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" Based on the highly popular European Touring Car Series. Network play for up to 8 players, Three circuits plus hidden tracks & cars, 2 player split screen option, Choice of 4 cars. Supports Microsoft Force Feedback. System: P90, Windows 95, 16Mb ram, 4 speed drive, 40Mb hard disk space. "
Sega Touring Car Championship, available on the XPLOSIV budget label. The title is getting on a bit and boy, does it show.
This is an arcade conversion that features both the original coin-op and a new version featuring a few new features, such as a Time Attack mode, where you have no opposition but yourself (a ghost car can be switched on so you can gauge exactly how you are doing compared to the previous lap). Basically though this game is all about driving some very powerful cars extremely quickly round a track. You get a choice of Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti, AMG Mercedes C-Class, Opel Calibra V6 and Toyota Supra, and off you go
You start off with a qualifying lap and then get thrown into the race against 7 other cars. In traditional arcade style, you have to cross the line before the time runs out in order to get a time extension and carry on racing. And well, thats it really. It is an arcade-style racing game, pure and simple, in keeping with its coin-op roots. If you want a realistic simulation then forget it.
Unfortunately the age of this game really does make itself manifest once you start playing. The graphics really do look very old and blocky, and though the sound isnt that bad, there really isnt much of it. On the plus side, however, those blocky graphics shoot along at a pretty impressive rate and convey much more of a feeling of speed than many games with far more impressive graphics. The game itself is quite fun but lacks depth after all its one thing to sit in a coin-op clutching a steering wheel racing against your friend who is clutching the steering wheel to your right quite another to just play the game on the computer. The extras that have been added just arent enough to keep you interested though in truth very few people are going to be able to see beyond the stone-age graphics There arent many tracks or cars to choose from, though apparently there are hidden tracks and cars in the game if youre much more patient than me, I guess you might find them! The car handling is a little fiddly but you get used to it quickly, while the physics seem relatively accurate (for an arcade game!).
I cant really complain too much though as the game cost me just one pound (from um.. .the Pound Store! in the Pallisaides in Birmingham City Centre, if anyone wants to go cheap game hunting) and despite looking ancient is actually still quite fun to play. (I also like retro gaming, so that helps!) You can play two-player over a data link, or on the same computer individually trying to get the best time, or together on a split screen. A number of peripherals are supported though I just used the keyboard on this one (adding to the retro feel!).
Theres really not much more to say about it. If you have fond memories of the original coin-op or want a really retro gaming experience for very little money, this will fit the bill nicely. If nothing about the previous sentence relates to you, then youd be far better off avoiding this one.
Having enjoyed the old Sega Rally and the recent Sega Rally 2 I had no hesitation in buying the 1998 Touring Car Championship when I came across it on the budget re-release label 'Expert Software'. It comes in a nice big box covered in lovely graphics but I noticed it didn't weigh much. When I looked inside I found the box to be empty with the exception of the Jewell case containing the CD. The thirty page manual, they informed me, is stored in PDF format on the disc. How kind. Installation is easy enough, it's largely automated with very few choices to be made along the way save for a 'Compact' or 'Full' installation option. The interface relies on the full extent of the function keys with very small menus being attached to each. This becomes very tiresome when setting preferences and all the options could easily have been placed on one screen called up via just the one key. The game was never going to be as slick as Sega Rally 2, after all the minimum requirement asked only for a Pentium 90 and 16MB of RAM. I thought I'd get a good looking game nonetheless, if it had enough options to take advantage of my extra processing power, 3DFX card and 128MB of memory. I was therefore a little disappointed when I found there was no 3DFX support on the version I had bought. The Expert Software website address was provided so I went there in search of a patch. I can tell you there is no support for this game at all on that site. I had to make a general search via Lycos and eventually found a 400K file to upgrade the game giving it a 3DFX capability, Force Feedback support and a solution to a few minor bugs. The game supports analogue steering wheels and pedals as well as the usual joystick and keyboard facilities. The game itself plays in an almost identical manner to the first Sega Rally. The graphics aren't much improved, even with the 3DFX patch they are simply
216;smoothed over', and the sound effects are particularly dated. Only the modern CD soundtrack tells you that you are playing a newer game. A limited selection of four touring cars, namely those from Mercedes, Alfa Romeo, Opel and Toyota, are provided with the two rally cars from Sega Rally guesting as the 'Hidden cars'. There are a good selection of tracks, racing modes and car set-up modes. The real strength of the game lies in it's multi-player abilities. It features split screen play with both players being able to use the keyboard if required. Up to 8 players can play via TCP/IP, modem and serial connections. The game has lots more options and depth than Sega Rally but at the end of the day it doesn't look any better, doesn't play any better and feels immediately dated. Reviewed on Pentium 2 350 unit with 128MB Ram and Voodoo 2 Graphics card. Disc version 2.0


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Hitchcock continues to do this, showing the audience one picture while allowing them to listen to dialogue outside of the picture. In fact, there are many instances when there is no dialogue at all and he allows the picture to speak for itself. For example, during a dinner party at Sebastian's house, one of the Nazi agents makes a scene about a bottle of wine. Nothing is said at the time, just looks passed around the table. Another outstanding instance of this is when Sebastian informs his mother that he has found out that he has married an American agent. Mother Sebastian says nothing, but one handedly gets out a cigarette as she ponders the situation. This is just one part of the collage that adds to the surrealness of the story, in sunny Rio de Janeiro, where certain former German military elite have gathered to recreate their ultra-civilized society and scheme to get back into the "game".
Hitchcock, A. (1946). Notorious. ABC Pictures International, A division of the American Broadcasting Company, Inc. VHS: Anchor Bay Entertainment.
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I'm currently a college student that will transfer to NAAB accredited architecture school within 2 years hopefully, but planning for my career in the future, I have made my mind up to become a licensed architect in another country (my country--Turkey). I am curios whether the 5 year BA Arc degree is a basic undergraduate degree for foreign students or is it just a step to become registered architect in U.S going through the IDP process and the ARE exams. I have searched that mostly countries like UK, Norway, Australia etc. architecture is 5 year degree being a 3+2 year master degree in order to become license. However, in my country architecture is a 4 year degree and you can become a licensed architect. I think that if I'm going to become registered in an another country why should I go through the U.S requirements, going to for an extra year. I'm basically asking if there is an architecture degree that will be enough to get me registered somewhere else, like a 4 year architecture degree. Or is this, BA Arch 5 year degree the only way to get an architecture degree in U.S. I know it's confusing a lot but I will be glad if anyone can help me out or give me any ideas. Thank you!!
There are pre-professional degrees that take 4 years (BA's BS's, etc) But you should check with your country what the requirements are to be licenced, ie: what exact requirements your education has to fulfil, (because I doubt a 4 year pre-professional program will fulfil everything), then compare it to the program curriculum. Also, just straight out ask whatever organisation it is that licences architects in your country if a specific program fulfils their requirements.
If you want to become a registered architect in the US you need to finish the 5 year BArch program. There are 4 year programs in the US such as Bachelor of Science in Architectural Technology or Bachelor of Arts etc. If you will definitely practice in Turkey then you can get one of those 4 year degrees. However, I want to mention that 5 year programs are more design intensive and in Turkey employers care more about your design skills than your construction drawings, it is the opposite in the US. If you know how a building goes together that will give you an advantage in the US but in Turkey you will have to woo the employers with superb 3D rendering skills, bkz: göz boyama.
I also want to say that your foreign degree probably won't impress employers in Turkey. I got my degree in the US and when I went back to Turkey it almost felt like a disadvantage. Why? Because the works I made felt foreign to Turkish employers, some of them mentioned how being used to the US imperial units would cause a problem for me! Also a lot of employers like hiring people from certain universities because they themselves graduated from those schools. If you study in the US you'll have no Turkish network. You'll have no access to alumni. You'll see things like "only apply if you're from ITU". If you're going to work in Turkey you really don't have to study abroad. Of course this depends on the field but in architecture, sometimes getting a foreign degree makes the matters worse.
I love these questions... is it worth doing this or that...
It boils down to two things: 1) personal will and 2) practicality
By personal will, I mean that you have to do your own reading in terms of why someone would want to get a 5 year B.Arch in the first place... which also then relates to Practicality in terms of weather or not the licensing process is the same in Turkey as the United States...
I think that if your long term goal is to work within Europe or Turkey, get a degree that allows you to get a license via RIBA... RIBA is recognized in most (if not all) European countries and in Asia as well... That being said, transfer to a European School... the licensing process is faster as well. You get a license right out of school after completing a Master's Program.
There is a lot to consider when thinking about becoming an Architect. Not only the education, but afterwards when you are an intern and then a licensed Architect. The profession is very demanding and we are very underpaid.
Here is a book that was written by an Architect and would be very good reading for you before you make a decision:
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Even though the fire destroyed everything in the apartment located just east of downtown, the family is thankful everyone made it out OK, thanks to the quick thinking of the oldest child.
"I wasn't thinking about anything but my brothers and getting them out of the house. I have a 6-month-old brother, so I just was just thinking about getting my brothers out of the house," said Emoni Williamson. "I wasn't thinking about anything else."
Emoni said it all happened very quickly.
"We were in the house all relaxed. The next thing we knew we were smelling smoke. I just took all my brothers out of the house and ran to my grandma's house," she said.
The fire started just before noon Thursday inside a unit at the Parker Square Apartment complex, located in the 1600 block of Mary Lou Williams Drive, which is near the intersection of Ninth Street and Woodland Avenue. It damaged two units.
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Emoni called 911, then her mother.
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By the time Watson made it home the fire was out. She said her daughter is a hero.
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The Red Cross said they'll be providing housing, food and clothing for the 11 children and three adults from the two families who are now homeless after Thursday's fire.
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Obtaining the Skill
* Talk to Aodhan in Emain Macha about "Skills" whilst Dual Wielding. He will give you the keyword "Twin Sword".
* Talk to Nicca with the keyword "Twin Sword". He will give you a Quest Scroll (size: 2x2). Make sure you have enough room for it, or he won't give it to you.
1. You can not have any other quests to learn other skills (Such as Arrow Revolver or Fireball) or Nicca will not let you start the quest.
* The Quest conditions involve:
1. Sketch a Statue that is holding two swords, and give the sketch to Nicca. The statue is found via Exploration somewhere on the mesa that contains the sun landmark in Rano (the north end of Kaypi Canyon). Its exact location is randomized.
2. Nicca will give you a fragment of a statue, which you must use to enter a special version of Karu Forest Dungeon. You can bring a party with you to clear it. However, only you will advance in the quest as a result. The other party members will still get the chest at the end, but they won't advance in the Final Hit quest -- only the leader will.
3. Report to Nicca once you've cleared it.
4. Sketch a Glowing Statue that is holding two swords. It is the exact same statue as you had to sketch before (the one holding two swords), but because of thunderstorm it glows. Once you sketch the statue, or buy the sketch, talk to Nicca. The statue is again found via Exploration somewhere on the mesa that contains the sun landmark in Rano. Its exact location is randomized.
* This requires the weather in the Rano region to be thunderstorming (100% rain), which occurs approximately once per real day.
* Use one of the weather timers listed on the weather page.
* The sketch can be traded and/or bought from other players.
5. Give the sketch to Nicca, and then use the relic he gives you to enter a special version of Maiz Prairie Dungeon. You may and will most likely need to bring a party. However, you must be the party leader in order to meet the quest requirement. Only you as the party leader will advance in the quest as a result. The other party members will still get the chest at the end, but they won't advance in the Final Hit quest. Make sure that you stock up on anything that you will need because the dungeon is difficult.
* After completing the Quest, you will be awarded with the Final Hit skill.
Advice: Save 5 AP in order to use it. It is not possible to use Final Hit at Novice Rank.
Guide http://forum.nexon.net/Mabinogi/forums/thread/2321737.aspx This is a good guide with pictures.
[link=http://wiki.mabinogiworld.com/index.php?title=Final_Hit]Final Hit[/link]
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GeneralWooI (Topic Creator)8 years ago#3
But I'm wondering about this...
* Use one of the weather timers listed on the weather page.
What weather page?>_>... a real life one?
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Not sure which one is accurate.
MrEngenious 8 years ago#5
I personally use the second link and it's pretty accurate.
GeneralWooI (Topic Creator)8 years ago#6
Ok.... I'm now at Karu dungeon... but no one ever goes there and I need a party D:
Pretty moronic they package this when the place is only in FOUR STATES
I'm not going across the continent to get a taco...-skinnyguy1234
Solo it....It's pretty much like Ciar Normal.
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I can't do Ciar Normal either ._.
Stupid goblins having to multi aggro and attack me...
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Donald Trump's hard line on immigration has been one of the defining aspects of his campaign, and one of the most controversial. Will the GOP nominee soften his stance during the final presidential debate? Helen Aguirre Ferre, director of Hispanic communications for the RNC, joins CBSN with more on Trump's campaign rhetoric.


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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: ROSE CASTLE
List entry Number: 1087473
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Cumbria
District: Carlisle
District Type: District Authority
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GV I Castle, residence of the Bishop of Carlisle. Built on the site of an earlier castle: probably late C13 with licences to crenellate 1336 and 1355: Strickland Tower c1400-1419: 1488 tower for Bishop Bell: 1522-4 tower for Bishop Kite: partly destroyed during the Civil War and repaired by William Heveningham as a private house 1653-5: alterations of 1673-5 for Bishop Rainbow by William Thackery: alterations for Bishop Smith by Thomas Machell: alterations for Bishop Lyttelton 1762-9: extensive alterations and additions for Bishop Percy by Thomas Rickman 1828-31: alterations dated 1955. Chapel: 1489 for Bishop Bell, altered 1660-63 for Bishop Sterne, altered 1673-5 for Bishop Rainbow by William Thackery and further alterations for Bishop Percy, as above. Large blocks of red sandstone on chamfered plinths; string courses and battlemented parapets; slate and lead roofs; tall C19 candlestick chimney stacks. Four 3-storey towers, hall and chapel in L-shape, forming 2 sides of an originally quadrangular shaped castle. Entrance facade: 3-storey entrance tower of 2-bays has pointed entrance and 2-light Gothic windows. Similar lower 2 bays to right are also by Rickman. Remains of C14 inner curtain wall to left now forms rear wall of chapel. Bell's Tower to left, Strickland's Tower to extreme left attached by lowered inner curtain wall. Garden facade in L-shape: right is the chapel, with 2-light windows, larger on upper floor, 3-light east window. Broad buttress projecting from east wall supports C19 open Gothic bellcote. Strickland's Tower to extreme right has external stone steps to first floor entrance. Projecting circular stair turret from first floor continues above parapet. To left: hall with stone mullioned Gothic windows. End wall to left was altered in 1955 with 2-light stone mullioned windows in keeping with the building, dated over entrance. Rear facade: 3-storey Kite's Tower has blocked ground floor entrance and 2-light stone-mullioned windows. Percy's Tower and similar extension to left are by Rickman.
See J. Wilson, Rose Castle, 1912; J.F. Curwen, Castles & Towers of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1913, pp227-234; Transactions Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, old series, ii, pp156-165 and new series, lvi, pp132-141; Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society, new series, 27, pp61-76. All other associated buildings are listed separately. Outbuildings are of little interest.
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Curwen, J F , Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland and Westmorland, (1913), 227-234
Wilson, J, Rose Castle, (1912)
'Transactions Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society' in Transactions Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, (), 132-141
'Transactions Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society' in Transactions Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, (), 156-165
'Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society' in New Series, , Vol. 27, (), 61-76
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Our Team at STOWiki.org recently sat down with Craig Zinkievich, the Executive Producer for Star Trek Online, to talk about the most recent content release and what stage the game is in after it's early February release.
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Craig: My name is Craig Zinkievich and I am the Executive Producer for Star Trek Online.
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STOWiki: Congratulations on the launch of the game - Can you tell us about recent content additions, fixes, and things you're already working on since the release a few weeks back?
Craig: We just released some endgame Borg-themed episodes. These aren't the Borg from TNG, either. These guys are faster, more advanced and even more dangerous than before. We're planning on releasing more endgame stuff every couple weeks over the next couple months. In addition to all that endgame content, we've got some Klingon PvE coming, as well as a tier 2 Klingon cruiser.
We've also been doing bug and balance fixes as quickly as we can. We're taking issues players have very seriously, and have been working round the clock to ensure their play experience is as perfect as it can be.
To read more from this interview visit the STOWiki.org's interview with Craig Zinkievich!


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(TEL AVIV, Israel) — A few days after video of a woman being stripped and beaten by the government military in Egypt hit the Internet, women took to the streets in protest, and now, the ruling military council has issued an apology.
On Tuesday, thousands of Egyptian women turned out in Cairo — in what could possibly be the largest women's protest ever in the country — to rally against the military's treatment of women during recent violence. The demonstration came on the heels of several days of intense and bloody clashes.
One image of the violent crackdown has highlighted the brutality and has drawn global condemnation — that of a veiled Muslim woman stripped bare as a soldier stomped on her chest.
In a rare move, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces issued a statement Wednesday, saying: "The Supreme Council express its great regret to the great women of Egypt for the violations that took place during the recent events, in the demonstrations that took place at the parliament and the ministers' council, and reassure its respect and appreciation for Egyptian women and their right in protesting and their active positive participation in the political life."
The ruling military council added that, "all legal measures have been taken to hold accountable all those responsible for these violations."
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Brooklyn Museum Presents Newspaper Fiction 1/20-10/28
Newspaper Fiction: The New York Journalism of Djuna Barnes, 1913-1919, an exhibition of 45 objects including drawings, works on paper, documentary photographs, and stories in newsprint by the celebrated writer and early twentieth-century advocate for women's rights Djuna Barnes (American, 1892-1982), will be presented in the Herstory Gallery of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art from January 20 through October 28, 2012. Among the works on view will be eight illustrations Barnes composed to accompany her newspaper columns.
The Herstory Gallery is devoted to the remarkable contributions of the women represented in The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago, on permanent view in the adjacent gallery. Barnes is one of 1,038 women honored in Chicago's iconic feminist work.
Prior to publishing the modernist novels and plays for which she is now remembered, such as Ryder (1928), Nightwood (1936), and The Antiphon (1958), which present complex portrayals of lesbian life and familial dysfunction, Barnes supported herself as a journalist and illustrator for a variety of daily newspapers and monthly magazines, including the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, McCall's, Vanity Fair, Charm, and the New Yorker.
Brought up in an unconventional household, Barnes developed an outsider's perspective on "normal" life that served her well as a writer. Her liberal sexuality fit in perfectly with the bohemian lifestyle of Greenwich Village and, later, the lesbian expatriate community in Paris. From her first articles in 1913 until her departure for Europe in 1921, Barnes specialized in a type of journalism that was less about current events and more about her observations of the diverse personalities and happenings that gave readers an intimate portrait of her favorite character-New York City. Attempting to capture its transition from turn of the century city to modern metropolis, Barnes developed her unique style of "newspaper fictions," offering impressionistic observations and dramatizing whatever she felt to be the true significance or subtexts of a story.
Newspaper Fiction: The New York Journalism of Djuna Barnes, 1913-1919 is organized by Catherine Morris, Curator of the Elizabeth A. Sackler center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum.
We gratefully acknowledge Beth M. Alvarez, Curator of Literary Manuscripts, and the staff of the Archives and Manuscripts Department of the University of Maryland Libraries for their support for the planning and coordination of the exhibition.
This exhibition is made possible by the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation. It will be accompanied by a series of educational programs to be announced at a later date.
Follow the Brooklyn Museum's Press Office on Twitter at BklynMuseumNews.


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Briefly explain economy.
The term economy is an English cognate of the Greek "oikonomia", a compound of "oikos" (household) and "nomos" (custom). It originally referred to the study of household management. In England, and feudal states in general in the middle ages, all land was technically owned by the king and part of his household, and managed by his vassals, and thus oikonomia or oeconomics (later "economics") was used to describe management of national wealth. By the 18th century, as the wealth of nations became legally distinct from the kings "privy purse", the term "political economy" arose to describe the management of the "polis" or state, and the general term "economics" to cover the science concerning exchanges of goods and labour.
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February 5, 2015 6:00 am
We move ever closer to a catcher-framing metric that captures a player's true value.
Last year, Baseball Prospectus introduced our Regressed Probabilistic Model (or "RPM") for catcher pitch-framing. RPM uses PITCHf/x data to increase the measured accuracy of the actual contributions made by catchers. But RPM also suffered from two limitations. First, because PITCHf/x data was not publicly available before 2008, RPM could only measure catcher framing from recent seasons. Second, it relied primarily on a piecemeal approach to identifying the individual contributions of pitchers, umpires and catchers.
This year, we are pleased to announce an improvement that will address both limitations. We propose to move RPM from a "With or Without You" (WOWY) comparison method to a mixed model we call "CSAA" —"Called Strikes Above Average." This new model allows simultaneous consideration of pitcher, catcher, batter, umpire, PITCHf/x, and other data for each taken pitch over the course of a season, and by controlling for each of their respective contributions will predict how many called strikes above (or below) average each such participant was worth during a particular season. Although PITCHf/x data is preferable when available, the mixed model (in a revised, "Retro" form) will allow us to live without it when need be, permitting us to project regressed framing of catchers all the way back to 1988, when pitch counts were first officially tracked.[1] This same technique developed for Retrosheet can also be applied to recent minor-league data to provide an even deeper view into the progression and value of this skill.
July 8, 2014 6:00 am
Russell Martin talks catching, and a look at outliers around the league.
Formerly the pregame/postgame radio host for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Rocco is now a freelance writer, broadcaster, and podcaster. You may remember him from Episode 31 of the Up & In podcast. Follow his tweets here.
Given the roster of talented baseball researchers and essayists here at BP, most of whom pen 1,500-word theses on this inefficiency or that, there would seem to be an opportunity for some counter-programming—something more bite-sized and consumable. A piece to balance out the menu, to diversify our portfolio.
July 2, 2014 1:08 pm
The best and worst receptions, with glorious GIFs and graphs.
At the end of April, I brought back my weekly catcher framing series from 2013 in a new, monthly form (and came back for more after May). I mentioned this then, but as a refresher, here's where you can find catcher receiving stats at Baseball Prospectus:
June 4, 2014 10:16 am
Framing leaders, best and worst receptions, and a bunch of glorious GIFs.
Earlier this year, I brought back my weekly catcher framing series from 2013 in a new, monthly form. I mentioned this then, but as a refresher, here's where you can find receiving stats at Baseball Prospectus:
May 19, 2014 11:09 am
At one position, the A's are still Moneyballing like it's 1999.
For the most part, pitch receiving operates on a level that's easy to overlook. Over thousands of pitches, certain catchers establish an edge, and those edges add up in a way we can't see without looking at a leaderboard. Every now and then, though, framing on a small scale comes to the fore, usually when it leads to a larger event. Brett Lawrie, let's say, strikes out looking out a pitch that appears to be outside, hurls his batting helmet at the home plate umpire, and gets ejected from the game. Our first impulse, like Lawrie's, is to blame the umpire who blew the call. After reviewing the video, though, we realize that the real culprit was Jose Molina, in the catcher's box, with the catcher's glove. The ump was a red herring, a patsy, or maybe an unwitting accomplice.
May 7, 2014 10:05 am
Framing leaders, best and worst receptions, and a bunch of glorious GIFs.
September 20, 2013 8:08 am
The best and worst receivers of the week(s) and year, with end-of-season minor-league stats.
2013 League Leaders
Jose Molina, -24.6 (5259)
August 26, 2013 12:00 am
The best and worst receivers of the week (s) and season, with a cameo from Vin Scully and a closer look at Travis d'Arnaud.
Haven't done one of these in a while, but absence from framing makes the heart grow fonder. Time to play catch-up!
We'll start with Vin Scully, who just decided to return for season no. 65. If you don't follow me, you might've missed this, and we can't have that:
August 7, 2013 8:10 am
A new argument in favor of reviving a long-extinct species.
On July 9, 2013, Sir James Paul McCartney performed at Boston's Fenway Park on one leg of his Out There Tour, which has seen him rocking in an amphitheatre from 30 A.D. and coming under attack by thousands of grasshoppers. While he was at the oldest big league park, footage of him holding a baseball bat was taken, as you can see at the 0:44 mark of this video. Two things immediately appear to the attentive baseball fan: 1) the former Beatle features a Ty Cobb-like split hand grip and 2) he swings from the right side despite being a southpaw.
McCartney is not alone in the latter trait, Rickey Henderson and the elder George Bush being notable precedents. However, throwing from the portside while swinging from starboard is not advantageous, as you forfeit the frequent platoon advantage at the plate, plus the possibility of playing three infield positions.
July 29, 2013 12:00 am
The best and worst receivers of the week and season so far.
We were off last week because of the All-Star break, so this edition will cover the two weeks since last time.
Framing-related link
July 15, 2013 12:00 am
The best and worst receivers of the week and season so far.
We were off last week for the holiday, so this edition will cover the two weeks since last time.
2013 League Leaders (Out-of-zone strikes and in-zone balls, not adjusted for other factors)
July 1, 2013 12:00 am
The best and worst receivers of the week and season so far.
2013 League Leaders (Out-of-zone strikes and in-zone balls, not adjusted for other factors)
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The Monsters need wins.
Unfortunately for Lake Erie, it was all but mathematically eliminated from a playoff berth with a 5-2 drubbing by the Rockford IceHogs Wednesday night in front of 5,439 fans at Quicken Loans Arena
However, judging the success of the Monsters' American Hockey League team is not done solely by playoff berths, wins and losses.
Rockford (37-31-0-6) started fast, and more importantly, finished the game even stronger.
The Ice Hogs opened the scoring at the 4-minute, 12-second mark of the first period. Rockford's Evan Brophey found himself alone at the left post and easily put defenseman Jordan Henry's rebound past Monsters goaltender Jason Bacashihua.
Lake Erie (32-35-3-5), as it has done so many times in its noble late-season playoff run, answered on the power play to tie the game, 1-1. Captain Chris Durno scored his team-leading 17th goal with 1:47 left in the first period. Durno scored a nifty backhander from the left post that beat IceHogs netminder Antti Niemi under his right arm.
Lake Erie started the second period with three power-play opportunities but was unable to convert. Rockford took the momentum and never looked back by scoring four straight goals to put the game out of reach midway through the final period.
"We talked about having a good start against these guys," said Monsters coach Joe Sacco. "We had some chances to make it 2-1, but we never capitalized."
The Monsters, with their decimated and almost daily fluctuating roster due to call-ups and injuries, was uncharacteristically outworked the last two periods by a Rockford team that is trying to secure its own playoff berth.
"We didn't match their intensity and they were more desperate then we were," said Sacco, who never accepts excuses for poor play. "I don't harp on that part of the game (injuries and call-ups). We have had some adversity this year, but that goes with the territory in this league."
The Monsters' Bryan Marshall scored the final goal of the game late in the third period.
"We have relied heavily on certain players to carry the load this year, and they probably are running out of gas," said the always straight-forward Sacco. "I am proud of our guys. Our team has improved this year, and if we keep heading in that direction, we will be a playoff team next year."
General Manager David Oliver and the coaching staff have excelled at developing players in their two years with Lake Erie. The Monsters have had 14 players called up to their NHL parent club. Those promotions set a Colorado Avalanche record for AHL call-ups in one season.
Lake Erie has five games remaining this season. The next home game is Saturday against the Houston Aeros. Faceoff is at 7:30 p.m. at The Q.


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ANOTHER day, another recall from General Motors.
At least that's the way it seems as the automaker reviews safety issues across its line-up of cars and trucks in the wake of a mishandled recall of millions of older small cars.
The number of recalls issued this year by America's top carmaker rose Tuesday to 29 as GM announced four separate actions affecting 2.4 million cars and trucks. While no fatalities were involved in the latest recalls, the problems were serious enough that GM has temporarily halted sales of the vehicles.
GM has recalled 13.6 million vehicles in the US since early February. That's more than the total number of cars it sold here in the last five years, and already surpasses GM's previous US recall record of 10.75 million vehicles, set in 2004.
By comparison, rival Ford has recalled 1.2 million vehicles in the U.S. this year, while Toyota has recalled 2.9 million, according to federal data and the companies.
Here are the 10 largest U.S. recalls the company has announced this year:
• 2.4 million midsize cars because the brake light wires can corrode, causing the lights to fail. Includes 2004-2012 Chevrolet Malibu, Pontiac G6 and Saturn Aura.
• 2.2 million small cars for defective ignition switches. The recall (which totals 2.6 million worldwide), includes the 2005-2007 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5; 2003-2007 Saturn Ion; and 2006-2007 Chevrolet HHR, Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky, and any newer models from 2008-2011 that got the switches as replacement parts.
• 2.2 million small cars to replace ignition lock cylinders so drivers can't remove their keys while the engine is running. Affects the same vehicles involved in the ignition switch recall.
• 1.3 million small and midsize cars because the electronic power assist can stop working. Includes the 2004-2005 Chevrolet Malibu, 2009-2010 Chevrolet HHR and 2008-2009 Saturn Aura.
• 1.3 million crossovers because the front safety lap belt cables can wear down and separate over time. Includes the 2009-2014 Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, GMC Acadia and Saturn Outlook.
• 1.2 million crossovers because their side airbags, front centre airbags and seat belt pretensioners might not deploy if drivers ignore an airbag warning light on their dashboard.
Includes the 2008-2013 Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia; 2009-2013 Chevrolet Traverse; and 2008-2010 Saturn Outlook.
• 1.1 million midsize cars because a shift cable can wear out over time, making it impossible to change gears or remove the key from the ignition. Includes 2004-2008 Chevrolet Malibu and 2005-2008 Pontiac G6.
• 490,000 pick-ups and SUVs because transmission oil can leak from a fitting and hit hot surfaces, causing fires. Includes the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500 pick-ups and 2015 Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe and GMC Yukon and Yukon XL.
• 303,000 pick-ups because the exhaust components can overheat and start a fire. Includes the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra.
• 303,000 vans because the material on the instrument panel might not adequately protect unbelted passengers' heads in a crash. Includes 2009-2014 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana.


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Make adjustments but don't quit
If there's one best thing I've learned from distance running and cycling, it is this. You will encounter pain, setbacks, frustration and lack of desire with any physical activity you take on. Any one of these can be a reason to hang up your shoes or park your bike. Or it can be a catalyst to make adjustments.
Even the tiniest of changes can be a giant help. New shoe inserts and a Velcro thigh strap helped me through a marathon. Adjusting the seat height by a half an inch made a difference in my century ride.
I think many new athletes have a tendency to want to "fix something once and for all" but it doesn't work that way. A fix in one area can cause a new problem in another. You have to be willing to keep experimenting and accepting that this is part of the process. The rewards are worth it if you can stick with it.
Now stay with me on this leap of logic. I have family members and very close friends battling life and death diseases right now. There's really no equivalence between running a marathon and going through cancer treatment, but I think there are similarities in the way you tackle them both:
- Set a clear goal
- Learn all you can
- Follow the plan
- Make adjustments
Even the most gifted athletes get frustrating injuries. And even the toughest fighters have dark moments of doubt. One thing that all champions and all survivors have in common is that they don't quit.
If you have quitting on your mind right now, pick up the phone and call that friend who knows what you've been through… one who will remind you of your greatest moments of strength. Then get back to making adjustments and getting back on track.
You can get through this. Please don't quit.
11 Comments on "Make adjustments but don't quit"
September 6, 2012 at 7:16 am
Well stated – from a mom who knows caring for a terminally child
September 6, 2012 at 7:31 am
ABSOLUTELY A GREAT POST! I STARTED ON MY LIFE CHANGE, TO ACCOMPLISH A GOAL WHICH MOST PEOPLE WOULD THINK "OVER THE TOP", BUT I'VE DONE IT, "OVER THE TOP". iT'S ABOUT PERSEVERANCE, AND BELIEVING YOU CAN; AFTER ALL, "ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD"!
September 6, 2012 at 7:35 am
Great post, David. Adjustments are a part of life. I think it has more to do with perspective and attitude and of course the situation.
For example, students who are struggling with a tough curriculum in school or frustrated employees at a job or people who are in challenging communication situations at home, work or even in neighborhood communities….
It's about PERSPECTIVE to make ADJUSTMENTS and RE-EXAMINATION – again and again. In most situations it is more about the viewpoint from a reactive stance related to quitting or not quitting.
Let's take the kid who just can't get math. Their first reaction may make them want to quit. And of course a parent or teacher will say "Stick with it, don't quit." But that doesn't make the kid want to quit math any less. Enter in the substitute professor who says "Just pretend that the numbers are baseballs." Suddenly the kid who really has a passion for baseball can do math because they see that these numbers aren't really all that evil, they just needed to shift perspective in how they looked at those numbers.
The human brain may actually be the same brain in another human, but not everybody thinks the same way.
People get stuck on thinking one way is right or another is how things should be. Ego gets involved with some ways of thinking and others sometimes say 'that's just how it is so accept it.' But the problem with people quitting anything in life, it has to do with how their mind works and what their experiences are to actually help them make the shift in seeing something outside their comfort zone of where they are.
If you're on a basketball team and your coach says "Always hand the ball to Jerry…. he's faster and more agile." But the taller player Adam in the game wants to quit, because it is favoritism, and the coach is not really presenting the truth, as speed and agility really don't always apply in every play, sometimes you need height…
ADJUSTMENTS. Adam's ego made him want to quit. It depends on how Adam either shifts his mindset or re-examines the situation. Maybe it's not Jerry's fault or the coach's fault. Maybe Adam hasn't been aggressive in the game to show his potential. Sometimes quitting can have a lot to do with one's actions or lack of actions.
But maybe volleyball is a better sport for Adam…..he can use his height and have a better shot at being his best because it's a different kind of team sport.
If we keep checking in with ourselves through RE-EXAMINATION,
and be honest with PERSPECTIVE and make ADJUSTMENTS and keep repeating this process, there is a way for every person to deal with every challenge they face. But the answers or formula are not the same for everyone to reach the same destination.
Since no two people are exactly the same, the way they approach the challenge may not be correct in approaching it the same way. It is possible for people to reach the same result through different formulas or scenarios based on what their individual conflicts are. 🙂
September 6, 2012 at 9:54 am
Totally agree David. As I move towards my Holistic Nutrition practice I realize working with a practice client that it's great to set guidelines, not rules. Rules are hard and rigid, where guidelines leave one to flexibility to fit individual needs. To me nutrition is about nurturing one self and others, LOVE. That takes a lot of adjustments, whether it is in athletics or in disease. Blessings
September 6, 2012 at 10:59 am
This is certainly a work in progress. I should have known better than to expect a linear result of success, but still hoped for it. Now I'm coming to terms with the physical (and mental) setbacks and obstacles of long term chemo, acknowledging them and figuring a way around the obstacle. Pre-cancer I would just bust right through it, now it's a finesse game around or even under the obstacle. Please know that during many workouts or training runs when I'm hitting the wall, thinking of stopping or slowing down, I think of all of your collective efforts on my behalf. That propels me with a little boost of motivation to do a few more reps or run a little further before walking. Find out what motivates or inspires you and use the energy it gives you to push your personal envelope just a little further. You'll be pleasantly surprised at what you can achieve!
September 6, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Jeff… your trek has been inspiring. And sometimes I know it is tough for people to marvel at your strength and endurance while sometimes some days are easier than others. Watching my father go through chemo and my mother battle Alzheimer's and breast cancer for 26 years, I can tell you that you are allowed to be human and feel what you feel. This is your right and no one ever judges whether you have a bad day or a good day. When fighting the good fight, it is a rollercoaster. But the hardest fight is battling yourself and what ping-pongs in your head at night. I know that it is not easy.
It is in these times, when some days are a tad tougher than others, I want to remind you….
KNOW that you are loved.
KNOW that people believe in you.
KNOW that you CAN CONQUER anything, because you
already have.
TAKE STOCK in your progress and what you have overcome thus far…….it is miraculous to say the least.
Also know that you have the power to continue to fight through. The adjustments you make get easier through applying your right brain creativity while you keep fighting.
This may seem silly, but you will smile when you do this:
Get a glass out of the cupboard.
Pretend you are blind and close your eyes.
You are thirsty and you need to fill the glass,
but you don't want to spill the water and make a huge mess.
So how do you fill the glass almost to the top and quench your thirst without spilling the water with your eyes closed?
* Do you 'listen' to the water hitting the bottom of the glass and
pay attention to the pitch as it gets fuller to know that it is full since you can't see it?
* Do you place one finger inside the glass close to the top of the rim, to feel when it reaches the tip to know that it is full and so you can stop filling it because the water reaches the top?
Have you noticed that filling the glass with water with your eyes closed is not impossible, if you look at your creative options in your mind and shift with this ONE SIMPLE ADJUSTMENT to your condition?!
YES. It is possible to fill that glass.
And so I share this with you to show you NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. More importantly, YOU CAN DO IT. YOU CAN ACHIEVE what seems impossible, with just this shift.
Earlier in my post reply, I talk about PERSPECTIVE AND ADJUSTMENT…….but now I am sighting an example ironically
for those who 'lose sight' in just that by showing it can be done.
You are strong.
You can fight.
You can move mountains.
Mind over matter.
Your will can indeed succeed.
Sending God's greatest blessings, love and support.
You have a captive group here, cheering you on, every step of the way. We believe in your fight and plight and
appreciate your showing up every single day……….
You need to do nothing more or meet anyone's expectations.
Realize that you are pretty incredible just as you are!!!
God speed.
Stay focused and know…… YOU CAN DO IT!!!!
September 8, 2012 at 9:01 am
Self-motivation is an illusive concept. Those who are internally motivated, need little external encouragement. However those who lack self-motivation, can't just get it from pep-talk. Telling a person who lacks motivation "don't quit" is about as useful as telling an alcoholic "don't drink". I believe the key is getting the right support system. Hence I agree with the last paragraph in the blog which suggests reaching out to friends who can truly support you in time of need. But what about those who lack such a support framework? Not much hope for them I suppose.
January 17, 2013 at 9:22 pm
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David Jolly isn't yet worrying about Beverly Young's 2016 challenge
U.S. Rep. David Jolly expressed concern about plenty of issues during the Suncoast Tiger Bay political club luncheon in St. Petersburg on Monday, but the 2016 election wasn't one of them.
Jolly already is facing Libertarian Lucas Overby in his Nov. 4 re-election bid. The Democrats did not field a candidate. Jolly took the seat in a special election after Young died last October. Young's widow Beverly had said her husband hand-picked Jolly to be his successor, but has since announced she will run for the seat herself in 2016.
Jolly has endorsed Bill Young's son Billy in his bid for the Pinellas Florida House district 68 seat currently held by Democrat Dwight Dudley.
But as for Beverly Young's upcoming challenge, Jolly isn't worried just yet.
"2016's a long ways away," Jolly said. "Look, there's probably four people in this room that'll be running against me come 2016."


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GENEVA — The illegal trade in kidneys has become so rampant that more than one of the organs is traded every hour, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Every year, some 10,000 illegal kidney operations take place — about 75 percent of the black market of all organs traded worldwide — the Guardian reported Sunday, citing Dr. Luc Noel, a WHO official who monitors trends in human organ transplants.
The increasing number of people suffering from diseases such as heart problems, diabetes and high blood pressure is pushing the rise in the illicit trade of kidneys.
"There is a growing need for transplants and big profits to be made. It's ever growing, it's a constant struggle. The stakes are so big, the profit that can be made so huge, that the temptation is out there," Noel said.
According to the WHO, organ brokers prey on the poor and vulnerable, paying them about US$5,000 for their kidneys.
"Donate a kidney, buy the new iPad!" a broker in China advertised, offering $3,920 per kidney.
The organ can later sell for several times the original sale price, with wealthy patients traveling to China, India or Pakistan for a $200,000 transplant.
The practice is not confined to third world countries. Last week a doctor, along with nine other people, was arrested by Israeli police on suspicion of belonging to an international trafficking ring.
"The people who gain are the rich transplant patients who can afford to buy a kidney, the doctors and hospital administrators, and the middlemen, the traffickers. It's absolutely wrong, morally wrong," Jim Feehally, a professor at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS trust, said.
In 2010, out of 106,879 solid organs transplanted in 95 countries, about 73,179 — or 68.5 percent — were kidneys, WHO data reveal.
The WHO noted that the 106,879 transplants, which included legal and illegal surgeries, only fulfilled 10 percent of worldwide need. The number did not factor in transplants that the organization did not know about.


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Who makes what at the White House
WASHINGTON – Working at the White House may well be the most pressure-packed office job on the planet. So is President Barack Obama's staff getting paid top dollar to run the country.
According to salaries made public Friday, 141 of the 454 employees who work at the White House earn more than $100,000 a year. Of those, 21 earn the highest salary of $172,200 (14 of them men, seven women). Overall, the White House payroll has dropped $1.7 million from 2010.
There are some familiar names on the list of top money earners, including:
Chief of Staff Bill Daley
Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett
Press Secretary Jay Carney
National Security Adviser Tom Donilon
Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough
Counterterrorism chief John Brennan
Head speechwriter Jon Favreau
Senior adviser David Plouffe
Deputy Senior Adviser Stephanie Cutter
Peter Rouse, counselor (and former interim chief of staff).
Nancy Ann DeParle, deputy chief of staff.
Communications director Dan Pfeiffer
Three policy advisers are listed as having $0 in salary, apparently working on fellowships.
So what are the lowest-paying White House position?
The West Wing secretary earns $42,000 – the bottom rung on the salary scale – as do staff assistants. Senior White House writers earn $50,000 (typically, the word guys are undervalued) and media minders make the same. In all, 142 people at the White House earn less than $50k.
A few other interesting notes: Reggie Love, the former Duke University basketball star who works as Obama's personal assistant (quite possibly the most demanding job in the White House) earns $102,000. White House social secretary Jeremy Bernard, the first man to hold that job, makes $118,000.
Obama's golfing buddies might want to be careful when making side bets on the links with their boss. Of the president's three most regular golfing partners, only trip director Marvin Nicholson makes six figures, at $130,000. David Katz, a former campaign photographer now working as a senior adviser earns $92,001, while press aide Ben Finkenbinder (he's listed as the 'press pool wranger' but what he does is herd reporters assigned to keep an eye on Obama's movements) makes $50,000.
Obama earns $400,000 as president.


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Australian businessman and owner of Blue Star Cruise Line, Professor Clive Palmer, hosted the black-tie event aboard the retired 'USS Intrepid'.
The organizers say that the event was attended by a who's who of world leaders, senior diplomats and major political figures, who were treated to a lavish 11-course menu, first class entertainment and the unveiling of Titanic II blueprints.
Singer/songwriter Roxy Darr's rendition of the song 'My Heart Will Go On', impressed Professor Palmer to the extent that he uploaded a video of her performance onto social networking site Vimeo.
Blue Star add that they consider that Titanic II has captured the world's imagination since Professor Palmer announced that his shipping company, would recreate the famous ship in honour of the 100 year anniversary of the launch and untimely fate of the original Titanic. While every bit as luxurious as her namesake, Titanic II will have every modern amenity along with 21st century technology and the latest navigation and safety systems.
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Podcasts I Listen To, 2012 Edition
It's been a while since I took the time to write about the podcasts I listen to, so I thought I'd update my list. If you're interested in comparison, here's the original post I did describing podcasts I was listening to on a regular basis, in September 2009. Many of them are the same; notable absences are the LOST Podcast (show's done) and Mugglecast (no more Harry Potter books). Clearly, I need to find some great, new podcasts to listen to.
Any suggestions?
In roughly decreasing order of preference (favorites first), here is what I'm listening to these days.
TEDTalks (audio, video)
I've written a lot about my favorite TED talks (from the Technology, Education, Design conferences). Many of these talks are interesting. Some are actually pretty crappy. And some - more than you might think - are truly amazing. Like, they might change your life amazing. If you don't already know about the TED Conference, it's this conference where they invite amazing people to give fantastic talks about whatever. Usually it seems to be about their life's work, but sometimes it's a comedy skit or a musical performance. The best of these talks are probably my favorite of all of the podcasts that I listen to or watch.
The Solid Verbal
Two guys talking about college football. Don't get me wrong: the two guys actually make a living talking about sports, and they know their college football really well. Plus, they're a great duo. Learned about them last year, and I look forward to a new podcast from them every week. Two problems for me: one of them is a big Notre Dame fan, the other a big Oregon fan. The saving grace: they still manage to stay objective about my team (USC) and others. They really are a lot of fun to listen to when you want to talk college football.
Onion Radio News
If you have never read "The Onion" online, go for that right now because you're in for a treat! The Onion is a satirical newspaper; I find it hilarious. These are bite-sized, daily podcasts, about one minute long. Each podcast is a single "news" story: the standard Onion style: hilarious news headline, followed by a fake news story to fill it out. This one's easy; I usually listen to a few of them at a time, especially when I need a chuckle. Oh, and by the way, not all of the "news" is news; sometimes, it's just them making fun of some dork who lost his girlfriend, and put it in the from of a news story.
NPR Programs: Planet Money
One of my favorite podcasts these days, it's one of several NPR shows I listen to in podcast form instead of on the radio, so I can listen whenever I want to. The podcast started as a series of "This American Life" special episodes to explain the financial crisis of 2008. But they kept going, and I'm glad they did. Their tagline is "The Economy, Explained," but really it's all kinds of topics related to economics or money that are surprisingly easy to understand. For example, they talk about Ticketmaster's monopoly on the ticket broker business as a way of explaining monopolies and their side effects. One of my favorite episodes is when they interviewed a guy was the accountant for Crazy Eddie's stereo chain on the East Coast, who later became an FBI witness telling them how he helped the company commit fraud. The company's owners? His cousins. I listen to every single episode, and they do one a couple of times a week.
The Bugle
Weekly podcast by two Brits, covering the week in world news. It's satire, and I find these guys really funny. One of them is John Oliver, from The Daily Show. I listen to these guys each week, and I also learn about world news as a nice side effect!
NPR Programs: Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
I used to listen to this every week, but as fun and clever as the show is, you kind of get tired of the formula after a couple of years of listening every week. Still, great show: it's a weekly news quiz humor show hosted by a guy with an incredibly fast wit, Peter Sagal. Man, that guy can think on his feet! Funny guy. Anyway, if you want to catch up on the week's news, sort of, and hear it in a funny way, this is a fun way to do it.
APM Marketplace
Originally a 30-minute radio broadcast on public radio, it covers the financial news of the day. Kai Ryssdal is an entertaining, sharp host of the show. Plus, it's broadcast from the University of Southern California, so you *know* it's gotta be good. I don't listen to it every day, but it is a good way to keep on top of the daily business news.
Kevin Pollak's Chat Show
Why Kevin Pollak? I dunno; I think he was one of the first celebrities to get into the podcast format. He does long (and I mean long, like 2 hours long or more) interviews of people in the entertainment industry whom he finds interesting. I pick and choose here, too; some of his interviewees I like, some I don't even know. And I can only take this show in small doses because Kevin Pollak himself really likes to talk. Also, when he interviews people he pretty much spoon-feeds them their own answers. Dude, just ask the question in the form of a question and let the talent talk!
NPR Programs: Fresh Air
I definitely pick and choose episodes. Some guests are phenomenal, some topics are fascinating. Other guests just don't interest me, and some of the topics bore me or seem too preachy. Friends know that I'm no fan of Terry Gross; I think she has improved as an interviewer but overall injects way too much of herself into the interviews and asks too many closed-ended questions. But other times, she gets it right on. And overall, the quality of the guests she gets makes the show definitely worth listening to.
Radio Open Source with Christopher Lydon
How to describe this podcast? It's an interview show, with Christopher Lydon talking to writers, politicians, sometimes artists. I learned about Christopher Lydon only about 3 years ago; he focused this podcast on Indiia for a whole year, and he had a fantastic set of interviews on many aspects of Indian current life and history. I realize I'm not doing the podcast justice, so I'll just tell you what stands out to me about Lydon and the podcast. When he's interviewing somebody, you can actually hear Lydon enjoy the interviewee talk, and he always thanks the guest as if they've done him the biggest favor ever to agree to be on his show. He's an intelligent interviewer and when I hear a topic that interests me, I often find the quality of that show excellent. I definitely recommend this one.
60 Minutes - Full Audio
I don't watch "60 Minutes" on TV anymore, but I like listening to the stories in podcast form (the audio portion of the TV broadcast). The show works surprisingly well in audio-only form; it's rare that I feel I'm missing the gist of any particular story.
Manager Tools / Career Tools
I've mentioned these related podcasts before. I still think they're excellent for managers and people wanting to manage their own careers. And I still think that the two hosts take longer than they need to for each podcast (okay, mostly it's Mark who goes on for too long). But, they stick to their promise of making every podcast actionable and clear. Just about any area of management, they've got a podcast on it. Also, podcasts on how to pack for business travel, how to shake hands, how to eat at interviews, are just a sampling of other topics they cover that I've found really valuable.
In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg
Thanks to Chris Ryan for turning me on to this podcast from BBC Radio 4. Melvyn Bragg hosts a podcast about, well, anything. It's about a one-hour weekly show with a panel of experts on the subject of the week. Some example topics: The Cell (like, cells that make up every living being), The Trojan War, Game Theory, Custer's Last Stand, the Origins of Infectious Disease...I could go on. If you want your brain expanded (or blown apart), this is the podcast for you. Great podcast, but it is not light listening.
IT Conversations
Nerd Alert: one of the first podcasts I started listening to (thanks to my friend Stergios for the tip), I pick and choose from the list of new episodes. Basically what these guys do is go to tech conferences and record the sessions, then post them. They go to good tech conferences so there's always some good stuff to choose from, if you want to get a little more in depth on the technical topics of the day. But you gotta pick and choose, because it's not all going to be of interest.
Engadget / Engadget HD
Nerd podcast; they cover the latest news in consumer electronics. Tons of focus on mobile phones, tablets, personal computers, digital cameras. In some ways, Tough call lfor me whether it's better now with Tim Stevens as the host, or before when Josh Topolsky hosted. Josh just couldn't let anybody else talk but he had some great talent surrounding him. Tim Stevens is much better about sharing the mic but I find the supporting cast less interesting.
The Engadget HD podcast is hosted by a guy who's not a great host, but he knows a fair amount. His co-host, Richard Lawler, is actually a much better presense. I wish he'd be the main host.
I don't always listen to the podcast because sometimes the podcast just kind of drags on. But if you ever want the skinny on the latest big-news gadget, they're talking about it. I'm finding I listen to these podcasts less and less; they'll probably be off my list within six months; if I could find a better gadget podcast, I'd go to that one immediately.
FLOSS Weekly
Another niche podcast, it is part of the TWIT Network of podcasts, and talks about open source software. Each week they interview the owner of a different open source software package. It's a great way to get introduced to that open source package if you're interested in learning what it does and how it does it.
Cloudy Chat
Red Hat's podcast about cloud computing. I follow it to keep in touch with what Red Hat is doing with cloud computing. Some episodes are good, others not as good.
President Obama's Weekly Address
President Barack Obama's weekly radio / video address. They're always short (about 5 minutes long), so it's an easy opportunity to hear our President talk. I'd watch this one no matter who the President is, although I don't watch every week.
DCI Field Pass
I'm a big fan of drum and bugle corps, have been since high school. Last year, the Drum Corps International (DCI) organization created a great podcast to cover activity during the drum corps season, in summer. If you like drum corps, you'll enjoy this podcast. If you're not a drum corps fan, this podcast just isn't going to make much sense for you. Really good production values, by the way; I'm a big fan of this podcast.
Vic Firth Marching Percussion VIDEO Podcast
Okay, another podcast with perhaps not-quite-universal appeal. Vic Firth makes drum sticks, mallets, other gear for percussionists. This podcast is a series of short videos showing drumlines and individual drummers using their stuff. I like watching some of the drumlines, and some of the individual drummers and what they can do. But I'll admit: as much as I'm a fan of drum corps, even I don't like all of this stuff. I pick and choose. (that doesn't really help, does it?)
WYNC's RadioLab
This is a podcast I should listen to more. I started a while ago but didn't like it much, mostly because I felt it was spending too much time on audio gimmicks and not enough time on telling the damned story.
This American Life
Another NPR show available on podcast. I don't listen to this one very often because most of my other podcasts are usually more enjoyable for me. Still, I save them and sometimes I'll play one to hear the stories. I should probably listen more, because I love the Planet Money podcast, which originated with This American Life. There's only so much time in the day, you know?
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Ramirez isn't the only TSA officer snatching personal belongings from passengers. According to the TSA, about 381 officers have been fired from 2003-2012 for theft, where 11 have been fired this year alone. Ramirez is now on that list.
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ABOUT six months ago, Western Australia took a gamble on luring Michael Beer from Victoria. Despite coming off a dominant grade season of 53 wickets at an average of 15.92, he had not managed to crack a senior debut for Victoria.
The problem for ''Frosty'' in his native state, according to Cricket Victoria operations chief Shaun Graf (a former club captain of his at St Kilda), was that national selectors had identified Bryce McGain and Jon Holland as the spinners who ''were on their list for possible opportunities to play for Australia''. Therefore, the highest he could rise - barring injury - was the Bushrangers' second XI.
''It was always a line-ball between Holland and Beer, and because Holland had come through the traditional under-age system and we knew the Australian selectors were very keen on him, it was just one of those things,'' Graf said.
To accept WA's offer, Beer had to give up a job at Puma he had held for about four years and also defer a course in physical education, which he began at the start of this year. Beer's first priority when he arrived in Perth was to shed about seven kilos, but was able to do so without fuss thanks to the Warriors' full-time training regimen.
''I had a little bit to lose,but training full-time [has made the difference]. I was [previously] studying, playing cricket and working part-time, so being able to concentrate on it full-time has been the key,'' he told the Herald on the eve of the season. ''Being in a full-time environment has definitely [made a difference].''
Beer also believed the late start to his first-class career, having to wait until he was 26, had not been a disadvantage - a sentiment endorsed yesterday by national selectors.
''Being a spinner, I think you do mature later … and I've been lucky with the people I played with at St Kilda and being around the Victorian squad environment,'' he said. ''I've also been in the real world, when some people that come in haven't.''
While renowned WA coach Mickey Arthur arrived in Perth too late to have a say in Beer's recruitment, he immediately took a shine to the tall, left-arm spinner, openly comparing him to South African Test tweaker Paul Harris. ''He's got that little bit of hard-nosed edge about him that I think you need to be successful,'' Arthur said of him even before he had made his Warriors debut.
A coach at St Kilda for 30 years, David Johnstone was involved when Shane Warne was plucked from the club, via Victoria, to make his Test debut. ''I think we're all in shock,'' Johnstone said. ''I think the whole Australian cricket world would be in shock. You normally go to step one and then step two, when it happens, is usually a while off. I suppose this is the advantage of being on the spot [in Perth], it's all about timing. Warnie was about timing when he initially got a chance.''


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PLANT CITY — Quet Shaw readies behind the center and scans the defense. She calls for the ball and rolls out to her right. Her receivers run down field as Shaw decides whether to run or pass.
As for what happens next, it's anybody's guess.
"She's an amazing athlete," Plant City flag football coach Michael Paul said. "As dangerous as they come."
Shaw is a huge reason the Raiders once again have state championship aspirations. Last season, the dynamic signal caller led the Raiders to the title game before falling to 41-16 to Tallahassee Leon. It was the only game Plant City lost. The Raiders again are undefeated heading into the final week of the regular season.
"I think the players learned a lot from last year," Paul said. "I think this team is a notch better."
But the players weren't the only ones who gained valuable experience during last year's runs. Flag football is a relatively new sport, and information on coaching techniques is scarce.
"As coaches, we picked up a great deal," Paul said. "When you started getting to the higher levels, most teams played a number of girls both ways to keep their top athletes on the field. That's one of the things we've implemented this year."
Florida launched flag football in 1998 with 17 schools fielding girls' teams. By 2003, the Florida High School Athletic Association recognized flag football as an interscholastic sport and began holding state championships. Plant City is in its third year of FHSAA-sanctioned competition.
"It's the fastest-growing girl's sports in the state," Paul said. "They're some very athletic players out here."
None more so than Shaw. Her blistering speed allows the senior quarterback to outrun nearly all defenders. Her strong, accurate arm keeps the defense from keying her running ability.
"If you don't chase her, (Shaw) will beat you with her feet," Newsome coach Kelly Townsend said. "And if you get too close, she'll throw it over your head."
Paul said Shaw is capable of launching a football 40 yards in the air and has a number of reliable targets to choose from including Collisha Walker and Kate Wicker. Shaw, who plays both sides of the ball, and Tic Bennett lead a speedy defense.
Shaw "is so quick and elusive with the ball," Paul said. "She does things that don't look possible."
From futbol to football
Townsend barely had to adjust her lineup when flag football season rolled around. Eight of the 18 girls on the flag football team at Newsome also played soccer for Townsend, including former All-County soccer players Kendall Graham and Ashley Evers.
"I don't think any of us take losing as personally as in soccer," Townsend said. "We definitely bounce back quicker after a loss in flag football."
That doesn't mean the soccer players for the Wolves and their coach don't approach flag football seriously.
"Each of us has a strong competitive desire and a drive to win," Townsend said. "But this is a different game for us that's just a lot of fun."
Verbosky honored
Congratulations are in order for East Bay senior Lauren Verbosky, who was one of 24 student athletes named this week to the FHSAA Academic All-State team. Verbosky, who has a 3.98 GPA and ranks first in her senior class of 364, won a $1,000 scholarship. Verbosky, who plans to attend the University of Florida, earned four varsity letters in track and soccer, three in cross country and two in volleyball. The 24 scholarship winners will be narrowed to two grand prize winners, one boy and one girl, of $3,000 scholarships.