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This video will introduce Windows Azure SQL Federations. You will learn the terminology and architecture of SQL Federation and the concepts behind database partitioning and scalability in the cloud. To learn more about SQL Databases visit WindowsAzure.com.
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SQL Federation seems like such a hack to me rather than a thought out sharding implementation. for example, one of the primary reasons to use an RDBMS system over a NoSQL system is reporting. If you use Federations you essentially can no longer run reports across your entire data set, at least not through TSQL! I can envision writing something to loop through your federations and aggregating your results but what a disaster! Federation just seems like a terrible idea, unless you never need to run reports across your entire data set, which I can't think of many situations where you wouldn't need to do that?
Very, very good presentation and detailed demo (including why some things fail if not paying attention). As a beginner in SQL, I understood it quite well. Good job Scott. However, as far as 'Federations', it seems like a bit of work just to get "another instance (node)" of a database.
Awesome video. Good presentation and demo. Grasped easily. But where is the next part ?
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Surgical-site infection rates changed little at hospitals in Western New York from 2008 through 2011 and exceeded rates in other regions of upstate New York, a report by Univera Healthcare shows.
An estimated 99,000 deaths associated with infections occur in hospitals alone each year, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitals, insurers and government policy-makers have in recent years pushed to reduce hospital-acquired infections, but Univera's report is one of many indicators that the potentially fatal problem remains a difficult challenge.
The health insurer analyzed data on infections at surgical sites and central-line bloodstream infections that the state requires hospitals to track and that it releases to the public each year.
A "central line" refers to the thin tubes known as catheters that are placed into a patient's vein to draw blood, give fluids or medications. A bloodstream infection can occur when bacteria travel down a central line and enter the blood.
Western New York's infection rates were among the highest in 2011 compared with other regions in upstate New York – 2.34 surgical-site infections per 100 procedures and 1.52 central line-associated infections per 1,000 days the lines were in place in patients.
However, Western New York hospitals also saw improvements from 2008 through 2011. The surgical-site infection rate declined 0.4 percent, and the central-line rate dropped 13.6 percent during that period.
The report also found:
• The overall surgical-site infection rate in upstate New York declined 7.9 percent, from 2.14 per 100 procedures in 2008 to 1.97 per 100 procedures in 2011. Statewide, the infection rate decreased 3.2 percent, from 2.17 infections per 100 procedures to 2.10 infections per 100 procedures.
• Each year, surgical-site infection rates in upstate New York hospitals as a whole were lower, compared with statewide infection rates.
• The largest rate of decline – 32.9 percent – over the period examined for surgery-related infections occurred in Finger Lakes hospitals. The rate increased the most – 10.8 percent – in Central New York.
• Central line-associated bloodstream infections decreased in all upstate regions, and the rate was lower as a whole upstate compared with the statewide rate.
• In upstate New York, the central-line infection rate dropped 45.9 percent, from 2.07 infections per 1,000 days to 1.12 per 1,000 days. It declined 42.4 percent statewide, from 2.38 infections per 1,000 days to 1.37 per 1,000 days.
"What stood out most is that we're seeing fewer infections overall at hospitals as they make improvements, but that there is also regional variation," said Carolyn Whitcher, director of provider performance improvement analytics for Univera.
She cautioned that a limitation of the report is that it didn't account for the differing demographics and severity of illness of patients. However, she said the findings suggest that hospitals across the state are in varying stages of adopting safety programs and having varying levels of success at changing their work cultures to reduce adverse events, including infections.
Experts say that such simple steps as using checklists and ensuring employees, including doctors, wash their hands before touching a patient will lead to improvements.
Univera, for instance, is experimenting with a program in Central New York and the Southern Tier to elicit very basic recommendations from front-line staff for eliminating infections, she said.
"A lot of this is not rocket science," she said.
The health plan estimated that there were 7,754 hospital-acquired infections in 2010 at Western New York hospitals, leading to 349 deaths. It estimated 108,050 infections statewide that year with 4,862 deaths.
Univera's analysis also estimated that treating hospital-acquired infections added about $344 million to $670 million to hospital spending Upstate in 2011, and as much as $3 billion in additional costs statewide.
Bruce Boissonnault, president of the Niagara Health Quality Coalition, said there is an inherent weakness in addressing infections one hospital at a time because many patients shift from facility to facility, including nursing homes.
The coalition publishes an annual hospital report card that includes ratings on infections.
"We need a cooperative system of surveillance for the most dangerous infections that is implemented equally at all facilities," he said. "Safety programs for infections are no stronger than their weakest link."
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The Stetson men's and women's rowing teams arrived at the Nathan Benderson Rowing and Aquatic Center Friday with a threat of storms in the forecast, but nothing upset the great mood and energy resounding from the teams as they readied themselves for the first day of racing at the FIRA Championships.
With 12 boats entered and despite two events scratched from the list, the Hatters had nearly 40 rowers racing in 10 different events.
Included among the Hatter teams were Jack Ulriksin in the Men's 1x and the Novice Women's 8 of Tabitha Petri, Shelby Curren, Kaytlynn Sorensen, Amber Quigley, Trixi Menge, Adrienne Devita, Sheree Carter, Savanna Wharton-Lake and coxswain Mike Austin.
"The teams are really looking good and I am excited for a fun weekend," Stetson head coach Mark Wilson said.
Stetson got off to an unlucky start in the Women's Varsity 8 (Cathleen Vogelsgang, Shannon McCarthy, Julia Pearce, Chloe Blackletter, Bria Parrish, Molly Winston, Deonna Graham, Alicja Duda, and Erin Lee as coxswain) with a race in 15-20 mph head winds. The first start was called back due to other crews colliding with each other within the first 100m.
"This is an officials call to provide a safe and fair race but it was unfortunate as we were off the line clean and moving well in second place after 100m," Wilson said.
The second start was not as good for the Hatters and they competed well for the first 500m but never got into a rhythm of pushing into the wind and faded by the 1500m mark. The boat finished last of six with only four crews moving on to the finals.
The Novice Men's Four of David Crosby, Jackson Reddick, David Nutting, Konnor Kreiger and coxswain Katie Shilling failed to show up to the start of their race and were disqualified.
"This is really not acceptable but I hope that it sends a message to the team and they respond positively in the Men's Novice 8 race on Saturday," assistant coach James Dietz said.
The final race of the day for the regatta saw the Stetson Women's Varsity 4 team follow a solid race plan and kept hope alive by finishing in a solid fourth place to move on to the finals on Saturday afternoon. The boat of Vogelsgang, McCarthy, Pearce, Blackletter and coxswain Lee were very happy with the results and they will see strong competition from Nova Southeastern, FIT and Rollins in Saturday's final.
The Hatters were also extreamly important to the race from a volunteer standpoint. The entire starting line was covered with green as every stake boat person was a Hatter.
"I was so proud to see my novice women's boat who did not race in heats get into the action and help the regatta run smoothly," Wilson said proudly.
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The small plane that went missing off of Maui's north coast Saturday night belonged to Jose Krall, the pastry chef and owner of Maui Bake Shop & Deli in Wailuku, his wife, Claire Fujii-Krall said Sunday.
The U.S. Coast Guard was still searching for the aircraft -- a four-seater Cessna 172 -- Sunday afternoon. A Coast Guard spokesman in Honolulu said the pilot's identity would not be released until family members had been notified.
"There's no body, and they found a little debris, but that was his plane," Fujii-Krall told The Maui News. "He was talking to the air tower when he went off the radar and they lost sight of him."
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Jose Krall is pictured in the kitchen of Maui Bake Shop & Deli in 2010.
The plane had departed from Kahului Airport en route to Molokai on Saturday night and was approximately 2 1/2 miles north of Kahului at 7 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Fujii-Krall said that her husband was trying to turn around and return to Maui because of hazy conditions.
"The conditions were really bad. The haze was too dense," she said. "He wanted to turn around."
She said friends were helping to clear out perishable food items from the bake shop Sunday afternoon and she felt uncertain about the bakery's future.
"He was the bread winner. It can't run without him," Fujii-Krall said, adding that Dec. 10 would have marked 23 years in business.
Krall was born in Nimes, France, south of Paris. He was trained as both a baker and a pastry chef and has worked from Switzerland to Belgium, according to a 2010 Maui News profile of the popular bakery. He arrived in the U.S. at age 19 and has been in the kitchens of some of the top names in pastry.


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The Stetson men's soccer team returns home after a four-match road trip this Saturday. The Hatters (1-4-2) will host La Salle (2-3-2) at the Athletic Training Center at 7:00 p.m. in the team's final non-conference contest before the start of A-Sun play.
Stetson is coming off of a solid result last weekend. The Hatters traveled to James Madison and left with a 1-1 tie. Stetson hasn't played at home since September 8, when the team tied Grand Canyon 2-2. The Hatters are still an undefeated 1-0-1 in DeLand this season, and will look to remain that way on Saturday.
La Salle is 2-3-2 overall and has won two out of its last three matches. The Explorers defeated Saint Peter's and Lehigh, while falling at Drexel over the last two weeks. La Salle is only 0-2-2 away from home this season.
Saturday's contest will have general admission tickets priced at $5 for adults and $4 for seniors and students, but any fan with a ticket for this Saturday afternoon's football game against San Diego will be charged just $1. All home soccer matches are free to Stetson students, faculty, and staff with a Stetson University ID. For more information call (386) 738-HATS.
The match can also be watched live on Hatter Vision with Ryan Rouse on the call. Live Stats on GoHatters.com, the @StetsonMSoccer Twitter feed, and Hat-Alerts are also available for in-game updates.
• La Salle and Stetson have never met in the all-time history of both programs.
• The Hatters have scored six goals in 2013, each recorded by a different player; senior Evan Jimmo, freshman Gianluca Carbone, senior Chase Rodgers, senior JJ Bostic, junior Dwight Lodge, and freshman Justin Shirah.
• Shirah leads Stetson with one goal and one assist on the season, coming off the bench in all seven of the Hatters' games.
• Senior Andreas Schnabl's shutout against UMass Lowell was the 13th of his career, which is a school record.
• Schnabl also currently tops the Stetson record books with a career goals-against-average of 1.27.
• Schnabl's eight saves against Grand Canyon tied a career best (Also 8 at FIU on 9/9/11). It tied for the most since Logan Potter's 13 vs. Lipscomb on 10/9/09.
• 13 new players have seen action this season, and eight have started. Moreover, nine freshmen have appeared in matches in 2013, and four have been in the starting lineup.


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As "No Smoking" signs are installed in the streets of downtown Grass Valley, the enforcement of the smoking ban is in full effect and has garnered mixed reviews from business owners and community members.
"I'm totally in favor of it," said Amanda DuLac, a Grass Valley resident. "There's been so many times when I've been walking around downtown and go around stores and don't want to walk around because of smokers."
Violators of the ban may be subjected to a minimum fine of $175, Grass Valley Police Chief John Foster said.
"But my hope is to get voluntary compliance," Foster said. "We are raising awareness and informing the public."
Grass Valley Downtown Association has also helped send out informational pamphlets and cards to be placed in business windows.
"We just kind of have been giving out pamphlets," said Julia Jordan, executive director of the Grass Valley Downtown Association. "The police department has been really good at giving out cards and warning people that this is taking place, not trying to be mean, but it's nice to have a smoke-free environment downtown and it creates less mess for merchants and maintenance crew."
The implementation may take time, Foster said, as smokers adjust to the new ban.
"It's going to be long-term and it's going to take a while for people to adjust to having downtown smoke free," Foster said. "I sort of relate it to when smoking was banned in bars. It took a while for people to start to comply, so we're posting that the area is a smoke-free zone and educating businesses and people in the public."
Some view the ban as a removal of rights for smokers.
"I am not a smoker and hate the smell of smoke in general," said a person with the name "Sophia Jhajj" on The Union's Facebook page. "But I do not agree with this ban. I think people should not smoke within 20 feet of buildings and there should be designated smoking areas. But not BANNING people from smoking at all. That is just too much."
There will be a gathering from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23 to clean up the remnants of cigarette smoking in the downtown area, Foster said.
"We are having a Grass Valley butt pick-up party event and we're partnering with Youth on a Mission, Our Youth Coalition and the Nevada County Drug Free Coalition," Foster said. "And we will just be in downtown picking up any cigarette butts we find, as well as handing out flyers to educate the public."
The ban went into effect Dec. 1 to prevent the hazardous effects of second-hand smoke, Foster said.
Rebecca Saffold, manager of Nevada Club in downtown Grass Valley, said she has already noticed the ban has caused a decrease in the number of people walking around downtown.
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For those against smoking, the city seems to have gained appeal with the ban.
"I've been here for 33 years and I love this town," DuLac said. "It makes me love the town even more now that there's a smoking ban."
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Dr. David Allen Milburn, 71, of Buckhannon, passed away in Country Meadows Rehabilitation Center at Bridgeville, Pa., at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, May 4, 2013, after a long illness due to surgical complications.
Born Nov. 28, 1941, David was the son of former councilman and mayor of Jeannette, Pa., the late Ellsworth R. Milburn and his wife, Estella Kratovil Milburn; and son-in-law of the late Dr. Robert DePue, Esquire, and Mary Davies DePue of Spencer.
David was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Dr. Ellsworth Milburn, Professor Emeritus of Rice University; and his son-in-law Rick Crites, formerly of Buckhannon.
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He is survived by his wife of 50 years, DeeAnna DePue Milburn; and two daughters, Dana Milburn and husband, David Brauer, of Arlington, Va., and Debby Milburn of Bridgeville, Pa.; and four grandchildren, Lauren Milburn Crites and Eric Allen Milburn of Bridgeville, Pa., and Benjamin Milburn Brauer and Evan Milburn Brauer of Arlington, Va. Also stepgrandson, Rick Crites, Jr. (Katrina Morris Crites) of Buckhannon; brothers-in-law, Daniel DePue and Robert DePue (Freda) of Spencer; niece, Lauren Milburn Remkes (Charles) and children, Leah and Ethan, of Albuquerque, N.M.; nephew, Brendan Milburn (Valerie Vigoda) and son, Mose, of Los Angeles, Calif.; niece, Denise DePue Atkinson (Chris) and children, Sarina and Savana, of Cross Lanes; niece, Jondalyn DePue Martin (Wayne) and daughter, Kimber, of Weyers Cave, Va.; and nephew, Michael DePue (Mystie) and daughter, Holly, of Spencer. David is also survived by a host of friends, colleagues and beloved former students.
His wealth of talent, kindness, wisdom, intelligence and humor made him a truly exceptional teacher, mentor and human being, described by many who loved him as "larger than life." David graduated from Jeannette High School in Jeannette, Pa., in 1959 and earned a Bachelor of Music in trombone from West Virginia University. During his senior year, he and three friends, Mike Roberts, George Miller and Larry O'Grady, took over some of the teaching and directing duties after their professor suddenly resigned his position. David was also elected president of Omicron Delta Kappa Music Honorary. He received a Master of Music Theory from WVU in 1964 and served for a time as a music educator in the Monongahela County schools. "Slide," as he was affectionately known by his earlier students, began his professorship at West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1966, teaching various music courses, giving private music instruction and directing the bands for 38 years. More than that, he was a positive role model, mentor and second father to hundreds of WVWC students. In 1982, David earned his Doctorate in instrumental conducting from Catholic University in Washington, D.C., where he instructed and conducted several ensembles. "Doc," as he was known by later generations of students, became Music Department Chair in 1984 until his retirement in 2004. Each spring break found the Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble touring on a bus, playing for secondary students and sightseeing around the Eastern part of the U.S. During his tenure at Wesleyan, David also took the Jazz Ensemble numerous times to Europe as Goodwill Ambassadors, playing American jazz in some of the finest concert halls in Poland, Romania, Estonia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria, Latvia, Finland, and the Soviet Union/Russia. In 1979 and 1984, the Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble was invited to perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and at the International United Methodist Conference in 2004. Dr. Milburn was also selected as a reaccreditation evaluator for the National Association of Schools of Music, visiting and evaluating music programs at colleges and universities across the country. In addition, he was asked to serve as guest conductor and performance adjudicator for many music festivals throughout West Virginia and the nation during the course of his career. Former students of Dr. Milburn can be found throughout the United States and around the world. Not only are there countless music educators and professors among them, but also lawyers, doctors, dentists, teachers, business professionals and professional musicians in the entertainment field and military bands, such as "The Presidents' Own." An avid fisherman, David loved his handmade 30-foot boat aptly named "Satin Doll." He also loved his dogs, beer, reading historical novels, relating humorous stories and his silver Z-350 convertible. But the lights of his life were his grandchildren, whom he loved, adored and treasured, and who lost him too soon. David was a member of the West Virginia Bandmasters Association, Phi Mu Alpha Music Fraternity, Phi Beta Mu (the International School Bandmasters' Fraternity), the J.I.P., I.A.J.E. (International Association of Jazz Educators), the Elks Lodge and the Moose Lodge.
Friends may visit at Wesley Chapel located on the campus of West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon today from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 9 p.m., and again Saturday at noon. The service will immediately follow at 1 p.m. A reception luncheon will be served at the First United Methodist Church, 52 S. Florida St. in Buckhannon.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the "Dr. David Milburn Music Scholarship Fund" at West Virginia Wesleyan College, 59 College Ave., Buckhannon, WV 26201, so that in death as well as in life, his exceptional legacy of educating and helping young musicians to reach their full potential as musicians and as human beings can continue. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.polingstclair.com. Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.


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DevDays 2010: SharePoint 2010 for .NET Developers - Adis Jugo
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SharePoint 2010 is a major step forward for SharePoint as a development platform not only because of the richer set of overall features that the platform supports but also because significant investments have been made in the suite of tools which make developers more productive and help them to improve the quality of their code.
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A question i didnt see answered, yet i think its very important.
What does i require to use codeplex? The team explorer is a VS team system only feature.
But seems like you can download the team explorer from their site(?). So would this work in express too?
Very interesting stuff and I look forward to it being opened up a little more to more project... at the same time though I'm kind of puzzled.
CodePlex sounds just like GotDotNet with a Team Foundation Server backend.
Rather than build another Windows/.NET community coding website... why weren't the new features and backend built for CodePlex used to create a new GotDotNet version but still use the same name and avoid the potential rivalry issues.
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Following our fellowship meal, the Mid-week Prayer Service begins at 6:10 p.m. and features a time of fellowship and devotion. Our pastor will normally speak but there are plenty of guest speakers featured. It's a time for us to gather, catch up, and spiritually be refreshed in the middle of the week.
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The 56-year-old will support the Athens 2004 Diving competition Manager, Georgia Fyrigou and her team during the next two weeks.
Before retiring from the top coaching position two years ago, Klinger had been the head coach of the German National team for 26 years.
Only a few months later Klinger learned that she suffered from Leukemia and was forced limit her involvement in the sport to a minimum. Having participated in every Olympic Games since 1976 as a coach, she accepted the offer from Fyrigou to work as a volunteer to consult for the Olympic Diving competition with delight.
"I did not even think about that anything could be wrong, and when the doctor told me, I just did not want to believe it. Only when he said that without treatment I would have about 14 months left, I realised how serious the situation was," Klinger said.
Klinger is one of 1,743 volunteers at the Olympic Aquatics Complex.
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Seventh at the turn, an Olympic champion at the end.
Make it 17 gold medals for Michael Phelps.
Was there any other way to go out in the final individual race of his career?
With those long arms whirling through the water, Phelps was next-to-last when he touched the wall at the far end of the pool in the 100-meter butterfly but in a familiar position when he made the touch that counted Friday � his name atop the leaderboard, a smile on his face, another gold medal around his neck.
�I�m just happy that the last one was a win,� Phelps said. �That�s all I really wanted coming into the night.�
He claimed his third gold of the London Games and 17th of his career, adding to an already absurd record total that should be twice as much as anyone else by the time he swims the final race of his career, the 4x100 medley relay tonight.
The Americans are huge favorites in a race they never have lost, and it�s unfathomable to think the Phelps era could end with anything less than a performance that puts him atop the podium one last time.
In what might be viewed as a symbolic changing of the guard from America�s retiring swimming star to the next big thing, 17-year-old Colorado native and Regis Jesuit High School senior-to-be Missy Franklin set a world record in the 200 backstroke, her third gold in London, just minutes before Phelps took center stage at the Olympic Aquatics Centre. Another American teen, 19-year-old Elizabeth Beisel, claimed the bronze in that race.
�I can�t believe what just happened,� said Franklin, who had dedicated her Olympics to victims of the theater shooting not far from her Colorado home. �In that last 25, I knew I was giving it everything I had because I couldn�t feel my arms and legs, and I was just trying to get my hand to the wall as fast I could.�
Right after Phelps was done, 15-year-old Katie Ledecky � the youngest member of the U.S. team � nearly broke the world record to win gold in the 800 freestyle, denying Britain�s Rebecca Adlington a repeat before her home fans. Adlington settled for bronze in a race Ledecky dominated from start to finish, falling off record pace only in the last 15 meters.
But no one has dominated like Phelps, who increased his career overall medal total to 21.
�He�s the king of the Olympics Games,� said his butterfly rival, Serbia�s Milorad Cavic.
Even though Phelps didn�t go as fast in the final as he did in the semifinals, he actually won by a relatively comfortable margin compared to his two previous Olympic wins in the 100 fly: four-hundredths of a second over Ian Crocker in 2004, then one-hundredth of a second � the closest race possible � against Cavic at the Beijing Games four years ago.
That was the victory that kept Phelps on course to win a historic eight gold medals in China.
This was about going out in style.
Phelps slammed the wall in 51.21 seconds for payback against the guy who edged him in the 200 fly, Chad le Clos. No gliding into this finish, the move that cost Phelps a gold in their first meeting.
Le Clos finished in 51.44, patting Phelps on the shoulder after tying for silver with Russia�s Evgeny Korotyshkin. Cavic tied for fourth in 51.81, not even close to Phelps in their final meeting.
�I cannot be compared to Michael Phelps,� said Cavic, who also plans to retire after the London Games. �I�m a one-trick pony.�
France won its fourth gold at the pool, its best showing ever, as Florent Manaudou � younger brother of 2004 gold medalist Laure Manaudou � shocked defending Olympic champion and world-record holder Cesar Cielo of Brazil in the 50 freestyle.
Manaudou touched in 21.34 and pounded the water out in Lane 7, then got a big hug from his sister as soon as he climbed from the pool. Cullen Jones of the United States took silver in 21.54, while Cielo was left with bronze in 21.59. Anthony Ervin, the 2000 Olympic champion who came back from an eight-year retirement, finished fifth after getting off to a poor start.
�I�m tired,� said Cielo, still only 25 but the world�s top sprinter for the last four years. �Age takes its effect.�
Franklin and Ledecky are just getting started.
�Missile Missy� has lived up to her nickname, completing a sweep of the backstroke events in a time of 2 minutes, 4.06 seconds, easily eclipsing the record of 2:04.81 set by defending Olympic champion Kirsty Coventry at the 2009 worlds in a now-banned bodysuit.
Russia�s Anastasia Zueva took silver, a body length behind Franklin in 2:05.92. Beisel put a second American on the medal podium in 2:06.55, while Coventry finished sixth.
�I could never dream for it to happen like that,� said Franklin, who also has a bronze in her first Olympics and one more race to go in the 4x100 medley relay.
Ledecky seemingly came out of nowhere to claim a spot on the U.S. team, and she nearly took out a world record in her first Olympics. She was ahead of Adlington�s record pace (8:14.10) from the Beijing Olympics until right at the end, finally tiring just a bit for a time of 8:14.63.
Not to worry. The teenager still has plenty of time to go faster. Mireia Belmonte Garcia of Spain was far behind for silver in 8:18.76, while Adlington held on to take bronze at 8:20.32. She burst into tears on the medal stand as the crowd of 17,000 chanted �Becky! Becky! Becky!�
There was no catching Ledecky.
�Michael�s and Missy�s races really got me pumped,� the youngster said. �I really wanted to see what i could do to represent the U.S.�
Ledecky settled for crushing a hallowed American record, Janet Evans� mark of 8:16.22 set in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 1989 � nearly eight years before Ledecky was born.
�I figured I was going pretty fast,�Ledecky said.
Manaudou showed that his big sister wasn�t the only champion swimmer in the family, denying the Americans a sweep of the night�s events. Jones did manage to take the first individual medal of his career, and vowed to come back even stronger at the 2016 Rio Games.
�I was dreaming in gold, and I really wanted to get first, but it wasn�t in the cards this time,� he said. �I�ll have to live with silver, and that�s enough motivation for another four years.�
Ervin seemed flustered by a slight delay in the start because of a woman yelling in the stands. He was slowest off the blocks � a crucial miscue in the one-lap dash � and never caught up. He was timed in 21.78, leaving him 0.19 behind Cielo for a spot on the podium.
Still, it�s been quite a journey for the eclectic swimmer, who shared the 50 free title with Gary Hall Jr. at the Sydney Olympics, won a world title the following year, then stunningly walked away from the sport at age 22. Ervin was gone for eight years, selling off his gold medal to aid victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami, playing in a band, finishing college and never staying in one place for too long.
Just one year after coming back, the 31-year-old nearly got another Olympic medal.
�Being here is my own form of redemption,� he said. �What�s next? I�m going to have a nice dinner with my friends and family, people I really care about. Without them, this could not have happened.�
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Photos: Designer Easter Egg Hunt Goes Citywide
Overnight, more than 260 Easter eggs were hidden around the five boroughs, but these eggs can't be cracked or peeled.
From Tuesday until April 17, New Yorkers are encouraged to track down the eggs, which are sculptures created by well-known artists and fashion brands as part of a charitable Easter egg hunt.
Artists who have designed the eggs include Jeff Koons, Tracey Emin, Marc Quinn, Bruce Weber and Peter Beard, and fashion brands including Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Carolina Herrera, Marchesa, Oscar de la Renta and Diane von Furstenberg.
The event is being staged by Elephant Family, an elephant protection charity. "Eggs signify new life, and that's what we want, we want more elephants being born and continuing to survive," said Ruth Powys, the charity's chief executive.
A free app is available for download to help find the eggs, most of which measure 2.5 feet, and check-in to win one of three Faberge diamond egg pendants.
The luxury jewelry company, famous for its ornate Easter eggs created by Peter Carl Faberge for the Russian Imperial family between 1885 and 1916, is sponsoring the egg hunt.
The eggs are hidden both indoors and out, with the more valuable eggs inside.
The app, which was designed by Resolute Digital, Nomi and advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi, deploys Bluetooth technology to notify egg hunters when they're close to an egg.
Once 10 people discover an egg, it will appear on an interactive Google map on the app.
Those looking for the eggs can share clues and follow the hunt on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram through the handle @TheBigEggHuntNY.
After two weeks, all of the eggs will be exhibited at the Rockefeller Center until April 25.
They will then be auctioned at Sotheby's to raise money for Elephant Family, which has just established itself as a charity in New York but has been operating for the past ten years in London.
Elephant Family staged its first Big Egg Hunt in London in 2012 and raised more than $1.5 million for charity.
"We thought it was such an obvious idea, why has no-one thought of an egg hunt?" said Ms. Powys.
"We wanted to make people smile, and we thought if people could see elephants in the cities of London and New York, they would care that they are being wiped out."
Dr. Geza von Habsburg, curatorial director of Faberge, said the company agreed to sponsor the event because they have a historical connection to Easter eggs.
"Faberge was interested in everything to do with modern art, in his own time, and that translates to Faberge today being involved in contemporary art," said Dr. von Habsburg as he admired some of the egg sculptures on Monday morning before they were hidden.
The egg hunt also raises money for Studio In A School, a local non-profit created to restore visual arts in the public schools.
Ms. Powys said other cities, including Dublin, Sydney, Austin, Quebec and Hong Kong, have expressed interest in staging their own Big Egg Hunt.
"New York is so dense and the eggs are this lovely small size, we felt like it would be a perfect fit," said Ms. Powys.


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Thursday, July 18, 2013
Dr. Kenneth Love aka Kenny Love (http://www.kennylovejazz.com) and his nine-member jazz ensemble is preparing to embark on a special international themed variety musical event tour that will present multiple entertaining elements within it, as opposed to simply presenting a music concert. As such, its representative music company, ABANA Music in association with The KEL Group record label and 1 Way Public Relations, is seeking a variety of retail sponsors who may be interested in partnering with the ensemble's joint organization for promoting and publicizing their retail business, products or services.
Dr. Love has worn many proverbial hats in the music industry, from his 20 years as an international radio/video promoter and media publicist to his 30-plus years as a composer, lyricist, producer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. His foray into the world of music began at the age of 4 when, as he recalls, "A miniature trumpet was casually removed from my grasp (and lips) during preparation for a March of Dimes parade as a result of my having failed to cause it to transmit sound, although I was huffing and puffing quite professionally."
This would later become the first instrument for which he received formal training and ultimately mastered.
A native of Texas, Dr. Love received musical training from 1970-1976 while in elementary, junior high and high school, eventually adding the bass guitar, strings, piano and an extensive study of music composition to his repertoire. He also spent several years at Prairie View A&M University in Texas as a Music Education Major. At the completion of his sophomore year, he joined and spent four years in the U.S. Army, after which time he officially became a professional recording artist in 1982. He later went on to both complete and maximize his college education.
Dr. Love performed with several bands in Texas and Germany over the years, including The Lights of Soul (1976), Instant Function (1976-1978), Just Us & Duane (1982), High Rise (1984-1985), Nightwynd (1987) and The Wall of Jazz (2009). In 1984, he was signed by the notable major label R&B producer Aubrey "Skip" Gravatt, after Gravatt, also credited with having discovered disco queen Evelyn Champagne King, heard one of Kenny's studio recordings. The major label deal never materialized, however, due to Gravatt's untimely death. He, subsequently, released several independent single recordings that received both international radio airplay and print media coverage.
He began his career as a radio/video promoter and media publicist in 1991 after having successfully marketed, promoted and publicized his first commercially released recording independently that year. He formally retired in 2010 to return to his first loves of music composition and music production. Until 2011, he had released no albums as a solo artist, but did release three R&B/Dance singles as a solo artist, titled All Of My Love, and Just Want To Dance (With You) in 1991 and Vampire Love in 2003.
The multi-talented, multifaceted entertainer admits that he enjoys composing, recording and producing equally because each contains its own unique and separate element and experience. His choice of music for his own listening pleasure is jazz, and he describes his personal genre as Jazz/World Hybrid stating, "My sound was developed after I discovered the amazing 'coloring' that can be affected and executed via inverted 7th, 9th and 11th chords within a musical composition."
Dr. Love's musical influences include such jazz luminaries as The Crusaders, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Herbie Hancock, Lenny White, and the late Dr. Donald Byrd. For more information or details, please visit Dr. Love's website at http://www.kennylovejazz.com
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Senate measure aims to protect patients by requiring trainees to wear badges clearly identifying their levels of experience
State Sen. Jane Nelson is proposing a law that aims to clear up a common source of confusion for patients at Texas teaching hospitals such as Parkland Memorial Hospital.
Who actually is treating them?
In response to our investigation of substandard care at the Dallas public hospital, Nelson filed a bill this week requiring caregivers to wear visible photo ID badges identifying themselves by name and title, including whether they are a medical "student, intern, trainee, or resident." The bill also applies to nurses and other providers.
At Parkland, the bulk of patient care is overseen by doctors in residency programs at UT Southwestern Medical Center who have medical licenses but need to complete real-world training. UTSW faculty physicians are required to supervise them. But many times those physicians, we've reported, haven't been present for residents' procedures, putting patients in jeopardy. We've also disclosed how the school's medical students, who are not licensed, sometimes perform clinical work there. In recent years, Parkland and UTSW have created policies requiring medical students to wear ID badges.
Spokesmen for both institutions haven't responded to my question of whether they support Nelson's measure.
Parkland patients often tell us that they don't know whether they're getting care from an experienced caregiver. Such blurriness counters the goal of the federal government and health-care reformists to ensure patients are fully informed so they can make smart consumer choices, critics say.


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A's Scratch Zych for Winning Run in 9th
Yordy Cabrera hit Tony Zych's first pitch over the LF fence for what turned-out to be the game-winning run, as the Oakland A's rallied from a five-run deficit to edge the Cubs 8-7 in Cactus League action at Dwight Patterson Field at HoHoKam Park in warm & cloudy Mesa, AZ, this afternoon.
Ryan Dempster got the start for the Cubs and threw two innings (34 pitches – 23 strikes), allowing one run on two hits (a single and a triple), no walks and two strikeouts, and 2/2 GO/FO.
Trailing veteran RHP Bartolo Colon 1-0 going into the bottom of the 2nd, the Cubs took the lead on a Blake DeWitt two-out three-run HR over the RF fence following singles by Jeff Baker and Steve Clevenger.
DeWitt was outrighted to AAA last month after the Cubs claimed IF-OF Adrian Cardenas off waivers from Oakland, and (interestingly enough) DeWitt is battling Cardenas for what is probably one roster spot (LH hitting utility INF). Cardenas is younger and more athletic, but DeWitt is the more-experienced hitter, and he has been absolutely raking since he arrived in Mesa a couple of weeks ago. It looks as though he might have taken the outright assignment (and not getting claimed off waivers) as a personal affront, that he has chosen to address by battering opposition pitchers.
Leading 3-1, the Cubs scored three more times in the 4th against A's RH reliever Jordan Norberto.
Jeff Baker led-off with a double into the RF corner, and Reed Johnson reached base on an error (a bobble by first-baseman Brandon Allen), moving Baker to 3rd. Steve Clevenger hit a sac fly to left-center to score Baker, and then after Blake DeWitt walked, Josh Vitters rifled an RBI double into the left-center gap to score Johnson, with DeWitt stopping at 3rd and the slow-footed Vitters barely beating the throw to 2nd. Tony Campana worked a walk to load the bases, and then Darwin Barney blooped an RBI single in front of A's RF Josh Reddick, scoring DeWitt, and leaving the bases loaded, with the #3 and #4 hitters due up. But both Starlin Castro and Bryan LaHair fanned (swinging), as the Cubs left the bases loaded.
Meanwhile, LHP Scott Maine (battling Trever Miller, John Gaub, and Jeff Beliveau for the #2 lefty reliever gig) threw a scoreless 3rd (albeit allowing hits to two left-handed hitters), and Blake Parker and Casey Weathers (both vying for the RH middle reliever job) had clean & easy 1-2-3 innings in the 4th and 5th.
But then the A's began to chip away at the Cubs lead, scoring four times in the 6th on three hits (two singles and a Landon Powell two-run RBI double) and two walks off NRI RHP Marco Carrillo.
A likely rotation starter or closer for Team Mexico in next year's World Baseball Classic, the 25-year old Carrillo has spent seven seasons in the Cubs organization (2012 is his 8th year), but has yet to establish himself at the AAA Level. He was a Rule 55 Minor League Free-Agent (6YFA) post-2011, but opted to re-sign with the Cubs, getting an NRI to Spring Training as part of the deal. Should he ever make it to the big leagues (which is doubtful), he would profile as a "12th man"-type, a versatile long-reliever/spot starter. The A's battered him pretty good today. Even the outs were hard hit balls.
With Carrillo getting knocked-out before he could retire the side, veteran RHRP (and one-time Rockies closer) Manny Corpas got the call, striking out Josh Horton to end the inning.
Corpas seemed to be throwing free & easy, but his command was off, and he was constantly changing his arm angle, going back & forth between 3/4 and sidearm. It wasn't as deceptive as he probably hoped it would be, because Corpas got himself into trouble in the 7th, allowing hard-hit doubles to Eric Sogard and Brandon Moss, and an RBI single to A's top position-player prospect Michael Choice.
Corpas spent last season rehabbing from post-2010 Tommy John Surgery, but he managed to score a major league contract from the Cubs this past December. He was subsequently outrighted to the minors when his roster slot was needed in January, but he got an NRI to Spring Training anyway.
Now down 7-6, the Cubs came back to tie the score at seven in the bottom of the 7th against A's RHP Fabio Castro.
With two outs, Joe Mather grounded a single to left and stole a base, and after Matt Szczur walked, veteran minor leaguer Blake Lalli (invited to big league camp as one of the extra catchers) lined an RBI single into left-center to score Mather with the tying run.
Signed in May 2006 as a Non-Drafted Free-Agent (NDFA) 5th year college senior out of Gardner-Webb, the 28-year old Lalli is your basic "Crash" Davis. He spent the last four seasons as a back-up C-1B at AA Tennessee, and he very well could end up there again this season. He is a career .303 hitter, but he also has below-average power and below-average speed, and he is a below-average defensive catcher, too. Eligible to be a Rule 55 Minor League free-agent (6YFA) post-2012, Lalli could be a candidate to serve as a player-coach at Tennessee in 2012, since he doesn't really profile as a big league prospect. (The Cubs like to have one or two veteran player-coaches posted at each of their minor league affiliates each season, mentoring the younger players, learning the coaching side of the game, and being available to be activated for short periods when a position player is placed on the 7-day DL).
RHP Kevin Rhoderick (called up from Minor League Camp at Fitch Park for the day) threw a 1-2-3 8th, fanning one (swinging) and inducing a couple of routine fly outs. Rhoderick was the Cubs 9th round draft pick out of Oregon State in 2010 where he was one of the top closers in the PAC-12, and he made his official pro debut last season (he pitched "unofficially" at Instructs post-2010), finishing the 2011 campaign at AA Tennessee. He is only 5'11, and he has a violent delivery that gives one the impression that he is over-throwing, but with his plus-slider & 94-MPH fastball combo, he is an effective one-inning pitcher, and is considered a definite big league relief prospect. He will probably be the closer at Tennessee in 2012.
The other Cubs MLB relief prospect up from Minor League Camp (2011 4th round pick RHP Tony Zych) got the ball in the 9th, and gave up the aforementioned game-winning HR on his very first pitch, which actually was his first pro pitch (if you don't count his work at Instructs post-2011). The 21-year old Chicago Area-native (he attended St. Rita HS) was the closer at the U. of Louisville 2009-11, and while he throws harder (95-97 MPH) than either Kevin Rhoderick or Aaron Kurcz (the third of the Cubs RH relief prospect triumvirate), he doesn't have the breaking ball to go with the heat (yet). Zych will likely start the 2012 as the closer at either Daytona or Peoria (TBD).
The top Cub defensive gem of the day was turned-in by SS Starlin Castro, who went deep into the hole to backhand a bouncer, and then with a Nijinsky-like leap (a la Don Kessinger), threw a rainbow right on the money to 1st to retire the batter. (Of course it helped that the batter-runner was "Two-Ton" Landon Powell, who makes Dan Vogelbach look like an anorexic).
The Cubs take on the Colorado Rockies at HoHoKam Park tomorrow afternoon. Matt Garza is supposed to get the start for the Cubs.
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Thanks a bunch PHIL.
You know, I have been reading your stuff for a long time.
However, the Landon Powell line is one of your true gems.
The vision I get from this is hysterical!
Thanks for a great laugh!
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if he wasn't such a chunk of a human being he'd at least be able to spell at 3rd. good arm.
i'm glad the days are gone where everyone drools over every draft pick of the A's as if they're sure-thing eventual superstars.
the beane way couldn't really care less if you're 300 lbs, can't run, and have questionable contact as long as you can take a 6-pitch AB more often than not.
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I blame Moneyball. The Movie.
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Why is AZP's depth chart page blank? I went to look at likely slots for Tennessee this year and nothing loads on the page.
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it wasn't, it was just way down on the page, some odd formatting error.
It's fixed for now.
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Phil is making a political statement. The Cubs HAVE no depth this year.
Cubs win the Series
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Part of me thinks that's awesome, part of me hates that it exists.
Cool shot of Twin Anchors at the start.
Re: Cubs WS commercial
I feel much the same.
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That's some damn-good editing.
Wonder what agency did this, and director?
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Deutsch Inc, LA...they did the superbowl little-kid "darth vader" ad
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The Show is frustrating. Much like "real" Cub hitters, I swing at every damn pitch that's thrown at me.
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I have the 2010 version and it takes a lot of discipline to take the occasional walk but not a lot of skill to hit .300. The pitchers throw a lot of strikes, and it's easy to hit pitches that are just out of the zone.
Tuesday lineups
Fowler, Pachecho, Cuddyer, R. Hernandez, Blake, B. Wood, Colvin, Nelson, Castillo
DeJesus (9), Byrd (8), DeWitt (4), Soriano (0), Stewart (5), Lake (6), Rizzo (3), W. Castillo (2), B. Jackson (7)
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Sweet 16 Schedule
(1) Beliveau over (12) McNutt
(2) Coleman over (14) Rusin
(12) Wells over (9) Samardzija
(3) Maholm over(15) Sveum
(9) Cardenas over (4) Lalli
(3) W. Castillo over (10) Clevenger
(5) Castro over (1) Mather
(2) DeJesus over (3) Baker
Elite 8 is set
(1) Beliveau vs. (2) Coleman
(3) Maholm vs. (12) Wells
(3) W. Castillo vs. (9) A. Cardenas
(2) DeJesus vs. (5) Castro
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(3) W. Castillo over (10) Clevenger
Damn. There goes my bracket.
update against Rockies
DeJesus walked, but got thrown out stealing to leadoff bottom of 1st
HBP against Blake, double off the center field wall for Brandon Wood, RBI groundout by Colvin, short fly to LF that didn't score the run from third, opposite field single by Wilken Castillo scores the 2nd run
Re: bottom of 2nd
Soriano destroys a hanging slider.
Rizzo with a 2-out single, W. Castillo with a double off a diving Cuddyer's glove, B. Jackson up with 2 outs and runners on 2nd/3rd.
and he hits a HR!!!
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I think Soriano's gonna have a good year. There. I said it.
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I think Brett Jackson's gonna have a good year. There. I said it.
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brave man, I salute you
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aside from expecting volstad to break out, i think byrd has a turn-around coming. his splits were awful-flat last year and he's capable of a better season. ...not like im expecting him to hit .320 with 30 homers or something crazy like that, though.
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Soriano should play every game in a place where breaking balls don't break.
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you mean Colorado?
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Sounds good to me. Maybe they would send back LeMahieu if we put in enough cash.
3rd inning update
Casey Coleman with a scoreless inning
Soriano leadoff double, Stewart moves him over, Lake K's, Rizzo with an RBI infield single, W. Castillo grounds out
5-2 Cubs
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I think Casey Coleman is going to have a good year....in AAA.
4th inning update
another scoreless inning for Coleman
leadoff BB for B. Jackson, 4-6-3 DP by DeJesus, Byrd K's
5th inning update
J. Russell gives up a HR to Fowler, then b-2-b sharply hit singles, 6-4-3 DP by R. Hernandez, C. Blake grounds out
DeWitt single, Soriano HR, Ian Stewart BB, Lake doubles, Rizzo RBI groundout, Castillo RBI, Jackson K's, Sappelt flies out off Zach Putnam
6th inning update
Chris Rusin in
gives up at triple to Colvin who ends up scoring
Infield single by Adduci, I think Cardenas hit into a DP, Vitters walks & steals 2B, E. Gonzalez K's
9-4 and I'm done for the day.
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Soriano would look good in a Tucson Toro's uniform. There. I said it.
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they need to exist again, first.
tucson and baseball is an on-going shuffle of "here today, gone tomorrow."
they have a temporary AAA team for SD playing there until their new park in another city is ready.
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#Cubs Sveum on B-Jackson: "He's either going to make the team and play everyday or he's going to Triple-A."
(Looks at roster)
AAA it is.
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maybe theocorp+byrd can make CLE interested...i wouldn't mind seeing BJax in AAA most of the year given the experimental/reclamation projects going on in with the cubs, though.
i dunno anyone else semi-competitive/competitive who needs a guy who could handle CF.
CLE has m.brantley, too.
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I think BJax is in Iowa until Byrd is traded, or (crosses fingers) Soriano is moved (somewhere).
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If LaHair hits, you're going to need to move both Byrd AND Soriano to make room for BJax and Rizzo, with LaHair moving to LF. Or, you could move one of them, and tell the other vet he's the 4th OF/designated pinch hitter, shut up and like it. I'm guessing that would go over better with Byrd than with Alf.
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there was more than one way to get there
supposedly jed "who?" hoyer, too
same...i just happen to not like sitting through shit sandwich meals for multiple years. baseball is kinda boring when you're punting on 1st down for a slew of years in a row.
i fully understand why it was done, but i didn't enjoy it. there was more than one way to get competitive and this was the chosen way.
fwiw, apparently McLeod signed extension as well after he didn't get Twins gig.
I am once again reminded why I am happy that Theo is running the organization.
if not they can just intentionally tank the team for 3-4 years and rebuild.
Hopefully after the Cubs complete their sevenpeat :)
They're the best in the business and have been for 12 years running now. The only question is when they'll get bored of it.
I was right here. I don't require my GM's to be perfect, but I would like them to understand what wins baseball games (IMO controlling the strike zone and creating/avoiding outs), and knowing where the organization is in the success cycle.
Theo and company have made and will make plenty of mistakes, but they seem to understand those two items pretty well.
Now we're all Theo-believers, where were you when he signed Edwin Jackson? Or how about trading away DJ Lemehaiu? And not signing Samardzija to an extension? Or not pursuing Prince Fielder or Albert Pujols? Or signing Lester? Or trading away Cashner, Dempster, Feldman, etc?...I think I'm losing the narrative here.
So his deal runs through 2021? Which pretty much coincides when all these guys are due to hit free agency.
Great news.
"Terms of the deal were not disclosed."
Theo inks five year extension
PC tonite at PNC
Not as a major factor, but could be a tie-breaker. But, yeah, on performance and experience, it's Coghlan.
Arrieta's 2.85 ERA would be good enough to lead 26 other teams. He's 3rd on #Cubs behind Hendricks (1.99) and Lester (2.28)
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It's rare these days to come out of a theater gushing about a new science fiction movie. There have been a couple of bright spots in recent memory -- Inception and Looper were both fantastic, and Avatar certainly happened -- but good sci-fi flicks are few and far between in Hollywood, which is why you should stop looking for them there. Some of the best sci-fi being shot today is right here on the Internet -- you know, the place where you can check your bank balance and masturbate without ever getting up. And now the Internet is adding another feature to keep your eyeballs bleeding and your muscles atrophying: amazing science fiction films so short, even ADD-riddled pseudo-children like us can sit through the whole thing. And you can watch all of them right now, for free, and in less time than it takes to rub one out! Which I assume you terribly literal bastards will take as a personal challenge.
#5. The Gift
Finally, The Gift is here to answer the question absolutely nobody asked: What would it look like if a drunken 19th century Russian duke wrote I, Robot? Design and cinematography are The Gift's strongest suits; from the Half-Life-esque guards to the world's snootiest robot, whom I shall dub Snootbot, it's apparent that the film has style to spare.
But what's most impressive here is the amount of world building that takes place in such a small amount of time. Feature-length filmmakers, take note: The human brain is pretty good at filling in the blanks. Thirty seconds into The Gift, and with absolutely no dialogue or text, we are able to discern the time frame, the location, and at least a general sense of both atmosphere and history. This is an upscale neighborhood of a dystopian Russian city in the near future. Some sci-fi movies need three paragraphs of intro text and 20 minutes of clumsy exposition to get as much info across.
There are more questions than answers in The Gift. I'm assuming the titular gift is not a literal unicorn, although who knows? Maybe there's a tiny glowing horse chillin' in that box, and robots just happen to love equines as much as preteen girls and Daniel O'Briens. Why is the courier so prepared to kill for it if he had no idea what it was upon delivery? What is the robot sorry for, and who is he apologizing to? But don't worry, because The Gift has the answer to the only question that matters.
That question is: Robot motorcycle chase? That answer is: Fuck yes.
If The Gift seems like a teaser, that's because it probably is -- and it works like crazy. If this was the first five minutes of a feature-length film, it would be the tightest five minutes ever edited, and I, for one, would gladly fork over my money to watch the rest of Snootbot Rising: The Tiniest Unicorn.
#4. Vacuity
"Short" is a purely relative term, especially on the Internet. In my long and storied online career, I have seen so much. I've seen killer comedy sketches tank because they're four entire minutes long; I've seen beautiful writing completely overlooked because it didn't have random stock images inserted every other paragraph; I've seen starships burning off the shoulder of Orion, and all the other watchers turned away and left because there was a 10-second ad that ran first. Which is why Vacuity, the longest of these sci-fi shorts, is probably going to warrant the least amount of attention. It has the audacity to be 13 minutes long, and there's not a single exploding motorcycle robot anywhere. But it's worth the very meager amount of time it asks of you.
Vacuity has its problems -- for some reason, the protagonist recites a dramatic countdown to synchronize both of his own arms, the climax has dialogue so hokey that you'll wonder if they make Hallmark cards for astronauts dying of asphyxiation, and it's good to see that the voice-acting cast from the original Resident Evil game has found other work in online sci-fi shorts -- but it's the little things that make it great. The operating system the astronaut is using, for example:
That OS is not as novel as Minority Report's, or even particularly good-looking, but it's simple, clear, and intuitive. It's a tiny, blink-and-you'll-miss-it detail that helps the world feel more convincing and occupied. It looks like somebody actually developed that operating system over a handful of generations, and you believe the main character's easy familiarity with (and reliance upon) it. Which is a good thing, because the closest thing to a "villain" in this film is a simple, infuriating, unhelpful error message. Although Vacuity's "Error 11323" is slightly worse than your "PC Load Letter," the principle is the same. Whether it's trying to slip a quick wank in before the kids get home from soccer practice, racing a deadline for your very job, or just trying not to suffocate in space, we've all dealt with that error message at the worst possible time. That's what makes good sci-fi work: taking some small part of technology today and extrapolating it out to its logical extreme.
And while the fact that the entirety of Vacuity takes place in a completely unadorned, cramped white room might turn some people off, I think it's pretty killer that a sparse 13-minute film with an $80 set can tell 10 times the story of the Transformers movies, which needed six hours and giant robots teabagging the great pyramids just to keep their audience's attention.
We have officially entered Bizarro World: Here is some of the most gorgeous and detailed animation you'll ever see, and it's for a five-minute sci-fi short on YouTube. The world of RUIN might seem a bit generic at first -- it's just more browns and grays and cracked highways -- but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Sure, the whole Detroit/apocalypse atmosphere has been done before, but it's not always done right -- and RUIN absolutely does it right.
This is the closest you're going to get to a Fallout movie. Too often games and movies set the post-apocalypse in a small town, like Jericho, or the middle of an empty desert wasteland, like Beyond Thunderdome. I don't know if that's because it's simply too resource-consuming to set post-apocalyptic films in more interesting places, or if directors with a degree in Awesome Comprehension are in short supply, but the setting of RUIN is spot-on. The film takes place in the absolute heart of a gargantuan, crumbling metropolis, with an appreciably pretty amount of natural decay splattered about. And then RUIN blows the holy crap out of said beautiful desolation with -- you guessed it -- a bitchin' robot motorcycle chase.
You can roll your eyes at the trope if you like, but ever since a motorcycle-bound Kaneda first bashed a crime-clown's head in during the intro of Akira, sci-fi knows to give the people what they want. It's worth paying special attention to RUIN, if only because it proves that the sci-fi short is a viable form of feature-length movie pitch. Twentieth Century Fox actually bought the rights to RUIN after seeing this "demo," and it's now being turned into a full film. Hopefully they keep the hero's pierced baseball cap. It really makes you root for the poor guy -- trying to survive the robot apocalypse while struggling with clinical-grade stupidity.
On a purely personal note: God fucking damn it, guys behind RUIN, the throttle is controlled with the right hand, and you don't twist it forward to go.


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Years ago it didn't matter if the hit was deemed "clean", or "dirty"...You touch Gretzky - Semenko, or McSorley would come after you...Go after Stevie - Probert, Kocur, or Gallant would get in your face.
How times have changed.
Well that's what I wonder about in a way. Maybe players go after Kronwall after some of his hits because he's always against either skilled players or in general a team's point producers. The job of a top-four dman like Kronwall is to defend against a team's best players. Is the complaint that players shouldn't have to fight after a clean hit on a skilled player unjustified based on the game's history? Because like you said; in the past, if you inflict any kind of harm on a team's point producers then someone would get in your face. Has it always been that way and now all of a sudden we have a league-wide complaint about it that came out of nowhere? If it was that way for Yzerman/Probert-Kocur and Gretzky/McSorley then how or why are people so surprised about a retaliation these days when it happens after a big hit on a team's skilled players?
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Judge gives man 5 years deferred adjudication probation for raping fellow Booker T. Washington High School student during school
Update 3:28 p.m.: State District Judge Jeanine Howard gave Sir Young 5 years of deferred adjudication probation after he pleaded guilty to sexual assault.
He faced up to 20 years in prison.
He must serve 45 days in jail as a term of probation, as well as 24 hours every Oct. 4 — the date of the rape — while he is on probation. She also ordered Young to serve 250 hours of community service at a rape crisis center.
Deferred adjudication probation means that if he meets these and other terms of of probation, he will not have a criminal conviction.
He must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Because of the violent nature of the crime, the law does not allow judges to sentence defendants to regular probation, which would result in still having a conviction upon completion of the sentence.
The girl and her family said they were too upset to comment and asked prosecutor Josh Healy to speak for them. Healy said that behind closed doors after the judge announced her decision, the girl was tearful and said that she and her family said they were "shocked" and "extremely disappointed." They had hoped Young would receive prison time.
Original post: A 20-year-old man pleaded guilty Thursday in a Dallas County courtroom to raping a girl when they were both students at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.
The attack occurred in a practice room during school in October 2011 when Sir Young was 18 and she was 14. The two were kissing and she told him to stop when he started rubbing her body over he clothes. But he kept going and eventually took off her leggings and raped her.
Young, who was arrested at school a week after the rape, has asked state District Judge Jeanine Howard to decide his sentence. He faces two to 20 years in prison but he is also eligible for probation.
The victim testified that she told Young "no" and "stop" before and during the rape.
"I didn't want to do anything other than kiss," she said, answering questions from prosecutor Brandi Mitchell.
When questioned by Young's attorney, Scottie Allen, the girl testified that she had talked with Young about having sex.
The girl is not being identified because The Dallas Morning News does not typically identify victims of sex crimes. She is now 17.
In a video recorded interview with Dallas police detective Denise Rodriguez that was played in court, Young initially said that the girl said no at first but then didn't tell him to stop. But then, he admitted that the girl told him to stop numerous times, including during the sexual assault.
When Rodriguez described what happened and asked if that was rape, Young said, "That's rape. I hate to have that on my plate. But that's rape."
After the rape, the school added a window to the room and cameras at the school, according to testimony.
Young has been charged in a second sexual assault of a classmate, but prosecutor Josh Healy told the judge that the prosecution doesn't "have enough credible evidence to move forward" at this time.
The prosecution has rested its case. The defense will begin calling witnesses this afternoon.


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If you like dinks, this Y's for you
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The trout fishing (for good fish anyway) on certain parts of the Yough has really shut down over the past few days, and we've been left scratching our heads as to what has brought this dearth of trout upon us. The morning bite has still been pretty solid, but for the rest of the day the trout have been hard to come by. Afternoon hatches have been putting a few fish on the feed, but the bugs have been sparse as well and so goes the afternoon rise.
Not a whole lot has changed in the way of river conditions: the flows and temps are still nice, and if anything, a scarcity of rain helps this river as the Casselman River is contributing very little water and the temps are staying pretty nice all the way down and through Ohiopyle. Even the cloud cover hasn't helped all that much. We're going to go ahead and blame the unstable weather since that's all we can come up with. Shoot us an email if you think of anything better.
The bass bite is still hanging tough with fish taking anything from dead drifted buggers to poppers making all kinds of commotion.
That's it for now. Lets hope the future holds something better for those searching for salmonids among the slick runs of the Y.
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Your post says it all man, same story here slow bite with little bugs, hope it picks up soon..........
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i had luck yesterday, 6 browns, 2 rainbows, and 3 smallmouth. Mostly on black wooly buggers, poppers, big yellow stonefly nymphs and cased caddis. ran through a ton of small dinks, but they kept me patient and focused i guess. Most fish were all caught right above ohiopyle, less than half a mile from the beach. hope this helps.
Posted on: 2010/7/20 22:55
Man the people I would kill to catch that trout
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The appointment of a new member for the Town of Lancaster's Zoning Board of Appeals sparked a lengthy debate at Tuesday's Town Board meeting amid calls for making the selection process more transparent.
The town, which did not publicly advertise the opening, received two applications for the Zoning Board of Appeals position, and the four Town Board Democrats on Tuesday named a former aide to County Legislator Lynn M. Marinelli to the post.
Lancaster Supervisor Dino J. Fudoli, a Republican, joined eight residents in blasting the selection process and arguing for advertising well in advance when there are future vacancies on the Zoning Board of Appeals, Planning Board and other bodies to be filled, in order to attract the best candidates.
"I do think we need to reform the process and open it up to the public," Lancaster resident Carmen Hangauer said.
Jill Monacelli, an employee of the Erie County Probation Department, was selected for the Zoning Board of Appeals over Dan Beutler, a former member of the Depew School Board and Planning Board who regularly speaks at meetings and has criticized past Town Board actions.
Facing pointed questioning from Beutler's backers, the board members who supported Monacelli defended her as more than qualified to serve on the Zoning Board of Appeals.
"You get different perspectives from people from different walks of life," said Councilman John Abraham Jr., a high school teacher and former Zoning Board of Appeals member.
Appointments to zoning boards of appeal typically don't generate much attention. But the small group of Lancaster residents who attend each Town Board session has made this an issue beginning with last month's reorganization meeting.
The Town Board was voting to fill the seat on the Zoning Board of Appeals left vacant by the retirement of Jeffrey Lehrbach, whose term expires Dec. 31.
Beutler and Monacelli were the only applicants for the position.
Fudoli said Tuesday that he recently asked the other members of the Town Board to hold off on appointments to any municipal board for 30 days to allow for a new selection process, but he said no one responded to his request.
Councilwoman Donna G. Stempniak recommended Monacelli's appointment. She said after the meeting that she knows Monacelli and considers her qualified but didn't encourage her to apply to fill the vacancy.
Several speakers, including Beutler, questioned why the board didn't interview either candidate before settling on Monacelli.
Councilman Mark S. Aquino replied that he is familiar with both candidates, so reviewing their applications was sufficient for him to make his decision.
Beutler's supporters said his experience on boards in Depew and his dedicated attendance at Town Board meetings should have tipped the scale in his favor. "He's really involved. He pays attention to what's going on," Lancaster resident Tom Kazmierczak said.
Monacelli did not attend Tuesday's meeting.
The 30-minute debate included a philosophical discussion of the qualifications for a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals. Aquino, who also served on the town's Zoning Board of Appeals, said judgment and common sense are most important. "It's not rocket science," said Aquino, who had a testy exchange with Fudoli over how diligently Aquino responds to the supervisor's emails.
In the end, the Town Board voted 4-1 to appoint Monacelli to the Zoning Board of Appeals, with Fudoli voting no.
Town Board members did not formally approve a new approach to filling future vacancies, but a consensus seemed to form around casting the widest net possible in the search for candidates.
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Wal-Mart at the NSB Regional Shopping Center on State Road 44 wasn't the only happening place in New Smyrna Beach for Black Friday holiday shoppers. Canal Street and Flagler Avenue merchants showcased bargains too. Bright lights and a window of a Christmas wonderland at the Pink Flamingo at Petals, 201 Canal Street, beckoned shoppers Friday night.
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Mass of Christian Burial for Mary E. Smith Morton, age 85, who died Saturday at South Seminole Hospital, Longwood, will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church, New Smyrna Beach, with The Reverend John S. Murray, officiating.


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EAST LIVERPOOL - The Rockets flew past the Potters.
The Lowellville boys' and girls' bowling teams earned a sweep Wednesday at East Liverpool.
In the boys' match, the Rockets finished match play with 1679, and in the bakers matches Lowellville bowled 128, 160 and 135 to give the Rockets a total of 2102.
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East Liverpool's Jake Graves bowls Wednesday against visiting Lowellville. (Photo courtesy Jimmy Joe Savage)
The Potters finished match play with 1400. East Liverpool bowled 174, 160 and 142 in the bakers matches to finish with a total of 1876.
For the Potters, Jacob Graves bowled a career high 216, Parker Bowers bowled a career high 208 and Jim Bundy bowled a 167.
On the girls' side, the Rockets finished match play with 1244. Lowellville bowled 94, 115 and 152 in the bakers matches for a total of 1605.
The Potters finished match play with 1169. East Liverpool bowled 93, 173 and 108 in the bakers matches for a total of 1543.
Individually for the Potters, Becky Brewer bowled a 152, Leighanna Frantz bowled a 129 and Nicole Linkous bowled a 127.
With the two losses, both Potter teams are now 0-3 on the season.
East Liverpool's next match is Dec. 19 against local-rival Wellsville.


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