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My Purdue: A Video Diary, Part 1
Here is a video blog, my first ever, but more to come! Thanks! Writing is not just a job...I do it for free!
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A Game of Thrones: TV's greatest epic is back, here's why
I was never an epic fantasy reader per say. I did read Terry Brook's Shannara series which I always thought could translate well to film with the right director, screenplay, and actors. Pretty much......
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Best TV Shows Ever Watched: My Top 15 (no order)
Following the prior post, I thought of the thousands of hours of shows I have wasted time on in my life. Roughly 3 hours per day for 333 days/year x 35 years = 35,000 hours rounded. 4 years, or......
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Star Trek Into Darkness: Enterprise Going to Warp 9.9
Star Trek Into Darkness timeline begins anew the saga of the Starship Enterprise. Captain James Tiberius Kirk likely has been captain for a couple of years when terrorist John Harrison (expertly......
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Crisis in Egypt: Fear of Another Revolution
The African Spring of 2011 has a good chance of perpetual eruptions as Egypt finds itself faced with economic collapse due to money constraints that affect energy and food priorities. From the New......
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The Artful Tax Dodger: $21T in Cash Stuffed into Your Favorite Vacation Locales
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) obtained a telling hard drive of 2.5 million files on worldwide tax havens that operate to evade (or more nicely, avoid) taxes to...
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Star Trek Into Darkness: USS Vengeance & Fish
This is my 2nd preview review. Say that fast. Spock is in a volcano attempting to detonate a volcano-stopping device. Audiences get a visual upgrade and design flow of the command deck of the......
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Cubs Trader Django: The 2013 Turning Point for Theo & Co.
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Matt Garza vs. Ricky Nolasco: The tail of the tape from their July 3rd games
Tonight was likely a showcase of the two most sought after pitchers of the 2013 Trade deadline. Both pitched against top of their division teams. Garza faced the leagues' most patient lineup... Writing...
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Shipping off Soriano to LA: Can he stand to play for a winner?
Alfonso Soriano has 1-1/3 years left as a big league player. He garnered a long-term deal that has been to his benefit, but not necessarily to the Cubs, since they have been attempting to move him......
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2013 MLB Mid-season Predictions & Review: Trades and Winning
We've reached the All-Star break and some story lines have unfolded. Biogenesis. Yasiel Puig. Patrick Corbin. The Dodgers, the new Yankees. The Yankees, the new budget conscience Yankees. Young......
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The 2014 Cubs: Where Do We Go From Here?
The 2013 Cubs season was about its fire sale in July and international investments towards its future. It required sacrificing a team that was not bad, statistically speaking, aside from a few key......
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Matt Garza vs. Ricky Nolasco: The tail of the tape from their July 3rd games
Tonight was likely a showcase of the two most sought after pitchers of the 2013 Trade deadline. Both pitched against top of their division teams. Garza faced the leagues' most patient lineup... Writing...
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We don't really need more education: Wall Street Journal editorialist Richard...
I began reading the Wall Street Journal regularly (for me). I am usually a New York Times fan, but both are long slogs to read for all the potential information an MBA might like to know. But......
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My 1st Online Class: EdX, Age of Globalization
This post comes from my first online class at EdX, a free online course offering taught by John Hoberman on Globalization. This is what I think globalization has done at the intersection of my life......
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Cubs 2014 Manager: Joe Girardi, if the PRICE is RIGHT
Note to Cubs MGMT Team: Joe Girardi and his resume is EXACTLY what the Cubs need. As Ken Rosenthal quipped in this report: You met Kim when you both were at Northwestern. You were the Cubs’... Writing...
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TV Economics of Baseball: Bubble of Money Will Drive Up Salaries And Burst
Your Dollars At Work To Fuel A Bubble Unless you have been in a coma since 2008, you have heard that the U.S. Fed has employed quantitative easing (QE) to increase liquidity for their BFFs: the U.S.......
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FA OF Analysis: David Murphy, Curtis Granderson, Chris Young, Rajai Davis
The Tales of the Tape for 4 FA OFs Curtis Granderson (left) pulls more hits, given Yankee Stadium in 2012-13; Murphy more spray, but power to Left Center in this 275 feet or greater hit/ out chart......
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2013-14 Hot Stove: The Starting Pitcher Options
Since it would be inordinately difficult to post on 10-15 options in the market, and all the statistical analysis or insights, I have decided to put this up at DOC STOC and below. It details the......
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Hitting Instructor Wanted: Barry Lamar Bonds
It's been awhile. Since I could hold my head up high... Barry Bonds was locked in a battle with Major League Baseball for the last decade. He was followed around by ESPN's Pedro Gomez. The... Writing...
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