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To be truly fashion-forward, a closet must be refreshed periodically. This is equally true for premiere, class "A" regional malls that pride themselves on offering the hottest apparel and most fashionable retail the industry has to offer. If wardrobe success depends on what's hanging in your closet, shopping centers hang their success on merchandising savvy and tenant mix.
A classic example of an established, highly successful shopping center that is taking its merchandise mix to the next level is Willow Grove Park Mall in suburban Philadelphia, owned and operated by Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT), also of Philadelphia.
Following the Federated/Macy's acquisition of the May Co., former May brand Strawbridge's closed its store in Willow Grove Park Mall in 2006. PREIT seized the opportunity created by the vacant anchor space to re-merchandise the mall with an exciting mix of fashion-forward retail and compelling sit-down restaurants.
First to the table was The Cheesecake Factory, which opened in 2007, filling a 10,000-sq.-ft. portion of the wing. After a temporary lull, activity resumed with gusto, and Willow Grove Park welcomed Bravo Cucina Italiana, another upscale eatery occupying 7,500 sq. ft., and the expansion of Forever 21 from its previous location in the center to a larger, two-level 17,000-sq.-ft. space. Both of these tenants opened in the latter half of 2011.
Nordstrom Rack will open its third location in the Philadelphia market on May 10, in a 41,000-sq.-ft. space adjacent to The Cheesecake Factory. And the grand finale of the re-merchandised renovation will be the opening of a 115,000-sq.-ft. J.C. Penney store on October 5.
"We wanted to re-merchandise in a way that would position the property with more than a department store, and we are excited about the great mix of tenants," proclaimed Joseph F. Coradino, president and, effective June 2012, CEO of PREIT. "This will be one of the first new-format stores opened by J.C. Penney since Ron Johnson took the lead there, and it will showcase Johnson's new vision for the company."
The center has always performed well, with strong fashion-oriented anchors in Bloomingdale's, Macy's and Sears. "In spite of Strawbridge's closing, average sales have continued to exceed $400 per square foot, and the center has maintained a 96% occupancy rate," Coradino continued.
The Willow Grove Park trade area encompasses a 15-mile radius of affluent suburbs, with a population of 1,400,000 people, roughly 500,000 homes and average household incomes of $75,000. The median age is 38 years old, and 36% of the homes boast an average value of $250,000.
While the renovation of the former Strawbridge's anchor space will be completed with the opening of the J.C. Penney, re-merchandising is an ongoing process for A+ malls.
"We'd like to bring a third sit-down restaurant to Willow Grove and perhaps add some technology retailers to the mix," Coradino stated. "We have the opportunity to take this mall to the $500 sales per square foot range — and that's rarefied air to get to breathe."

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Day 1: Bolzano. Arrival. A bilingual city Bolzano is a famous commercial and touristic center and also a historical and cultural connection between the Italian and the German world.
Day 2: Bolzano – Trento (approximately 70 km/44 miles). Today you will ride mostly along the Adige River, through orchards, vineyards passing the villages of Ora, Egna and Salorno. The dam pathways lead then to Trento.
Day 3: Trento – Peschiera - Desenzano (approximately 50 km/31 miles, boat). Always pedalling along the Adige you reach Rovereto and Mori. From here westwards towards Lake Garda. After a short ascent, a refreshing descent will follow and lead you to Torbole and to Riva. The ferry cruise takes you to the southern part of the lake.
Day 4: Peschiera - Desenzano - Bardolino – Verona (approximately 35-60 km/ 22-38 miles). Today you head to Verona; crossed by the Adige is one of the most important and beautiful cities of the Veneto region. Worth visiting are: the roman Arena, the Church of San Zeno and Julia's House.
Day 5: Verona – Vicenza (approximately 40-75 km/25-46 miles). At first, the route starts out flat and then heads through the Monti Berici, a hilly region just south of Vicenza, with a wonderful view of the city. The old city centre is characterized by the beautiful private palaces and public buildings by Andrea Palladio, the famous 16th century architect known all over the world. This stage can also be reduced by taking a train from Verona to San Bonifacio (approximately 30 km). Train tickets are provided only for the guests of the guided tours.
Day 6: Vicenza – Padova (approximately 50 km/31 miles). Cycling out of Vicenza you will come across the beautiful Palladian Villa Rotonda. Along the Bacchiglione river, the route will continue to the fascinating city of Padova with its famous Giotto's
Chapel and one of the biggest squares of Europe "Prato della Valle". Overnight in Padova.
Day 7: Padova – Mestre - Venice (approximately 40-54 km/25-34 miles). The tour continues easily through the flat Veneto. You will cycle along the Brenta Canal, overlooked by the once countryside villas of the Venetian nobility (Villa Pisani, Malcontenta, Villa Widmann) until you reach Mestre, Venice's mainland. You can chose to stay in Venice with a price supplement.
Day 8: Mestre - Venice. Departure. Possible transfer back to Bolzano (reservation required).
Price Includes:
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* 7 nights hotel accommodation
* Breakfast buffet
* Tour information on the spot by our representative
* Luggage transportation
* Route descriptions & maps
* Ferry cruise on Lake Garda
* 7-days Hot-line service
* Entrance into Villa Valmarana ai Nani
* Ice-cream in the best ice cream parlor of Vicenza
- Guided:
* 7 nights hotel accommodation in Category A (3 and 4-star) hotels
* Breakfast buffet
* 7 dinners (3-course meals)
* Guide on bike
* Minibus in the area
* Wine tasting
* Guided visits of Verona and Venice
* Tour information on the spot by our representative
* Luggage transportation
* Route descriptions and maps
* Ferry cruise on Lake Garda
* 7-days Hot-line service
* Entrance into Villa Valmarana ai Nani
* Ice-cream in the best ice cream parlor of Vicenza.
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So I missed the fact that OU baseball opened today. My bad.
However, I think based on how strong we started last season after CWS appearance and then fizzled during the season, it would be fair to have a longterm event last through opening week. Get a sense of the team if you must, but more than that, just let your Sooner fan-ness blind you a little
You have till next Friday to vBet. I will use participation in this to determine how many future baseball events to post.
Keep in mind that this is a longterm vBookie event, meaning that while there is a high payout if you are successful, the payout will not be till after the season (June).
Good vLuck and Boomer Sooner!


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In Wednesday's Rocky Mountain News, Republican senatorial candidate Bob Schaffer insisted that his race against Dem Mark Udall isn't over despite polls showing him trailing his opponent by a gaping fourteen points. But according to The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder, the National Republican Senatorial Committee disagrees. In "NRSC Pulling Out Of Colorado," Ambinder writes, "Republican sources in Colorado and Washington say that the National Republican Senatorial Committee plans to pull out of the state by next week, an acknowledgment that its independent expenditure resources would be better spent on defense elsewhere."
That's one devastating sentence for the Schaffer campaign... -- Michael Roberts


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Business News of Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Source: XYZ
The Inter Agency Taskforce on foreign retailers this morning embarked on a distress action against foreign retailers engaged in illegal business in the Central Business District of Accra.
The foreign retailers were given four months grace period to relocate their business from the market meant for Ghanaian retailers.
Two weeks ago, the Ghana Union Trade Organization (GUTA) demonstrated against government for failing to eject the foreigners.
K.N. Atuahene, leader of the taskforce told XYZ Business the taskforce are bent on enforcing Ghana's trade laws.
He said "we are serving them with letters reminding them that the moratorium – the grace period – which was up to 16th October is over and that we are warning them to leave the place."
According to Mr. Atuahene, their rounds have shown that there are still non-Ghanaians engaged in retail trade and the letters are to inform them to desist.
Mr. Atuahene said the exercise is being replicated in all regional capitals. Meanwhile, XYZ BUSINESS understands the foreign retailers have closed their shops and bolted.


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Catch up with Free Thinking
BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival 2012, with Mary Robinson, Amos Oz, Antony Beevor, Philippa Gregory, Michael Ignatieff, Kevin Whately, Lee Hall, Polly Toynbee and many more.
Radioplayer - all of UK radio in one place
Listening to the radio online has a history. The first station in the world to stream radio across the Internet was North Carolina student radio station WXYC in late 1994. BBC radio programmes have been available on the web for over fifteen years. A 1995 experiment by BBC Radio 3 also included ...
A day in the life of 5 live
For the next couple of weeks, over on the 5 live blog, they're going to be taking listeners behind the scenes at the 24-hour station - with blog posts from people in every area of 5 live. Each blogger will write about a day in their life at the station, starting tomorrow morning with Chris Hunte...
The Q4 Rajars in the press and on the social networks
Using a beta (test) version of a service called Storify we've rounded up the reaction in the press, on the blogs and on the social networks to this morning's RAJAR numbers. What's your opinion of the numbers? Log in to leave a comment. Steve Bowbrick, blogs editor RAJAR (Radio Joint Audie...
Adrian Van Klaveren on 5 live's Rajars
I asked the BBC's media correspondent, Torin Douglas, to drop into 5 live's offices in Television Centre this morning to interview Controller Adrian Van Klaveren about the station's performance in the final quarter of 2010. Steve Bowbrick, blogs editor RAJAR (Radio Joint Audience Rese...
Who's listening? The Rajars are coming
The Rajars? Obscure industry obsession or the beating heart of radio? The RAJAR figures for the fourth quarter of 2010 are published next Thursday morning, 3 February. Watch this space for coverage of the numbers that give radio people sleepless nights, starting on Tuesday with an exclusive prim...
Big changes at BBC Online
Some big changes have been announced today by management at BBC Online. A cut amounting to 25% will affect the whole of the Corporation's online division (Future Media & Technology). 360 posts will close all together, including between 35 and 39 at BBC Audio & Music Interactive. Around 200 indiv...
Radio bosses debate the BBC's role
Last week's radio industry conference The Radio Festival was the first to take place in its new permament home, Salford. The whole UK radio industry was present and a sense of the shared challenges to radio animated the event. The video captures a fascinating session called 'meet the bosses' in ...
A new BBC blog
Senior managers at BBC Audio & Music are already keen bloggers. The Controllers of Radio 3, Radio 4 and 5 live have had their own blogs for some time and others have blogged on the BBC Internet blog, the BBC Music blog and on various technical blogs. The latest to jump in is the boss, Direc...


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ABC News' Eloise Harper Reports: With her sights set on the May 13 West Virginia primary, Senator Clinton made no mention of her loss in North Carolina – and spoke proudly of her Indiana finish describing it as a "come-from-behind-victory".
Speaking in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, when asked if she'll carry the fight to the floor of the convention, Clinton said she's not going anywhere until there is a clear winner. "I'm staying in this race until there is a nominee and I obviously am going to work as hard as I can to become that nominee...that is what I have done, that is what I continue to do," Clinton said.
Watch the VIDEO HERE.
Clinton once again floated 2210 delegates as the nomination finish line, accounting for the seating of Michigan and Florida's delegates. Both states were punished by the DNC for holding early primaries and are not included in the needed 2025 delegates to clinch the nomination.
When asked if she would accept Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill, as the party's nominee if he got to 2210 delegates, Clinton praised the reporter for using the 2210 instead of 2025 calling it "the right figure".
"I'm glad you used the figure 2210 because I think that's the right figure because that includes the seating of delegates from Florida and Michigan something that I have said consistently as I have said consistently for months now,' Clinton concluded, not answering the question adding "2209, 2210 is the number and at one point one of us will get there."
With roughly 18 delegates (of the 187 that were at stake Tuesday) left to be allocated, Sen. Obama is 182 delegates shy of reaching the magic number 2,025 to secure the nomination. Sen. Clinton is 346 delegates away -- that is roughly 70% of the total remaining pledged and unpledged (super) delegates left to be allocated.
Clinton did not show frustration when asked how she felt about losing the endorsement of former Sen. George McGovern, "I respect him. He has a right to make whatever decision he makes I was pleased to get Heath Shuler's endorsement."
Clinton refused to answer when asked if she would loan more money to campaign -- this morning ABC News learned the New York senator had loaned her campaign nearly $6.5 million in the last month. Clinton said today that she thought he investment had paid off.
"It's a sign of my commitment to this campaign. It's a sign of how much I believe in what were trying to do and my supporters have been incredibly generous. They are putting money into this campaign on an hourly basis." Clinton continued, "We've remained competitive and I have been willing to lend that money to my campaign so that we could be competitive and I think it's paid off."
Clinton emphasized her strength in the race to the nomination, "I think the base that I have put together in these primaries is a stronger base to stand on, that is certainly my assessment as I stand here today." Clinton continued to speak about how the length of the race is not unusual saying "In June of 1992 that's when Bill really wrapped up the nomination – the middle of June after California."
Clinton then made a veiled comparison between Kerry and Obama saying "When Senator Kerry wrapped up the nomination in I guess March, he was ahead of President Bush but he didn't win so this is a dynamic electoral environment."
Clinton also pointed out that if the other side had the rules the Democratic Party did – their contest would still be raging on. "If we had the rules the Republicans have we'd already have a nominee. If they had our rules they'd still be fighting it out."


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Mazindol in Children With ADHD : Open-label, Efficacy, Safety and Pharmacokinetic Pilot Trial (MAZDAH)
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Wiregrass Ranch sophomore Agie Moreno made North Suncoast history Friday, becoming the first player from a public Pasco County school to win an individual tennis state championship.
A day after winning the team singles title and helping the Bulls tie for first as a team, he knocked off Fort Myers' John Carlin 6-1, 4-6, 10-3 to claim the overall Class 3A championship.
"I was very excited that I could be part of that moment," Moreno said.
His day started well. He dominated at the net and looked to have the match in hand.
"Agie came out just ready to play," Bulls coach Dave Wilson said.
Moreno faced set point in the first before rain began to fall at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs. The showers forced an hour delay — and caused Moreno to struggle briefly in the second.
"It kind of took me out of the rhythm for the second set," Moreno said.
Moreno won six of the first seven points in the tiebreaker to pull ahead for good.
He joins Saddlebrook Prep's Jose Muguruza (2002) and Keith Brill (1994) as Pasco County's only two boys individual champions.
Moreno said that he plans to play high school tennis again next year to defend his state championship.
Girls: Largo's top doubles team of Alexis Franco and Laurel Wanger had to wait through a weather delay at Sanlando Park before playing their Class 3A individual doubles championship match Frida.
After the delay, Franco and Wanger started hot but eventually lost 0-6, 6-4, 10-5 to Naples' Nikki Kallenberg and Letizia Atzen.
Franco and Wanger, playing together for the first time this season, made the final by winning both matches Thursday in straight sets. For Franco, a sophomore, this was her second runnerup finish. She lost to Kallenberg in the individual singles final 6-2, 6-4 Thursday.
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Sonny Ford, Delta Artist: Film Facts
1969, Film: 16mm
41 minutes, Color
Description: B/w 16mm documentary film based on fieldwork Ferris conducted with Leland, Mississippi, bluesman and folk artist James "Son" Thomas. Included is footage of Thomas performing at juke houses, his wife preparing dinner, and Thomas making skulls out of clay.
Featuring: KAPELYE, KAPELYE
Copyright: 1969, William R. Ferris.
Filmmaker(s): Bill Ferris, Josette Ferris
Produced by: William Ferris, Josette Ferris
Cinematography: William Ferris
Editing: Josette Ferris
Sound: Josette Ferris
Funding: Grant from the United Church Board for Homeland Ministry Division of Higher Education & American Missionary Association for the Archives of the Amistad Research Center
Distribution: Center for Southern Folklore
P.O. Box 226, Memphis, TN 38101
Distributor Email: Contact
Distributor Website: Center for Southern Folklore
Distributor Telephone: (901) 525-3655
Archives & Stock Footage: Steve Weiss
Manuscripts Department, CB #3926, Wilson Library, UNC, Chapel Hill. CB# 3926, Wilson Library University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hil
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SERIOUS DEBATE....Matt Yglesias writes today about the media's treatment of last week's mini-fracas between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Why, he asks, were pundits interested almost exclusively in the politics of the disagreement instead of the substance?
The first votes won't be cast until months from now. Why not cover what the candidates are saying about things and whether or not those things make sense? Why not let the issues play out a little bit and just wait and see who gains the advantage? Whether or not either Clinton or Obama ever intended to establish a sharp policy disagreement, there is an interesting issue here should the United States abandon its policy of seeking to "isolate" countries we don't like by refusing to talk to them unless they first meet a series of preconditions?This is a standard complaint about modern media coverage of politics, and God knows I'm sympathetic to it. I'd sure like the media to spend more time on substance.
On the other hand, Clinton and Obama themselves didn't exactly take the chance to elevate this into a scholarly colloquium themselves, did they? Instead we got Clinton calling Obama "naive" and "irresponsible," and Obama hitting back by accusing Clinton of endorsing a "Bush/Cheney lite" foreign policy. Enlightening stuff, no? Is it any wonder the press covered this as a food fight rather than a serious debate?


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|Compact disc
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Songs and music
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|Sound Recording
|Music Type:
|Songs; Carols; Jazz; Popular music
|All Authors / Contributors:
Yo-Yo Ma; Diana Krall; John Clayton; Dave Brubeck; Matthew Brubeck; Paquito D'Rivera; James Taylor; Edgar Meyer, (Bassist); Chris Thile; Natalie MacMaster; Alison Krauss; Cristina Pato; Sérgio Assad; Odair Assad; Alon Yavnai; Joshua Redman; Chris Botti; Renée Fleming; Tong Wu; Amelia Zirin-Brown; Jake Shimabukuro; Silk Road Ensemble.
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|Language Note:
|The vocal selections sung in English, Portuguese, and Chinese.
|Principally a recording which celebrates the universal hopes, dreams, and joy animating seasonal festivals the world over, including Christmas, Hanukkah, Eid al-Adha, Kwanzaa, Yule, and New Year's Day.
Compact disc.
Liner notes by Yo-Yo Ma ([10] p. : ports.) inserted in container.
|Produced by Steven Epstein and Cristin Canterbury Bagnall.
|Various performers, featuring Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello.
|Event notes:
|Recorded in 2008, at multiple locations, principally in New York City; the 19th track recorded Oct. 28, 2007, at 3U Studio, Shanghai, China.
|1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
|Dona nobis pacem = Give us peace / traditional (Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello) (2:00) --
You couldn't be cuter / Jerome Kern ; Dorothy Fields ; arr. John Clayton (Diana Krall, piano, vocals ; John Clayton, bass) (3:28) --
Joy to the world / traditional ; arr. by Dave Brubeck (Dave Brubeck, piano ; Matt Brubeck, violoncello ; Paquito d'Rivera, clarinet) (3:42) --
Here comes the sun / George Harrison ; arr. James Taylor (James Taylor, guitar, vocals) (2:50) --
Improvisation on Dona nobis pacem (2:57) ; The wassail song / All through the night (2:37) (Edgar Meyer, bass ; Chris Thile, mandolin) --
A Christmas jig / Mouth of the tobique reel (Natalie MacMaster, fiddle) (3:46) --
The Wexford carol ; arr. Charles Floyd (Alison Krauss, vocals) (4:20) --
Panxoliña: a Galician carol (Cristina Pato, bagpipes, vocals) (3:05) --
Improvisation on Dona nobis pacem (Give us peace) (0:58) ; Vassourinhas / Matias da Rocha (3:25) (Sérgio Assad, Odair Assad, guitars) --
Improvisation on Dona nobis pacem (give us peace) (2:32) ; Invitación al danzón (4:53) (Paquito d'Rivera, clarinet ; Alon Yavnai, piano) --
My one and only love (Joshua Redman, saxophone) (4:07) --
Familia (The Assad Family) (3:57) --
Concordia / Dave Brubeck (Dave Brubeck, piano ; Matt Brubeck, violoncello) (4:30) --
My favorite things / Rogers and Hammerstein (Chris Botti, trumpet) (6:29) --
Touch the hand of love / Blossom Dearie ; arr. Edgar Meyer (Renée Fleming, soprano ; Edgar Meyer, bass ; Chris Thile, mandolin) (4:35) --
Kuai le / Osvaldo Golijov (Wu Tong, sheng, vocals ; The Silk Road Ensemble) (3:26) --
This little light of mine (Amelia Zirin-Brown, vocals) (5:02) --
Happy Xmas (war is over) (Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele) (4:45) --
Dona nobis pacem = Give us peace / Auld lang syne (Chris Botti, trumpet) (1:57).
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|Songs of joy and peace
|Yo-Yo Ma & friends.
Celebrates the universal hopes, dreams, and joy animating seasonal festivals the world over - Christmas, Hanukkah, Eid al-Adha, Kwanzaa, Yule, and New Year's Day.
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See what I mean!!! Don't pick on the deaf chick!!!!!!
See what I mean!!! Don't pick on the deaf chick!!!!!!
I picked Joanna. I felt she was rude and out of line to Christy. Joanna may redeem herself if she apolgises to Christy during the next episode but clearly Joanna forgot the 'Love one another as I have loved you" line in her bible.
I could go east, I could go west, it was all up to me to decide. Just then I saw a young hawk flyin' and my soul began to rise. ~Bob Seger
I'm with the majority who picked Joanna. what a rude person she is.
In Rrrussia, vee have proverb: Only bad soliders dont vant to be general. Sasha Pivovarova
Joanna, hands down. (no pun intended!)
I voted for Jenna. Joanna is a religious nut and overbearing, but at least she WORKS around the camp. Jenna hasn't said one word to Christy, sits around on her bum and spends her spare time boiling her skivvies. She's a waste of oxygen.
Joanna all the way. Easy choice.
Joanna. Please go re-read Wayners post
Jenna is useless though isn't she?
"Rice is great when you're hungry and want 2,000 of something' -- Mitch Hedberg
I agree, Jenna is dreadful imo.
"That's Numberwang!"
There aren't many that I feel I do like. Well, Alex. Heidi and Shawna seem okay.
I picked Roger. Joanna, while annoying is misguided.
Roger's just full of hatred. He'd be worse to Christy than Joanna is.
If you go through a lot of hammers each month, I don't think it necessarily means you're a hard worker.
It may just mean that you have a lot to learn about proper hammer maintenance.
I think that Jeanne may well end up being the most annoying lady in the group. She is constantly stirring up trouble.
But I voted for Shawna... I just see something about her that reminds me of Penny.
"George Oscar Bluth II, aka GOB, featured magician in the best selling videotape, "Girls With Low Self Esteem" invites you to enter his world.
-- Arrested Development, Season III


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KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq:KVHI) has opened an office in Tokyo to further strengthen KVH's position in the market and to provide additional support to its Japanese partners. The opening of the KVH Industries Japan Co., Ltd., office reflects the growing market in Japan for KVH's maritime satellite communications solutions, which include the mini-VSAT Broadband(SM) service -- the world's leading maritime VSAT choice -- and the award-winning TracPhone(R) satellite communications systems.
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Reintroducing PECOTA
The Hits Just Keep On Coming
Were Ichiro Suzuki represented by Scott Boras, the super-agent might be able to make a more convincing case than usual for his client's singular, once-in-a-generation talent. Actually, Ichiro-types don't come along even as often as that, especially in PECOTA's post-World War II player comparison pool; the baseball gods appear to have both made and broken the mold especially for him.
The Mariners' NPB import is an outlier in more ways than one, which makes him both a fan favorite and a likely future Hall-of-Famer. Of course, every player could accurately be described as unique, whether because of some aspect of his play on the field, his background, or his choice of breakfast cereal. But Ichiro's uniqueness is impossible to ignore.
As it happens, some of the very qualities that endear Ichiro to baseball fans render him a persona non grata with the developers of forecasting systems, at least in their professional capacities. In addition to being a great quote, Suzuki has famously managed to collect at least 200 hits for 10 consecutive seasons, a feat that distinguishes him from every other player in history. The traits that have enabled him to amass those remarkable hit totals also mark him as the rarest of roses in and of themselves.
By virtue of his speed, tendency to hit the ball on the ground, and, perhaps, some innate ability to hit 'em where they ain't, Suzuki has managed to sustain a .357 BABIP over more than 7,000 plate appearances in environments where the "average hitter" musters only a near-.300 figure. In not-unrelated news, Suzuki has led the American League in infield hit percentage for five straight seasons.
The statistical quirks that have made Ichiro such good news for Seattle have doubled as bad news for the accuracy of PECOTA's projections. Since automated projection algorithms aren't tailored to individuals, players to whom the normal rules don't apply (or apply only loosely) present a challenge. Let's take a look at how PECOTA's past and present projections for the speedy right fielder stack up to reality. The following table displays Suzuki's actual stats since suiting up on this side of the Pacific (omitting his rookie season):
For comparative purposes, here's how PECOTA projected Ichiro in each of our annual publications since the system hit the scene. PECOTA was little more than an apple in Nate Silver's eye in 2002, so we'll look at 2003 on:
Withholding comment until we've presented all the data, let's take a look at the retroactive forecasts (sans aging adjustments, which we'll cover later this week) for the same seasons, generated by the latest PECOTA methodology:
In order to put the different implementations of PECOTA on an even playing field, we can compare Ichiro's MLB stats to those dueling forecasts from 2003-2010, using Ichiro's actual PA totals for PECOTA-weighting purposes:
Actual Ichiro outperforms even the new-and-improved projected Ichiro, but not by much: only 10 points of batting average separate the two. A projection system can't predict luck, and since some random fluctuation is inevitable, no method can pinpoint batting average infallibly. Ichiro's true batting-average ability may have remained more or less stable even as his results jumped from as low as .303 to as high as .372, but "new" PECOTA wisely split the difference, never calling for a figure lower than .312 or higher than .327.
So what's responsible for the improvements in Ichiro's forecast? As Nate Silver acknowledged several years ago, PECOTA wasn't doing a great job of grasping the legitimacy of Ichiro's high batting averages. All high batting averages aren't created equal, but as Nate lamented about the system's former failings, "PECOTA thinks that Ichiro is due for a major correction because it thinks he's like Luis Polonia, and when a hero like Luis Polonia hits .330 or something, it is almost certainly a fluke, a lucky year by a banjo hitter."
Nate dubbed Ichiro "unique," but he's not the only batter whose high BABIPs manage to confound PECOTA on a regular basis. Matt Swartz has written about these "BABIP Superstars" on multiple occasions. Along with Ichiro, the group he identified includes luminaries like Derek Jeter and Joe Mauer, which hasn't helped to obscure PECOTA's deficiencies in the BABIP department.
The problem is in projecting batting average in the first place. There's any number of component skills that contribute to a player's ability to hit for average – his ability to hit home runs, his ability to make a lot of contact, his ability to leg out a few additional singles. But PECOTA was lumping all of those skills into one catch-all metric, one that is typically subject to a high amount of noise.
So we've broken hitting down into a much larger set of component skills than PECOTA has in the past – utilizing play-by-play data from Retrosheet, we can break out things like infield singles and reaching on errors. We can then break this more detailed batting line down into an even more detailed set of components, and project them all independently before combining them into an overall batting line.
This lets us do a better job of projecting players with unique skill sets – by taking a closer look at the variety of skills that make up their batting line, we can do a much better job of identifying the underlying skill and not regressing it away as "luck."
This also has implications for pitchers – we're not stuck using official pitching stats to project pitchers anymore. We can get an exact count of (for instance) doubles and triples allowed, and to the extent that pitchers have a persistent skill in allowing extra base hits on balls in play, we can use that information to project their runs allowed.
(This also reduces the amount of code needed to run PECOTA, because we can share more code between the hitter and pitcher forecasts. That means less possibility for bugs and more shared improvements between the two sets of projections.)
But what about players whose skills aren't unique, but their situations are? Tomorrow, we look at how we're making PECOTA smarter about injuries.
Ben Lindbergh is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @benlindbergh
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I'm not sure whether the data would support this, but it would be interesting to look at the mean square angular distance between batted balls and the nearest fielder on a play-by-play basis. That would give you some measure of a player's ability to "hit the ball where they ain't."
Sep 29, 2010 06:15 AM
The HITf/x data that was made available for April 2009 implied to me that Ichiro did have some ability to hit 'em where they ain't. Other analysts were skeptical that that was anything more than a fluke.
Sep 29, 2010 07:11 AM
I would think that for that kind of ability anything less than a few years' worth of data would be inconclusive.
Sep 29, 2010 14:05 PM
It shouldn't take a few years worth. When we're relying on cameras rather than subjective observers to tell us where the ball went, we can be a lot more confident in the data. But I agree that I'd like to have a sample bigger than 40 batted balls before I can make a statement with confidence about Ichiro's placehitting skills.
Sep 29, 2010 14:38 PM
Here's a graph showing the HITf/x data for Ichiro that I was talking about.
Sep 30, 2010 11:39 AM
If I divide the 90 degrees between the foul lines into 45 degrees nearest the infielders and 45 degrees "in the gaps", Ichiro hit 28 balls in the gaps and 14 balls near the infielders.
Sep 30, 2010 11:53 AM
Actually, I should probably exclude Ichiro's air balls from those numbers, in which case he hit 23 balls in the gaps and 9 balls near the infielders. That comes in at about 2.5 standard deviations from the mean. (The previous one, with air balls included, was actually closer to 2 std dev, I reported that wrong in the comment above.)
Sep 30, 2010 12:55 PM
Randy Brown
Thanks for the explanation, the updates make perfect sense. Is play-by-play data for the minor leagues an issue? I'm wondering if projecting batting average for minor league players (and rookies) will essentially be done as before because PBP data isn't available.
Sep 29, 2010 07:11 AM
Colin Wyers
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We have play-by-play data for the minor leagues from '05 through to now, so that's not an issue. Foreign leagues are a larger concern, but we can be clever with some of what we do and approximate the process using only official stats.
Sep 29, 2010 07:23 AM
By the way, where is today's PECOTA-adjusted Playoff Odds Report?
Sep 29, 2010 09:48 AM
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Published: November 28th, 2008 | Tags: Atlanta Falcons, John Abraham, San Diego Chargers
The Falcons head into Sunday's matchup vs. the Chargers with a number of injuries to key players.
On offense, WR Roddy White (back), RB Jerious Norwood (rib) and K Jason Elam (left hip) are all listed as questionable. White is likely to play against the Chargers after being able to suit up with the same injury last week.
On defense, DE John Abraham (neck) is also listed as questionable. Abraham has started all 11 games this season and leads the team with 12 sacks.
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- GoPro Inc. (GPRO) was jumping on Thursday, rising as much as 31% to $31.43, as investors scrambled to get a piece of the video-camera maker popular with zealots of surfing, skiiing and other sports.
Shares of the San Mateo, California-based company rose 28% to $30.73 after shares were prices at $24 and opened at $28. GoPro raised roughly $427 million in an offering that values the company at $3 billion.
GoPro is expected to use the proceeds from its initial public offering to cash out some existing investors and pay off its $120 million debt.
Founder Nick Woodman created the first GoPro from a point-and-shoot camera, a broken surfboard leash and a couple of rubber bands. Now GoPro is a $2.25 billion company and has sold 8.5 million cameras since introducing its first high-definition camera 2009. It sold 3.8 million cameras in 2013 alone, according to a government filing.
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In 2013, there were 50 million hours of video watched with the word "GoPro" in the title, according to the filing.
Despite selling different mounts and accessories from its Web site, a vast majority of GoPro's $985.7 million in revenue for 2013 comes from camera sales. As camera sales growth numbers begin to decline, GoPro has begun looking to other sources of revenue. In the first quarter of 2014, GoPro partnered with Microsoft (MSFT) to create a GoPro channel on Xbox which will provide ad revenue and fees from third-party sponsorship. However, the advertising and sponsorship revenues GoPro is expecting to receive from its YouTube and Virgin America channels beginning in the second quarter of 2014 will not be material.


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Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has revealed that he regularly tries to persuade Russell T Davies to return to the show.
Russell T Davies was Doctor Who's showrunner between 2005 and 2009.
Speaking to Ed Stradling at the Gallifrey 2013 convention in Los Angeles on Sunday, Moffat discussed if there was any prospect of Davies writing for Doctor Who again: "I do keep asking him! Seriously! Can you imagine I don't? Are you kidding? Like a shot! He's the best writer breathing in terms of television. The offer is continually made and I'm getting nowhere. I think he did his duty for Doctor Who so maybe he wants a nice long rest from it."
Moffat also discussed his apparent reluctance to bring back The Master: "I think there's a danger with giving the Doctor an arch enemy like that. It's sort of limiting; it's a little bit cartoony. I did think [Russell T Davies] sort of ended that story [in 'The End of Time'] and ended it rather brilliantly. It's certainly not off the table, no."
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Shia LaBeouf's relationship with Karolyn Pho is reportedly extremely tense at the moment.
The actor recently revealed that he might have real sex while filming provocative director Lars von Trier's upcoming feature Nymphomaniac.
Fashion designer Karolyn is not at all happy with the possibility of her boyfriend fornicating with one of his co-stars.
"They've been on the rocks ever since Shia agreed to star in Nymphomaniac," a source told Radar Online.
"Karolyn gets that Shia likes to go method and appreciates his artistic integrity. However, she thinks performing a real sex scene in a movie is going too far.
"It's difficult for her to understand why it can't be simulated – just like in other films."
Karolyn hopes that other arrangements can be made.
"She wants him to do the film, because Shia was desperate to work with Lars – he's such a hero of his. And she doesn't mind if he strips off completely – she had no qualms about the Sigur Ros music video," the source explained.
"But Karolyn doesn't want him having sex with somebody else – simple. She's begged Shia to ask Lars if it's possible to make the scenes appear real, rather than shoot them real."
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text: dm-io calls bio_get_nr_vecs to get the maximum number of pages for a given device, then adds 1 to it and allocates bio with this size. The last vector is not used for i/o, it is used to hold information about the region this i/o belongs to. If bio_get_nr_vecs returned the maximum biovec size, dm-io attempts to allocate bio with one more vector and fails. Very likely this was the reason for bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=173153 (the bug was fixed with an userspace workaround preventing lvm from creating snapshots with chunksize >512k; after this patch is applied, that limit can be dropped) Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka redhat com> --- drivers/md/dm-io.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) Index: linux-2.6.29-rc1-devel/drivers/md/dm-io.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.29-rc1-devel.orig/drivers/md/dm-io.c 2009-01-22 04:13:45.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.29-rc1-devel/drivers/md/dm-io.c 2009-01-22 04:14:13.000000000 +0100 @@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ static void do_region(int rw, unsigned r (PAGE_SIZE >> SECTOR_SHIFT)); num_bvecs = 1 + min_t(int, bio_get_nr_vecs(where->bdev), num_bvecs); + if (unlikely(num_bvecs > BIO_MAX_PAGES)) + num_bvecs = BIO_MAX_PAGES; bio = bio_alloc_bioset(GFP_NOIO, num_bvecs, io->client->bios); bio->bi_sector = where->sector + (where->count - remaining); bio->bi_bdev = where->bdev;


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A large surplus of anything:
We've got enough coffee to cobble dogs with.
Possible explanations:
A cobblestone is a cut stone with a curved surface. These were set together to create road surfaces, in the days before the widespread use of asphalt. The image the phrase contains is that, even after all the roads have been cobbled, there are so many cobblestones left over that things that don't need cobbling – such as dogs – could still be cobbled.
A cobbler repairs shoes, so if you have enough leather to cobble an animal with four feet or that doesn't need shoes, you have a surplus.


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EVANSTON--Lost in all of the hoopla surrounding John Shurna's record-breaking Saturday night was the continued emergence of freshman point guard David Sobolewski.
While Shurna scored 18 points to become Northwestern's all-time leading scorer, it was Sobolewski who quietly wound up with a game-high 22 points. In a game that coach Bill Carmody called "close to a must-win," the freshman point guard quietly hit 4-of-5 three-pointers in the Wildcats' 64-53 victory over Minnesota.
Sobolewski went scoreless in Northwestern's embarrassing 75-52 loss to the Gophers on Jan. 22, but he more than redeemed himself in the rematch Saturday. Minnesota head coach Tubby Smith praised Sobolewski afterward as one of the most improved players in the Big Ten.
"He's done a fantastic job," Smith said. "I was very impressed with how he ran the offense. He's just a very talented player that we had no real answer for."
Sobolewski has regained confidence in his three-point shot, catalyzing Northwestern's offensive attack. During his six-game long-range slump, Sobolewski went 2-for-16 (12.5 percent) from beyond the arc and the Wildcats went 1-5. Since then, he is 15-of-27 (55.6 percent) and the team is 4-2 and back in the hunt for the NCAA Tournament.
"He's so open," Carmody said of his hot streak, a testament to the team's ball movement and perhaps opponents' lack of respect for Sobolewski's shooting ability.
Sobolewski seemed to hit rock bottom in Minneapolis last month, when he was 0-for-5 from the floor and had only one assist and three turnovers in 22 minutes of play. Many observers at that point began to wonder if the 6-foot-1, 185-pounder, who plays over 35 minutes per game, was beginning to wear down.
But since having to field round-after-round of questions about hitting the wall as a freshman, Sobolewski has smashed through the metaphorical barrier by developing a more up-tempo style, pushing the ball in transition and attacking the basket with a renewed vigor to set up higher percentage shots.
As a result, he has averaged 14 points over the teams' past six games and has been the team's leading scorer in two of their four victories in the last two and a-half weeks.
"Dave's been great," Shurna said. "His role continues to grow each game, which is huge for us. That's definitely what you want out of a freshman point guard. He's poised and he'll take and make big shots for us."
The only other player who will challenge Sobolewski for the starting point guard spot on the All-Freshman Big Ten team is the one he will square off against on Tuesday night (7 p.m. CT, BTN), Michigan's Trey Burke.
When Michigan defeated Northwestern 66-64 in overtime on January 11, Burke got the upper hand on his first-year rival. He was an inefficient 5-of-17 from the floor but scored eight of Michigan's 12 points in the overtime period, going 6-for-6 from the foul line. He finished the game with 19 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists.
Sobolewski, meanwhile, was just 3-for-9 from the floor and scored nine points, to go along with three assists, a block, a steal and a turnover. Burke even outdid the iron man Sobolewski's by playing all 45 minutes of the extended contest, while Sobolewski played "only" 43.
Both players have each been thrown to the wolves far earlier than many freshman point guards are forced to, and to this point both have exceeded all preseason expectations. Burke ranks second in the conference in assists (4.8) and Sobolewski still leads the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.1).
Each has filled the void left by their team's leader from the previous season (Northwestern's Michael "Juice" Thompson and Michigan's Darius Morris) and has led his team to successful seasons in what is widely regarded to be the deepest and toughest conference in college basketball.
When the two teams meet in Evanston on Tuesday night, Michigan will be vying to get themselves in position for their first Big Ten title since 1986. Northwestern will have another opportunity to state its case to the NCAA tournament selection committee.
But aside from the larger connotations of this matchup, Sobolewski and Burke will have their own personal showdown on Tuesday night. One that should settle, once and for all, who holds the title of best freshman point guard in the Big Ten.


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Archie McPhee made a lot of bacon lovers upset when they released the Bacon Tuxedo Box without the tux. In an effort to mend the wounds McPhee has come out with the "Bacon Tuxedo Puzzleâ€. It's not tux but it's better than an empty box of lost dreams (yes I am still bitter).
Bacon Tuxedo Puzzle – $9.95
Ham? Too casual. Meatloaf? Too retro. Make no mistake about it, bacon is the best meat for formalwear! This bizarre jigsaw puzzle features a dashing young man in a bacon tuxedo posing with his date for a prom picture. She must have been so proud. Also includes a 48 piece bonus mystery puzzle! Each 500 piece puzzle is 14″ x 18″ when assembled.
I wonder what the 48 piece bonus prize is. I hope it's a coupon for 48 bacon-wrapped spicy chicken nuggets from Wendy's. It's either that or another puzzle, which wouldn't be as cool.
McPhee also released the "Sunrise in Meatopia Puzzle†which is an illustration of a landscape made of meat. It could also be a representation of a vegan nightmare. In fact if I worked for them I would have called it, "Hide the lid and build this puzzle with a vegan friend, then watch them crumble in sadness as they realize they build a meatopiaâ€. Ok, maybe my title was a little long, but it got my point across.
Bacon and puzzle lovers finally have two puzzles they can complete with pride and satisfaction. Thanks Archie McPhee, Enjoy Bacon.


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VIDEO: Sneak Peek at Tonight's 'Old Dog, New Tricks' Episode of GLEE
TVGuide.com share a sneak peek at tonight's episode of Glee airing at 8/7c. Series star Chris Colfer pens the next all-new episode of FOX's Glee titled "Old Dog, New Tricks". In the episode, Rachel attempts to salvage her reputation among Broadway gossipers by hiring Santana as her publicist and creating a charity for rescue animals.
Meanwhile, Kurt nabs the lead role in a retirement home production of "Peter Pan". Tim Conway, June Squibb andBilly Dee Williams guest. The episode airs Tuesday, May 6th on FOX. Get a sneak peek below!
About GLEE
Glee is a musical comedy about a group of ambitious and talented kids who escape the harsh realities of high school by joining a Glee club, where they find strength, acceptance and, ultimately, their voice. Last year's graduates and aspiring singers, RACHEL BERRY (Lea Michelle) and KURT HUMMEL (Chris Colfer), packed their bags for New York and enrolled at a prestigious performing arts school, NYADA, where they made new friends and learned the cruel realities of college. These naïve freshmen moved into a Brooklyn loft, signed up for internships, auditioned for Broadway shows and gained a roommate when SANTANA LOPEZ (Naya Rivera) moved to the Big Apple.
Since its debut, Glee has become a bona fide cultural phenomenon, received prestigious honors, including a Golden Globe Award and a Peabody Award, and singlehandedly made Glee clubs cool again. The series boasts critical acclaim, a die-hard fan base, two Grammy Award nominations, two platinum and five gold albums, more than 43 million songs and more than 13 million albums sold worldwide, two sold-out concert tours, a 3-D movie and four Emmy Awards and three Golden Globes, including the award for Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical.


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Tokyo Toy Show Arms Up Micron campaign update: Lucky Draw DOTM Sentinel Prime
Friday, June 22nd, 2012 8:22AM CDTCategories: Toy News, Event News, Collectables
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Well, here is a new bit of information regarding those, yes we're bringing you news about something you can only get if you're Japanese child!
The second campaign or challenge asked its contestants to customise Arms Microns for the chance to win something, thanks to an update to TakaraTomy's website we now know what they can win!
And it is a Lucky Draw golden Dark of the Moon Voyager Class Sentinel Prime.
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Posted by njb902 on June 22nd, 2012 @ 9:29am CDT
2. are they really made from gold? if they arnt I just have to go with they look tacky.
3. I like minicons both the pcc pnes and these arms microns....especially how breakdown's looks.
Posted by JelZe GoldRabbit on June 22nd, 2012 @ 9:34am CDT
njb902 wrote:1. what is with the gold figures?
2. are they really made from gold? if they arnt I just have to go with they look tacky.
1. They look shiny!
2. Gold-colored Chrome on white plastic, nothing more. Regular gold is way too expensive.


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Shyam Das has been the arbitrator for MLB disputes between ownership and labor since 1999, but MLB has informed Das and the player's union of its decision to terminate Das under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.
Das most prominently ruled in favor of Ryan Braun in regard to the drug suspension. The lesson here: while the arbitrator is independent, if you make decisions that MLB doesn't like, you are gone. Don't feel bad for Das, though. He also works for the NFL as an arbitrator and is scheduled to hear appeals of the Saints' bounty suspensions.
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In an ad coup for Yahoo, its new Ad Exchange, launched at CES, will now power the new Mocean Mobile Marketplace. The nearly 5-year-old mobile ad serving platform, Mocean Mobile, will gain RTB capabilities and Yahoo gets access to Mocean's deep mobile ad inventory.
Yahoo announced the deal, saying, "We are combining Mocean Mobile's premium mobile inventory with our real-time programmatic buying and precise targeting capabilities. Mocean Mobile brings top-tier publishers to the Yahoo Ad Exchange — from Nokia to Univision — reaching more than one billion mobile devices."
Brian Silver, Vice President, Ad Platforms for the Americas, Yahoo, said in a statement, "Following our launch of the Yahoo Ad Exchange at CES, we have moved quickly to integrate with premium partners and make it easy to create mobile campaigns with the precise targeting of real-time programmatic buying, all in a single platform."
"We've invested over five years in building the world's most comprehensive mobile ad serving and monetization software. Mocean Mobile now handles every facet of mobile ad serving and demand needs, and today's announcement with Yahoo is a key part of our single-stack solution, best-in-class ad server approach," said Graham Mosley, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Mocean Mobile.
The goal is to increase fill rates and revenues, standardizing the way its publishers, networks, ad agencies and their trading desks access inventory within marketplaces. Yahoo says it has future plans for creating a "unified approach" to mobile advertising to be announced in the coming months.
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Reality Strikes Back: A Review of Richard Heinberg's The End of Growth
If you're worried about the recession and looking for reassurance that the world's economies will soon be back on track and everything will return to normal, you should probably stop reading now.
But maybe you're concerned about all the debt we're in. Maybe you're skeptical about how we currently measure societal progress and personal well-being. If you're prepared to examine the hard, unsettling economic and environmental realities that await us, then may I recommend to you, brave reader, Richard Heinberg's The End of Growth.
Heinberg's overarching message is that the current economic downturn is not temporary and that, because we have now reached fundamental, unalterable ecological limits, economic growth is gone for good. In other words, the world is in for a permanent economic depression, as currently defined.
Heinberg sets up his defense of this profound assertion by first exploring the historical context of the discipline of economics, demonstrating how theories that have existed since Adam Smith's time still influence our decision making about national debt dilemmas.
Heinberg then recounts the 2008 economic crisis in considerable detail and using a lot of jargon. After reading this section, I'm still not sure I know the difference between a mortgage-backed security and a collateralized debt obligation, but I can tell you this: people got greedy. The economy has gotten way, way, (way) too complicated. And our entire economy is now fundamentally addicted to debt and to continued, indefinite growth. Oops.
Heinberg goes on to explain that because we're reaching peak…well…peak everything, and because economic growth relies on natural resources and the Earth's ability to process our wastes, this growth simply can't continue. He says that our money has come to represent claims on goods and services that just don't exist. Through debt and "fiat" currency, the amount of money in the world just gets bigger and bigger, while the Earth's total stock of resources remains the same. Something has to give.
Unlike previous authors, going back to Thomas Malthus, then later Dennis and Donella Meadows, Herman Daly, and more recently, Tim Jackson and Gus Speth—to all of whom Heinberg gives their due—he's not just saying that economic growth should stop or that it will stop. He's saying that it in fact has stopped, whether we like it or not. Discussion in the popular media aside, this is not a choice. Physical laws dictate that all living things must stop growing at some point and, our adamant resistance notwithstanding, the human species has reached that point.
But haven't we heard before how growth will stop because we've run out of resources? (Think The Population Bomb.) So far, it hasn't happened. Innovation (say the business people), substitution (say the economists), and efficiency (say the scientists) have always allowed us to overcome any resource limitations and advance along the path of progress and growth—and they will continue to do so in the future. But Heinberg says, not this time. Today, innovation mostly just involves tweaking existing technologies. And some materials fundamental to economic growth—most notably fossil fuels—simply have no substitutes. And efficiency can be used to decouple energy use from economic growth only to a certain point.
Heinberg asserts that the end of growth has profound social and economic implications for "developed" and "developing" countries alike. The argument from the rich has long been that we don't have to be concerned about redistributing the economic pie (both among and within countries) because the pie is constantly growing; well, without growth, that argument falls apart. And remember all that "development" that developing countries were going to do? …maybe not so much. In short, Heinberg says we'll no longer have the prospect of growth to paper over issues of inequity. The Occupy movement began after this book was published, but if Heinberg is right, it's just the beginning of many inequity-based upheavals to come.
Great, so we're screwed. Now what? The bad news is that we can't keep "improving" in the ways we have traditionally defined it—primarily by consuming ever more and better stuff. The good news, say Heinberg and many others, is that maybe we don't need growth to be better off. Maybe our measurements of well-being and progress have been flawed all along. Heinberg advocates for "redefining progress" using alternative economic metrics that, unlike GDP, are not based on how fast we make and consume stuff, but rather on how happy and healthy we are, whether or not our communities are thriving, and how much agency we have in our lives.
And what about all those fossil fuels still in the ground? Heinberg says we must use what viable reserves that remain to transition as gracefully—and quickly—as possible to a steady-state, equitable, renewably powered, bioregion-based economy. No problem, right? But here's the thing: that's our only choice. Anything less, and the outcomes are well nigh unthinkable. Welcome to the 21st century!
On the whole, I can't recommend The End of Growth highly enough. Heinberg is skilled at writing about complex topics in an accessible way without dumbing them down. That said, some concepts he discusses just don't lend themselves to simplification, so unless you're accustomed to readings with lots of technical jargon and graphs, parts of the book (especially the chapter describing the causes of our current economic crisis) may be a bit of a slog. But skim, slog, summarize—whatever you need to do to get the gist. It's worth it! We can't find our way out of this mess until we have a good understanding of exactly how we got into it.
The End of Growth is essential reading for anyone concerned about the fate of humans. If you care about what may (or may not) become of us, and how we might reasonably go about steering that prospect toward a more desirable outcome, you should study the contents of this book closely. Sharing its contents widely is crucial to our well-being and to the well-being of our progeny.
Chris Stratton lives in Oakland, CA, and researches residential energy efficiency at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Great article. I will need to take a look at the book.
Having been involved (in some small way) with folks around the original Limits to Growth phenom, this issue of what shall we as human society do is still important.
I hope that my children do not look back on these years and say 'what were they thinking!'.
Well, actually, that question applies regardless.
Posted by Bruce at January 25, 2012 at 12:50am
Richard Heinberg's deep understanding of these complex issues allows him to build a clear case for the impending challenges that await modern civilization, perhaps better than anyone else. The logic behind his message is sobering and hard, if not impossible, to refute. Thanks for the very accurate review.
Posted by Rob Guillemin at January 24, 2012 at 10:28am
I've read Heinberg's previous work, "the Party's Over: Oil, War, and The Fate of Industrial Societies" which pointed directly toward hie present book., and can recommend his newsletters. He has written a lot more on ethical and other issues of our overbloomed population (the term is from population ecology; all should study the fate of overbloomed populations) and over expolitation of "resources", which ravage the world's ecosystems.
Thank you for reviewing this latest work, and reiterating today's and tomorrow's necessities.
Expect, however, that EVERY overbloomed species uses available resoureces up to its possible limits; this means that humans WILL extract tar sands oil, shale, krill, and other energy-rich materials, until those are insufficient, and in the exploitation, we WILL cause mass vertebrate and invertebrate extinction.
I try to do some small enlightening of people arou8nd me, and personally lobby the cessation of fossil fuel toys. My feeling is that the only hope is that population collapse will come before the majority of these near-future extinctions. This is not a tragedy, but the fate of any species which overshoots the carrying capacity of its niche. Our niche, through innovation and technology, has unfortunately grown over nearly all the livable planet.
Please remember, there are NOW more than 130 humans per square mile on the 6 livable continents. This is hugely overshot.
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We stayed here after visiting family in Hatton, a short drive away.
Although parking is limited we were lucky enough to get a space and received a friendly welcoming. Our room, situated on the ground floor of the main hotel building, was of adequate size for us although the en-suite shower room was rather too compact - it felt rather cramped. For this reason, we both felt that for anything longer than a one-night stay, the room would have been unsuitable for us. We enjoyed a couple of drinks in the pleasant bar area before having a comfortable nights' sleep. The welcome at breakfast was equally as warm as that upon arrival and we weren't at all disappointed - the buffet selection on offer, as well as the cooked breakfast itself, couldn't be faulted. In fact, I would go as far as to say it was one of the best breakfasts I have ever been served. Checkout was swift and faultless, again with the same friendly service we had experienced throughout our stay. Thanks to all at Blenheim House. ☺
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Losing sense of duty to truth
"When and how," asked the columnist Bernard Levin, "did we forget to say what we mean? ... our world has sunk full fathom five in euphemisms, and soon the only sounds to be heard will be glug-glug-glug", writes Joe Bennett.
Levin wrote those words in 1989, which you might have expected to be a bad year for euphemisms. For it was then that the Soviet Union collapsed and with it a dozen or more People's Republics, all of them torn down by the people. They stormed the palaces, ripped up their leaders' gold lame pyjamas and implied by doing so that they would prefer it, on balance, if words meant what they said.
Levin died in 2004, rest his good bones, and for his last few cruel years he suffered from Alzheimer's disease. So he may never have had to ring an internet provider.
A provider used to be a father who brought bacon home, but it is now anyone or anything that does anything. The schools I once taught at have become education providers - as though education were deliverable by truck - and the Ministry of Health now boasts (and believe me it boasts like a 5-year-old) a Health Provider Index.
Imagine Bernard Levin towards the end of his life, one foot already teetering on the grave's lip, visiting one of these indexed health providers. "Go on, then," he says, "provide me some", at which point the provider looks puzzled and Levin, for all his frailty, bursts out laughing.
A petty point? I don't think so and neither would Levin. Words have meanings and if we ignore them, glug-glug-glug. Health is health and only good genes, good luck, red wine and laughter can provide it. I doubt it will be long before columnists like Levin are known as columnar providers, or even - don't mock me now, you know that worse has happened - columnar solution providers. (If every outfit that offers solutions provided solutions there wouldn't be a problem left in the world.)
Such language is a form of pomposity. Simple Anglo-Saxon nouns are inflated into a string of Latinate abstractions that give the mind nothing to grasp. They aim to impress but they only obfuscate. And thus the world loses precision and with it a sense of duty to the truth.
Internet providers don't provide the internet. (Although I don't know who does. Like God, the beast seems to be both nowhere and everywhere.) What they provide, at a price, is access to it, but the term is just about acceptable if (a) you have no ear for language and (b) they do provide that access. Last weekend my provider didn't. So I rang it up.
To my surprise I was greeted by a woman so full of lusty gusto that she seemed on the cusp of an orgasm.
"Here at . . . " she gasped (despite temptation I won't name the company - it is the crime rather than the criminals that are my subject), "we want you to love your internet".
Well, for one thing, I don't believe for a minute that the company's overriding ethos is its desire to foster love in its customers, rather than make money; for a second thing, love and the internet go together like fish and haberdashery; for a third, since the voice was recorded, the company had no idea whether it was addressing a columnist of stainless virtue or a slavering child-pornographer; and, for a fourth thing, note how commerce is perfectly capable of Anglo- Saxon monosyllables when it wants to tell emotional fibs.
But the Anglo-Saxon didn't last. Mademoiselle Rapture was succeeded by the lifeless voice of a computer programmer. "Our server," he droned, "is currently . . . "
Well, how would you complete the sentence? Down? Kaput? As dead as a fish on the slab? Exactly. All three are simple, lucid and honest and therefore wrong. "Our server," said the gloomster, "is currently experiencing issues".
How have we reached the stage when the speaker can say such a sentence seriously and the listener hear it without reaching for his gun? A server is an electronic device. It is incapable of experiencing anything. The only person doing any experiencing was me, the customer, experiencing no service.
As for issues, well, they're the flip side of solutions. While solution is the vogue term for something indefinably good, an issue is the vogue euphemism for something indefinably bad, something that the speaker is too scared to name or accept responsibility for.
Glug, indeed, good Bernard (whose mortality has been experiencing issues these last nine years), glug-glug-glug.
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twizzledizzle's review of Aveeno Positively Radiant CC Cream SPF 30
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INGREDIENTSActive Ingredients: Homosalate 5%, Sunscreen; Octinoxate 7.5%, Sunscreen; Octisalate 5%, Sunscreen; Oxybenzone 2%, Sunscreen. Inactive Ingredients: Bisabolol, Butylene Glycol, Caprylyl Glycol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Glucoside, Fragrance, Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Seed Extract, Hexylene Glycol, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Glycerides, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Methylisothiazolinone, Mica, P-Anisic Acid, Peg-100 Stearate, Penyl Trimethicone, Polyquaternium-51, Polysorbate 20, Polysorbate 60, Ppg-3 Myristyl Ether Neoheptanoate, Silica, Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Pca, Squaleane, Tetrasodium Edta, Trehalose, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Urea, Water, Xanthan Gum, Iron Oxides, Titanium Dioxide.
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I wanted to try Aveeno because I've always liked their skincare products and got excited that they were making TMs. I've had this bottle for a year now and I hate it more every day. Can't seem to throw it out because I really want to make it work, but here's why it won't:
-gritty, greasy texture (strange!)
-oxidizes like crazy (hello there, oompa loompa!)
-product goes on streaky, whether I use my fingers, sponges, brush, etc. it's odd how much blending is required of a tinted moisturizer...
-it settles into my skin and magically emphasizes my wrinkles and fine lines that don't exist!
-sorely disappointed in a product that's $15-18.
The one thing it does do it even out my skin tone because of its light-reflecting particles -- but this is only from afar. Close up, it doesn't do anything but make me look like a BP oil spill disaster.
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