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By TOM COYNE, Associated Press
NOTRE DAME, Ind. (AP) – Kayla McBride has a knack for coming up big in Notre Dame's toughest games.
She scored a career-high 21 points in a 1-point win at Connecticut in January, topped that with 26 points in a triple overtime victory over the Huskies in South Bend earlier this month to clinch the BIG EAST regular-season title, and then had 23 points against UConn in the league's tournament title game and was named the tournament's most outstanding player. She has scored at least 15 points in 11 of Notre Dame's 12 games against ranked opponents this season.
"I think my teammates just depend on me more in those games," McBride said. "I feel like I have to be at my best. I try to be at my best every game, but when we're in top competition I love to be at the top of my game."
It wasn't that way all season, though. Last season McBride was in more of a supporting role, a player who would occasionally provide an offensive spark and who was one of the team's best defenders. Coming into this season, she knew she had to become more of a dependable scorer.
The 5-11 junior slumped in midseason, making 25 percent of her shots during a four-game streak when she averaged 8.5 points a game. The low-point came at Tennessee, when she was 4-of-18 shooting for nine points.
"I think I was trying to do a little too much, kind of playing outside myself," she said. "I was taking shots I wasn't comfortable taking."
Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw believes McBride was putting too much pressure on herself.
"She wasn't really relaxed and letting the game come to her," McGraw said. "She was trying too hard and mentally overthought things. So I think it was good for her to just relax and let the game come to her."
McBride bounced back the following game against Cincinnati, by making her first seven shots and scoring 17 of her 19 points in the first half and has been steady ever since, averaging 16 points a game on 46.7 percent shooting. She has made 81 of 88 free throws this year, or 92 percent of her attempts.
"Her mid-range jumper is unstoppable. I think that's her bread and butter," McGraw said. "She's going to the basket more. I'd like her to be getting to the free-throw line a little bit more than she is right now. But I think her ability to put the ball on the floor and create her own shot has really improved."
She has been at the top of her game for the past month, scoring 22 points or more in six of Notre Dame's last eight games, including a career-high 28 points against Iowa on Tuesday. She had 24 points in the first half and finished with a career-high four 3-pointers.
McGraw said the Irish haven't been trying to get the ball to McBride more, she's just making her shots and point guard Skylar Diggins has been finding her more because of it.
"We're a team that takes what we get. Somebody gets the hot hand early, we stick with them and try to get them the ball as much as we can. That's where Skylar's so great. She sees what's happening in the game, sees who is open, who has the hot hand and she wants to run stuff for them."
The Irish (33-1) have won a school-record 28 straight games heading into their game Sunday against 12th-seeded Kansas (20-13) in Norfolk, Va.
McGraw attributes McBride's late-season success to growing confidence after being overshadowed by some upperclassmen last season.
"I think she feels like, 'This is my time," McGraw said. "She wants a bigger role, and she's stepping up and taking it."


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Got a worn-out small-block sitting under your weekend cruiser's hood? Or is your 350 running fine, but just not putting out enough torque to satisfy? Sounds like you need a fresh mill with more cubic inches. There are a few options on how to get one. If you have the dough to spend, you can very easily get a shop to build and install a fresh big-cube engine for you, soup to nuts. If you're willing to do a little more work, you can save some funds by pulling that tired engine yourself and dropping in a fresh stroked crate motor.
The final option to consider is pulling that old mill and rebuilding it on your own. Done correctly, the do-it-yourself method can save you thousands, provided you've got the time and patience to put an engine together from scratch. We're about to do just that, with an eye toward achieving the lowest dollar-per-horsepower ratio humanly possible out of a small-block Chevy. Aside from the cash savings, we'll show you that rebuilding a small-block and adding displacement isn't as difficult as you might imagine-and it could actually be fun.
The foundation of our build will be a rotating assembly made by Bakersfield, California-based Powerhouse Engine Components. This self-professed "home of the 383 stroker kit" retails some of the most affordable small-block engine assemblies in the country, and this fits the theme for our build perfectly. We were intrigued by the bargain basement prices we saw quoted in its ads. Just how much Mouse could we build on an editor's budget? (We should note that if you're intimidated by the build techniques shown in this story, Powerhouse also sells affordable complete long-blocks that carry a three-year unlimited mileage warranty. See the company website, enginekits.com, for all of its product offerings.)
Any do-it-yourselfer will need some tools to help him or her in an engine assembly endeavor, so we've enlisted the help of Comp's tool division, Powerhouse Products (no relation to Powerhouse Engine Components). You'll see some of the company's reasonably-priced tools highlighted along the way, and boy do they come in handy. Other manufacturers like ARP have signed on to help out with some strong-yet-affordable items, and don't be surprised to see a few others when we continue this build in subsequent issues. That said, on to the short-block.
The niftiest rotating assembly in the world is nothing without an engine casing to put it in. We decided the added stress of a longer-throw crank would make a 4-bolt 350 block appropriate, so $200 grabbed us one from local Jersey shop RPM Performance Engines. Another $514.27 got us a full cleaning, 0.030 overbore, align hone, and cam bearings and plugs installed.
Pre-assembly is probably the most important process in an engine build, and the fact that our block had been align-honed made verifying bearing clearances even more critical. We first pop the upper shells in place in the block. Our cast 3.75-inch crankshaft is what will give us the extra 33 cubes over what a stock 3.48-stroke crank affords, and here we carefully drop it atop our bearings (which are left dry for the moment-we're not spinning the crank over yet).
Tried and true, Plastigage has been the bearing clearance measuring tool of both pros and do-it-yourselfers for quite some time. A strip is carefully cut and placed across the width of each main journal, and the main caps then torqued atop. With the caps removed, we note a bearing clearance between 0.0015 and 0.002 of an inch for all mains, which is within Powerhouse's recommended acceptable range. The procedure for measuring rod bearing clearances is virtually identical, and with these steps done, we can pull the crank back out of the block.
We're not through checking bearings clearances just yet, because while out-of round crank journals might measure up just fine with Plastigauge, they'll deliver uneven tolerances around the journal circumference. A micrometer kit like Powerhouse Products' PN POW152004 will help you achieve precision measurements down to one ten thousandth of an inch for only $109.
We weren't worried too much about the roundness of our journals since we were using a new crankshaft, but those who might be using remanufactured or turned cranks in their strokers should definitely double-check theirs.
The other half of the clearance equation is rotating clearances, that is, making sure your rotating assembly will spin in the block without hitting anything. While good practice in any engine assembly, this step is doubly important when installing a larger-than-stock crankshaft, as is the case here. After cleaning all main bearings of Plastigauge residue and lubricating them with oil, the crank is reinstalled and tightened in place (using some old main bolts for now). After the thrust bearing is properly set, it will spin; if not, you probably need an align honing.
A Pro Crankshaft Turning Socket from Powerhouse Products (PN POW103050, $26.25) makes an easy task out of spinning a small-block's crank-and there will be quite a bit of it to do both during pre-assembly fitting as well as final assembly. Its knurled removable nut also means a degree wheel can be easily attached, a feature that we'll use to our benefit next time.
This Powerhouse kit uses press-fit piston pins, so installing the rods on the pistons is not possible without the appropriate machinery. We took ours to our machine shop and had it done for $42.81 with tax. This takes a step out of the assembly process for the do-it-yourselfer, but also costs a few more bucks.
With some lube on the cylinder walls, the piston/rod assemblies for cylinders 1 and 2 are installed one at a time (no rings are necessary for now, but lubed rod bearings are a must). Having both rods on each crank journal will hold the rods where they're going to ride while the engine is running. Otherwise, the rods can shift and you'll get a false clearance reading between the rod nuts and the block. Also, don't just use two arbitrary piston/rod assemblies and swap them between cylinders: manufacturing variation makes each unique, so mark each one so that it can be placed in the same location during both pre-assembly and final assembly.
Upon spinning the engine over, we noted some close calls between the rod nuts and the engine block just above the oil pan rails. Though most blocks have factory notches in this area (as this one does), they often aren't deep enough to clear the rods when a larger crank is installed. We'll note this interference area with a magic marker so that some light grinding can be done later-we'll hit the nuts a little as well. This process must be repeated on each and every cylinder with that cylinder's particular piston/rod assembly installed.
Before marking clearances on the rest of the cylinders, we take a peek into the cam tunnel and make an important discovery: the rods of cylinders 1 and 2 protrude into the cam tunnel substantially, making contact with cam lobes a distinct possibility. This is yet another important concern when building a stroker, as the increased crank throw pushes the rods closer to the cam. Though engine outfits like Powerhouse often clearance these areas of the rod for you (you can see the ground surfaces here on each rod), it's still a good idea to double-check. We therefore decided we'll need to install the cam and leave it in while we check clearances for all the rods.
After rotating the crank to get the rods for cylinders 1 and 2 out of the way, the cam bearings are lightly lubed and our cam is carefully slid into the block. Since we're just checking clearances here, the flat-tappet cam lobes are left dry for now. During final assembly, they'll of course need moly lube for proper break-in.
Cam-lobe-to-rod clearance can only be properly assessed when the crank and cam are turning in correct phase with one another, so our timing chain needs to go on. Crank sprockets can sometimes be difficult to install, and it's a bad idea to just hammer it on.
Our PN POW101525 Crank Gear Installation Tool from Powerhouse Products is inexpensive ($15.95) and easy to use: a run-of-the-mill harmonic balancer installer tool is used in conjunction to press the sprocket on safely and evenly.
The crank and cam are turned so that the dots on their respective sprockets line up vertically, and the cam sprocket and double-roller chain can slip on (more on the timing chain and cam we've chosen next time). We used some old bolts because this author forgot to purchase cam bolts for this project ... we'll have them in our hands for next time.
Because clearances can change as an engine is warm and/or operating at high rpm, simply installing piston/rod assemblies one at a time and turning the crank over may not reveal any rod-to-cam interference whatsoever. But add a fast-spinning, hot crank into the mix, and you may get slight crank expansion and stretch and make contact. Therefore, a thin layer of clay, in this case, Play-Doh, is applied to the cam lobes that will come near the rods. The engine is spun and the clay inspected: no marks, no problem. In our case, some rods needed extra massaging to afford the proper clearance, and we performed the same amount of grinding on all of them just to be safe.
Another important clearance to check is rod side clearance. This spec can be checked with a feeler gauge, and we found ours to be within Powerhouse's recommendations. By the way, when building a stroker it's also a good idea to set your pan atop the upside-down block and spin the engine to check interference-we're using a stroker-specific pan though, and we don't anticipate any problems (more on that next time). With all appropriate clearances checked, we can move on to other things, so all rods as well as the cam are removed. Make sure you get all the Play-Doh out before it dries, as the stuff can harden into harmful particulates.
It's time to move on to piston ring fitting. Some handy tools to use during the fitting (and later installation) process are these available from Powerhouse Products. From left to right, they are: Piston Ring Expander Pliers (PN POW105060, $9.95); Piston Ring Squaring Tool for 4.000-4.230 bore sizes (PN POW105002, $24.95); and Adjustable Tapered Ring Compressor for 4.000-4.090 bores (PN POW106020, $35.00). Not shown, but also needed, is a ring filer. You can grab one from Powerhouse Products as well. It'll help you get the rings to size quickly and keep the edges straight.
Our Powerhouse stroker kit's piston ring set was inclusive of moly top and iron second compression rings, both of which need to be gapped. A ring is slid into a cylinder, squared, and the end gap measured with a feeler gauge. As expected, the gap is too tight and does not afford the 27-28 thousandths recommended by Powerhouse. Numerous trial fittings will be needed for each ring; file too far, and the ring is garbage. Remember to deburr when you've got it to size, and label each ring with masking tape as it's a unique fit to that particular cylinder.
We're done fitting the rotating assembly and are just about ready to put this thing together for good. Before we do so, we need to lightly grind the block at the locations we marked earlier. The block is carefully masked to prevent iron grindings contamination; even though the next step is a thorough cleaning, there's no sense in making our job more difficult. This is a typical stroker step, but use care not to go too far and ruin your block.
An engine cleaning kit like this one from Powerhouse Products (PN POW351307, $29.95) includes brushes of all shapes and sizes in order to enable scrubbing of all possible holes and passages in your block and crankshaft.
We do exactly that, and, in addition, all surfaces of the block are wiped with quality towels soaked in mineral spirits.
After a good cleaning themselves, our main bearing shells are put back in place in the block and are lubed with some gooey red Clevite Bearing Guard, a high-pressure protective lubricant available from Powerhouse for just $3.99. We'll also use this same stuff on the rod bearings when the time comes, as it offers excellent protection at startup.
With the upper half of our two-piece rear main seal in place (and with a light amount of RTV silicone used on its mating surfaces and in the surrounding block area), the crank now drops in place for good. The main caps can then be placed atop it-make sure they're in the correct place and orientation, and that their bearing shells are adequately lubed.
To secure our main caps, we're using ARP's High Performance series main bolts (PN 134-5202, $42.35 for four-bolt main engines). An excellent upgrade over the stockers, these 7/16-inch units are rated to 170,000 psi and will be able to handle the extra stresses incurred by our longer-throw crank.
After making sure to use plenty of moly assembly lube on the threads and on the washers, the bolts are installed and torqued to ARP's recommended 65 lb-ft.
With our crank securely in place, we can turn our attention to installing the piston/rod assemblies one by one. First the rings must be installed and clocked. The oil rings/rails can be installed by hand (shown), but our Powerhouse Products ring expander comes in handy for the compression rings: it prevents ring twisting and potential damage to the rings or the piston.
Before dropping the pistons in and hiding the lower cylinder walls forever, take a look at the casting area that has been removed at the bottom of some of the cylinders. This clearancing is especially common practice for blocks accepting stroker internals, as it affords a little more room for the rotating assembly. Make sure your machine shop has taken care of this for you if your block has material in this area.
After the cylinder wall is given a good cleaning, it's lubed with engine oil and our Powerhouse Products ring compressor is adjusted to size and set on top. The piston is carefully started on its journey with the butt end of a hammer.
Any significant resistance could be a ring hanging up; if this happens, pull the piston out and start over-don't risk breakage!
The rod cap (with at least one nut) is then installed loosely beneath in preparation for flipping the engine over. Note how we've clearanced the rod nuts that come closest to the block: you can see this on the upper nut of the rod labeled "1" that we've already installed. This is a must-do for nearly all strokers and shouldn't affect engine balance.
With the engine flipped over, the ARP rod studs and nuts are lubed with moly assembly lubricant and torqued for good to Powerhouse's spec of 50 lb-ft. Keep at least one nut on at all times while adding lube so that you don't accidentally send the piston to the floor.
The piston/rod installation process is repeated for all cylinders, and with the bottom end of our shoestring stroker fully assembled, we're out of time. Next issue we'll build upon our short-block success and add some more strong-yet-affordable components that will help ensure reliable power on a tight budget.


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Other White Sox links: James looks at Phil Humber's loss on Thursday's game, same thing for J.J., Kenny Williams says to the Sox to lighten up, (yeah, they're taking it too seriously…), and Tom Sorensen at the Charlotte Observer has a cool article on Charlotte's Shane Lindsay.


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|A case to answer on the use of restraint
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|Acting with Impunity: beat goes on
|Source: TELEPOLIS (URL Link/pdf's)
|Armed and Dangerous
The police with their fingers on the trigger
|Source: Guardian Archives
|Black deaths: still fighting for justice in the UK
|Source: openDemocracy
|Can the police be reformed?
|Source: Socialist Review
|Closed Shop - Are the police unaccountable for their actions?
|Source: Police Federation
|Community Sentencing - Crime and justice
|Source: Direct.gov
|Court Sentences
|Source: TheSite.org
|Corporate homicide law extended to prisons and police cells
|Source: The Guardian
|Deaths during or following police contact
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|Deaths in Police Custody
|Source: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
|'Deaths in custody' corporate manslaughter crime created
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|Feeling passionately about custody deaths
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|IAP publish statistical analysis of all recorded deaths: 2000-2010
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|IAP publishes the report on its second family listening day
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|IPCC publishes first part of 'Corruption in the Police Service in England and Wales' Report
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|If you are anti police brutality does that mean you are anti police?
|Source: A.D. Largie
|Let there be justice for those who have died in police custody
|Source: The Guardian
|New report calls for more effective learning from death in custody inquests
|Source: INQUEST
|No convictions over 500 black and Asian deaths in custody
|Source: The Guardian
|Police killings and the law
|Source: International Socialism
|Victims of fatal police shootings
|Source: TimesOnline
|Why did their loved ones die in custody?
|Source: The Guardian
|Why there will be more deaths in custody
|Source: New Statesman
|When ignorance is never bliss
|Source: The Guardian
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|Choking to death: should we stop sending women to prison?
|Source: New Statesman
|Death in prison custody 2011 published
|Source: IAP
|Hundreds die in 'hidden world' of mental hospitals
|Source: The Guardian Weekly
|Hundreds die yearly in care
|Source: Morning Star
|Independent Inquiry into the death of David Bennett
|Source: The Guardian
|Mental health and police custody
|Source: The IPCC
|Why London's YOI is one of the scariest prisons in Britain
|Source: The Independent
|Women shouldn't be forced to seek refuge inside a prison
|Source: Politics.co.uk
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|Black Deaths in Custody
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|CCTV revamp bolsters custody suite operation for West Midlands Police
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|Call for all casualties of conflict to be properly recorded
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|Capital Punishment in England in the 18th Century
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|Capital Punishment 1969: MPs vote to abolish hanging
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|Justice on Trial
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|MPs defeat Blair over deaths in custody
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|Outsourcing abuse
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|Police Street Triage national evaluation report (2016)
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enter and infect a part of the body. Their landmark study, published in the March 7, 2012 PLoS ONE, describes how they discovered that an "epidemic" strain of the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae, which causes conjunctivitis, secretes an enzyme to damage mucins and breach the mucosal membrane to infect and inflame the eye.
"We are excited about this finding," says Ilene Gipson, Ph.D., the study's principal investigator and a senior scientist at the Schepens. "Our discovery may ultimately lead to new ways of diagnosing, treating and preventing bacterial infections originating .not only in the eye but in other parts of the body as well."
More than 80 percent of infections are contracted through the body's mucus membranes, which are the wet epithelial surfaces of the eye and the urogenital, respiratory, and gastrointestinal tracts of the body. The outer surface of all mucus membranes are protected by two types of mucin molecules – one that is secreted and is in constant motion to sweep away trapped foreign material from the membrane surface, and the other that remains rooted in the membrane surface. The latter type of mucin molecules constitutes a physical shield that keeps potentially harmful substances from penetrating the membrane.
These membranes often encounter two types of bacterial pathogens. Some are "opportunistic." They sit on the membrane surface and only enter the tissue when there is trauma or injury that leaves a gap in the mucus membrane layer. An example of an opportunistic bacterium is Staphylococcus aureus that is often the cause of surgery related infections.
The other type of pathogen is non-opportunistic or "epidemic" and causes more invasive and aggressive infections such as occur in epidemic conjunctivitis caused by the strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae used in this study. These disease-causing bacteria enter the body even when there is no apparent injury to the protective layer. And, they can cause rapidly expanding and contagious diseases.
Until the current PLoS ONE study, little has been known about how epidemic infection causing bacteria are able to cross through the mucin barrier. Experts in the study of mucins and determined to find a piece of this puzzle, the Schepens scientists hypothesized that "epidemic" bacteria must somehow remove the mucins themselves.
To test their hypothesis, the team grew "epidemic" conjunctivitis bacteria (a strain of streptococcus pneumoniae) in a culture. This bacteria causes an inflammation of the conjunctiva, the mucous membrane covering the white of the eyes and the inner side of the eyelids.
They then applied the fluid that the bacteria were cultured in to cell lines that mimicked the eye's surface, including presence of intact mucins, and found that the membrane-anchored mucins were cut off and released from the surface of the cells. Removal of the mucins allowed the bacteria to enter the cells.
Using mass spectrometry, the researchers were then able to identify the enzyme, ZmpC, as the culprit. They confirmed their findings by knocking out the gene in the bacteria that produced this enzyme and demonstrated that the bacterium could no longer remove the mucins from the membrane.
According to Dr. Gipson, "This discovery is a major breakthrough in this long unsolved puzzle about how "epidemic" bacteria enter the body and has given us a new target for drugs that could even be used preventatively."
The next step in the research, according to Dr. Gipson, will be to determine if the method of enzymatically removing the surface mucins to gain entrance is used by other disease causing bacteria.
Other scientists who authored the study include: Bharathi Govindarajan, Balaraj B. Menon, Sandra Spurr-Michaud, Komal Rastogi, Michael S. Gilmore, and Pablo Argüeso.
To view the entire study, titled "A Metalloproteinase Secreted by Streptococcus pneumonia Removes Membrane Mucin MUC16 from the Epithelial Glycocalyx Barrier, go to http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032418
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Darren Huckerby retired after two seasons with the San Jose Earthquakes, but his name lives on amongst fans. The England-born midfielder scored nine goals in 25 appearances with the Quakes and was named the 2008 MLS Newcomer of the Year before hip surgery cut his career short.
Since leaving San Jose, Huckerby has moved back to England where he is moving up the coaching certificate ladder. He has also launched a charitable organization, the Darren Huckerby Trust. The trust aims to make contributions to local charities, community projects and to individuals living in Norfolk who are in need.
SJEarthquakes.com: What have you been up to since retiring from soccer?
Hucks: Since retiring I have passed my Level 2 FA coaching course and am half way through Level 3. I have also launched my own website - www.dh6.co.uk. What I'm most excited about is the charity I have set up which is called The Darren Huckerby Trust. I see it as my chance to give back to the local community that supported me.
SJEarthquakes.com: Do you still kick the ball around from time to time?
Hucks: I've played in a couple of charity games and I also help with my youngest son's training.
SJEarthquakes.com: How did you feel about England's World Cup?
Hucks: It was a massive disappointment for the whole country. Players that play on the world's stage week in, week out simply didn't perform. It was a real shame because it could be some of the players' last chance on the world stage.
SJEarthquakes.com: Did you get the chance to meet up with the Quakes on their trip to London last winter?
Hucks: I certainly did! I spent the day with them in London and even managed to catch the Tottenham game. I still have many close friends there and I miss the camaraderie that we shared.
SJEarthquakes.com: Any plans to visit the States in the future?
Hucks: I would love to get over there to watch the Quakes. It's just a matter of finding the time!
SJEarthquakes.com: What do you remember best from your experience playing for the Quakes?
Hucks: I was lucky that the Quakes fans took to me and my style of play straight away. It made living away from home much easier. Also, meeting great people from the Bay Area.
SJEarthquakes.com: Tell Quakes fans a bit about the charity you organized.
Hucks: I set up the Darren Huckerby Trust to hopefully give back to the community that has supported me. Hopefully the charity will be a success so I can help as many people as possible.
SJEarthquakes.com: Anything else you would like to say to your fans in the States?
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Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah
September 1, 2009
To the Venerable Hierarchs, Reverend Clergy, Monastics and Faithful
of the Orthodox Church in America
The Lord said:
The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD." Luke 4:18f.
Dearly Beloved in Christ:
The Blessing of the Lord be upon you!
As we celebrate the Church's New Year, we meditate on the Gospel for this day, where the Lord went to Nazareth and was handed the Scriptures, and read the above. He then said, "Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."
The question we have to ask ourselves is, How is this fulfilled in my life? How have I entered into the Lord's ministry, preaching the good news to the poor, healing the brokenhearted, giving liberty to captives, and so forth? Am I even paying attention to this?
Our Church has many challenges before it, financial, legal, organizational. But we must remember that, as important as these things are, as critical as they may be the life of our Church at this time, they can quickly become distractions from the one thing needful: to keep focused on Jesus Christ and the ministries which He has given us as a means of participation in His own ministry. While we might have budget challenges, there is nothing that can prevent us from preaching the Gospel, consoling those alone and abandoned, and setting at liberty those held captive by their sins.
We have been "recreated in Christ for good works." Let us do that work, not because we expect a paycheck or recognition for doing it, but because it is the very nature of who we are as Christians: to manifest the Kingdom by showing love for our neighbor. Let us recover our spiritual sight, in Christ by the Spirit, so that we may know that the Spirit of the Lord is upon us, and has anointed us to do the Lord's will.
Each one of us has been anointed by the Lord do the works of God—in chrismation. We don't have to wait for a program or a department to do them. In whatever walk of life, no matter who we are, we are called to enter into the Lord's labors. So let us put aside all distraction, keeping all things in their proper perspective, with our attention and focus firmly on Jesus Christ. We then might just find that our distractions and crises are not so big as we thought they were and that we have been given everything that we need to resolve them, if we indeed can maintain our awareness of Christ, striving for the fulfillment of His will.
With love in Christ,
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
American Insurrection
every year a huge number of americans take to the woods in pursuit of deer, elk and other critters of the fur, feathers and flesh persuasion. and, if you read hunting magazines and gun magazines, you will well recognize that they are armed with very sophisticated weapons, in some measure, such as optics and ballistic aids, the rival of the most modern military organizations.
so, say that america erupts in rebellion against the gun confiscation measures being cooked up by obama and minions, apparently to be spearheaded in congress by the likes of pelosi, reid, feinstein and others of that ilk. senator feinsteins pronouncements relative to her legislative aims include words like "confiscation," and "registration," long despised and detested words among pro-gun americans.
if she wanted to "press some buttons," she's pressed some buttons.
what can we view as the likely model of american insurrection?
well, it won't be along the lines of major tank battles on open terrain, such as witnessed recently in the middle east. syrians, iraqis, egyptians, hezbollah and hamas have proved it foolhardy to go up against the modern armor of the west, principally the armies of the u.s. and israel.
fighting modern armies on open terrain is a rather foolhardy proposition, unless you are the top of the military food chain.
no, i believe that the model of conflict in the middle east as we have witnessed the last several years during the "arab spring" and other insurrections provides the proper intellectual modality to anticipate the outlines of such conflict by civilians against an established and entrenched regime.
An interesting article to say the least and one I agree with.
Thanks Woody, for kicking it along.
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- AnonymousDecember 30, 2012 at 4:11 AM
Yeah , this is so wide spread that I doubt that you can point to any specific spot and say " it will start here ". There was a man who was present at the battle of Cold Harbor during the Civil War , who stated that the tremendous / constant volume of fire poured out by both side`s , sounded " like great sheet`s tearing in the wind". It will bust loose with one terrific burst of fire, and spread across this place faster than a weather front.ReplyDelete
- WiscoDaveDecember 30, 2012 at 6:48 AM
The "arab spring" was also a product of FB and the ability to communicate. I'm reading quite a few articles detailing how FB is shutting accounts down do to "political" (ie Conservative)speech. Some of these are quotes from our Founders and, surprisingly, Gandhi. Might "they" be getting worried?ReplyDelete
Yeah nice read. I posted some thoughts about it myself. More of a reality based article.ReplyDelete
Think about it for a minute Kenny. What will you do? When will you know it's time to act?
The guy next door gets raided, the media has painted him an extremist. Flash his posts all over TV.. Now multiply that by a million all over the nation but only one or two a week. When do we jump to help? when does America stand up for the "Raided?" We won't We'll continue to post about insurrection and sign petitions until all of the sudden there's only a few of us left... Baby steps.
- Tom StocktonDecember 30, 2012 at 6:03 PM
Ken, I read this yesterday (saw it linked on Theo Sparks' website) and printed out a copy so I could read and re-read it.ReplyDelete
The "logical" part of my mind says the government can't be stupid enough to even try to take away our guns. But then there's the voice of disbelief that chimes in and says, "Yeah, but somehow the bozos got elected and then re-elected -- if things are that fracked up, then almost anything could happen."
Keep up the good work you're posting here on your blog -- it's great to be reading things that need to be brought into the light.
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MIAMI – Automatic budget cuts appear to be making an impact on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement lines at Miami International Airport.
Over the weekend, travelers complained of long lines because of short staffs. A viewer who arrived at the airport from Honduras Saturday said some American citizens waited in line roughly two hours. She said non-citizens probably waited about four hours.
"Over this weekend, we've experienced, at least on Saturday, we had really some long lines in the customs area," said Marc Henderson with Miami International Airport.
The cuts that went into effect March 1 means Customs and Border Protection agents can no longer receive overtime.
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Suozzi says he'll run again for Nassau exec
Former Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi said Tuesday that he will run for his old job, setting up a potential rematch with Republican Edward Mangano, who narrowly defeated him in 2009.
Suozzi, 50, who focused on righting Nassau's massive deficits after taking office in 2001 but was turned out during the recession in 2009, revealed his comeback plans in an email to Newsday Tuesday.
But despite high name recognition and nearly $1.1 million in his campaign war chest, Suozzi, a Glen Cove Democrat, does not have a clear path to the Democratic nomination. Roslyn businessman Adam Haber has announced his campaign and loaned himself $2 million, while North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jon Kaiman has established a campaign committee to explore a run.
Suozzi said in his statement that if elected in November, he would restore "fiscal stability" to the county, which is now under the control of a state oversight board; end "irresponsible borrowing and skyrocketing debt"; create jobs and reduce crime.
"For over three years Ed Mangano has presided over the decline of our county," Suozzi wrote. "I've seen the county taken over by a state agency. I've seen the county mismanaged from one man-made crisis after another and I've seen no one even talking about a vision for our future. That's why I am running for Nassau County Executive."
Mangano spokesman Brian Nevin said Nassau voters "threw Tom Suozzi out of office for hiking property taxes by double digits and placing an energy tax on the backs of every homeowner in Nassau. Four years does not erase Tom Suozzi's legacy of taxing too high, spending too much and leaving behind an utter mess."
Suozzi for months has denied that he would make another run for county executive, despite public prodding by Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs and a "Let's Convince Tom Suozzi" Facebook page established by the Nassau County Young Democrats. Suozzi will post a video at suozzi2013.com Wednesday announcing his intentions, campaign officials said.
"I am not running," Suozzi said last month. "I am really enjoying my time with my family and my career."
Suozzi, who is of counsel to Harris Beach, a law firm with offices in locations including Manhattan and Uniondale, declined interview requests Tuesday but is expected to speak publicly about his candidacy later this week.
Before his loss, Suozzi had been a fixture in Nassau politics for two decades.
At age 30, Suozzi was elected mayor of Glen Cove and served four terms. Suozzi's father, Joseph, and uncle Vincent each served as Glen Cove mayor, and that office is now held by cousin Ralph Suozzi.
In 2001, Suozzi became only the second Democrat to win the county executive post and he cruised to re-election in 2005. He launched a campaign for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2006, but lost in a primary to Eliot Spitzer, who went on to become governor but resigned in a sex scandal.
In 2009, Suozzi lost the county executive race to Mangano, a Bethpage county legislator, by 386 votes.
Suozzi contended in his statement that his administration reduced crime, produced eight balanced budgets and shrank the size of the county workforce without layoffs.
But Suozzi also conceded mistakes, particularly during his 2009 campaign. "Voters wanted change, and they weren't convinced that I was paying attention," Suozzi said. "I took my 2009 campaign for granted. It was my fault and it will never happen again."
Justin Myers, campaign manager for Haber, said, "Nassau Democrats remember career politician Tom Suozzi's years of scandal, tax hikes, budget deficits and backroom deals . . . Adam Haber is running to stop the waste and cronyism and make Nassau work again for middle class families."
Kaiman's campaigns did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
Nassau Legis. David Denenberg (D-Merrick), who had mulled a run against Mangano, said he would not challenge Suozzi. "If Suozzi is in, then I am out in deference to his hold on Democratic voters, fundraising prowess and my past political support for him," he said.
The race shapes up
Age: 50
Home: Glen Cove
Party: Democrat
Family: Married with three children
Education: Chaminade High School; Boston College; Fordham Law School
Occupation: Of-counsel to Harris Beach, a New York law firm
Political career:
1994-95: Member of Nassau County board of supervisors
1994-2001: Mayor of Glen Cove (job formerly held by his father, Joseph Suozzi, and uncle, Vincent "Jimmy" Suozzi; seat now held by cousin, Ralph Suozzi)
2006: Candidate for New York Governor; lost in the Democratic primary to Eliot Spitzer
2002-2009: Nassau County executive; lost re-election in 2009 to Republican Edward Mangano, the current county executive.
Other announced or possible Democratic candidates:
Adam Haber, a Roslyn businessman and Roslyn school board member
Jon Kaiman, North Hempstead Town supervisor


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By Kristina Kenney
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January 19, 2012
Texas State University-San Marcos Association of Information Technology Professionals Student Chapter will host the 2012 AITP National Collegiate Conference along with St. Mary's University March 29-April 1.
The conference will take place at the Crowne Plaza Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, bringing together numerous student chapters and professionals from all over the country to participate in the annual event. Some sponsors and exhibitor partners for the event include USAA, IBM, Microsoft and State Farm.
The event gives students the opportunity to compete in a range of national technology contests in an effort to showcase their skills and impress sponsor and exhibitor partners in areas such as office solutions, PC troubleshooting, systems analysis and design, database design, Java developer and mobile application development. In the past, placing nationally in one of the contests has meant a virtually guaranteed job offer.
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URBANST 140F: Casablanca - Algiers - Tunis : Cities on the Edge (AFRICAAM 236B, CSRE 140S, FRENCH 236, FRENCH 336, HISTORY 245C)
Casablanca, Algiers and Tunis embody three territories, real and imaginary, which never cease to challenge the preconceptions of travelers setting sight on their shores. In this class, we will explore the myriad ways in which these cities of North Africa, on the edge of Europe and of Africa, have been narrated in literature, cinema, and popular culture. We will look at the historical development shaping their respective architecture and why they became the three major urban centers in North Africa. Home to Muslims, Christians, and Jews, they are an ebullient laboratory of social, political, religious, and cultural issues, global and local, between the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries. We will look at mass images of these cities, from films to maps, novels to photographs, sketching a new vision of these magnets as places where power, social rituals, legacies of the Ottoman and French colonial past, and the influence of the global economy collude and collide. Special focus on class, gender, and race. Open to both undergrad and grad students!
Terms: Aut | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
Instructors: Ulloa, M. (PI)
2018-2019 Autumn
3-5 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 2
09/24/2018 - 12/07/2018 Wed 1:30 PM - 4:20 PM at 90-92Q with Ulloa, M. (PI)
Axess Enrollment will open for students on September 1st.
Instructors: Ulloa, M. (PI)
URBANST 153: CAPITALS: How Cities Shape Cultures, States, and People (COMPLIT 100, DLCL 100, FRENCH 175, GERMAN 175, HISTORY 206E, ILAC 175, ITALIAN 175)
This course takes students on a trip to major capital cities, at different moments in time: Renaissance Florence, Golden Age Madrid, Colonial Mexico City, Enlightenment and Romantic Paris, Existential and Revolutionary St. Petersburg, Roaring Berlin, Modernist Vienna, and bustling Buenos Aires. While exploring each place in a particular historical moment, we will also consider the relations between culture, power, and social life. How does the cultural life of a country intersect with the political activity of a capital? How do large cities shape our everyday experience, our aesthetic preferences, and our sense of history? Why do some cities become cultural capitals? Primary materials for this course will consist of literary, visual, sociological, and historical documents (in translation); authors we will read include Boccaccio, Dante, Sor Juana, Montesquieu, Baudelaire, Gogol, Irmgard Keun, Freud, and Borges. Note: To be eligible for WAYS credit, you must take the course for a Letter Grade.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Instructors: Daub, A. (PI) ; Edelstein, D. (PI) ; Capra, A. (TA) ... more instructors for URBANST 153 »
Instructors: Daub, A. (PI) ; Edelstein, D. (PI) ; Capra, A. (TA) ; Giancotti, C. (TA) ; Hoff, C. (TA)
2018-2019 Winter
3-5 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-SI |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 17 / 30
01/07/2019 - 03/15/2019 Mon, Wed, Fri 9:30 AM - 10:20 AM at 260-113 with Daub, A. (PI); Edelstein, D. (PI); Capra, A. (TA); Giancotti, C. (TA); Hoff, C. (TA)
Instructors: Daub, A. (PI); Edelstein, D. (PI); Capra, A. (TA); Giancotti, C. (TA); Hoff, C. (TA)
URBANST 180Q: How to be Governed Otherwise: Art, Activism, and the City (ARTSINST 180Q, CEE 131Q)
This course will introduce you to contemporary art¿s engagement with political activism. This introduction will focus on the city as, at once, a field and target of activism¿a field of public appearance, artistic intervention, and political action, as well as a target of claims to residence, livelihood, recognition, justice, and collectivity. We will pose activist politics, artistic intervention, and urban space as mutually imbricated, each shaping the possibilities, programs, and histories of the other¿a perspective that offers insights into the spatiality, materiality, and visuality of political identity, agency, and action. Over the quarter, we will study some of the many artistic interventions that are encompassed by urban activism, from informal and everyday practices to protest, resistance, and occupation. Comparative case studies will be drawn from a global context. You will investigate these case studies through both research on urban activism and activist practice; the seminar will therefore invite you to explore the militant possibilities of research, the research possibilities of activism, and the implications of each for the production of art.
Last offered: Winter 2017 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
URBANST 181A: Art, Gentrification, & Intersectional Racial Politics (AFRICAAM 181, ARTSINST 181)
This course addresses the role of artists and art bureaucracies in the gentrification of minority neighborhoods, examining contested sites in New York, Oakland, East LA, and New Orleans. Students consider histories of underdevelopment and displacement, asking what these processes may reveal about greater contests over space, aesthetics, power, and knowledge. The course serves as an opportunity to engage urban cultural politics from the perspectives of critical race theory, queer studies, and feminist critique as well as through encounters with works by William Pope.L, Laura Aguilar, Paul Chan, and others.
Terms: Win | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
Instructors: Gamso, N. (PI)
2018-2019 Winter
4-5 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
| Students enrolled: 9
01/07/2019 - 03/15/2019 Tue, Thu 10:30 AM - 11:50 AM at 60-109 with Gamso, N. (PI)
Exam Date/Time: 2019-03-20 12:15pm - 3:15pm (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Gamso, N. (PI)
URBANST 182: Activating Urban Spaces: Materializing Hidden Narratives in the Urban Environment (ARTSINST 182)
This course will investigate the organization and shaping of public space from the perspective of story and narrative. The course will consider how authorized narratives feature in the built environment and in the social spaces and usage of the city and how unauthorized, sometimes contentious narratives lurk beneath the surface and persist on the "skin" of the city. It will investigate the role of artists and the arts in "mapping" or surfacing alternative stories, concepts and imaginations of how the city is or can be. Inspired by the writings of Michel DeCerteau and Italo Calvino, this class explores the role of narrative in the city and the imagination from the perspective of cultural memory, lived experience, usage of space and organization of the built infrastructure. It offers an alternative approach to thinking about cities, how they are formed and how they function. This class will utilize and combine active field research methods with creative practice. Locations for our field research and excursions will include areas around Stanford and the Bay Area. The class will function as a hybrid seminar and collaborative studio workspace supporting students interested in applying creative practices to field research to develop methods for materializing narratives in various forms of public performance or place-specific art. Students will develop research for projects tailored to a particular location of their choosing and will explore the idea of the 'hidden city' its histories and its communities.
Last offered: Spring 2018 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
URBANST 183A: Creative Climate Futures: Art, Climate Change & Urban Life (ARTSINST 183)
Climate change is a defining factor of this generation, and yet while scientists unanimously warn of the inevitability of climate change, it remains a looming specter. This course builds an intersectional and structural understanding of climate change, and explores how art activates the intangibility of climate change, making it visible, visceral, and political. We will examine how the geographies of colonialism, racial capitalism, and migration produce climate change inequities, and how the climate justice movement addresses these through creative forms of resistance. We will undertake this exploration in three parts: first, by engaging with the cities of New Orleans and San Juan, to understand how climate catastrophe aggravates existing inequalities, and how residents creatively respond to disaster. From there we will consider how art serves as a form of politics, how it is taken up in social movements to provoke shifts in political consciousness. Lastly, we will engage directly with political art forms that address climate change, with a particular focus on those that centralize the experiences of populations most at risk of climate catastrophe. These art forms call attention to who bears the disproportionate burden of climatic shift, which geographies are most at risk, and how these creative interpretations envision climate futures. The course will culminate in a collective creative project in which students address climate change and climate futures from their own lived experiences.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
Instructors: Ramirez, M. (PI)
2018-2019 Spring
4 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
| Students enrolled: 15
04/01/2019 - 06/05/2019 Mon, Wed 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM at Thornt210 with Ramirez, M. (PI)
Exam Date/Time: 2019-06-10 3:30pm - 6:30pm (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Ramirez, M. (PI)
URBANST 184: Paris: Capital of the Modern World (FRENCH 140, FRENCH 340, HISTORY 230C)
This course explores how Paris, between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, became the political, cultural, and artistic capital of the modern world. It considers how the city has both shaped and been shaped by the tumultuous events of modern history- class conflict, industrialization, imperialism, war, and occupation. It will also explore why Paris became the major world destination for intellectuals, artists and writers. Sources will include films, paintings, architecture, novels, travel journals, and memoirs. Course taught in English with an optional French section.
Terms: Win | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Instructors: Kassabova, B. (PI)
2018-2019 Winter
4-5 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-SI |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 2
01/07/2019 - 03/15/2019 Mon, Wed 3:00 PM - 4:20 PM at 50-51B with Kassabova, B. (PI)
Instructors: Kassabova, B. (PI)
URBANST 186: Creativity: Anatomy of a Buzzword (ARTSINST 184)
Creativity is one of the defining values of our time, embraced by corporate CEOs, kindergarten teachers, and starving artists alike. Yet it not always clear what creativity means. This course will explore how the capacious concept of creativity has shaped contemporary ideals of work, art, technology, human nature, and the good society. Using a mix of popular texts, contemporary scholarship, and classics of social thought, we will look at what kinds of products, places, and people count as 'creative' in public conversation, and why. Particular attention will be paid to how different overlapping notions of creativity have guided arts policy, business practices, and urban economic strategy over the last few decades of capitalist development. Using Stanford itself as a case study, students will conduct field work to discover how the concept of creativity operates across and between the various departments, disciplines, and centers on campus, from the fine arts to psychology to business. This research will culminate in the final group project: a multimedia archive and digital concept map of creativity discourse at Stanford. Students will come away from the class with concrete research skills and theoretical tools that will enable them to critically engage with any big ideas in the public sphere, as well as a better understanding of recent economic and cultural history underpinning our everyday assumptions and widely held values.
Last offered: Winter 2018 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
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If you're the kind of person who likes to say "I met him before he was a big league star," Saturday might a last chance to do so with Mark Montgomery. He'll be at the I Am Champion Agility Endurance Performance Training Center in Poquoson to meet fans and sign autographs.
Next month he'll head to Tampa, Fla., where he'll prepare for spring training with the New York Yankees. Some consider Montgomery, a former Bruton High and Longwood University standout, the organization's top relief pitching prospect.
And whether he starts the season at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx or in AAA at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, it appears to be a matter of how soon, not if, he'll make his major-league debut. Bernie Pleskoff of yankees.com echoes others when he says that Montgomery could become a late-inning reliever for the Yanks this season because of difficult-to-hit slider.
It's the kind of talk Montgomery, 22, takes with a grain of salt.
"A lot of people are saying that," Montgomery said. "I can't get to wrapped up in all of that.
"I've got to take the mindset that I'll work hard every day to prove something to them. The New York Yankees know what they're doing and, God willing, they'll put me in the best place.
"I'm in good position to start in AAA, but I'll work hard and do my best wherever I am."
Montgomery can afford to be patient as he continues a rise toward the majors inconceivable four years ago. When he signed with Longwood out of Bruton in 2008, he was recruited as a shortstop, not a pitcher.
"Then they figured out I can't swing the bat," he joked.
Instead his pitching potential surfaced in a few relief appearances late in his freshman season. As he began adding weight (40 pounds since graduating from Bruton) and muscle to his frame, the fastball that peaked at 86 mph in high school began crossing the plate consistently in the low 90s.
And Montgomery, a fastball/curveball pitcher in high school, began toying with the slider as he found a grip and arm slot that worked for him. That pitch led to pitching stardom at Longwood the next two seasons — including 14.2 strikeouts per nine innings as a junior — and since he was selected by the Yankees in the 11th round of the 2011 draft.
After striking out the side in three consecutive appearances for the Yankees short season rookie-league team, he struck out five batters in one inning — yes, five — in his debut for Low-Class A Charleston.
He started out with High-A Tampa in 2012, but was so dominant he was promoted to AA Trenton. His full season stats for both included a 7-2 record, 15 saves, a 1.54 ERA, 4.9 hits and 13.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
In November, Montgomery struck out the side in the Arizona Fall League's Rising Stars Game. Afterward, Mike Rosenbaum, the lead writer for Bleacher Reports MLB Prospects, penned an article titled "Is Mark Montgomery the Heir to Mariano Rivera's Closer Throne?"
"It definitely motivates you to work your tail off when people think you have what it takes," Montgomery said of making the majors.
So he continues to be the workout fanatic he long has been. He trains three or four times a week at I Am Champion because he goes often to Poquoson to throw with his youth travel coach, Chris Pinder.
Chris' son, Virginia Tech third baseman Chad Pinder, whose draft stock is rising, and Virginia pitcher Kyle Crockett, fresh off a successful summer in the famed Cape Cod League, are among his workout partners. Craig Zimmerman, an ex-Marine and former Tabb High baseball standout who owns I Am Champion, is happy to have Montgomery and the others as regulars.
"It shows the younger players what is possible with hard work," said Zimmerman, who brought the Poquoson High JV baseball team to the gym meet Montgomery this week. "There have been a lot of players to make it big in baseball from Hampton Roads recently, but when is the last time someone made it from this side of the water?"
Montgomery remains humble amid the prospect that he could be on the cusp of stardom. Humble enough that he's excited about Saturday's meet and greet.
"I've done two or three of these," he said of the autograph session. "Hopefully there are a lot more to come."
WHAT: Montgomery, a top relief pitching prospect in the New York Yankees organization, will greet fans and sign autographs.
WHEN: 10-11 a.m. Saturday.
WHERE: I Am Champion, 423E Wythe Creek Road, Food Lion Shopping Center, Poquoson.
NOTEWORTHY: Event is free to the public, but donations will be accepted to benefit dugout expansion and batting practice cage for Poquoson High baseball program. For more information call 757-659-0646 or go to http://www.zchamp.com.


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PRINCE GEORGE — High levels of methane gas have shut down a Prince George planer mill at the site of an explosion that killed two workers and injured two dozen others in April.
Lakeland Mills spokesman Greg Stewart said Friday that company soil tests detected the methane and prompted a shutdown of the recently reopened planer mill and closure of the mill energy system, which provides heat to some area businesses.
Twenty-eight planer mill employees, who have only been back to their jobs since late May following the April 24 sawmill blast, are out of work again, he said.
Stewart said the company had been conducting soil and air tests since the explosion, and that no methane has been discovered in air samples.
"We believe it's better to be safe than sorry," he said. "We are acting now to ensure the safety of our employees and will be conducting further tests in the coming week to understand how these findings will apply to our property."
Stewart said Prince George city and fire department officials believe the methane discovery did not pose a danger to people working or living nearby.
The Lakeland sawmill explosion and a blast in January at the Babine Forest Products sawmill in Burns Lake have been the subject of intense investigations, but their causes have not been determined.
Two workers were killed and about a dozen others were injured in the Burns Lake incident.
The B.C. government ordered all sawmills in the province to undergo extensive dust cleanups after speculation arose that fine dust associated with milling pine beetle-killed wood could be explosive.


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Here is a poem that just suited this place the first week I landed, but now I am beginning to change my mind in the opposite direction…
The Devil in hell we're told was chained,
And a thousand years he there remained.
He neither complained nor did he groan,
But determined to start a hell of his own.
Where he could torment the souls of men
Without being chained in a prison pen.
So he asked the Lord if he had on hand
Anything left when he made this land.
The Lord said, "Yes, I had plenty on hand,
But I left it down on the Rio Grande;
The fact is, "old boy," the stuff is so poor,
I don't think you can use it in hell any more."
But the Devil went down to look at the truck,
And said if he took it as a gift he was stuck,
For after examining it carefully and well,
He concluded the place was too dry for a hell.
So in order to get it off His hand
The Lord promised the Devil to water the land,
For he had some water, or rather some dregs,
A regular cathartic and smelled like bad eggs.
Hence the trade was closed, the deed was given,
And the Lord went back to his home in Heaven;
The Devil said to himself, "I have all that is needed
To make a good hell," and hence he succeeded.
He began by putting thorns all over the trees,
And mixed up the sand with millions of fleas;
He scattered tarantulas along the roads,
Put thorns on cactus, and horns on the toads.
He lengthened the horns of the Texas steers,
And put an addition to the rabbits' ears;
He put a little devil in the broncho steed,
And poisoned the feet of the centipede.
The rattlesnake bites you, the scorpion stings,
The mosquito delights you with his buzzing wings;
The sand-burs prevail, and so do the ants,
And those who sit down need half-soles on their pants.
The Devil then said that throughout the land
He'd arrange to keep up the Devil's own brand,
And all should be Mavericks unless they bore
Marks or scratches, of bites and thorns by the score.
The heat in the summer is one hundred and ten,
Too hot for the Devil and too hot for men;
The wild boar roams through the black chaparral;
'Tis a hell of a place that he has for a hell.
By the Author of "Texas A Paradise"
(Editor's Note: See Postal from Camp Cotton, Texas 8/1/1916)


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