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Oregon has nabbed one of the top players in the 2018 class.
Louis King, a top-20 forward, committed to Dana Altman and the Ducks on Thursday via a video on social media.
"It's been a tough, strenuous process," King said, "but today makes all of that worth it. I've been blessed with great opportunities."
The 6-foot-8 New Jersey native selected Oregon over other finalists Seton Hall, NC State, Purdue and Kansas.
"I would like to thank each of them for all the time and effort they put into my recruitment," King said. "I would like to thank my coaches and my teammates that have pushed me and helped get me to this point in my career. My friends for all their love and support, but most of all I would like to thank my family, who has been by my side through it all."
King is Altman's second commit in 2018, joining four-star big man Miles Norris, a top-75 recruit in the class. It's the beginning of what could be an absolutely dynamic class for Oregon, which still has two scholarships remaining.
"Out of all of my schools I felt like it was best for me and my family," King said to MADE Hoops. "Coach Altman said that I would have the ball in my hands throughout the season. When I get there, it will be an easy adjustment for me with how I handle rock and get my teammates open. Our goal is to win a national championship next year."
Four-star forward Miller Kopp commits to Northwestern
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Northwestern has a second four-star recruit in its 2018 class.
The Wildcats received a commitment from Miller Kopp, a 6-foot-6 forward, on Thursday, he announced via social media.
"I built a really strong relationship with (coach) Chris Collins and I fell in love with the campus," Kopp told Scout. "I knew it would be a nice campus and have that stuff, but I think me and him are wired the same way. II think that his personality fits mine and I think we complement each other. I'm definitely excited to be able to go to a program on the rise and be able to make some history."
Kopp picked the Wildcats over offers from Georgetown, Butler, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt. The Houston native is ranked in the top-100 of his class by most recruiting services.
He gives Collins and the Wildcats an exceedingly strong 2018 class, which already featured four-star guard Pete Nance of Ohio along with three-star recruits Jordan Lathon and Ryan Young. It represents a major leap forward for Northwestern. It would appear that the program's first-ever NCAA tournament appearance last March has brought momentum to the recruiting trail.
NEXT ONE? Hoops phenom at 13 has college offer, NBA height
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Emoni Bates walks out a front door of Clague Middle School with just inches to spare.
A wide smile tops his 6-foot-7, extra-lean frame. He's holding a seventh-grade honor society certificate in his right hand. His braces gleam in the afternoon sun.
Meet the best 13-year-old basketball player in America, according to some recruiting services. One of his highlight reels on YouTube has been viewed about 1 million times.
"I don't really pay attention to it," Emoni insists in a voice just louder than a whisper, "because if I pay attention to it, it's just going to get to my head.
"And I don't want it to get to my head. I just want to play basketball."
He's got the pedigree.
Emoni's father, E.J. Bates, has been around the game most of his life. He picked greens and baled hay as a kid in nearby Milan, Michigan, then developed into a smooth-shooting guard. But he didn't take school seriously until it was too late. Instead of playing for a basketball power like Kansas and maybe even in the NBA, E.J. wound up going to Kentucky Wesleyan and settling for pro hoops in Switzerland.
E.J. is determined to make sure his son doesn't make the same mistake. The academics are a sign of that. House rules bar Emoni from picking up a basketball until his homework is done.
Yet E.J. knows when kids are this good this early, distractions roll in like waves. Already, it seems, lots of people want a piece of Emoni. Prep, private and public high school coaches are lining up. Colleges have him on their radar. DePaul took it a step further, offering Emoni a scholarship in late August. Two other much-touted players in the Class of 2022 — Amari Bailey of Illinois and Skyy Clark of California — also have offers from DePaul.
E.J. knows the shoe company bird dogs and other hustlers looking to buy favors are lurking, too. So he and wife Edith, who works for the Red Cross, keep their inner circle very tight.
"I'm his coach to keep the snakes away," Bates says, sitting on one of Clague's concrete benches. "We're not for sale."
The Bates family has agreed to provide The Associated Press with a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the life of one of the most coveted basketball prospects in the country for at least the next five years. The periodic series will include video, photos, audio and text updates to track his progress.
Will Emoni stay near his current home to attend a public high school? Or will he take his next step at a private school like Detroit Country Day, like Michigan native Chris Webber?
Will he follow the footsteps of Marvin Bagley III and other five-star prospects, reclassifying to finish high school in three years? Bagley did to play college ball at Duke this coming season — and potentially to get a jump on a pro future.
Will E.J. and Emoni emulate the father-son team of LaVar and Lonzo Ball, grabbing headlines while hawking their own brand at every turn?
No one knows.
E.J. says all options are on the table. But he won't be loud, unlike LaVar Ball in the lead-up to his son Lonzo being drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers.
"I don't have to brag about what we're doing," E.J. says. "I let other people do all the talking about how good Emoni is because word of mouth is the best advertising there is."
Emoni James-Wayne Bates was born Jan. 28, 2004, at the University of Michigan hospital. He was on the light side — 6 pounds, 7 ounces — and a little long at 21 inches. Just over a year later, Emoni slept with his head cradled in his left arm and his right wrapped around a black and red basketball. A cherished photo was made.
"He would always sleep with the ball," his father recalls, holding a framed picture in his Ypsilanti, Michigan, home. "If the ball wasn't around, he would cry about the ball. Even to this day, he has a mini-ball he keeps with him, which is crazy to me."
There were more hints. During a second visit to the doctor, E.J., who is 6-foot-4, and Edith, 5-9, asked how tall their son might grow.
"He was off the charts," E.J. laughs, "so they couldn't tell us."
Emoni has shot up 7 inches in the last two years. He's tall enough right now to play shooting guard at any level. He handles the ball like a point guard and launches 3-pointers like a savvy veteran. He can create his own shot like a wing or drive the lane and dish off to a teammate like another rail-thin former prodigy, Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant.
But adding weight and muscle is an ongoing challenge. He weighs just 155 pounds — not heavy or strong enough to play a dominating inside game that would complement his fluid perimeter skills.
"We try to stuff him full of food at night and hope it sticks," E.J. sighs.
The Adidas Invitational in Fishers, Indiana, attracts some of the Midwest's top seventh-grade AAU teams. Inside Best Choice Fieldhouse, talk centers on whether the Bates Fundamentals squad starring Emoni and coached by E.J. can live up to the hype.
"They've been hearing a lot about him," says Bernetta Kelly, watching her son's Peoria Area Elite team take its shot.
Bates Fundamentals wins 95-44 and Kelly understands why. She approaches Emoni and asks for a photo with her son and his team.
"I've seen the best players from Pittsburgh to Vegas the last four years, and he's been the best in his class," Peoria coach Zach Martin says. "I told the guys, 'There are not many times you will be able to say you played an NBA player, but you just did.'"
After another lopsided victory in the two-day tournament won easily by Bates Fundamentals, Emoni walks off the court. A younger competitor darts out of his team's pregame layup line to slap his hand. Moments later, the excitement follows Emoni out the door.
"Hey, that's him," a young boy entering the facility says to teammates.
How does a 10-year-old from Fort Wayne, Indiana, know who Bates is?
"YouTube," he says.
The highlight reel posted last summer had nearly 1 million views before Emoni walked into the doors at Clague for the first time as an eighth-grader. Several other videos have racked up 500,000-plus views in less than one year.
By the spring of 2018, the suspense about where he plans to attend high school may be its own mini-drama. Then a few years later: Which college?
E.J. and Edith hardly need reminding that's still a long way off. As good as the recruiting services have become at projecting stars, it's easy to forget the object of all that attention is still just 13. At times, the recruiting experts simply miss.
"It's always a crap shoot," E.J. says. "You don't know what life will deal you. You never know what can happen with injuries, the loss of motivation or pressure getting to be too much."
Yet fans of two college basketball powers with the inside track can already start thinking about the fall of 2021, when Bates can officially sign a scholarship offer. In quiet moments, Emoni sometimes does, too.
Asked about his favorite programs, the soft-spoken kid doesn't hesitate to name the early front-runners.
"Michigan State and Kentucky," Emoni says.
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NCAA punishes Pacific men's basketball for violations
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STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — The men's basketball team at Pacific has been punished by the NCAA for academic and recruiting violations under former coach Ron Verlin.
The NCAA said Wednesday that Verlin failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance when he violated academic misconduct and recruiting rules to get prospects eligible. He also failed to monitor his coaches and violated NCAA ethics rules when he encouraged others to give false information during the investigation.
The baseball program was also cited because former coach Ed Sprague impermissibly provided an athletic training student with a $16,000 scholarship to help with the housing costs of two baseball student-athletes, including her brother.
Penalties for the school include two years of probation, recruiting and scholarship reductions, a $5,000 fine and a vacation of all games in which ineligible athletes participated.
Memphis lands commitment from 2018 center Connor Vanover
Memphis picked up its first commitment in the Class of 2018 on Wednesday night as unique center prospect Connor Vanover announced his decision on Twitter.
At 7-foot-2, Vanover brings elite size to the interior for the Tigers and he's also skilled enough that he was a 43 percent three-point shooter during his stint playing with Pro Skills in the Nike EYBL this spring. Although Vanover needs to add strength and athleticism to adapt to the college level, he simply has size that you can't teach. Pair that size with an intriguing perimeter jumper and it'll be interesting to see how head coach Tubby Smith is able to develop Vanover the next few years.
A three-star prospect according to Rivals, Vanover averaged 9.1 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game during the spring. Originally from Arkansas, Vanover is spending his senior season of high school ball at prep school powerhouse Findlay Prep.


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Sergio Aguero is aiming for a hat-trick of wins against Chelsea when Manchester City take on Rafa Benitez's team in Sunday's FA Cup semi-final.
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City started their season by defeating Chelsea 3-2 in the Community Shield and secured a 2-0 win over the European champions in the Premier League at the Etihad Stadium.
They also drew 0-0 at Stamford Bridge in November in Benitez's first game in charge after succeeding Roberto Di Matteo.
"We've had three close games against Chelsea already this season and we expect the same again on Sunday," Aguero told City's official website.
"We'll go out looking to win like we did earlier this season when we faced them in the Community Shield and at home in the Premier League - it goes without saying we hope the result is the same this time around.
The Argentine striker believes Benitez has changed Chelsea's style of play, explaining: "I think that Chelsea's current manager is trying to use a patient approach to open teams up rather than utilise the counter-attack. It's probably going to be a very open game and the team who keeps their head at the crucial moments will win."
Because of injury, Aguero has not started a game since February's 2-0 win over Chelsea but he came off the bench to decide Monday's Manchester derby.
And he believes that spectacular strike ranks among his best goals.
"It's always a good thing to score in a derby and even more so if it's the winner," he added. "We lost the home derby in the very last minute and we didn't deserve that so it was satisfying to win at Old Trafford.
"Personally, it's rewarding to be able to score such an important goal, especially after spending a long time without playing because of an injury. Given the context, the moment and the fact it was a derby, it may possibly be one of my best goals so far."
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PRINCETON Ś The first goal didnÆt sit well with Gabe McGregor.
The Princeton High boysÆ lacrosse goalie knew he should have stopped it.
ōMyself, personally, I didnÆt like the way that one went in,ö said McGregor after sixth-seeded Clearview scored 54 seconds into the game on a shot that snuck past him at the near pipe.
As it turned out, there was no reason for McGregor to beat himself up.
He simply moved on to the next play and marshalled a defensive effort that held the Pioneers scoreless for 38:39 while the third-seeded Little Tigers tallied 12 unanswered goals en route to a 13-4 victory and a spot in the NJSIAA South Jersey Group III semifinals on Thursday against second-seeded Shawnee.
ōWe didnÆt want anything to go wrong,ö said McGregor, who finished with 10 stops. ōSo I had to make sure I came in and played better.ö
Princeton (16-3) hasnÆt lost since May 2, ripping off seven straight wins, including a Mercer County Tournament title last week.
ōWeÆre a confident group, but weÆre also a humble group,ö said senior Zach Halliday, who put in four goals and dished out a pair of assists. ōWe know that we got here because of hard work and weÆre not going to take anything for granted. WeÆre going to take our chances when they come.ö
The Little Tigers did that Tuesday afternoon.
They responded to Mike ManninoÆs opener with a 4-0 run to close the first quarter and added three more in the second to take a 7-1 advantage at the break.
Princeton continued to take it to the visitors from South Jersey, who were wilting on a scorching afternoon that felt more like a mid-July day meant to be spent on the beach.
Halliday netted twice in the third and set up another as the Little Tigers led 11-1 after 36 minutes, then put a cherry on top, scoring a 12th straight Little Tigers goal after scooping up a groundball in front of the cage and jamming it home.
ōIt was kind of weird when they put one on the board,ö Halliday admitted. ōIt also kind of lit a fire under us and got us going. We canÆt drop this one on this turf, We canÆt drop this one now because assuming Shawnee won this is the last game any boysÆ lacrosse team will play on this turf. TheyÆre tearing it up after the season. It was big to get a win on here today.ö
Matt Corrado finished with three goals and Will Hare added two for Princeton. Kevin Halliday had a goal and pair of assists.
Clearview added three consolation tallies in the fourth quarter before Chris Diver closed the scoring with 30 seconds left.
ōOur mentality is at such a high level right now,ö said coach Pete Stanton. ōIf you want to make a deep run, itÆs really a test of stamina and a test of will. This time of year, itÆs really challenging coming down to the end of the school year. IÆm just so pleased that our boys want to play lacrosse.ö
Stanton has also seen his team improve its defense.
Since April 30, Princeton has allowed more than six goals just once, and that was in a 10-9 victory over Hopewell Valley. During that stretch the Little Tigers are 9-1.
ōItÆs really satisfying to see the level of improvement,ö Stanton said. ōAt the beginning of the year, we were giving up so many goals and itÆs just one of those things Ś I donÆt know what comes first Ś are the individuals improving or is our teamwork improving? But it just seems to be one of those things were one doesnÆt happen without the other.ö
Now Princeton is two wins from a sectional title.
And that would look good in the trophy case next to the programÆs first county title.
ōWeÆre on a pretty good run,ö McGregor said. ōWe had to go undefeated in the county tournament, and we won that, and now weÆre undefeated in the states so far. Definitely a big run for us.ö
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Illness set to deny Basalaj a start for Phoenix
Schoolboy star Scott Basalaj has lost 6kg and a guaranteed A-League debut thanks to a mystery illness picked up on the Phoenix's pre-season tour of India.
With Mark Paston and Glen Moss in Tahiti, the St Pat's Silverstream student would have been a certainty to start in goal against the Heart on Sunday.
Auckland City's Jacob Spoonley, who was on the books for the Phoenix's inaugural season in 2007-08, now appears set to jump the queue.
"Scott's been laid down with a bug that he probably got in India and he's lost six kilos in the last three weeks," Phoenix goalkeeping coach Jonathan Gould said.
"I mean even in training, you do a couple of reps in training and his recovery has not been fantastic after six reps. When you consider he's then got to go through a pretty vigorous warmup leading into the game, it's how you recover and mentally it's his first game as well."
The team head to Melbourne today and former Celtic goalkeeper Gould said he wouldn't make a decision on his preferred shot-stopper until after training tomorrow.
If Basalaj was 100 per cent fit, Gould said the job would have been his but Spoonley looked to have the inside running at yesterday's session.
The 25-year-old was New Zealand's first choice goalkeeper at the 2007 under-20 World Cup and the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Spoonley has been stuck in the national league since then, but Gould had been impressed with his efforts in training this week.
"I think it's maturity. I hadn't seen him for three or four years and you look at Jacob as a 25-year-old, he's a man now. Goalkeepers take a long time to mature because it's experience and it's the mental ability to cope with the demands of the job. He's played in front of 60,000 and knows what this is all about."
The Phoenix are without six of the players who started in the impressive, opening round 2-0 win over Sydney FC.
Academy players Basalaj, Luke Rowe and Tom Biss have been named in the squad, with Rowe set to start at left back and midfielder Biss on the bench.
Experienced midfielder Vince Lia, who missed the Sydney game, came through training unscathed and will probably start the match at AAMI Park.
His presence was a boost for assistant coach Chris Greenacre, who will take the reins in the absence of Ricki Herbert.
"Vinnie is massive for this club, not only his experience but also as an individual and as a player, the respect he's got within the group," Greenacre said.
"Vinnie's been a big player for us over the past few years so we're all delighted to get him back and to see him finish a session is great news for us.
"Looking at how the squad is depleted a little bit, then obviously a player of that calibre, you really want him out there."
Meanwhile, the immediate playing future of Mirjan Pavlovic is in doubt.
Phoenix yesterday released a statement saying the striker had a "medical condition which restricts his ability to play professional football".
The club said it would make no further comment until Pavlovic's condition was resolved.
The 23-year-old, who spent the pre-season on loan with Sydney United, has played 25 games and scored two goals for the Phoenix.
He comes off contract at the end of this season.
Phoenix squad: Jacob Spoonley, Luke Rowe, Andrew Durante, Michael Boxall, Cameron Lindsay, Manny Muscat, Vince Lia, Alex Smith, Louis Fenton, Paul Ifill, Stein Huysegems, Scott Basalaj, Tom Biss, Ricardo Clarke, Tyler Boyd
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We have a cotten blend sheet that feels like satin, keeps us from getting too warm at night, and I have candles set up all over the place in our room.I light them when I want to do that little something extra to make our night romantic. I light Jasmine, Gardania, and honeysuckle candles to take us from cold Ohio to the sun warmed summers of the south. It's wondeful!
i do not like candles in my room cause i am afraid i will fall asleep with them lit and something will happen. i have never had satin sheets, but always wanted them. someday..... what i really want is curtains for my canopy
We are still buyung new things so all there is isoisour dresser and bed
Do you like candles in your bedroom? Only candles we have were the 70% off one after Christmas sale. Lol
Have you ever tried satin sheets? No I dnt think we would like the feeling of that material.
What could you do to make your bedroom more romantic? 2 Bedrooms :)
dont have a bedroom right now, so no its not sexy and inviting and comfortable lol
Our bedroom is so far from being sexy that you would wonder how we ever have sex.. our bedroom is the catch all when we have guests, the kdis bring anything they do not know where it goes in here and all their school papers land in my bedroom on my desk.. the only thing that is remotely sexy is the red satin curtains that are very pretty and add a sexy touch to my room.. and neither one of can be around scented candles he can't breathe and I end up with a migraine so no scented candles please..
Our bedroom can be kinda sexy, when we watch naughty shows or movies , light some incense or candles and turn out the lights and grab some lotion!


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The ER Myth vs. Reality
There is a nagging myth out there that it is the approximately 47 million uninsured people in this nation who are clogging hospital emergency rooms for routine care better suited to a doctor's office or a walk-in clinic.
A new study in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association reaffirms what many already know—this is not the case.
The JAMA study, Uninsured Adults Presenting to US Emergency Departments: Assumptions vs. Data, looks at 127 previous studies of emergency medical and surgical care for uninsured adults and found that 53 of those studies carried assumptions about uninsured ED patients that weren't borne out by facts.
"The uninsured have become a scapegoat," says Manya F. Newton, MD, an emergency physician at the University of Michigan and an author of the study. "There is a belief among some people that the uninsured are choosing to be uninsured because they are lazy, and that if they worked harder they could get insurance and all our problems would be solved."
The JAMA study acknowledges that the uninsured population is growing. The numbers of uninsured in hospital EDs are growing, too. And yes, many uninsured use the ED because they lack access to primary care. All true.
However, the JAMA study identifies unsupported assumptions in a number of studies about the uninsured; namely, that they were the main cause of ER overcrowding; and that they have less-serious conditions than insured patients and use the ED as a matter of convenience.
"These studies weren't subtle at all," Newton says. "We see in quotes 'uninsured patients realize that no matter what complaint they have, even if it's not an emergency, they can get care in ED for free.' Or 'it is widely understood that the uninsured show up for non-urgent problems.' These statements are made with no citations," she says.
The CDC in August found that the uninsured make up 17.4% of ED visits. Patients with government sponsored health plans, and privately insured patients, make up about 42% and 40% of the ED volume, respectively. The CDC also reports that ED visits increased 32% nationally from 1996 to 2006, from 93 million to 119 million visits. At the same time, the number of EDs decreased from 4,019 to 3,833, exacerbating crowding.
It's easy to understand why the general public—especially someone who's just waiting three hours for emergency care—might have an exaggerated sense of the problems that the uninsured are creating in the nation's EDs. Newton says it's difficult to explain why the myth continues to thrive among well-educated healthcare professionals who really should know better.
"It's easy to confuse anecdotes with data," Newton says. "If you are on the front lines of a busy emergency department, it's easy to remember the person who shows up for the sniffles who makes you mad rather than the 300 people who showed up appropriately."
"It becomes part of the common culture," Newton says. "I was guilty of some of these assumptions myself. And I hear them repeated again and again from my colleagues. Then it becomes something that everybody knows and nobody questions."
John Commins is the human resources and community and rural hospitals editor with HealthLeaders Media. He can be reached at email@example.com.
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TAMPA — The first public appearance of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. since his fiery oratory became a political problem for Sen. Barack Obama was canceled by a local church just hours before he was to speak Tuesday.
Wright was scheduled to preach three nights this week at Bible-Based Fellowship Church of Temple Terrace, where he had visited many times.
The church's pastor, the Rev. Earl Mason, called a hasty news conference Tuesday afternoon to announce he had asked Wright "to stay in Chicago." He said that the appearance had become a media event instead of a celebration of the church's anniversary and that he wasn't satisfied with the security arrangements.
"Rev. Wright is a father to this church, and it is sad that we cannot have him here to celebrate with us," Mason said to a cluster of reporters that included CNN, Good Morning America and USA Today.
The Obama campaign issued a brief comment late Tuesday when asked about the cancellation. "It was a decision made by the church," said spokesman Bill Burton.
Wright, former pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, which Obama has attended for 20 years, made national headlines last month. Snippets of his sermons from 2003 in which he shouted such phrases as "God damn America" were posted on the Internet and picked up by national news organizations.
For nearly two weeks, the pastor's incendiary remarks and Obama's efforts to put them in perspective have been the subject of intense debate. This drew visitors from as far away as Canada to hear Wright speak Tuesday.
Roly Harris of Barrie, Ontario, turned up in the church parking lot Tuesday. He had heard that the controversial preacher wasn't going to appear but came to Bible-Based Fellowship Church anyway to see if they would have a service of any kind.
"I came down for the Blue Jays spring training, but I was really hoping to see him," Harris said.
Nelson Hay, who drove up from Venice, was teary-eyed about not being able to see Wright after seeing him preach last year in New York.
"The United Church of Christ is 99 percent white. It is so shameful that he's being portrayed as racist and anti-American," he said. "He's a powerful preacher and he's never offended me."
And Hay was only one in a line of people mobbed by national and local TV crews as they stepped out of their cars at the church.
Several Bible-Based members didn't even stop to avoid being interviewed.
The extra attention created new security concerns for the church, Mason said, even though Wright has been speaking at revivals in the Tampa Bay area for more than 10 years.
The church decided to enhance security to deal with the attention and contacted all the agencies in Hillsborough to coordinate, he said.
But the pastor said the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, told him about 3 p.m. Monday its deputies would not be involved in securing the revival. He said that was a factor in his decision to cancel plans.
"We asked for security on several levels, and one of the key agencies decided not to assist, for reasons that I am not certain of," he told reporters.
Not so, said sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter.
"Contrary to statements made by Rev. Mason, at no time did the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office refuse to offer any security for the event,'' she said.
Carter said the church asked the Sheriff's Office for help on Monday, but the officer in charge of off-duty employment told Mason the church fell within the jurisdiction of the Tampa police. The officer referred the church to city police and said if Tampa police wanted extra help, the Sheriff's Office would provide it.
Knowing the magnitude of the event, however, sheriff's Chief Deputy Jose Docobo called Tampa police Monday and asked if the Sheriff's Office could assist with off-duty security. When he didn't get a response, he called again today, Carter said.
"We were assured that it was not needed and that it was taken care of," she said. They stood ready to help if asked, she said.
Efforts to reach Mason Tuesday evening about the divergent accounts were unsuccessful.
Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said the department was well prepared for Wright's visit.
"TPD officers assessed the location, gathered intelligence on the event and put a plan into place," the statement said.
"We recommended the organizers hire extra duty officers to handle parking issues and they complied," she said.
The department was ready to handle security from the airport arrival to departure, she said. "We were surprised to hear of the cancellation."
Jim and Verlee Clinefielder, who came from Sun City Center to see Wright, said that as avid Obama supporters they came out to give Wright a fair shake.
"It's so sad they had to cancel," Verlee Clinefielder said. "But people are crazy these days."
Wright is still scheduled to be honored by the Brite Divinity School's National Black Church Studies Forum State of the Black Church Awards and Summit in Fort Worth, Texas, on March 28 and 29.
According to Fox News, the event's location has been changed for security reasons.
Times staff writers Justin George and Adam C. Smith and researcher Carolyn Edds contributed to this report. Robbyn Mitchell can be reached at (813) 269-5313 or


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Date suppliers say dates enjoy good representation in produce sections.
"We have a good, strong presence in the fresh produce section," said Erin Hanagan, marketing manager for DatePac LLC, Yuma, Ariz.
In terms of retail placement, dates do well when placed in a display near the banana section.
"We find we have good consumer interest when we market them near bananas. It's a good complement and a healthy snack," Hanagan said.
Ben Antongiovanni, sales manager for Atlas Produce and Distribution, Bakersfield, Calif., agrees.
"We recommend retailers build displays in the middle of the banana section," he said.
Dates are a good source of potassium and date suppliers want to promote them as a good substitute for bananas.
"If you need potassium in your diet, you can substitute dates," Antongiovanni said.
DatePac has several promotions planned for the year.
"We do four key promotions a year," Hanagan said.
Some popular promotion times include fall and the holidays. Easter and Ramadan are also good times to promote dates, Hanagan said.
"Those are really big times for us," she said.
However, date suppliers want retailers and consumers to think of dates as a year-round item, not something just for special occasions or holidays.
"We work with retailers to get year-round distribution," Hanagan said.
Those efforts are beginning to pay off as more people are starting to use dates throughout the year as a healthy snack option or sweet alternative to sugar.
"It's not just a seasonal thing anymore," she said.
Hanagan also said the company is very focused on promoting dates at retail right now, although foodservice promotions could be a possibility in the future.
"There's only so much you can do at one time," she said. "It's not that we don't want to explore it, but at this point, we're really focusing on the retail environment."
For DatePac, whole medjool dates are the most popular option for consumers right now.
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It has been the most bitter and longest-running community buyout of the last 20 years, so it is excellent news that hostilities are at an end and the purchase of Pairc estate by the community in the South Lochs area of Lewis is finally to go ahead.
The community has been trying to buy the 26,800-acre estate for more than a decade and finally voted to do so on Thursday night in a deal worth £500,000. It is a tribute to all concerned that, in the end, the disputed transfer has taken place amicably. Landowner Barry Lomas, of Leamington Spa, at one stage mounted a legal challenge in Stornoway Sheriff Court and the Court of Session, claiming that his human rights were being infringed by Scottish Parliament land reform legislation that gives crofters an absolute right to buy their croft land whether or not the owner wants to sell; his bid was dismissed. It then started to look as though the case might end up in court as Scotland's first hostile community buyout.
Thank goodness it did not come to that. Mr Lomas has welcomed the outcome and the local community can now take steps to improve facilities in the area and boost economic activity; a far more constructive outcome.
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Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 127 S San Vicente Blvd, Suite A6600, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA
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- Single-surgeon fully endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery: outcomes in three-hundred consecutive casesAdam N Mamelak
Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8631 W Third St, Ste 800E, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
Pituitary 16:393-401. 2013..Endoscopic outcomes appear to be better than those reported in microscope-based series, regardless of a one or two surgeon technique...
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Neurosurgery 67:476-83. 2010..Advances in rigid-lens telescope systems provide an alternative method for magnification and illumination that may replace or supplement the operating microscope...
- Targeted delivery of antitumoral therapy to glioma and other malignancies with synthetic chlorotoxin (TM-601)Adam N Mamelak
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Surg Innov 15:38-46. 2008..Overall, this prototype telescope-based system rivals the operating microscope optical quality and field of view. With further refinement, this system could have widespread application in many microsurgical disciplines...
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Department of Neurosurgery, Pituitary Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Suite 8003, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Clin Oncol 24:3644-50. 2006..We evaluated the safety, biodistribution, and dosimetry of intracavitary-administered 131I-TM-601 in patients with recurrent glioma...
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Pituitary Center, Department of Medicine D C R, J D C, O C, V S B, S M, Surgery, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine A G, and Neurosurgery A N M, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048
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- Clinical experience with a high definition exoscope system for surgery of pineal region lesionsKurtis Birch
Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion Neurosciences, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, 6th Floor, A6600, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA Electronic address
J Clin Neurosci 21:1245-9. 2014..The improved comfort levels may translate into safer, more accurate surgeries in this complex area. ..
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Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 444 South San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 37:E1517-23. 2012..Prospective cohort study...
- Fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy for guided therapy of brain tumorsPramod V Butte
Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
Neuroimage 54:S125-35. 2011....
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Department of Pediatrics, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Department of General and Oncological Surgery, City of Hope Cancer Center Duarte, California, USA
Oncology (Williston Park) 19:1803-10; discussion 1810, 1816-7, 1821-2. 2005..This paper will review the current state of the art of available locoregional therapies for glioma, with a particular focus on convection-enhanced delivery, targeted toxin, and other biologic strategies...
- Expanded endonasal approach for the clipping of a ruptured basilar aneurysm and feeding artery to a cerebellar arteriovenous malformationDoniel Drazin
Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8631 West Third Street, Suit 800E, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Clin Neurosci 19:144-8. 2012..Endoscopic transclival approaches should be considered in the management of complex basilar trunk aneurysms...
- Choriocarcinoma brain metastasis in a patient with viable intrauterine pregnancy. Case reportAdam N Mamelak
Department of Neurosurgery, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California, USA
J Neurosurg 97:477-81. 2002..Coordinated multidisciplinary treatment of mother and fetus by members of the neurosurgery, medical oncology, neonatology, and obstetrics services facilitated a good outcome in this case...
- Imaging glioma extent with 131I-TM-601David C Hockaday
Neurosurgery Section, Department of General and Oncological Surgery, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte, California 91010, USA
J Nucl Med 46:580-6. 2005..We evaluated imaging and biodistribution data from this trial to assess whether 131I-TM-601 might be useful in determining tumor extent...
- Lack of association of cytomegalovirus with human brain tumorsSean K Lau
Department of Pathology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
Mod Pathol 18:838-43. 2005..None of the carcinomas or sarcomas evaluated were positive for CMV by immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, or PCR. The findings of the present study suggest that CMV is not significantly associated with brain tumors in humans...
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Division of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
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McDonald shines, but Bucs' bats stymied
McDonald shines, but Bucs' bats stymied
However, of much more lasting significance was James McDonald's season-ending performance, which was further proof that he lines up to be a critical piece in the Pirates' future rotation.
As Pittsburgh looks ahead to 2011, McDonald has placed himself in position to be an integral part of the organization's pitching plans. He showcased that potential again on Wednesday, capping an 11-start stretch in which McDonald appears to have already made the Pirates winners in one of their three Trade Deadline deals.
"That drive he has, you can see it when he's on the mound," manager John Russell said. "When he's in the zone, he can be dominating. When he goes out there, he really is a competitor."
Coming off his most inefficient start since that trade, McDonald mostly breezed through his 80-pitch, six-inning effort. He allowed just one of the first 12 hitters he faced to reach and used two of his seven strikeouts to work out of a fifth-inning jam.
That efficiency, in particular, was the key, given that it hasn't always been McDonald's most favorable statistic. It was also a challenge in this start, as the Pirates had a strict eye on McDonald's workload because of how many innings he had already logged this year.
"I think he took the challenge and threw the ball really well," Russell said. "He really wanted to finish strong."
McDonald helped himself out by throwing a first-pitch strike to 15 of the 24 hitters he faced. His only costly mistake was a down-the-middle fastball to Allen Craig with two strikes and two outs in the fourth. Craig put the Cardinals ahead with a solo homer.
"He took a good at-bat," McDonald said. "I tip my cap to him. He took a good swing."
The score would be the same when McDonald's day ended. And with insufficient late-inning life from the Pirates' offense, McDonald ended up with his fifth loss of the season. His 4-5 record, however, is hardly indicative of the boost that McDonald has provided to the rotation.
He made his debut by striking out eight, immediately matching the team's high. He strung together 20 scoreless innings a few weeks later. He allowed more than three earned runs in only three of his starts.
And maybe as important as any individual statistic, McDonald was cited, more than once, for motivating the rest of the rotation simply through his own success.
Of general manager Neal Huntington's numerous trades, McDonald has made the swapping of 36-year-old reliever Octavio Dotel, which brought McDonald in return, look like one of the best. And while the Pirates aren't keen on handing over 2011 rotation spots at this stage, McDonald appears as near to a lock as anyone else on this staff.
"I'm a better pitcher, but there is still a lot of work to be done to be satisfied with what I did this year," McDonald said. "When next year comes, I have to compete, so I can still be a starting pitcher. I never have a peace of mind when it comes to competing. I really hate losing."
Pittsburgh's inability to keep McDonald from losing had something to do with Cardinals starter P.J. Walters, but more to do with a collectively unimpressive approach by the Pirates' hitters against him. Coming off a four-inning appearance last week in which the Pirates knocked him around for five runs and seven hits in four innings, Walters had the best results in his career.
Andrew McCutchen swung at Walters' first pitch of the game and reached on an infield single. From there, Walters sailed. He retired McCutchen on a double play and allowed no other Pittsburgh baserunner to reach through the first five innings.
The Pirates' only serious threat against him came in the sixth, which began with Ronny Cedeno's leadoff single. A two-out walk to McCutchen put a pair of runners on for Jose Tabata, but he couldn't capitalize and flew out to end the inning.
"We swung the bat terrible today," Russell said. "He made some good pitches, but we didn't do a very good job."
Russell was asked again if Walters had anything to do with that.
"We didn't have very good at-bats," Russell added. "That's the bottom line."
St. Louis saw things a bit differently.
"What didn't impress you?" Cardinals catcher Bryan Anderson said of Walters, who relied heavily on his fastball and changeup to get through the day. "His command of everything was perfect, and any time he's going to be like that, it's going to be hard for the other team to get hits and produce runs."
It wasn't until Walters had finished a career-long, seven-inning outing that the Pirates dented the scoreboard. McCutchen doubled and scored in the ninth to keep Pittsburgh from being shut out for the 15th time this year.
The Cardinals added an insurance run in the seventh with Aaron Miles' two-out RBI single off reliever Joe Martinez. Martinez allowed two singles, hit a batter and threw a wild pitch in the frame. Garrett Jones' throwing error opened the door for the Cardinals to score twice more in the eighth off Chan Ho Park.
With the loss, Pittsburgh missed a chance to collect just its fifth winning road series of the season. Instead, the Pirates head to Florida with just five second-half road victories.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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James Earl Jones, who has voiced some of entertainment's most memorable characters, will receive the 2008 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.
SAG President Alan Rosenberg calls Jones "a vocal presence without peer" and lauds his TV, film and stage work.
Jones, who said he was mute as a child because of a stuttering problem, credits reading with helping him find his voice.
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It beats being single and all alone.
So I have no self-esteem. At least I have someone and that beats having no one to come home to.
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If you're a high school senior, writing the perfect college essay is sure to be high on your list of stressors. You're trying to make your essay so interesting that even a piece of fruit would be entertained.
If fruit could read, Roy Peter Clark would know how to entertain Granny Smith. Clark, vice president of the Poynter Institute, a journalism school in St. Petersburg that owns the St. Petersburg Times, is an author and the guy whose love of writing and grammar makes all your English teachers swoon. His last book, Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer, is a staple in classrooms. He has been on the road to promote his new bestseller, The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English
We chatted with Clark via e-mail recently so he could help you with that essay.
Should the essay be matter-of-fact and serious, or can it have a touch of humor?
The key is that it should be interesting. And it needs to be interesting from the first sentence. I think the readers make a decision about the quality of the essay within the first 20 seconds, maybe sooner. So grab the reader by the throat. Not "I have always wanted to go to the University of Florida." But, "You know your parents want you to go to UF when your baby diapers were orange and blue."
What about vocabulary? Is this the time to whip out our SAT vocab list?
I would not use any word that felt unnatural to me, that did not represent my authentic voice. On the other hand, if I am a little brainiac and have been reading Sartre, I can make a reference to existentialism — especially if it's a humorous reference. It is okay to quote Shakespeare and Lady Gaga in the same sentence. Or better yet, Lady Gaga and Lady Macbeth. You can use the thesaurus, but only to remind yourself of words you already know.
How long should an applicant spend on an essay? Should someone else read it?
I would say that several hours should be spent on the essay, and not all in one day, but over two or three weeks. There are three stages to follow, at least, when coaching by a teacher or other adult would be helpful: when you are brainstorming for story ideas, when you have completed one full draft and after you have made a set of revisions.
Look, you may not be able to raise your grades or your SAT scores very much, but you can work hard to make this essay good. The essay needs to show your intelligence, your competence, your character and the best part of your personality. It takes time, and some help, to get there.
Do admissions officials want to read about an entire high school career, or do they care more for one particular learning experience?
This will sound controversial, but it may be a good idea to ignore their directions. In general, they are giving you prompts that are broad enough for you to find your best corner. You only have 500 words or so, so focus is the key. The best stories begin with some complication, like the day I had to break up a fight between good friends; or the day I tried to ask a girl to the dance and she told me she was going out of town that weekend, but showed up at the dance with someone else; or the day I walked out of class because the teacher made a racist comment. It can be a small moment, but a meaningful one.
How damaging are the tiny mistakes, such as a bit of wordiness, or too many long sentences?
Here are two tricks: 1) In the early versions of your story, don't worry about mechanics; just write until you've got a good focus and a full draft. 2) As you create revisions, each version should be more carefully proofread. Your last two drafts should be checked carefully. And someone older and smarter than you should check it over to make sure there isn't some embarrassing mistake. The occasional typo is not going to hurt you, but this essay really counts, so get to work, and do it right.
What are some tips for tackling the hardest part — the conclusion?
You can think of an ending before you write the essay so you can get where you're headed. You can use the end to echo the beginning, which in this type of essay is more important than the end. Just think of your ending as a reward for the reader for finishing the essay.


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Grant: As sabermetrics spread through baseball, here are four new stats that you ought to know
In November, the statistical analysis-based segment of baseball fans declared WAR on American League Most Valuable Player Miguel Cabrera. And all those who used something as fluky, if impressive, as the Triple Crown to justify the award.
The stats crunchers pointed to an index that is becoming more and more popular for determining the overall worth of a player.
It is called WAR: Wins Above Replacement.
They pointed to a lot of other things, too. There was UZR (Ultimate Zone Rating) and wOBA (weighted on-base percentage) and before the argument was done, things that didn't pertain to Cabrera or stats community darling Mike Trout at all, such as FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching) and DIP (Defense Independent Pitching) had all become more part of the mainstream conversation, too.
The WAR formula factors in every aspect of a player's game — offense, defense and baserunning — in an attempt to distill a player's overall value.
According to the WAR hawks, Cabrera may have had slightly superior offensive numbers to Trout, but Trout's defense and baserunning made him far more "valuable" to his team. Trout's WAR of 10.7, according to baseball-reference.com, made it the 20th best season of all time. Though Cabrera won MLB's first Triple Crown since 1967, his WAR was only 6.9.
It was no contest.
And, yet, it stirs quite the debate.
It has been coming for quite some time. Baseball has always been attractive to the statistically minded and ever since an engineer named Earnshaw Cook in the 1960s tried to prove that Ty Cobb was a superior player to Babe Ruth. Cook's research resulted in a book called Percentage Baseball and drew some interest from cutting-edge clubs such as the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox.
Though many of Cook's assertions turned out to be fallible, it launched the stats cottage industry. In the 1980s, Big Daddy Bill James, father of sabremetrics, the specialized study of baseball through statistical analysis, arose, and nothing has been the same since. What were once fairly simple equations to determine values now look like they belong in an MIT lab. And several of them were born there.
Still, not every team is built by stats analytics alone. There does seem to be a divide between organizations run by older GMs, who rely more on scouting, player development and old-time numbers, and the younger set, many of whom came from finance and economics backgrounds. The Houston Astros, for example, have gone all-in on the stats approach, hiring former NASA engineer Sig Mejdal as director of decision sciences.
During spring training, SABR, the Society for American Baseball Research, held a symposium on statistical analysis. It invited the youngest general manager in the majors to address the crowd. Jon Daniels, whose degrees are in applied economics and management, was asked how many people the Rangers have dedicated to statistical analysis.
He wowed the crowd.
"I think I heard an audible gasp when I said we had nobody dedicated full time to it," Daniels said. "What we look for is people who understand the information and can use it in the right way but blend it with the traditional elements of scouting and development. I'm not a big believer in any one number summing up a player."
Daniels did say the Rangers have been considering hiring a stats analyst, but that it simply hasn't been a priority. Part of the reason: Daniels acknowledges that the "human element" is part of the formula and that is completely unpredictable.
"Players have strengths and flaws," he said. "You just have to fit guys to what you are trying to do, which is put the best team on the field. I don't think you can boil that down to a single number."
For those who want to try, here is a primer on four advanced stats you should know.
WAR (Wins Above Replacement)
What you need to know: It tries to boil down a player's performance to a particular number of wins he was worth to his team over the course of the year. For position players, it factors in offense, defense, baserunning and a positional factor since some positions are more demanding than others.
How to calculate: What makes WAR a hard stat to convey in the mainstream is how involved the calculations are. Batting average is simply at bats divided by hits; OBP (on-base percentage) is plate appearances divided by hits, walks and times hit by a pitch. WAR? Well, here's a concise — yes, this qualifies as concise — summary of how to figure from the blog Big League Stew:
"WAR basically aggregates a lot of methods and insights from other advanced stats, like wOBA, FIP and UZR, all of which basically express a player's contributions to the team in terms of runs added or runs prevented. These run measures are then adjusted for that player's value 'Above Replacement.' A replacement player is defined as someone who is below average and should be easily obtainable, the sort of fringy cup-of-coffee guy you can find in Triple-A, on the waiver wire or acquire for a PTBNL, a warm body who hurts the team the more he plays. With WAR, anyone on the 25-man roster should have an implicit value just in keeping those fringy Triple-A guys down on the farm and off the team.
"After calculating the run measures, a positional adjustment is added to account for the relative importance of different positions and a league adjustment to account for the relative strength of the American League — which has a higher run environment thanks to the DH, higher salaries thanks to the presence of the Red Sox and Yankees and currently a greater concentration of talent — compared to the National League.
"For a position player, you then add their wRAA, UZR, positional adjustment, and replacement adjustment to get their Runs Above Replacement. Then you scale all those contributions to be expressed in terms of total team wins. The usual scale is that 10 runs is equal to one team win. So WAR is equal to RAR divided by 10."
Got it? Good. There will be a test later.
Flaws: First, you should know that there is no uniform WAR score. Two websites — fangraphs.com and baseball-reference.com — both calculate the stat. While the formulas are similar, some of the variables change scores slightly. For this reason, WAR from fangraphs is often noted as fWAR and from baseball-reference as bWAR.
In addition, any stat that has a defensive component claiming to involve range is either incomplete or subjective. The holy grail of stats analysis right now is the search for clearly empirical defensive statistical data.
The rankings
According to fangraphs, here is the WAR scale:
0-1: Scrub player
1-2: Role player
2-3: Solid starter
3-4: Good player
4-5: All-Star
5+: Superstar
wOBA (Weighted On-Base Average)
What you need to know: OPS was the "it" advanced stat of the turn of the 21st Century. It simply combined on-base percentage with slugging percentage to give one percentage geared to quantify a player's overall offensive game. OPS-plus came along shortly thereafter to try and remove variables by adjusting for ballpark and league factors.
How to calculate: The actual formula looks something like this: (0.72 x non-intentional walks) + (0.75 x hit by pitch) + (0.90 x singles) + (0.92 x reached on error) + (1.24 x doubles) + (1.56 x triples) + (1.95 x homer) / plate appearances.
The percentage will resemble something on the scale of on-base percentage, with which most fans are familiar. A .400 wOBA, just like a .400 OBP, is considered outstanding; .340 is slightly above average; .320 average and anything below .300 is poor.
Flaws: According to the website bigleaguestew.com: "WOBA is a good way to analyze an individual hitter, but it isn't a sufficient tool to analyze how much a player contributed to his team's wins. It evaluates outcomes, but not situational outcomes — it doesn't care who's on base, or how many outs there are, or what the score is, or what inning it is."
UZR (Ultimate Zone Rating)
What you need to know: Finding reliable, comprehensive defensive measurements are statistical analysts bold new frontier. UZR and it's cousin, Defensive Runs Saved (DRS), are attempts to hone in on a player's overall defensive contributions. The resulting index is an attempt to measure how many runs one player saves vs. another.
How it is calculated: The formula is constantly being tweaked, but it tries to account for every aspect of defense, from runs saved by cutting down base stealers to arm strength to a player's range. The idea, using film study and other, sometimes subjective methods, is to determine how many more or less defensive plays a player will make than the league average.
Flaws: Any defensive metric that tries to determine range is going to have to rely on a judgment call, thus making it subjective and bringing its credibility into question. UZR and DRS are the current best attempts to reduce the margin of error, but almost yearly the formulas are tweaked in some regard to account for another factor. They are good tools but are not absolutes.
FIP (Fielding-Independent Pitching)
What you need to know: Think of FIP as ERA for a new era. FIP measures outcome based on events over which a pitcher has "complete control:" Strikeouts, walks and home runs. Voros McCracken, a pioneer in the statistical analysis field, found that almost every other outcome had some degree of random chance associated with it and therefore isn't indicative of how the pitcher actually pitched. Because the numerical scale appears in ERA-type measurements, it is also fairly easy to grasp.
How it is calculated: 13 x HRs allowed + 3 x walks allowed — 2 x strikeouts/innings pitched. A constant of 3.20 is often added at the end to account for scaling things based on the league average. The MLB average FIP in 2012 was 4.07.
Flaws: Analysts like FIP, sometimes referred to as DIP (Defense-Independent Pitching), for telling them what should have happened to a pitcher on a given night, but it doesn't do a good job of predicting future performance. For that, analysts often turn to SIERA (Skill Interactive ERA), which does take into account some batted balls in a very complex formula, tries to explain how and why a pitcher has more or less success than others.
DIP: Defense Independent Pitching
FIP: Fielding Independent Pitching
OBP: On-base percentage
OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage
PTBNL: Player to be named later
SIERA: Skill Interactive ERA
UZR: Ultimate Zone Rating
WAR: Wins Above Replacement
wOBA: Weighted on-base average


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I wanted to add that McCrae does not need to wash his hair every day or even every several days. People of similar cultures who live in colder climates wash their hair and bathe less often than those in warm climates. In the tropics with no air conditioning showering three times a day is not uncommon. In the cold winter in the north much less. MHO
In the early days of BB15 McCrae told Amanda that his nail biting is what would keep him sane in the house.
I liked him at first, now, I would really like him off my screen. He is revolting
The average dog is a nicer person than the average person
-Andy Rooney-
omg you guys. The last two pages have me cracking up.
"With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world."
"I lost my dignity on a slippery wiener."


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I like to pick up pre-printed embroidery designs when I see them at thrift stores and garage sales - it's the easiest way to do embroidery (you can see a pillowcase that I did here). That's how this table runner started out (thrifted, 50 cents). It's basically a fill in the blanks project, kind of like coloring only with a needle and thread. Another great lounging on the couch at night project (like this one)
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Floral Embroidered Table Runner
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Labels: decorating, thrifting
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Easy Cabochon Earrings
floral cabochons - I painted mine with nail polish
earring bases, small metal tags
1.) Glue cabs to earring bases using E6000. Glue small metal tags to lower side of cabs.
2.) Use headpins and eyepins to attach beads to bases.
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Monday, September 24, 2012
Pretty Pillowcases
Want something a little more fun than a standard white pillowcase? These are easy to make and your head will be so happy to lay on something pretty.
In order to minimize raw edges, fraying, and tangled threads, I am using an existing pillowcase and foundation piecing fabric on top.
Here's how:
I started with one plain white pillowcase. Unpick the seam and open up.
Cut a bunch of strips of fabric, 1 1/2 to 3 inches wide and at least as long as the width of your pillowcase.
Pin your first strip of fabric along the seam, overlapping approximately 1/2 inch toward the main part of the pillowcase, right side down.
Flip fabric over to the back side and sew along the existing seam.
Flip back to the right side and iron seam open.
Lay a second strip of fabric along the raw edge of the first strip, right sides together. Pin and sew.
Iron seam open.
Continue in this manner until you have covered all of the remaining white area of fabric.
Note: I don't worry too much about cutting them to the exact right length. I trim the excess off when I'm done.
Once your pillowcase is covered with strips of fabric, trim excess fabric off of the end, from the last piece attached.
and from the edges
You should now have a piece that looks something like this.
Re-sew the existing seams (the ones that you picked apart in step 1).
Stuff with a pillow and enjoy!
See my inspiration for this project here.
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Saturday, September 22, 2012
Eggless Cookie Dough
It is not good that this recipe now lives in my kitchen . . . not good at all.
Now I don't even have to pretend that I'm actually baking cookies. I can just eat a huge tub of cookie dough. Fabulous!
Image and recipe via Fun Foods On a Budget.
Posted by twobutterflies at 10:40 AM 2 comments
Labels: Food
Friday, September 21, 2012
Patchwork Capris
one pair of capris, fabric scraps, needle and thread, done!
see my inspiration here
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Labels: refashion
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Halloween Costume Ideas
1.) Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's
or for the little ones (via)
2.) Mary Poppins
with Bert (via)
3.) Richie and Margot Tenenbaum
I'm trying to convince my husband to do this with me this year.
4.) If You're Good With Make-up
this completely creeps me out (via)
5.) Frida Kahlo
6.) Easy Couple Costume (for all the 80's kids)
7.) This lady is just begging to be a Halloween costume this year
Effie Trinket from The Hunger Games
8.) And Do You Think My Dog Would Let Me Do This To Him?
And how pissed off would he be if I did? (via)
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Labels: Holidays
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
A Little Needlepoint Pillow
I like to have a project to work on in the evenings while my husband and I relax and catch up on our favorite shows (Game of Thrones being the latest). It has to be something I can work on while vegging on the couch; something that doesn't require too much thought. This was my latest - trying my hand at a little needlepoint.
I started with a scrap piece of fabric which I drew my grid on using a ruler and a pencil.
Then I used a satin stitch and needlepoint yarn to fill in the design.
This is great for beginners (like me).
When your design is finished, complete like any other pillow.
joining the menagerie on the couch
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Labels: decorating
Friday, September 14, 2012
OPI nail polish, Anthro bedding, moccasins, coat, shoes, cobalt wall, Anthro skirt, pumps, desk, Free People necklace, earrings
Cobalt might be my favorite color right now.
(You can see my cobalt necklace re-do's here.)
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Could I use a PIR sensor as a hands free on-off switch like in 1960s SciFi movies?
Simply replace the lamp the with a Flip-flop that powers another light.
If you need a schematic, just provide the info or ckt of your PIR device.
I would assume your idea includes the solid state relay suggested by jduff54?
You could replace the opto and triac with a solid state relay.
The 4017 acts as a flilp-flop for the output of the PIR open collector.
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Hi I'm working with PIR sensors, can anyone provide a in-expensive circuit PIR Occupancy sensor? without using any micro controller...When there a presence of human, the PIR is always active/ON (e.g. Light Bulb) in case the human leaves from the area with PIR sensor, it turns off (Lights OFF)...This an alternative way to save power...Many thanks


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Visit the McKenzie River Reflections website
May 16, 2013
Occasional raindrops do little to help drying state
MCKENZIE BRIDGE, Oregon (STPNS) -- When Oregonians can rototill their gardens in March, but then have to water their lawns all throughout April and May, you know its drier than usual.
Experts say that through May 10th, it has been the driest start to the year on record at the Eugene and Salem airport weather stations, and the second driest start at Hyslop Farm in Corvallis and the Medford Airport. This is the third driest start to the year for the Portland Airport station.
Weve seen some pretty drastic swings from very wet to very dry over the past year, said Oregon State Universitys Kathie Dello, who is the deputy director of the Oregon Climate Service at OSU. The whole West Coast has been abnormally dry. Weve had some strong high pressure ridging, which means the storm track is sent to our north.
When it does that, we get weather that generally results in hot days and cool nights, Dello said, and it is usually quite dry.
The spring of 2012 from March to May was the fourth wettest on record statewide, and then things dried up quickly. The summer July to September period was the second driest on record. But the fall October to December period saw above-normal precipitation, before the transition to this springs dry conditions.
Its been pretty topsy-turvy, Dello said. On one hand, we built up a nice snowpack through November and December in the central and northern Cascades, but abnormally warm temperatures are melting that quickly.
More than 91 percent of Oregon is considered abnormally dry for this time of year, Dello said, citing the U.S. Drought Monitor. The NOAA Climate Prediction Center shows that the odds favor the dry trend continuing into July.
The biggest concern when that happens is warm, dry ground and early melting of snow, Dello said. That equates to fire danger. The National Interagency Fire Center is saying that fire season may begin weeks earlier than normal this year.
And, of course, dry conditions are a concern for farmers, stream health and fish, she added. We have seen occasional bouts of cloudiness and sprinkles, but not enough to chase the overall pattern of dryness.
For the record:
* Through May 10, the Eugene Airport has received just 6.54 inches of rain, which is 14.08 inches below normal. It is the driest on record dating back to 1940.
* The Salem Airport has had 7.65 inches of rain, driest on record back to 1928, and 9.67 inches below normal.
* The Corvallis Hyslop station has received 8.27 inches of rain, second driest on record back to 1893 and 10.59 inches below normal. The driest on record was in 2001, when it got just 7.98 inches.
* Medford Airport has received a scant 3.05 inches, which is 4.48 inches below normal in records dating back to 1928. The driest start to a year on record was in 1992 with 2.99 inches.
* Portland Airport has logged 8.3 inches of precipitation, 6.55 inches before normal and third driest since 1942. The record year was in 1985, with 6.0 inches.
Weather-lovers can learn more about Oregon weather by following Dello on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/orclimatesvc. The state is also looking for volunteers to collect precipitation data. For more information, go to http://www.cocorahs.org/.
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