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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The glitch-ridden website used to sign up for insurance under President Barack Obama's healthcare law will be down for "extended maintenance" overnight on Saturday, the Department of Health and Human Services said.
The website has been plagued by technology problems and has not worked reliably since its launch on October 1, embarrassing the administration and providing ammunition for Republicans seeking to roll back the law known as Obamacare.
The application, enrollment tools, and "data hub" will not be available from about 9 p.m. ET on Saturday (0100 Sunday GMT) until 9 a.m. ET (1400 GMT) on Sunday, a spokeswoman for the department said in a statement, telling consumers they can call a toll-free call center to apply for insurance in the meantime.
"The HealthCare.gov tech team is performing extended maintenance this weekend to improve network infrastructure and make enhancements to the online application and enrollment tools," said Joanne Peters, the spokeswoman.
The administration has said it will fix the site by the end of this month. The government hopes that about 7 million people enroll for insurance by the end of March under the law passed in Obama's first term to expand access to health insurance and require that people have coverage or pay a fine.
The administration said it expects early enrollment numbers to be low, in part because of the website's problems. Documents released this week by a U.S. House of Representatives committee showed only 248 Americans had signed up in the first three days the site was running.
The administration has said it will not release enrollment statistics until mid-November.
(Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Vicki Allen)
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Last night The hotline in the Garcetti Action Squad rang. "Can you come to North Hollywood Red line stop?" You bet. Mother In law was over helping with Vivien's homework. I put on my red coat and was bolted across town.
I joined other supporters to greet and support Eric Garcetti as he got off the subway. He gave us hugs, or handshakes. When he saw me he said, "oh, they brought out the big guns!!"
Many people stopped to talk with him or get a picture. I would see someone looking interested that he was there, "You want to talk to the future mayor? Come on, get a picture" I don't know how anyone runs for Mayor in LA who doesn't speak Spanish. Eric easily moves between the English and Spanish while talking to the people. As always I was impressed at how he handled himself.
You hear some funny things amidst the excitement that he generates. One guy off to the side, "Hey, if I vote for you, will you get me off parole?" Let's move on…
TV cameras were waiting at the top. My coat and I were clearly visible
Eric, myself, other supporters and a couple of new found supporters walked down the street. The candidate was up beat and clearly enjoying himself. We walked to Bob's espresso bar. It had been picked as this owner had had a hard time opening it up. Eric sat with him for awhile and told him about how he would streamline the permit process. Ends up the guy was in Fast Times at Ridgemont High and makes good espresso. I got a decaf.
Show biz and restaurants, both tough businesses. We had a great time all talking. No press there. Just connecting. One guy shows up and I thought was giving Eric kind of hard time. I would have smasehd him with a coffee mug, but Eric talked to him evenly. Before we left I thought, hey, I want a picture.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Roswell Dream Team - A Brief Update
13 comments:
- Sharon Day said...
Well, you have me hooked now. I feel like a contented child being fed an exciting storyline bit by exciting bit. I will definitely be back to see how this is progressing for you and the dream team. Good luck to you all and keep your skepticism alive, both from the aspect of cover-up and non-cover-up. So long as you have nothing personally invested in your belief system by pursuing the answers, your answers will ring true.
- November 30, 2011 at 3:05 PM
- cda said...
You are clutching at straws, straws that blow away just like the balloon did.
You have absolutely NO way of knowing the exact timing of events. The press report says 5.30 pm. This can easily be off by up to half an hour. Likewise Newton's memory recall 40 years later (!) that it was 6 pm when he was called to examine the debris. Do you really trust his memory to such accuracy?
There was no 'fix'. There was no deception. You have built your case on what you want to believe.
For all you know the Roswell guys identified the object with 80 to 90 percent certainty before they ever took it to Fort Worth. They only took the junk there because they were ordered to (after that press release).
So far you are merely repeating what you and Don Schmitt wrote over 20 years ago.
There were no "actors", nobody was "given their scripts", and your assumptions are just that - assumptions that fit your case.
Get real, Kevin. Your ET case is a complete fantasy. The real ETs, if they exist, must be laughing at you.
Despite the above I still wish your dream team well.
- December 1, 2011 at 7:50 AM
- KRandle said...
The documentation said 5:30, but you reject that because it doesn't fit with your pov (point of view).
You say that Newton couldn't remember what time he was called... but he would know what time he went to work. He had the evening shift, which began at 1800 hrs or 6 p.m. Clearly the telephone call came in after he arrived at work... for the purposes of this, I assumed the call came right after he arrived but clearly it could have been much later.
There are other newspaper articles that provide timing...
But you reject the documentation that doesn't fit with your view.
And I'm not saying this leads to the extraterrestrial, only that it suggests a cover up.
There is more to come, of course.
- December 1, 2011 at 9:19 AM
- David Rudiak said...
To Kevin: Newton couldn't remember when he went on duty when I spoke to him. But his wife had a very specific memory that he got home at 11:00 p.m. (something to do with their new baby I think—wives are keen for relief). So I presume he went on duty around 2:00 or 3:00. Doesn't really matter, as it turns out.
To cda: Despite your usual absolutist pronouncements, a great deal is known about the time-line that afternoon. Sometimes we even have precise times from the teletype messages that survive or other sources. E.g., here are some key times (given in Fort Worth or Central Standard Time):
3:26 p.m.: AP version of Roswell base press release first goes out over wire.
3:40 p.m. UP version of PR (but preceded by earlier version that didn't survive)
4:53 pm: AP bulletin that Ramey was sending the "disc" to Wright Field. Last Roswell item on July 8 to make it into west coast newspapers, like the SF News and LA Herald-Express, which also had a sub-headline and INS bulletin saying that Ramey thought it was a weather gadget and another INS bulletin from a Colorado Senator that a radar target/balloon was the solution. (Where did he get that?)
In addition, Ramey was already making this statement to at least one reporter from the SF Examiner around 4:30 that it was a rawin target. The Examiner, which would have reported over the INS wire (Hearst news service), stated they were the first to get the real story out. Two other major newspapers (Chicago Tribune, NY Times) also reported that Ramey began to change the story within an hour of the press release. UP also reported early on Ramey's balloon/target "suspicions." It was ALSO reported that Ramey would LATER bring in a weather officer to confirm his ID.
The 4:53 bulletin was also the first AP mention of Ramey, which likely spurred the FW Star-Telegram editor to send out Bond Johnson (probably just coming on the evening shift at ~5:00) to take photos and cover the story, meaning his photos were likely taken about ½ hour later, also indicating the time when Johnson was first told about Ramey's and also Dubose's weather balloon "suspicions" (as the Star-Telegram was to report).
~5:30 pm: Major Kirton (one of Ramey's intel officers) telling the Dallas M. News it was a "rawin" (precisely spelled, unlikely the case with the AP and UP). Much earlier, Kirton had been telling Reuters (as the FBI Dallas telegram also reported at 6:17) that Ramey was saying the object was "hexagonal" in shape, also saying he thought it "possibly" a weather balloon. (Very important, since it was IMPOSSIBLE to deduce any sort of shape, much less "hexagonal" from a torn-up radar target. Where could Ramey have possibly gotten "hexagonal" unless this was scripted for him and he knew for an absolute fact what it was?)
What this all points to was Ramey knew exactly what he was dealing with from the beginning and brought in Newton toward the end merely for show and to make the rawin/balloon ID official, exactly as Kevin said. Ramey was also making the balloon ID before Bond Johnson was ever dispatched to take photos. Again, this was all for show. The fix was already in.
Some critical links (Ramey's early radar target/balloon ID):
Also: http://www.roswellproof.com/Rameys_hexagon_story.html
- December 1, 2011 at 10:27 AM
- cda said...
All you have shown is that the Roswell guys more or less identified the stuff before it went to Ft Worth, and probably told Ramey (or Kirton or someone else) this over the phone before it arrived. Hence Ramey's deduction about its hexagonal shape, etc.
You have not shown that there was a 'fix', a deception or cover-up of any kind.
Naturally I cannot prove my interpretation of events, but neither can you prove yours.
Never mind, maybe the dream team will finally (!) resolve the matter. Maybe...
- December 1, 2011 at 11:05 AM
- Terry the Censor said...
I have no opinion on this analysis but... isn't the very first dream team post a little early to be invoking a conspiracy? Wouldn't it be sufficient to state that the chronology here doesn't support the official version, then move on to the next bit of evidence? Otherwise, it looks like the team already had a conclusion in mind -- and so no one will want to make time to read the rest of the posts.
- December 1, 2011 at 1:58 PM
- KRandle said...
Terry -
Very good point. Yes, I, and I take full responsibility here, am responsible. But this does present a bit of a conundrum in the timing of the various statements. As David Rudiak pointed out, it seems that the answer existed before the plane arrived in Fort Worth.
Yes, I say that I want to let the facts take us to the end... and it is certainly much too early to draw specific conclusions, but there is this discrepancy that I wanted to point out.
I will also point out that Chris Rutkowski is on the other side of the fence... our resident skeptic on Roswell, so we didn't load the Team with true believers.
This is the problem that Ruppelt faced in 1951. He didn't want all believers but he didn't want all debunkers, just a nice mix. I think that we can look at evidence and provide rational thought to it. If we find out that a witness has been less than candid, or is mistaken, then we are required to publish that as well...
Frank Kaufmann will serve as our example here. I certainly believed him, but once we learned the truth, we published as quickly as possible.
But I also wanted to show that we were looking beyond story and trying to find documentation. Besides, a little enthusiasm never hurt anyone... as long as we see the bigger picture.
- December 1, 2011 at 3:34 PM
- cda said...
As you say, Kevin, "it seems that the answer existed before the plane arrived in Ft Worth."
But this answer is not the one you have been promoting for two decades.
However, let us see what the dream team turns up in the coming months. How long are you proposing for the team to do its work? Do you really expect to lay your hands on any hard evidence or hidden documentation?
I DO wish you well, despite my skepticism about the whole Roswell tale. Unfortunately, previous Roswell teams have split up, and not amicably either. So with five in the new 'dream team', you are at risk again (as you presumably realise).
- December 2, 2011 at 5:07 AM
- David Rudiak said...
cda wrote:
All you have shown is that the Roswell guys more or less identified the stuff before it went to Ft Worth, and probably told Ramey (or Kirton or someone else) this over the phone before it arrived. Hence Ramey's deduction about its hexagonal shape, etc. You have not shown that there was a 'fix', a deception or cover-up of any kind.
OOOKAY, let's see if I have this right...
First the "Roswell guys" put out a press release to the local media that they had a gen-you-wine "flying disc" and order a B-29 flight to take the "disc" to Wright Field, but first stopping off to see Gen. Ramey.
But BEFORE the flight leaves and BEFORE the press release goes over the wire and "goes viral," the "Roswell guys" ID the debris as a humble weather balloon and radar target. This is an amazing insight, considering half the debris was obviously a dirt-common weather balloon that any 5-year-old could ID. Their great insight also included the fact that the badly torn up target is "hexagonal" in shape (something only the outline of an intact target might be described as and only somebody totally familiar with the targets might know).
Naturally, with this amazing head-slap ID, they would IMMEDIATELY cancel the now-unnecessary flight and issue a lightning-quick retraction to their now embarrassing "flying disc" press release. Right?
According to cda, wrong! No the flight continues, the PR goes out all over the nation and world, causing Roswell, Fort Worth, and the Pentagon to be thrown into pandemonium for the rest of the day.
But at least the "Roswell guys" had the courtesy to call up Ramey on the phone and say, "Sorry, but it's not one of those supersonic 'flying discs' but a 'weather gadget'. And be sure to make a point that it is 'hexagonal' in shape in case anybody asks. Again, sorry."
Naturally I cannot prove my interpretation of events, but neither can you prove yours.
The big difference is my interpretation is factual, based on careful reading of the newspaper reports and makes logical sense (also agrees with witness testimony such as Marcel and Dubose). The weather balloon was a preplanned cover story and details like "hexagonal" were part of a script furnished to Gen. Ramey, a detail he, nor anybody else except a total rawin-target expert, could possibly have gotten from actual examination of the debris.
In contrast, CDA's "interpretation" is blithering nonsense.
- December 3, 2011 at 10:23 AM
- cda said...
Methinks DR is a bit unhappy that he has been omitted from the 'dream team'.
The likelihood is that there were phone calls between Roswell and Fort Worth both before the flight took off and while it was airborne. This would be quite natural. During these calls someone at Roswell told Ramey (or a lower officer) that they (i.e. the Roswell guys) had more or less ID'd the stuff, but could not be sure. Ft. Worth nevertheless still wanted the stuff forwarded to them, with an onward flight to Dayton if necessary. Ft Worth had every right to see the debris even if Roswell had decided it was probably a balloon plus radar device.
What I am saying is that it is wrong to assume nobody at Roswell realised what it was. As reported in the RDR, the guys at the ranch had already tried to make a kite out of the sticks but failed. It is a perfectly reasonable assumption that SOMEONE (Marcel ?) who examined the debris at the base thought it was probably a broken hexagon-shaped radar target, but because of some doubts and the pervasive early post-war 'war nerves', they had to sent it to "higher headquarters" for further examination.
What is so improbable about this? Why cannot you see that your ideas are pure fantasy and involve absurd conspiracy theory whereas mine are at least reasonable, even if I cannot prove them.
So, yes, Ramey was probably told about the likely shape and identity beforehand. Thus he did NOT need to see it himself to issue his statement to the press.
You see, the Roswell guys were not such fools after all. True, the press release was silly and premature and they got told off about it by Washington. Maybe it was only issued to give the base some brief publicity. But I expect Marcel was 80 - 90 per cent certain what the object was before Ramey ever saw it.
The only "blithering nonsense" about the case is the dotty idea that ETs visited NM in July 1947 and the USAF has hushed it up from the scientific world for 64 years.
But that will have to be left to the dream team to decide, if they can.
- December 3, 2011 at 1:55 PM
- Steve M said...
The RAWIN target was all torn up as it it had obviously been dragged along the ground as the main train of Mogul was been blown along the ground shedding debris.
- January 20, 2012 at 5:12 AM
- Larry said...
The short answer is that anecdotal testimony become scientific observation when the testimony is treated in a scientific manner.
In order for that to happen;
1) The testimony has to be treated as a veridical story.
2) There has to be a scientist considering the content of the story.
3) The scientist follows accepted processes of logic and evidence in considering the story content, for the purpose of producing new knowledge.
Some caveats: (1) The testimony has to be treated as a veridical story, at least hypothetically, for the scientific process to proceed. If one starts with the premise that the story is false, then it is logically inconsistent to try to extract truth from it. It may be the case that, for reasons entirely separate from the content of the story, one may conclude that the story is false. (2) The scientist does not necessarily have to have any particular set of credentials or academic degrees which, in any case, vary from time to time and place to place. He/she must have sufficient intelligence and domain knowledge to perform the functions of a scientist in the matter under consideration. (3) The usual process of considering story content is to analyze, or break down the story into constituent parts, apply knowledge and reason to those parts with the idea of fitting them into a lawful and orderly (ideally, mathematical) explanation of reality. The final step is to use that explanation to uncover hidden information in the story that may not have been apparent in the anecdote, and/or to make testable hypotheses about future observations. That's where the new knowledge comes in. The explanation does not have to be "tested, proven and verified" for this process to be scientific. The model would have to be tested, proven and verified in order to convince a large number of other scientists that the explanation is true to the exclusion of other possible (and scientific) explanations. It is often the case in science that multiple explanations of reality are proposed and elaborated long before (sometimes centuries before) one can be chosen to the exclusion of the others.
Perhaps the most iconic (non-UFO) example of this is Issac Newton's discovery of the law of universal gravitation. As the story goes, he was sitting under an apple tree when he happened to see an apple separate from the branch it was attached to and fall to the Earth. Up to this point, this is anecdotal testimony. (And, like all anecdotal testimony--UFO or not--there are those who claim it never happened!) Newton, acting as scientist, made the logical inference that there was a mutual attraction force between the apple and the Earth, whether or not the two were in physical contact. (He was not the only scientist entertaining this hypothesis but he and the other scientists of this persuasion were often criticized for introducing this "occult" idea of action at a distance.) The most important part of his observation, actually, was that the apple was attracted in the direction of the center of the Earth. Because he was a brilliant mathematician (having independently invented Calculus) he quickly realized that this meant that every particle of the apple was attracted to every particle of the Earth (this is where the requirement for "sufficient intelligence and domain knowledge" comes in). What he was observing was actually the result of the vector sum of all the individual gravitational attractions between all the particles of the apple and all the particles of the Earth. Others had postulated the idea of gravitational action at a distance, and an inverse-square diminution of gravity with distance; the new knowledge Newton added was "universal gravitation" between every particle of mass in the universe.
- January 21, 2012 at 7:35 PM
- Larry said...
Part 2.
A good UFO example of this process can be provided by Paul Hill as described in his book, "Unconventional Flying Objects—A Scientific Analysis". His anecdotal story is that he and a colleague were driving along one day in the summer of 1952 near NACA's Langley Research Center when they saw two self-luminous spheres approaching them through the air at approximately constant speed and altitude below the clouds. According to his story, the spheres approached the observers on what appeared to be nearly a collision course until they arrived overhead, at which point they executed what appeared to be a coordinated maneuver that resulted in the spheres co-orbiting a common, fixed point in space at a speed of at least one revolution per second. Up to this point, this is anecdotal testimony.
Then the scientific analysis begins: "They came in side by side at about 500 mph, at what was later learned by triangulation to be 15,000 to 18,000 ft altitude. From all angles, they looked like amber traffic lights a couple of blocks away, which would make them spheres about 13 to 20 feet in diameter." At least three bits of scientific analysis appear in this paragraph. First, he invokes the principle of triangulation, in which knowledge of trigonometry is utilized to calculate an approximate quantitative distance from the observers to the lights (with error bars). Second, he utilizes the fact that the light sources present a circular cross section when seen from all aspects to deduce that they must have been spheres (geometrical reasoning). Third, he utilizes the apparent angular size of the sources ("traffic lights a couple of blocks away") combined with their distance from the observers to deduce that they were spheres about 13 to 20 feet in diameter (the new bit of knowledge, based on the laws of optics). Knowing the approximate absolute size of the sources, their relative separation, and their orbital frequency, he was able to deduce the centrifugal acceleration they must be experiencing, in order to stay on their circular path (approximately 100 g, = more new knowledge, based on Newton's laws of motion).
In both examples given the source of the anecdotal testimony and the source of scientific analysis were one and the same person. This is the case that is most likely to produce new scientific knowledge from anecdotal testimony. For one thing, the observer generating the anecdotal testimony knows he/she is not lying, so he/she is highly motivated to try to get to the truth of the matter. Because he/she is also an exceptionally intelligent, and knowledgeable individual, he/she is capable of conducting scientific analysis without having to rely on someone else to provide intellectual resources. Unfortunately this case is quite rare because both UFO reports and exceptionally intelligent and knowledgeable individuals are each independently uncommon; hence the probability of both conditions occurring simultaneously is second order small.
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By Glenn Scherer
This year's droughts, floods, and horrific wildfires all come after a mere 1 degree Fahrenheit of global warming over the 20th century. With a projected 9 degrees of warming by 2100, how do we deal with the potential extinction of civilization?
Personal Death, the great mystics tell us, is always on our minds, even if buried deep in the psyche. If you think otherwise, notice your response the next time you're crossing the street, intently talking on your cell, when a bus suddenly bears down on you at 60 mph.
Human-caused climate change is just such a bus.
We've recently seen 65 percent of the nation gripped by drought, record Western wildfires, more than 26,000 heat records shattered, the U.S. corn crop withered, herds of cattle slaughtered for lack of water. 2011 saw the record Mississippi River and Midwest floods, and Texas drought. 2010 saw Russia's wildfires and Pakistan's floods. This happened with just 1 degree Fahrenheit global warming over the 20th century. The horrific impacts of 9 degrees warming – likely by 2100 on our current course – is unimaginable.
Clearly, the potential demise of our civilization, our species, of hundreds of thousands of other species, of the world of tigers and maple trees and temperate weather is underway. It is equally on all our minds at all times, and yet buried as deep down as we can bury it.
The denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance being displayed by everyone – from politicians to pundits to parents, plumbers and poets – is indicative of this now innate but forbidden knowledge.
For those of us who are activists and journalists, who do bring it to the surface, we hold out the irrational bargaining chip of carbon taxes, solar power, or better light bulbs, as if these elixirs will save us. In so doing, we invoke the denial and wrath of the right wing pundits and politicians, who irrationally insist our collapsing global ecosystems are a hoax perpetrated by Al Gore and the UN to gain world domination. None of us is bad or evil in our assertions – rather we all stand at different stages of the grieving process.
This year's record Arctic meltdown – ignored by the media and presidential candidates –likely sounded a death knell for all we hold dear: our world, country, community, our families, ourselves. It is clear that our well-meaning scientists got it wrong with their models. The extreme weather that wasn't supposed to happen until after 2050, the Arctic meltdown that wasn't supposed to begin until after 2070, the Greenland and Western Antarctic Ice Sheet meltdown that wasn't to begin until after 2100, are all under way now.
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Those alive in 2100 will likely be living on a very different, hostile planet. Monster heat waves, droughts, deluges, sea level rise, die off of fisheries and forests, destruction of industrial agriculture, water shortages, famine, plague, war… all likely await those of us who live into the 2020s, 2030s and beyond.
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The best and healthiest response may be surrender (this does not mean inaction!). We are personally powerless to stop this terrible thing from happening. Though hard to swallow, surrender is the only means to serenity and sanity.
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19th-century star Deacon White takes unlikely spotlight in Cooperstown
Who was Deacon White?
On Sunday, White will be the only former player inducted into the Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2013.
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Yes, that's right.
The only player going into Cooperstown was a barehanded catcher who was born during the Polk administration, died in 1939 and played his last major league game 123 years ago. And oh yeah, he learned to play baseball in 1865 from a Union soldier just back from the Civil War.
How did the Hall find itself in this head-scratching situation?
Well, for one thing, the Baseball Writers Association of America failed to elect any players for the first time since 1996. Men with historic numbers like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were denied entry because of their PED associations. Other qualified candidates, such as Craig Biggio, Mike Piazza and Jeff Bagwell, were not voted in because ... uhh, who knows?
At the same time, 2013 happened to be a year in which only candidates who made their greatest contributions to the game from 1876 to 1946 could be elected via the non-BBWAA route (generally known as the Veterans' Committee, though that's not the official name anymore). So unlike last year, when relatively recent player Ron Santo was selected, this year was destined to be about honoring the long forgotten.
As a result, White will have the spotlight to himself in a way no 19th-century player has in recent decades. Bid McPhee, for instance, was inducted in 2000; McPhee played between 1882 and 1899. So were Dave Winfield and Tony Perez; McPhee was not the main attraction in Cooperstown that Sunday afternoon in late July.
So back to the question: Who was Deacon White?
Here's what the official record tells us: Caton, N.Y., native James Laurie White made his "major league" debut in 1871 with the Cleveland Forest Citys of the short-lived National Association. He was 23. His career ended 19 years later with the Buffalo Bisons of the even shorter-lived Players League.
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In between, he played for NA and National League clubs in Chicago, Boston, Cincinnati, Buffalo, Detroit and Pittsburgh. He played 1,560 games and accumulated 2,067 hits. He led his league in RBIs three times, batting average twice and a handful of other categories once. He played 827 games at third base and 458 at catcher.
Those are only numbers, though. Who was Deacon White?
Digging a little deeper: Famed statistician and baseball historian Bill James rated White the best catcher and "most admirable superstar" of the 1870s. James also wrote that White was the best major league player of 1877, when he led the NL in eight offensive categories.
Now we're getting somewhere.
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To get a better handle on White, Sporting News turned to the Society for American Baseball Research, a group that does the vital work of preserving the history of the National Pastime. SABR was able to direct us to Joe Williams, who has researched White extensively and is working on an entry for the organization's Baseball Biography Project. He might write a book on him one day.
So, Mr. Williams, who was Deacon White?
"Deacon White was a great all-around player," Williams said. "His defensive skills set the standard in his day. He was called cat-like for his quickness. He had a powerful throwing arm and was among the early backstops to play closer to the batter despite fast pitching. Yes, he would have won several Gold Gloves as a catcher.
"As a batter, he was simply the best hitting catcher of his day. He racked up over 2,000 hits, which would have translated into well over 3,000 hits if more games were played each season during his era."
If catching is tough in 2013, it was downright brutal in White's day. No mask. No chest protector. No shin guards. And worst of all, no glove. White caught more games than anyone in the 1870s, every single one of them barehanded.
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"During the 1860s and 1870s, the catcher was by far the most important player on the field. If you didn't have a reliable catcher, then you didn't have a successful team," Williams says. "White was without doubt the best catcher of the 1870s. So was he a big star, a superstar? Absolutely. If the catcher was the most important position on the field and he was the best at his position, then I would say he was right there as the best player in the game."
That puts White in a select group of 1870s stars that includes Hall of Famers Cap Anson, Jim O'Rourke, Albert Spalding and George Wright. Spalding said White was the greatest natural catcher he ever saw.
White's best year was 1877, when he played in 59 of 61 games for the NL pennant-winning Boston Red Stockings (the franchise that eventually became the Boston Braves before moving to Milwaukee and finally Atlanta). He led the league in hits, triples and RBIs as well as batting average, slugging percentage and OPS (not that all those statistics existed back then).
"Most historians would agree that if an MVP award was given out in 1877, he would have won it," Williams says. "If you look at his statistics, both traditional stats and sabermetric stats, it is easy to see he was deserving. Of course, his team finished first too."
That wasn't his only championship. From 1873 to 1875, his Boston team won the NA title each year.
"When he decided to leave the NA to join the Chicago White Stockings of the NL for the 1876 season, along with the other members of the 'Big Four' – (Ross) Barnes, Spalding and Cal McVey – it could be considered the final blow that led to the demise of the NA," Williams says. "The White Stockings became favorites in the NL and held off the Hartford club to claim White's fourth consecutive championship. He then returned to the city of Boston and won his fifth consecutive championship. It is no coincidence that his teams won championships. Championships followed him."
Remarkably for a man who spent his 20s catching under such tough circumstances, White ended up playing until he was 42. A mid-career switch to third base likely helped.
"By 1880 he was 32 years old, which was old for a ballplayer back then, so Father Time was catching up with him," Williams says. "He caught barehanded for more than a decade so I can only imagine playing third base allowed him to continue to play until his forties."
White was one of the game's most respected figures, considered a leader on the field and a model citizen off it.
"Deacon White was called 'Deacon' for a reason," Williams says. "He didn't drink (or) swear and went to church and read the Bible regularly."
Famed early baseball writer Henry Chadwick wrote: "There is one thing in which White stands pre-eminent, and that is the integrity of his character."
(Photo courtesy of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
Who was Deacon White?
Deacon White was a a true baseball star whose accomplishments on and off the field seem to justify fully his enshrinement in the Hall of Fame. The real mystery about White is why it took so long for him to get elected.
As Williams points out, the campaign to get White into Cooperstown dates back the Hall's earliest years in the 1930s.
But the question needs to be asked: Does it serve any purpose to elect players like White, who are long dead and mostly forgotten?
Williams think it does.
"Over the past 15-plus years I have come to the realization that 19th-century stars have been overlooked by the Hall of Fame, especially the pioneers of the game who played prior to the founding of the National League," he says. "White's career started in the 'Amateur Era' during the 1860s and extended through 1890 and the Players' League. A pretty incredible and lengthy career. There are others from that era that have been overlooked like Ross Barnes, Paul Hines, Joe Start, Dick McBride, Dickey Pearce and others that help build the foundation of the game."


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The political world is firmly focused on this year's elections, but several of President Barack Obama's would-be successors may well find their launching pad here at the Democratic National Convention, using high-profile speaking slots and delegate buzz to boost their fortunes for the 2016 campaign.
Win or lose in November, the president has long said that 2012 will be his last run for elective office, meaning that Democrats likely will have a wide-open playing field to battle for the nomination in four years – depending on the intentions of two party heavyweights, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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For now, some dark-horse candidates are looking to use their convention appearances as a platform to raise their profile for consideration four years from now. Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley had a speech in prime time on Tuesday evening, and Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, whom Democrats also suggest has potential interest in a 2016 bid, speaks Thursday evening (though before broadcast networks break into their coverage).
Those two would-be candidates, among others, have also laid the groundwork for a future run with their work this week away from the cameras.
"I think the trick is to not come off as too unseemly. A potential candidate wants to network as much as possible, but they don't want to step into the current candidate's spotlight, either," said Phil Singer, the deputy communications director on Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.
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For lesser-known candidates like O'Malley and Schweitzer, the convention is an opportunity to build relationships with key state activists and potential donors who might assist their fledgling candidacies in a few years.
Both O'Malley, who is more widely perceived to have further national ambition, and Schweitzer, are doing little to tamp down that speculation with their schedules this week. Speaking engagements with Iowa delegates (their state holds the first nominating contest each cycle) are on both agendas, and Schweitzer is also meeting with delegates from New Hampshire, the site of the nation's first 2016 primary and the second overall nominating contest.
Addressing the Democratic convention, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley says, "Facts are facts: No President since Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the Great Depression inherited a worse economy, bigger job losses, or deeper problems from his predecessor. But President Obama is moving America forward, not back."
"I'm really not thinking about anything but helping the president get re-elected. And that's what I'm focused on entirely," O'Malley said at the Iowa breakfast this morning in reference to his recently-formed PAC, a step usually seen as a precursor to running for president.
But O'Malley and Schweitzer are mostly the exception this year than the rule. Many of the potential 2016 candidates are keeping a low profile, gladly taking a back seat to the fanfare on Obama's behalf this week, although Newark Mayor Cory Booker has also been busy making the rounds, whether aspiring for a state-wide race in New Jersey or perhaps something bigger.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker energetically outlines the new National Democratic Party platform.
Arguably the most formidable potential candidate in 2016, whose foray into the race would threaten to overshadow any other Democrat, is nowhere to be found this week in Charlotte. Instead, that potential candidate – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – is literally halfway around the world on official business in Southeast Asia.
"If she wanted to do it, I think she'd have a very strong argument to make for why she should be the nominee and go onto the White House," said Singer. "She's been pretty unequivocal in saying she doesn't want to run, so you have to take her at her word at this point."
Delegates from Florida, a state in which Clinton beat Obama during the 2008 Democratic primary, gushed over the prospect of a second bid by the former first lady in 2016.
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"Who would I want to run in 2016? Hillary Clinton. That's who I think would be great, if she wants to. I think she loves our country so much and she has so much experience and she would be a great president," said Elena McCullough, retired 24-year veteran of the Coast Guard from Wesley Chapel, Fla.
"Hillary has done such a fabulous job (as secretary of state); she is the best ever," added Beryle Buchman, a retired middle school public school English teacher from Plant City, Fla. "I think the fact that Obama appointed her shows that the party not only healed, but it's stronger."
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shake hands at the Ziguangge Pavilion in the Zhongnanhai leaders' compound in Beijing September 5, 2012.
Of course, Mrs. Clinton's most prominent advocate – her husband, former President Bill Clinton – will speak during Wednesday evening's prime-time session. But that speech is extremely unlikely to be used as a platform to pump up Hillary Clinton's 2016 credentials, especially since that speech will be the one to formally nominate the president for re-election.
Likewise, another high-profile potential candidate – Vice President Joe Biden – will largely use his high-profile speaking slot on Thursday night to serve as a "character witness" for Obama, according to senior campaign officials. But Biden will nonetheless enjoy a large spotlight that evening, broadcasting his brand of folksiness before a national audience of potential voters.
The vice president has strikingly refused to rule out his own run for president in 2016, though he told New York Magazine in a profile piece published this week that he doesn't know if he'll run in 2016, even if he could guarantee he'd be elected.
"I don't know what the hell four years from now, three years from now, is gonna be like," said Biden, who would be 73-years-old by the time of the 2016 election. But he noted in the same interview that he has "no intention" of drifting easily into retirement if he feels as good as he does now.
Both Clinton (2008) and Biden (1988 and 2008) have previously sought the presidency, Biden with more mixed results than Clinton.
But there are other candidates with scant national experience whose names are lumped in with the crowd of potential 2016 candidates who are doing very little to further their prospects in Charlotte.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick tells the Democratic convention crowd it's time for Democrats to not let President Barack Obama to be "bullied out of office," saying, "we're Americans. We shape our own future."
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, for instance, will not deliver a speech at the convention, and is only set to make a brief daytrip to Charlotte. Other up-and-coming stars, like Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, who delivered an impassioned speech on Tuesday, and Bay State Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren could also harbor higher aspirations.
NBC's Tom Curry and Andrew Rafferty contributed to this report.
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Democrats gather in Charlotte, N.C., to officially nominate President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden as the party's candidates for the 2012 presidential election.


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IRVINE, CA - September 8, 2009: The Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid electric vehicle will emit just 83g CO2/km and have an economy rating of 3.5L/100km, according to SAE methodology measuring emissions for plug-in hybrids.
Making its German debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show next week, the four-door Karma will be one of the cleanest, most fuel-efficient cars in the world, but will still offer world-class style and performance.
Calculations developed by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) estimate carbon dioxide output will be less than that of today's cleanest production cars and 75 percent less than that of competing vehicles, on average. SAE is an internationally recognized organization of experts that help drive government automotive policy.
Some 941 million liters (248 million gallons) of gasoline could be saved and 2.3 million metric tons (2.5 million US tons) of CO2 offset from sales of 15,000 Karmas per year through 2016. Still, with 403hp and more torque than many supercars, 0-100km/h (62mph) takes about six seconds and maximum speed is 201km/h (125mph).
"The Fisker Karma is the future of driving," said Henrik Fisker, CEO. "It proves we can drive environmentally responsible cars without sacrificing the emotional things that made us fall in love with cars in the first place."
Fueling the Karma could cost just €0.02/km ($0.03/mile), consuming as little as 21 kilowatt hours per 100km in its electric-only Stealth mode, according to SAE methodology. However, a real-world annual average would be closer to €0.05/km ($0.07/mile) based on a mix of Stealth and Sport (gasoline) mode use. Actual economy and emission results will vary depending on individual driving habits and usage requirements.
In Stealth mode — engaged on demand via steering wheel-mounted paddle switches — the Karma can be driven into the growing number of traffic-restricting Low Emissions Zones (LEZ) across Europe. Some 70 cities and towns in eight European countries have opted for LEZs, including Berlin, Stuttgart, London and Amsterdam.
The Karma will be the first production Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) when it goes on sale in 2010. Its exclusive Q-DRIVE® powertrain is expected to deliver an emission-free 80km (50mi) per full charge of its 22kWh/200kW Lithium-ion battery, and a total extended range of more than 480km through the use of its gasoline powered engine/generator.
Fisker Automotive is poised to benefit immensely as support from countries around the world for clean vehicles increases. For example, the US has announced its intention to put 1 million plug-in hybrid cars on its roads by 2015. Germany recently unveiled an action plan to have 1 million electric cars on its roads by 2020. Japan wants electric vehicles to make up half of all vehicle sales within a decade.


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Texas Democratic powerbrokers are quietly promoting rising star Julian Castro as a consensus building leader with bipartisan support as they position the charismatic San Antonio mayor for the party's 2016 presidential ticket.
In Julian Castro, who vaulted into the American spotlight at the Democratic National Convention last September, Democrats believe they have what one party leader called "the next Obama" who could be vital to retaining the White House.
The 38-year-old mayor would give Democrats the inside track to the ever-increasing Latino vote, which is expected to be even more pivotal in 2016 than it has ever been.
But Castro's political Achilles heel is that his home state has been solidly red for a generation and that, even with Texas's large Hispanic vote, Democrats have not won a statewide race in almost two decades.
Top Democratic leaders, though, believe that Castro would give the party a unique opportunity to capture the state's 38 electoral votes in 2016, given his pull among Latinos as well as by positioning him as a consensus builder along the lines of Texas legend Lyndon Johnson.
The Texas electoral votes together with the 55 of solidly blue state California could potentially give a Democratic nominee 93 electoral votes, more than a third of the 270 needed for election.
Some Texas Democrats who are preparing behind-the-scenes to soon begin working on Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign are even wishfully talking about a Hillary-Julian dream ticket.
1. I have absolutely no idea who these "powerbrokers" and "top leaders" are. Hell, I can barely say those things with a straight face. The article quotes absolutely no one, not even anonymously or on background, so one is tempted to imagine that this is all shorthand for "a couple of consultants and/or staffers I was drinking with". Seriously, I got nothing. But feel free to speculate about their identities in the comments.
2. With President Obama having gone from state senator to President in just over four years, I hesitate to say anything is impossible. But I will note that Obama won an election for US Senate in between, so he had some exposure on the national stage that went beyond a keynote speech and someone else's Presidential campaign. I can see Julian Castro being an attractive choice as running mate in 2016, though his lack of experience above the municipal level would surely be seen as a liability among the Very Serious types. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but I have a hard time seeing how a path to the White House for Castro doesn't include a successful run for Governor or Senator first. Go on, tell me that a Castro win over Rick Perry or Greg Abbott (or hell, George P. Bush) in 2014 would not catapult him onto the short list for 2016.
3. Whether or not Julian Castro is on the ticket in 2016, the way to put Texas' electoral votes up for grabs is to spend the money and invest the time and people-power in a massive registration and turnout operation. Perhaps what those powerbrokers and leaders are hoping for is that a Castro candidacy would force that to happen, and would finally bring some national campaign dollars here instead of us being a cookie jar for everyone else to reach into. Not a bad thing to hope for, but last I checked hope was still not a plan. Oh, and as long as we're dreaming, it sure would be nice to give that operation a test drive in 2014, don't you think?
4. Given that Presidents tend to get re-elected, if Castro isn't on the ticket in 2016, it's likely that 2024 will be his next best chance. Being elected VP in 2016 is a good strategy for being the Presidential nominee in 2024, but if that fails to come about, it would be nice to have a Plan B. See item #2 above for my suggestion. Serve two terms as Governor beginning in 2014 and you'd be pretty well positioned for 2024. I'm just saying.
5. All that said, Hillary/Julian, or Clinton/Castro, sure does have a nice ring to it.


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Americans continued their commitment to saving in the first half of the year, according to an analysis of recordkeeper data by Investment Company Institute. Just 1.5% of defined contribution plan participants stopped making contributions in the first six months of 2013.
This continues a trend that began in 2011 and continued through 2012 when 1.6% of participants stopped their contributions.
ICI's report covers data from about 24 million participants. The report found that DC plan assets account for one-quarter of the total retirement market and are approximately one-tenth of households' financial assets. IRAs take the largest share of the retirement market, followed closely by public pension plans.
The percentage of participants taking loans from their plans was also low. Just 2.1% of participants took withdrawals in their first half of the year, a trend that has held steady since 2010. Less than 1% took hardship withdrawals, again continuing a long-standing trend. The percentage of participants taking hardship withdrawals has held steady at 0.9% since 2009, except for a brief blip in 2011, when it hopped to 1.1%.
Loans, however, were taken at a higher rate than they were five years ago, ICI found. Over 18% of participants had outstanding loans as of the end of June, compared with 15% at the end of 2008.
More than 7% of participants reallocated assets in their plan, while 6% changed the asset allocation of their contributions. The report found the first half of 2009 was a busy time for participants in this respect. More than 9% of participants made changes to their allocation of contributions and 7.7% changed the allocation in their portfolio in that time. Since then, percentages have held steady at around 6% for contributions, and between 6.4% and 7.4% for balances.
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It's hard to know, sometimes, whether prominent GOP politicians really support the GOP presidential candidate they support — that is, whether they actually agree with the views the candidate expresses — or whether they just want to be considered for the largess of a new president. One of the first favors the eventual GOP nominee will be able to bestow: The vice presidential nomination.
Sure, other explanations exist as to why the likes of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte and South Dakota Sen. John Thune support Mitt Romney — but they would probably not be too bent out of shape if Romney — should he secure the nomination — tapped 'em for the VP slot.
Meantime, U.S. News and World Report reports that the GOP elite — whoever they are — have their own ideas about who should be vice president. The aforementioned gals don't make the list, but the guys — surprisingly like Romney himself — do. Here are the details:
While over a dozen names were suggested by the strategists, some with the campaigns, four top the list: South Dakota Sen. John Thune and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, both surrogates for Romney, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, the most talked-about Hispanic in Washington, and former Secretary of State Condi Rice.
"Romney is likely to have to go right," said one former Bush aide. "He'll need somebody to generate enthusiasm from the base. Rubio fits the bill."
Some suggested that while most of the top picks appear easy and safe candidates, it is not out of the question that Romney would choose a surprise. The reason: Romney himself is the safest of the GOP candidates and might need some spice to rev up the Republican base. But it won't be Sarah Palin. Not one of our experts mentioned her, though former McCain adviser and former Hewlett-Packard executive Carly Fiorina got a vote.
Gotta say: I would not be excited if Mitt Romney selected a single one of those four. Of them, I like Rubio best — but I'm panicked to pluck any GOP Senator out of the Capitol when we desperately need majorities in both houses of Congress. The other two men are plagued with problems similar to Romney's. And, as for Condi, well, I admire her prodigious accomplishments — but there's a reason you rarely hear the name "George W. Bush" on the campaign trail these days and anybody in his administration carries some big-government baggage.
Surely a GOP nominee Romney would be smarter than to permanently solidify his establishment image by selecting an establishment-ordained candidate. My suggestion (if he doesn't take Iowa by storm tonight and move on to take the GOP nomination): Rick Santorum.
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Amusement parks hold timeless memories, and the carousel is the classic centerpiece. The Forest Park Carousel is situated near other memorable Forest Park destinations, such as the bridal path, tennis courts, the George Seuffert Sr. Bandshell, and the golf course.
The carousel was awarded a place on the State and National Register of Historic Places in July 2004. However, community groups, residents, and elected officials have called for the Forest Park Carousel to be name a landmark by the city for nearly 20 years, but the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) often rejected their bids.
Now the public's voice will finally be heard. On June 11 at 9:30 a.m., the LPC will hold a public hearing at 1 Centre St, and testimony can be delivered in person or in writing. Sometime thereafter, the panel of commissioners will vote on whether to grant landmark status.
"We have been considering the carousel since 2011," said LPC Communications Director Lisi de Bourbon. "There are two other carousels that are landmarked by virtue of being located within scenic parks, which are the Central Park Carousel (designated 1974) and the Prospect Park Carousel (designated 1975)."
"The Parks Department supports the commission's request to bring this rare carousel forward to a hearing," said John Krawchuk, director of Historic Preservation for the department.
The Forest Park Carousel, also known as the Muller Carousel, was named after its foremost carver, Daniel Carl Muller of the D.C. Muller & Brother Company. This American wooden carousel first operated in the Lakeview Amusement Park in Dracut, MA, in 1903.
William H. Dentzel was renowned in carousel manufacturing, and created this carousel's frame in 1890. When Forest Park's original carousel (1918) succumbed to a fire in 1966, the disassembled Muller Carousel that was in the collection of Victor Christ-Janer, was either sold or donated to the City of New York for its installation in Forest park in 1973. However, not much is known of the carousel's early history.
"The Parks Department is hoping the LPC's research staff will develop a more thorough report, which would be advantageous to the Parks Department and the public to better appreciate this treasure," said Krawchuk.
Muller carved figures for 12 carousels, and the Forest Park Carousel is one of two Muller carousels in operation today. The carousel has 49 horses, a tiger, a lion, a deer, and two chariots, as well as an authentic Ruth & Sohn band organ.
"The Forest Park Carousel is an artifact that bedazzles the eye, and how appropriate to have wildlife-themed figures in a forested setting," said Krawchuk. "It speaks to the importance of Forest Park as a flagship park, and harkens back to an era when carousels were very much part of a public park experience, emphasizing a happy and care-free experience."
The carousel's figures were created in the Philadelphia style, which is more realistic, in contrast to some carousels' exaggerated colors and poses, according to Krawchuk.
In 1988, the carousel underwent a restoration, but as it faced a turnover of operators throughout the years, it often fell into disrepair. In 2009, it was abandoned by its short-lived operator. Then the Parks Department secured a more responsible operator, NY Carousel, which is committed to a decade-long restoration.
It reopened on Memorial Day weekend in 2012. Today, clown and magic shows have become a Saturday and holiday tradition, and now Director Ami Abramson envisions adding more rides.
"The Jewel of Forest Park" was coined by Maria Thomson, who led the carousel's landmarking initiative for 2 decades despite the LPC's resistance. "I'm ecstatic," said Thomson, who serves as executive director of the Woodhaven BID and Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation. She thanked Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley for being a major landmarking supporter.
As a 45-year Woodhaven resident, Thomson lives in her husband's family home of over a century.
"When we got married, he first introduced me to the carousel and I loved it," she said. "It was a wondrous location for many young families, and also offered a pony ride and a train ride."
Thomson envisions collaborating with NY Carousel to coordinate events, such as children's parties, cocktail parties, fundraisers, and author presentations.
"I am trying to attract the interests of Sony and other companies to film there, and would also like to see fashion shoots," she said. "Buses can transport tourists, and a restaurant surrounding the carousel would be an additional enticement."
Patrons often made a day out of visiting the carousel with their family and friends. Kimberly Talbot of Brandon, FL, rode the carousel in the 1970s, and plans a visit next month.
"My grandfather would get the brass ring for us, and we were always excited to get ice cream after our ride," she said.
Her friend, Liz Zollner of Tampa, FL, associates fond memories of the carousel with her mom, uncle, and classmates.
"My grade school, Our Saviour Lutheran in Rego Park, participated in an annual track and field day across Woodhaven Boulevard at Victory Field," she said. "Then we'd all go on the carousel."
Annmarie Baffa Teresco was raised in Richmond Hill and now resides in Las Vegas.
"As a child, I always rode the stationary horses," she said. "When I worked there during college summers and saw little kids on those moving horses, I thought about how much of a 'fraidy cat' I was."
"Carousels never went out of style, but some get reformatted with newer materials and figures," said Krawchuk.
In fact, the Parks Department is increasing its carousel collection. He praised the modernist SeaGlass carousel in Battery Park, which is slated to open in October. The city purchased Coney Island's historic B&B Carousel in 2005 after it was slated to be auctioned piecemeal, and now Steeplechase Plaza boasts this restored attraction.
Other popular non-landmarked carousels are the Flushing Meadows Carousel and the Carousel For All Children in Staten Island's Willowbrook Park.
"If our priceless carousel is landmarked, it will stay open, and concessionaires can have access to additional funding to preserve it and bring it up to certain standards," said Thomson.


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Which one are you?
Oh yeah, aren't labels fun. Now no matter who you are or how you play there's a derogatory label for you.
What an elitist know-it-all, bandying about all these derogatory labels!
It has been sometime since I have played a competitive game with chat turned on. It's, uh "nice" to see that people have come up with new insults to use against one another.
It's an interesting phenomenon the way people so casually toss aside common decency when the chance of someone punching their face in is reduced to near 0%. I'm curious how many of our social niceties are derived directly from the fear of getting one's ass kicked.
Nothing new here. People like thinking that they themselves are perfectly balanced. They alone are doing stuff the way it's meant to be done.
You game more than me? You're a No-lifer!
You put in more effort than me? You're a Tryhard!
You play better than me? You're a Cheater!
The list goes on and on...
Ah, 'tryhard', the insult of the losing man/woman. That one's always confused me a bit, seeing as how the people who tend to throw out such labels are also the ones who get the most worked up about winning.
More buttocks is good buttocks. Bring on the buttocks!
Also I think 'Tryhard' is among the silliest insults to ever come out of this hobby's community.
If I care enough about a game to be a "Tryhard", I don't care enough about what they call me. =P
Now, how do you call a guy who is having more fun than you? :)
Nothing wrong with tryharding in a ranked game. In an unranked game, it's not necessarily wrong per se either, but not always the most fun option.
Ah gamer culture. Why is it that insults made up by 13 year olds stick throughout the entirety of the much larger over 18 crowd? If I heard another gamer over 18 call me or anyone else a tryhard I'd possibly laugh myself into an early grave.
I call that guy, "me".
I believe it was Robert Howard who said through his creation "Conan the Barbarian" the following about civility, courtesy and manners. It's surprisingly accurate, even today:
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing."
This, sadly, tends to be true. On the internet, when you don't have to worry about any sort of reprimand harsher than some poorly-typed profanity, a lot of people tend to stop caring about showing what was once considered common courtesy. Being civil even when disagreeing with someone on an issue, trying to make a good first impression, trying to keep other people's feelings or comfort in mind before you say something or behave a certain way, yeah, not something you see very often anymore. It's less frequent, even in real life public, these days and online, it's almost nonexistent. The prevailing attitude unfortunately seems to be "Fuck You, Got Mine".
Sorry, but it has to be 'filthy casual'.
Does it work without the filthy?
I only use the word tryhard if I play normal games(which are meant to be casual games) in lol. pretty funny notheless
A true and actual gamer who gets the point of gaming. Anyone not having fun and calling people these names as a result? Not a gamer at all.
Well... at least back in the Unreal days, tryhards were people who wanted so much to win, they would exploit glitches and other fun ruining garbage. It was something we called them right before shunning them from future matches.
It's funny watching someone get worked up over me winning and then saying I'm a tryhard.
I love how Grey descends further and further into the realm of DOTA, I can hazard a guess if the material spawned from there or in other areas of gaming.
Not a bad thing, though. For someone who criticizes/satirizes the gaming community through his comics, its pretty funny seeing him involved in one of shittiest parts of it. Should be a goldmine of material for him.
Because it's a very stupid name? ;p
And not just cause it sounds dumb.
Also; Looking forward to more side comics. They've been pretty good so far. =w= b
Yeah, it's gotten to point where I get called a try hard for winning in Ping Pong. *sigh*
Also, "scrub"?
I call him a liar, because nobody is having more fun than me! It's literally impossible for someone to have more fun than me since I'm the only one playing the games right. Or at least, I would be having the most fun if it weren't for all those no-lifers, casuals, tryhards, scrubs, cheaters and noobs... ;)
Well, more the irony of someone losing their shit trying to beat me and then accusing me of trying too hard. Like, I'm a fairly casual player of most games I play. I don't play LOL or DOTA, and most of the online multiplayer I play to play with friends. I play without them to get better, but I don't put significant effort into it. And I'm not all that good. My KDR in BLOPS2 was just baaarely positive.
I think it's a leftover from the 90s. Growing up in the 90s, caring or trying were like, cardinal sins. You see a lot of both on the internet, still.
But yeah, it's a dumb insult. Just not the part that made it funny to me.
And has been for quite some time. I blame TLC.
u fkken wot
Everybody who calls someone a tryhard is just redirecting frustration over his own failure towards those who can accomplish more with the same effort.
What is TLC?
You sir apparently are delusional :D
Dschingis Kahn is a pop band, you mean Ghenghis or Ogedai?
I only use gaming insults that are based upon some sort of objective truth.
Like calling people squeakers if their voices squeak. It's nothing personal, they just have really annoying voices.
Eh it makes sense for no one to be safe in a round of name calling. The tryhards need a nasty name they can call everyone else, the scrubs need a nasty name they can call everyone else, et cetera...
>objective truf
Back in the day, we just described such a person as being unscrupulous. The term "tryhard" is just a new word for an old concept.
I have to agree, and the problem isn't just among gamers. Many people in all walks of life do this same sort of rationalization and projection to somehow make themselves feel better about their own situation; essentially, these people are unconsciously saying to themselves, "everyone should be like me so that I feel more normal and secure in who I am, how I behave, and the choices I make in life." It's a mental defense mechanism, of which we are often unaware.
When we become more aware that we are engaging in such a mental self-defense, we can more actively seek not to engage in such delusions and become more truly secure and content in who we are as a person while accepting and appreciating the differences of others. We can elevate ourselves to no longer need such a primitive reactionary system to be happy with ourselves and to love ourselves, and we can seek to extend that happiness and love to others.
(Sorry, had to add that bit at the end after such a sappy, love-love post...hehe.)
It's always weird to see terms and bits of culture pass through mediums.
Apparently "tryhard" has only just entered the gaming vocabulary.
I've been calling people tryhards on internet forums for the past half decade.
Though it seems to have a different meaning in gaming circles.
I admit, all these online multiplayer/mmo themed strips fly right over my head, but at least I got the punchline this time, so go me. XD
the "heads I win/tails you lose" mentality of online gaming is what keeps me strictly a single player cat.
I love, love, love me some Conan the Barbarian. Forgot about that quote too. If we have seen a downward trend in real life niceties as well, it may also be linked to the same issue. Time was, if someone insulted you viciously and inappropriately, no one would bat an eye if you punched them for it. Now a-days, people will sue the crap out of you for it. Not that that's an issue mind, violent behavior is not an appropriate response to insults, but it has likely degraded people's sense of politeness.
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My Remote Directory is \\NSA310\music in windows, my nas user name admin, password 1234.
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I promise I don't always wear that hat… well I do wear it quite a lot to be honest! But y'know, its almost winter so thats my excuse! Glamourous have bought out some new Disco Pants that are actually black, you can see my review of their other disco pants dupes here. I much prefer these ones even though the Charcoal ones are pretty nice. I find the colour alot easier to wear as it is a true black, which is similar to the Originals. My style isn't really all that exciting at the moment as I hardly bought any clothes with me when I moved back so I just sort of wear variations of the same outfit! I can't wait to get my mitts on my full wardrobe again and actually be able to go on a little shopping spree! I'm still feeling like an idiot posing near my house bribing my brother with a lift to his friends to take my photos! Oh well!
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
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I promise I don't always wear that hat… well I do wear it quite a lot to be honest! But y'know, its almost winter so thats my excuse! Glamourous have bought out some new Disco Pants that are actually black, you can see my review of their other disco pants dupes here. I much prefer these ones even though the Charcoal ones are pretty nice. I find the colour alot easier to wear as it is a true black, which is similar to the Originals. My style isn't really all that exciting at the moment as I hardly bought any clothes with me when I moved back so I just sort of wear variations of the same outfit! I can't wait to get my mitts on my full wardrobe again and actually be able to go on a little shopping spree! I'm still feeling like an idiot posing near my house bribing my brother with a lift to his friends to take my photos! Oh well!
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I need that cardigan, shame it's sold out. Lovely outfit as always :)ReplyDelete
Beth @ Beth-Bradley.blogspot.co.uk
Cute jacket , I'm looooovin the fact its jacket weather!!! XxReplyDelete
lovely top!ReplyDelete
I love your hat and shirt!!ReplyDelete
Oh i really like that jacket! Shame it's sold out!ReplyDelete
xxx Alina
ive seen a similar jacket to that in zara for all those who were wondering! xoReplyDelete
haha! sometimes you gotta do big things for the blog :pReplyDelete
love the beanie hat ^.^
I really like this outfit, your blog is amazing. I love how you lay out all of your images, how do you do it? If you get the chance please visit my blog :) Im a newbie.ReplyDelete
Beki x
Seriously adorable jacket.ReplyDelete
this is utterly amazing! I would wear these things too!! xxReplyDelete
I only take my photos in my garden... but my pops cut all our trees down and now it feels so open to all the neighbours... I feel like such a div if they spot me! hahaReplyDelete
Love the jacket, the marly grey colour and the waterfall shape :-) tis nice! Shame it's sold out :-(
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In love with this outfit, I'm so excited to be able to layer up, yay for autumn!ReplyDelete
I really want a disco pant dupe pant, I just can't justify buying the American Apparel ones :) xReplyDelete
Need that jacket!! And I would wear that hat all the time if I had it... need one for winter!xReplyDelete
love the outfit, especially the jacket!ReplyDelete
Sarah x
Love the disco pants!xReplyDelete
the jacket is gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Laila x
Love disco pants! xxReplyDelete
I like the outfit, but ,above all, I love the hat!ReplyDelete
Love your hat. Sophie at Sophie Rose xReplyDelete
Haha. I love that you had to bribe your brother to take your photos. It is such a pain isn't it.ReplyDelete
These bloggers who have photographers with them all the time. How do they do it.
I love your Zara bag.
I've been eyeing up these black disco pant dupes too... they're so much nicer than the charcoal ones!ReplyDelete
Tor @ That's Peachy Fashion & Beauty Blog xx
You look lovely, Lily. I always bribe my brother with similar when I need him to take photos for me, most of the time I wish I'd never bothered though.. yours have turned out a lot better than mine ever do! xReplyDelete
love love love the pattern on the t-shirt! so happy it's hat weather now! xxReplyDelete
love this outfit; and you wear that hat as much as you like, i love it! :)ReplyDelete
i have to bribe my brother into being my photographer too - he moans everytime lmao xx
I love your hat !ReplyDelete
So pleased to see you back - this is a lovely outfit!ReplyDelete
This is gorgeous - perfect for chilling or at school :) Love love the hat xoReplyDelete
Like the simple outfit today, the handbag is gorgeous! XReplyDelete
This is a great look for you. I always love everything you wear :)ReplyDelete
i like your new photos especially for winter. love the hat & jackets.ReplyDelete
You look beautiful - love the disco pants, Glamorous are amazing for clothes right now!! also love the hat, looks so cute xReplyDelete
actually looked at that jacket on the river island website earlier. it's beautiful. xxReplyDelete
my brother takes my photos but I don't even give him lifts. He does it or he will feel my wrath! ;)ReplyDelete
that jacket is lovely... devastated its sold out :(ReplyDelete
That top!!ReplyDelete
I LOOOVE that jacket! so amazingReplyDelete
The jacket is still available on ASOS in selected sizes here : http://www.asos.com/River-Island/River-Island-Drape-Jacket/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=2427887&cid=12268&sh=0&pge=0&pgesize=20&sort=-1&clr=ClayReplyDelete
To anyone who want's to buy one :)
Really like the top and began its nice to see a different location once in a while too xoReplyDelete
I've got about ten million pairs of those New Look ballet pumps floating around at home, they're such a good staple! xReplyDelete
I absolutely love that jacket!! And the hat is super cute too. xxReplyDelete
That's what little brothers are for, haha.ReplyDelete
I absolutely love your coat!ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, I LOVE your coat!:) You look lovely Lily! xxReplyDelete
Your brother is a good photographer ;)ReplyDelete
so super cute and looks so cozy, perfect outfit for autumn!ReplyDelete
love the bag and coat.
love this look!ReplyDelete
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Theis version of the Glamorous disco pants looks a lot better. Still trying to decide whether or not I like the first copies or not!ReplyDelete
I love the illusion of layers from your jacket. And it does seem to keep you warm for your upcoming winter!ReplyDelete
I like the hat anyway.
Love the pants and your jacket, the bags lovely aswell :)ReplyDelete
Lily, I could kiss you! I bought the old glamourous disco pants and I haven't worn them once, the colouring just wasn't right. I wouldn't have known that they actually had decent black ones, if I hadn't have seen this post! They are now officially ordered!ReplyDelete
Oh and great outfit, as always. You look gorgeous! :)
The disco pant dupes are really good, just wish they're been around earlier before I split with £70 of my money for the real things! Love the RI, shame it's sold out :(ReplyDelete
Daniella x
Love your jacket! The black and grey looks so pretty together (:ReplyDelete
Remia x
That jacket is just lovely! love how this outfit flows together :)ReplyDelete
Adore these outdoor outfit shots :)
Your so pritty and your style is amazing! Love the hat o.oReplyDelete
LOVE that jacket!ReplyDelete
So funny about your brother, sometimes I have to do that to my husband to take mine =)
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i loveeeeeeee that bag!! :)ReplyDelete
I love your bag! <3ReplyDelete
That jacket is gorgeous, I love it! <3ReplyDelete
i looove that jacket. Leather and draping works so well together!ReplyDelete
You look lovely :) I love the hat!ReplyDelete
Really love your jacket ! xxReplyDelete
love new pictures in the outside. Kisses from south america lily!ReplyDelete
Awesome! I like cap!!ReplyDelete
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I need a hat like that! Love the jacket too xReplyDelete
I'm totally in love with your jacket - Unfortunately sold out -.- But it looks amazing.ReplyDelete
xoxo Bibi
Love the pompom hat! I really do rather like those leggings... They look very subtle compared to other disco pants I've seen.ReplyDelete
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I love your jacket collection!danielle xReplyDelete
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I absolutely love your jacket! I can see why it's sold out!ReplyDelete
I'm also liking the look of these disco pants.
Rachel x
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This jacket is back in stock on ASOS!ReplyDelete
dupes of dupes! You look gorgeous as always, so jealous that you can pull off the bobble hat xx
looove the bag!ReplyDelete
I really like this new format for outfit pictures! I hope you find someone to take some shots when you're back in Landaaaan! The hat is adorable too!!!ReplyDelete
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I love the pictures! Is your bag from http://wagworld.co.uk?ReplyDelete
I love the look! The jacket is so nice, no wonder it was sold out. Also I don't blame you for wearing and loving that hat a lot because its cute on you, plus the weather is getting quite chilly :)ReplyDelete
Love this jacket, can understand why its sold out!ReplyDelete
I love your handbag! I wish there was a Zara store near where I live :(ReplyDelete
Love Holly x
Love your style!!! Nice jacket!!ReplyDelete
This sweatshirt is gorgeous! Does it do okay in the washing machine? I love refashioning sweatshirts to make them a little more sophisticated, so I'll have to try this sometime. :) Thanks for the inspiration!ReplyDelete
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Lovely outfit, the bag is so cute !ReplyDelete
Really a wonderful outfit. I looooove your jacket and a bag. Thanks for the post.ReplyDelete
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Love that Jacket, you look lovely Lily :)ReplyDelete
Kerri x
That jacket is awesome - definitely loving getting into more wintery clothing now, love layering and hats! XxReplyDelete
Great outfit, love the jacket!ReplyDelete
I am loving all your outdoor shots! Keep doing more of those!ReplyDelete
I love that jacket, it's always out of stock though xReplyDelete
Nice outfit! She is stylish for winter.ReplyDelete
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Lady Antebellum, 'Wanted You More' – Song Review
The power behind the punch of Lady Antebellum's sophomore album has withered away to little more than a slap to the cheek with the group's fourth single 'Wanted You More.' The best songs from 'Own the Night' have already been issued as singles, and while hope remains for a late surge ('Cold as Stone' or 'Friday Night' perhaps), this new offering is more style than substance.
'Wanted You More' relies on skillful harmonies and slick production to cover the lack of lyrical content. "I guess I wanted you more / And looking back now, I'm sure / I wanted you more / I guess I wanted you more," Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley plead during the chorus.
They talented duo sing with the same passion and energy that have made the trio (with Dave Haywood) country superstars, but that may be the problem: it's the exact same passion and energy. The long, static notes are hardly indecipherable from the harmonic tones on 'Dancing Away With My Heart' — and to a lesser degree — 'Just a Kiss.'
"My heart was open, exposed and hoping / For you to lay it on the line / In the end it seemed / There was no room for me / Still, I tried to change your mind," Scott sings, leading Kelley through the end of the second verse. Seven different songwriters are credited with penning 'Wanted You More,' perhaps proving that too many opinions can grind away the edge of any good idea.
"Ohhh, I don't need you / I don't need you anymore," they shout to close the song over heavy strings and pop-country instrumentation.
Lady Antebellum have always relied on slick, modern production, so the fact that the song leans toward pop radio certainly no criticism. In that way, they're staying true to the sound fans have fallen in love with. The song is simply a lesser version of one we've heard before from the group.
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