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Whats the best .40S&W rounds?
Just ordered my first firearm, a Beretta PX4-Storm in .40S&W. Now I need to know what kind of ammo I should buy for it?
What make, what type, and what grains will work well with this pistol?
For defense rounds: Should I get hollow-points, or is there newer/better technology out there these days? I'm looking for "more damage, less over-penetration", and don't mind spending some extra $$$
For Training: I want a cheaper round, that will give a similar shooting experience.
As for range ammo, go to Walmart and ask for CCI Blazer Brass. I pay about $10/box for .45 ACP. If I shot more than I do, I'd consider hand loading.
The best choice in hollow points would be to ask around what LE in your area uses in 40S&W....covers many liability/choice issues.
CCI/Speer Gold Dot hollow points are very good. What ever you choose, shoot some for practice, function and accuracy BEFORE carrying them.
I would NEVER even consider putting Corbon ammo in my firearms or yours.
far too many Corboomed & destroyed pistols in 40S&W by this ammo. Often exceeds SAAMI specs for safe pressure in this round.
Try verious FMJ loads to see which shoots best in your 40S&W.
wither 165's or 180 grains. Then shop and buy by the case to save more $$$.
Get a couple of extra mags for the pistol...in case Hillary gets elected and Shummer gets another hi-cap mag ban passed ! :confused:
Speer Gold dots in 155gr @ approx 1200fps from a 4" barrel should do plenty damage and stop most people.
The 165gr option is also not a bad idea. Same for Federal Hydrashok. Keen to see how the 165gr Ranger SXT's perform, that might also be a good option, if you can get your hands on them.
Oh great, here we go with the light and fast vs heavy and slow argument.
IMHO .40 cannot be made to go fast enough to qualify for the light and fast argument. Leave the light bullets to the 9mm/.38/.357 crowd.
The bullet MUST penetrate deeply enough to reach vital organs to do damage. Just about anything can get to the vitals on a thinly clothed, bad guy facing you straight off with out any intermediate cover. When the perfect conditions do not exist, you must be able to penetrate deeply enough to do the job. Heavy is better as long as it has enough speed to drive it deep.
.40 180 gr Gold Dot is the standard by which all other .40 ammo is judged.
ps. I do like light and fast. In rifles. 5.56 64 gr Winchester power point @3000 fps cures ones desire to do evil toward ones fellow man.
You're going to get as many opinions as there are members of the forum. I don't think you can beat any of the modern hollow point rounds made by the major manufacturers. They are all competitive and they all perform well. Once upon a time that wasn't the case, but the various ammo makers are all competing for our dollars and therefore put out quality products.
There is no perfect round, or magic bullet. Forum members will tell you what they use, and why, but what works for me, won't necessarily work for you.
Federals hst and tactical loadings. remington golden sabers, speer golddots, winchester's ranger t line, Any of these will serve you well.
take a look at buffalobore.com & their 155 gr hp +P loads for the .40 S&W. Loaded for self defense, it's what I carry in my .40's.
I shoot Rangers or Hornaday Tap
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PESHAWAR, July 10: Setting up 'guidance camps' outside public sector colleges by student wings of different political parties is a common trend as activities of these organisations want to attract the newcomers, seeking admission in the intermediate classes.
The administrations of colleges are of the view that apparently student organisations set up camps to guide admission seekers but actually they want to influence the newcomers by extending help to them in the admission process.
The organisers of the camps established outside Government College of Technology Peshawar (GCTP), told Dawn that they had been sitting in the guidance camps for the last few days to help the newcomers in submitting admission forms as many of them didn't know about the process.
The guidance camps established in front of Government Superior Science College Peshawar and Government College Peshawar were wound up a few days ago after expiry of the last date for submission of admission forms.
These camps are usually established by activists of Pakhtun Students Federation, Islami Jamiat Tulba, People's Students Federation, Muslim Students Federation, Insaf Students Federation and several other regional unions. Big banners with pictures of their leaders and party flags are displayed at the camps.
An educationist, wishing not to be named, linked the downfall of standard of education in government colleges with the activities of student unions. "Political interference in shape of student unions has destroyed academic activities and discipline in public sector colleges," he said. On the other hand the private collages where no student unions existed were running smoothly, he added.
"A student attached with any union wastes his precious time throughout the year by indulging in political activities and showing no interest in academic activities," he said, adding at the end of the academic year, the result of such students was definitely failure.
A student present at a guidance camp outside GCTP said that those camps worked from morning till 2pm. He said that they had so far helped 250 students in submitting their admission forms. "We will continue till the last date for submission of forms," he added.
The chairman admission committee of GCTP, Eng Inayatur Rehman, said that all documents required to be attached with the admission forms were clearly mentioned in the prospectus. "There is no confusion in the prospectus," he said.
Besides, two officials were present there to guide the students if they had any confusion, he added. Pointing towards a big banner displayed on the wall inside the college, Mr Rehman said that all information regarding the admission were also available in Urdu language inscribed on the banner.
However, the students were of the view that many newcomers couldn't understand the prospectus. Several of the students said that helping the newcomers would improve their image among them.
GCTP Principal Sartaj Gul said that it was a political activity and nothing else. A few years ago those camps used to be established inside the college, he said, adding for the last three years he didn't allow them to set up camps inside the college.
He said that he had no power to remove the camps established outside the college. It was the responsibility of district government, he added. "Actually these student unions convince the newcomers to join their organisations," he said.
Higher Education Director Ghulam Qasim Marwat, when contacted, said that removal of student camps was the responsibility of the college administration and district government.
District Coordination Officer Javed Marwat could not be contacted despite repeated attempts.

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We absolutely love being Playmobil Playologists as it means we get to play with all the toys and find out the news before everyone. Its very, very exciting especially if like me you've lusted after Playmobil since you were a child, I mean, thats at least 35 years of lust in my case and my heart still soars whenever my children get a delivery.
This weekend we were really lucky to be invited along to try out the new Super 4 treasure hunt trails which tie in with the launch of new Super 4 toys. If your kids like Playmobil they will be very familiar with the Super 4 show in Citv, my kids love it. Basically the show is set on a planet divided between five island nations each different to the other. Each island has its own specialities; a sci-fi setting, a magical forest, a castle, a pirate hideout and a lost world. Each of the islands has its own lead character (your child will have a favourite!) and the toys and television show are based around these.
For the treasure hunt Playmobil have devised 4 different trails around London; Ruby's telescope Trouble, Gene and Seven Dials, Alex and the Cave Quest and Twinkle and the Four Squares. Over October Half Term and right up to Christmas everyone can join in the treasure hunt to try to find gold Playmobil figures and crack the code. One golden figure will be placed on each trial on different days between 19th October and 6th December 2015, so it really is pot luck! If you aren't lucky enough to find the gold figures every child has the chance to win a new Super 4 toy set and claim a special reward. The first four completed puzzles to be submitted on each day in October half term will receive a Super 4 toy set and everyone will receive exclusive super 4 collectible stickers in return for a completed puzzle sheet. These rewards can be collected in Hamleys on Regent Street.
If you'd like to have a go you can download the free adventure trails at the Super 4 website.
We followed Ruby's telescope Trouble which took us around Trafalgar Square and along The Mall. It was brilliant fun and I have to say it was great to just stand and look and try to spot things in a part of London which we are all usually rushing through. The trick was to really look at the map and take note of the direction the arrows are pointing. Fifi was the best clue spotter and really thrived with the challenge.
The Super 4 Treasure Trails are a fantastic idea to help you get the kids out and about this half term. We had a great time and best of all its free. If you live near London they are well worth doing.


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Mistake No. 1: Going to cashI get lots of emails from people who are fully invested in cash. I know that many market pundits are in cash as well. In terms of basic investing philosophy, I disagree with this position. While I understand the need for a reasonable amount of cash in a portfolio, I'd rather purchase undervalued businesses that generate free-cash-flow yields well above the 2% yield that money market funds earn. Several of the companies that I've highlighted for RealMoney readers fit the bill, such as Liz Claiborne ( LIZ), Ethan Allen ( ETH) and Raymond James Financial ( RJF).
Mistake No. 2: Owning an S&P index fundI know this market is tough, but don't make the mistake of socking your money away in an S&P 500 index fund and forgetting about it. This cycle is all about selectivity. You can make a buck or two if you're in the right companies at the right price. But buying into a broad-based fund that's excessively exposed to overvalued big-cap growth -- like S&P index funds -- is a prescription for mediocrity at best and for substantial capital losses at worst.
Mistake No. 3: Owning companies with suspect managementThere are enough compelling ideas in this market to warrant eliminating companies with suspect management. I've warned investors in blunt terms -- in a column
Mistake No. 4: Owning companies with phantom earningsThere's no reason to own companies that produce low-quality, suspect earnings. The last cycle was marked by the unreal; this cycle is about
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Previews Begin Tonight for Eugene O'Neill's BEYOND THE HORIZON at Irish Repertory
The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) continues its 24th Season with BEYOND THE HORIZON – Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about two brothers in love with the same woman – with previews set to begin February 15, prior to its official opening on February 26 on the Irish Repertory's Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage.
Ciarán O'Reilly, who returns to O'Neill's work after having directed the Irish Repertory's acclaimed revivals of THE EMPEROR JONES (Joseph A Callaway Award winner for Direction; Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, Drama League, and Audelco nominations); and THE HAIRY APE (Drama Desk, Drama League, and Callaway nominations), directs.
BEYOND THE HORIZON (1920) was O'Neill's first full-length play and won the first of his four Pulitzer Prizes.
BEYOND THE HORIZON is a harrowing, heart-wrenching domestic tragedy, set on a farm in Massachusetts where two brothers, Robert, a dreamer and poet who longs to go to sea and seek the promise that lies beyond the horizon, and Andrew, a more practical man, whose desire extends no farther than the family farm, find themselves in love with their neighbor Ruth.
Just as Robert Is about to depart, however, it becomes clear that Ruth Loves him and not Andrew. So Robert stays at home to run The Farm – a job for which he is entirely unsuited – and Andrew takes his place on the sailing ship to discover lands he never dreamt of. It is a decision with irrevocable and tragic consequences.
The cast of BEYOND THE HORIZON includes Rod Brogan, Patricia Conolly, Lucas Hall, Jonathan Judge-Russo, Aimee Laurence, Joanna Leister, Wrenn Schmidt (Irish Rep's SIVE), David Sitler, and John Thomas Waite.
The production features set design by Hugh Landwehr; co-costume design by Linda Fisher and Jessica Barrios; lighting design by Brian Nason; music and sound design by Ryan Rumery; sound design by M. Florian Stabb; hair and wig design by Robert-Charles Vallance; and props by Deirdre Brennan. April A. Kline is production stage manager; Rebecca C. Monroe is assistant stage manager.
Playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature Eugene O'Neill (October 16, 1888-November 27, 1953) won his first of four Pulitzer Prizes for his first published full-length play, BEYOND THE HORIZON, initially produced in 1920. Among his other plays are THE EMPEROR JONES; ANNA CHRISTIE (Pulitzer Prize, 1922); THE HAIRY APE, DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS; STRANGE INTERLUDE (Pulitzer Prize, 1928); MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA; AH, WILDERNESS!; THE ICEMAN COMETH; LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Pulitzer Prize, 1957); A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN; and A TOUCH OF THE POET.
Co-founded by Producing Director Ciarán O'Reilly and Artistic Director Charlotte Moore, The Irish Repertory Theatre opened its doors in September 1988 with Sean O'Casey's THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS. The mission of the theatre was and remains to bring works by Irish and Irish American masters and contemporary playwrights to American audiences; to provide a context for understanding the contemporary Irish American experience; and to encourage the development of new works focusing on the Irish and Irish American experience, as well as a range of other cultures. Ms. Moore and Mr. O'Reilly recently received the 2011 Eugene O'Neill Lifetime Achievement Award from Irish American Writers & Artists, Inc.
Also playing at the Irish Repertory is the New York premiere of GIVE ME YOUR HAND, a new work by famed poet Paul Durcan, starring two of Ireland's most eminent actors, Dermot Crowley and Dearbhl Molloy, with performances March 7 through April 1, in the Irish Repertory Theatre Company's W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre. Richard Twyman directs.
Performances of Eugene O'Neill's BEYOND THE HORIZON run February 15-April 8 at The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues): Wednesday-Saturday at 8pm; plus 3pm matinees on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $55 and $65, and are available by calling 212-727-2737 or online at www.irishrep.org.
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Just so you know, there were a couple of inspirations for this post.
Firstly, I realised we hadn't written anything about Farbs yet, and that made me start to hate us. Secondly, I spent all last night dreaming of playing Captain Forever, so this morning I loaded it up. If only all my dreams would come true so easily. Except for the one with the giant lizard in the elevator.
Anyway, Captain Forever's been around for years, but there's a very slight chance that some of you have missed it and that would be bad. It's a series of Flash games made by Farbs, who I still can't believe we haven't written about yet, and the short description, I guess, is that it's LittleBigPlanet by way of David Braben and Ian Bell, but all you can make is a spaceship.
Seriously, though, you can make spaceships, and it's all wonderfully satisfying, too: the little welding fizz as you bolt a new piece on, the pop as an enemy explodes into spare parts under laser fire, the occasional brief flashes you get of…what? your own reflection? on the screen, and the endless low-level chatter of the shipboard computer in the background.
If you want a quick route to mega fun, incidentally, take a leaf out of my flight book and only make spaceships that shouldn't work. Lop-sided beasts that thrust themselves in circles. Suicidal frigates with guns pointed inwards.
Seriously, though, whatever you do, give Captain Forever a whiz. It's amazing, it's right here, and, over on Edge, I once described it as "a Galapagos archipelago strung across the stars". I am like that.


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Natural disasters create a whirlwind of jobs in the Quincy area
Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:05:37 GMT —
There's good news for job seekers in the Quincy area. A shift in demand for unlikely winter jobs has surged due to recent natural disasters across the country.
Hurricane Sandy dealt a blow to the east coast this year. Residents lost homes, businesses and all of the contents inside. The cleanup began in the dark as a light shined on the Midwest for help.
"With the disasters that we've had, that's spurring business as well because they've had to replace all of their infrastructures," Cheryl Liggit, with Adecco in Quincy said.
Liggit has seen the effects first hand. She says the demand for jobs has shifted during these winter months.
"Of course, construction will be impacted by that with the rebuilding side," Liggit said. "It's also going to be bottled water and furniture manufacturing and trucks and that sort of thing. So, that's going to spur all kinds of jobs in the Quincy area that will see that."
Adecco has received calls from area employers asking for new hires to help build up their inventory for larger east coast orders.
"They're preparing for it and looking ahead, forecasting for 2013," Liggit said.
Liggit says this isn't the first time a natural disaster on the coast has affected jobs in the Tri-State area.
"When Katrina hit, that actually spurred a lot of business in our area after the fact. To replace bottled water was a big one, food product, getting product there to replace and rebuild. They have to rebuild their office. They have to rebuild their home. They have to furnish them. So, it takes a while to do all that, to get that all cleaned up, number one and then to replace it," Liggit said.
Liggit says this surge in jobs should stick around until next spring.
Liggit says more clerical and tax preparation positions have also opened up. But the majority of job seekers she sees at Adecco are qualified for manufacturing jobs.


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In his latest Countdown to the Cup, Steve Haskin ranks potential Aidan O'Brien invader So You Think as his number one contender for the Breeders' Cup Classic:
"It would be a surprise if Coolmore decided to conclude his campaign in the Champion Stakes when they can attempt to make history and conquer something that has been their Moby Dick for the past 11 years; a quest that even claimed the life of one of their most popular horses. Unlike most of their past Classic contenders, he is a true 1 ¼-mile specialist, and O'Brien spoke volumes about this horse's amazing constitution when he said Sunday he would run him every week if it were up to him and is seriously considering running in both the Champion and Classic, despite having just run in the Arc last Sunday."
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Area: 9,970,610 sq km (3,849,674 sq mi)
Population (1997 est.): 30,287,000
Capital: Ottawa
Chief of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Roméo LeBlanc
Head of government: Prime Minister Jean Chrétien
Domestic Affairs. Still concerned with the nagging problem of the possible secession of Quebec, Canadians went to the polls on June 2, 1997, in a general election. The results were indecisive. The governing Liberal Party under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien saw its House of Commons majority reduced, while the opposition was reconstituted as four regional blocs. A fractious Parliament appeared to be a sure prospect for the future.
The Chrétien government, in power since November 1993, decided to hold the election five months before the end of the four-year term customary for Canadian governments. The government campaigned on its record, especially its success in cutting the federal deficit from $45.7 billion when it came into office to an estimated $17 billion for fiscal year 1997-98. Its other policies were based on those of the previous Progressive Conservative Party administration of Brian Mulroney: enhanced free trade with the United States, a goods and services tax, and the improvement of Canada's international competitiveness. The Liberals' cuts in health and social programs, carried out to reduce spending, aroused voter dissatisfaction, especially in the poorer regions of Canada. Its cautious stance on Quebec separatism also disappointed voters, especially in the western provinces. Thus, the Chrétien government took a risk in going to the public before the end of its mandate.
The election result showed that Canadians were, on the whole, pleased with Chrétien's approach to the problems of the country. The Liberal majority of 174 of the 295 seats in the House of Commons was, however, cut to 155 in an expanded 301-seat House. This majority depended heavily on Ontario, where the Liberals captured 101 of the province's 103 seats. The Liberals suffered a severe setback in that part of Canada on the Atlantic Ocean, a traditional base of support. The cuts they had made in unemployment insurance benefits hurt them in that region, where the jobless rate was above the average. Two Cabinet ministers from the region were defeated. In Quebec, an area critical to the future of the country, the Liberals made gains, winning 26 of 75 seats. (They had taken 19 seats in the previous election.) Another federalist party, the Progressive Conservatives, also took votes away from the separatist Bloc Québécois, whose sole function in federal politics was to advocate the breakup of the country. In the Prairie Provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba) and in British Columbia, the Liberals won only 15 seats, a decline from their previous standing. Chrétien held his own seat in Quebec but by a margin much closer than in the 1993 election.
The Bloc Québécois, which had been the official opposition in the previous Parliament, lost that position. Its share of the popular vote dropped in Quebec, the only province in which it fielded candidates. In 1993 it had won 50 of 75 seats in Quebec; in 1997 it took only 44. A new leader who did not inspire confidence, Gilles Duceppe, was one explanation for the decline; another was the unpopularity of its provincial counterpart, the Parti Québécois, struggling as a government to put Quebec's financial house in order.
The 1997 election catapulted a party only 10 years old, the Reform Party, into the official opposition. Led by a populist figure from Alberta, Preston Manning (see BIOGRAPHIES), the Reform Party appealed to western Canada's belief that its interests in the federation were continually being subordinated to those of Ontario and Quebec. Manning made a strenuous effort to win seats in Ontario and thus elevate Reform into national party status, but it was shut out in the large central province. It captured 35 seats in the three Prairie Provinces and 25 in British Columbia, however, which gave it 60 seats in the new Parliament. For the first time, a regional protest party had become Canada's official opposition party.
The Progressive Conservatives, who had won only two seats in 1993 after nine years in power under Mulroney, made respectable gains in 1997. Under Jean Charest, an attractive young leader who was a strong federalist, the party took 5 seats in Quebec, 13 in the Atlantic Provinces (New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island), and one each in Ontario and Manitoba.
The New Democratic Party, starting from a base of nine members of Parliament, also improved its standing. For the first time in its history, the party achieved a breakthrough in the Maritime Provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island), long dominated by the old-line parties. In Nova Scotia, led by a lively new leader from Halifax, Alexa McDonough, the party took 6 of the province's 11 seats. In New Brunswick it won 2 seats, and the remaining 12 seats were won in the Prairie Provinces, British Columbia, and Yukon, which gave the New Democrats a representation of 21 seats in the Commons. It seemed likely that the party's strengthened presence in the federal government would bring a social-progressive voice to parliamentary deliberations.
The voter turnout in the 1997 election was about 67%, slightly lower than that of 1993. Of the total vote, the Liberals took 38%, Reform and the Progressive Conservatives tied at 19%, and the New Democratic Party and the Bloc Québécois each captured 11%. The four opposition parties appeared to be too diverse to combine forces against the government, and so the Liberals seemed to be in no danger of being defeated in Parliament. The election did, however, bring regional differences into the open and thus possibly make it more difficult to reach consensus on national questions. In addition, each of the opposition parties achieved official party status, which allowed them additional funds for research and a guaranteed allocation of time at the parliamentary question period. With the parties promising searching criticism of the Liberal government's policies, politics in Canada seemed certain to be more turbulent than in the last session of Parliament.
Chrétien adopted two strategies in 1997 to improve federal-provincial relations. One was the familiar process of devolution, which he had always favoured as an effective response to Quebec's restlessness in the federation. He therefore turned over partial control of immigration to those provinces that had requested the transfer. By an agreement of April 21, he surrendered job-training programs to Quebec, a power that the province had long demanded. Other provinces were also given responsibility for educating unemployed workers who wished to reenter the labour force.
Chrétien's other strategy, and this marked a departure for his government, was to go on the offensive against some of the assumptions and claims of the Quebec separatists. In this contest his spokesman was Stéphane Dion, a young law professor from Montreal who had been appointed minister for intergovernmental affairs in 1996. In two strongly worded open letters released on August 11 and 26, Dion wrote to the Quebec government to point out that Quebec could not leave the union unilaterally without the possibility of dangerous consequences. He rejected three assertions made by the Parti Québécois government: that international law permitted secession, that a majority of 50% plus one was a sufficient threshold for secession, and that international law ruled out any changes to a seceding state's boundaries. Dion's letters, which were intended to convince moderate opinion in Quebec that independence could not be achieved by the painless process advanced by the separatists, struck a popular chord in the rest of Canada. They showed a more determined stance against the secessionists than at any other time since the Chrétien government came to power. At the same time, the federal government went ahead with its challenge to the legality of separation, which was to be argued before the Supreme Court of Canada in February 1998.
The premiers of all the provinces except Quebec also made their contribution to the debate over unity. At their annual conference, held in St. Andrews, N.B., August 6-8, they decided to hold a special meeting to prepare a pro-union statement for Quebec. This meeting was held in Calgary, Alta., on September 14. A seven-point statement was drafted recognizing Quebec's "unique character" within the federation while insisting that all provinces and all citizens enjoyed "equality of status."
There was only one provincial election in 1997. In Alberta, Ralph Klein, noted for his rigorous control over governmental expenditures, led the Progressive Conservative Party to a decisive victory on March 11. Klein's party captured 63 of the 83 seats in the legislature.
The Economy. The Canadian economy moved ahead strongly in 1997, with growth in gross domestic product (GDP) expected to be almost 4%. A consumer spending spree demonstrated that Canadians were more confident about the future. With low interest rates and marginal levels of inflation (the consumer price index ranged between 1.5% and 2% for the year), the conditions for economic growth were favourable. The only cloud in the sky was the continuing high rate of unemployment. During the four years of the Liberal government, it had fallen from 11% to 9% but had not declined further. Unemployment among young people 15-24 years of age was a particular problem.
Among the proudest achievements of the Chrétien government was Finance Minister Paul Martin's success in bringing the national deficit under control. In a budget submitted on February 18, he announced a deficit target of $17 billion for the 1997-98 fiscal year. A second financial statement on October 15 revealed that the actual deficit for the year 1996-97 had been only $8.9 billion, the lowest in 20 years. There seemed little doubt that the target for 1997-98 would be easily met and that a balanced budget would soon follow.
Foreign Affairs. Commercial salmon fishing off the northwestern coast of North America became a subject of contention between Canada and the United States in 1997. At issue were the conservation and equitable sharing of fish stocks that move through the coastal waters of one country to find spawning rivers in the other. Off the panhandle of Alaska, for instance, fishermen from that state intercept chinook and sockeye salmon as they make their way in from the Pacific to the streams in British Columbia where they hatched. At the south end of Vancouver Island, Canadian fishermen catch coho salmon, a threatened species, as they swim toward rivers in Washington. The harvest of migrating salmon, worth about $500 million a year, was supposed to be regulated by the Pacific Salmon Treaty, negotiated in 1985. The treaty had, however, been ineffective for several years. One weakness lay in the fact that ocean fishing fell under different jurisdictions in the two countries. In Canada the regulation of fisheries was a federal responsibility, while in the U.S. it was a function of the states. Private fishing interests and aboriginal groups also had to be consulted in each country. In the U.S. their weight was strong enough to dictate the American position in negotiations with Canada. Commercial fish farming was another complicating factor. An increasingly important form of harvest, it had caused salmon prices to drop in recent years. This had led to the danger of overfishing as fishermen tried to maintain their incomes.
Talks between the two countries to implement the salmon treaty broke down before the opening of the fishing season. Premier Glen Clark of British Columbia, hoping to put pressure on the U.S., threatened to cancel an agreement allowing U.S. naval vessels to use a submarine-testing facility north of Nanaimo on the inside coast of Vancouver Island. On July 19 a ferry traveling between Washington and Alaska was blockaded for three days at the British Columbia port of Prince Rupert by almost 200 boats belonging to Canadian fishermen angry at what they perceived as overfishing by their Alaskan neighbours. The issue had been taken up with U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton by Prime Minister Chrétien when they met on June 20. Chrétien pressed for the complicated dispute to go to binding arbitration, but Clinton disagreed. In August the two countries sent the dispute to two "eminent persons," who were charged with finding a way to reestablish negotiated quotas through consultation with the fishing interests on both sides of the border. They were William Ruckelshaus, a former director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and David Strangway, retiring president of the University of British Columbia.
A three-man commission of inquiry, appointed in 1995 to look into the torture and death of a civilian by Canadian peacekeepers during a UN mission to Somalia in 1993, issued its report on June 30. It found "organizational and leadership failures" in the Canadian high command, who had overlooked known disciplinary problems in the airborne regiment sent to Somalia and had later tried to manipulate information to cover up misbehaviour there. The commission's five-volume report, Dishonoured Legacy, singled out 11 senior officers for censure. A key recommendation in the report, that the military police and justice system be placed under an independent authority, was rejected by the Chrétien government. The government did announce, however, that it would implement many of the more than 160 recommendations in the report.


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Ne-Yo, Trey Songz and T-Pain Serenade Strippers in 'The Way You Move' Video
Ne-Yo takes it to the strip clubs in his new video for 'The Way You Move,' his Auto-Tuned ballad that appears on DJ Wonda's latest mixtape 'Tough Love.' Joining him on the song are fellow R&B crooners Trey Songz and T-Pain as they beg their favorite strippers to not quit their jobs.
In the erotic clip, a very dapper Ne-Yo serenades an exotic dancer that has caught his eye. As he pleads with her to not quit her night gig, we get to see him get a sensual lap dance. "Lil mama I understand / The way you do the things you do, no one else can," he sings. "Shawty do what's in your soul / But it will be a shame to let you go."
Songz is also looking dandy in a black tuxedo as he watches his favorite lady work the pole. "Said she's tired of that b—s–t / Gonna quit the game / Change your life and ease your pain," he woefully croons of his beloved stripper.
To complete the trifecta, T-Pizzle offers his experience of being in love with a stripper, as he is ready to wife up his favorite exotic dancer. "Girl you hit the stage and make the music stop / Then your booty go left cheek, right cheek / Girl, I love the way you move," he warbles.
Ne-Yo's 'The Way You Move' video is definitely for the grown and sexy, with plenty of eye candy for the fellas. If you have ever been in love with a stripper, then this song is for you.
Watch the Ne-Yo 'The Way You Move' Video Feat. Trey Songz and T-Pain


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Pumpkin Picking at Demarest Farms
A perfect day for pumpkin picking! Our very special friends at The Bank of New York Mellon hosted a trip for the East Harlem Head Start program to go visit a farm out in New Jersey.
30 preschoolers were treated to a morning of hay rides and pumpkin-patch frolicking. Everyone got to take a pumpkin home.
Thanks to The Bank of New York Mellon, our Volunteer Services, the East Harlem Head Start staff, Demarest Farms , and everyone who made this wonderful adventure possible for the children.
We can't wait to do it again next year!
Photos Courtesy of Children's Aid Society


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Nicole Richie Passes Out While Shopping
MSNBC has the scoop on Nicole Richie's recent black out:
The super-skinny reality show star reportedly fainted while doing a little retail therapy. Richie — who has admitted that she's too thin but has denied that she has an eating disorder — collapsed while browsing at Kitson, a chic LA boutique, on July 15, according to Life & Style. "She was looking through a rack of clothes when she suddenly fainted and hit the floor," an "eyewitness" told the mag. "The staff helped her to a chair and offered her something to eat. She shot back, 'No!' and mumbled something about it being 'so hot.'" Although Richie turned away food, she did accept a glass of water, reports the mag, and after about 20 minutes "was steady enough to leave."
Is it just me, or has it been a while since we've heard a good "exhaustion" excuse lately? I think we can all agree we're all pretty much due to be hearing that old song and dance right about now.
More photos of Nicole Richie, looking worn out from shopping, after the jump.
(Images courtesy of x17online.com)
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DigestJan 11, 2013 The Associated Press
Two teens killed in pickup wreck
YODER -- Two teen girls from Scottsbluff, Neb. are dead after a crash just over the Wyoming border.
The Wyoming Highway Patrol identified the victims as 18-year-old Alexis B. Wheeler and 19-year-old Hallie J. Anderson.
They were among six people riding in a Sierra pickup that crashed just before midnight Wednesday on Wyoming Highway 92, one mile west of the Nebraska state line.
The patrol said the 22-year-old driver, Ethan Kaufman of Cheyenne, was trying to negotiate a slight left hand curve when the pickup drifted off the right side of the highway and went into a drainage ditch. It collided with a driveway and flipped end-over-end.
Investigators are looking at whether speeding and alcohol use played a role in the crash.
Stage Stop race plans finalized
JACKSON -- The largest sled dog race in the lower 48 states this year will feature 23 teams carried along by a total of some 368 dogs.
The 2013 International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race is scheduled to begin at the Jackson Town Square on Jan. 25.
New for this year will be a side-by-side start. That means two teams at a time will jockey for position as they race down a street on their way out of town.
The nine-day race will cover parts of four states -- Wyoming, Utah, Idaho and Montana -- before wrapping up with an awards banquet in Evanston on Feb. 2.
The Stage Stop race includes a route through Fremont County and a stop in Lander. It has become the largest dog sled race in the continental United States.
Litter leads to poaching charges
PINEDALE -- Wyoming Game and Fish Department investigators have charged two men with poaching deer after linking trash found at the scene of the crime to them.
The two buck deer were found on winter range near Big Sandy in southwest Wyoming last month.
Pinedale warden Jordan Kraft was able to trace a discarded energy drink and chewing tobacco can to two suspects. Kraft then found missing parts of the poached deer and other evidence behind one suspect's house in Moorcroft.
State Chief Game Warden Brian Nesvik said poaching crimes on the winter range in southwest Wyoming are treated as a high priority in part because deer are in the middle of their rut, often near roads and vulnerable.


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text: Treatment By Mayo Clinic Staff Print Treatment for hirsutism often involves a combination of treating the underlying disorder, if there is one, self-care methods, hair-removal therapies and medications. MedicationsMedications taken for hirsutism usually take up to six months, the average life cycle of a hair follicle, before you see a significant difference in hair growth. Medications include: Oral contraceptives. Birth control pills or other hormonal contraceptives, which contain estrogen and progestin, treat hirsutism caused by androgen production. Oral contraceptives are a common treatment for hirsutism in women who don't want to become pregnant. Possible side effects include dizziness, nausea, headache and stomach upset. Anti-androgens. These types of drugs block androgens from attaching to their receptors in your body. They're sometimes prescribed after six months on oral contraceptives if the oral contraceptives aren't effective enough. The most commonly used anti-androgen for treating hirsutism is spironolactone (Aldactone). Because these drugs can cause birth defects, it's important to use contraception while taking them. Topical cream. Eflornithine (Vaniqa) is a prescription cream specifically for excessive facial hair in women. It's applied directly to the affected area of your face and helps slow new hair growth, but doesn't get rid of existing hair. It can be used with laser therapy to enhance the response. ProceduresTo remove unwanted hair permanently, options include: Electrolysis. This treatment involves inserting a tiny needle into each hair follicle. The needle emits a pulse of electric current to damage and eventually destroy the follicle. You might need multiple treatments. Electrolysis is effective but can be painful. A numbing cream spread on your skin before treatment might reduce discomfort. Laser therapy. A beam of highly concentrated light (laser) is passed over your skin to damage hair follicles and prevent hair from growing. You might need multiple treatments. You might develop skin redness and swelling after laser therapy. Laser therapy for hair removal is expensive and carries a risk of burns and skin discoloration, especially in people with tanned or dark skin. DiagnosisPreparing for your appointment Nov. 05, 2016 Print Share on: FacebookTwitter References Barbieri RL, et al. Evaluation of premenopausal women with hirsutism. http://www.uptodate.com/home. Accessed Aug. 16, 2016. Hirsutism. Merck Manual Professional Version. http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/dermatologic-disorders/hair-disorders/hirsutism. Accessed Aug. 16, 2016. Barbieri RL, et al. Treatment of hirsutism. http://www.uptodate.com/home. Accessed Aug. 16, 2016. Bode D, et al. Hirsutism in women. American Family Physician. 2012;85:373. Blume-Peytavi U. An overview of unwanted female hair. British Journal of Dermatology. 2011;165:19. RelatedLaser hair removalUltrasoundCT scanProlactinomaComplex regional pain syndromeAcne HirsutismOverviewSymptoms & causesDiagnosis & treatmentDiagnosisTreatmentPreparing for your appointmentSelf-managementMore aboutIn-DepthMultimediaResourcesNews from Mayo Clinic Advertisement Mayo Clinic does not endorse companies or products. Advertising revenue supports our not-for-profit mission. Advertising & Sponsorship Policy Opportunities Ad Choices Mayo Clinic Store Check out these best-sellers and special offers on books and newsletters from Mayo Clinic. The Last Diet You'll Ever NeedNEW! Mayo Clinic Guide to Integrative MedicineStop Osteoporosis in its TracksMayo Clinic Health LetterThe Mayo Clinic Diet Book Diagnosis & treatmentRequest an AppointmentDiagnosisTreatmentPreparing for your appointment CON-20212573 Patient Care & Health Information Diseases & Conditions Hirsutism


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A Clarksville mother was arrested Thursday following the August death of her eight-month-old daughter.
Nicole Pamblanco, 23, is charged with reckless homicide and child abuse.
Her daughter, Abigail, died August 28 at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital as a result of injuries sustained at the family's home on Northwood Terrace six days earlier.
During the course of the investigation, it was determined Pamblanco was directly responsible for Abigail's injuries and ultimately her death.
"I'm especially sorry for that baby. She hadn't even begun life," nearby resident Victoria Lape said.
Neighbors said Pamblanco moved to their neighborhood earlier this year.
"She doesn't strike you as a creepy person. She looks like a normal mom in the neighborhood," Lape said.
News 2 made several attempts to speak to family members at Pamblanco's home, but no one answered the door.
Pamblanco was indicted by a grand jury this month.
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- August 29, 2013: Clarksville infant dies week after being found unresponsive
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Supercharging the Innovation Engine From 28th April 2015 09:00 To 29th April 2015 18:00
Why attend
This event brings together leaders at the cutting edge of new ways of generating innovation in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry and provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and for making new connections. It will also provide an opportunity to gain an insight into some of Scotland's emerging life science businesses through showcase sessions.
Finally- the event marks the launch of a new network bringing together Scotland's leading centres of life science research, business and investors.
Headline speakers
- Dr Kurt Hertogs: J&J Innovation
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- Dr Max Mizra: Pfizer
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VIA Rail Canada is taking Wi-Fi mobile, kicking off a four-month test of high-speed Internet service on selected passenger trains in the Montreal-Toronto corridor in partnership with Bell Canada International Inc. and Intel Canada.
Guy Faulkner, product manager for corridor service at VIA Canada's national passenger train operator, said he views Wi-Fi access as a potential competitive advantage for the company. VIA plans to test the Wi-Fi service in first-class cars, which cater to business passengers. Montreal-based VIA already markets its first class as conducive to business traveler productivity, and Faulkner said he believes Wi-Fi is a good match with the railroad's marketing campaign.
VIA routinely surveys passengers, Faulkner said, and more and more have lately asked about onboard Internet service. VIA will offer the service for free during the test while it conducts an online survey of users to determine how much they would pay for it. After the test, VIA will evaluate usage and survey responses before deciding whether to seek vendors to provide the service.
Bell Canada, a division of BCE Inc. in Montreal, has equipped the VIA test trains with three separate wireless systems to support the passenger Internet service, according to Bryan Pilsworth, associate director of Bell's Wireless Accelerator Fund. Broadband service to the train is provided by high-speed data service beamed from Bell's ExpressVu satellite system, which offers Internet service as well as television. ExpressVu provides a data rate of 400Kbit/sec., but Pilsworth said Bell Canada has tweaked the downlink to the train to operate at higher speeds. He declined to provide details.
News source: ComputerWorld - All aboard with Wi-Fi on VIA Rail Canada


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Mainly cuz you made on of the only hitman reborn remixes on newgrounds :D awshum! sadly I'm too late to use it before anyone else D: anyhows, nice :D
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I am completly at aaw of your song very impressive. Man i wish i can compose like that on a keyboard. (sniff..)
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A very well made relaxing song with a touch of happiness to it.
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It's people like you with your "talent" and "musical ability" that cause war.
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Aside from climbing out of rattlesnake-infested quicksand or posing for rattlesnake-infested watercolor portraits, few activities combine the focus and physicality of a boxer's fitness program. Put flabby physiques down for the count with today's Groupon to 9Round, with locations in Brookfield, Oak Creek, and Waukesha. Choose from the following options:
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The 6- and 12-month options include a 12-week lifestyle weight-control class, gloves, and hand wraps.
The 9Round boxing and kickboxing circuit is designed to be fast and challenging with a pinch of hateful fun so that participants stay engaged while getting ripped. The 30-minute nine-station workout program exists outside the ebb and flow of scheduled class times while still including a personal trainer who provides guidance through stages such as jump rope and speed bag. By combining the best functional, interval, cardiovascular, and circuit-training regimens into one beast of a workout, the 9Round training program places a great deal of emphasis on results, just like retired Keebler elves who now live inside Scantron machines.
Groupon-purchasers who commit to 6 or 12 months of workouts also receive 12 weeks of lifestyle weight-control classes that school exercisers in the healthy choices that fuel workouts without compromising waistlines.
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Today, certified trainers in 9Round gyms across the nation lead students in Shannon's workout, guiding classes through its nine rounds of aerobic, anaerobic, and resistance-training exercises. Instructors vary the rounds each day, supplementing body-weight exercises with jump ropes, punching bags, and free-weights. Coaches also encourage diets of fruits and lean meats and counsel students against common dieting pitfalls, such as skipping breakfast or storing smoothie surplus in unmarked laundry-detergent bottles.


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(ATLANTA) — Everyone likes to have fun, and a new survey reveals many women would participate in more physical activites if it felt less like work and more like play.
The survey commissioned by the American Cancer Society finds 40 percent of women saying they would be more physically active in their free time if it didn't feel like work.
Additional findings:
— Women are 10 percent less likely than men to make time for physical activites they enjoy.
— 63 percent of women say they engage in physical activity that they enjoy because it's good for their mind.
— 75 percent participate in physical activity because they feel it's good for their physical fitness, while 38 percent do it to spend more time with family and friends.
The survey involved 1,011 American adults.
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text: Fresh off the release of his debut full-length, Complex Housing, newly minted LA resident Salva has released the album's first video, and it's a wild one. The Frite Nite label head, who until recently called San Francisco home, enlisted psychedelic "video-turntablist" Dr. Plot to put together this trippy clip, a three-minute journey that chops up Sun Ra's Space Is the Place and combines sexually suggestive spaceships, vintage film footage, ancient Egypt, and perhaps the funkiest aliens ever recorded. It's a crazy ride, and one that pairs nicely with Salva's wonky synths and skittery futurism.


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Examining what went wrong for Rangers, right for Giants
With the final game of the 2010 season wrapped up, it's easy for fans to be caught up in remembering a few highlight moments. World Series games tend to live on by showing one brief moment. Usually, the more dramatic, the longer the series stays with us.
So much about the game of baseball is built on repetition; everything seems cyclical as it builds from a high to a ho-hum point only to be reset again. It's only natural that we have a need to condense everything into one exciting swing or unexpected error. (Although, one can find it curious that Johnny Damon outrunning Pedro Feliz in Game Four of last year's World Series stands as a high point, but maybe that was due to a lack of surprises.)
But in keeping with tradition, it must be said that Edgar Renteria's seventh-inning home run in Game Five was pretty dramatic and should go down as the defining moment.
It also, again, reminded us of Cliff Lee's mortality during this World Series.
Cliff Lee: What went wrong?
Besides the obvious answer—what beat the Rangers was a rush of excellent Giants pitching—one would be foolish to ignore San Francisco's timely offense as the Giants took advantage of mistakes made by Cliff Lee.
To see Lee lose both of his starts came as a complete surprise. Looking over his line during the series: 11.2 IP, 14 H, 1 BB, 13 K, everything seems to be Cliff Lee-esque except for those 14 hits allowed. During Game One it became obvious Lee had trouble getting his curveball over for strikes and his change-up seemed to be worthless, making him a two-pitch starter (fastball/cutter). In that first game, Michael Young's error in the third inning and Lee's shaky command that resulted in a Andres Torres hit-by-pitch on an 0-2 fastball began a bad chain of events.
Another bad spot for Lee was his pitch selection against Pat Burrell in the fifth inning (especially that unnecessary curve he threw on a 2-2 count; the delivery was off and the pitch was so far out of the zone that no one would have swung). Lee had no business walking Burrell and with two outs that was an important at-bat.
Lee also missed his spots as many fastballs drifted over the fat part of the plate. Joe Pawlikowski at Fangraphs recently ran a few charts showing the location of Lee's pitches and compared his Game One start to his last outing against the Yankees in the ALCS.
In Game 5, Lee seemed to be in much better command of all of his pitches… except for one.
How did the Rangers' pitching staff attack the Giants' one through five hitters?
With apologies to Giants heroes like Renteria and Juan Uribe, it seemed best to look at the overall strategy the Rangers may have had against the top of the Giants' lineup.
Torres saw a total of 90 pitches in 23 plate appearances, which equals about 3.9 pitches per plate appearance. As a switch-hitter, Torres has seen more right-handed pitching in his caree,r but is essentially the same hitter on both sides of the plate (.251/.320/.432 vs LHP in 354 PA; .250/.320/.431 vs. RHP in 671 PA).
Overall, Torres saw 38.9 percent four-seam fastballs, while curveballs and two-seamers came in at exactly 16.7 percent each. With the four-seamers, Torres whiffed only 2.9 percent of the time while he was able to put that pitch into play at a 25.7 percent rate. The pitches that gave Torres the most trouble were curveballs and cut fastballs. In Game One, Torres was thrown a total of four cut fastballs and swung at three of them (most tailed down and away). He was able to get a hit from one. Torres wasn't thrown a single curveball in Game One.
Freddy Sanchez is a career .324/.358/.453 vs. left-handed pitching in 997 plate appearances. In 22 plate appearances during the series he saw 82 pitches: 41 percent were four-seam fastballs, 18.3 percent sliders, 13.4 percent two-seamers. The pitches that gave him the most trouble: curveballs (8.5 percent thrown) and change-ups (7.3 percent).
Buster Posey had 21 plate appearances this series and hit .300/.333/.450. He saw 96 pitches. Four-seamers and sliders were thrown the most, with sliders giving him the most trouble by missing his bat 21.7 percent of the time.
Cody Ross had problems putting curveballs into play all season, and judging by this chart, he seems very likely to swing at one below the strike zone.
After failing to convert any of the 10 thrown this series into play, Ross saw just 10.5 percent of that pitch overall. This series Ross saw a total of 95 pitches in 21 plate appearances and hit .235/.381/.471.
Aubrey Huff finished with a .294/.368/.588 in 19 PA. He saw only 54 pitches, but he made contact with most of them. Huff hit ground balls 35 percent of the time but his two home runs do elevate his numbers. Four-seam fastballs and curveballs were the pitches of choice; however, two seamers, cut fastballs and sliders accounted for 39 percent and Huff was able to put them into play at a high frequency.
Why did the three-four-five hitters for the Rangers struggle?
After a successful run in the ALCS, the Rangers' Josh Hamilton, Vladimir Guerrero and Nelson Cruz hit a wall this World Series, combining for a batting line of .124/.156/.257.
In 56 combined plate appearances, they struck out 13 times, giving them a 23 percent overall strikeout rate. Over the season, Hamilton came in at 18.3 percent, Guerrero 10.1 percent and Cruz at 20.3 percent. Guerrero struck out in five of his 15 plate appearances and seemed uncomfortable throughout the series, but how do we account for Hamilton and Cruz?
Individually, Hamilton hit .100/.143/.250 with 20 AB, two hits, one home run, one walk and three strikeouts. Cruz came in at .200/.200/.450 with 20 AB, four hits, two doubles, one home run, no walks and five strikeouts.
Among the 76 pitches thrown to Hamilton, 12 were change-ups. According to the invaluable website texasleaguers.com, Hamilton had the most trouble with this pitch; he whiffed at a rate of 16.7 percent. On the other pitches, Hamilton was able to make contact. However the Giants were successful (for the most part) in inducing weak contact.
Looking at other pitches that Hamilton swung at during the series, we see that he chased quite a few sliders and change-ups down and away.
Among the 70 pitches Cruz saw, 31.4 percent were sliders while 20 percent were change-ups. In Game Five, Cruz was able to take one of Lincecum's sliders over the left field fence. In terms of whiff rate, a lot of these sliders and change-ups did work to miss his bat at about 30 percent of the time.
Another factor that did Cruz in was his inability to handle many of the four-seam fastballs thrown down the middle of the plate. Looking at those 70 pitches Cruz saw, 42.9 percent qualified as four-seam fastballs. Below is a chart showing the four-seamers that Cruz swung at:
That's quite a bit of white cowhide thrown down the middle; however, the above graph translates into this:
Looking at the managers:
What about the aspect many fans and commentators love, second-guessing lineups and bullpen moves. For the most part, Giants manager Bruce Bochy managed a good series. He wasn't afraid to fiddle around with the lineup and use his bullpen match-ups to gain an advantage.
The problem with Ron Washington (besides the decision to start Guerrero in the outfield, which has been discussed ad nauseum) was his inability to get one of his better relievers in high-leverage situations. During this series, Alexi Ogando was used mostly in garbage situations, probably not the best use of a resource that was able to strike out six opposing batters in 3.2 innings of work (without walking anyone). I'm sure Ogando will have plenty more opportunities to prove himself.
In conclusion:
It's staggering to think how patched-together both of these teams looked at the beginning of the season. By December 2009, Kevin Millwood and Scott Feldman looked like the only two pitchers guaranteed a rotation spot in Texas. Millwood would eventually be traded and Rich Harden and Colby Lewis would be brought in as bargain rotation-fillers. Both Harden and Lewis were seen as minor gambles with many expecting the former to pay off. The rise of Lewis along with the noble experiment to return C.J. Wilson to the starting rotation did pay off, and then they traded for one of the best pitchers in baseball, Lee.
Of course, San Francisco had pitchers like Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain to depend upon as well as a bullpen that was quietly effective in 2009. Yet, no one knew what to make of the Giants' dreadful offense.
Pablo Sandoval was seen as a certified offensive cornerstone while last-minute free-agent acquisitions like Huff were brought in to help score runs. What happened? Sandoval slowly faded as his production was cut in half and Bengie Molina was traded to make room for a promising rookie backstop. Toward the end of the summer, the Giants pick up a few discards in Burrell and Ross and a 21-year-old rookie named Madison Bumgarner seemingly overcame his velocity woes and—we have a championship team.
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Rich, that was a pretty good sign that things would go the Giants way, but I was thinking that the 7 run explosion, while not as tidy as a catch or a near-HR ball, in game 2 was what did it for me. It just seemed like the Giants could not be stopped, it lasted so long.
—The thing is, to me, while PitchF/X handles the plane of the strike zone well enough, it is not capable of detecting what experienced observers call "stuff". And apparently the Giants staff has a lot of stuff.—
I agree with you 100% obsessive—what I was trying to point out was that there were factors in this Giant win that can't be measured by PitchF/X. I think the truth is NOBODY was going to beat the Giants this year. The Yanks???—forget it—they wouldn't have done as well as the Rangers.


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FORT PIERCE, Fla. – In a tightly-contested doubleheader Sunday afternoon in Fort Pierce, the Bethany College baseball team and Earlham (Ind.) College settled for a split, with the Bison squeezing out a 1-0 victory in the opener and the Quakers escaping with a 3-2 triumph in the nightcap.
The opening contest was a classic pitcher's duel between BC sophomore Zak Kozlowski (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) and Earlham's Adam Painter. Both teams stranded runners in the initial few innings, but each side missed a golden opportunity in the fourth. Bethany loaded the bases with no outs, but a 1-2-3 double play and a strike out ended the threat. Earlham also filled the sacks in the last of the fourth with two walks and a hit batter, but Kozlowski escaped the jam with a fly out to left field.
The Bison finally struck in the fifth. Junior catcher T.J. Zarewicz (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Hills) stole second after reaching on a fielder's choice and with two outs, a ground ball by senior 2B Eric Fudala (Uniontown, Pa./Laurel Highlands) was mishandled by the Quakers' first baseman and Zarewicz came around to score the unearned run for a 1-0 BC advantage.
Bethany's pitching made that run stand up. Kozlowski blew through the next two frames, allowing just a two-out single in the fifth and retiring the side in order in the sixth. Sophomore Brad Kubis (Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell), who tied for the lead in Division III with 12 saves last year, entered in the seventh to close it out. It wouldn't be easy, as Earlham put runners on first and second with one out. But the next batter ripped a line drive at Fudala, who snared it and doubled up the runner at second to end the game.
Kozlowski's first start of 2011 was a strong one, despite having to overcome bouts of wildness. He walked five, hit one and threw three wild pitches, but in between, the sophomore righty gave up just two hits and struck out five to earn the win. He was able to outduel Painter, who went the distance and gave up the one unearned run on five hits while striking out six and walking just one.
In game two, it was Bison miscues that led to an early Earlham lead. A leadoff double to open the game was followed two batters later by an RBI single for a quick 1-0 Quaker advantage. Then an error on a failed pickoff attempt and wild pitch allowed the second run to score for a 2-0 EC lead.
Bethany drew even with solo tallies in the third and fourth innings. In the third, BC loaded the bases with no outs and scored one on a double play, but that was all the Green and White managed from that threat. Then in the fourth, sophomore 3B Brad Kubis (Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell) reached on an error, went to second on a single by senior LF Mike Pegg (Uniontown, Pa./Laurel Highlands) and both moved up on a wild pitch. Kubis trotted home with the tying run on a ground out by junior DH Alex Evans (Washington, Pa.).
After a rough first inning, Bethany senior starting pitcher Mike Muklewicz (Bridgeport, W.Va.) settled down. He retired 10 in a row at one point and only allowed one base runner between the first and sixth innings. But the Quakers pieced together a rally in the sixth. The leadoff batter singled, stole second and raced to third on a throwing error. It looked like BC might get out of the inning unscathed when the next hitter flew out to short right and junior RF Anthony Packer (River Vale, N.J./Pascack Valley Regional) gunned down the runner at the plate.
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Childe Hassam earned his reputation with diverse views of New York City that he created around the turn of the century. The New York studio in which he worked from 1890 to 1892 was located on Fifth Avenue near Union Square; Fifth Avenue in Winter was painted from one of its windows. The painting skillfully conveys the fashionable New York of the day, with its well-dressed pedestrians, horse-drawn omnibuses and cabs, and brownstone buildings.
Though generally Impressionist in technique, Fifth Avenue in Winter has a subdued and delicately modulated color scheme. Occasional touches of red and violet enliven an otherwise muted palette. Unlike the French Impressionists, who eschewed the use of black, Hassam defined some of his forms with a black under-painting that sharpened the sense of design and heightened the contrasts in his pictures.
This composition, in which an empty foreground accentuates a diagonally receding sidewalk and street, echoes Hassam's early paintings of Boston. However, the elevated vantage point is a recognizably Impressionist device that recalls Claude Monet's paintings of the Boulevard des Capucines. Unlike Monet and his colleagues, Hassam inclined toward more solidly painted, specific groupings of figures. He once remarked: "I do not always find the streets interesting, so I wait until I see picturesque groups, and those that compose well in relation to the whole."
Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Childe Hassam became a professional illustrator in the late 1870s. He attended evening classes at the Boston Art Club, took drawing lessons from William Rimmer at the Lowell Institute, and studied painting with the Munich-trained artist Ignatz Marcel Gaugengigl. By the mid-1880s he had become an accomplished painter, most skillful in atmospheric urban views such as Rainy Day, Boston (1885, The Toledo Museum of Art) and Boston Common at Twilight (1885-86, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). Between 1887 and 1889 Hassam studied at the celebrated Académie Julian in Paris and began to work in a fully Impressionist style. He settled in New York following his return to the United States. In the 1890s Impressionism, no longer considered outrageously avant-garde, was extremely popular in America, and Hassam soon established himself as one of its most successful and prolific practitioners.
From 1896 until his death, Hassam enjoyed a cordial relationship with Carnegie Institute. Over the years he exhibited ninety paintings at the prestigious Carnegie Internationals and at the 1910 International was honored with a one-man show. Director of fine arts John Beatty held the artist in great esteem and frequently sought his opinions on artistic matters. Carnegie Institute was the first museum to purchase one of Hassam's paintings, Fifth Avenue in Winter (00.2)(c. 1892). Several years after Hassam's death, his widow donated sixty of his lithographs and etchings to the museum in recognition of its important role in her husband's career.


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Across India, Bitter Fight Is Dividing Ruling Party
By JOHN F. BURNS,
Published: December 15, 1994
NEW DELHI, Dec. 14— After a series of four state elections gave it one of the worst drubbings in its history, the governing Congress Party has moved into bitter internal wrangling that has centered on the leadership of the Prime Minister and on the wide-ranging program of market economic reforms he has led since taking office in 1991.
In the state elections whose results became known over the weekend, the Congress Party was reduced to a rump in two key southern states that it previously ruled, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, as well in the small Himalayan state of Sikkim. In the coastal state of Goa, also among the smallest of India's 25 states, it lost its majority in the state assembly, but appeared likely to hang onto power in a coalition.
The scale of the rout appeared to stun Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao, who had campaigned vigorously in all four states, telling voters that the outcome would be a popularity test for his Government and its economic policies. The Times of India, quoting party officials who attended a series of crisis meetings between senior Congress party officials in the last three days, quoted Mr. Rao as saying, "This is not only a loss but a total collapse of the party, something which has never happened before in the country's history."
For the time being, the 73-year-old Mr. Rao appears likely to hang on as Prime Minister, partly because there is no obvious successor. But after harsh exchanges at the meetings held to review the state results, senior Congress Party leaders were quoted in several Indian newspapers as having said that Mr. Rao may have to be ousted if the next round of elections, in five more states in February, turn out as badly for the party as the ones just concluded.
The mood was keyed to fears that a run of disastrous state elections could set the stage for a similar result in a national election that must be held before May 1996, when the Rao Government's parliamentary mandate expires. If the February elections go as dismally for the Congress Party as current opinion polls in the five states suggest, voters in states with a total population of 370 million people, about 40 percent of India's population, will have moved against the party.
According to the newsaper accounts, the party meetings in recent days focused on several issues on which Mr. Rao was seen as vulnerable: His leadership, which has been widely criticized within the governing party as irresolute; high-level corruption, which many in India believe to have reached new levels in a country accustomed to venality among senior officials; and the pace of the economic changes, seen by some in the party as too slow and by others as too rapid, or, in some cases, as wrong-headed.
Since the debacle in the state polls, Mr. Rao has also been widely criticized for moving the Congress Party away from the secularism and social egalitarianism that the party asserts are its basic principles. Senior Cabinet ministers have said publicly that Mr. Rao has alienated India's 110 million Muslims by tilting Government policies toward the Hindu majority, and by giving the appearance, with the economic reforms and other policies, of favoring the interests of the upper castes in India's rigid social structure.
But it is on the issue of the economic reforms, widely hailed by Western governments as heralding the end of a generation of economic stagnation and positioning the country to begin catching up with the fast- growing economies elsewhere in Asia, that Mr. Rao has been catching the greatest heat.
According to accounts in several Indian newspapers, the party leaders who met with Mr. Rao in recent days demanded early changes to counter what they described as a growing perception that the party has become "antipoor" by adopting policies that have opened up India to foreign investment and begun dismantling a vast apparatus of state controls but which have brought few tangible benefits so far to the 350 million Indians said to be living in poverty.
Some party leaders believe that the party cannot hope to win re-election by abandoning the policies it has followed for four years in the last year of its mandate. This faction is said to have argued that the opposition parties that registered strong gains in the southern states, including two that pose the principal challenge to the Congress Party at the national level, the left-of-center Janata Dal and the Hindu-revivalist Bharatiya Janata Party, are too torn by internal rivalries to sustain their challenge in a national poll.
The February elections may determine which view prevails. The elections will be held in two key industrial states that stand to gain more rapidly than most if the reform policies succeed, Maharashtra and Gujarat on the west coast, as well as two others, Bihar and Orissa in eastern India, that are among the country's poorest.


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The two teams apparently at the centre of a tug-of-love over the services of Sebastian Vettel have both played down stories linking him to Maranello.
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Unsurprisingly, considering that nothing concrete has emerged from either party, both Ferrari and Red Bull have attempted to play down the speculation that Sebastian Vettel is to move from one to the other ahead of the 2014 F1 season.
While the BBC broke the story 24 hours after the F1 circus had begun packing up in Korea, claiming that Felipe Massa was about to offered a one-year contract extension in order to bridge the gap between now and when Vettel can leave Milton Keynes for Maranello, both Luca di Montezemolo and Christian Horner have sought outlets to dismiss the notion that the two-time world champion could be poised to make a bigger switch of allegiance that seen this season with Lewis Hamilton's jump from McLaren to Mercedes.
"Sebastian Vettel, without a shadow of doubt, will be part of the Red Bull Racing team in 2014," was Horner's brief response to BBC Sport, while di Montezemolo took to Italian national radio to quell the sort of speculation that would get the tifosi picturing a 'dream team' alliance with Fernando Alonso.
"Today, the problem is not with drivers," he said, aware that Alonso is currently fighting to protect his title bid from a late Vettel assault, "2013 is still to come, but I don't want to have two roosters in the same henhouse. I'd rather two drivers who race for Ferrari and not for themselves. I don't want problems and rivalries, which we didn't have between [Michael] Schumacher and [Eddie] Irvine, between Schumacher and [Rubens] Barrichello, between Alonso and Massa or Massa and Schumi or Massa and [Kimi] Raikkonen...."
The potential of a relationship between Vettel and Ferrari has been bouncing around the F1 paddock for much of the year, with Horner already denying reports of a pre-contract agreement as long ago as July, but RBR team advisor Helmut Marko has revealed that Vettel's contract, which is understood to cover 2014, contains a performance clause that could see him slip away should Red Bull fail to match its rivals next season.
"2013 is fixed for us," Marko told Germany's Bild, "but, for 2014, there is a performance-related clause in his contract - for him and for the team."
Massa, meanwhile, should know his fate tomorrow [Tuesday], with di Montezemolo saying he will sit down with the Brazilian to discuss the prospect of an extension to his current contract. The Brazilian claimed his first podium for nearly two years in Japan last weekend, and back that - and other better recent performances - up with fourth place in Korea on Sunday. Both Massa and team principal Stefano Domenicali have hinted that a new deal will be forthcoming, but di Montezemolo insists that negotiations are ongoing.
"I'm happy to see Felipe Massa back at a high level, and tomorrow I will meet him at Maranello," he said during his radio interview, "You can see from the constructors' championship [where Ferrari moved into second place on Sunday] that he has returned to the levels that we used to know well. I expect a lot from him and his capacity to take points from our rivals. We will have a chance to talk about his future and then I will take a decision."


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Film Podcast #96: Michael Shannon is a Stern Monopoly Player
Andrew Garfield and Michael Shannon in 99 Homes.
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LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson found out first-hand that Michael Shannon is a pretty stern Monopoly player during a recent game with the actor, who portrays a tortured Orlando real-estate baron in the upcoming 99 Homes. Nicholson and Village Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl open this week's Voice Film Club podcast with that movie before moving onto Crimson Peak, the dreamy and dark ghost story from director Guillermo del Toro.
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• Staying in Boston, Zacharek praises Spotlight, the movie about how reporters at the Boston Globe exposed a system of sexual abuse by priests in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. "I really loved it and I'm really excited for people to see it," she says.
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