text:
Human evolution research is not for the faint-hearted. Hominin fossils are rare and hard to find. And more often than not, no sooner do anthropologists announce a big discovery than other researchers argue that they have it wrong. The next chapter in such a scenario unfolded last week, when scientists attending a meeting*at the Royal Society in London resurrected a debate about a single, crucial hominid specimen: a 3.5-million-year-old cranium named Kenyanthropus platyops—"the flat-faced man of Kenya" (shown at right).
Discovered in 1998 by a team including paleontologists Meave Leakey of the National Museums of Kenya in Nairobi and Fred Spoor of University College London, K. playtops suggests a greater degree of diversity in the human family tree than previously suspected: two species of hominids, not one, in the crucial period between about 4 million and 3 million years ago. That's the time of Lucy, Australopithecus afarensis, whose lineage is thought by many to have given rise to our own genus, Homo.
But there was one nagging problem: The Kenyanthropus cranium, discovered west of Kenya's Lake Turkana, was cracked and distorted, making it possible that some features that set it apart from A. afarensis—including its flat face and tall, vertically oriented cheek bones—could be artifacts. Paleoanthropologist Tim White of the University of California, Berkeley, argued in a 2003 Perspectives in Science that K. platyops probably fell within the range of variation among known A. afarensis fossils and might simply represent an "early Kenyan variant" of that species.
In London, Spoor responded to such arguments with a new, detailed study. He concluded from computed tomography scans that the upper jaw, or maxilla, had suffered much less distortion than the rest of the cranium. So he focused on that bone, correcting for the distortion present. He measured distances among several "landmarks" on the maxilla, including the point at which the cheekbone attaches to it, the extent of its forward projection, and the orientation of its tooth sockets. He used the same landmarks on A. afarensis specimens, the roughly 4-million-year-old A. anamensis, later australopithecines, and modern humans, chimps, and gorillas. Then he crunched the measurements in a computer-assisted analysis called principal component analysis to reveal the variability among the specimens. The result: Kenyanthropus fell cleanly outside the range of variation in all the other samples. "Species diversity existed at 3.5 million years ago, and this justifies assigning a new taxon," Spoor concluded.
But White, who was present and has long argued that there is no evidence for more than one lineage of hominids at this time, wasn't convinced. When the talk was thrown open for discussion, White took the microphone and began firing questions at Spoor about the degree of variation of the cheekbone position among specimens of A. afarensisand other hominin species. "We took that into account," Spoor responded, "and I just showed you a graph" about it. "I didn't ask you whether you took it into account; I asked you what it was," White said. Spoor, clearly frustrated, told the audience that he had no vested interest in this debate. At that point, the session chair interrupted and invited everyone to break for coffee, but Spoor and White continued to debate between themselves for the next half-hour.
Spoor's study, like the others presented at the meeting, will be published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences in Spring 2010. When it is, the debate will no doubt continue.
*The First 4 Million Years of Human Evolution, London, 19-20 October 2009.


text:
Department of Surgery faculty members, both physicians and scientists, are world-renown in their subspecialties. Faculty members are passionate in their clinical care and research practices, as well as being mentors for medical students and trainees. The department also invests significant funds to provide protected time and lab space for junior faculty to perform research.
Christian J. Ochoa
The periumbilical incision for anterior lumbar interbody fusions J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2020 Sep; 6(3):384-387. . View in PubMed
Long-Term Patency and Clinical Outcomes of Nitinol Stenting for Femoropopliteal Atherosclerotic Disease Ann Vasc Surg. 2020 Jul; 66:566-572. . View in PubMed
How to Create a Hot Foot Line to Prevent Diabetes-Related Amputations: Instant Triage for Emergency Department and Inpatient Consultations J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2019 Mar; 109(2):174-179. . View in PubMed
Prognostic Factors for Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation Ann Vasc Surg. 2018 May; 49:273-276. . View in PubMed
Early cannulation of bovine carotid artery grafts (Artegraft) after primary vascular access and fistula revision procedures J Vasc Surg. 2018 12; 68(6):1865-1871. . View in PubMed
Surgical Management of Perforated Inferior Vena Cava Filters Ann Vasc Surg. 2017 Jul; 42:25-31. . View in PubMed
Sartorius Muscle Flaps for Vascular Groin Wound Complications Am Surg. 2015 Nov; 81(11):1163-9. . View in PubMed
Agreement among observers in the assignment of TransAtlantic Inter-Society Consensus classification and runoff score J Vasc Surg. 2013 Nov; 58(5):1254-8. . View in PubMed
A prospective study of carbon dioxide digital subtraction versus standard contrast arteriography in the detection of endoleaks in endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs Ann Vasc Surg. 2013 Jan; 27(1):38-44. . View in PubMed
Basic data related to thrombolytic therapy for acute arterial thrombosis Ann Vasc Surg. 2012 Feb; 26(2):292-7. . View in PubMed
Thoracic aortic stent-grafting for acute, complicated, type B aortic dissections Ann Vasc Surg. 2011 Apr; 25(3):333-9. . View in PubMed
Peroxynitrite-induced p38 MAPK pro-apoptotic signaling in enterocytes Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2009 Jun 26; 384(2):221-5. . View in PubMed
Thoracoscopic repair of neonatal diaphragmatic hernia J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2008 Dec; 18(6):875-80. . View in PubMed
Prior studies comparing outcomes from trauma care at children's hospitals versus adult hospitals J Trauma. 2007 Dec; 63(6 Suppl):S87-91; discussion S92-5. . View in PubMed
Alcoholism risk, tobacco smoking, and P300 event-related potential Clin Neurophysiol. 2004 Jun; 115(6):1374-83. . View in PubMed
P300 and blink instructions Clin Neurophysiol. 2000 Jan; 111(1):93-8. . View in PubMed
Dr. Ochoa is board certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery and board eligible in Vascular Surgery. He is a member of the Society for Vascular Surgery, Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society, American Heart Association's Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease and is an Associate Fellow in the American College of Surgeons.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Jim Bob Bryant was an assistant coach at Williamston for four state championship games.
RALEIGH � Jim Bob Bryant was an assistant coach at Williamston for four state championship games. At Havelock, the Rams� sixth-year mentor is enjoying his third-consecutive trip to the 3A state finals.
The pageantry and experience never gets old.
�It�s still a special day, anytime you get a chance to play in a state championship,� Bryant said at Monday�s state championship press conference in Raleigh. �This is a special moment for our coaches, community and our kids, especially for some of our young kids who have never been here before.�
Havelock is scheduled to play Concord at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh. The Rams won titles in Chapel Hill in 2011 and Winston-Salem last season.
Bryant relishes in seeing the expression on the faces of his players.
�Having a chance to go two years ago in 2011, as a head coach, the experience I cherished the most was watching those kids on the field,� Bryant said. �We are in it for the kids, and to see the kids� excitement on the field, and see them make good plays. The most exciting thing for me is seeing the kids� reaction to everything.�
Bryant brought his entourage to Monday�s event, including athletics director Mitch Williams, Principal Dr. Jeffrey Murphy, and coaches Caleb King, Kenny Frazier, Chris Crowe, Garrett Crowe and Shane Williams.
N.C. State football coach Dave Doeren addressed the coaches, administrators and media members in attendance.
�You are making history with young men and their families,� Doeren said. �This is a week they will never forget. When the last second goes off on game day, you will know that you are the very best at your level at that very time.
�That is a moment in history that no one can take away from those kids.�
Havelock (15-0) won the eastern 3A regional championship with a 44-20 victory over Eastern Wayne last week. Up next is a rematch with unbeaten Concord (15-0).
The Rams ran away with a 55-21 win over the Spiders a year ago in Winston-Salem.
�We are going to make our rounds to play at N.C. State, after playing at Wake Forest last year and North Carolina the year before,� Bryant said. �We had a great experience the last two years, so we are hoping to have a similar experience here at N.C. State.�
Havelock held a normal practice Monday. It will do the same on Tuesday before practicing at East Carolina on Wednesday.
The Rams will practice on Thursday, and then have a school sendoff on Friday, followed by a walk-through at N.C. State.
Bryant said his players are ecstatic about playing for another state title.
�You would think they wouldn�t realize how special it is, but then you see them celebrate after the Eastern Finals, and see how excited they were,� Bryant said. �I told them we have one more game to go, but it is still exciting to win another Eastern Finals and play for a third-straight state championship.�
Not only is it a boost for the school and students, Bryant said it brings some pride to the Havelock community.
�(Running back) Derrell (Scott) said it best in a newspaper article. He said �Havelock is a football town,� Bryant said. �When I came in here and hired our staff six years ago, they had fallen on hard times in football, but they had a strong tradition.
�We�ve had a great influx in talent, kids who have bought into our program and a good administration that supports athletics. I feel blessed to be able to coach there.�
Havelock will begin selling advance state championship tickets at 11 a.m. Tuesday and will continue during normal school hours Wednesday and Thursday and again from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday at the school. They are $9 each. Tickets at the gate are $10.
Adam Thompson is a reporter for the Sun Journal.


text:
- June 6, 2007
Cookie Deletion Whitepaper
The Impact of Cookie Deletion on the Accuracy of Site-Server and Ad-Server Metrics: An Empirical Comscore Study
The study addresses the key sources of discrepancy between server-based and panel-based data and reveals that cookie deletion can lead to large overstatements in servers' measurement of the size of online audiences. Without appropriate adjustments, site server audience reports can be inflated up to 2.5 times the actual number of unique visitors.
- Topics covered in the whitepaper include:Thorough discussion of the study's methodology.
- Quantification of the degree to which cookie deletion leads to an overstatement in site-servers' estimates of the number of unique site visitors.
- Comparison of first-party vs. third-party cookie deletion rates and the resulting overstatement in servers' estimates of the size of site audiences and the reach of online advertising campaigns.
- Examination of consumers' awareness of, and attitudes towards, cookies.
- Analysis of other factors leading to potentially inflated audience reports from site server data such as failure to remove international traffic from calculation of the domestic audience and the impact of cookie blocking.


text:
"This is an historic day…"
Those were Joe Torre's first words when he addressed the team yestserday and it certainly was an historic day yesterday, the first workout at Camelback Ranch – Glendale. Many of us in the front office were talking in an afternoon meeting about how cool it would be to have been at the first workout at Dodgertown in 1949 and we can only hope that 60 years from now, people look back on the history here like they do in Vero Beach.
I saw a comment from yesterday here about a Dylan Hernandez story and wondering why I didn't respond to it. I'm not sure which article that was referring to, as Dylan writes every day, but please let me know what I can clarify for all of you…I'm happy to do so.
Speaking of Dylan and the LA Times, there's a lengthy feature in today's Travel section that really takes everything into account from the fan's perspective. The best seats in the house, parking, hotels, etc.
Lots of position players are showing up early, as I just ran into Casey Blake and Juan Pierre on their way in the building. Juan's a big NBA fan, so he was at yesterday's Slam Dunk contest, as were Joe Torre, Rick Honeycutt, and Charley Steiner, among others. I even ran into Luis Gonzalez on the concourse and got to catch up with him. Still one of the nicest guys in all of baseball.
We'll keep posting every day so check back early and often…
No Comments
Pay dre……….pay dre,pay
pay dre……..pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre…pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre……pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre………pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre………pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre………pay dre
pay dre…….pay dre…….pay dre
pay dre……….pay dre.pay dre
Bring the Ring to LA in 2009!!!!!
It is a beautiful day again. Enjoy everybody…. 🙂
Of course, you know who, would show up early!
Good Morning Tru! How are you today?
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Josh – Thanks for the link to the article.
The other article I was referring to was the one where he did the story on the lack of Season Tickets for ST and the lack of big sponsors as well. What I was interested in was how he started the article off, I'm paraphrasing, by saying that the move to AZ might not be the financial windfall that the McCourts thought it was. I noted that statement was in direct contrast to your statements about the move being strictly about the fans and not about revenue streams. Dennis Manion was quoted a few times in the article as well and he seemed a bit confused as to why the revenue streams were not what he would've thought (he blamed the economy). Interesting also was that Randy Wolf stated that tickets were a bit pricey (that sounds familiar), but Mr. Manion stated there were no plans to lower ticket costs (shocking that the Dodgers realize the ecomony is bad but still don't take that into account). At any rate, I was looking for your comments on the article because you usually do address things where statements that you put in the blog sometimes don't jive with statements by others within the organization.
dodger4life ~ I'm not in as good a mood as you are! It's the same old thing……………no news is not good news.
Great stuff Josh. Should be a interesting Spring Training.
We will get some good news, soon I hope tru.
Repeat after me……..
I'm taking your word for it, Dodger4life 🙂
Good morning all…I hope all is well….We decided to skip church today to have a sleep in day…We have just been going and going everyday….
I think Manny is signed within 72 hrs…it makes sense for all sides to end this quickly…lets get him signed….
Lets go Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson!!!! # 24 will be in victory lane!!!!
I'm going to hold you to that, ramslover. Manny signed, would be one less thing to worry about.
Go #99!!!
My wife roots for the M&M car, although she's not fond of Busch.
dishguy ~ I do too, only because I love M&Ms!
Too quiet on here…kind of eery!!!!
We watched the move Fireproof…wow what an eye opener…for those of you married, it will get you to re examine yours…very powerful message!!!
Dishguy, we are going to have our 1st disagreement…Boo Kyle Busch!!! lol….
My wife loves the M&M car for the same reasons tru does. We both don't like Busch. I like Edwards. My wife is a much bigger Nascar fan than myself though.
I like Tony too; I loved that interview. His temper gets out of hand sometimes, but I seems like a good guy overall.
Pierre shows up an unhappy camper…
Nelly is a great teacher!!! (she taught me how to link stories)
Go Denny Hamlin!!! I also like Kyle Busch, and I am pulling for the new guy on our Joe Gibbs Racing Team, Joey Legano. Redskins fan, Joe Gibbs Racing – kind of fits. I like a lot of drivers though – Jimmie, Ryan Newman, Kasey Kahne, David Regan, and Regan Smith.
Josh-thank you for all the Spring Training updates. I look forward to my trip to Arizona to kick off some Dodger baseball. Maybe I'll get the chance to see you there 🙂
Baseball is in the air~ What a good feeling.
I understand Bombko signed a minor league deal with the Yankees.
dishguy ~ about JP not being too happy. I totally agree with him when he says if Andruw can be traded so can I. To make him happy, management has to grant his wish and find a team who can use his services.
tru ~ I agree.
I understand JP wants to play, but so much for his "team guy" image. Ever since he was outplayed to the bench last season its been me me me, and it looks like it still is. I was hoping that would be different this spring, but he wasn't even satisfied when he was playing last year because he wasn't in center.
For a guy that's supposed to be building not only a good team, but one with character also, Ned's striking out there as well – JP, Andruw, Long Gone…
I'm hoping Ned gives it time to see what develops in ST, find JP a team, eat ½ or ⅔ his contract and get us a couple of prospects for him.
bpb ~ I would take that in a heartbeat.
Pay dre……….pay dre,pay
pay dre……..pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre…pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre……pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre………pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre………pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre………pay dre
pay dre…….pay dre…….pay dre
pay dre……….pay dre.pay dre
(hope you don't mind me using your artwork Dodger4life)
tru – Just like Jones, JP is untradeable, no matter what he thinks. He actually is a useful guy to have around as the 4th or 5th outfielder; too bad he is being paid like a starter. I also don't think they want to buy him out either because of the simple fact that he is somewhat useful unlike Jones.
JP=PInch runner.
It is all good dish guy 🙂
LMAO……ebay has a L.A. Dodger garden gnome lawn decoration…..only $19.95
Trublu, funny thing when the Dodgers were finally on a winning streak, they thought that the Dodger garden gnome was the good luck charm. Someone stole it out of the bullpen (many thought it was Brad Penny since he had a horrible season) so I gave Joe Beimel another one personally before the game which he immediately put in the same place in the bullpen. They continued the winning streak. That is a true story.
Josh, thanks for the heads up re: the article about Camelback Ranch. It will definitely come in handy on my trip.
heartruss ~ there were two of them on ebay and one actually said it was a good luck garden gnome. Thanks for the information.
Well, Jeff Gordon did not win…aw shucks…I thought the article on Pierre showed he is a realist in that when Manny signs he is out of a job…Any ballplayer that comes to camp wants to play so I do not begrudge him for stating that…It sounds as if he is in a good frame of mind….
It feels good to be starting another season as I'm doing my own checking on individual tickets at Citi & Yankee Stadium.
I usually catch as much of the Dodger series as I can, among other games, at the Met's ballpark and this year I can't wait to see Citi Field, which resemble Ebbet's Field, on the outside, which you might have heard and especially the Jackie Robinson Rotunda.
I'm wondering how difference the new Yankee Stadium will be.
As a Dodger fan it's been great to watch my team on MLB.TV. and it goes without saying, how I enjoy following the team on this website.
Sitting here in Limbo
Waiting for the tide turn.
Yeah, now, sitting here in Limbo,
So many things I've got to learn.
Meanwhile, they're putting up a resistance,
But I know that my faith will lead me on.
Sitting here in Limbo
Waiting for the dice on Manny to roll.
Yeah, now, sitting here in Limbo,
Still got some time to search my soul.
Meanwhile, they're putting up a resistance,
But I know that my faith will lead me on.
I don't know where life will take me,
But I know where I have been.
I don't know what life will show me,
But I know what I have seen.
Tried my hand at love and friendship,
That is past and gone.
And now it's time to move along.
Sitting here in Limbo
Like a bird ain't got a song.
Yeah, I'm sitting here in Limbo
And I know it won't be long
'Til I make my getaway, now.
Meanwhile, they're putting up a resistance,
But I know that my faith will lead me on.
I don't know where life will take me,
But I know where I have been.
I don't know what life will show me,
But I know what I have seen.
Tried my hand at love and friendship,
That is past and gone.
And now it's time to move along.
Gonna lead me on now.
Meanwhile, they're putting up resistance,
But I know that my faith will lead me on.
Sitting in Limbo, Limbo, Limbo.
Sitting in Limbo, Limbo, Limbo.
Sitting in Limbo, Limbo, Limbo.
Meanwhile, they're putting up a resistance,
But I know that my faith will lead me on.
Good evening ITD.
Number one: HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUSSELL1
Congratulations to Kuroda: opening day pitcher!!
heartruss ~ yeah, it looks like their early plans are for:
Schmidt (Torre's hope)
This decision seems to based on concern for Billingsley's ability to put too much pressure on himself.
"But Pierre said he reported to camp early — three days before position players are required to do so — with the intention of earning a starting position, whether it is in left field or center."
"Pierre wasn't the only position player to report early. Also in camp Sunday were Casey Blake, Andre Ethier, Jason Repko and Chin-lung Hu."
Instead of showing up to Spring Training and "announcing" his intentions, couldn't he just shut up, get in shape and see what shakes out? Sounds like Gonzo more and more every day. Even without Manny, Juan will have a tough time beating out Repko, who outplayed Pierre last Spring.
"For the betterment of the team last year, I kept my mouth shut and let them play," he [JP] said.
I guess that was an imposter who sat in the dugout and pouted and proclaimed that they were, "really sticking it to him."
I'm afraid though Kahli that whether JP earns it or not, according to Joe he's the LFer unless Manny comes back, I'm sure still in his rally killing #2 slot in the line-up.
Oh, enchanted, yee of little faith. I'll buy you a beer at the, ahem, ITD stadium tour, if Juan starts in left field, sans Manny. And I'll throw in a shot of Jose if he's in the two hole. Joe is in his PVL-stroke mode right now. When push comes to shove, the only thing Juan can do better than Repko is spell his last name with more letters.
Joe's PVL-stroke mode tends to last until the end of July…
Speaking of Joe, did you catch the video of his "inspirational" speech about wearing the uniform? Perhaps if he actually knew some Dodger history he could talk about it. Might also help if he put some inflection in his voice instead of the monotone dance of the living dead. If I was a player, about the only thing his speech would motivate me to do is swallow some strychnine.
Don't worry folks, I'm just getting warmed up for the season.
Good Evening ITD readers and writers!!!
It seems like this place was a little slow today. I see junkyardjamie stole my personality of a comment. It's that schitzophrenia (sp?) kicking in again I suppose. Dishguy, I was glad to be of service to you in teaching you how to copy and paste. Like I said some of the best things I have learned have been right here on ITD and that was one of them.
bpb – If this is just getting warmed up for you, I can wait to see what's ahead.
jungar – just fabulous!!!!!
I hate rain-shortened competitions.
jungar, that might have been our first Dead song! Nice! #478!!!
Well, the big crash pretty much wiped me out, and the rain didn't help either.
Two of my three did ok. Jimmie just got back on the lead lap when they stopped it. I don't know if Knaus fixed his car, but we'll never know now. On to Fontana!
How was the rest of your trip? Are you back home yet?
I lost Kyle for good, Denny got back out, and I think all of my others managed to stay out – David Regan and Kasey Kahne did well and I have both of them. I haven't checked points yet so maybe it wasn't so bad. Like you said onto Fonatana.
No, we are staying in LaQuinta thru tomorrow and leaving Tuesday morning. Michael has his first pre-season game on Wednesday (weather permitting) and I kind of want to be there to watch it. So, how was your day other than the race? Are you doing Star Wars day tomorrow?
…I meant to say "stay out on the track" meaning that they weren't involved in the big collision. As for today, it went very well. My nephew's team took 2nd in the tournament and lost the championship game in extra innings. I must say, I am glad I am not a parent in the little league ages anymore. I think the parents and coaches are getting more and more intense.
…actually, I take that back. The only driver I had that got completely taken out of the race was Busch. Everyone else either wasn't involved or managed to get back out there. Denny actually ended up 26th, and after getting completely sandwiched in the crash, wasn't so bad.
Okay, I guess I was confusing myself….I did say the same thing twice, didn't I?
First, I need to go back and thank dodger4life, enchantedbag, dishguy and rose for their congrats on the last thread!
I think Star Wars day is a GO! Perfect for a rainy day.
I was horsing around with Lucy in the backyard before the race. She wasn't letting me do my gardening and I was rough-housing a bit. She nailed me with one of her teeth on my chin and I bled like a stuck pig for a few minutes. My fault, not hers. Matt and I got under the dash of the Chevelle and got the CD player working. Sounds pretty good and he's really happy. My mom came over for dinner and we got some good gin rummy in afterward. I mentioned that you guys might be coming back to Orange County for Michael's tournament (I think I'm right, aren't I?) and Matt says, "Is Mariya coming?" LOL!!
I'm putting the points into my spreadsheet right now. Even though unofficial, I want to make sure everything is doing what it's supposed to.
Kyle (43rd) 50 pts
Denny (26th) 85
Ragan (6th) 150
Kahne (29th) 76
Anyone else you want?
Regan Smith
Ryan Newman
Casey Mears
Thanks!!!! Nothing is posted where my info is yet 🙂
The funny thing about your day is other than you hurting your chin (Ouch!) I magically knew about the rest….hmmm, including getting the radio fixed in the Chevelle and the card game with your mom…..interesting don't you think 🙂 LOL!!!! Yes, we are coming back down to Anahiem during Spring Break (the week of April 13th for us).
Regan Smith (21st) 100 pts
Ryan Newman (36th) 55
Casey Mears (15th) 118
This is hilarious! There has to be some devious, going-straight-to-hell practical joke to play here! He was doing some texting during the game.
Isn't it kind of strange how JP's name ended up the headline about who came out to Spring Training Early. Why him? Andre, Casey Blake, Jason Repko, and Chin Lun Hu showed up early too. I know they were mentioned in the article, but why is such a big deal being made about JP showing up early?
During the game…..how about all day long since about 10:30 this morning, which I am assuming is when you got home from church – LOL!!!!! I got a report about the Chevelle being worked on probably around 1 ish (I wasn't paying attention to time, just knowing we were eating lunch). Then I got a report that you were playing cards around 8ish…..we were watching movies with my sister-in-law. Yes,there is definitely a practical joke in there somewhere LOL!!!!!
I don't know. If it were other people writing the articles, I'd suspect a little pot-stirring was going on. But Hernandez and Gurnick are both Dodger publicists.
I don't know whether to LMAO or get angry. When he was accused of being untradeable, he drags Jones into it saying, "When they want to get rid of guys, they get rid of guys." You gotta love that quote. Does he know the difference between a trade and a release? Read my lips, Juanpy – YOU ARE UNTRADEABLE!!! NO ONE WANTS TO PAY YOU $28.5 MILLION FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS!!!
I would normally not notice all this, but when you are sitting right next to a person who every 5 minutes or so is saying "awwww" and blushing, it's a little hard not to pay attention. In all honest kind of funny and sweet at the same time. I guess the conversation last night didn't involve anything I didn't already know……including Matt's surgery and plans after highschool.
About JP – I have no idea what the writer's goals are because it certainly isn't helping him….it's just making us question more why he is even an option for left field at this point at least without a "real" competition between the other outfielders.
Let's see, church was over at 10. We stopped to get some breakfast to take home, but he was driving and couldn't text – 10:30 is probably pretty close. Not long after the race started he came in a little frustrated because he couldn't figure the stereo and since I don't put family second we jumped on it together, so that's about right. I think we started the cards around 7 and finished around 9 – 9:30.
That's about right 🙂
I don't know who the writer really was. The Gurnick article on the Dodger site and the Hernandez article in the LA Times were virtually the same loveletter.
Could we be getting another starter? If Ned sees this:
"Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd has long felt the game of baseball was taken away from him far too soon. He was 31 years old when he threw his last pitch for the Texas Rangers in 1991.
But now, at age 49, Boyd believes his shoulder is stronger than ever. He says his velocity is up in the low 90s and the 12-6 curveball and changeup have returned. He wants a chance to show a major league team he can still pitch.
"I have nothing to lose, and all a major league team has to lose is 15 minutes," said Boyd. "Give me 15 minutes and I'll show I can still pitch. That's all I want."
It's always been Boyd's dream to carry on the legacy of Satchel Paige and pitch into his 60s. Two weeks ago, at the Red Sox fantasy camp, Boyd started throwing in earnest again and was pleased with the results."
That would be a dream come true for Ned, don't you think? LOL!!!!!
Thank you for my fantasy numbers. I am assuming they will be posted officially by the morning, but it's good to have them ahead of time. How did you do?
I did well. Bowyer (4th) with 160 and Ragan (6th) with 150 picked up Jimmie (31st) and his 70. My opponent had a bad start with a total of 172 (he has Shrub and Kahne and Vickers). As I said, these numbers are unofficial but are usually pretty close to the final ones.
Well, as usual, I've had a fine chat with you and it's time to hit the rack. God Bless you and yours, Junie and I'll talk to you later on. Maybe Monday will bring some decent news in Dodgerland!
Let's hope for some good Dodger news…that would be great!!! Nice job in NASCAR fantasy today. Good Night Ward Dear…… a pleasure as always to talk with you. Take Care and God Bless to your wonderful family as well.
WTF?! Who came up with these schedules? In the month of April the padres have 10 home games, the gnats have 11, the rockies have 9, The Dodgers have ONLY 7, and the stupid snakes have…18 !! That is ridiculous. Good news is that if we can beat peavy in the first game of the year then we could start 4-0 cause the padres are basically putting a minor league team on the field this year, and it's also nice to know we dont have to see matt holliday in colorado anymore. This division is ours!! GO DODGERS!!!!
Good morning Trublu. I know you are up, reading the paper and drinking coffee.
I am on cloud nine this morning. I looked on the home page of MLBlogs which is linked to the Dodgers web page. I found out that I am one of the featured MLB blogs!!! And that is after only less than one week. So far Mark and Julia who have their own super blogs have posted to welcome me to the blog world. If you go to MLBlogs, under the picture, I am the second featured blog. I just feel so lucky. I am still true to ITD though.
It is raining here in Southern California, and not just a light rain. I actually ordered rain boots. I wear sandals all year around so the few pairs of shoes I have are not appropriate for rain wear. By the time I get the boots, the rain will be gone for another year. 🙂
This has to be the week that things start happening. The guys are working out now. Tomorrow will be Andre's arbitration hearing. I wish it didn't have to come to this. But what I know of Andre, he will survive and flourish anyway. Everyone have a wonderful day. Will post later.
Good morning ITDland ~ was listening to the radio from LA last night and Tony Jackson doesn't expect Manny to be signed until March………..thinks Boras will make him wait, to see if there is a major injury to some player and then the team will swoop in on Manny. I hope Manny has the courage to take the next deal offered by the Dodgers, and join the team.
My best to you Andre in your arbitration hearing. I truly hope you get the money you deserve.
I forgot, good morning heartruss!
Morning Tru & Heart.
Goodluck to Andre in his arbitration hearing. Just show them Pierre's and Druw's stats from last year and it'll be a slam dunk.
Still 9 more days until the first ST game. Let's hope Joe doesn't try and give any more motivational speeches. Jeeezzzzzz that was like listening to paint dry.
Good morning, bpb. I'm with you on Joe's speeches!
Good Morning ITD, Dodgerfaithful.
Wow 9 more day's and we will have a game.
Pay dre……….pay dre,pay
pay dre……..pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre…pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre……pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre………pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre………pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre………pay dre
pay dre…….pay dre…….pay dre
pay dre……….pay dre.pay dre
We are all behind you…….. Good Luck Tommorrow!!!
Have a Great Day Everybody 🙂
Bring the Ring to L.A. in 2009!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good morning Dodger4life. Always love your positive attitude and enthusiasm.
Good Morning Tru, Lets hope today has something positive in store for us.
I can only hope!
More rumors and thought's about Manny!!!
3. I try to ignore all the conspiracy theories that cloud my brain, but I will share this one with you that keeps popping up over and over: Manny Ramirez will sign with the Dodgers tomorrow. Why?
Two reasons: 1) Scott Boras represents both Ramirez and Alex RodriguezAlex Rodriguez , and I have no idea if Ramirez walking into Dodger camp tomorrow can distract any of the attention away from what will occur at the George tomorrow with A-Rod's press conference, but it sure might be worth a try. 2) But I am sure that the A-Rod press conference can distract from Ramirez. And if Ramirez ends up signing a contract for the same two years at $45 million range (or worse) that the Dodgers first offered in early November then isn't Boras going to look, you know, silly? Since Boras reacted to that initial bid by ignoring it and saying dismissively,
"On behalf of Manny Ramirez, we will, for the first time, begin accepting serious financial offers."
Tru, Tony Jackson is putting a damper on my Manny signing within 72 hours theory…I still believe something is going to happen quickly….
I'm counting on you, ramslover 🙂
BPB, I thought the same when I was listening to Torre…it was pretty bland…reminds me of Wade Phillips..
Good Morning ITD readers and writers!!!!
I finally listened to Torre, and now I know what you guys were talking about.
Andre – best of luck in your arbitration hearing tomorrow. You fans are behind you 100% and then some for some of us 🙂
Pay dre……….pay dre,pay
pay dre……..pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre…pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre……pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre………pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre………pay dre
pay dre…..pay dre………pay dre
pay dre…….pay dre…….pay dre
pay dre……….pay dre.pay dre
We are all behind you…….. Good Luck Tommorrow!!!
Have a Great Day Everybody 🙂
Rams – I'm sure Jack Kevorkian gives the same pep talk to put you to sleep so you don't feel a thing before you slip away into the afterlife. Is it any wonder why this team played with all the fire of a wet rag before Manny came?
…and you say you are just warming up? LMAO!!!
Well geez Nells… I mean gawd, you want to make captured terrorists talk, just make them listen to an endless loop of Uncle Joe's uplifting speeches. They'd find Bin Laden in half an hour.
That speech would've made a kamikaze pilot commit harikari before he got to his plane.
How do you explain this from the LA Times on May 13?
"As for home spring training games, which start later this month, (Dodger)tickets are priced from $18-$100 per seat, with berm seating from $8-$10 depending on the game.
Recently signed pitcher Randy Wolf said this week that he would like to see the Dodgers lower ticket prices so that fans impacted by the nation's economic problems could still afford to attend games."
Hope things change and the fans come out for more "historic" days that are more affordable and don't become astronomical.
LMAO bpb!!!
indiansn06/aaron – We can't explain it either and we are hoping something changes as well. Thank you for the post. It's good to know it's just not us Dodger fans that are feeling this way 🙂
good morning ITD!
It has been raining very hard since I left work this morning! My pant legs were so wet even though I had an umbrella but I rather take public transportation than drive, especially on a day like today. Hope everyone is well. Stay warm Rose! I've been very busy and did not have time to post.
Heart _ I was standing in back of you the day you gave Beimel that gnome! I did not know that was you!
You guys know I can't stand him so I won;t harp to much…i think he is the most selfish ballplayer I have ever seen play. Both on the field and the things he has said….But this is a perfect example of his myopia…
"One thing they want that I can't do is hit for power."
No what we want, including me, is to not make so many outs, to work the count, to take pitches, to move runners over, to not always hit a weak grounder to 2nd base or a pop up to left field. In otherwords be Brett Butler. Instead all he does (and why i call him selfish) is go up there and hope to make contact and hope he can beat out a throw. In 600 at bats he figures to do that 50 times, get a hole with a grounder thru 2nd 50 times, hope the pop up to lf droops 50 times and then he hits the ball hard maybe 50 times all year. 30 of them fall for hit. There is his 180-190 hits, no walks, 90 runs, 38rbi and 50 steals…******* freakin do..
I have said it a zillion times Pierre lovers, if he was playing the way he used to play when he got on base 40 percent more of the time, it would still be hard to take but at least he would have positive value..
He has chosen, in February no less… to make the first few days of 2009 Dodger Baseball all about him. Go away. I'd give him to the Padres, Rockies, Dbacks, Giants for free if they promised to play him 162 games.
Won't get any argument from me jungar. The other things he can't do – throw, steal first base, wear his little hat straight…
jungar – no arguments here whatsoever. I am assuming he showing up to ST early (which he wasn't the only one, but for some reason is getting all the headlines for it) is similar to him showing up to the ballpark 8-10 hours before the game. What good does it do you if you aren't improving on anything.
…….cheer for his fellow teammates.
Pierre is sporting a .326, .330, .331, .327 OBP the last 4 full years. He even knows this is piss poor and the reason he is benched. But noooo he has to make it a scapegoat thing…
—I have to reprint this cause it so funny. This is from a cub blog before we signed Pierre.
When it became clear that Corey Patterson was no longer welcome with the Cubs, they were in need of a superstar center fielder. When they couldn't find one, they settled on Juan Pierre. Pierre brought his undeserved reputation for being a good base stealer, his complete lack of power, his rag arm, and his idiotic McDonald's commercial with him. You know who clearly doesn't know a damn thing about baseball? Jay-Z. Juan Pierre is without a doubt the worst player to ever obtain "superstar" status.
On December 7, 2005, the Cubs traded Sergio Mitre, Ricky Nolasco, and Renyel Pinto to the Florida Marlins for Pierre in a move which was long rumored to be in the works. The rumors gave Cubs fans plenty of time to get angry about the trade.
Pierre was excited to patrol in front of the ivory at Wrigley Field. Yes, ivory. Prior to the 2003 NLCS, Pierre said that the only thing he was nervous about was crashing into the "ivory" on the walls of Wrigley Field. If by "ivory" Pierre meant "my fist," and by "crashing" he meant "getting punched repeatedly by," then his worries were justifiable. If you recall, that 2003 NLCS was the same NLCS during which Pierre was a complete nightmare for Cubs pitching. Imagine my surprise that it didn't translate once he put on the blue pinstripes.
Let me run you through about 90% of Pierre's Cub at-bats. On the first pitch, Pierre fakes like he's going to bunt. Called strike one. Here's a question. Why? Why in the hell is Pierre faking a bunt on the first pitch of every at-bat? I'm pretty sure that opposing teams already have the scouting report on Pierre. It reads:
Good speed. Absolutely no chance of hitting the ball out of the ballpark infield. Sprays balls to all infielders. Defensively, should consider using short-centerfielder with two outfielders. Likes to bunt for 200 meaningless singles each year. Used to have a ridiculous mustache. Wears baseball cap under batting helmet like he's still in f@#$ing tee ball. Looks like he's in f@#$ing tee ball. Hits like he's in f@#$ing tee ball. Pitch him like he's in f@#$ing tee ball. Seriously. Go ahead. Walk the ball up to him, set it on a tee, and watch him "square up" a three-hopper to the first baseman.
Seriously, what was the point of Pierre faking a bunt on the first pitch? Everyone knew the only chance he had of reaching first base safely was to bunt. Pierre showing bunt was about as surprising as Lindsay Lohan admitting that she has an eating disorder and boob job. No. F@#$ing. ****.
The second pitch of a typical Pierre at bat is usually fouled straight back to the screen. Generally, that was the best contact you were going to see during the at-bat. With Pierre, you took what you could get. "Holy ****! Pierre hit a line drive!" you might say. "So what if it was going in the exact opposite direction that we need it to go? It was a screamer!"
On the third pitch, Pierre swings with all his might and hits a seven-hopper to the second baseman. Most of the excitement of watching Pierre play comes in the moment between the time he makes contact, and the time he is thrown out at first base by half a step. Pierre is so astonishingly weak, that opposing second basemen have to charge his grounders at full speed. So every routine 4-3 putout makes idiot fans like me rise to our feet in the hopes that Pierre will beat out the throw to first. Pierre is that perfect combination of speed and limp-dick hitting which makes him all but guaranteed to be thrown out by just a split second on every single groundout. Exciting, I guess, but also a complete waste of 1/3 of an inning each time Pierre steps to the plate.
Pierre has a reputation for not striking out often. What's his secret? He swings early, and he swings often. Pierre has no idea how to wait for a hitter's pitch, which is fine since he wouldn't know what to do with it, anyhow, what with him not being an actual hitter.
Since Pierre refuses to take pitches, he also rarely walks, and he doesn't see many pitches per at-bat. Basically, he pretty much blows as a leadoff hitter. Yet somehow he was Jim Hendry's 2006 answer to the leadoff question. Good God. Perhaps if Pierre had spent his pregame routine standing in the batter's box watching pitches and identifying balls and strikes instead of rolling his balls down the foul lines, he might have been a more useful player.
I'd like to take this opportunity to set the record straight about Pierre's abilities as a base stealer. Pierre sucks at stealing bases. He's terrible at it. The guy is fast, no doubt. But he doesn't get good jumps, he doesn't read pitchers well, and he never surprises anyone when he chooses to run. That's why in his career Pierre has only been successful in 73% of his steal attempts. In comparison, legitimate base stealer Rickey Henderson stole successfully 81% of the time. What? It's not fair to compare the eventual Hall of Famer to Pierre? Okay. Then former center fielder Corey Patterson also stole bases at an 81% rate. Sure, he didn't steal as many bases as Pierre, but he gave away an out less than one out of every five times he was on base. Pierre gave one away greater than one out of every four times.
Screw you, Pierre, for making me defend Corey Patterson.
Pierre was equally impotent in the field. Sorry, Juan. Every time he threw home, I expected Michael Barrett to start doing a jig next to an enormous pot of gold. Pierre's arm is so outstandingly bad, even the completely disinterested Los Angeles sports media realizes. You have to be all kinds of awful for a sportswriter in California to acknowledge it. Christ, Dusty Baker didn't even draw that much ire in his time in San Francisco.
Pierre was let go after the 2006 season to make room for new center fielder Alfonso Soriano/Felix Pie/Matt Murton/Jacque Jones/Angel Pagan. One of the guys the Cubs gave up for one worthless year of Pierre, meanwhile, has gone 2-2 with a 1.89 ERA and a 1.112 WHIP. That's right. Sergio Mitre is pitching great this year.
Screw you, Larry Rothschild.
Low Point: Everyone's favorite leadoff hitter only drew two walks in the entire month of September, 2006, and both of those came in the same game. Pierre went twenty-five games at the end of the season (nearly all of September into October) without drawing a single walk. To illustrate how bad that is, Pierre actually had one more home run during that time than he did walks. Did You Know? In case you've been waiting this whole time to come with a "but he had 200 hits" argument, think again. Pierre's 204 hits in 2006 were the most hollow 204 hits in Major League history. Pierre is only the second player ever to record more than 200 hits in a season without batting .300 (Pierre hit .292). Buddy Bell did it in 1979. The only difference is that Bell just barely got the hits (exactly 200) and just barely missed the average (he hit .299). Oh, and Bell hit 18 homers, drove in 101 RBIs, and slugged .451, as opposed to Pierre's 3 homers, 40 RBIs, and .388 SLG.
That ought to be required reading for all Dodger fans, and especially the front office. THANKS JUNGAR!!!
bpb & jungar ~ I don't know if the front office knows how to read!
Hell, the front office doesn't even know Andre Ethier plays on the team!!
I just put a picture in my blog of James Loney and I from the Canter's event. i only asked Loney for a pic :-). I just talked to the rest of the guys.
ohoh big boss in town…time to work!
Tomorrow is "Screw Andre Day", or at the very least "Try to Screw Andre Day". You all know who's doing it – yes, it's your favorite owners Frank and Jamie and their faithful underlings Ned and Ng. Beating Andre in arbitration would be one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in sports. It's not too late to make a decent offer of $3.5 million, but I don't see that coming, not with this foul bunch.
SELL THE TEAM, you cheap ************************!!!
Bear ~ we can make February 17th a National Holiday…..as you so aptly put it "Screw Andre Day" and every year we can honor all of the players who get screwed.
So are you the same bear that used to post as "oldbear" in the Dodger forum? I know I called you oldbear before here 'cause i think you are the same one, right?
stuff like this is way more important than Juan Pierre.
He needed to move on, clearly.
"A lot of stuff went on last year," Penny said. "There were a few people I didn't get along with on the coaching staff that don't respect people. I mean, me and Joe [Torre] got along fine. I just feel like nobody had my back there. You're in the clubhouse and you have players coming up to you saying coaches are saying this to them about you. And that's just not a good situation to be in."
"Your boy Larry Bowa."
Anyone else?
"You know what, injuries are out of my control," said Penny, who did take a cortisone injection in September. "I was hurt. Obviously they didn't believe me, because of what they were saying. But, they'll learn. You've got to listen to your arm. It's not all about giving someone a shot. I was hurt. I'm not going to make that up."
The season before, Penny won 16 games and finished third in the National League Cy Young voting. In 2008, his record was 6-9 and his ERA was 6.27. He pitched only nine innings after mid-June.
"I was trying to protect my career," he said. "Obviously I don't throw 88 miles an hour. If they're too blind to see that, that's out of my control. It's funny, man, I don't know. … They should look at it like I tried to do more than I should have. From the start. They knew I was hurt in spring training. I wouldn't have been of any help. Yeah, I could pitch. I wouldn't have done any good."
jungar – that is some article, and yes, it should be required reading.
messagebear – it's a miscarriage of justice that will probably only be noticed by the the diehard Dodger fans. However, that still doesn't make it right by any means, and I am frankly appalled that the Dodger management is doing this to him. They should be thanking him instead of taking him throught this process, whether he wins or not.
Okay – back to movie watching. I will check back in during our next break in the action.
jungar – Wow!! That's interesting about Penny.
So the Dodgers are having trouble selling spring training tickets. Sign Manny; problem solved. Give him three or four years. They'll make the money back before the end of the year and have a base for future springs. But, that makes too much sense, doesn't it?
Yeah, I had heard that and more at the Stadium about Penny. Still, I wish him good luck unless he faces the Blue. Still cannot forget that his father was a Brooklyn fan.
Weren't Penny, Lowe and Kent the last of the DePo era?
I've actually never posted on another Dodger related blog. I was thinking that you call be "oldbear" because of my physical age, which would be appropriate, except when I really get steamed at our management, which is quite often, and then I feel young enough to want to go a couple of rounds with Frank and Ned and whoever the rotten bast***s want to bring along.
i have been a los angeles dodger fan since i went to the very first dodger-giant game in 1958 (13 years old) i was hooked and have been bleeding doger blue ever since.
i have been reading the blog for 2 years but this is my first time writing.
i am wondering why the dodgers signed loney, kemp and martin but not ethier. could it be that both andre and manny have "agentEGOitis"?
sign me fan58
Welcome to ITD Steve!!
I did not mean a Dodger blog but the Dodger forum. If you are not the same person, forgive me.
Welcome Steve (fan58). I don't think Loney and Kemp are eligible yet. Loney was the last one to join the team of the Jacksonville group. I am sure Ethier will get his well deserved raise.
Going from basically ML minimum, Ethier can't lose – he gets a raise to almost 3 or almost 4 million a year.
I want to welcome you to ITD, too, steve. I have to warn you, once you start posting here ist's hard to stop 🙂
i have never been able to figure out why management and agents can't settle when the money is so small (relatively speaking) 2.6mil against 3.5mil. i dont know-how about 3.05mil. settled! everyone is happy. play ball!!
Shoot, didn't the Nationals take a guy to arbitration over $250K?
Zero sponsors for nine spots in the new Camelback Ranch facility. The McCourts thought they could just show up in Arizona and everyone would flock. It doesn't work if the product is not up to par, par being with Manny, not without. Once you have a taste of greatness, it's hard to live without. Sign Manny and those spots are gone in two hours.
steve ~ we've been trying to figure that out and can't come up with a reasonable explanation. Several players have won their arbitration hearings and I hope Andre wins his too. I know against the Dodgers, hardly anyone wins, but I think his stats will help him.
doughdoc ~ don't you think another reason people aren't flocking to McRanch is because they can go to a real game for the same price?
Spring training with Manny, big difference. We're also talking sponsorships, and even in a depressed economy, it's hard to turn down seeing your sign behind Manny on ESPN.
Part of Frank's greed on the sponsorships is that he wanted national sponsors, so he spurned the locals. Manny may make a difference to some of them, but seems to me Frank's asking some large coin for a place that's in the limelight maybe 4 weeks of the year.
If only he had included a scented towel…
LOL 0 sponsorships? Get a clue Franky boy. This product right now blows without one Manuel Ramirez.
Good Evening ITD readers and writers!!! In the middle of another movie break with my daughter and nephews.
Welcome to ITD Steve!!!! I am glad you decided to post. It will be hard to stop now 🙂
From my understanding, Andre has tried to contact and negotiate to some degree. I mean to some degree because the communication hasn't been great the Dodgers aren't trying to work anything out, and Frank is not budging from his number. So, unless something happens in the midnight hour, Andre will be at his Arbitration hearing tomorrow sometime.
"There's no way to handicap it," said general manager Ned Colletti, who helped prepare arbitration cases for the Cubs and Giants before he joined the Dodgers. "The time is right to do it when both sides can't agree. We've tried to avoid it and we will the next 24 hours. We all love Andre. He was the first player I traded for when I came here."
New thread


text:
Sony revolutionizes wireless uploading with Cyber-shot DSC-G3
Ever since the first compact digicams with integrated Wi-Fi came out, we've been asking for – clamoring for, really – a camera that allowed easy access to public wireless hotspots, making wireless image uploading on the go a reality.
Today, it seems that Sony has addressed this concern with the launch of the Wi-Fi equipped Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3.
What makes the G3 special among cameras with wireless upload capabilities is simple: it has a built-in web browser. But the point is not to use the camera to browse the web (though, theoretically, you could…). Rather, having a simple web browser means you can now accept terms of service on hot spot splash pages, a key oversight that has made other wireless digicams almost impossible to use on many public wireless networks.
Sony has also collaborated with AT&T, equipping each G3 with a year of free hot spot access on any Wi-Fi network managed by the carrier. Sony's Easy Upload system is configured to automatically direct photos and videos to popular sites including Shutterfly, Picasa, and YouTube, but with the G3's built-in browser, you can also send photos anywhere you'd like on the web directly from the camera.
In all of the focus on wireless uploading in Sony's announcement this morning, you might forget that the G3 is also a picture taking – and not just a picture uploading – device. The thin, 10 megapixel, auto-exposure G3 boasts a 4x optical zoom, Intelligent Scene Recognition, and of course, face detection. The camera uses the very crisp 3.5 inch, 920,000 dot LCD that has graced other flagship Sony ultracompact models.
Stylistically, the G3 is in the tradition of Sony's fashionable T-series ultracompacts, but modifies the sliding lens-cover design of the T cameras in a unique way: in the G3, the entire camera body slides open left to right, extending the camera by half an inch or so and revealing the lens.
The G3 also borrows the T700's "pocket photo album" concept, coming packed with 4GB of internal storage. Using supplied software, you can upload compressed versions of your images – those taken with the G3, and those shot with other cameras – to the G3 for mobile viewing, while storing the originals safely on your hard drive at home.
If this sounds like the camera you've been waiting for, you'll be happy to know that the G3 should be hitting retailers any day now. Not surprisingly, the price tag will likely hover around a steep $500. But if the G3 works as well as advertised on the wireless uploading front, it may prove a small price to pay for convenience.


text:
In a Republican event that brought political dynamos old and new to New York for a lively day of tax and budget talk, former President George W. Bush and Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey on Tuesday kicked off a series of panel discussions and break-out sessions that targeted President Barack Obama's current fiscal policy.
The timing of Bush's public appearance in the nation's financial capital clearly coincided with the presidential election season as Mitt Romney looks increasingly likely to become the Republican candidate to face off against Obama in November.
Sponsored by the George W. Bush Institute, the Tax Policies for 4% Growth Conference at the New York Historical Society brought together a group of heavy hitters ranging from Bush and Christie to House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan, Bush deputy chief of staff Karl Rove, the former presidential candidate Steve Forbes, the former National Economic Council director Lawrence Lindsey and Republican governors from the states of Maine, Michigan, Oklahoma and Tennessee. Also on hand as the ultimate Republican éminence grise was Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Richard Nixon.
Against a backdrop of a dozen American flags on the Historical Society's main stage, about 200 enthusiastic audience members stood and applauded as Bush entered the auditorium to deliver some brief, unscripted remarks before the day's panels started.
Looking tan and relaxed as he spoke to the roomful of party insiders, Bush said he was happily retired and focused on building his presidential museum that will focus not just on his legacy but the global principles of freedom and democracy. His current projects include supporting U.S. veterans, fighting cervical cancer in Africa and supporting women in Middle Eastern countries such as Egypt.
"I have decided to stay out of the limelight," Bush said. "It's not good to undermine our president. I've been asked if I miss the presidency. I really don't, but I really do miss being commander in chief. We have a calling to save lives in the developing world. We can't be isolationists and hope for a peaceful tomorrow."
With his characteristic sense of humor, Bush also spoke of his mountain bike rides with wounded war veterans, saying, "I don't like being beaten by a one-legged veteran on a mountain bike."
Turning to the United States' economic troubles, Bush spoke of the daunting entitlement overhang and high debt-to-GDP ratio. The key to private sector growth of 4%, Bush said, is to keep tax rates low.
"I wish they weren't called the Bush tax cuts. If they weren't, they'd be less likely to be raised," Bush said, referring to the scheduled Jan. 1, 2013, end to his top tax bracket cuts. "If you raise taxes on the so-called rich, you're raising taxes on the job creators."
Christie continued that theme in another unscripted speech that focused on how he cured New Jersey's budget deficit when he took over as governor in 2010. The Democrat-controlled state Legislature had crippled New Jersey over the prior eight years, Christie said, raising taxes 115 times as the number of state workers per square mile grew to the largest in the nation and private job growth fell to nearly zero.
"The Democratic leadership called me all kinds of names," Christie (left) said. "We cut every department in the state budget. Everyone had to sacrifice."
Christie, who has been talked about as a potential Republican candidate for president, is lauded in conservative circles for the tough line he took on slashing New Jersey's budget in 2010, when he used an executive order to make $2.2 billion in line-item cuts.
A big man with a down-to-earth, populist style of engagement, Christie won over the audience of old-school Republicans at the Historical Society by talking about the need for bipartisanship in the increasingly broken political system in Washington.
"If you can do this in New Jersey, you can do it anywhere, and most importantly in Washington, D.C.," Christie said. "Compromise is not a dirty word."


text:
Beagle Interactive Whiteboard/contest
Beagle Interactive Whiteboard
- Title: Beagle Interactive Whiteboard
- beagleboard.org project: not yet
- Short project description: A portable Interactive Whiteboard using BeagleBoard and the picoDLP projector
- Homepage: not yet
- Expected results:
- A basic hardware specification for a portable presentation system.
- An aplication for a portable presentation system.
- A demonstration of the possibilities provided by the BeagleBoard and the picoDLP.
- Contact: remendozag[at]gmail[.]com


text:
Welcome to Teens And Taxes
This website will clear the confusion about taxes for teenagers and their parents.
Does a teenager owe taxes? The answer can be confusing because teenagers earn money in so many ways. This site will explain the US income taxes that can impact a teenager in a clear, easy-to-understand way.
Ebook version $5.00 (pdf format for easy reading on your computer or printing).
Kindle version on Amazon.com $4.99
Updated for 2018 tax changes!
Are you a teenager wanting to make some money?
Thousands of teenagers make money by starting a business. You can too!
A micro business is a small and manageable business. It fits into your life. You can work as much as or little as you want, usually from home and when it's convenient for you. You can also make good money-sometimes better than working fast food or at the mall.
My book Starting a Micro Business for Teens will help you plan and launch a successful micro business.


text:
Racing-game mavens who hanker for a bit of upscale American style now have one fewer reason to leave the basement: Cadillac's big-assed badass CTS-V Coupe race car will soon be available for the immersive iRacing MMO racing simulator.
Setup of the virtual racer was done with the close cooperation of Cadillac and Pratt & Miller Engineering, which builds the real-life cars just outside of Detroit. iRacing's standard micrometer-precise modeling will be matched with high-grade recordings of the CTS-V's engine at work.
We've gone on at length before about the good (it's great preparation for real life racing) and bad (it will completely take over your life) of iRacing. Adding a new car to the series is a laborious process, but addictions can be demanding and ravenous things. So please remember: While you're practicing to replace Andy Pilgrim or Johnny O'Connell (dream on, game boy) drink some water once in a while, at least.
Photo Credit: GM/iRacing


text:
School of Arts & Communication
Westchester Graduate Campus
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577
United States
Advanced Certificate in Educational Leadership
Format: Campus
The Advanced Certificate in Educational Leadership is a 30 credit post-master's program that leads to eligibility for New York State certification as a School District Leader (SDL) and/or School Building Leader (SBL). It also can assist the graduate in meeting the requirements for superintendent and principal in New Jersey.
As the role of educational leader becomes increasingly challenging, it is imperative that students develop theoretical concepts and practical skills in order to be reflective practitioners who promote social justice, create caring classrooms and school communities, and enable all children to be successful learners.
The pedagogical content of the courses integrates practice with theory. An internship experience, in collaboration with school/district leaders, is a central component throughout these programs. During the internship, emphasis is placed upon the following five areas - Administration/Organization/Business Management, School- Community Relations, Staff/Personnel Issues, Student Personnel Issues, and Curriculum & Instruction.
Courses emphasize critical thinking, reflection, and problem solving skills in order to prepare individuals who can be catalysts for school change and improved student performance. Coursework is designed to help students draw connections between theory and practice and focus on how to facilitate learning. The Educational Leadership graduate programs are committed to preparing candidates who demonstrate the nine essential characteristics of effective leaders, promoted by the New York State Education Department. Emphasis is placed upon the core domains of leadership and the ILSSC standards.
Classification: Master's College or University I
Locale: Large Suburb
Size & Settings: 10,000-19,999


text:
These are not "McMansions." Their domes are made with 100% organic polymer chains, fabricated by artisanal molecular foundries. And the homes inside are all sustainably manufactured out of locally-mined carbonaceous compounds and minerals. So they're good for the asteroid belt environment, and great for you!
This is a 1980 image by Robert McCall from an OMNI magazine gallery called "Space Witness." You can see more incredible, futuristic images of cities from OMNI over at OMNI Reboot.


text:
My day was going so well. I had a great morning of blogging, the kids did their chores, and I was in pretty good spirits. Then I got an unexpected phone call that went something like this:
Robb: Can you pack a bag for me? I'm going to Boise.
Me: Are you serious?
Robb: If I come home right now, can you take me back to the office?
Me: Right now? When do you leave?
Robb: My rental car will be here in 45 minutes.
*long sigh*
I looked at the overflowing basket of dirty laundry and the empty closet and wondered how I would make this work. Enter SuperWife. SuperWife packed the last pair of clean pants, rifled through the mis-matched sock box, and located the misplaced sci-fi book. SuperWife even found sunglasses and a $20 bill. What SuperWife couldn't find was any snacks.
I normally pack snacks for these trips, since I know Robb will have a 5 hour drive, obnoxiously late nights in the office, and no desire to actually feed himself. The problem was that the pantry was seriously empty. There were no crackers. No chips. Not a can of coke. Not even an apple. Hmmm. It was at this point I found myself thinking, "If I hurry, I could put a batch of cookies in the oven before he gets home."
SuperWife, indeed.
I started with Robb's favorite butter cookie. Then I searched the produce drawer of my sad and lonely looking fridge and found lemons and blackberries. YUM. The lemon really brightened up the cookie, and who doesn't love berries? I love how they make the cookie all swirly and marbled looking. They came together mighty fast, if I say so myself. I scooped them onto my baking sheet, and slid them into the oven just as he walked in the door.
He was chomping at the bit to get on the road, but I stalled him long enough to pull the pan out of the oven and slide some warm lemon blackberry cookies into a container and into his bag. He sampled one on the way back to the office. He described it as soft and creamy, a pretty apt description, if you ask me.
It doesn't do much for the annoyance of a last minute business trip, but it does a little.
- ¾ cup butter, softened
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 T. lemon zest (approx.)
- 1 T. lemon juice
- ½ tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. baking powder
- 2 cups flour
- 1 handful fresh blackberries (about ½ cup)
- Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 4-5 minutes.
- Add egg, vanilla, lemon zest and juice. Mix well.
- Add salt, baking powder, and flour, and mix just until combined.
- If berries are large, slice in half. Fold berries into dough gently, do not over mix.
- Drop spoonfuls of dough onto baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 12-14 minutes.
If you enjoy this recipe, you might also enjoy:
Lemon Blueberry Cookies from Jen's Favorite Cookies
Blackberry White Chocolate Cupcakes from Your Cup of Cake
Strawberry Mousse Sugar Cookie Cups from Cookies and CupsDid I include some Amazon affiliate links? Yes I did. Will I make money from this? Only if you purchase something. I promise not to spend it all in one place.


text:
This article is about providing the cold hard facts about the AllXClub MLM Company. I want to answer the question that was bugging many marketers online and offline whether this is a legitimate home business opportunity or another MLM scam.
AllXClub is positioning itself as the first MLM in the Adult Entertainment Industry. The company offers a turnkey system to allow members to capitalize on the 100 Billion Dollar a year Adult Industry. All memberships are by invitation only through an existing member.
According to Npros the products include 성인용품 products, video-on-demand, online strip poker, DVDs, adult dating services, chat, lingere, toys, a 10% discount on adult products, and novelties by monthly membership; with Platinum members receiving an additional free DVD every month, a total access account with a dating service on the Internet, and an increase in your percentage discount on products to 20%.
According to real life testimonials from people I have interviewed who joined the AllXClub, the company is 100% legit and provides great service for it's members. For the first ever Adult Industry MLM opportunity AllXClub really seems to hit the nail.
However, an important thing to point out is that if you are looking for a legitimate home business opportunity then there is no difference what you choose. You can make it with any product or any company. Home based business success is only available to those who possess the Entrepreneurial mindset.
One of the most common mistakes of 99% of all home based business owners is hoping that some opportunity will make it work for them, when their business depends on nothing but on their own efforts. They can succeed with any marketing opportunity the question is "How is it done?"
True Entrepreneurs are the ones who really make it big in the home based business industry and there are specific reasons why they do. There are specific principals they follow and there specific ways they build their businesses.
Internet Marketing is more than it seems. It is more than posting a classified or buying a domain. Internet Marketing requires a whole lot more than just a product. It requires a certain approach, different approach-the new age approach.


text:
Purple Flowers Design Silly Patch
Custom Purple Flower design Silly Patch for Diabetic patients wanting to secure their devices. To help your site or sensor stay in place and last longer. Great for active kids of all age Hypoallergenic Pressure Sensitive Adhesive medical device tape from 3m is safe on skin while strong and water resistant


text:
- CA BWGPL GJ-HistBuilding-2017-04-05-04
- Item
- 1995
The mid-block building located on the north side at 101 John St. East was built pre-1900 in the Gothic Revival Cottage style. Originally, there was a woodshed across the back. It was the home of Mrs. Leduc or Mrs. Paul Courier, a French descendant...
Nancy Smith


text:
Susan Feniger's Ukrainian Spinach Dumplings
Small, moon-shaped dumplings called varenyky are a common sight in Eastern Europe. While a tender, rich dough is a given, this style of dumpling can be filled with anything from potatoes to pickled fish. Verenyky are killer comfort food, especially with sour cream.
Susan Feniger's version in Street Food takes what could be a heavy appetizer and brightens it up with summer vegetables. Instead of overloading the dumplings with meat or starch, she brings zucchini and spinach together with earthy potatoes and tangy feta cheese. To top them off, Feniger makes a genius move and serves her verenyky with bright and bitter lemon marmalade. The lemon cuts the richness of the buttery dough, highlighting the herbaceous spinach, sweet zucchini, and briny feta.
Why I Picked This Recipe: Zucchini is overflowing out of markets right now, and these dumplings seemed an excellent way to work through the bumper crop.
What Worked: The addition of the lemon marmalade was brilliant, transforming a simply good dumpling into a resplendent bite.
What Didn't: Mixing and rolling the dry, crumbly dough was a challenge without adding extra liquid.
Suggested Tweaks: Next time, I'd dial back on the flour a bit in the dough or else add a little extra sour cream.
Reprinted with permission from Susan Feniger's Street Food by Susan Feniger. Copyright 2012. Published by Clarkston Potter. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved.
- Yield:serves 4 to 6
- Active time: 2 1/2 hours
- Total time:3 1/2 hours
- For the Dough
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 3 1/4 cups (16.25 ounces) all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
- For the Filling
- 2 yukon gold potatoes, peeled and cut into 8 equal pieces
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 2 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 white onion, minced
- 2 1/2 pounds zucchini, grated (4 cups)
- 2 bunches fresh spinach, roughly chopped (8 cups)
- 5 ounces feta cheese, crumbled (1 cup)
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter
- 1 cup sour cream, for serving
- Lemon Marmalade, for serving
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh dill, for garnish
For the Dough: In a small bowl, mix the egg and sour cream together. Put the flour and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. With the mixer on low speed, beat the mixture while adding the butter, one piece at a time, until the flour starts to come together in small clumps, about 2 minutes. Stop the mixer and add the egg mixture all at once. Turn the mixer on low speed again, and mix just enough to incorporated the egg mixture. Do not overmix or your dough will be tough. The consistency will be slightly crumbly and will resemble a pie dough.
Turn the dough out onto a flat surface. Knead it with your hands just enough to bring the dough together into a ball. Wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for at least 1 hour or for as long as 24 hours.
Divide the dough in half. Put one half on floured work surface; wrap the other half in plastic wrap and return it to the refrigerator. Roll the dough out into a round about 1/8 inch thick. Cut out 12 rounds with 3-inch cookie cutter. Put rounds on a plate, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until ready to use. Repeat with the other half of the dough to make 24 rounds total.
For the Filling:Put the potatoes and 1 teaspoon of the salt in a small saucepan, cover with water, and set over high heat. Bring to a boil. Then reduce the heat to medium-low and continue to cook at a slow boil for 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are very tender when poked with a fork. Drain, and set aside until cool enough to handle, 5 to 10 minutes. Grate the potatoes on the large holes of a box grater and set aside.
While the potatoes are cooking, heat the olive oil in a large saute pan set over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring frequently, until it is translucent and just beginning to brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the zucchini and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt. Cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. The onion will continue to brown; that is okay. Add the spinach and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes.
Remove the pan from the heat and pour the entire contents into a colander, pushing on them slightly to expel some of the liquid. Let drain and cool in the colander for 30 minutes, occasionally pressing and stirring with a rubber spatula to drain as much of the excess liquid as possible.
When the drained spinach mixture is cool, put it in a large mixing bowl. Add the grated potato, feta cheese, and the last 1/2 teaspoon salt. Mix gently to combine.
To Assemble:Put a large pot of water on the stove to boil. Put a level tablespoon of the filling in the center of each dough round. Fold the dough into a half-moon shape, and making sure the filling doesn't squeeze out, press the edges together firmly with your fingers to seal them. The dough is pliable, so if there seems to be too much filing, you can stretch it a little bit to fit around it. Repeat until all of the dumplings are filled.
Working in batches, boil the dumplings for 3 minutes and then drain, being careful that they don't tear. Set them aside on a tray lined with wax paper. (The dumplings can be covered and refrigerated for up to 1 day at this point.)
Melt the butter in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. When the butter is frothy, add the dumplings so that they lie in a single layer. (You may have to do this in two or three batches, depending on the size of your pan.) Cook for just 1 to 2 minutes on each side, until they have a light golden brown sear and are slightly crispy.
To serve, spread a generous spoonful of sour cream across the center of each plate. Follow with a spoonful of the lemon marmalade. Put the dumplings on top, and sprinkle with the dill.
All products linked here have been independently selected by our editors. We may earn a commission on purchases, as described in our affiliate policy.


text:
Simple Garage Jump Rope Workoutjump to recipe
This garage jump rope workout is a great workout to do while out of town to help keep you on track with your fitness goals during the holidays!
Today's post is brought to you as a collaboration with my friend Dave Hunt of Crossrope! You may recognize Dave from episode 68 of the Fed & Fit Podcast where we talked about how to loose body fat and gain strength by jumping rope! I personally own one of the Crossrope sets and love it.
The holiday season is coming quick and for many people that means lots of food, lots of travel, and not much time to exercise. You are not alone if you find that the holidays put you out of your typical fitness routine, waiting until the New Year to set a new resolution to take off all the weight you added.
Jumping rope is a convenient, quick, portable way to burn calories in your garage at home. (or even when traveling)
Try the ultimate garage gym jump rope workout. It's quick and super-effective for calorie burning and full-body toning!
15-Minute Interval Workout
Jump Rope
Jump Rope
Jump Rope
(try a heavy rope for this interval)
Repeat four times.
Need a rope? Take a look at this light/heavy jump rope combo set
Crossrope Giveaway
TWO of you can WIN a Crossrope "Plus Set" ($128 value)!
Here's how to enter:
- Simply leave a comment below telling me your biggest wellness goal in 2017 and where you're writing from.
Two winners will be chosen at random on Monday, December 19th at 12:00 p.m.
More about Dave!
Dave Hunt is a former Navy pilot, competitive track athlete and the creator of the Crossrope jump rope system, which offers progressively heavier ropes to vary the speed and intensity of your rope training. For free workouts and fat-burning tips or to get your hands on a Crossrope Set you can visit www.blog.crossrope.com.
Leave a Reply to Rachel Iovan Cancel reply
My wellness goal is to be less restrictive in both exercise and nutrition. I hail from Wisconsin!
To get back into pre-baby shape! ☀Florida☀
I have two goals for 2017: keep my nutrition on track and do 3 unassisted pull-ups! I'm in Virginia 🙂
2017 goal – bite the bullet and finally try Crossfit after thinking about trying it for all of 2016. I'm in Ontario, Canada!
My biggest wellness goal for 2017 is to get serious about focusing on physical exercise. For the past 20 months, I've focused on eating better. I discovered and implemented Paleo with fantastic results but I've been slow to add in physical exercise! I'm writing from ☀ Sunny Arizona ☀! Thanks for the chance!
Hello! Writing from Boston!
My biggest wellness goal is to trust my body and trust the universe and believe in myself!
My biggest wellness goal(s) are to get an unassisted Pull Up and connect double unders! I'm writing from Missouri!
My goal is literally to do one push-up. I've been working at it for too long to not have done a single nose-to-the-floor-elbows-in push-up. I've made progress in other areas like my squat and endurance in general but the push-up has eluded me. And it's a whole body process. It sounds like a small silly goal but it's a big one for me. No one believes that I can't do one! It's getting ridiculous. So 2017 is the year.
My wellness goal for 2017 is to add weekly yoga and meditation to my fitness routine. I am writing from Arvada, Colorado. Happy holidays!
My biggest wellness goal is to get a new job in 2017. I know it seems strange to put this is the wellness category, but my job has gotten so stressful that I think a change is the best thing I can do for my overall health and well being. Hello from California!
2017 wellness goal — be more mindful when I'm eating and stop eating when I'm full — especially if it's treats!
My goal is to lose 50 pounds. I'm in Ohio.
My 2017 goal is to master dubs & this set could totally help! Also to implement a Paleo lifestyle for myself and family. Thanks for the opportunity!!
Texas gal
Biggest fitness goal this year is get in a good workout routine and complete beast spartan race . I'm writing from Morton, IL
With my wedding next year my goal is to stay healthy and active with exercising throughout all of the planning and up to the big day. I'm from Texas.
My wellness goal for 2017 is to finally be able to do a pull-up and to work hard but give myself grace in my nutrition and exercise!
And I'm from Texas!
My biggest wellness goal for 2017 is to stop focusing on the number on the scale and instead focus on being healthy and putting high quality food in my body, moving my body, and getting good quality sleep!
My biggest wellness goal for 2017 is to have the strength in my brain match the strength of my heart! ❤
I want to see 199 i have not been below 200 since i was a teenager
My biggest wellness goal for 2017 is to listen to my body, get back into more strength training, and not compare myself with what others are doing with their bodies! Writing from Kansas! 🙂
My 2017 fitness goal be lighter in weight and to build lean mass to offset the muscle loss due to aging. (I'm 54 next month). Running is not the best for my knees, so I have been doing more rope jumping and kettlebell work.
*I'm from Maryland.
December 15, 2016 at 10:28 am
My 2017 fitness goal be lighter in weight and to build lean mass to offset the muscle loss due to aging. (I'm 54 next month). Running is not the best for my knees, so I have been doing more rope jumping and kettlebell work.
My 2017 fitness goal is Consistency. Be on the move daily and just keep going even if I don't see immediate results. I want to feel healthy and happy in myself- so a mental goal is to stay positive with myself. Celebrate the small accomplishments. Salt Lake City, Utah
My wellness goal for 2017 is to get back to the gym on Tuesday nights and re-join my workout friends and favorite fitness instructor that I've known for 20 years. (My kids have gotten the best of me, time to take back that time!) Cheers from Washington state!
I'm writing from Pittsburgh and my biggest wellness goal is to get off my blood pressure medication!
I've been saying FOREVER now how I need to get a jump rope! This would be perfect!
I'm writing from Napa, California and my 2017 wellness goal is to get my stomach issues under control. Figure out what my food triggers are and eliminate them from my diet. It's going to be tough, but I'm sick of feeling lousy and it's time to get this figured out. Your inspiration is always such a big help Cassy , you're such positive ray of sunshine 🙂
My goal is simply to take the information I receive from My December Fed and Fit project and make it life- not just a "project" and instill this in my childrens lives as well. 🙂
My goal for 2017 is to loose more fat. I want to get under 65 kg. Currently I am at 70kg. I am from Simleu Silvaniei, Romania.
My 2017 goal is to cook more meals that the whole family loves. I'm located in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
At 6 months postpartum and 5 months into my fit journey I already see results, and love my lifestyle! I am beyond excited to continue in the new year and one of my wellness goals for 2017 is to be the fittest I've ever being and push harder while loving it. Peg boards here I come!
Hello from beautiful Cleveland, Ohio! My goal this year is to listen to myself when it comes to food AND fitness, and rely less on the copious amounts of advice found on the internet that can be so utterly confusing!! Also, I hope the one muscle I have seen grow in my right bicep has a new friendship soon..preferably with the left bicep.
My goal for 2017 is to be active in crossfit 4 days a week, yoga 1-2 times a week. Also, do my miracle morning and focus on affirmations, breathing, Journaling, and reading a motivating book. Eating whole foods and non-inflammatory foods for my body. Feed my body with goodness. I am from Utah!!
My biggest wellness goal is to quit yo-yo dieting and find my diet balance. I have Hashimoto's that is in remissions, but I see and feel the differences in my body–both positive and negative–based on my diet intake. I'm writing from Tickfaw, LA!
My goal is to get to bed before 10pm. From North Carolina.
My biggest goal for 2017 is to actually eat Paleo 80% of the time- less cheat days! And get 5 pull ups by the end of 2017!
My goal is still to get to a full pushup. I feel like progress is so SLOW but what else do I do but keep trying? I'm in Minnesota.
My wellness goal is to eat at home more and not eat out so much, to cook home cooked meals, and to workout at least 4 times a week. I always put a weight goal to lose a certain amount of weight, but I'm trying to accept my body and just focus on being healthy and fit and hopefully the rest will come!! Good luck everyone!!
I'm taking a page out of Melissa Hartwig's book and making this my #yearofstrongandbendy! I want to get my first strict pullups, and get all of my splits back from when I used to dance!
Biggest Goal for 2017 is to get healthy. Get pack to paleo and stick to it this time. I know I feel 100% better when I do it. This will be the year that I take care of me too instead of just my three kiddos and husband. I am worth it! Battle Ground, WA
My wellness goal is to gain strength and flexibility – I'm saying hi from Portland! 🙂
Move everyday!! Even is it's a little bit!!
My biggest goal is balance. I've spent many years exercising with the goal of burning calories. This only created an unhealthy relationship with food, and punishing my body for bad choices. I hope to find a place where food is fuel and exercise is joy. Simple balance so I can enjoy my kids and pursue other goals. Astoria, Oregon
My wellness goal is to reduce body fat percentages and get more sleep.
Want to feel healthier, look healthier and be healthier! Haven't been exercise for the past 25 years of my life. It's time to change! From Malaysia 🙂
My 2017 fitness/wellness goals…to incorporate more exercise (I've gotten so far away from it the last two years) and the most important one is to be my 36 yr old daughter's cheerleader when she starts Whole 30. She has so much weight to lose and becomes discouraged so easily…I live in Indianapolis!
My goals are two continue to heal my gut through diet and finally do double unders intead of singles! I'm in Texas!
My 2017 Wellness Goal is to (1) figure out where (if any) my food intolerances are so I can strive toward becoming a better version of me (which will hopefully be a better version for those around me like family friends and coworkers!) and (2) in achieving (1) try to recognize progress goals drive more value than my seeking perfection goals (work in progress still!)!
From Charlotte NC 🙂
I would like to be more consistent with workouts.
My Wellness goal for 2017 is to continue working on balancing eating healthy without stressing about it. I have made some huge strides in this over the past few months and have never been happier with myself in the gym, out of the gym and even started loving the way I look because my body is doing the things I want it to do. Like lifting heavier weight and fighting through those nasty workouts. Here in Minnesota it is important you are strong enough to push your car out of a snow bank. You just never know when you will go into the ditch in winter:) Thanks for being awesome!
My biggest goal is 2017 will most definitely be to maintain a fit healthy pregnancy! I am currently halfway through my first trimester, and have done my best to keep up with my workouts! Although challenging at times to push through the extreme fatigue and exhaustion, maintaining a healthy exercise routine is my goal! My husband and I are currently living in San Luis Obispo, CA!
My goal is to cook at home for my family more and incorporate more exercise into family time.
To run a 5K is less than 20:00! From Georgia : )
Hi! I'm from Rochester NY and my biggest wellness goal is to start journaling in 2017! I want to journal my eating and exercise routines and also my thoughts and stressors each day in hopes to lessen my anxiety. I was inspired to journal by the fed and fit project!
My biggest wellness goal is to make a full commitment to a more paleo centric lifestyle to really achieve my better body goals. I have had a consistent workout routine for 8 months with very slow progress and I know it's my eating that's holding me back. I am writing from New Orleans, LA ❤
Hi There! I am writing from Olympia WA! My biggest fitness goals for 2017 is to exercise with compassion. Meaning, listening to my body is so important. I've pushed myself too far more than once. With that said, jump roping would be something very new to me! Yay!
In 2017, my fantasy goal is a muscle up; my daily goal is to continue managing autoimmune symptoms thru nutrition…all while planning my escape from Northern Illinois to a more humane climate!
My wellness goal for 2017 is to run my very first 5k. From California.
I'm getting married in April, going to a destination wedding in Mexico in July, and am a bridesmaid in two weddings in the fall, so my wellness goal is to incorporate more clean eating and exercise into my everyday routine so I look and feel my best! I'll definitely need the extra energy! I'm a fellow Lonestar State resident writing from Beaumont, Texas. I moved here in July from St. Louis, Missouri.
Goal for 2017 is to get down to my set goal weight once and for all! From sub zero cold Chicago!
Hello from Seattle! My fitness goal for 2017 is to eat out less and be active at least 3x a week.
GoOd MoRnInG!!
I have the yellow rope of fury from Crossrope but I don't have the first generation handles where can I get them from??


text:
A bacon-licious man bouquet and libation for my babe's birthday <3
- Candied Bacon Bouquet
- 4 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 to 1.5 cups brown sugar (packed)
- 12 strips bacon (thinly sliced)
- Toppings
- Semi-sweet chocolate
- Caramels
- Maple syrup
- Walnuts
- Sea salt
- (etc.)
- Misc.
- 2 disposable muffin tins (makes 6 muffins each)
- 12 fake rose flowers w/ stems
- 1 vase
- Some marbles, glass beads or beans (for vase base)
- Optional: fresh greenery/flowers (whatever's in your yard)
- Bacon Bourbon
- 12 ounces bourbon (I used Elijah Craig)
- 4-6 thick slices of bacon
- A jar of some sort with a tight lid
- 1 or 2 paper coffee filters
The bacon bourbon takes a day, so plan ahead!
- Candied Bacon Bouquet
- Read directions for bacon roses to get the idea (note: it's easier to use disposable muffin tins).
- Preheat the oven to 375 F.
- Line a broiler pan with aluminum foil. For the 2 muffin tins, poke a single hole in the bottoms of each muffin tin. Coat the bottoms of each muffin tin with 2 tsp of vegetable oil (the other 2 tsp of oil is used later).
- On a flat surface (cutting board, plate, whatever), drizzle 2 tsp of vegetable oil and spread evenly. Lay your strips of bacon on this. Then, you'll cover the bacon strips with the brown sugar, firmly pressing to make sure the sugar has stuck to the top sides (only) of the bacon strips. Next, you'll roll the bacon strip, bigger end first and at a slight angle, to make a rose shape. Place each rose bud in the muffin tin and bake until the bacon is crisp and the sugar is bubbly, 30 to 40 minutes.
- While the bacon cooks, prepare the rose stems, as directed here. If you don't have fake flowers to work with, as I didn't, you can use aluminum foil + wooden skewers/toothpicks, though it's not as pretty looking.
- When the bacon is done, set them aside to cool. In the mean time, get the fun toppings ready! Melt some chocolate/caramels, chop some nuts, find some fancy sea salts...get creative. Also, get the vase ready by placing the marbles/beans in the bottom of the vase.
- When ready to be decorated, move the roses from the tins to the prepared stems. Optional: stuff some nuts in the wider rose buds. "Paint" your rose buds with chocolate/caramel, drizzle with maple syrup...whatever you like, but sprinkle a touch of sea salt on each (it definitely completes them). Arrange the bacon roses evenly in the vase. If you chose to add some fresh greenery to your bouquet, do so now. The smallest greens I had available were large leaves, so I "ribboned" them through toothpicks to downsize them a little and to give the leaf some strength to stand.
- Share with your bacon-loving friends/loved ones. It can be stored in the refrigerator for some time, but don't forget that your fresh greens may wilt (so add water). Always serve the bacon roses at room temperature (or warmer)!
- Bacon Bourbon
- In a frying pan, cook the strips of bacon on low heat for as long as you can to render the fat, which is what you want in making bacon bourbon (20 minutes). Do not burn the bacon or you'll have a burnt-tasting bourbon!
- Pour bourbon in to a jar. Dispose of your bacon (nom nom nom) and pour the fat in to the bourbon jar (ideally, you want a few tablespoons...like, 4-6, of bacon fat). Close the lid and let sit at room temperature for at least half a day (I do 24 hrs and add the bacon strips).
- Now to remove the fat! Place the jar in the freezer for at least an hour and the fat will solidify. When solidified, you'll be able to scoop the bulk of the fat out. To get the rest out, let your bourbon filter through a coffee filter, which goes pretty slowly (20 minutes). When done, put your bacon bourbon back in it's bottle and slap an additional "BACON" sticker on it! (Lets admire the flying pig unicorn in the top photo...)
Happy Birthday, BF! I <3 you
Adapted (ever so slightly) from:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Bacon-Roses/, http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/cayenne-candied-bacon-recipe/index.html, http://www.macheesmo.com/2011/04/bacon-bourbon/.


text:
Owner defends Westbury nightclub
Owners of a Post Avenue nightclub in Westbury have announced plans to press on with efforts to maintain their venue as a cabaret bar, after village officials put off action on their application to renew a special-use permit.
Mayor Peter Cavallaro, after Thursday's public hearing, said the board might rule within the next few weeks on the application from the Avanti Night Club.
The village board effectively shut down the club last month when it voted not to renew the club's special-use permit, citing police calls from neighbors and noise and garbage complaints.
At the meeting, Cavallaro described an online advertisement that he said promoted a "swingers' party." The ad, which the village provided to Newsday, contained the phrases "Start Your Sexual Revolution" and "Swing Life Style."
Club management denied that such an event was held there and said the owner was unaware a promoter had advertised that way.
Cavallaro said the club violated an "adult uses" covenant, but club representatives denied any sex acts took place during events.
Cavallaro said the advertisement was just one violation. He said club officials also failed to notify the village when police responded to complaints.
The manager, Gennaro Tallarico, said the advertisements were "in poor taste," but they did not signal that the club was becoming an "adult cabaret."
"Unfortunately, that's the nature of how nightclubs advertise; what really happens and the message that we send out there are really two different things."
At times, Cavallaro and the club's attorney openly clashed. "It was a promoter that he could not control," said the attorney, Sherman Jackson, of owner Barry Ceriano.
"He is the person in control of the premises," Cavallaro countered.
Cavallaro added: "The law is clear, adult uses are permitted in the village in certain areas; they're not permitted in the establishment that he's operating."
The club said it recently installed a soundproof door and a foyer, in the rear entrance.
Several club patrons testified on behalf of Avanti.
But residents, some wary because a new performing arts center is set to open across the street, raised concerns about noise and traffic on Post.
"On a Friday night, I can't drive down Post Avenue," said Ellen Hurwitch, 58. But, "If it's run properly, it's fine."
After the hearing, Cavallaro said the board is "cognizant of the rights he [Ceriano] has as a business owner" and will take them into account when deciding on the new permit, which if approved, he said, would probably be stricter.