake shares for $569 million to cover margin calls from those brokers. The company's stock fell nearly 40 percent the week of McClendon's share sales. McClendon issued an apology but the company's credibility with many shareholders suffered significantly.
- Again in 2008, at the peak of the crisis, the company's board decided that it was good to spend $12 million to purchase Mr. McClendon's antique map collection. This decision was reverted after shareholders filed a lawsuit.
- The same year the board paid Mr. McClendon $75 million in one-time bonus when the whole world was reeling from lack of liquidity.
The company's stock is cheap and is trading at attractive valuations in comparison to the assets it owns but the history of its CEO and board's actions do not invoke confidence and make it a highly risky bet. I will stay away until the board puts policies in place which will ensure a shareholder friendly attitude from Mr. McClendon. The only hope I have here is that well-known value investor Lou Simpson (ex-CIO of Warren Buffett's GEICO) has recently joined the board. Hopefully he will drill some sense into the other members of the board.
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Thorn was born about 1735 in Flushing, Long Island, NY. He was the son of James
Thorn & Mary Lawrence
Mary Roe was born about 1735 in NY. She was the daughter of unknown parents
|Langford Thorn & Mary Roe
Langford Thorn &
Mary Roe were married in New York on Oct 7, 1763. They had at least 3 children.
By his Grandfather's will Langford recieved a plantation in Goshen, Orange Co.,
NY., where he became a prominent & wealthy Quaker. In "An Outline History
of Orange County" by Samuel W. Eager Esq. (1846) There is a list of men in
Cornwall, Bloominggrove, Monroe and part of Chester who served as commisioners,
overseers or other officers in their towns between 1765 to 1775. The list includes
the names of: William Thorn, Langford Thorn, William Roe and Elijah Carpenter.There
is also a list of persons who signed the "Association in Cornwall" in
1775, which included Cornwall, Bloominggrove and Monroe. Names include William
Roe, Obadiah Thorn, Benjamin Thorn & Daniel Thorn. Also mentioned were several
Carpenters and Abasalom Townsend. In another history on Orange County I found
the same list with more explanation - apparently the town Associations were organized
to support the Revolution and the Continental Congress that had been established
in 1774, and not everyone signed the Association papers. In this second book they
had a list of some of the men in Cornwall who refused to sign the Association
list (they were in the minority), and Langford Thorn's name is on that list. I
noticed the Obadiah Thorn because there is an older man named Obadiah Thorn who
settled in Chemung County later near Langford's grandson John & Ann Carpenter
Thorn. Langford Thorn is listed as a head of household on the 1790 census of New
Cornwall, Orange Co., NY. Mary Roe Thorn died on February 1797 in NY. Langford
Thorne is listed as a head of household on the 1800 census of Orange Co., NY,
with a male & female both ages 16-25 that are probably his son Abraham and
???. Langford Thorn died in 1807 in New York City, NY. He wrote his will
on June 7, 1807 and it was probated on Oct 7, 1807. At his death in 1807 he owned
a mansion house on Pearl St in NYC. The Cornwall Friends Church property were
purchased from Langford Thorne & his Wife Mary Thorne, by Joseph Thorne, Nicholas
Townsend & William Titus.
The Children of Langford Thorn & Mary Roe:
|Daniel Thorn
|Daniel Thorn was born between 1764 - 1770 in NY.
Daniel married Mary Johnes Wandell on January 24, 1795 in the Goshen
Presbyterian Church, Orange Co., NY. They had at least 4 children. The family
is on the 1800 census of New Cornwall, Orange Co., NY. A will written in 1807
by Daniel's father, Langford Thorn, stated "having already provided for my
son Daniel Thorn I give him five pounds - Item I give and bequeath to my son Abraham
Thorn a certain bond I have against my said son Daniel Thorn on which due about
five hundred dollars". Langford also appointed his son-in-law John Eastmond
to be executor of his estate. Daniel is listed as head of household on the 1810
census of Orange Co., NY. The family moved between 1810 to 1820 from Orange County
to Ontario (later became Yates) Co., NY. They are listed on the 1820 census of
Benton, Ontario Co., NY, and on the 1830 census of Yates Co., NY. John Eastmond's
son Edward also lived in that area during that time, and from 1821 to 1824 John
wrote letters to Edward in which he tells Edward to try to collect from his "Uncle
Daniel Thorn" or his "Aunt Polly" anything that he can in payment
of the debt that they owe. I do not find Daniel on the census after 1830, but
in 1837 John Eastmond wrote a letter to an Abram Thorn and his sister in Benton,
Yates Co., NY telling them that they owe $354.75 from their "late father's
estate" to him, and that this is the second letter sent, the first being
sent on June 1, 1836. There is also an excerpt in a history on Steuben Co., NY
that tells of an Daniel Thorn, known as "Old Thorn" who lived on a farm
there. He was a noted hunter and trapper, but also notorious for not paying his
rent. After at least one stand-off with the sheriff he "moved west"
- this may be the same Daniel Thorn, although the date referred to is not clear
except that it was probably between 1820 to 1840. See notes for more details.
Daniel Thorn died sometime after 1830, but I'm not sure where. Mary is
listed as head of household on the 1840 census of Elmira, Chemung Co., NY, living
with her daughter (name?) who was age 25 to 30 and near the family of her son
John Thorn. At that time Mary was age 70 to 80. Mary Johnes Wandell Thorn died
after 1840, probably before 1850 in Chemung Co., NY.
The Family of Daniel Thorn & Mary Johnes Wandell
Notes for Daniel Thorn
|Susannah Thorn
|Susannah Thorn was born in 1778
in NY. Susannah married John Allin Eastmond on August 25, 1797 in Cornwall,
Orange Co., NY and they had 8 children.The first was born in 1798 in Staten Island,
NY. There is a John Eastmond listed as head of household on the 1800 & 1810
censuses of New York City, NY. John Eastmond was an accountant, and a well educated
man. He was well thought of by his father-in-law Langford Thorn, who left him
several things in his will in 1807 and also appointed him his executor. Susannah
Thorn Eastmond died of consumption on February 19, 1820 in NY. I do not know
where she is buried. John is listed on the 1820 census of New York City, New York
Co., NY. John was remarried to Margaret Lawrence on April 2,1822 and they
had 4 more chilren, born between 1824 to 1829 in Staten Island, NY. John is listed
as head of household on the 1830 census of New York City, New York Co., NY. John
had purchased land in Monmouth Co., NJ in 1816, and he moved there sometime between
1830 and 1840. Margaret died on April 17, 1836 in Middletown, Port Monmouth, Monmouth
Co., NJ. John Eastmond was married third to Mary Eliza Willet, probably
about 1837. In Langford Thorn's will in 1807 it had stated that his son Daniel
Thorn owed money to the estate and beqeathed a bond for $500 for money owed by
Daniel to his son Abraham. As executor, John Eastmond tried to collect this money
from Daniel at least through 1837 - don't know if he ever got it all. In 1837
the amount being sought from two of Daniel's children was $354.75, but this included
interest. John Eastmond is listed as head of household on the 1840 &
1850 censuses of Middletown, Monmouth Co., NJ. John, Margaret and Mary Eliza are
all buried in the Eastmond Cemetery, Port Monmouth, Monmouth Co., NJ
Notes for Susannah Thorn Eastmond
Notes for John Allin Eastmond
|Abraham Thorn
|Abraham Thorn was born between 1775 - 1784 in NY.
I do not have much information on him. He is living with his parents at age
6 to 15 on the 1790 census of New Cornwall, Orange Co., NY. His mother died in
1797 when he was age 13 to 22. Abraham is probably the male that is age 16 to
25 living with his father Langford Thorn on the 1800 census of Orange Co., NY.
In 1807 his father Langford died; before dying he willed a bond to Abraham for
about $500 that was owed by his older brother Daniel Thorn. Abraham's brother-in-law
John Eastmond tried to collect on this bond for the estate through 1837, but I
don't know if Abraham was alive all of that time. Abraham Thorn died sometime
after 1807, probably in NY. I have not found him on the 1810 census at this
time. He is not living with John & Susannah Eastmond or Daniel & Mary
Thorn in 1810.
Notes for Abraham Thorn
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Who was it? Great article ["The Dirt on Foreclosures," by Paul Knight, April 24]. But it irritates me no end that (most) media for some reason refuse to identify the real culprits in news reports. For example, they never give the name of the apartment owner when reporting on decrepit conditions. They just say "owners."
You did the same thing in this article. Why not name those lenders who were deliberately targeting lower-income, less-educated prospective homebuyers with funding they knew was going to result in disaster?
Example: "Banks are also spending more money on homes to make them more attractive to buyers..." Which banks made the most of these exotic loans for starter homes? The same ones most likely to have drawn in the least educated, most culpable consumers?
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"One subdivision...hit particularly hard is Bear Creek Meadows...marketed to first-time buyers." Who were those marketing to these folks? Name the contractors/banks/mortgage companies with the most foreclosures.
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A bad ending: It is unfortunate that in an otherwise balanced article on dissociative identity disorder ("Going to Pieces," by Craig Malisow, April 17), Malisow ended with the biased conclusion that "[t]hey [DID therapists] know that a diagnosis of DID can be true, even if the patient's story is not."
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The full story: It has always been a pleasure, and certainly entertaining, to read Robb Walsh's reviews of the Houston restaurant scene over the years. Swampy's is honored to have been a recent feature story ["Crawfish Cravings," by Robb Walsh, April 3]. Trying to recall any recent conversations with customers relating the story of Swampy's or my story, my sixtysomething brain kind of has gotten an idea of who he is. The reason for my writing is to tell him the rest of the story, one which I would have shared had he asked. Walsh failed to mention that Swampy's would not be what it is without the other person involved in the restaurant. Fortysomething Veronica "Ronnie" Kelley, who has been on the Houston scene for years running Floyd's Cajun Shack (Mardis Gras Grill) on Durham, left there to partner up with me to open Swampy's. Ronnie brought to the table a wealth of knowledge and experience spanning more than 20 years. She started in Florida in her teens and then moved to Houston, where she began at Red Lobster as a server, and then moved up the ladder to a training position and then one as general manager of many of their local units. I think it only fair that Walsh have the total picture. Incidentally, the industrial potato salad is freshly made baked potato salad. His taste buds must have been on vacation that day.
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No dump: Armando's wife said this is her favorite little "dump"? It's not a dump, lady. It's a family-run business run by a very nice family. It may be a "dump" to you, but it's like home to me. It's like eating at my favorite aunt's house. Rosie always makes you feel welcome and loved. I think you would be offended if someone referred to your husband's restaurant as a "dump." I know you like going to Dos Amigos, and I certainly hope the reporter took your comment out of context. If not, you owe the Cantus an apology.
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I flew out to San Francisco today for WWDC. The flight was awesome for two reasons. First of all, I watched Dirty Dancing for the first time during the flight and it was wonderful. It was hard to not just start dancing in my seat! Secondly, I had been listening to Annie this morning before the flight and then a couple behind me on the plane started singing "The sun'll come out, tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow there'll be sun!" (from Annie, if you didn't know) to calm down their screaming child. It was so cute – I wanted to just start crying with the kid.
I'm pretty excited for WWDC tomorrow. I'm glad the iPhone was previously announced and most of its features were already publicly disclosed because I'd personally like to see the focus on Mac OS X 10.5, and it looks like that's what we're going to get. I cleaned out some space on my laptop so I can install the beta first thing in the morning after Steve Jobs' talk and get Firefox building/running on 10.5 (again).
Apple always does a great job making sure that WWDC is an awesome experience for the attendees and I'm sure this year will be no different. I'll probably write more about it here as things happen. Time to get some sleep!


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Examine what "We the People" meant in the Constitution of the United States for Native Americans and African- Americans in the new nation.
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I don't think it's completely out of line to suggest that the opening words to the Preamble in the Constitution of "We, the People" does not necessarily include African- Americans and Native Americans. It becomes clear that "the people" are the members of the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Summoned to Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation and find a form of government that would work for the new nation, the delegates felt compelled to speak for the nation. Essentially, they spoke for the majority who held power and had a voice. This resulted in them speaking for White men who were wealthy and politically influential. At the time of the Constitution's writing, there was a distinct representation as to who was on this "inside" realm of wielding power and who was on the "outside." Poor people were on the outside. Women were on the outside. Native Americans were not even included in the calculus, as they were seen as "the other." The members of the Constitutional Convention did not seek to speak for them. African- Americans, still enslaved, were also on the outside. It can be fairly recognized that "We, the people" does not speak for African Americans because the issue of slavery was left undecided by the delegates of the Constitutional Convention. The 3/5 Compromise made clear the idea that African Americans were considered to be less than a human being. They were seen as 3/5 of a person, to be exact. In this light, the phrase that introduces the Constitution is a statement that speaks for some, and refuses to acknowledge others. It was over time, in fulfillment of another premise of the Constitution in "forming a more perfect union," that more voices became a part of the tapestry of American Government. Yet, in the final analysis, the original drafting of the words, "We, the people" spoke for a narrow few, of which Native Americans and African- Americans were not seen as a part.


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Thursday, June 23, 2005
The District government's effort to collect the first installment of a business tax to build a new baseball stadium has outraged some company owners, confused others and renewed a political discussion about restructuring the tax.
An estimated 1,300 businesses that have gross receipts of $5 million or more will be expected to pay the tax, or ballpark fee, said city officials, who mailed out the bills this month. The fees, which initially were due June 15, range from $5,500 to $16,500 depending on the size of a company. The city's Office of Tax and Revenue has granted a two-week filing extension to June 30, which will allow businesses to obtain more information about the filing process.
Objections to the tax bills came quickly.
Warren J. Cox, a principal in Hartman-Cox Architects, said he did not closely follow the stadium debate in the fall and was shocked last week when his accountant asked him to approve a $10,800 check to the District. He dashed off a letter to D.C. Council members saying he was paying under protest and was considering legal action.
"When I told my partners, they had apoplexy. That's a lot of money," Cox said in an interview.
Representatives from the D.C. Chamber of Commerce met last week with city leaders to express their concerns about the fee structure.
In response, D.C. Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp (D) said yesterday that she might revisit the tax law this fall to make changes aimed at easing the burden on some businesses.
Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) proposed the gross receipts tax in the fall as a key element in his plan to fund a stadium on the Anacostia waterfront for the Washington Nationals.
Under his original proposal, the tax would have collected $26 million a year. But the council, under pressure from businesses, reduced that to $14 million. That money, along with funds from a utilities tax on businesses and federal buildings, an annual rent payment by the Nationals and a concessions tax, will be used to pay debt service on stadium construction bonds.
Officials said yesterday that the city could end up with more money from the ballpark fee than is necessary because they may have under-estimated the number of companies that will be required to pay. Officials declined to say what they would do with extra funds.
The tax bills rekindled the debate in which some company owners complained last fall that the tax represents an unfair subsidy to Major League Baseball.
"I was very much for the baseball team, but I am very much against the way the city proposed to raise funds to pay for it," said Dudley Dworken, who has operated Curtis Chevrolet in the District since 1966. He also owns a smaller car dealership and paid more than $21,000 in gross receipts taxes last week.


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One of those things I remember was the way my Dad would sometimes tuck us up onto his lap as kids and talk to us about what we were good at. He'd ask us what we thought our talents were and each time we suggested something he'd wholeheartedly agree, and write the first letter of each talent we named on one of our fingertips. For example, if I told him I thought I was pretty ok at taking care of babies (that was one of my greatest loves as a child), he'd write a big "B" on one finger for "babies," then an "F" on the next finger for how I could do flips on the trampoline. He'd also add in what he thought we were good at when we got stumped.
It made me happy.
It made me feel capable.
It made me feel secure.
Because really, if my Dad thought I was good at it, then it must be true.
Fast forward to now. Grace and I are reading a book right now (The Report Card) that tells about this fascinating study. The study took a group of kids and tested them on their academic abilities. After the test, the administrators let some of the kids and their teachers know that they were "gifted." The teachers were told to expect a lot from these particular kids and the kids felt like they were important.
Well, the administrators were right. Those kids excelled dramatically in school. But the interesting thing was that in the end, the people running the study let everyone know that these kids who they had labeled as "gifted" hadn't tested that way after all. Their names were picked out of a hat of all things.
The difference was that those kids felt exceptional. Someone told them they could succeed. They believed it. Their teachers believed it. So it became true.
I think that's how life is. If we believe in ourselves, we can make things happen.
And in a way, I think that's what my Dad was doing when we were young. Writing those talents on our fingertips let us know he believed in us. And we believed him.
Sure, I never became an Olympic gymnast because he wrote that "F" on my finger for my wonderful flips. But I believed I had talents. And I'm thankful for the confidence both my parents had in me even though I was the shyest kid in history.
The other day I got out my ballpoint pen and scooped Claire up on my lap to talk to her about her talents.
She beamed. She looked just like I remember feeling after getting my fingers all marked up years and years ago.
Delight poured out of her for the next hour.
And before long she had her sisters gathered around on the couch and was telling them about their talents. They were mesmerized. (And of course I had to grab the closest camera I could get my hands on, which happened to be my little blurry one, but you get the picture.)
I hope little traditions like this one will help my children recognize their potential – and help them see the talents and potential of others.
And thank you, dear Dad, for believing in us.
QUESTION: What are some of your ideas for celebrating your kids' talents? What are some of the unique skills and abilities that you appreciate in your children?
CHALLENGE: Take some time this week (bedtime or some other quiet moment) to sit individually with one of your children and talk to them about their talents. Talk to them about what they think they're good at and share the specific things you really appreciate about them. They'll walk away from the conversation several inches taller! And you'll love them more than ever after sharing this conversation with them.
I may have the worst memory known to man, but I do remember vividly a few varied things from growing up. I remember how my Dad had us lug big rocks up to our cabin at Bear Lake as the only way to make some money in the summers, and how my second grade teacher's name was Mrs. Whaley and I thought that was the best name in the whole wide world. I remember little things like how sometimes when we lived in England my Mom would play the piano as we'd fall asleep at night (and I remember how wonderful it felt to hear it) and I remember vividly how amazing I thought I was at the "bars" at recess in third grade. I could do the "dead-mans-fall" over and over and over again like nobody's business.


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Hot Spots: Outfield
Pomp and Circumstance: The list was overloaded last week, with the expectation that several names would be removed this time around. With that in mind, two of these outfielders have enough credits for graduation: Jose Tabata and Tyler Colvin. Tabata is hitting .310 with 12 SB, and people are slowly realizing that he can help a fantasy team. Tyler Colvin had a terrible week, yet his continued power assault makes him quite valuable. He may knock an odd home run against Manny Parra here and there, but fantasy owners will be happier if they just bench him against lefty pitching in daily-move leagues.
Bonus coverage: Recent alumnus Drew Stubbs may be losing playing time, but he has hit the Cubs well this year, going .311/.326/.733 with five (5) home runs and three (3) stolen bases in the ten games he's started. For owners who like to make a lot of moves, it's something to consider August 27-29, when the Reds face the Cubs again
Taking a Wak: Logan Morrison is being removed. He's a good baseball player (or will be in a couple years), but – as noted – his strengths at this point are walking and hitting doubles, and most fantasy formats don't reward such things. As many have commented about the Don Wakamatsu firing, "It's not his fault." But he has to go.
Wally Pipp and Carlos Gomez: Lorenzo Cain reasserted his prospect value in 2010 after a 2009 season lost to injuries and resultant bad play (.218/.294/.330 combined). While it's never safe to throw out data entirely, his 2008 and 2010 paint the picture of an exciting leadoff prospect with some moderate power potential, to boot. In 2008, he hit .279/.356/.448 and successfully made the jump to AA before getting a taste of AAA at the end of the year. He struck out in 21% of his plate appearances (115 of 550), and swiped 25 bases. Fast forward to 2010, with his sprained knee from April of 2009 a year in the past, and Cain has shown an ability to further leverage his great "tools" into baseball skills. He's lowered his strikeout rate to 18%, and went 26-3 in stolen base attempts before his recall. While his Davenport Translation (DT) from Huntsville is a modest .217/.272/.304, and his PECOTA is uninspiring, that doesn't tell the whole story. His untranslated AA stat line was .317/.402/.432, and his 100 plate appearances in AAA resulted in a DT of .270/.343/.404.
Cain Disclaimers: With any new player, there's always more risk involved, since even though these guys are professionals, there's an adaptation period (see: Brantley, Michael – who has hit .313/.389/.625 over the past week, clearly displeased with his removal from the Value Picks list). Some players shrug it off, some are motivated to spurts of over-performance, but some struggle – the net result is that there is more variance to be expected. It should also be noted that new 4th outfielder Chris Dickerson's Weighted-means PECOTA is even better than Cain's AAA DT, at .264/.354/.426. While Corey Hart is having back issues, Dickerson would be an excellent fantasy fill-in, and should continue to see a reasonable amount of playing time even when Hart returns, as a lefty batter backing up three right-handed outfielders. Cain – a great athlete who is considered a very good defender - was moved to right field when both he and Dickerson were in the lineup, indicating how much Ken Macha respects Dickerson's defense. It can't go without noting that Macha also shows a disdain for attempting steals, and that will serve to reduce the fantasy value of both new Brewers centerfielders.
Peter and the Jay: It's almost de rigueur for rookies added to the Value Picks list of outfielders to start off with struggles, and Peter Bourjos has been struggling. Successfully getting a squeeze bunt down yesterday will win points with his manager, and he stole two bases last week, giving him some fantasy relevance. Statistically, his 31 plate appearances are insignificant, so it's recommended to keep the faith as long as Mike Scioscia does, for fantasy teams in need of speed. On the other side, Jon Jay mocks the suggestion that he's not really a .350 hitter by hitting .412 for the week.
Coco and Pie: Coco Crisp may be one of the easiest players to project for a season, but he has some maddening streaks. This week, it was hot, as he hit .476/.500/.714, with 5 runs, 4 RBI, a home run and a stolen base. Pie started all seven games and hit .345/.345/.655, with two homers and a steal. That's the way to impress the new boss!
Writing on the Wall: Speaking of impressing the boss, Rick Ankiel has not done anything to impress his new manager, but Bobby Cox is well-known for being very patient, so don't expect Ankiel to lose playing time yet. Shelley Duncan didn't have a good week, and with the Indians trying to figure out who will be able to start for them in 2011, expect the younger players to gobble up at bats if he doesn't start hitting home runs again soon.
Rob McQuown is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @robmcquown
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Should I drop Carlos Beltran at this point?
Aug 11, 2010 06:26 AM
Rob McQuown
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I bounced this off Joe Hamrahi, who watches the Mets much more than I do, and his perception is that Beltran isn't back yet, health-wise. I'd personally have a difficult time cutting him, but I cut Utley in one of those super-shallow ESPN leagues the week he got hurt, so sometimes you have to do what you have to do to free up roster space. If Beltran isn't 100%, then at least you're not losing much in the way of SB, anyway.
Aug 11, 2010 08:50 AM
So is Brantley again worth consideration for a team in need of steals or is this likely a flukey-good week?
Aug 13, 2010 07:42 AM
Rob McQuown
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Yeah, I don't think I wrote anything I'd change about Brantley in the past... if he's able to keep slapping the ball on the ground, he should have a high BABIP, and he doesn't strike out, so that equates to a high batting average. He clearly has the wheels. Obviously, when a guy's stats are not good, he's always at risk of losing PT during a cold streak.
Aug 16, 2010 21:03 PM
Michael Street
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A few additions to Rob's excellent coverage of Lorenzo Cain, who's looked very good, particularly defensively, and will definitely get his share of the PT down the stretch. He hasn't been pressing too much at the plate, and looks confident and polished.
Aug 14, 2010 13:54 PM
Nice work as always Rob. Would Ryan Raburn and Michael Brantley make the Value Picks next week?
Aug 17, 2010 12:29 PM
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In the powerful conclusion to Robin LaFever's New York Times best-selling His Fair Assassins trilogy, Annith has watched her gifted sisters at the convent come and go, carrying out their dark dealings in the name of St. Mortain, patiently awaiting her own turn to serve Death. But her worst fears are realized when she discovers she is being groomed by the abbess as a Seeress, to be forever sequestered in the rock and stone womb of the convent. Feeling sorely betrayed, Annith decides to strike out on her own. She has spent her whole life training to be an assassin. Just because the convent has changed its mind, doesn't mean she has.
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My experience with Robin LaFevers's His Fair Assassin trilogy was rather mixed. So many people were raving about Grave Mercy when it came out, and I thought it was just okay. Then I read Dark Triumph and had a much better idea of what all the fuss was about. I loved Sybella's story, and it left me itching to read the final installment. Mortal Heart, however, was more in line with Grave Mercy than Dark Triumph for me. I'm as surprised as anyone to find that I loved Sybella's tale the most.
Mortal Heart is Annith's book. Annith, like her sisters, has been trained to be Mortain's assassin. We've had hints of her story in the last two installments. We knew, for example, that the Abbess wants her take over the role of seeress. For Annith, who has been itching to leave the convent and use her acquired skills, this is the last straw. She cannot be trapped at the convent forever. So she leaves under the cover of night.
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My ds (6 1/2 yrs old) has a real difficulty in making decisions- to the point that he practically begs us to choose for him because he CANNOT choose. He thinks about all of the aspects of his choices, becomes stuck, and cant go further. For instance, today I took him and his brother to the magic store for some practical jokes. They could each pick 2. They both took about 10 mins or so looking at the selection and finally we had to go. I told them, ok pick because now we have to go. His brother sort of weighed his options, then decided. DS2 panicked, and in the end, I had to suggest that we check out another store (next door). Once there, he couldn't decide again, and I had to "suggest" that he get a magazine instead. We went to 3 different magazine stores, but he couldn't pick one! For instance, there was 1 mag that he really liked, BUT the little toy that was attached was a cheapie plastic toy phone. He said that he already had a toy phone, so he couldn't possibly get that mag. I explained that he could use that phone on vacation, or leave it at his grandmas, or... sell it at the garage sale- the thing was, the magazine was really nice, but he couldn't even THINK about it because of the phone. Finally, I bought the mag, ripped the phone off the package and threw it in the garbage, gave him the magazine and he was THRILLED- almost as if he was relieved! This is just one instance- he's been like this since he was 3. Does anyone have any hints for excesses or games or websites that can help him to make decisions, and be happy with the ones he's made? Thanks!
I have kids who are a lot like this. Three of them, actually. I don't know whether it's been maturity or something I've done that has helped, but they've got better with time. I think it's linked to perfectionism: these kids don't want to just choose, they want to make the best choice, the optimal choice.
We've played a lot of guessing games. Especially games like twenty questions where a "wrong" guess gets you closer to the answer. Or "I'm Thinking of a Number" where the guesser can only ask numbers, and the thinker says "too big" or "too small" until the right answer is finally discovered. We also played circle rhythmic games (or back-and-forth rhythmic games) where you have to quickly come up with a word that fits into a category.
"Feel - ings!" [clap, clap]
"Jealousy" [clap, clap]
"Vege -tables!" [clap, clap]
"Car - rot!" [clap, clap]
"Mo - vies!!" [clap, clap] etc.
We also practiced a lot of appreciative reflection when my kids were young. For many reasons, but I think it might have also helped them make peace with whatever choices they had made or whatever life threw their way. "What did you like best about this afternoon?" Or "What were your three favourite things from today?" We would all do this at the dinner table. So see the good in whatever came our way.
I think that open-ended choices are especially difficult for kids like ours. Limiting possibilities to two or three can make it easier. When all else fails, I'll randomize the choices for my child. Maybe put the two magazines behind my back, mix them up and say "Pick a hand!" And sometimes, when my kids were too anxious or tired or overwhelmed I'd say "I'm going to choose for you. If you don't like my choice, tell me what you don't like about it and I'll pick something different. But if you're okay with it, that's great."
Hope that gives you some ideas.
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My eldest is like this. Impulse decisions are not her forte! We took a more forceful approach with DD. We found with DD the more time and choices we gave her, the more impossible it was for her to decide and the more stressed she became. We learned to stay calm and not show frustration but to also be firm. If we were at the bookstore and she couldn't decide between 2 books, I'd say "OK, I'm going to get some water from the fountain. When I come back I need your decision." If she still couldn't decide between the items, we left with neither. If she couldn't figure out what game to play, one of us would just decide on a totally different activity. If it was something neccessary like choosing a food at a restaurant, we'd just make the decision. It was frustrating to her in the beginning. We had to explain a few times that she wasn't "in trouble" but that it was just unrealistic for her to expect others to wait endlessly for certain decisions and none of us liked to see her so anxious about it. It did improve things pretty quickly. If she really wanted to play a game and couldn't decide, she started to "inny, meeny mi" it (which was better than totally losing her choice.) She started to figure out her own solutions like buying one book but borrowing another from a friend or from the library. She started to plan out her choices in advanced... going to places with a much stronger idea of what she wanted instead ot going blind. At 14, she's still not as cut-and-dry as her brother who ALWAYS knows exactly what he wants, but her quandaries are at least understandable. I think it helped her figure out that even if she didn't know, even if it might not be the perfect choice, the world didn't end.
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I think going to 5 stores might be too much for a kid who has trouble making choices. It doesn't seem like he needs more choices... if anything, maybe he needs fewer choices? Maybe it's just because DS is so young but the more he struggles to make a choice, the more I need to limit his options and decisions. I know there is a lot of info saying kids needs choices to feel autonomy & control and all, especially here on MDC, but that doesn't work for every kid. Sometimes my kid just needs me to make the choice for him. Sometimes he needs me to just give him 2 options to choose from, instead of 20. Sometimes he needs me to say no to a set of choices -- he sometimes even asks me to say no, like he can't tell himself no so he needs me to. So in your situation, I would have gone to only 1 store. Toward the end of 10 minutes, I'd give him the opportunity to make a choice, and if he couldn't, I'd do something like pick 2 up and ask which he wants. Or just pick up one and hand it to him. He might be thrilled, or he might say, "Oh, I really wanted XYZ, not this," and then he can get XYZ... Taking off the pressure and/or handing over a less-preferred option may make it crystal clear which one he really wanted. Same thing happens to me all the time... DH will say, "What do you want for dinner?" I'll say, "I don't know, whatever." "OK, how about lasagna?" and I'll respond, "Actually, I am really craving potatoes." I can't explain why this is... I swear I'm not trying to be contrary to him lol, but I just didn't know I wanted potatoes until he said lasagna! My other thought is that maybe your DS is holding out for just the right option. So he doesn't see the PERFECT option at store 1, so rather than pick the next best thing, he is going to every store trying to find something that doesn't even exist. So if you cut that off right away by only going to ONE store, it will free him up to choose the best option AT THAT STORE, rather than the best option in the world!
I also like the idea of rhythm games like the pp suggested. I wonder too if those 'choose an ending' books would help him explore the consequences of various choices in a way that is less overwhelming & personal? I think they are called Choose Your Own Adventure or something like that.
I don't know what the answer is, but I can identify. In our case, my ds can feel really blocked when faced with some school decisions. It started out with not being able to finish coloring pages in kindy because he couldn't decide on the right colors, to now not being able to decide on a topic for journal writing, or being able to write on demand. We are starting to work with the idea that there may be an anxiety component to all of this.
ugh i can relate to you both as a mother and a person who gets overwhelmed with choices.
dd shy of 9, still struggles with this.
dd is the thinker - oh gosh we can be there all night. sometimes she even wants me to choose the icecream flavor for her.
i am not sure if i have really helped her.
the two things i have done is first - not given her the choice to think. so for instance we'd be at the toy store. or cake store or any store. and i'd say choose a or b without thinking. then c or d without thinking. and we'd go on with about 5 things. then we'd go back to the choices again a and b and figure out if she had time to think what she would choose. of course this was a game we played coz we obviously couldnt buy anything but it was fun to play. and she'd discover more often then without given the choice to think she actually made the right decision.
i even talk to her that sometimes that's what life is. u just gotta do. you have limited time and you do the best you can. again its one of the things we talk about a lot. always. since she was 4 i think.
i know that feeling of being paralysed at the thought of decision making. overthinking.
sometimes while dd is choosing i show her an option that she hadnt really thought about. we were at a local icecream shop and as usual she was overwhelmed coz they didnt have her then favourite flavor. there was one icecream that didnt look that appetizing and dd didnt even look at it. i just happened to be reading the options and commented on 'folsom prison blueberry' to the clerk on how clever the name was. dd perked up and what the heck. lets try something new. and got that icecream.
i also show dd my own struggles. sometimes truly what looks like a choice is not really a choice. in my world it looks like paper bag vs plastic bags. 6 of one, half a dozen of the other. in dd's world the principle might be similar. i specially share the 'wrong' decisions i made. lack of time i wasnt able to research the issue most so i just went for the best option of that time. well it didnt pay off - but its ok. wasnt that big a deal.
also when we are not actively 'doing' i 'work' through decisions. for her 6th bday she wanted those individual princess cakes. which princess? so we started looking at the faces and started noting how they looked. it surprised dd with how terrible the princesses actually looked. that choice went flying out of the window.
now at almost 9 dd is getting the hang of it. sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do. however i know just like me, its one of those areas where dd will always struggle. i think it just helps her knowing others struggle too. and i am ok with her struggling.
Hi there, I completely understand your son's problem! I was a gifted child and as an adult I am still like this. The problem is, for gifted children there is so much opportunity in everything, and due to their long attention span and their ability to plan in their own mind, they realise that each option would be successful and challenging. For me now (I am 24), I still have trouble with this, however I have learned to pursue one thing at a time. I often have several things going at once and I too feel a sense of relief when a decision over something minute is taken out of my hands (eg if something is out of stock at the supermarket then my brain can stop planning for that meal or whatever). What I have done is find ways to just focus everything on one thing at a time. As soon as I stop or finish all the choices overwhelm me again. Then I choose another. I learned the hard way that it pays to make a choice and then pursue that one to the best of my ability. I am unsure as to what to suggest, however I believe it is perfectly normal that he would be acting in such a way, and the simplest thing I can offer is to limit the choices and don't overwhelm him with a lot of good choices. I believe though, that this is something he will have to work out in his own time.
Anyone reading who is interested in gifted children or gifted education, feel free to join a facebook group I am in called "Gifted Support". Email me at email@example.com for info. The group is a few mums in a friendly place :)
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R100 Aluminum Reflector - For 85 and 105 Watt Energy Miser Big U Lamps - Increase Light Output by 80% in Can Lights is rated out of 5 by 5.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Trbulnc from Great cheap alternative to lighting. Combine reflector and CFL bulbs This is a great alternative to lighting using flourescents. The cost of the reflector plus the bulb was under $50. Simply use a keyless fixture to screw it all in. Installed in my garage with 18ft ceilings and the light is great. Have also had several friends install the same setup and they are very happy also. Great way to get 420 watts per bulb at only 100 watt usage and avoid the expensive sulfides that suck the meter or many flourescent fixtures.
Date published: 2011-06-07
Rated 5 out of 5 by woodworker from Well designed and made reflector Don't put a 105w CFL bulb in without this reflector it doubles the light output by making all the light from the bulb go down no more light on the ceiling where you can't or don't need it I now have 5 light where I had 8 -8' long flor. fixtures for what the reflector and bulb cost is was way cheaper than replacing with new 8' fixtures Would do it all over again they are great
Date published: 2012-02-26
Rated 5 out of 5 by Yoda from Increases Output by a Quantum Leap I bought 4 of these for my home office. I am a lawyer and I spend a lot of time reading documents, so I want my office lit up like an operating room. I also bought the Energy Miser FE-IIIB-105W-65K. This combination does the trick for me. The 6500K color really helps while reading and I have enough lumens so I don't strain my eyes. Now when I come out of my office, it looks like I'm getting off an alien space ship like in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". But be careful - if you stare at the bulbs for 4 or 5 minutes, you will have X-Ray vision.
Date published: 2015-05-28
Rated 5 out of 5 by Mach1 from Perfect match for the 105 CFL Paired with the 105w CFL, I got a fantastic lighting solution.
Date published: 2013-09-03
Rated 5 out of 5 by FatGregory from Great Concentrator Really focuses the light on your work space. If you spray the outer surface with Gold Metallic Paint you get a lovely Bronze color. Very decorative.
Date published: 2013-07-18