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Roberto Goizueta, by all accounts, was a swell guy-a philanthropist and a brilliant businessman. But his 1997 obituary, published in newspapers across the country, still made it clear: This was the man who came up with the idea for New Coke.
We're all entitled to mistakes. Goizuetta fixed his, three months later, and he left a fortune of $1.3 billion to his heirs; so after changing the Coca-Cola recipe in 1985 and then changing it back again, he probably didn't spend the rest of his life in complete misery.
But you drink Coke; you don't own it. You don't have $1 billion to fall back on. If you make a big blunder, it could cost you your company. In a few weeks, you might be telling your customers "I'm not sure what toy comes with your Happy Meal. Let me ask my manager."
And that's why we spoke to these current and former entrepreneurs, who were nice enough to share their insights on mistakes that they probably wish someone else had made.
Geoff Williams is a frequent contributor to Business Start-Ups. One of his most embarrassing mistakes happened when, as a teenager, he opened a unisex bathroom door on an unsuspecting woman. After they screamed, Williams slammed the door shut, reopened it to say "Sorry about that" and, realizing what he was doing, slammed the door again. His family still chides him about it.
Joel Haspel
COMPANY: AliVE Multimedia Group LLC is a Herndon, Virginia, consulting firm that also develops software and databases for companies' specific needs.
BLUNDER: partnering with people who had very similar strengths
Let's say you love flying, but you've never stepped foot in a cockpit. If you wanted to start an airline business, you'd probably hire a pilot, right? Two years ago, Joel Haspel, 22, vice president of AliVE and Bid Outlet (DBA AuctionOctopus, a subsidiary of AliVE), teamed up with his brother Daniel, now 18, Tim Simms, 26, and Basil Carter, 27. There's not a "pilot" among them.
Many times, that's fine. Entrepreneurs are often created on the job. But the foursome, having only computer programming skills, soon found that running a business can be just as hard as distinguishing RAM from ROM.
The AliVE business plan was pretty lean. "Mistakes we made," says Haspel, "included not [thinking about] product-development planning while providing services, not bringing in more developers as the cash was earned, and not knowing enough about expense projections to determine how much we'd need to save in order to shift into product development."
The crew lacked marketing experience, too. And money. Their mistakes, says Haspel, were "juvenile." So they found someone who wasn't so juvenile: Jim Senker, a 39-year-old who had already run his own successful company. And now AliVE Multimedia Group brought in $200,000 last year, helped greatly by its subsidiary, AuctionOctopus, an auction meta-search engine.
But never mind that. What's Haspel's advice? Find a local or regional entrepreneurial center or business incubator. In Haspel's case, he and his crew went to the Morino Institute, an incubator in Reston, Virginia. That's how he found Senker, the new CEO of AuctionOctopus and a man who apparently has a knack for understanding business plans, raising venture capital and all the other pesky pitfalls that can cause a company to stumble. Haspel is grateful for having learned a lot about entrepreneurship, and as executive vice president of strategic development, he'll continue to learn.
Oron Strauss
COMPANY: Net.Capitol Inc. is a Washington, DC, developer of Internet-based products for public affairs and political organizations. The company is now a subsidiary of Netivation.com Inc., a medical and political solution provider in Post Falls, Idaho.
BLUNDER: not raising enough money to finance his business
Greed isn't always a bad thing. It comes in handy when you're asking for a loan-Oron Strauss, 27, certainly couldn't finance his business out of his own wallet. "I had nothing," says Strauss, who started his business in his modest apartment living room, alongside his yellow lab, Bonzo.
Something of a politics and history junkie at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Strauss combined both of his loves by creating Net.Capitol Inc. He found three partners around his age, one with a tech background and two with political connections; he raised some cash from angel investors and "from, as they say, the three Fs: friends, family and fools." But he should have found more fools-or asked for more money. Back in 1996, Strauss initially raised around $60,000 when he actually should have tried for half a mil'.
Eighteen months later, "we were in a tough situation," says Strauss. "We were having a hard time raising money-which is a kind way of saying 'We were out of money.'"
It was hurting Strauss both personally and professionally. Personally, he was killing his credit rating with six figures-worth of credit card debt; professionally, his company was dying a slow death. "All the managers took significant pay cuts," reports Strauss, and often he and his staff received no money. At one time or another, "our cell phones, Internet service, phone system and copier were turned off-or threatened to be turned off-because we didn't pay the bills on time." And investors, it seemed, were happy to heap on their best wishes but not their money.
Meanwhile, Strauss and his team were trying other little projects: "We had put together, kind of for fun, the first online Congressional directory [called CapWeb Custom]," he says. (This is what they do for fun?) The AFL-CIO loved the tool, paid $1,000 for it, and suddenly Strauss and his partners realized their strength was in Web-based tools, not Web-based content. In fact, late last year, they allowed themselves to be acquired by Netivation.com-a move that helped turn Net.Capitol into a million-dollar company. Strauss, president and CEO of Netivation's Public Policy and Politics Division, is now the second largest shareholder. And Bonzo has his own doghouse, in Strauss's posh office. Strauss's advice for avoiding his mistake?
- "Recognize that raising money is hard. It takes twice as much time to raise half as much as you think it will."
- "Figure out what you need the money for, because if you think you need X, chances are, you need 3X or 4X."
- "Get [advice from] people who have been through [raising money] before-whether they're advisors or investors or board members or whomever. I had some incredible board members, and I didn't use them enough. I didn't engage them into understanding what I was raising the money for."
Michael Conner
COMPANY: MCICK2 Inc. is an Internet and network solutions provider in Fresno, California.
BLUNDER: not doing his homework on the people he went into business with
Michael Conner,34, was just a mild-mannered Web architect when he went to work for a new software development company shortly before his 30th birthday. "They went on a big spending spree," says Conner of his employers. "They were spending their IPO money, and after about a year, it started drying up. My crew and I weren't getting our paychecks."
Conner quit before he couldn't afford to work there any longer. Wishing he'd known something about these employers before he had started working there, Conner then partnered up with two businessmen, and in 1996, the three of them formed a company called MCIC. And guess what happened? Conner didn't know enough about his partners. They didn't have the well of money that they had indicated they had; they didn't have a deep desire to work; and because he had given each partner 25 percent of the company while he had kept 50 percent, when the two men disagreed with Conner, they were often left at a standstill.
On top of it all, "It was my first year of marriage," recalls Conner, "and we had just found out, when I was starting the company, that we were having a baby." He eventually bought out his partners and built his company into a powerhouse, which recently merged with K2 Microsystems, forming MCICK2. The company now makes several million a year, has 18 people on staff, and creates and/or improves entire e-businesses.
Conner's advice? He now pre-interviews his employees and partners. Before you snort "Big whoop," realize that Conner's pre-interviews are FBI- and Pentagon-worthy. We'll let him explain:
- "Always ask for things that you'd be willing to give-financial records, for instance, because they're going to want a salary of some sort that you'll need to pay them. Have them show you why they deserve this salary."
- "Get personal references. Check out their portfolios. I have a partner who is into Web development, and I looked at that. I talked to the clients he serviced-he has a wonderful reputation; I talked to his parents; I talked to his family and friends; I talked to his girlfriend."
- "I have a partner to whom I said, 'Tell me your life story.' He said, 'I've been through a divorce.' " And so I asked, "Well, what's your ex-wife's name? What kind of relationship do you have?" And he replied, 'Not a bad relationship.' And I talked to her." Turns out, it was family problems, not a major character flaw, that led to the divorce. This check verified him as an OK guy.
Isn't all this a bit extreme? Not to Conner. "When you're talking about going into business with someone, you've gotta realize there is nothing too personal you can ask-because you aredealing with a company that feeds my children," Conner explains. "You better believe I'm going to be focused like an eagle on you."
After all, why do you go into business? "You see a future," Conner concludes. "You'd better take that future seriously. If I knew then what I know now, it would be a totally different story. I like where I am now, but at the same time, I know that I would be much further along if I would have done my homework on all these people."
He's Making A List
You could call Charles Freeman "the Mistake Man," not because he's incompetent, but because it's his job to see that his New York City lending company, Commercial Capital Corp. (CCC), doesn't loan money to a business doomed to make lots of mistakes. Over the past five years, CCC, one of the most active SBA lenders in the United States, has shelled out $300 million in loans to entrepreneurs-which is why Freeman has a list of the most common start-up mistakes:
Asking to borrow too little money. "A lot of companies find themselves strapped in year two," says Freeman. "You need to ask for enough money so that you at least have a 20 to 30 percent cushion to help get you through those lean times."
Having a business plan that falls short. "If you don't have the answers for how you're going to accomplish your goals, nobody else will," Freeman explains.
Either not having enough experience in the field you're starting a business in, or not hiring somebody with enough experience to help you. Either way, says Freeman, experience "is not something you can skimp on."
Failing to keep up with technology. Need we say more?
Having bad personal credit. This is a biggie. "It's a business risk for us to take," Freeman reasons. "It demonstrates a lack of responsibility and ability to pay off debts and to keep their affairs under control. A credit card is an extension of their persona."
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There's no shortage of places to get Apps from for a Jolla phone: the Jolla Store, the Yandex Store and the OpenRepos Warehouse being just a few. But even with this smörgåsbord of stores there are still obvious gaps. For example, I wanted to connect my phone through my home VPN, so that I can access things like SMB shares and ssh into my machines.
The iPhone has an OpenVPN client, but the frustrating file management on the iPhone meant I never got it up and running. Unsurprisingly Android has good OpenVPN support which combines well with the broad range of other good network tools for the platform.
In contrast the various SailfishOS stores are sadly bereft of OpenVPN solutions. However, a quick search using pkcon showed the command line openvpn client available in the Jolla repositories. I was astonished when, after a few commands to transfer the relevant client certificates and install the tool, it was able to connect to my VPN first time.
This is what I'm loving about SailfishOS. It speaks the same language as my other machines and runs the same software. Getting it to talk to my VPN server was really easy, even though you won't find this advertised in the headline features list.
Still, having a command line tool isn't the same as having a nicely integrated GUI App, so this seemed like a great opportunity to try out Jolla's Qt development tools. I've not done any Qt development in the past so started by working through the examples on the Sailfish site.
Qt seems to be a nice toolkit and it's set up well for the phone, but Qt Quick and QML in particular require a shift in approach compared to what I'm used to. Qt Quick obfuscates the boundary between the QML and C++ code. It's effective, but I find it a bit confusing.
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By Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON (April 19, 2012) -- The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors signifies all that is good about America, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here, Wednesday.
Gen. Martin E. Dempsey said the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, known as TAPS, allows Americans to show their love and appreciation for the sacrifices military families make.
"We try, but we find ourselves inadequate to thank you for what you do," Dempsey said to the black-tie audience at the nonprofit organization's annual gala.
Bonnie Carroll founded the organization in 1994 after her Soldier husband and seven others were killed in a plane crash in Alaska. TAPS provides short- and long-term assistance to the families of military members who die.
The group looks to aid grieving family members. It holds "Good Grief" camps at many installations. The organization stresses long-term, peer-based support. It also helps with crisis response and intervention, casualty casework assistance and grief and trauma resources and information.
"This is an organization of a bunch of ordinary Americans and patriots, but they are extraordinary people," Dempsey said. "It's about living up to the bond of trust that we all feel -- and we should feel it, not just talk about it."
Dempsey said his aide, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Mike Wisecup, told him on the way to the gala that people join the military for many reasons, but the decision to stay in the military comes along the way.
"Generally, we decide to stay in the military because we recognize that if something happens to us, there will be others like us to rally around us," Dempsey said.
It's not only men and women in uniform who rally around service members, the chairman said, but it's also members of Congress and regular Americans, "if we give them the chance."
"And TAPS does that," he added.
Dempsey told the audience about the inscription on a statue in the Antietam National Battlefield Cemetery. There were more than 23,000 American casualties at the Maryland battlefield on Sept. 17, 1862. The statue depicts a Union Army private, and the inscription says, "Not for themselves, but for their country."
TAPS has taken that sentiment aboard as well, but paraphrased it to "not for themselves, but for their families," Dempsey said. "Bonnie, and those of you associated with TAPS, I hope you feel as proud of what you do as we are of you."
The TAPS Honor Guard Gala raises funds to support the organization's programs, including peer-based emotional support, grief and trauma resources, case work assistance and a 24/7 resource and information helpline for all who have been affected by a death in the armed forces.
TAPS recognized Gen. James F. Amos, Marine Corps commandant, with the organization's Military Award. It also recognized U.S. Rep. Norman Dicks of Washington state with its Congressional Award.
Erin Gallagher received the Sen. Ted Stevens Leadership Award from the organization.
Gallagher, 18, lost her father, Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. James Gallagher, to suicide in 2006. She has delivered speeches addressing suicide in the military, spoken with the media and supported other children and teens through TAPS who are grieving the death of a loved one who served in the military. Begun last year, the Stevens Award recognizes a surviving military family member who has reached out to help others.


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Posted Mar 11 2013 1:23AM
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) After taking a vicious elbow to the head from Kings center DeMarcus Cousins, the Bucks' Mike Dunleavy got the best revenge - using his hot shooting hand to help his team win.
Monta Ellis had 29 points and nine assists, Dunleavy scored 14 of his 16 points after being hit, and Milwaukee held off Sacramento for a 115-113 win on Sunday night.
Defeating the Kings, who rallied from a 15-point deficit in the final four minutes, pleased Dunleavy. But so did answering Cousins' talk and physical confrontation by making four 3-pointers after Cousins was ejected at the 3:26 mark of the third quarter following a flagrant 2 foul.
"I'm not going to begin to try and reason with someone like that," Dunleavy said. "I'm not even sure what I did, I thought I was just blocking him out."
The temperamental Cousins thought otherwise. After Dunleavy stepped in front of Cousins in a somewhat crouched position, he was confronted by the Kings center after play was stopped. Both Cousins and Dunleavy were called for technical fouls.
But that wasn't the end of it. Following a timeout, the Bucks were running a play and Dunleavy wound up under the Kings basket, behind Cousins, who swung an elbow that hit Dunleavy's head. Cousins was called for the flagrant foul and ejected from the game for the fourth time this season.
"He confronted me after the timeout; he got in my face," Dunleavy said. "In those situations, you've got to be ready. I felt like something was probably going to happen. He is always talking."
The retaliation came, but Dunleavy got his revenge. He scored five points in the third quarter following the ejection, then hit a pair of threes and scored nine points in the fourth, helping Milwaukee build a 15-point lead.
"Something like that gets you going," Dunleavy said. "I was able to knock down a couple of shots after that. It was a crazy game all things considered. We were fortunate to get out of here with a win."
It was the 12th technical this year for Cousins, who was having a great game before to the incident. He had 24 points and 10 rebounds for the Kings, who lost for the third time in four games.
"You've got to be smarter knowing when you get into an altercation with somebody the refs and everybody in the arena is going to be looking at you for the next few plays," Kings guard Isaiah Thomas said. "When things like this happen we say `just calm down.' But he wears his emotions on his sleeve. He just has to be smarter."
The Bucks won their second straight game and sixth in seven contests. Before the current streak, Milwaukee had dropped nine of 11 games.
Brandon Jennings had 16 points and eight assists for the Bucks, Gustavo Ayon scored 12 points, and Ekpe Udoh and Samuel Dalembert had 10 apiece.
The Bucks, who played Saturday night at Golden State, played without starting center Larry Sanders, who was injured against the Warriors. Milwaukee also was without two key reserves, forward Ersan Ilyasova and guard JJ Redick, who expects to play Tuesday.
Ellis had 10 fourth-quarter points for the Bucks, who were outscored 33-30 in the period.
"Our bench did a great job for us," Ellis said. "Every team is going to make runs and they made one at the end. But we held them off. It was an ugly win, but we'll take it."
Tyreke Evans had 20 points and Jason Thompson had 18 points and eight rebounds. Thomas had 14 points and nine assists. Sacramento outscored the Bucks 22-9 in the final 3:48 of the game.
"I thought that these guys rallied and put themselves right there in a position to win or tie the game," Kings coach Keith Smart said.
Protecting a one-point lead, Jennings was fouled on purpose and converted both free throws for a 113-110 lead. After Evans scored again, Ellis hit a pair of free throws for a three-point lead.
Jimmer Fredette made the first free throw with 4.7 seconds remaining and intentionally missed the second, and the ball came right back to him. Evans got the ball in a wild final few seconds, and missed an off-balance 3 with a second left.
"Great play by him (Fredette) at the end," Milwaukee coach Jim Boylan said. "We knew he was going to miss, but to be that accurate with the miss and hit the front of the rim and have it come right back to him in no time. It looked like the Globetrotter play, with the fake free throw and the ball coming back so fast."
Trailing by 10 points, Fredette made a pair of jumpers and later converted on a three-point play to pull the Kings within 111-106.
Evans made a put-back and a twisting shot from close range to cut the Milwaukee lead to one point with 23 seconds left.
Minus two key post players, the Bucks had no answer defensively against Cousins, who made 10 of 12 shots and all four free throws in 29 minutes.
Dunleavy made a pair of 3s early in the fourth quarter, and another one by Jennings put Milwaukee ahead 98-87 at the midway point in the quarter.
Despite the loss of Cousins, the Kings were able to outscore the Bucks 30-24 in the third quarter, cutting the lead to 85-80. Thompson had 10 points and Thomas had nine. Following Cousins' ejection, Sacramento closed the quarter with a 13-8 burst.
Ellis had 13 points and six assists and Ayon contributed 12 points and seven rebounds for Milwaukee, which took a 61-50 halftime lead. The Bucks pulled away in the first four minutes of the second quarter when they produced a 16-1 run sparked by Ayon's eight points.
Cousins scored 20 points and Evans had 12 in the opening half for the Kings.
NOTES: Evans made his first 3-point attempt in the opening quarter. A poor 3-point shooter throughout his three-year career, Evans entered the game making 10 of his last 22 3s. ... The Milwaukee reserves outscored the Kings reserves, 25-9, in the first half. ... Cousins made 6 of 7 shots and scored 14 first-quarter points and Evans added nine, helping the Kings to a 29-26 lead.
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WASECA, MN—Brown Printing has acquired the world's first Goss Sunday 3000 web press with an extended 75˝ web width. Installation of the new Goss Sunday press in Brown's facility here will begin next spring and is expected to be completed by July 2011. The four-unit, 32-page press will be capable of producing saddle-stitched and perfect-bound products up to 9˝ wide, reportedly a first for single-circumference web presses.
Xerox Peddles Espresso
ROCHESTER, NY—The on-demand book production machine that caught the printing world's attention when it was first released now has name recognition in its corner. Xerox Corp. announced that it will now market, sell or lease and service the Espresso Book Machine, which prints, binds and trims bookstore-quality paperbacks with color covers in minutes.
RRD Touts 60˝ Inkjet Press
CHICAGO—RR Donnelley has developed what it claims is the industry's first 60˝ wide, high-speed inkjet digital press. The new presses, to be deployed in the first half of 2011, will enhance the company's fleet of proprietary ProteusJet digital printing units. RR Donnelley's global platform features proprietary and commercially available technologies.
Quad Orders Insert Presses
SUSSEX, WI—Quad/Graphics will install two new Goss Sunday web presses with DigiRail digital inking specifically designed for the production of retail inserts. The company has also tapped Goss International for enhancements for several Sunday presses and folders at facilities in the United States, including installation of Goss Zero-Slip Nip technology. The new presses will be equipped with Contiweb FD pasters, Ecocool dryers and Omnicon controls.
New Digs for NCL Graphic
WAUKESHA, WI—NCL Graphic Specialties has broken ground on a 60,220-square-foot facility in Menomonee Falls, WI, and is planning a 56,000-square-foot addition to the 6.7-acre site. The package printer and label producer operates three Wisconsin facilities in Waukesha, Pewaukee and Brookfield.


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A Christmas Stocking Type Jumble of Unrelated Ideas
Merry Christmas everybody!
Or if you don't do Christmas Happy Kwanza, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Festivus, Rohatsu or whatever.
I'm down in Dallas where, yesterday, I attempted to visit the Occupy Dallas movement with my dad. Only when we got to where they're supposed to be at the time they're supposed to meet there was nobody around. Maybe they take Christmas Eve off. So we went and saw the new Sherlock Holmes movie instead. It was good. But we also saw J. Edgar, the Clint Eastwood movie about J. Edgar Hoover. That was better. We didn't see both movies on the same day.
I have mixed feelings about the whole "Occupy Wherever" movement. I'm glad it's there. I'm glad people are expressing an opinion about how totally fucked the current system is. On the other hand, the message seems a bit muddled. And, as it always is, the movement is pretty much dominated by a certain type of person. It's hard to define the personality type that always takes over these things. But you know them when you encounter them. They're sort of loud and cranky and convinced of their eternal rightness. I find those people incredibly annoying most of the time.
I like these protesters better. Seriously.
For those who are interested in understanding what Nishijima Roshi, my teacher, is on about when he talks about the Sympathetic and the Parasympathetic nervous systems here is a little animation for you that explains it all (or at least one aspect of it all). It's called Prickles and Goo. Take a look:
You'll note that this animation is by Trey Parker & Matt Stone, creators of South Park, and that the audio is from a lecture by Alan Watts. None of these people have any connection at all with Nishijima Roshi nor do the terms "symapthetic nervous system" or "parasympathetic nervous system" appear anywhere in this piece. And yet Alan Watts is saying exactly, precisely and unmistakably the very same thing as Nishijima.
To translate this into Nishijima's terms, "prickly" = "sympathetic nervous system" and "gooey" = "parasympathetic nervous system."
We choose the words we feel most comfortable with to explain the things we think are important. Nishijima Roshi was always, in Alan Watts' terms, more of a "prickly" person. So he chose a prickly way of expressing himself. He used scientific terminology. This got him some criticism from others more prickly than himself because Nishijima used prickly terminology in a gooey way. And in the world of prickles, being the least bit gooey is not allowed.
Watts, being a gooey sort, chose a gooey way of expressing the same idea. In the world of goo it's more acceptable to be slightly prickly.
Here are some more good cartoons (the opening, by the way, expresses exactly how I feel about my own work):
Finally, here is a really good article from Cracked.com that you may enjoy.
Have a wonderful holiday season everybody!


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A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America
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Assessing the Levels of Knowledge Transfer within e‑Commerce Websites of Tourist Organisations in Africa pp59-66
© Dec 2005 Volume 4 Issue 1, Editor: Charles Despres, pp1 - 90
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This paper reports research to investigate how tourist organisations based in Africa acquire, disseminate and apply knowledge through their websites. Interactivity is the key to put information into context to become knowledge. A survey found there are some interactive knowledge‑transfer tools provided on the websites of African tourist organisa‑ tions, but only on the few, fully‑fledged e‑commerce websites was knowledge transfer being effectively utilised. The au‑ thors recommend that organisations incorporate more tools to acquire and apply knowledge as it is fundamental for e‑ commerce success.
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Game 156: Seattle at Toronto
Today's lineups:
Third place AL West, 10.5 GB
1. Ichiro Suzuki, RF
2. Franklin Gutierrez, CF
3. Jose Lopez, 1B
4. Mike Sweeney, DH
5. Adrian Beltre, 3B
6. Bill Hall, LF
7. Kenji Johjima, C
8. Matt Tuiasosopo, 2B
9. Josh Wilson, SS
Starter: LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith (4-3, 3.70)
Fourth place AL East, 28.0
1. Jose Bautista, RF
2. Aaron Hill, 2B
3. Edwin Encarnacion, 3B
4. Vernon Wells, CF
5. Randy Ruiz, DH
6. Kevin Millar, 1B
7. Rod Barajas, C
8. Travis Snider, LF
9. John McDonald, SS
Starter: LHP Brian Tallet (7-9, 5.39)
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The season may be officially over for the Jays, but I am sure that the suffering is only likely to continue for Jays' fans. Rather than fire then hire a proven general manager with savvy, I have a feeling that we will get sold yet another Canadian – Anthopolous – or whatever his name is. In my opinion it is time for a house cleaning (seems to be working wonders for the leafs having two Americans running the only show in town). First, I would like to see the best talent on the field and in the front office regardless of where that talent originates. Sorry Antho — you are no baseball man. Go to some other organization and prove yourself. We need a proven name in the front office. Second, let's move DOC sooner than later. He needs to go, we need to get something substantial for him. Let's make this a win-win for both him and us. Then, we need a commitment to youth. No more re-treads. Let's do what the leafs are doing, put talent first. (Yes I know that they are running out knuckle heads, but that is only until they can load up on talent.) The Jays have some players in the minors. Let's give them the chance to blossom. Let's also stay away from "x year plans" regarding a winner. All we fans are asking for is direction and hope. Finally, I think that Cito must go. We need someone who has experience working with young kids and does not mind the trials and tribulations that come with playing kids. I would like to see Cito on a more established contending team. He deserves another shot with a team that is closer to competing.
i agree halladay must be traded this offseason. Ricardi should take the best offer at winter meatings for his ace. As for Cito as much as i dont want to say it needs to go. this teams new manager should be in it for the long haul not on the edge of retirement.
I think the jays should attempt to aquire carl crawford this offseason. Tampa needs to shed his salary and we need a outfielder and new lead off hitter. If we resigned scuturo his bat handling would be valuable in the two hole. maybe something like: Crawford for Purcey, Accardo, Emaus?
Crawford LF
Scuturo SS
Hill 2B
Lind DH
Wells Cf
Overbay 1B
Encarnacion 3B
Snider RF
Barajas(?), Chavez, Phillips, arencibia or whoever C
92bluejays-I agree on trading Halladay, the sooner the better. I also like Crawford. If nothing else, signing him would probably give us a better chance at beating TB, since he's been the guy who beats us game after game. However, TB might need a 1st baseman, more than they need starting pitching, since they're looking to deal starting pitching as well. So trading Overbay for Crawford, with an added bonus of Accardo might really work for both teams.
I usually agree with you but the Blue Jays are in dire need of a first baseman as well, and they already have Lyle Overbay! We do not need Carl Crawford or any other proven players. We need a commitment to develop talent to the point that we are competitive. Then, and only then, do we make moves for players like Crawford. Just think how far the Jays would have been ahead of other teams if they had paid the money out and signed some of their draft picks from this year that they let walk. I know that most do not work out, but it was hard to see that left handed pitcher (paxson) walk because we were not willing to meet Boras' numbers. All we need to fix this thing is a commitment to youth and patience. We have done it before, we can do it again!
We have a power hitting first baseman if we ever call him up-Brian Dopirak, which makes Overbay expendable. In addition, the word is TB also want to trade Pena, so OVerbay might be a good fit for them.
I totally agree any increase in budget should all go to minor league development, BUT here's the thing. If we trade Overbay, call up Dopirak and Arencibia, then we might be looking at a lineup of Hill, Lind, Dopirak, Ruiz, Encarnacion, Arencibia and Snider-all of whom can hit 25-30 home runs and drive in lots of runs. so although the minors still need to rejuvenated, fact is this lineup is extremely competitive and low cost. There's not that much difference between Crawford's cost and Overbay's, and Crawford is young ( 28) and potentially can play center field when we dump Wells. In addition, I think Crawford brings an immense intangible to a young team and that's leadership, the guy goes full bore all day long. He will also put bumps in seats at the Rogers Center.
To be frank, I wouldn't trade for any veterans and as you know have been pushing for a rejuvenation of the minors for over a year, BUT Crawford is different and would be a huge difference in this soon to be team of young guys.
I wonder if we're looking at this kid.
The Angels plan to take a look at Aroldis Chapman, the Cuban defector with the 100-mph fastball . . . if he is willing to face a hitter. Chapman was granted free agency Friday. The Angels will join the stampede to scout the 22-year-old left-hander, with the New York Yankees, New York Mets and Boston Red Sox among the clubs expected to rush in as well.
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Sorry gsjays, I didn't make my point clearly. I love the idea of replacing Overbay at first with Dopriak, Ruiz, or even Lind. However, I do not think anyone in their right mind would trade for Overbay. To be honest, I think that Overbay is one of several players who should be released. Let's eat his salary and move on. I don't like giving up on young pitching, even for Crawford. If a fat slob like David Wells can have the type of career he had, there is no reason that Purcey cannot have an equally good career. If worst comes to worst, make the guy a closer. Tell him to go out and throw as hard as he can for an inning. This guy has great potential because he has the type of body that should allow him to pitch a high number of innings. It is a guy like League that you have to worry about — all arm and shoulder.
Burt-I didn't say I'd trade trade Purcey, 92 blue jays did. I would trade Richmond, Wolfe, Murphy, May, Burres, Mills, Janssen or Accardo. I have liked Purcey for over two years and think he'll be one of the starting 5 next year, so I wouldn't trade him unless it was something really special being received back.
Just as I have no doubt whatsoever that Papelbon purposely threw at Lind, I also have no doubt, we're partially to blame. Beckett beaned Scuataro, threw at Barajas twice and we did nothing. Last night Papelbon purposely threw at Lind and we did nothing.
We have to retaliate in order to protect our guys. Send a strong message, plunk Youk and Petrolia early in the game, and if Boston retaliate plunk someone else. Failure to do this will result in our guys looking like wimps and we will face this again all next year.
Thank you to Doc Halladay. Pitch perfect on Ortiz and really nice to see Lind's big smile, knowing his team was looking out for him. Long overdue, I expect Boston will think twice about plunking our guys from now on.
What a game by the good Dr. and Ruiz who's now hit 5 doubles and 9 home runs in 30 games. Imagine if he played everyday.
So, if 3 goals in hockey is a Hat Trick, can we call Lind's 3 homers a "Bat Trick"?
Nice to see some payback from the Doc last night. Right on the elbow, too!
Bat trick-good one Yearouttaheah.
It is still a mystery why Cito hasn't played Ruiz every day and it's amazing that he's been able to hit like he has with as little playing time. Clearly, Babe Ruiz is a keeper. Of course, Cito still doesn't understand why our Babe has only 16 rbi's when he's hit 9 home runs (all in 104 at bats), which is also a mystery, cause everyone else knows it's because of where he's positioned in the lineup.
Of course Cito, not a man for stats, probably never bothered to take a look at da babe's minor league record so he's not aware one of the reasons da babe won the mvp award in the PCL is because he's an excellent hitter with risp. Maybe Cito can be excused since that type of hitter is pretty rare on this team.
But for the record his risp numbers are .365/.425/.591 for a torrid ops of 1.017, and 7 of his hr's and 15 of his doubles were produced in 159 at bats with runners in scoring position. Sound familiar? It should because that's how da babe has hit throughout his minor league career.
Ruiz can just plain hit, righties-better than lefties by a nose and much better with risp.(someone should tell Cito that since Cito is still of an opinion he's better against LH's. ) The obvious decision then would be to have him in the lineup every day in a spot where he has a lot of runners on base and the opportunity to drive in runs. Frankly, the perfect spot for da babe is right after Lind, give Lind some deserved protection, probably better pitches to hit and hit the guys in Lind misses. Putting Hill, Lind and Ruiz back to back will bring terror to opposing pitchers.
Add Snider in the mix sooner than later and you have 4 hitters all capable of 35-40 hr's per year back to back. Of course there's still Dopirak, Encarnacion and Arrencibia all capable of 20-30 if someone at Blue Jays management has enough brains to move Overpaid out and bring up Arencibia and Dopirak. Christ, that lineup would terrorize even the Yanks, who haven't had that power in the lineup since murder's row back in the Babe-Lou Gehrig days.
The other question Cito seems to be struggling with is where to play da babe. To me it's really simple. Play Lind in left, Snider in right, Bautista-playing for a new contract on the bench, and put Ruiz in the dh role. If Cito's worried about Lind in left and Snider in right, get then to Dunedin a month early along with Butter and make them into great outfielders. Bring Ruiz right along with them.
Bring in Jessie Barfield as a consultant to help and work their butts off for a month until they get it.. Problem solved. He's got the speed, and for sure what he's demonstrated is he clearly has the desire. No one hangs in the minors for as long as he does without a burning desire to make it in the majors. Maybe our outfield isn't gold glove capable, BUT with that lineup who cares, and I think even Cito would be pleasantly surprised by how good they get.
It's worth the exercise, it's not often a team can hire a dh who hits 30-40 hr's potential and 100 rbi's for major league minimum. Save the money on players salaries and dump it into signing bonuses for new draftees.
I like Ruiz a lot. However, I do not think Cito does. I hate to say this, but I doubt very much that Ruiz is in the Jays' plans for next year – much like Dopriak and Arencebia.
Burt-I'm starting to think the same thing. But, there was a time JP and Gibbons didn't want or like Lind either which changed when Cito became manager and now we have a budding superstar. Maybe a new President means a new Gm which means a new manager and they give these kids the same chance and enjoy similar results. That's my hope, anyway.
So, what do we think about these reports concerning Cito? Does this force the organization's hand to replace the manager, general manager, and president (which we know they are already going to do)?
One thing is very clear and that is a new President will be named shortly. When that happens, I cannot imagine the new President going forward with JP as the GM. JP has no credibility left and although some might debate how good of a job he's done, even those who support him consider him nothing but a bare faced liar. There is no way to move forward with JP even is he is well thought of in the organization and I doubt if he is.
I think the last straw for him was the gross mismanagement of the potential Halladay trade which was turned into a media circus by JP himself. So I color JP gone.
On Cito, I assume you mean the Toronto Star article which was negative on Cito. I learnt long time ago there's always 3 sides to every story, so at this point it's hard to figure out what's really going on. I am sure, though, Wells would love to lay blame for his disastrous season at someone else's door. That being said, I don't think it matters anyway, because I cannot imagine a new GM not changing the manager.
Given the disastrous report and subsequent batting coach firings at A, AA & AAA, I would expect whomever takes over will probably also bring in their preferred player development group and scouting. All in all maybe a total house cleaning, which given what's there is a good thing, imo.
Funny how Godfrey gets out of this nice and clean, since he, along with JP have been the architects of this 8 year disaster. Let's hope the changes happen quickly and thoroughly and we get a capable management group who know what they're doing.
Burt-I should have checked to see who's the source of the story before posting. It appears the sole source of this story comes from Ken Rosenthal who posted it on Fox sports website. The question everyone needs to ask themselves is why would Rosenthal be called by any Blue Jays player to leak this story, makes no sense.
Or at least it makes no sense until one remembers Rosenthal is also the same guy who leaked the Halladay trade rumors-he's the one who started it and it took off from there.
It has always been my opinion that the guy who gave Rosenthal the Halladay trade rumor was JP Riccardi. I suspect it could be the same situation here. Riccardi, in my view, is trying to deflect some blame for his dismal record, the dismal minor league situation and the teams performance this year.
So who better to put on the block than Cito Gaston. JP knows Cito is close to Beeston and Cito was probably brought in to manage as a result of Beeston's recommendation. Cito tells Beeston the truth-that the players we have are mostly marginal, Beeston takes it up with JP and JP knowing he's gone decides to take a shot back at Cito. Probably what's going on, imo.
I wonder two things, though, where is Beeston and why is he being so quiet about this situation. And where is our MLB writer-Bastian, its like he dropped off the edge of the earth.


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When he returned from Afghanistan and saw his partner waiting to welcome him home, "four years of pent-up emotion and secret love" just seemed to naturally lead to "what felt like an eternity kiss," Marine Sgt. Brandon Morgan told NPR this afternoon.
In a conversation with All Things Considered producer Art Silverman, part of which will be broadcast on the show later today, Morgan discussed the kiss and the now viral photo that we blogged about Monday.
"I looked to my left" and saw Dalan Wells, his partner, Morgan said. "My legs started going numb ... and I didn't care who was around. ... I wanted to show him how much I cared for him." They've known each other for four years.
And the post-kiss reaction sparked by the photo's posting on the Web has made him "very hopeful," Morgan said, "because even though there's been a lot of negative responses, the positive responses have been overwhelming."
The "don't ask, don't tell" policy that had barred openly gay men and women from serving in the U.S. military ended last September.
Click here to find an NPR station that broadcasts or streams All Things Considered.
Here's a news item that we expect will soon not be considered news at all, but for now it is. It's a kiss, a passionate kiss. And a photo of that kiss has gone, as they say, viral.
Last week in Hawaii, Marine Sergeant Brandon Morgan returned home from deployment in Afghanistan. A friend captured him on camera, fatigues and all, kissing a man, Dalan Wells. Sergeant Morgan appears to have leapt into his arms. He's clinging to Wells. Behind them, a huge American flag draped across the airplane hanger.
SIEGEL: Sergeant Morgan told us about that moment.
SERGEANT BRANDON MORGAN: Because it is a homecoming. After four years of knowing each other and then starting a relationship within the last couple months of being deployed. So I wanted to show him how much I cared for him. And that's just has not been made very, very popular but it's been four years of just pent up emotion and secret love.
SIEGEL: Now, not only have thousands of people witnessed a spontaneous expression of life after Don't Ask Don't Tell, they also witnessed a big moment in a love story. As you might have gathered, this was their first kiss.
CORNISH: A group called Gay Marines posted the picture on its Facebook Page, and it has accumulated likes in the tens of thousands. Sergeant Morgan addressed the broader significance of the moment on a Hawaii TV station, KHON.
MORGAN: We haven't fought for more rights or better rights than others, we fought for equal rights and now we have them.
SIEGEL: As for how the Marines responded, a statement from the Marine Corps in Hawaii is simple. It says: The picture is your typical homecoming photo.
Sergeant Morgan says the response from around the world has been incredible and only some of it critical.
MORGAN: There's always going to be a few people who try to ruin it but they can't. It's impacted me and it's changed my whole view of hope. I'm very hopeful because even though there's been a lot of negative responses, the positive ones have been overwhelming.
CORNISH: The Marine and his boyfriend are not the first widely-publicized gay couple to kiss at a military homecoming. This past December, two women in the Navy shared a traditional first kiss on the dock after a ship had landed.
The Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy that had barred openly gay men and women from serving in the military ended last September. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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TI Robotics System Learning Kit MAX (TI-RSLK MAX)
The TI-RSLK MAX is a low-cost robotics kit and classroom curriculum which provides students with a deeper understanding of how electronic system designs work. Developed with university faculty, Jon Valvano of UT Austin, the TI-RSLK MAX is designed to supplement university curriculum.
TI-RSLK MAX Construction Guide
TI-RSLK MAX Module - 1 Running code on the LaunchPad using CCS
TI-RSLK MAX Module 2 – Voltage, current, and power
The purpose of this course is to review basic electronic components and the electrical properties needed to interface sensors and actuators to a microcontroller. You will learn how to measure reactance of a capacitor and use your project to measure current and voltage. The electrical properties of the capacitor will help you design circuits that "filter" or remove noise from your robot.
TI-RSLK MAX Module 3 – ARM Cortex M
This module serves as a brief introduction to the ARM Cortex-M microcontroller, assembly programming language and some debugging techniques. Understanding how the processor works is essential for the design of embedded systems, such as the one used in your robot.
TI-RSLK MAX Module 4 – Software design using MSP432
This module is an introduction to C, a general-purpose programming language, in addition to the concepts of compiling and debugging using the MSP432 and TI Code Composer Studio™. Debugging skills are a valuable tool when developing complex systems involved with robotics.
TI-RSLK MAX Module 5 – Building the robot
In this module, you will create the robot. You will then be able to measure the voltage, current and energy for a battery while managing voltage regulation. This will allow you to build the circuits needed to power the robot.
TI-RSLK MAX Module 6 – GPIO
In this module, you will interface a line sensor (infra-red sensor) to the microcontroller and learn how to write software to initialize GPIO pins. The line sensor is a simple and accurate sensor for solving robotic challenges.
TI-RSLK MAX Module 7 – Finite state machines
This module will demonstrate how to use finite state machines as a central controller for the system. Finite state machines are an effective design process to have in your embedded system tool box and can be used to solve problems with inputs and outputs.
TI-RSLK MAX Module 8 – Interfacing input and output
The purpose of this module is to develop interface switches and an LED so the robot can effectively detect wall collisions. Many sensors and actuators deploy LEDs, so understanding how they operate will be important to building your robot.
TI-RSLK MAX Module 9 – SysTick timer
In this module, you will learn the fundamentals of SysTick timers and pulse width modulators (PWM), including how to measure pulse times and period with a logic analyzer and amplitude with an oscilloscope. It is important to understand the concept of PWM as we will use it to adjust power to the motors.
TI-RSLK MAX Module 10 – Debugging real-time systems-interrupts
This module provides an intro to how flash memory operates, including debugging techniques for real-time systems and how to generate periodic interrupts using SysTick. Minimally intrusive debugging is essential for real-time systems to evaluate performance while the system runs in real-life situations.
TI-RSLK MAX Module 11 – Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
This module will show you how to display characters and provide real-time debugging on a display screen. An LCD or OLED on your robot provides a convenient way to observe what it is thinking.
TI-RSLK MAX Module 12 – DC motors
The purpose of this lab is to interface the motors to the TI LaunchPad to make the robot move. Understanding how duty cycle, voltage and current combine to affect speed is required when building your robot.
TI-RSLK MAX Module 13 – Timers
In this module, you will write software that uses the timers to create PWM outputs. Using timers for PWM and period interrupts provide mechanisms to grow the complexity of the robot system.
TI-RSLK MAX Module 14 – Real-time systems
This module demonstrates how to use priority interrupts for creating real-time systems. As your robot system becomes more complex, period interrupts are one way to combine multiple threads onto one microcontroller.
TI-RSLK MAX Module 15 – Data acquisition systems
This module will teach you how to interface the infrared distance sensors using the analog-to-digital converter. IR distance sensors are an essential component for solving robot challenges where avoiding walls is necessary to achieve the goal.
TI-RSLK MAX Module 16 – Tachometer
In this module, you will learn how to interface the tachometers that enable the robot to measure motor rotational speed. Tachometer data allows your software to drive straight, drive for a prescribed amount of distance or turn at a prescribed angle.
TI-RSLK MAX Module 17 – Control systems
The purpose of this module is to create a control system by combining the sensors with the actuators. Incremental and integral control are simple algorithms for controlling motor speed.


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Kipling Duobox Pencil Case / Make Up Case
Functional yet stylish zipped open pocketed case is ideal to be used as a pencil case or a make up case, features rigid fabric flap with elastic loops to divide the two sections.
- 100% Polyamide
- Zipped main compartment
- 7 Elastic loops inside lid
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- Comes with furry monkey keyring
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Width: 20cm
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Now for the assessment;
With nine candidates and over 20,000 questions submitted by American voters, as one White House 2012 reader put it, last night's Republican presidential debate was more of a Q and A than a debate. Still, the forum did provide the opportunity for some engaging, albeit brief exchanges. While most of those exchanges and some of the longest ones too, were between frontrunners Mitt Romney and Rick Perry, others like Rick Santorum also took advantage of the those exchanges, land some punches, and score some points……….at Rick Perry's expense.
Insofar as winners and losers go, if there was a winner, it would have to be Mitt Romney. Not so much for the quality of his answers, but for his performance and ability to use the rules of the debate to his advantage and his main rivals disadvantage. One such example was Romney's presence of mind while under pressure, to deny Rick Perry the chance to counter any of his verbal punches, by not mentioning Perry by name.
One of the debate rules was that if a candidate referred to you by name, you would have 30 seconds for rebuttal. On issues such as Social Security and immigration, while Romney laid into Perry's record quite extensively, he would go so far as to look straight at Perry, but never mentioned him by name. At the same time there, was no misunderstanding who he was talking about. But Perry was left leaning against the ropes and unable to fight back.
As for Romney's answers to the questions he was asked, the former Massachusetts Governor made no mistakes and never once departed off of the conservative line. Throughout the debate, Romney offered decent answers that no conservative could have a problem with. On that score, since he walked away from this debate without giving any Republican a reason to vote against him, he most certainly wins. The only area in which Romney failed was his passing up of the chance to break new policy ground and prove himself to be a bold leader who will think outside of the box and be the anti-establishment hero that many are looking for.
At the same time, not ony did Perry miss the chance to become that bold hero many are looking for, he walked away from this debate with less than he had when he first walked on to the stage.
At times, Perry seemed lost for words and when he tried to throw some body blows to his critics, he missed. Such was the case when after Rick Santorum stated that he found Governor Perry to be soft on illegal immigration. To that charge Perry could only say, "I've got one question for him. Have you ever even been to the border with Mexico?"
To which Santorum replied simply "Yes".
For Perry, Thursday's debate took him two steps back, not one step forward. This was especially the case on the issue of illegal immigration. On that Perry threw out a remark that will leave a negative impression of him in the minds of many conservatives for quite some time.
When he and Mitt Romney engaged in debate over Perry's approval of offering discounted in-state tuition rates for the children of illegal aliens, Perry claimed "If you say that we should not educate children (illegal immigrant children) who come into our state for no other reason than that they've been brought their through no fault of their own, I don't think you have a heart," . That remark seemed to cross a line, and not one with just the other candidates on the stage, but with the millions of conservatives in the American listening audience. For many, it was the type of liberal attempt to make one feel guilty for the justified logic behind their own position. Perry's answer was a strange spin on another famous Texans attempt to be a "compassionate conservative". however, while Perry's slant on that phrase may have been compassionate, it was not conservative.
But neither Rick Santorum or Mitt Romney let Perry get away with his claim. In fact Romney swung a home run right over Perry's head on the issue.
"I've got be honest with you, I don't see how it is that a state like Texas — to go to the University of Texas, if you're an illegal alien, you get an in-state tuition discount. You know how much that is? That's $22,000 a year. Four years of college, almost $100,000 discount if you are an illegal alien go to the University of Texas. If you are a United States citizen from any one of the other 49 states, you have to pay $100,000 more. That doesn't make sense to me." , said Romney.
But illegal immigration was not Perry's only weakness last night.
Right off the bat, Perry was asked about the number one issue in America today…….jobs. When asked where his jobs plan was? Perry answered, "Well, you will see a more extensive jobs plan." Sorry buddy, but telling voters that the dog ate your homework does not cut it in the real world. Perry just looked stupid on that one.
So we have our winner of the debate and the loser of the debate. What about those in between?
Michele Bachmann had a few strong but routine answers but essentially, she was just there.
Ron Paul was Ron Paul. While his cheering section hooted and hollered at his every word, his words were the same as usual and lacked the explanation of how he could successfully apply his libertarianism to government.
Performing better than Paul, was former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson. Despite being a Republican libertarian who is little known, Johnson was able to do something that Paul could not. he was able to point to actual accomplishments. At times, he even provided answers that put him on an equal footing with some of his better known opponents such as Romney and Perry. When asked why he would be a better choice as a libertarian-Republican than Congressman Paul, Johnson replied "I'm not going to presume to make that assumption" , but he then went on to to distinguish himself from Pau quite well………
"I would like to say that I do bring a unique perspective to this stage. I started a one-man handyman business in Albuquerque in 1974 and grew it to over 1,000 employees. I have run for two political offices in my life: governor of New Mexico and reelection. I promise to submit a balanced budget to congress in the year 2013. I promise to veto legislation where expenditures exceed revenue. And if anybody doubts my willingness to veto bills, I think I vetoed more bills than any governor in the history of the United States. I think I vetoed more bills than all the other governors in the country combined. Add to that, throwing out the entire federal tax system and replacing it with a consumption tax, the fair tax, which would absolutely reboot the American economy because it does away with the corporate tax to create tens of millions of jobs in this country."
Johnson's answer was strong and compelling.
In the case of Newt Gingrich, he proved once again that he is ideologically the most true conservative and the most savvy. But he did not distinguish himself as the one who could best institute his conservative concepts into government and he failed to overcome his biggest hurdle…..electability. Interestingly though, based on a question asked about picking a running mate from among those on the stage, most of the candidates chose Newt to be their wingman.
Herman Cain had a solid performance but not one that was strong enough to push those at the top of the field out of his way.
Perhaps the saddest performance came from Jon Huntsman.
As in his first debate appearance, Huntsman tried to be funny, but as he waited for burst of laughter to ring out whenever he reached his punchline, crickets were heard. It was very uncomfortable. And to make matters worse, he really offered nothing worth while. The most he seems tohave for us are boilerplate answers with hands extended outwards and a stiff delivery of bad attempts at humor.
All in all, given the understandable parameters of the type of debate we were presented, it was a worthwhile gathering that gave at least a brief sampling of the type of president each candidate would be or try to be. However it set nothing in stone. While Romney won, he has still not provided those who doubt his conservative credentials with the confidence they need to become believers. While he did not say anything that conservatives can be unhappy with, he also did nothing to inspire them. What will be interesting though is to see how much of a difference this debate has on Romney's popularity among Independents. In many state primaries, Independents and even Democrats are allowed to vote in the G.O.P. contest. Being dissatisfied by President Obama, many of these Independent could show up at the Republican primaries to support the candidate that they believe is most capable of beating the President.
In that sense, I believe Romney helped himself immensely. He certainly came off as one of, if not the most electable candidates on the stage.
Perry's poor performance, while being a setback, was certainly not enough to knock him out of the race. He is still very much in the race. However, he must really be on his A game in the coming weeks. He also needs to go in to the next debate much more prepared than he was for this one.
As for the others, they are essentially doomed to linger around the the back of the pack. I think Michele Bachmann peaked with her straw poll win in Iowa and the rest is downhill from there. Herman Cain will be able to hang in, but hanging out in the bottom tier is about all he is likely to do. The only thing I believe we can expect from Huntsman is his withdrawal from the nomination contest. Ron Paul is mired in the middle where he will remain not dead, but not exactly living either. You might say that he is comatose.
Were it not for an inability to raise money, I would have to say that after his debate performance, Rick Santorum would be able to emerge as a strong alternative candidate. He is spirited and passionate, does not come off as scripted and is satisfactory to the G.O.P. base. But money talks and Santorum just can't raise enough money to really be heard.
That leaves us with Newt Gingrich.
I still can't write Newt off. He has great potential and the rebirth of his campaign that will occur when he unveils his new Contract with America could be very attractive to voters. But even if that is so, Newt will still have an extremely high hurdle to jump in proving that Newt Gingrich, the man, is as good as Newt Gingrich's ideas. If he can somehow prove that the messenger is as good as the message, he could give Romney and Perry a run for their money that will be expensive and exhausting.
Now, the awards………..
Most Memorable Lines
Funniest Line of the Night:
"My next door neighbor's two dogs have created more shovel ready jobs than this President."
– Gary Johnson
Sharpest Attack Line of the Night:
"He [Rick Perry] doesn't want to build a fence. He gave a speech in 2001 where he talked about bi-national health insurance between Mexico and Texas. I mean, I don't even think Barack Obama would be for bi-national health insurance."
-Rick Santorum
Most Sarcastic Line of the Night:
"I spent my life in the private sector. Not in government. I only spent four years as a Governor. (Turns head, looks at Rick Perry and says) I didn't inhale"
-Mitt Romney
Most Logical Line of the Night:
"…sex is not an issue. It should not be an issue. Leave it alone. Keep it to yourself, whether you're a heterosexual or a homosexual."
-Rick Santorum
Next Most Logical Line of the Night:
"….but I believe that it is fundamentally wrong to give people money for 99 weeks, for doing nothing. That's why we had welfare reform."
-Newt Gingrich
Worst Line of the Night:
"If you say that we should not educate children (illegal immigrant children) who come into our state for no other reason than that they've been brought their through no fault of their own, I don't think you have a heart,"
-Rick Perry
Best Line of the Night:
"It's important to remember, this month, in the Reagan administration, September 1983, we created 1,100,000 new jobs. Obama's socialist policies, class warfare, and bureaucratic socialism, we created zero in August."
-Newt Gingrich
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Substance abuse is not just a Fall River, New Bedford, Taunton or Boston problem. Substance abuse knows no property boundaries and is present throughout all our cities and suburbs. It is a problem for rich and poor alike, professional and blue-collar workers, homeless people and people from all levels of society. Drugs and alcohol know no race or religion or income; they don't discriminate. The substance abuse epidemic that has ravaged our region and the country is a problem belonging to all of us and in need of discussion and action.
If you are not an addict, the numbers and odds show that probably someone very close to you who is. A statistic from the Center for Disease Control says that 100 people died from drug overdoses every day in 2010. As staggering as that may be for each individual death, think of how many other people in the extended family and friends are affected, as well.
The recent spike in the number of overdoses and deaths once again brings this issue to the forefront as people struggle with the reasons why.
Why is this epidemic going untreated? Why are people dying from illegal drugs being imported into this region from other parts of the world? What role do prescription drugs play in this epidemic? Why do we incarcerate drug users as opposed to providing drug treatment? What is the answer to this plague impacting our society? Are there any answers?
Clearly, this is an issue that must be addressed on a national, state and local level. I cannot say that I have the answer or solution to substance abuse; I only know that we need to continue to discuss this issue and identify potential solutions. The methods of prevention and treatment should be many and varied, and we have to be able to provide each one effectively. In my opinion, the issues noted below should serve as a foundation for further discussion and action:
— Early education: Studies show that if we can educate our young people as to the danger and addictive nature of drugs and keep them drug free to the age of 14, chances are they will not become users.
— Drug treatment vs. incarceration: Studies show that it is cheaper to treat drug and alcohol users than incarcerate them. Expanding the number and type of inpatient and outpatient treatment facilities will augment treatment. This increase in accessibility will provide more options to those in need.
— Massachusetts drug courts: Increase the number of drug courts in Massachusetts to integrate alcohol and drug treatment services with justice case processing. Drug court is an effort to break the "addict's cycle of crime." This cycle of crime is all too predictable. A drug addict commits a crime that leads to an arrest. There is a prosecution and a period of incarceration. During the time of incarceration, this individual is temporarily unable to commit crimes. However, once the individual has served his or her sentence, the individual is returned to society with no new tools to combat the condition and returns to a life of crime. The cycle repeats itself. Drug courts help to protect public safety by requiring mandatory drug and alcohol treatment, zero tolerance by requiring continued drug and alcohol testing and incarceration upon test failure.
— Prescription drug abuse control: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has classified prescription drug abuse as an epidemic.
Data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that nearly one-third of people ages 12 and older who used drugs for the first time in 2009 began by using a prescription drug non-medically. Provide law enforcement with the tools necessary to eliminate improper prescribing practices and stop pill mills.
The plight of addiction does not have to rest solely on an individual or the family. The road to recovery is daunting, and it should not be traveled alone. We each have the ability to help our loved ones who are struggling. Whether or not you or your family is battling a substance abuse issue, we all have to admit it — the days of "it's not my problem" are over, and we must work together to find a cure for this epidemic.
Sixth Bristol District state Rep. Carole Fiola, D-Fall River, serves on the Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, and Public Service Committees.


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Nu metal
Nü Metal (aka "Rock music for black people" or "Rap music for white people") is the bastard child of Pantera and Mr. Bungle. It is also the murderer of boy bands. It was created in the late 90's and has gone to holidays ever since.
Not too long after Nu Metal's formation, it hit the charts like an Emo runs to the darkest corner when the sun comes up. And after KoRn's successful induction into the mainstream, similar acts such as Drowning Pool, Crazy Town, P.O.D., Papa Roach, Slipknot, Disturbed, and My Parents HATE ME would follow, to make a trend that would last about a decade. It is unique in sound but its reputation was tarnished when stupid ass preps started liking it cuz' MTV was finally paying attention to the angry, rejected kids instead of rich kids. The creators of this genre were: a whinny vocalist, a guitarist that couldn't play anything else then power chords and played guitar for 3 months only, a bassist just for teh lulz and a drummer that was used to use trash cans as a drum kit. (Lars Ulrich showed his roots of nu-metal later on)
The golden days of Nu Metal also started to come when Metallica turned Emo and began playing simple riffs. Bands then had the great idea to keep things simple and eliminate solos, because they couldn't play them anyway. Instead, they let the guitarist go batshit insane all over the guitar, producing the most impressive riffs. At this point, these bands knew that they needed to be cool and act cool, because in the 90's if you weren't cool, you were a fool. So they all decided to go gangsta, using rastas, bling bling and boxers showing up. Nu Metal was on a roll, and finally stood out when KoRn and Deftones arrived to the scene.
Having an "edgy look" and radical attitude, these bands quickly made an impact within teenagers whose parents wouldn't buy stuff. Using adidas sneakers and hoodies, both bands managed to reach mainstream success, that later more bands would copy and earn millions. Limp Bizkit was a perfect example of this, when some douchebag decided to whine about haters, how he never got good grades and how he was bullied at school. This attitude was in all of their albums, being Chocolate Starfish and the Lyrics Clusterfuck Water the most notable one. They also liked to solve traffic jams problems with their song Rollin.
Another band to jump into the Nu Metal ship was Linkin Park. Believe it or not, this band was actually decent since all songs were about pain, but this wasn't a problem to the fan base since they liked to cut themselves in every concert. With a whiny vocalist, a wigger, a guitarist that couldn't play more them 2 power chords and a American DJ, the band had everything to be successful.
The genre reached its peak in 2000. All bands in the world were now Nu Metal.
Basically, every Nu Metal band is three members of Korn and one other member of a rap band, but if you need a more detailed breakdown:
- Vocals: a) An angry white man, typically screaming and shouting about how shitty life can be or b) A white man acting like a nigger, rapping about how shitty life can be.
- Guitar: Guitars tuned low, I mean really low. It has been proven impossible to play a nu-metal song on an acoustic guitar, as the strings are too loose to be heard without an amp. All strings are tunned down to Drop BRUTALZ minus B, even the high E ones.
- Bass: Acts like a quieter second guitar, mimicking everything the guitarist does. No imagination or creativity is required what so ever from the player.
- Drums: must sound like trash cans and always follow the same pattern: hit em hard as FUCK while imagining you were beating your ex-girlfriend.
- DJ: A fat guy that shows up occasionally.
Song structure[edit]
Nu Metal songs CAN'T have solos or any complicated riffs. They should only be made of power chords. These are the basic steps to follow when creating a nu metal song:
1) Intro with guitars fading in
2) Heavy guitar chorus (with no lyrics or vocals)
3) Calm part (lyrics with soft vocals)
4) Heavy guitar chorus (with lyrics/vocals, can also be some mumbling shit)
5) repeat 3 and 4
6) Bridge (aka different part, with DJ using scratches, different lyrics ONLY here)
7) repeat 4
8) ???
Nu-Metal died somewhere in 2006. With MTV focusing in Emo shitty bands, all Nu-Metal bands decided to switch their sound to a more pop rock style to keep earning cash. Most of these bands would then deny being Nu-Metal at all costs. Also they started to dress normally. Limp Bizkit's album Results May Suck, This Cd is Shit was one example of this, and later Linkin Park's Minutes to Shitstorm and A Thousand Sucks did the exact same thing.
Lately theres been discussions about Nu Metal coming back. The reality is: its truly dead, there arent any more bands with this genre out there. Still, Deftones latest CD Raymond Eyes and KoRn's Korn 9000: Remember who we were? did managed to capture a bit of the old nu metal essence, but only for a brief moment (about 0.002 seconds). Limp Bizkit's upcoming album Gold Turd will try to bring it back, but the question is: will it sell at least 10 copies?
The only way to revive Nu Metal is to bring the early 2000s back using a time machine.
- KoRn (or KoЯn because its way cooler): For many, they are considered the creators of Nu-Metal and Adidas. All the members like to eat corn.
- Deftones: For many, they are considered the true creators of Nu-Metal. Also proves that Nu-Metal can make you fat as fuck.
- Limp Bizkit: For many, they are considered the boy bands of Nu-Metal. Those many do not remember Crazytown.
- Linkin Park: For many, they are considered a boy band in general. They were the best originally, before they were ruined in 2007.
- Drowning Pool: LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR (seriously, no one knows anything about them beside this song)
- Disturbed: Fronted by a guy with mommy issues. Any soft soft song, and he can make it seem like (medium) heavy metal.
- Slipknot:The emo version of Kiss.
- System Of A Down:HOW MANY FUCKING TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU! THEY ARE NOT NU-METAL!!!! Goddamn...
- P.O.D.: The so-called Christian side of the genre.
- Crazy Town: Basically a rap crew with guitars. Their music is soft, it makes Norah Jones seem like a metal head.
- Papa Roach: HOLY SHIT IS THAT TOMMY LEE?! No wait, it's just an emo wannabe.
- The Wiggles: At least they try
- Clawfinger. Norwegian metal band that seems like Nu-metal. Started a boot 5 years before Fred Durst. Not to be confused with Greven, or the jokes that sorround his name.
- Your mom
Typical Lyrics in Nu Metal[edit]
- "My parents don't understand me... i want to runaway..."
- "I feel so much pain inside, my parents don't give me money, i want to runaway..."
- "No one loves me, not even my parents, my girlfriend cheated on me, i want to runaway..."
- "This pain wont go away, i want to runaway..."
- "I was raped in my childhood, my step-father punched me, i want to runaway..."
- "I wanna let go all the pain I felt so looong, we erase all the pain till its gone."
- "Everyone hates me, why? WHY DO YOU HATE ME? My boyfreind cheated on me, MTV said I was history...".
- "But your a Human Being, just lucky to be breathin' and thats that...".
Nu Metalheads[edit]
Nu Metalheads are often seen roaming the malls in their Chained Tripp pants and oversized band tees. They also wear baseball caps and their pants are below their knees. Some of them use shorts and long tube socks (preferably white). Their hair is usually spiked or dreadlocks (unwashed) and the presence of a goatee is a must. If you spot one of these fans, act cool and nothing will happen to you, because you might mistake them for thugs. Metalheads (the real Metal fans duh) hate Nu Metalheads and vice-versa. There are always confronts between both sides. If you walk into you a park, you may see the skateboard area full of Nu Metalheads riding their skates with their arses showing. Metalheads will simply keep a distance, unless its a mosh pit.
To "true" metalheads, Nu Metalheads' music is known as false metal, gay metal, or the classic MTV metal. Real metal is refereed to by Nu Metalheads as "old man's beard boring metal". Still, is true that both sides listen to artists from "both metals" secretly, but they still attack and despise those musicians. Nu Metalheads usually get all the girls, because they are a mix of rockers and thugs, and girls like thugs, or at least being treated like shit. Also, with some former Nu Metal bands being now girl bands, its even easier to score.
Nu Metalheads also hate all their friends and parents. Same goes to school and college.


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Idyllwild is a city in Riverside County in Southern California.
It is situated at mile high elevation in the San Jacinto mountains. Visitors are attracted by alpine scenery, rock climbing, hiking, mountain biking, shopping, camping, and the arts. Home of Idyllwild Arts Academy & Summer Program.
Get in
Most visitors to Idyllwild will arrive by car. Idyllwild is reachable by three main routes. Highway 74 connects Hemet to Idyllwild in about 30 minutes driving. Highway 243 connects to Banning and Interstate 10. Highway 74, known as the Palms to Pines highway, also connects the desert communities of Palm Springs and Palm Desert to Idyllwild via a scenic route that passes through many ecological zones and spectacular landscapes.
It is possible to reach Idyllwild by hiking 10 miles from the top of the Palm Springs Tramway. This is perhaps the most stunning route to the town. Be sure to have a car waiting at Humber Park, or arrange for a ride to town, as it is another couple miles from the trailhead to the center of town.
The Pacific Crest Trail, which extends along the west coast from the Mexico border to Canada, passes by Idyllwild. Idyllwild is a good place to stop for supplies, and maybe a shower and clean bed.
Get around
Much of Idyllwild can be visited by walking, though a car is useful to get to trailheads, and some of the hotels and rental cabins are located a bit outside the center. Occasionally a horse drawn cart transports visitors between the main attractions in the town center.
The views from town are beautiful. Tahquitz peak and rock are probably the most photographed. Marion mountain is also visible from town. Panoramas of Hemet and the greater Los Angeles area are visible from many lookouts near town. You can even see the Pacific Ocean on a clear day.
The center of town is full of shops, art galleries, restaurants, and a movie theater.
Idyllwild TV lets you see the town, its people, events and natural attractions from the eyes of locals and tourists. http://www.IdyllwildTV.com/
Stratford Players perform theatre year round. Typically in the fall, the troupe presents Will In The Woods, a selection of Shakespeare's scenes and soliloquies. The event is held outdoors in the afternoon, in keeping with Elizabethan custom. During the remainder of the year, Stratford Players present both staged readings and full productions of non-Shakespearean plays that vary from vintage classics to the most recent Tony winners. http://www.stratfordplayers.com/
Jazz in the Pines is an annual outdoor jazz festival held in late summer. More information is available at http://www.idyllwildjazz.com/
There is a world class secondary arts school, the Idyllwild Arts Academy that frequently offers free gallery exhibitions, classical music concerts, and theater performances on campus.
The local newspaper, the Town Crier, provides local news and a calendar of events http://www.towncrier.com/
Rock Climbing
Idyllwild has world class rock climbing on Tahquitz Rock (sometimes referred to as Lily Rock), and Suicide Rock. Tahquitz Rock has longer climbs, some of them 6 pitches. Suicide Rock has mostly 2 pitch climbs. Both offer a range of difficulty and excellent views.
There is an extensive, well maintained trail network throughout the San Jacinto mountains. These are administered by the San Bernadino National Forest, and the San Jacinto State Park. Pick up permits at the rangers station in the center of town before leaving. Permits are recognized by both the National Forest and State Park.
Recommended hikes:
There are over 15 art galleries in Idyllwild representing over 200 artists. Nomad Ventures sells rock climbing and other outdoor equipment.
A range of restaurants caters to all budgets.
Plus, our retail store offers fine quality bulk teas, unique and vintage tea pots, hand-made soaps from goat's milk and olive oil, tea scented lotions, bath products, custom-made vintage broken china jewelry, and hard-to-find tea necessities. Also, we customize small and large gift baskets ranging in affordable prices. You can also schedule a tea party through our website, or if you have any special tea requests we can specially order for any resident or frequent visitors by signing out guestbook located in the store or through our website. We now have Wifi!
Some restaurants have bars, but they are not open very late. Instead, open a bottle of wine and share it with friends around the fireplace at home, or a campfire outdoors. There is a liquor store, and supermarkets sell wine, liquor, and beer.
There are a number of hotels, and rental agencies offer cabins. Camping is a popular option. Several campsites are run by the State Park, while others are administered by the national forest. Both car camping and sites that are only accessible by hiking are available.
Motels and Inns
Cabins and Homes
Get out
Idyllwild is located 30 minutes by car from Hemet, and approximately 45 minutes drive from Palm Springs. The Temecula wine country is about an hour away. Los Angeles and San Diego are both a couple hours away to the west and south respectively.