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Alfio Capicollo September 19, 2021, 7:52 AM 38.2k Views
If you've read the review on the standard Alfa Romeo 4C that I posted earlier, the Alfa 4C sounds like a pretty phenomenal car and it absolutely is. But unfortunately, this is where the positivity ends and the mayhem ensues, for this case study. The Alfa Romeo 4C is the perfect mid-engine, rear wheel drive sports car with a unique carbon monocoque chassis, that you'll usually only find in Italian supercars triple the price.
The only thing this car could possibly need is a bit more power. Enter the Pogea Racing Alfa 4C and this epic journey that one of our readers has endured. As the owner is currently in legal proceedings against Pogea Racing, we shall not reveal his real name and instead refer to him as Elon.
Elon, is an avid Italian car enthusiast from Sydney, Australia, which is quite fitting considering the name of the blog. I've been following this journey with Elon for quite some time. There's been multiple instances, where one would believe, things have come to an end, but you can always rely on Pogea Racing to stir the pot further.
This all began back in December of 2017, when Elon's good friend Tim was in the UK and they both agreed to do a personal import to Australia after 12 months of ownership overseas. The car was acquired at a very reasonable price, easily beating the Alfa Romeo 4C price in Sydney at the time. One unique thing about Elon is that he has, what my friends and I like to call, the car owner virus.
He has a vast collection, mainly made up of Alfa Romeo's, Maserati's and other cars that he finds interesting. Something you have to admire about him, is he will always go against the grain to purchase something he loves even if all his friends try to talk him out of it. A great example of this, is the focus of this article, the modified Pogea Racing Alfa 4C because there were just too many unknowns prior to engaging in their services.
1 Enter the Pogea Racing Alfa 4C Proposition
2 Fully Committed to the Pogea Racing 4C
3 What is a Alfa Romeo 4C Pogea Racing Nemesis
3.1 Alfa Romeo 4C Pogea Racing Nemesis Specs
4 Pre-Deposit at Pogea Racing
5 Queue the Jaws Soundtrack
5.1 The Excuses for Delays Kept Rolling In
6 The Alfa Romeo 4c Pogea Racing Germany Saga Comes to an End
7 The Pogea Racing Alfa 4C Nemesis Arrives in Australia
7.1 The Real World Issues
8 Multiple Pogea Racing Alfa 4C Customers – Similar Story
9 Don't Believe the Hype
10 Total Costs to Date
11 Over Promise and Under Deliver
12 Disgusting Behavior from Any Business
13 Further Supporting Documentation
Enter the Pogea Racing Alfa 4C Proposition
After deciding to commit to the purchase in London, Elon's attention was swiftly caught by a social media page saying they've created an even lighter Alfa 4C, with a bigger 2 Liter engine that has been bored out with Ferrari sleeves and forged internals (forged pistons and rods). This brought the car to a mouth-watering 470hp! This was of course known as, the Alfa Romeo 4C Pogea Racing Nemesis.
Astonishing performance numbers, coupled with a lighter car and a strengthened gearbox to put all that power to the ground. This was one tempting proposition, so much so that Elon decided to enquire, to which a quote of €30,000 was promptly returned, by the owner of Pogea Racing, Mr. Pogea himself.
Fully Committed to the Pogea Racing 4C
The €30,000 price is nothing short of extortionate, even for a tuned Alfa Romeo. One thing would be screaming at a normal person at this point, "cancel the order!". But not the diehard Alfa enthusiast Elon. As a matter of fact, Pogea Racing actually upped the ante, when Elon decided to commit with very little thought required to convince himself to pull the trigger. The Pogea Racing Alfa 4C had a catch 22.
You're not allowed to purchase the performance upgrades to the car unless it's part of the Pogea Racing Alfa 4C Nemesis package. This also meant a price escalation of more than double, up to €62,100. Still, the resilient Elon, was not phased, he still went ahead, in the pursuit of having the worlds best Alfa Romeo 4C built by Pogea Racing in Germany.
What is a Alfa Romeo 4C Pogea Racing Nemesis
Essentially, the Nemesis edition of the Pogea Racing 4C consists of a few key components. A bigger 2 liter engine, upgraded from the standard 1.75 liter engine, a full carbon fiber Pogea Racing body kit which includes the front/rear bumpers and side skirt as well as a large carbon fiber rear wing and boot lid cover with louvers.
The car will also be equipped with KW V2 coil overs lowering the car and improving the handling significantly. To top it off, the car would be sitting on 'custom' Pogea Racing wheels and there would be carbon fiber accents on the exhaust tips, mirror caps and the roof. There's also a slew of other specs and stats in the next section below.
Alfa Romeo 4C Pogea Racing Nemesis Specs
Engine Size: 2.0 Liters
Horsepower: 400-470 hp
Torque: 550 nm (405 lb-ft)
Turbo: Garret GTX2860
0 – 60 time: 2.8 seconds
Top Speed: 308km/h (191mph)
Clutch: Ceramic Clutch for TCT Transmission
Suspension: KW V2
Wheels: 18″/19″ ORBI5 forged wheels in Steinway & Sons black high-gloss
Alfa 4C Styling: Pogea Racing Alfa 4C Carbon Fiber body kit with Adjustable Rear Spoiler
Pre-Deposit at Pogea Racing
To be honest, aside from the bait and switch with doubling the price and forcing a customer down into the full package route, the interaction was quite fair at this point. Elon mentioned that Pogea Racing was very helpful prior to him sending the deposit. There was significant discussion about the build and the donor car that was purchased in the London, which was actually driven to Pogea Racing prior to the commencement of the build, to which the donor car was shown to the Pogea Racing team.
To initiate the build a lead time of 5 months was confirmed and a €50,000 deposit was made to pre-purchase all the required resources, before the car arrived. Elon, seemingly excited about the build was shown progressive pictures of new gearbox being upgraded to handle all the extra torque and horsepower the car would be receiving, before the donor car arrived. The car was transported from London, England to be delivered to commence the build.
An interesting curve ball after the deposit was paid, is that Elon was forced to paint the car a different color, as Pogea Racing did not want to deliver a car in the factory Alfa Romeo red. But to be honest I think this part worked out well as the paint job is fantastic and the choice of color works really well with the lines of the Alfa Romeo 4C body kit.
Queue the Jaws Soundtrack
Now, right after the car was delivered, a curious series of events begin appearing out of thin air. Like a girl you just started dating that begins to show serious red flags in the first few months, but at this point, it's too late, you got married before she let her true colors shine. All without a pre-nup! You might think this analogy is a bit farfetched, but read on and you'll see what I mean. I shall chronologically summarize the events to make this short and sweet:
Upon arrival of the Alfa Romeo, Elon was told the car was delivered in a very poor state. There was lots of cosmetic damage and that Tim (Elon's friend) took poor care of the car whilst it was in London. To Elon's disbelief he confirmed with Tim this was definitely not the case. Unfortunately for Pogea Racing, they were not able to produce any photos to prove what they were saying and were seemingly just looking to create extra work for themselves to further inflate the cost of the build.
Funnily enough, he did try to claim that the windshield was broken. Pogea Racing posted a photo with a left hand drive Alfa 4C with a cracked windshield in the background, but it was not the right hand drive one that was delivered from London by Tim. Pogea Racing could potentially be trying to claw money from Elon to fix another car, but this could just be a coincidence, but at the same time they couldn't produce a photo of Elon's broken windshield. All prior photos by Tim showed the windows in perfect condition.
The car sat at the Pogea Racing workshop and didn't move and no work was completed for a total of 8 months!
Finally, the engine was sent off to be built by an Austrian engine builder, but Pogea Racing claims the engine builder lied to him and was unable to deliver what was agreed
After the first engine builder, a very respectable tuning workshop called Scara73 was then engaged to build the engine for Pogea Racing.
According to Pogea they too were unable to successfully build the engine as promised.
Interestingly at this point, Elon had an existing relationship with Scara73 that spans back many years from modifying his Abarth 695.
After chatting Scara73, they was able to confirm the engines they've built for any Pogea Racing 4C has been a 1.75 liter. Elon inquisitively connected the dots and realised that Pogea Racing was lying about having the engine bored out to 2 liters, if Scara73 was the engine builder and a bunch of other misconceptions.
It was evident at this point, Pogea Racing was never going to reveal that a 2 liter engine would not be built for the Pogea Racing 4C Nemesis and at this point it might as well just be considered an Alfa Romeo 4C body kit package with just a turbo upgrade and basic modifications.
Pogea Racing's next big issue with the car was with the gearbox. Their new reason for delaying the delivery of the car was an issue with the third gear on the existing gearbox. Although it was agreed a completely new gearbox would be installed (pre-built before the donor cars arrival), so this shouldn't have any effect on finish date. Furthermore, there were no issues with the gearbox prior to delivery of the 4C with Tim.
It's worth noting, the car was in possession with Pogea Racing for approximately 12 months and only had a little over 22,000km (13,700 miles) on it, all driven with the factory tuning. So it's curious as to why such an issue would happen in the first place.
Pogea Racing used this as one of the key reasons to delay the build, as they say they needed to find a replacement gearbox. Which makes no sense at all and is another major red flag.
Unfortunately, more pointing of the finger to blame others for Pogea Racing's own mishaps continued. There were claims that Scara73's clutch, manifolds and tuning were not working although he was never commissioned to work on the clutch or tune the car.
My personal favorite part of this whole transaction is when, even after agreeing to a 5 month deadline, Pogea Racing states that he doesn't work to deadlines as each build they do is bespoke.
The Excuses for Delays Kept Rolling In
It's a bit difficult to keep track of the excuses chronologically and we tried to stay focused on the key facts above on the Pogea Racing 4C, but the following are excuses that were encountered throughout the build which caused multiple delays, ontop of what was mentioned above:
The painted had a heart attack and was not able to do any work and he wasn't able to find another painter to complete the customer paint job for the Pogea Racing Alfa 4C.
The whole team was fired at Pogea Racing in July 2018 around when Alfa Romeo 4C Pogea Racing Nemesis build completion was due and they hadn't even started working on it yet.
The Alfa Romeo 4c Pogea Racing Germany Saga Comes to an End
Delay after delay and after excuses continued to roll in, the last major issue revolved around the gearbox. The issue was now that Pogea Racing was sourcing another gearbox, but for what reason? He sent pictures of a brand new strengthen gearbox at the beginning, prior to commencement that was destined for Elon's Pogea Racing 4C Nemesis build.
He said that due to the third gear allegedly being 'worn' in the existing gearbox he couldn't accept it as an exchange unit. Surely when a customer is paying so much money for a build, you'd be more accommodating than that, if there even was such an issue or an exchange agreement in place at all, which there was not. Also, it doesn't add up why Pogea Racing would be pulling apart the exchange gearbox if the strengthened gearbox destined for the Pogea Racing Alfa 4C was already built.
Finally, at the end, after several attempts of requesting a contract, a proper invoice finally arrived one year after the deposit was paid, which stated things differently to how they were agreed at the beginning, for example "Client brings in Brand New 4C Coupe" which was never spoken about.
On top of this, they said they've strengthened a new gearbox for the Pogea Racing 4C as well as installed a 200 cell catalyst in the exhaust which there was heavy debate over as Pogea Racing didn't want to comply with what was originally advertised. Pogea Racing stated that this was only for the German cars, not exports and attempted to charge Elon further money.
Just before everything was about to be finalized, they decided to hit their first Pogea Racing 4C Nemesis customer with an additional 19% VAT, refundable upon export of the car. Although it was confirmed early on that if the car was to be exported directly from Germany to Australia, this tax would not be payable. Unsurprisingly, the "tax" has not been refunded till this day, approximately 18 months after exporting the car, validating Elon's concerns.
Elon has engaged with a lawyer in Germany and they promptly advised to just pay whatever is required if he wants to get the car into his possession as quickly as possible. Then pursue action to rectify any legal misconduct later on. After this, the Pogea Racing Alfa 4C Nemesis was shipped to Sydney, Australia and the legal battle initiates. We shall keep this article updated, as the legal proceedings unfold.
The Pogea Racing Alfa 4C Nemesis Arrives in Australia
After all the inconsistency in the story portrayed by Pogea Racing in Germany, the car finally arrived to its rightful owner in Sydney. After this poor Italian masterpiece was held ransom, it finally made it. Without such a resilient owner, the car wouldn't have made it's voyage across the pacific ocean into a safe environment where it was no longer molested.
There was no doubt, that upon arrival there would be problems with the car. But the one saving grace is that, when I saw it in the flesh, it really is quite a striking car. They did a fantastic job designing the updated Alfa Romeo 4C body kit, I'd honestly give it 9.5/10. The ideology behind it is perfect but unfortunately the implementation on the Pogea Racing 4C scores a miserable 2/10. So much so that throughout this journey, the quality of the work was called into question by many as it became quite well known throughout the community.
The Real World Issues
Now the car was out of Pogea Racing's hands, Elon could assess the car for what it really is, behind all the empty promises.
The engine was measured by the Ferrari & Maserati Service Centre in Sydney and confirmed to only be the stock displacement of 1.75 liters (1750cc) not 2 liters (2000cc) as promised.
When I test drove the car, the gearbox was slipping and was unable to handle the load when shifting above 4,500rpm
According to Pogea Racing, a custom ceramic clutch was developed by Sachs Racing, Germany. Upon Elon reaching out to them, they denied the development of the clutch for the Pogea Racing 4C Nemesis.
Poor assembly of body panels, with missing screws, misaligned panels, loose screws stuck and rattling inside panels, dodgy cable ties utilized under the body trim, water leaking into boot, reskinned carbon fiber roof instead of a completely new carbon roof panel (adding weight not reducing it)
Masking tape still all over the inside of the body
From a mechanical perspective the exhaust was rubbing on the driveshaft, fault codes, misfiring engine, smoke coming from engine bay, turbo pipes too rigid and touching engine etc.
Mould build up from consistent water leaks and rust on all inner screws in the boot area.
The car was a mess, it needs to be re-tuned to be drivable as well as the bigger issue of fixing the gearbox so it can actually be driven spiritedly as it was intended.
To this date, all of the issues have not been rectified. Multiple mechanics (Alfa Romeo specialists and tuning shops) have quoted tens of thousands of dollars to bring this car up to an acceptable quality and no work has been done yet.
Multiple Pogea Racing Alfa 4C Customers – Similar Story
The interesting thing about this whole experience is that, Elon was not the first customer to have such a negative experience. It brings up the question, how many people have had to deal with lies and being ripped off thousands of dollars in the past and haven't spoken up.
This is the whole reason why it's important to have articles like this that talk about the ownership perspective of customer cars like the Pogea Racing 4C Nemesis, otherwise it's just a whole community based off false pre-conceptions of quality, where the reality is the total opposite. This is even apparent with big name manufacturers as well where reviewers will only look at what the manufacturer tells them to.
The aim is always awareness, which is the whole purpose of this blog. We review cars that no matter how amazing, we will always try and tell the true story behind it. Nothing is ever perfect, especially with Italian cars but you'll never receive the negativity and stress that has come with this brand and their Pogea Racing 4C build, with a properly reputable company.
Examples of more trustworthy brands in Germany would be Novitec, Manthey Racing and the big brand manufacturers. You'd expect with such a small boutique style tuning company, the experience would go so far above and beyond expectations, that there'd be no chance of any negativity coming from it.
One example that Pogea Racing themselves gave to Elon that was another red flag, is the story of a Japanese customer. He was bound to have gone through the same experience for what would have been the first Pogea Racing Alfa 4C Fuji edition. But according to Pogea Racing, the Japanese customer was of an undesirable character and didn't want to pay the invoice.
To which he offered the Japanese Pogea Racing Alfa 4C Fuji edition to Elon. Of course, he politely declined as the specs were vastly different and also wouldn't be eligible for import to Australia under the personal import laws. It was a clear sign that there were multiple customers that were going 'broke'. I suspect by 'broke', Pogea Racing means that the customers were tired of being disrespected by the German bully that held their car hostage to charge more fees. This would be especially disappointing for the Japanese customer, as their whole value system is built around respect and Pogea Racing wasn't giving him any.
Allegedly, there was also another story of a customer from Abu Dhabi that was having a custom Corvette build done by Pogea. According to Pogea this customer was arrested for possession of drugs and then deported to Thailand. This resulted in another customer letting Pogea Racing down and allegedly not paying his invoice. Sounds a bit ridiculous if you ask me.
Don't Believe the Hype
With anything these days, to be successful, there needs to be good marketing behind a brand. This is something Pogea Racing has done very well to fool many people around the world. From Pogea Racing USA and even the expansive packages available for the Pogea Racing Abarth 500 it seems like the work they do is of a high standard.
What really sucks people in, is articles published on blogs and respectable media outlets, that are happy to receive a payment to write something nice without properly investigating or testing the car out. The very car which is the focus of this article, the Pogea Racing 4C Nemesis has been featured across many other platforms and has been praised for innovation, its aggressive looks and outright performance.
But if a company such as Pogea Racing can't get it right with their highest paying and most 'prestigious' customers. I personally wouldn't feel confident at any end of the scale purchasing products and services from them. Whether it's the Ferrari 488 Pogea Racing package or a Pogea Racing Abarth 500 aka Ares with 404 hp and 328 lb-ft of torque coming out of a 1.4 liter engine.
It's honestly just too much of a risk, to put hard earned money, into a company that doesn't respect its customers (read on for proof of the disrespect later). One can only assume that they also don't respect their customer cars either. Point and case, this entire article on the Alfa Romeo 4C Pogea Racing Nemesis.
Pogea Racing themselves, make bold claims to be the best in this or that, pump up the numbers but haven't proven anything. We beg all customers to be aware of businesses like this, especially out there in the automotive world.
Since Elon purchased this car, he has expressed his disbelief and depressive emotions towards the company. Not surprisingly, owners from all over the world in the community have reached out and shared their unfortunate encounters of similar nature (although, not on such a big scale).
Total Costs to Date
The entire build to date has cost a total of the initially quoted €62,100 but has had additional increments since. The Pogea Racing Alfa 4C Nemesis costs have now come to a whooping €74,202 (AUD $119,776 and USD $87,029) which now also includes an element of storage fees at the Pogea Racing workshop for a few months.
This doesn't factor in the quotes received to rectify all of the issues and have the car built to the orginal orders specification. Local Australian specialists quotes have come in around at over AUD $40,000 in labor plus the cost of the 2 liter engine parts from reputable companies such as AlfaWorks in the UK. AlfaWorks have successfully developed several 2 liter examples of their Alfa 4C, unlike what Pogea claims for the Pogea Racing Alfa 4C Nemesis.
Over Promise and Under Deliver
Over Promise and Under Deliver, this has to be the best way to describe the motto in which Pogea Racing lives by. They've really promised the world in terms of the fastest and lightest Pogea Racing Alfa 4C in the world. This Pogea Racing 4C Nemesis is supposed to be 1 of 5 examples produced in the world making it quite rare as well.
I hope this article serves two main purposes. One is to make people aware that tuning companies like this exist throughout the world, no matter how amazing they seem online and even if a company is from a country such as German, that is well known for its quality and precision engineering, things can still go horribly wrong.
The second purpose is to shed some light on mistakes and poor encounters that have created some undesirable tension and be constructive to allow self-aware companies that have been facilitating such environments, that it's not too late to change, before more customers become disgruntled in the future and reach out to outlets which can leave a mark on a businesses that lie about products such as the Pogea Racing 4C that is hard to rub off in the future.
We really hope this does create change in the automotive community, as especially with these bespoke tuning workshops, it's all about sustainability and that's only achieved by putting the customer first.
The whole saga from the beginning of the Pogea Racing 4C Nemesis build in Germany to it being shipped to Sydney, Australia lasted from December 2017 all the way to September 2019. Just shy of 2 years to build a car! For a car that was suppose to only take 5 months upon receiving the vehicle.
Disgusting Behavior from Any Business
This next bit is regardless of what nice and constructive words I said in the last section. This is something I can never condone. When a business has heated discussions and debates with you in private, that is not desirable but somewhat acceptable. But when a business takes it public, it's just purely pathetic. Especially when that business has a large following.
What they did to their Pogea Racing 4C Nemesis customer should never be done in any circumstance. They took a picture of Elon and his wife and publicly posted them on social media defaming him and his character as a human being.
A false rumor was spread about Elon being an international criminal that was aiming to do harm to Pogea Racing as well as Elon also being convicted against fraudulent taxation charges. This of course, is a completely false accusation and one in which Elon confirms is not true. In case you're wondering, I can also confirm that he's not in jail and the police aren't after him. Elon recently purchased a Maserati MC20 from the dealership, which hilariously wouldn't possible from a jail cell. Hope you enjoyed the read!
Further Supporting Documentation
This section simply contains supporting documentation around interactions and advertisements for the Pogea Racing Alfa 4C Nemesis from the business and a key representative, the owner of Pogea Racing. These documents support some of the statements that were made throughout the article. We're just uploading the key documents otherwise it would be too much to read through. Feel free to check them out below if you like.
Pogea Racing 4C Nemesis specs
Pogea Racing 4C Nemesis specs (Translated)
The Nemesis Post on the Specs on Pogea Racing Website (Translated)
The Nemesis Post on the Specs on Pogea Racing Website
Brand New Nemesis Transmission
Strengthened Gears
Ferrari Internals for the 4C build
Defaming Elon and his wife in a large facebook group
5 Month Build Time Confirmation
Leaking Hatch
Exhaust Rubbing
Missing Screws/Nuts
Mould in Boot
Original Gearbox swapped for Defective one
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Meeting David Pepper
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Last night, I attended a house party to meet our state auditor candidate David Pepper, who is from Cincinnati and not known up here in Northeast Ohio. A local Democratic activist/ fundraiser invited people to meet him and get to know a little more about him. (This was not a fundraiser, although little envelopes were helpfully provided for those who liked what they heard.)
I was especially interested to meet and hear from Pepper because we're virtually certain to lose the secretary of state office if we don't find a candidate more acceptable to the core Democratic voters most likely to turn out in an off-year election. And the three key offices to control of the apportionment board are governor (I think Strickland will be re-elected), secretary of state and auditor. We have to hold two of those.
Because this is on peoples' mind given the extreme gerrymandering of the state, which has produced Republican majorities in our legislature and congressional delegation even in years when most Ohio voters voted for a Democrat, Pepper spoke at length about his thoughts on state apportionment. He feels that the idea that Democrats, if in charge, should cut up the state in equally ridiculous fashion to benefit themselves, is counterproductive — and that fair, balanced, competitive districts will benefit Democrats regardless. (We have already managed to achieve a congressional delegation that is a 10-8 Democratic majority, despite our meandering, GOP-favoring districts).
He also pointed out the value on having more competitive races, as far as electing more responsive officials who will work together. If an elected official is never threatened in a general election, given that primaries attract voters who are farther to the left or the right, such districts will often yield more extreme candidates. Pepper points out that state Senate districts have been drawn so that only a single seat is in question next year — and Republicans hold a 2-1 majority in a state nearly equally divided. One wonders how much more would be accomplished if our legislature were nearly equally divided, and both parties needed to consider the possibility of being voted out. Pepper, a former Cincinnati city council member and Hamilton county commissioner, said he felt that competitive races made him a better officeholder.
Pepper admitted this sort of stuff is "insider baseball," but he was speaking to a crowd of committed Democrats who were hungry to learn about him. He went on to talk about the auditor's office — not one perceived as exciting by most people, a majority of whom probably don't even know what the auditor does. The main job of the auditor is to perform audits on the finances of all levels and branches of government in the state and make sure no one's investing the money in rare coins and George Bush wall clocks. Obviously, past auditors haven't been all that alert (Lookin' at YOU, Betty Montgomery — the woman who so famously told the Toledo Blade, "If I'm guilty of anything, I'm guilty of doing nothing." Apparently, that's JUST what she did, on the taxpayers' dime).
I had not been following the work of current auditor Mary Taylor (currently the only non-judicial statewide elected Republican), but according to Pepper, she has been using her office as a political weapon and has become an active teabagger. I'll have to look into this more.
I was most interested in his thoughts on what the auditor could do to help move Ohio and its economy ahead. They're very much in line with the creative ideas Richard Cordray and Jennifer Brunner came up with to go beyond the minimal required functions of their offices to provide services and programs that help Ohioans improve their economic situations. Brunner's quality of life index offers ways for communities to gauge where they stand in a variety of measures and what they need to work on. Even as treasurer — a really unexciting office — Cordray was doing more than collecting and dispersing checks. He was developing low-interest loan programs for family farms and small business, offering savings programs for citizens and working with other state officials on foreclosure remediation.
Pepper suggested that an auditor can do more than just audit the books. He can also work with governmental bodies to look for efficiencies and ways to deploy their resources more effectively, producing savings without diminishing essential services. In a time of budget crunches on all levels of government, this work could have a big impact. Ultimately, that points out a key difference between Democrats and Republicans. The former think government should work to improve peoples' lives; the latter think government doesn't work (but oddly, still want to be part of it!) and should just butt out, no matter how much collateral damage is left behind.
Hopefully, we'll get David Pepper to do an interview with us soon, so you can hear his thoughts in his own words.
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I had the opportunity to travel to Nepal last year (2013) in Feb. It's for sure an amazing place to travel. The culture and the scenery are special. Let me share some of the pictures with you. I will start with Nepali people. You will see here innocence, hard life but overall positive feelings. I really like these people.


On Thursday, President Donald Trump's counselor Kellyanne Conway sat down with CNN's Chris Cuomo to talk about President Donald Trump's lying and corruption.
Conway argued that President Trump is not a liar and echoed that CNN is out to get the president and consistently "feeds viewers" negative information about the president.
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You always know when you're loved….
You can see it, you can feel it!!!!! And so it is with God's love for you!!!!! It's always present!
First Corinthians 13 offers one of the Bible's richest expositions regarding love. Verse 4 notes that love "does not envy." So, selfish jealousy is at odds with God's type of love.
The Greek word translated "envy" means "to burn with zeal." Literally, the sense is "to be heated or to boil over with envy, hatred, or anger." In the context of 1 Corinthians 13, the idea is that love does not focus on personal desires. It is not eager to increase possessions. God's type of love is selfless, not selfish.
Envy is the opposite of God's command not to covet (Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21). "Love is the fulfillment of the law" (Romans 13:10). The one who truly loves will be in conformity to the Ten Commandments, and envy will be excluded.
In contrast to God's command, the Corinthian believers were ranking some spiritual gifts as more important than others and envying those who had the "best" gifts. In chapter 12, Paul points out that the different gifts are meant to serve one another and build up the church. No one person has all the gifts, but each child of God has at least one, and love demands that each gift be used to serve others rather than self.
"Envy rots the bones" (Proverbs 14:30). When we crave what someone else has rather than being grateful for what God has given, we hurt ourselves. Instead of envying others, we are called to love them.
True love—God's love—rejoices when others are blessed. There is no room for envy. Love does not seek to benefit itself and it is content with what it has, because its focus is on meeting the needs of the loved one.
First Corinthians 13:7 lists four specific actions that love "always" performs. The fourth and final one is that love "always perseveres" (NIV) or "endures all things" (ESV). There is a persistence to love, even in the tough times.
The Greek word hupomenei carries the idea of "remaining" or "enduring." Love doesn't quit or give up. Love lasts. The love spoken of in 1 Corinthians 13 is not a fleeting romance or a fading feeling. Instead, godly love always perseveres. During good times and bad, the love of God's people endures the challenges of life and remains steadfast.
In the wedding vows, a husband and wife take each other "for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part." The basis of this pledge is the fact that love perseveres.
Jesus modeled enduring love: "Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end" (John 13:1). During His most difficult night, He washed the feet of His disciples and prayed for them. His love even endured the cross (Hebrews 12:2).
Earlier in his epistle, Paul had spoken to the Corinthian believers regarding endurance: "When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure" (1 Corinthians 4:2). Such perseverance in the face of opposition can only come from the love of God rooted in the heart.
Endurance for the sake of endurance is not the point of this teaching. It is endurance motivated by love for God and others. "If you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God" (1 Peter 2:20). We are called to endure for what is right. We must show love whether or not it is convenient or easy.
A person with God's type of love will consistently seek what is best for his loved one. There is no fair-weather friendship in love. It's not an on-again, off-again proposition, but a commitment to always seek the highest good, no matter what adversity befalls.
Many Christians use the cliché "Love the sinner, hate the sin." However, we must realize that this is an exhortation to us as imperfect human beings. The difference between us and God in regard to loving and hating is vast. Even as Christians, we remain imperfect in our humanity and cannot love perfectly, nor can we hate perfectly (in other words, without malice). But God can do both of these perfectly, because He is God. God can hate without any sinful intent. Therefore, He can hate the sin and the sinner in a perfectly holy way and still be willing to lovingly forgive at the moment of that sinner's repentance and faith (Malachi 1:3; Revelation 2:6; 2 Peter 3:9).
How exactly does that work? We hate sin by refusing to take part in it and by condemning it when we see it. Sin is to be hated, not excused or taken lightly. We love sinners by being faithful in witnessing to them of the forgiveness that is available through Jesus Christ. A true act of love is treating someone with respect and kindness even though he/she knows you do not approve of his lifestyle and/or choices. It is not loving to allow a person to remain stuck in sin. It is not hateful to tell a person he/she is in sin. In fact, the exact opposites are true. We love the sinner by speaking the truth in love. We hate the sin by refusing to condone, ignore, or excuse it.


Can I Get SSDI or SSI Disability For Schizoaffective Disorder?
Schizoaffective disorder is a serious mental illness characterized psychosis (loss of touch with reality) and severe mood problems. Symptoms of schizoaffective disorder vary significantly among people with the disease. Symptoms can include illogical thought process, paranoia (feeling like someone is going to harm you), drastic mood changes, sadness, isolation, sleeplessness, changes in appetite, etc.
Does Social Security consider schizoaffective disorder to be disabling?
The short answer is, "It depends." And it depends on many factors, most notably the severity of your symptoms, the effectiveness of treatment options, the strength of your medical evidence, your age, your education level and the type of work you have done. The more convincing your medical treatment records, the more likely your claim is to be approved. One challenge with claims based on schizoaffective disorder is that if you suffer from related symptoms, it can be difficult to adhere to treatment regimens, make appointments, etc., which can hurt the credibility of your claim by limiting the availability of compelling medical evidence.
How exactly does Social Security evaluate a disability claim based on Schizoaffective Disorder?
Step 1: Non-Medical Criteria. First and foremost, you cannot be working above what Social Security calls a Substantial, Gainful Activity (SGA) level. Basically, you cannot be earning more than $1,090 on a gross (pre-tax) monthly basis. The SGA rule is the most important non-medical criteria that also must be satisfied in order for the claim to progress to a complete medical review at Step 2. No matter how severe and debilitating your schizoaffective disorder might be (even if it is well-supported by years of medical evidence), if you do not meet the non-medical eligibility requirements, your claim will not advance to Step 2 and your claim will be technically denied. You can appeal a technical denial, but generally speaking if the facts are correct, the appeal will be unsuccessful.
3. current history of one or more years' inability to function outside a highly supportive living arrangement, with an indication of continued need for such an arrangement.
Step 4: Past Work. The objective of Step 4 is to determine whether you have the ability to perform work you have performed previously. To determine this, the adjudicator determines your Residual Functional Capacity (RFC). Your RFC identifies what your body and mind can still do after considering your medical symptoms. In developing your RFC, the adjudicator will consider all impairments and symptoms, including mental and physical. The adjudicator will estimate your ability to perform such functions as remembering, understanding, communicating, etc. Your RFC might contain some of the following limitations: inability to comprehend basic instructions, inability to maintain concentration, persistence or pace, inability to interact with the general public, inability to work without excessive breaks, etc.
After finalizing your list of Past Relevant Work, the adjudicator must now classify it. The type of work you have done in the past will be classified by both exertional level and by skill level. Once all of your PRW has been classified, the adjudicator must then determine whether you have the functional ability to perform any of your past work. If the adjudicator determines you can still perform the functions required in you past work, you will be found Not Disabled and denied. If the adjudicator determines you cannot perform your past work, your claim will advance to Step 5.
Social Security disability claims based on a schizoaffective disorder require extensive medical treatment and related medical evidence. Mental health claims require expert understanding of the above evaluation process, as well as compelling medical evidence. If the medical evidence does not support the alleged severity, the claimant is often found to be less than credible and denied. If you would like to discuss the specifics of your case with a disability expert now, please contact us. We will do everything possible to get your claim approved.


November 13, 2012: The HST COS far ultraviolet observations of the WZ Sge-type cataclysmic variable FL Psc (ASAS J002511+1217.2) will be taking place 2012 November 15 22:48:37 UT through November 16 04:49:58 UT (AAVSO Special Notice #305 www.aavso.org/aavso-special-notice-305).
visual observations (17.5V at minimum, 10.5V at maximum), but if possible they are welcome, as are visual fainter-than observations fainter than magnitude 15.0.
Charts for FL Psc may be created using VSP (www.aavso.org/vsp).
Please report observations promptly to the AAVSO International Database using the name FL PSC. If you see the target in outburst, please contact the AAVSO immediately and post a message to the Observations and Campaigns & Observations Reports forum (www.aavso.org/forum).
Thank you for your contributions and good observing.


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" I love working with blondes and creating a low maintenance look to make my clients feel they were born with it! Coloring hair is my passion, and I love finishing my color services with a beach wave look."
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1. God wants the glory out of this chapter. Notice in Psalm 115:1 and Revelation 4:11 that to glorify God is to highlight His presence and/or bring attention to how great He is.
Intentionally obeying God is great way to glorify Him. At the core of God's will are the issues of salvation and loving God and others, as you love yourself (see Jn. 3:16; Mk. 12:29-31). Are you really saved? Are you loving God with all that you have (see Jn 14:15)?
Are you loving and taking care of yourself (see I Cor 6:19-20; Col. 3:2)? Are you loving others, as you love yourself (see Jn. 13:34-35)? Are you doing your part in your church (see Mt. 28:19-20 – evangelism and edification with love, worship, community involvement, and excellence)?
God has brought you through previous chapters, so He can get the glory out of this chapter as well. Always remember that God is the source of our blessings, and we are the recipients (see Jm. 1:17; Jn. 15:5). Let's work on glorifying God with our obedience.
2. God's glory includes our good. Notice how Jeremiah 29:11 and John 10:10 show that when God's plans are carried out, His people are richly blessed. The devil would have us to believe that what glorifies God is only good for God.
But disciples should know that what glorifies God is good for God's people. In order to highlight the mercy, way making ability, and the mysterious ways of God, we need case studies.
Can you look over your life and see how God has used you as a case study for His mercy, way making ability, and working in mysterious ways? Let's live like we know that when God gets the glory, His people receive the blessings. This should include obedience and expectation.
3. Some are too fearful to serve. Notice in Judges 7:3 that the fearful were dismissed. First, don't think that everyone who looks like you, smiles at you, or even say they are with you are really with you.
Second, if it were not for God, we, like those in the text, have so much to be afraid of. But when we trust that we are fighting for the Lord, we should be as confident as David was in Psalm 27:1-3. Let's live like we have a God who is bigger than our troubles.
4. Some are too comfortable to serve. Notice in Judges 7:4-6 that those who were too comfortable were dismissed. First, confidence is no substitute for faith-based work. We ought not every confuse what God can do with what God calls us to do. James 2:26 teaches that faith without works is dead.
Second, give both groups credit for leaving without a fuss. Some people cause all kinds of trouble when they are not chosen for desired services. This maturity may have something to do with the pain of previous chapters (see Pro. 22:15).
Some people behave like they need more suffering, because they are still too focused on their agenda, instead of the Lord's agenda. Let's work on having a working/obedient faith in God.
5. God can use the able and willing. Notice in Judges 7:7 that God determined to use the 300 men, instead of the 32,000 men, which was less than 1% of the initial crowd. Think about how God can take a fraction of who we used to have with us and do more with the fraction than we can do with the larger crowd.
Think about how God took Noah's family, Abraham's faith, and the school boy's lunch and did so much. Can you look back over your life and see how God has taken little and accomplished so much? Let's live like we trust God's ability to do much with the little that we have. This includes doing our part and trusting God for the rest.
What is one thing you will take from this session and work on, in regard to your discipleship goals?


Equestria Girls have become together for a home party! Since it is winter, they don't sense that going out to own fun. They also believe home parties are definitely more intimate. Now it is time to decorate Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Curry and Rainbow Sprint! Don't forget the scarves and the boots! They might go outside to construct a little snowman!


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Ahmadabad (, also Romanized as Aḩmadābād) is a village in Kohurestan Rural District, in the Central District of Khamir County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 21, in 4 families.

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Populated places in Khamir County

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Thanks to everyone who continues to read my Game of Thrones writings on the Watchers on the Wall site. I've been very fortunate. But if Cersei reads the trash I'm writing about her, I might end up cursed. Or worse.


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Q: Constant $g$ acceleration from astronaut's frame of reference When a spaceship is experiencing a constant acceleration of $10m/s^2$, the astronauts will be moving at nearly the speed of light after about a year in the earth's reference frame. This means the spaceship's energy will start to diverge as a function of the speed $v$ so there will be a huge amount of energy necessary to increase the speed of the ship any further. This way, the speed of light can never be crossed.
All of this is clear to me, but all of this is also formulated in earth's reference frame. But from the astronaut's reference frame: the spaceship is simply accelerating at $10m/s^2$ and so the force on the spaceship is constant. Then why would we need huge amounts of energy to accelerate the spaceship?
For example, I read somewhere that the amount of energy that would be needed to accelerate a large spaceship to half the speed of light is more than 2000 times the current world annual energy consumption. How does this make sense in the astronaut's (non-inertial) frame?

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But from the astronaut's reference frame: the spaceship is simply accelerating at 10m/s2 and so the force on the spaceship is constant. Then why would we need huge amounts of energy to accelerate the spaceship?

I think the astronaut interprets the rocket's need for a huge amount of energy in another way. He observes that as he recedes from the earth, more amount of energy is needed than before to make the distance slightly greater. When the observer on earth measures the rocket's speed very close to light speed, the astronaut observes that the earth no longer recedes from him, and it just becomes red-shifted till it completely disappears. (The distance asymptotes to $c^2/a$.) In this case, the astronaut admits that for making an infinitesimally small displacement from the earth, the rocket's engine must be "on" for a very long time that may justify the need for huge energy.
See "Below the rocket, something strange is happening..." at this link.

A: In the rocket, it seems that the amount of energy per unit time stays constant. When the astronauts look outside they see al the other objects in the universe move faster and faster (it seems these objects are in free fall in a homogeneous gravitational field). This means that the astronauts see the time on these objects move slower and slower.
So say, for example, that when one second has passed in the ship, half a second has passed on all the other objects. The astronauts conclude that for all these objects the spaceship uses in this case twice as much energy per unit time.
The spaceship speeds up. Then there comes a moment that the astronauts see that the time on all the other objects goes at a pace that's 1/3 of the time in the ship. So the astronauts (who still use the same amount of energy per unit time) that for all these objects the spaceship uses three times as much energy because in one unit of time on these objects three units of time are used in the spaceship.
The spaceship approaches lightspeed. The astronauts (for whom the amount of energy used per unit time still is the same) see that the pace of time on all the other objects approaches zero. This means that the astronauts conclude that for all these objects the amount of energy per unit time used in the ship approaches infinity.
Of course, it's only the spaceship that accelerates and who's (relativistic) kinetic energy is increased. Here the twin paradox springs to mind. It's the spaceship that's first accelerating. After it has stopped accelerating, the universe and the spaceship are in relative motion to each other. If we let the spaceship return to Earth then the astronauts will be much younger as the people on Earth. This is an asymmetric situation. If the whole universe accelerates towards the spaceship then the people on Earth (on arriving near the spaceship) will have the same age as the astronauts in the ship. This is a symmetric situation. But that aside.

A: When pondering relativistic effects it can help to consider them from a reciprocal perspective.
Suppose I am on the ship, and my speed has reached 0.9c, say, relative to Earth. At that point I cut my engines and coast past you on Earth. In my frame I am at rest and it is you who are racing by at 0.9c. You get into your car and accelerate down a road away from me to reach a speed of 60mph. To you, the acceleration is entirely normal, and uses the same amount of fuel etc--the fact that you were moving at 0.9c relative to me makes no difference in your frame. However, your speed relative to me is not 0.9c plus 60mph, as we have to use relativistic velocity addition, so it is somewhat less. The result is that your acceleration relative to me is less.
If we repeated this scenario when I was coasting past at 0.999999999999999999c, the result of your acceleration to 60mph on Earth would be a near negligible increase in our overall relative speed.
So the answer is that if the effect of a constant acceleration in Frame A is a given increase in velocity v, say, then owing to the relativistic addiction of velocity, the magnitude of v approaches zero in Frame B as the relative speed of the two frames approaches c. The constant acceleration uses energy at a constant rate in Frame A to diminishing overall effect in Frame B.

A: From the rocket's frame of reference, the rocket is at rest and the Earth is travelling faster and faster, approaching c. In both frames of reference, the relative velocity approaches c so the energy needed diverges.
I'm not sure whether this answers your question.

A: If you know how much fuel (mass)  you need to travel from the earth to the next object , you can answer the question how much energy you need , remember that energy is  equivalent to mass.
I found the answer in this dokument
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SR/Rocket/rocket.html
$$\frac{m_F}{m_L}=\exp\left({\frac{a\,T}{c}}\right)-1\tag 1$$
where:
$m_F$ is the fuel mass
$m_L$ is the payload mass
$a$ is the constant acceleration
$T$ is the rocket time
$c$ is the light velocity
Example:
for:
$a=1 g$
$g\approx 1.03 [ly/yr^2]$
$c=1 [ly/yr]$
if you want to go to a distance from the earth
$d=4.3\,\, [ly]$ you need to travel  $T=3.6$ years
$$d=\frac{{c}^{2}}{a} \left( \cosh \left( {\frac {aT}{c}} \right) -1 \right)
$$
thus equation (1)
for every kilogram payload ($m_L=1$) you need $m_F=10\,[kg]$ fuel . from here you can calculate the energy  $E_F=m_F\,c^2$

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Her Media
Love of Music
I'd like to think I got my love for music from my dad. You see my dad, ……my dad is one of the most knowledgeable individuals I've ever met, and I'm not just saying that because he's my dad. I mean, this guy knows everything about everything. And that's something I've always admired about him. And sometimes I'm left speechless, like, "How the hell does my dad know all of this"? Ever since I could remember, one thing I always noticed was that my dad always turned to music for every occasion, whether it was him unwinding down in the garage or backyard listening to Elvis on full blast, to being the master controller of the radio during our family trips and ALWAYS tuning in to K-Earth 101! Of course, when I was younger I hated it because as a 9 year old what I wanted to listen to went a little something like "Oops! I did it again, I played with your heart got lost in the game!" (Britney Spears) and a little less like, "Strangers in the night, exchanging glances wondering in the night..." (Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra).
I mean my dad can talk to you about any artists from The Beatles, Marvin Gaye, Frank Sinatra, Smokey Robinson, Eagles, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Peter Frampton, The Temptations, Eric Clapton, The Supremes, Tom Petty, Mana, Andrea Bocelli, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson down to every Hispanic/Latino musician out there. Every genre, Spanish or English, HE knows it ALL. Shit, he can even give you an elaborate story about how that song was created and a complete biography on the artist, resources and all. You see, during his twenties, my dad played in a band with a couple of friends. He was the lead singer but also found himself playing the drums once in a while. He played at mini concerts and toured in his area, lol, I guess you can say my dad lived that rock star life. LOL. No, but jokes aside, music runs through my dad's veins. He's always singing, whistling or playing some kind of imaginary instrument while he drives during a red light. When I was younger my dad bought a full set of drums. They were black, shiny and loud. I fondly remember my dad and brothers playing the drums and me all up in the mix trying to learn, or joining along with the güiro or cowbell. Believe me when I say, WE were the original garage band. It's no wonder I love music that has a sickass instrumental beat or some bad ass drums playing. Why else do you think I have and obsession with The Beatles & Caribbean music? Lol
I've come to find that I enjoy listening to Spanish music sometimes even more than English. I don't know, but I feel like Spanish music beautifully captures those feelings that are sometimes inexplicable. My family knows me as the person who is always jamming out in her room, blasting everything from banda to salsa. The running joke in my family (thanks to my brother Beto) is "Oh mom, did you know Wendy is 'Salvi', cause she plays nothing but cumbias" or "Mom, did you know she's Rastafarian cause she plays reggae" lol. Whether they enjoyed it or not, I gave them free concerts on a daily basis. When I moved to New York one of the first things my mom said to me was "the house is so quiet now, I don't hear music playing from your room anymore, I miss it". I knew she low-key enjoyed my jam sessions even though she always told me to turn it down! Music basically is my coping tool for EVERYTHING! Happy, depressed or anxious, listening to music will always get me in a good mood. It's also what's kept me alive in NYC! lol
Y'all I have a playlist for basically everything. Every genre, every occasion, every mood. You name it, I have a playlist, so if you're ever in need of a DJ, hit me up... I take food as payment. But, I will be honest and say I could make you a mean ass "Oldie's but Goodies" playlist on Spotify but could not name you the latest hottest artist out there lol. Hip-hop/rap I love & enjoy, I mean J.Cole, Drake, JayZ/Kanye's "Watch the Throne" album and my girl Rih basically helped make it through undergrad, but NOW, I've kinda fallen off the train. I'd like to think its because I only listen to my playlists on Spotify so in a sense I've kind of sheltered myself. There's a reason why I could not tell you if Migos is one or two people... or wait is Migos short for Los 3 Amigos?? OMG, did I just have an epiphany?!
Anyway, in honor of my dad LOVING music, I decided to create a "Music Challenge" video with my dad to test his skillzzz. I made a playlist with 30 songs ranging in genre, artist and language. He of course only missed one out of the 30! We had a blast making this video, my dad was super into it! lol
Check out the video below and don't forget to like & Subscribe to my channel: youtube/hervagaboundroots


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Trevor Bauer's Fantasy Scouting Report
You can expect Trevor Bauer to be a good bench player who will start in certain weeks the rest of the season. His 2.94 projected fantasy points puts him at #88 behind Yonny Chirinos and ahead of Zach Eflin. He has averaged 2.87 fantasy points in his past 58 games, which is more than our projected per game average. He is projected to average 0.61 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#98) is worse than his rank based on total fantasy points. He is overrated if you compare his ownership based rank with his projection rank. At 96%, he is the #30 most highly owned starting pitcher. Trevor Bauer is expected to slightly improve on this season-to-date's #89 fantasy position rank.
SIT TREVOR BAUER IN WEEK 24... PROJECTED FOR FEWER FPS THAN DILLON PETERS
Trevor Bauer is projected for -0.66 fantasy points in 2 games in week 24 which only ranks him as the #122 projected starting pitcher and not a fantasy relevant player. This is projected to be a below average week with fewer fantasy points per game than he is projected to average per game the rest of the season. He is ranked above Dallas Keuchel but behind Dillon Peters. Week 25 will be better based on projected rank (#41). He is projected for 2.79 fantasy points.
Reds' Trevor Bauer: Reaches one-year deal with Cincy
Reds' Trevor Bauer: Won't start in season finale
2019 CIN 34 34 213.0 11 13 0 253 82 184 4.47 1.24 1 1
2018 CLE 28 27 175.3 12 6 1 221 57 134 2.20 1.08 0 0
2015 CLE 31 30 176.0 11 12 0 170 79 152 4.55 1.31 1 0
2014 CLE 26 26 153.0 5 8 0 143 60 151 4.17 1.37 0 0
2013 CLE 4 4 17.0 1 2 0 11 16 15 5.29 1.82 0 0
2012 ARI 4 4 16.3 1 2 0 17 13 14 6.14 1.67 0 0
2011 ARI 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0
Career (10 Seasons) 194 184 1117.0 70 60 1 1179 437 1010 4.04 1.29 3 1
2019 CIN 118 106 34 19 0 167 206 0.8 0 0 10 12.04 0
2018 CLE 51 43 9 9 2 137 158 0.9 0 0 12 10.27 0
2017 CLE 84 82 25 5 0 170 137 1.2 1 1 3 12.56 0
2014 CLE 76 71 16 11 4 125 173 0.7 2 0 6 13.06 0
2012 ARI 13 11 2 1 0 18 14 1.3 0 0 2 15.65 0
2011 ARI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 --- 0
Career (10 Seasons) 539 502 132 60 8 1002 1064 0.9 5 2 44 12.14 0
March 0 0 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 108 .048
April 4 1 2.66 6 6 0 0 0 0 40.2 26 12 12 4 2 22 46 0 3 0 1 687 .184
May 0 4 5.5 6 6 0 0 0 0 36 34 31 22 6 7 14 41 6 0 0 2 652 .241
June 2 1 3.06 5 5 1 1 0 0 35.1 28 12 12 5 3 10 38 1 0 0 1 572 .212
July 3 2 4.54 6 6 0 0 0 0 37.2 38 20 19 7 1 16 51 1 0 0 4 666 .259
August 1 4 8.4 6 6 0 0 0 0 30 38 30 28 6 3 13 37 4 1 0 2 579 .311
September 1 0 3.26 3 3 0 0 0 0 19.1 13 7 7 4 0 6 23 1 0 0 0 322 .188
Home 4 6 4.53 15 15 0 0 0 0 93.1 75 51 47 20 11 38 120 6 1 0 3 1645 .216
Away 7 6 4.31 18 18 1 1 0 0 112.2 103 62 54 12 6 44 125 7 3 0 7 1941 .242
Day 4 6 4.88 12 12 1 1 0 0 72 64 45 39 7 7 22 89 6 1 0 5 1284 .234
Night 7 6 4.16 21 21 0 0 0 0 134 114 68 62 25 10 60 156 7 3 0 5 2302 .228
vs. Ariz. 1 0 1.13 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 4 1 1 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 117 .148
vs. Atl. 0 0 4.09 2 2 0 0 0 0 11 10 5 5 0 1 5 14 2 1 0 1 227 .244
vs. Balt. 0 0 12.6 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 7 7 2 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 99 .250
vs. Chi-N 1 0 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 1 1 1 2 11 0 0 0 0 106 .125
vs. Chi-A 0 2 6.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 12 19 14 9 2 2 2 15 1 0 0 0 199 .358
vs. Cin. 1 0 1.23 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.2 10 2 2 0 1 8 15 0 0 0 2 232 .196
vs. Det. 2 1 4.26 4 4 1 1 0 0 25.1 29 12 12 6 0 4 30 2 0 0 1 443 .276
vs. Hou. 1 0 1.13 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 4 1 1 1 0 6 3 0 1 0 0 118 .167
vs. K.C. 2 1 6.88 3 3 0 0 0 0 17 23 14 13 2 2 6 24 0 0 0 1 325 .319
vs. Miami 1 0 5.14 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 4 4 1 1 4 10 0 0 0 1 105 .167
vs. Minn. 0 2 3.86 3 3 0 0 0 0 21 12 9 9 6 2 7 27 0 0 0 0 344 .160
vs. Oak. 0 1 2.77 2 2 0 0 0 0 13 6 6 4 1 3 7 15 1 0 0 1 245 .130
vs. Phil. 0 0 7.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 6 4 4 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 89 .300
vs. Pitt. 0 1 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 8 7 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 79 .533
vs. S.D. 0 1 2.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 5 3 2 1 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 102 .192
vs. Sea. 1 0 2.08 2 2 0 0 0 0 13 8 3 3 2 0 6 16 1 1 0 0 228 .174
vs. St.L. 0 1 13.5 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 7 6 6 2 0 3 5 0 1 0 1 84 .389
vs. T.B. 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 4 2 1 2 1 8 3 0 0 1 109 .182
vs. Tor. 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.2 3 0 0 0 1 9 17 0 0 0 1 234 .067
vs. Wash. 0 1 18.69 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 8 9 9 2 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 101 .421
Guaranteed Rate Field 0 1 2.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 9 6 2 0 1 1 8 1 0 0 0 111 .290
Great American Ball Park 2 1 2.77 4 4 0 0 0 0 26 18 9 8 4 2 8 37 0 0 0 1 411 .189
Progressive Field 3 5 4.84 12 12 0 0 0 0 74.1 61 43 40 16 10 33 92 6 1 0 3 1348 .219
Kauffman Stadium 1 1 10.45 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 20 13 12 2 0 5 12 0 0 0 1 198 .408
Oakland Coliseum 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 2 2 0 0 0 3 10 1 0 0 1 122 .083
Nationals Park 0 1 18.69 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 8 9 9 2 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 101 .421
Target Field 0 0 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 108 .048
T-Mobile Park 1 0 2.08 2 2 0 0 0 0 13 8 3 3 2 0 6 16 1 1 0 0 228 .174
Rogers Centre 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 3 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 1 117 .125
Marlins Park 1 0 5.14 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 4 4 1 1 4 10 0 0 0 1 105 .167
SunTrust Park 0 0 5.79 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 7 3 3 0 1 3 4 2 0 0 1 107 .350
PNC Park 0 1 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 8 7 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 79 .533
Comerica Park 1 1 2.45 2 2 1 1 0 0 14.2 14 4 4 2 0 1 15 0 0 0 0 232 .241
Minute Maid Park 1 0 1.13 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 4 1 1 1 0 6 3 0 1 0 0 118 .167
Turf 1 0 0.57 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.2 7 1 1 0 0 4 18 0 0 0 1 234 .137
Grass 10 12 4.73 31 31 1 1 0 0 190.1 171 112 100 32 17 78 227 13 4 0 9 3352 .237
Post All-Star 3 6 5.84 13 13 0 0 0 0 74 74 51 48 15 3 31 96 6 1 0 5 1346 .259
Pre All-Star 8 6 3.61 20 20 1 1 0 0 132 104 62 53 17 14 51 149 7 3 0 5 2240 .214
RISP 0 0 12.42 33 0 0 0 0 0 45.2 45 73 63 4 5 18 52 2 1 0 6 792 .269
RISP w/Two out 0 0 9.87 29 0 0 0 0 0 17.1 14 22 19 1 2 8 21 1 0 0 4 311 .212
Runners on Base 0 0 8.21 33 0 0 0 0 0 87.2 77 91 80 11 7 28 100 13 4 0 10 1390 .245
Bases Empty 0 0 1.6 33 0 0 0 0 0 118.1 101 22 21 21 10 54 145 0 0 0 0 2196 .220
Bases Loaded 0 0 25.07 10 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 5 13 13 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 67 .294
Late Inning Pressure 0 0 1.32 13 0 0 0 0 0 13.2 7 2 2 0 2 11 19 1 1 0 2 266 .159
LIP-Runners On 0 0 2.35 10 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 2 2 2 0 1 5 10 1 1 0 2 123 .100
with 0 outs 0 0 3.15 33 0 0 0 0 0 71.1 66 26 25 11 6 31 76 4 0 0 1 1262 .241
with 1 out 0 0 5.86 33 0 0 0 0 0 70.2 70 53 46 13 5 24 87 6 2 0 5 1213 .263
with 2 outs 0 0 4.22 33 0 0 0 0 0 64 42 34 30 8 6 27 82 3 2 0 4 1111 .180
w/Bases Full 2 Out 0 0 21.6 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 27 .167
Last 7 Appearances 1 4 7.41 7 7 0 0 0 0 37.2 41 33 31 9 1 14 45 3 1 0 1 688 .279
SVO (incl. Holds) 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
As Starter 11 12 4.41 33 33 1 1 0 0 206 178 113 101 32 17 82 245 13 4 0 10 3586 .230
> 5 Days Rest 2 6 6.95 10 10 0 0 0 0 55.2 70 45 43 17 5 22 68 3 1 0 2 1038 .306
5 Days Rest 9 6 3.45 21 21 1 1 0 0 138.1 101 63 53 13 11 57 162 10 3 0 8 2351 .201
< 5 Days Rest 0 0 7.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 6 4 4 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 89 .300
Chase Field 1 0 1.13 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 4 1 1 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 117 .148
Busch Stadium 0 1 13.5 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 7 6 6 2 0 3 5 0 1 0 1 84 .389
03/30 @ L 0-0 0 1.29 1 0 0 7.0 1 1 1 0 1 9 1 0 0 108
04/04 vs W 1-0 0 0.64 1 0 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 6 8 1 0 0 117
04/10 @ L 1-1 0 2.37 1 0 0 5.7 10 4 4 2 1 7 0 0 0 115
04/15 @ W 2-1 0 2.16 1 0 0 6.7 5 1 1 0 3 8 0 0 0 112
04/20 vs L 2-1 0 2.32 1 0 0 6.3 3 2 2 0 2 10 0 0 0 120
04/30 @ W 4-1 0 2.54 1 0 0 7.0 4 4 4 1 4 10 1 1 0 105
05/06 vs L 4-2 0 3.53 1 0 0 5.0 10 8 7 2 1 7 1 0 0 88
05/11 @ L 4-2 0 3.10 1 0 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 3 10 0 1 0 122
05/21 vs L 4-3 0 4.04 1 0 0 6.0 4 4 4 1 4 5 3 0 0 123
06/26 vs W 6-6 0 3.72 1 0 0 6.7 3 1 1 0 1 12 2 0 0 127
07/02 @ W 7-6 0 3.91 1 0 0 6.0 11 5 5 2 1 6 0 0 0 107
08/09 vs W 10-8 0 3.92 1 0 0 7.0 3 1 1 1 2 11 1 0 0 106
08/14 @ L 10-9 0 4.31 1 0 0 4.3 8 9 9 2 2 4 0 0 0 101
08/19 vs L 10-10 0 4.24 1 0 0 7.0 5 3 2 1 1 11 0 0 0 102
08/25 @ L 10-11 0 4.53 1 0 0 3.0 8 8 7 0 2 2 1 0 0 79
09/04 vs L 10-12 0 4.79 1 0 0 5.0 6 4 4 2 2 6 0 0 0 89
09/10 @ L 10-12 0 4.73 1 0 0 6.3 3 2 2 2 3 8 0 0 0 116
09/15 @ W 11-12 0 4.59 1 0 0 8.0 4 1 1 0 1 9 0 0 0 117
09/22 vs L 11-13 0 4.65 1 0 0 7.0 6 5 5 2 0 8 2 0 0 101
Trevor Bauer Traded To Reds In Blockbuster Deal
Trevor Bauer is a Better Fantasy Option Than Dakota Hudson But Not as Good as Tyler Glasnow the Rest of the Season
Trevor Bauer is Projected to Be the #73 Starting Pitcher...Behind Jason Vargas and Ahead of Johnny Cueto the Rest of the Season
Trevor Bauer is Projected to Be the #72 Starting Pitcher...Behind Danny Salazar and Ahead of Dustin May the Rest of the Season
Start Trevor Bauer in Week 19... Ahead of Caleb Smith


... aka Monday was our first "official" day of orientation! Les filles de Châteauneuf woke up nice and early and managed to get halfway to the rectorat (French school board building) without morning coffee. Our second bus was a little late but we managed to get to the rectorat and hand in most of our forms and sign in without too much trouble.
Wednesday, I was en route to my (second) bank appointment when my head teacher called and said she could pick me up and take me to school! So I hurried back home, quickly finished my potato, spinach, and goat cheese quiche and threw my clothes in a bag to meet her and 2 other teachers. I spent the night at her house in a small village south of school and helped her make a tarte tatin and pizza for dinner.
The next morning was my (second) first day of high school! And let me tell you, it felt a little bit like the first, first day. The windy mountain roads got even skinnier and even windier as we got to school and I even peeped the last fort on the Maginot Line during WWII - which wasn't actually used. We pulled up to school - Lycée de la Montagne and I was promptly left to introduce myself to the doorman and secretaries!
school route! don't look down!
I observed various classes during the day and one student even asked a teacher if I was a new student - felt a little like one tbh. I even presented my First-Day-Presentation (which I remembered to bring with me - you only make that mistake once!!) and did a chart on different stereotypes and/or clichés of France and the States. I was super wiped once the day was over but I carpooled back with some other teachers and we spoke French and English on the 1h30 drive back down to Nice.
Some highs were that the staff and teachers all seem very nice and they complimented my French and accent which was a boost! Lows are that high school students are (still) super intimidating and it's all new and a little nervewracking. I'm still en train de open a bank account so hopefully that falls into place soon and I can get paid!
(as they said many times at school) Ciao Ciao!


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Quick and Easy Peanut Butter and Yogurt Frozen Dog Treats!
These frozen dog treats are a summer favorite for our golden!
Notice I said "1-2 ice cube trays", I have made this recipe a couple of times now and I have never produced the exact same quantity. You can alter the quantities to meet your needs, just remember for every cup of yogurt you'll need a half cup of peanut butter!
Combine the peanut butter and yogurt in your mixing bowl and mix thoroughly. I usually spend anywhere from two to five minutes mixing. Once you are satisfied with the mixture, use your spoon to scoop it into your ice cube tray(s). Then, pop the ice cube tray(s) into your freezer for about an hour.
After the hour is up, pop the cubes out of the ice cube tray and you can either put them directly into a freezer bag or a plastic container with a lid and put them back in the freezer or you may wish to cut them into halves or thirds first. True to her breed, our golden was a bit 'piggy' the first time she tried these treats (I had given her an entire cube) and I am convinced she experienced a 'brain freeze'. Ever since I've been cutting mine into halves and thirds.


People have a lot of power but most of us don't realise it. In this day and age we are used to going it alone but if we band together and make enough noise, change is effected. Good luck. I sincerely hope you get your beautiful park.


Too lazy to write an introspective or even entertaining post, thought I'd just resort to summarizing my week in a sentence fragments preceded by bullet points. It's kind of lazy but it gets me putting words on the page. So here it goes.
• Spent the weekend recovering from strep. Hadn't had strep in years, rediscovered just how much it sucked. It really really hurts. Took the better parts of three days to feel better even with the antibiotics.
• Recovered just in time to fly to San Jose to participate in a management training program. Downside, training covered stuff I already knew and wasn't really all that good at covering it. Upside, met another sarcastic, dog loving manager who helped me cope. Now I'm even looking forward to the next session.
• Grandma was able to come up and stay with the boys while I was out of town because Mr. Dog is working crazy person hours this week. Really, he's getting home at about 1am every night. Thanks Grandma!
• Came back to a massive backlog of email and stacked up work. And emails from Little Dog's preschool teacher requesting a conference. Apparently all is not well in shorty-ville.
• Put the boys to bed at night while Mr. Dog was at work and played single mom in the mornings so he could get a little sleep after his long nights. I'm exhausted. I have no idea how real single parents do it. I think they all deserve some kind of award.
• Had the teacher conference at preschool and now wonder if I have made a massive mistake leaving Little Dog there all this time. Not sure they get my little guy at all. Trying to decide whether I pull him out now and put him someplace else until summer or if that would be worse than trying to cope until we can move on to summer camp before kindergarten starts.
• Got the call that Big Dog was sick at school, picked him up with a stomach ache. He ended up vomiting when we got home.
• Picked Little Dog up to find out he'd had diarrhea during the day. Worried that he was getting sick, I fed them both a mild dinner and hoped I wouldn't be revisiting the meal later that evening.
• Kept the boys home despite the fact that they both were acting well. I figured better safe than sorry. Worked from home as the boys caused a general ruckus in the background during every phone call and ran me ragged with demands any time I wasn't on the phone.
• Was fooled into thinking they were both well, then Big Dog started complaining of stomach pains again. Then threw up. Multiple times. He's still not feeling well.
• Looking forward to tomorrow when Mr. Dog won't be going back to work in the evening and maybe I can be allowed to sleep in. This week was kind of a suckfest, I hope the next one is better.
And yes, I'm kind of a whiner.
Hope you were able to sleep in! Next week has got to be better. I'd be interested to here more about little dog's conference.
I'm in management training too, but it is onsite, and though it is mainly the bog standard situational leadership/smart goal stuff the teacher is at least very good so it isn't a total waste of time.
Hope little do is ok. Wish he could come to our preschool, they do really well with high energy lively boys.


Although I do love the new J. Crew flower girls dresses $300 is a bit much for a 3 year old dress that might never be worn again. We purchased this very practical yellow polka dot dress from Gymboree with matching sunglasses, hat, shoes and even the flower basket. The dress is only $36. The ring bearer already had hs suit but I found these very nice suits at T.J. Maxx for less than $15 each! They looked to be very high quality and you cna't beat the price if they only wear it once.


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Q: DateTime javascript is showing NAN only for some users I have a DateTime in c # code that I'm trying to convert it in a string before sending it to the front end.
For example, I have this C#:
 DateTime utcN = DateTime.UtcNow;
 string utcNow =  utcN.ToString(); //an example "12/31/2099 12:00:00 AM"

And in the front end javascript I convert this to date as:
var date = new Date(Date.parse(utcNow));

Some users are complaining about NaN values, but since I can't debug it is difficult to understand why this is happening!

A: DateTime.ToString() produces string which depends on current culture. Such string is only suitable for presenting to user in UI, it is NOT suitable for data transfer.
Always use stable format for transferring dates as strings, which does not depend on culture settings. In this particular case, note that documentation of javascript Date.parse says:

Only the ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ) is explicitly
specified to be supported. Other formats are implementation-defined
and may not work across all browsers. A library can help if many
different formats are to be accommodated.

So, use ISO 8601 format:
DateTime utcN = DateTime.UtcNow;
string utcNow =  utcN.ToString("O");


There were fireworks left and right as George County took a one-game lead on DeSoto Central in dramatic fashion Wednesday night at Trustmark Park.
PEARL — The formula for George County is simple: when the Rebels scores four or more runs, they win. That's been the recipe all season and it played out again in the Wednesday nightcap at Trustmark Park.
The Rebels (27-4) scored four runs in the first inning and hung on to defeat DeSoto Central 5-4 to take a one-game lead in the best-of-three 6A championship series.
It ended in dramatic fashion, with DeSoto Central pinch runner Avery Eddy attempting a straight steal of home plate with two down in the bottom of the seventh.
George County catcher Logan Tanner caught the pitch from reliever Cody McDoniel, turned and tagged Eddy's forearm just before he slid into home to preserve the win.
We hadn't seen anyone get the ball out of Trustmark Park in the first five games of championship week, but we didn't have to wait long in the sixth.
After the first three hitters for George County reached safely, designated hitter Cameron Cotten launched a home run off the back wall of the bullpen beyond the fence in left field.
"I was just looking for something I could hit into the gap... to get my guys home," Cotten said. "I didn't think it was going out. I thought it was a pop-up, or at least it felt like one. But it's an awesome feeling (to see it go over the wall), I can tell you that."
Cotten went on to drive in the go-ahead run in the top of the fifth with an RBI single, and finished the night with all five of the Rebels' RBIs.
Before he made the game-saving out at home, Tanner lived up to expectations with a splendid start on the mound. He came into the game with a 7-2 record and a 1.57 ERA and 102 strikeouts in 11 starts.
He gave up four earned runs on nine hits and three walks, but he struck out 12 DeSoto Central batters and got the win.
Perhaps the most impressive aspect of his outing was the way he rebounded late in the game. Tanner's fastball was registering at 94 miles per hour in the first inning but dropped down to the 87-89 range by the fifth.
After Cotten's go-ahead RBI in the sixth, however, Tanner came back out and struck out the side. His dismissed DeSoto Central's two-hole hitter Hunter French with a chest-high, 92-mph fastball.
"You gotta save something for the end," Tanner said, still smiling after the game. "Can't let them get too comfortable."
McDoniel retired the final three batters to pick up his second save of the season.
George County's win marked a clean sweep for teams from the South in the first two days of the MHSAA State Championships.
Nanih Waiya defeated Smithville 13-5 in 1A, In 2A, St. Joseph (Madison) beat East Union 7-6 in extra innings.
Hattiesburg walloped Lewisburg 9-5 in 5A, St. Andrew's out-lasted North Pontotoc 4-3 and Vancleave star Bailee Hendon shut out New Hope in a 1-0 win in 4A.
George County and DeSoto Central will meet again for Game 2 at 7 p.m. Thursday here at Trustmark Park.
If DeSoto Central should win, they'll play the third game Saturday at a time yet to be determined.


Chernobyl remains the world's worst nuclear disaster in terms of lives lost, but the worst radioactive mess the world has ever dealt with is in Fukushima, Japan. Seven years after the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan led to a massive meltdown in the Daiichi Power Plant, Lesley Stahl reports on a clean-up effort that looks like a science fiction film. Her story on how one-of-a-kind robots are being designed for the decades-long task will be broadcast on 60 Minutes, Sunday, Nov. 25 at 7:30 p.m. ET and 7 p.m. PT on CBS.
The earthquake struck March 11, 2011, causing several huge tsunami waves that swamped Daiichi, cutting power to the seaside facility's cooling pumps. Three reactors melted down, creating up to 3,000 tons of deadly radioactive fuel and debris that lays in the plant's ruins. Finding it and containing it safely will be a historic task says nuclear engineer Lake Barrett. "This is a unique situation here. It's never happened in human history. It's a challenge we've never had before," he tells Stahl. Barrett oversaw the cleanup of the Three Mile Island partial meltdown in 1979, the worst nuclear accident at a power plant in the U.S. He is also a consultant on the Daiichi project.
Daiichi can't be encased in concrete, like Chernobyl, says Barrett, because the potential for another earthquake or tsunami that could compromise the structure is too high. Humans can't get near the material; it will remain deadly for thousands of years. Authorities hope specially designed robots will find, remove and secure the toxic material in special containment vessels. But it could take 50 years and cost an estimated $200 billion.
There are four-legged robots, some that climb stairs and even robots that can swim into reactors flooded with water. They're equipped with 3-D scanners, sensors and cameras that map the terrain, measure radiation levels and look for the deadly material.
The Japanese government set up a research facility nearby to develop and test the robots. Some have been deployed in what amounts to experimentation at this early stage, says Barrett. One robot is called the Scorpion for its ability to raise its camera-carrying tail. It struck debris and became stuck only ten feet into its $100 million mission. Says Barrett, "You learn more from failure sometimes than you do from success."
Other early versions of robots died quick deaths, too, their cameras and operating systems fried by the intense radiation. It's a slow and steady project, says Barrett, that he is confident will get done, but not in his lifetime, nor those of many others involved. The task has been compared to putting a man on the Moon. "It's even a bigger project in my view. But there's a will here to clean this up as there was a will to put a man on the moon," says Barrett.


JULIA DEAN will present a lecture series at Randolph Community College on March 2-3, 2007. Check back for more info in the coming weeks.
Gosh, I just love photography like that–the way the front of the car is mysteriously dark, matching the women's dress and the texture of the steet's pavement.


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Newborn stars discovered in dark cosmic cloud
by Pennsylvania State University
A dark, wispy cloud of dust (extending from the center, right) seems to billow out from a bright explosion in this false-color image in infrared light from the Spitzer Space Telescope. These views have revealed that the mystery cloud, called M17 SWex, is forming stars at a furious rate but has not yet spawned the most massive stars -- O stars. To the left, on the trailing end of the dark cloud, such mammoth O stars create a dramatic contrast of brilliant light near the image's center. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Matthew Povich (Penn State)
A wave of massive star formation appears poised to begin within a mysterious, dark cloud in the Milky Way. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed a secluded birthplace for stars within a wispy, dark cloud named named M17 SWex. The dark cloud is part of the larger, parent nebula known as M17, a vast region of our galaxy with a bright, central star cluster. "We believe we've managed to observe this dark cloud in a very early phase of star formation before its most massive stars have ignited," said Penn State astronomer Matthew Povich, a postdoctoral fellow and the lead author of a study published recently in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. The new research could shed light on the question of how and when massive stars form.
Though astronomers first discovered the dark cloud in the Sagittarius constellation more than 30 years ago, it took the keenness of the Spitzer telescope's instruments to spot the hidden stellar nursery within. Spitzer's infrared vision has shown that M17 SWex is among the closest to Earth and also among the Milky Way's busiest star-making factories, with 488 newly forming stars. More than 200 will become blue-white class B stars, larger and hotter than our Sun. "Most of the stars we've detected are relatively bright," said Povich. "So we predict the actual number of stars forming in M17 SWex is over 10,000, since the fainter stars cannot be detected with the current observations."
Conspicuously absent from M17 SWex are the bluest, hottest, and biggest of new stars -- the class O stars. Though relatively rare in the cosmos, O stars are what light up neighboring regions within the colossal M17 nebula.
One possible answer to this riddle is that developing O stars -- wild, windy, and spewing radiation -- rapidly destroy their dusty envelopes, which Spitzer otherwise would sniff out. But a more likely explanation is that such gigantic stars form later, perhaps needing an extra "nudge" into existence. A shock wave from a burst of star births in the region could set off a chain of massive star formation -- a cosmic "domino effect." In support of this idea, Povich and his colleagues point to a giant "bubble" blown by blue O stars aged some two to five million years in the far left of the Spitzer image. Part of this great smoke ring appears to shape the left, curving border of the M17 nebula, whose interior is lit up by a star cluster about one-million years old. Farther to the right, the shrouded, budding stars in the dark M17 SWex cloud have not yet celebrated their one millionth birthdays -- truly infants in the stellar sense.
The architecture of our galaxy likely plays a role in this chronology. In its orbit around the Milky Way's center, the M17 region is now passing though the Sagittarius spiral arm, one of the giant bands of stars and gas pinwheeling out from our galaxy's hub. The greater concentration of gas and dust in the arm is mashing material together in the M17 region, triggering a round of massive star formation that moves through this cloud, causing a chain reaction.
"The time-sequence of star formation proceeds in the same direction that a spiral arm crosses the M17 cloud complex," Povich says. "The M17 region brings to mind images of other spiral galaxies where the leading edges of the arms appear blue, with young O stars, but the trailing edges are still dark, with obscuring dust like in M17 SWex." The time required, for the M17 region to pass through the edge of the Sagittarius spiral arm is about a million years.
Further investigation of the M17 SWex flying dragon and other clouds may reveal whether massive stars need this added oomph of an expanding shock wave to come to luminous life.
"We hope that astronomers will use M17 SWex as a new laboratory for studying the mystery of how massive star formation really happens," says Povich. "Most very young clouds being studied don't have as much going on as this one does."
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APP Launches Translation Series
On April 14th,1969, two professors of English at Ashland University established the Ashland Poetry Press (APP). In 2019 it celebrated its fiftieth anniversary and its publication of more than seventy single-authored collections, five anthologies, seven chapbooks, seven books of essays and five New and Selected editions. Its books have won at least seven prizes including the Eric Hoffer Award, Independent Book Publishers Award, Los Angeles Times Book Award, and Colorado Book Award and one title was chosen as a finalist for the National Book Award in 2005. Ashland Poetry Press titles are available for purchase through Amazon, Small Press Distributing and the AU Bookstore.
As part of the anniversary celebration the editors of the press planned for its next fifty years projecting its growth into the future. All agreed that in order for the press to diversify, grow and gain international recognition it needed to create a translation series. All prestigious poetry presses, regardless of their size, publish poetry in translation. Colombian poet Carlos Aguasaco graciously accepted to initiate the translation series at APP. The editors approached him with this proposal due to his academic and poetic profile. Among his many accomplishments, Aguasaco is the editor of the Hispanic editorial house Artepoética Press in New York, he's the organizer and curator of The Americas Poetry Festival of New York and he is the author of six books of poetry. Undoubtedly Aguasaco is one of poetry's best ambassadors. He has traveled extensively all over the world as an invited guest speaker or a participant in poetry conferences or festivals. APP will release his bilingual, en face book, The New York City Subway Poems, in July 2020. Not only is this the first translation released by APP, Carlos Aguasaco is the first author of color to be published by the press. APP celebrates this momentous occasion in its history and is proud to be diversifying its titles and authors. It will be forever indebted to Carlos Aguasaco for his historic role in their transition.
When APP and Aguasaco began working on the production of his book in 2019 there was no way to foresee the Covid Pandemic and how it would alter every way of life as we know it around the globe and particularly in New York—the first epicenter of the outbreak in the United States. The New York City Subway Poems are being released at a time of reopening in New York where many long to return to normal life including daily rides on its subway. The verses in its pages are now nostalgic of a time when life in New York was indeed normal, if there ever was a normal there. They take us to a time when the poetic voice was free to roam the streets and observe humanity like a modern day Don Quixote searching desperately for love in his life while tackling any giants along his way. APP invites its readers to explore New York through Aguasaco's eyes and to help us celebrate this significant, exceptional publication.