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Here's the thing about the Tweet Bag: Back when it started, we thought it would be a funny way to mock the hacky mailbag columns in which some writers (who could that be?) indulge to basically fill space.
But here's the kooky thing that happened along the way: We started to like tweet bagging, because it actually gives us a better sense of what's on your mind, and helps us take the pulse of Blue Jays fans who are literate enough to compose a tweet clever enough to be answered. (All of which might be a high-minded bit of bluster that rationalizes our own hacky tendencies. Which is fine. We're vaguely comfortable with that.)
Let's dive into the Tweet Bag like Scrooge McDuck into his vault of coins. (Which would have hurt like hell when you really think about it. But we probably shouldn't get too literal about the physics of walking-talking mallards wearing spats.)
Batting leadoff! @trevorlibrarian asks: In your opinion, does Kansas City still have the finest ballpark in all of baseball?
For almost as long as we can remember, we've loved Kaufman Stadium. It just seems like a perfectly formed ballpark, and the sort of place where we'd spend hours in a state of baseball-induced bliss. Or at least, we did...
We'll confess to a touch of old dude conservatism, and the new party patios and the like that they've added beyond the outfield fence (see here) does take some of the beauty away from the old configuration, with the (admittedly useless) lawn surround the fountains. Still, you could do much worse. And frankly, if they've turned the outfield into a party atmosphere, they've figured out something which Rogers has not: That wasted space in the outfield can be enlivened. Pull down the windows! Party Patio!
Bottom line: We'll still give Kauffman the nod as our favorite park, though PNC in Pittsburgh is right there as well. (And no, we've not actually BEEN to either. We're lucky to make it to the SkyDome a couple of times per year!)
Batting second (we presume you're a lefty), @guestale asks: Who will take Rivera and EE off of our hands in order to let Lawrie, Loewen, and Snider get much needed major league AB's?
To quote W. Axl Rose:
Said woman take it slow
It'll work itself out fine
All we need is just a little patience
Said sugar make it slow
And we'll come together fine
All we need is just a little patience
(Mind you, Axl was probably singing this shortly after a coke-fuelled beating of some random chick, so take that as you will.)
The point here is that two of those three players are still young, still developing and still need seasoning before they're ready to become all that they can be. (And the other guy is just a sort of curiosity who doesn't really have a place to play. But remind me to tell you one day about Joe Vitiello. That's a good story, and quite germane.) We know that it drives you nuts to sit there and stare at the numbers that those guys are putting up in the PCL like they are gifts nestled beneath a Douglas fir and it's two weeks before you're allowed to unwrap them. But relax. They'll be here in good time.
Besides: No one is giving the Jays anything for EE and/or Rivera (at least, not yet) so we might as well buckle down and see if they can make themselves useful.
Batting third! @E_Pintar asks: What's the air speed velocity of an unladen sparrow? Also what should the team do with Cooper? He's killing AAA again...
Since you asked: Joe Vitiello was a career minor league hitter, and one year, he came to play for the hometown Ottawa Lynx. And damn it if that guy didn't rake. A .910 OPS, 82 RBI in 119 games. As a 24 year old in the Royals system in Omaha, he cranked it out, posting a .966 OPS with a .440(!) OBP. And moreover, he posted a .908 OPS in 10 seasons at Triple-A.
Oh yeah. There's the rub. In seven seasons and 282 games in the big leagues, Joe Vitiello managed to put up a .749 OPS. Which is nothing to be ashamed of, really. (We're still scared of the ball...given 100 ABs, we figure we might hit one ball solidly.) Still, Cooper faces the same problem as Vitiello: He's a corner infielder who might be able to post decent numbers at the MLB level, but never enough to warrant a regular spot in the lineup.
Still, the Jays should hang on to Cooper until they can't anymore.
The cleanup hitter! @GrubersMullet asks: Time for AA to trade Corey Patterson (aka Tropic Thunder) while he's hot?
Okay, first of all: THANK YOU. We spent all season trying to figure out who it was that Corey Patterson resembled, and we knew it was a white actor, but we couldn't quite figure it out. But there is was all along:
As for trading Patterson, we'd be all for it, though 1) Patterson has yet to reach the value that Alex Gonzalez hit last season, so don't figure on getting another Yunel, because 2) We don't suppose that any team is going to come begging to be fleeced in the same manner that the gold ole boys in Atlanta wished to be.
In the five-hole! @CountyPride asks: Explain to me why I should be happy Frank Francisco is part of the Blue Jays bullpen?
Because for his career, Frank Francisco strikes out almost 10 batters (9.97 if you want to be picky) per nine innings. And when it comes to a guy at the back of your bullpen who is going to have to pitch in high leverage situations, you're going to need a guy who can blow it past people. Pitching to contact is all well and good when you're a starter trying to eat innings, but when you absolutely, positively need to get outs, taking the bat out of the hitter's hands before he has the opportunity to put bleeders and bloops in play is a vital skill.
And as dodgy as Francisco has been this season, he's still striking out 9.39/9. His home run rate (2.20/9) should come back closer to his career number (0.93/9), and then he'll look far more like the guy you want closing games out.
Batting sixth! @Alleycat17 asks: How long should Carlos V be a starter and when do you think we will see Cecil in a #BlueJays jersey next?
As long as Villaneuva pitches well, we'd be fine with leaving him in the rotation. He pounds strikes down in the zone, and doesn't give up a ton of free passes, so for now, we'd be inclined to leave him in this role. As for Cecil: He'll have to string together four or five good starts consecutively before he returns. We wouldn't want to hazard a guess on how soon that is, but don't be surprised if the leaves are turning colours by the time he's back.
Quickly through the bottom of the order! Batting seventh, @And_rewM asks: Do you want to see Bautista in the Homerun Derby?
Yes, we do. In fact, we're not watching the Derby this year unless he's in it. (Because truth be told, it's incredibly boring, and no one should subject themselves to four hours of Chris Berman. That's just not healthy.)
We presume that part of what motivates your question, though, is a concern that the One Man Gang will somehow screw up his swing and be forever lost after his participation. Poppycock. Bautista has an astoundingly well balanced swing, and no extended batting practice session is going to set him astray.
Batting 8th, @timmyd_ asks: Jays are 4th in MLB in SB with lower SB% than any other team in top 9. Jays also 4th in MLB in runs. Should they steal less?
Saying that the Jays should steal less is probably an oversimplification. But yeah, they should probably be a bit more judicious about how often they set baserunners loose. (For one thing, Corey Patterson seems hell bent on getting Bautista intentionally walked in recent weeks.) Part of improving the base running game is getting smarter about when go, and the Jays seem to be approaching the running game like they are the Duke Boys being pursued by Roscoe P. Coltrane.
Of course, this supposes that stolen bases are the goal of the Jays' running game, and there is an argument that they simply want to create a constant sense of apprehension in the minds of their opponents by getting crazy on the basepaths. That sort of anarchy can be ugly to look at.
In the ninth spot in the lineup, we'll squeeze in three questions, because they're all related:
@dave_church asks: Oh authority on all things Blue Jays, here's one for you: Who gets called (back) up first, Zach Stewart, or Travis Snider?
@BonnieMacD asks: how's Snider doing? When do you think we'll see him with Jays again?
@Nick0rz asks: Is Snider going to carry the team into the promised land with his huge thighs, or should he convert himself to a LOOGY?
First things first: Snider has an OPS of .750, including a slugging percentage of .382. We're not seeing how those numbers are coming together, but it seems as though he's not hitting the ball hard anymore (one homer since his demotion). And this is the PCL. Chris Woodward is sluggin .429, for chrissakes!
Now, we've heard the stories (as you have as well, we're sure) that the Jays are reworking his swing, because it had reached a point where it was ugly and easily exploited by breaking balls. (Also, Snider would swing so hard at high fastballs that his head would come off the ball and he'd miss badly.) We're optimistic that when Snider returns, he'll come back with a swing that is sound and measured, and he'll be back for good. But we wouldn't anticipate that promotion coming until September at the earliest. And Zach Stewart? He might make it here in September, but we wouldn't assume so, given his record so far this year.
Snider's got work to do. Better that he do it down there.
Extra Innings!
Because you take the time to write, we'll take the time to answer, even if it's brief.
@Tdotfanatic - go out on a limb - JoJo win streak at 3 after tonight? Blog policy: No predictions about Jo-Jo. We fear we've cursed him before, and we won't do it again.
@austinja - any advice on how I should deal with obnoxious Red Sox fans at the box office this weekend? They're the worst. Don't be preemptively obnoxious. We've found a lot of Sox fans at the games to be perfectly well behaved. And if they're not, don't confront them. Just pretend that you're on safari, observing the Fitzys and Sullys.
@gilbertpeter - give me your wish of what the #jays lineup should look like in June 2012! We're not one to get ahead of the game, and frankly, we're pretty happy to live in the here and now. But since you asked: We're happy to have JPA, Lind, Yunel and JoBau back, and we hope that a productive Lawrie and Snider are part of the mix at that point. And it would be really cool if Hechevarria and Gose were ready too. See! We're not immune to prospect pron!
@i_toye - Kyle Drabek: trade now or wait till the deadline? That's beyond stupid.
Finally: @awlang - Lind and Bautista have both been great, but I don't really remember them being "hot" at the same time. How awesome will this be? Pretty awesome. (I think...I'm not totally sure what you're saying here.)
That's it! Thanks for the questions, and thanks for reading through the whole post (supposing you have, and that you didn't just skip ahead). The finest Weekend Editor in the land, The Ack, will be back with more goodness this weekend. (And doesn't he deserve more opportunities to stretch his wings and bring some fresh air to this place?) Show him some love.
Also: Sunscreen. Don't kid yourself.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Friday Tweet Bag! We Know Stuff About Stuff!
5 comments:
- Ian said...
For the record, the Drabek comment was sarcastic. Although I've actually heard people suggest that.
- June 10, 2011 at 1:48 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Aha...irony doesn't always translate in tweeted form.
- June 10, 2011 at 1:59 PM
Berman is beyond painful. Jo-Jo has 26 starts to go before his next loss.
- June 10, 2011 at 2:36 PM
Been to all the current stadiums (46 total,) and Kauffman is right there at the top of my list. Haven't been since the renovation, but it was a fantastic place to watch a game. (Full disclosure - it probably helped that I had zero expectations when I visited.)
- June 10, 2011 at 2:47 PM
Just in case no one else mentioned it, Ewing Kauffman married a Toronto girl:
- June 11, 2011 at 9:30 AM
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Published in 2006 by HarperCollins
Published in 2007 by HarperCollins
Fast, furious, and out of control.
This is not the world of the future—it's the world right now.
Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blonds becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in only four hundred genes; is that why a chimp fetus resembles a human being? And should that worry us? There's a new genetic cure for drug addiction—is it worse than the disease?
We live in a time of momentous scientific leaps, a time when it's possible to sell our eggs and sperm online for thousands of dollars and to test our spouses for genetic maladies. We live in a time when one-fifth of all our genes are owned by someone else—and an unsuspecting person and his family can be pursued cross-country because they happen to have certain valuable genes within their chromosomes….
The future is closer than you think.
In His Own Words
Part of what interested me was the classic issue of nature, nurture —how our understanding of our genetic material now that it's all been decoded mostly and we really have a better understanding of how we interact with it, how it interacts with the environment. So what is the deal with nature, nurture? I mean it's been a debate for my whole lifetime and it turns out to be enormously complicated and really interesting and I start to envision the Genome as a kind of cloud that is interactive with the environment and it's really interesting.
That's just my idea. No one else holds it. And part of that leads me to think I want to do the book to be in a way analogous to the Genome. The genome accumulates bits and pieces of genetic material over time. They get viruses. They get incorporated and so I start incorporating a fair number of things that are just true stories that I stick in the book.
From the Official Archives
In 2005, Michael Crichton returned to the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, where he had done postdoctoral work, to attend a conference on Genetics and Law sponsored by the Jefferson Institute. He was surprised and outraged by what he learned about the current laws regarding a range of issues in genetics. He immediately put aside what he had been working on, and began research for the book that became Next. He modeled the structure after the genome itself incorporating fragments of popular culture, wrote a series of stories that sometimes interconnected, and sometimes didn't. The result was a very atypical novel.
Reviewer response was positive. Publisher's Weekly called it
- "an ambitious effort to show what's wrong with the U.S.'s current handling of gene patents and with the laws governing human tissues…few can match Crichton in crafting page-turners with intellectual substance."
NPR liked the
- "fascinating dramatic situations that hold a reader's attention down to the last page."
The Wall Street Journal referred to
- "his uncanny prescience in choosing subjects where fact will soon catch up with his fiction…He makes five eminently sensible policy suggestions…they might chafe some biotech companies, but they are essentially pro-market and pro-research."
In 2007, a conference was held on "Legal and Ethical Issues in Michael Crichton's Next" at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. The participants examined the legal status of and disputes over the human body, and discussed potential policy, legislative or other legal solutions. The discussion touched upon the commercialization of academic science, conflicts in biomedical research, and gene patents.
In early 2007, Xavier Becerra (D-Calif) and Dave Weldon (R-Fla) introduced legislation to ban gene patents—HR. 977, the Genomic Research and Accessibility Act.
As in several previous books, Michael Crichton put his own personal conclusions at the end of the book, in a separate section.You can read that section here: Author's Note from NEXT
In 2006 Michael Crichton called for the end of gene patents in this Author's Note which appeared in Next. In June 2013 the United States Supreme Court ruled that human genes may not be patented.
Viral Marketing Campaign for Next
Fact vs. Fiction
Many reviewers and some journalists have been unclear about what parts of Next are fact, and what is fiction. The usual response has been to assume that the most outrageous elements in the narrative are fiction, yet many are not. Here is a list of what is real:
Taking cells by eminent domain. Although some attorneys have found this idea far-fetched, in fact lawyers for UCLA threatened to do exactly that in the famous case of John Moore (1980.)
Humans and Chimps Interbred Until Recently. Research reported accurately in the novel.
Stem Cell Debate Rages. A straightforward summary of the state of research, and the scandal involving Korean researcher Hwang.
Human chimeras. More than fifty have been discovered in the last decade, initially as a result of a paternity dispute.
Theft of cadaver bones and body parts. Thefts described in the book have been reported around the world.
Blondes becoming extinct. A fabricated story reported by the BBC, debunked by the Washington Post and more thoroughly by the excellent site snopes.com. Eventually the World Health Organization felt compelled to issue a press release. That didn't prevent the Times of London from repeating the story a couple of years later. (Best debunking headline: "Blondes Extinction Report Is Pigment of Imagination," from the Times of India.)
Cytokine storms. A well-known cause of death from gene replacement therapy.
Scientists Grow Miniature Ear In Lab. As reported by MIT.
Submarine patents. As described.
Sociability gene. Identification of several such behavioral genes has been claimed, invariably with fanfare. However (as the novel says) nobody has ever proven that a single gene causes a single human behavioral trait.
Transgenic cactus. Created by artist Laura Cinti, as described. A subject of ongoing controversy.
Glowing transgenic rabbit. Created by Eduardo Kac, as described. The French lab that made the rabbit would not turn it over to Kac, however.
Pig wings. Created as described.
Transgenic zeba fish. Created and marketed as described.
Talking transgenic parrot. There is at least one gray parrot with a claimed vocabulary of more than 950 words, but it is not transgenic.
Genes for gayness, violence, sleep, alcoholism. All have been reported, none have been subsequently verified.
Neanderthals were first blondes. Reported by Times of London.
Canavan gene litigation ends. Reported accurately.
Professors and academics are "strikingly immature." Report of work of Dr. Bruce Charlton. Quotes are accurate.
Genetic Savings & Clone. A real business (now bankrupt) that offered to clone dead pet cats.
Girls sell their eggs for big money after taking fertility drugs. World-wide phenomenon, began several years ago.
Anonymous sperm donor traced by offspring. Happens all the time.
Doctors claim patient deaths from gene therapy needn't be reported because they are proprietary information. So claimed at more than one university.
Major universities have been caught not giving informed consent to patients. The named universities have indeed been caught.
Giant cockroaches as GM pets. Proposed by an artist, who put photographs on the Internet.
Prime Minister's Fat Sold. A Swiss artist created, and sold, a bar of soap from what he claimed was Berlusconi's liposuctioned fat.
Speedboat Racer Bums Around. Peter Bethune built a speedboat powered by fat, obtained in part from his own buttocks.
Artist Cooks, Eats Own Body Fat. Marco Evaristti made meatballs from his own liposuctioned fat, ate some of them, and said he would sell the rest. It's not known whether he did so.
Cavemen preferred blondes. Published research of anthropologist Peter Frost accurately reported.
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Twins Rally to Defeat Tigers 4-3
DETROIT - The Minnesota Twins scored three runs in the eighth to rally past the Detroit Tigers 4-3 on Sunday.
Minnesota took advantage of a poor defensive play from Rajai Davis, when an RBI single from Josmil Pinto skipped past him and allowed Joe Mauer to score. Eduardo Nunez then hit the tiebreaking single to score Pinto.
Samuel Deduno turned in a good start for the Twins, going six innings and allowing three earned runs off of six hits while striking out five. Glen Perkins got four outs for his 10th save this season.
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2011: All-American (800 Free Relay) … NEWMAC first team All-Conference (400 IM, 800 Free Relay) … NEWMAC second team All-Conference (200 IM) … NEWMAC Academic All-Conference … picked up a pair of wins in the 200 free at Wellesley (11/16) and vs. Colby (1/14) … third at the distance in two other meets … won three times in the 200 back … best time of the regular season was a 2:06.52 that was good for second at the MIT Invitational (12/2) … second in four other meets as well … won the 200 fly at Bowdoin (1/19) … in seven races in the 200 IM she won at Bowdoin and was second in the other six … won twice in the 400 IM at the MIT Invitational and at the New England Invitational (11/5) … won the 400 IM at the NEWMAC Championships with a B cut effort of 4:32.25 … swam the leadoff on the conference champion 800 free relay … fourth in the 200 back … second in the 200 IM with another B cut of 2:07.62 … at the NCAA Championships she swam leg two for the eighth-place 800 free relay.
2010: Two-time All-American … saw most of her action in backstroke and IM events … first team All-NEWMAC in the 200 back, 400 IM and 800 free relay … second team All-NEWMAC in the 200 IM and 200 free relay … won the 100 back against Tufts (1/22) … won five 200 back races during the regular season … also won the 200 IM three times and 400 IM twice … second in the 200 IM at the NEWMAC Championships … won the 400 IM title in a meet and school record time of 4:29.45 … won the 200 back in 2:06.18 to set a pool record … swam the third leg on the conference champion 800 free relay that set a meet and school record of 7:35.86 … honorable mention All-American at the NCAA Championships in the 400 IM, finishing 16th … part of an honorable mention All-America relay (11th in the 800 free).
Out of the Pool at MIT: Majoring in materials science and engineering with a minor in energy studies and a concentration in archaeology … working on developing a sheer-thinning, injectable hydrogel to help stop internal bleeding and act as a scaffold for tissue regrowth in the Olsen and McKinley Labs at MIT … Bilotti-Wood Memorial Scholarship … Meagher Memorial Scholarship … coaches with the Braddock Heights Barracudas swim team … volunteered at a local women's shelter.
High School: A 2010 graduate of Middletown High School … national finalist for the Wendy's High School Heisman … 10-time state champion … broke eight school records … USA Swimming Scholastic All-American … three-time Frederick County Swimmer of the Year … Frederick County Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Valedictorian … Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award … AP Scholar with Distinction.
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Following the Democratic Convention, intial polling suggested that Elizabeth Warren had taken the lead over Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate race. More recently, a poll by WBUR/MassINC put Warren ahead by 5 points, 47-42.
But now comes a poll by UMass Lowell/Boston Herald, taken during basically the same period as the WBUR poll, that puts Brown ahead by 50-44. The poll also shows, however, that Brown's lead (assuming the reliability of the poll) is not as solid as its size suggests. Nearly one in three Brown backers say they could change their mind before Election Day, compared to just 19 percent for Warren.
Thus, the Brown-Warren race looks like the same toss-up it has been, more or less, all along.
The race will enter a new phase tonight when the candidates hold their first debate (of four). The debate begins at 7:00 p.m. (EST).
Warren will want to show that she's likeable. Brown will want to confirm that he's independent. On its face, Brown's task seems easier, although one never knows with debates where the random gaffe can be key.
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Nouriel Roubini whipped out the \"b\" word on Thursday, telling Maria Bartiromo at Fox Business Network that we\'re at the beginning of a credit bubble. We\'re not on the brink of a major collapse, but we might be getting there, he cautioned.
The New York University professor and chairman of Roubini Global Economics is known as something of an economic pessimist, though he\'s become slightly more optimistic recently. (Still, here are six of his risks.)
The Federal Reserve will keep its key lending rate low even after it lifts off from near zero, where it has rested for the past half decade, Roubini said. That slow process of normalization will keep the spigot of borrowing flowing, helping support the economy. But it will also lead to risky lending practices. Hence, a bubble is inflating that could eventually pop.
He\'s by no means the first person to make this claim: the question of financial stability is one of the key criticisms of the Fed\'s accommodative policies. Roubini didn\'t criticize the central bank, so much as say that the Fed is damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you don\'t.
Roubini cited the return of some of the key characters associated with the period before the last financial collapse: Lots of low quality bond sales, debt without strong protections for bondholders, and a certain kind of risky security called PIK-toggle bonds. The economist says:
\"All the risky things that were happening back in '06 and '07 are back again to the same level, if not more. So we are in the beginning of a credit bubble, but just the beginning.\"
So file this one under \"not imminent.\" The risks won\'t build until about a year or two down the road, he said.
If it\'s not happening immediately, when will it happen? Valuations are getting pretty high, prompting junk bond guru Martin Fridson to say the asset class is in a state of \"extreme overvaluation.\" Credit is in such high demand right now that it\'s prompting big name investors like DoubleLine Capital\'s Jeffrey Gundlach to declare that the asset class is too crowded.
Citi credit strategist Matt King, who is out with an extensive report this week about the current state of the credit market, has this chart to show:
King says the eventual reversal out of credit seems \"problematic\", comparing it to a rubber band that will eventually snap back. Nonetheless, like Roubini, King doesn\'t see the reversal happening immediately, citing money that continues to rush into the market. For now, credit investors appear to be stuck in an uneasy equilibrium.
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Weavers Way Co-op's Environment Committee invites community groups from the surrounding area in Mt. Airy, Germantown, East Falls, West Oak Lane and Chestnut Hill to submit proposals for grants to make tangible improvements for the community. Funds may be used for such projects as planting trees and gardens, garden equipment, and environmentally based educational programs. Grants range from $100 to $400, depending on available funds and number of qualified applicants.
The deadline for submission of proposals is March 15. Decisions will be made by early April. Visit www.weaversway.coop to download a form and guidelines, or pick them up at Weavers Way's stores in Mt. Airy or Chestnut Hill.
Last year's recipients included: Chestnut Hill Garden District toward benches for their garden; Ogontz Library for garden supplies for their afterschool program; C.W. Henry School for supplies for their school garden; Hope Garden at Stenton Family Manor toward a fence for their garden; Hansberry Garden and Nature Center for garden supplies; West Central Germantown Neighbors for a garden at the Tulpehocken Station; Wissahickon Charter School Afterschool Program for their garden; Summit Children's Program for garden supplies; E. Mt. Airy Community Garden Network for garden supplies; Historic RittenhouseTown for native plants and shrubs for their restoration project; and Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnerships for garden supplies.


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Mrazek to make NHL debut in goal for Red Wingsby NHL.com Staff
ST. LOUIS -- Mike Babcock felt like Jimmy Howard couldn't play 48 straight games, so the Detroit Red Wings coach is going to give a young Czech Republic native his first experience in the National Hockey League.
Petr Mrazek will make his NHL debut tonight when the Red Wings face the St. Louis Blues at Scottrade Center.
Mrazek, 20, was recalled as the Red Wings have a host of injuries, including to goalies Jonas Gustavsson (groin) and Joey MacDonald (back). Plus, Babcock said he feels like Howard needs a break. He's started all nine games for the Red Wings this season and in a compressed schedule could use a breather.
"We didn't think [Howard] could play 48 straight, so we thought we better give him [a night off]," Babcock said. "This whole time we thought we'd be getting another goalie back. We just assumed that Gus would play, maybe MacDonald would play, but that never happened so we felt after the last two games that Howie needed a mental break. ... He needs a day where he doesn't have to think about getting another start."
Mrazek, who played for the Czech Republic at the 2011 World Junior Championships and was named to the tournament's all-star team, including the top goaltender award, was 16-7-1 for the Red Wings' American Hockey League affiliate in Grand Rapids. He had a 2.26 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage and was a member of the Western Conference all-star team.
"I'm really excited," said Mrazek, who includes Dominik Hasek and Marc-Andre Fleury as his idols growing up. "I didn't expect it to happen that fast, but I can't wait for tonight. I will try and do my best to stop the pucks tonight. I will enjoy every minute on the ice."
Babcock said, "This kid ... he's been the berries everywhere he's been, so let's watch him.
"He just wins," Babcock added. "Nothing seems to faze him ... he just wins. Grand Rapids was 0-4-1 when he arrived there, and then all he did was come there and change the whole thing."
The Red Wings are beginning a stretch of three games in four days.


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No video clips from the third inning of the Dodgers' 11-3 loss to the New York Mets on Sunday will be saved for future highlight reels. The Mets' five-run outburst eliminated any chance of the Dodgers separating themselves from the San Francisco Giants in the standings for a day, or of Kevin Correia having a truly happy birthday.
Those things could be forgiven for a day and forgotten in a moment.
But since Correia is only replacing an injured Hyun-Jin Ryu, and since Hanley Ramirez spent the last 15 days on the disabled list, the inning was a larger reminder of what the Dodgers were missing.
Correia (2-1) had won his first two starts since being obtained from the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later or cash. The veteran right-hander knew his time in the starting rotation was limited, and he'll probably return to the bullpen once Ryu is activated from the 15-day disabled list. That could happen in the coming week.
"Who knows really," Correia said. "I didn't know if I was going to get one or two or three (starts). You never know. I know this could've been one of my last starts before I went back to the bullpen."
In his third start as a Dodger, Correia couldn't make the most of his limited opportunity. He was shelled for seven hits and seven runs in three innings Sunday before being removed with a 7-1 deficit. Three of the seven hits cleared the fence, including a tape-measure three-run homer by Lucas Duda in the Mets' big third inning.
"I think they guessed right and I missed wrong," Correia said.
On his 34th birthday, Correia saw his earned run average for the season rise to 5.09.
"This is going to bother me for a while," he said, "just because of the situation I was in."
Correia wasn't entirely at fault. Two of the runs were unearned.
For that, it was hard not to blame Ramirez, even though he wasn't officially charged with any errors. The Mets hit four balls to the shortstop in the fateful third inning.
One was a medium-high pop-up that Ramirez barely moved to catch. The second was a line drive by Daniel Murphy over his head.
The third was a hard ground ball by David Wright that a more nimble shortstop might have fielded. Ramirez dove to his right and the ball deflected off his glove, giving Wright a base hit.
The fourth was a routine ground ball with two outs by Juan Lagares. Ramirez's throw to first base was low, and Gonzalez couldn't make the catch as the ball skipped past him. Correia's next pitch, to Ruben Tejada, cleared the fence for a two-run home run.
At the plate, Ramirez went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts.
"I thought he looked a little rusty at the plate for the most part," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said.
"Maybe," Ramirez said. "Let's see."
With Ramirez back in the lineup, the Dodgers were missing their two best defensive shortstops. Miguel Rojas was on the bench (though he later entered the game in left field). Erisbel Arruebarrena was on his way to Single-A Rancho Cucamonga, having been demoted to make room for Ramirez on the active roster.
The Dodgers collected nine hits off Bartolo Colon (12-10) and two relievers. They went 2 for 10 with runners in scoring position and left six runners on base.
In the sixth inning, the Dodgers fell victim to their second triple play this season. With Yasiel Puig on second base and Adrian Gonzalez on first, Matt Kemp grounded into a routine 5-4-3 double play.
Puig unwisely rounded third base and was thrown out at home plate by a few steps.
"It's just a little disappointing because he had another one of these in a similar type game," Mattingly said. "He ended up having that crazy slide and he was safe. We're down eight runs. It was the wrong play then too, and he was safe. Today it's the wrong play."
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Dodgers had not hit into two triple plays in the same season since 1955.
Puig has generally done well learning from his rookie mistakes, and the Dodgers have generally hit well in the clutch. Their 409 RBIs with runners in scoring position rank first in the National League, including an NL-best 170 with two outs.
But Correia hasn't generally pitched well this season. Ramirez hasn't fielded well at shortstop, rust or no rust. These problems could linger into the postseason.
Before the trade, Correia said he was playing for a team that tended to look ahead "a few starts, a week." With the Dodgers, Correia isn't auditioning for a possible postseason roster spot. The focus, he said, is on the next game.
"That's the farthest thing from our mind," he said. "The last thing we need to be doing is penciling ourselves into the playoffs."


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One of the best indy wrestling shows of 2005 took place Sunday June 26th at Oshawa's Civic Auditorium. That supershow, presented by Warrior-1 Wrestling, has now made its way onto a cool DVD.
I got an invite to purchase this DVD by email, and I ordered right away, as I was in attendance for the event and wanted one more reminder of what happened.
This two-DVD set is a unique blend of industry production techniques, angles and hand-held camera units right at ringside. It adds up to a fantastic first person perspective -- better than the view from the front row.
The action is non-stop and intense, and high flying moves were at a premium. The blend of video types does not go unnoticed but the result is very much appreciated. The shots from ringside -- heck apron-side -- give an awesome, almost wrestler's perspective. It's very cool.
I had no problem with the production quality of the DVD set, something I cannot say about my last federation DVD set (it, well, broke my Hart) but some of the backstage stuff is a little dark, coming close to your Uncle that never takes the lens cap off.
There was a very good attempt to deliver a polished product with throw ins and interviews but the results are hardly worthy of TV, as was the commentary, but hey, they have to learn somewhere and it might as well have been here.
As I did attend this event live, I can say it is a very good record of what went on that fateful day in Oshawa. As a matter of fact, you can see me sitting behind one of the ring posts so often I should have been mentioned in the credits.
There's lots of great talent on this DVD, and it is headlined by a 3-Way Dance between Extremo, Kid Kash and "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson, and a main event under Raven's Rules between Raven and Samoa Joe with Mick Foley as the special referee. (For a full recap of the show, see the SLAM! Wrestling story: Warrior 1 suffers an embarrassment of riches.)
At the WWE show in Oshawa previous to this show, I was lucky enough to win a cell phone. At this show, I was lucky enough to have my photo taken with Mick Foley, witness first hand what an incredible talent Jimmy Hart is, and see some up and comers like Kid Kash, The Highlanders and Samoa Joe just before they hit the big time. To this wrestling fan of over 35 years, there's no question which was the better deal.
So go out and order yourself a copy of this incredible show which was reported quite often as the number one independent wrestling show of the year. My copy came with a free Mr. Socko and an autographed picture for my son of Sinn.
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How Teens Discover Geocaching
By Kara Bonilla
Ever think that the only things teenagers do are play video games, lay around, and complain? Think again. Teenagers worldwide have picked up on geocaching and their passion for the sport is only growing stronger with age. A recent survey shows nearly five percent of geocachers are 18 or younger, that's still nearly a quarter of a million geocachers.
Joey (jmilla210), 15, from California has been geocaching for two years. Joey has loved the game ever since he was first introduced to geocaching. He found his first cache with family members on Thanksgiving Day of 2009.
When asked about out geocaching for the first time, Joey said, "Finding my first cache was amazing. I didn't really know what it was at first, but I learned much more about the game and quickly developed a regular habit of finding a few caches each day." Since then, Joey has found 259 caches and hidden 13 caches in his area. Joey also likes to attend geocaching events, as they give him the opportunity to meet people, his age or not, that love geocaching as much as he does. The game always gives Joey something to look forward to wherever he is, and he is always excited to go find a cache.
From Killingworth, Connecticut, United States, 18-year-old Chad Golembeski's (DeluxeLunchbox) experiences as a geocacher all started with a gift of a GPS device for Christmas at the age of 14. Now, four years later, Chad owns 10 caches and has found 164 geocaches throughout Connecticut, Vermont, and Massachusetts.
When talking about his first find, Chad said,"When I found my first geocache, I thought it was extremely cool that someone had posted these coordinates online and I found them." Chad was a member of his high school's geocaching club before graduation, and his first logged cache was the one at his school. With the club, he completed large multicaches, found caches at various state parks, and recruited friends who now like to geocache. For Chad, geocaching is fun way to get outside and explore with his friends. "I personally like geocaching because [it] brings me out to new places that I wouldn't have known of before."
Chris (Coldgears), 16, from Pennsylvania in the United States, has recently discovered his love for geocaching. All it took was for him to stumble upon the geocaching app on his new phone about a year ago, and Chris was hooked. Chris then introduced his two friends to the game, in return for introducing him to letterboxing a while back.
According to Chris, what he likes most about geocaching, " …is the time spent outdoors…Without it I wouldn't be in the woods nearly as much." With over 300 caches found, Chris enjoys how geocaching gets him to the outdoors with his friends on a regular basis.
There are many ways teens can learn about geocaching, and eventually love the game as much as these guys do. Finding a local organization or group who geocaches, such as Girl or Boy Scouts, checking for geocaching events in your area, creating an account on Geocaching.com, and downloading the Geocaching application for your smartphone are all simple ways teens can get started. The love for geocaching begins with a simple step like these guys took, creating a passion for the game that can last for a lifetime, and teens everywhere can take that step today.


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Install from AUR
Install Package
citrix-clientAUR x86 and x86_64 (multilib)
bin32-citrix-clientAUR x86_64 (outdated)
SSL connections are supported by default in both of these packages.
Update make dependencies for package lib32-libxaw (x86_64 only)
When installing the lib32-xaw dependency, a conflict will be signalled for the packages gcc, gcc-libs, and binutils.
Replace these packages with their multilib versions, but do not forget to reinstall them after bin32-citrix-client has been succesfully installed
Set Firefox to use Citrix
Then set Firefox to use one the following programs to open .ICA files, depending on your architecture.
Manual Install
- Step 0. 64-bit Arch systems only - install 32-bit libs:
from arch repositories: lib32-libxmu, for nspluginwrapper: lib32-alsa-lib, lib32-gcc-libs, lib32-libxft, lib32-gtk2, lib32-libxdamage. From AUR: lib32-printproto, lib32-libxp, lib32-libxpm, lib32-libxaw, lib32-openmotif, nspluginwrapper
If you have a 64 bit version of Firefox, the Citrix plugin will not be detected. To use the 32 bit plugin, install nspluginwrapper-ubuntu from the AUR. Then do:
# nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib32/ICAClient/npica.so
You can read this thread for more information.
- Step 1. Download the Citrix XenApp linux binary. It can be found here: citrix.com > Downloads > Citrix Clients > Linux Clients > Choose the latest version of the x86 client in the .tar.gz format. It reads "x86 client - requires OpenMotif v.2.3.1"
- Step 2. Unpack the archive:
# tar zxvf en.linuxx86.tar.gz ./ ./PkgId ./install.txt ./eula.txt ./readme.txt ./setupwfc ./linuxx86/ ./linuxx86/hinst ./linuxx86/linuxx86.cor/ ./linuxx86/linuxx86.cor/nls/ ./linuxx86/linuxx86.cor/nls/en/ ./linuxx86/linuxx86.cor/nls/en/UTF-8/ ./linuxx86/linuxx86.cor/nls/en/UTF-8/Wfica ./linuxx86/linuxx86.cor/nls/en/UTF-8/Wfcmgr ... many more files ...
- Step 3. Run setupwfc:
# ./setupwfc(Follow all instructions prompted by setupwfc.)
- Step 4. (Applies only for Firefox integration:)
The setup program should have made appropriate links to the "Citrix Receiver for Linux" plugin. You can check this as such:
# find /usr -name npica.so /usr/local/lib/netscape/plugins/npica.so /usr/lib/ICAClient/npica.so /usr/lib/firefox-3.5/plugins/npica.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/npica.so
Or you can check if your browser loads the plugin, in Firefox this can be done by typing "about:plugins" in the address bar. If you have a 64-bit version of Firefox, the plugin will not be loaded. You can check below what to do.
Create missing links as such:
# ln -s /usr/lib32/ICAClient/npica.so /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins/
- Step 5. Install openmotif:
# pacman -S community/openmotif
- Step 6. (Might not be necessary:)
# ln -s /usr/lib/libXm.so.4 /usr/lib/libXm.so.3
- Step 7. Restart your browser
At this point, everything should work, including wfcmgr. In the case of Opera, integration should be automatic. The ICAClient will automatically be launched whenever you try to access a citrix-based application from either Firefox or Opera.
Note: If for some reason firefox prompts you for which application to use when opening a citrix-based application, use
Security Certificates
Because ICAClient uses SSL you may need a security certificate to connect to the server, check with the server administrator. If there is a certificate download and place it in
You may then receive the error
You have not chosen to trust the issuer of the server's security certificate. (SSL Error 61). This means you do not have the root Certificate Authority (CA) certificates.
These are already installed on most systems, they are part of the core package ca-certificates, but they are not where ICAClient looks for them. Copy the certificates from
/usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/ to
/usr/lib/ICAClient/keystore/cacerts/. As root, run the following command:
# cp /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/* /usr/lib/ICAClient/keystore/cacerts/


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DTFP necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 42 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
Downtown Food Pantry
We are a Christian supported food pantry devoted to helping the hungry of our small rural community. In two years we have experienced tremendous growth moving from a small classroom to a new 8,700 square foot building. We would like a more polished professional image to increase awareness in the community so we will be able to attract additional volunteers and philanthropic giving.
Our target audience is anyone who desires to help the hungry in our community such as other churches, community organizations or individuals. We are always seeking volunteers to work in our pantry and we are always in need of financial support.
Include some representation of a Christian symbol such as a shepherd, angel or cross
We want to show that we are compassionate, kind, and treat our clients with dignity and respect.
We would like a logo that shows well in both black and white as well as color.
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Personal: Is the son of Blaine and Teresa Skoloda . . . born on August 7, 1990 . . . is an Undeclared major . . . played for Brad Herr at Conestoga Valley High School . . . was named the Lancaster-Lebanon Player of the Year as a senior . . . first-team LL League and earned a berth in the senior All-Star game . . . his Conestoga Valley team won the Lancaster-Lebanon League championship his senior year . . . played golf at Conestoga Valley where he was named the team MVP and finished 11th in the district tournament.


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It's an annual ritual for me when the new WWE video games are released: spend the weekend with some buddies playing the game, drinking beer, and eating Taco Bell Value Menu items by the sack full. This time around, the game was Smackdown vs Raw 2009 for the Playstation 2. Heartburn aside, it was a fun-filled weekend indeed.
It helped that SVR09 is a very good game. Yukes, the game developer, took the best elements from the 2008 version and added in a lot of new features to build a game that will be hard to top with future editions. Fellow SLAM! Wrestling gamer Mark Xamin covered a lot of the bases in his review (for the X-Box 360 version). So here's the skinny for more old-school gamers (i.e. too cheap to invest in new gaming technology) like me:
The Look
Visually, the game is stellar, as is the norm for the SVR series. Wrestlers are accurately depicted, from their body types, eye colour, tattoos, and outfits. Ring entrances are picture-perfect and some, notably the entrance for DX, are actually realistic enough that they look like actual video footage.
The look of the arenas is also top-notch. The on-screen venues capture the look and feel of the associated show or pay-per-view perfectly, including pyro displays and crowd shots that depict fans not just as indistinguishable blobs of colour, but rather with visible faces, clothes and signs. Particularly impressive was the outdoor desert arena for the Tribute to the Troops show, which features a crowd full of soldiers in uniform. Including that venue in the game was a nice touch, considering how important that show has been in the past few years.
On the negative side, there were some visual problems. First, there was some graphics leakage noted during gameplay -- i.e. character images bled over into each other, particularly when two wrestlers were fighting in the corner. Another glitch came up during a no DQ Texas Tornado Tag Team match. Suddenly, mid-match, all of the characters started moving in very slow motion. Possibly this was a case where there was too much going on and the PS2 engine couldn't keep up? To be fair, it only happened once during a multi-hour gaming session, so it's probably just one of those things. The last minor irritant is that the camera angle doesn't move with the action, so occasionally -– mainly while on the floor on the far side of the ring -- you can't always see your opponent when he's lying on the ground. But again, that was the exception as opposed to the norm, and didn't really detract from the overall visual presentation.
The Look – 9/10
The Sounds
As is par for the course in all WWE games, music is featured heavily throughout. Every wrestler's actual theme song is included and used for their ring entrances. There is also a library of other original songs that are included which can be used for customized characters (more on that later). Music is also played when you're navigating the menu screens, and this range of tunes also includes songs by semi-famous bands like P.O.D. and Disturbed. A cool feature is the "jukebox" facility which allows you to change the song that's playing over the title screens –- after all, who wouldn't want to hear Biscuits and Gravy over and over again?
Match commentary is provided by actual WWE announcers, and they are brand-specific. Note that the game development must have preceded the recent draft lottery, meaning that Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler are still the voices of RAW, Tazz and Joey Styles handle ECW, and Michael Cole and The Coach cover the action on Smackdown. Despite the added commentary roster, though, I have to echo Mark's comment that the phrases become somewhat repetitious very early. Fortunately, you have the option to turn down the commentary volume, because eventually, you'll get tired of hearing the same one-liners over and over.
The Sounds – 7.5/10
The Stars
Here's where the game earns its stripes. Nearly every current (well, up to a couple of months ago) superstar and diva are available to play right from the get-go. Part of the frustration with the TNA game released a few months ago was that you had to unlock way too many characters. With SVR09 on the other hand, you can put in the disc and immediately choose to be HHH, HBK, Y2J, JBL and any other acronym you can think of. All of them feature a few of the wrestler's signature moves and finisher.
Some people might be disappointed by the lack of legends in the game, apparently because the company is saving their appearances for the upcoming Legends of Wrestlemania game. While my guess is that they will bring in some characters to download for newer platforms at some point, PS2 users will be out of luck if that comes to pass.
That's not such a big deal, however, since the Create-a-Wrestler feature is bigger and better than ever. With all of the options available in terms of appearance and wardrobe, you could probably create any legend you want. Or, better yet, create a superstar in your own likeness. The ability to create your own finishing move is a neat new feature as well. Thankfully, it appears that all of the Create features have been included in the PS2 version -- of course, any future downloadable content won't be.
The Stars – 9/10
The Spectacle
Ultimately, all the bells and whistles don't mean much unless there's a solid game behind them. Fortunately, SVR delivers in spades.
Other improvements from earlier versions of the game are tag team matches, which the advertising really stressed as being more realistic. This clearly was given some attention by the developers, I noticed a lot more intelligent behaviour from the computer-controlled partner than in other games.
The other big change is in the new Road to Wrestlemania story mode. This is an interesting switch from the traditional "career" mode that you see in a lot of games. In Road to Wrestlemania mode, you control the career of a WWE superstar, and go through his career for the few months leading up to the big show. The stories are limited to a few main eventers, with each one having a unique storyline. Wrestler-specific cut scenes and dialogue (actual wrestlers' voices are used) enhance the story. Each story should last for a few hours, so there is certainly some replay value there.
The only feature that I believe isn't available on the PS2 version is the ability to capture instant replays from the matches and save these into movie clips for future viewing. While this feature seems pretty meaningless to me, if it's that important to you, you might want to consider a system upgrade.
The Spectacle – 8/10
The Summary
Overall, Smackdown vs Raw 2009 is a very good wrestling game that fans of the franchise will certainly want to pick up for their PS2.
Overall rating – 8.5/10
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William Henry Perkin was an English chemist, one of the founders of the modern chemical industry.
In 1856, as an 18-year-old chemistry student, Perkin tried to synthesise quinine, a substance used for the treatment of malaria. Instead he found that he had created a strong purple dye, which he called mauveine. He developed a process to manufacture this dyestuff on a large scale, in a factory rather than a laboratory, and it became a great commercial success.
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In 1988, Mark Duarte quit college and started a one-man desktop publishing business in Silicon Valley. Although Duarte was a talented designer, his wife Nancy was skeptical. With a second child on the way, the income seemed fragile. "I was not a happy girl," she remembers. "I belittled the idea and told him he needed to get a real job."
But Mark persisted, telling her that he had a vision for building the business into a great success. So Nancy gave him an ultimatum. "I said, 'Look, if I can sell your service -- you can keep the business.'"
Things happened fast. "One afternoon I made three phone calls and landed three very large accounts," she recalls. One was Apple, which is still a loyal customer. "That was when I recognized that Mark had a really good idea." So she joined her husband in 1990.
Through 1999, Duarte did Web and print design in addition to slides for presentations. Nancy remembers that Web and print work declined during the dot.com crash, but the phone kept ringing for presentations. "No agency or design firm wanted presentation work," she says. "They didn't consider it a real design medium."
Around the same time, Nancy read Jim Collins' book, Good to Great. "It says that if there's one thing you can be passionate about, and be the best in the world at, that's what you should do. So we decided to completely focus on presentations and treat it as our number one passion. When you're a scrappy and hungry entrepreneur, the best thing you can do is pick up work nobody else wants."
As Nancy marketed the firm and spoke with clients, she soon developed her own vision for filling this untapped niche. Nancy helped clients conceptualize their slide presentations and transform them into compelling, cinematic experiences.
Nancy's connection with Apple led her to work with Al Gore on the visual elements that would eventually become the 2006 movie, An Inconvenient Truth. "My team scanned his slides from the 'Seventies," she recalls. "We helped him turn it into a media rich experience."
In 2007, Nancy attended UCLA Anderson's Management Development for Entrepreneurs (MDE) Program. "I was sponsored by my biggest client - Cisco," she says. Although Duarte was already successful, the program complemented Nancy's experience with formal training and provided an opportunity to develop a longterm business improvement plan (BIP).
"I loved the program," she says. "It was really great to get away from the company and spend some intensive time thinking about the future. My BIP was very out of the box and I feel like we've been fulfilling it. My business plans are usually for 18 months -- but this was more like eight years out. It shifted my thinking in many ways and dramatically impacted how our organization is today. We were successful then, but I would say we are very successful now."
Nancy has since enrolled nine of her managers in the MDE Program. "It helps unify our language and the way we talk about our work," she explains. "So, once a manager reaches a certain level in the organization, we put them through the program as a way to say we value them. It helps create a standard methodology for us and encourages an entrepreneurial environment."
The year after attending the MDE Program, Nancy published her first book, Slide:ology. "What happened was, I hired someone to run the company. For the first time, I had a chance to look around -- and I found a great blog by Garr Reynolds called, Presentation Zen. I reached out to him and he said, 'I'm writing a book and I'll send you my outline. You need to write a book too and you can cover everything that's not in my book.'"
Reluctant at first, Nancy wrote her book, which described the art of visual storytelling. "I thought what was broken in business communication was the visual display of information," she explains. "You can get your MBA and no one is going to teach you how to display information visually. Yet the primary tool we use to communicate is PowerPoint."
The book opened a new door for Duarte. "I realized we've got some really pretty slides out there that are stupid," she says. "So I saw that the real problem was poor content."
Nancy spent two years studying speeches by iconic communicators like Martin Luther King Jr. and Steve Jobs. And a pattern emerged. "I saw a story framework that uses contrast as a structural device," she says. "The primary form of contrast is the gap between what is and what could be. When a speaker constantly contrasts what is and what could be, the audience becomes allured by the possibility of what could be and migrates toward it. This is how great speakers align an audience with their ideas."
Nancy outlined the insight in a presentation at a TEDx Conference - saying that this technique can change the world. "Yes, it can change the world," she says. "Many people think they are not in a position to get their idea heard so it can make a difference. You may think you're just a nerd engineer in the bowels of a corporation. But you can still change the world. Many times, people embedded in corporations have important ideas. If they know how to articulate them, they can change the world."
This concept of transformative communication is described in Nancy's second book, Resonate. "What I wanted to do was come up with a heavily analytical methodology," she says, "It is analytical and effective. As it is being adopted, we get testimonials about lives and topics that have changed. We have really changed the world's perception of what a presentation can be."
So Duarte now has two types of presentation services. "We have what we call the Duarte Factory where we take your deck and make it look pretty. And we have Duarte Studio where we recraft your story, visualize it and turn it into a cinematic presentation." In addition, Duarte recently began offering training programs based on methodology in her two books.
The neglected market for presentations has been good to Duarte. The firm has created over a quarter of a million presentations and Nancy has worked with many of the world's leading brands and thought leaders. Many of the presentations are executive keynotes. Others are product launches and presentation systems. Nearly one hundred employees staff offices in Mountain View and Chico, California. While Nancy provides strategic direction, Mark Duarte continues to guide the firm he started in the areas of design, finance and information technology.
But, Nancy continues to look to the future. "You know I'm grappling with that right now," she says. "I can stay small and scarce - like Tiffany. Or I can go big and global. There are exciting opportunities in lots of directions. We're getting a lot of requests to create presentations for tablets. That's fascinating to me because it changes the atmosphere of a presentation and makes it more intimate. And there's a role for presentations in social media. I just want make sure we stay passionate about whatever we do."


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A journey through life, love and death, Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead, is the Mexican cultural traditon of honoring deceased loved ones each year on November 1 and 2 by creating calaveras de azúcar (sugar skulls), altares de muertos (altars of the dead) and ofrendas (offerings), which has evolved from the Aztecs to modern day California.
This very sweet Fancy Jasper Skeleton is carved to celebrate this tradition. It is carved in the style of the "Calacas". Calacas are popular skeleton figurines of El Dia de los Muertos that are often used to decorate altars in honor of those who have past.
This Hand Carved Fancy Jasper Skeleton measures 5.75 x 3.75 x 1.5 inches. He was a part of the Mitchell-Hedges crystal skull events in Sedona Arizona in 2007 & 2008. There he soaked up the energies of the Mitchell-Hedges skull among the 1000's of other Crystal Skulls present, and the many ceremonies and meditations that were a part of these events.
This skeleton is fully charged and ready to lend his Love & Light to your altar!!!
Here is what one customers related to us about regarding her Jasper Skeleton :
" There couldn't be a more perfect stone for this amazing skeleton. It suits this wonderful piece so much! His purpose is to help people in getting over their fear of death. Also to teach a different perception of death. This skeleton is carved from a stone that is about seeing the larger picture. The skeleton helps with seeing the larger picture when it comes to death. The true meaning and understanding of immortality is not to be found in denying death; but rather, it is from accepting death and realizing that everyone is more than just their one lifetime. He's really an amazing and special being! "
Metaphysical and Healing properties of Jasper:
Jaspers of all kinds have long been attributed to magical powers in just about every culture known to man. Jasper is often used by Shaman for protection, it is a stone which accepts intense responsibility in this realm. It holds an aspect of solar energy and a connection to the solar Chakra which also helps Shaman in their magical practices. It is considered a sacred stone by Native Americans. Jasper can be used for the purpose of divination and as a pathway leading both to and from the other worlds. Jasper can be used to facilitate immense strength, to assist one in diversification in fields of endeavor, and to promote, during meditative states and astral projection, a wandering in unregimented directions. It provides for a protective structure over the field of astral travel so that one can relax in the protective barrier. Jasper balances the emotional state and brings the emotional bodies into resonance with the higher self. It is a stone of nurturing and protection at a time of expansion on all levels. By working with Jasper one may deepen the meditative state.
This Hand Carved Fancy Jasper Skeleton measures 5.75 x 3.75 x 1.5 inches.
Connecting with your Crystal
Welcome your new crystal into your home by setting aside a little one on one time for just the two of you! Sit with your crystal and feel its energy opening and connecting with your heart center. Find a special place to keep your crystal where you will see it often and be able to connect with it. Working with Crystals for Crystal Healing is a fun, easy way to elevate your personal energy and deepen your connection with Mother Earth. Each Crystal is unique and offers its own special gifts. See our Crystal Definitions page for more info on specific crystal types.
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Crystals love to work with a purpose! In general, they are already "Turned On" and busy doing their own thing: Elevating Energies and pumping out Good Vibes! This is their natural state. We can tap into these elevated energies and combine forces by working with our crystals to expand and elevate our own energies and to connect with our highest self. This is done through activation and will set a field of expanded energies that will help us in our daily lives as we practice and deepen this connection with our crystalline friends.
To begin an activation, clear your mind and sit quietly with your crystal. Connect with your heart center and through your heart center connect with the crystal you are holding. This crystal is sharing its love and light with you, as you share your love and light with your crystal.
Think of activation as the growing and expansion of energy layers. The first activation establishes a connection between the crystal and the user, creating the first layer. These layers continue to grow, for both ourselves and the crystal, as we continue to connect. This energy field becomes more stable over time as we continue to connect and reconnect.
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Stones of all kinds are energetically alive. Crystals and Gemstones carry their own vibrations and can be influenced by subtle energies and/or thoughts and actions taking place around them. Crystals also have the ability to be cleansed of influences that have touched them before or after they have come to you. When gemstones are energetically cleansed they are cleared of all energies other than their own, and until they are used again in ritual or meditation, they will generally remain cleared. For some people, it is important to cleanse, wash and purify their gemstones and crystals before using them. For others it is not. This is really a personal preference, one that you may feel into on an individual basis.
Feel into your crystal when you first receive it. How does it feel? Does it feel yummy and scrumptious; is it a pure delight? Then maybe it doesn't need cleared at all. But, if you feel guided to make this new gemstone truly a piece of your own, and perhaps also to have a special bonding session with your new crystalline friend, then cleansing your crystals should be easy and fun. Below are a few ideas for consideration, but you may be inspired by something entirely different! The key is to have an open heart and to connect with your crystals just as you would with any person or spirit guide.
Listed below is one of our favorite methods. For a more exhaustive list of possibilities, see our Crystal Cleansing Guide.
Cleansing your crystals with the method of energy and intention:
Hold your crystal with the intention of Pure Love & Light enfolding it. Feel yourself and your crystal being surrounded within a sphere of very supportive white or golden light energy. (You may also play with different colors, if you enjoy color healing!) Begin to feel Cosmic Love and Source Energy flowing throughout your body and directly into your crystal. Stay within this protective sphere for as long as you feel guided. This is also an excellent way to begin any meditation.


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2 large zucchini
1 egg
1 tablespoon milk
1 cup of Panko Bread Crumbs
1/2 Cup Parmesan Cheese
2 teaspoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Cooking spray
Chipotle Mayo
Store bought
1/3 cup Mayonnaise or Dressing
1/4 cup sour cream
1 chipotle in Adobo (or more to taste)
1 teaspoon lime juice
Chipotle Mayo
Combine all ingredients and blend until smooth. Set aside.
Zucchini Fries
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
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Beat egg & milk together. Toss zucchini in the egg and milk mixture.
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Net income for the 12 regional Federal Reserve banks fell in 2011 as assets related to credit and liquidity programs fell by nearly $100 million.
The Federal Reserve banks in 2011 collectively earned $77.4 billion, derived primarily from $83.6 billion in interest income on Treasury securities and federal agency and government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities.
The Fed banks provided for payments of $75.4 billion of their 2011 income to the U.S. Treasury.
Total reserve bank assets as of the end of the year grew 20% to $2.9 trillion.
Holdings of U.S. Treasury securities increased 64% to $1.7 trillion and GSE debt securities holdings decreased 30% to $108 billion. Federal agency and GSE MBS holdings fell 16% to $848 billion. The Federal Reserve earned $81.7 billion in 2010.
Federal Reserve bank assets related to credit and liquidity programs decreased by $95.8 billion, the bank said. The closing of the American International Group recapitalization plan in January 2011 resulted in asset reductions of $47 billion, inclusive of the full repayment of the revolving line of credit with AIG in the amount of $20.6 billion and the sale of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's preferred interests in two AIG-related LLCs in the amount of $26.4 billion.


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ISBN to Present Pat Parenty with 2014 Legend Award
The International Salon/Spa Business Network (ISBN) will present its 2014 Legend Award to Pat Parenty, president, L'Oréal USA Professional Products Division and SalonCentric, at its Annual Conference, "The Business of Being Social," May 4-6, at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. The ISBN Legend Award is presented by the owners, CEOs and senior executives of the top multi-unit salon and spa companies to industry partners who have made extraordinary contributions to the growth of the professional salon industry.
Past Legend recipients have included Farouk Shami, CEO/founder of Farouk Systems; George Schaeffer, founder of OPI Products Inc. and now the CEO of Aloxxi; John Paul DeJoria, entrepreneur and co-founder of John Paul Mitchell Systems; hairdressing icon Vidal Sassoon and Redken Founder Paula Kent Meehan.
"Pat Parenty's commitment to the professional beauty industry and more importantly to the salon professional has always been evident and has played a big part in the success of both Redken 5th Avenue and L'Oréal," says Phil Horvath, general manager/vice president, ULTA Salons and an ISBN past president. "His honesty and integrity have made him a great leader and business partner to all those who have had the good fortune to work with him. Our partnership with Pat over the past 15-plus years has been a key part of ULTA's success!"
Adds Paula Malloy, an ISBN past president, "Pat Parenty has spent his life in the salon Industry creating programs and products with one thought in mind: 'How do I assist the salon professional in making a better living and living a better life?' He is a true advocate for the professional beauty industry and the people who spend their lives making the world more beautiful one client at a time."
"I am honored that the ISBN has chosen to give me this year's Legend's Award," says Parenty. "I have always had great respect for the leadership of ISBN over the years and believe in their mission to develop the professional beauty industry and the salon experience. I have always believed as a leader for L'Oréal in the professional beauty industry that we have a responsibility to ensure the positive development of our industry to allow all salon professionals to earn a better living and live a better life! I want to thank ISBN for giving me this award, and I look forward to working with them and continue to benefit our industry."
Parenty graduated with a B.A. in Business Management from Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA, in 1980. After graduation, he joined the Federated Department Store executive training program. In 1983, he joined the professional salon industry as a territory manager in the northeast for Lamaur, Inc. based in Minneapolis. Over the next several years, he held several positions with Lamaur in sales and marketing and assumed the vice president, Salon Division position in 1988.
Parenty joined L'Oréal's Professional Products Division as vice president, sales for Redken in January 1997. He became vice president, general manager for Redken in 2000 and senior vice president, general manager in 2002. Under his leadership, Redken had double-digit sales and profit growth, as the company evolved its original DNA of innovative technology and strong education to create an inclusive culture that attracted salon stylists throughout the U.S. market.
In 2009, Pat moved into a his role as president U.S. Brands, L'Oréal Professional Products Division, overseeing the U.S. business for Redken, Pureology, Matrix, L'Oréal Professionnel, Mizani, Kérastase, Shu Uemura Art of Hair, L'Oréal Technique and Essie. In 2010, he was promoted to president, L'Oréal USA Professional Products Division and SalonCentric.
Multi-unit salon and spa owners and senior executives still have time to register for ISBN's 2014 Conference and congratulate Parenty in person. The packed agenda features executive leadership content, including:
• Chris Brogan's keynote, "Helpful is the New Business Frontier" and "Mastering the Digital Channel" workshop;
• Shalom Saada Saar, PhD's, keynote, "Leading a High-Performance Salon/Spa" and Dr. Saar's leadership workshop;
• "Connected CRM: Delivering on a Data-Driven Retail Business Strategy," presented by Mike Mojica, executive vice president and general manager, retail, for Merkle Inc. and a CRM workshop.
• Two industry trends presentations: BSG's Pat Neville will present "Industry Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Grownth," and MODERN SALON Media's Steve Reiss will present, "Beauty Industry Trends: Risks and Opportunities."
• ISBN's members' Keys to Success presented by Paige Cheever, Design 1 Salons, Michigan; Brandon Bailie, Rocco Altobelli Salons, Minnesota; and Laura Silver, Salon Resource Group, Canada.
• ISBN's signature Speed Meetings with partner vendors;
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• And plenty of time for peer-to-peer networking to share success stories and solutions to challenges.
The International SalonSpa Business Network is comprised of more than 50 top companies, owning two to more than 10,000 salons and/or spas each, with combined gross sales of more than $10 billion annually. The membership represents more than 25,000 salons and employs more than 250,000 people licensed in the cosmetology field, who facilitate more than 500 million client transactions per year. Call 1-866-444-4272 or visit salonspanetwork.org for more information on joining and on attending ISBN's Conference and connect on the International SalonSpa Business Network's Facebook page.


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Viking defensive tackle Kevin Williams won't play Sunday at the Lions due to a hyperextended knee. The announcement came from Viking head coach Leslie Frazier Friday afternoon. Williams was unable to practice all week. Rookie Sharif Floyd is expected to receive the bulk of the action in Williams' place on the Viking defensive line. Williams sustained the injury when San Francisco offensive lineman Joe Looney hit Williams during the Viking/49er preseason game.
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Rollins College, a private liberal arts institution in Winter Park, FL, has rolled out a new network access control system (NAC) in a move to better monitor network activity and enforce security controls. The school's network supports roughly 4,000 users on a mix of personal and school-owned devices.
The college has deployed CounterACT by ForeScout Technologies. Ten appliances are installed across the 80-acre suburban campus, monitoring roughly 6,000 endpoints. With the system's dashboard, IT staff can view and manage network activity, in real time from a single screen. Staff members can see who's accessing the network, the devices they're using and what applications and processes they're running. They can also take a closer look at a specific user's system if they notice unusual activity.
"We recently had a spear phishing attack," recounted Pat Schoknecht, chief information officer at the school, in a prepared statement. "We used CounterACT to create a virtual firewall that allowed us to automatically notify users that their machine was compromised and to request they bring it to the help desk for remediation. This incident really opened my eyes to the power of CounterACT and its ability to enhance our security posture."
The appliance also allowed the school to implement a more efficient process for managing guest access. Before the deployment, IT staff members had to manually register all visitors. Now, however, any user who has a Rollins College email address may sponsor a guest. The visitor first connects to the guest SSID, using login information supplied by the network portal, and then the sponsor approves the connection.
According to a statement from ForeScout, Rollins College has been "able to free up more than 100 man-hours of IT time per month," since deploying the solution. Being able to better allocate its IT resources has been a huge plus, said Troy Thomason, network and communications systems manager for the IT department at the school.
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