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***Editor's Note: The following comments were received in response to the September 21-22, 2013 edition of U.S. Farm Report…
#1: When it comes to economics John you don't have a clue. The fed had taken actions that are short term beneficial and long term disastrous. Japan has followed similar policies and they have experienced over a decade of stagflation. Is that what you think we want in this country? You should talk about things you know something about whatever that is. Stephen Palmer
#2: John,
I heard you on ag radio talk about why you do not tell your fellow farmers what your yield is. That you think it is valuable to Cargill. You are wrong. My barn burned in the mid 1990's and my brother who is in IT sent me an enhanced picture from a weather satellite that showed the people, fire hoses, everything. They can even tell you the brand of golf ball you are playing with from space. Cargill no doubt watches every truck you fill and measures every square foot you combined to fill it. They know exactly what your yield is. Every big player uses this technology including the Chinese. They can see every corn plant from space, measure every drowned out area, and they have a very good idea what the US production is. They want to pit you against your fellow farmers so they can get your crop as cheaply as possible. You must also know the USDA has been lying to you about the US crop. It is clear there was no carryover from the barges going up the Mississippi and the fact that they are paying you $1 to $1.5 over for your early beans. You are not so astute and they are doing you no favors. They are paying you $1.50 over because they have no left over beans and they know there are not going to be enough beans. I am retired and my farm is sold so it does not involve me anymore, nor you for long. But if your son is to have a chance of getting a fair return on his investment and a chance of getting a fair price, farmers all over the world are going to have to openly share their information in order to level the playing field. I kept a few acres and grow a little corn for my few chickens and some sweet corn for us. My sweet corn was 3 weeks late. My field corn aborted all the second ears and tip-back was severe. Stalks are as fragile as glass. We did not have drought, only lots of clouds and cold and then lots of clouds and heat. I got it in early because I plant so little. My neighbors were not so lucky and the corn on these old clay hills will not make it. I have seen the pictures, seen the flash drought, and I have no doubt the crop will be much smaller than they predict. I also see the record short position out there, but what you have to realize is that for every short there is a long and those longs are going to demand delivery and when those shorts try to cover they will not find the corn to do it and there will be a wild short covering rally. The farmers foolish enough to sell their corn for $4.50 while the good fields are harvested first will be the losers when those figures for the drowned out fields come in. John Geis
#3: There's a lot of Monsanto money influencing the scientific debate on GMOs. The U.S. Farm Report would do well to balance that by inviting some of the well-known opponents to GMOs to give the counter arguments to Monsanto's claims. Please invite Jeffrey Smith or Howard Vlieger and give them a fair time slot. Thank you, Eli Dumitru

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Castell d'Aro
Castell d'Aro
Castell d'Aro, a few kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea, has within its municipal boundaries, one of the busiest places on the Costa Brava: Platja d'Aro. The town, which began around this defensive fortification, is a Site of National Interest, while its splendid beaches have the "Blue Flag" quality award.
On the eastern slope of the Aro valley, not far from the Girona coast, is the village of Castell d'Aro. On the coast, beside clear waters and long beaches of golden sand, Platja d'Aro has grown up. It is a summer holiday resort that provides visitors with the most varied range of leisure and accommodation you can imagine. Among pinewoods and with the nearby mountains as a backdrop, hotels, apartments and campsites provide all their comforts. Water sports The chance to practise water sports is ensured by the facilities on this coast. It is beautiful landscape between the sea and the mountains where you can also play golf. The excellent conditions in this county were first discovered in prehistory, as shown by the menhirs found in the mountain area. The one at Vallbanera is among the most important. The archaeological site at Plà de Palol, beside Cala Rovira, dates from Roman times. Here you can admire the mosaics and baths of a Roman villa from the 1st century A D. It was in the 9th century when Benedormiens Castle, which would give its name to Castell d´Aro and which dominated the whole valley, was built. You can still admire different parts of the early defensive construction as well as the church of Santa María. The medieval streets which have led to the old town being declared a Site of National Interest extend around this point. These stone houses represent a good example of traditional Catalan architecture. In this part of the town, the Doll Museum also awaits you, with an interesting collection of old dolls. Cuisine The area's cuisine adds products from the Mediterranean Sea to those from inland, elaborating traditional and innovative recipes. Broad beans and peas from the fields appear together with "esqueixadas" (cod salad) "escalivadas" (cold roast aubergine, onion and peppers) and chicken or rabbit stews with seafood. For their part, prawns, sea bass and gilt-head bream are prepared in numerous ways. Among the desserts, fruit is very important (strawberries, peaches, melons, water melons, oranges...), and in summer they are turned into ice-creams and sorbets. This excellent regional cuisine may be tasted both in Castell d'Aro and in various neighbouring towns, like Tossa de Mar. Here you can see the harmonious juxtaposition of the walled town beside the sea and Vila Nova, the area with the most modern buildings. Blanes, for its part, is another important coastal tourist centre that adds to its range of beaches a beautiful historic centre. The castle of Sant Joan, the Gothic palace of the Counts of Cabrera and the Carrer Ample fountain are some of its main monuments. Also on the Mediterranean is San Feliu de Guíxols. Excellent beaches, a marina and a town centre full of entertainment coexist with the hermitage of Sant Grau, the church of Porta Ferrata and natural viewpoints like Cap de Mort. And, as the culminating point of any tour: Girona, the provincial capital. The cathedral, the Jewish quarter, the Arab baths and the Archaeological Museum are not to be missed as well as the walls and the churches of Sant Nicolau and Sant Feliu.
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Thursday, 19 May 2011
Humpty Dumpty
I'm pretty skint at the moment, having decided to finally jack the day job in and concentrate on the cooking malarkey full time (hence the quietness on here for a while). I was meant to go to the Isle of Wight this weekend for my amazing friend's birthday celebrations, but have had to pull out at the last minute due to lack of funds. To cheer myself up over the fact I could no longer go to the Isle of Wight, I went on a bit of a food splurge, thanks to Marky Market and a lull in concentration at work. I ordered some Barnsley chops and a live crab (which is currently resting in my freezer), but it was the mention of Gull eggs which had lured me in.
Gull eggs are only in season for a few weeks, from the beginning of April through to mid May. The eggs are a speckled green colour, gamey in taste and are bloody expensive !! The high price of gull eggs is down to both the short season and the fact that there are only about 25 Defra licensed Gull Egg collectors in the whole of the UK.
So when I got my delivery dropped off with the news that one of the two eggs had been broken in transit, I was both deflated at the fact that one had been broken, whilst been slightly pleased that I now had to only pay for one egg ! I was kindly given the broken Gull's egg in a ramekin - a bit of a double win for me there been a from Yorkshire and all that - and was told to make a omelette with it.
I knew that it would be a sacrilege to add some of the mild cheddar which had been languishing in the fridge for a week or two to the omelette.The previous day I had been at a little of what you fancy for a great lunch of Asparagus, Parmesan and Fried Duck Egg, with the Old Man. After thoroughly enjoying the lunch the day before, I picked up some English Asparagus and some Berkswell Cheese on the way home
Gulls Egg, Asparagus and Berkswell Omlette
1 x Gulls Egg lightly beaten and seasoned
2 x Stems of Asparagus sliced
Grated Berkswell Cheese
Knob of butter
1. Melt butter in a frying pan and add asparagus, cook for a minute.
2. Add the egg and make an omelet, sorry I can't explain step by step how to make an omelette - sorry its just making an omelette, my grandad taught me how to by showing me rather than telling me how to do it. If your stuck check out Delia here .
3. Just before folding the omelette, grate some Berkswell over the top, fold and then eat straight away.
So there you have it, probably the smallest most expensive omelette I have ever cooked and ever will cook.
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Bold move by Edmonton Oilers executive Craig MacTavish, new coach of KHL Lokomotiv
This in from KHL Lokmotiv, a tweet announcing it has hired Edmonton Oilers hockey executive Craig MacTavish as coach on a two-year deal.
My take
- Craig MacTavish was never fired as Edmonton Oilers coach. He resigned when the time was right. And now, with Ken Holland coming in as hockey boss and fans howling for change, MacTavish again has the good sense to leave when the time is right.
- For the last two years, MacTavish has been in charge of Edmonton's AHL affiliate in Bakersfield. In that time, the team shot to the top of the AHL's Western division standings and brought in Jay Woodcroft as coach. It's hard to know how much of the credit for this goes to MacTavish, or to former Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli and amateur talent scouts Keith Gretzky and Bob Green. Let's just say they all deserve credit, though the influx of new talent has been marked, and that's due to Gretzky and Green.
- I wonder if Gretzky now takes over MacTavish's role running Bakersfield.
- MacTavish is a hockey lifer, beloved in Edmonton as a creative and hard-working third-line centre on the Glory Oilers of the 1980s, and as the coach who took his 2005-06 team to within one game of winning the Stanley Cup. But MacT is also reviled in Edmonton as the hockey executive who took the team to nowhere but more losing and misery in his stint as GM from 2013-15.
- MacTavish is famous in that time as GM for his promise to make bold moves, and this certainly qualifies as that. He hasn't coached since December 2014 when he fired Dallas Eakins and moved in as interim coach with Todd Nelson, MacTavish losing all five games at the helm. Now he moves to Russia, a foreign country where he doesn't know the language, the hockey culture, the culture itself. This will be one helluva adventure for the 60-year-old.
- As GM, MacTavish made a number of good moves, such as: bringing in David Perron in a trade for Magnus Paajarvi; trading away David Perron for a first round pick (which Peter Chiarelli would later squander on the Griffin Reinhart trade); signing Ryan Nugent-Hopkins to a long-term deal at a decent price; bringing in veteran centre Derek Roy in 2015, who boosted the play of Nail Yakupov for a time; signing college free agent Jordan Oesterle; trading for Matt Hendricks; trading away Ales Hemsky for picks, even as some so-called analytics gurus clamoured for the slowing-down winger to be signed long-term for big dollars; realizing that the Oilers needed some skilled AND powerful players, so using first round picks on Darnell Nurse and Leon Draisaitl; trading away Ladislav Smid just before he reached his best-before date; trading for Ben Scrivens, who had a brief but strong spell with the team; promoting Bob Green in scouting, as Green would take Tyler Benson and Caleb Jones in the 2015 draft.
- At the same time, there were so bad moves, such as: moving out starting goalie Devan Dubnyk; seeing Swedish d-man Erik Gustafsson go unsigned; firing Ralph Krueger when he deserved one more year as head coach; hiring Dallas Eakins, a huge presence and force, but one who wasn't ready for the big job of NHL coach; making a huge offer to sign free agent David Clarkson, which was thankfully rejected; signing Benoit Pouliot, Mark Fayne and Nikita Nikitin to big contracts; failing to properly evaluate and sign up long-term Jeff Petry; mishandling Nail Yakupov; over-hyping Justin Schultz and putting him a spot in the line-up where it was difficult for him to succeed; not getting things in order with the Oil's pro scouting.
- Of course, MacTavish is now most famously known as being part of the Oilers Old Boys Club, along with Wayne Gretzky, Kevin Lowe and Paul Coffey. In a November 2013 interview, I asked him about the poor performance of the team and about my critique of the Oil's upper management structure, the interview coming as the Oilers got off to their first terrible start under new coach Eakins. Staples: "I want to ask you about some structural things with the team, the management system. Under the old EIG (Edmonton Investors Group), Kevin would report to Patrick (LaForge, team president), who would report to Cal (Nichols, team chairman). So that changed under Katz in that Kevin was promoted to president of hockey operations. Now, some successful teams in the NHL, the GM is also the team president, the top guy, Lou Lamoriello in New Jersey, they've had a lot of success over the years, and he's also the team president. But in most of the teams, the top hockey guy is the VP, and he's reporting to the team president who is a business guy. So one of the critiques I've heard of the team is that the Oilers, it's too chummy, too clubby, and it's not business-like, the hockey operations is run like it's Daryl and Kevin and Craig, and it's not run like a business. It doesn't have that discipline like you saw under the EIG. What would you say to that critique?"MacTavish: "I don't know what the critique would be. How would that affect? Does that say it's an unprofessional relationship between Kevn and I? It's a difficult relationship as it always has been between Kevin and I. When I was coaching and he was the manager, it's a difficult relationship. But to me it's a very professional relationship."Staples: "You look at the (Oilers) organization, and you look at other NHL organizations that have had this level of not success, and most NHL organizations change their leader at this point. My assessment would be that you should probably change the leader (Kevin Lowe, putting him a position as a senior advisor to Katz and MacTavish, who would become VP hockey ops) as well. What would you say to that?" MacTavish: "Well, I would say it would be a big mistake for us. I appreciate Kevin Lowe's leadership. I think we're currently right on track to where we want to go. Like I really feel like we've got limitless upside with this group. If you're evaluating businesses, the key thing is growth potential. And we have a tremendous amount of growth potential. Could we sell for less right now because we've hit our choke point? Could we sell some of these assets that we've paid so dearly to get to try and get ourselves more competitive now, and it's going to be at the expense of how good we're going to have the potential to be. Could we do that now? Could I make some calls right now and sell some of these great assets that we have to try and get more competitive now? Absolutely. There would be a line-up of teams that would love to take some of these assets and I get calls regularly on these guys. But I'm not going to settle for that. Nobody here is going to settle for that. We're going to endure what we have to endure, which has been painful for everybody, this year more than any other year. But we're going to endure that and we're going to continue to get better. It's a lot easier for me to sell the potential of this group of people to people outside of this market place. When I go to sell free agents on the future of the Edmonton Oilers, it's a very easy sell."
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Christina Aguilera may have one of the biggest voices in pop music, but even she feels there's always room for improvement. The pop diva has reportedly hired celebrated vocal coach Seth Riggs to help prep her for a post-Bionic album.
Riggs, whose previous clients include Michael Jackson, Ray Charles and Josh Groban, is working with Aguilera so that she won't "over-sing in the way that she has been criticized on her previous albums" and can "hit higher and lower notes."
In addition, William Orbit, who's currently polishing Madonna's forthcoming LP, will produce Aguilera's new record. Its release date hasn't yet been announced, but fans won't have to wait long to see the 'Moves Like Jagger' singer — it's been confirmed that she'll return as a coach on NBC's hit series 'The Voice' when it returns for a second season in February.


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1. Because MCA has survived the cancer that put the band on hiatus and the Beasties are back, with their long-awaited new album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (the album's original release was put on hold after his diagnosis). And after the disappointment of To The Five Boroughs, it's brilliant to have them not just in fine health but back on musical form. ""Oh my God, just look at me / Grandpa been rapping since '83" raps Ad-Rock, but he still sounds as fresh as ever. Hot Sauce Committee is a gloriously funky, funny mix of yappy, fluid rapping, great samples, innovative sounds and filthy beats that will have you shaking your booty around your kitchen and put a strut in your step as you listen to it on your iPod. At least, it will if you're me. You can listen to it here and dance around at your desk.
2. Because they're living proof that being a sexist idiot in your youth (the on-stage cage dancers etc) doesn't mean that you can't grow up and learn something. In fairness to the Beasties, they were already rapping against domestic violence ("Why you got to treat your girl like that?") on Paul's Boutique, back in their 'To All The Girls' and 'Hey Ladies' days (I love 'Hey Ladies', by the way. It is awesomely funky, it's more silly and fun then sleazy, and how can anyone not like a song with the line "Beatnik chicks just wearin' their smocks"? It's one of my favourite Beasties songs) but as time went on they became more and more actively engaged with spreading a feminist message, both in their songs ("I'm gonna say a little something that's long overdue/The disrespect of women has got to be through/ To all our mothers and our sisters and our wives and friends/ I want to offer my love and respect to the end" rapped MCA in the fantastic 'Sure Shot') and in their public appearances – Ad-Rock used their 1999 MTV Award win to speak out against sexual violence at music festivals rather than engage in the usual industry backslapping. Oh, and he's married to Kathleen Hanna, one of the most significant American feminist voices of the last two decades and an awesome musician in her own right. Funny feminist boys FTW!
3. Because Ad-Rock is still ridiculously attractive. I've fancied him since I was about 12 and saw him in Smash Hits, back in the Licensed to Ill days. Of course, I'd love the Beasties even if he weren't so very easy on the eye and would never reduce anyone to their physical charms alone etc etc, but still, I'm only human.
4. Because they are genuinely, properly cool, in a way today's Morrissey-circa-1987-haired hipsters can only dream of. This is because they are unafraid to be both very smart and very goofy. They may be in their 40s now, but they have no interest in trying to be (sigh) down with the kids – they've stayed confidently true to their own idiosyncratic tastes. They're also keen to share their ridiculous jokes and passions with the world, rather than hoarding them up for themselves in a poncy elitist fashion.
5. Because, as part of this sharing of the love, they gave the world the word mullet to describe the horrendous haircut that previously had no real name. Having written a song about the infamous 'do and its fans, 'Mullet Head', they expanded on the topic in the second issue of their sadly shortlived magazine, Grand Royal. I still have my copy of this issue, and the mullet piece is very, very funny.
6. Because, as the promotional video they made to celebrate their return shows, they still don't take themselves very seriously.
7. Because they created, with Spike Jonze, what is still possibly the greatest music video of all time. I'll never forget you, Nathan Wind (as Cochese).


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The feedback on my help-im-frustrated-by-mains-and-alts post was really good. Well great actually, as it had a range of side, which both challenged what I thought about the issues, and also supported many of the doubts I had – which is to say that nothing in that topic is straight forward.
I'd really like to know if I'm off my rocker on this issue.
Well I wasn't incorrect, but I wasn't 100% perfect either.
A some key points of differentiation on the issue were:
- Longevity of the raider within the team. Some even said 10 vs 25s were different, and while I disagree I can see that it may make a difference. Churn within the team is exacerbated when somebody switches.
- Attitude and level of cohesion within the team, which really tempered the level of support vs the impact.
- The reason for the switch, being Gear greed, Need of the team, burnout, or preference. This was key for basically everyone, a player who witches for gear only was pretty much reviled by the information I found, and I support that view too. The other areas are gray, especially if you have a raider doing something that they'd not prefer for the goals of the raid.
- Another key point was consistency. Applying a rule without bias was important to a large number of players, and I can understand why. Nobody want to feel that they are on the detrimental side of an exception. We all like to be special, unless it is to our disadvantage, but most people are happy if the dice come out in their favour.
As part of the post I also went digging on my own and found a large number of articles that helped. The short version of the outcome is that I'm now more confident that my overall approach is good, but also humbled a bit in terms of approach. I took the stance of being a neutral guildmaster, rather than a people person (I'm not an overly emotional people person by nature). I think I missed the emotional impact that this discussion could have on the team, especially the guys pondering a switch. I suspected that there would be impact, but not the degree of impact I saw.
I've promised to be typing up the official version of the policy this week (what an idiot I am for creating my own deadline), and it will be largely as drafted, but with tempered delivery. The clarifications I had to think about in response to the post really were the items that might have helped some of the discussion, if only I'd had 6 brains to draw from in the beginning.
Some of the sources I went to read are listed below. Now this list is not all articles devoted to the actual topic, it also contains perspectives on Alt-ism, and why it is good and bad. Often a good point is well made in parallel:
- Furious Dwarf, Why alts shouldn't be a part of your raids
- Manalicious, How playing my alt was hurting my raiding
- Grumpy Elf, When is Alt not a Alt
- Raging Monkeys, more Alts more burnout
- Groups of Words, Definition of Main vs Alt
- The Kabal Guild, Their Policy.
Wow 'eh? Of course I'd have you re-read the my post and the discussion after it too, as there were some damn fine raiders who spoke up, but these links are good.


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S&P to Nokia: Whatcha Gonna Do With All That Junk, All That Junk Inside Your Trunk?
More ugly news for Nokia. Standard & Poor's on Friday lowered its rating on the company to "junk," and said it may drop it further unless its performance improves.
"We now expect Nokia to report significantly lower margins and cash flows in 2012 than we had previously expected," S&P said. "The outlook is negative, reflecting the possibility of a further downgrade if Nokia fails to stabilize revenues and margins and significantly cut its cash losses."
Evidently Nokia's ugly first-quarter loss and 30 percent drop in sales didn't do much to reassure S&P that the company's turnaround is a sure thing — even with its relatively well-received new smartphone, the Lumia.
"We still expect revenue from Lumia smartphones to grow over time but not sufficiently to offset a rapid decline in revenue from Symbian-based smartphones over the next few quarters," S&P analysts said.
Another voice to add to what's fast becoming a Greek chorus of Nokia doomsayers. The company has been slapped with three nasty credit downgrades in a row.
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Olympus TG-820, the newest tough as nails, can withstand shock, heat, wind, rain, and submersion, point and shoot camera, was sent to me to review and arrived during my ski trip to Lake Tahoe where I could test it out.
As the publisher and editor-in-chief of Splash Magazines, I often receive technology products and I must say the Olympus Tough TG-820 is one tough point and shoot and I guess I'm split on its deliverability. I'm not impressed with the still photos but am sold on the video, clear sharp HD!
The Olympus TG-820 comes in a variety of colors, blue, red, silver and black. I was sent the black. It has sleek lines, is trimmed in black and has limited line interruption. The Olympus TG-820 is the length and width of a Blackberry Bold and double the depth. It fits easily in the palm of your hand and has a side slide lock that lock all features easily so no pictures or video are deleted unintentionally through the touch/user sensitivity feature.
The camera has unique and interesting touch sensors that with single knuckle taps on the sides, bottom and top, the camera can be programmed to display and advanced through the menu of offerings. An open handed side tap doesn't seem to generate the same fast advance as a knuckle tap and using the touch method is awkward when trying to tap the top of the camera.
The 3-inch rear LCD features an amazing 1,030k-dot resolution—which makes it extremely sharp and occupies most of the back panel. The only physical controls sharing that back panel space are the Record button, playback controls, the menu and Help button with a small round cylinder with arrow directional controlling the user experience. The zoom rocker, shutter release, and Power button are located on the top of the camera. The zoom control moves from left to right. Also the Olympus Tough has audio assurance attached to the controls enhancing the user experience.
With a 5x zoom lens, and although that may seem sparse for a standard point and shoot, it is impressive in a tough camera. It covers a 28-140mm focal range. The Olympus Tough has a wider 25mm lens, but can only zoom in to 100mm.
Although the Olympus Tough TG-820 is rated for use in up to 33 feet underwater, able to survive drops up to 6.6 feet, works in temperatures as low as 14°F, and can be crushed under 220 pounds of pressure I didn't attempt any of these feats to ensure accuracy in advertising.
In terms of speed, the Olympus Tough TG-820 is impressive. There is practically no pause between shots. It can shoot in 1.5 seconds, with only a 0.2 second between photos, which equates to about five frames per second, which makes for very little shutter lag time between shots. It also records with a very short 0.1-second shutter lag. The Olympus also has an automatic shutter that snaps on and off and is accompanied with sound notification. The shutter speed is probably the fastest you can get without buying an SLR
In terms of sharpness, the videos were great, crystal clear, and unfortunately the pictures were not. I'm a tough judge as I travel and expect to come back with memories that I can share through my publication with millions of readers. I know that Tough Cameras often have a difficult time maintaining a sharpness again I was surprised the Olympus Tough TG-820 videos.
Even though the TG-820's video is recorded in 1080p30 format, it isn't the most crisp I've seen. The footage, which is recorded in QuickTime format, is a little dark and slightly grainy to my eye. The camera can zoom in and out while rolling video, and while the noise of the lens moving is slightly audible on the soundtrack, you'll have to increase the volume to hear it. There's a standard micro HDMI port for output to an HDTV, although the USB port is a proprietary design. The USB cable can plug into your computer or into the included USB to AC adapter, which is the only way to charge the camera's battery. The memory card slot is a standard design, accommodating SD, SDHC, and SDXC memory cards.
From the box contains camera, strap, Ion battery, CD-Rom, USB and AV plugs Manuel, warranty card and adapter. The Olympus Tough TG-820 costs between $219.99 and $249.99.
Overall, the Olympus Tough TG-820 is a great camera and I've thoroughly enjoyed it. I would have preferred to receive the camera before my trip and might have had a better user experience if I had the time to learn the program and camera functions and the camera ability.
Of all the Olympus cameras I used this is fair and my preference is the Olympus TG-2-iHS which I borrowed for a day from a friend in Indonesian and am hoping to receive one for review.
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Damien Thomas (born 11 April 1942) is a British actor noted for his roles in British films and television, such as his role as Richard Mason in the 1983 BBC production of Jane Eyre.
Film credits include: The Message, Twins of Evil, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, and Henry VIII and His Six Wives.
TV roles include: Jason King, Van der Valk, Special Branch, Warship, Wilde Alliance, The Professionals, Shōgun, Noble House, Blake's 7, Tenko, Widows, Dempsey & Makepeace, Wish Me Luck and House of Cards.
Mary Collinson (born July 22, 1952 in Malta) is a model and actress . She was chosen as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in October 1970, together with her twin sister Madeleine Collinson. They were the first identical twin Playmate sisters.
The Collinson Twins first arrived in Britain in April 1969,[1] and prior to their appearance in Playboy one of the first people to use them was the famed glamour photographer/film maker Harrison Marks who cast them as saucy maids in his short film Halfway Inn. The film, made for the 8mm market, was shot sometime between their British Arrival, and July 1970, when a still from the film was used in a Marks' Advert that ran in that months issue of Continental Film Review magazine.[2]
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from Glen Yakimoff , Newcastle Australian Plants Society Genetic variabllity helps plant species try to develop better strains that can keep ahead of climate and pest changes, with the weaker strains dying off and the more tolerant strains surviving. Pests will improve their own genetic strains, and if plants aren't allowed to do the same pests could possibly become worse as the plants cannot similarly evolve to keep pace with the pests!!! Pests can certainly evolve to become resistant to pesticides, and that is why biological controls can be more effective in the long term, as long as proper research is done before any biological methods, eg insects, are released into the environment. Here in Australia there are a number of companies that sell biological controls such as insects!!! Also of interest is the following extract from the September 1998 article of the journal "Australian plants":- "Mt read (1,157 metres), in the central west of Tasmania is somewhat renowned for it botanical treasures. In recent years a one hectare "stand" of Huon Pines was found on the southern slopes of Mt read, at about 950m and a little upstream from a small glacial tarn, lake Johnston. The locality is quite unusual for huon Pine, its "normal" habitat being cool lowland rainforest, bordering rivers and estuaries in the west and south-west of Tasmania. Subsequently studies of this "forest" have revealed that is is not a stand of the species but a single tree, a male tree at that! The evidence indicates that the one lone male tree - all material examined is genetically identical - has been reproducing itself vegetatively for the past 10-11 THOUSAND years. Huon pine grows readliy from cuttings or layers and it is likely that heavy snowfalls have bent the supple branches to the ground during winter where, in spring, they have taken root and thus continued the species. It must be pointed out that the living tree of today is not 10-11,000 years old and still alive." etc , etc ,etc "sediment cores from nearby lake Johnston have revealed pollen from this "tree" ..... was present ..... 22,000 years ago"!!!


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Warren Buffett bluntly tells shareholders in his recent annual letter that if he can't increase Berkshire Hathaway's intrinsic value at a faster clip than the gain in the Standard & Poor's 500 index over a long stretch, there's little point in owning Berkshire stock. A low-cost index fund would be a better investment. As usual, Buffett is on to something, and he has delivered in a big way during 48 years as Berkshire's CEO. His stock is up 8,000-fold, turning many original investors into billionaires.
Shareholder returns are a key criterion for inclusion in our ninth annual list of the 30 best CEOs in the world. We look for innovative and financially savvy leaders who can motivate employees and develop products that resonate with customers. But if they can't translate that into consistent profit growth and market-beating shareholder gains, they ultimately aren't adding a lot of value.
All 30 of the CEOs on our list for 2013 meet the Buffett test. The share prices of their companies have outstripped the S&P 500's return during their tenures. Some even have better annualized numbers than Buffett, although none can match Berkshire's total gain since 1965.
Under Larry Fink, BlackRock's total return since its 1999 initial public offering has averaged 25.3% annually, versus 21% for Berkshire during Buffett's tenure. Even more impressive is what Amazon.com has done with Jeff Bezos at the helm since its 1997 initial public offering. The stock has risen to $253 from a split-adjusted $1.50, a 39% annualized return.
Other CEOs whose shares have produced 25%-plus yearly total returns are Oracle's Larry Ellison, Monsanto's Hugh Grant, and three overseas chiefs: Pablo Isla of Inditex, which owns the Zara clothing retailer; Ma Huateng of Tencent, one of China's top Internet companies; and Yang Yuanqing of Lenovo, the fast-growing maker of personal computers that is giving fits to Dell and Hewlett-Packard.
For the second straight year, there's a lot of turnover in our list, as 13 new CEOs are joining our shrine. Yang is among the newcomers, along with Leslie Moonves of CBS, Bernard Arnault of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, David Cote of Honeywell, and Carol Meyrowitz of TJX.
We try to set a high bar for keeping CEOs on our list. We removed 13 from last year's list. Some deletions were an easier call than others. Rex Tillerson of ExxonMobil is gone because the oil giant's production and returns are under pressure. Joe Tucci of EMC is out because revenue growth is slowing at the maker of data-storage systems. Lew Frankfort of Coach is off, as his firm's profit growth has slowed and the stock price has slumped. It's contending with competitive pressure in handbags and other accessories from hot brands like Michael Kors and Kate Spade.
Our group is global. Sixteen CEOs come from the U.S., eight from Europe, four from Asia, and one each from Canada and Mexico. For profiles of the 30 leaders in alphabetical order click here.
We don't rely on any formula to draw up this list. It's based on the views of Barron's reporters and editors, and reflects insights from investors, analysts, and industry executives.
We like to see CEOs on the job for at least three years before we consider them, and we prefer a five-year minimum. It takes time to have an impact on a large organization, and developments in the initial year of a CEO's tenure often have more to do with what the predecessor did than any new initiatives. We made an exception for Google's Larry Page, who became CEO in 2011, because he's a co-founder of the company along with Sergey Brin and has played a key role in building the Internet giant into the country's third-largest company, with a market value of $270 billion.
THERE ARE NO EASY JOBS at the helm of large companies, but some businesses are particularly hard due to narrow "moats" around their markets. A longtime member of our list, Michael O'Leary, heads Ryanair, the no-frills European airline that has thrived in a brutal industry. The outspoken O'Leary last week inked a huge order for Boeing 737s and defended the aircraft maker, saying "regulatory crap" was behind the grounding of its 787s amid concerns about battery fires.
The pressures are unrelenting in retailing, and the CEOs of Japan's Fast Retailing and Spain's Inditex have done especially good jobs. Fast Retailing's Uniqlo chain and Inditex's Zara aren't well known in the U.S., but they have become two of the leading clothing retailers in the world.
TJX has built a business with a $33 billion market value -- double that of Macy's -- by selling designer labels at sharp discounts in its T.J. Maxx and Marshalls stores. Shoppers like the treasure-hunt aspect of the stores and the ability to get a Michael Kors handbag for $150 that supposedly once retailed for $350. TJX somehow manages to regularly source enough designer stuff to fill almost 2,000 domestic stores. Credit CEO Carol Meyrowitz with that feat.
You probably won't find Louis Vuitton bags at T.J. Maxx. CEO Arnault of LVMH zealously protects the image of his company's most important brand and insists that slow-selling items be destroyed rather than marked down or sold to off-price retailers. That attitude has helped create the world's top luxury-goods company.
Moonves has generated strong returns through superior management of an old-media portfolio that was deemed to be inferior to that of Viacom, with its cable networks, at the time of the two companies' split in 2005. CBS is the longtime leader in prime-time ratings, and Moonves has pushed hard to get paid for its costly content, wresting sizable annual "retransmission" revenue from cable operators.
Sometimes we make mistakes in jettisoning CEOs. Warren East of ARM Holdings and Grant of Monsanto return to our pantheon this year.
East, who announced last week that he would retire in July, has fended off larger competitors, notably Intel, to dominate the processor market for mobile devices. He goes out on a high note, with ARM Holdings shares at a record. Since we removed Grant in 2010, Monsanto has cemented its hold on the market for genetically modified seeds, and profits have rebounded. We welcome them back.
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by Dan9186 on May.03, 2010, under Arduino
For those of our members who are interested in helping in the Arduino community you now have a chance! It is very simple, you don't even have to do anything heavy duty. The Arduino Designers are looking to make the next model, Arduino 1.0, and they need to collect information. If you own an Arduino, or have used one, then you can go to the Arduino website and fill out this survey (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ArduinoUsage) they have put up. They are looking to use this information collected to assist in the development of the next model. It is very short, only takes a few minutes to do, and it could be Memphis' way of helping out with such a great community. So take a few seconds, hop on over to the website and answer those questions!


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|Oracle® Database Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects
10g Release 1 (10.1)
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This chapter discusses the following topics:
This section describes performance guidelines for applications that use LOB datatypes.
If most LOBs in your database tables are small in size--8K bytes or less--and only a few rows have LOBs larger than 8K bytes, then use the following guidelines to maximize database performance:
Use the following guidelines to achieve maximum performance with LOBs:
NOCACHE' option, then each small read/write incurs an I/O. Reading/writing large quantities of data reduces the I/O.
OCILobRead2(). Basically, turn on LOB buffering before reading/writing small pieces of LOB data.
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"LOB Buffering Subsystem" for more information on LOB buffering.
amount' parameter on input. Whenever possible, read and write in multiples of the LOB chunk size.
In addition to the guidelines described earlier under "LOB Performance Guidelines" on LOB performance in general, here are some guidelines for using temporary LOBs:
If you use the newly provided enhanced SQL semantics functionality in your applications, then there will be many more temporary LOBs created silently in SQL and PL/SQL than before. Ensure that temporary tablespace for storing these temporary LOBs islarge enough for your applications. In particular, these temporary LOBs are silently created when you use the following:
In PL/SQL, reference on read, copy on write semantics are illustrated as follows:
LOCATOR1 BLOB; LOCATOR2 BLOB; DBMS_LOB.CREATETEMPORARY (LOCATOR1,TRUE,DBMS_LOB.SESSION); -- LOB data is not copied in this assignment operation: LOCATOR2 := LOCATOR; -- These read operations refer to the same physical LOB copy: DBMS_LOB.READ(LOCATOR1, ...); DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(LOCATOR2, ...); -- A physical copy of the LOB data is made on WRITE: DBMS_LOB.WRITE(LOCATOR2, ...);
In OCI, to ensure value semantics of LOB locators and data,
OCILobLocatorAssign() is used to copy temporary LOB locators as well as the LOB Data.
OCILobLocatorAssign() does not make a round trip to the server. The physical temporary LOB copy is made when LOB updates happen in the same round trip as the LOB update API as illustrated in the following:
OCILobLocator *LOC1; OCILobLocator *LOC2; OCILobCreateTemporary(... LOC1, ... TRUE,OCI_DURATION_SESSION); /* No round-trip is incurred in the following call. */ OCILobLocatorAssign(... LOC1, LOC2); /* Read operations refer to the same physical LOB copy. */ OCILobRead2(... LOC1 ...) /* One round-trip is incurred to make a new copy of the * LOB data and to write to the new LOB copy. */ OCILobWrite2(... LOC1 ...) /* LOC2 does not see the same LOB data as LOC1. */ OCILobRead2(... LOC2 ...)
If LOB value semantics are not intended, then you can use C pointers to achieve reference semantics as illustrated in the following:
OCILobLocator *LOC1; OCILobLocator *LOC2; OCILobCreateTemporary(... LOC1, ... TRUE,OCI_DURATION_SESSION); /* Pointer is copied. LOC1 and LOC2 refer to the same LOB data. */ LOC2 = LOC1; /* Write to LOC2. */ OCILobWrite2(...LOC2...) /* LOC1 will see the change made to LOC2. */ OCILobRead2(...LOC1...)
To improve the performance of temporary LOBs on LOB assignment, use OCI_OBJECT mode for OCILobLocatorAssign. In OCI_OBJECT mode, the database tries to minimize the number of deep copies to be done. Hence, after OCILobLocatorAssign is done on a source temporary LOB in OCI_OBJECT mode, the source and the destination locators will point to the same LOB until any modification is made through either LOB locator.
In PL/SQL, C (OCI), Java and other programmatic interfaces, SQL query results or PLSQL program executions return temporary LOBs for operation/function calls on LOBs. For example:
SELECT substr(CLOB_Column, 4001, 32000) FROM ...
If the query is executed in PLSQL, then the returned temporary LOBs automatically get freed at the end of a PL/SQL program block. You can also explicitly free the temporary LOBs any time. In OCI and Java, the returned temporary LOB must be freed by the user explicitly.
Without proper deallocation of the temporary LOBs returned from SQL queries, temporary tablespace gets filled up steadily and you could observe performance degradation.
Be aware of the following performance issues when using SQL semantics with LOBs:
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Chapter 9, "SQL Semantics and LOBs" for details on SQL semantics support for LOBs.
There two procedures that you can use to move data to LOBs in a threaded environment, one of which should be avoided.
The following sequence requires a new connection when using a threaded environment, adversely affects performance, and is not recommended:
The recommended procedure is as follows:
Alternatively, you can insert >4,000 byte of data directly for the LOB columns but not the LOB attributes.


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Here is a "moon pizza" (della Luna), inspired by a recipe in Pizza - Any Way You Slice It by the Scicolone's. The shaped dough was brushed with oil - nothing else. It was baked while flattening a bit with a metal spatula. The moment is was removed form the oven it was topped with a small amount of freshly-made pesto. This could possibly become my favorite pie.
I always thought of placing only oil on the dough and then top it after it's bakes but I had the impression that it would pop into a pita bread. Did the oil hold it down?
I used the metal peel to keep it from ballooning. I've got some video of this pie baking. I'll try to upload it to youtube today or tomorrow.
Hi Bill,What is the recipe for the pesto that you used, I have never seen a consistency like yours? I also noticed that you used a mortar/ pestle to make your pesto, do you think that it impacts the flavor much vs doing it in a food processor.Thanks,NIRC
Here is a video showing the whole thing. Something is wrong with the youTube encoding - there is supposed to be a sound track. But you'll get the idea:Apologies for the shakey camera work. My granddaughter needs to work on her camera skills.
Please allow me to comment on something else. Don't you think you pies need more of an amber color to them? You can achieve this by decreasing fermentation. That's unless you intend for them to be like this of course
I care not one iota about the color. The only thing that matters is the taste and texture.


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Future of Central Missouri Events Center Rests in the Public's Hands
COLUMBIA - The futures of many Boone County traditions are up in the air. Residents from all over Mid-Missouri gathered Wednesday night to discuss the future of the Central Missouri Events Center (CMEC).
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Three different meetings were held simultaneously in Ashland, Hallsville and Columbia to make it convenient for as many people to attend as possible.
The Boone County Commission and the CMEC Task Force wants to hear the public's input and ideas.
Roger Wilson, Chairman of the CMEC Task Force, hopes the input will help to formulate a plan for the future of the venue.
"122,000 people can think better than 22 people can," Wilson said. "There may be something that could help the citizens of Boone County enjoy what they own better."
TAG Events, LLC has managed the CMEC since September 2011. It announced earlier this year the company will manage the venue through the end of June 2014. However, beyond that date the future of the center is uncertain.
Robert McConnell, a resident of Columbia for 45 years, says the CMEC brings a lot of economic benefits to the community.
"The CMEC has good, wholesome, family-style events that are beneficial for the lifestyle of Boone County," McConnell said. "I would hate to see it lost."
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by Oliver Choy
May 19, 2012
In this blog post I would like to extend on the permission sensitive caching knowledge base item documented at:
One thing to note is that the auth_checker configuration should be placed under the site configuration (usually under the farm entry). Here's an example:
# each farm configures a set off (loadbalanced) renders /farms { # first farm entry (label is not important, just for your convenience) /website { # Authorization checker: before a page in the cache is delivered, a HEAD # request is sent to the URL specified in 'url' with the query string # '?uri='. If the response status is 200 (OK), the page is returned # from the cache. Otherwise, the request is forwarded to the render and # its response returned. /auth_checker { # request is sent to this URL with '?uri=' appended /url "/bin/permissioncheck.html" # only the requested pages matching the filter section below are checked, # all other pages get delivered unchecked /filter { /0000 { /glob "*" /type "deny" } /0001 { /glob "*.html" /type "allow" } } # any header line returned from the auth_checker's HEAD request matching # the section below will be returned as well /headers { /0000 { /glob "*" /type "deny" } /0001 { /glob "Set-Cookie:*" /type "allow" } } } # client headers which should be passed through to the render instances # (feature supported since dispatcher build 184.108.40.20622) /clientheaders { ...
To test the PermissionHeadServlet created for permission sensitive caching delivery purposes, the curl command would be your friend. Here are some examples of the commands to retrieve the authentication status on a "locked-down" item in DAM:
[Without Proper Authentication]:
$ curl --head http://_pubserver_:_port_/content/dam/testsite/documents/sensitive_doc.pdf
And here's the result:
HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden Connection: Close Server: Day-Servlet-Engine/4.1.17 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=UTF-8 Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 18:17:36 GMT Transfer-Encoding: chunked X-Reason: Authentication Failed Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=c6a8de36-be69-4e9d-8706-df4bd79c3062; Path=/; HttpOnly
[With Proper username/password]:
$ curl --head http://_pubserver_:_port_/content/dam/testsite/documents/sensitive_doc.pdf --user admin:admin
And here's the result:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Connection: Keep-Alive Server: Day-Servlet-Engine/4.1.17 Content-Type: application/pdf Content-Length: 758951 Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 18:25:07 GMT Last-Modified: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:14:39 GMT


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The comedians who played presidents on "Saturday Night Live" have gathered for a comedic summit in a new Web video on FunnyOrDie.com.
The video, posted Wednesday, stars Fred Armisen as President Barack Obama. During the night he is visited by the ghosts of presidents past, who urge him to push for financial reform.
Will Ferrell reprises his President George W. Bush, Darrell Hammond plays President Bill Clinton, Dana Carvey returns as President George H.W. Bush, Dan Aykroyd plays President Jimmy Carter and Chevy Chase returns as President Gerald Ford.
Jim Carrey, the lone comedian not a veteran of "SNL," appears as Ronald Reagan. The "SNL" player who typically played Reagan on the show was Phil Hartman, who died in 1998. (Maya Rudolph, another former "SNL" cast member, also plays Michelle Obama.)
The video was directed by Ron Howard, who previously worked with Funny Or Die for a popular video that brought him back to his days with "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Happy Days" to support Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.
Wednesday's video was also created with a political motive — made in association with Americans for Financial Reform, a pro-regulation coalition of labor and consumer activists.
"All it's meant to do is capture the attention, present a question and stimulate some thought," Howard said in a phone interview.
It was written by "Simpsons" writer Al Jean and Adam McKay, the film director who co-founded FunnyOrDie.com with Ferrell and who was a writer for "Saturday Night Live" from 1995-2001.
It's believed to be the first time all the major presidential impersonators from "SNL" who are still alive were reunited for a sketch.
"It was a blast," said Howard. "There was a lot of experimentation, a lot of ad-libbing."
He added: "I actually felt like now I understand a little bit when you get to manage or coach an all-star game."
Howard said he suggested doing a video with McKay after speaking about financial reform with the composer Hans Zimmer and the filmmaker James L. Brooks. He then spoke to McKay, who came up with the premise.
Days after that conversation, on Sunday, the video was shot over 15 hours in Van Nuys, Calif., where several of the performers traveled to for the unlikely reunion. Armisen had to hurry, having appeared on "Saturday Night Live" the previous night.
Within hours of being posted, several hundred thousand people had watched the video.
In a video on the making of the sketch, Carvey said of the group of comics: "Accidentally, we influenced the flow of history in North America."


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Friday, December 28, 2012
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'Guns are bad!' CounterThink cartoon reveals hypocrisy of government gun confiscation schemes
Mike Adams
While the U.S. government is desperately attempting to disarm the American population by rolling out Adolf Hitler-style gun control, it is simultaneously arming itself to the teeth, buying up 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition and now stockpiling it at ammo depot stations around the country.
The hypocrisy of it all is stunning. While screaming, "GUNS ARE BAD!" to American farmers, ranchers and citizens, the government is buying up billions of dollars worth of guns and ammo itself. This isn't ammo to be used in a foreign theater of war, by the way, it's ammo that can only be used domestically, against the American people. (The hollow point ammo violates international war treaties and so cannot be used in international war actions.)
To help us all visualize the hypocrisy in the government's gun control schemes, I came up with our latest Counterthink cartoon.
Feel free to post this cartoon on your own website, but please give credit to the original source, which is NaturalNews.com / Counterthink.com.
In addition to purchasing 450 million rounds of hollow point .40 caliber ammo, the U.S. government has also purchased:
• Over one million rounds of hollow-point .223 rifle ammo
• Over half a million rounds of non-hollow-point .223 rifle ammo
• 220,000 rounds of 12 gauge shotgun #7 ammo (target ammo)
• Over 200,000 rounds of 12 gauge shotgun #00 buckshot ammo (tactical anti-personnel ammo)
• 66,000 rounds of 12 gauge shotgun slugs (tactical anti-personnel, anti-vehicle rounds)
• Over two million rounds of hollow-point .357 Sig JPH (hollow-point) pistol ammo (anti-personnel)
• Over four million rounds of .40 S&W JPH (hollow-point) pistol ammo (anti-personnel)
• Over 60,000 rounds of .308 match grade anti-personnel sniper rounds (BTHP)
• Plus, hundreds of thousands of additional rounds of .38 special, .45 auto, 9mm, 7.62×39 (AK rifle) ammo, and others.
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Moving Right Along
While there's plenty of offseason left and the Yankees haven't seen a lot of back page action, there've been a few recent stories from the so-called "Bronx Bomber Front," if you will.
First and foremost, the Yankees signed back 2007's two breakout pitchers, Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain, inking both to one-year deals to avoid arbitration. Hughes was signed back for $7.15 million while Chamberlain was given just $1.88 million – startling, considering these two were pegged as the future of the Yankee pitching staff, and they're coming back on a dime with no long-term commitment.
The 27-year-old promising rookies of '07 haven't exactly shown much promise.
In this writer's opinion, 2013 will be their final chance to prove whether or not they are truly the new breed of Yankee arms. Last year Hughes went 16-13 with an ERA of 4.23, which is somewhat respectable for a middle-of-the-rotation starter, but he was second in the majors in the home runs allowed category with 35. Not to mention he gave up two more long balls in the playoffs while posting a record of 0-1 in October.
If Hughes doesn't get it straightened out this coming season, I'm afraid his time in pinstripes may be up. His main problem, as noted every year in Spring Training, seems to be his faith, or lack of faith, in his breaking ball. Hughes is characteristically a high-fastball pitcher, and when he hangs his breaking ball, hitters absolutely feast off it.
Bottom line: Hughes needs to right many wrongs this year, if he wants to stay a Yankee.
Chamberlain's biggest problem in recent seasons has undoubtedly been his inability to stay healthy. In 2012 Chamberlain logged just 20.2 innings in 22 games, a bizarre ankle injury claiming most of his season.
It got worse for him in the playoffs when, in Game 4 of the ALDS, Matt Wieters of the Baltimore Orioles shattered his bat facing him; the broken shard of wood coming back and striking Chamberlain in the elbow, forcing him out of the game.
Aside from an electric debut in 2007 and a 2009 World Series ring, I would say it's not unfair to compare Chamberlain to another injury-prone pitcher: Carl Pavano – who, I just read today, ruptured his spleen shoveling snow.
Why am I not surprised? Only Pavano. I mean…who else would that happen to?
But back to Chamberlain.
2013 will be a test for him. And if he fails, like Hughes, Chamberlain might have to bow out of the Bronx – and as we saw with Nick Swisher, it could potentially be a not-so-gracious departure.
Along with Hughes and Chamberlain, the Bombers announced the re-signing of another 27-year-old pitcher, David Robertson. The setup man from Alabama received $3.1 million for one year, also avoiding arbitration.
Typical move that made sense. Obviously the Yankees weren't letting go of him. I suppose they got him for so cheap because of his 2-7 record last year – as he also proved he may not be suited to fill Mariano Rivera's cleats. In his first save opp following Rivera's season-ending injury, Robertson blew it vs. Tampa Bay and lost the closer role out to Rafael Soriano, who as we recently learned walked to the Washington Nationals.
Thankfully for the Yankees, Rivera is returning. And I expect Mo to be Mo, barring any lingering effects from his torn ACL. If his body responds nicely, it's good news for the Bombers. However, as we saw with Chien-Ming Wang a few years back, leg injuries can damage a pitcher's footing, causing a world of problems.
Then again, Wang's injury was different from Rivera's. Wang injured his pivot foot running home during an interleague game in Houston. Nonetheless, we'll find out just how Mo will do after he runs out of the Yankee bullpen in April, "Enter Sandman" blaring through the Yankee Stadium speakers.
In addition to the retention of some pitchers, the Yankees announced that on March 30, in their last exhibition before Opening Day, they will travel to West Point and face the ARMY baseball team at the United States Military Academy.
Ever since they announced this special game, I've been wondering which key players the Yankees will bring to West Point. Being two days before Opening Day, I'm not exactly sure if many of the regulars, like Derek Jeter, Curtis Granderson, Kevin Youkilis, Ichiro, Mark Teixeira, and Robinson Cano, will be playing.
I could see them bringing a few bigs, but certainly not all of them. I'd also like to explore the possibility of covering this game, if humanly possible. I might have to ask my publisher and editors to contact West Point for a credential to get in. I'd be honored to cover such a game, even though it's simply an exhibition.
One player who won't be at West Point on March 30 (at least not there to play, anyway) is Alex Rodriguez. The third baseman had surgery on Jan. 16 to repair a torn labrum, a procedure that was said to have gone off without a hitch.
Today Yankee General Manager Brian Cashman was interviewed on WFAN radio in New York and said Rodriguez may miss the entire 2013 season, although it is believed he could be back after the All-Star break.
A-Rod is signed on for a long time – through 2017, to be exact. I'm probably not in the minority here; a lot of folks probably feel the same way, but I for one would be interested to see how the Yanks would fare for a whole year without the 37-year-old slugger-in-decline. The postseason, should the Yankees make it, would be most interesting sans A-Rod, for sure.
Think about it: if the Yankees go all the way with no Rodriguez, it'll be the classic "we never needed A-Rod to win" mind frame. By chance the Yankees get ousted early – or don't make the postseason at all, for that matter – it'll be the heavy "we need A-Rod to win" spiel.
Again, interesting for sure.
In the meantime, pitchers and catchers will be reporting to Tampa on Feb. 12 and their first full workout will take place the very next day. Position players report to camp on Feb. 17; their first full team workout scheduled, again, for the following day.
The Yanks' first exhibition game will happen on Feb. 23 at the Braves – the tune-up games beginning nine days earlier because of the World Baseball Classic this spring. Teixeira will play for the USA team, which will be managed by former Yankee skipper Joe Torre.
Cano will play for the Dominican Republic squad, so even though real, meaningful baseball will not completely return until April 1, we'll be treated to some Yankees playing in games featuring quality competition.
Until then, basketball and next Sunday's Super Bowl are dominating the sports pages. Just for the heck of it, I'll entertain you guys with a story from a high school girls' basketball game I covered a couple weeks back.
Basically this winter my editor put me on the girls hoops beat. My responsibility is to attend games and write about the girls' basketball teams in our coverage area – and our newspaper has two of the top-ranked teams in New York state, which makes the job a lot of fun. The girls have been enjoying a tremendous amount of success these past two months.
On Thursday Jan. 10 I was covering a game; the final score being 38-32. Pretty close and low-scoring game, all the way through.
After interviewing the coaches from the winning team and the losing team, collecting their thoughts and impressions, I went to interview the girl with the most points on the winning side. The young lady, a junior forward, finished with 19 points (including two, 3-point field goals) leading all scorers.
Before I could conduct my interview, her friend ran up to her and embraced her, giving her a big hug. Standing next to her with my recorder in hand, ready to conduct the interview, her friend (in an attempt to be discreet, although I heard every word) asked her,
"Is that your boyfriend?"
She looked at me chuckled and replied, "No, he's…the interviewer."
Confused, yet aware of what her friend had asked her, I looked at her and said,
"Wait, did she just…"
Smiling, and clearly a little embarrassed, she mustered the response,
"Yeah, she did."
With a beat red face I tried my best to shake it off, and then carried on, conducting my interview with her.
First of all, at 25 years old I'm so glad I look young enough to still be in high school. Makes me feel so grown up. And secondly, when things like this happen, it gives me more and more motivation and incentive to want to take the next step in my career; cover pro sports and not just high school games – risking incidents similar to this one because I apparently look as if I belong on "Barney & Friends."
Not that I haven't had a taste of pro sports coverage – I did, covering the Hudson Valley Renegades and Eli Manning's appearance at the Guiding Eyes Golf Classic this past summer – but I'd like to expand upon that; do a lot more of it, more consistently.
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Monday, August 2, 2010
Bright Ideas ****Hey! I've Got to Try That!*****
I haven't posted many new ideas this summer. I've really tried to take the summer off and even though I wasn't successful in taking the entire summer off, I wasn't in charge of planning or implementing activities with the kids. I have my new class list and official pre-planning begins tomorrow. I have been browsing sites this summer and have seen several of those "I've got to try that" ideas. Here are a few of my favorites that I can't wait to try once school gets underway.
Deborah at Teach Preschool has been introducing her nephew to art materials and I loved this one called, "Chalk Paint and Print-Making with Preschoolers and Toddlers". It's important for me to remember that while some of my new friends are "seasoned veterans" of daycare/preschool art materials, but for some of the new friends, they may be experiencing these materials for the first time.
Superheros and Princesses has this great post, "We Made A Cloud" about making a cloud in the classroom using the book, Shapes in the Sky: A Book About Clouds (Amazing Science: Weather)
Over the years as a preschool teacher, I've made a variety of fishing poles/fish as learning games, but I've never thought of doing this.Check out this "Easy Fishing Game". Valerie always has great ideas at Frugal Family Fun, but I'm not letting this one get away!
I always get good ideas from Scott over at Brick By Brick, and I love his post "Jumping Off Each Other's Ideas" about the sharing we do in our little blogging community of teachers. I also love his airport and I'm gonna introduce this idea in our block center soon and see where the kids take it. I can't believe I haven't done this one already, since I grew up an airline brat and was always around airports and planes.
I love this game, Lids-Usage #1, that Brick By Brick posted earlier this summer. The game board looks awesome and might not be too difficult to make. I think the kids will really love this!
Every year, inevitably, I will end up making a little volcano to erupt and we explore painting with various materials like marbles. This year, I've been inspired to try to make more of both of these activities. My friend, Teacher Tom, shows both of these great activities on a grand scale in his post, ""The Volcano Erupts and Our Marble Paintings Go Super Dooper". (Tom, I'll let you know how it goes.=)
"Dry erase...Crayons?" by Pre-K Pages introduced me to a new medium by Crayola that I just can't wait to put my hands on. After asking around, I hear that they work pretty well and will be a great alternative to dry erase markers for the kids.
Over at Centers and Circle Time this summer, the kids did some Fourth of July Fence Weaving. I thought this might be a great team building activity to try at the beginning of the year. I can't wait to try it!
This year, we will build a new Wee World with new little friends shaping the landscape. I'm curious to see how they'll manage the materials and build a land they envision. My friends last year really explored the concept and made it a place for imaginations to roam wild. I hope whatever these new friends create, that it will give them a way to express themselves and create a venue for outdoor imaginative play.
Happy Bright Ideas!
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"O God, I could be bounded in a nut shell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams." - Hamlet Act II scene ii
29 November 2010
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I don't think I've ever run across a cabbie in the U.S. who actually speaks English, so it wouldn't matter if he mumbled or attempted to converse, it's all Greek to me. And they always seem like very recent immigrants, so you have no confidence they actually know where they're going.ReplyDelete
Anyway, we don't have cabs in Sloughhouse. You'd have to stick your thumb out and hope someone on a tractor might pick you up.
Had a bad experience with a cab recently, have we?ReplyDelete
JAN If I stuck my thumb out in Sloughhouse some guy like Ted Bundy would probably pick me up.ReplyDelete
RHYMES WITH RHYTHM Even the bestselling author of "The Bible" wrote
"Is it right for us to make payment of taxis?" Luke 20:22
I love it! Mind you, I think a lot of that would apply to a fair number of private drivers around here, in addition to driving towards me on the wrong side of the road and turning right on a roundabout rather than bothering to go round it. (Both happened to me last week).ReplyDelete
One thing I really can't believe though - taxi drivers doing cryptic crossword in the Guardian? Come on!
In a rural area the local convicts don't bother the other natives, they go into the cities to rape and pillage. For one thing, they know none of us has anything worth taking. For another, our families have known each other for generations. So, while I would be quite safe thumbing down a tractor, YOU might be at risk.ReplyDelete
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When I first purchased this wine originating from the former Republic of Georgia and decided to pair it with cold fried chicken and fresh peaches, I was planning a humorous post based around my childhood confusion with the two Georgias. Somehow Gone With the Wind and Soviet imagery on the evening news didn't quite mesh. However, I consumed that culinary anachronism on August 7, 2008, the day before Russian tanks rolled into South Ossetia and Georgia found itself at war.
I avoid politics here on this blog, and the situation is a complex one going back hundreds of years. It can't be easy living in a tiny country wedged between the historical empires of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, as well as the Caspian and Black Seas. And with this post I have no desire to make light of the situation. But honestly, the Sunday afternoon picnic combination of cold fried chicken and nice white California peaches went exceptionally well with the D Collection NV წინანდალი (Tsinandali) from Kakheti, Georgia in the far eastern part of the country, not too far from where the war is happening. $12, 11% abv. Made from Rkatsiteli and Mtsvane grapes. For more information on Georgian wines, check out this blog devoted to the subject.
Light grapefruit aroma, touch of citrus follows on the palate with a rounded, slightly oaked structure that's somewhere between a Chardonnay and a Sauvignon Blanc. Finishing notes of apple and pear. What's this? Eastern Europe, nice balance, good flavor, and no obvious flaws? This is a great summer white at a wonderful price. It's also an honor to try a wine from one of the possible regions where grapes were first transformed into this wonderful elixir.
Here's hoping that this isn't the last time I get to try this delicious blend, and that innocents in the region are able to grow up and appreciate this as well.
27 August 2008
Georgia in the News and წინანდალი in the Glass
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where the heck did you purchase this wine? i guess in Cleveland.
and I too couldn't understand, when I was a kid, how there could be a state named Georgia and a country named Georgia.
- 28 August, 2008 07:59
- Benito said...
Cleveland has a pretty wild selection of wines. Some good (like the one from Turkey) and some bad (like that *#@&! Soviet Champagne). I attempt to try a wine from at least one new country on every visit. I've got a Greek wine review coming up, and while I've had several Greek wines in the past, it was a bottle I haven't seen around here.
Eventually I'm going to get around to Croatian Slivovitz.
- 28 August, 2008 16:07
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Michael Gebert is one of our favorites when it comes to documenting BBQ. He is especially near and dear to us, since he hails from Chicago. His blog Aptly named Sky Full Of Bacon, highlights and documents his food adventures and writes for a number of publications. Sharing this video with you that came as a result of his embedding himself with Mike Mills at the Praise The Lard BBQ Competition, which is celebrating it's 25th Anniversary this year. Enjoy the sights and sounds of what it is like to be at a BBQ competition. We have been down to Murphysboro, IL twice, have met so many great folks and have judged the KCBS contest in the past. If you ever want to experience something really special, this is one not to miss!
Enjoy more of Michael's video's at his Sky Full of Bacon Vimeo Site!
Sky Full of Bacon 21: Woodsmoke Nation from Michael Gebert on Vimeo.


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