Subscriptions at BigStock have clearly started to gain in popularity based on my numbers.
Although there is half a day left in April, I'm finding my sales numbers to be somewhat interesting and I thought I'd share what I'm seeing.
Subscriptions officially launched in February I believe, and I saw sub sales increasing through March which was by BME at BS.
My April numbers show a 96% increase in files sold over March (previous BME) - Revenue was up 52% over March (previous BME).
Obviously, I'm selling more for less on the new sub model.
Now, since I am on "the Bridge", my sub sales are at $.38 each. If I understand correctly, after six months, my sub sales will go down to $.27 each. If I adjust my April sales number to reflect a $.27 sub sale, my revenue increase for April would drop to 32% over March.
BS is my lowest earner.
My BS sales have been steadily increasing over the past year. Started before the subs announcement. Nothing historic but enough to notice.
Seeing some sub sales. RPD at about 50 cents. A few $1 sales but the $2 and $3 sales have ceased.
I wasn't included in the "Bridge" so subs are at the lowest level. Wait and See?
WMY there for me. Subs only 27% of DLs but RPD only $0.67 compared to $1.80 in January. Had more subs last month but they kind of dried up this month. So far it doesn't seem to have affected sales at SS so that is good.
My april sales are....inexistent Had a 0.50 sale or something like that. I had brilliant sales on almost all sites this month, but Bigstock is still at the bottom.
That is correct you will get .27 after July, which is 3 months @ your old rate.
It will not take much for SS to convert current & large corporate customers to BS buyers over SS. And it is even more attractive to small buyers.
@SS A one year subscription will net buyers 25 images a day, every day for $2,388.00 or slightly over $.26 cents per image.
@BS A one year subscription will net buyers 50 images a day, every day for $2,879.00 or $.16 cents per image.
Why submitters are not more outraged by this blatant undercutting is alarming. The giant * sound is getting louder as we speak.
Why does everyone think that Shutterstock will intentionally move it's customers to BigStock. It simply doesn't make sense. While I understand the outage over the subscriptions and lower royalties, some of the reasoning (conspiracy theories) for this outrage seems flawed to me.
I had a BME due to a lot of ELs that I had one day this month. If you take away the ELs it was an average to good month. RPD is down.
I won't take a stand on either side of this. I do remember, however, having similar thoughts (as you) when the outrage started over iStock moving customers to Thinkstock.
Does this seem similar? Who will buy images from Offset? What purpose would SS serve if all the "good stuff" is moved to Offset?
Again, I will not take a stand on either side; just reminiscing.
It makes sense for them to move customers to Bigstock if they make more money doing so. If they pay contributors a lower royalty rate it would make sense. I guess you are saying they are paying the same or more to Bigstock contributors as they are to Shutterstock contributors?
Even if the profit margin was higher at BigStock, Shutterstock would never intentionally direct it's customers away from SS and push them to BS. That is just not logical at all.
If Shutterstock wanted to make more money, we all know how they would do that, by cutting commisions at Shutterstock. BigStock is being run as it's own agency with it's own rules and it's own pricing and commission structure. It's clear to me that BigStock is targeting a different buyer.
Here is what is confusing... have you looked at the numbers?
A 12 month subscription that allows up to 50 downloads a day at BigStock costs $2879. Which, if the buyer downloaded 50 images every day for a year would cost the buyer $.16 per image, yet Bigstock will pay at least $.25 to the contributor for each sub download.
If we assume that each contributor only gets the minimum $.25 per sub download, BigStock is assuming that the subscriber will use no more than 30 or so images per day, otherwise they'll be losing money on each download.
What purpose would SS serve if all the "good stuff" is moved to Offset?
Again, like BigStock, I think Offset will target a different/new set of buyers.
I'm not really taking a "stand" on any of this either, I just enjoy the discussion and trying to figure it all out.
Most of us have the same images being offered across many different sites at many different prices. Why does one buyer purchase an image for $20 at one agency and another buyer purchases the same file with the same rights at another agency for $5?
Why does one buyer purchase an image for $20 at one agency and another buyer purchases the same file with the same rights at another agency for $5?
The answer is because the buyer doesn't know any better.
Shutterstock is crazy smart. They can be the agency that sells the the image for $20, they can also be the agency that sells the image for $5.
Yes, I just quoted and replied to myself.
if an annual subscription is <$3K why do magazines or newspapers even pay to have photographers on staff? Not trying to do myself out of work, but that price is just way too cheap to have access to virtually unlimited XL downloads.
Look at the 20 download plan instead, it's the one closest to Shutterstock's plan out of 20 dls per day they break even with 17 images per day downloaded at 25 cents while Shutterstock's 25 dls per day plan at 38 cents breaks even at 17 images per day also. This means Shutterstock breaks even with 68% or less of files being downloaded while Bigstock breaks even with 85% or less of the quota being used. Shutterstock is on a path where all contributors eventually will reach 38 cents so to up their margins they could cut royalty rates or try to get buyers to move over to Bigstock. The actual numbers are probably almost the same right now but going forward Shutterstock contributors will be more expensive to pay and Bigstock contributors will be cheaper.
My guess is right now the bigger focus is on switching buyers from credits to subscriptions within Bigstock, the cost of paying contributors is probably cut in half if they can do that.
Two good points, they kill two birds with one stone.
It would be easier to discount the validity of daveh900's logic in the absence of internet traffic trends over the last 1 to 3 months. Use the link below and use the compare site button on either link to plug in BigstockPhoto.com. BS's traffic is up by +88%, while SS is down -5%.
In the end time will tell and in the meantime we really need to ask ourselves why would a business use one of its storefronts to drastically undercut the prices of it's largest storefront when they are both offering the same product?
we really need to ask ourselves why would a business use one of its storefronts to drastically undercut the prices of it's largest storefront when they are both offering the same product?
BS is 10% of the earnings I get on shutterstock. which matches resonably well the the earning ratings on the right.
The earnings on the right match my own. But I have not uploaded to either site since the announcement, it seems counter productive to undercut myself.
The only reason companies undercut the pricing of competitors is to gain market share. SS has proven by recent massive growth that they do not need to cut pricing to become and remain competitive. Their pricing is already very low.
If you look to the right with a Earnings rating of 83.6 SS is at the top of the Big 4 tier and SS has the greatest market margin to lose to pricing wars. They are fully aware of that fact.


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Urban kchoze
Just a blog about urban and transport issues. It started as an English translation of my French-language blog "kchoze urbaine", though now I'm primarily writing in English to reach a wider audience. Why the name? "Chose urbaine" in French means literally "urban thing". Why "kchoze" instead of "chose"? Because, as says Linkara, poor literacy is kewl. I'm a traffic engineer (the irony!) from Québec, I have no urbanist formation, this is only my musings and my opinions.
A catalog of density (Québec/Canada version)
So, I've recently discovered an interesting tool to visualize census data for Canada, www.censusmapper.ca. Among its various data, it allows to do visualization of population density bloc by bloc (rather, census tract by census tract, but most of them are bloc-sized). This made me want to do a kind of encyclopaedia of density, for typical forms of development in Québec, and maybe a bit from Canada too.
Why Québec? Because I live here and Québec has a special focus on low-rise developments lacking in a lot of North America. I may do one for American developments one day, with city-data providing a similar tool to explore population density bloc by bloc in the US.
Before going on, I'd like to point out a few things.
First, there is the question "is there a density threshold for walkability?". This depends on a lot of factors, and my own thinking on the subject has led me to doubt that residential density is even the most important factor. Overall, though, I tend to consider that local walkability is highly dependent on access to a modern supermarket, the most important and frequently visited store for most people, of which there tends to be about 1 per 8 000 to 12 000 people in North America and a 10-minute "walkshed" is about 1 kilometer big. So a walkable neighborhood, supposing a good design that maximizes walking speed, should have 8 000 to 10 000 people per square kilometer. Which comes down to 80 to 100 people per hectare.
Around here, people also suppose that the minimum density to support high-frequency transit is about 35 dwelling units per hectare, which would be about 60 to 80 people per hectare.
Oh, and a quick summary for units.
4 people per acre = 10 people per hectare = 1 000 people per square kilometer = 2 560 people per square mile
I'll use people/units per hectare in the following.
OK, so let's get started.
Traditional Québec developments
Traditional village mix
50 to 70 people per hectare
30 to 40 dwelling units per hectare
This is an old type of chaotic developments common to old villages, with small detached single-family homes living alongside semi-detached homes, duplexes and other low-rise multifamily buildings. What characterizes it is the lack of uniformity, neither building line, nor architectural style, nor building function are uniform. This is the orderly chaos of developments pre-zoning.
Old single-family suburban areas
This is a form often seen in older suburbs, a transitionary period between the chaos of early villages and the strict planning of today's cities. Lots tend to be about 15m x 30m (50' x 100'), front yards are more common, rear alleys are extremely rare.
Old suburban areas, mix of houses and low-rise apartments
This is present in some older suburbs that were built before strict single-use zoning came about and that had a mix of homes and low-rise apartments. As a result, zoning in these areas often allow both single-family and multi-family uses, even today allowing for the replacement of old houses by small condo buildings. In a way, this is very similar to the old village mix, simply with a more orderly design, with a clear building line, for instance, with front yards and more regular spacing between buildings. Density is consequently very similar between the two. Still the density here is not quite up to par with highly walkable cities, it's a bit too low but it's pretty close and it can justify adequate transit options. When they were built, people tolerated smaller stores and more crowding per unit, so these were highly walkable then.
Duplex developments
The duplex is perhaps one of the most common types of buildings in traditional Québec towns and villages, especially the squarish duplex with exterior stairways, balcony and porch. Uniform streets of these are relatively rare, but they exist, like this neighborhood in Trois-Rivières. The density here is still at or a bit below the threshold for minimum density. Traditional duplexes allowed people who couldn't afford single-family houses to afford housing by building a second story and renting it out, creating revenue that allows the owner to afford his own unit. Duplexes also allow for more air and light for every unit, with side windows made possible by each building being built apart from one another and separated by a few meters. This also allows for 1 or 2 parking spots to be built per unit, so even if you're in a car-centric city, this form of development is viable, all without violating some people's low-rise sensibilities.
Standalone triplexes
Standalone triplexes aren't rare in older towns, but it's rare to have blocs full of them. Shawinigan, a small town north of Trois-Rivières is one of the rare cases I know of where this is a dominant typology of its older neighborhoods. The population density could be higher if it weren't for the fact that this city is in demographic decline and so housing is cheap, allowing singles to rent big apartments. I'm not kidding, I checked the rental ads for the town, you can get a 3-BR apartment in one of the buildings on the picture for 400$ a month. Anyway, if properly occupied, this typology would easily be favorable to walkable cities and good transit. Also, contrast this image with the previous one to see the impact street trees have on the beauty of a street.
Attached duplexes
120 to 150 people per hectare
This is mainly seen in major cities that had streetcar suburbs. Montréal has neighborhoods with this typology. It's a bit similar to the previous duplexes, but instead of being squarish detached structures, these are deeper than wide and built wall to wall. Otherwise, the concept is the same. Since side spacing is eliminated, it allows for essentially a doubling of density. We are well in the territory of the walkable city here, and indeed neighborhoods with this typology in Montréal are associated with strong neighborhood stores, high walk scores and low (30 to 50%) car commuting mode shares.
Attached triplexes
90 to 120 dwelling units per hectare
This is like the previous case, but instead of being limited to 2 stories, you have 3. Obviously, this results in a 50% boost to density and creates very high density. This doesn't provide more parking than the attached duplexes of the previous example, while density is boosted. So it won't satisfy suburban parking requirements and it will yield lower car mode shares, simply because it's next to impossible to maintain universal car ownership due to the lack of parking spot. Many Montréal neighborhoods include a mix of 2-story and 3-story attached buildings, and have density between these two examples of uniform duplex and triplex developments.
European-style blocs
120 to 150 dwelling units per hectare
Yes, these do exist in North America. Very rare, but you can find them in the Vieux-Québec area of Québec City. Tightly packed 2- and 3-story buildings with high lot coverage. Very high density, very few parking spots and narrow streets. Nice to visit, more debatable how nice to live in considering the proximity of buildings both in front and in back.
Modern and transitional developments in Québec
These are developments made since the advent of mass motorization, often, but not always, with parking. These developments often incorporate modern construction techniques, whereas the traditional developments didn't.
Usual bungalow developments
This is the usual sprawl-type development in suburbs all around Québec. Generally wide (20m x 35m) plots with wide 1-story houses (with livable basements) and driveways. Density half to a third that of traditional villages and even 30 to 50% less than earlier single-family suburbs. Far from density thresholds for walkability and for transit services.
Suburban semi-detached homes
This is a type of housing present in some suburbs. It's rare for it to be the dominant housing type as in the case of the neighborhood there, but it offers more affordable suburban housing options that remain palatable to people looking for suburban living. It's single-family housing, with plenty of parking, a front yard and a back yard, just sharing one exterior wall with a neighboring house, with both houses built on a single bungalow lot, doubling density. To compensate for the smaller building footprint, the houses usually have two stories plus an inhabitable basement.
Suburban narrow homes
These are new developments in suburbs, largely the result of density targets in areas targeted for "TOD" development according to the Metropolitan Community of Montréal. Single-family houses built as densely as possible while retaining suburban sensibilities, including driveways and garages. The result: a front yard that is more pavement than grass, with little place for trees.
Suburban condo triplexes
This is a relatively recent development (over the past couple of decades) in some suburbs. Standalone triplex condos built on single-family lots. Another example of how more affordable housing and more density can be added to a suburban neighborhood without breaking the single-family lots. The need for parking however results in a very high proportion of the lot being paved over for parking. The lack of private front or back yards reduces the attraction of these housing types for families, resulting in lower numbers of people per unit than semi-detached.
3-story condo or apartment buildings
This is a type of low-rise apartments often built in suburbs. Some are apartments for poorer residents, others are more upscale for the middle class and sold as condos. They offer similar density to tradition isolated duplex neighborhoods or traditional village mixes, but offer a lot more parking. They also have bigger setbacks and thus maintain air and light in a way that is tolerable for the suburban-minded. As they tend to have little or no underground parking, instead opting for parking lots, they are quite cheap to build.
Dense low-rise suburban apartment or condo complexes
This is more or less the maximum density you can get while respecting suburban parking requirements without getting into mid-rise or high-rise territory and without resorting to massive underground parking to keep costs down. This density is sufficient to provide for walkable neighborhoods and to sustain transit lines. However, the quantity of parking lots they generate reduces the desire to walk and makes it easy for people to opt to own and use cars.
Attached duplexes built over garages
This is essentially the traditional attached duplex neighborhood adapted to the car era, with slip-under, front-loading garages to satisfy parking requirements. The result is that they retain the old duplexes' density, but at a cost of comfort to walk and of street design. The massive driveways mean frequent curb cuts making walking less comfortable and reduces trees and grass to a minimum, making the area less hospitable to human beings. The number of units per hectare here isn't all that high, but the location of these buildings near Montréal, the size of the units, the private door and the back yard all result in a high number of occupants per unit, and thus higher population density than the isolated low-rise apartments in the two previous types.
Modern townhouses
This is a rare form of modern townhouses present in a few areas. Its modernity is not just in its architectural style, but in the parking present below the back yard's porch, with a driveway sloping down between each group of townhouses. This is an innovative attempt at reconciliation of the car-centric development but with an urban face, limiting curb cuts and preserving front and back yards while still offering at least one parking spot in a garage per house. However, it's not particularly affordable and its design over 4 stories (basement, 1st floor, 2nd floor and 3rd floor) means a lot of stair-climbing for every member of the family. No need for a Stairmaster with a house like that.
Attached modern walk-up apartments
I wasn't sure whether I should have included this in traditional or modern developments. On one hand, its architecture style is reminiscent of the duplexes built over garages and there are some driveways and garages present, at the same time, it clearly offers way less parking than most other modern developments. Anyway, this is, as far as I'm aware, the densest low-rise area in Montréal, located in Parc-Extension. These are effectively 4-story buildings as the basement has units too. It's also a particularly poor area, populated by recent immigrants for the most part, so it has higher than average number of occupants per unit.
Modern planned mid-high-rise condos
This is a form of planned condo development on old disaffected industrial grounds. The planning is very evident and show bloc-sized planning, with huge garages in the interior of the blocs being covered by parks for the enjoyment of the residents, though the park is not visible from the street as it is elevated a couple of stories up. The high cost per square foot and deep building results in a very high amounts of units, as most of them are studios or 1-bedroom apartments. It's good density but that doesn't help life on the street as much as previous eras duplexes and triplexes.
High-rise compact developments, the top of Montréal density
800 to 1 200 people per hectare
I couldn't avoid mentioning the highest density blocs of Montréal that I know. These are high-rise apartments located near Concordia university in downtown Montréal. These are not only high, they have pretty high lot coverage, for a very high population density. This is the kind of development you can barely imagine anywhere else but there, to satisfy students' requirements for housing. The use of the ground floor for retail and restaurants also helps attract and retain people to the area, unlike the pretty sterile modern condos shown in the previous type.
So here you go, an overview of densities present in Québec, from traditional villages with isolated buildings to modern developments. This can provide a good idea of the possible ways to achieve a density that is sufficient for walkability and transit use, and how high-rises are not necessary to achieve sufficient density.
Select typologies from the RoC (Rest of Canada)
So this was a description of some housing typologies found in Québec, both traditional and modern. But Canadian cities can be a bit different, they're more like American cities in some ways, often with a focus on single-family housing and bigger tenement buildings.
Traditional urban homes - low density (Hamilton)
For anyone who knows American small towns, this is nothing new. These are detached homes built close to one another but not sharing walls, on narrow but deep lots, a typology of urban housing extremely common in anglo North America. The density isn't quite high enough for walkability today, but once upon a time, you could have expected many of these homes to have taken in boarders. Today, this is extremely rare and families are smaller, so population density is probably much lower than 100 years ago.
Traditional urban homes - high density (Hamilton)
80 to 100 people per hectare
This is just a denser form of the previous, with even narrower lots and homes nearly touching, with barely enough space for a man to walk between them. The density here is similar to Japanese single-family house neighborhoods and is actually sufficient for a walkable neighborhood and adequate transit services.
Toronto traditional urban homes and semi-detached
This is the traditional form of development in Toronto, the equivalent of Montréal's duplex neighborhoods, except instead of relatively wide duplexes on shallow lots, these are detached and semi-detached homes that are very narrow on very deep lots.
Modern snout houses (Mississauga)
Just like Montréal has duplexes built over garages which are an adaptation of its traditional duplex type of housing, anglo-Canada has a modern adaptation of the old narrow and deep urban home... the snout house. Thus named because of the protruding garage doors that look like a snout and reduces front-facing windows to a minimum. Note that the population density here is uncommonly high considering the number of dwelling units. We're approaching 4 people per household on average, versus 2,5 on average in Québec single-family housing. I don't know why that is, but that ratio is high all across Mississauga, at least, in that area. Is it an ethnocultural community that has unusually high fertility rates? Is the price of housing pushing people to live with their parents and children longer? I don't know.
Traditional low-rise apartments (Hamilton)
This is a relatively rare case of an old type of density in an old Anglo-Canadian city (Hamilton). As the lots are narrow and deep and buildings are detached, you can see some areas where, among the old urban homes, you can spot narrow and long apartment building 3 to 6 stories high. However, this process seems to have been interrupted by the arrival of modern zoning practices and parking requirements. It's interesting to note the difference between low-rise apartments in Québec and in Anglo-Canada, with Québec having small low-rise apartments built wall to wall, often owned by one of the occupants, without the need of a lot of capital to own it, and Anglo-Canada having bigger apartment buildings that were probably owned by richer owners who resided somewhere else.
Urban high-rises
I know of nothing else that can showcase the lack of middle housing in Anglo-Canada than this. High-rise apartment buildings carved out of old neighborhoods of urban homes, resulting in 2-story urban homes being next to 20+-story apartment buildings with underground parking. This is probably the stuff of nightmare of most NIMBYs... and even of a ton of urbanists, I suppose. I would be curious to know the value of the remaining homes next to the high-rises, to see if their value is higher or lower than similar homes a bit further away, just to test the theory that high constructions depress the value of neighboring low-rise single-family properties. Anyway, very high density nonetheless, almost Paris-level density in some areas.
Vancouverism (do I need to say where?)
Vancouverism is the name used to describe the style of development that forms the basic pattern of Vancouver's downtown. Funnily enough, it's not unlike the previous chaotic development in Hamilton in that it combines low-rise and high-rise developments on the same bloc. The difference is that Vancouverism is more ordered than what we see in Hamilton's central neighborhood, building lines are more respected, the placement of the skyscrapers resembles a checkerboard, to prevent buildings from cutting light and air access to one another and to avoid a trench feeling for people on the street. The density level is probably among the highest in the Western world, equaling or topping the dense neighborhoods of Barcelona and Paris. This is Manhattan Upper East Side levels of density. The main issue of such development is cost, as skyscrapers are not affordable to build at all. Vancouver's out of control housing market makes such development possible, but that may not be the case everywhere.
OK, so this was just a catalog of density of different development patterns seen in Québec and the rest of Canada. I don't claim this list to be exhaustive. I think it may be useful to have such a catalog to know what different levels of density look like and to lay to rest some ideas. Thus, both the idea that you HAVE to go very high to achieve walkability-supporting density (when even 2-story developments with detached buildings can approach that threshold) and that there is no point to go very high because lower lot coverage means you won't get more floor space are wrong.
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Frank Smith talks to Spanish astrophysicist Amaya Moro Martín, who is packing her bags to go to the United States where she will work in the team that is building a new telescope for the American space agency NASA. But Amaya Moro isn't leaving Spain full of joy at having found a job at the cutting edge of American science, but with a heavy heart, because she is leaving when what she would prefer to do is to stay. However, Amaya's contract at Spain's most prestigious scientific body, the Higher Council for Scientific Research, has been discontinued after five years, for lack of money. Amaya recently wrote an open letter to Spain's Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, which was published by the Spanish daily El Pais. And today she has taken part, along with hundreds of other young Spanish scientists, in an event billed as a Wake for Spanish Science.
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The funeral service for Arthur Henry Mawer of Market Rasen was held at the Salvation Army Citadel.
Terence Carpenter officiated at the service and arrangements were by J Marshall Funeral Directors.
The former landlord of the Gordon Arms (Advocate Arms) died in Lincoln County Hospital at the age of 97 years.
Family mourners were: Ian Mawer (son); Elaine Mitchell (daughter); Jessie Mawer (daughter-in-law); Sian Mitchell (granddaughter); Joseph Mitchell (grandson); Lauren Goulder (great-granddaughter); Dexter Jarvis (great-grandson); Jackson Jarvis (great-grandson).
Friends at the service were: Mr R Myland (also rep Sandra and also Adam Holvey); June Towns; David Hill; Mr A Johnson; Mr and Mrs E Burks; Shirley Ward; Ann Ellin and daughter; Mr and Mrs C Bates; Terry Warburton; R Smart; Rosemary and Errol Webster; Mr L Tranter (also rep Mrs R Smith and also the Lambie family); Mr and Mrs J Thompson; David Roberts; Mr and Mrs W Johnson (also rep Mrs B Kent); Mr and Mrs B Reaney (also rep Market Rasen Town Cricket and Football Club); Mrs B Lockwood; John Furmidge; Joyce King; Sadie Tindall; Marie Frankish (also rep Mr and Mrs S Lancaster); Mr H Bates (also rep Mike Perkins); Mr A Carter (also rep Mrs J Carter and also Market Rasen Town Cricket and Football Club); Shirley Clarke; Rex Clarke; Mr and Mrs M Watson; Mrs S Sanderson; Mr S Britton; Joe Willisch; Charlie Peatfield; Ryland Harrison; Mrs M Lakin-Whitworth (also rep Frank Fieldsend); Mike Lawrence (also rep M J Care Sales Ltd); Ian Ribey; Frederick Rowlands; Jean Warner; Ian Smart; Andrew Morrison (also rep Geoff Hill and also Stephen Cartwright).


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* There is no state authority responsible for alerting prospective property purchasers about flood risks.
* Buy-back programs for flood prone properties are virtually non-existent. The jointly state and federal funded Natural Disaster Resilience Program only provides $11 million annually for buy-backs in Queensland. In May 2011, four months after the floods, the Brisbane City Council funded the purchase of just 55 properties.
* A major part of State Emergency Services (SES) funding comes through local councils, corporate sponsorship and local money-raising efforts. Emergency Management Queensland, a state authority, does not track how much councils spend on the SES, or the financial health of SES units throughout the state.
The floods inquiry, moreover, did not seriously examine a range of key issues. While insurance claims were denied to an estimated 7,000 householders, the inquiry does not provide a detailed overview of the industry and how it operates.
Nor did the investigation conduct an exhaustive review of development assessment practices or whether certain development approvals should have been granted. This, the inquiry claimed, was outside its brief. In other words, there could be no examination of the profitable relations between property developers and government that have allowed extensive building on flood plains. The few council assessment files that it did examine, however, "did not reveal evidence of systemic failure," the inquiry report claims.
The response of the mainstream media to the flood inquiry report is instructive. Murdoch's Australian newspaper praised the report, declaring it a "blueprint to cut flood risks in Queensland", and focused on Wivenhoe Dam water releases and an impending multi-billion dollar class action against SEQWater on behalf of about 2,000 flood victims. The government-owned dam, which is Australia's largest and operated by SEQWater, was supposed to prevent major flooding in Brisbane, the state capital, and surrounding suburbs.
The inquiry, after a special resumption of hearing earlier this year, found that SEQWater's official report on water releases was "misleading" and that three engineers—John Tibaldi, Rob Ayre and Terry Malone—who testified at the inquiry knew the operator's official report was incorrect.
SEQWater failed to activate the correct water release strategy to protect Brisbane for about 36 hours from January 8, 2011. Water levels rapidly rose during this period, threatening the dam's structural integrity and forcing operators to initiate "W4" procedures, which involved massive water releases on January 11. Over 20,000 properties were flooded in Brisbane and its outer suburbs, with overall damage estimated at $5 billion.
While the inquiry does not categorically state that W4 releases were directly responsible for the flooding in the capital, it has recommended that Tibaldi, Ayre and Malone, who could face perjury-related charges, be investigated by Queensland's Crime and Misconduct Commission.
It is unlikely, however, that alleged false testimony of the engineers would not have occurred without discussions among senior company officials. The inquiry report admits that Wivenhoe Dam's operating manual was "confusing" and long outdated, with no recent modelling data on the impact of water releases.
Former Queensland Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen—whose National Party government ruled the state from 1968-87—is infamously alleged to have stated that a commission of inquiry should never be established unless its outcome was known in advance.
While the final report of the Queensland flood inquiry could not be entirely predicted, the investigation has played a crucial role for state authorities. It has provided a political breathing space for the state and federal Labor governments by dissipating the concerns of thousands of people into the 15-month investigation. For many victims of last year's disaster there will be no recovery, financially or emotionally, while new flooding devastation awaits thousands of Queensland residents forced by economic pressures to live on flood prone land.
Predictably, Premier Bligh responded to the inquiry report by pledging to implement its recommendations "lock, stock and barrel" if re-elected next weekend. This was echoed by Liberal National Party opposition leader Campbell Newman.
These pledges are worthless. Bligh is facing a landslide defeat. Moreover, the Labor and Liberal National parties have both promised the financial markets that they will slash state spending and return the state's budget to surplus. Any inquiry recommendation that clashes with that agenda will be deemed "too expensive" and brushed aside.
The Queensland inquiry into the 2010-11 floods, like other official investigations into other Australian disasters, underscores the reality that flood mitigation measures, safe and adequate housing and protection of ordinary people from such catastrophes as the 2010-11 floods are incompatible with a social order based on the drive for private profit.


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Short Time Mid Nineties Mets Reserve Catcher: Brent Mayne (1996)
Brent Danem Mayne was born on April 19, 1968 in Loma Linda, California. The tall six foot catcher was the Kansas City Royals first round draft pick (13th pick overall) out of California State University. The next season he was brought up to the Royals big league squad for nine games. Mayne spent six seasons in Kansas City sharing time behind the plate with Mike Macfarlane.
He came in 8th in the 1991 Rookie of the Year voting & threw out 40% of would be base stealers the next season. In 1995 he was the main catcher seeing action in 110 games (103 behind the plate) batting .251. In the winter of 1996 he was traded to the New York Nets for minor leaguer Al Shirley.
In 1996 he was Todd Hundley's back up catcher, although he only saw action in 21 games behind the plate due to Hundley's durability that season. Mayne would only throw out one of the 23 base runners attempting to steal while he was behind the plate.
By the end of May he was hitting at .290 & then in August he brought his average back up again near the .300 mark. In 70 games on the season he batted .263, hitting a HR on April 25th in St. Louis. After the season he was granted free agency & signed on with Oakland.
He would spend time there as well as San Francisco, Colorado, back to Kansas City , Arizona & Los Angeles as a backup catcher through the 2004 season. In 2000 he was brought in to pitch an inning by his Rockies manager Buddy Bell. He pitched a scoreless inning & became the first position player since Rocky Colavito in 1968 to earn a victory when the Rockies won it the next inning.
He is the only catcher in the entire 20th century to get credited with a win. In his two seasons back with the Royals, he was their main catcher, enjoying a good 2003 season where the team finished third after being in the wild card run all season.
Mayne finished his 15 year career with 951 hits 38 HRs 178 doubles & 403 RBIs playing in 1279 games.
In his career he posted a .993 fielding %, ranked at #18 all time. His 1143 games behind the plate are 80th all time, & his 6186 put outs are 58th all time. There have been 651 successful stolen bases on Mayne, 95th most on the all time list.
One Of The Tallest Pitchers In Baseball History: Eric Hillman (1992-1994)
John Eric Hillman was born on April 27th 1966 in Gary, Indiana. The tall six foot ten left hander was drafted by the New York Mets in the 16th round of the 1987 draft. He pitched in the minors for six years, going a best 9-2 with a 3.65 ERA leading the AAA Tidewater Tides staff in 1992.
That season he was called up to the Mets on two separate occasions, making his MLB debut in San Diego on May 18th pitching one inning of relief of Dwight Gooden. On August 11th he pitched eight innings of shutout ball, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0 at Shea Stadium earning his first win. In his next start he went into the 9th inning earning a win at San Francisco beating the Giants 5-3. He would finish the year at 2-2 taking two losses at the end of September where he allowed eleven earned runs in just four innings of work. That season he was the tallest pitcher in the big leagues along with Randy Johnson of the Seattle Mariners.
Hillman returned to the Mets in May of 1993 and was greeted to a loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. He started out 0-4 pitching in both a relief & starting role. His best outing came on July 25th when he pitched a five hit shutout at Los Angles to beat the Dodgers for his first win. He would lose his next five decisions & not earn another win until September 30th his final game of the year.
In that game he pitched a complete game one run ten hit performance against the Cardinals at Shea Stadium. He finished the year at 2-9 with a 3.79 ERA in 27 appearances. In 1994 he started out the year with Mets but quickly fell to 0-3 with a 7.79 ERA after allowing nine HRs in just eleven innings pitched. He was sent down to AAA Norfolk & went 10-1 there with a 2.86 ERA.
Hillman went on to pitch for the Chiba Lotte Marines IN 1995, pitching for manager Bobby Valentine in Japan. He went 14-9 making the All Star team winning the games MVP Award. That season he was voted to the Best Nine team. In 1997 the Yomiuri Giants purchased his contract but he only pitched six innings due to a torn rotator cuff.
He attempted to come back to pitch in the US but retired officially by 2000. In his three year career he was 4-14 with a 4.85 ERA, striking out 96 batters walking 45 while allowing 30 HRs in 232 innings pitched in 49 appearances. After his playing days he went on to work as an analyst for FSN with the Colorado Rockies (2005-2008).
Former Mets Broadcaster: Kevin Burkhardt (2007-2014)
Kevin Burkhardt was born March 2nd 1974 in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Burkhardt was a young Mets fan who idolized Mets announcer; Gary Cohen.
After graduating from William Patterson University he worked at the radio station WGHT in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey. He began to cover high school football games & New Jersey Jackals minor league games as well. Burkhardt would work selling Chevy cars at a dealership in Eatontown, New Jersey.
Quotes: Kevin Burkhardt "I thought I was good enough to make it in broadcasting, but after so many years of busting my tail, I was making $18,000 a year and working all kinds of odd hours. It just wasn't happening for me."
He sent many tapes of his work to local stations before getting a break on WCBS-AM doing part time sports reports. This led to a gig on WFAN on 20/20 updates & as a Jets reporter.
In 2007 he joined the Mets Broadcast team at the newly former SNY network. He quickly earned a reputation as a nice guy, a fine interviewer & pleasant personality becoming popular with Mets fans.
He would give live reports from around the ball park, as well as provide pre game & post game player interviews. He fit right in working with his boyhood idol; Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez & Ron Darling up in the booth. In addition to that he would also work on SNY's; Mets Hot Stove, SNY Spotlight, Sports Nite, Daily News Live & occasional Mets Spring Training games.
In 2012 he began to do pre game work & play by play coverage for the MLB on FOX & FOX Sports 1. In 2013, Burkhardt began doing NFL Football games on FOX, teaming with John Lynch & Erin Andrews as the network's #4 announce team. He is now a full time FOX NFL & MLB broadcaster.
He also covered Dallas Cowboys games for Compass Media briefly worked in Philadelphia on the Out of Bounds program. At the end of the 2014 baseball season he did his final game with the New York Mets.
After residing in Central New Jersey, Kevin his wife & son; Logan have relocated to California.
Being the good guy he is, he is now the celebrity spokesperson for the card dealership he worked for in New Jersey.
Citi Field Mets In Game Host: Christina Thompson (2015)
Christina Thompson was born in Wisconsin in 1985 & attended Vanderbilt University.
She was Miss Wisconsin & a top eight runner up in the 2008 Miss America Pageant. She appeared in the reality TV show, Miss America: Reality Check in 2008 & 2009.
She is a classical violinist who has taught classes & worked as a personal violin instructor. Thompson became a model & actress in the Chicago area before moving to New York.
Thompson is the current in game host at Citi Field for the New York Mets, doing live promotions in between innings of Met home games. She also does commercial work for the SNY network & Mets games promotions.
In addition to her Mets work, she is the On Camera host of Fast Lane Daily & co-host of Shakedown Nation on the drive network. She is trained specialist working for Bentley & Ford motor companies as well.
Her resume also includes being part of Napa Auto Parts instructional videos & on camera host of Escoffier School of Culinary Arts.
Host of SNY's Mets Insider TV Show: Alexa Datt (2015)
Alexa Datt is a freelance sports reporter on SNY network & current host of Mets Insider.
Datt began working as a Production assistant on Americas Most Wanted in 2006. From there she moved on to Comcast Sports Mid Atlantic region from 2006-2009.
In 2010 she began to do high school sports & College Basketball on Staten Island. From there she worked on Men's & Women's College basketball at Rutgers University.On SNY she also covers the Fordham Rams basketball games.
In 2013 she was hired at SNY Sports Network & was soon seen on air. She is a weekly host on the social media segment of the "Covino & Rich Show" on SNY. In addition she works on "Hitting the Streets" talking to New Yorkers about various sports issues. Datt began doing New York Mets promotional segments during Mets games advertising future events & promotions at Citi Field.
At Mets Spring Training 2015, she began doing on the field & in the dug out interviews with Mets players in Port St.Lucie, Florida. She is also the host of the Mets Insider TV program for the 2015 season.
In May of 2014 she along with Howie Rose, Branden Wellington & Rich Kaminski served as judges for Citi Field's Mets Banner Day.
Former Host of SNY's Mets Insider TV Show: Kaitlin Monte (2014)
Kaitlin Monte was born on February 9th 1989 in Pittsford, New York. She first attended Clarkson University but then graduated from the University of Tampa with a Bachelor Degree. Having grown up with three with three siblings with disabilities, she became an avid advocate for disability awareness.
After college she moved to New York City & started out in musical theater working in off Broadway shows. She also became a member of the USO Show Troupe bringing support to US military personnel, veterans & their families.
In 2011 she held the title of Miss New York & entered the 2012 Miss America competition. She finished second runner up as Miss New York & was awarded scholarships in National fitness & lifestyle. As Miss New York she selected Anti Bullying, as her personal platform.
She founded an on line petition to bring the issue of cyber bullying to state legislators. She was named the Anti-Defamation League's No Place for Hate 2012 Difference Maker of the Year for her workshop series.
Kaitlin also hosted interactive trivia on WNBC's Today in New York television show.
In 2014 Kaitlin added some beauty to the FSNY network & the Mets organization. She got the job as host of the FSNY show; Mets Insider. The show takes fans behind the scenes of the New York Mets. The show goes behind the scenes of the game with Mets players past & present, as well as other Mets oriented personalities.
In June she became the head traffic reporter for PIX 11 News from 5am -11am in the morning hours. She also has hosted a cocktail segment on the WPIX entertainment show 'Celebrity Tastemakers'. She has family in Astoria Queens, living on Ditmars Blvd. so she frequents the many restaurants & cafe's in the area.
Late 2000's Mets Catcher: Omir Santos (2009)
Omir (Rios) Santos was born on April 29th, 1981 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The big six foot 215 pound catcher, attended East Central College in Missouri.
He was selected in the 21st round of the 2001 draft, by the AL New York club. Santos spent seven years in the clubs organization, as a catcher at all minor league levels. He was released in late 2007 & signed with the Baltimore Orioles. He played in ten games at the big league level, debuting at age 27.
At the end of the year he was granted free agency & got signed by the New York Mets. He played 84 games with the AAA Norfolk Tides, batting .269 with one HR & 36 RBIs. In 2009 he began the year at AAA Buffalo, but after three games he was called up to the Mets big league club when injuries struck the catching staff, putting out Brian Schneider.
On April 17th he appeared as a pinch hitter, going 0-1 in a 5-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Two days later he got a start at Shea Stadium catching Nelson Figueroa in a 4-2 loss to the Brewers. That day he got two extra hits, a double & a triple. On April 27th, he had a huge thrill, hitting a 1st inning grand slam HR off the Florida Marlins Anibal Sanchez.
In May, he had a good month, driving in 14 runs while playing in 19 games. On May 23rd, with the Mets down 2-1 in an interleague game at Fenway Park in Boston, Santos came to bat in the 9th inning with Gary Sheffield on base. He blasted a two run game winning HR off the Red Sox Jonathan Papelbon leading to a 3-2 win. A week later he was the hero again, this time at Citi Field, hitting a walk off HR against Brian Sanches to beat the Marlins 2-1.
Santos was finding a quick success in New York after all his years in the minor leagues. On June 13th in an inter league subway series match up, Santos hit a three run HR off Andy Petitte in a 6-2 Mets win.
Santos put in a decent season, as the Mets main catcher (96 games). He hit .260 with 7 HRs 14 doubles & 40 RBIs. Behind the plate he threw out 29% of would be base stealers.
In 2010 he played just 27 games in the minor leagues & was granted free agency at the end of the year. He would get to the Detroit Tiges organization & appeared in 11 games in the 2011 season.
In 2012 he played three games at the big league level for the AL Champions Tigers. In 2013 he played Spring Training with the Cleveland Indians batting .375 in 17 games.
Short Time Member of the 1988 NL Eastern Champion Mets: Bob McClure (1988)
Robert Craig McClure was born April 29th 1952 at Oakland, California. The five foot eleven left handed pitcher, attended the College of San Mateo, getting drafted in the third round of the 1973 amateur draft.
McClure moved up quickly, finding himself in the majors by late August 1975. He debuted finishing out a 3-0 loss in Baltimore to the Orioles. On August 16th, he earned career save #1, coming against the AL New York team. In his last outing of the year he earned his first career win as well.
He spent most of 1976 in the minors & in March of 1977 was sent to the Milwaukee Brewers as a player to be named later in a deal that also sent Jamie Quirk & Jim Wohlford to the Brewers. Kansas City received Darrell Porter & Jim Colborn.
McClure would spend ten years in Milwaukee making the post season twice (1981 & 1982). He spent his first five years with the Brewers as a reliever leading the team in saves in 1978 with nine & again in 1980 with ten.
After battling arm issues most of the strike shortened 1981 season, he was ready for the playoffs, as the Brewers made their first post season appearance. He would pitch in three games of the ALDS earning a hold in Game #4.
In 1982 he was converted to a starter & found himself on one of baseballs best teams. McClure went 12-7, third on the staff of Pete Vuckovich (18-6) & Mike Cauldwell (17-13) for Harvey Kuenn's A.L. Champion "Brew Crew", also known as "Harvey's Wall Bangers".
Post Season: In the post season, he was used once again as a reliever, mostly in the closing role as future Hall of Famer; Rollie Fingers was injured. McClure would be very effective, first
In the ALCS against the California Angels, he was the Game #1 winning pitcher. He pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, as the Brwers won the game on a Cecil Cooper RBI single.
In the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals he appeared in five games, going 0-2 while earning saves in Games Four & Five.
In Game #7 it was McClure that allowed a 6th inning bases loaded single to Keith Hernandez, tying up the game. He then gave up what would be the game winning run to George Hendrick, as he took the loss. Overall in nine post season career games he is 1-2 with two saves, a hold & a 1.93 ERA.
The journeyman pitcher would go to the Montreal Expos (1986-1987) & back to Montreal in 1988. He was released & signed by the New York Mets in mid June.
McClure debuted with the Mets, on July 14th, in Atlanta getting credit for a hold in a 7-2 Mets win. On August 6th, he earned his only Mets win, pitching a scoreless 7th inning against the Pirates in Pittsburgh. On October 1st, he earned a save against the St. Louis Cardinals. He did not pitch in the Mets post season.
In his brief Mets career lasting just 2 1/2 months, he was 1-0 with a save & a 4.09 ERA in 14 appearances.
He would go to the California Angels (1989-1991) St. Louis Cardinals (1991-1992) & finish his playing career with the expansion Florida Marlins in 1993.
In a 19 year career, he was 68-57 with 52 saves. He struck out 701 batters walked 497 in 1158 innings over 698 games.
Retirement: After his pitching days he began a long career of coaching. He coached with the Colorado Rockies organization (1999-2005). He then went to the Kansas City Royals from 2006-2011.
In 2012 he was Bobby Valentines pitching coach with the Boston Red Sox, but as the team struggled he was let go in late August. He was replaced by Randy Niemann. In 2014 he was named pitching coach for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Early 2000's Mets Pitcher: Orber Moreno (2003-2004)
Orber (Aquiles) Moreno was born on April 27, 1977 in Caracas, Venezuela. The tall slender right hander was signed at the age of sixteen by the Kansas City Royals.
He would spend six years in the minors as a starter, reliever even a closer at times before debuting with the Royals in 1990. He appeared in seven games posting a 5.63 ERA with six strikeouts in eight innings of work. In 2003 he was signed by Jim Duquette & the New York Mets during Spring Training.
He went 5-1 posting a strong 1.90 ERA in 38 games at AAA Norfolk, getting a September call up to Shea Stadium. He debuted on September 3rd in a game against the Braves & was greeted with a two run HR by Javier Lopez, but he got no decision in the 9-3 loss. He had another rough outing in Florida as the Marlins tagged him for four runs & in seven games he posted a 7.88 ERA on the season.
In 2004 he made the club after a good Spring Training, and in the second game of the season was greeted with a two run double from Atlanta's Andruw Jones in the wild 18-10 Braves win. Moreno earned his first save two days later in Montreal. AT the end of Mat he got his first career win, pitching two innings of scoreless relief in Philadelphia.
On July 4th he came into a subway series game at Shea Stadium, ahead 5-4 in the 8th inning. But he blew the lead allowing two hits & the tying run to score. He was saved by Ty Wiggington who hit a dramatic 8th inning HR, giving Moreno credit for the Met victory. He would earn one more win before getting demoted at the end of the month.
He went 3-1 with a 3.38 ERA in 33 appearances that season but never pitched in the major leagues again. He finished his MLB career at 3-1 in 47 games with a 4.44 ERA. He pitched in the minors through 2008, then in the Mexican League in 2009 & the Independent League in 2010.
Former Italian / American Eighties Pitcher: John Cerutti (1985-1991)
John Joseph Cerutti was born on April 28th 1960 at Albany, New York. The six foot two, left handed pitcher attended Amherst College. He was a first round draft pick of the Toronto Blue Jays in 1981, the 21st pick overall.
He got a cup of coffee in 1985 going 0-2 in four games with a 5.40 ERA. The next season he went 9-4 establishing himself as a solid pitcher. He was mostly a starter but used in a relief role as well. This was the case in his entire seven year career.
In 1987 he won a career high 11 games (11-4) with a .733 winning % (second best in the AL). After a 6-7 season in 1988, he rebounded for the First place AL Eastern Champion Jays in 1989.
On June 7th, 1989 he made Blue Jays history, recording the teams first win at the newly opened SkyDome, as he beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2.
On the year he matched his career high, eleven wins but lost eleven games as well. Cerutti posted a 3.07 ERA (9th in the AL) putting up career highs in innings (205) & starts (31). He made two post season appearances, mopping up losses to the Oakland Athletics.
In 1991 he signed with the Detroit Tigers going 3-6 with two saves in 38 games. Injuries cut his career short, as he played 1992 & 1995 in the minor leagues before retiring. In a seven year career he was 49-43 with four saves, posting a 3.94 ERA in 229 games (116 starts).
Retirement: Cerutti became a broadcaster for the Toronto Blue Jays on CBC & the new Rogers Sportsnet as well.
Passing: He was scheduled to work the final game of the Blue Jays 2004 season, but had missed an 11:00 meeting. After he could not be reached, the police were called & broke open his hotel room door.
He was found dead, passing from natural causes due to heart arrhythmia. He was 44 years old.
Honors: John Cerutti was known and admired for his exemplary character, good will, and sportsmanship. The former Good Guy Award was named after him in Toronto.
Italian / American Baseball Commissioner: Bart Giamatti (1989)
Angelo Bartlett Giamatti was born on April 4, 1938 in Edgartown, Massachusetts on Martha's Vineyard. His grandfather had emigrated from Naples, Italy in early 1900 & his father became an Italian language teacher at Mount Holyoke College. Bartlett grew up in Wakefield , Massachusetts outside of the Springfield area. He attended his junior year in high school overseas in Rome. He returned to attend Yale University, eventually becoming the Yale University from 1976 to 1986.
He was a lifelong die hard Red Sox fan who once said, all he ever wanted to be was "President of the American League". In 1986 he became President of the National League overseeing the Mets win the World Series.
He suspended Pete Rose in April of 1988 after he shoved Umpire Dave Pallone. During the NLCS between the Dodgers & Mets he suspended L.A. pitcher Jay Howell after he was caught using pine tar. The executives in MLB loved the way Giamatti enforced rules, something he learned by fighting the unions at Yale.
Three years later in 1989, he became the Commissioner of Major League Baseball succeeding Peter Ueberroth. Giamatti helped the game become more fan friendly at ball parks, a strong belief he felt needed to be improved. He made the umpires strictly enforce the balk rule which had become very lax. He also helped support the issue of promoting minorities to positions of managers & executives in baseball.
In August of 1989 with all the scandals of Pete Rose going on, it was Giamatti who worked out a voluntary agreement with Rose. The Dowd report had been submitted to the Commissioner showing bank, phone & betting records proving Rose had bet on his own team while serving as manager.
Giamatti worked out a deal which ended the betting scandal for Rose by permanently banning him from the game avoiding any further punishment.
The one thing baseball has always frowned upon since the days of the 1919 Chicago Black Sox scandal, was gambling within the game. Giamatti was determined to maintain the integrity of the game.
Eight days later, Giamatti passed away from a massive heart attack at age 51 while at his home on Martha's Vineyard. He was known as a heavy smoker & many people believed the stress of the Pete Rose scandal added to his heat attack. He had served just five months in office before his friend Fay Vincent took over the position.
The 1989 World Series was dedicated to him in his honor. The research center at the Baseball Hall of Fame was named the Giamatti Research Center.& The Little League complex in Bristol, CT, home town of ESPN is also named in his honor.
His son Paul Giamatti is a successful actor who has appeared in Donnie Brasco, Howard Stern's Private Parts, My Best Friend's Wedding, The Truman Show, Saving Private Ryan, Planet of the Apes, The Cradle Will Rock, Big Mommas House & John Adams.
Early Seventies Mets Outfield Prospect: Greg Harts (1973)
Gregory Rudolph Harts was born April 21, 1950 at Atlanta, Georgia. The six foot tall, speedy left handed Harts, was signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1970. In 1972 Harts stole 22 bases with 23 doubles 4 HRs & 18 RBIs while batting .286 at A ball Visalia. He closed out the season at AA Memphis & returned there in 1973. That year he hit .263 stealing just eight bases but hit 23 doubles in 133 games played.
He got a September call up, during the heat of the Mets tight pennant race. He made his MLB debut as a pinch hitter on September 15, 1973 in the second game of a double header, during a 7-0 loss to the Chicago Cubs. He got the honor of getting a hit in his first career at bat, a fifth inning single off Rick Reuschel. However, he only had one other at bat that week, and the appeared as a pinch runner in his last game on September 20, 1973.
Primarily an outfielder, he never played the field with Mets, and after not cracking an outfield position in 1974, actually tried to become a pitcher, but that didn't work out either. He played in the Mets system through 1975 making it as far as AAA Tidewater for 35 games that season, but only hit .184. He retired from the game & moved on becoming another early seventies yearbook prospect that never quite made it. At the plate he went 1-1 lifetime good for a .500 average.
Mets Win 11th Straight To Tie Franchise Record
A great day at Citi Field today as the Mets tie a franchise record with their 11th win in a row. Great fun with DarthMaz, Uncle Frankie (UF) & Freddie. Ran into my buddy from Dave's Mets Dugout, met Citi Field in game host: Christina Thompson & won Zac Brown Band Tixx playing name that City on the Jumbotron.
with Citi Field Mets Host Christina Thompson
DarthMaz- UF & Fred
with Dave of Dave Mets Dugout
1954 World Champion New York Giants Pitcher: Jim Hearn (1950-1956)
Jim Tolbert Hearn was born on April 11, 1921 in Atlanta, Georgia. The big six foot, five inch right handed pitcher, was known as "Jumbo Jim" because of his size.
He attended Georgia Tech University and signed with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1942. Hearn then served three years in military service during World War II. He returned to pitch in the minor leagues by 1946, & making it to the Cardinal staff in 1947.
He had a solid rookie year pitching in 37 games going 12-7 with a 3.22 ERA. In 1948 he was 8-6, as his ERA rose to 4.22. He then struggled due to a lack of confidence over the next two seasons. getting placed on waivers in mid 1950.
The New York Giants picked him up and their pitching coach, Frank Shellenback, taught him to throw a sinker ball. Hearn improved to become one of the league's top pitchers the rest of the season.
He went 11-4 and led the league in ERA (2.49) & shut outs (5). He struck out 58 batters , his highest season total so far, pitching in 134 innings allowing 44 walks.
In the Giants 1951 Pennant season, he won 17 games (ninth in the league) as the number three man in a sensational rotation, behind twenty game winners Sal Maglie & Larry Jansen. His .654 winning % & 34 starts were both sixth best in the league.
From July through the end of the season he was 11-4 throwing four complete games lowering his ERA by over a run. In that stretch he pitched six complete games & beat the rival Brooklyn Dodgers three times against two losses. Hearn helped the Giants in their remarkable comeback from 13½-games behind Brooklyn to catch the Dodgers & force a three game playoff.
According to Hearn: ''The only pressure was on the pitching staff, we were just plain worn out; our arms were hanging dead. In those last four games of the season we gave up a total of four runs, pitching with two days' rest. That, to me, is the Miracle of Coogan's Bluff.''
Post Season: Hearn was the starting pitcher of Game #1 of the 1951 playoffs, played at Ebbetts Field, Hearn had a ligament strain in his side. After each inning, the team trainer would apply hot ointment to ease the pain.
In that first game Hearn beat Ralph Branca & the Dodgers 3-1. He pitched a five hit complete game, allowing just one run, which was a solo HR to Andy Pafko. In the final game he was warming up in the bullpen as Bobby Thompson hit his dramatic game winning pennant clinching HR.
Hearn remembers: ''I saw Duke Snider on his knees in center, pounding his glove on the grass. That's when I took off for home plate. It was just the greatest thrill of my life.''
In the 1951 World Series, Hearn was the winner in Game #3 at the Polo Grounds. Although he walked eight batters in 7.2 innings of work, he only allowed one run. He pitched in two Series games allowing only the one earned run in 8.2 innings of work, good enough for a 1.04 ERA.
In 1952 Hearn came back to win 14 games going 14-7, while coming in the league's top ten in wins again. He posted a 3.78 ERA although he gave up a lot of hits (208) walks (97) & runs (113) among the most in the league.
He was also the league's top fielding pitcher with a perfect .1000 fielding %. He pitched in 223 innings (tenth in the league) & made his first All Star appearance. As the Giants fell to fifth place in 1953 Hearn posted a 9-12 losing record.
In the 1954 Championship season, Hearn pitched both as a starter & reliever going 8-8 with two shut outs & a save. He did not pitch in the World Series sweep of the Cleveland Indians.
In 1955 Hearn came back to win 14 games (5th in the league) but lost 16 (2nd most in the league). He pitched a career high 226 innings, posting a 3.73 ERA while striking 86 batters.
That season he hit two HRs at the plate, one was an inside the parker. Interestingly since 1955 only eight pitchers have hit inside the park HRs, Hearn himself hit two in his career.
After falling to 5-11 in 1956 he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies where he pitched for three seasons as a reliever. In his seven seasons in New York he went 78-56 with a 3.81 ERA getting to two World Series. In three seasons with the Phillies he was 10-4 with three saves.
On May 10th, 1959 while pitching in a relief in a game that would be suspended he he tore a back ligament. At age 38 he was given his release & forced to retire. That suspended game resumed two weeks later & Hearn became the pitcher of record even though he was no longer active.
Overall in his 13 season career, Hearn went 109- 89 with eight saves. He posted a 3.81 ERA, striking out 669 batters while walking 665 in 1703 innings pitching in 396 games.
Retirement: Hearn was an excellent golfer, and after his baseball career opened a golf school in Atlanta, Georgia. After retiring to Florida, he passed away in 1998 at age 77 in Boca Grande, Florida.
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ONCE HAPPN'D, TIS A THING. TWICE HAPPN'D, TIS A TRADITION!
SeptembARRRRR 16th be the day n' th' hour to come to th' dance dressed like a scurvy pirate! We gunna kick up our heels 'n make merry like the swashbucklers we be! 'Tis a tradition!
International Talk Like A Pirate Day is September 19. Dressing like a scurvy pirate at the dance is optional.
Doug Singleton is a long time caller active in the Atlanta Contra community.
Brace yourself for a "contra dance wall of sound" of French Canadian, New England and Southern music. Tallahassee's own Tom Greene will be calling the dances to the music of Possum Trot, an inter-generational band that "blends the new and the old" in a swashbuckling sensation.
Comes When Called' promises to "delight dance floor denizens" with their Celtic, modern and old-time tunes.
With a lot of spring in her step, Vicki Morrison calls for us in her continued work for World Peace through contra dance.
• John McEwen – percussion, Irish banjo, tenor guitar, mandolin.
A collision of classical strings and African rhythms is just half of the musical storm blowing your way when Category Five returns to Gainesville. The storm force builds with their high energy jigs and reels - just in time to dance off a day of feasting.


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awangarda filmowa - historia, must see!
powojenna amerykańska awangarda filmowa
dir. Chuck Workman / USA 2010 / 93'
Jonas Mekas, Andy Warhol, Kenneth Anger, Peter Kubelka, Norman Mailer, Robert Downey, Su Friedrich, David Lynch, Amy Taubin, Fred Camper
In 1969, Jonas Mekas, Stan Brakhage, Peter Kubelka, Jerome Hill and P. Adams Sitney established the now legendary Anthology Film Archives to collect and present the most important achievements in auteur, independent and avant-garde cinema.
Visionaries is more than mere homage to the extraordinary persona of Mekas and exceptional archive that Workman's documentary refers to as the 'cathedral of film.' It is, above all, a synthetic story of American's postwar film avant-garde as developed by Andy Warhol, Stan Brakhage, Peter Kubelka, Chris Marker, Kenneth Anger, Norman Mailer, Robert Downey, Su Friedrich, and Mekas. Workman also shows that their experimental films have roots in the European experimental films of the 1920s and 30s, and provides examples of how postwar American artists such as Ralph Steiner, Joseph Cornell, and Maya Darren continued these traditions.
Workman's film is saturated with countless snippets of historic experimental films, interviews with the most important artists of the postwar avant-garde (Warhol, Anger, Brakhage, Kubelka, Downey, Mailer), as well as critic commentary (Amy Taubin and Fred Camper). The film attempts to answer the question on the essence of the art that is avant-garde film and why, as Mekas says, making the art of film is an 'absolute necessity.'
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Polariton superfluid is predicted to be a state of the exciton-polaritons system that combines the characteristics of lasers with those of excellent electrical conductors. Researchers look for this state in a solid state optical microcavity coupled with quantum well excitons. The idea is to create an ensemble of particles known as exciton-polaritons and trap them.
Wave behavior in this state results in a light beam similar to that from a laser but possibly more energy efficient.

Unlike traditional superfluids that need temperatures of approximately ~4 K, the polariton superfluid could in principle be stable at much higher temperatures, and might soon be demonstrable at room temperature. Evidence for polariton superfluidity was reported in by Alberto Amo and coworkers, based on the suppressed scattering of the polaritons during their motion.

Although several other researchers are working in the same field, the terminology and conclusions are not completely shared by the different groups. In particular, important properties of superfluids, such as zero viscosity, and of lasers, such as perfect optical coherence, are a matter of debate. Although, there is clear indication of quantized vortices when the pump beam has orbital angular momentum.
Furthermore, clear evidence has been demonstrated also for superfluid motion of polaritons, in terms of the Landau criterion and the suppression of scattering from defects when the flow velocity is slower than the speed of sound in the fluid.
The same phenomena have been demonstrated in an organic exciton polariton fluid, representing the first achievement of room-temperature superfluidity of a hybrid fluid of photons and excitons.

See also
 Bose–Einstein condensation of polaritons

References

External links
 YouTube animation explaining what is polariton in a semiconductor micro-resonator.
 Description of the experimental research on polariton fluids at the Institute of Nanotechnologies.

Phases of matter
Superfluidity


Here's a quick (it's not quick at all), awesome story: The South rose. Lincoln freed the slaves. Epic ownage on the American frontier. The South loses. Whites and blacks live in perfect harmony, bathed in the sweet, slippery slope of equal rights.
I'm probably one of the few black people to set foot in every white fraternity house on this campus.
Hey now, Xavier, you're just being silly. When you came here as a freshman, you got kicked out of a fraternity house party when you walked in their backyard. The bouncer tried to eat you, but sweet, baby Jesus had you on cruise control to live. If their non-Caucasian radar went off when they were intoxicated, surely, there is no way you could've waltzed into each of their houses.
That's where you're wrong, ill-devised, imaginary devil's advocate. I pulled a reverse racist politician trick; I had a white friend.
As a high schooler, I had a pretty vague understanding of the greek system. My family was steeped in the historically black greek tradition, but its influence on my childhood was subtle. I had been accepted to other universities, but Alabama soon became my top choice. I yearned for distance from my family, but not enough to completely shed my cloth of adolescence. During the summer, my friend asked if I'd like to attend summer rush (or whatever it's called) to preview greek life on campus. I politely declined, considering my time staring into the deep depths of my ceiling more prudent. He eventually caught my attention when he showed me the online preview that stated students would be introduced to black greek organizations, as well. This was an enormously robust lie by the University, but digging further into that is irrelevant.
I arrived on campus that weekend to find myself in one of the most dubious positions imaginable. The future pledges were dressed in a uniform manner: slacks, boat shoes and a nice collared shirt. What was I in? Khaki cut-offs, Jordans and a shirt with the letters "Coogi" inscribed on the front (Lord help me, I'm so happy my fashion sense has changed).
I was the only black person in a sea of future Republican candidates. And yes, everyone noticed. I was stuck on the tour. No one would've been brash enough to ask that one black guy to wait outside each house while they spoke to everyone else. So, for the first and last time, I was allowed to set foot in every fraternity house on Old Row and New Row. I even saw a guy fall off a makeshift waterslide and go unconscious, but that's also beside the point.
The houses were regal. At least the parts kept up for alumni. The back houses, where they partied, reeked of beer and vomit. The sun seemed to incubate the smell. Each house had a plethora of pictures dating well beyond the 50s and 60s dedicated to their members. The majority of the staff was black, save a few of the women cooking in the kitchen.
Let me make this clear: I was treated well. No one was racist or belligerent towards me. I was just there. I even met another black guy who was a part of one of the fraternities, leading me to assume I was not the first to make this trek.
This entire fiasco did not strike me as newsworthy until recently, when I told a friend of the awkward situation. So, yeah, that's another accomplishment we can put on the books for black achievement at UA, I guess.
Xavier Burgin is a senior majoring in New College and studying film production. His column runs bi-weekly on Thursdays.


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Latin America 2020 winners announced
5 November 2020 - London, UK
World Travel Awards has announced the leading travel and tourism brands in Latin America for 2020.
Winners include Chile – with its dazzling array of natural wonders – voted 'South America's Leading Destination'.
Mexico won a raft of destination awards, including Tulum ('Mexico & Central America's Leading Beach Destination'); Puerto Morelos ('Mexico's Leading Adventure Tourism Destination'); Rio Secreto ('Mexico & Central America's Leading Nature Reserve); and Mazatlán – with its tropical neoclassical architecture and a paradise beach – was named 'Mexico & Central America's Leading City Destination'.
The mesmerizing beauty of the Atacama Desert was recognized with the award for 'South America's Most Romantic Destination'. The rapidly-emerging tourism hotspot of Guayaquil, Ecuador was named 'South America's Leading City Destination'. Whilst another tourism rising star, Santiago de Cali, Colombia was declared 'South America's Leading Emerging Tourism Destination'.
In the hospitality sector, Sofitel Legend Santa Clara Cartagena won 'South America's Leading Hotel' and Wyndham Guayaquil, Ecuador walked away with 'South America's Leading City Hotel'. Grand Fiesta Americana Coral Beach Cancun, Mexico picked up 'Mexico & Central America's Leading Hotel' and Gaia Hotel & Reserve, Costa Rica was voted 'Mexico & Central America's Leading Green Hotel'.
In the aviation sector, LATAM was named 'South America's Leading Airline' whilst Copa Airlines scooped 'Mexico & Central America's Leading Airline'.
New arrival on the Peruvian luxury hospitality scene, CIRQA - Relais & Châteaux, which is set in a medieval monastery and surrounded by snow-capped volcanoes, was voted 'South America's Leading New Hotel'.
The results follow a year-long search for the world's top travel, tourism and hospitality brands. Votes were cast by travel industry professionals and the public, with the nominee gaining the most votes in a category named as the winner.
Graham Cooke, Founder, World Travel Awards, says: "Our winners represent the very best of Latin America's travel and tourism sector and my congratulations to each of them. They have all demonstrated remarkable resilience in a year of unprecedented challenges."
He adds: "The World Travel Awards 2020 programme received a record number of votes cast by the public. This shows that the appetite for travel and tourism has never been stronger and bodes well for the industry's future as the global recovery begins."
Other winners include Machu Picchu, Peru ('South America's Leading Tourist Attraction'); Colombia ('South America's Leading Culinary Destination'); Explora ('South America's Leading Expedition Company'); Barceló Hotels & Resorts ('Mexico & Central America's Leading Hotel Brand'); Avis ('Mexico & Central America's Leading Car Rental Company'); and FCM Travel Solutions ('Mexico & Central America's Leading Travel Management Company').
For a full list of winners visit here.
For more information about World Travel Awards, visit worldtravelawards.com.
About World Travel Awards
WTA was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry.
Today, the WTA brand is recognized globally as the ultimate hallmark of quality, with winners setting the benchmark to which all others aspire.
Each year, WTA covers the globe with a series of regional gala ceremonies staged to recognize and celebrate individual and collective success within each key geographical region.
WTA gala ceremonies are widely regarded as the best networking opportunities in the travel industry, attended by government and industry leaders, luminaries and international print and broadcast media.
For more information about WTA visit worldtravelawards.com.
Latin America Winners Day 2020
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Black Bear Lacrosse Club Team Tryouts for the 2019-2020 Season are set for Tuesday July 23rd, Wednesday July 24th, and Thursday July 25th For rising 9th grade (Class of 2023) through 2nd Grade (Class of 2030). See link in below to register. Black Bear is committed to offering families quality coaching and instruction with a goal of developing better lacrosse players to compete at the highest level they desire.
Their will be a LIMITED Tryout on Wednesday July 31st 6:30-8pm for spots on the 2021 and 2022 Club Teams.
CONFLICT DATE: Can't Make Our July 23-25th Tryouts? Black Bear will be holding their 2nd Tryout for Class of 2023 through 2030 club teams on Saturday August 10th and Sunday August 11th between 4-8pm
Boys tryout dates and times
All Tryouts on JULY 23RD-24TH-25TH AND AUGUST 10TH-11TH will be held at Phoenixville EARLY LEARNING CENTER 1 PHANTOM WAY PHOENIXVILLE PA 19460. Dates and Times listed:
2023 (9th grade)
JULY 25TH 6:30-8pm or august 10th 6-7:30pm
JULY 23RD 6:30-8PM or august 10th 4-5:30pm
2029/30 (3rd/2nd grade) JULY 23RD 6:30-8PM or august 11th 4-5:30pm
*ROSTER FOR 2029/30 IS CAPPED AT 18 PLAYERS
Fall Program (YOUTH)
PRACTICE DATES: 9/8, 9/15, 9/22, 9/29 BETWEEN 2PM-5PM PRACTICE DATES: 10/6, 10/13, 10/20 TIMES TBD
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2 tournaments OCTOBER 27TH & NOVEMBER 2-3RD (2029/30 no tournaments focus is on skill development)
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Winter Program (Optional)
2 Philly Face Off Instructional Clinics @ASC DATES tbd
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Summer Program (YOUTH 2025-2030)
12 90 MINUTES team practices @PHOENIXVILLE HS
2-4 tournaments (depends on team Grade level)
2 Philly Face Off Instructional Clinics
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