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A decision will be made, in 2008, regarding whether or not President George W. Bush will consider designating a vast ocean area in the northernmost part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands archipelago, including three islands, as a U.S. National Monument.
This study was commissioned in April of 2008 to ascertain, quickly, a profile of the economic benefits and costs of the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument in relation to the economy of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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All Things Under Christ
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Kids and iPads are a match made in heaven. Whether they're using it for games, education or entertainment, kids are simply drawn to the iPad like moths to a flame. It's no wonder that this device is a highly coveted item and was the number one requested gift this past holiday season.
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Dustin Geiger slugged a grand slam HR to cap a five-run 2nd inning as one squad of EXST Cubs drilled one squad of EXST Rockies 10-4 on Red Mountain Field, but the other squad of Rockies pounded out 17 hits (including three triples, two doubles, and a three-run HR) and thumped the other squad of Cubs 12-1 on Dust Storm Field, in a Cactus League Extended Spring Training Memorial Day doubleheader played this morning at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick east of Scottsdale, AZ.
J. C. Rodriguez knocked-in six runs with an RBI single, a two-run double, and a three-run home run, leading the EXST Angels to a 10-2 thrashing of the EXST Cubs in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action this morning at Diablo Park Field #3 in Tempe, AZ.
The game was extended an extra couple of innings so that all of the pitchers who were due to throw today could get their scheduled work.
The EXST Cubs rallied for three runs in the bottom of the 9th to tie the EXST Diamondbacks 6-6, in a Cactus League Extended Spring Training game played this morning at Fitch Park Field #3 in Mesa, AZ.
The Cubs did have a chance to win the game, but Reggie Golden popped out to the first-baseman to end the bottom of the 9th, leaving the potential winning run stranded at 3rd base.
Tennessee OF (and Cubs 2009 1st round draft pick and #1 position player prospect) Brett Jackson saw his first game action since going on the Smokies DL with a finger injury on May 12th, getting four plate appearances as a DH, one in each of the first four innings.
Yaniel Cabezas had four hits (three doubles and a single), scored three runs, and drove-in two more, Jesus Morelli drove-in four runs with two singles and a home run, and four pitchers combined to strike out 14, as a split squad of EXST Cubs drubbed the EXST Angels 13-5 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action this morning at Fitch Park Field #2 in Mesa.
On an injury rehab assignment in Mesa, AZ, Cubs catcher Geovany Soto went hitless in five plate appearances this morning in a Cactus League Extended Spring Training game played at Fitch Park.
Soto, who was seeing his first game action in two weeks after suffering a groin strain in a game on May 10th, was the starting catcher and got five at bats in the game played on Field #2 (there was another game played simultaneously on Field #3), batting third in each of the first five innings. He looked a bit rusty at the plate, bouncing out 5-3 in the 1st inning, popping out to the first-baseman in foul territory in the 2nd, flying out to the warning track in CF in the 3rd, getting called out on strikes in the 4th, and striking out swinging in the bottom of the 5th. Also two Rockies base-runners stole 2nd base while Soto was behind the plate.
As far as the games were concerned, one squad of EXST Cubs and one squad of EXST Rockies played to a 1-1 tie on Field #2, while the other squad of Rockies defeated the other squad of Cubs 5-2 on Field #3.
The games were played simultaneously on adjacent fields, and both games were seven-inning affairs.
Matt Garza heads to the DL for a "bone contusion" just above the elbow and his 25 man roster replacement, Lou Montanez finally winds up in the Cub starting lineup with a memorable night. As you recall, Montanez was the Cubs 2000 first round amateur draft pick (3rd pick overall) as a high school SS and after a stay in Cubville East (the Orioles System), he now resurfaces with the Cubs in RF. Getting back to Garza, let me think out loud with you readers about what seems to be the problem.
From TCR's last thread:
Let me stipulate that I AM NOT A DOCTOR (but I play one on tv)...so my opinions are just based on long miserable experience with the Cubs.Garza's injury is being reported as a "bone contusion." Correct me if wrong but in my experience that's the same as saying he has a bone fracture except the fracture has no deliniation. Also, it's in his elbow so that implies that it involves cartilage as well as bone. This doesn't sound like something that heals in a week. Contusions often take longer than outright fractures to get better.If the Cubs bring him back after missing one more start...look out.
In Garza's situation, using the term "bone contusion" is clearly an MRI diagnosis. I do have some issues with using this term here and (hopefully) I can provide some clarifications of muddy concepts being bandied about.
I love my headline (nope, I'm not going there, so shame on you) but you need to read on for some Serious Splainin' Lucy.
The EXST Athletics banged-out four doubles, a triple, and a home run, and coasted to a 7-1 victory over the EXST Cubs in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action at Fitch Park Field #3 in Mesa this morning.
So, this thing Mike Quade did during game #2 of the Cubs/Red Sox series.The beanball "two to one" thing with the fingers, gesturing across the diamond - did you see that?Kinda bothersome.
Brian Inoa hit for the cycle and Dustin Geiger ripped two RBI doubles, leading a split squad of EXST Cubs to a 6-5 victory over the EXST Diamondbacks in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action this morning at Whirlwind Field at Salt River Fields at the Talking Stick Resort east of Scottsdale, AZ.
Justin Hilt and Wagner Mateo homered for the Diamondbacks.
The game was extended an extra inning to allow all of the pitchers who were due to throw today to get their scheduled work.
What are we to make of Randy Wells' rehab start this afternoon at a very blustery Principal Park in Des Moines? He was flashing mixed signals.
The booming home run he gave up in the top of the first on which Iowa cf Lou Montanez did not budge was understandable. The batter who struck it was hitting .377 and the wind was blowing out so briskly that the flag pole the ball flew beyond was wobbling visibly.
Wells was workmanlike in the first two frames, requiring 15 pitches in each of them. In the 3rd he seemed to find a groove when he threw only six pitches, all of them strikes. The middle batter in that inning fanned on three pitches. On his way to the dugout to lead off the bottom of the 3rd Wells stopped to chat with the plate ump. There hadn't been any debate about the strike zone; indeed, Wells was clearly in a good mood and smiling. He was still grinning when he trotted back after grounding out. Then he came out for the 4th and proceeded to throw almost as many pitches [32] as he'd thrown prior to that point [36]. He failed to retire any of the first five hitters and only escaped even deeper wounds when the opposing pitcher graciously drilled a dp grounder on the first pitch thrown to him with the bases loaded and still nobody out.
All 68 of Wells' pitches clocked between 80-88, despite that he was quoted in the local gazette this morning to the effect that he was planning to "amp it up" this time out, whatever that meant.
So it's unclear what exactly was accomplished today. The arm wasn't even stretched out much if the plan is to bring Wells back next time through the rotation. I did not see any Chicago brass in the section where they usually sit when in town, so whatever call they make on Wells after this outing will probably be based on debriefings of manager Bill Dancy, pitching coach Mike Mason and Wells himself.
As for the other 2010 Chicago Cub in the lineup, Tyler Colvin finished a wind-blown homer shy of the cycle. I missed his ninth inning triple off a rightie, but saw his first four at-bats, all of which came against a pair of lefties.
In the 1st he fanned on three pitches. In the 3rd he grounded the first pitch through the hole in the right side with Montanez on base. In the 5th he popped to cf on the third pitch after a swinging strike on #1 and taking #2 for a ball. So at that point he had seen seven pitches in three ab's. In the 7th he blooped a soft-serve double the other way on a full count; pitch #7. Hopefully his over-anxiousness has started to subside. My other observation about him was that he didn't look very big in the upper body and shoulders. Didn't he report to camp looking like Charles Atlas in 2010? Now he looks like somebody let the air out of him, although he ran well on his double, when going first to third on a single and, presumably, on the triple that I missed.
Side note: This was the 12th time already that the I-Cubs' pitchers have surrendered in the double digits. Last year that happened 12 times all year. And it's not even hot yet in many of the Pacific Clout League branch cities
It is SO nice to do something clownish about the other team for a change, and it happened to the almost first-place Boston Red Sox.
Dong-Yub Kim and Brandon May smacked back-to-back two out RBI doubles to key a two-run 1st inning that propelled one squad of EXST Cubs to a 5-2 victory over one squad of EXST Rockies on Red Mountain Field, while Yao-Lin Wang, Jin-Young Kim, and Starling Peralta combined to throw a three-hit shutout as the other squad of Cubs blanked the other squad of Rockies 3-0 on Dust Storm Field, in Cactus League Extended Spring Training doubleheader action at Salt River Fields at the Talking Stick Resort east of Scottsdale this morning.
The games were played simultaneously, and both games were seven-inning affairs.
Tennessee Smokies OF Ty Wright (DL rehab assignment) had three hits (two singles and a double) in his first game action since suffering a sprained ankle in a Southern League game on April 17th, but the EXST Giants swept a doubleheader from the EXST Cubs by scores of 7-5 and 5-3 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action this morning at Fitch Park in Mesa, AZ.
Scott Kazmir and Alexander Burkard combined to throw a four-hit shutout, leading the EXST Angels to an 8-0 whitewashing of an EXST Cubs split squad in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action at Diablo Park Field #3 in Tempe this morning.
Kazmir has been on the Los Angeles Angels 15-DL with "back tightness" since April 9th, but he sure looked healthy today, throwing 6.2 IP of one-hit shutout ball (102 pitches – 62 strikes, 10/6 GO/FO), and not allowing his first hit until there was one out in the top of the 6th inning (opposite-field double lined into the RF corner by Dustin Geiger). Kazmir walked three and struck out three during the course of his outing, inducing one GIDP. Kazmir consistently threw his fastball at 91-92 MPH, and kept the Cubs youngsters off-balance with an assortment of change-ups and breaking balls.
Jesus Morelli reached base five times on a double, three singles, and a walk, scored twice, and drove-in a run, and Larry Suarez came out of the bullpen to throw 3.1 IP of one hit ball with seven strikeouts, as the EXST Cubs defeated the EXST Athletics 8-6 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action this morning at Connie Mack Field at the Papago Park Sports Complex in Phoenix.
Jesus Morelli lined an RBI single to left to knock-in the tying run and Johan DeJesus roped a two-run double off the LF fence to plate the go-ahead runs, as a split squad of EXST Cubs rallied with five runs in the bottom of the 8th to defeat the EXST Angels 6-3 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action at Fitch Park Field #3 in Mesa this morning.
The Cubs have optioned Tyler Colvin and Marcus Mateo to Triple A and called up lefty Scott Maine and speedster Tony Campana.
Maine was sporting a 2.84 ERA in Iowa, striking out 21 in 19 IP, while walking just 8. Hard to imagine he'll be any worse than what he is replacing.
Campana was sporting a good luck line of 342/383/442 in Iowa earning his promotion. I wish him well, but he'll be hard pressed to find enogh playing time and such good luck in the majors(.423 BABIP in Iowa this season). He does bring speed with him, being successful in 8 of 9 stolen base attempts this year and 144/186 for his minor league career (77.2%). Of course, Yadier Molina wasn't playing in those leagues during the same time, so he probably won't see that success translate either.
Colvin did need to start getting some regular at-bats, although it's hard to figure out why he can't get them over Fukudome, Byrd or Soriano. For a team that already hits plenty of singles without walking much and in desperate need of some power, Colvin seemed closer to a cure than Campana, but neither will be effective without regular use.
It's also of note, as mentioned in the comments, that the Cubs are about to begin interleague play at American League parks starting off at Boston this Friday. Barring injury, Colvin cannot be recalled now for 10 days, leaving the Cubs DH options Reed Johnson, Castillo, DeWitt, Campana and Baker or more likely one of those play the field while the likes of Ramirez, Soriano and so forth get a defensive rest day. It's foresight like that keeps a century-plus losing streak alive.
Anyway, the appropriate deck chairs have been moved on this Titanic. May the disaster continue...
Stephen Cardullo ripped a two-run walk-off double to cap a three-run 9th, as the EXST Diamondbacks rallied to edge the EXST Cubs 3-2 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action this morning on Whirlwind Field at Salt River Fields at the Talking Stick Resort, east of Scottsdale, AZ.
Andrew Cashner was scheduled to make his first Extended Spring Training rehab start in today's game at Talking Stick, but was scratched after warming in the bullpen before the game. Whether this latest setback will significantly delay his return to the mound is not clear at this time, but it certainly is not good news for Cashner or for the Cubs.
From an interview given to Ed Sherman posted on Chicago Business:
I can't stand it when I hear someone say they can't afford to go to a game. It might be hard to get tickets for a Yankees or Sox game, but there's no reason why they can't afford to go to another game. We want to get more fans in the park.
They called the sunday (almost) finale of the Giants series early enough that a fan from Kenosha driving to Wrigley didn't have to get much past the Illinois border before turning around and calling a sports talk show to say thanks for the game cancellation update. Postponing the game early was the right thing to do. Playing last night in similar weather was not. I guess a national Fox broadcast causes funny decisions to be made.
Today's rainout has been rescheduled as a day-night doubleheader on Tuesday, June 28th. It's a quirky schedule that has the Giants coming to Wrigley Field twice this year otherwise they would have lost a scheduled day off to make up this game.
I need to vent some frustration and reflect on the week just past...
Diomendes Lopez slugged a three-run home run to cap a four-run 7th inning, and the EXST A's cruised to an 8-2 victory over the EXST Cubs in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action this morning at Fitch Park Field #3 in Mesa, AZ.
Oakland closer Andrew Bailey (15-day DL - forearm strain) started the game for the EXST A's, working 1.1 IP (18 pitches), and allowing one run (earned) on two hits, with no walks and no strikeouts. Although he did not record any strikeouts, his fastball was topping out at 94 MPH.
After watching the EXST Giants score four runs in the top of the 7th inning (last inning) to take an 8-7 lead, Dustin Geiger slugged a two-out three-run game-winning walk-off HR in the bottom of the 7th to give the EXST Cubs a 10-8 victory over the Giants on Field #3 and a split in a Cactus League Extended Spring Training doubleheader played this morning at Fitch Park in Mesa, AZ.
The Giants edged the Cubs 2-1 in the game that was played on Field #2. Both games were seven-inning affairs.
Ryan Cuneo homered and doubled (and just missed another HR when a long fly hooked foul at the last second), Pin Chieh Chen had three hits (a single, a double, and a triple), and Randy Wells saw his first game action since April 4th, but the EXST Angels got hits when they counted and induced three rally-killing double-plays, edging a split squad of EXST Cubs 5-4 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action at Fitch Park Field #3 in Mesa this morning.
The game was extended an extra inning to allow all of the Angels and Cubs pitchers due to throw today to get their scheduled work.
The EXST Angels banged-out 13 hits including four doubles and two triples en route to an 8-4 victory over the EXST Cubs in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action this morning at Diablo Park in Tempe.
Reggie Golden smacked a solo HR and Matt Loosen threw four innings of one-run ball as the EXST Cubs and EXST Rockies played to a 4-4 tie on Red Mountain Field, and Rockies RHP Aaron Cook (60 day DL - broken ring finger on pitching hand) threw 2.2 IP (35 pitches) of one-hit shutout ball with no walks and three strikeouts, leading the other squad of EXST Rockies to a 7-2 victory over the other squad of EXST Cubs on Dust Storm Field, in a Cactus League Extended Spring Training doubleheader played simultaneously on adjacent fields this morning at Salt River Fields at the Talking Stick Resort east of Scottsdale.
Both games were pre-scheduled as seven-inning affairs, but the game on Red Mountain Field was extended an extra half-inning to allow all of the Rockies pitchers who were due to throw today to get their scheduled work.
Things are really humming down at the old retread factory!
Todd Wellemeyer returned to the scene of former mediocrity and made one more lackluster start here for old times' sake on May 5. The next day he reported that he was right on schedule as he rehabbed a sore hip en route back to the big leagues but that was apparently a smoke screen. The day after that he decided to call it a career. Today his spot on the ever fluid roster was taken by Doug Davis who is old enough to run for president should he too decide to shift gears after he makes his I-Cub debut when the team hits the road tomorrow night at Colorado Springs. Good luck in the rarified air of the PCL, Doug. If things don't go well remember that Iowa's precinct caucuses are mere months away and there is no clear frontrunner yet among righties. Without knowing much about where you stand when not on the mound, I'm not sure how well a southpaw might do here right now.
Homestand #2 wound up this afternoon with Ramon Ortiz getting cuffed up to the tune of 13 hits in six IP - so much for what I said last week about his serviceability.
Also, in case you missed it but do care, as I did and do, Max Ramirez was released last week.
It's starting to look like there's a detour on I-80 between Iowa and Chicago that routes through Tennessee. Des Moines is about 150 miles closer as the crow drives, but I'm not sure you can get there from here if you're a ballplayer in the Cubs' organization this year.
Random bits: 1] Keith Moreland's honeymoon is over. If he has a spare personality back home in Texas I suggest he have it shipped it to him ASAP. 2] Project ≤ three million update = 32K on Mother's Day vs. a division rival? Plenty of tickets still available for upcoming Cardinal series? I'm taking the under…
Swami Murph will predict tomorrow that Todd Wellemeyer will retire!
OK, so it's just a tired old radio bit. Still, like a bad penny (I said BAD not Brad), Former 1969 Left field Bleacher Bums mad Bugler (maybe it was a Coronet?), Mike Murphy has returned to the Chicago airwaves on Sundays at 9AM. He's got a new gig with his old sidekick, Fred Huebner, on ESPN - 1000 (listen live link). ESPN has more WSCR refugees than the Orioles have ex-Cubs...although not by much (Orioles lineup today featured Jake Fox, Felix Pie, Ceasar Izturis, Kevin Gregg and DLee, not to mention almost Cub Brian Roberts).
Murph will host a regular show every Sunday from 9-1, bringing his 20 plus years of radio presence, dating back to the WLS "Fan Talk" days ("just fans talking to fans"). "Never been in a locker room Murph", he was never was afraid to read the tough questions from his yellow pad to Cub GM Jim Hendry or replay some of the great play-by-play calls from Jack Brickhouse or reminisce about his playing prowess in 16-inch softball with Mr. Cub, Ernie Banks.
...more after the jump
Marco Hernandez, Jesus Morelli, and Yaniel Cabezas ripped run-scoring triples to highlight a seven-run 6th, as the EXST Cubs rallied from an early 4-1 deficit to defeat the EXST Athletics 9-6 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action at Fitch Park Field #3 in Mesa this morning.
Not that it happens all the time, but whenever a Cub or couple Cubs somehow make the cover of Sports Illustrated, I feel compelled to visually even out the jinx.
Reggie Golden had three hits, scored a run, and knocked-in another, and LHP (ex-OF) Kyler Burke threw a 1-2-3 inning in his debut as a pitcher, as a split-squad of EXST Cubs played the EXST Rockies to a 6-6 tie in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action at Fitch Park Field #3 in Mesa this morning.
The game was stopped after eight innings with the score tied at six when both teams ran out of available pitchers. (The Cubs and Rockies played a doubleheader at Fitch Park yeterday, and the Cubs were playing a split-squad DH today).
According to the Cubs' media guide, Todd Wellemeyer was the NL Pitcher-of-the-Month in May of 2008 for the St. Louis Cardinals. This afternoon in Des Moines he wasn't up to being the Iowa Cubs' pitcher-of-the-day as he labored through three & two thirds innings of a reclamation project that may or may not wind up with him back in the big leagues.
Wellemeyer offered about six dozen pitches, about half of them strikes. A greater portion than that looked and clocked like breaking balls despite that his spotted fastball was ringing up in the low 90's. Maybe those were what he was determined to work on. He gave up eight hits and four runs while both walking and fanning a couple. Both walks came in the fourth when his body language appeared to go from indifferent to frustrated or tired.
Not having paid much attention to him since he left the Cub organization, I'd forgotten how raw-boned Wellemeyer looks. He's listed at 6'2" and 215, but he looks bigger than that; very wide across the shoulders. His windup is full and lengthy with lots of moving parts. I leave it to the anatomists to decide if that makes rehab of a hip injury more complicated. Welington Castillo caught him today, my first chance to see him behind the plate since he joined the club, and he had no chance to throw out either of the base thieves who ran on him. It's fair to say that Wellemeyer is not here to work on holding runners close. By the way, I looked around to see if Jim Hendry was on hand to scout Wellemeyer but did not see him.
Wellemeyer told the local paper last night that he's been measured for the World Series ring he's owed for his contribution to last year's San Francisco Giants. He's just waiting for it to catch up to him for presentation. Based on what I saw today, if I were him I wouldn't have it shipped to Chicago.
Ramon Ortiz, on the other hand, has been looking serviceable. Not Gorzellanyesque, mind you, but serviceable.
Francisco Sosa slugged a two-run HR onto Center Street and his teammates rapped out ten singles, seven doubles, and two triples, as the EXST Rockies took both games of a Cactus League Extended Spring Training doubleheader from the EXST Cubs by scores of 4-2 and 11-2 this morning at Fitch Park in Mesa, AZ.
The games were played simultaneously on adjacent fields and were scheduled as seven-inning affairs, but the game on Field #2 was extended an extra inning to allow Cubs and Rockies pitchers to get their scheduled work.
With his team down 4-3 with two outs in the bottom of the 8th, Ryan Ortiz ripped a two-run HR over the LF fence to give the EXST Athletics the lead and eventually the victory, as the EXST Cubs were edged 5-4 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action this morning at Connie Mack Field at the Papago Sports Complex in Phoenix.
Reggie Golden blasted a 400-ft+ three-run home run over the left-centerfield fence and Dong-Yub Kim cracked at two-run shot over the LF fence to lead the EXST Cubs to a 9-3 victory over the EXST Diamondbacks this morning at Fitch Park Field #2 in Mesa.
After finishing this drawing yesterday, I realized that the historical significance of this matchup might not only be lost on some of you, but not interesting and perhaps in bad taste to most of you as well.So, uh, lets just talk about the fabulous entertainment our favorite team gave us last night.
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4-pitcher combined no-hitter. woo spring.
MIA has a combined no-hitter vs NYY through 7, fwiw.
Just the idea that you trade a guy you don't like, or who had a bad year, is punitive. Is that what the Cubs have been doing? They release guys they don't like. If someone has trade value, they build him up, build him up, and trade him in July.
s.drew's weekend just got a little more bright and hopeful...
"Jerry Crasnick of ESPN reports that Jose Iglesias (shins) will miss at least four months, and perhaps the entirety of the 2014 season."
that's one hell of a shin(s) injury.
b.jackson finally hit a homer (vs KC). rizzo hits 2 HR off b.colon (vs NYM), his first of the spring.
m.olt goes 0-4...including a 12 pitch AB vs t.collins (KC) which he K'd on a 3-2 count.
ninja didn't have a good day 3.2ip 7h 3bb 1k 4r/er
rosscup has all but stamped his ticket back to AAA with another 'meh' outing giving up 3 runs. given that this is only his 3rd appearance of the spring, it seems like he was destined to be back in AAA anyway.
Awesome. Didn't look too great today.
CUBSTER: Kyle Hendricks is Rule 5 Draft eligible post-2014, so the Cubs won't hold back adding him to the 40 during the season if he's the guy they deem most-ready for an in-season call-up. Same goes for C. J. Edwards and Eric Jokisch. Other than the three pitchers (Hendricks, Edwards, and probably Jokisch), there are no Cubs minor league position players eligible for selection in the December 2014 Rule 5 Draft who would appear (at this time) to be likely candidates to get added to the 40-man roster in 2014.
Not already being on the 40-man roster probably delays him.
"Javier Baez will get a start at second base on Monday or Tuesday. It will be the first start for Baez at second base since his high school days."
Kyle Hendricks to minor league camp. Roto says he needs more seasoning.
Nice outing yesterday though. See him as the first call up for a starter injury?
Or, Chicago, where Packers and Lions go to up their salary. Peppers will be missed more than most think. Even when he wasn't getting sacks the last couple years, he was a big problem for defenses and he often compensated for defensive tackles who weren't as good at their position as he was at his. I think they had to let him move - just way too much money for the return. It was odd, too, how consistently his opponents were able to commit pretty flagrant holding penalties and get away with it - easy enough that I could see it on TV during routine plays.
That shouldn't be much of a consideration in this day of locking up young players as early as possible. Hell, I'm surprised Theo hasn't locked him up already to a 12 year contract.
Green Bay, where old Bears go to retire
When can the Cubs call up Baez without accelerating his clock?
I hope he's got one more year in him. Melton is trying to get out from under the consequences of hanging out at the bars at 1am in redneck country, so he may still be available, but cap space is a problem. I don't think he's hit his ceiling, though, so I wouldn't mind it if he came back. Bears are making some progress on the defensive front. Last year, any team with the ball marched up and down the field. Kinda took the fun out of watching the offense.
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There are a lot of different areas of robotics (controls, mechanical design, dynamics, stability, motion planning, etc.). Find what you're interested in and take courses in it is the best place to start. There are several paths in robotics: mechanical design where lots hands-on projects and a portfolio helps; theory/algorithms where getting a masters/phd is helpful, also human-robot interaction where running user studies and statistics play a huge part. My advice is to do project-based work like a senior capstone and take as many robotics courses as you can. Also building robots with motors, sensors, and actuators for fun will also give you hands on design experience. Stop by a machine shop and get certified to use the equipment. That being said, I've known people who go to work after their bachelors (generally had an internship at the company or had done research as undergrads). I personally worked in underwater robots as an undergrad and had broad exposure to going on dives, data collection, and small projects. Then I did a senior design project building a teleoperated robotic arm with force feedback. I'd taken mechatronics and loved building things. A bachelor's would have been enough to get a job at a robotics company, however, I wanted to get into design and gain a more solid foundation. Robotics is a specialized field with a lot of math and theory behind it. I would strongly advocate a masters. It gives you more exposure, more training and projects, and will enable you to ask for a higher salary. If you're interested in working in a research lab or becoming faculty, go for the PhD. Most companies who specialize in robotics are heavily focused on design and product development and have more of a mechanical engineering background. This response was contributed by Dr. Fitzgerald's friend Ms. Carol E. Reiley, PhD Candidate, Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University.
Hi Angela! Congratulations on all your achievements! As a former double major in music and engineering, I can tell you that it's not impossible... but it's pretty close! There are indeed some fields where you can try to combine engineering and music, such as audio engineering or architectural sound design (designing concert halls, etc.), or you can even try my field of speech recognition where if not music you can at least try to integrate acoustic features with information technology. I think in the end though, the real question here may be: can you still let music be a priority if you study engineering and NOT music? And the answer is, of course! In fact, often it can be easier! Most likely what you really plan for the future is not in reality to be at Google by day and the San Francisco Symphony at night. I found that I spread myself so thin trying to get adequate practice while keeping up with problem sets that I no longer found playing as relaxing and enjoyable as I once had. Once I made the decision to focus on engineering and reduce music to a minor, I felt I was able to be a better engineer and though I played less, found music to again be the enjoyable release it used to be. Without a formal program you do have to be more proactive to find time to practice and ensembles to play with, etc., but you may be surprised at all the options you find. And of course, when life gets really busy, I can't think of a better way to relax than to take a night off and enjoy a performance by the professionals!
Hi Elsa. In electrical engineering, as for I'd assume all engineering fields, one of the best ways to get your foot in the door is through your university Career Center. As you consider what college might be best for you, I would ask questions of staff and students there to find out whether there are well-attended technical job fairs during the year for students, and how many students get internships during the summer. For strong technical schools, many competitive companies interview for entry level jobs directly through the university. In my own experience, three-month summer internships are not only valuable resume builders (and wallet stuffers!), but they allow you the rare chance to try a job you might like and see if it's something you want to continue with in the future. My first internship after my freshman year of college took a lot of work to get (as I still had no real experience) and mainly involved menial technical tasks, but finding the second and third gets easier and easier as you build contacts, learn how to ask the right questions, and of course learn real world skills that employers appreciate! A sidenote: internships are a great way to experience living briefly in a completely new place as well! (My internships were in NC, OR, and Seattle.) When you're done with school and looking for jobs, chances are that your opportunities will be all over, and it's valuable to know your regional preferences (I found I love the Pacific Northwest, for example!) and what it's like to live and work somewhere new. Hope that helps! -Erin
Hi Da'Keisha. It's great to hear that you're finding a passion for something, and I'm definitely a cheerleader for women pursuing computers and engineering! The exciting news is that computer-oriented fields are growing more and more interdisciplinary every day. Architects of course are becoming increasingly dependent on specialized software tools as they design and build models (and someone needs to make them!). Though computer science/engineering and architecture rely on different skill sets and serve different purposes, both require a good deal of creativity and thoughtful planning as you use your knowledge of problem constraints, design requirements, and esthetic considerations and apply your knowledge to unsolved problems! The truth of course is that while it's theoretically possible to specialize in both areas, most likely you'll eventually have to choose one direction to really focus on. Studying computers involves thorough study of math, patterns, and the exciting complexities of storing and extracting information to solve new problems at lightening speeds...and with heavy courseloads. My architecture friends at CMU spent long hours into the night drafting and building models in their studios, and math (while important) was more practicality than science. Specializing in one does not mean ignoring the other though -- learning to combine two seemingly different fields opens opportunities (and makes you uniquely qualified for them!) and allows you to see creative solutions that others may not think of. When I was a music major and engineering student, I considered combining the two through acoustic engineering, sound recording, or even concert hall design (it's amazing the types of musical considerations needed in deciding the material and texture of the ceiling design, or the slope of the mezzanine seating!), and eventually found a path that interested me. I would recommend that you brainstorm what types of problems a computer whiz-architect might try to solve and go from there, perhaps talking to your school guidance counselor or faculty in both fields at prospective universities. In the meantime, keep studying math, keep asking questions about how things work, and keep loving what you do! Cheers, and good luck. -Erin
Hi Rachael! It's always fun to talk to others who have both an analytical and an artistic side... and it's amazing sometimes to see how many of us there are! Careers that explicitly combine engineering and music are more difficult to find, but they're out there if you look for them. When I was in high school searching for a potential future career (and a possible major for college), I focused on ways to combine technology and music, which led me to investigate sound and recording engineering and other opportunities working with acoustics (mainly in mechanical and electrical engineering disciplines). I encourage you to consider universities which have strengths in both areas, even if you don't pursue them both in the end, and when you visit talk to faculty in both areas about how they envision the fields intersecting. In the end I took a slightly different career route (emphasizing sound and language engineering but not music), but I still believe that my background gives me a multidisciplinary perspective on the engineering problems I tackle and helps me to be creative in my approach. Regardless of the career decisions you make in the future, I encourage you to keep up with your music through whatever you do! Erin
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Let me just say that this game has ALOT to offer. I am not even a soccer fan and I found this game very enjoyable. There are so many clubs to choose from so there is no shortage of variety of competition. I dont know how well all the previous FIFA games played because this was my first one but it is...more
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I have two desktops. They are at right angles to each other. One is littered with papers, books, CDs, a phone, a stapler, several pens, a box of business cards, etc. The other one has four rectangular work areas (called "windows") and toolbars.
I'm not sure that the "virtual desktop" is my desktop at all.
On the other hand, Anthony Trollope, the Victorian novelist, invented a box with a sloping hinged lid which was his "travel desk". The surface he wrote upon was clearly his desktop.
In his seminal article "As we may think" (Atlantic Monthly, January 1945), Vannevar Bush described Memex: a desktop personal computer. At that point, there was no electrical or electronic computer in existence. Thirty years later, we were on the brink.
Forty years later, in 1985, you could buy a Macintosh, an Apple, a Kaypro, and several versions of the IBM PC (AT or XT). I recall being amazed at the four-inch screen on the Osborne. The MacSE I bought early in 1987 had a 40MB hard disk.
Over this past decade, the concepts of locational computing, the size of hardware, and the necessity for cables have undergone a tremendous metamorphosis. The computer itself has shrunk from many tons to a few ounces. Cellular phones and infrared have cut into the wires; with that cut, the location of a computer is no longer fixed in any way.
Palm Pilots and notebooks of under three kg are ubiquitous.
We've got the size problem licked, and wires are on their way to vanishing. The actual power problem (battery weight and durability) remains with us. Still, we are well on the way to the Dick Tracy wrist radio—which we might think of as a "Wrist Pilot".
But stop!
The MacSE didn't run windows. You could have more than one file open at a time, but the one you were working on sat on top, and keeping more than a few items open meant your machine ran very s-l-o-o-o-w-l-y. But I loved that trash can in the corner.
It was W, then X, that taught us about multiple windows, and versions of SunOS and DOS in the middle and late '80s that brought home the notion of reliable GUIs (the first GUI I actually used was that of the Apple Lisa in 1983). Motif and the Motif Window Manager came out a decade ago in 1989/90.
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Voice input? Sure. We've come a long way in the last 35 years, but we're not there yet.
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Add cellular phone capability, and I can use voice and also browse the Web. I'll bet Motorola, Ericsson and Nokia are working on that already. However, although I'd like to say that a three-inch diagonal screen would do, I think the minimum we'll find usable is 2.5x3.125 (6.3cm x 7.8cm), with a diagonal of four inches (10.16cm).
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President Obama has been crisscrossing the country (including a recent stop in Texas) to try to rally support for his latest economic stimulus plan. Unfortunately, his plan relies -- again -- on increased government spending and higher taxes to boost the economy.
The Obama administration should have learned a very expensive (for taxpayers) lesson about the effects of massive government spending on job creation. There are 1.7 million fewer jobs since the first nearly $1 trillion wave of stimulus spending the President obtained more than two years ago.
The President's latest "jobs" proposal calls for about $450 billion in new taxes. The bulk of the proposed new taxes would fall on job-creators -- small businesses and those who invest in new technology and fund business start-ups.
Why are small businesses crucial? They account for more than one-half of all private sector jobs, and almost all new jobs. Start-ups in the technology sector are particularly important. Of the top ten private employers in Texas, a third are in the tech industry. One of our state's largest private sector employers, Dell Computer, is a high-tech company that traces its start to a college dorm room at the University of Texas less than 30 years ago. Today, approximately a half a million Texans work in the tech industry, second only to California. Last year, the high-tech industry in Texas had a combined payroll of $38.7 billion, with an average wage of $84,800 per employee. These are good jobs that support families and communities across Texas.
How would the President's tax hikes specifically impact small businesses and tech start-ups in Texas?
What the White House has erroneously described as a "millionaire's tax," would fall on small business owners who file their businesses' income taxes as individuals.
The President's tax hike plan would also change the tax rate on capital gains for those critical investors who supply necessary capital for entrepreneurs. This would effectively decrease the pool of financial capital available for early-stage investments in start up businesses. A lower capital gains tax rate is what attracts and enables investors to take risks on small start-up companies, particularly those in the high-tech industry.
Investors put their money into a wide range of companies, knowing that some will fail and hoping that some may become the next Dell Computer. The earnings from the companies that are successful must be enough to balance their investors' losses and thus enable them to continue funding more start-up businesses. This cycle allows entrepreneurs to flourish and to create jobs. The Obama tax hike would guarantee a lower rate of return for investors, which would ensure that fewer entrepreneurs will have a shot at innovating, starting a business, and creating jobs.
The President's insistence on hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes on private sector investment contained in his economic proposals demonstrates how he continues to be tone deaf to common sense. As Charles Schwab noted just last week in the Wall Street Journal, "Behind every job is an entrepreneur." Limiting investors' ability to provide the capital to fuel the innovation of our entrepreneurs is the last thing leaders in Washington should be doing during this struggling economy.
While no industry has been unscathed by the recession, the tech industry has been resilient and continues to be one of the strongest sectors of our economy, particularly in the state of Texas.
Maintaining our competitive advantage globally and ensuring we remain on the cutting edge of technological innovation requires a competitive tax system. Rather than bludgeoning small businesses with higher taxes, the President should champion comprehensive tax reform to simplify the tax code, remove special interest provisions, and make income tax rates lower, flatter, and fairer. Private sector investment in innovation is what will help pull our economy out of the doldrums and get Americans back to work. Ultimately, a plan that would make it more difficult for entrepreneurs to start and grow a business is simply not a jobs plan, nor a debt reduction plan.
Kay Bailey Hutchison is the senior U.S. Senator from Texas
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November 2013
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October 2013
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September 2013
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August 2013
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TPPF Joins Lawsuit Against IRS Responding...
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July 2013
Cornyn: President Threatens to Veto His Own Proposal
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June 2013
WATER Act to Help Texas Water Shortage, Engage...
(June 10, 2013)
Sen. Cruz Statement on SCOTUS Decision in...
(June 4, 2013)
May 2013
Cornyn Files Amendment to Help Address Texas...
(May 15, 2013)
Cornyn Calls on IRS Commissioner to Resign,...
(May 14, 2013)
April 2013
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March 2013
Cornyn Responds to Plan to Remove CBP Agents...
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Cornyn Proposes Withholding White House Pay...
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A salute to farmers and ranchers on National...
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February 2013
Honoring Members of our Greatest Generation
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January 2013
Remembering the Crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia
(January 29, 2013)
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