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Response to audit calls for educational reform
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Editor, At Helianthus LLC (www.helianthusonline.com ), we see the Education Audit more as a call to action rather than a specific roadmap to education transformation in West Virginia....
Dems don't want to educate our kids...the next generation would be too smart to be used and deceived by them. Thus, they keep 'dumbing down' the next generation.
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One who works wonders with a net, but may loose the odd lunker. A very important part of the team.
Matt's the netman for the trip, now lets see him do what he is famous for doing...loosing the lunkers.
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One who loves to fish so much would rather help others catch fish, than not be a part of the team at all. Not the best fisherman in the group but is an important part of the team.
Matt is such a Netman, what would we do without him, who would get us the beers?
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A twat who thinks he/she is "it", when quite clearly they have the intelligence of a mollusc. That's just had its brains blown out by a shotgun. And then stamped on.
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Americans are familiar with the word, but how often does a person sit and think about what freedom actually means, what the value of it is, and where it comes from?
In commemoration of the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the Friends of Freedom Reigns group is sponsoring a public event on Sept. 10 at Azalea Park to start that conversation.
The Celebration of Freedom event originated at Pinewood Preparatory School, which has built global awareness and a discussion of the language of freedom into its curriculum.
The school has several monuments on campus that coincide with its Freedom Reigns program – Freedom Hall, the 9/11 Walk of Honor, and the Francis Suddeth Josephson Liberty Garden – and thus are dedicated to the idea of freedom.
Many Pinewood private donors and parents have been invested in the Freedom Reigns program from the beginning; Johnny Linton is one of them.
He organized this year's Celebration of Freedom, which has previously been held at the school's Freedom Hall.
Linton's mother and father were both World War II veterans and are portrayed in the Freedom Hall mural, a project that he spearheaded.
"This event is a way of doing something to thank them for what they did for us," he said.
The Tuesday event will begin with a video about Pinewood's Freedom Reigns facilities at 6 p.m. A variety of the school's students, including many from their foreign exchange program, will serve as ambassadors during the event. Student musicians from Dorchester District 2 schools will also play during this time.
Beginning at 7 p.m., Mayor Bill Collins will welcome the crowd, followed by an invocation from Rev. Willie Givens of First Missionary Baptist Church and a short talk about Pinewood's Global Scholars program from Jed Suddeth.
For Linton, it's important to "re-nourish" each generation on the meaning of freedom and the challenges it faces, otherwise the ideas "will be lost."
Hence the choice in the main speaker, U.S. State Department officer Caleb Stevens, who will speak about his experiences abroad in Liberia and the challenges freedom faces there.
The Summerville Community Orchestra, led by Alex Agrest, will follow at 7:45 p.m. with a concert of patriotic music.
"The focus of the event is to reflect on the values that will help protect us in the future," Linton said. "The concert is a celebration of those values, which is represented in the music."
For Pinewood Prep senior Logan Dwyer, who was chosen to introduce the mayor, the Celebration of Freedom is a chance for the public to consider other events the way he has during his experiences abroad.
"I certainly hope lots of people attend," he said. "I think it's important to come see international events in general. Events foster ideas, no matter whether we live, in Summerville or New York City, everyone is affected because we are international citizens."
Kathie Sizemore, the school's director of communications and public relations, continued.
"[This year's event] is exciting because public places are great venues to bring people together. It's a larger venue for a larger audience. Azalea Park is such a great place for talking, reflecting and developing tolerance," she said.
Linton said he expects around 1,000 guests.
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Bennett gets 'dream' job at Spring Mills
March 24, 2013
Wayne Bennett has been waiting nearly a decade. When the former Alderson-Broaddus cross county runner was first hired at Hedgesville, he knew that a new high school was due to open —at some point....
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Little Lehigh, Lehigh Co., 5/5/14
2014/5/5 2:16
From Allentown, Pa
Posts: 0
I've been searching the web daily/weekly for Little Lehigh fly fishing reports but have come up empty handed every time. I fish the stream on the heritage section everyday the weather conditions allow me to any where from 4-8 hours. I wanted to start posting daily reports for anyone whose looking for quick tips, tactics, and general updates of the stream life and fishing before they head out to wet a line on the LL. Starting today May 5th, I will be providing daily reports coming straight from the Little Lehigh's Heritage Section. If anyone has any questions or thoughts for me along the way I'd be more than willing to help or listen.
Thanks, Mike Deutsch
Posted on: 2014/5/5 3:35
Edited by Fishidiot on 2014/5/5 6:45:57
Re: Little Lehigh
2006/9/9 17:32
From Gettysburg
Posts: 439
Welcome Deutschy,
We have many folks here on the PAFF (Paflyfish) community who fish LL regularly. Bet you've met some of 'em.
With respect to writing reports. First off - although the LL is well known - we ask for reports to include Stream, County, Date format in the title line as this helps standardize search function (note the corrections I made).
We appreciate your reports. A good report covers water and weather conditions, hatches, fishing pressure, flies that worked (or didn't), water temps etc. Reports that "caught the skunk" are valuable too - as our reports forum is for more than bragging about a good day (although some bragging rights are fine).
One final suggestion: although we have many LL fans around here...daily reports of the LL are unnecessary. Some new posters on our forums have gone a bit overboard in attempting to write up every fishing trip. Why not contribute a report around once a month or so? Also, reports should focus on specific trips rather than a month's worth of observations, although you can certainly include some long term observations in a daily report.
Posted on: 2014/5/5 6:45
Re: Little Lehigh
2014/5/5 2:16
From Allentown, Pa
Posts: 0
Yes of course Dave I couldn't agree with you more! My intentions are to provide the information you had stated just a moment ago. The whole nine yards. Flies that worked, hatches, stream conditions and so on. I don't plan on projecting what I caught or how big the fish were. I simply just want to provide some quick updates that are easy to check up on for the regulars at the LL and everyone else because I've looked everywhere online and can't find one person who does! I will do my best to write a summary/report once every month that'll help give people some good insight they'll be able to use to their advantage when they get there to fish.
Thanks, Mike Deutsch
Posted on: 2014/5/5 9:48
Re: Little Lehigh, Lehigh Co., 5/5/14
2007/3/3 1:06
Posts: 24
Since you fish it every day a weekly report would be helpful,monthly would be too long and the info would be stale.
Posted on: 2014/5/6 1:26
Re: Little Lehigh, Lehigh Co., 5/5/14
2013/9/6 11:40
From Greensburg
Posts: 132
. Daily/weeky, all sounds good to me :) more the merrier IMO, conditions change all the time and its good to know what were dealing with before making the drive.
Thanks mike
Posted on: 2014/5/6 3:11
Re: Little Lehigh, Lehigh Co., 5/5/14
2014/5/5 2:16
From Allentown, Pa
Posts: 0
I will provide a report once or twice every week because monthly provides a to large of a gap for the fish/stream to change and my reports will become useless. Seeing as many people who fish the water do make a considerably long drive to get there and have little time to waste, I think this way is best. I appreciate the feed back guys. I'm working on getting my first report up ASAP. Please don't hesitate to mention what exactly it is that'd you'd like to see in the reports that'll help you most!
Thanks, Mike Deutsch
Posted on: 2014/5/6 11:37
Re: Little Lehigh, Lehigh Co., 5/5/14
2010/5/29 8:13
Posts: 4
Actually, I'm OK with a daily report, since between work and family so little time is left to actually fish the vicarious experience of fly fishing is often all I have.
Posted on: 2014/5/6 12:51
Re: Little Lehigh, Lehigh Co., 5/5/14
2006/9/9 17:32
From Gettysburg
Posts: 439
Monthly reports aren't worthless. Even if you submit one report per year - if it is a good report - that is useful.
I think there's some misunderstanding here.
According to the site owner's concept for fishing reports: reports should reflect a single day of fishing on a single waterway (there is some wiggle room here and we tolerate some exceptions). The key to making a report relevant isn't how frequently they're submitted, but rather the elapsed time between the trip and the report and the information included. In other words, reports that follow soon after a trip are best because the info is fresh...but more importantly, the info provided matters because a long time later, if one is planning to visit LL - or whatever Stream X - they can look at date, weather, hatches etc.
This is why a single good report from several years ago is still useful and why we hold on to them. It may not be a fresh report - but if you're planning, for example, to visit Yellow Breeches this weekend and weather report is for sunny weather.....you can look back thru past year's reports for the same stream on the same date and see what someone previously reported.
Again, there's no hard and fast rule for how often one chooses to post reports. If you want to write one weekly, that's fine. It isn't necessary and individuals who have sometimes "over reported" can rub some of the readership wrong (although that is the other reader's problem, not the fishermen who wrote the report).
Just some stuff to be aware of.
Posted on: 2014/5/6 13:42
Re: Little Lehigh, Lehigh Co., 5/5/14
2014/5/5 2:16
From Allentown, Pa
Posts: 0
I shouldn't have used the word "useless" when talking about monthly reports. I agree that any good report can be useful time and time again but I think what I'm trying to get across is that fresh weekly reports are going to be far more accurate and effective concerning the current conditions if the reports are written meticulously. You can always look back to old reports from past years but all the info reported won't be a precise image of the current stream conditions... For example- A report last year from a trip to the LL on May 6th could have reported there was a sulphur hatch. But currently this year on May 6th the sulphurs haven't showed and are looking to be a couple weeks later than their hatch date reported last year due to a harsh winter which results in the angler reading the report to arrive to the stream prepared to fish sulphurs when in reality he won't being seeing any. Aside from that though... I really do appreciate the advice leading me into the right direction to start posting reports! My goal is to simply provide the most current and accurate reports to save anglers time and help them catch more fish.
Posted on: 2014/5/6 18:22
Re: Little Lehigh, Lehigh Co., 5/5/14
2006/9/11 13:33
From Lehigh Valley
Posts: 2
Hi Mike,
Good to see someone that'll provide a good stream report for the LL.
Some suggestions:
In addition to hatch info, probably the most important info you could provide would be the water temps. Not so important right now, but when it gets really hot outside, that info can be crucial. Anytime the water temp gets over 70 degrees, it's best to leave the fish alone.
Get a good thermometer, take temps in several places with good current flow, and report highs, lows, and time of day the temps were taken.
If you use an infrared thermometer, remember to take readings from a foot or less from the water's surface. For every foot you are away from the surface, you get like 10% error on your reading.
Also, I suggest checking with Dave at the shop to share and coordinate your info. I'm sure he'd appreciate it, and he might be able to add to your report info. He can also forward the report to Gary Blockus of the Morning Call to list in his outdoor column and fishing reports.
Good luck, and thanks for providing information to people that may have to make a long drive, only to find out they should have gone elsewhere.
Posted on: 2014/5/6 20:05
Re: Little Lehigh, Lehigh Co., 5/5/14
2007/3/3 1:06
Posts: 24
I was walking my dog along the LL today at the C&R FFO along Miilbrook Farms.The water conditions were perfect and I did see a few risers.Submitted this for those that are thinking to give it a try and wonder if the creek is fishable after all the rain.
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Stetson got its best defensive effort of the season on Tuesday, and the Hatters needed every bit of it in a tightly contested 66-52 victory over Bethune-Cookman at the Edmunds Center.
Victoria McGowan scored 27 points, including 13 in a row during a key second half run, as Stetson (2-3) extended its home win streak to six. Jama Sharp added 13 points and five assists.
"I felt like it was a great defensive game and both teams played really hard," Stetson head coach Lynn Bria said. "Bethune-Cookman is a great rebounding team, but we turned them over a little bit, and that helped counteract their rebounding."
Despite leading wire-to-wire, the Hatters had to hold off numerous runs from the Lady Wildcats (2-2). Stetson led by as many as 14 in the first half and 10 in the second half, but B-CU rallied to within three when McGowan drew a key charge on the defensive end.
"I think that might have been my first charge," McGowan quipped. "I was just trying to help the team out and pick it up defensively. I think this win helps build our confidence back after losing to Florida State. We just wanted to come out and play hard."
Moments later Sharp started a 7-0 run with a field goal, then McGowan followed with a steal, a three-pointer, another steal, and a fastbreak lay-up to put Stetson ahead by nine. She added to her 13-point run with a pair of free throws and two more three-pointers to help Stetson pull away.
"She just decided to put the team on her shoulders, but that's what great players do," Bria said. "She wasn't playing bad up until that point, she just wasn't making her shots. But that run opened up the game for us and gave us a bit of a cushion."
Stetson shot 44% from the field and 47% from behind the arc. The Hatters hit eight three pointers for the third time this season.
Chastity Rene Taylor led the Lady Wildcats 14 points. B-CU shot 37 percent for the game.
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Tired of watching the same results week after week, year after year, in a decade-plus of mediocrity or worse? Looking to take another NFL team for a spin, for the sake of sanity, with the Bills driving a once-promising season into a ditch?
One option is riding shotgun with Colts bandwagon chauffeur Chuck Pagano, who was on the road to recovery and inspiring his team and its fans to follow him. The resilient coach and his football team's unexpected surge have created hope across Indianapolis in his fight against cancer and their battle in the AFC.
The best part: In Indy, it's genuine.
Hope in Buffalo is part of bogus sales pitch, devoured every July and nauseating each November. Hope is the driving force behind capacity crowds at Ralph Wilson Stadium and the notion that the Bills are on the cusp of the playoffs when they're usually on the brink of collapse. See, the Bills create false hope.
Optimism was in short supply in Indy when the season began following an offseason of drastic changes. General Manager Bill Polian, the mastermind of their success for more than a decade, was shown the door. Football god Peyton Manning split for Denver. Coach Jim Caldwell was kicked to the curb.
And now?
The Colts won four of their last five games and improved to 5-3 under interim coach Bruce Arians, who is keeping the headset warm while Pagano undergoes treatment for leukemia. If the season ended today, the Colts would be in the postseason. Suddenly, a laughingstock that finished 2-14 last year has become the best story in the NFL.
Andrew Luck has proven to be worthy of the first pick overall. He threw for a rookie record 433 yards last week in a win over the Dolphins. Starting running back Vick Ballard is a rookie who was selected in the fifth round. Their offense is ranked fourth in total yardage. Teams can, in fact, turn around with the right personnel.
Indy beat Cleveland, Tennessee and Miami in the past three weeks, so let's not get too excited. If rooting for them is unfathomable, fine, but how can you root against them?
Pagano was a first-year NFL head coach before cancer pulled him away Sept. 26. He's been staying in the loop while undergoing treatment. Doctors have told him his cancer is in remission, and he hopes to return to the sidelines this season. Really, that's the only hope that matters.
On Sunday, after the Colts beat the Dolphins, Pagano stood before his team and offered his idea of hope. Football is his livelihood, but it's not his life. With his voice cracking and his eyes welling with tears, he told his players that he hoped to live long enough to dance with his daughters at their weddings. He hoped to win championships.
By the time he was finished, his players weren't hoping their success would continue. They were convinced it would. And their hopes weren't pinned to a horseshoe.
Big Papi is big signing
The Red Sox made a wise move when handing David Ortiz a two-year extension worth $26 million even though, at age 37, he's well past his prime. They effectively bought themselves time without getting into a bidding war for a cleanup hitter.
Ortiz batted .318 with 23 homers and 60 RBIs after an Achilles injury limited him to 90 games. In a free-agent market lean on sluggers, he's capable of batting .325 with 30-plus HRs and 100-plus RBIs. Josh Hamilton, for example, is in line for a much longer deal for twice the annual haul.
Big Papi also gained some respect after firing back at Bobby Valentine, who accused Ortiz of quitting on the Red Sox and using injury as his excuse. Ortiz was watching TV and heard Valentine ripping him in an interview with NBC's Bob Costas. His response provided insight into what ailed the Red Sox last season.
"I did not respond to the message and I said to myself, 'This guy must have some mental issues or needs medicine or something?' " Ortiz told ESPNDeportes.com. "I said, 'I am dealing with someone crazy and I am not going to drive myself crazy, so it is better if I leave it alone.' "
Time for do-over
Dwyane Wade learned the hard way that he needs to think before he Tweets.
The Heat star created a stir last week with this comment on Twitter: "3 hour traffic just to get into the NY city.. C'monMan...'' The immediate backlash came from people who thought he was insensitive to victims of Hurricane Sandy.
It forced Wade to send out this tweet, designed to correct his first tweet: "2 be clear traffic tweet was meant 2 say... We shouldn't B hre 2 play a basketball game when theirs [sic] so many families obviously R affected by #Sandy.''
Wade quieted his critics when he donated his game check to Sandy victims after a 104-84 loss to the Knicks.
The plot thickens
The soap opera surrounding the Eagles' 3-5 start this season has turned into one ridiculous scene after another.
Defensive end Jason Babin took center stage last week when whining about fans, claiming they screamed vile things about players' wives and children. The poor guy couldn't even repeat what he heard despite his "high threshold for adult jokes." That led to him getting slammed on the radio, including comments from former Philly players.
"Come on, dude, go out and win some games," ex-linebacker Jeremiah Trotter said on The Fanatic radio. "The fans do what they're gonna do. Fans are still going to be fans, and they have every right to boo you if you don't go out and put a good product on the field. Dude, get a grip, this is football. You're a man."
Marcus Vick took off on a rant with some two dozen Tweets while his brother, Michael, was running for his life in the loss Monday night to New Orleans. None was better than this gem: "Please trade my brother. We requesting out of Philly!!!! Please please please ... "
Said Michael, when told about his brother's actions after the game: "That's something I'm going to have to address after I leave here."
Carlos Boozer upon hearing forward Taj Gibson signed a four-year deal worth $38 million with the Bulls: "Steaks are on Taj tonight!''
Stats Inc.
321 - Yards rushing by Oregon back Kenjon Barner, the most ever against USC in the Trojans' 124-year history.
82 - Points scored by James Harden in his first two games with the Rockets, the most by any player in his first two games with a new team in NBA history.
3 - Losses in the first three games for the Lakers, their worst start since 1978.
Quick hits
• Olympic sprinter Lolo Jones will help promote the U.S. women's bobsled team, but it would have been nice if she actually earned the spot. Apparently, she didn't even have a race-off with push athletes who have been with the team for years. It came off like a public-relations gimmick going into the World Cup season.
• Rick Hahn's first move after replacing Kenny Williams as the White Sox's general manager was trading his predecessor's son, minor-league prospect Kenny Williams Jr., to Colorado. Hahn should have traded Philip Humber, who after throwing a perfect game in April had a 5-6 record with a 7.39 ERA in 87∏ innings.
• The Cardinals have lost four straight games since the Bills beat them in overtime, which confirmed Arizona was as bad as it looked. Buffalo has beaten Kansas City, Cleveland and Arizona, which have a combined 7-19 record. The Bills have lost to the Jets, New England, San Francisco, Tennessee and Houston, which together are 24-17.
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The phenomenon whereby an intentional and impossibly obscure Facebook status causes numerous friends to respond.
After declaring in his status that "Rich has big news" - he was accused of facebaiting.
автор: Mace in AZ 14 февраля 2009
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Posting vague, self pitying status updates on Facebook in an obvious bid for attention and emotional support.
Sally: Will anything good ever come into my life?
Bobby: Doubt it, dude. Stop Facebaiting.
Bobby: Doubt it, dude. Stop Facebaiting.
автор: Johnwilkie 16 марта 2011
Posting to Facebook only to get a specific reaction from a specific person. Causes nearly all Friends to say, "Huh?", but one particular Friend to say, "Oo. I know what that's about." Not always negative. Not always positive.
Did you see that come across your News Feed?
Something's definitely up. He/she's Facebaiting somebody.
Something's definitely up. He/she's Facebaiting somebody.
автор: The Sausalito Samurai 22 октября 2009
Posting an inflammatory status update or link on a social networking site in order to stir up trouble or antagonize your friends list.
"Bill only posted that Fox News link on Facebook to piss off his liberal friends. He was totally Facebaiting."
автор: inhetet 3 июня 2009
The act of posting on an acquaintance's wall after seeing them go idle in your friend list in order to bait them into getting back online. Usually targeted at women with whom the FaceBaiter is only loosely acquainted with the ultimate goal of starting a chat conversation without the appearance of trying.
Person: You talk to that girl from the party last weekend?
FaceBaiter: I was just about to but then she went offline. That bitch is never on!
Person: Dude, try FaceBaiting her. Tag her in a picture then you can mack all over that bitch when she gets back on. Get some!
FaceBaiter: I was just about to but then she went offline. That bitch is never on!
Person: Dude, try FaceBaiting her. Tag her in a picture then you can mack all over that bitch when she gets back on. Get some!
автор: the zuckerbeast 28 февраля 2011
The act of posting a status that is directed at a specific person(s) in a passive agressive attempt to hurt, humiliate or anger them; done in such a manner that everyone knows who you are insinuating.
i.e.: I would hate to have a sister who throws herself at every guy she meets.
i.e.: I would hate to have a sister who throws herself at every guy she meets.
Evelyn is Facebaiting Eva about her drunk dancing last night. I wonder if she has seen it yet?
автор: PapayaSweets 28 сентября 2010
FaceBaiting - where you constantly invite a person to be a friend on FaceBook when you KNOW their circumstance demands they can't accept...
I knew he was gay and in the closet and accepting my friend request would tip off his overly inquisitive and (rightfully so) insecure-about-his-sexuality girlfriend, but I kept FaceBaiting him anyway figuring when he'd finally accepted who he was, he'd simultaneously accept me as a "friend"
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Hillary Clinton has been hospitalized for treatment of a blood clot in her head.
The Secretary of State, who was admitted to New York Presbyterian Hospital on Sunday, did not suffer a stroke or neurological damage, her doctors say.
She is being treated with blood thinners and is "making excellent progress," says a statement from Dr. Lisa Bardack of Mt. Kisco Medical Group and Dr. Gigi El-Bayoumi of George Washington University.
"We are confident she will make a full recovery," says the statement. "She is in good spirits, engaging with her doctors, her family, and her staff."
She was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday.
The blood clot was found in the space between her brain and skull behind the right ear during an exam related to the concussion Clinton suffered during a fall earlier this month.
Clinton, 65, suffered a concussion when she passed out and fell in her Washington, D.C., home. Reports at the time said dehydration suffered after a trip the former first lady took to Europe was the cause of her fall.
Clinton, who was recently named one of Barbara Walters's 10 most-fascinating people of 2012, plans to step down from her secretary post early next year.
Hillary Clinton Hospitalized for a Blood Clot
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quote: I am not sure what is worse Fox News or those believing their every word!
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
Editor's note: According to information provided by the Summerville Police Department, the following suspects were still at large.
Name: Tory Lemont Miller
Age: 36
Description: Black male, 5'11" tall, 200 pounds
Last known address: 117 Miley Drive, Summerville
Wanted for: Bench Warrant/giving false information to police
Wanted by: Summerville Police Department
Wanted since: March 13, 2012
Investigators allege: Defendant failed to appear in court to face a charge of giving false information to police in connection with an incident that occurred Jan. 7, 2012.
Name: Benjamin Allen Morris
Age: 22
Description: White male, 5'9" tall, 220 pounds
Last known address: 234 Miami Road #77, Ladson
Wanted for: Bench warrant/Criminal domestic violence
Wanted by: Summerville Police Department
Wanted since: Sept. 20, 2011
Investigators allege: Defendant failed to appear in court to face a charge of Criminal Domestic Violence which stemmed from an event that occurred on Nov. 5, 2010.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of these suspects may call the Summerville Police Department at (843) 851-4100. Crime tips can also be sent to Crime Stoppers by phone at 554-1111, by text message at CRIMES or 274637 (start the message with "TIPCSL") or on the web at www.5541111.com.
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Cane Bay High School Algebra teacher Shelley Dalpiaz has been recognized as American Board National Teacher of the Year for 2012-2013.
The award is given to an alum of the American Board for Certification of Teaching Excellence who "exemplifies the organization's belief that the inspiration to teach comes from a commitment to the community and the desire to make a difference."
Dalpiaz was voted the South Carolina Teacher of the Year in March.
The national round was based on essays and phone interviews. After impressing the board she received a call from ABCTE chief of staff Cathleen Healy telling her that she had won.
Dalpiaz was born in Aruba and moved to the United States when she was 17 to attend Weber State University in Utah.
"I wanted to see snow," she said with a laugh. "Everyone in Utah would tell me I was crazy."
After graduation she worked in a lab at the University of Utah testing tubes of blood for tuberculosis.
In 1998 Dalpiaz moved to South Carolina to follow her husband's job as an electrician in the Air Force. The couple has a 16-year-old daughter Racheal and a 14-year-old son David, whom she was pregnant with at the time of the move.
She began volunteering at Harvest Baptist Church, and enrolled online at Walden University. After earning a masters degree in mathematics, she earned her certification through the ABCTE.
In 2010 she began teaching Algebra II at Cane Bay.
"Nomally we hire traditionally certified teachers but Shelley was just too good to pass up," said Cane Bay principal Lee Westberry who nominated Dalpiaz for the award in January.
Fellow math teacher Regina Owens started at Cane Bay the same year as Dalpiaz and has taught Algebra II in the adjacent classroom.
"I was pregnant and needed bed rest," Owens said referring to her first year at CBHS. "Shelley and the other math teachers were so great helping out with my classes and helping at home."
Westberry and Owens each harped on Dalpiaz's rapport with her students as a quality that makes her a special teacher. Dailpiaz said that relating to the students is critical when teaching.
"You have to try to get to know them so you can relate to them," she said. "If they like you they'll work for you, if not, forget it."
Dalpiaz offers tutoring sessions during lunch, before class and after. The block schedule offers 90-minute classes that she breaks up by lecturing for the first 20 minutes then breaking into small groups.
The students play games on the smart board including Jeopardy and "Kooshball". She has a one-on-one desk in the back of the class for students who need additional help.
The personal goals change day-by-day for Dalpiaz, but one common theme continues.
"I just love seeing it in their eyes," she said. "The look is like 'Thank God!' and you know that they get it."
Dalpiaz praised the leadership of the principal, the help of the math department and even the detailed work of the custodial crew as attributes that make her job easier.
Westberry echoed the statements.
"She's fabulous and she makes it easy on me because she's a team player and willing to learn," said Westberry. "I wish I had a school of them."
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Portland, OR (Sports Network) - The Portland Timbers announced late Monday
that the club has acquired midfielder Will Johnson from Real Salt Lake in
exchange for allocation money.
The 25-year-old joins Portland after five seasons with RSL. He was an MLS All-
Star in 2009 and helped the Claret and Cobalt win MLS Cup the same year.
"Will is a proven player in MLS and has experience winning an MLS Cup
championship," said Timbers general manager Gavin Wilkinson. "He will be a key
piece moving forward and brings a winning mentality that we feel will be very
important to our culture; he is mentally tough and his attitude is infectious.
He is also extremely versatile in our system."
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Today was the annual Scouting for food drive. 15 dedicated Scouts and 5 Adult leaders braved the snow and helped out not only with bringing food, but collecting it from units dropping, weighing it, sorting it, and putting it all away… all 7204 lbs of the food collected for the St. Vincent de Paul Food bank.
Only 14 units dropped at our location, but the seven thousand plus pounds of food will go a long way this winter in helping those less fortunate in our community.
Scouting for Food is a wonderful program that we do each year. It really brings out a sense of service, especially to the boys of Troop 664. As the food is being collected, sorted etc. The food bank doors are open and the Scouts get to see the direct result of their labor. Those folks that need a helping hand are served.
If it were not for the Boy Scouts there would many people not having basic needs like a meal tonight.
Great Job Boys! That is what Helpful and Friendly are all about. You made us all proud!
Happy Scouting!
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Genex Retires Equity Back to Cooperative Members
Genex Retires Equity Back to Cooperative Members
This spring, cattle genetics organization Genex Cooperative, Inc. retired equity from 1988, 1989 and 1990 to member patrons throughout the contiguous United States.
"The cooperative's board of directors, supported by producer delegates, authorized the retirement of this patronage originally issued for $4,798,178," explains Larry Romuald, Genex Treasurer. "The benefits are being distributed to our member-owners on the basis of the amount of business they conducted with the cooperative during each of those years."
The profit goals of the cooperative as set forth by the board of directors allow for both equity retirement to the membership and the investment in product development and equipment. The cooperative's membership consists of dairy and beef producers who utilize the organization's products and services and have signed a membership agreement.
For more information on Genex, membership in the cooperative, or Genex products and services, contact customer service at 888-333-1783.
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Approximately 38% of postmenopausal women in the United States use hormone
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Game 18 Recap: Cubs 13, Pirates 6
- McLouth lines a single on a 2-2 pitch to right, starting the game.
- Sanchez keeps fouling balls off that whiz by Jason Bay standing on deck.
- Sanchez goes opposite field, with a liner into right, not that far from where McLouth had hit it. First and second, no outs.
- Bay pops one towards the right field bullpen. DeRosa underestimates how the wind is blowing it foul, has to speed up as he runs towards the Pirates' bullpen mound, reaches out to make a basket catch and trips over the mound, diving face-first towards the brick wall. Doesn't make the catch, but also doesn't die. We'll call it a win for the Cubs.
- Bay then grounds directly to Ramirez at third. Triple play chance? Nope, Ramirez steps on third and then throws over to first for a double play. I don't think I've ever seen the Cubs turn a triple play...
- LaRoche hits into a 3-1, Dempster escapes without damage.
Inning 1 - Bottom
- Johnson lines a double over McLouth's head in right-center.
- Theriot inside-outs a 2-1 pitch, bouncing it just to the right of the second baseman. Johnson scores easily, and on the throw home from McLouth, Theriot advances to second. 1-0 Cubs
- Lee grounds out 5-3.
- Ramirez with a sharp bounce out, 5-3 again
- Murton gets a nice hand as he comes to bat.
- And bounces back to the pitcher, ending the inning
Inning 2 - Top
- Nady grounds out to 2nd.
- Dempster makes a nice jumping, twisting grab on a ball chopped by Doumit back up the middle. 2 outs.
- Bautista strikes out on a pitch in the dirt, Soto throws him out at first. Easy inning for Dempster
Inning 2 - Bottom
- DeRosa grounds through the left-side hole for a single.
- Soto whistles one right past Duke, who somehow doesn't get beaned by it. Missed by maybe 6 inches, with Duke not having the time to react in any way. Phew. Runners at 1 and 2
- Cedeno bounces to Duke, who goes to third with it. Return throw to first isn't in time. Probably should have just gone to second with it. One out.
- Dempster with a nice bunt to advance the runners.
- Johnson pops out to second, ending the inning
Inning 3 - Top
- Bixler K's swinging on a nice biting slider
- Duke taps one a few feet down the third base line. Doesn't bother to much more than walk to first base, helping Soto throw him out.
- Happy 92nd anniversary of the Cubs first game at Wrigley, Len tells us.
- BJB with the "those guys on the[Chicago] Whales always spouting off." I love you, BJB.
- McLouth flies to right. Another easy inning for Dempster
Inning 3 - Bottom
- Theriot bounces one inside the third base bag for a leadoff double.
- Lee grounds one through the left side hole. Theriot has to see if the ball will go through, andholds at third.
- Ramirez lines one to the warning track just left of the left-center bullpen doors. Theriot scores, Lee to third, Ramirez doubles. 2-0 Cubs.
- Murton bounces up the middle, Bixler picks it up on a tough hop, spins and gets Murton at first. Lee scores, Ramirez to third, 3-0 Cubs with one out.
- DeRosa taps to Duke, 2 outs.
- Soto walks
- Cedeno lines one to Bixler and SS, who has it pop out of his glove. Scoops it up, and just barely gets Soto on the force at second, ending the inning.
Inning 4 - Top
- Sanchez lines to DeRosa, who makes a nice running catch
- In their daily text message poll question on fans favorite Cubs tradition, they include the 7th inning stretch. Len elaborates to includethat this encompasses not just Harry's singing of the stretch, but the celebrities since him. So much for voting for that...
- Bay bounces out to Ramirez
- LaRoche grounds to Lee. Dempster just mowing them down...
Inning 4- Bottom
- Dempster grounds out to shortstop.
- Johnson gets nicked by a fastball on the elbow. Down to first.
- A perfectly executed hit and run, with Theriot lining one into the right-center gap. Theriot just does stretch it into a double, with Johnson running hard all the way to score. Exciting baseball. 4-0 Cubs
- And Theriot steals third. You could asphixiate on all the scrappiness.
- Lee walks.
- Ramirez gets plunked on the left knee, and isn't too happy about it. Bases now loaded.
- Murton inside-outs one between LaRoche and the first base line. LaRoche makes a nice play, and takes it to first base, for another RBI groundout for Murton. 5-0 Cubs, two outs, runners on 2 and 3
- DeRosa flies to right, ending the inning
Inning 5 - Top
- Nady rolls one through the hole past a diving Theriot. First baserunner since the first inning, I believe
- Doumit lines out to Murton.
- Interesting ground-rule double. Bautista lines one to center that Johnson has to go back on and contend with the wind as well, misses it in a diving attempt. The ball sort of goes into the vines, but is clearly visible on TV, and Johnson puts his hands up. As he's doing so, Nady goes from first to home and Bautista circles the bases as well. The umpire comes out to check to see that the ball actually is in the vines. It is, barely, and it's called a ground rule double. Runners go back to 2 and 3. Oh, the grittiness of Reed Johnson....
- Bixler hbp on the shoulder. Bases loaded for the pitcher's spot.
- Duke pulled for Mientkiewicz
- I swear to god, I just spelled Mientkiewicz without any help. Somebody donate to TCR for that one.
- Mientkiewicz singles to Murton, everyone advances a base. 5-1 Cubs. McLouth up.
- Soto with a few nice blocks on balls in the dirt today, including one on the first pitch to MCLouth, saving a run.
- Dempster seems to have totally lost the strike zone. 3-0 count to arguably the hottest hitter in the game, bases loaded and a 4 run lead. Can any goodcome of this?
- Walks on four pitches. 5-2.
- Sanchez hits a slow bouncer to Ramirez, who can only get Sanchez at first. 5-3, runners on 2 and 3, two outs for Bay.
- Soto with another tough block on a pitch in the dirt. Again saves a run.
- Four straight balls to Bay. Bases loaded. Fans booing. LaRoche up. Parachat restless.
- Ball one.
- Dempster over 30 pitches in the inning. Was in the mid-50s at the start of the inning.
- Dempster comes back to a 1-2 count. Fans now standing and screaming for Dempster to get out of it.
- Dempster K's LaRoche, swinging. Phew.
Inning 5 - Bottom
- Franquelis Osoria in to pitch.
- Soto lines one over the SS hole into left for a single.
- Dempster called out of the on deck circle in favor of Fontenot. WGN shows him slamming his helmet and bat around in the dugout.Presumably, upset at himself, as the last inning really ratcheted up his pitch count on what had been an easy outing.
- Cedeno does a nice job battling, eventually lining a double into the left field corner. Soto comes around to score. 6-3.
- Fontenot now up for Dempster.
- Fontenot grounds one to LaRoche's left. LaRoche just sort of whiffs at it, taking a swipe with it while trying to run to first for the out, and the ball rolls past him towards the bullpen. Cedeno scores, Fontenot stays on first, error on LaRoche. 7-3
- Johnson takes a defensive flail at a pitch on the hit and run, and winds up getting a single off of Bautista's glove. Runners on 1 and 2 for Theriot, still no outs.
- Another really weird play: Theriot pops a bunt that Osiroa can't quite catch on the dive. The ball rolls towards the first base line. Fontenot rounds third, thinking the catcher will go for the play at first, but instead Doumit throws behind Fontenot at third, and he's out trying to get back to the bag. Theriot is credited with a hit, and runners are on 1 and 2.
- Lee misses a 2-1 fastball on the biggest swing I think I've ever seen Lee take.
- Lee bounces to third. Bautista throws to second, as Fontenot stopped in front of him to avoid the easy tag. Sanchez then one-hops LaRoche at first, who again makes a rather lame effort at it. Lee is safe and Fontenot comes in to score. 8-3, two outs, and our five run lead has returned.
- Ramirez launches one into the left-center bleachers, maybe a dozen rows up. 10-3. As a guy who's always been sort of sympathetic to the Pirates, this is just sad.
- Murton finally hits into some luck, with a measley little squibber up the third base line, on the dirt. Osoria has a brain fart and picks up the ball, when the only hope was to let it roll foul. What an ugly inning.
- DeRosa flies to McLouth. Inning mercifully over.
Inning 6 - Top
- Howry in.
- Nady K's swinging on an inside fastball. Soto drops it, but Nady is already returning to the dugout with his head hanging. Poor pirates.
- Doumit demolishes a ball, maybe four rows up into the right field well bleachers. Fastball over the heart of the plate.
- Bautista K's looking at a fastball on the outside corner.
- Bixler also K's looking at an outside fastball, and Howry K's the side, with a home run in between.
Inning 6 - Bottom
- Damaso Marte in to pitch
- Soto walks.
- Cedeno with another tough AB, fouling off 3-2 pitches before lining one into RF for a single. Runners on 1 and 2, no outs
- Bob Howry hitting. Left-handed. 3rd plate appearance in 606 games played. Bunts into a strikeout.
- Johnson lines to McLouth.
- Theriot walks. Bases loaded for Lee.
- Lee with another huge swing through a mid-80s fastball, 1-2 count.
- Lee lines a 3-2 pitch into left for a two-run single. 12-4 Cubs.
- Ramirez rolls an 0-2 pitch through the right side for an rbi single. 13-4
- I have Marte as a middle reliever in two fantasy leagues. This sucks. Er, I mean, way to pile on, Cubbies!
- Murton grounds to Bautista, who takes the force out at the bag. Inning over
Inning 7 - Top
- Blanco in to catch, Chris Gomez hits for Marte
- Gomez serves one in to right for a hit.
- McLouth gets knicked by a fastball, just does get his jersey. 2 runners on to start the seventh.
- Sanchez broken bat grounder to Cedeno, who just does get McLouth at second base. One out, runners on 1 and 3.
- Bay pops to Theriot, two outs.
- LaRoche takes a called strike three fastball. Tough day for him.
- Who is Bonnie Hunt, and why is she singing the stretch like it's a show tune?
- and who the hell says "by me some diamonds and crackerjacks?"
Inning 7 - Bottom
- Bonnie Hunt, though she's neither entertaining nor interestind, does seem to be a genuine and rather intense Cubs fan, so she's still better than most of the D-listers. Just please don't change the lyrics.
- Phil Dumatrait in.
- DeRosa and Blanco walk.
- Cedeno K's swinging
- Pie pinch-hits for Howry, and K's looking.
- And Johnson lines to LaRoche. Promising start to the inning, feeble conclusion.
Inning 8 - Top
- Ward in for Lee. Wuertz in for Howry.
- Nady lines out to DeROsa
- Doumit with another bomb to right field, this time just left of the well. No doubt about either one of them. 13-5
- Wuertz walks Bautista
- Ball one to Bixler. Wuertz not looking too sharp.
- Bixler hits it back to Wuertz, whose throw sails past both Theriot and Cedeno into center field. Runners stay at 1 and 2, error on Wuertz.
- Gomez flies to Murton.
- McLouth dribbles one to Ward, who takes it to the bag. Inning over with just the solo HR
Inning 8 - Bottom
- Theriot's perfect day comes to an end on a tough 3-2 count check-swing call, strikeout.
- Ward walks.
- Ramirez singles through the left-side hole, runners on 1 and 2
- Murton 6-4-3 DP to end the inning.
Inning 9 - Top
- Sean Marshall in.
- Sancehz bounces one back to Marshall, nice reflexes by Sean.
- Bay walks.
- Paulino hits for Dumatrait, and rolls a double to the right-center wall, scoring Bay. 13-6
- Paulino takes third as Nady grounds out to short.
- Fans on their feet with two outs.
- Doumit waves at a slow curve, strikes out, ending the game. 13-6, 9 straight wins over 2 years against the Pirates, and a 5-1 homestand so far.
- Oh yeah, and the Cubs take first.
- The Messmers.
- Threesomes with the Messmers.
- DeRosa's stumble.
- Fuku Fun Facts
- Microclimates
Inning 2
- Cysts.
- Potential Cubs All-stars
- Corner Gas
- Soto's ROY chances
- NL Central competition
- Rachel Ray and Dunkin Donuts, and the puns that result.
- How do you spell Selma Hayek? (Like this, duh.)
- Will the Cards' pitching hold up.
- Racktacular.
Inning 3
- The Murph's 76 Gas station commercials on WGN from the 80s - "Chip off the old block" etc.
- The racist Fukudome T-shirt
- Pretty cooking show hosts
- Chadball
- Scrappy home run hitters
- Tejada's age.
- Cardinals game
Inning 4
- Facing Johann Santana
- Other Cubs Traditions
- Fear Andy's links.
- Does Pat Hughes do broadcasts baked?
- The urinal stalls
- Danica Patrick
- Biggio left Johnson his elbow pad in his will.
- Oh the scrappiness of it all.....
- Future Cubs player monuments...
Inning 5
- Is this hot streak part of a larger change in Cubs offensive philosophy?
- Cubs lead the league in Pitches/At Bat
- Ground rules
- Alarmed with the inning.
- Jays to sign Bonds?
- Our backup outfielders.
- Brewers game updates
- "How far did it roll?"
Inning 6
- Freudian analysis of Dusty Baker.
- Brewers lose.
- Why we hate stairs.
- More on Thomas/Bonds/Blue Jays.
- Who is Bonnie Hunt, and why do we care?
- Who should the Pirates pitch next?
Inning 7
- Checking everyone's hipster music cards.
- Parachat contains few Bonnie Hunt fants.
- Comparing the 7th inning stretch with McDonalds cheeseburgers.
Inning 8
- More 7th Inning Stretch commentary
- Arne Harris and fan cam
- Next time the Reds visit...
- Best Cubs reliever after Wuertz and Howry?
- The Wood 20 K game.
- Good Pitchers We Don't Remember Due To Injuries.
Inning 9
- The humor of Diabetes commercials.
- Oatmeal.
- the final season of Roseanne.
- Oh yeah - and the Cubs win!
- Record in games recapped: 3-0.
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Re: Game 18 Recap: Cubs 13, Pirates 6
For a minute their I thought we'd lost our well-stubbled second baseman/super utility guy; that headfirst tumble over the bullpen mound looked like it was going to be serious, but luckily DeRosa wasn't quite moving full speed and he pretty much lost his momentum before he ever touched the bricks. PHEW
Holy Cubs offense!
Re: Game 18 Recap: Cubs 13, Pirates 6
At least our little - used relievers got some work in. Hopefully a harbinger of better days ahead for Howry and Weurtz?
Re: Game 18 Recap: Cubs 13, Pirates 6
When is the last time Lieber pitched? I keep waiting for Lou to bring him in in the 6th or 7th inning of these blowouts to close out the rest of the game but I can't remember seeing him in about a week.
Re: Game 18 Recap: Cubs 13, Pirates 6
Lieber pitched Friday...
I think he's pitched enough to deserve a couple days off. Also, his signing is looking smarter and smarter.
Re: Game 18 Recap: Cubs 13, Pirates 6
Ah, thanks Brian. I must have missed that--I've been watching most of the games lately but I guess I just keep missing LIeber's outings.
Re: Game 18 Recap: Cubs 13, Pirates 6
Parachat recap: ...
Inning 9...
* The humor of Diabetes commercials.
Thank god I left parachat in the 6th inning.
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it centered around wilred brimley and how he pronounces it, fwiw.
that was also the link into the 'oatmeal' part of the 9th recap...him saying "its the right thing to do and the right way to do it" for quaker many years ago.
the parachat recaps can be randomly obscure in their descriptions vs. the full scope of where the conversation was.
2nd best record in baseball...
Cubs are enjoying the 2nd best record in baseball only behind the Rattlesnakes. I know once i mention that out loud they'll drop 6 in a row and come back to .500, but hey gotta enjoy it while it lasts!
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gaw. when will Cubs fans learn to start speaking positively? All this negativism has never done any good. 100 years of shooting ourselves in the foot. I can tell ya that it wasn't the billy goat that cursed this team, but the millions of fans who say were gonna lose every single day.
Let's spread the good vibes around for a change! Cubs are gonna win it all!
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The fans don't play the games. As much as I'd like to think that my positive thinking and cheering from my couch helps the Cubs win games, it's hard for my semi-rational mind to accept. Cubs fans do exactly what they need to do to help the Cubs win games--they fill the stands nearly every game, they tune in on TV, and they buy a ton of merchandise, all of which helps provide funds to support one of the higher payrolls in baseball. Yankees media and fans criticize their players as soon as they make any mistakes and managers lose their jobs even when they manage their teams into the playoffs, but none of that stopped the Yankees from winning some championships over the past 100 years.
Still, I am all for good vibes. I don't see any reason why this team can't win a lot of ball games--with or without positive thinking from the fans--and that's definitely a good thing from my perspective.
NOTE: One of the few times I think Cubs fans really did affect how the team, or rather a single player, performed: 2005, Corey Patterson. He was having a really bad year, but I think the booing may have been a further drain on his performance. That is not so much a matter of positive or negative thinking as it is verbal abuse and pressuring on a player, though.
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I was watching the WGN special on the Cubs last night and some guy said that if you gave it your all, Cubs fans will love you. It seemed to me J Jones gave it his all. He may not have been a very good player, but I never got the feeling he dogged it.
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I guess you missed his "lost the ball in the sun" period.
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So losing a ball in the sun means he "dogged it?"
You have to be kidding me...
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You don't remember Jacque Jones penchant for "losing" balls in the sun upsetting the fans in the bleachers??
You've got to be kidding me.
On the other hand, you're an idiot so it's not surprising.
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I love how the best you can say is, "you're an idiot."
Hmm... where did I say that I didn't remember those things? It must be nice to be able to win arguments that the other person isn't trying to argue. Yes, I remember that Jones lost a handful of balls in the sun. Yes, I remember it upsetting fans in the bleachers. But the fans in the bleachers were upset about Jones long before that, and they took any opportunity they could find to get upset with Jones. But I would think that you already know that.
But regardless of his "penchant" for sun mishaps, what does that have to do with "dogging" it. Losing balls in the sun does not equate with not trying. Jacque Jones always played hard, which is what the original comment was about.
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Getting doubled off of 2nd base on short flyballs early in his tenure seemed to turn the fans against him. Me think it was less about Jack Jones personally, and more about what he symbolized to the fans.
(i.e. the continuing McFail legacy of failing to get your target players and settling for Cheap 3rd tier guys instead)
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Actually, there were times when Jones seemed to forget about the game and pout a little, which is not the same as dogging it, but is frustrating nonetheless. I wish I could remember the date, or even whether it was last year or 2006, but I remember Jones attempting a diving a catch on a ball hit toward rightfield. He missed the ball and got up and jogged after it for several steps, seeming to pout about not making the play, then realized the runner was trying for an inside the parker. Jones picked up the pace toward the ball, but to no avail, in part because of his arm, and the runner got an inside the park homerun. I don't remember the specifics, so I can't look this up to verify it, but that's how it plays out in my memory. Again, not the same as not hustling, but still frustrating.
Still, I remember Corey giving it his all in 2005 and still being booed because of terrible performance. Hawkins sure seemed to be trying, but the fans still got on him.
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All i'm sayin is all that negative talk hasn't done us any good for a century, so would it hurt anyone to actually change the way they talk about the team and start predicting good stuff for a change instead of doom and gloom?
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I agree that the talk about the Cubs playing poorly just because they are the Cubs, or choking because they are the Cubs--that all needs to go. But not because it's going to have much influence on the game, just because it annoys fans who aren't into the mystique of the "loser" part of the "lovable losers."
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Nice work, Trans, although if Fontenot did everything you said he did in the 5th, then he really is God-enot. I think the recap has him out at third (which he was), then out at 2nd on the botched double play (Theriot), then scoring on the same play (Johnson). But if you want to promote Fontegod's superhuman powers, I'm all for that.
I was at the game yesterday, and other than Murton's utter lack of plate discipline, it was a very satisfying win.
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doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
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Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.


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If this whole rock-and-roll frontman thing doesn't pan out, Billie Joe Armstrong could have a pretty decent career on Broadway. That much was clear on Wednesday night (September 29), when he took the stage as St. Jimmy in "American Idiot," the big-budget play based on the smash album he and his Green Day mates released back in 2005.
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Last month my liberal counterpart, Ed Gurowitz, wrote a column headlined: "Some advice to the new IVGID board - slow down." Ed's concern was that two of the newly elected trustees had packed the agenda of their first meeting with 171 pages on broadly diverse subjects and dealt with them in a "brief" four-hour meeting. Ed's point is well taken, but he might have also dealt with priorities. There are barely 10 months remaining of the tenure of soon-to-retire IVGID General Manager Bill Horn, and nothing effective has been done to initiate a search for a successor.
Incline Village has attracted as residents some of the most successful and talented people in the world. One such person is Floyd Kuehnis, formerly a national managing partner with accounting and consulting firm KPMG. Floyd, who has worked with hundreds of major companies on financial and personnel issues, is concerned with the process the IVGID Board is using to select Bill Horn's replacement.
He understands that Nevada's Open Meeting Law effectively limits board members of counties, cities and GIDs from acting in concert other than at public meetings and then only taking action on items appearing on a publicly posted agenda. It is essentially impossible to conduct confidential personnel interviews and form a board consensus about a candidate for IVGID general manager without breaking the law.
In an email to trustees Floyd wrote: "Selecting a new general manager is likely to be the most important (and hopefully long lasting) decision you will make in the near future." "The best person for the job is currently employed in an organization that is currently prospering." The law requiring trustees' official actions be public makes it effectively impossible to contact such prospects.
"To find this person," Floyd continued, "you will need professional help. An executive search firm offers the following key advantages: 1. An individual who has substantial experience can (incorporate the board's criteria) in putting together job descriptions (which) properly define the general manager position; 2. An executive search professional can interview each IVGID trustee and produce a tailored document for presentation to the board; 3. An effective search must look inside existing operations for the valued employee we need. "Posting" the job clutters the process with many who may simply want out of their existing positions and who are not qualified. The right person is probably not currently looking to be general manager of IVGID; 4. The best search process should not be limited to the immediate geographical region. Qualified search firms have the ability to look for individuals over a much broader area; 5. Candidates can be properly vetted. Interviewing a candidate ... is a skilled process. There are background checks, discussions with previous associates and personal interviews most people do only occasionally. An executive search firm does this every day - it is how they make a living."
Floyd concluded: "I encourage you to put the decision to hire an executive search firm on your next agenda. It is the right decision for our community and certainly for you as trustee."
Ed Gurowitz ended his column with a related thought: "This brings us to the matter of the new GM, a decision that will have a major impact on the direction of IVGID in the future. I can't see how the board can make this decision without a clear indication from the residents about what we want the character of the community to be. When Bill Horn announced his impending retirement, the work of Incline 2020 (Vision) went from interesting and important to crucial. Hopefully the board will take this work into account and not base its decision on generic hiring parameters."
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Cut out your pieces:
Main outer - 7" x 9.5" (interface this piece)
Inside main - 7" x 5" (cut two)
Inside coupon/calculator pocket - 5" x 4.5" (cut two)
Inside notebook holder pocket - 6" x 5" (cut two)
Closure - 7" x 2" (cut interfacing 3.5" x 2" and interface half of piece)
Take closure piece, fold it in half matching short ends, and stitch both long sides. Trim seams, clip corners, and turn right-side out. Press.
Center closure piece on one short side of the main outer fabric, and stitch 1/8" from edge to secure.
Take your two sets of pocket pieces and stitch both sets right-sides together on 5" edge. Press in half, wrong sides together.
Layer your pocket pieces on top of your main inside pieces. Put smaller coupon/calculator pocket on left, and larger notebook pocket on right. Sew the middle seam, right-sides together making sure to sew through all layers of pockets and main inner pieces. Press seam open. (Note: I placed a notebook in the picture just to show the difference between the notebook pocket and main inner fabric because I used the same print for both).
Layer outside and inside pieces of notebook holder right-sides together, making sure to put the closure piece on the same side as the larger notebook pocket. Sew around entire outside edge, leaving a 4" opening for turning, and double-stitching over closure. Clip corners, and turn right-side out. Press.
Topstitch entire outside edge, making sure to close opening that was used for turning. On inside piece, also make two lines of topstitching - one on either side of middle seam.
Attach one snap centered near end of closure. Close notebook holder and mark where the other half of snap should be placed. For second-half of snap, hide backing inside of coupon/calculator pocket.
And you're done! You have a handy little notebook holder to throw in your purse or give as a gift.
And why not make a tissue pouch or a chequebook cover to match?
Here's another set I made for one of my daughters (she's already on her third notepad).
I hope you have fun with this little tutorial! Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.
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The 5 Ugly Lessons Hiding in Every Superhero Movie
#2. Violence Has No Possible Negative Consequences... as Long as the Right People Do It
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I want to pause here to make something clear: This article is not about superhero comics -- I know for a fact that there are comics that have explored these issues from every angle. I'm talking specifically about the movies that are suddenly dominating the box office and -- more importantly -- dominating the foreign box offices. So now let's talk about how you never see Bruce Wayne taking painful liquid shits in a hospital bed.
While sanitized, epic violence shows up in all PG and PG-13 movies (The Lord of the Rings never shows us a screaming Orc dying slowly due to a gangrenous arrow wound to the scrotum), superhero movies have it written into the reality of the universe: The protagonists simply can't be seriously wounded. In The Avengers, the second funniest scene comes after the credits, when it's revealed that the apocalyptic battle has left the good guys so utterly unscathed that they all go out to eat at a restaurant afterward. They don't even need to shower.
Even in the "gritty, realistic" Dark Knight, when Bruce suffers several falls that should have broken every bone in his body, he is shown to have (gasp!) several bruises on his back and a minor cut on his arm.
Hilariously, Alfred sees this and is taken aback in horror.
"My God ... your one-man war against an army of murderers has left you with the gruesome wounds of a man who has played one game of flag football."
So? What's Wrong With That?
Did you notice something about that scene? Bruce Wayne, at his most wounded and vulnerable, is still sexy as hell. Funny how we never see him suffer the kind of wound that requires him to piss through a catheter for the rest of his life, or have his wife wipe his ass for him because his arms don't work, or get skin grafts to fix oozing burn wounds on his face. The wounds don't in any way interfere with the fun.
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"Oh, no, he wasn't fighting crime. That was just the injuries he sustained during routine training exercises."
Yes, The Dark Knight Rises puts Commissioner Gordon in the hospital, but when two of Bane's thugs come to kill him, he jumps out of his bed and effortlessly murders them both. The Iron Man movies make it clear that when made to fight without his suit, Tony Stark still absolutely kicks ass. And why wouldn't he? He's a 40-something billionaire whose life has been a steady stream of drunken parties and all-nighters spent troubleshooting circuitry schematics. Clearly no grizzled mercenary would stand a chance.
Hey, here's a question -- how many New Yorkers died in the devastating alien attack in The Avengers? We don't know -- the movie doesn't mention it. Of the ones who did, how many were due to friendly fire? You know, from all of those stray bullets Black Widow was firing at the skyscrapers, and all of the missiles/laser blasts of Tony's that missed? Oh, right -- superheroes never accidentally shoot the wrong person, thanks to their magical powers of certainty. Which means that in these films, violence is always the most responsible choice: It is absolutely painless for the heroes, and it comes with no possibility of collateral damage, injury to innocent bystanders, or unintended consequences.
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"You son of a bitch. You will pay for this."
"What, so you're saying Joss Whedon is propagating some kind of devious pro-violence agenda?"
No, of course not. He's just telling stories in the same style in which they were told to him growing up. They're just giving us what we want, as demonstrated by ticket sales. That's why it bothers me when the one overwhelming lesson winds up being ...
#1. "Screw the Underdog, Root for the Rich Kid!"
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To demonstrate this, I'm going to show you the opposite. Star Wars grabs you from the first scene with the striking image of a tiny, fragile ship being pursued by a giant, terrifying behemoth that blots out the stars.
Shown here for the uncountable masses who have never seen Star Wars before.
As soon as we see it, we instinctively root for the little ship. Why? How do we know they're not criminals who kidnapped a bunch of orphans from the big ship and are trying to escape with them back to the infamous toddler fighting arenas of Alderaan?
It's because we instantly recognize it as the hero story we've been telling each other for thousands of years: A scrappy nobody takes on the powerful bad guys and rises to the challenge through sheer courage and hard work. The vulnerable hobbits walk barefoot to Mount Doom and destroy the ring, John McClane walks barefoot through broken glass to kill the terrorists, the Karate Kid practices barefoot on a tree stump in order to kick the evil karate master to death (note: most writers are foot fetishists).
Now let's look at the superhero vs. supervillain match-ups:
Superman vs. Lex Luthor. One is an utterly invincible, immortal god with infinite strength; the other is, uh ... a balding middle-aged man with the strength of one Gene Hackman.
If two cops can easily contain the bad guy, he's not a formidable opponent.
How about Batman vs. the Joker? A muscle-bound martial artist equipped with body armor and a billion dollars' worth of weapons versus a thin homeless man in clown makeup with several crippling mental illnesses.
"Wait, how about the Avengers vs. Loki! Loki is a demigod!"
Yes ... and the good guys merely have a much stronger demigod, and an infinitely strong, invincible monster, and an invincible, genetically engineered supersoldier, and a billionaire wearing a weapon of mass destruction, and the backing of an organization with unlimited wealth, weapons, and resources at its disposal. They even give themselves a massive handicap just to make the odds a little less laughable by letting Hawkeye tag along. It's not like the movie tries to cover for this -- the best comedy scene in the film is when the Hulk grabs the main villain and whips him around like a rag doll.
Don't get me wrong -- I laughed my ass off at that scene. But then I realized that I had paid money to watch the New York Yankees blow out the Toledo Mud Hens 26-0. The outcome is never in doubt; the whole movie is just seeing how much the good guys would win by. Hell, the only lethal threat is a missile launched by their own team.
So? What's Wrong With That?
First, just from a storytelling point of view, look at how the writers have to bend over backward to create some kind of drama for the superhuman heroes. The only challenge to the Avengers is their internal bickering. The only thing stopping Batman, Spider-Man, or the Hulk is angst over how hard it is to be awesome on a godly level. The challenge always has to come from inside, because, you know, their abilities let them laugh in the face of anything their enemies can come up with.
But then there is the uneasy sense of what this says about us as a culture.
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That we are untouchable, baby.
Because we used to root for the underdog -- we had a whole decade of movies in the Die Hard genre that all featured a lone, scared, outmanned commoner taking on a well-armed opponent through sheer heart and determination. Those underdog stories have been replaced at the top of the box office by tales of unstoppable forces of nature beating the piss out of laughably outmatched opponents (even the Die Hard series is like this now, as of Part 4). Sure, you still get stories like The Hunger Games, but they're handily outnumbered by both superhero franchises and other films that follow the same "invincible badasses who answer to no one" template (RDJ's Sherlock Holmes franchise, James Bond, The Fast and Furious movies, anything made by Michael Bay).
And that makes me think of this quote from the Dark Knight, where Harvey Dent says:
"You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
Of course he's right -- in real life, Apple Computer goes from the scrappy underdog to the arrogant giant everyone is trying to take down. George Lucas goes from the hungry indie filmmaker to the unfeeling corporate billionaire who only cares about merchandising dollars. In the real world, the Rebels don't beat the Empire; they become the Empire. They build their own Death Star but remember to name it something else and close the exhaust port.
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Maybe something like "Happy Space Ball."
And I can guarantee you that each and every person in that situation finds that they no longer enjoy underdog stories -- they know that if they root for the underdog, they're rooting against themselves. When Sylvester Stallone got rich, suddenly the Rocky movies were all about the millionaire hero retaining his title against scrappy newcomers, and eventually we all started laughing at him. But now, we're all on board with that idea. In 2013, we are all Stallones.
"Come on! These movies are supposed to be light-hearted, exciting escapism! It's fun to watch the Hulk punch monsters out of the sky!" I know it is, I've seen The Avengers seven times (thank you, Amazon Instant Streaming!). But here's the thing: After every article like this that we publish, we're bombarded with fans screaming, "Why do you have to shit on every movie? Why can't you just sit back and enjoy it? WHY DO YOU HAVE TO OVERTHINK EVERYTHING?!?!"
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OK, first off, familiarize yourself with the keyboard. Specifically this part of it.
But ask yourself: Why is there that knee-jerk rejection of any effort to "overthink" pop culture? Why would you ever be afraid that looking too hard at something will ruin it? If the government built a huge, mysterious device in the middle of your town and immediately surrounded it with a fence that said, "NOTHING TO SEE HERE!" I'm pretty damned sure you wouldn't rest until you knew what the hell that was -- the fact that they don't want you to know means it can't be good.
Well, when any idea in your brain defends itself with "Just relax! Don't look too close!" you should immediately be just as suspicious. It usually means something ugly is hiding there. Here's a video of a bunch of baby animals struggling to stay awake.
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