text: Page Content 1September 8, 2009 Dear Members of the Babson Community: The fall semester is now well underway ... and we're off to a great start! I want to welcome to campus the Undergraduate Class of 2013, our transfer students, the Graduate Class of 2011, and our new evening and Fast Track MBA students. A special welcome also goes to the new members of our faculty and staff. Let's begin with a brief recap of some of the highlights of the summer. It was a fast-paced summer on campus ... with a number of firsts for the College. The Summer Venture Program—a new 10-week summer intensive experience for Babson student entrepreneurs—was a great success. Twenty-three teams of undergraduate and graduate students worked on their entrepreneurial ventures. Participation in the program was competitive. For those who were selected, the program provided work space, mentors, speakers, shared resources, networking opportunities and a "demo day" that drew nearly 50 professional investors and 75 other attendees. The Boston Globe provided great visibility for Babson in its profile of the program, Summer sessions get down to business: Babson program aids student start-ups, appearing in its print and online editions. Three hundred and sixty-five visiting students from 17 countries—a record number—were on campus this summer for courses, primarily in one of our global entrepreneurship programs. The largest number of students were from Brazil, followed by Peru, Chile, Venezuela and Mexico. For the first time, we brought together students from different countries in almost all the classes; in previous years, visiting students in summer classes were grouped by country. Babson's Center for Women's Leadership and the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College partnered with Dar Al Hekma College in Saudi Arabia and ICF International (a consulting firm) to deliver The U.S. Saudi Women's Forum on Social Entrepreneurship on the Babson campus. This represented the second of three modules to 30 undergraduate women from Saudi Arabia; the first module was launched earlier this year in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Faculty from all of the partnering schools worked with students to refine the skills they need to create plans for entrepreneurial ventures, with an emphasis on social ventures. The Boston Globe online provided favorable coverage in the article Saudi women taking part in Babson forum. On August 24, 18 Babson juniors and seniors began a week of classes as preparation for a semester-long academic experience in Russia and China. This represents the first time that Babson faculty will be traveling with our undergraduate students for a full Babson semester abroad (4 weeks in Russia, 7 weeks in China.) The program, known as BRIC (Brazil, Russia, China, and India), is designed to give students an opportunity to see firsthand the impact of leading emerging economies on the global economy. It is part of an effort by Babson to provide a full range of different and unique opportunities for our students to have a global experience. We announced our collaboration agreement involving Babson, Wellesley College, and Franklin W. Olin College, offering the prospect of exciting joint opportunities. Our partnership discussions began around how we could enhance the academic opportunities available to our students by providing broader access to the other schools—then more possibilities quickly became apparent. The colleges plan to explore initiatives for expanded academic programs available across all three colleges, joint sponsorship of speakers and conferences, more business and service collaborations, and new joint research projects. The Boston Globe online provided favorable coverage in the article 3 colleges to offer combined curricula: Wellesley, Olin, Babson team up. Our capital campaign reached a new milestone this summer—the halfway mark of our goal—with $100 million raised. On July 1, gifts from more than 13,000 donors to Babson Rising, the largest campaign in the College's history, vaulted past $100 million. I want to thank everyone who has supported this incredible effort through your generous contributions. Our success would not be possible without you. We've moved from strategy development to strategy implementation planning. Among the many other activities taking place on campus during the past three months, task forces led by faculty, and supported by staff, have been hard at work developing strategy implementation plans in key areas, which include plans for exciting initiatives. One important initiative, already underway, is our Global Entrepreneurship Education Network (GEEN). GEEN is a new network of global partners—institutions of higher education from around the world that share our vision of educational, economic, and societal change—centered on the power of entrepreneurial thought and action and closely linking human values with profit. GEEN partners will collaborate on (1) cutting-edge educational content and curricula and (2) developing a cadre of faculty with global exposure and enormous depth of experience to create and deliver innovative and impactful education programs. As the founding member of this global alliance, Babson will lead development of curricula and will use the resources raised through partnership fees to support Babson programs that are central to GEEN. Building the framework for a new operating model for the College GEEN, the growth of our undergraduate student body, the expansion of our MBA Fast Track program—incrementally on campus and, more substantially, into new markets off campus—as well as the availability of new executive and non-degree education programs clearly will strengthen and renew Babson's leadership in entrepreneurial education and our academic reputation around the world. At the same time, they will provide important new sources of revenue for long-term investments in vital areas, such as faculty development, innovative curricula, and world-class co-curricular student activities. Babson has been characteristically entrepreneurial during this economic recession in finding short-term sources of revenue to compensate for both the endowment declines that all colleges and universities have faced during the past year and the inherent limitations in our current operating model. The College has been impacted less severely than most schools, but we still need more stable sources of revenue with a much higher level of predictability and reliability. This fall I will engage the community in discussions about a framework for a new operating model for the College. We want to capitalize on what we do best and, most importantly, strengthen our core programs that are at the center of Babson's future growth. The framework is intended to provide new revenue streams to enable us to do what is envisioned in our strategy and to aggressively pursue the action steps developed by our implementation task forces. I look forward to sharing the framework with you and to getting your feedback on this topic of great importance to Babson's future. To lead new technology for our strategy, we redefined the position of Chief Information Officer (CIO). Our strategic initiatives, especially those around curriculum renewal and the expansion of the Fast Track Program, will require the College to strengthen its capacity in the area of information technology. Therefore, we have initiated a search for a Chief Information Officer (CIO), who will provide the next level of leadership for these activities. Mary Rose, Vice President of Administration, was given the responsibilities of CIO in 2002—and she has done a first-rate job of overseeing our IT infrastructure and the Library. Going forward, Mary will be the Vice President of Administration and Operations. One of Mary's new responsibilities will be spearheading our joint administrative work with Franklin W. Olin College and Wellesley College, specifically looking at opportunities for collaboration. Our newest students are already immersed in their Babson experience. Undergraduate Class of 2013: Courses began on September 2 for one of the largest, and one of the strongest, incoming Classes in Babson's history. While not immune to the challenges posed by the economy, for the second consecutive year, we received more than 4,000 applications for admission to the undergraduate program and enrolled a record 471 students in the Class of 2013. Sixty-five percent of the students come from outside New England, representing 32 U.S. states and territories; 43 percent are women, 29 percent multicultural, and 27 percent international from 42 countries. Throughout the entire undergraduate school this year, there are now more of each of these populations enrolled than at any point in the College's history. Graduate Programs: Over the past few months we have again brought in large classes in our full-time MBA programs: our One-Year program enrolled a record 87 students, and our Two- Year MBA enrolled 166 students. Our Two-Year program, the Class of 2011, consists of 36 percent international students and 32 percent women (our second highest percentage in the last 8 years). The rate of admitted students, now 42 percent, continues our greater selectivity of students year over year. The MS in Global Entrepreneurship, our newest program and a collaboration with EM Lyon in France and Zhejiang University in China, will welcome over 60 students this fall. The program starts with a semester in France, moves to China and will then finish at Babson in the summer of 2010. Our new faculty members bring a breadth of experience and expertise to Babson. This year we welcomed 13 new members to the ranks of full-time faculty. They are a very talented group of teachers and scholars, as you can see from a brief summary of their academic credentials: Robert H. Carver, Visiting Professor of Statistics, is Professor of Business Administration at Stonehill College, where he has taught courses in the decision sciences, information systems, management, and public policy. Professor Carver visited at Babson for a semester in 2001 and has been a member of the adjunct faculty at the International Business School at Brandeis since 2004. Laura Foote, Visiting Lecturer in Business Communications, has taught Globalization, Corporate Finance, Marketing, and Business Ethics to international business students at the EF International Language School in Boston. Professor Foote holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a MATESL from Simmons College, School of Education. Mary Gentile, Adjunct Lecturer, is Director of Giving Voice to Values, launched by the Aspen Institute and Yale School of Management, with ongoing support from Babson College. She was previously at Harvard Business School. Her pioneering curriculum for values-driven leadership was featured in The New York Times, The Financial Times, and The Harvard Business Review, and there are many business school pilots globally. She is responsible for case writing related to the Lewis Initiative. Sylvia J. Martin, Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Studies, is completing her dissertation in Anthropology from University of California Irvine. Her dissertation, Fantasy at Work: The Culture of Production in the Hollywood and Hong Kong Media Industries, lies at the intersection of anthropology, media studies, and cultural studies. James Morrison, Visiting Lecturer in Business Communications, has taught managerial communication at Harvard Business School, the John F. Kennedy School of Government, the Sloan School of Management, and Brandeis University, as well as serving as a writing consultant in Babson's two-year MBA program. More recently, he was the Graduate Program Director in Organizational and Corporate Communication at Emerson College. Melissa Manwaring, Visiting Lecturer in Management and Director of Institutional Assessment, has taught graduate level negotiation courses since 2002 as an adjunct instructor in Babson's Evening and Fast Track MBA programs, at Harvard Extension School, and at Simmons College. From 2001-09, she served as Director of Curriculum Development at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, where she co-founded the negotiation pedagogy initiative. Kankana Mukherjee, Assistant Professor of Economics, received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from the University of Connecticut. She has taught at Clarkson University, University of Connecticut, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Her principal research interest is in the area of production and efficiency analysis, and she has applied her research to the banking industry, manufacturing sector, and health care industry. Vincent Onyemah, Assistant Professor of Marketing, earned his Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Management from INSEAD, France. He also holds an MBA degree from IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain and a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His principal area of teaching and research is Personal Selling and Sales Management. Ganesan Shankaranarayanan, Assistant Professor of Information Technology Management, has a research focus on data modeling, data and knowledge management, and data quality management. He has taught a variety of courses, including advanced courses in data management and systems design. Last year he was a recipient of the Computer World Laureate for the innovative design of a graduate course in systems design and data management. Rosa Slegers, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, has a B.A. in philosophy and in classics from Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen in the Netherlands. She received an M.A. in philosophy and an M.A. in literary theory from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Fordham University. Before coming to Babson, she was Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Centre College in Kentucky. Keith Wilcox, Assistant Professor of Marketing and the Joseph R. Weintraub Term Chair in Marketing, has taught Marketing Strategy, Marketing Principles, and Marketing Research at the undergraduate level and Marketing Management at the graduate level. His research focuses on consumer self-control in health and money decisions. Other research interests include counterfeit and luxury brand consumption. Ann Winslow, Visiting Lecturer, Technology, Operations and Information Management, received her Doctorate of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. Her dissertation research focused on what determines the successful adoption of new technology in hospitals. Her current research is concerned with modeling and measuring learning curves in organizations. Yasuhiro Yamakawa, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, received his Bachelor of Laws from Keio University (Tokyo), his M.B.A. in Strategic Management from Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management (Claremont, CA) and his Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship at the School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas. Before his doctoral studies, he spent eight years working in Japan's utility and telecommunication industries where he engaged in corporate venturing activities and entrepreneurial start-ups. We also welcome our talented part-time faculty members (some of whom joined us last spring) who bring a tremendous wealth of practical experience to the classroom: Helena Alfonzo, Lecturer, Arts and Humanities; Dov Biran, Lecturer, Technology, Operations, and Information Management (TOIM); Tom Buttacavoli, Lecturer, Accounting and Law; Michael Carenzo, Lecturer, Accounting and Law; Ken Demma, Lecturer, Marketing; David Dinwoodey, Lecturer, Accounting and Law; Jennifer Ellis, Lecturer, (TOIM); John Garvey, Lecturer, Marketing; Dan Isenberg, Professor of Management Practice, Entrepreneurship; Donald James, Lecturer, Arts and Humanities; Eithne Johnson, Lecturer, History and Science; Nancy Lee-Jones, Lecturer, Arts and Humanities; Ray Marcinowski, Lecturer, Entrepreneurship; Rachel May, Lecturer, Arts and Humanities; Sandra Metraux, Lecturer, Marketing; Diane Mulcahy, Lecturer, Entrepreneurship; Marie Natoli, Lecturer, Accounting and Law; Keri Pearlson, Lecturer, Fast Track, Portland; Asheen Phansey, Lecturer, Entrepreneurship; Thomas Piper, Lecturer, Accounting and Law, Finance; Myron (Marty) Ross, Lecturer, Math and Science; Aaron Shimoff, Lecturer, Accounting and Law; and John Whitman, Lecturer, Entrepreneurship. Seven new trustees will join our Board of Trustees in October. At the October Board meeting, we will welcome seven new trustees—an exceptional group of business leaders who bring tremendous experience at the top. What we were looking for in our new Board members was additional expertise in the areas of finance, investments, and solidifying our stake in entrepreneurship and global leadership. These individuals meet—and exceed—our expectations on all these fronts. Three are "serial" entrepreneurs; that is, founders of multiple businesses—Kay Koplovitz, Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs '01, Founder of USA Network and currently Chairman of the Board of Liz Claiborne Inc.; Tim DeMello '81, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Spotlight Media; and Frank Fischer MP'06, CEO of NeuroPace. Junichi Murata M'60, H'92, and Babson Medal recipient '07, Chairman of Murata Machinery, based in Kyoto Japan; and Fred Kiang '70, M'75, Founder of Sunrise Duty Free Ltd., the only privately operated duty-free business in China, are recognized for their knowledge of global business, at a time when global perspectives and a deep understanding of Asian markets will be more important than ever to the College. Mike Angelakis, '86, CFO of Comcast Corporation, and Martha Vorlicek '81, Managing Director, COO, and CFO of HarbourVest Partners, bring their extensive expertise to the Board as reflected in their accomplishments and track records in finance and investments. Save the Dates! Back to Babson (B2B), October 1-3, will be the first major event on campus this fall. The weekend will feature the Alumni Leadership Recognition Program, Alumni College, Class Reunions, the Student Homecoming Competition, Alumni Games, the New England Harvest Festival, Biz Connect, the Babson Association of Women MBAs Affinity Program, a Multicultural Affinity Discussion, and an array of other activities. Our alumni Career Affinity Groups (CAGs) have also lined up sessions on "hot" topics. The Babson Alumni Technology Council session will be on "Monetizing the Mob: Using Social Media to Engage your Market;" and the Consumer Products and Retail CAG will present a CEO Roundtable: "Creating Best-Selling Brands That Drive Long-Term Growth." We had a strong turnout last year ... and this year should be even larger. All of you are invited to join in what promises to be a terrific weekend for everyone in the community. For more details on Alumni College and all of the B2B homecoming and reunion activities. Family and Friends Weekend 2009 will take place from October 15-18—and what a weekend it will be! The Babson community will gather together in a number of different ways: we will celebrate Founder's Day, which honors Roger W. Babson and our commitment to Babson's core values as reflected in everything we do at the College—especially in entrepreneurship, education, philanthropy. Watch for upcoming information on the annual Alumni Entrepreneur Hall of Fame Dinner, the MBA Forum on Entrepreneurship, volunteer community activities, a community lunch, and a multitude of events for students and their families including athletic games, the undergraduate Awards Ceremony, Casino Royale Night, a production by Babson Players ... and much more. In closing, it was an enormously productive and enjoyable first year for me as President of Babson and I am deeply appreciative of the efforts of so many people in the community who helped make it so. The new academic year is off to a fast start—and the forecast is for more energy, more initiatives and activities, and new ways for our community to come together and celebrate all that is wonderful about this "jewel" of an institution. Sincerely, Leonard A. Schlesinger


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The bus set away and we were taken through the bustling city streets. Shanghai is China's most densely-populated city with a population of 23 million. Going through the traffic was manic, and we were constantly agog at some of the driving and the risks people, including cyclists and pedestrians, would take. The rules of the road were constantly ...
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... of nice. All the kids brought their lunches from home, which I always like to see on field trips. The Chinese kids bring their little Chinese boiled eggs and vegetables and rice. The Japanese kids bring similar things, but it's also very different. It's difficult to describe, but I must say it's a healthier spread than what I have seen in a child's lunch in a long time in America. Until a couple of the kids whipped out about five packages of cookies, each. That was when I realized ...
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First strike is a keyword ability that changes the rules for combat by adding an additional combat damage step. The ability usually represents a creature's exceptional speed or prowess; or possession of long range weapons, such as spears, or bows. First strike has been in Magic since the original Alpha set. First strike has appeared in all colors, but is primarily placed in white and red.
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- 702.7. First Strike
- 702.7a First strike is a static ability that modifies the rules for the combat damage step. (See rule 510, "Combat Damage Step.")
- 702.7b If at least one attacking or blocking creature has first strike or double strike (see rule 702.4) as the combat damage step begins, the only creatures that assign combat damage in that step are those with first strike or double strike. After that step, instead of proceeding to the end of combat step, the phase gets a second combat damage step. The only creatures that assign combat damage in that step are the remaining attackers and blockers that didn't have first strike as the first combat damage step began, as well as the remaining attackers and blockers that currently have double strike. After that step, the phase proceeds to the end of combat step.
- 702.7c Giving first strike to a creature without it after combat damage has already been dealt in the first combat damage step won't prevent that creature from assigning combat damage in the second combat damage step. Removing first strike from a creature after it has already dealt combat damage in the first combat damage step won't allow it to also assign combat damage in the second combat damage step (unless the creature has double strike).
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This isn't the first time that I've come to the stage in an E3 Press Conference with an elephant in the room and of course, I'm referring to the PlayStation Network outage and this is the first opportunity for me to personally address everybody and discuss a little bit. So, my friends, who are reporters, tell me that there's absolutely nothing in the world that makes their editors day like controversy and bad news. So, to all who are esteemed members of the press I'd say, "Your welcome." To our third party publishing partners, you guys have been with us for over 15 years making tremendous games and I know the network outage was costly to you and what has been incredibly inspiring is your support and your offers to help the things back up to speed and we wouldn't be where we are today if it wasn't for you, so I thank you very much. To our retail partners, you gave us shelf space when there was no PlayStation brand and you've given us more than our fair of share since 1995 when we once launch the original PlayStation. And after just having the best year since PlayStation 3 launched, we're seeing sales of PlayStation 3 exceeding last year's lofty numbers throughout the PlayStation launch. In fact, last week's numbers alone wrapped 27 percent over the prior year which brings me to the audience that I'm most interested in addressing and those are our consumers. You are the life blood of the company. Without you, there is no PlayStation and I want to apologize both personally and on behalf of the company for any anxiety that we've caused you. I know we took you away from doing what you enjoy most, connecting in gaming with friends all over the world and enjoying the many entertainment options on PlayStation Network and it is you that both causes us to be humble and amazed at the amount of dedication and support you continue to give to the PlayStation brand. Network activity is currently at over 90 percent of the original levels before the Network outage and that is something we absolutely do not take lightly. We are committed more than ever to making sure that the PlayStation Network experience is both entertaining and secure for everybody.
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Eighty-four post-1990 empirical studies of international tourism demand modeling and forecasting using econometric approaches are reviewed. New developments are identified and it is shown that applications of advanced econometric methods improve the understanding of international tourism demand. An examination of the 22 studies which compare forecasting performance suggests that no single forecasting method can outperform the alternatives in all cases. However, the time-varying parameter (TVP) model and structural time series model with causal variables perform consistently well.
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Hello everyone, and welcome back to another Monday, another beginning to another work week!! Say it with me: "Woo hoo!!" OK, say it again, this time with heart! Now say it just one more time and just try to pretend that you mean it!
OK, last week was a rough week for me. Those of you who have read this site for the last month know that I bought a house on July 1. It was another need-to-mow week, I still have too many boxes left untended and all my bills are showing up again! I like to whine! Work was not fun last week either. It was a new fiscal month which, for me, means I need to run a lot of month-end reports. Because I had three major projects to complete, I did not even get to month-end until Thursday.But last week was tough in that I had to deal with some other personal stuff that just made it a very stressful week (and no, I won't get into that here!!). Let's just say that when I left work at noon on Friday (yeah, I left early!), I was ready to head out of town and just be away.
So what did I do? Well, I went home and lied down, just for a second, and woke up about an hour later. Then I made the 3 1/2 hour trek to my parent's place. We went to my brother's Wolf Lake baseball game, but it was rained out before it even started. I just went home and slept! Saturday morning, went out for breakfast, shopped for a couch and talked to some friends. Late in the morning, I drove up to Fargo, ND.
Why would I go to North Dakota? Well, if you remember our 'Expert FB Picks', you may remember that one of the people who picked the game's winners was Vic Quick. He was my college roommate and is now the sports director at KDUH-TV in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. He was able to get a couple of days off of work, so he flew up to Fargo to hang out. As I approached Fargo, Vic called my cell phone and told me to meet him at The College. So, I met Vic at the bell tower of Concordia College, in Moorhead, MN, just across the Red River from Fargo. We did a quick walk around the college.
Next up, we drove into Fargo, to the apartment of another good friend and Concordia grad, Ryan Hill, a.k.a. The Cheetah. From there, we were off to The North Dakota Horse Park. I didn't know that there was a horse track in Fargo. Apparently, Friday night was its opening night and there were over 4,000 in attendance. Saturday, there were 12 races. We showed up in time to place some bets for Race #6. Now, if you're smart, you go there and just bet $2 on each race and call it a day of fun entertainment. It would be even better if you actually knew anything about horse racing or how to read a racing card. I know nothing about either. So how did I decide which horse I would bet on? It was all about the names. The first horse I bet on was Who's Bluffing Who? Not good. Next horse was LASTCHANCETOANSWER. Yeah, I had called someone, read the name of the horses, and that was the one they told me to go with. Well, that horse finished 4th. I liked the idea of a name where multiple words were consolidated into one word. So, in the next race, I bet on SQUIRMLIKEAWORM. And that strategy worked. Turn $3 into $10.40! After that, I tried to get smart. Instead of just picking the horse with the coolest name, I would wait until just 2 minutes before the post time and go place a bet for the horse with the lowest odds. The odds continually change with each bet and some of the horses change dramatically in the 15 minutes or so between races. Anyway, I don't know how much money I lost, probably not more than a couple of dollars. But it was well worth it just for the entertainment value. Check out the website, but I believe there will be races Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the next 4 or 5 weekends.
When we were done betting on horses, we headed over to the greatest establishment known to mankind, Buffalo Wild Wings! I love that place. I overestimated my eating capabilities. I ordered 18 wings (6 Wild, 6 Hot and 6 Caribbean Jerk). Because of the warmth of the wild and hot wings, the beverages went down quite quickly! But that's ok, because it made talking with our waitress, Jennie, much easier!
We left there and went over the the West Acres Mall! It is an excellent mall, far better than when I was in college just seven years ago. But we had to make a visit to Big Nick's, a sports cards shop. I bought a few cards, including a game-used Jason Kubel card, so that was fun. And yes, I also went and checked out the new and improved Roger Maris Museum in the mall.
Oh, then Vic wanted to do just one more walk around The College. See, Vic is a big fan of Concordia College. If you ask him, he will tell you that he "Loves The College." So, we drove over there again and Vic was able to take a few pictures.
Finally, we spent the last couple of hours playing some blackjack at The Blue Moon. Things were going rather well for me at first. I was feeling pretty good about things for the first half of the game, especially considering the fact that I had never played it officially before. Well, my luck soon changed. And, we'll just say that things did not go so well. And with that, the day came to an end (after a quick stop at Taco Bell!).
Yesterday, we woke up and Vic left for the airport. I did a little shopping around Fargo and began the trek back home. I stopped in Grand Forks too. Things were good. All the stress from last week was completely out of my mind. It was still early enough in the day that I wasn't even thinking about how much I didn't want to go to work today! And then about an hour west of home, while listening to the Twins/A's marathon, the National Weather Service interrupted and told me that there was a tornado watch where I live. Soon later, I was informed that there was a major, severe thunderstorm with tornadic potential just miles in front of me (it's not like I couldn't see that as I was driving toward it). Stress was back in my life. The sprinkles start, and soon it was absolutely pouring. For the next 20 minutes, I was moving forward, but at no more than 30 mph. When I got through that, I took a number of deep breaths. In the final 45 minutes of my drive, I had to go below the speed limit two more times because of hard rains.
And now, as I' typing this, I am dreading waking up and going back in to work tomorrow. I will have plenty of work to do, so that will hopefully make the day go by more quickly.
But anyway, I am pretty sure that no one really wants to know, or cares about what I did this weekend. If so please feel free to e-mail me anytime and let me know if it is ok. I will try to keep this site to baseball, or at least sports, but sometimes, it's just as fun to write about other things.
But now... to the baseball stuff.
This weekend, Greg Maddux did pick up his 300th career Win. If you're ever looking for a perfect comparative analysis of why the "Win" stat is not everything it is cracked up to be, compare Brad Radke's start on Friday night with Maddux's win on Saturday. Maddux went just five innings and gave up four earned runs. Yet, because the Cubs had the lead when he left, and he had completed five innings, he got the Win. Now, Friday night, Brad Radke gave up one run in nine innings, yet left with the game still tied. He got a no-decision. So, the next time someone argues that Brad Radke is not a good pitcher and says something like "he's nothing but a .500 pitcher", jump all over them!!!
Did you know that Mickey Mantle, had he stayed completely healthy, would have had a 12% chance of hitting 1,000 home runs? That is information you can find by checking out the most recent entry on The Baseball Savant. Here is a great introductory paragraph:
What is interesting to note about this is that the Baseball Savant's Dad was 11 years old when the Mick broke into the Big Leagues and was 28 when the Mick left us. How my Father came to love and adore Mickey Mantle is something I don't know. Dad was a huge Detroit Tigers fan, and I spent a lot of time hearing him tell me that Al Kaline was immortal. By the age of 10, I had thought Kaline had hit 900 HR and had a lifetime batting average of .650! Kaline was a monster of mythic proportions, but I soon found out that if I asked Dad to compare Kaline to Mantle, then he'd quickly shut up about Kaline, as if Kaline was barely good enough to be Mantle's personal batboy.
This is a great example of the type of blog entry I really enjoy reading. I have been saying that a lot of late about The Baseball Savant. I think that means that you should check it out and be sure to bookmark it and check back frequently.
The Twins and A's have already played 38 innings this weekend, but amazingly, they still have one more game to go. Today, Kyle Lohse will go against Rich Harden in the series' final game. I'm sure both Ron Gardenhire and Ken Macha would like to see their starter eat up some innings. Part of me wants to see Harden last long enough into the game that Jesse Crain is pitching for the Twins. Harden is another Canadian which could mean that four Canadians would play in one game. I wonder if that is some sort of record? I remember asking the same thing last season when Corey Koskie, Justin Morneau and Larry Walker all played in a couple of Twins/Rockies games. Here is a quick look at what happened over the weekend.
Friday night - Twins 1, A's 3 (11 Innings)
Brad Radke was awesome! Brad Radke deserves so much better. Radke threw nine innings and gave up just one run on five hits and two walks. He even struck out seven. But Radke got nothing to show for his efforts because former Twins pitcher Mark Redman held the Twins to no runs on three hits and a walk in over 7 innings. The Twins got a solo homer from Shannon Stewart in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game, but it would not hold. Octavio Dotel shut down the Twins the next three innings. Juan Rincon gave up two runs on three hits in an inning and a third to take the loss.
The Twins had just four hits on the night with Stewart's HR being the lone extra-base hit.
Saturday afternoon - Twins 4, A's 3
I love when the Twins are able to put together a strong showing on national TV. Of course, so much of that happens because of the arm of Johan Santana. It was a matchup of Santana versus the A's Tim Hudson, who had not pitched in a big league game in about six weeks.
The Twins were able to get a lead and increase it to 4-0. Santana went six innings and got one out in the seventh before allowing three runs. In 6.1 innings, he gave up those three runs on seven hits and a walk. He struck out 10. Jesse Crain came in and gave up two hits to his two batters. But Juan Rincon came in and got the next five batters out. Still clinging to a one-run lead, the Twins went to closer Joe Nathan who pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to record his 32nd save.
Jose Offerman seemingly had not played for a month, but he took advantage of his opportunity in the DH role by going 3-4. Torii Hunter went 2-4 with an RBI and his 15th stolen base. Michael Cuddyer was also 2-3.
Sunday afternoon - Twins 5, A's 6 (18 innings)
It was as if both teams played a double header. 18 innings is not good for a pitching staff. However, since I had a long drive back home, it was great for me. I was able to listen to the first pitch, and four hours later, I went in to my house and still was able to watch the final three innings.
The Twins got an RBI single from Justin Morneau in the 3rd inning and a sacrifice fly by Shannon Stewart in the 5th to claim a 2-0 lead. Carlos Silva was on and getting a lot of ground balls, shutting out the A's through the first six innings. But in the seventh, the A's got a two-run double from Damien Miller and an RBI single by Mark Kotsay to take the lead. Cristian Guzman came up big-time for the Twins in the top of the 8th with a leadoff home run against Mark Mulder to tie the game at three. And thanks to strong relief performances by the A's Justin Duchsherer and Chris Hammond and the Twins bullpen, particularly Joe Roa (five one-hit innings), the game remained tied at three until the 18th inning.
The Twins had replaced Roa with Terry Mulholland. He gave up five hits and three runs in the top of the 18th inning. The A's were able to bring in their closer, Octavio Dotel for the bottom of the inning. Dotel walked Lew Ford to start the inning. Then he and Justin Morneau had a long battle. Finally, Morneau went down and clobbered a pitch maybe 7-8 inches off the ground well over the centerfield fence to bring the Twins to within 6-5. Unfortunately, they were unable to rally and get one more run to extend the game.
On offense, Cristian Guzman was 3-7 with a walk and his 6th homer. Justin Morneau was 3-7 with a walk, his 8th home run and three RBI. Lew Ford was 1-4 with three walks and a hit-by-pitch. He also stole his 15th base in 16 attempts.
Again, the Twins will throw Kyle Lohse this afternoon against Rich Harden and the Oakland A's. The Twins will then fly out to Seattle to begin a three game series against the Mariners on Tuesday.
I wrote the following on Friday:
Jason Bartlett was 0-4 and had another error yesterday. I'm sure there are Twins fans who are thinking he isn't ready, or even worse, will never been a big league talent. Is that really fair? I mean, we frequently talk about small sample sizes. is 10 innings in the field and five plate appearances really enough to make that determination?
Now, that said, I fully believe that if he is not going to get consistent playing time, which clearly he isn't, he should be sent back to AAA Rochester, where he can play. Alex Prieto can come up to sit on the bench.
Well, it looks like the Twins had a similar idea. Friday morning the team sent Bartlett back down to Rochester so that he would be able to get consistent at bats rather than rotting on the Twins bench. The team purchased the contract of Augie Ojeda to replace him. They moved Nick Punto from the 15 day disabled list to the 60 day DL so that they could do it. Ojeda has never hit much in the big leagues, but he has some speed and is a good defender. Like Prieto, Ojeda is not young, so it is ok for him to ride the pine.
Here are the AL Central Standings. The Twins have a six game lead over both the White Sox and the Indians. When the Indians got a big three-run homer from Matt Lawton off Shingo Takatsu to win Saturday's game, the Indians actually were a game up on the Sox. But the Sox late-inning win yesterday brought them back to even.
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Friday - Redwings 4, Pawtucket 5 - Scott Baker made another Rochester start and went 6 1/3 innings. He gave up three earned runs on seven hits and two walks. He struck out five. Kevin Hodge gave up two earned runs in 1.2 innings. Terry Tiffer was the lone bright spot for the Redwings. He was 2-4 with a grand slam, his 8th homer of the year.
Saturday - Redwings 3, Pawtucket 4 - Matt Guerrier had a strong performance. He went six innings and gave up three runs (just one earned) on eight hits and a walk. Adam Johnson pitched the final two innings. He gave up a run on four hits and a walk. Jason Bartlett, back from Minnesota, went 2-5 with an RBI double. Terry Tiffee and Josh Rabe were each 2-4 (Rabe had a double).
Sunday - Redwings 4, Pawtucket 6 - JD Durbin backed up his AAA debut with another very strong game. he gave up two runs on seven hits and a walk, in six innings. He struck out six. So, in his 13 innings, his strikeout:walk ratio is 19:1. Not too baaad! Willie Eyre gave up a run on a walk in his inning. Joe Beimel gave up two hits and a walk, and all three scored without him getting anyone out. Beau Kemp pitched a scoreless 8th. Jason Kubel went 2-3. Todd Dunwoody and Josh Rabe were each 2-4 (Rabe with another double).
Friday - Rockcats 1, Portland 2 - Henry Bonilla got the start and fell to 8-9 on the year. He went five innings and gave up six earned runs on nine hits and a walk. Kevin Cameron went the next three innings without giving up a run. His ERA is now 0.60. Travis Bowyer struck out two in the 9th inning. Luis Maza was 2-5 wit ha double. Bryan Kennedy was 2-4 with a double and 2 RBI. Garrett Jones was 1-2 with a double, two walks and two runs batted in.
Saturday - Game 1 - Rockcats 1, Portland 2 - New Britain did get seven hits but were just unable to put anything together. They even had doubles off the bats of Ryan Owens, Jake Mauer and Kevin West, who also had his 83rd RBI. Jon Pridie started and gave up two runs on seven hits and a walk in seven innings. He struck out 11. Victor Moreno pitched the final two innings and allowed just one hit
Saturday - Game 2 - Rockcats 5, Portland 3 - Boof Bonser had another good start. In 7.1 innings, he allowed three runs (2 earned) on six hits. He did not walk a batter and struck out four. The win improves his record to 8-9 with a 4.83 ERA. Bobby Korecky got the final five outs to record his 20th save. Luis Maza went 3-4 with two RBI. Kevin West drilled his 23rd homer and Garrett Jones hit his 21st.
Sunday - Rockcats 10, Portland 5 - The bats finally got things going for the Rockcats. Garrett Jones went 3-3 with two doubles and four RBI. Matt Scanlon went 3-4 with a triple and 2 RBI. James Tomlin was 2-5 with a double. Luis Maza was 2-4 with a double, a walk and an RBI. Bryan Kennedy hits his 4th hom run. Erik Lohse got another start for New Britain. He gave up two runs on two hits and three walks in his five innings. Victor Moreno came in and gave up three runs on three hits and a walk in 2.1 innings. Travis Bowyer got the final five outs, allowing two hits and a walk.
Friday - Game 1 - Miracle 3, Clearwater 4 - Danny Matienzo had a day. In Game 1, he was 4-5. Jose Morales went 2-4 with a double. Kaulana Kuhaulua was 2-3 with two RBI. Jeff Randazzo got the start and gave up an unearned run on three hits and no walks in six innings. Manny Tejada gave up three runs (2 earned) on four hits in 1.2 innings. Pat Neshek got the inning's final out.
Friday - Game 2 - Miracle 4, Clearwater 5 - OK, I'm not sure if I trust the box score or not, but it tells me that Jeff Randazzo started game two as well. He went just one inning and struck out a batter. Nick Blackburn went the next five innings and gave up four earned runs in five innings. He gave up five hits (including two homers) and a walk. Levale Speigner fell to 2-4 with the loss. His ERA is just 1.32. He went three innings and gave up an unearned run on two hits and a walk. Danny Matienzo was 2-5. Ben Pattee was 2-4 with a an RBI triple.
Saturday - Miracle , Clearwater - This game was postponed.
Sunday - Miracle - No Florida State League games scheduled.
Friday - Swing 0, South Bend 6 - Justin Jones got his first start in the organization... and it didn't go so well. The hard-throwing lefty was only able to go 2 2/3 innings. In that time, he gave up four runs on seven hits and a walk. Tristan Crawford went the next 2 1/3 innings, striking out four. Angel Garcia struck out four over the next three innings. Matthew Hines then gave up two earned runs in his inning. Kyle Geiger had three of the team's six hits. He was 3-4 wit ha double. The Swing had no walks and nine strikeouts on the day.
Saturday - Swing 3, South Bend 1 - Adam Harben showed Saturday why he is so highly thought of. He improved to 7-6 with eight innings of work. He allowed a run on two hits and walked none. He also struck out 11. Eric Brandon got the save wby pitching the ninth. Denard Span went 2-4. Kyle Phillips was 2-3. Scott Whitrock hit his 12th homer. Those were the only five hits the Swing had.
Sunday - Swing 5, South Bend 2 - Glen Perkings continues to pitch well early in his pro career. This time, he got the win (and dropped his ERA to 1.40). He went 5 2/3 innings and allowed seven hits , a walk, and just 1.40. Later Julio DePaula gave up three hits and a walk in two innings.
Friday - E-Twins 6, Bluefield 4 - The E-Twins got five innings from Kyle Aselton. He gave up two runs on three hits and three walks, striking out four. Kevin Culpepper fell to 0-3 by giving up a runs and an earned run in two innings. Jason Bowlin gave up an unearned run on two hits in his two innings. Landon Burt was 2-4 with a walk. Deacon Burns went 2-5. Matt Tolbert was 2-3.
Saturday - E-Twins 8, Bluefield 4 - Luke Hughes moved to the 3 spot in the lineup and went 3-4 with a two RBI double. Trevor Plouffe went 2-3 with a walk. Jeremy Pickrel went 2-3. Jay Yaconetti was 1-4 with his second homer . He also had four RBI, meaning a grand slam. David Winfree hits his fifth home. Javier Martinez started and went 2.1 innings. He gave up three runs on three walks. He stuck out two
Jonathan Martinez came in and went the next 4.2 innings. He gave up an unearned run on one hit and two walks, and he struck out 9. Jeff Mousser struck out the side in the eight. Frank Mata struck out two in the same parade.
Sunday - E-Twins 2, Bluefield 4 - The E-Twins got a nice win. Jeremy Pickrel went 3-4 with his fourth homer and three RBI. Johnny Woodard went 2-4. Luke Hughes went 2-3 with a walk. David Shinskie got the start and went seven innings. He gave up five hits and two walks. He gave up two runs, but just one was earned. Get struck out seven. Jason Bowlin gave up two runs in the next two innings.
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School of Clinical and Experimental MedicineCollege of Medical and Dental SciencesUniversity of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK
Sarah is a clinical pharmacist working as the Content and Editorial Manager for the SCRIPT eLearning programme, and as a research pharmacist for Theme 9: Improving Patient Safety – Studying an Evolving IT system.
Sarah Thomas gained her Masters in Pharmacy (MPharm) from Aston University in 2003, and went on to complete her pre-registration training at Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust (now part of the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust), becoming a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain in 2004. After registration, Sarah continued to work at Good hope, and in 2007 she gained her Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy at Keele University. In 2007, she joined Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, working for the older adult directorate in both acute and continuing care inpatient services.
In 2010, Sarah's keen interest in teaching and medication safety encouraged her to apply for the post of SCRIPT Content and Editorial Manager at the University of Birmingham. This role involved overseeing the development of 40 eLearning modules intended for West Midland junior doctors. The project, commissioned by the West Midlands Workforce Deanery, aims to improve the prescribing knowledge and skill of junior doctors, in order to reduce medication errors and improve patient safety. Although this work was completed in August 2011, Sarah continues her role as Content and Editorial Manager, ensuring the content remains up-to-date and relevant to clinical practice.
In 2011, Sarah started work as a research pharmacist for CLAHRC-BBC Theme 9, and is currently working towards her PhD.
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Sarah is a research pharmacist funded by CLAHRC BBC - Theme 9 (Improving Patient Safety: Studying an Evolving IT system). Her current research focuses on how computerised physician order entry (or electronic prescribing) systems affect how pharmacists and physicians communicate in the secondary care setting, and whether this impacts on patient safety.
Honorary pharmacist at the University Hospital Birmingham, working on the Clinical Decision Unit for an afternoon each week.
Thomas SK, Coleman JJ. The impact of Computerised Physician Order-Entry (CPOE) with integrated Clinical Decision Support (CDS) on pharmacist-physician communication in the hospital setting: A systematic review of the literature. European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy: Science and Practice. 2012; 19(4) 349-354
McDowell SE, Thomas SK, Coleman JJ, Aronson JK, Ferner RE. A practical guide to monitoring for adverse drug reactions during antihypertensive drug therapy: synthesis from a systematic review. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Selected Conference Abstracts
Thomas SK, Hughes E, Seal R, Davies D, Marriott JF, Ferner RE, Patel V, Coleman JJ. Script: An innovative e-Learning programme to improve the prescribing of newly qualified doctors in the West Midlands. British Pharmacological Society (BPS) Conference (December 2012). Poster presentation.
Selected eLearning publications
Thomas SK. Principles of Prescribing: Taking a Safe & Effective Drug History. SCRIPT eLearning programme. NHS Midlands & East. Available online at www.safeprescriber.org (2011)
Martin U, Thomas SK. Prescribing in Special Circumstances: Older Adults. SCRIPT eLearning programme. NHS Midlands & East. Available online at www.safeprescriber.org (2011)
Coleman JJ, Thomas SK. Managing the Risks of Prescribing: Monitoring Drug Therapy. SCRIPT eLearning programme. NHS Midlands & East. Available online at www.safeprescriber.org (2011)
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HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - The city of Hagerstown is considering three possible sites for a minor league ballpark that would replace 82-year-old Municipal Stadium.
The Herald-Mail reports that Ripken Design presented its proposal for three locations to the City Council Tuesday.
All three are in the city's East End, near the existing stadium.
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