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Virginia senior point guard Jontel Evans is using the Cavaliers' 11 day break between games to rest a sore foot that kept him out of the team's most recent game against Mississippi Valley State.
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Bennett says the team doesn't want to rush Evans back, especially with conference play beginning in less than a month.
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl
This game is the most perfectly balanced, most addictive, and funniest game you will play with friends.
THE GOOD: Online play is fantastic; best soundtrack ever; superb 60 fps graphics; huge selection of fighters and stages; flawless fundamental gameplay; great fun when playing with friends. THE BAD:...
Sonic Advance
It's fun, fast, and catchy.
When you think of Sonic, you think games that could have been better. Specifically the 3D games. Sonic Adventure was a glitchy mess, and while Sonic Adventure 2 was a lot better, it went downhill once...
Sonic and the Secret Rings
This game has a very great idea, but it doesn't use it very well.
THE GOOD: Very good graphics; the idea to control Sonic like this was a genius one. THE BAD: Very bad level design; very bad use of the idea; it's not presented very well; it is not polished. Re...
New Super Mario Bros.
Like it or not, this an Old Super Mario Bros, and that shouldn't be a bad thing at all.
THE GOOD: A great anniversary present for Mario's original adventure; great attention to detail; very polished; great tunes THE BAD: Not much new with this game It's about darn time we got a new...
Zelda no Densetsu: Mugen no Sunadokei
Nintendo should have spent less time working on perfecting the controls, and instead spent some time actually making the
THE GOOD: Stunning graphics, spot-on controls, best cutscenes ever, inventive boss fights. THE BAD: Terrible level design, disappointing story, hard to use online play, lack of excitement during mo...
Super Mario USA
Its name may be Super Mario Bros. 2, but you could have any other name on the game, and it would still be a great game.
Everybody loves Super Mario Bros. In fact, everybody loved it so much that it became one of the best selling games ever made. Not surprising, considering that the game literally saved the game industr...
Super Paper Mario
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Who here remembers Super Mario RPG? Anybody? Guess not. Super Mario RPG: The Legend of the Seven Stars for the Super NES was the first RPG that started the icon of the videogame industry, Mario. It wa...
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Twilight Princess marks the biggest improvement of the series since it went 3D, and it's not because it's mature.
The Legend of Zelda has been an ongoing series since the 1980's. Enjoying both critical and commercial success, it goes right up there with the greatest game series ever made. So every time a new sequ...
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
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Super Mario 64 DS feels more of a downgrade, rather than an upgrade.<br />
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Star Fox
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Star Fox 64
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1993's Star Fox blew everybody's mind. Not only it was the very first console game to have full-blown 3D graphics, it's gameplay, characters, and story captured the heart of many gamers of it's time. ...
Gran Turismo
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Super Mario Land
Even with it's flaws and difficulties, it's a Mario game. That enough makes it the best Game Boy game to date, and one
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The Cedar River in Cedar Rapids is rising fast.
A man on 1st Avenue and 2nd Street said the water had appeared in less than an hour and a half. I wasn't there an hour ago, but I believe him.
It's deep; Knee high, no current.
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11:13am Thursday 12th December 2013 in Sport By Alan Birkinshaw, Weeklies Sports Editor
Guiseley's players have been told to forget Monday night's 3-0 win at Horsfall Stadium as they prepare to play Bradford Park Avenue again in FA Trophy on Saturday.
Manager Mark Bower issued the warning to his players after they extended their unbeaten run to 12 games.
Bower said: "Monday's match is gone. This is a new game and we have to make that our focus now.
"I have always believed that Bradford Park Avenue are one of the best teams in Skrill North and they have match winners all over the park.
"They have already won twice at our ground this season in the league and the FA Cup, and I am sure they will be wanting to make it a hat-trick."
He added: "I think they will find our pitch more to their liking because they enjoy passing the ball around and that isn't always easy at their ground.
"They have had some great results away from home and any side that can defeat a team as good as Kidderminster – as they did in the last round – has to be given full respect."
A place in the last 16 is at stake and Bower, who is waiting to check the fitness of centre back Adam Lockwood and midfieldman Jack Reay, would love his side to make further progress.
"The Trophy is a prestigious competition and it can bring in good financial rewards for the club," Bower said.
"Already a number of Skrill Premier sides have been knocked out so whoever wins Saturday's tie will be fancying their chances of a good run in the competition."
Bower has been delighted with his side's recent form and has been particularly pleased with the way they have tightened up defensively.
Goalkeeper Steve Drench has kept cleansheets in his last six appearances and Bower believes it is a statistic which the whole team cane be proud of.
"Defending starts with our forwards," said Bower, "Alex Johnson, Wayne Brooksby and Danny Forrest have been excellent at closing people down and that has been repeated throughout the team."
Bower also praised the way Ben Parker and Jake Lawlor slotted into the team on Monday.
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Viva Las Vegas!
As promised, this post will sum up my recent trip to Vegas with my mom! We had a blast! Vegas was nothing like I had imagined; the city was so overwhelming with people everywhere, flashing lights and so, so much more.
We spent a great deal of time taking advantage of all of the fabulous shops that Vegas has to offer — that was our favorite part! We also spent time laying out by the pool. We stayed at the Paris hotel and the mock Eiffel Tower was right above us while we laid out in the sun. The food there came in a close second when it came to my favorites about the trip — all you can eat crab legs? Yes, please!
The Billboard Music Awards were being filmed the weekend we were there, so we were definitely on the lookout for stars… unfortunately we didn't see any in person. However, we knew they were everywhere! Singer Nicki Minaj performed in a bar in our hotel on our last night there!
Speaking of famous people… We went to see a stand-up comedy show put on by Tim Allen! I love Tim Allen, always have. Imagine my excitement when we found out he was performing while we were there. He was absolutely hilarious! Nothing like "Tim 'The Tool Man' Taylor," though… but still good!
My mom had always talked about taking me to Vegas when I finally turned 21; I just can't believe it came so quick! We waited until school was out for the summer to make our trip; definitely a great way to end the school year and start the summer! The Indians are still on a roll! They just swept the Reds! This week holds the home-stand against the Boston Red Sox and I am extremely excited to be a part of that! As I've mentioned before, this job is amazing! I can't wait to keep you updated on the rest of the season!


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A Tosa resident for almost 20 years, Karen is a mom and freelance writer, addicted to playing tennis. When not on the tennis court, she spends the fall and winter in the stands at Green Bay Packer and Marquette basketball games.
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For the first time ever, I sat and watched the entire Super Bowl and even some of the pre-game. No special reason. Just a quiet Sunday afternoon. You didn't ask for it and you're probably SO past it, but here are my unsolicited thoughts on Sunday's Super Bowl:
I was interested, then shocked, then depressed by the commercial aired by TicketToHope.com, a.k.a. "12 Minutes to Die." If you missed it, the commercial showed a businessman preparing for his workday. We're told that he will die in 12 minutes. The good news is, he's insured his family. The bad news is he hasn't insured his soul. Wow.
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I came upon an article in the Sunday paper about Rick Warren, the author of the blockbuster best-selling book, "A Purpose Driven Life." Apparently, Mr. Warren has had a change of heart and is telling his flock to play nice.
According to the article, Warren now regrets an e-mail that he sent to 136,000 pastors prior to the 2004 election. That e-mail called for churches to focus on hot-button issues such as same-sex marriage, abortion and stem-cell research.
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Caterpillar posted earnings and revenue that missed Wall Street expectations on Monday and cut its full-year outlook for 2013 to reflect a drop in demand for heavy equipment from its mining customers.
After the earnings announcement, the world's largest maker of construction equipment saw its shares fall in pre-market trading before turning higher. (Click here to get the latest quotes for Caterpillar.)
Caterpillar posted quarterly earnings excluding items of $1.31 per share, down from $2.37 per share in the comparable year-ago period. Revenue sank to $13.21 billion from $15.98 billion a year ago.
Analysts had expected Caterpillar to report earnings per share of $1.40 per share on $13.71 billion in revenue, according to a consensus estimate from Thomson Reuters.
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The company revised its 2013 sales outlook to a range of $57 billion to $61 billion, with profit per share of about $7 at the middle of the sales and revenues outlook range. The company said the cut was necessary "because our expectations for mining have decreased significantly."
"Mining is the big culprit," said Eli Lustrgarten, a research analyst at Longbow Research. "The key question now is not 2013, but 2014—will it be up or down?"
The previous outlook was in the range of $60 billion to $68 billion and earnings of $7 to $9 a share. Street estimates had forecast 2013 sales at around $62 billion.
"Our story right now is mining and it's really soft around the world. I'm hoping we're at a floor in mining," Doug Oberhelman, Caterpillar chairman and CEO, said in an interview with CNBC's "Squawk Box."
(Read More: Earnings Results Are Flashing Warning for Stocks)
"Ore prices are still relatively high. Copper is still relatively high relative to reinvestment. It hasn't dropped through the floor," he added. "[Gold at] $1,400 an ounce is still a pretty good price in the scheme of things long term, and that allows miners to reinvest. They're just slowing down big new investments and big new mine openings."
Caterpillar, which announced earlier this month that it was laying off 460 workers, or about 11 percent of its workforce at an Illinois plant that makes mining equipment, said it had 11,000 fewer people working for it at the end of the first quarter of 2013 than in the year-ago period.
Alexander Blanton, a senior analyst at Clear Harbor Asset Management, said Caterpillar's 9 cent EPS miss was "well within the usual plus-or-minus-10-percent range," typical for the company.
Caterpillar also said on Monday that it would resume a share buyback for the first time in five years.
Larry De Maria, an analyst at William Blair & Co, said Caterpillar's decision to resume the "mothballed" repurchase program was a "positive factor" and probably was contributing to the market's sanguine reaction to the disappointing results and outlook.
Under that plan, which was approved in 2007, Caterpillar could buy back as much as $3.7 billion of its shares before the repurchase authorization expires in December 2015.
CEO Oberhelman said the revised 2013 outlook reflects a sales decline of about 50 percent from 2012 for traditional Cat machines used in mining.
However, Oberhelman suggested optimism, telling CNBC that it was the first time in three years he has seen relative stability around the world, noting inventories in China and the United States have come down significantly.
"We don't want to be overly optimistic but it certainly feels better than the last two springs," he said.
The decline in first-quarter sales was led by a drop in revenue from mining products, which plummeted 23 percent. Sales of construction equipment fell 17 percent and sales of gas and diesel power systems declined 12 percent, the company said.
With mining orders falling because of a price slump in many commodities, including coal, Caterpillar needed a strong rebound from other customers, including residential construction, to offset that weakness.
But that increased demand from builders has not materialized fast enough, in part because some jumped the gun last spring when unseasonably warm weather combined with signs of the nascent economic recovery in the United States prompted many construction equipment customers to place orders for new machines. In the end, the optimism proved to be a little premature, Lustgarten said.
Clear Harbor Asset Management's Blanton said Oberhelman's optimism about China seemed to be borne out by the company's sales there, which were higher in the first quarter of 2013 than they were in the comparable quarter last year.
Caterpillar has warned investors about the weakness in the mining sector several times, most recently earlier this month, when it laid off 11 percent of its workforce at the Decatur, Ill., plant that makes mining equipment.
In January, the company also specifically warned that results for the first quarter would be "well below" those posted during the same period last year as dealers, awash in product, tried to sell off existing inventory before placing new orders.
Robert Wertheimer, a principal at Vertical Research Partners, said the drop in mining orders that Caterpillar was experiencing was "in line" with what its rivals were seeing. "We met with several competitors last week and they all seem to be having similar experiences," Wertheimer said. "It's not a (market) share issue at Caterpillar."
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Sneha Barot, Senior Public Policy Associate
Sneha Barot joined the Washington, DC office of the Guttmacher Institute as a Senior Public Policy Associate. Her portfolio includes international family planning and abortion, reproductive health products and technologies, and racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Prior to joining the Institute in 2008, Ms. Barot was Acting Director and Senior Program Manager at the Asia Division of the American Bar Association's Rule of Law Initiative. She also lived in New Delhi where she worked with local women's rights organizations, and in New York where she advocated on a variety of public interest and human rights issues, including at the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Urban Justice Center. Ms. Barot graduated with honors from the University of Florida, and earned a J.D. from the New York University School of Law.
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Barot S, Abortion restrictions in U.S. foreign aid: The history and harms of the Helms Amendment, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2013, 16(3): 9-13.
Barot S, In search of breakthroughs: renewing support for contraceptive research and development, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2013, 16(1): 24-30.
Barot S, Governmental coercion in reproductive decision making: see it both ways, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2012, 15(4):7-12.
Barot S, A problem-and-solution mismatch: son preference and sex-selective abortion bans, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2012, 15(2): 18-22.
Barot S, Preventing cervical cancer: new resources to advance the domestic and global fight, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2012, 15(1):8-13 & 19.
Barot S, Unsafe abortion: the missing link in global efforts to improve maternal health, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2011, 14(2):24-28.
Barot S, The need for a revitalized national research agenda on sexual and reproductive health, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2011, 14(1):16-22.
Barot S, Preempting the need to repair: toward a comprehensive U.S. policy on obstetric fistula, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2010, 13(3):18-22.
Barot S, Past due: emergency contraception in U.S. reproductive health programs overseas, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2010, 13(2):8-11.
Barot S, BPA-free and beyond: protecting reproductive health from environmental toxins, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2010, 13(1):18-22.
Barot S, Reclaiming the lead: restoring U.S. leadership in global sexual and reproductive health policy, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2009, 12(1):12-17.
Barot S, Making the case for a 'contraceptive convenience' agenda, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2008, 11(4):11-16.
Barot S, Back to basics: the rationale for increased funds for international family planning, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2008, 11(3):13-18.


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After two brief and disappointing call-ups to the Major Leagues, Mets infielder Josh Satin has made his bat very difficult for manager Terry Collins to ignore.
-- Over the course of his 11-game hitting streak (broken up with an 0-for-1 pinch-hitting appearance on Monday),
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Allen Craig
"Shoot, Allen's career has been amazing," says Satin, who played with Craig from 2004 to 2006, through Satin's redshirt sophomore season. "What he's done is something I can only dream about doing. I talk to him quite a bit, just about what it's like, and some of the guys that we're facing. He texted me the last couple weeks, 'Keep it going, keep it going!' 'I'm excited for you.'"
As it stands, Craig and Satin have been among two of the hottest hitters in the entire National League over the past month and a half.
Since being called up in early June, Satin has hit .362, with 13 runs, nine doubles, one homer, eight RBIs and 14 walks to 16 strikeouts He's even stolen a base.
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"He knows how to put the barrel of the bat on the baseball," says Mets manager
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Lately, Satin has shown an even more disciplined eye at the plate, working two full-count walks on Tuesday and drawing a free pass on a 3-1 count.
Craig has hit .347 (43-for-124) with seven of his 10 homers and 32 of his 69 RBIs. Craig's hot streak and season-long excellence at the dish has earned him a berth in the All-Star Game. Satin's work has earned him his longest career stay in the Major Leagues.
"He's told me the last couple years that it's only a matter of time for me," Satin says of Craig. "He knows what I can do. It's nice hearing that coming from a guy who's killing it in the big leagues, and also, I know that he has faith in me. He sees hundreds of big leaguers every year, and if he tells me I can do it, that definitely means a lot."
Satin is quick to point out that it's only been less than a month since he's gotten his latest shot in the Major Leagues. Instead of reveling in his big opportunity and the majesty of The Show, he's up to his eyebrows in hitting. If Satin were any more focused, he'd go cross-eyed.
"It's baseball; it's just on a bigger scale. It's a job," says Satin. "I come here every day. You do whatever you can to succeed and help the team win. I mean, everything's better. The amenities are better, you stay at better places, but it's still a grind. You still have a job to do."
Even his first big league home run – a solo shot on a 3-2 belt-high fastball a week ago against the
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in New York -- is nigh on a sore subject.
"It was a great feeling, but it's only been 60, 70 at-bats, and if I want to make a career out of this, it has to be thousands of at-bats," says Satin. "It's a great feeling, and something that I'll remember forever, but my eyes aren't on one nice experience. They're on the future."
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-- is more of a ho-hum affair
than it is for Craig
"I mean, I love being in the Bay Area. The Bay Area's a great place to be. It's a great place to live. I've got a ton of friends here and I got to see some of them the other day," says Satin. "Some are coming out. That's the coolest part; it's not that Berkeley's 10 minutes away. That's awesome, but I'm not going over there. It doesn't affect me that much, but the fact that other guys that I played with live around here, that's cool."
Much like Craig, Satin came out of Cal without a real position. He didn't have enough consistent power to be a corner infielder, and wasn't quite fast enough to be a middle infielder, as he'd been his entire life. One thing he could do, though, was hit.
After being drafted in the sixth round in 2008, Satin hit .303 and slugged .462. In 2009, splitting time between Savannah and St, Lucie, he hit .288 and slugged .426. In 2010, again splitting time between St. Lucie and Double-A Binghamton, he hit .311 and slugged .467. Like clockwork again in 2011, splitting time between Binghamton and Triple-A Buffalo, Satin hit .323 in 94 games, with 11 homers and 60 RBIs and 35 doubles – a career
in two-baggers.
He played everywhere from first to third to the outfield to second after being drafted as a shortstop.
In 2011, he finally got his chance in the majors, but only for 15 games. Satin went 5-for-25 in spot duty in September.
"The first time I got called up, I was killing it in the minor leagues, but the last two weeks, I didn't have a good last two weeks in Triple-A," says Satin. I was hitting .320, so it looked good, but it wasn't. I was able to muster up some hits in Triple-A because I was so confident, and I was relaxed, and then you get up here when the ball hasn't been coming off your bat that well, you try to trick yourself into thinking you're hitting well, but you're not."
In 2012, Satin – despite hitting well over .300 in Triple-A at the time -- got just one big league at-bat. He was designated for assignment shortly after his lone strikeout, and was not called upon again to come up to the Majors that season, finishing with a .286 average. The fact that a .286 mark constituted his worst professional batting average speaks says just about everything one needs to know about Satin as a hitter, but the fact that he didn't let that September slight get to him – that says just about all one needs to know about Satin as a person.
Just about
There was no anger, nor was there an enervated throwing up of the hands. Satin had taken bigger body blows than that. He wasn't about to let one hiccup stop him.
In 2005, Satin was a Freshman All-American and a member of the Pac-10's First-Team, the only Cal freshman to earn both of those awards other than
Xavier Nady
. In 2006, Satin and the Bears floundered under expectations, and as the team sank below .500 – a team that included five future Major Leaguers in Craig, Satin,
Brandon Morrow
Brennan Boesch
Tyson Ross
-- Satin pressed harder and harder, bearing almost all of the emotional weight right between his bushy eyebrows. Midway through the season, he began to feel a pain in his wrist.
That pain turned out to be a stress fracture in his right wrist, which cut his average to an anemic .222, and he spent the final week of the year on the bench.
As a fourth-year junior at Cal in 2007, Satin was widely expected to go in the middle rounds of the Major League Draft, after having a nice bounce-back season. But, a .287 average and four home runs – especially at a time when metal bats were yet to be deadened by BBCOR standards -- just wasn't enough. To this day, 2007 remains the only year in head coach
David Esquer
's tenure when not a single Golden Bear was taken by a Major League club.
More than 1,500 players were taken in that draft. Not one of them was Satin. He was watching the computer screen with his family when the final name was posted. He got up calmly, and told his parents he was going for a drive.
"I didn't want to really be around my parents and everyone saying, 'Aw, it's OK, you deserve better, they screwed you,' when in reality, they didn't," Satin said at the time. "I understand the fact that I'm a middle infielder who's not all that fast, I don't know if I'm going to be a middle infielder at the next level, and I have to hit a ton and I really didn't hit a ton -- I just thought that I built up some sort of a track record that would have helped me as far as my first year. It was hard for me. There were weeks where I didn't know what I wanted to do."
He briefly thought about going to law school, about giving up the sport. Then he decided -- thanks to the counsel of Esquer and would-be
Toronto Blue Jays
second-round pick
David Cooper
-- to return to Berkeley. After an offseason of re-engineering and re-jiggering his swing, of working out and for the first time eating right, of making baseball his job, he wound up hitting a career-best 18 home runs – including a walk-off, 10th-inning game-winner on the last day of the season against
– and a team-best .379.
So, when he didn't get the call from the Mets in 2012, he didn't despair. He just found another way to keep working, to keep focused.
He reunited with another former Cal teammate – catcher
Charlie Cutler
Pittsburgh Pirates
) -- and now-Oakland Athletics rookie
Nate Freiman
on Team Israel for the World Baseball Classic Qualifying Tournament in Jupiter, Fla., as one of a bevy of Semitic swingers to represent the Jewish State. The group wound up winning its first two games, but ran into one-loss Spain – who they'd already defeated once – in the winner-take-all final, and fell 9-7.
"I hit .290 last year in Triple-A, an that was my worst year. I was never thinking about not playing," says Satin. "I just needed an opportunity. I was hopeful that I would get it one day, and if not, just keep grinding until you do. If it doesn't work out, then you gave it your best shot."
In the tournament, Satin wound up hitting .273, with two runs, four walks and an RBI. While Satin's swing had already undergone a complete overhaul between 2007 and 2008 with the help of Cooper – a period of time, Satin said, when he first started really studying and understanding his swing -- he needed only to fix a few minor parts of his stroke before the 2013 season began. He quieted down a big leg kick, mainly, but apart from that, he said, it was all about keeping things as bare-bones as possible.
"I think it's overblown a little bit," Satin says about the changes to his swing. "It was just tinkering with a few things that allowed me to be more simple, be more direct to the ball. I'm just trying to get the barrel to the ball as easily as possible."
Those changes helped speed up Satin's timing, and he started off the 2013 season hitting .330 in the month of May, with a .427 on-base percentage, a .545 slugging percentage, four home runs and seven doubles.
"There was a little difference," says Satin. "I was driving the ball."
In May, he
cooled down
to hit
.308, with five homers and 15 RBIs.
"I don't know what my final numbers were in Triple-A this year, but they weren't much different than they usually were," says Satin, subtly emphasizing the word
. He has no intention of going back down. "The ball was coming off my bat great.
knew I was swinging the bat better than I had been. My outs were better. Sometimes, in the past my outs were kind of pathetic -- just not really good outs [or] good at-bats. I would still get hits the other times. It took its time. My outs were driven in the gap and happened to get caught, so when you're making consistent, good contact, throughout the course of a season, it just helps your psyche. You know that you can put a good at-bat together almost every time."
With good friend
Ike Davis
struggling mightily in Queens, Satin was called into Las Vegas 51s manager
Wally Backman
's office after the finale of a four-game set against the Tacoma Rainiers on June 9. He was switching places with Davis, at least for the time being.
"It wasn't like I was taking his place, because I wasn't playing first base," says Satin. "For him, he was happy for me, because I haven't had much time up here. He knows that I've done everything I can throughout my career to try to be here, so he was happy for me. He told me, he texted me and said, 'If anyone was to come up, I'm glad it was you.'"
And, eventually, so were the Mets. In his first seven games, Satin had just 11 plate appearances and three hits. Then, he got the starting nod against the Phillies in Philadelphia on June 23.
Since going 0-for-3 on that day, Satin has gone 18-for-47 (.383) with eight doubles and seven RBIs, to go along with nine walks – including three on Tuesday night in a 10-6 win against the Giants, with several familiar faces in the crowd.
"We've got some of the guys that I played with, throughout my time, coming out," says Satin. "[Former Bears] Stephen Carlson and [Chris] Errecart; Kyle Spraker was here [Monday] night, so it's cool that some of those guys are coming out to watch me play. It's nice. It's great being here. It's a great place to play, and it's a great feeling."
Satin got the starting nod on Tuesday after Davis played most of Monday night's 16-inning marathon against the reigning World Series champs, and he's been making life hard on Collins now that Davis has returned. Not that that's a bad thing for the irascible skipper.
"He just deserves to be in there right now," says Collins. "Today's a good day. Sunday, we see
Jeff Locke
, who's absolutely pitching brilliantly, and he's going to play
Satin does show at least a modicum of pride when he acknowledges that he has made filling out a lineup card a bit tougher on the 64-year old skipper.
"I always felt like, every time I came here before, I never gave him a reason to play me or gave him a reason to put me in there when it mattered," says Satin. "Now, even when I'm not starting, I can tell that, when the game's on the line, and he needs someone to hit that's not in the lineup, I'm batting. I can tell that he trusts me, and that he, you know, when the closer's in, we've got a guy on second, he's going to put me in. It's a good feeling, knowing that I have his faith, and the whole team, really, believes that I can do it. I'm not just here because they need to fill a roster spot. I'm here because they think that I can help this team win."
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Developed at BMW head office in Germany, it will be rolling off the production line in the new Shenyang production plant and celebrating its world premiere at Auto China 2012 in Beijing – the new BMW 3 Series sedan in the long wheelbase version.
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The Budget Committee encourages citizens to learn about proposed changes to the budget and to provide input. Citizen comment is taken at both the beginning and end of the meeting. Attending the meetings and providing direct input is very useful to the process. If you are not able to attend a meeting, an online opportunity is available here through Open City Hall for each meeting. Meetings are at 6:00 p.m. at Lake Oswego City Hall (380 A Avenue). The Committee is scheduled to meet and adopt the budget on May 9.
The Open City Hall (Peak Democracy links below) contain summary information for past meetings, links to the budget materials and meeting information on the City Website for review.
May 9 meeting (final meeting):
- Online information and comments: http://www.peakdemocracy.com/1288
- The next agenda includes - Public Comment, LORA Budget, Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) – Prioritize Funded Projects, Final deliberations and recommendations and adjournment of the Committee.
May 2 meeting:
- Online comments and information: http://www.peakdemocracy.com/1281
- The comments in a PDF report (that any person can also print from Open City hall if desired).
April 25 meeting:
- Online comments and information: http://www.peakdemocracy.com/1218
- The comments in a PDF report (that any person can also print from Open City Hall if desired).
Summary Information - Budget and Service Changes
The below summery information can be found in the Introduction materials on Open City Hall and more detail, information on the City Budget and links to the Budget Committee go to the City Budget website.
Here is general information about the Proposed Budget (Updated May 3, 2013)
The budget reflects the Council's direction to first invest in core local government services and second, prioritize funding for services that make Lake Oswego cherished and unique. While the Proposed Budget is balanced per state law, there is an operating deficit in the general fund. There are a number of factors that put pressure on the City's ability to fund services and achieve long term financial stability: unfunded capital facility needs, rising benefit costs and salary adjustments, continued slow population growth, and modest General Fund revenue growth.
On April 25 the Budget Committee was presented budget "Decision Packages". These are changes in the budget beyond the 3.4 FTE reduction in vacant positions. The decision packages include with general notes of redistribution or reduction of services. For full information please review the decision packages. (FTE = Full Time Equivalent employee):
Reductions (positions are currently filled and indicate a layoff, unless otherwise noted):
- 1 FTE Economic Development. Economic development efforts would be both reduced and redistribute to other staff. Remaining FTE in Economic and Capital Development would primarily be focused on Redevelopment Efforts in Urban Renewal Districts. (Passed May 2, however $30,000 was left in the budget for Chamber of Commerce marketing).
- 2 FTE Parks & Recreation. Senior Parks Utility Worker (vacant with a retirement), redistribute work. Recreation Program Supervisor at the Adult Community Center, would both redistribute the work to other people in the same classification and there would be some service impacts. (Passed May 2)
- 3 FTE Planning & Building, Long Range Planning. Two planner positions and a planning manager position. The Planning & Building Director would work with remaining staff to determine focus or work and what would no longer occur. (Passed May 2)
- 1 FTE City Manager's Office, Public Affairs. Public Affairs Manager. Some duties would be redistributed within the City Manager's Office and redistributed to departments. Some service reductions may occur. Responsibilities for reduction or redistribution are: Media Contact/Public Relations, Website Management, Legislative Advocacy/Intergovernmental Affairs, and Special Projects. (Passed May 2)
- 1.2 FTE City Manager's Office, Sustainability Program. Sustainability Planner and Intern. Program would continue to be coordinated out of the City Manager's Office, including support for the Sustainability Advisory Board, but there would be reductions on the service. (Did not pass May 9, not included in the budget proposal).
Increases in services:
- Right of way tree and vegetation maintenance, Public Works, Operation contract for services, $50,000. Better care for invasives and trees (such as ivy and dead limbs) in public areas that are currently neglected.
- Technical assistance to reevaluate Sensitive Lands, $80,000. Hire an expert in environmental protection to assist the City's natural resource planner to reevaluate the lands currently mapped and in preparation of materials for presentation of program alternatives to Metro, one time consultant expenditure. (Passed May 2)
- Increase in funds for Street Maintenance through things such as not reducing property taxes, implement decision packages, reduce other services and dedicate funding to streets, or reprioritize street projects. (Passed May 9 - Funds from General Fund services cut above, moved to Street Maintenance).
The decision packages are consistent with the City Council's direction to focus on core services and they include service reductions that help to address the financial challenges ahead. The savings could help address the General Fund's operating deficit, give more money to core services such as street maintenance, or dedicate funds towards capital equipment and facilities. The potential reductions in personnel, along with the net 3.4 vacant positions eliminated in the Proposed Budget, would also enable the City to begin to manage ongoing increases in salaries and benefits.
At each Budget Committee meeting, a member can add an item for discussion (generally a cut and add to services/budget) to what is called the "puts and takes" list. After the April 25 meeting, the list included:
- A citizen request to purchase the Halinan Woods property for a cost of $750,000 to the City.
- Installing field turf to the infield at East Waluga Park for a cost of $90,000 to the City.
- Providing $150,000 to the Lake Oswego School District for covering the operating costs of the district's swimming pool.
- Implementing a one-time utility rebate to the City's utility customers for a total impact to the Wastewater Fund of $1.3 million.
- Applying a vacancy rate to the City's personnel services budget. (Passed May 2)
- Additional support to the Meals on Wheels program to offset the funding effects from the Federal Budget Sequestration ($6,000) (Passed May 9)
- Increasing franchise fees as a source of funding for street maintenance ($1,000,000)
- Citizen request to support the purchase of playground equipment at Westridge Elementary School, ($15,000)
- A cost of service study for contracting fire and rescue services to Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue.
The Budget was approved and will go to the City Council for adoption on June 4.
Update on Property Tax Discussion
Out of concern for the rising costs of living for residents, the Council directed that the Proposed Budget include a reduction in the City's property tax rate to counter the anticipated automatic increase of 2.9% in assessed value. The reduction results in approximately $800,000 in property tax revenue loss to the General Fund. An average home in Lake Oswego with a $330,000 assessed value will save $50 on their annual property taxes to the City. May 3 Update - At the first Budget Committee Meeting, leaving Property Taxes intact and allowing the automatic increase to occur was added back for consideration due to the need to dip into reserves to pay for current services with the reduction and the long term impact on revenues. At the May 2 meeting, the Committee voted to continue the current tax rate (and therefore not reduce taxes or revenue).


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|USA Women Squad Named to Face France
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Women's Eagles head coach Pete Steinberg is expecting his squad to rise to the occasion.
"It was a physical battle in the first game and we learned a lot," mentioned Steinberg. " We hope to raise our game for the last game of the year and finish the tour with our best performance."
The 80,000-seat Stade de France will also play a factor in how the Women's Eagles play tomorrow. The Women's match will precede the French men's contest with Samoa. Excitement among the players is mounting as a large crowd is expected.
"Playing in Stade de France will be an amazing experience. We have had two very light days and our bodies feel good," said Captain Jamie Burke. "The game against France will be another great encounter and we hope we can improve from Wednesday."
Burke's third-consecutive start on tour will boost her career number of caps to 35 and she will be joined by Kittery Wagner and Sarah Chobot in the front row. World Cup veterans Stacey Bridges and Sharon Blaney partner as locks with Shaina Turley, Lynelle Kugler and Kate Daley returning to the back row.
Sadie Anderson, who will resume the vice-captain duties, starts at fly-half with Carrie White at scrum-half. Despite receiving a cut under her eye in the last match, Amelia Bizer will get the nod for the second-straight game. The U20 star will work with World Cup veteran Amy Daniels who gets her first start at inside center on this tour. Kimber Rozier starts her third-consecutive match at fullback with San Junita Moreno and Ashley Kmiecik on the wings.
Kickoff for the match is set for 3 PM (9 AM ET). The contest is the second against France on the year. The two teams played Wednesday (Nov. 21), which saw France shutout the US, 13-0, in Orleans.
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