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Pelagios WP3 at a glance - Pt.1 widgets and user testing
WP3 tackles end-user engagement: i.e. subject specialists who lack the technical coding expertise to use the data underlying what is seen on the screen. The visualization service has been exploring ways of allowing these users to get to grips with the data both in a single Pelagios interface but also as embedded widgets hosted on each partner's site. There have been three strands to our work in WP3 namely: (1) evaluation of users needs and requirements; (2) development of widgets; and (3) evaluation of the widgets. We have been working on these strands through an iterative process, with initial requirements leading to the development of an alpha version of the widgets, which, after being evaluated, in turn led to a refined set of requirements for the final beta version of the widgets.
1. Evaluation of User Needs (a.k.a. deliverable D3.1 in project speak)
In an earlier post we identified three distinct types of users that would have distinct requirements and needs with respect to visualisation widgets:
• "Super users" - e.g. developers, digital humanities specialists typified by the Pelagios2 project partners. This group includes folk who own and/or manage data that the widgets will display;
• "End users" - people with an interest in Pelagios data, but without the technical skills necessary to exploit it. e.g. ancient history students, teachers and researchers, or else the general public with an interest in the ancient world;
• "Web site admins" - people who own and/or administer sites that could embed Pelagios widgets. These could be museum or history related sites, and it's their technical requirements and restrictions that are the initial concern.
Past experience told us that asking end users a general question, like "What could or should visualisation widgets do for you?", are not particularly helpful: far better is to ask specific questions in order to get an idea about the kinds of tasks that end users currently perform, with which widgets may be able to assist. Because super users know the data that is to be visualised, we began by asking super users what they thought visualisation widgets might be good for, and for whom. We also asked them to identify any technical or legal issues they could think of that might restrict or prevent the widgets being used in the way that the person answering the question had imagined. These findings from the super user group were used to develop a series of questions for end users to find out what they thought visualisation widgets could be useful for. These responses from 12 end users were then analysed and, coupled with the knowledge gained from the super users, were used to inform the development of an alpha version of a Pelagios place widget, i.e a widget for showing the relationships between places and data in ancient history collections (e.g. digitised books, data about ancient artefacts, etc.).
2. Widget Suite, Alpha version (a.k.a. D3.2)
The alpha version of the place widget was evaluated by four end users. Three of the participants tried out the widget in a face-to-face session with the evaluator, while one tried it remotely. In the face-to-face sessions the users were shown a re-versioned Openlearn page, entitled 'The broader context: Other athletic festivals in Ancient Greece', and asked to think aloud as they intearcted with the page and the embedded widgets. A version of the page they interacted with is available, but this version includes the final version of the widgets (i.e. not the alpha version the participants saw). This evaluation led to series of recommendations group into two sets: (i) on improving existing functionality, and (ii) on extending the functionality. These are described below.
(i) On existing usability, functionality and accessibility
Overall, the interface seems well designed and is clear and easy to use. Here are some comments about specific aspects of the usability, functionality and accessibility of the widget, along with some recommendations...
• When the user hovers their mouse over the widget icon embedded in a page, the mouse cursor style remains as the default cursor.
Recommendation: The mouse cursor should change to pointer style when over the widget icon embedded in a page. In addition, there ought to be some alt text for the widget icon, and there should be some 'tool tip' information which appears when the user hovers over the widget icon to indicate what will happen if the user clicks on it. There could also be alt text for each of the images used in the widget pop-up.
• On the widget pop-up, the information sources titles (e.g. GAP, Perseus, etc.) and the arrow icon to the right of the title are clickable, but the mouse cursor does not change to pointer style.
Recommendation: The mouse cursor ought to change to pointer style when over the source titles and the arrow icon.
• The information provided by GAP about each group of hits, and about each individual hit, is relatively helpful to users without specialist digital ancient history and place knowledge. In contrast, for both Perseus and Arachne the information about each group of hits, and about each individual hit, is not terribly helpful. It provides no way of distinguishing between the hits before the user clicks on them.
Recommendation: For Arachne, each hit is currently shown as e.g. 'Item 5' i.e. the text 'Item' along with a number. This should probably be replaced with a title that allows the user to distinguish between the hits displayed before they select a hit to click on. For Perseus, the hits are grouped, as in e.g.:
"Perseus Greco-Roman:1999.02.0076:Book 3 1 hit
Perseus Greco-Roman:1999.02.0132 2 hits"
but these group titles are not intelligible to the participants. The lists of hits follow the same pattern as those for Arachne i.e. 'Item 5' etc., and have the same problem. Recommendation: As for Arachne, the title of individual hits could be best changed from 'Item 5' or similar to something meaningful that allows the user to distinguish between the hits. The grouping of Perseus hits should be explained to users in some way, such as through a tip that appears when the user hovers over a group title, or through a help page that is linked to from the widget.
• Opening the widget pop-up causes the browser window to scroll to the top of the page. The participants did not mention this as it was explained to them that it was an alpha version and it would be fixed.
• All participants liked the Flickr section (e.g. "it gave me a sense of the place as it is now").
Recommendation: The experimental Flickr section should be kept. There could, however, be an indication as to how the images displayed are sourced so that users can find out that it is not a search of the whole Flickr database but a constrained search e.g. through a link to some help text.
• Sometimes a section will indicate that data is being retrieved by showing the text 'Loading'. This is helpful, but the 'Loading' text remains static and the user can think something has gone wrong if nothing happens for several (tens of) seconds.
Recommendation: Show that something is happening: e.g. display 'Loading item x of 2112', where the x changes as the individual items are loaded.
• The widget pop-up obscures the page and cannot be moved to reveal the page. Recommendation: Make the widget pop-up moveable and resizable so that the user can move it to see the information displayed by the widget pop-up alongside the page context from which the user triggered the pop-up.
• The Pelagios icon and text at the top of the widget pop-up occupy a lot of screen space.
Recommendation: Make the logo at the top of the pop-up occupy less space!
(ii) On extending the functionality
• To be able to save items via bookmarking, and to share via social bookmarking, tweeting etc.
• To be able to filter large hit sets: e.g. for some of the places the different services produced more than 100 hits (occasionally more than 1000). It could be useful to filter these hits before examining them.
• To be able to see relationships between places on the map. In the case presented to the participants, for each different example a single place was shown on the map. It would be useful to be able to see where different examples are on the same map.
• To be able to search for other places so as to find the datasets for the user's place of interest.
3. Widget Suite, Beta version (deliverable D3.4)
Findings from the alpha testing resulted in the decision to implement a search widget in addition to the place widget. The final (beta) version of the two visualization widgets was announced in mid-July.
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AI, blockchain and deeper partnerships across to the technology sector.
Andy is a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of digital marketing experience. Andy has founded and exited Switched On (a digital marketing agency) to global marketing agency group WPP. Now building Advisr, the platform that connects people with an insurance broker they can trust. Advisr was a finalist in the Australian Insurance Industry Awards and is the leading platform for customers to find and connect with insurance brokers.
Financial service usage and consumption is all driven by customer needs. Right now, customers have a low level of trust in the major financial institutions and associated distribution channels. Technology will change this. People will be able to gain more control over their data, and know its value, gain transparency over service, pricing and product and in addition, will have great access to more diverse and bespoke financial services. The challenge will be to navigate these increased options and capabilities easily and effectively. So we see an increased role for industry experts to help guide and direct individuals and SMEs to products that best suit their needs. What will change will be the remuneration models that have existed historically.
Sid Bhandari is the Founder /CEO of DepositBook, a global marketplace for wholesale deposits. We are a group of ex bankers who have started a Fintech company to bring efficiency to the way Banks manage their liabilities.
Open Banking Platform where Banks become platform for enabling a range of services from 3rd party providers and where customers can freely engage to discover best prices and solution through marketplace.
Charlotte founded Timelio, an online marketplace for invoice and supply chain finance, after experiencing first-hand how difficult it was for businesses to raise finance. A Chartered Accountant and corporate financier with 20 years of experience advising and helping businesses access capital, she sees Timelio as an opportunity to "do it different" in the world of finance. Charlotte is actively involved in shaping Australia's Fintech Industry. She was a founding board member of FinTech Australia and is a member of the Australian Federal Government's FinTech Advisory Group.
Technology enables innovative new business models to evolve which ultimately improve the customer experience. I describe financial services as the extinction phase, you either rapidly adapt or you go extinct. I expect the biggest impact on financial services will come from new entrants into the industry from non-financial services companies offering more convenient and targeted services across the ecosystem. For example, technology companies in e-commerce and media who are well-positioned to exploit opportunities from changes in regulation that enable new business models whilst leveraging their existing infrastructure. These new business models may include new distribution and risk assessment models enabled by technology and new funding models. This ultimately means a stronger value proposition to the customer enabling more customers to be served with a less capital intensive model. Large financial services companies will continue to offload non-core businesses including wealth management and insurance with regulatory costs having a significant impact on profits.
Pam Pecs Cytron is the Founder/CEO of Pendo Systems, Inc., a New Jersey-based financial technology company founded in 2008. Pendo provides technology for the global capital markets industry and currently serves 25 percent of the US G-SIFIs and is specifically focused on extracting insights from unstructured data. In 2015, Pam pivoted Pendo Systems to create a machine learning platform that helps make financial institutions AI-ready by turning unstructured data in structured, AI-ready data sets at a machine scale.
Machine learning. I believe ML will supercede AI in function and effectiveness over the next 5 years for the simple reason that it is a far more mature technology than AI, and more ready for prime time. AI will happen but there is way more development and time needed for it to become as effective as ML is now.


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Q: How to delete a row after matching a value in an array? I'm using an array to handle spreadsheet data, and manipulated it.  In this case, I am looking for the value of true in a column and then want to delete that row.   Here's what I have:
  for ( r = 1 ; r < Array1.length; r++) {
    if(Array1[r][33]== true) {
      calcSheet.deleteRow(Array1[r])};
  }

I see the problem, but don't know the solution:  firstArray[r] returns the whole row as an array, and not the row number.  How can I get the row number? It's eluding me.
UPDATE:  Here's the completed code.  Thanks again to Serge.
You will notice that Serge pointed out a spreadsheet and array matching problem that would occur.  The code below takes care of that as well; that's what all those r's are doing.
 var rr = 0

 for ( r = 1 ; r < firstArray.length; r++) { // iterate the first col of masterSheet
  if(firstArray[r][33]== true) {
    var  rrr= rr + r
    calcSheet.deleteRow(rrr +1);
    rr--
  }
}

A: The sheet row corresponding to this array row is r+1 if your array is really complete, ie starting on row1 (I suppose this first row is containing some headers and that's why you iterate from 1 in the array).
But there will be another side effect if you delete the row : the array will not be the exact mirror of the sheet anymore (it will be larger by 1 row each time you delete a row).
there are many ways to workaround this issue, let us know if you want some tips.

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namespace logging {
namespace event {
namespace test {

// Test util class for event parsers.
template<typename T>
class EventParserTestUtil : public ::testing::Test {
 public:
  EventParserTestUtil() = default;
  EventParserTestUtil(const string& category, const string& action)
      : category_(category), action_(action) {}

  static void SetUpTestCase() {}
  static void TearDownTestCase() {}

 protected:
  // Sets up the test fixture.
  virtual void SetUp() {
    parser_ = EventParserInterface::make_shared(
        EventParserJSONKey(category_, action_));
    ASSERT_NOTNULL(parser_);
  }

  bool ParseStr(const string& str) {
    tLogElement element;
    element.value = str;
    event_ = parser_->Parse(element);
    if (event_ != nullptr) {
      event_data_ = GetEventData<T>(event_.get());
      return true;
    }

    return false;
  }

  // Tears down the test fixture.
  virtual void TearDown() {}

  string category_;
  string action_;

  EventParserInterface::shared_proxy parser_;
  shared_ptr<tEventBase> event_;
  T* event_data_ = nullptr;
};

}  // namespace test
}  // namespace event
}  // namespace logging

#endif  // _PUBLIC_META_LOG_COMMON_EVENT_PARSER_EVENT_PARSER_TEST_UTIL_H_

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Britney Spears speaks out to her fans.
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Effect of increased yeast alcohol acetyltransferase activity on flavor profiles of wine and distillates
Lilly, M., Lambrechts, M.G., Pretorius, I.S.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2000 v.66 no.2 pp. 744-753
Northern blotting, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, acetate esters, acetic acid, acetyltransferases, alcoholic fermentation, bottling, brandy, chromosomes, cultivars, distillates, enzyme activity, ethanol, ethyl acetate, flavor, gene overexpression, genes, hexanoic acid, honey, odors, phosphoglycerate kinase, solvents, temperature, wine yeasts, wines
The distinctive flavor of wine, brandy, and other grape-derived alcoholic beverages is affected by many compounds, including esters produced during alcoholic fermentation. The characteristic fruity odors of the fermentation bouquet are primarily due to a mixture of hexyl acetate, ethyl caproate (apple-like aroma) iso-amyl acetate (banana-like aroma), ethyl caprylate (apple-like aroma), and 2-phenylethyl acetate (fruity, flowery flavor with a honey note). The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of improving the aroma of wine distillates by overexpressing one of the endogenous yeast genes that controls acetate ester production during fermentation. The synthesis of acetate esters by the wine yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae during fermentation is ascribed to at least three acetyltransferase activities, namely, alcohol acetyltransferase (AAT), ethanol acetyltransferase, and iso-amyl AAT. To investigate the effect of increased AAT activity on the sensory quality of Chenin blanc wines and distillates from Colombar base wines, we have overexpressed the alcohol acetyltransferase gene (ATF1) of S. cerevisiae. The ATF1 gene, located on chromosome XV, was cloned from a widely used commercial wine yeast strain of S. cerevisiae, VIN13, and placed under the control of the constitutive yeast phosphoglycerate kinase gene (PGK1) promoter and terminator. Chromoblot analysis confirmed the integration of the modified copy of ATF1 into the genome of three commercial wine yeast strains (VIN7, VIN13, and WE228). Northern blot analysis indicated constitutive expression of ATF1 at high levels in these yeast transformants. The levels of ethyl acetate, iso-amyl acetate, and 2-phenylethyl acetate increased 3- to 10-fold, 3.8- to 12-fold, and 2- to 10-fold, respectively, depending on the fermentation temperature, cultivar, and yeast strain used. The concentrations of ethyl caprate, ethyl caprylate, and hexyl acetate only showed minor changes, whereas the acetic acid concentration decreased by more than half. These changes in the wine and distillate composition had a pronounced effect on the solvent or chemical aroma (associated with ethyl acetate and iso-amyl acetate) and the herbaceous and heads-associated aromas of the final distillate and the solvent or chemical and fruity or flowery characters of the Chenin blanc wines. This study establishes the concept that the overexpression of acetyltransferase genes such as ARF1 could profoundly affect the flavor profiles of wines and distillates deficient in aroma, thereby paving the way for production of products maintaining a fruitier character for longer periods after bottling.
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Kala Ghoda Association
An association formed to preserve and refurbish the heritage arts district of Mumbai
About Kala Ghoda Association
The Kala Ghoda Association was formed in 1998 to preserve and refurbish the heritage arts district of Mumbai. Its vision is to provide access to cultural events, especially to those with limited access to them. The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival is the marquee event mounted by the Kala Ghoda Association, which also organises discussions and workshops covering different spheres of knowledge and expertise.
See the complete list of festival organisers here.
Festivals by Kala Ghoda Association
Kala Ghoda Arts Festival
04 Feb 2023 to 12 Feb 2023
Mail ID [email protected]
Phone No 022 49764664, 022 40044664
Address C/o A.T.E. Enterprises Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. V. B. Gandhi Marg
Next to Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue


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Report: Hundreds of Iraqi Christians in the U.S. Are Under Threat of Deportation
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Though they've been fighting for themselves in court, hundreds of Iraqi Christians detained in the United States could be facing deportation. The Sixth Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday to overturn protections for the detainees, and now they could be sent back to a country where they face torture or death.
In June 2017, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action lawsuit with the hopes of protecting more than 1,400 Iraqi immigrants who were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Among the immigrants is a group of 100 Chaldean Christians. The ACLU, in an argument for protection of the immigrants, says sending the Christians back to Iraq in particular could be life-threatening for them. The Chaldean Church is the largest Christian group in the country, which ranks seventh in Open Doors International's list of countries most dangerous for Christians. (h/t Christianity Today)
The imminent danger has convinced institutions within the American justice system to maintain protections for Iraqi Christians for decades. Traditionally, the government has allowed people in similar situations to remain stateside for their own safety. The issue is further complicated since many of the Iraqis have been in the U.S. for decades and even since they were children, and many of them speak only English.
However, Tuesday's ruling means the people could be sent back to the Middle East as soon as next week.
Buzzworthy, Life and Human Dignity
It's a question, too, if Iraq will even accept the deportees. The country initially refused to do so, but recently reached a deal with the Trump administration to receive deportees under the condition they would no longer be under the President's second "travel ban" executive order. This deal, however, isn't well-articulated, and it's not clear how it would bear out in practice concerning the Chaldean Christians.
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Dominic Sale (Invited)
Deputy Associate Administrator for the Office of Information, Integrity and Access
Dominic Sale is the Deputy Associate Administrator for the Office of Information, Integrity and Access (I2A) within the Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP) at the General Services Administration (GSA). In this role, Dominic leads a team that helps Federal IT Executives navigate the complexities of the Federal IT landscape – so they can focus on the mission.
Dominic regularly partners with the White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to drive change in the Federal government in critical areas such as cyber security, digital government and IT infrastructure. Mr. Sale manages a portfolio of programs ranging from the Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management (FICAM) and the DotGov domain management, to IT accessibility guidance and tools and data center optimization. With a 20year career focused on Federal IT management, Dominic has experience in strategic planning, performance management, process reengineering, and cybersecurity modernization. He leads a team of technical experts who regularly advise senior government leaders and policymakers on the most pressing IT policy issues, foster interagency communication and coordination, and identify and support activities and new ideas to improve the quality and timeliness of Federal IT service delivery.


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Movies I Have Seen Lately
Posted by The Baron on June 1, 2009 at 8:09pm in Movies and TV
Saw a Takashi Miike picture called The Great Yokai War. "Yokai" is a Japanese term for monsters from folklore, as opposed to the more familiar kaiju. It's a kids' picture, about a young boy from Tokyo sent out to live in the countryside with his older sister and his intermittently senile grandfather. When a vengeful spirit appears, the boy gets caught up in a war between warring groups of yokai and must find his courage to become the "Kirin Rider", the hero who will set everything to rights. It's not a bad picture - nothing deep, but an amusing story. Some of the yokai are really trippy, Japanese folklore can get pretty "out there", apparently.
Permalink Reply by Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod) on January 19, 2015 at 12:12pm
I watched The Fountainhead last week -- whoo boy, what a whacko movie! Say what you will about Ayn Rand's philosophy, but she couldn't write dialogue to save her life. It doesn't shy away in the least that the entire movie is full of self-absorbed creeps.
Had a much better experience with Spike Jonez's adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are, which hit me exactly right. The Wild Things looked great and had some great performances (loved James Gandolfini and Lauren Ambrose) and Max Records was just amazing as Max. The film spends the first 15 minutes or so grounding the story in Max's real life; I found it incredibly affecting. I'll probably be buying this on Blu-Ray when I get a chance. It's a keeper.
Permalink Reply by ClarkKent_DC on January 19, 2015 at 5:01pm
I saw Selma for the second time yesterday.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is all wet. Selma deserved better in the way of nominations and deserves better in the way of awards.
Permalink Reply by Jason Marconnet (Pint sized mod) on January 21, 2015 at 1:07pm
I watched Boyhood last night. I enjoyed it. The story in and of itself is nothing new. It's about a boy growing up with divorced parents, we follow him from age 5 to 18. The compelling thing about this was it was shot over a 12 year period with the same cast! So we see this kid age before our eyes. The film flowed so well that it didn't feel like that was the case, sure you could see how the cast had aged but it still felt tight. It is long and I don't really see myself watching this again. However, I highly recommend checking it out.
I want to see all of the Oscar films before the actual Oscars. Mainly best picture nominees but I'd like to catch Foxcatcher and a few others as well. I haven't really attempted to do this in the past few years but will try this year. Usually I fall 1 or 2 films short by the time the show rolls around. This year though all but one nominee, Whiplash, is available in my town. I plan on seeing Intimidation Game tomorrow. So far I've seen American Sniper and Boyhood. The only one I'm not particularly interested in is Theory of Everything. Most of the feedback I've heard is that while the performances are terrific, the movie itself is rather dull. Also the Grand Budapest Hotel is one I think I have to be in the mood for. I like the director's films but they've got a certain dry quirkiness to them that doesn't always hit me right.
Permalink Reply by Richard Willis on January 21, 2015 at 2:22pm
We were able to watch Grand Budapest Hotel on a Netflix disk. It was very enjoyable, better than the trailers.
Permalink Reply by Ron M. on January 21, 2015 at 2:47pm
Just rewatched Basil Rathbone in Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon. Good film, but it doesn't seem right seeing Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in automobiles talking about World War II. Like Professor Van Helsing chasing Dracula in the 1970s. One of the reasons this sort of thing kept happening was period pieces were expensive. With CGI that shouldn't be a problem today.
Ron M. said:
Just rewatched Basil Rathbone in Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon. Good film, but it doesn't seem right seeing Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in automobiles talking about World War II.
Since I used to watch the Basil Rathbone Holmes movies I have discovered superior versions such as the British series of adaptations starring Jeremy Brett. The biggest problem with the Rathbone movies is the doddering/stupid Dr. Watson. Watson was a very smart, very effective character. When they update his time period it just makes it worse.
The TV series House (a nod to Holmes) had a better version of the Holmes character than Rathbone. He was an anti-social genius with a drug problem, not the avuncular character in the Rathbone movies.
The Ronald Howard version was very good but seemed to have been made on a very small budget.
What's annoying about Rathbone's series is Moriarty keeps showing up, played by different actors. This was a one shot character, and the fact they couldn't get the same guy to play him from film to film should have discouraged them from using him, but it didn't. And doesn't he die every time the same way?
But you can't blame Rathbone or Nigel Bruce for the way they played the characters. The films were made during a time when most heroes acted like that, and their sidekicks were all stupid. You play the character the way you're told or they get somebody else. And series characters were afficted by what's now known as Flanderization. In the Charlie Chan movies, Number Two son was considerably dumber than Number One Son, and an even dumber second sidekick was tossed into the latter movies to try to turn them into comedies.
Wasn't the drug problem something added in years later? I haven't read that many of his stories but there's no hint of it in the story where he goes over the falls or the one where he turned up alive years later after fans harrassed Doyle into bringing him back. It's not in the Red Headed League either.
Permalink Reply by Richard Willis on January 22, 2015 at 12:44am
I haven't seen this series. Maybe some day.
This reminds me of the gag(?) in the James Bond movies when CIA agent Felix Leiter was in every movie and NEVER played by the same actor.
As for Moriarty, I like Alan Moore's unique way of disposing of him in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
But you can't blame Rathbone or Nigel Bruce for the way they played the characters. The films were made during a time when most heroes acted like that, and their sidekicks were all stupid.
I'm sorry if it sounded like I was blaming Rathbone or Nigel Bruce. I just wish the characters were presented as originally intended.
In some of the stories (and their British TV adaptations) Holmes injects cocaine or morphine, which were not illegal then. I'm sorry I can't pinpoint the stories.
Permalink Reply by The Baron on January 22, 2015 at 9:44am
Watched Sasame-yuki (1983), Kon Ichikawa's adaptation of the novel The Makioka Sisters, by Junichiro Tanizaki. An entertaining film, and not a bad adaptation, although Ichikawa went for something much closer to a happy ending than the novel had, which was fairly bleak.
Permalink Reply by Doctor Hmmm? on January 22, 2015 at 9:59am
Watched Sasame-yuki (1983)
Wait, remind me, which novel I've never read by a Japanese author I've never heard of is this an adaptation of?
The novel The Makioka Sisters, by Junichiro Tanizaki.
Permalink Reply by The Baron on January 22, 2015 at 10:22am
I've heard The Makioka Sisters called the "Gone With the Wind of Japan". Since I've never read the latter (or seen the movie), I've no idea how apt a comparison that may be.
Tanizaki's novel revolves around four sisters, members of an Osaka mercantile family that has seen better days, in the period from 1938-1941, right before the "Old Japan" that their family represented got blown up real good. Tanizaki started publishing it in 1943, but the militarists thought it was too "feminine", and it wasn't completely published until after the war.
The book has a much bleaker ending than the film - it may be that Ichikawa felt that Japanese audiences of 1983 wouldn't have gone for a story that was that dark.
In either case, I enjoyed both the book and the film. If you were going to read one of Tanizaki's novels, I'd recommend that one as a good one to look at.
I saw Hit!, an old (1973) Billy Dee Williams movie where he plays a federal agent for an unspecified agency (presumably the CIA), who returns home from an out-of-country assignment to find his 15-year-old daughter dead from a heroin overdose.
It was her first time, provided by her sketchy boyfriend. Dad collects said boyfriend, locates the dealer who sold him the stuff, and -- as the boyfriend drives -- starts pummeling the dealer. The dealer, pleading for his life, argues what good would it do to kill me? I'm the low man on the totem pole. This plaint inspires our fed to go all the way to the top. He recruits a crew of people who hate drug dealers as much as he does, and they go to France and wipe out the heads of the heroin cartel.
For a caper movie, it was was painfully slow -- it was two and a half hours and felt like six.


Water is my passion. Water is vital – whether you're rich or poor, or wherever you're at, you need water. And water world wide is a problem, so being able to work on a global issue locally is very important for me because I feel like we are making the world better if we're just working in our own community on this one issue that goes all the way from East Orosi to communities in Africa, Ethiopia, Mexico, facing the same issues.


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Mafia ist eine zusammenfassende Bezeichnung für die in Italien beheimateten und von dort aus oder in anderen Ländern agierenden Organisationen der organisierten Kriminalität. Darüber hinaus werden heute auch vergleichbare kriminelle Organisationen in anderen Ländern "Mafia" genannt, zum Beispiel die russische Mafia, die albanische Mafia, die Yakuza in Japan ("japanische Mafia") oder die Triaden in China ("chinesische Mafia"). Zur Unterscheidung wird die Mafia in Italien genauer als italienische Mafia bezeichnet. Sie agiert aber auch außerhalb Italiens, besonders in Deutschland und den USA.

Umgangssprachlich  wird das Wort Mafia oft in einem allgemeineren Sinn als Synonym für organisierte Kriminalität verstanden.

Begriffsgeschichte

Wortherkunft
Der Ursprung des Wortes Mafia ist umstritten. Mafioso gilt als das ältere Wort: Wahrscheinlich entstand mafia in der sizilianischen Sprache aus dem älteren Adjektiv mafiusu. Dieses war im 19. Jahrhundert in Sizilien gebräuchlich und hatte, auf Männer bezogen, die Bedeutungen "angeberisch", "arrogant", "stolz", aber auch "furchtlos" und "wagemutig" (laut Diego Gambetta im Anschluss an Giuseppe Pitrè). Entsprechend die Substantivierung: Ein mafiusu war ein Angeber oder ein stolzer oder mutiger Mann. Bei Frauen bedeutete mafiusa "schön"; eine  mafiusa oder mafiusedda war ein schönes Mädchen.

Insbesondere die weitere Herkunft des sizilianischen Adjektivs mafiusu ist unklar und Gegenstand von Spekulationen. Da sich keine plausible Herkunft aus dem Lateinischen oder dem Griechischen finden lässt, wird oft eine Herkunft aus dem Arabischen angenommen. Es ist aber unklar, welches arabische Wort die Quelle gewesen sein könnte. In Betracht gezogen wurden unter anderem:
 màha – "Höhle", "Grotte" (mafie nannte man in der sizilianischen Sprache schutzbietende Höhlen in der Gegend zwischen Trapani und Marsala)
 mahias – "angeberisch, überheblich, dreist"
 marfud – "zurückgewiesen"; laut Diego Gambetta und Claudio Lo Monaco eine plausible Etymologie
 mu'āfāh – "Sicherheit", "Schutz"
 Ma'āfir – ein sarazenischer Stamm, der von 831 bis 1072 in Palermo regierte

Aber auch eine Herkunft von mafia aus einem Dialekt in Mittel- oder Norditalien wurde erwogen oder behauptet:
 Toskanischer Dialekt: malfusso – ungläubig, diskreditiert, Krimineller (nachweisbar seit dem 15. Jahrhundert). Im Falle der Abstammung aus dem Toskanischen wäre die Verbreitung des Wortes mafia in Sizilien erst nach der Landung Giuseppe Garibaldis (1860) wahrscheinlich, ähnlich wie bei anderen toskanischen Wörtern. Gegen diese Herleitung spricht, dass das sizilianische Wort mafiusu deutlich älter ist.
 Piemontesischer Dialekt: mafi, mafio oder mafiun – kleinwüchsiger, missgestalteter Mensch; Rüpel, Bauer ohne Manieren, der weder spricht noch antwortet, Dieb (seit 1830 im mundartlichen Wörterbuch von Casimiro Zalli eingetragen).
 Das Novo Vocabolario siciliano-italiano (Auflage 1876) behauptete ohne Nachweis, mafia sei ein piemontesisches Wort.

Vereinzelt wurde versucht, mafia als Akronym zu interpretieren:
 M.A.F.I.A. – Morte Alla Francia, Italia Anela = "Den Tod Frankreichs ersehnt sich Italien" (möglicher Schlachtruf bei der Sizilianischen Vesper 1282)
 M.A.F.I.A. – Mazzini Autorizza Furti Incendi Avvelenamenti = "Mazzini befiehlt Raub, Brandstiftung und Giftmorde" (als Parole des Geheimbundes um Giuseppe Mazzini)

Entstehung der heutigen Bedeutung
Die ausschlaggebende Prägung des Begriffs mafioso ergab sich laut Giuseppe Pitrè durch die im Gefängnis von Palermo spielende Komödie I mafiusi di la Vicaria ("Die Mafiosi des Gefängnisses von Vicaria"), die 1863 uraufgeführt und bald vom Sizilianischen ins Italienische, Mailändische und Neapolitanische übersetzt wurde. Die Gefangenen in dem Stück gehören einer Vereinigung an, die Einfluss auf die Verwaltung und Politik in Sizilien beansprucht. Auch Elemente wie ein Initiationsritual, Erpressung, ein Schweigegebot (umirtà genannt, heute omertà) und das um den Respekt kreisende Verhalten der Gefangenen erinnern an die Mafia. Die Komödie veranlasste die Menschen in Palermo dazu, eine zuvor nicht einheitlich benannte kriminelle Organisation mit diesen Merkmalen Mafia zu nennen.

Am 25. April 1865 ging das Wort in die Verwaltungssprache Italiens ein, als Filippo Antonio Gualterio, der neue Präfekt von Palermo, in einem vertraulichen Bericht an den Innenminister eine kriminelle Vereinigung in Sizilien erwähnte und diese Maffia nannte. Im August 1865 erhielt er ein vertrauliches Schreiben, in dem stand, einige Angehörige der "Maffia-Partei" seien verhaftet worden. Es dauerte noch mindestens fünfzehn Jahre, bis sich die heutige Bedeutung von Mafioso im Sprachgebrauch der Beamten festigte. In der Anfangszeit bezeichneten sie unter anderem auch Straßenräuber, Hehler, Wehrdienstverweigerer und Deserteure als "Mafiosi".

Im Englischen ist mafioso ab 1870 nachweisbar, mafia ab 1875. Im Novo Vocabolario siciliano-italiano wurden die neuen Bedeutungen von mafia und mafiusu erstmals in der dritten Auflage (1876) verzeichnet: mafia wurde nun als Synonym für camorra definiert, mafiusu als "Angehöriger der Mafia".

Verallgemeinerung des Begriffs
Ursprünglich wurde das Wort mafia auf die Cosa Nostra in Sizilien bezogen, bald auch auf die anderen Organisationen der italienischen Mafia, beispielsweise die Camorra in Kampanien. Die Bedeutungserweiterung setzte sich fort, indem die Bezeichnung zunehmend auch auf kriminelle Organisationen in anderen Ländern angewendet wurde, die der italienischen Mafia ähneln. Eine Mafia in diesem allgemeineren Sinn ist eine gewalttätige und verschworene Geheimgesellschaft oder ein krimineller Klan mit Aktivitäten in typischen Geschäftsfeldern. Dazu zählen unter anderem Prostitution, Menschenhandel, Drogenhandel, Erpressung (insbesondere Schutzgelderpressung), Glücksspiel und Subventionsbetrug. Dieser Sprachgebrauch herrscht in vielen Massenmedien vor. Der Duden gibt für Mafia verkürzend die Bedeutung "erpresserische Geheimorganisation" an.

Die Umgangssprache verallgemeinert noch weiter und verwendet Mafia als Synonym für kriminelle Organisation beziehungsweise organisierte Kriminalität überhaupt. Dies zeigt sich in Komposita wie Drogenmafia, Wettmafia, Zigarettenmafia. Bei einigen dieser Wortbildungen liegt übertragener Wortgebrauch vor. Beispielsweise dient der Ausdruck Gesundheitsmafia dazu, die Pharmaindustrie und andere Bestandteile des Gesundheitssystems als ebenso mächtig und skrupellos wie die Mafia darzustellen.

In der Fachsprache wird die Bezeichnung Mafia bevorzugt nur für die italienische Mafia verwendet. Beispielsweise protestierte Giovanni Falcone gegen den aus seiner Sicht inflationären Gebrauch des Wortes. Dieser schließe alle möglichen Erscheinungsformen der organisierten Kriminalität ein, die "wenig oder nichts" mit der "Mafia" (er meinte die italienische Mafia) zu tun hätten.

Italienische Mafia

Die Cosa Nostra in Sizilien weist eine Reihe von Merkmalen auf, die sie von anderen kriminellen Vereinigungen unterscheiden. Dazu zählen die hierarchische und streng patriarchale Struktur und ein Ehrenkodex. Dieser verlangt strengsten Gehorsam von den Mitgliedern und schließt die für einen Geheimbund typische Schweigepflicht gegenüber Außenstenden ein (Omertà). Diese Merkmale finden sich in ähnlicher Form in den anderen Syndikaten der italienischen Mafia.

Die italienische Mafia ist heute in zahlreichen Ländern aktiv, nicht zuletzt in Deutschland, wo sie in großem Umfang Geld wäscht (siehe Italienische Mafia in Deutschland).

Andere "Mafia"-Organisationen
Zumindest außerhalb der Fachsprache werden außer der italienischen Mafia auch weitere kriminelle Organisationen oft als "Mafia" bezeichnet, obwohl sie nur teilweise dieselben Merkmale und dieselben Aktivitäten aufweisen wie das namensgebende italienische Vorbild. Dazu zählen unter anderem:
 die albanische Mafia
 die sogenannte russische Mafia (zu dieser zählen beispielsweise auch die armenische Mafia und die tschetschenische Mafia)
 die Mafia in den USA (siehe Amerikanische Cosa Nostra)

und in Ostasien:
 die chinesische Mafia (siehe Triaden)
 die japanische Mafia (siehe Yakuza)

Bei anderen kriminellen Organisationen ist die Bezeichnung "Mafia" weniger üblich, obwohl sie durchaus Ähnlichkeiten aufweisen. Beispielsweise spricht man im Fall von Mexiko in der Regel von Drogenkartellen und nicht von der "mexikanischen Mafia".

Siehe auch Mafiaähnliche Organisationen im Artikel Organisierte Kriminalität.

"Mafia-Staat" und mafiöse staatliche Strukturen
Im Jahr 2004 wurde der Begriff Mafia-Staat von Alexander Litwinenko möglicherweise erstmals verwendet. Ein Mafia-Staat entsteht entweder dadurch, dass ein Staat von der Unterwelt gekapert wird, oder indem Politiker zusammen mit Oligarchen den Staat in eine Fassade verwandeln und von innen her korrumpieren. Die Ähnlichkeit besteht im Vorhandensein eines "Paten", der die total loyale "Familie" kontrolliert und die Reichtümer und Besitzrechte des Landes an seinen "Dienstadel" verteilt, ähnlich neo-feudalen Systemen. Der Mafia-Staat ist "die privatisierte Form des parasitischen Staats" (Bálint Magyar).

Stephan Bierling bezeichnet Russland unter Wladimir Putin als "am weitesten fortgeschritten beim Umbau des Landes in einen Mafia-Staat" und auch der oppositionelle russische Politiker Grigori Jawlinski verwendete diesen Ausdruck. Als weitere Beispiele nennt Moses-Naim Bulgarien, Guinea-Bissau, Montenegro, Myanmar, Ukraine, Nord-Korea, Afghanistan und Venezuela. Entwicklungstendenzen wurden für die Türkei dargestellt, für Südafrika, Ungarn und Israel, Malta und die Slowakei, den Iran, die Philippinen, Aserbeidschan, Kasachstan, Irak, Syrien, Libanon, Moldawien.

Mafiöse staatliche Strukturen wurden auch in westlichen Demokratien diskutiert: etwa für den Fall der USA Donald Trumps, dem Eigenschaften eines Paten zugeschrieben wurden. Allerdings fehlten ihm "die entscheidenden charakterlichen Voraussetzungen für einen capo dei capi: Selbstdisziplin und Loyalität".

Literatur
 Diego Gambetta: Codes of the Underworld. How Criminals Communicate. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 2009, ISBN 978-0-691-15247-9.
 Sandro Mattioli: Die Müllmafia. Das kriminelle Netzwerk in Europa. Herbig, München 2011, ISBN 978-3-7766-2665-0.
 Federico Varese: Mafias on the Move. How Organized Crime Conquers New Territories. Princeton University Press 2011, ISBN 978-0-691-12855-9.
 Federico Varese: Mafia Life: Love, Death and Money at the Heart of Organised Crime. Profile Books 2018, ISBN 978-1-781-25255-0. (Deutsche Übersetzung: Mafia-Leben: Liebe, Geld und Tod im Herzen des organisierten Verbrechens. C. H. Beck 2018, ISBN 978-3-406-70046-0.)

Filme
 Albanien: das Gesetz der Mafia. Reportage, Frankreich, 2007, 22:37 Min. Buch und Regie: Frédéric Vassort und Jean Paul Llmazares, Produktion: arte, Mano a Mano.
 Spielfilme: Liste von Mafiafilmen

Weblinks

 Forschungsthema Organisierte Kriminalität Wissenschaftliche Artikel des Kriminologen Klaus von Lampe, FU Berlin

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Frederick Wiseman's National Gallery, shown last week at the Detroit Film Theatre, is a three hour documentary about London's National Gallery, perhaps the most famous museum in the world. Wiseman is a legendary U.S. documentarist and has made more than 40 films. His first was Titicut Follies (1967), about patient-inmates at a state hospital for the criminally insane and the only one of his previous films, surprisingly, I have seen, at least in part. His movies' topics are eclectic to say the least, from depicting a great university, At Berkeley (2013), showing this Saturday at the DFT, to Welfare (1975) (a profile of New York City's welfare department circa mid-1970s) coming to the DFT Feb. 14, to Hospital (1969), chronicling the daily activities in a large U.S. hospital, at the DFT Feb. 28. National Gallery both pleased and disappointed. If you're into art the film's a winner. There are umpteen close up shots of the National Gallery's glittering treasures. And if you can't fly to London to walk the museum's corridors this film might be second best way of (vicariously) being there. Wiseman's camera meanders the maze-like galleries, with close-ups of patrons' faces as they studiously admire the art, and of docents giving talks about certain pictures. Wiseman is there during the museum's executive committee where an official reports on the museum's tight budget for the coming year. It's also there at various special exhibition openings like ones for Leonardo and Titian. And finally there are numerous "back of the museum" shots of conservators explaining their work and working their magic to restore paintings. New solvents, we learn, are designed so that future conservators can reinterpret a painting afresh and literally wipe away this generation's painstaking conservation efforts "in 15 minutes." But this is not the kind of documentary one might come to expect based on some of the more brilliant ones of recent years. I'm thinking of films like John Maloof and Charlie Siskel's Finding Vivian Maier (2013), Morgan Neville's Twenty Feet from Stardom (2013) or Teller's Tim's Vermeer (2013), another film about art. These were marvels in terms of cinematography, image, juxtaposition, special effects, soundtrack and editing. There is nothing like that here. Wiseman simply places his camera and records what's in front of him. There is not even any voice over. I suppose that is the Wiseman effect. He lets the subjects speak for themselves as he alluded in a post film talk. But one leaves the three hour film somewhat tired of the lack of point of view and narrative. I'm hardly a filmmaker and wouldn't ever compare myself to Wiseman. But I can also place a camera, turn it on, and record. Wiseman shot 170 hours. He cut the film down to three. But it really doesn't matter how long it is. It could have been one hour, two hours, five hours, 10 hours. It simply would have been more of the same. And whether you'd like that is entirely up to your perspective, I suppose.
Unfortunately I went to see Mordecai, David Koepp's farce about a shady art dealer (Johnny Depp) and his travels and travails among a host of nefarious characters. This movie has the look and feel of a British farce circa 1968. And Depp is obviously channelling Peter Sellers, who probably would have made the real difference in transforming this film from bore to fun.
I came out of Mordecai about 6.30 pm last Saturday at Devonshire's Cineplex, only to find a long lineup of people waiting to get into another movie. I'd never seen a lineup inside a multiplex in Windsor before. I asked someone the name of the movie they were waiting to see and it was, not surprisingly, Eastwood's American Sniper. This film has really struck a chord with a huge swath of the public.
Cumberbatch brilliant as Turing, etc.
Meanwhile last night I took myself to the double bill that I'd missed Saturday night because of the crowds (same post above)......First up was Eastwood's American Sniper. I'm not saying it wasn't good. But somehow I expected a more full bodied war flick. The problem is I could imagine the battle scenes being staged and in my books that isn't good enough. But Bradley Cooper as American hero Chris Kyle (pictured) was very good and Sienna Miller as Kyle's real life wife Taya Renae Kyle put in a good performance..... It's interesting how the public has gone wild for this film, which is obviously pro-American and patriotic. Yet earlier film dramas that took a decidedly anti-Iraq War stance such as Rendition, In the Valley of Elah and Redacted, bombed (so to speak) at the box office.
The second film I saw was Morten Tyldum's The Imitation Game, about the cracking of the German Enigma code during World War II. Benedict Cumberbatch as famed Alan Turing, the nerdy brilliant mathematician who led the team at Bletchley Park to crack the code, is brilliant. It's a tossup between him and Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking (James Marsh's The Theory of Everything) for Oscar best actor though I think Cumberbatch has the edge. (I haven't seen Steve Carell in Bennett Miller's Foxcatcher).
Talk about cabin fever. I drove into Windsor for Devonshire Cineplex's 7.05 pm screening of American Sniper (Clint Eastwood) Saturday night. The ticket seller was kind enough to tell me that the only remaining seats were likely in the front row. Nuts to that. So I got in my car and drove a few kilometres up the road to Silver City Cineplex. That house was worse. I could barely get in the front door. A line of people snaked around with perhaps a hundred waiting to buy tickets. The kiosks had about a dozen or more at each. So I was out of there! Why so many people? True, it was early Saturday night - prime weekly movie going time. But the break in the weather – the first above freezing temps since the New Year – must have had something to do with it. Perhaps this week I'll make the trek to see the enormously popular Sniper – top January weekend box office ever, according to today's NY Times – the six Oscar-nominated (including best picture) film based on the true life of military hero Chris Kyle, played by Bradley Cooper...I was going to double bill this Saturday with The Imitation Game (Morten Tyldum). Not that I particularly wanted to see the Benedict Cumberbatch-starring film about the breaking of the German Enigma code during World War II. I'm so tired of WW II movies. But all reports are that this is a great film. As well, I thought I'd add it to my bucket-of-popcorn list to see another of the films nominated for this year's best picture (I've seen Whiplash, Birdman, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Theory of Everything).
So what did I do instead? I returned home, logged on to Netflix, and found a little known picture called 28 Hotel Rooms. Matt Ross's 2012 first film is an interesting idea – two lovers who only meet around the country when business takes them to the same cities. So their time together is confined to one or two days in a generic if upscale hotel room in Some City, USA. (A modern version of the classic 1975 Bernard Slade play Same Time Next Year only not so funny. Robert Mulligan's firm version came out in 1978.) Chris Messina and Marin Ireland star. The problem is the scenes are so short that the audience gets only little snippets about what's going on in the characters' lives. Had the characters been further formed this would have been a more satisfying film. And I'm not sure at all what the meaning of the last scene was....The next film I watched Saturday on Netflix was Roman Polanski's The Tenant (1976). I saw the film when it first came out. This is classic Polanski (based on the Roland Topor novel who co-wrote the screenplay), filled with angst, paranoia, and confused identities and gender roles. Polanski himself plays the central character Trelkovsky (pictured), a mild mannered clerk who happens to rent the wrong Parisian apartment. A nice late Saturday night horror show if you ask me.
I put in a request to Cineplex to ask if Canada's largest distributor will show those films nominated for Oscar best picture but that very few people have seen. I'm talking about Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman, Richard Linklater's Boyhood, and Damien Chazell's Whiplash of course. This must be a dilemma for distributors since there's very little market in cities like Windsor for these typically art house films. Yet they're nominated for the world's top movie awards and the great mass of people out there must be scratching their heads wondering what the hell they're all about.


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Quick Hits: Callaway, Tribe, Santana, Yankees, Long
By Mark Polishuk | October 29, 2017 at 10:50pm CDT
It was just under a decade ago that Mickey Callaway agreed to become the interim head coach for Texas A&M International University, which sparked his interest in teaching and training young players. Though Callaway pitched in Taiwan and in independent baseball in 2008, that was his final season as a player, as Callaway tells Newsday's Marc Carig that "It was hard to concentrate on playing after feeling that I was ready to start coaching." Carig's profile of Callaway's first time running a team is well worth a read, providing insight into the man who has become a big league manager for the first time after being hired by the Mets.
As we enjoy a wild Game Five of the World Series, here's more from around baseball….
The Indians seem prepared to spend in the short-term to keep their window of contention open, Terry Pluto of the Cleveland Plain Dealer opines during his look at the some of the Tribe's free agents this winter. Pluto figures Carlos Santana will be issued a qualifying offer, and the team will monitor the markets of Santana and Jay Bruce to see if either could be re-signed for a reasonable amount, a la how several other veteran sluggers received smaller-than-expected deals last winter (which allowed the Tribe to sign Edwin Encarnacion). As for other decisions, Pluto thinks Bryan Shaw and Boone Logan will both be pitching elsewhere in 2018, while Joe Smith seems the likeliest of the relievers to return to Cleveland. Josh Tomlin's $3MM club option seems like a good bet to be exercised by the team.
Also from Pluto, newly-hired pitching coach Carl Willis said two other teams had made him job offers and two others showed interest in his services. With this kind of interest, the Indians had to jump to sign the veteran pitching coach just a few days after ex-pitching coach Mickey Callaway left for the Mets.
Mets hitting coach Kevin Long has been mentioned as a candidate for the Yankees' managerial job, though he may also be a contender to be the Yankees' next hitting coach, George A. King III of the New York Post writes. Long previously served as the Bronx Bombers' hitting coach from 2007-14 before moving over to his post across town with the Mets. Alan Cockrell has been the Yankees' hitting coach for the last two years, though with a new manager coming, there are likely to be changes made to the Yankees' coaching staff.
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Kevin Long playing the NY Merry-go-round.
thegreatcerealfamine
Kevin Long…no thank you
Phillies2017
Santana has to be re-signed. His skillset as a DH ages well (OBP) and I see him as worth a 3/$45m commitment.
Letting Shaw, Logan and Smith go in favor of complimenting the insane pitching depth with buy-low pieces and waiting until late-January to add a power bat cheaply to replace Bruce will allow them the payroll space to bring back Santana.
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He is up for the Gold Glove at 1B.
dynamite drop in monty
Rafael Palmerio won a gold glove at first after playing 28 games there.
Benklasner
Santana seems like the easiest to replace and also the most problematic going forward especialy with EE in the mix. He plays elsewhere next year.
Santana just might take a qualifying offer at 17M plus and then reenter the market next year at 32 without one.
Solaris601
Tribe will also have until the end of the week to decide whether or not to pick up Brantley's option.


How can I make Safari show the URL when I hover over a link?
Safari 5.0.1 on OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) doesn't seem to have any status bar in which the URL of a link shows when the user moves the cursor over a link (without clicking) All other browsers I've ever used do this.
Is there a user preference checkbox somewhere for this?
There are two options. One is a setting, and the other is a workaround.
Go into the View menu.
You can also press ⌘ + / to toggle this setting at ease.
Click and drag the link out of where it will originally appear.
At your mouse will be a small box telling you the title of the new window and its URL, although it may be shortened.
You can also drag the link to the plus sign in your tab list, out of the window, or in a folder/the desktop to open that URL in a new tab, new window or save it to your computer, respectively.
I believe this Safari Extension did precisely what you are looking to do, but it's now abandoned: Ultimate Status Bar.
The URL of links your hover over is shown on the gray status bar at the bottom of the page. The status bar is not always present in a new window, but you can turn it on from View > Show Status Bar or with the ⌘/ shortcut.
Some pages can hide the status bar and it does not restore if you go to a new window. However File->New Window should always show this.
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Meet Gilbert – Hull Fair's oldest showman
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Meet Gilbert Chadwick, Hull Fair's oldest working showman.
Gilbert has been attending his beloved fair for more than 50 years.
He has watched as steam-powered rides were replaced by the hydraulics of white-knuckles rides at the fair today.
Describing the fair, third-generation showman said: "You have just walked into another world, and the world will last for eight days, and then it's gone. It's then back to an old car park again."
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