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MLB WORLD SERIES: ROCKIES v RED SOX
October 23, 2007
Terry Francona
Tim Wakefield
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS: Workout Day
Q. Have you made any changes with the roster, and have you set the rotation after Beckett?
TERRY FRANCONA: Okay, what we have of the rotation right now is Beckett, Schill, Daisuke, one, two, three. The one decision that has been made is about Tim Wakefield and his availability, or lack of availability, and I can certainly answer questions about that. If you'd like to wait a couple minutes, Wake actually came down with me, and he'll come in here and we can do it together if you want. We can spend whatever time on it you want, but it might be -- you can ask other questions in the meantime if you want, but Wake will be here in a couple minutes and we can go over that.
As far as the rest of the roster goes, it is not set yet, so I can't go there yet. Theo -- with Lester throwing his four innings out there now, it kind of ran into this. We had a few more things we wanted to just make sure we're all on the same page.
Q. Does that mean you're going to set the roster tonight, and then two, the fact that Lester threw four innings today, are you stretching him out for a possible start?
TERRY FRANCONA: Yes, and the roster doesn't have to be set until 10:00 tomorrow morning, but there's no reason -- I'm sure that we'll have our roster set today, and we'll talk to the players at some point when it's appropriate and we know the final answers. We'll talk to every player that is involved in that.
Q. So Lester you're considering starting Game Four?
TERRY FRANCONA: You're starting to put words into my mouth.
Q. No, I'm just asking. I'll ask you to be more specific.
TERRY FRANCONA: Not yet. I'm not ready to be more specific yet.
Q. This is such a different team from 2004. I mean, most of your position players are different, most of your staff is different. How unique or how big of a challenge has this been to get back this quickly with so many different parts in play?
TERRY FRANCONA: I think when you have veteran teams, you're going to have some turnover. If you have good veteran teams there are going to be free agents, other teams are going to want them. You can't keep everybody. I think the struggle -- not a struggle because I think Theo and ownership has done a great job of turning over our ballclub, not becoming old, and still being competitive every year. That's not easy to do.
You know, I certainly understand we're allowed a very healthy payroll here. Ownership gives us a lot to work with. But to not ever step back and rebuild, that also puts some people at a disadvantage in our front office, and I think they do a great job of getting around that and giving us a chance every year to have a chance.
Q. A two-parter on the DH. How tough of a decision is that to decide who comes out in Colorado, and do you know when you might have anything to tell us?
TERRY FRANCONA: It is difficult. It puts us at a disadvantage. The team that we set up to play 154 of our games we don't get to send out there. They haven't set their rotation yet for those games. That may have something to do with it. Some of it also may have -- how David's knee feels. So we're really not set. Youkilis, Lowell, Ortiz, two out of three play, and we always say it'll be three out of three. We'll get to that when we know more.
Q. With a lefty pitching tomorrow, have you decided who's going to play center and who's going to play right tomorrow night?
TERRY FRANCONA: J.D. is going to play right field, and Ellsbury is going to play center, and part of that is Coco banged himself pretty good the other night. He was actually unavailable for most of our workout today. He's getting treatment. He came out and got in the box off of Lester just to see some pitches, but he's not feeling real good. Not to the point where we'll take him off the roster, but probably to the point where we -- it made a very difficult decision maybe not quite as difficult.
Q. Given the quirkiness of Fenway and the big outfield in Denver, does familiarity with the field give the home team a little more of an advantage than in a typical series?
TERRY FRANCONA: I hope so. This is a quirky ballpark and a lot of things can happen. We've seen it in right field a lot. We've seen it in left field. Manny made a play off the wall the other day that not a lot of guys make. I also think hitting last is maybe the most important thing. You can work your bullpen different, use pitchers as you may not on the road in a tie game, and our crowd certainly enters into it.
Q. What did Ellsbury add the two games he started against Cleveland? What did he bring to the party?
TERRY FRANCONA: Well, what he brought was pretty much the same thing he brought the month of September, a speed factor, a much more mature attitude towards the game. We've talked about it a little bit, talked in spring training with having survival skills, and I think what he meant by that is he's not just here to be on the ride, or as you kind of alluded to, being at the party. He's here to win. And for a young player, that's kind of rare. For us to put him in Game Six after not playing, I think that shows the amount of confidence we do have in his ability to compete.
Q. You have Schilling, who's one of the best postseason pitchers in history, and Beckett, who's on his way to being the same. Do you see any similarities between the two in the way they approach these postseason starts in particular?
TERRY FRANCONA: Well, they both compete really well, which I think is kind of stating the obvious. They're different pitchers now, though. You see a guy that's been doing it for a long time and knows how to do it, doesn't quite throw like he used to but still knows how to pitch and how to win. You see the other guy that's starting to come into his own and make a name for himself. He's younger, starting to mature, and we're seeing -- we're reaping the benefits of that because he's maturing right in front of our eyes. Seems like every game he wants to make more of a name for himself.
Q. Outside the three games you played the Rockies here, what did you know about the Rockies and the franchise? They pretty much disappeared off your radar since you left Philadelphia.
TERRY FRANCONA: Well, I don't know about disappeared off the radar. I mean, when we played them, they were the most important thing on our radar. They actually labeled us two out of three games. I know enough about them now to know that they've won a lot of games out of a lot of games (laughter), and they feel really good about themselves, and they have a lineup -- I heard Josh at the tail end. They have an American League lineup. Speed at the front, knocking the ball around the ballpark in the middle. There's a lot of respect for what they can do. Saying that, we like our team. This should be a great series. It's supposed to be, when you get to this time of the year. You not only survive but thrive if you have holes. Things get exposed.
Q. The American League all year long has generally been considered the stronger league. You are the big market team, you have the more recognizable stars. Do you disagree with the perception of you guys being a favorite in this series?
TERRY FRANCONA: I don't care about the perception. Just to make this really clear. If I were betting on it, I would care; I'm not (laughter). I know we're trying to keep cursing to a minimum and betting out of it (laughter).
I don't think anybody on our team -- it doesn't ever enter into who we're playing, the perception of how a series will go. What's on our radar is tomorrow night's game. We'll give it our best shot and we'll play the next time.
Q. Terry mentioned that you were going to talk about your availability or lack of availability in the series. Can you just kind of go over that?
TIM WAKEFIELD: I really wish I was up here talking about my starting game, too. But unfortunately that's not the case today. After long talks with him and John Farrell and Theo, my health, advice from the doctors, it's not going to happen, unfortunately.
Could I pitch Game Two? Probably. But are you going to get 100 percent out of Tim Wakefield? I don't know that, either, until Tuesday. After that I don't know, either, because dealing with this problem that I've had for the past two months, it seems like my recovery time is getting longer and longer and longer, and I just don't think it's fair to the other 24 guys on this team that I go out there and maybe I pitch well and maybe I don't, and then I'm not available for the rest of the series. It's not fair for the rest of the 24 guys in that clubhouse for me to put them through that.
Q. Wake, is this since Sunday? In other words, if Josh Beckett had gone two innings on Sunday, might this have been different? Has something happened in the last couple of days?
TIM WAKEFIELD: Probably not. I tried to throw a side yesterday or the day before to see how it would feel. Based on what the doctors were saying, they wanted me to throw a side and see how I felt the next day. I could barely even throw the side. It was maximum at 75 percent or 60 percent or whatever. My doctors and John Farrell was saying, trust me -- this stinks for me, it does. As a competitor I want to be out there competing. This is the ultimate stage, this is what I've worked hard from spring training through the course of the season to get to this point, and now I can't be available. I mean, it sucks, to put it bluntly.
Q. Could you just talk a little bit about the injury? You talked about how you could barely throw the side. When was its worst point? Was it during your last start? How much did it affect you and so on?
TIM WAKEFIELD: This has been ongoing. I missed a start in September. I was having problems before that start in September. Got a cortisone shot, felt better. Just the start itself really didn't bother me, it was the days between that really bothered me to where I couldn't play catch the day after I started, or my side was cut short because of pain or whatever. My start, obviously I missed a divisional series. I was able to rest my shoulder for three weeks, two and a half weeks, and I started in Cleveland and I felt really good on that start. The next day, the next day, the next day, I've been battling this since that start.
I threw a side a couple days ago, it still wasn't getting any better. I've been taking medicine, been seeing the doctors, seeing the trainers trying to get this stuff out because I knew what was going to take place up to the World Series and I wanted to be able to be ready to start Games 2 and 6. Ideally that would be what Tito and the organization wants me to do is to start Games 2 and 6. I could start Game 2, but I can't promise you I could start Game 6 right now, and I don't think that's the right decision to make?
Q. Could you discuss your emotions when Tim had this meeting with you?
TERRY FRANCONA: This has been like Wake alluded to. It was not a quick one meeting. It's actually been over the -- we communicate every day. Over the course of the last two months we have known where Wake has been, even when the public hasn't, and the recovery time between each start has been getting more difficult and more difficult.
The emotion, it wasn't a lot of fun. That's part of the reason Wake is sitting here now, because of our respect and regard for him, that it wasn't just a move made on paper and we'll go on. Sometimes doing the right thing is certainly not the fun thing, but it comes back to having respect for the organization, for the team, and for the players, and that will never change.
Q. During this process have you even thought about the future?
TIM WAKEFIELD: Yeah, I have, and it's -- another reason why I'm here today is because if I continue to do this, based on the information I'm getting from the doctors, I'm seriously at risk of injuring myself for the rest of my life. So that had a lot of weight in the decision. Even though it's the World Series, and Tito has been around me, and a lot of you guys have been around me long enough to know, I'll go out there at 50 percent, I don't care. But again, like I alluded to before, I don't think it's fair to the 24 guys that are in that clubhouse, and I don't think it's fair to the organization, and I don't think it's fair to me, lastly, that I go out and injure myself and I'm not available for next year or the year after that.
Q. What is your plan now for Game Four, and do you have a contingency plan in case there's a rain-out tomorrow?
TERRY FRANCONA: If we rain out tomorrow, Beckett is going to pitch the next day (laughter). We're prepared here (laughter). We don't need to go past Game 3 right now. We certainly have -- as you can see, Lester threw today extensively. He's not being groomed for the bullpen tomorrow. But again, there are some things that can arise. Whether people are taking balls off the shin, I mean, there are things that arise that we will be prepared for, but right now Games 1, 2, 3, are all we're prepared to go to.
Q. Obviously while you're going through this, and as Tito said, not all this was public information. But now that this is out, we've heard it described as back, shoulder, and now you're saying that doctors are saying this may be permanent. Could you tell us what exactly is going on?
TIM WAKEFIELD: It's just a lot of inflammation in my shoulder and posterior shoulder and my back or the back of my shoulder. There's no structural damage based on an MRI that I had in September. The problem that the doctors are uneasy about is my recovery time. If I keep throwing and throwing and throwing with swelling, it may cause impingement, it may tear something.
Back in September they said the risk of me injuring myself was probably very slim, so a cortisone shot, get healthy, go back and pitch, get to the postseason and see how it feels. But since the recovery time and the second cortisone shot, the risk of taking a third cortisone shot is out of the question right now, and I think just based on what Dr. Gill was trying to tell me, it's riskier now than it was back in September. I'm not saying it's going to be permanent, but I'm saying the chances of an injury happening now are riskier than they were in September.
TERRY FRANCONA: With increased inflammation in the shoulder area comes a decrease of strength, so with that happening, you're always putting somebody at more risk every time they pitch.
Q. Is there a chance that Tim could start Game Four, and how much would the fact that it's in Colorado and the knuckleball play into your thinking?
TERRY FRANCONA: There's a lot of things that came into our thinking. The biggest problems we were approaching were the not knowing, as Wake kind of alluded to, going into any game, the unknowns, and then the idea that once he pitched he's probably done, that ends up being very difficult.
And again, there's a lot of -- this is not a ten-minute conversation; this has been a lot of talk with Wake, with the medical people, pitching coach, Theo. Sometimes arriving at the right thing to do is not the fun thing to do, but you have to get there, and it's not always easy.
Q. Just so I'm clear, have you definitely decided he's not on the roster, and who would replace him?
TERRY FRANCONA: Well, as I said earlier, Wake is not on the roster, and we have not announced the roster yet.
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Friday, May 28, 2010
Improving Our Financial IQs: Why Managing Money Should Be a Lifetime Skill
In case you do not know Michelle, she is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Education and Financial Access at the U.S. Treasury Department. The title may look long, and it is for a good reason: she heads the office at Treasury which is in charge of financial literacy and financial education. One of the issues that office has to deal with is that many Americans are unbanked or underbanked and do not participate in traditional financial markets, hence the attention to financial access in addition to financial literacy.
Many people have asked me why financial literacy is so low and why we appear to be getting worse in terms of financial knowledge. In my view, it is not the case that financial knowledge has worsened, rather that the world has changed. Individuals have been put in charge of decisions that were—in the past—the responsibility of employers or the government (such as determining how much to put aside for retirement and how to manage pension wealth). Individuals have to make these decisions while facing much more complex financial markets. For example, ETFs, REITS, and 403(b)s were not in vogue twenty years ago and yet, while the acronyms are not exactly appealing, they have become part of what an average worker has to deal with in their financial planning. In the past, a CFO with an MBA in finance was making decisions about how to allocate investments in order that the company be able to pay a pension to the firms' employees; now workers John and Jane Doe are in charge of making these decisions. This means that every single worker now has to spend time and effort in collecting information and searching for the best conditions.
Given these changes, it may be obvious why the office that Michelle Greene heads is so important: we need to equip people with the tools to make financial decisions and increase financial knowledge if we are asking them to be in charge of their financial well-being after retirement. But, it is not enough to put them in charge. These are difficult decisions—even for a CFO with adequate training—and we cannot expect the average worker to navigate the financial markets if he/she does not know the difference between a bond and a stock or what an annuity is.
As Michelle stated in the interview, if there is a silver lining to the financial crisis, it is that there is a renewed sense among people that they need to understand their own finances. They need to engage in better behaviors and think more about the future. The financial crisis has also taught us the cost of financial mistakes. While we have not yet witnessed what may happen if workers with defined contribution pensions accumulate too little for retirement or make bad decisions on how to draw down the money from their retirement accounts, we have seen that choosing the wrong mortgage can end with the sheriff at the door and the furniture for sale on the lawn.
Michelle also spoke of the importance of starting to learn and to save when young and the need for inserting financial education into our schools. In my view, this is critically important as people need to have a basis on which to build their financial knowledge. Schools cannot teach every concept that will be of importance for making financial decisions in the future. But they can make people appreciate the importance of financial knowledge and the need to build on it over time. I am often asked what we should teach in high school to improve financial knowledge and my short answer is that we should teach people to be curious and to be interested in financial literacy. We do not teach literature expecting students to write the next War and Peace but rather to appreciate a good book. Similarly, we should teach financial literacy so that students appreciate the need to be informed before making financial decisions.
I want to end by saying that I am extremely proud of the work that Michelle is doing. Her work can and is having an impact on the lives of people, on the decisions that John and Jane Doe have to face—decisions that are part of a very different system than the one encountered by previous generations. There is a lot at stake here, and I hope that people will realize that inside the gray and imposing Treasury building alongside the White House, there is an office devoted to improving financial literacy and financial access.
3 comments:
Annamaria, i am happy to hear of this initiative to create financial literacy. I have lived in USA, Canada and India, and do perceive that financial literacy is low in the average populace. People do not understand the various kinds of financial instruments, the risk profile of investments, the concept of consistent and longterm investing through SIPs, the concept of compounding returns over the longterm to build for retirement, etc. Also, people have extraordinarily high expectations of returns but very low expectations of losses when investing in markets! It is a very good cause you and Michelle at the Treasury Dept. are pursuing. Wish Godspeed to you both! Sanjay, Mumbai, India.
- May 31, 2010 at 6:31 AM
- G.A. Jimenez said...
Dr. Lusardi,
Please let me begin by commending you for your efforts to promote financial education. Like you, I believe the lack of financial literacy among the vast majority of people is an issue that requires urgent attention. How many families in our society have lost homes and life savings due to ill-informed decisions? I also agree with your prescription that the financial education process should begin at an early age. Basic financial concepts such as tradeoffs, time-value of money, and opportunity cost provide a valuable analytical framework which can improve decision making and engender a healthy dose of skepticism. In my own advocacy, which I currently realize via my blog, http://reversion2mean.blogspot.com, I attempt to present financial concepts in an accessible fashion by commenting on recent news items and encouraging readers to draw their own conclusions. Any feedback you may have would be greatly appreciated.
G.A. Jimenez
- June 4, 2010 at 1:35 AM
Educating the Youth: A Long Term Solution to the Financial Crisis
By Robert A. Chambers
In reference to the original post, I agree that society's growth has shifted the responsibility of financial literacy from the intellectual elite to the general public. Economics and Finance were traditionally areas of study strictly for business majors or students who got stuck with an undesirable elective. Currently, those students are today's "movers" of our grand capitalist system. The problem is, too many others are ignorant of the facts regarding personal financial prudence and stability.
My career experiences as a Client Financial Analyst for Citibank N.A., an educator for the New York City Department of Education, and an adjunct professor at Pace University have afforded me some unique experiences in the discipline of Finance Education. I have seen irresponsible financial behavior firsthand, and recognize that the necessary change starts in our schools.
As a CFA, I saw this ignorance manifest itself in some of my clients. I would often conduct various financial transactions for my clients as well as offer advice. For example, when a client contacted me to process an auto loan, I wanted to know if they were homeowners. If they were, I would then check to see how much equity they had available in their home, for two very important reasons. First, the interest rates on an equity loan are lower. Second, there is a tax benefit on home equity loan payments. Although this is legal and financially sound, only a small percentage of my clients--- specifically those that were financially literate--- would jump at the opportunity to get a cheaper rate and make a portion of their car payment a tax write-off.
Not only was I disappointed in my clients who insisted that I process an auto loan regardless of their equity, I was also disappointed in the attitudes of those clients, specifically those that were less educated and worked extremely hard to purchase their home. I encountered various rebuttals. "It is sacrilegious to use your home equity for anything other than an emergency!" "You are scamming me into losing my house!" "It is none of your business how much equity I have. Just process my application for an auto loan!"
Financial irresponsibility does not first appear in adulthood. As a middle school and university educator, I have seen the same behaviors in adolescents and young adults. Unless educated, the status quo is that it's almost comical to be financially responsible unless you have accumulated debt from middle school through the college years.
This does not mean, however, that these groups are aggregate disasters, as there is at least a small percentage of parents/guardians that plant the seeds of economic awareness at a young age and, through hands-on activities, continue to guide their children. These activities include counting, shopping, banking and various other activities that parallel a "rite of passage". They help to form the potential for kids to grow up to be financially literate and aware of our economic systems.
It is clear that children have the ability to learn to be financially prudent, though their parents might not show them the way.
Because of these experiences, I feel that we need to focus our efforts on setting a goal to define how we will educate our children. Then, we must then implement pilot programs that offer basic knowledge of how the US economy works. Finally, we must assess their effectiveness to make the programs even better.
Let's not wait too late in life to teach a lifetime skill.
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I was lucky enough yesterday to have my blog reviewed by Rowena at An Open Book. I was thrilled by the review and can't thank Rowena enough for all her kind words!
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This week, Facebook finally hosts the 2012 version of its somewhat-annual developers' conference, F8.
Facebook is expected to announce new integration points with its site for the music, film, and TV industries.
The stakes could not be higher.
Facebook is not a mildly ambitious company. Leadership tells new executives that their goal is to grow the company into a trillion dollar market cap.
Go ahead and try to name some companies with a trillion dollar market cap. (You can't.)
The ambitions are, of course, justifiable.
Since launching at Harvard in 2004, Facebook has reached 750 million users. That's impressive. So is the business Facebook has built around those users. People expect $4 billion revenues and $2 billion profits for the company this year.
But those large numbers are actually not as large as Google's profits and revenues were by the time it was the same age Facebook is now.
Here's a chart that shows this:
The point is this: If Facebook is going to reach its trillion dollar goal – justify its huge $80 billion valuation on the private markets – its business has to accelerate past the benchmarks set by Google.
That is a huge challenge. Putting ads on search results pages is pretty much a perfect business. The things literally sell themselves.
Meanwhile, a majority of Facebook revenues still come from brand advertising sales.
Brand advertising can be a very big business – Yahoo's revenues are in the billions of dollars, for example – but it is a high-touch, human-heavy business. Also, Yahoo's market cap is only about $19 billion.
To be as big as it wants to be – to be as big as investors buying into an expected $100 million IPO need it to be – Facebook has to be something more than a brand advertising-supported business.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg knows this, and he has a plan.
It is to tax other businesses – actually, whole industries – that figure out ways to make money off of social networking.
The model for this plan is Zynga.
Zynga re-invented the videogame industry by selling virtual goods to Facebook users. Facebook, in turn, taxes Zynga by taking 30% out of every transaction.
Now Zynga is bigger than Electronic Arts and Facebook generates hundreds of millions of dollars off Facebook Credits every year.
That is the vision Facebook and Zuckerberg have for the integrations they have built into Facebook.com for the music and video industries and are expected to announce this week at F8.
Zuckerberg said as much at a conference in San Francisco last year in a six minute speech about how, starting sometime in the next five years, he expects his company to make billions of dollars helping establish Zynga-like companies in the TV, news, film, and music industries.
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Chicken Pasta Salad for Four
Santa himself might find it hard to resist this hearty, colorful chicken salad packed with veggies, pasta and flavor. Our Test Kitchen added just the right touch of heat to warm and welcome friends and family in from the cold! TIP: This versatile recipe can be varied for all seasons of the year by adding hard-cooked eggs, different meats, such as turkey, ham, tuna or shrimp…even by changing the nuts and vegetables to whatever you have on hand!
Total TimePrep: 25 min. + chilling
Makes4 servings
- 1 cup uncooked spiral pasta
- 1 cup cubed cooked chicken
- 1 small green pepper, diced
- 1 small carrot, thinly sliced
- 1 celery rib, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup chopped white onion
- 1/4 cup chopped red onion
- 1/4 cup frozen peas, thawed
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon ranch salad dressing mix
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the chicken, green pepper, carrot, celery, onions and peas.
- In a small bowl, combine the sour cream, mayonnaise, ranch dressing mix, garlic salt, paprika and cayenne. Drain pasta and rinse in cold water; add to chicken mixture. Add dressing and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
Nutrition Facts1 cup: 199 calories, 3g fat (1g saturated fat), 34mg cholesterol, 645mg sodium, 27g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 3g fiber), 15g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 starch, 1 lean meat, 1 vegetable.
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Headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan Virtual World Entertainment, LLC (VWE) was a supplier of attractions to the location-based entertainment industry. Virtual World had produced and distributed gaming cockpits since 1990.
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VWE's gaming cockpits provide gamers the opportunity to play the part of BattleTech MechWarriors the exhilaration of piloting a virtual BattleMech in networked combat with other players. The Tesla II cockpits, featuring the BattleTech: Firestorm software, are fully-enclosed, arcade-style simulators that feature seven screens, over 90 control systems, and a 12-speaker surround sound audio system. When seated in the cockpit (or 'pod'), the player pilots their own 'Mechs onto the virtual landscape to compete for battlefield superiority with those seated in surrounding cockpits.
BattleTech CentersEdit
The BattleTech Pods were available at various retail centers across the United States. See the following map for locations. NOTICE: This list of centers has been updated May 2020.
BattleTech Pods at ConventionsEdit
The BattleTech Pods travel throughout the year to various conventions across the United States. This convention tour listing provides upcoming venues. Further information for planning and scheduling of pods should be done through event organizers, with specific details found at the Con Organizers site.
Example Pod MediaEdit
- Pilot Training Video - Version 4 (Tesla II)
- Pilot Training Video - Version 5 (BattleTech:Firestorm)
- Virtual World's YouTube Channel
- MechCorps' YouTube Channel
- Videos
Related Youtube videosEdit
- Discovery Channel Beyond 2000 episode about the Chicago BattleTech Center (1992)
- BattleTech Center Jim Belushi barker video #1 (ca. 1991)
- BattleTech Center Jim Belushi barker video #2
- Virtual World Entertainment Battletech 3.0 Dooley Trainer
- Virtual World Entertainment BattleTech: Firestorm barker (Tesla II pods)
- Virtual Worlds Tesla II BattleTech: Firestorm Training Video


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LONDON, UK - Richard Branson, the founder and principal shareholder of the Virgin Group conglomerate, which comprises more than 400 companies, is suspending all business relationships with Saudi Arabia.
Virgin had been negotiating with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund which was to see the kingdom take a stake in Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit, the conglomerate's new Space programmes. That, at least for now, will not happen.
The measures being taken by Branson personally, and by the Virgin Group, were announced late Thursday by Branson himself.
The reason the magnate gave was due to the circumstance behind the disappearance of prominent Saudi-born, Washington DC resident, and The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
There has been considerable speculation this week that the reporter's disappearance, and possible murder, could lead to a breaking of ties by international investors. Branson's group it appears is the first cab off the rank.
"I had high hopes for the current government in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and it is why I was delighted to accept two directorships in the tourism projects around the Red Sea," Branson said in a statement released late on Thursday.
"I felt that I could give practical development advice and also help protect the precious environment around the coastline and islands."
"What has reportedly happened in Turkey around the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, if proved true, would clearly change the ability of any of us in the West to do business with the Saudi Government," Branson said.
"We have asked for more information from the authorities in Saudi and to clarify their position in relation to Mr Khashoggi."
"While those investigations are ongoing and Mr Khashoggi's whereabouts are not known, I will suspend my directorships of the two tourism projects," Branson said.
"Virgin will also suspend its discussions with the Public Investment Fund over the proposed investment in our space companies Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit."
Saudi Arabia was also rocked Thursday by several withdrawals from a major investment conference, Future Investment Initiative, being host by Crown Prince Salman in Riyadh later this month (October23-25 2018).
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Viacom CEO Bob Bakish, and Ariana Huffington, the founder of the Huffington Post, announced on Thursday they would now not be attending the conference, which is known as 'the Davos in the Desert.'
The New York Times withdrew as well as a media partner, saying it was "no longer comfortable being associated with the event." The newspaper was soon joined by The Financial Times and CNN.
Uber's Khosrowshahi said in a statement released late on Thursday, "I'm very troubled by the reports to date about Jamal Khashoggi. "We are following the situation closely, and unless a substantially different set of facts emerges, I won't be attending the FII conference in Riyadh."
Khosrowshahi was scheduled to be among the scores of speaks at the event.
Other speakers who had not signalled they were withdrawing include:
- David Bonderman, Chairman & Founding Partner, TPG Capital
- Jamie Dimon, CEO, JPMorgan Chase
- Larry Fink, Chairman & CEO, BlackRock, Inc.
- John M. Flint, Executive Director & Group Chief Executive of HSBC Holdings PLC
- Christine Lagarde, President, IMF
- Kai-Fu Lee, Chairman & CEO, Sinovation Ventures
- Tong Li, CEO, Bank of China International
- Rob Lloyd, CEO, Hyperloop One
- Jean Lemierre, Chairman, BNP Paribas
- Kanetsugu Mike, President & CEO, MUFG Bank LTD
- Zanny Minton-Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
- Rajeev Misra, CEO Softbank Vision Fund, SB Investment Advisers
- Secretary Steven Mnuchin, United States Secretary of the Treasury
- Lubna S. Olayan, CEO & Deputy Chairperson, Olayan Financing Company
- General David Petraeus, Chairman, KKR
- Jeremy Weir, Executive Chairman & CEO, Trafigura Group Pte Ltd
- Stephen Schwarzman, CEO, Blackstone
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday confirmed he was still attending the conference.
"I am planning on going at this point," he told CNBC. "If mlore information comes out and changes, we could look at that, but I am planning on going."


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For three days, New Jersey had a baboon on the loose—until the distinctively-derriered animal was captured on a farm Saturday.
Officials think the baboon must have escaped from a monkey menagerie at the Six Flags Great Adventure theme park in Jackson Township, N.J.
Wherever it came from, locals have been chronicling its adventures, misadventures and visits to their homes for an interesting few days.
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"I saw the infamous red hiney and I yelled, 'Oh my God, there's a baboon on the patio!'" one woman who encountered the animal told the New Jersey Star-Ledger. The baboon was hanging out on her doormat.
Other New Jersey residents spotted the baboon hanging in trees, loping down streets and traversing a golf course.
Once officials have checked to see if the captured baboon has a microchip implanted in it, they'll know whether it belongs to Six Flags.
If it doesn't and the baboon is from elsewhere, then New Jersey might have a small case of Bringing Up Baby on its hands—or maybe Bringing Up Baboon.
Selected reading: Associated Press, The Star-Ledger (New Jersey)


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Another of those random posts. To anyone who is not family of Lillian Coley or Howard Bair, this would be something worth throwing in the garbage. But to the Coley and Bair families, it adds an interesting twist to the life of these individuals. A sort of voice from the dust.
I have written of Lillian Coley elsewhere and of her life. Howard Francis Bair was born 25 June 1898 in Richmond, Cache, Utah and died 9 March 1974 in San Diego, San Diego, California. They were probably the same year in school growing up.
The card is posted 11 September 1915 in Willard, Box Elder, Utah and says the following: "Miss Lillian Colley (sic), Richmond, Utah. Well Kid How is the world treating you By this time. I am working in Willard or you going to school this year. This rain is shore hell I dont think you can read this. But you can try this is all for this one from Howard Bair."
On the side above the pre-printed "N. Lovers Series" Howard writes "am soon" It may just be coincidence it is written above the writing, but I have no idea what it would mean otherwise, but who really knows what this meant 100 years ago.


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By Grant Moser
What started out as just a dream finally came to fruition as the Mt. Airy Art Garage opened for its first show on April 27 this year and dedicated its Solomon Levy Gallery of Art. Fittingly, it featured photos by the late Sol Levy, the organization's founding board member, inspiration and the person who found the building on 11 West Mt. Airy Ave.
The interior of the building is a soaring space with wide-open warehouse-height ceilings supported by wooden beams and brick walls. The Levy Gallery is situated at the entrance; six artist studios line the left wall, and the back features a huge performance space. But this completed space is the result of years of work.
Five years ago, Mt. Airy resident Arleen Olshan was retiring from her work as an addictions counselor for Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. She was also a painter, photographer and leather crafter. She began to look around Mt. Airy for a space to work and meet other artists.
"My dream was to have a studio in the community that also had a gallery and performance space," Olshan explained. "I couldn't find that, so I figured somebody was going to have to create it."
She drafted her partner, Linda Slodki, to the cause. "I was at a crossroads in my communications career in corporate healthcare," said Slodki. "It was very unsatisfying to me, and she asked for help, and I said OK because I believe in her." (When asked their ages, the partners answered that they are "mature and seasoned professionals.")
The two advertised the idea around Mt. Airy to gauge interest and scheduled meetings at the administrative offices of Weavers Way for those interested. Over the course of four meetings, hundreds of artists turned up to voice support for the idea. Then Weavers Way let them use their garage [which is where their present name comes from] on Carpenter Lane to open a December art market in 2009, which was a success.
The two partners were even more determined to make this work, and they started a board of directors. It was in September, 2010, when Levy found the current space, though it looked much different then. "It was unusable," said Olshan. "There were trenches dug in the floor, no water and no electricity. No one had occupied the building for 22 years."
They don't even know what the building used to house. "We think it was an ambulance company shortly, maybe even a stable at some point. When you're a nonprofit, you're not supposed to get a big space like this; you're supposed to start small, but we're just a crazy bunch of dreamers," said Slodki.
Once they found the space, work began, though it wasn't glamorous. City permits, architectural drawings, sealing holes, digging up the floor and lots of money spent still resulted in a big empty space a year later. So they held community meetings, drafted neighbor provisos and became part of the block association. Still, things were tenuous.
Andy Walker, a Philadelphia artist and member of the Garage, remembers working on the space in the summer of 2011. "I was painting the doors alone, and the place wasn't fixed up, and I was thinking 'I don't know what's going to happen.' But by the end of the summer, there were lots of people helping, and you could feel the buzz on the street."
However, without running water and a bathroom, they could only have limited activities. It wasn't until tey got those two things working in 2012 that they knew they were going to break through. "When we did that, it changed everything," said Olshan.
Since its opening, the Garage has held monthly artist salons, quilting bees and jazz jams. They have 175 members. They have rented five of the six artist studios. They are arranging for art classes that the community can sign up for, and they are planning a holiday arts market for the weekends of Dec. 15 and 22.
The Garage has also become the Northwest's community painting center for the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. They have held four gallery shows and have partnered with the Mt. Airy Business Improvement District to decorate 15 rain barrels from the city's Water Department. They just received their first city grant to work with local Northwest schools this spring to create more rain barrels that will return with the students to their schools in an effort to teach about sustainability as well as promote the arts.
They have ongoing outreach to Northwest schools inviting students to come see their installations and arts. "Children have creativity that has no boundaries," said Slodki. "You want to teach them what's possible before they become disillusioned by what everyone else says they're supposed to do."
For the beginning of 2013, the Garage is planning a Black History Month show and a show revolving around International Women's Day. They hope to focus on exhibits that talk about the quality of life in Mt. Airy and the world, specifically the idea of sustainability.
"We want to be a center for creativity in the arts. It's a different concept than just a gallery," said Slodki. "We want to be a resource that has citywide reach but with a Northwest focus."
For more information about Mt. Airy Art Garage and their calendar, visit www.mtairyartgarage.org.


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The Trinity Hymnal MIDI files are now incorporated into the website redesign. A popular feature, especially among pastors hunting for the perfect closing hymn, congregations desiring to learn new tunes, and accompanists who are weak in sight reading ability, the Trinity Hymnal MIDI files have proven to be a useful addition to the OPC website. They are the brainchild of ruling elder William H. Bacon of Connecticut, who first created them for his own use. Since the website redesign was launched on November 1, 2005, we have received numerous requests to restore this feature. To use, click on "Trinity Hymnal Resources" (the lower-right link on the page), find any hymn, and click on the link "Play MIDI." Tip: if you desire to see the words while listening to the music, hit your browser's "Go back one page" icon (usually a left arrow) while pressing the "Shift" or "Control" button (different browsers work differently).
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text: On July 27 our Animal Rescue team took in a stranded female loggerhead sea turtle found near the inlet in Ocean City, Maryland by the Coast Guard. The turtle was observed floating near a rock jetty – in the surf headed for the rocks. The Coast Guard retrieved the turtle after noticing signs of exhaustion and failed attempts to swim away. She was transported to the Aquarium's hospital pool in Baltimore later then evening. Upon arrival she weighed 57 lbs, which is about 10-15 lbs under normal weight. The most interesting observation of the turtle was that she was covered in all kinds of epibionts (mussels, barnacles, algae, crabs, worms, etc.) upon retrieval, as you can see in the before and after pictures. The rescue team removed about 10 lbs of epibionts from the poor turtle. She also had many embedded barnacles on the carapace, plastron, limbs and head and has suffered superficial scale loss on all limbs. » The National Aquarium Animal Rescue volunteer team will monitor the turtle's progress over the next few months. Tests are currently being conducted to find probable causes for her lethargic nature and lack of buoyancy, which permitted the epibiota to flourish, making it harder for her to move through the water. The ultimate goal is to release the turtle back to the sea after rehabilitating her back to a normal state of health, which could take up to six months. We are happy to report that she is becoming more active and seemingly stronger by the day, and is eating squid on a regular basis. Please check back for periodic updates on her progress! Tags: ocean-city, rehabilitation, sea-turtle, stranded-animals Categories: Animal Rescue, Animals, News Previous Post Next Post


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He looks scared. And he should be. Tina Taps runs a tight ship. And rightfully so. As head of the U.S. Open ballperson operations at Flushing Meadows, Taps employs nearly 300 people each year to make sure that the matches of the Open not only operate well, they do so almost flawlessly. And her end result? Usually perfection. Sure, there's a mis-thrown ball here or fidget there, but these are the best of the best. And when you've had the chance to experience the vigorous tryouts that Taps puts on, you're going to do the job just fine.
A couple of weeks ago I headed out to the National Tennis Center in Queens to survey the scene of tryout day. Last year I had done a mock (or was it real?!) tryout myself, getting put through the ordeals of running and catching and sprinting my way through Court 7. With ball people, it's really all about timing. If your timing is off coming to grab a netted ball, you could delay a match. And if you're a little early, well, just ask this French kid what happens.
But this year I was simply observing, something I was happy to do. I also was able to corral a few veterans of the U.S. Open ballperson world to talk with me for a few minutes about a few things you should absolutely do, and a few things you should absolutely never do while on the court, providing TSF with 10 do's (and don'ts) from the uso ball person tryouts.
1. DO: Pay attention. No really, don't get caught unaware. "Hands go behind your back. During the point if you're scratching your shoulder or wiping your head or shifting your body, it's not really good because if the players see that it could throw them off," says Nathan Hollins, a 21-year-old veteran ball person who has worked the U.S. Open for eight years. "You're trying to stay as still as possible."
2. DON'T: Talk to a player. But eye contact? That's a yes. Want to make eyes at Feliciano Lopez? Here's your chance. "You always want to make eye contact," adds Laray Fowler, a 26-year-old who has been working the Open for over a decade. "Some players won't say anything [verbally], but if they look at you and they point at what they want, then you know." But what about talking to them? "You cannot talk to a player first, but if they do engage you in conversation — they start it — then you can talk to them," she clarifies. "But if they ask you something like 'What should I do? Should I hit a backhand? What should I do with my backhand?' You can't answer that."
3. DO: Hold that umbrella right. Cuz if a tennis shoe goes uncovered… "When you're doing the umbrella you want to make sure that the whole player is covered," Hollins tells TSF. "Sometimes you have the tendency to put the umbrella over them and then look out into the crowd. You want to be sure that you're paying attention to the player and that the umbrella is covering the whole player with the shadow."
4. DON'T: Take the foil off the unopened water bottle you're handing to Venus or Serena. "They're Germaphobes," another veteran ball person told TSF. Otherwise, Serena might do this.
5. DO: Drink water. "Any time the players get water, we can get water," Hollins assures us. Good, because we don't want any USO ball people ending up like this poor kid. The ball people are on two-hour shifts on court, with a crew of six that is led by a crew chief — usually a veteran — who makes sure everyone is feeling all right, has consumed water and doesn't have to be removed from the court. The ball person "perch," as it's known is just under the bleachers on Grandstand. "In the perch you can call out and have someone come down and replace anyone who is tired or hungry. The crew chief makes that call," Hollins explains.
6. DON'T: Hand Andy Murray his towel any other way than on his racket. Venus and Serena aren't the only player with tics on the court. "Everyone has their little habits," Hollins says. "Some people need their towels handed to them in a certain way. Andy Murray? he likes his towel on his racket. Mardy Fish likes his handed to him in a ball." Obviously this ball kid didn't get the Murray memo.
Tough competition: Taps told TSF that around 500 people tried out for some 75ish spots this year. Maybe it's the economy?
7. DO: Mess up. It's human! "When they're first coming in, people sometimes don't have the best throwing arms. Or they throw or run between first and second serves. They're a little nervous and emotions run high so we just remind them to relax and stay calm and positive," Hollins explains. "When a ball person messes up they think they're on some list and then they try to do everything perfectly and they're too tight." But if you actually do something wrong, Novak Djokovic will punish you!
8. DON'T: Think Andy Roddick won't want his towel between every point. He will. "Roddick is kind of one of the annoying ones to me," Hollins admits. "He wants his towel between every point. As a tennis player, I understand that every player has their own traditions. They're superstitious. I understand it, but it's still annoying to run for his towel between every point."
9. DO: Wear sunscreen. "There was one time on Grandstand when I forgot to put sunscreen on," Fowler recalls, smiling. "I was in the back and there were fans behind me that kept telling me that my shoulders were getting really red. And I knew they were right — I could feel it. In the middle of the point this lady is [reaching over the barricade] and putting sunblock on my shoulders. It was hilarious!"
10. DON'T: Forget to have fun. After 15 years at the open, Fowler is keen on this one. "I laugh all the time, even when I'm not supposed to. I find everything around me funny. There are some ball people who take it super seriously. It's three weeks out of the year where you get to have fun!" And why don't you fall a little, too? Because second to women's figure skating people love watching ball people fall. And fall again.
(Ballperson images by Chris Nicholson courtesy of the USTA)
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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI has greeted his cardinals for the last time as pontiff, beginning a quiet final day as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics before flying off into retirement.
No major speech was planned during Thursday's farewell to his closest advisers. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the dean of the cardinals, thanked Benedict for his service.
Around 5 p.m., Benedict will leave the palace for the last time as pontiff, head to the helicopter pad on the hill in the Vatican gardens and fly to the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo.
There, at 8 p.m. sharp, Benedict becomes the first pontiff in 600 years to resign. The doors of the palazzo will shut and the Swiss Guards in attendance will go off duty.


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I'm mainly interested in relations between this filtration and closely related ones such as the lower central series (which I actually already found ) , the derived series, etc...
Any good reference will be greatfully acknowledged! I really need to know some properties of this filtration, but can't find any good book/paper that contains such
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Japan Disaster Relief – UPDATE
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Live a Colorful LifeMarch 15, 2011 at 10:21 pm
My niece lives not too far from the epicenter. She and her husband (who is Japanese) are safe and have relocated. She teaches English there and email this morning said "they" (not sure who "they" are) are sending English back to the States this weekend. Such devastation is nearly unimaginable. I will check out the website and blog. Thanks, Amy.
AndyMarch 15, 2011 at 10:29 pm
just as an FYI… I checked here:

http://www.providentliving.org/content/display/0,11666,6392-1-3260-1,00.htm

and they are in need of quilts!
BonnieMarch 16, 2011 at 6:58 am
Thank you for sharing.
HeatherMarch 16, 2011 at 11:14 am
hey darlin!

lOVE for you to be a member of {Modern} Relief – Japan! tried to find ya on Flickr?? Where are ya?? haha…

xo, H
Evelene SMarch 16, 2011 at 6:23 pm
I will be giving through our ward too. It is heartbreaking what has happened to those in Japan. My prayers are with them.
SachikoMarch 16, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Hi Amy, thank you soo much for this post! I deeply appreciate it. I just posted the new post with the info you gave me on my blog. I hope a lot of people will come!
LauraMarch 17, 2011 at 9:40 am
I shared the quilting efforts on my blog.
PamMarch 17, 2011 at 2:36 pm
This was posted recently on facebook:

Quilters Newsletter Magazine This is a copy of a letter sent to Valerie Hearder from Naomi Ichikawa, Editor of Patchwork Tshushin.
Dear Quilters: It is still bad situation now in Japan. We are still nervous about shaking and radiation, but no way to escape. I start to announce to the quilters to send us comfort quilts for the people who are
Deborah RaymondMarch 19, 2011 at 5:45 pm
Amy, it was nice seeing you today at the church. I loved how so many women could just show up to an unfamiliar place to a room full of unfamiliar women and just fit right in. It was wonderful being there.


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"The Bisons were strong mentally as the wind made for extremely tough conditions, but in the end, ETSU was too tough," men's assistant coach Mike Sherman said. "Each guy learned something out there today, and, hopefully, we can apply it to our matches next week."
The Bisons started out the match with doubles play but were swept by ETSU in all three matches.
At No. 1, senior Joe McArdle and freshman Oliver Strecker were defeated 8-2 by Grega Teraz and Charles Bottoni. Freshman Miguel Cortez and sophomore Colby Shaw fell to Jesus Bandres and Sander Gille 8-4 at No. 2.
At No. 3, freshman David Salazar and sophomore Tanner Brown posted the strongest results for the Bisons but fell to Jorge Varon and Robin Akser 8-7 (9).
With a 1-0 deficit, the Bisons headed into singles play. The Bisons only point of the match came with a win at No. 4 singles. Brown defeated Varon in a three set match with a super tiebreaker acting as the third set. Brown won 7-6, 3-6, 14-12.
At No. 1 singles, Strecker posted a solid score but came up just short of the victory, falling 6-4, 7-6(5) to Gille. Junior Chad Pierron was defeated at No. 3 by Bandres 6-0, 6-2, while Salazar fell at No. 4 to Juan Ramirez 6-2, 6-3.
Cortez also posted a three set match but could not pull out the win, losing to Jeremy Connevalle at No. 5 6-2, 5-7, 6-0. At No. 6, Shaw lost to Roger Ordeig 6-2, 6-4.
The Bisons head out to Florida for spring break and will face Stetson on Thursday, March 17 at 4 p.m.
1. Grega Teraz/ Charles Bottoni (ETSU) def. Joe McArdle/ Oliver Strecker (LIP) 8-2
2. Jesus Bandres/ Sander Gille (ETSU) def. Miguel Cortez/ Colby Shaw (LIP) 8-4
3. Jorge Varon/ Robin Akser (ETSU) def. David Salazar/ Tanner Brown (LIP) 8-7(9)
1.Sander Gille (ETSU) def. Oliver Strecker (LIP) 6-4, 7-6(5)
2.Jesus Bandres (ETSU) def. Chad Pierron (LIP) 6-0, 6-2
3.Juan Ramirez (ETSU) def. David Salazar (LIP) 6-2, 6-3
4.Tanner Brown (LIP) def. Jorge Varon (ETSU) 7-6, 3-6, 14-12
5.Jeremy Bonnevalle (ETSU) def. Miguel Cortez (LIP) 6-2, 5-7, 6-0
6. Roger Ordeig (ETSU) def. Colby Shaw (LIP) 6-2, 6-4
Written by Ashlan Williams, student assistant in athletics media relations.


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What do you dream of when your days are filled with the activities usually reserved for those fantastical visions that come with a quiet, deep sleep? This was the thought that went through my mind as my small Cessna left a dirt and snow runway of the remote backcountry town of Port Alsworth, Alaska in the last hours of daylight. As the engine sputtered bringing me and my pilot higher and higher, the valley below disappeared into a royal blue shadow punctuated by spearheads of wild salmon pink mountaintops. My door was completely open though I was harnessed to my seat by a four point belt that would make any mother feel a bit more at ease. Still, with temps dipping below zero and traveling at 85 knots, the windchill itself was a dangerous -60 fahrenheit. At these temps, a hot cup of coffee would freeze before it would hit the ground. Wrapped in down jackets but still tearing up as I hung out the side of this small aircraft, we bounced around above the tops of the mountains while I captured image after image of the dreamscape. Elated but not satisfied, I went back up again at sunrise. I struggled to keep the lens steady in the wind while I fought my own breath from fogging up the view finder. These are a few of those images:
Jagged peaks of the Chigmit mountains frame Mt. Iliamna, an active volcano.
Last light on the Aleutian Mountain Range
Last light on the Aleutian Mountain Range


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Best of Honolulu 2012: Food
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Editors' Picks
Best Poke Bowl
Fresh, glistening poke on steaming rice: Poke bowls turn a pupu into a meal. You can get one at almost any supermarket these days, but for the best, go to Ono Seafood. No fancy ingredients here, just super-fresh, buttery ahi and tender yet toothsome tako, seasoned and mixed to order. You can go half and half and choose two from a short list of poke varieties, such as Hawaiian-style ahi poke or miso tako, all on top of either brown or white rice. 747 Kapahulu Ave., #B, 732-4806.
Best Oxtail Soup
There's something wondrous about oxtail soup, in which a slow braise of a tough cow's tail renders the meat soft and the cartilage gelatinous. But not every place delivers as flavorful a broth as Aiea Bowl, which simmers the soup with Chinese red dates, dried orange peel, star anise, peanuts and dried shiitake. Oh, there's some whiskey, too. The usual shoyu on the side is upgraded to a ponzu brightened with yuzu and hit with chili. 99-115 Aiea Heights Dr., #310, Aiea, 486-3499, aieabowl.com.
Best Fried Chicken
A renewed interest in soul food has sent fried chicken's stock soaring. But long before Southern food was the trend du jour, Ray's Café was frying up chicken so crispy the skin shatters like a chicharron. There's no eating this fried chicken in private; one bite into a juicy thigh had our officemates seeking the source of audible, crackly bliss. The chicken is no-frills (no special seasonings or glazes), just like the Kalihi eatery itself. 2033 N. King St., 841-2771.
Best Kids' Menu
Kids judge restaurants based on whether or not they pass out crayons. But, as parents, we hope there's something on the menu that will keep our kid from ordering yet another mac and cheese. Tiki's Grill and Bar's menu gives kids what they want: rootbeer floats, a free frisbie, a mini sundae for dessert and, yes, there is coloring. Parents love that it's obvious the chef took time to make the dishes healthy, and tasty enough for a kid's picky palate. Our little critic's favorite? The Keiki Hawaiian Plate with kalua pork pulled from the imu that day. $6.95 per meal, 2570 Kalakaua Ave., 923-8454.
Best Bloody Mary
When it comes to Bloody Marys, we are traditionalists. We like them served the old-fashioned way, like the Chart House Waikiki does—balanced, tomatoey, and dangerously easy to quaff.
Best Tea Experience
Jars of tea line the shelves at Tea Farm Café like bottles at a perfume counter. Sniff each to help you choose from among 50 tea varieties, such as white peony tea or jasmine dragon pearl green tea. The best pot of tea to enjoy in the modern, Zen, bright-white space? The blooming tea, which starts as a ball and unfolds into a desert-bloomlike flower. 2600 S. King St., #106, 945-2679, theteafarm.com.
Best Iced Latte
At Morning Glass, iced lattes are shaken, not stirred. The baristas froth espresso, milk (or soy milk, if that's your thing) and ice in a cocktail shaker, giving the drink more body, like a real latte. Spice it up with Morning Glass' housemade cinnamon, caramel or vanilla syrups, or go Momofuku-style with one of the cereal milk lattes, infused with childhood classics like Coco Krispies and Frosted Flakes. 2955 E. Manoa Road, 673-0065.
Best Health Drink
Kombucha, the fermented tea touted as a cure-all by its fans, tastes vinegary. Dried goji berries, the antioxidant-rich fruit popularized by Oprah, taste like raisins that have led long, bitter lives. Thank goodness, then, for good old-fashioned strawberries, which mellow, sweeten and broaden the appeal of these two 21st-century superfoods in the Goji Strawberry Kombucha Love Potion brewed by raw-foods caterer Licious Dishes. Try it with a Wicked Chocolate Tart, made with raw cacao (another superfood!) and agave nectar. The Shops at Dole Cannery, 650 Iwilei Road, Suite 170, 536-9680.


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Have you ever considered pizza sexy? What about burgers, fries, skunks, and sharks? No? Yeah, you're not the only one. But costume maker Yandy wants to change all that. They did the same things a couple of months ago, when they released a line of Sesame Street costumes that turned the otherwise kid-friendly characters into PG-13 (or more) characters.
They're at it again, and just in time for Halloween, too, with the release of these bizarre Halloween costumes that have been given a very sexy twist. You can check out the rest of the costumes after the break.
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This is the most touching marriage proposal involving the word "motherfucker" - and a spiked baseball bat - I've ever seen. A woman enlisted the help of Fallout's modding community to build a level in which she popped the question.
The video is of the entire level, eight minutes long, but to summarize - the guy gets a radio signal from a damsel held by slavers. He then busts into the fortress where she's held, shrugging off gunfire and mowing down raiders run-and-gun style (no VATS!) with a laser gatling, before reaching her cell. The slaver proposes that the player to buy her freedom - in a synthesized voice, it sounds like - but no dice. Down he goes, and then down she goes, on bended knee, to propose to her man.
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Dedication to the pursuit of a two-year degree and service to the community; those are the characteristics of a member of Phi Theta Kappa. Craven Community College, CCC, recently inducted 63 of its newest chapter members.
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