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ole Signs Prolific Crossover Songwriter Frank Myers to Worldwide Administration Deal
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Nov. 20, 2012 12:41 PM
TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 11/20/12 --
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ole has signed singer, songwriter and producer Frank Myers, one of the most prolific writers in both country and pop on Music Row, to a worldwide administration deal with step-up to co-pub. The arrangement encompasses existing works under his Meleva Music catalog and Futures.
The single "Piece of Me," which is featured on the ARIA 2012 Country Album of the Year-nominated, Two Worlds Collide, by Australian country music trio, The McClymonts, is included in the deal. The catalog also includes multiple cuts on upcoming projects for various artists.
ole previously acquired a catalog from Frank Myers, which included Lonestar's #1 hit single "I'm Already There," BMI's 2002 Country Song of the Year, which remained at the top of the country chart for seven weeks, went to #2 on the AC chart and earned Myers the title of Country Songwriter of the Year (with writing partner Gary Baker) from American Songwriter Magazine.
Myers' 10 #1 hits also include the Grammy Award-winning crossover smash "I Swear," recorded by both John Michael Montgomery and All-4-One, which also earned Single and Song of the Year honors at the ACM Awards and was Billboard's #1 song of 1994; "My Front Porch Looking In" and "I'm Already There" by Lonestar; "You and I" by Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle, a #1 country hit, which also reached the upper echelons of the AC and pop charts; Alabama's "Once Upon A Lifetime;" Eddy Raven's "I Got Mexico" and "Bayou Boys" and, most recently, Chris Young's 2011 chart-topper, "Tomorrow." Myers has also had 20 Top 10 hits.
A Dayton, Ohio-native, Myers is the son of champion fiddle player and singer Melvin "Pee Wee" Myers. He first started performing at the age of 11, winning a local talent contest and opening for a number of the artists that appeared at Dayton's Hara Arena. By the age of 14, he had guest-starred on the Porter Wagoner TV show and begun working in a band with his brother, Melvin Jr. Myers made the move to Nashville in 1981, where he first hooked up with recording artist Eddy Raven as band leader, road manager and lead guitarist. He began to write, co-produce and play on sessions during a nine-year period of collaboration that proved fruitful for both Raven and Myers, producing two #1 songs, five #2s and three Top 10s.
About ole:
ole is one of the world's largest independent music publishers. Founded in 2004, and with offices in Toronto, Nashville and Los Angeles, ole boasts a team of 45 experienced industry professionals focused on acquisitions, creative development and worldwide copyright administration. ole has recently entered the Production Music space with the acquisition of MusicBox and Auracle which have operations in NY, Toronto and LA.
ole has been named Canadian Country Music Association's Music Publishing Company of the Year for the past six years and earned its first Grammy Award in 2009 for Best Country Song, "White Horse." Other recent notable ole awards include: Academy of Country Music (ACM) 2012 Song of the Year Award for "Crazy Girl" (Liz Rose/Lee Brice); SESAC 2011 Country Performance Activity Award for "Til Summer Comes Around" (Monty Powell/Keith Urban); three BMI 2011 Most Performed Songs Awards for "Fearless" (Liz Rose, Taylor Swift); "Why Wait" (Jimmy Yeary, Tom Shapiro) and "Let Me Down Easy" (Marty Dodson, Jennifer Hanson, Mark Nesler); 2011 SOCAN Country Music Award for "Make Hay While The Sun Shines" (Steven Lee Olsen, Bruce Wallace); 2011 SOCAN Domestic Television Series Music Award Busytown Mysteries (Peter Coulman, Carl Lenox, David Tedesco); and 2011 SOCAN Award for 100,000 Radio Performances of Lighthouse's "Sunny Days" and "Pretty Lady" (Skip Prokop).
The ole catalog includes over 45,000 songs and 40,000 hours of TV music across all genres. ole has completed over $145MM USD in acquisitions, including purchases of music catalogs such as: Timbaland, Blacktop, Jody Williams Music, Rami Yacoub, Chris Wallin, Richie MacDonald, Balmur, Keith Follese, Brett Jones, Lighthouse, Frank Myers, Dream Warriors, Encore, David Tyson, and Marsfilm Music. ole has also purchased the worldwide music rights for TV catalogs such as WGBH, Cookie Jar, Cineflix, CCI and recently, The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About That.
ole is committed to the creative development of its 6o+ staff songwriters, legacy writers and composers and the cultivation of our catalogs and client catalogs. ole has ongoing co-ventures with Last Gang Publishing (Alt Rock), Roots Three Music (Country) and tanjola (Pop/Rock/Urban).
ole is an expert in administrating and sub-publishing music copyrights and has concluded worldwide publishing administration agreements with some of the world's leading songwriters, publishers and film and television producers. adminow, ole's online client account transparency portal, was launched recently and demonstrates ole's commitment to modernizing its client services and to leading-edge IT.
Notable copyrights for ole include: Taylor Swift singles "Fearless," "White Horse," "Tim McGraw," "Picture To Burn," "Teardrops On My Guitar"; Rascal Flatts' "Why Wait"; Kelly Clarkson's "Miss Independent"; and "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" by Britney Spears; Pink's "U + Ur Hand"; "Sexyback," "My Love," and "What Goes Around" by Justin Timberlake; "Say it Right" and "Promiscuous" by Nelly Furtado; "Start a Band" by Brad Paisley with Keith Urban; "That's How Country Boys Roll" by Billy Currington; "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away" by Justin Moore; "It's Gonna Be Me" from (i)N Sync; "Shape of My Heart" by Backstreet Boys; iconic Canadian Olympic theme "I Believe"; "Legendary Child" by Aerosmith; "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles; Tim McGraw's "Something Like That."
ole owns or represents up to 150,000 production music tracks within its MusicBox libraries. With 10 staff in North America, ole's Production Music division delivers excellent customer service and quality Creative on a leading edge IT platform. Our production music division leverages ole's established Administration, Finance and IT services.
ole is committed to being the best and most innovative global destination for world-class songwriters, composers, and management talent, and the first choice music source for creators in all media.
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Low-Carb Grain-Free Meatloaf with Tomatoes, Fennel, and Flax Seed
But flax seeds are more nutritious than merely the oil because besides omega-3 fatty acids, the seeds are rich in both kinds of fiber and they also contain a phytoestrogen called lignans. And of special interest to South Beach Dieters, flax seed meal has equal amounts of carbohydrates and fiber, which means no net carbs. The amount of flax seed meal I used in this recipe seemed perfect to bind the meatloaf together, but you could certainly use more.
(Low-Carb Grain-Free Meatloaf with Tomatoes, Fennel, and Flax Seed was updated with better photo January 2013.)
Add the lean ground beef, turkey Italian sausage, chopped tomatoes, and egg to the bowl and use your hands to combine the mixture. (Don't overmix.)
Jake did a nice job forming two good looking loaves.
Low-Carb Grain-Free Meatloaf with Tomatoes, Fennel, and Flax Seed Meal
(Makes two meat loaves, about 8-10 servings, recipe created by Kalyn)
2 lbs. lean ground beef (less than 10% fat)
1 pkg. (19.5 oz.) hot turkey Italian Sausage
2 T dried chopped onion
1 T garlic powder
1 T dried basil
1 T dried parsley
1/2 cup flax seed meal (I used Bob's Red Mill Flaxseed Meal)
1 tsp. Vege-Sal (or 1/2 tsp. salt)
1 T ground fennel (I used Penzeys)
1 cup finely chopped slow roasted tomatoes
(or use well-drained roasted canned tomatoes or sun-dried tomatoes (rinse with hot water if oil packed)
2 eggs slightly beaten
Remove ground beef and turkey sausage links from refrigerator and let come to room temperature. In bowl, combine dried onion, garlic powder, dried basil, dried parsley, flax seed meal, Vege-sal or salt, and ground fennel. (I purposely used dried herbs since I wasn't adding much binder to the meatloaf and I didn't want added moisture.)
Squeeze turkey sausage out of casings in small pieces into the mixing bowl. Break ground beef into pieces and place in same bowl. Add tomatoes, and eggs to meat mixture and use your hands to combine well. Try to mix the meat enough to get spices and eggs evenly distributed without over-mixing.
Shape meat into two loaves. I prefer to bake meatloaf on a roasting rack as shown, so the fat can drip out. This meatloaf doesn't have a lot of fat, but using a rack also browns the meatloaf well on three sides.
Bake until the meatloaf is well done, 165F on the meat thermometer. When I originally baked this in my toaster/convection, it was done in 1 hour 15 minutes. This time it took about 1 hour 30 minutes in my large oven. Cutting one meat loaf open is the still a good way to see if the inside is done to your liking! (Remember this contains turkey and needs to be fairly well done.)
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Putin says Syria chemical arms moves 'inspire confidence'
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VALDAI, Russia (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he was confident but not 100 percent sure that Syria would carry out its commitments to destroy its chemical weapons stockpiles under a Russia-US agreement.
"Will we manage to carry it through? I can't say 100 percent, but all that we have seen recently, in the last few days, inspires confidence that it is possible and that it will be done," Putin said at a meeting of the Valdai international discussion club with Western politicians and journalists in the northwestern Novgorod region.
Putin said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime was already putting into practice the proposals announced by US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva on Saturday.
The framework agreement agreed by the two countries calls for Syria to hand over all its chemical weapons for destruction by mid-2014.
"Will we manage to convince Assad or not? I don't know," Putin said. "But so far everything looks as if Syria has fully agreed with our proposal and is ready to act according to the plan that is being developed by the international community at the United Nations."
In a first step, Syria has already announced it will abide by the terms of the international ban on chemical weapons, Putin said.
"These are practical steps that the Syrian government has already taken."
The US-Russia plan is the result of intense diplomacy to avert US-led military action against the Syrian regime, which Washington and its allies blame for a deadly gas attack on a Damascus suburb last month.
The US has however insisted that the threat of force should remain on the table should Syria fail to comply with the agreement.
"If the attempts to resolve the problem peacefully aren't successful, this will be extremely bad," Putin acknowledged.
But he insisted that only the UN Security Council could discuss the question of whether to use force against Syria.
The Russian leader, whose government is Syria's most powerful ally, insisted it was not proven who was behind the chemical weapons attack in Ghouta that killed hundreds of people including many children on August 21.
"It's clear that (chemical) arms were used... It's just not clear who did it," he said.
"We talk all the time about the responsibility of the Assad regime if he used them. But what if the opposition used them? No one says what we will do with the opposition then, and this is not an idle question," Putin said.
"We have every reason to believe that it was a provocation."
He claimed that the chemical attack was set up by rebel forces to appear as if it was carried out by Assad's regime.
He argued that this was done in a "primitive" way because the attack used an outdated type of shell made in the Soviet Union that the Syrian army no longer uses.
Putin warned Washington against supporting rebel forces, saying it would have to deal with the consequences of helping Al-Qaeda-linked fighters.
"You will help them take power, and then what? Will you swat them away with a newspaper?"
He also spoke about the role of Israel in the region, saying that Syria had developed its chemical weapons as a counterweight to Israel, which is widely believed to be nuclear-armed.
"Chemical weapons appeared in Syria as an alternative to the nuclear weapons of Israel, we know this very well," Putin said.
"The technical advantage of Israel -- we need to say this directly -- is such that it doesn't need nuclear weapons. Israel is already in a technical military sense several heads above the countries in the region," he said.
"Nuclear weapons just make it a target. They just create foreign policy problems."


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AP National Political Editor Liz Sidoti's take on Barack Obama's victory speech:
It was a speech far different from the jubilant and lofty one he gave in Chicago four years ago.
With one term nearly over and the next ahead of him, a seasoned Obama talked of a resilient America — a place where people have "picked ourselves up" and fought back during tough economic times. He declared that the "best is yet to come."
And he struck a more bipartisan tone — by necessity as much as anything else given that power remains divided on Capitol Hill. He said he wants to meet with Republican rival Mitt Romney to discuss how they can work together, and he said he looked forward to working with the GOP.
Yet he also urged patience, saying progress will come in fits and starts.
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Clinical Centers
Our TB Clinical Research Group at Boston University School of Medicine's Pulmonary Center is engaged in multi-center consortium studies, investigator-initiated local research studies, and educational efforts locally, regionally and nationally.
TB Trials Consortium
Our site has been very active within the Centers for Disease Control's Tuberculosis Trials Consortium (TBTC), actively enrolling patients in both latent and active TB treatment trials. We have been active in TBTC committees and in meetings.
- John Bernardo, MD
Site Principal Investigator, TBTC Human Studies Research Committee, TBTC Study 28 Protocol Development Team
- Jussi Saukkonen, MD
Site Co-investigator, TBTC Core Sciences Group (current),
Chair, Recruitment and Retention Committee (past)
- Robert Horsburgh, MD
Site Co-investigator, TBTC Executive Advisory Group, Chair, Publications Committee
- Claire Murphy, RN, MSN, NP
Study Coordinator, Training Advisory Group (current), Internal Quality Control Committee (past)
- Denise Curran, RN
Study Nurse.
Current TBTC trials in which we are enrolling include:
- Study 26: Isoniazid/Rifapentine weekly for 3 months vs. Isoniazid daily for 9 months for treatment of Latent TB Infection.
- Study 26A: Hepatotoxicity and Viral Hepatitis sub-study for Study 26
- Study 26B: Hypersensitivity sub-study for Study 26
- Study 28: Moxifloxacin or Isoniazid with rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol for treatment of TB disease.
The TBTC website at CDC is at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/tbtc/introduction.htm
TB Epidemiologic Studies Consortium
We also are active in CDC's Tuberculosis Epidemiologic Studies Consortium (TBESC). In partnership with Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Dr Bernardo, who also serves on the Diagnostics Working Group and the Human Subjects Research Group, and Dr Horsburgh, who also serves on the Research Committee, are active within the TBESC infrastructure.
Current TBESC studies in which we are participating include:
- Task Order 8: An analysis of molecular epidemiology of multi-drug resistant M.tuberculosis in the United States
- Task Order 9: Enhanced surveillance to identify missed opportunities for TB prevention in foreign-born populations in US and Canada
- Task Order 12: Assessing the tuberculosis (TB) knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and practices among private providers serving foreign-born populations at Risk for TB
- Task Order 13: Prospective cohort study of risk factors for acceptance of, adherence to, and toxicity from treatment for LTBI
- Task Order 16: African Refugee Women's Health Improvement Project
The TBESC website at CDC is at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/TBESC/TOC.htm
Other national projects:
National TB Controllers' Association
Dr. Bernardo is the President (2006) of this organization, dedicated to control of tuberculosis in the United States.
National TB Nurses Consultant Coalition
Claire Murphy, RN, MSN, NP is Chair of the Education and Research Committees.
American Thoracic Society
Dr. Jussi Saukkonen is the Chair of the Working Group on Hepatotoxicity of Anti-tuberculosis Therapy, which has completed a document for the ATS.
Investigator-initiated local studies
Several studies are on-going; these include
- Predictors of failure to complete isoniazid for treatment for latent TB infection: a survey study of patients.
- Predictors of Active TB Among Asymptomatic Tuberculin Skin Test Positive Individuals with Upper Lobe Fibrosis.
- TB contact investigation: Evaluation, treatment and outcomes in children less than 5 years of age in Massachusetts.
- Provision of TB Services to Boston's Homeless: Public Health/Private Domain
- Community-based TB prevention in Massachusetts' Haitian communities
Selected Bibliography
- Saukkonen, J.J.,D. Cohn, F. Gordin, R. Jasmer,J. Jereb, C. Nolan, D. Nunes, C. Peloquin,
S. Shenker, T. Sterling, D.Strader, R. Venkataramanan. Hepatotoxicity of Anti-Tuberculous Therapy. In press.
Jasmer, R.M.., L. Bozeman, M.D. Cave, J.J. Saukkonen, K.Schwartzman, B. Metchock, W. Burman Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Distinguish Treatment Failure or Relapse from Reinfection. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2004 Dec 15;170(12):1360-6.
- Saukkonen, J.J. Rifampin and Pyrazinamide from Clinical Trial to General Practice. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2004. Aug 15;39(4):566-8.
- R.M. Jasmer, D. C. Snyder, J. J. Saukkonen., P. C. Hopewell, J. Bernardo, M. D. King., L. M. Kawamura M.D., and C. L. Daley . Short-Course Rifampin and Pyrazinamide Compared with Isoniazid for Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Based on a Multicenter Clinical Trial. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2004. 38: 363-369.
- R. Jasmer, J.J. Saukkonen, H. M. Blumberg, C. L. Daley, J. Bernardo, E. Vittinghoff, M. King, L. M. Kawamura, and P. Hopewell. Short-Course Rifampin and Pyrazinamide Compared with Isoniazid for Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial. Annals of Internal Medicine 137:640-647, 2002.
- Saukkonen, J.J., M. Thomas, R. Strieter, M. Burdick, Bazydlo, B., J. Keane, H. Kornfeld. 2002. ?-Chemokines Are Induced by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Inhibit Its Growth. Infection and Immunity 70(4):1684-93.
- Jones, B., K. Heldwein, T. Means, J. Saukkonen, M. Fenton. Differential roles of toll like receptors in the elicitation of pro-inlfammatory responses by macrophages. Annals of RheumaticDiseases. 60 (Suppl 3): III6-III12
Lerman SJ, Bernardo J, Daly JS, Husson R. Tuberculosis prevention in college students. J Am Coll Health. 2004 Sep-Oct;53(2):53-8.
- Raffetto JD, Bernardo J, Menzoian JO. Aortobifemoral graft infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis: treatment with abscess drainage, debridement, and long-term administration of antibiotic agents. J Vasc Surg. 2004 Oct;40(4):826-9.
- Hsu K, Christiansen D, O'Connor D, Bernardo J, Hacker K. Self-assessment of tuberculosis infection risk by urban adolescents. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003 Dec;157(12):1227-31.
- Burman W, Breese P, Weis S, Bock N, Bernardo J, Vernon A; Tuberculosis Trials Consortium. The effects of local review on informed consent documents from a multicenter clinical trials consortium. Control Clin Trials. 2003 Jun;24(3):245-55.
- Mazurek GH, LoBue PA, Daley CL, Bernardo J, Lardizabal AA, Iademarco MF.
Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection by whole-blood interferon-gamma release assay. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 May 1;36(9):1207-8.
- Miller AC, Butler WR, McInnis B, Boutotte J, Etkind S, Sharnprapai S, Bernardo J, Driscoll J, McGarry M, Crawford JT, Nardell E. Clonal relationships in a shelter-associated outbreak of drug-resistant tuberculosis: 1983-1997. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2002 Oct;6(10):872-8.
- Mazurek GH, LoBue PA, Daley CL, Bernardo J, Lardizabal AA, Bishai WR, Iademarco MF, Rothel JS. Comparison of a whole-blood interferon gamma assay with tuberculin skin testing for detecting latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. JAMA. 2001 Oct 10;286(14):1740-7.
- Polesky A, Farber HW, Gottlieb DJ, Park H, Levinson S, O'Connell JJ, McInnis B, Nieves RL, Bernardo J. Rifampin preventive therapy for tuberculosis in Boston's homeless. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1996 Nov;154(5):1473-7.
- Mtei L, Matee M, Herfort O, Bakari M, Horsburgh CR, Waddell R, Cole BF, Vuola JM, Tvaroha S, Kreiswirth B, Pallangyo K, von Reyn CF. High rates of clinical and subclinical tuberculosis among HIV-infected ambulatory subjects in Tanzania.Clin Infect Dis. 2005 May 15;40(10):1500-7. Epub 2005 Apr 12.
- Horsburgh CR Jr. Priorities for the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in the United States. N Engl J Med. 2004 May 13;350(20):2060-7.
- Stratford D, Chamblee S, Ellerbrock TV, Johnson RJ, Abbott D, Reyn CF, Horsburgh CR. Integration of a participatory research strategy into a rural health survey. J Gen Intern Med. 2003 Jul;18(7):586-8.
- Fisk TL, Hon HM, Lennox JL, Fordham von Reyn C, Horsburgh CR Jr. Detection of latent tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients after initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy. AIDS. 2003 May 2;17(7):1102-4.
- Benator D, Bhattacharya M, Bozeman L, Burman W, Cantazaro A, Chaisson R, Gordin F, Horsburgh CR, Horton J, Khan A, Lahart C, Metchock B, Pachucki C, Stanton L, Vernon A, Villarino ME, Wang YC, Weiner M, Weis S; Tuberculosis Trials Consortium. Rifapentine and isoniazid once a week versus rifampicin and isoniazid twice a week for treatment of drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-negative patients: a randomised clinical trial. Lancet. 2002 Aug 17;360(9332):528-34.
- Vernon A, Burman W, Horsburgh CR. Another step on the path to better TB therapies. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2002 Jan;6(1):1-2.
- von Reyn CF, Horsburgh CR, Olivier KN, Barnes PF, Waddell R, Warren C, Tvaroha S, Jaeger AS, Lein AD, Alexander LN, Weber DJ, Tosteson AN.vSkin test reactions to Mycobacterium tuberculosis purified protein derivative and Mycobacterium avium sensitin among health care workers and medical students in the United States. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2001 Dec;5(12):1122-8.
- Horsburgh CR Jr, Feldman S, Ridzon R; Infectious Diseases Society of America. Practice guidelines for the treatment of tuberculosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Sep;31(3):633-9. Epub 2000 Oct 4.
- Horsburgh CR Jr. A large, simple trial of a tuberculosis vaccine. Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Jun;30 Suppl 3:S213-6.
- Horsburgh CR Jr. The global problem of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: the genie is out of the bottle. JAMA. 2000 May 17;283(19):2575-6.
- Lein AD, von Reyn CF, Ravn P, Horsburgh CR Jr, Alexander LN, Andersen P. Cellular immune responses to ESAT-6 discriminate between patients with pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium avium complex and those with pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 1999 Jul;6(4):606-9.
- Dobos KM, Quinn FD, Ashford DA, Horsburgh CR, King CH. Emergence of a unique group of necrotizing mycobacterial diseases. Emerg Infect Dis. 1999 May-Jun;5(3):367-78. Review.
- Horsburgh CR Jr. What it takes to control tuberculosis. Am J Public Health. 1998 Jul;88(7):1015-6.


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Ongoing Congressional investigations into the AIG bailout have put the incestuous and murky relationship between the Federal Reserve and Wall Street in the spotlight–and put Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Fed chair Ben Bernanke in the hot seat. Calls for Geithner's resignation regularly reverberate inside the Capitol, and Bernanke's recent reappointment was opposed by thirty senators, including Republican John McCain and independent Bernie Sanders. Critics from both sides of the aisle fault Geithner and Bernanke for mismanagement, unnecessary secrecy and undermining Congressional oversight. But neither of them has been the target of questions about gaming the system for personal financial gain.
That distinction belongs to Stephen Friedman, the former chairman of the board of the New York Federal Reserve Bank and a member of the board of directors of Goldman Sachs. Through those two posts, Friedman may have had access to privileged information about the extent of Goldman's exposure to AIG and the opportunity to profit from the Fed's bailout of the beleaguered insurance giant. While he was serving on both boards, Friedman purchased 52,600 shares of Goldman stock, more than doubling the number of shares he owned. These purchases have since risen millions of dollars in value–and raised allegations of insider trading.
Friedman's purchases were exposed by the Wall Street Journal in early May 2009, and within days he resigned as chair of the New York Fed. His resignation letter claimed that although he had acted "in compliance with the rules," the suggestion of impropriety had become a "distraction" from the important work of the Federal Reserve. In a press release, New York Fed executive vice president and general counsel Thomas Baxter also said that Friedman's acquisition of Goldman shares "did not violate any Federal Reserve statute, rule or policy."
But if Friedman and Baxter were hoping to extinguish scrutiny over Friedman's Goldman buy and limit any collateral damage to the Fed, it looks like they are out of luck. In late January, House Oversight Committee chair Edolphus Towns called in Geithner, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Baxter and Friedman to testify about the AIG bailout. Friedman's Goldman deal was a significant line of inquiry.
And now, at least one member of the committee, Massachusetts Representative Stephen Lynch, is calling not just for continued Congressional investigation but for other enforcement agencies to look into possible insider trading and other matters surrounding the AIG bailout. In an interview with The Nation, Lynch said that he intends to meet with the SEC to see "whether or not they might be helpful with this." Lynch also suggested that the Justice Department's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force should be investigating Friedman's Goldman purchases as well.
A full investigation would not only determine if Friedman violated the Fed's rules; it would also shed light on the arcane regulations and conflicts of interest that riddle the Federal Reserve system, an important public service, since Congress is debating whether the Fed should serve as the leading regulator of systemic risk in our economy. Indeed, what we already know suggests that even if Friedman acted "in compliance with the rules," the rules were inadequate and easily subverted and therefore did little to guarantee transparency and accountability.


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Client numbers double at food bank
July 12, 2012
By JAMES EIK
Staff Reporter
A new location for the Medical Lake Food Bank couldn't have come at a better time.
The food bank has seen demand for its services more than double since June 2009, when it provided food for 114 families. This past June, it served 245 and new clients are coming in double digits each month.
But, while the new building has helped with some areas, the food bank still faces difficulties.
"Just because we moved into a new location doesn't mean we're flush with cash," food bank director Peg James said.
The food bank still relies on donations from community members throughout the year. While it receives some of its supply from the Second Harvest Food Bank in Spokane, the Care and Share also provides some much-needed funds.
Over the past few years, the thrift store has weathered an economic downturn and extra competition in the city to help fund the new food bank building.
"We could not have done this without Anne Starr and the Care and Share," James said.
For the last several years, a building fund has been growing for the sole purpose of finding a new location. But a new building comes with additional costs.
While sharing the same building as the Care and Share for many years, a separate building will command higher energy and garbage bills.
The new location at 312 N. Grace St. provides a larger space to help families and also nearly doubles the square footage of the food bank. Also, compared to the old location at the Dora Burt Center, the flow of traffic is much easier to manage.
Before last month, families would enter and leave through the same door. James said the difficulty was comparable to a fish swimming upstream. Since the first week in the Grace Street location, the difference has been immeasurable.
"For so long it was like a pipe dream," James said. "But then it became a necessity."
Having one facility house the Care and Share and food bank became too burdensome. Care and Share volunteers were having to move heavy bags of unsorted donations back and forth during the week, whenever the food bank wasn't in operation. Likewise, the food bank's growing services put a heavy strain on the building.
"We had to arrange everything with what they were doing and vice versa," James said.
Once the time came to finally move, things seemed to work smoothly.
Over the span of a week, items were moved and shelves were built. The food bank's volunteers worked speedily to get food ready to go.
"That Friday, in two hours we had everything in boxes and ready to move out," James said.
In the initial development phase, one proposal was to purchase the former Ball and Dodd funeral home on the corner of SR 902 and Lefevre Street. The building, currently used by the area's SCOPE office, was deemed too cost-ineffective, requiring extensive remodeling.
James is quick to point out that the successful transition wouldn't have been possible without a dedicated group of volunteers. Without their help throughout many years, such a large undertaking might never have happened.
"I brag about this team all the time," she said.
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In a few days I'll be packing my bags, racing to the airport, scurrying through the terminal, and shouldering my way through all the other IT pros, journalists, analysts, marketing people, and other virtualization-focused folks heading to VMworld in Las Vegas this year.
VMware and their partners will undoubtedly have lots of product briefings, demos, interviews and other things to keep we attendees busy at the show. But before I sign off for my weekend of travel preparation -- something that I find as enjoyable as watching paint dry on another coat of drying paint -- I wanted to point the spotlight on Microsoft's Hyper-V community, since most of my blogging from next week will be related to VMworld.
More IT pros that ever are using Twitter to find product news, get help with technical questions, and connect with other people in their industry. Microsoft's Hyper-V community is no exception, and there are several Twitter accounts that anyone interested in Hyper-V should follow. (Remember to keep tabs on the #hyperv hashtag on Twitter as well, and take a look at our guide to Twitter hashtags for IT professionals. )
Before I get to the list, I should point out the criteria I used to put this list together. There many very smart people who know Hyper-V inside and out, but if they don't have a Twitter account that deals primarily with Hyper-V, they're not on this list. I'm also open to suggestions and additions: If you've found someone on Twitter that is an excellent source for Hyper-V news, help, and information that I've omitted, please let me know by dropping me an email or giving me a shout-out (@jeffjames3) on Twitter.
@virtualization - Official Twitter account of the Microsoft virtualization team. A good resource for the latest Hyper-V news and announcements direct from Microsoft.
@HyperVKing – Operated by a self-described "Microsoft enthusiast and author of Hyper-V technology papers," this twitter account provides a near-continuous stream of links to Hyper-V-related forum posts and web pages.
@VirtualPCGuy (Ben Armstrong) – Ben is a Senior Program Manager on the core virtualization team at Microsoft. He's a prolific blogger, and posts cool, quirky tips about using Hyper-V and other virtualization products. Recent post: Running the DOS version of "Where in the World is Carmen San Diego" using Virtual PC.
@hypervserver – (Carsten Rachfahl) – Carsten is a Microsoft MVP and tweets often about Microsoft virtualization technologies. Carsten is based in Germany and often provides a unique outlook and/or perspectives on virtualization in Europe.
@edwinyuen (Edwin Yuen) – Edwin is the Director for Cloud and Virtualization at Microsoft. He's also a genuinely nice person who I've met at least once in real life. If you attended the keynote at Microsoft TechEd 2011, you most likely saw Edwin giving an animated, Kinect-enabled demo of Microsoft Worldwide Telescope.
@WSV_GUY (Jeff Woolsey) – Jeff is the Principal Group Program Manager for Windows Server Virtualization. He's a frequent speaker at many tech conferences, and has always been one of the most vocal Microsoft employees when it comes to countering VMware marketing claims. Recent tweet: "My inbox has been overflowing w/questions about the updated VMware vTax."
@hvredevoort (Hans Vredevoort) – Hans is a Microsoft MVP and consultant based in the Netherlands. Hans has one of the more active Twitter users in the Hyper-V community, and frequently tweets throughout the day.
@concentratdgreg (Greg Shields) – Greg is a contributor to many IT publications (including @windowsitpro) and has spoken at just about every tech conference available. Trivia: He's also a senior partner at Concentrated Technology, an IT consulting firm that he co-founded with PowerShell guru Don Jones ( @concentrateddon).
@joe_elway (Aidan Finn) – Based in Ireland, Aidan is a Microsoft Hyper-V MVP and the author of Mastering Hyper-V Deployment. Recent tweet: "I'll be speaking at build ... you will find me Hyper-V-bible thumping on the roadside outside until security chase me off :-)"
@pnoorderijk (Peter Noorderijk) - Peter is an infrastructure consultant who specializes in SCOM, SCVMM, SCE, Microsoft Exchange, and Microsoft Hyper-V. He's also an active blogger on Hyper-V topics at Hyper-V.nu.
@TechGuyAT - A #sysadmin and Hyper-V professional, the person behind the TechGuyAT Twitter handle tweets early and often about a variety of IT issues, including Microsoft Hyper-V.
@hypervnu - Hyper-V.nu is a very active IT community based in the Netherlands, and focuses on helping IT professionals get the most out of Hyper-V.
@michelluescher (Michel Lüscher) - Michel is a self-described "virtualization junkie" working at Microsoft in Europe. He's also behind ServerTalk, a website devoted to Microsoft server technologies in Europe.
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- When Jose was a tyke, he had a friend named Dan. Dan was creative and ingenious. While other kids played checkers, Dan played stock market. Dan once made a bid to get Jose to sell him his comics in an effort to corner the comic book market. While some played house, Dan played hotel. Jose distinctly remembers Dan buying a bunch of pastel mints placing them on his parents' pillows and then assuming the right to charge them room fees. And while others played war, Dan played university. Dan's father was a professor of philosophy, thus it struck Dan that universities were a gold mine.
Of course, Dan and Jose, as kids, lacked the academic credentials required to teach anything except MBA classes, so it occurred to Dan that we needed to pioneer new disciplines. The most memorable of these trailblazing fields of inquiry was barfology—the science of barf.
Barfology was not a terribly practical science, and there was relatively little to explore in comparison with, say, physics. Still, Dan was able to extract one great insight from his study, the cogito, if you will in the field of barfology.
What goes down must come up.
It applies to tainted food and it applies to the Boston Red Sox. For the first week, the Red Sox have gone down, and down and down, and now, they are coming up. Like a ghastly chum of half digested spaghetti, corn and bile, they are coming back harshly and violently, scalding the Yankees with the acid reflux of their heaving resurgence.
The Red Sox have been down, today, at last, they come back up.
- Jose is fired up. He's hulking up. Sing along to the tune of Hulk Hogan's theme "I Am a Real American" by Rick Deringer
I am a Boston Red Sox fan, sad at the death of Lou Gor-man
I am a Boston Red Sox fan, Dru is in right, most every night!
When it comes crashing down, and it hurts inside,
It's a ten game ho-ome stand, Yankees cannot hide,
You recall Eric Wedge, 'member Curtis Pride,
You can't keep swinging at, pitches way inside.
I am a Boston Red Sox fan, never liked Jose Offer-man
I am a Boston Red Sox fan, chanted all night, for Jo-ey Gathright
Well I'm on board with Carl Craw-ford,
And his wage is money Henry can a-fford,
Lackey's contract may be bad as Lugo's was,
but I don't care right now, cause I'm kind of buzzed.
I am a Boston Red Sox fan, I think that Wakefield is the man,
I am a Boston Red Sox fan, Papi's all right, has the green light!
I am a Boston Red Sox fan, I watched Belinda (comma) Stan
I am a Boston Red Sox fan, I think I might, watch Sunday night!!!!
- It is with great sadness that Jose learned today that Red Sox legend Manny Ramirez has announced his retirement from baseball following word that he had, for the second time in his career, failed a drug test.
It breaks Jose's heart to see the slow, sad end of one of the best hitters he ever saw. On one level it hurts him to see a player whom he enjoyed watching as much as any not named Martinez or Wakefield fall into such shame and disrepute. But even more, it crushes Jose to know that Manny Ramirez, even with the aid of performance enhancing drugs never once had a 50 home run season.
That had always been Jose's defense for Manny. With his eye, with his swing, how could he be a juicer if he never hit 50 home runs? Brady Anderson hit 50 on the juice and Manny couldn't? How is that possible?
Jose likes to imagine that the reason for this failure is that Manny never really took drugs, or at the very least didn't take them competently. Perhaps when Manny took a female fertility drug, he really was doing it for fertility reasons? Maybe he wanted to have another kid, and just thought that a female was a male who worked for a fee—in his case $20 million?
Or maybe he thought that baseball had banned the use of rugs, rather than drugs and therefore opted for all wood floors and thought he was fine?
While these are all disturbingly possible explanations in the world of Manny, Jose must also accept the probability that Manny being Manny means Manny doing drugs.
It's a sad way to end a career. Let's hope that, at the very least, he manages to conceive.
I'm Jose Melendez, and those are my KEYS TO THE GAME.


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New York State Assemblyman John Ceretto, Erie County Legislator Kevin Hardwick, Grand Island Town Supervisor Mary Cooke and others praised members of the Grand Island Fie Co. for 75 years of extraordinary life-saving services to their community at a gala earlier this month.
The 75th anniversary celebration of the fire company took place at the Asbury Hall in Buffalo on Saturday, May 18, and was supported by many local business leaders in Western New York volunteer fire organizations.
Fire company board chairman Greg Butcher noted that since its humble beginning in 1938, when the town donated land for a fire station and a pumper was purchased by our founding fathers, the GIFC is expanded its fleet to 22 pieces of apparatus, with a new marine unit, a high-level paramedic program, and a state-of-the-art dispatch center.
Such substantial progress came about because of the hard work and foresight of many individuals, the steadfast support of town leaders, as well as friends and neighbors in the community.
President Tammy Gorman, Fire Chief Kevin Koch, and Butcher presented years-of-service awards to 16 individuals who have contributed to the advancement of the GIFC. Two members, Ray Pauley and Jim Linenfelser, received 50-year awards, with special recognition from the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and the Fireman's Association of the State of New York. Past Chief Norm Mrkall was also recognized for his 59 years of service and valuable historical documentation of the GIFC throughout its ongoing development.
The 2013 rookie class was also introduced as follows: Chris Caruano, Bob Dailey, Lena Dombrowski, Michele Jones and Russ Perez.
Nicole Butcher, president of the Ladies Auxiliary, lauded members of the GIFC for their tireless efforts in the past, present and future.


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Departing from: Port Canaveral (Orlando), Florida
Ports of Call:
- Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico
- Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras
- Belize City, Belize
- Cozumel, Mexico
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Lounges & Bars
Intimate Lounge
Alchemy Bar
Escape Bar
Lobby Bar
Magic Lobby Bar
Pool Bar
Blue Iguana Tequila Bar
RedFrog Rum Bar
Tides Bar
Casino Bar
Hat Trick Bar
Coffee Bar
Plaza Cafe/Plaza Bites
Adults-Only Area
Serenity Bar
Sports Bar
Sports Square Bar - outdoors
Music and Dancing
Live Music/Dancing
Plaza Bar
Vegas-style Lounge
Spotlight Lounge
Piano Bar
Play It Again Piano Bar
Teen Spots
Teen Lounge/Club
Club O2
The Warehouse Video Arcade
Casino & Gambling
- Hat Trick Casino
- Over 180 slot machines
- 18 Gaming tables: Blackjack, Caribbean Draw Poker, 3 Card Poker, Let it Ride, Roulette, Craps and Texas Hold'em
- Tournaments: Blackjack and Slots
- Card and games lessons can vary by itinerary
- Currencies accepted: U.S. Currency and Sail & Sign® accounts
- Casino hours may vary due to cruise itinerary
- Cloud 9 Spa
- Thalassotherapy Pool
- 2 Saunas (men/women)
- 2 Steam Rooms (men/women)
- 15 treatment rooms
- V.I.P Couples Suites (Treatment Rooms) with whirlpools
- Thermal Suite: Dry Heat Chambers
- Thermal Suite: Steam Chambers (Oriental and Aroma Steam baths)
- Rasul Bath: special treatments including mud bath
- Floatation Therapy
- Wide variety of body treatments
- Beauty Salon
- Additional charge for spa and salon services
Sports & Fitness
- Fitness Center: features state-of-the-art equipment
- Exercise Classes: Various classes including aerobics, Yoga, Pilates, Resistance training, spinning, and more. Exercise programs vary by ship itinerary (additional fee for some classes)
- Outdoor Jogging Track
- Personal Training (additional fee)
- Outdoor weightlifting area in SportsSquare
SportsSportsquare - located on deck 12, this is the place for a game of friendly competition or just to enjoy a workout in the great outdoors!
- Miniature golf course
- Multi-purpose court: basketball, volleyball and soccer
- Sports Track: 800-foot-long outdoor jogging path
- Ping Pong Tables (2)
- Foosball tables
- SkyCourse: ropes course that goes up 150 feet up
- Outdoor exercise equipment: stationary bikes, elliptical, rowing machines, punching bags and more
- Carnival WaterWorks - 6 different slides (Drain Pipe, racing slides, 300 foot long slide), 500-gallon "dump bucket"
- Beach Pool - salt water pool
- Tides Pool - outdoor salt water pool and 2 whirlpools
- Cantilevered whirlpools that extend beyond the side of the ship (4)
- Serenity Adult-Only Retreat and 2 whirlpools
- The Fun Shops
- Logo clothing, souvenirs, clothing, jewelry, perfume, liquor and sundries
- Gallery on the Way: photo gallery and fun ship films video services
- Art Gallery
- Cherry on Top - tuxedo rentals, cards, stateroom decorations, flowers
- Golf pro shop: golf shore excursions, golf lessons/clinics, rentals
- Showtime Theatre
- Carnival Seaside Theater
- The Punchliner Comedy Club presented by George Lopez
- Broadway Musicals
- Vocalist Shows
- Dance Shows
Parties and Theme Nights
- Captain's Celebration - "Meet and Greet" and "Fun Farewell"
- Late Night Deck Party
- Deck parties are cruise specific on destination and itinerary
- Past Guest Reception: offered on cruises 5-days or longer
Music and Dance
- Dance Classes
- Karaoke
- Live Bands
- DJs
- Live acoustic guitar
Contests & Tournaments
- Bridge and Card games
- Bingo
- Trivia Games
- Scavenger Hunt
- Lido Deck and Pool Games
- Couples and Lovers Game
- Battle of the Sexes
- Superstar Live Karaoke
- Pub games such as foosball, tabletop shuffleboard and more.
- Games vary at the discretion of the cruise director
Other Features
- Art Auctions
- Shore excursions briefings
- "Fun" Hub Stations - 36 kiosks spread on decks 3, 4, and 5. Ship-specific portal free to use - surfing the Internet available for a fee
- Port preview lectures
- Books & Games Library
- Laser Light Show
- Laser Tag: $5 per guest for 5 minute game (price subject to change)
- Golf Lessons
- Health and Wellness instructors
Kids & Families
Family ActivitiesWhat is a vacation without a little family game time? Carnival Cruises wants to promote fun- filled vacations for the whole family by offering a selection of family activities.
- Family Welcome Aboard Parties
- Ice Cream Eating Contests
- Kids Talent Show
- Family Scavenger Hunt
- Family Arts and Crafts
- Family Name that Tune
- Family Karaoke
- Cookie Decorating
- Teddy Bear Workshop
- Family Water Wars
- Seuss @ Sea and Seussa-Palooza - timeless stories of Dr. Seuss come to life with special onboard character parade, interactive story time, and arts & crafts activities.
- Green Eggs & Ham Breakfast - This breakfast is part meal and part journey into the whimsical world of Dr. Seuss - fun for the whole family! (Extra fee of $5 per adult or child - subject to change)
Camp Ocean
Camp Ocean activities span across 11 key categories of play, including core themes of active play, games, free play, arts and crafts and digital, coupled with additional categories such as role play, music, party time, science and discovery, social and food fun, all designed to find the ideal combination of activities catering to children's varied interests. More than 200 new ocean-inspired activities will range from educational games to creative arts opportunities such as Design Your Own Aquarium, Sea Salt Art and Create a Penguin from Oreos. Examples of Activities
Penguins (Ages 2 to 5)
- Paper bag whale creation
- Musical icebergs
- Sea creature aerobics
- Ocean bingo
- Ocean songs sing-along
- Penguin Palooza: Oreo Penguin Making
Stingrays (Ages 6 to 8)
- Design your own aquarium
- Fish, fish, Shark Catch
- Seashell Arts & Crafts
- Ocean Artifacts Memory Game
- Pirate Game Night
Sharks (Ages 9 to 11)
- Design your own cruise ship
- Giant ocean wall mural
- Shark Art
- Inner tube relay
- Ocean Origami
The Badge ChallengeThe Badge Challenge will provide the opportunity for kids to earn and collect badges as a special memento of their cruise. Badge challenges will include a variety of unique activities that provide an original way for kids to learn about their vessel, experience onboard adventures and gain a sense of accomplishment. After completing tasks which may include trying a new food, making an aquatic towel animal or riding the water slide, children will collect corresponding Camp Ocean badges. At the end of the cruise, there is a special ceremony with giveaways for the three age groups. Badges can be collected over multiple cruises.
BabysittingCamp Ocean Night Owls offers babysitting for children 6 months to 11 years in the Camp Ocean playroom, allowing parents time to enjoy the nightlife without having to worry about their little ones. This service offers a "slumber party" atmosphere for your children with movie time, cartoons and room service snacks.
- Each evening 10 PM to 1 AM
- $6.75 per hour plus a 15% gratuity, per child
- Children sleep on pillows and blankets; cots are not provided.
- For infants, Pack & Plays are available for usage.
- Please Note: Carnival doesn't offer any in-cabin babysitting services.
Circle "C"
Circle "C" is the ultimate young teen program for kids ages 12 to 14 years of age. The facility features a dance floor with high-tech sound and lighting system, the latest in video gaming, and 42-inch plasma TV's that display movies and music videos. The Circle "C" program also offers a full schedule of activities and a chance for kids to meet up with people their own age in an inviting and vibrant lounge. A list of some of the activities offered follows:
- Talent Show
- Video gaming consoles
- Dance Parties
- Late Night Teen Hang
- Late Night Movies
- Video game tournaments
- Scavenger Hunts
- Karaoke
- Sporting Activities - including dodge-ball, basketball, mini-golf
- Carnival Twister Waterslide Races
Club O2
This unique club designed and dedicated for teens ages 15 to 17 years old, features its own teen director and special teen activities. The lounge offers a place for teens to hang out, meet new friends, listen to music, play video games or just chill out away from the parents. No kids or adults are allowed. Club O2 is a non-smoking and a non-alcohol lounge. A list of some of the activities offered follows:
- Music World
- Amazing Gaming
- Lounge Life
- Scavenger Hunts
- Pool Functions
- Sporting Events - volleyball, basketball, ping pong and more
- Video Game Tournaments
- Theme Parties: Hip-Hop night, Punk Rocker Night
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Green Wave will host LSU, Long Beach State and UNO for the 2009 Classic
NEW ORLEANS – The eighth annual Allstate Sugar Bowl Volleyball Classic will be hosted by Tulane University on Sept. 11-12 at Fogelman Arena. Joining the Green Wave in the event will be LSU, Long Beach State and the University of New Orleans.
Tulane will open the tournament with its Sept. 11 match against LSU. Prior to this match, the Green Wave athletic department will hold a special ceremony to unveil banners displaying the 2008 Conference USA and tournament championships, as well as a banner marking the program's first-ever trip to the NCAA tournament.
LSU begins its 2009 season with three road matches before returning home to host Nebraska, Louisiana-Lafayette and Tulane. The Tigers will then travel to New Orleans to participate in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic taking on the Green Wave in the first match of the tournament on Sept. 11 at 7 p.m., followed by Long Beach State and UNO on Sept. 12. This is LSU's fifth appearance in the Sugar Bowl Volleyball Classic.
Long Beach State will host two tournaments of its own before traveling to New Orleans for its first appearance in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Volleyball Classic. The Beach's first match will take place Sept. 11 at 4 p.m against UNO. They will face LSU at 11 a.m. on Sept. 12, followed by Tulane at 8 p.m.
UNO has not yet released it 2009 schedule, however the Privateers are set to make their fifth appearance in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Volleyball Classic.
Tulane has won the tournament for the past two consecutive years.


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- M N K Boulos, MBBCh, MSc (Derm), MSc (Med Inform), PhD
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- Religion: Coptic Orthodox Christian - I am a very strong supporter of correct ecumenism ("that they may all be one" John 17:21), but I am against non-denominationalism
- Patron saints: The Blessed Holy Virgin Mary, St. Mina the Wonder-worker and Martyr, and Pope Kyrillos VI
- Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Natural languages: Arabic, English, French
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Revision as of 21:16, 31 August 2012
This article is about a current event; it is subject to frequent revision as more information becomes available.
|The Hobbit
|Peter Jackson[1]
Andy Serkis (Second Unit Director)[2]
|Peter Jackson
Fran Walsh
Carolynne Cunningham
Philippa Boyens (Co-Producer)
Ken Kamins (Executive Producer)
Zane Weiner (Executive Producer)[1]
|Guillermo del Toro
Peter Jackson
Fran Walsh
Philippa Boyens[1]
|Martin Freeman
Ian McKellen
Richard Armitage[3]
See cast section below for more
|Howard Shore[3]
|Andrew Lesnie[3]
|New Line Cinema
Warner Bros. Pictures[1]
|Warner Bros. Pictures[1]
|The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: 14 December, 2012
The Hobbit: There and Back Again: 13 December, 2013[1]
|New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States
|Official Blog
|IMDb Profile
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: There and Back Again[note 1], and "Film Three",[note 2] known collectively as The Hobbit, are three forthcoming live-action films based upon J.R.R. Tolkien's 1937 novel of the same name.[1] The three films are being directed by Peter Jackson and are conceived as prequels to Jackson's earlier project, The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy.[3][4]
Martin Freeman has been cast to play the films' title role of Bilbo Baggins.[3] Meanwhile Richard Armitage will portray Thorin Oakenshield,[3] while Benedict Cumberbatch has been cast as Smaug.[5] Several cast members from The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy will reprise their roles, including Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey, Cate Blanchett as Galadriel, Andy Serkis as Gollum, and Elijah Wood as Frodo.[3]
Filming in New Zealand began on 21 March, 2011 and ended on 6 July, 2012;[6][7] The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is due to be released in the United States on 14 December, 2012, while The Hobbit: There and Back Again will be released on 13 December, 2013.[1]
Peter Jackson initially planned to produce two films, but following the conclusion of principal photography, and on seeing early cuts of these films, he decided that he wanted 'to tell more of the tale'. Therefore on 30 July, 2012, Jackson announced that 'two films will become three'.[4] The title of "Film Three" is unknown, but it will be released in the summer of 2014.[8]
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again are expected to follow the plot from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. The stories presented in both films will, however, include events, locations and characters not found within the novel upon which the films are based, drawing from tales written by J.R.R. Tolkien elsewhere.
According to a Warner Bros. press release for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey:
The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers.
Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever… Gollum.
Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities … A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.''
—Warner Bros. Press Release[9]
A plot description of the second, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, and third film has not yet been released.
The Hobbit as a movie has been anticipated by many fans since the release of The Lord of the Rings. Even before the pre-production began there had been and are still possible issues which could delay the production of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit. In early 2005 it came to the public attention that Jackson was suing New Line Cinema.[10] This cast doubt on whether or not The Hobbit would ever be made. Jackson later told fans that, due to the dispute, he would neither direct nor produce the film.[10] In late 2007 it was confirmed that Jackson would not direct, but would be an executive producer for two Hobbit movies.[11] It was later announced that Guillermo del Toro would direct the films, and that Jackson will be an active 'executive producer' with the possibility that he would help direct some scenes if necessary.[12]
However, on 30 May 2010 it was revealed that del Toro could no longer commit himself to direct The Hobbit films, citing the continued delays in production in his reasoning.[13] Peter Jackson later announced that he would direct both films.[14]
The Tolkien Estate's legal action against New Line Cinema
The estate has [...] asked for a court order giving them the ability to terminate any rights the studio have to make films based on other Tolkien works, including The Hobbit.
—BBC News Online[15]
Production of The Hobbit films was held up by the Tolkien Estate's legal action against New Line Cinema. The Estate should have received 7.5 per cent of all profits from the films under the agreement made by J.R.R. Tolkien with United Artists in 1969. Crucially, they also sought to stop the production of The Hobbit films until the case was settled.[15] The legal row was finally settled in September 2009 after the Tolkien Estate successfully sued New Line Cinema for breach of contract and fraud, receiving a reported $220 million in compensation.[16]
Industrial dispute in New Zealand
Even before the issue of the directorship had been settled, and before the project was given the go-ahead by the studios, the International Federation of Actors (IFA) told actors to actively avoid participation in the production of The Hobbit films.[17] The IFA issued this "Do Not Work Order", on 24 September, 2010, on the basis that the studios refused to engage in union-negotiated contracts.[18] Meanwhile the studios argued that they could not make an agreement with a trade union under New Zealand law.[17]
Peter Jackson subsequently warned that the dispute could lead to a huge delay and that production could easily transfer to Easter Europe.[19] John Key, the incumbent Prime Minister of New Zealand, weighed in on the dispute saying that he hoped the dispute would not force The Hobbit production to move overseas. He also announced that the New Zealand government had gotten involved in the discussions.[20]
Whilst the studios announced that filming would begin the following February,[21] the dispute remained unsettled. With the studios seriously considering moving the production abroad, large numbers of New Zealanders protested in Auckland, Wellington, and Christ Church.[22] A settlement was finally reached on 27 October, 2010, with the Prime Minister himself announcing the news, hoping to prevent the loss of jobs in New Zealand and to reinforce the country's Tolkien tourism industry.[23] As part of the agreement, the New Zealand government passed legislation which clarified that film industry workers are independent contractors rather than employees.[24] Filming finally began on 21 March, 2011.[6]
Film Three
At San Diego Comic-Con International 2012, Peter Jackson revealed that he hoped to film more material (based on The Appendices) in 2013; this led to speculation that there could be a third "Hobbit" film. These rumours gained substance following media reports that Jackson was in discussion with Warner Bros. about the notion of an additional film.[25]
On 30 July, 2012, Peter Jackson announced that there would indeed be a third "Hobbit" film. After watching the early cuts of the first two films, Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens decided that they wanted to take a chance to tell even more of the story.[4] He argued,
We know how much of the story of Bilbo Baggins, the Wizard Gandalf, the Dwarves of Erebor, the rise of the Necromancer, and the Battle of Dol Guldur will remain untold if we do not take this chance. The richness of the story of The Hobbit, as well as some of the related material in the appendices of The Lord of the Rings, allows us to tell the full story of the adventures of Bilbo Baggins and the part he played in the sometimes dangerous, but at all times exciting, history of Middle-earth.
—Peter Jackson[4]
Filming21 March, 2011.[6] All location filming was done at sites across New Zealand, and most on-set filming took place at Stone Street Studio, Wellington.[26] Filming also took place at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom in July, 2011. Using their F Stage and N&P Stages, the production filmed scenes with Christopher Lee who could not fly to New Zealand.[27][28]
Principal photography ended on 6 July, 2012, after 266 days filming.[7]
Technical details
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again are being filmed in 3D using RED Epic cameras. A rig designed by 3ality Technica is being used in the filming of the three films; here two cameras and a mirror are used in order to achieve an intraocular effect similar to that of a human's (the distance between the eyes). This is how the depth required for 3D film is achieved.[29]
Most of John Howe's and Alan Lee's concept art has continued to be produced in 2D. However, they have collaborated on 3D pieces using the simple red and blue 3D effect.[29]
48 frames per second
Breaking with conventional filming techniques, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again are being filmed by capturing 48 frames per second (FPS). This is twice the normal 24 frames per second and is much closer to how the human eye works, which can see 60 frames per second. This makes the film look far more realistic. When describing what people thought when they saw clips of The Hobbit shown at 48 frames per second, Peter Jackson said that it's 'like the back of the cinema has had a hole cut out of it where the screen is and you're actually looking into the real world'.[29]
Additionally, the The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again are being filmed at a 5K resolution. This is substantially larger than the conventional 1080 HD resolution. The films are being filmed digitally onto 128 GB memory cards that fit into the RED Epic camera.[29]
One of the drawbacks of filming 48 frames per second at 5K resolution is that the make-up, prosthetic, prop, set, and costume departments have to work differently. For example, the make-up and prosthetic departments have to redden up the faces of the actors much more than usual because otherwise their skin colour will turn up yellow on the final film. Furthermore, real hair has to be used in order to achieve an authentic look when it moves around.[29]
Ten minutes of footage was shown at 48 FPS during the Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon 2012. The reaction was mixed. The Los Angeles Times described the picture as 'hyper-realistic' and the Associated Press described 'vivid, with grass blades, facial lines and soaring mountains appearing luminous and pronounced. The actors looked almost touchable, as if they were performing live on stage'. However, an anonymous projectionist said that '[i]t looked like a made-for-TV movie'.[30][31]
Games and merchandise
Video games
In 2011 the Los Angeles Times reported that Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment would release a video game based on The Hobbit in 2012, before the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.[32]
On 17 December, 2011, it was announced that the Lego Group had received the rights to create Lego sets based on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The first sets on The Hobbit are scheduled to be released in the end of 2012.[33]
People involved
- Production - New Line Cinema[3]
- United States Distribution - Warner Brothers[3]
- International Distribution - MGM[3]
- Director - Peter Jackson[3]
- Second Unit Director - Andy Serkis[2]
- Producers - Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Carolynne Cunningham[3]
- Co-Producer - Philippa Boyens[3]
- Executive Producers - Ken Kamins and Zane Weiner[3]
- Writers - Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Guillermo del Toro[3]
- Director of Photography - Andrew Lesnie[3]
- Production Designer - Dan Hennah[3]
- Conceptual Designers: Alan Lee and John Howe[3]
- Composer - Howard Shore[3]
- Make-up and Hair Designer - Peter King[3]
- Costume Designers - Ann Maskrey and Richard Taylor[3]
- Design and production of weaponry, armour, and prosthetics - Weta Workshop overseen by Richard Taylor[3]
Confirmed cast
Promotional posters
|Promotional posters of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- See also: Category:Images from The Hobbit films
|Pictures from the production of The Hobbit films
Production videos
See also
- The Hobbit
- The Hobbit (1966 film)
- The Hobbit (1977 film)
- The Hobbit (1968 radio series)
- The Hobbit (1979 radio series)
- Images from The Hobbit films
External links
- TheHobbit.com (official website)
- TheHobbitBlog.com (official blog)
- Peter Jackson's Facebook page
- ↑ Since the announcement of the third film the name of the second film has been cast into some doubt. However, until such time as an announcement is made, The Hobbit: There and Back Again will be used here to refer to "Film Two" of The Hobbit trilogy.
- ↑ The title of the third film is currently unknown, see The Hobbit films#Film Three
- ↑ Ryan Gage was initially cast as Drogo Baggins (see: Earl, "Ryan Gage Tweets About Hobbit "Costume Fitting"" dated 2 August 2012, TheOneRing.net (accessed 2 August 2012)).
- ↑ Conan Stevens was initially cast as Azog (see: Peter Jackson, "Casting News for The Hobbit" dated 19 May 2011, Facebook (accessed 21 December 2011)).
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Titles and Release Dates Announced" dated 31 May 2011, The Hobbit Blog (accessed 21 December 2011)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Andy Serkis to serve as Second Unit Director" dated 8 April 2011, The Hobbit Blog (accessed 21 December 2011)
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 3.36 3.37 3.38 3.39 3.40 Peter Jackson, "Production begins in New Zealand on The Hobbit" dated 20 March 2011, Facebook (accessed 21 December 2011)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Peter Jackson, "An unexpected journery" dated 30 July 2012, Facebook (accessed 20 July 2012)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Peter Jackson, "The Hobbit Casting Update" dated 19 June 2011, Facebook (accessed 21 December 2011)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Hobbit filming finally under way" dated 21 March 2011, BBC News Online (accessed 21 December 2011)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Peter Jackson, "We made it!" dated 6 July 2012, Facebook (accessed 6 July 2012)
- ↑ New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Warner Bros. Pictures, "PETER JACKSON'S LONG-AWAITED FILMED ADAPTATION OF THE HOBBIT TO BE A TRILOGY" dated 30 July 2012, Facebook (accessed 30 July 2012)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY", Warner Bros. Canada (accessed 9 February 2012)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Director sues over Rings profits" dated 2 March 2005, BBC News (accessed 11 February 2012)
- ↑ "Jackson to produce Hobbit movies" dated 18 December 2007, BBC News (accessed 11 February 2012)
- ↑ "Del Toro to direct Hobbit movies" dated 25 April 2008, BBC News (accessed 11 February 2012)
- ↑ "Guillermo del Toro 'leaves' as director of The Hobbit" dated 1 June 2010, BBC News (accessed 11 February 2012)
- ↑ "The Hobbit gets green light, Jackson to direct" dated 16 October 2010, NZ Herald News (accessed 11 February 2012)
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Rings film studio sued for $150m" dated 12 February 2009, BBC News (accessed 11 February 2012)
- ↑ "Legal path clear for Hobbit movie" dated 8 September 2009, BBC News (accessed 11 February 2012)
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Union tell actors to avoid Hobbit films" dated 26 September 2010, BBC News (accessed 31 July 2012)
- ↑ "FIA Do Not Work Order: 'The Hobbit'" dated 24 September 2010, The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (accessed 31 July 2012)
- ↑ "Peter Jackson threatens Hobbit shutdown" dated 27 September 2010, BBC News (accessed 31 July 2012)
- ↑ "Hobbit movie 'should stay in New Zealand' says PM" dated 4 October 2010, BBC News (accessed 31 July 2012)
- ↑ "The Hobbit to begin filming in February next year" dated 17 October 2010, BBC News (accessed 31 July 2012)
- ↑ "New Zealanders rally behind Hobbit shoot" dated 25 October 2012, BBC News (accessed 31 July 2012)
- ↑ "The Hobbit will be made in New Zealand, PM confirms" dated 27 October 2012, BBC News (accessed 31 July 2012)
- ↑ "Hobbit legislation passed in New Zealand" dated 29 October 2010, BBC News (accessed 31 July 2012)
- ↑ Ben Fritz, Steven Zeitchik and Nicole Sperling, "[1]" dated 24 July 2012, Los Angeles Times (accessed 26 July 2012)
- ↑ Peter Jackson, "THE HOBBIT, Production Video #7" dated 6 June 2011, Facebook (accessed 6 June 2012)
- ↑ "The Hobbit at Pinewood", Pinewood Studios (accessed 2 August 2012)
- ↑ Peter Jackson, "THE HOBBIT, Production Video #3" dated 21 July 2011, Facebook (accessed 2 August 2012)
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 Peter Jackson, "THE HOBBIT, Production Video #4" dated 4 November 2011, Facebook (accessed 10 February 2012)
- ↑ "Peter Jackson unveils new Hobbit footage" dated 25 April 2012, BBC News (accessed 31 July 2012)
- ↑ "CinemaCon: Footage of 'The Hobbit' draws mixed reaction" dated 24 April 2012, Los Angeles Times (accessed 31 July 2012)
- ↑ Ben Fritz, "Warner's approach to video games is paying off" dated 18 October 2011, Las Angeles Times (accessed 2 March 2012)
- ↑ "Building sets based on THE LORD OF THE RINGS™ Trilogy and the Two Films Based on THE HOBBIT" dated 16 December 2011, lego.com (accessed 2 March 2012)
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 Peter Jackson, "Casting news!" dated 30 April 2011, Facebook (accessed 21 December 2011)
- ↑ Evie Bowman, "EXCLUSIVE! Q&A WITH HOBBIT ACTOR JOHN BELL" dated 3 July 2012, Middle-earth Network News (accessed 4 July 2012)
- ↑ Peter Jackson, "Ten years ago,..." dated 27 May 2011, Facebook (accessed 21 December 2011)
- ↑ "Billy Connolly lands dwarf role in The Hobbit" dated 9 February 2012, BBC News (accessed 9 February 2012)
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Peter Jackson, "Casting News for The Hobbit" dated 19 May 2011, Facebook (accessed 21 December 2011)
- ↑ Peter Jackson, "One comment that..." dated 22 April 2011, Facebook (accessed 21 December 2011)
- ↑ "Christopher Lee will star in the Hobbit prequel" dated 8 February 2011, The Telegraph (accessed 21 December 2011)
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 Ian McKellen, "2 Elves and another Wizard" dated 10 May 2011, Ian McKellen's website (accessed 21 December 2011)
- ↑ "Persbrandt den bäste för jobbet" dated 30 April 2011, AFTONBLADET (accessed 21 December 2011)
- ↑ MrCere, "Exclusive: 'Hobbit's' Conan Stevens chats with TORn" dated 22 April 2012, TheOneRing.net (accessed 2 August 2012)
|Licensed film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's works
|The Hobbit (1966) · The Hobbit (1977) · The Lord of the Rings (1978) · The Return of the King (1980) · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) · The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) · The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) · The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)


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Share your vision?CAD visualization tools1 Aug, 2003 By: Ron LaFon
Helping you take an image from your minds eye and expressing it for others to see is one of the most powerful achievements of modern computer systems and visualization software. Visualization was once the domain of high-end graphics studios, but today, even when you explore the Internet, you find numerous examples of 3D visualization and rendering. Renderings popularity has led to some fragmentation of the market, both in software and software/hardware combinations. The field is growing more diversified.
For this survey, Cadalyst Labs requested products that had been updated since last year's survey. This eliminated several popular applications that don't have significant updates.
This month we concentrate on visualization applications that either provide rendering and visualization capabilities only or combine such capabilities with the ability to create models. Both these approaches assume that you complete the final rendering on your normal hardware, although that is not the only option. "Processing power" (below) looks at online render farms and a hardware and software combination that could be the basis of your own in-house render farm.
"Other rendering options" (below) include rendering technology that's part of a broad spectrum of visualization software currently on the marked and a popular postrendering application designed to create the look of traditional media once you render the basic model.
With faster processors, high-capacity hard drives, speedy graphics cards,
and heavy doses of both system and video RAM, current computer systems are better
equipped than ever before to handle the demands of rendering and visualization.
Indeed, it seems that we're entering what may just turn out to be a golden age
of visualization.
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�Well, I�d rather my man would hit me/than follow him to jump up and quit me. Ain�t nobody�s business if I do.�
So sang Billie Holiday, back when it was considered �OK� to knock a woman around, and for the woman to accept it. (Even Clark Gable�s character, speaking about Claudette Colbert�s character in 1934�s �It Happened One Night� said, �What she needs is a guy who�d take a sock at her once a day whether she deserves it or not.�)
But that was then. Romantic comedies don�t treat hitting women as funny anymore. And women don�t sing about how they�d rather be hit than abandoned.
That is, unless you are Rihanna. The singer�s new album is titled �Unapologetic.� The most controversial song on it is a duet with her ex, Chris Brown, titled �Nobody�s Business.� (Brown pled guilty to battering Rihanna three years ago. Who could forget the photos of her bruised and swollen face?)
But almost immediately, it seemed that Rihanna wasn�t as upset about the incident as was the media. It appeared she took to heart the cries from women�s groups that if she �forgave� Chris Brown it would send a bad message to her young fans. She was only 21 at the time. Or was it that she took to heart advice from her PR people?
In any case, Brown has never really been out of her life. She was always running into him. She has wept over the beating (with Oprah, naturally) but the suggestion lingered that as traumatized as she had been, she wasn�t ready to cast him off. Indeed, that she might even have encouraged or enjoyed or felt she deserved this kind of �attention.� She has given out signals that she doesn�t mind �danger� in relationships.
This is a far cry from the S-and-M posturing of Madonna in her heyday. Everybody knew The Big M was just looking for new ways to shock. Rihanna has also shocked. But there is a disturbing feeling she�s not posing or kidding.
Rihanna is the token hot woman on one of the current GQ �Men of the Year� covers. (Channing Tatum is another cover, named as �Movie Star of the Year.�) She is half-naked, of course.
Whatever. As Billie Holiday exuberantly sang, and now Rihanna boldly declares � it�s �nobody�s business.� I suppose that�s true. But we can�t help worrying.
And this CD �reconciliation� whether personal or merely professional, doesn�t send a good message to young women or young men. Don�t ever go back to men who hit you. And don�t ever hit a woman. Period.


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Okay, as some of you know I'm heading to Sydney next week for a little family fun in the sun down under style.
The flight is long. I would like to read a book about history. Something that I can read a chapter here and a chapter there.
I'm endlessly impressed with this board's collective educational insights so I'm looking for some book recommendations.
Since I'm asking, here's one of my own. If you're interested in learning about the history of the American medical industry try Paul Starr's Social Transformation of American Medicine. It won a Pulitzer Prize for best non fiction and it explains so many things about why our complicated medical system is the way it is today. It's not stuffy and you don't need to be a doctor to understand things. You can also pick it up at any chapter and read what time periods are of interest to you.


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Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Quentin, Street
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Tom-Interesting stuff as always-I've seen you mention, on a few occasions that a Padres hitter might be a better fit in the NL Central....I can only think, what hitter wouldn't? More hitter friendly parks would be good for anyone wouldn't they?ReplyDelete
Personally speaking I am slightly ambivalent about both signings, but thought they got a good deal on both contracts. Quentin has been a legit MVP candidate on at least 2 occasions and Street is underpaid by at least 1-2M per year, with an option instead of a 3rd guaranteed year.
Mark, Yep, NL Central is a great place to be a hitter and would be better for any SDP. I just think the smaller OFs there also would be good for Quentin's D and his knees. (AL even better for him in that sense of course). Not sure I agree about Street being underpaid because I've seen so relievers kill it for SDP after costing almost nil, but hard to argue if he keeps pitching like this or 90 percent of this.ReplyDelete
I think both signings made a great deal of sense. Padres need a clean up hitter for the next couple of years and Quentin is 1/2 the price of, for example, Joey Votto. See how impt he has been this year when he got into the line up and they cleaned out the detritus. WRT Street if the Padres are to play .500 ball next year with young players it would be crippling to their confidence if multiple leads get blown in the ninth. Both really good moves.ReplyDeleteReplies
Totally agree on the confidence a young team needs with a good closer. I love Heath Bell, but his inablility to lock down the game in the ninth crippled the Marlins early in the year. Would hate to see that happen to the Friars.Delete
- AnonymousAugust 9, 2012 at 2:01 PM
Quentin's presence in the lineup seems to have an effect. In the 49 games before he played his first game, the Padres averaged 3.11 runs/game. In the 55 games he's played they've averaged 4.47 runs/game, and in the 9 games he wasn't in the lineup, the padres have scored 3.11 runs/game again. Since he got off the DL though the Padres are 26-29 when he's played, but 6-3 when he didn't play. That's .500 ball overall - they were 17-32 while he was on the DL.ReplyDelete
I think Josh Byrnes was looking at having an established closer due to Buddy Black's insistence that it's the key to a good bullpen. With a good closer, all the other relievers fall into their roles, and the middle relievers become interchangeable. The Padres have had a great run of bullpens with Trevor and Heath as anchors, so maybe there's something to it.Replies
IMO the runs per game stat is more telling than the wins and losses. Wins and losses does not take into account who was on the mound aka our number 9, 10 and ll starters.Delete
I know injuries are a part of the game, but i don' think there is a team out there that could have overcome what our starting staff has gone through this year.
It seems as though the front office realizes this and is planning on adding to this team, rather than tearing it down and starting all over.
I like where they are headed.
Hope they keep Headley around, at least until Gyrko proves he is better.


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A federal judge could decide as soon as tomorrow whether Stockton can go forward with bankruptcy.
A federal judge could decide as soon as tomorrow whether Stockton can go forward with bankruptcy.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein is expected make that call during a hearing in Sacramento. He could order a trial for sometime in the next couple of months. Or he could dismiss objections from city creditors and allow bankruptcy to proceed.
Of the choices, the city naturally favors the latter with Klein ruling the city is eligible for bankruptcy protection. That would allow the city to write a plan of adjustment, restructuring city debts.
In filings in advance of Tuesday's hearing the city reasonably argues the city did all it could to avoid bankruptcy.
Over three deficit years the city cut $90 million from its budget, and the City Council faced another $26 million deficit on July 1. In the face of a soaring homicide rate, the city cut its police force by 25 percent. That's hardly something any city with money in the bank would do.
Before throwing itself on the mercy of the court, the city went through months of costly state-mandated negotiations with creditors.
Those were largely fruitless, although to their credit the city's employee unions have negotiated contracts giving the city some breathing room.
But at the same time the city was in pre-bankruptcy filing negotiations, some of the creditors at the table were seizing city assets, three downtown parking garages and the Chase bank building that was to have become the new City Hall.
You simply can't ask - despite what creditors insist - a city to essentially dismantle its police and fire departments, shutter its libraries and after-school programs, and abandon road and parks maintenance.
By this thinking, the creditors might argue that they are entitled to the city's water and sewer system receipts.
The reality is this: the creditors took a chance on Stockton. Their bet went south.
Nobody goes into bankruptcy lightly, certainly no municipality. To do so as a city is to stand before the public, egg on your face and admit you goofed up. Big time!
It also is to put yourself in the position of having a tough time convincing future creditors you're good for it.
Stockton had no choice, the protestations of its creditors notwithstanding.
We only hope Judge Klein sees it that way Tuesday.