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Steroids blew up the record books, changed the way we look at Cooperstown talent and cast a shadow of distrust and suspicion over the National Pastime.
Sign stealing has polluted the World Series, besmirched talented championship teams, cost four prominent executives their jobs - so far - and is making some wonder if technology should be banned from ballgames.
With the current uproar over sign stealing, there seems to be a natural urge to measure one modern scandal against the other. Both plunged spiny tentacles deep into the soul of the baseball, but which is worse, getting jacked up chemically to play better, or swinging based on ill-gotten electronic intel?
Th Houston Astros held their 2020 FanFest on Saturday at Minute Made Park, which gave reporters a chance to hear from the players themselves on the team's sign-stealing scandal.
The Astros recently fired manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow after both were issued one-year suspensions by MLB following the league's investigation into the team's sign stealing.
Jose Altuve, one of the players at the center of the scandal, said that the Astros will be able to put all of this behind them, and that they'll be in the World Series again this season.
On Friday's Baseball Night in New York, SNY's John Harper and Anthony McCarron, along with Newsday's David Lennon, revealed their 2020 ballots for the Baseball Hall of Fame.
While Derek Jeter appears on all three ballots -- as he awaits to find out if he will join teammate Mariano Rivera as the only unanimous Hall of Famers - there were some notable differences between the three ballots, mainly due to baseball's steroid era.
The Hall of Fame class of 2020 will be announced on Tuesday, January 21. Here is a look at the complete ballot.
David Cone, currently a Yankees analyst with the YES Network, could potentially be in the mix for a spot on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball broadcast team.
According to a report from Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, ESPN and Cone have been in talks about a role at ESPN, which could include Sunday Night Baseball.
Marchand reports that Alex Rodriguez will remain a key part of the broadcast, and that ESPN executives liked the way Rodriguez fit in with Cone and Michael Kay during a YES broadcast this past season.
The Chicago Cubs have reportedly considered adding former Yankees outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, per MLB Network's Jon Heyman.
Ellsbury, 36, was released by the Yankees on Nov. 20 after injuries forced him to miss both the 2018 and 2019 seasons. He signed a seven-year, $153 million contract with the Yankees in 2014, batting .264 with 39 homer runs and 198 RBI in 520 games from 2014-17.
He was under contract through the end of the 2021 season, and was set to make $21 million in 2020. The MLB Player's Association filed a grievance against the Yankees to recoup the remaining $26 million on Ellsbury's contract, including the $5 million buyout added to it.
Tags: Jacoby Ellsbury
With the Yankees entering the 2020 season as the heavy favorites to win the World Series, the ZiPS projections certainly make that seem possible.
The annual projections from Dan Szymborski/FanGraphs see Gleyber Torres hitting more home runs than Aaron Judge, another dominant season from Gerrit Cole and a bounceback season from Giancarlo Stanton.
However, their projections for Gio Urshela and Mike Tauchman see the duo taking a step back from their breakout seasons last year.
Tags: Aaron Judge, Brett Gardner, DJ LeMahieu, Gary Sanchez, Giancarlo Stanton, Gio Urshela, Gleyber Torres
MLB threw down their punishment on the Astros for their sign-stealing scandal, but more accusations continue to fly around the team. This time, the shade is being thrown at their star second baseman Jose Altuve.
In what was a wild news day that saw another manager in Carlos Beltran relieved of his duties with the Mets, video and images were surfacing about the Astros scandal, and how it may be deeper than just the center field cameras.
There were claims that Astros players were wearing buzzers under their jerseys that would indicate pitches to them during at-bats. Altuve, though, denied any involvement in using that method through his agent, Scott Boras.
Former Yankees starter CC Sabathia has already voiced his frustration about the Astros sign-stealing scandal earlier this week. But, in the latest edition of his R2C2 podcast with Ryan Ruocco, he took it a few steps further.
Sabathia didn't hold back how he felt this time, using all of his vocabulary to express his emotions about how he believes the Yankees should have won a 28th title.
Tags: CC Sabathia, Scott Thompson
The Yankees agreed to trade LHP Stephen Tarpley to the Marlins in exchange for minor league 3B James Nelson and cash considerations, the team announced on Wednesday.
Tarpley pitched in 31 games for the Yankees over the past two seasons. He didn't fare well in 2019 with a 6.93 ERA in 24.2 innings of work. He was decent in 10 appearances in 2018 where he allowed three runs in 9.0 innings. In the Marlins' rebuilding system, Tarpley has a chance to break camp with the big club to get some more time in the majors.
Tags: Stephen Tarpley
Induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame isn't the only honor heading Derek Jeter's way in the near future.
According to amNew York, Vanessa Gibson and Diana Ayala, two Bronx councilwomen, are introducing legislature to rename a section of E. 161 Street as "Jeter Street," with voting expected to pass the proposal without issue.
Jeter isn't the first Yankee to be honored with a street renaming. Mariano Rivera, who was unanimously voted into the Hall of Fame last year, saw part of River Ave renamed "Rivera Ave."
Amid all the fervor surrounding Alex Cora and the sign-stealing scandal, an old press conference video that resurfaced has gone viral, and it involves the Yankees.
But SNY's Andy Martino reaffirmed the fact that MLB is still not investigating the Yankees.
Following the Red Sox' beatdown by the Yankees in the inaugural London Series last year, Cora can be heard talking about then-Yankees special advisor Carlos Beltran, and he did so in an interesting way. Listen to his opening answer...
The Red Sox and manager Alex Cora have mutually agreed to part ways, the team announced in a statement Tuesday night.
"Today we met to discuss the commissioners report related to the Houston Astros investigation. Given the findings and the commissioners ruling, we collectively decided that it would not be possible for Alex to effectively lead the club going forward and we mutually agreed to part ways," the Red Sox said in their statement.
Cora was the bench coach for the Houston Astros in 2017, the year that the team won the World Series...but also the year in which the timeline of their cheating scandal occurred.
Former Yankee pitcher CC Sabathia said that he feels "cheated" by the Astros sign-stealing scandal, which has officially been confirmed by MLB after they concluded their investigation on Monday with a report detailing the cheating.
Sabathia was a part of the 2017 Yankees team that met the Astros in the ALCS that season, a series which went to a Game 7 that was played in Houston. The Astros won every game at Minute Maid Park that series, and would go on to beat the Dodgers in the World Series.
"As everything's been coming out, and the more facts that we get, it's getting frustrating, man, to sit here and know that late in my career I could've had a title, maybe '17 or maybe '18, but we got cheated out of a team kind of doing something that's not within the rules of the game," Sabathia said on Tuesday night's episode of "Inside The NFL" on Showtime.
Tags: CC Sabathia
MLB cracked down on the Astros Monday, suspending manager A.J. Hinch and GM Jeff Luhnow through the entire 2020 season for their roles in the team's sign-stealing scandal. Houston's owner, Jim Crane, furthered that punishment by announcing both Hinch and Luhnow had been fired.
And that's not all. The Astros have also lost the first- and second-round picks for the 2020 and 2021 MLB Draft, and finally were fined $5 million to conclude the harsh penalties.
But, to some, it wasn't harsh enough.
CC Sabathia is joining the Yankees front office as a special adviser to general manager Brian Cashman, according to the New York Post.
A role with the Yankees was something that Sabathia had his sights set on even before he officially retired following his injury during the playoffs.
"I want to be a part of the Yankees still, front office, whatever, however we can work that out," Sabathia told The Post last May.
Tags: Aaron Hicks, Brett Gardner
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Brian Cashman spent several years constructing what he hoped would be the next great Yankees team. He took a step back in the standings, traded away stars and focused on his farm system.
Those efforts created a championship window, which opened in 2017 -- also now known as the year that the Houston Astros initiated one of the most significant cheating scandals in the history of the game.
Over the next three Octobers, the Yankees lost to Houston, then to Alex Cora's Boston Red Sox, and then to Houston again. They saw a significant chunk of their window wasted by unethical opponents.
Tags: Aaron Judge, Aroldis Chapman, Luis Severino, Andy Martino
MLB handed down stunningly harsh penalties to Astros manager A.J. Hinch and GM Jeff Luhnow on Monday for their involvement in Houston's sign-stealing scandal, suspending both of them for one year.
Shortly after the suspensions came down, Astros owner Jim Crane announced that he had fired Hinch and Luhnow.
In addition to the suspensions of Hinch and Luhnow, MLB has stripped the Astros of their first- and second-round picks in the 2020 and 2021 MLB Draft and fined the team $5 million.
Yankees outfielders Aaron Hicks and Brett Gardner were recognized Saturday on MLB Network as two of baseball's top 10 center fielders, making New York the only team with a pair of players to crack the list.
Los Angeles Angels star and 2019 AL MVP Mike Trout topped the list, followed by the Los Angeles Dodgers' Cody Bellinger and the Houston Astros' George Springer.
Hicks and Gardner manned the position for the Yankees in 2019, with the veteran Gardner -- who previously started out in center throughout his early career -- stepping in for Hicks after he had an injury-shortened season.
Tags: Aaron Hicks, Brett Gardner
Former Yankees pitching prospect Yefry Ramirez has signed with the Mets, according to a report from MLB.com's Matt Kardos
Ramirez made his debut in 2018 for the Orioles and stayed in Baltimore until May of the 2019 season, when he was traded to the Pirates. The 26-year-old has a 1-10 record with a 6.32 ERA and 89 strikeouts.
It took quite some time for the RHP to make his way up the ranks after being signed by the Diamondbacks as an international free agent in 2011.
The Yankees might have an interesting situation brewing at the hot corner.
Or at least, they might have until general manager Brian Cashman made a definitive statement on Friday.
That position belongs to Gio Urshela, despite Miguel Andujar returning from injury.
Tags: Gio Urshela, Miguel Andujar
There isn't a lot of room to maneuver in the Yankees' starting rotation.
Their offseason was highlighted by the addition of Gerrit Cole to a monster contract and Cole joined the likes of Luis Severino, James Paxton and Masahiro Tanaka.
But that's not discouraging Jordan Montgomery.
Tags: Jordan Montgomery
Yankees' top-pitching prospect Deivi Garcia looked back on the 2019 Futures Game as a positive experience.
Garcia, now 21, had a 1-2-3 first inning of action in the game which included a strikeout.
At the time, Garcia, who was promoted to Triple-A Scranton after the game, looked back on the outing in a positive light.
Tags: Deivi Garcia
The Yankees made official what SNY's Andy Martino confirmed last month, announcing that they have signed outfielder Brett Gardner to a one-year deal with a club option for 2021. Martino reported in December that the deal is worth $12.5 million, with the 2021 club option set for $10 million.
To make room on the 40-man roster for Gardner, LHP Stephen Tarpley was designated for assignment.
Aaron Hicks underwent Tommy John surgery in September, so Gardner figures to be the team's starting center fielder when the season gets underway.
Tags: Aaron Hicks, Brett Gardner
Friday is the deadline for teams and arbitration-eligible players to come to terms on a contract for the 2020 season.
The Yankees tendered contracts to all off their arbitration-eligible players earlier this offseason, with James Paxton, Aaron Judge, and Gary Sanchez the biggest names in that group.
If a player and team are unable to come to terms, their salary will be set during an arbitration hearing later this offseason.
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The Yankees have been searching for an ace since CC Sabathia's last truly dominant season, 2011, when he went 19-8 with a 3.00 ERA and pitched 237 innings. Along the way they were foiled by Masahiro Tanaka's elbow ligament tear and then Luis Severino's curious inconsistency/shoulder injury.
Into that void steps Gerrit Cole, the $324 million man, and if he delivers the greatness expected of him, he not only could get the Yankees over the championship hump, but his presence as the No. 1 starter raises an intriguing question:
How high is the ceiling on the 2020 rotation?
Tags: CC Sabathia, Domingo German, J.A. Happ, James Paxton, Luis Severino, Masahiro Tanaka, John Harper
The Yankees may have found their answer at backup catcher, as MLB Network's Jon Heyman reports the team has agreed to a minor league deal with veteran Chris Iannetta on Thursday. WFAN's Sweeny Murti had the Yankees close to a deal.
Iannetta brings 14 years of MLB experience to the Yankees, having spent time with the Rockies, Angels, Mariners and Diamondbacks over his career. However, being on that minor league deal, he isn't being guaranteed that backup role behind Gary Sanchez.
Kyle Higashioka and Eric Kratz are also on the roster, and will vie with Iannetta for that spot on the 26-man roster. Iannetta, though, does have the upper hand given his experience and better numbers.
Tags: Gary Sanchez, Kyle Higashioka
Failed Yankees prospect Garrison Lassiter, whose minor league career ended after the 2011 season, filed a strange lawsuit against the team in December of 2018, alleging (among other things) that Derek Jeter was part of the reason why he never made the majors. He also compared himself to Dodgers star Corey Seager.
Lassiter sought millions of dollars he felt were owed to him due to his allegation that the team -- and not his poor play -- was responsible for him never reaching the majors and earning the millions that eventually would have been waiting for him there.
When filing the lawsuit while representing himself, Lassiter introduced Exhibits A and B. Exhibit A was 'COREY SEAGER STATISTICAL HISTORY' and Exhibit B was 'GARRISON LASSITER STATISTICAL HISTORY.'
One of many Yankees hindered by injuries throughout the 2019 season, Giancarlo Stanton had his second year in New York cut short as he battled back from several ailments.
Stanton played in only 18 regular-season games, slashing .288/.403/.492 with three home runs and 13 RBI while missing 144 games because of a handful of injuries to his biceps, shoulder, knee and quad.
After the injuries wiped him out for all of May, July and August, Stanton enters Year 3 with the Yankees hoping to bounce back -- and New York manager Aaron Boone believes the power-hitting OF/DH can do so.
Tags: Giancarlo Stanton
The Yankees made a minor move to add to their pitching staff on Tuesday, reportedly agreeing to a minor-league contract with right-hander Nick Tropeano.
The deal, reported by MLB Network's Jon Heyman, includes an invite to 2020 spring training in Tampa, Fla.
For the 29-year-old Tropeano, agreeing with the Yankees is a New York homecoming, as he grew up in West Islip on Long Island and attended Stony Brook University.
Baseball America has released its Top 10 prospects for the Yankees heading into the 2020 season, and while some prospects make perfect sense on the list, one certain omission stood out.
Estevan Florial, once the Yankees' top prospect, has fallen off the Top 10 list. This came after a down year in High-A ball with a .237/.297/.383 slash line with eight homers and 38 RBI over 74 games.
So, with Florial off the list, here's how it looks:
Tags: Albert Abreu, Deivi Garcia, Estevan Florial, Scott Thompson
There are always questions surrounding the National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot every year, but maybe none are bigger than whether or not Derek Jeter will be a unanimous inductee when all the ballots are handed in.
So far, that's the way things are trending.
Thanks to Hall of Fame ballot tracker Ryan Thibodaux, we know that all 138 public ballots -- and four anonymous ballots that have been revealed -- have Jeter's name checked off on them.
Andy Martino, SNY.tv | Twitter |
On Sept. 15, 2017, Major League Baseball fined the Boston Red Sox an undisclosed amount for using Apple Watches to convey signs stolen from the Yankees.
MLB also fined the Yankees a lesser amount, leading to a common misconception that both teams engaged in espionage at that time.
At the time, the league announced that the Yankees had "violated a rule governing the use of a dugout phone." What MLB didn't say was that no one had accused the Yankees of cheating.
Yankees third baseman Miguel Andujar has been rehabbing his way back from his torn labrum surgery, and he looks to be right on track for the start of Spring Training.
Manager Aaron Boone said on MLB Network Radio Tuesday that Andujar is throwing and taking ground balls in the Dominican Republic at the moment, and should be good by the time Spring Training rolls around.
"We believe he's going to be totally healthy as he enters Spring Training and good to go," Boone said.
Tags: Gio Urshela, Luke Voit, Miguel Andujar, Scott Thompson
Sign stealing has been a big bugaboo for the MLB in the wake of the Astros cheating scandal, but as SNY's Andy Martino found out, Houston believed other teams were using technology to decode signs as well.
On Tuesday, The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich reported that the Yankees biggest rival, the Red Sox, were allegedly using a video replay room to steal signs during the 2018 season.
To give some context, the Red Sox -- and the Yankees -- were both fined back in 2017 "for conduct related to electronic sign stealing." Those video replay rooms, which were implemented to help managers get information quickly in potential challenge situations, were being used to steal sign sequences.
The 2020 MLB season is a lot closer than we think, with pitchers and catchers reporting in about a month to their respective camps to gear up for the long 162-game journey. And Yankee fans might be counting down each day until the new season after taking a look at the roster that is absolutely stacked yet again.
Gerrit Cole might really be that one missing piece the Yankees need to make their return to the World Series. Their only omission from their starting lineup is Didi Gregorius, and his production can easily be matched by Gio Urshela if he can replicate his breakout season in 2019.
Then, there's still Aaron Judge, Gleyber Torres, DJ LeMahieu, Gary Sanchez, and more making a World Series worthy team that many will be scared to face this season.
Tags: Brett Gardner, DJ LeMahieu, Domingo German, Giancarlo Stanton, Gleyber Torres, Jordan Montgomery, Luke Voit, Miguel Andujar, Scott Thompson
The Yankees were the most injury-riddled team in baseball during the 2019 season, and now the team is making huge changes to its training staff.
According to Lindsey Adler of The Athletic, the Yankees are making a number of drastic changes to their training and performance staff. Steve Donohue, who has been with the organization since 1979 and with the major league staff since 1986, will be transitioned to "a status akin to trainer emeritus, though it's expected he'll remain involved with the club."
Additionally, the Yankees are hiring Eric Cressey, who runs Cressey Sports Performance and hosts an Elite Baseball Development podcast, to oversee their training and strength and conditioning staff.
Tags: Aaron Judge, Didi Gregorius, Gary Sanchez, Giancarlo Stanton, Miguel Andujar
Aside from 16-year-old wunderkind OF Jasson Dominguez, who is viewed as a future star, the Yankees are lacking sizzle when it comes to most of their top 10 prospects.
RHP Deivi Garcia is one of the names to keep an eye on as far as potential impact in 2020 is concerned, with him being a potential option in the starting rotation or bullpen at some point.
As far as a breakout candidate for 2020, MLB Pipeline gives that honor to RHP Clarke Schmidt, who was the Yankees' No. 5 prospect entering last season.
Tags: Deivi Garcia, Domingo German, James Paxton, Jonathan Loaisiga, Jordan Montgomery, Luis Severino, Masahiro Tanaka, Danny Abriano
As a New York native who was in the Yankees organization since 2006, Dellin Betances opened up about his time wearing pinstripes coming to an end.
After more than a decade in the organization, the Yankees passed on re-signing Betances, who ultimately inked a one-year deal with the Mets. Betances suffered a right shoulder impingement and had a lat strain that kept him on the injured list to start the 2019 season, and partially tore his left Achilles during Sept. 15's debut, effectively ending an eight-season run with the Yankees.
When he was introduced Thursday at Citi Field by general manager Brodie Van Wagenen, Betances was asked about if there were any regrets with how his Yankees chapter closed.
Tags: Dellin Betances
Major League Baseball is suspending Yankees RHP Domingo German for 81 games. The news was first reported by Hannah Keyser of Yahoo Sports.
The suspension is retroactive to Sept. 19, when German was first placed on administrative leave by Major League Baseball under the joint MLB-MLBPA Domestic Violence Policy at the end of the 2019 season. The ban was extended Sept. 25 into the postseason.
It includes the nine regular-season games in 2019 and subsequently into the playoffs, where the Yankees logged nine games between the Minnesota Twins (three-game ALDS) and Houston Astros (six-game ALCS). So German will miss the first 63 games of the 2020 season.
Tags: Domingo German
Don Larsen, who has pitched the only perfect game in World Series history, passed away Wednesday at age 90.
According to Bill Madden of the New York Daily News, Larsen died while in hospice care in Idaho, due to esophageal cancer.
Larsen pitched five seasons with the Yankees from 1955-59, and his career in pinstripes is remembered for his perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series at Yankee Stadium. Larsen needed just 97 pitches to finish the game, striking out seven Dodgers along the way.
As 2019 comes to a close, we're reminiscing about the sports moments that affected New York over the past 10 years. So we decided to rank them.
Here are the Top 10 sports moments of this decade...
10) No-Han: Johan Santana throws first no-hitter in Mets history
Tags: Alex Rodriguez, Eli Manning, Yoenis Cespedes
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Perhaps the 2010s can be explained simply as the law of averages catching up with the Yankees, a reminder of just how remarkable it was to navigate the postseason so flawlessly while winning four championships in five years two decades ago.
More likely the teams of this decade simply weren't quite as clutch or complete as those Joe Torre ballclubs that remain the last dynasty we've seen in baseball.
Either way, this decade will be remembered dubiously in the Bronx as the first one in 100 years in which the Yankees didn't make at least one World Series appearance.
Tags: Aaron Judge, Brett Gardner, CC Sabathia, Didi Gregorius, Gio Urshela, Greg Bird, Luis Severino, Luke Voit, Mark Teixeira, Miguel Andujar, John Harper
We've collected some of our end-of-year content as we start 2020. A version of this story originally published on Nov. 18, 2019.
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Most experts view the Yankees' farm system overall as middle of the pack, with many of their most exciting prospects -- including 16-year-old wunderkind Jasson Dominguez -- in the lower levels.
Tags: Albert Abreu, Danny Abriano
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For a franchise that brands itself as championship or bust, the Yankees' failure to reach the World Series over an entire decade for the first time in 100 years made the 2010s hugely disappointing, despite seven postseason appearances.
Still, it had its moments, linking the nostalgia of its Core Four-past with the promise of its Baby Bombers-future.
Tags: Aaron Judge, Alex Rodriguez, Aroldis Chapman, DJ LeMahieu, Giancarlo Stanton, John Harper
When the Yankees open up spring training in Tampa, Fla. in Febuary, manager Aaron Boone expects to have Miguel Andujar at full capacity.
"[Andujar] is doing really well,'' Boone said Friday. "I expect him to be ready to go for spring training.''
Boone made an offseason trip to the "office" Friday, handling duties for the opening coin toss of the Pinstripe Bowl, played at Yankee Stadium.
Tags: Gio Urshela, Miguel Andujar
From firsthand experience, Bernie Williams knows what it feels like to face pressure -- and thrive -- in New York with a big contract.
The former star CF from 1991-06 -- all in New York -- was a five-time All-Star and four-time World Series champion with the Yankees, signing a seven-year deal worth $87.5 million along the way.
So when Williams was asked about the Yankees' new deal for RHP Gerrit Cole, who recently signed a nine-year contract worth $324 million, he offered his advice.
The Yankees and Edwin Encarnacion have officially parted ways, as the slugger has reportedly signed with the Chicago White Sox on Christmas Day.
Multiple reports have confirmed that Encarnacion will head to Chicago on a one-year, $12 million deal that has a $12 million club option for the 2021 season. Encarnacion gets $11 million outright and another $1 million as a signing bonus.
The DH now joins Didi Gregorius and Dellin Betances as players who have left the Yankees this offseason for new opportunities.
Tags: Edwin Encarnacion
We've collected some of our end-of-year content as we approach 2020. A version of this story originally published on Dec. 11, 2019.
With the Yankees landing Gerrit Cole and transforming their starting rotation in the process, the question becomes how Cole will perform in 2020 and beyond.
Cole became a dominant force after joining the Astros, posting a 2.68 ERA/2.67 FIP and 0.96 WHIP with 602 strikeouts (13.1 per 9) in 412.2 IP in 2018 and 2019.
So how will Cole fare in 2020 during what will be the first year of his nine-year deal?
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Gift ideas for the Yankees? Sigh.
So much pressure to make another "Cole in their stocking" joke. But since we used that one every single day of the "12 Days of Christmas" (and then some), Baseball Santa needs new material.
We do, however, have a long list of potential presents for the Yanks for 2020 this holiday season. With a loaded roster, strong front office and manager, and a reservoir of prospects, they seem to be the team that has everything. But, much like the work the Yanks have left to do with their roster, we found spots around the margins of their pinstriped tree to leave some gifts.


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"The mutton train is a quick ride into popular belief systems that lead your heart astray. Research everything before you judge its being… That way fear wont lead you into the wolves den wearing warm sheep wool."
– Anonymous
The media, the big screen and fantasy novels love to portray anything otherworldly as evil and wrong. What people do not understand is that it is the human that makes the religion, spirituality or way of life evil and dangerous.
Because of the word of mouth spreading like wildfire concept people often confuse these ways of life as harmful and something to be stayed far away from. It would interest you then that many Hoodoo practitioners are in fact protestant christians. Lighting candles, doing blessings and using the Book of Psalms or other parts in the bible as spells or as basis's for ritual.
One of the most interesting theories of the origin of word Hoodoo is that it could have come from the Gaelic words Uath Dubh (pronounced Hoodoo). The word means spiky ghost, evil entity or spirit, or bad ghost. It can also mean unlucky or cursed. It was said that ships that sunk were hoodoo'd, in fact anything that went wrong would have been hoodoo'd. The folklore practice of Hoodoo with its myriad mix of African, European and Scott-Irish magick has been, like most practices under the pagan umbrella, confused and lost in translation over the years.
You've probably heard these terms thrown around loosely: Black man at the crossroads, jack' o lantern, black cat walking across your path and haint. These terms all come from a Scottish-Irish background and prove the origin of Hoodoo. However, because the mixture of the origin of slaves into the America's brought a vast collection of superstitions, magical practices and beliefs, Hoodoo has never had a finite origin. It also has absolutely no hierarchical system and is simply, at its core, practice of herbal magick, hexes and a solitary form of witchcraft. It is not African in origin, but has African influences tied into its practices in every corner.
Santeria practice is a collective spiritual belief system that stems from the Yoruba tribes of West Africa. The worship of Olodumare – the creator, Olorun – the ruler of the heavens, and Olofi – the mediator between heaven and earth, is the core of the Santeria tradition.
Unlike Hoodoo, Santeria is African at its core. Many Santeria practitioners worship both the christian or catholic saints alongside the Orisha's (Earth Guardian spirits akin to Demi-Gods worshipped in Santeria practices.) However, when delving deeper into the West African tradition now spread across the world, the Saints become one with the Orishas. An example would be that of Saint Anthony and Elegguá who is one of the main Orishas in Santeria practice. Elegguá tests the practitioners integrity and is he who stands at the crossroads and makes contact with the other-worlds. Saint Anthony and Elegguá are one in the same at the core of Santeria.
Today Santeria has mixed multi-cultural outlook and its core, whilst remaining largely African, has the liberty to include spiritual practices from across the world. The link between the Catholicism and African folklore magick came from the Cuban meeting of different cultures seeking a unified spirituality. Each agreed on welcoming in the others faith and it is from this union that Santeria was born. Santeria involves strict initiation which at its first stage lasts a year and a day. Their belief in the life force, Ashe, is something which mirrors the Chinese version of Qi. Even though animal sacrifice may occur within Santeria, it is also nothing like the mainstream idea. The animal is eaten and not hurt in any manner. They have no church and do not practice spells. Their lives are lived to the best of their ability and believe in Iwa Pele which loosely translates to building a gentle and understanding character.
Now that we have covered the differences between Hoodoo and Santeria let us look at the main branches of Voodoo:
Voodoo practices are filled to the brim with amulets, protection dollies, charms and age-old chants and songs. All branches of Voodoo believe in a singular supreme deity who is unconcerned with the going-on's of humanity, and is not implored in prayer or ritual, but is venerated. Louisiana Voudoo and Haitian Vodou differ in that Louisiana voodoo incorporates Voodoo Queens, Kings and Hoodoo spells charms and herbal remedies.
The world of Voodoo is hierarchical unlike Hoodoo. Where Hoodoo is a folklore practice, Voodoo is akin to a step ladder approach walking alongside a catholic outlook. The Saints are venerated and so are many of the biblical figures. At its core it comes from the influence of the African slave trade across the world. The Hail Mary is just as important as the remodelled Lord's Prayer. The original Aramaic Lord's Prayer which speaks of a heavenly mother and father is not used. It is also common that Louisiana Voodoo makes use of Gris-Gris or Juju which are amulets or dolls used as magickal amulets or charms. It is interesting to note that the Voodoo belief system incorporates a matriarchal lineage system to allow priestesses to run main rituals.
The birth of today's Voodoo, regardless of it being the Louisiana lineage or Haitian lineage, is a culmination of christian and folklore intermingling. A singular God, prayers and magickal incantations bound by formal ritual and a degreed system make up the entire practice. The differences have come when the ways of life settled and matured in different parts of the world, each being influenced by the peoples needs and their immediate surroundings.
At the core of Hoodoo, Voodoo and Santeria, we see a beautiful culmination of how christianity and folklore magick held hands and venerated the gods together. Many practitioners who stand under the modern pagan umbrella have their anti-monotheistic opinions but have accepted Voodoo, Hoodoo and Santeria, not realising that this is the proof of how people have worked together to venerate the gods, the spirits and the ways of returning to spirit. Yes, the methods and the teachings may differ but the lesson that roars from within these ways of life is that humanity has already found a union, and if 30 million Voodoo practitioners across the world can find christian and magickal union and still bare witness to incredible rites of passage then how come we still have such a blind eye to unity?
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A little ol' song with a touch of Hoodoo
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In just the past year, more than 16 firms have invested in existing digital advice companies or launched their own robo-style investing services. While it may seem like the current round of robo advice and financial planning tool acquisitions are an example of following the latest hot trend, there may just be a method to the madness. Earlier estimates of the potential size of robo-managed assets under management in 2020range from $1 to $2.2 trillion. Recently, these estimates have been revised downward from their previously lofty levels as consumer-only robo-advisers struggled to live up to their promised growth rates, as a result of high customer acquisitions costs. Read more, here.]]>


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Price € 500
For who loves the beach.
Detached villa in Fontane Bainche (Syracuse – Sicily), just 100 mt from the beach and 300 mt from the cliff.
It is on 2 levels so that it comprises 2 independent apartments.
– apartment ground floor: wide living room, double bedroom, 2 twin bedrooms that you can turn into double bedrooms (one of which with air-conditioning), equipped eat-in kitchen, bathroom with bathtub, laundry room with bidet and toilet bowl, veranda that overlooks the sea. You can add another deb.
– apartment first floor (you reach it through an outdoor stairs): wide terrace with view of the sea, veranda with awning, air-conditioning kitchen-living room with sofa, double bedroom, bedroom with 2 sleeping accommodation, bathroom with shower.
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Inspired by the powerful and enjoyable, but ultimately sad film 'PHILOMENA' starring Judy Dench and Steve Coogan. A film based on fact, it is about the Catholic scandal in 1950's Ireland where women, often young girls, when pregnant out of wedlock were 'given' to the convents to avoid shaming their families. The nuns would deliver their babies and if they survived would sell them to wealthy Americans, literally stealing them from their mothers. The young mothers, heartbroken and already shunned and degraded were then bound in servitude to the convent for several years!
I struggled with this one as I wanted to cover all aspects of the story and stress the evil of those particular priests and nuns without turning it into a cliche church-bashing rant. The victims were my priority. So, for example, the last line refers to fathers and sisters, rather than priests and nuns, to indicate that the girl's own families, as well as the clergy, were responsible for this shameful episode.


text: Fibromyalgia and Hypermobility with Dr Philip Bull Many of us are familiar with the term Fibromyalgia. Widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, irritable bowel complaints and anxiety are all commons symptoms of Fibromyalgia. Hypermobility will often share the same symptoms of Fibromyalgia, including musculoskeletal pain and stiffness. If you have been struggling with a number of these symptoms but are yet to receive a diagnosis, come along to our open evening to find out more. We will be holding an informal evening with Dr Philip Bull, Consultant Rheumatologist at the One Ashford Hospital who will be able to discuss how a diagnosis is made, and how to manage your symptoms. Dr Philip Bull is an experienced Consultant Rheumatologist in all aspects of Rheumatology and musculoskeletal medicine. He has a particular interest in Joint Hypermobility syndrome and Fibromyalgia. He is actively involved in supporting the work of the Hypermobility Syndromes Association (HMSA). The event begins at 7:00pm for registration and an evening buffet, with Dr Bull speaking from 7:30pm. There will be an optional tour of the hospital at the end of the event. NOTE: This is not an event run by the HMSA, so please follow the link for more information, and to enquire about attending. https://www.onehealthcare.co.uk/event/fibromyalgia-hypermobility-philip-bull/ Booking for this event has now closed. Book


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SYLMAR (CBSLA) — Firefighters say the pilot of a small plane has been killed following a crash in the Sylmar area.
The plane crashed in a field near the 5 Freeway in the 12600 block of Encinitas Avenue on Sunday afternoon.
Firefighters say the unidentified pilot was the only occupant of the Beechcraft A320 single-engine aircraft.
The pilot was trapped in the wreckage. CBS2's Brittney Hopper reported firefighters had to use the Jaws of Life to free the man.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Hopper said the crash could have been worse.
On one side a busy freeway, on the other a neighborhood.
The pilot made a distress call about 1:50 p.m. saying he had to make an emergency landing.
Several Good Samaritans pulled off the freeway to try to help the pilot.
The pilot has been identified as 55-year-old Scott Fraser Watson of Marina del Rey. His ex-wife rushed to the scene but didn't want to appear on camera. She told Hopper that Watson was the father of three.
Hopper spoke to a man named Steve Martinez. He said the plane literally crashed in his backyard.
"I was just like wow," he said, "this plane just came down in my backyard."
He added that it was upsetting.
"It's pretty sad to see. I heard someone died. It's pretty sad to hear. It's pretty tragic here."
Martinez is also a father of three. He believes Watson chose the field to avoid hitting cars or houses.
Federal investigators were en route to the crash site to determine the cause of the accident. They were expected to arrive Monday morning.
Watson was reportedly trying to make it to Van Nuys Airport.


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What makes a neighborhood good or bad depends on several factors. A housing addition in the middle of the Mojave without water or air conditioning would, by most accounts, be a bad neighborhood.
Sometimes the difference between good and bad can be narrowed down to one factor: People.
When violent people move in, non-violent people move out. It's a demographic dance that's been going on for generations.
So one has to wonder what was on the mind of a Louisville police spokesman when he told the media, "Obviously, we have a great area here."
A friend and former resident dares to disagree, calling the neighborhood a "cesspool."
Granted, the trees are nice and the sidewalks seem to have few cracks. Some of the structures appear to be well maintained.
But students complain of ongoing crime. It wasn't far from this "great area" that a mob of thugs terrorized residents during the city's "Thunder over Louisville."
More recently came the news that a gunfight had erupted after a resident stood his ground during an armed robbery.
"It happened around 8:20 a.m. at Jackson and Liberty," said our news source, "not far from the University of Louisville's dental school and in front of an apartment complex. That's where police say a man armed with a gun tried to rob another man, but that man had a gun, too.
"Investigators say the two shot each other. Both men were taken to University Hospital, but police tell us their injuries are not life-threatening. U of L confirms one of the victims is an employee at the dental school and is recovering from a gunshot wound to the leg."
So if the spokesman is defining "great" in terms of the color of the tree, then I suppose he has a point. If he's speaking in reference to the school employee who felt compelled to carry a gun for self defense, then, again, I would echo, "Great!"
But if amid the green trees and the workers who have the good sense to defend themselves are village-raised criminals who boldly commit violent crimes in the light of day, the greatness of trees and armed citizens would necessarily have to surrender to reality and we'd conclude that the neighborhood is a cesspool.
From our source we read:
Police tell us they are investigating a number of robberies in the area involving U of L students. This is the fourth armed robbery in the area in the past three weeks. In an e-mail sent to students and staff at U of L's dental school last week, officials warned of robberies on Marshall Street on July 10, July 22, and July 23.
"Obviously, we have a great area here," said LMPD spokesman Dwight Mitchell. "Those are wonderful apartments, it looks like. But certainly, with individuals being accosted, being robbed, it's not something we're going to tolerate, and hopefully that ends today."
Police do not know if those robberies are related to Monday's shooting, but are hoping to find out more as the investigation continues.
"Obviously finding out more about this situation and if they're connected, having that individual removed from the streets will be a great credit to our community," said Mitchell.
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Grand Prize winner Mai K. as Supergirl.
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I wanted to show off my new hair colour that my mum dyed for me last week, I am sooo lucky to have a the best mum in the world, who is also a hairdresser <3 I was long overdue some hair pampering, It had been well over a year since my mum had cut or coloured it for me. So I was looking forward to getting it sorted, I felt some pampering after all the crap I've been having lately would cheer me up, and it did! I like having 'done' hair. So, My mum used a Movida hair colour on me (which is semi permanent) We always use that colour on me nowadays and I find it lasts for ages, and when it fades away it does so naturally without you having ugly roots. The colour she used on me was number 23 - Chestnut Brown It is a gorgeous dark brown red colour, but it's not TOO dark.
My hair was also trimmed, layered and razored a bit.. It needed to be thinned out so much and feels so much better now (I have very thick hair and loads of it!) We decided I would keep it long as I have been trying to grow it for a while, and my mum said she likes the length on me.
So anyway, enough of my waffle, Let me show you the colour. I love it :) You'll notice my curls are more defined now too, due to the new fresh layers, It looks lovely when it's straightened, but I couldn't be bothered today.
What do you think? .. I think it's a nice colour and it makes my hair look much shinier and healthier now it's cut too.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Hair colour and Cut!
3 comments:
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Lovely! The colour really warms up your skintone and the cut suits you too. How are you feelin these days? Much better I hope xx
- 12 September 2009 at 20:48
- Becky said...
That colour looks really good on you!
- 12 September 2009 at 20:53
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Thanks Yinka :) .. I'm feeling ok, thank you - Still a little sorw and uncomfy but nothing too bad - I just wish I would be healed already, but it takes time. xx
- 13 September 2009 at 10:37
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Estimation of sensible heat flux from remotely sensed surface temperatures.
AuthorCooper, Daniel Ira.
Issue Date1990
AdvisorGay, Lloyd W.
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PublisherThe University of Arizona.
RightsCopyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.
AbstractA series of energy-balance experiments were performed over a winter wheat field in Southern Arizona. A Bowen ratio energy-balance system (BREB), anemometer, and thermal infrared thermometer (IRT) were placed in the center of the field on day 15 of 1988 shortly after germination. The BREB system generated 12-minute averages of net radiation, soil heat flux, latent energy, and sensible heat flux (H) throughout the season, terminating on day 152, just before harvest. On day 134, an eddy-correlation system was placed adjacent to the BREB system, where it collected H-data concurrently for 17 successive days. The data from the BREB and eddy-correlation systems were regressed against each other to quantify their field performance. The regression standard error (SE) between the two systems was ±40 W/m². BREB H-data was used as a "standard" to evaluate three different sensible heat flux models that are suitable for remote sensing applications. The three models require thermal canopy temperature, air temperature, and wind speed as input. Two of the three models use aerodynamic resistance theory, one of which is stability corrected, and the third remote-sensing model employs Monin-Obukhov turbulent transfer theory. The regression analysis between the BREB H-values and the three remote-sensing models shows that the stability corrected aerodynamic resistance model and the Monin-Obukhov model are capable of estimating H-values over a wide range of surface and atmospheric conditions.
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Degree NamePh.D.
Degree Leveldoctoral
Degree ProgramRenewable Natural Resources
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By posting Content on the Website or as part of the Service, you automatically grant to the Company, its affiliates, licensees and successors, an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid-up, worldwide right and license to (i) use, copy, store, perform, display, reproduce, record, play, adapt, modify and distribute the Content, (ii) prepare derivative works of the Content or incorporate the Content into other works, and (iii) grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing in any media now known or hereafter created. You represent and warrant that any posting and use of your Content by the Company will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party.
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You may not post any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, URLs or email addresses in areas of your Member profile that may be viewed by other Members. You agree that any Content you place on the Website to be viewed by other Members may be viewed by any person visiting the Website or participating in the Service.
10. Prohibited Activities.
a. The Company reserves the right to investigate and/or terminate your membership if you have misused the Service or behaved in a way the Company regards as inappropriate or unlawful, including actions or communications the occur off the Website but involve Members you meet through the Service. The following is a partial list of the type of actions that you may not engage in with respect to the Service.
You will not:
11. Customer Service.
The Company provides assistance and guidance through its customer care representatives. When communicating with our customer care representatives (whether over the telephone, or via email or letter), you agree to not be abusive, obscene, profane, offensive, sexist, threatening, harassing, racially offensive, or to not otherwise behave inappropriately. Telephone calls between you and our customer care representatives may be recorded for quality assurance purposes. If we feel that your behavior towards any of our customer care representatives or other employees is at any time threatening or offensive, we reserve the right to immediately terminate your membership and you will not be entitled to any refund of unused subscription fees.
12. Premium Membership; Charges on Your Billing Account.
a. The Company bills you through an online account (your "Billing Account") for use of the Service. You agree to pay the Company all charges at the prices you agreed to for any use of the Service by you or other persons (including your agents) using your Billing Account, and you authorize the Company to charge your chosen payment provider (your "Payment Method") for the Service. You agree to make payment using that selected Payment Method. The Company may correct any billing errors or mistakes that it makes even if it has already requested or received payment. This Section 12 includes any agreements you made with the Company on the Website when becoming a Member or subscribing to the Service. The terms of your payment will be based on your Payment Method and may be determined by agreements between you and the financial institution, credit card issuer or other provider of your chosen Payment Method. If you initiate a chargeback or otherwise reverse a payment made with your Payment Method, the Company may in its discretion terminate your account immediately. If the Company successfully disputes the reversal, and the reversed funds are returned, you are not entitled to a refund or to have your account or premium membership reinstated.
b. Your membership will continue indefinitely until cancelled by you. If you cancel your premium membership, your account will be cancelled, however, you will not be entitled to a refund or return of unused funds at any time. You will in no event be entitled to a refund or transfer of funds back to you. By obtaining premium membership with a positive points balance, you authorize the Company to charge your Payment Method if you somehow use more points than you purchase, or if your balance goes below -5 points. You also authorize the Company to charge you for any sales or similar taxes that may be applicable to your points purchases. Upon the purchasing more points to maintain premium membership, if the Company does not receive payment from your Payment Method provider, you agree to pay all amounts due on your Billing Account upon demand and/or you agree that the Company may either terminate or suspend your premium membership and continue to attempt to charge your Payment Method provider until payment is received (upon receipt of payment, you will receive the designated points from the completed transaction).
c. You must provide current, complete and accurate information for your Billing Account. If you become aware of a potential breach of security (such as an unauthorized disclosure or use of your name or password), notify us immediately. If you fail to provide the Company any of the foregoing information, you agree that you are responsible for fees accrued under your Billing Account. In addition, you authorize us to obtain updated or replacement expiration dates and card numbers for you credit or debit card as provided by your credit or debit card issuer.
d. Considering points obtained by member by Donation or by Referal, at no time will JesDating provide cash value, or a cash refund for said points generated or received by Dontaion from another member or, or by participating in the Referal Program. Unless otherwise stated in this agreement, at no time will refunds or a cash value be refunded or returned to a member for any points balance that a member may have generated, by any means. SEE SECTION 4(a).
13. Modifications to Service.
The Company reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Website or the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that the Company shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service. To protect the integrity of the Website or the Service, the Company reserves the right at any time in its sole discretion to block users from certain IP addresses from accessing the Website or Service.
14. Copyright Policy; Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement.
You may not post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent with the following information:
Notice of claims of copyright infringement should be provided to the Company's Copyright Agent at the following address:
Copyright Agent
c/o JesDating.com Legal
98-820 Moanalua Road #I51-201, Aiea, Hawaii 96701 USA
The Company will terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.
15. Communications and Test Profiles.
a. When you become a Member, you agree and consent to receive email messages from us. These emails may be transactional or relationship communications relating to the Service, such as administrative notices and service announcements or changes, or emails containing commercial offers, promotions or special offers from us or third party partners. Please see the Company's Privacy Policy for more information regarding these communications. From time to time, employees of the Company (or its parent or affiliated companies) may create test dating profiles for the purpose of testing the functionality of our Service and website processes to improve service quality for our Members. Telephone calls between you and our customer care representatives may be recorded for quality assurance purposes.
16. Disclaimers.
a. You acknowledge and agree that neither the Company nor its affiliates and third party partners are responsible for and shall not have any liability, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, as a result of or alleged to be the result of (i) any incorrect or inaccurate Content posted on the Website or provided in connection with the Service, whether caused by Members or any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Website or Service; (ii) the timeliness, deletion or removal, incorrect delivery or failure to store any Content, communications or personalization settings; (iii) the conduct, whether online or offline, of any Member; (iv) any error, omission or defect in, interruption, deletion, alteration, delay in operation or transmission, theft or destruction of, or unauthorized access to, any user or Member communications; or (v) any problems, failure or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of email or players on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or combination thereof, including injury or damage to Members or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in connection with the Internet and/or in connection with the Service. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE COMPANY PROVIDES THE WEBSITE AND THE SERVICE ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS AND GRANTS NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICE OR THE WEBSITE (INCLUDING ALL CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN), INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE COMPANY DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE OR SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, SECURE OR THAT ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS ON THE WEBSITE OR IN THE SERVICE WILL BE CORRECTED.
b. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE OR WEBSITE IS ACCESSED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, INTERNET ACCESS, DOWNLOAD OR DISPLAY DEVICE, OR LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF DATA THAT RESULTS OR MAY RESULT FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO DOWNLOAD OR OBTAIN ANY MATERIAL THROUGH THE SERVICE OR WEBSITE.
From time to time, the Company may make third party opinions, advice, statements, offers, or other third party information or content available on the Website and/or through the Service. All third party content is the responsibility of the respective authors thereof and should not necessarily be relied upon. Such third party authors are solely responsible for such content. THE COMPANY DOES NOT: (I) GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY THIRD PARTY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE, OR (II) ADOPT, ENDORSE OR ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE, OR STATEMENT MADE BY ANY PARTY THAT APPEARS ON THE WEBSITE OR SERVICE. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE COMPANY OR ITS AFFILIATES BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM YOUR RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OR OTHER CONTENT POSTED ON THE WEBSITE OR SERVICE, OR TRANSMITTED TO OR BY ANY MEMBERS.
c. In addition to the preceding paragraph and other provisions of this Agreement, any advice that may be posted on the Website or through the Service is for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not intended to replace or substitute for any professional financial, medical, legal, or other advice. The Company makes no representations or warranties and expressly disclaims any and all liability concerning any treatment, action by, or effect on any person following the information offered or provided within or through the Website or Service. If you have specific concerns or a situation arises in which you require professional or medical advice, you should consult with an appropriately trained and qualified specialist.
17. Links.
The Website may contain, and the Service or third parties may provide, advertisements and promotions offered by third parties and links to other web sites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that the Company is not responsible for the availability of such external websites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, information, statements, advertising, goods or services, or other materials on or available from such websites or resources. Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, third parties found on or through the Website or Service, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such third party. You further acknowledge and agree that the Company shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of, or reliance upon, any such content, information, statements, advertising, goods or services or other materials available on or through any such website or resource.
18. Limitation on Liability.
19. Arbitration and Governing Law.
a. The exclusive means of resolving any dispute or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement (including any alleged breach thereof), the Service, or the Website shall be BINDING ARBITRATION administered by the American Arbitration Association. The one exception to the exclusivity of arbitration is that you have the right to bring an individual claim against the Company in a small-claims court of competent jurisdiction. But whether you choose arbitration or small-claims court, you may not under any circumstances commence or maintain against the Company any class action, class arbitration, or other representative action or proceeding.
b. By using the Website or the Service in any manner, you agree to the above arbitration agreement. In doing so, YOU GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT TO GO TO COURT to assert or defend any claims between you and the Company (except for matters that may be taken to small-claims court). YOU ALSO GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION OR OTHER CLASS PROCEEDING. Your rights will be determined by a NEUTRAL ARBITRATOR, NOT A JUDGE OR JURY. You are entitled to a fair hearing before the arbitrator. The arbitrator can grant any relief that a court can, but you should note that arbitration proceedings are usually simpler and more streamlined than trials and other judicial proceedings. Decisions by the arbitrator are enforceable in court and may be overturned by a court only for very limited reasons. For details on the arbitration process, see our Arbitration Procedures.
c. Any proceeding to enforce this arbitration agreement, including any proceeding to confirm, modify, or vacate an arbitration award, may be commenced in any court of competent jurisdiction. In the event that this arbitration agreement is for any reason held to be unenforceable, any litigation against the Company (except for small-claims court actions) may be commenced only in the federal or state courts located in The City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii. You hereby irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of those courts for such purposes.
This Agreement, and any dispute between you and the Company, shall be governed by the laws of the state of Hawaii without regard to principles of conflicts of law, provided that this arbitration agreement shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act.
20. Indemnity by You.
a. You agree to indemnify and hold the Company, its subsidiaries, and affiliates, and its and their officers, agents, partners and employees, harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorney's fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of or failure to comply with this Agreement (including any breach of your representations and warranties contained herein), any postings or Content you post on the Website or as a result of the Service, and the violation of any law or regulation by you. The Company reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with the Company in connection therewith.
b. The Company may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to this Agreement, using any reasonable means now known or hereafter developed, including by email, regular mail, SMS, MMS, text message or postings on the Website. Such notices may not be received if you violate this Agreement by accessing the Service in an unauthorized manner. You agree that you are deemed to have received any and all notices that would have been delivered had you accessed the Service in an authorized manner.
21. Entire Agreement; Other.
This Agreement, with the Privacy Policy and any specific guidelines or rules that are separately posted for particular services or offers on the Website, contains the entire agreement between you and the Company regarding the use of the Website and/or the Service. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. The failure of the Company to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. You agree that your online account is non-transferable and all of your rights to your profile or contents within your account terminate upon your death. No agency, partnership, joint venture or employment is created as a result of this Agreement and you may not make any representations or bind the Company in any manner.
22. Amendment.
This Agreement is subject to change by the Company at any time. If you are a Free Member or Premium Member at the time of any change, the revised terms will be effective upon posting on the Website and your use of the Service after such posting will constitute acceptance by you of the revised Agreement. Alternatively, if you terminate your membership at such time after the posting of any ammendments, your use of the Service after your termination will constitute acceptance by you of the Agreement.
23. Special State Terms.
a. The following provisions are added to this Agreement for premium members residing in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin:
You, the buyer, may cancel this agreement, without penalty or obligation, at any time prior to midnight of the third business day following the original date of this contract, excluding Sundays and holidays. To cancel this agreement, mail or deliver a signed and dated notice which states that you, the buyer, are canceling this agreement, or words of similar effect. This notice shall be sent to: JesDating.com, Attn: Cancellations, 98-820 Moanalua Road, #I51-201, Aiea, Hawaii, 96701 USA. Please include your jesdating.com username and email address in any correspondence or your refund may be delayed. If you cancel, Jesdating.com will return, within ten days of the date on which you give notice of cancellation, any payments you have made. If you send or deliver the notice to cancel your premium membership agreement within such three day period, we will refund the unused balance of your JesDating points balance.
b. In the event that you die, your estate shall be entitled to a refund of that portion of any payment you had made for your premium membership which is allocable to the period after your death. In the event that you become disabled (such that you are unable to use the services of Jesdating.com) before period, you shall be entitled to a refund of that portion of transactions that is allocable to the period after your disability by providing the company notice at the same address as listed above.
Please Contact Us with any questions regarding this agreement.


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Services For Advertising And Communication Agencies
Thanks to our administrative support and assistance with paperwork, Communications and Advertising Agencies can focus on the creative aspects of the various promotional projects, together with their clients.
IPM430 has been collaborating with great success for many years with important Communication and Advertising Agencies, which have required our consulting services and/or our support in organising and managing competitions on behalf of their own clients.
We offer a flexible service, ranging from pure administrative/legal advice to seeking the prizes, provision of the prize draw software and operational management of the competition.
Our Basic Services include:
- Competition planning and feasibility study;
- Registered office address for your competition paperwork and administration;
- Drafting of Terms and Conditions and sending Prema forms;
- Managing relations with the competent authorities (Ministry of Economic Development, Chamber of Commerce, Notaries, etc.);
- Monitoring the compliance of any advertising material with the current prize competition regulations.
Upon request, we are also able to extend our services to further activities, such as:
- Selecting prizes and services;
- Managing prize logistics;
- Supplying and managing software extraction;
- Developing your competition website (mobile responsive solution) and creating Social Network applications (Facebook, Istagram, Twitter, etc.);
- Winners management;
- Preparation and collection of disclaimer forms.


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1. Hand cream that smells like a fresh batch of warm, delicious cookies (that you can't eat, sob).
2. Hydrating night cream that looks like a yummy bubble tea drink.
3. Innisfree cushion compacts that will let you ride a wave of Christmas cheer well into the new year.
Get them from Innisfree for $28.50 each — the first cushion here and the second cushion here.
Innisfree also has Christmas-themed versions of their Green Tea Seed Cream, Second Skin Sheet Masks, and Jeju Perfumed Hand Creams.
4. An iridescent cushion compact that every wannabe mermaid must have in her purse.
5. Adorable holiday-themed Tony Moly products that will probably induce some gingerbread cravings.
6. Bunny lip glosses that you definitely need at least 10 of.
7. Disney-themed sheet masks that will make any grown adult squeal.
8. An ~active~ clay mask that applies like a normal mask and then fizzes up like a bubble bath (on your face).
Get it from Amazon for $10.32.
9. Pretty pastel cushion blushes that will make you feel fancy and primped.
10. A double-ended stick that highlights your super cute under-eye fat.
11. Playful sheet masks that will fulfill your dream of morphing into a pug, cat, panda, or seal.
If only temporarily.
Get a set of four from Amazon for $7.99.
12. Gudetama-themed products for the lazy, semi-depressed cartoon egg yolk in all of us.
13. An Angry Birds–themed brow kit for fierce (but probably less bushy) brows.
14. Sheer cream cushion blushes that are more calm and collected than you could ever hope to be.
15. Waterproof gel pencil eyeliners with ~moody~ Snow White inspired packaging.
16. Colorful sheet masks that target any and all skin care concerns.
17. A Dumbo-themed version of Etude House's super popular skin essence for any Disney (or elephant) lover.
18. Lovely headbands that keep your hair off of your face while you're doing your skin care routine.
19. A cool DIY lip palette that lets you mix and experiment with different hues to create a customized lip color.
20. Gummy bear hand creams that will give you baby-soft hands and a cute little friend to boot.
21. A satisfying foot peel that will help erase all those years of dead skin accumulating on your stompers.
22. Dinosaur-themed makeup that looks like the sketches you used to draw during middle school science class.
23. Cute Mickey Mouse tinted lip balm for a subtle pop of color (and cheer!!).
24. A gentle vitamin C–infused serum that helps with hyperpigmentation and acne scarring.
25. Mascara with itty-bitty wand fibers to lift and extend every (basically) nonexistent lash of yours.
26. Pokémon-themed sheet masks that'll make you want to...collect 'em all.
27. A multitasking cleanser/toner that feels incredibly light on the skin and smells ever so faintly of rose petals.
28. A gift set from stellar French-Korean brand Erborian that includes cleansing oil, lotion, and a bamboo sheet mask.
29. A crazy informative and fun book that will instantly become your K-beauty bible.
30. A little panda whose only mission in life is to help you combat tired, puffy eyes.
31. A primer that will make strangers think, "Damn, maybe she's born with that candle-lit glow."
32. A jelly-like lip mask that will give your pout the pamper sesh it truly deserves.
33. An oil and foam duo that knows the only way to truly clean your face is through a double cleanse.
34. A hydrogel mask that legit has green tea leaves suspended inside.
35. Waterproof tinted brow gel that could pass off for a highlighter (except for the giant BROW label).
Did you know brow gel is vital for studying?
Get it from Sephora for $22. Available in four shades.


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"New Forces Issue 5"
€4.00 / Sold Out
Artist(s): Various
Label: New Forces
Cat. no: -
The 5th issue of New Forces includes interviews with Knurl, Filth, Cipher Productions, Scant, a listener's guide to Emaciator, and a feature on live noise venues with Luke Tandy (Skeleton Dust HQ), Jay Linski (The Borg Ward), and Omar Gonzalez (Club Rectum). Reviews and pictures round things out.
Five issues in, no end in sight. Best enjoyed while listening to Skin Crime.


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Two Boylston firefighters used their training and skills while on vacation this past summer to save the life of a man. The pair were recognized at last week�s selectmen�s meeting.
�Show me a hero and I�ll write you a tragedy,� is a quote attributed to the writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Boylston heroes were in the right place at the right time and prevented the tragedy from happening on Lake Winnipesaukee in August.
Mike Buddenhagen and his son, Dan, both residents and members of the Boylston Fire Department, were vacationing on the New Hampshire lake in August. The pair witnessed a man who dove off the back of a boat into shallow water on the lake. Their efforts, combined with those of other rescuers at the scene, prevented the seriously injured man from drowning.
Boylston selectmen presented the firefighters with a certificate of appreciation at last week�s selectmen�s meeting.
The Buddenhagens did not returns calls seeking comments about the incident. But, an email two days after the Saturday incident from the fire chief in the town of Moultonborough, N. H., to Boylston Fire Chief Joe Flanagan, expressed his gratitude.
It read: �On Saturday, Aug. 18, our department was dispatched for a neck injury in Braun Bay on Lake Winnipesaukee. Upon arrival my Deputy Chief Richard Buckler found the patient in the care of your Lt. Mike Buddenhagen and several other unidentified firefighters, along with two Marine Patrol Officers. Lt. Buddenhagen and his fellow firefighters rendered assistance and stabilized the situation for the patient who had severe injuries. They provided assistance to my crew in loading the patient onto our vessel. I would like to extend my thanks to him and his fellow firefighters and let you know that they are credit to our profession, and their actions exemplify the qualities that all chief�s wish to have their personnel to be known for and their actions are a reflection of the high level of professionalism of your department.�
Flanagan brought the incident to the attention of Boylston selectmen.
�We�re proud and appreciate the opportunity to present you with this certificate,� Boylston Selectmen Chairman Ken Sydow told the father and son. �Everyone around here knows how good our department is, but it�s nice to hear it from other places.�
Though the Buddenhagens declined to comment on their actions that day, Flanagan was happy to credit the pair.
�They saw this guy dive in and they both jumped into action and helped save this man�s life,� Flanagan said.
Flanagan described Mike Buddenhagen as �unassuming� and not wanting undo attention because of the New Hampshire incident.
�He said they just did what anyone would do to help someone out. That�s the kind of guy he is,� Flanagan said.


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Point and shoot - how hard can it be? Despite the seemingly idiot-proof design of the modern camera these days, it can be harder than it looks. That blurry, dark, shot of half your thumb, or the washed out, blindingly bright one of what you thought w
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Hello. It's another one of those weekly digests where I pretend to be working hard in the office when, in actual fact, I have the day off. But let's pretend it's all normal and stuff, eh?
This week we had a lot of people interested in reading our story about the would-be assassin with the explosives hidden just inside the back door, so to speak. Ow.
Sticking to that particular zone, we also featured some knife-proof security long johns. Stylish!
New to the site is our latest Bench Test – it focuses on Samsung Techwin's SPD-3750T dome camera. Check that thing out, why dontcha?
Yesterday the SIA said it was introducing new qualifications next year which would be linked to licensing. Interesting.
It's also been a bit of a high-tech, futuristic week. We've had a new surveillance robot; some RATS in space; and a thermal look at the side of the moon Pink Floyd professed an interest in. Exciting!
I'm off to relax in my jacuzzi with a bevy of bikini-clad lovelies, somewhere in my secret lair on an island or a volcano or something. I'll see you, in particular, next week.