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'Sneaky' Trade Deadline candidates to watch closely
Not all deals include stars; some of the most impactful are for role players
With July looming, the names of note for the upcoming Trade Deadline are popping up with greater frequency in your headlines and Twitter feeds.
Ricky Nolasco could go any day now, and Bud Norris could be quick to follow. Cliff Lee is touted as a potentially available ace, and Giancarlo Stanton, once again, as a big bat worth bartering for. Andre Ethier or Carl Crawford could be moved so that Yasiel Puig's pristine play can move on uninterrupted. Jason Vargas, Yovani Gallardo, Kyle Lohse, Chase Utley … these are (some of) the more obvious guys who make up the early Trade Candidate Class of 2013.
But in the spirit of a Deadline in which it's often the less-sexy swaps that wind up looking awfully shrewd come October, here are a handful of trade possibilities that trend more toward the sneaky side -- guys whose performances are perhaps overlooked, or at least unexpected.
Nate Schierholtz, Cubs: The Cubs are clear-cut sellers with their fair share of wares, and Matt Garza and Scott Feldman ("… From Across the Hall" as they say in Seinfeld's "Bizarro World") will probably attract a great deal of interest, simply because they are viable starters with a pulse.
The less-obvious name to note is Nate. Non-tendered by the Phillies last winter, the Cubs scooped him up on a one-year deal, but because he doesn't yet have the service time to qualify for free agency, the Cubs (or whoever acquires him) control him for 2014, as well.
Schierholtz, then, is more than a short-term rental, and while he doesn't bring the prototypical corner-outfield power many teams will be seeking, his .975 OPS against right-handed pitching is awfully attractive. He's certainly earning every penny of his $2.25 million contract.
Kevin Correia, Twins: Justin Morneau is the household name (albeit without the household-name-type numbers this season) and Glen Perkins would be a widely sought trade target if the Twins make him available (though that seems doubtful).
Correia, though, is a potentially impactful option if the Twins start moving bodies this summer. They have him under control for 2014 for just $5.5 million, so there's no financial incentive to deal him. But with Kyle Gibson now in the bigs, and some other options -- Andrew Albers, Pedro Hernandez and Cole De Vries -- in the Triple-A mix, perhaps they'd take this opportunity to deal from a position of depth.
Correia has appeal as a potential No. 4 type for a true contender. He has a 3.82 ERA on the season and a 2.55 mark over his past three starts. He's given up his share of homers, but he limits walks and can eat up innings.
Alex Rios, White Sox: With the White Sox likely joining their fellow Chicagoans from the North Side as solidly in the sell camp, Jesse Crain, who has been one of the best relievers in the game this season, is sure to attract a ton of interest. But if the Sox really get frisky at the Deadline, then Rios could be changing teams again, too.
Where once the Sox looked foolish for taking on Rios' salary from the Blue Jays, the $13 million he is owed in 2014 if he's traded doesn't look so bad when he's banging out a .284/.344/.472 slash line. And this is not a mathematical mirage, for Rios had a bounceback last season, when he hit .304/.334/.516. Throw in a '15 club option, and making a play for Rios doesn't look nearly as crazy as it did when the Sox claimed him off waivers in August 2009.
And Rios isn't the only one on this list who has resurrected his reputation.
Oliver Perez, Mariners: It was not long ago that Perez was essentially unwanted, but he's reinvented himself as a more-than-capable left-handed bullpen option for the Mariners, who would be wise to flip him while he's hot.
Through Monday, Perez had a 0.98 ERA and a 12.36 strikeouts-per-nine rate, and he had stranded 99.4 percent of opposing baserunners. He's got his velocity back to where it once was, he's a strong matchup option and, on the whole, he's come a long way from his Mets abyss.
Marlon Byrd, Mets: Another resurrection. A season ago, Byrd was released by the Red Sox before testing positive for a banned substance. This year, he hinted at retiring if he didn't make the Mets out of spring camp.
But he did make the team, and he has a respectable .259 average with a .797 OPS, 11 homers and 36 RBIs. Byrd would not be a game-changer for a contender, by any means, but he has shown that, when utilized in the proper pitching matchups, he can be an effective offensive weapon as well as a solid defender.
Jeremy Bonderman, Mariners: During Spring Training, Mariners evaluators were pleasantly surprised with how well Bonderman was throwing the ball after he was picked up off the scrap heap, and he made it back to the bigs after spending the first couple months of the season in the Minors.
When Bonderman debuted for the M's, it was his first Major League start since Oct. 1, 2010, and he was a long, long way removed from his successes of 2006 with the Tigers. But after a rocky debut, he has settled in to the tune of a 1.42 ERA in 25 1/3 innings over four starts. His paltry strikeout rate makes you skeptical, but Bonderman might be worth a flyer for teams in need of a back-of-the-rotation boost.


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May 14-16, 2010 marked the return of the Collegiate Wakeboard Nationals to Fiesta Island. With colleges sending riders from all over the country to fight for the Collegiate Wakeboarding Championship it was destined to be a fight until the end.With two-time defending champion Florida taking on riders from Kentucky, Florida Gulf University and Chico State, who were stacked with riders like Raequel Hoffman, it was not going to be easy this time around.The Chico State team, comprised of Drew Peterson, Travis Briscoe, Brandon Hassfeld, Bryan Hansen, Jordan Raber and Raequel Hoffman, brought their A game to Fiesta Island to take home the Collegiate Wakeboarding Championship in 2010.The individual honors were up for grabs with Kevin Wipplinger from Florida Gulf Coast University beating out 2009 individual champion Florida's Matt Morgan.The ALT Games will be aired on CBS College Sports Network in the near future so check your local listings.For a comprehensive look at what went on throughout the ALT Games, who better to ask than one of the judges. Andy Judson gives us his perspective on what went down on Fiesta Island from a judges point of view:When you think of San Diego, most people think of the hot beaches, clear blue sky and overall perfect weather. Unfortunately, during the weekend of the Collegiate Nationals, we had a heavy dose of "May gray" looming over beautiful Mission Bay. The cold weather was a shock to those who traveled from all over the country, including special guest commentator and world champion wakeboarder, Adam Fields. However, the bad weather didn't hold anyone back from having a great time on and off the water throughout the weekend. As the event kicked off, every single rider was all smiles as they left the start dock preparing to lay down their best run for a chance to bring home the win. During the brief conversations we had from the boat to the riders on the dock, we quickly found out that not only did each school produce great riders, but also great people. The vibe on the dock was unbelievable and it really showed in everyone's riding. We witnessed a few "firsts" throughout the event including a switch scarecrow from Andy Madden, as well as a crow mobe from Eddie Roberts (who crammed more tricks into a run than anyone else). On top of that, John Kaiser threw what may be the first Raley dismount on a wakeskate during a contest run. When we were on our lunch breaks I was able to meet a lot of these up and coming college rippers and I have to say I am so glad we have such awesome people representing our sport. I have never been surrounded by so many people who love to ride and were having the time of their lives doing it. I wanted to stay out on the beach all day and kick it with all of these people, but after slamming a few hot dogs and chugging an energy drink, it was back to the boat for more cheering…I mean judging.Sometimes judging can get tedious and repetitive, but not this weekend. As we approached the individual finals we knew we would have our work cut out for us in declaring a winner. With riders like Ryan Mocerino, John Zdedeblic, Kevin Wipplinger, and Raequel Hoffman, we knew it was going to be an unreal show. Hoffman had been throwing huge whirlys and off axis 5's all weekend, but went for it all with a crow mobe and just came up short, which hurt her chance for a high score. Mocerino has one of the best nose grab crows in the business and along with other tricks like front to fakies and heel off 5's, he was able to manage a decent score. A fall at the end was the only thing keeping him out of the 90's. The story of the event, though, were the runs of Wipplinger and Zdedeblic. Both had been killing it all weekend long, but decided to step it up even more for the finals. Wipplinger started things off with a huge indy glide, and I mean huge. More stylish moves like a stalefish toeside 3 and a batwing made for a solid run. As if that wasn't enough, Wipplinger stomped a KGB at the end of his run with no room to spare, earning him a near perfect score. But that only seemed to pump up Zdedeblic for his last run. He started things off with a big indy tantrum and absolutely locked onto the grab. Right after he came in with a toeside backside 3, proving he wasn't going down without a fight. After doing a heelside 5 linked with a switch heelside 5, all he needed was a mobe to make my job as a judge very difficult. As if he was reading my mind, he promptly edges out and nails a Tootsie Roll. After scratching our heads and breaking down the two runs every which way, in the end it was Kevin Wipplinger's intensity and composition that won him the individual finals. Also, big congratulations to Chico State University for bringing home the team title. Every rider from Chico really threw down their best stuff and made sure in the finals to all have amazing runs. Huge thanks to Chris Beckman, Jonathan Strauss, and everyone at USA Wakeboard for making this amazing event possible. We'll see everyone out there again next year and to those of you who missed out, this is an event you will definitely want to attend in the future. It was a weekend I'm sure the riders and us judges will never forget.
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Over age 54? You needn't worry about the proposal House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., unveiled Tuesday for a redesign of Medicare.
Under age 54? You'll need to pay a bigger share of the cost of your medical care once you're retired.
Ryan's remake of Medicare would save as much as $285 billion a year by 2030, and would mean less federal spending on medical care in future decades for today's workers and their children.
Ryan's Medicare redesign is at the heart of a long-term budget plan he released Tuesday. He said the plan would cut $6.2 trillion in spending from President Barack Obama's proposed spending plans over the next 10 years. That works out to about a 13 percent reduction over the ten-year period.
Under Obama's blueprint, federal outlays would be nearly 23 percent of gross domestic product over the next ten years; Ryan says his plan would keep federal outlays under 20 percent of GDP. But the bigger savings would come after that initial ten-year period.
The Medicare redesign Ryan is proposing resembles one he offered with Alice Rivlin, a Democrat, an Obama supporter, and former budget director in the Clinton administration.
Replacing open-ended Medicare payments
The plan would replace the current open-ended system of Medicare payments with one in which the federal government would subsidize people to purchase insurance. In health insurance jargon, this is called "premium support."
Ryan would set up a system called "the Medicare exchange" in which beneficiaries would choose an insurance plan they preferred.
His summary of the Medicare proposal said, "Health plans that choose to participate in the Medicare exchange must agree to offer insurance to all Medicare beneficiaries, to avoid cherry-picking and ensure that Medicare's sickest and highest-cost beneficiaries receive coverage."
Under his plan, poorer and sicker people in Medicare in future decades would be more heavily subsidized by the taxpayers than would wealthier and healthier retirees.
The premium support payments would grow annually at the GDP growth rate, plus one percent. This would mean that Medicare spending would grow much more slowly than under the current system.
Ryan would apply his plan only to those who turn age 65 in 2022.
Here are the important themes to keep in mind when assessing Ryan's plan:
- Laying down a markerRyan will include his Medicare proposals in the budget resolution for fiscal year 2012, which begins in October.
But no budget resolution that incorporates these ideas is going to be adopted; the Democratic-controlled Senate would not agree to it.
So the Ryan proposals are significant mostly for setting down a marker of what Republicans would do if they had the power to do it.
These ideas would be enacted only in the ideal scenario for Republicans: they keep control of the House of Representatives in 2012, gain control of the Senate and the Republican candidate wins the presidency. Then in 2013 these proposals are enacted.
Of course, events may not unfold in that way.
And as Ryan acknowledged Tuesday at his press conference at the Capitol, calling for a fundamental redesign of Medicare exposes him and his party to Democratic charges they are bent on destroying Medicare and are indifferent to the suffering of old people.
"Look at these new people who just got here," he said, referring to several freshmen Republican House members standing at his side. "They didn't come here for a career; they came here for a cause. This is not a budget, this is a cause…. We cannot keep going down the path of fearing what the other political party would do to us if we try to solve a problem"
But given the danger of damaging Democratic ads in 2012, why is Ryan proceeding?
One reason is he has already committed himself to fundamental Medicare reform over his years in Congress, carving out his identity as a numbers cruncher and fiscal hawk.
And he has support from House Speaker John Boehner who said last week, "For 20 years, I've watched leaders around here look up at the size of the problem of growing entitlement spending. It's like looking up at the mountain; they see how steep it is" and decide to put off action for another day, or another decade.
But, he said, "We are imprisoning the future for our kids and our grandkids if we do not act, and it's time to act."
- It's a bet on the debt. Ryan and his fellow Republicans seem to be convinced that today's voters — especially those under age 54 — are more alarmed about the national debt than they are about cuts in future benefits.
Gross federal debt is now about 100 percent of gross domestic product, the highest level since immediately after World War II, and will grow as more Baby Boomers retire and start collecting Medicare and Social Security benefits.
Ryan and other Republicans fear a Greek-style sovereign debt crisis in which investors dump their Treasury bonds and force interest rates sharply higher.
"This is the most predictable economic crisis in our history," Ryan said Tuesday. Referring to the president and members of Congress, he asked, "What if they knew what could done to prevent it from happening, and if they had time to prevent it, but they decided not to, because it wasn't good politics?"
Ryan mentioned last month that investment fund giant PIMCO "dumped their Treasury bills in their major bond fund the other day. I'm very worried this thing is starting to accelerate."
PIMCO managing director Bill Gross writes in his Investment Outlook for this month that his fund "has been selling Treasuries because they have little value within the context of a $75 trillion total debt burden."
He added, "Unless entitlements are substantially reformed, I am confident that this country will default on its debt; not in conventional ways, but by picking the pocket of savers," that is, by means of "inflation, currency devaluation and low to negative real interest rates."
- Ryan's savings target is higher than Obama's.
According to the chief actuary of the Medicare system, Obama's health care overhaul will reduce the government's outlays on Medicare by about $500 billion between now and 2021. In 2019, that would mean a savings for that year of about $127 billion, or about 0.7 percent of GDP. Obama's plan does that by reducing future payments to hospitals and hospices and by nudging doctors toward more standardized cost-effective treatments.
Ryan is aiming for far higher savings. According to the Congressional Budget Office's preliminary analysis of the Ryan-Rivlin plan, it would cut health care spending by as much as 1.25 percent of GDP in 2030, with increasing savings in subsequent years. If one uses the Goldman Sachs forecast for U.S. GDP in 2030, a cut of 1.25 percent would equal $285 billion just for that one year.
Former CBO director Rudolph Penner said if the growth in spending for Ryan's redesigned Medicare is limited to GDP growth plus one percentage point, "then it would certainly save money compared to a continuation of current law."
The premium support system "would clearly be designed to reduce Medicare spending by adjusting the support level for something other than automatic health care cost increases," said former Senate Budget Committee staff director Bill Hoagland. Pegging the premium support payments to GDP growth plus one percentage point means that spending will "clearly be less than what would be projected under current law. This is bound to show savings."
- Would you be better off under Ryan's Medicare plan or under the Obama-reformed Medicare?
From the the details Ryan released on Tuesday, it seems that today's over-65 voters — who overwhelmingly favored the Republicans in the 2010 elections, according to exit polls — would not stand to lose under a Ryan-ized Medicare.
But today's middle-aged workers, when they retire in, say, 2025, would not get the same level of benefits that Medicare beneficiaries do today.
Stephen Zuckerman, a health care economist and Medicare expert at the non-partisan Urban Institute said, "The most serious flaw is that the focus of this approach is on limiting federal spending on Medicare, without being concerned about the potential of this change to shift costs to Medicare beneficiaries."
And the Congressional Budget Office said in its analysis of the version of Ryan's plan that he offered with Rivlin last year that if it were enacted "future beneficiaries would probably face higher premiums in the private market for a package of benefits similar to that currently provided by Medicare."
On the other hand, while Ryan increases the cost burden on Medicare beneficiaries in 2030, he'll be reducing the burden on workers in 2030 of having to pay for future Medicare payments.


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SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Citrix today announced it has completed the acquisition of Podio, an innovative, privately held company that offers a collaborative work platform which supports people and teams getting work done the way they want in a social setting. Podio's unique apps concept adds structure and activity streams to any type of work and collaboration with teams, clients, in projects, and within functions such as sales, recruiting, marketing or any other area of business. A cloud service, Podio unifies the content, traditional business applications, and new mobile apps, as well as the real-time and asynchronous communications required to work in the post PC era. Podio is a natural extension of the Citrix collaboration business, providing today's mobile and distributed workforce an easy, secure and social way to come together and work as teams. Podio will be part of the GoTo cloud services portfolio, which includes GoToMeeting. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Modern Work Styles Need Social Team Collaboration
The nature of work has changed; teams are global, dispersed, social, and mobile. Work now gets performed by distributed teams including employees, as well as contractors and partners outside the formal company. Combine these workforce changes with trends such as the consumerization of technology and Bring Your Own (Device, App and/or Service) and businesses must rethink the way work is carried out. A critical requirement is to empower teams to collaborate, create, manage and share with an increasingly mobile workforce who work outside of the traditional office environment. Early social collaboration tools and networks served as catalysts to improve engagement and visibility among distributed organizations, customers and partners by providing immediate comment and feedback on posted content. Podio builds on these initial approaches, offering a more robust cloud-based platform where people collaborate and do actual work utilizing social elements. For example, real-time status updates, or providing the ability to link to, share, manage tasks, comment and give feedback are now part of business processes. Teams are able to create new social workflows that can be simply captured as social-enabled apps, providing better ways of working, and improving productivity as a result.
Supporting the Way Teams Want to Work
Podio enables small and medium-sized businesses and teams within larger organizations to manage all types of business processes and associated workflows using pre-assembled apps from Podio's free app market. In addition, its innovative technology empowers users to create their own preferred workflows and social collaboration activities that best suit their projects and the way they want to work. The collaborative work platform also integrates easily, or can be embedded, with other services that may be standard in their business. These include traditional enterprise or business solutions as well as today's popular cloud-based data storage, online collaboration and content tools including Box, Campaign Monitor, Dropbox, Evernote, FreshBooks, Google Apps, Google Docs, Google Alerts, Instapaper and Zendesk.
Advancing Citrix Collaboration Strategy
Citrix GoTo cloud services are market-leading and award-winning products that help businesses move faster and more efficiently by powering today's new and emerging work styles – enabling people to connect, share and collaborate regardless of location or device. Podio brings to Citrix a collaborative work platform for teams in a social setting; the ability to integrate with traditional applications and new apps; a robust, free app market; the means to extend and modify existing apps, or create new ones in support of contemporary work flows; and a talented team with the same values and passion for improving the way work is done in the cloud era.
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Citrix will reveal more of its plans for Podio and its collaboration strategy at Citrix Synergy™ San Francisco, May 9–11, 2012.
"This acquisition represents an exciting new chapter in our collaboration business. Podio extends our ability to provide a simple, secure and 'works for everyone' collaborative work platform in this post-PC era," said Brett Caine, SVP and GM for Citrix Online Services Division. "The Podio technology is a powerful and innovative solution that is a natural fit with the Citrix portfolio and will help foster amazing innovation in the workplace. We are also excited about having the Podio team as part of our organization. They are an extraordinarily talented and visionary group, who share our passion for improving the way work is done."
"From the start, Podio has been focused on creating an experience that would be more than an online place to talk about work but a platform customers trust to actually help them work as teams to get work done – 24/7. The extraordinary adoption we saw in just one year validates the pent up demand for better ways for teams to collaborate," said Tommy Ahlers, CEO of Podio. "With a shared vision and culture that is synergistic, Citrix can help us scale to meet demand at a speed that would not be possible otherwise."
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Citrix Online Services Division provides a portfolio of GoTo cloud services that enable people to work from anywhere with anyone by providing simple-to-use cloud-based collaboration, remote access and IT support solutions for every type of business. Whether using GoToMeeting to hold online meetings, GoToWebinar to conduct larger web events, GoToTraining to train customers or employees, GoToMyPC to access and work on a remote Mac® or PC, GoToAssist to provide IT support and management or ShareFile to securely share files, documents and data, businesses and individuals are increasing productivity, decreasing travel costs and improving sales, training and service on a global basis. For more information, visit www.citrixonline.com.
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I am opposed to the Preschool-For-All
Initiative that will be on the June 2006 ballot in California.
The San Jose Mercury News is now conducting an online poll to test
the popularity of the Preschool-for-All initiative (aka Proposition
82). While the "No's" are currently ahead 68% to 32% (woo-hoo!) --
the opposition just sent out an action alert asking proponents to
vote "yes" in the poll and they are closing the gap fast in favor of
institutionalizing preschoolers.
I'm asking all of you who do not support government preschool-for-
all to take a second to click on the following link and vote NO:
Universal Preschool
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No on Prop 82
Just what California needs, another expensive, intrusive...
Just what California needs, another expensive, intrusive social program. The money could be better spent almost anywhere else.
EDIT: The other thread contains more of this discussion.
EDIT: The other thread contains more of this discussion.
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We're generally fans of Linda Cohn, but last night's 11pm SportsCenter was bizarre. It started with a cold open featuring Cohn lamenting the onset of some kind of holiday-related depression, then continued to the above segment in which she seems genuinely surprised to be interviewing the New York Rangers' Derek Stepan. She alludes to some kind of past between the two—and she's confessed to being a Rangers fan on-air before—but Cohn is reduced to schoolgirl giggles for most of the interview so we don't get a lot of details. (Because you're already asking, Cohn is 52 and Stepan is 21.)
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=Before you leave home=
==Canadian Currency==
==Canadian Currency==
The Canadian dollar is used in Canada. Most places take credit cards but it's a good idea to have some on hand for small purchases.
The Canadian dollar is used in Canada. Most places take credit cards but it's a good idea to have some on hand for small purchases.
Revision as of 16:11, 20 April 2017
- 1 Before you leave home
- 2 After you arrive
- 3 Tourism
- 4 Credits
Before you leave home
Canadian Currency
The Canadian dollar is used in Canada. Most places take credit cards but it's a good idea to have some on hand for small purchases.
Toronto Weather
The days will see the temperature about 15°C (50's in F) and evenings will drop to the low single digits (30's in F). Be sure to bring a jacket for evenings. A bit of rain is likely.
After you arrive
Travel between the airport and the hotel
Best option: Union Pearson Express The hotel is a 5 minute indoor walk from where the UP train drops you off at Union Station. You can buy a ticket beforehand online or at the station before you board. This is the fastest and most cost efficient route (just $12 CAD). You can board at Pearson in Terminal 1.
Other option: Taxi or limo service Like most international airports, there will be plenty of taxi and limos that can take you into the city. The cost is about $50 CAD each way and most cars are equipped with credit card machines but it's a good idea to double check when you get in if you don't have Canadian currency.
The TTC is the local transit system, and can get you pretty much anywhere in the city through a combination of buses, streetcars and subways. Drivers are helpful, and be sure to get a transfer when you board if you're paying with cash or tokens. You may also choose to purchase a presto card at Union station if you think you'll be taking multiple rides.
SIM Cards & Cellphones
If you haven't added any international roaming to your phone, you might want to pick up a temporary sim card.
7-11 has a good program: http://www.speakout7eleven.ca/ Most of the other service providers will be able to issue you one but it will be more expensive and you may need to jump through a hoop or two to get it. More info here: http://prepaid-data-sim-card.wikia.com/wiki/Canada and here: http://www.blogto.com/tech/2015/07/prepaid_mobile_phone_plans_in_toronto/
Summit Venue
Delta Toronto
75 Lower Simcoe Street,
Toronto ON M5J 3A6
CC Staff, scholarship recipients, and some others are also staying overnight at the same hotel.
Web Information
Program: https://creativecommonsglobalsummit2017t.sched.com/
Twitter: @ccglobalsummit
Hashtag: #ccsummit
Printing Services
There will be no printing available at the event. If you require any printed materials, you might try The Printing House nearby or another print shop.
Toronto is an amazing food city, imagine a cuisine you'd like to try and you'll find multiple options, but you don't have to take my word for it: https://www.foodism.to/guest-column-david-mcmillan-love-letter-toronto/
Some higher end restaurants require reservations, most of which you can make online.
Some food guides: http://toronto.eater.com/ http://www.blogto.com/restaurants/
See a Toronto Marlies (AHL) game
See a Toronto Raptors (NBA) game
Stand outside a Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) game
See a Toronto Blue Jays (MLB) game
Music & Culture
Thanks to Allana Mayer for putting together this list of live music over the weekend of the summit!
Visit The Royal Ontario Museum
Vist the Art Gallery of Ontario
Visit the Ontario Science Centre
Visit the Distillery District
Walk though High Park
Hiking on the Leslie Spit
Head out to the Scarborough Bluffs
Take a boat tour of Toronto Island from the harbor at Queen Quay
Visit the CN Tower
Go to Ripley's Aquarium
Hit some hip bars and shops along Queen West
Join our #toronto-tips slack channel for more!
Parts of this guide were borrowed from our friends the Nightingales and Mozilla (Toronto). Many many thanks to them!


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Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Knucklers always get the itch.
Tim Wakefield joined WEEI in Boston with The Big Show to discuss his retirement decision settling in, the decision making process that led him to retire, the moment he decided he would retire, being the Boston Red Sox 6th or 7th option as a starting pitcher this season, and entertaining the idea of coming out of retirement for the Red Sox if needed.
Has retirement settled in yet?
"No. It's a real feeling for me. It's hard to imagine that today's the first day for pitchers and catchers to be in camp. Today's a tough day for me, not being there and knowing that I'm not going to be there. It's just something I have to adapt to now."
Give us a sense of the back-and-fourth with this decision and who was involved outside of the family in these talks?
"Well I made a lot of phone calls to a lot of guys, but ultimately it's a decision you have to make for yourself. Most of the guys I had spoken to said the same thing. It's something that nobody can lure you either way and it's a decision that I wrestled with for most of the off-season on what I was going to do. It's the hardest thing I've ever done. It's a very hard decision when you are passionate about something you have done for most of my adult life to take yourself out of the equation and really focus in on who matters most and that was more important my family. It makes the decision a little bit easier."
When did that light bulb moment come when you decided you would retire?
"When my wife and I actually sat my two kids down. I didn't want to get them involved in it early in the off-season and when I finally kind of sat them down and told them what daddy was thinking of doing and these are consequences if daddy doesn't play anymore. This is what is going to happen. If I play I am going to be gone and I won't see you for weeks and weeks at a time, but ultimately it was their opinion that kind of swayed me to retire."
Did you even consider being a pitcher on this team that might not be active unless an injury occurred? You may have been the #6, #7 or #8 pitcher? Did you entertain this idea?
"I actually was. I was definitely entertaining the idea. The Red Sox were very cordial in keeping me in the loop with everything that was going on. I just wanted to play another year, obviously, and it didn't matter if I was a No. 5 starter or a 6 or 7 starter. I wanted to try to help to contribute to bringing another World Series championship back to the city of Boston. Ultimately, it came to putting the Red Sox first and my family first."
So you would have sat around and kind of kept in shape and maybe come back later on in the season? The Red Sox wouldn't use you out of the gate and what is to prevent them from still doing that half way through the season?
"Nothing's going to prevent them from doing that. Hopefully it won't get to that point. [Glenn Ordway: Your kids may get sick of you?] It's hard to fathom, but I'm at peace with my decision. It's something that didn't come lightly, obviously. If I do get a call in May or June or whatever, I'll have to entertain those options."
This post, written by Steven Cuce, appears courtesy of Sports Radio Interviews. For the complete highlights of the interview, as well as audio, click here.
More from Sports Radio Interviews
• Bill O'Brien says the biggest change about going from the pros to college is the hash marks.
• Billy Beane will have to be extra efficient with spending this year.
• David Price thinks this is the best Rays team he's been on.


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|Lian Li PC-B20A Aluminum Mid-Tower ATX Case
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|Written by Olin Coles
|Friday, 10 November 2006
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Introduction: Lian Li PC-B20A
Well known to computer enthusiasts and gamers alike, Lian Li has built a name based on performance and quality above everything else. Every single product released by Lian Li has had meticulous attention paid to details which the competition usually ignores. Clearly, there is no equal to Lian Li, especially in terms of construction and craftsmanship, but even the closest competitors have learned not to try and one-up Lian Li at their own game. In this review, the Lian Li PC-B20A (A designator for Aluminum finish) mid-tower ATX computer case is up for close inspection. Labeled as part of the Classical Silent family from Lian Li, you will soon see if this should deserve to be your next investment.
After building hundreds of systems over the past few years, I have developed a sense of what is manufacturers consider to be an acceptable product for distribution. While my experiences have ranged from products which were absolutely horrible in concept and production, to products which were carefully thought-out and produced, in the end the product is always less then satisfying. Very rarely have I seen a manufacturer take as much into consideration as I am pleased to see in the Lian Li products.
Since I began reviewing products, it seems that I have created a name for myself as a case critic among manufacturers. While the PC-B20A is every bit better then the products in my past reviews, my drive to find those obvious (and hidden) design flaws has always inspired my review. Well, sadly this won't end today as I had hoped, as I have made sure to note every little particular thing I felt undesirable. But the good news is that my list is very short, and the PC-B20A is by far the best computer case I have yet to ever see produced. Suffice to say, this will be the case which I may judge others against in the future.
Like nearly every company who has made their presence known to the technology world in the past few years, Lian Li is a company based out of China. I am pleased by the competitive growth our Eastern neighbors have presented us in the technology markets, while at the same time I am very disappointed by the shear lack of skill and industrialism with which the West has met this challenge. Once upon a time the West was the driving force in technology and industry, but without skilled and driven individuals to push with force for the nation as a whole, competitors soon knocked us over and stood in our place. For this, I see a clear opportunity for Western manufacturers to take hold of any rooted patriotism and take back the industry with all of the competition it can handle.
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In January, 1999,a once-promising young man named Andrew Goldstein pushed a woman named Kendra Webdale into the path of an oncoming subway train. The press found that Goldstein was mentally ill and had not been receiving treatments.
State officials addressed the public outcry that ensued by seizing on what they saw as a solution -- court-ordered mental health treatment.
"How many more innocent bystanders like Kendra Webdale…must die before we do something?" Attorney General Eliot Spitzer asked.
Seven months after Kendra Webdale's death, the state passed Kendra's Law, which allows for forced treatment for people well enough to be living outside a hospital but with a history of being hospitalized or failing to comply with treatment. Under the law, someone (usually city health authorities) can petition the court to hold a hearing for such an individual, and if a judge finds the person meets certain criteria, that individual must follow a specific care plan for at least six months under threat of rehospitalization.
With the law set to expire June 30, Governor George Pataki has publicly endorsed making the law permanent, saying that the results "are clear -- Kendra's Law works."
Others disagree, arguing that the law needlessly and unfairly restricts a patient's right to choose where and how to receive treatment. They also point to the irony of the case that led to the law -- Goldstein reportedly had sought out treatment but been denied care. They also point to a studyordered by state legislators at the time that offered little evidence to indicate involuntary treatment succeeded more than voluntary care in helping patients avoid hospitalization or arrest.
Rarely, however, do objections to Kendra's Law stem from the link between mental illness and violent crime implicit in the law.
Mental Illness and Violence
Stories like the murder of Webdale grab headlines and influence public opinion about people with mental illness, but scientific studies paint a more complex picture.
One oft-cited studysuggested that people discharged from psychiatric hospitals were not more violent than average, unless they had a problem with drugs or alcohol. This is a big if: Former patients who had problems with drugs or alcohol were found to be five times more likely to act violently than a person without mental illness or substance abuse problems. And other studies have shown that many people with mental illness do struggle with drugs and alcohol.
A 2002 studyidentified three risk factors:
- having a substance abuse problem
- living in a violent neighborhood
- having been a victim of violence during childhood
The study concluded that, if each of these three factors is present, a person with a severe mental illness has a 30 percent likelihood of acting violently within a one year period. But without these factors, the likelihood of violence dropped to two percent.
Another studypublished in 1995 found that, in New York, among those with mental illness, homeless people had a rate of violent crime 40 times higher than people with a place to live.
It's easy for Jonathan Stanley to understand how someone with a mental illness can become violent. He remembers when he was symptomatic.
"For me and I think of a lot of people with a paranoid ideation -- when you think people are out to get you -- there's no doubt in my mind there is a correlation," between violence and mental illness, Stanley said.
Stanley, who has bipolar disorder, is an assistant director with the Treatment Advocacy Center, a national group which advocates for court-ordered, community-based treatment. Currently, 42 states have some form of court-ordered treatment, often called "assisted outpatient treatment." Kendra's Law wasn't the first such law, but it is "a model for the nation," Stanley said, because "what it's got is procedures, it's very detailed out on how to be used."
The group argues that someone with a severe mental illness may not realize they are sick and need treatment, making a court order necessary. Another group, the state chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, also supports the law.
Since the 1998 New York study, at least one other study has been published that found court-ordered treatment reduces violence, although the idea remains controversial among researchers.
But as far as improving the outlook of patients, a report issued by the New York State Office of Mental Healthfound Kendra's Law to be effective, although it did not try to sort out differences between people undergoing voluntary outpatient treatment and those under a court order.
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill has issued a report (In PDF Format) that includes interviews with family members, many of whom praised the program. At an April State Assembly hearing, while some patients argued court orders were not necessary, some family members of people with mental illness reportedlypraised the law.
"What Kendra's Law does is it looks at a person and finds they are unable to survive safely in the community, and I always look at that to be more about their welfare than anything else," Stanley said.
Kendra's Law In Practice
A history of violence can be one of the criteria for applying Kendra's Law, and, according to the state report, about 15 percent of 2,745 people ordered to receive treatment under Kendra's Law had physically harmed someone in the 90 days prior to their court-order. After six months of the court-ordered treatment, commonly known as "assisted outpatient treatment," only eight percent had gone on to harm others. (According to the latest figures, a total of 3,766 people have received court ordered treatment, most in New York City.)
"The reality I think is that the people who become subject to these orders don't have a history of violence, significant violence," said Marvin Bernstein, director of Mental Hygiene Legal Services, First Judicial Department, which oversees mental health civil cases in the Bronx and Manhattan.
The population affected by the law has mainly been living in psychiatric hospitals, at least in New York City, where most of the court orders have been issued, according to Bernstein.
"Virtually no applications are made for people living in the community," Bernstein said, adding that most people in his district do not contest the orders, as they are eager to be released from the hospital. Cases in the Brooklyn and Queens, however, are contested more often, Bernstein said.
What Bernstein said he sees most are cases where the question is whether the person can take care of themselves, with any violent behavior "minor stuff that ordinarily wouldn't come before a criminal court."
"To me, the connection between the criminal justice system and people who might become involved with it except for Kendra's Law is not very clear."
After the initial court order, some find that they appreciate the program, Bernstein said. But others object to the intrusion of liberty, or the specifics of their treatment. After six months, another hearing takes place. Bernstein believes that "the courts tend to be fairly conservative: 'Why take a chance and change things?'" The average length of court-ordered treatment is 16 months, according to the state report.
Restricting Liberty
John Gresham, senior litigator for New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, finds many things wrong with the law, not the least of which is the intrusion on liberty.
"You are told, almost in all cases what medication to take," Gresham said, no matter the side effects. "Your preferences be damned. "You lose confidentiality; you are in many cases told to go get therapy in a particular program, â€Thou shalt get group therapy at xyz clinic,' you can be told to attend a day treatment program, you can be told where to live -- in many cases assigned a roommate. So you lose a lot of significant freedom."
Gresham describes these as results of Kendra's Law, although the law does make some provisions that the patient should be consulted on what plan is ordered for them.
His organization has written a report outlining their objections to the law(In PDF Format) — noting that black people are five times more likely than white people to receive court-ordered treatment. Another group, the New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, has also opposed making the law permanent.
Gresham does not discount the role that media values and public attitudes towards the mentally ill play in getting laws like Kendra's Law passed.
Whenever he hears about a violent crime, he says "I kind of hold my breath to see if the person was mentally ill, and invariably it gets bigger play if [the person] was."
He says this feeds into the notion that people with mental illness are a danger to society, "even though, if most people stop and think about, the vast incidents of violence involve people nobody would characterize as mentally ill.
"One of its consequences is that people resist recognition that they have a mental illness because it's freighted with so much stigma in a way that's different if someone is told they have kidney disease.
"It leads to policies that strip people with mental illness of really basic rights, which no one would tolerate for any other illness." Â


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An End, And A Beginning
I was thinking how fast the years seem to fly by, I turned 58 in November, and that's why I babble alot more these days, please indulge me. It boggles the mind how fast the world is moving, including mine. Oh I'm grateful, and I'm even a little excited, and I have been really excited for many, many years. Each year we praise the year that was, and we anticipate the next year that will be, without really knowing what we plan on doing.
Most of us don't really have a plan, most of us tend to act by emotion, and that's where we get into trouble. I'm not suggesting a plan solves the problem of not getting into trouble, but I am suggesting you actually give some thought on what goals you would like to achieve. Maybe even make a bucket list instead of a goal list, they're both the same to me.
I started doing something this year I NEVER thought I would do, I went and got a gym membership…I know right? Now I'm the kind of guy who loves sports, so….exercise always involved a sport, it's a law right? Well, I never thought I would enjoy going to a gym, but I do! I go 5 to 6 times a week, go figure!
Why did I do that? In March of 2001 I had a heart attack, that's old news. But this year, my health was bothering me, I wasn't….I hadn't changed anything in my routine or structure to improve my health. I just lived my life, year in and year out thinking I'll get to it eventually. As a young man, I was an athlete, I mean I played Hockey, Baseball, Football, Soccer (did I mention I hate soccer), I just loved playing sports, and I was always in good shape….until I stopped playing sports. It's funny how those of us who call ourselves athletes can go into denial almost immediately when it comes to how good of shape we may or may not be in. But I won't get into that : )
So a few months ago (2), my wife and I dropped into the Club 16 Trevor Linden Gym for a tour….no reason, just a spur of the moment drive-by. We went in, got the tour, and I said sign us up, I also said, hurry up before I change my mind. I knew if I didn't sign-up on the spot, I would never do it.
This morning I was staring out my kitchen window thinking how we start and stop things every year, some we finish and some we don't. We begin, and we end….it's a process of life really, there's life, and then there's death, there's an end, and there's a beginning. What we never really do is, evaluate what's good for us when we think about our goals, we always gravitate to what feels good over what's good for us. We handle our entire lives that way, we handle our finances the same way, so we get into the cycle of ending and beginning, never really stabilizing, never really getting our bleep together, just drifting and wandering, thinking it will all work out fine. I used to believe that, now at 58….I don't…you have to have purpose in your life, you have to make people your business, you should put order to your beginnings and ending.
So here we are at the end of 2015, in a few weeks. A new year is coming, do you have a healthy outlook of what's ahead, do you have some goals in mind, a bucket list if you will. How will you begin? In the sporting world there is an analogy, it's not how you start, it's how you finish, but you MUST start.
As Seth Godin says, go out and make a ruckus, make a mess, life is moving far too fast, before you know it, you will run out of time. And the real issue, we are ALL running out of time, I am running out of time. Consider time before setting your goals / bucket list, and then challenge yourself, not how will you start, but how will you finish….and then ask yourself one big question, "How many people will be better off because I lived?"


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Brown ad misleadingly cites Globe story
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MONARCH SPOTLIGHT: Kimberley Rashleigh
By ODU Athletics
Dec. 6, 2012
NORFOLK, Va. - Beginning in the fall of 2012, ODUSports.com and Monarch Media will present a weekly Monarch Spotlight that gives fans a chance to learn more about their favorite student-athletes at Old Dominion.
Kimberley Rashleigh has been nothing short of excellent for the Lady Monarchs this season. Last weekend, she won the 200 yard IM race with a time of 2:06.25. Rashleigh also took first in the 100 yard backstroke (57.53) and placed second in the 200 yard backstroke.
Two weeks ago at the Nike Cup in Chapel Hill, N.C., Rashleigh was part of another record breaking performance. Rashleigh won the 200 yard backstroke with a time of 1:59.53. She set a school record in the 200 freestyle when she swam the first leg of the 800 yard freestyle relay in 1:49.62. Rashleigh also posted a time of 2:01 in the 200 IM final that qualified her to be eligible for the NCAA Championship in March. Rashleigh finished her weekend by winning the 400 IM with a time of 4:14.26 on the second day of competition. Her times in the 200 free, 400 IM and 200 IM were the fastest times recorded in the CAA this season.
Old Dominion's next competition is on Jan. 12 when ODU will take on UMBC in Baltimore, Md.
Be sure to follow Old Dominion Swimming on their new Twitter name: @ODUSwimDive. Also, be sure to follow ODU on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/ODUSwimDive.


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Snes9x is a portable, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator. It allows you to play most games designed for the SNES and Super Famicom Nintendo...
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Snes9x is a portable, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator. It allows you to play most games designed for the SNES and Super Famicom Nintendo game systems on your PC. Main Snes9x mirror:...
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ZSNESОткрытое ПО | Mac, Windows, Linux
ZSNES is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulator. Aside from emulation accuracy, many interface features first introduced in ZSNES have been adopted by other emulators. ZSNES interface features include:...game-emulator, nintendo, snes, super-famicom, sfc
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higan was formerly known as bsnes. The project was renamed after becoming a multi-system emulator. higan is a Nintendo multi-system emulator that began development on 2004-10-14. It currently supports the...game-emulator, nintendo, gameboy-advance, nds-emulator, multi-system-emulator
SuperGNESУсловно-бесплатно | Android, Android Tablet
SuperGNES the Super Nintendo emulator that delivers the full console experience. An original emulator developed from the ground up for mobile processors, which makes it the fastest out there. Designed to...game-emulator, snes, snes-emulator, old-games
RetroArchОткрытое ПО | Mac, Windows, Linux, Онлайн сервис, Android, iPhone, Blackberry, iPad
What is RetroArch? RetroArch is a modular multi-system emulator system that is designed to be fast, lightweight, and portable. It has features few other emulators frontends have, such as real-time rewinding...game-emulator, frontend, genesis, mega-drive, super-nintendo
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MESS emulates portable and console gaming systems, computer platforms and calculators. The project strives for accuracy and portability and therefore is not always the fastest emulator for any one particular...game-emulator, emulator, emulation, arcade, multi-system-emulator
Snes9x EXБесплатно | Linux, Android, iPhone, palm-pre, iPad
Snes9x EX is an SNES/Super Famicom emulator written in C++ for Android, iOS, WebOS and Linux. It uses the emulation backend from Snes9x and is built on top of the Imagine engine.game-emulator, super-nintendo, snes-emulator
uosnesОткрытое ПО | Windows
uosnes is an unofficial Snes9x Windows port using its source code.game-emulator, nintendo, super-nintendo, super-famicom, sfc
SNESboxБесплатно | Онлайн сервис
SNESbox is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulator, built on Adobe Flash technology and it can only be run directly in your browser's window.flash, snes, super-mario, roms
DroidEmuУсловно-бесплатно | Android
DroidEmu is a game system to play SNES, NES, GameBoy Advanced, GameBoy/Color, SEGA GameGear, SEGA Genesis games on your Android phone. It runs thousands of games at full speed. 1.Multi emulator for android...game-emulator, sega, sega-genesis, nes, snes
Snes9kБесплатно | Windows
This is an unofficial work in progress of Snes9x with Kaillera netplay support.game-emulator, nintendo, super-nintendo, super-famicom, sfc
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Snes9x rerecording is a modification of Snes9x. The primary purpose of the project is to expand features related to creating Tool-Assisted movies.game-emulator, nintendo, super-nintendo, super-famicom, sfc
Snes9X Direct3DОткрытое ПО | Windows
This is a derivative of Snes9x which switches the its display code from DirectDraw to Direct3D9. The advantages are an optional bi-linear filter and no problems with Aero on Vista. One disadvantage: the...game-emulator, nintendo, super-nintendo, super-famicom, sfc
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Alias XPP, Snes9xpp SE', Snes9xpp XE, Snes9xpp XE'. This is a custom version of Snes9x.game-emulator, emulator, nintendo, super-nintendo, super-famicom
F-Zero VSБесплатно | Windows
F-Zero VS is an emulator that gives multiplayer capability for the game, F-Zero. It's a custom build of Snes9x that constantly patches the game with player positions and other data. You can play locally...game-emulator, nintendo, snes, super-famicom, sfc
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The famous SNES emulator for android - FREE - Save/Load states - Virutal Touch Keys - Seamless Integrated with ROM download - Customize keys - WiiMote support - Save/Load statesgame-emulator, emulator, nintendo, super-nintendo, super-famicom
Geiger's Snes9x DebuggerБесплатно | Windows
It is a new version of Snes9x which includes some rather hefty additions. Mostly geared towards romhacking/reverse-engineering of SNES games, the additions include a robust Debugger, Hex Editor, Tracer, and...game-emulator, nintendo, debugger, snes, super-famicom
snes4iphoneПлатно | iPhone
snes4iphone is a Super Nintendo emulator for the iPhone and iPod Touch. This port was developed by ZodTTD and the original source code was ported from Dr. PocketSNES. Though much of Dr PocketSNES'...emulator, super-nintendo, snes-emulator
SNEeSeБесплатно | Windows
SNEeSe is a Super NintEndo Entertainment System Emulator for PC's running MS-DOS, with at least a 486 CPU. Initial development by Savoury SnaX, with Santeri Saarimaa and later Charles Bilyue'...game-emulator, nintendo, super-nintendo, super-famicom, sfc
iSNESПлатно | iPhone
iSNES is an SNES emulator for your iPhone / iPod Touch. It is fully featured and includes: * Multiple save slots. * Save state screenshot previews. * Landscape and portrait views. *...emulator, super-nintendo, snes-emulator
PasofamiПлатно | Windows
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Sexy singer Jessica Simpson had nothing but sour notes for "Melrose Place" — a week after the show fired her sister, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz — calling the show "crap."
"CW catching up on MP." Simpson posted on her Twitter page last night.
"Who writes this crap? I have had bad scripts to work with, but this?
"Thank God my sister is amazing and got you some press."
The CW declined to fire back at Jessica Simpson yesterday and simply said Ashlee's "Melrose" role had "run out."
Simpson-Wentz and co-star Colin Egglesfield were dropped from the cast, according to media reports, despite being tied to an ongoing story line about the death of Sydney Andrews, played by original Melrose cast member Laura Leighton.
Once the murder-mystery runs its course, producers want to take the show in a lighter, sexier direction — one that didn't include Ashlee's character, Violet Watson.
Ashlee's last episode will air in January.
"She [Ashlee] was a regular on the show for the pilot plus the first 12 episodes and is not continuing on the series beyond that," said CW senior VP Paul McGuire.
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CoastalJames wrote: »Has anyone played Marvel Strike Force? It's not censored, and it's a vile, puerile and pathetic environment.
So you're saying back then we could say whatever we wanted, because we didn't have a voice? Solid logic.
Always someone taking everything out of context....I grew up in the early 80's on a Indian reservation and while I am white many of my best friends were native American. We played cowboys and Indians together , laughed together, cried together, called each other names that would make people cringe today and they was never any hurt feelings or hate and malice towards anyone. We were friends respected each other and are still friends to this day. We accomplished all that without censors because we were mature enough to know that if I called them a skin or they called me a hokey it was meant in fun not malice.
So you're saying back then we could say whatever we wanted, because we didn't have a voice? Solid logic.
Too much censorship everywhere....glad I grew up when I did and we could say whatever we wanted without someone getting offended
FewDemitrius wrote: »I wasn't trying to get an offended or indecent thread , I was just poking fun at some of the non offensive like trapezoid and basement and balls and other funny words that are censored . And words that are already in game like defence penatration or Slave 1 . The world is trying to be too polite and politically sensitive, You wouldn't see Chewbacca get sad about being called a walking carpet


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In the movie "No Country for Old Men," Anton Chigurh immediately makes people feel uncomfortable with his strange mannerisms and gait along with his awkward gaze. Even without knowing he is a killer, it's clear Chigurh is a creep.
People feel uncomfortable -- to the point of experiencing chills -- when they're around creepy people, a new study confirms. Researchers believe an inability to correctly mimic nonverbal cues, such as hand gestures and eye contact, makes someone creepy.
Mimicry occurs when one person copies the body language of another, explains Pontus Leander, co-author of the study and associate professor of psychology at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Humans mimic all the time, starting in infancy. Children learn by observing adults and doing what they do -- think of peek-a-boo. As we age, most adults unconsciously mirror others as a part of normal interactions.
Leander and his colleagues created experiments to look at how people react to mimicry.
In one trial, a researcher attempted to be friendly with participants as if they were peers. Sometimes the researcher moved like the subject; if the participant touched his nose, the researcher would gesture similarly, such as scratching her head. But in other cases, the researcher would not mirror the subject's actions. And this caused the participants' skin to crawl -- if the researcher did not mimic the right cues, the subjects reported feeling colder. Creepers give us the chills. People believed the room temperature dropped to 68 when it remained at a steady 72.
"In the friendly situation, if you do not mimic, that's when people's coldness spikes," Leander explains. "If you start feeling cold it could be an early warning sign."
When people violate social norms, our bodies react with chills. Feeling cold is linked to a threat such as being forgotten (think left out in the cold") and the region of the brain that controls goosebumps also regulates feelings of trust and betrayal. The chills warn that something is off about a person who cannot follow social norms.
"It is about expectancy violations. That's what particularly novel [about this research]," says Geoffrey Leonardelli, an assistant professor at the University of Toronto department of psychology and Rotman School of Management.
Leonardelli did not participate in this study, but he wrote a pivotal paper about social embodiment, feeling a physical sensation such as chills when experiencing emotions such as sadness or loneliness. His paper "Cold and Lonely: Does Social Exclusion Literally Feel Cold?" showed that people who feel lonely also feel colder and crave warmth.
"We just don't expect that [feelings] would affect us physically," Leonardelli says. "Exclusion leads to lower body temperature."
In another experiment, Leander and his colleagues looked at how people react to mimicking in professional situations. When the subjects participated in mock professional setting they felt unnerved if the researcher used too much mirroring. But if the researcher reduced the mimicry, they felt more comfortable.
"If you start mimicking in a situation where it is not expected, it can be draining," Leander says. "If there is mimicry going on when people aren't friends it can be problematic."
The third trial examined mimicry between white and non-white subjects. If a white researcher mirrored the behaviors of a non-white participant, the subject reported feeling colder, indicating social norms among races is constantly evolving.
More importantly, it shows that communication is nuanced. Leander notes that participants who reported being more independent felt uncomfortable by mirrored behavior.
"We are surrounded by people day in and day out and we're building up this bank of information about what sort of nonverbal behavior is linked to certain cues. We all get some intuitive sense for it," Leander says.
The article is in press at the journal Psychological Science.


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Apple season is a crazy time of the year for our family. It's busy without having the kid's around but then add three kids and all the things they have to do and keeping them safe with all the people around – you can imagine that could be stressful. It's not though. I've found some wonderful people that love our kids just like we do. I don't worry that my kiddo's are in good hands because of these folks. And one of those people is our neighbor girl – Josie Tollaksen.
Josie is such a wonderful young lady. I have known her for over 8 years and she has been a part of my family for that long as well. She is the neighbor girl and has been watching my children since they were born. She's not your typical babysitter though - she brings joy and art into my children's lives. They don't sit around all day - they make books, art projects, and even bake with Josie. I know I found an amazing girl to care for my kids when I see their faces light up when they see Josie biking up to the house.
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Please take 3 minutes to watch, like, comment on, and share my video! This is my submission to The New School Competition, if I receive enough love I can win a full scholarship ($160,000!) to Parsons The New School For Design. I don't have long, the contest closes February first! I will be be forever grateful. Thank you!
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