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When Scott Horner sits down at his workspace in Paonia, he dives into his work, carefully concentrating on the task at hand. His hands graze over waxed linen threads, matching the thread color to the paper he'll choose.
It's simple, this craft he does, which is what makes it remarkable. In this day and age of a highly technical, mechanical, computerized world, a man who sits down and patiently makes a book from hand — ripping the pages, gluing, stitching —is no ordinary crafter.
Scott creates handmade journals, scrapbooks, photo albums, sketch books and watercolor books. They are beautiful books, hardbound and hand sewn, a book lover's delight, with rich, heavy, creamy papers, soft textures and lovely colors. They are so beautiful you almost don't even want to use them.
"They are elegant and rustic at the same time," Scott said. "The materials are so fun."
He has dabbled in the art of making books for a while as a hobbyist. It was while he was working as an organic farmer in Washington that he learned the basics of the bookmaking trade from a friend. "It is a simple, easy-to-learn craft," Scott said.
But he realized his job as a farmer was really a three-season job, so he looked around for something to not only fill his time, but something that could grow to be a business. So he revisited the bookmaking idea. He played at the craft for a while, but again it fell off when he traveled and moved around with his family.
He really got back into bookmaking about five years ago. At that time he lived in Durango. He moved to Paonia about a year and a half ago, and he brought his hobby business with him — Rocky Mountain Bound.
When he made the decision to make books for a living, Scott wanted to make sure his product would be produced as sustainably as possible. He did a lot of research before he found the materials he wanted to use.
His cover papers are handmade by villagers in Nepal, from the lokta plant. The plant is fast-growing, so its use for paper doesn't harm forest ecology. The dyes in the cover papers are derived from all natural vegetable dyes. "As far as natural papers go," Scott said, "it's probably one of the best to purchase." The papers are beautifully crafted in brilliant hues and patterns. "The decorative papers are amazing," he said. "I owe a lot of credit to the people who make them."
Scott's bookbinder boards are a USA product, made from recycled materials. The paper he uses for the inside pages come from a mill in Wisconsin that makes the paper from recycled materials using green energy sources.
Scott recognizes that the sustainability of his product is hindered by the distance the materials travel to get to him. It's his wish to use materials that are made on a more local level, but he hasn't found any papers made closer to home. "Sustainability is a balancing act," he said.
Living as sustainably as he can is Scott's passion. He took some college courses in environmental science, which started him thinking how he could be a better steward of the earth. Then, while working as a farmer, he witnessed the effects of chemicals and fertilizers on the land. "For a long time, I've been sensitive to my impact on the environment," he said. "My goal is to live as simply as possible." He takes to heart the idea of living off the land, eating foods grown locally, and homesteading.
He incorporates this simple living philosophy to his bookmaking. Not only are the materials sustainably produced, but when someone purchases a book, they help fund local projects and ideas that are near and dear to Scott's way of life. For instance, in one journal, a card in the back says that the purchase of that particular book will help, in some way, local honeybee production. "That's been a real focal point for me," Scott said about this way of giving back.
Making a book by hand is a process Scott has down to a science — a quick science, since it takes him about an hour to make a book. He starts by cutting his bookbinder boards to size, then covering the boards with the decorative cover papers. He tears by hand the inside pages, creating jagged, nested edges. The pages and covers are stamped with a bookbinder's awl, then everything is sewn together using heavy linen thread. Stitching the books together is his favorite part of the creative process. "It's kind of meditative for me," he said.
Scrapbookers will like his books, because nestled between the blank pages are colored and textured pages, ready to be filled with photographs and mementoes. His watercolor books feature a super heavyweight paper so the paint won't seep through the pages and run. All the pages in the books are archival quality, so that in years to come, the sketches, thoughts, and photographs will remain as fresh as the day they're put on paper.
His books can be found at area and regional art fairs and farmer's markets, and at Expressions Bookstore, the Blue Sage Center for the Arts and Backcountry Coffee, all in Paonia. The books are featured in shops in Tucson, Telluride, Basalt, Aspen, Pagosa Springs and Durango, as well.
Making books has grown into several different directions for Scott. A faction of his work is book art, where the books are used for decorative purposes only. He is working on getting a showing of those books in art galleries. He is also offering a journal-making class that introduces students to the craft of bookmaking. He makes custom books, too, for wedding guest registries, for example.
His big dream, though, is to turn Rocky Mountain Bound into an employee-owned business that incorporates the bookmaking in addition to bookbinding, old-style printing and handbound limited edition runs of books.
It's also a dream of his to write children's books, something his three daughters are helping him with. He is teaching his three girls how to write and illustrate a story, and then, when the stories are complete, they'll put ink to paper and create a book.
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Online Exclusive: Synchronizing Servo Motion Axes
By Ed Novak
Understanding how motion controllers handle synchronization can save both time and headaches in the long run.
There are many multiaxis motion controllers on the market capable of synchronizing motion. Synchronous motion can be anything from the coordinated motion of two or more motion axes in position lock, to triggered motion from an external event, to slaving an axis with a master reference, as with flying shears, winders, electronic camming, and conveyor synchronizing.
In this article, I'll discuss various types of synchronized motion and implementation. Finding a single motion controller that can implement all types of synchronizing easily and quickly is often more challenging than programming the motion itself.
Electronic Gearing
Electronic gearing is by far the simplest synchronized motion. Ideally, it occurs when a slave mechanism is, count for count, position locked to a master reference at some ratio. The mechanism can be a rotary motor, linear motor, or other actuator. The reference is typically a real or virtual encoding device.
The most common example is the electronic line shaft. This device eliminates the mechanical linkage from a main shaft to one or more slave motors. In a multiaxis electronic line shaft, you can accomplish the same using four motors and a reference signal. Figure 1 shows the electronic equivalent of a single master and four slaves. The ability to change connected ratios to any or all slave motors at any time is a key feature of electronic gearing. Let's look at a simple example.
To connect four slave axes at various ratios to a master axis(0):
CONNECT(1.00, master) AXIS(1)
CONNECT(1.50, master) AXIS(2)
CONNECT(0.50, master) AXIS(3)
CONNECT(-1.25, master) AXIS(4)
'reverse motion
In some cases, we may desire to "clutch" a slave motor into gear lock (Figure 2). This provides less mechanical shock when engaging and disengaging a running line. To gear axis (2) to the master axis over 1 second:
BASE(2) 'Select the base axis
CONNECT(1, master)
Another desired feature, and a big advantage of electronic gearing, is the ability to phase shift, or advance/retard, any axis's position while maintaining ratio lock (Figure 3). Most line shaft applications require an operator to phase shift all or some of the motors. An operator can do this using a "virtual," or software, axis and a few inputs. By performing the phase adjustment move profile on the virtual axis, it can be summed to any slave axis. The result is a position-lock incremental move added to or subtracted from the constant line speed in real time:
BASE(0) 'Master axis
ADDAX(7)'Add 7 to master
axis(0). 7 is the virtual axis
AXIS(7) 'Add 150 counts
AXIS(7) 'Subtract 250 counts
1000) AXIS(7) 'Make a CAM move
For a phase correction on axis (4), we can change the reference BASE (0) to BASE (4). The phase-adjusted move made on virtual axis (7) would then be applied to axis (4).
Sometimes, having an even gear ratio such as 1:1 or 1:2.5 is neither possible nor desirable. Nonterminating ratiose.g., 1/3 (0.33333)will accumulate an error over time. We can solve the problem, however, by representing the ratio as two integers. Thus, it's possible to represent 0.33333 by using encoder counts as 1000/3000, where 1000 = slave movement and 3000 = master movement. The controller will calculate a new slave target each servo period that always results in a 1/3 ratio between the two, eliminating long-term drift.
Linear and Circular Interpolation
Applications such as pick and place, assembly, and cutters require synchronizing multiple axes to get from point A to point B at the exact same time. Additionally, cutting and gluing applications require a constant vector or path speed. In an xyz mechanism, the motion controller must calculate this path speed as functions of xy, xz, and yz motor speeds for true interpolation via Pythagoras:
High-speed pick-and-place motion can be accomplished by simple looping. Figure 4 shows an example of repeat motion for an xy grid 1,000 by 1,000 mm. "xscale" and "xmid" set the center of each subblock.
'Set up grid scaling
ymid=yscale/2FOR x=0 TO 5
FOR y=0 TO 5
GOSUB pick
GOSUB place
NEXT y
NEXT x
GOTO start
The pick-and-place motion is a series of absolute move steps designed for fast starts and stops. For contoured motion to cut or lay glue, we need to define both a path and path speed. The path can be a series of lines and arcs seamed together as one move. Figure 5 shows a gasket operation using this technique.
BASE(0,1) 'Set the Axes of interpolation
SPEED=1200 'Set vector speed (set by
MERGE=ON 'Merge all moves together
MOVECIRC(10,10,10,0,1) 'Relative arc
from last move
Coordinate Transformation
In addition to the standard one-to-one xy multiaxis interpolation, coordinate transformations allow movement to be specified in a coordinate frame of reference that doesn't correspond one-to-one with the axes.
For example, a common two-dimensional mechanism is a single-belt arrangement (Figure 6). Traditionally, the x or y motors move to produce motion in either dimension. This isn't the case in the single-belt xy system and therefore requires a transform of coordinates:
Switching to the new "frame" will allow xy motion in the new coordinate system using the same move commands. In this mode, an interpolated move of move (0,100) or move (100,0) produces motion on both motors to move the load vertically or horizontally, based on the transformed position. By defining the coordinate equations for any special mechanism (e.g., a three-axis scara robot), we can select a new frame.
BASE(0,1) 'Set the Axes of
FRAME=2 'Set new coordinate
MOVE(0,100) 'Make coordinated
move in new frame
Synchronizing Events to Trigger Motion
Another common way to synchronize motion is triggering from an external event or position. Typical applications for triggered motion include feeding material from a registration mark, press feeds, and flying shears. In practice, we can use any application requiring either very accurate capturing or resetting of the encoder position on the fly for some operation thereafter, whether it be cutting, gluing, or placing.
The way a controller handles the high-speed position capture to generate motion, however, can become critical as speeds increase. Some controllers can latch the axis encoder position in hardware (1 µsec or less) for minimum delay. While the captured position is accurate to the external event, typical command generation and execution to respond to that event can take several orders of magnitude longer (up to 1 msec) or the next servo period. This simply isn't fast enough for most high-speed machines. If the start of the motion profile could be "recalibrated" to the external event, the controller could make up for time lost in command execution.
To illustrate, let's look at a hypothetical high-speed label feeder (Figure 7). A conveyor is used to transport boxes to which labels must be applied. The boxes may be irregularly spaced, and the labels must be synchronized and applied via a roll-feed mechanism at the line speed of the conveyor. A proximity sensor on the conveyor is connected to the controller's registration input to sense the leading edge of the boxes. An optical sensor on the label feeder is connected to another registration input to allow us to compensate for any slippage or positioning errors on the label feed. The labels need to be applied at a known position relative to the leading edge of the box defined by a user-specified offset called "label_pos."
On the conveyor, the boxes arrive at random times. The proximity sensor can be used to recognize the presence of a box and reset the position counter at the leading edge to zero. The ability to capture the box edge's position, then offset to zero, is key to placing the labels accurately. Therefore, after the registration event has occurred, the measured position will actually reflect the absolute distance from the start of the box.
REGIST(3) 'Set to look for
REG input (Box edge)
OFFPOS=-REG_POS 'On-the-fly
position adjust
On the label feeder, the registration mark printed on the label is used to check the feed and correct for any errors. In this type of application, the registration control works by measuring any error on the current move and applying a correction to the next. The controller must have the ability to capture the label registration event and synchronize the label feed to the conveyor encoder for precise operation.
As the line speed increases, command execution lag time can become an issue. However, interpolating a position between servo periods can compensate the lag time. The move can then begin at the exact required origin within one encoder count (Figure 8). This technique ensures the label move will be as accurate as possible, even at high speeds.
REGIST(3) 'Set to look for
REG input (Label Reg mark)
'Wait for MARK or MOVELINK
is finished 'Reg mark seen,
calculate error
radj=reg_err*0.4 'Adjust by
reg. 'gain'
GOTO loop
There are many different ways to synchronize motion-from electronic gearing with phase shifting to multiaxis interpolated motion to registration capture and command generation. Understanding how a motion controller handles all types of synchronizing can save you time and prevent possible applications problems in the long run when throughput speeds increase. MC
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Ed Novak is the sales manager for Trio Motion Technology, LLC. Contact him at 1,000 Gamma Drive, Suite 206, Pittsburgh, PA 15238; tel: (412) 968-9744; fax: (412) 968-9746; www.triomotion.com.
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I like to be able to have access to my computers. The ifixit guide to disassembly of the 2011 Imac is great, but shows just how complicated it is. I was wondering if anyone had thoughts about the potential for full access to the insides of the new Imac, with the glass " friction stir welding!!". I guess we won't be using suction cups. Can we get inside it?
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Well, ifixit are bound to do a teardown, but I wouldn't try it personally...I leave my Imac's alone. Apart from RAM upgrades, I'm not happy with the idea of splitting them open.
As you also point out, "Friction Welding" sounds like a "Stay Put" technology. I'm happy enough to open my MBP, but my MBA and my Imac remain as is. I'll leave the heavy engineering to you youngsters!
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There's no welding to merge glass and metal together, I'm telling you. Friction stir welding is used to merge the rear cover and the front part containing Apple logo. I believe we'll still be opening the new iMacs in traditional way - by removing the glass(+display in new ones) with suction cups
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It could be much worse when everything is shut tight, it could be much easier because the thinner design has stuff clustered up less on the inside.
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It seems like it might be easier to get into than the previous gen iMac. I'm sure it will still use magnets and since the glass and display are fused, they will come off as one piece and there will be no worrying about dust or fingerprints.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2012.08.005
Eneda Toska
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Present address: Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
► Myristoylation of BASP1 is required for its function as a transcriptional repressor ► BASP1 myristoylation facilitates its interaction with nuclear PIP2 ► Myristoylation of BASP1 recruits HDAC1 to gene promoters through PIP2
The Wilms' tumor 1 protein WT1 is a transcriptional regulator that is involved in cell growth and differentiation. The transcriptional corepressor BASP1 interacts with WT1 and converts WT1 from a transcriptional activator to a repressor. Here, we demonstrate that the N-terminal myristoylation of BASP1 is required in order to elicit transcriptional repression at WT1 target genes. We show that myristoylated BASP1 binds to nuclear PIP2, which leads to the recruitment of PIP2 to the promoter regions of WT1-dependent target genes. BASP1's myristoylation and association with PIP2 are required for the interaction of BASP1 with HDAC1, which mediates the recruitment of HDAC1 to the promoter and elicits transcriptional repression. Our findings uncover a role for myristoylation in transcription, as well as a critical function for PIP2 in gene-specific transcriptional repression through the recruitment of histone deacetylase.


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Scientific Name: | Amazona farinosa | |||
Species Authority: | (Boddaert, 1783) | |||
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Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
Year Published: | 2012 |
Date Assessed: | 2012-05-01 |
Assessor/s: | BirdLife International |
Reviewer/s: | Butchart, S. & Symes, A. |
Facilitator/s: | Stattersfield, A., Ekstrom, J., Butchart, S. |
Justification: This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). Despite the fact that the population trend appears to be decreasing, the decline is not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is very large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern. |
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Countries: | Native: Belize; Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of |
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Population: | Partners in Flight estimate the total population to number 500,000-4,999,999 individuals (A. Panjabi in litt. 2008). |
Population Trend: | Decreasing |
Systems: | Terrestrial |
Major Threat(s): | The species has been heavily traded: since 1981, when it was listed on CITES Appendix II, 49,600 wild-caught individuals have been recorded in international trade (UNEP-WCMC CITES Trade Database, January 2005). |
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Randy Johnson
Randy Johnson | |
Johnson pitching for the Giants in 2009
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Born: Walnut Creek, California |
September 10, 1963 |
Batted: Right | Threw: Left |
MLB debut | |
September 15, 1988 for the Montreal Expos | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 4, 2009 for the San Francisco Giants | |
Career statistics | |
Win–loss record | 303–166 |
Earned run average | 3.29 |
Strikeouts | 4,875 |
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Career highlights and awards | |
Randall David "Randy" Johnson (born September 10, 1963), nicknamed "The Big Unit", is an American retired professional baseball player. A left-handed pitcher, Johnson played in Major League Baseball for 22 seasons, in which he played for the Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees, and San Francisco Giants. Johnson is a member of the 300 win club.
The 6-foot-10-inch (2.08 m) Johnson was celebrated for having one of the most dominant fastballs in the game. He regularly approached, and occasionally exceeded, 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) during his prime. He also threw a hard, biting slider. Johnson won the Cy Young Award five times, second only to Roger Clemens' seven. He pitched two no-hitters, the second of which was the 17th perfect game in baseball history.
Johnson finished his career first in strikeouts per nine innings pitched among starting pitchers (10.67), second all-time in total strikeouts (4,875; first among left-handed pitchers), third in hit batsmen (188), tenth in fewest hits allowed per nine innings pitched (7.24), 22nd in wins (303), and 57th in shutouts (37).
Early life[edit]
Johnson was born in Walnut Creek, California, to Carol Hannah and Rollen Charles "Bud" Johnson.[1] By the time he entered Livermore High School, he was a star in baseball and basketball. In 1982, as a senior, he struck out 121 batters in 66 innings, and threw a perfect game in his last high school start. He also played on a Bercovich team that assembled top players from throughout California. After high school he was drafted in 1982 by the Atlanta Braves in the 4th round and offered $50,000 to sign. Instead, Johnson accepted a full athletic scholarship to USC, also playing 2 years of basketball. He continued to start at the University of Southern California (where he was a teammate of Mark McGwire) under coach Rod Dedeaux, but often exhibited control problems.
Major league career (1988–2009)[edit]
Montreal Expos (1988–1989)[edit]
Johnson was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the second round of the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his MLB debut in 1988, and pitched in a total of 11 games for the Expos in 1988 and 1989.
Johnson was among the most feared pitchers in baseball because of his dominant pitching arsenal (fastball, slider), augmented by his intimidating appearance (height, wild mullet hairstyle and mustache), and his angry, energetic demeanor on the mound.[citation needed] Part of his early intimidation factor came from his dramatic lack of control.[citation needed]
Seattle Mariners (1989–1998)[edit]
After being traded to the Seattle Mariners by the Expos for Mark Langston during the 1989 season, Johnson led the AL in walks for three consecutive seasons (1990–92), and hit batsmen in 1992 and 1993. In July 1991, facing the Milwaukee Brewers, the erratic Johnson allowed 4 runs on 1 hit, thanks to 10 walks in 4 innings. A month later, a 9th-inning single cost him a no-hitter against the Oakland Athletics. Johnson suffered another 10-walk, 4-inning start in 1992.
But his untapped talent was volcanic: in 1990, Johnson became the first left-hander to strike out Wade Boggs three times in one game, and a no-hitter against the Detroit Tigers attested to his potential. Johnson credits a session with Nolan Ryan late in the 1992 season with helping him take his career to the next level; Ryan has said that he appreciated Johnson's talent and did not want to see him take as long to figure certain things out as he had taken. Ryan recommended a slight change in his delivery; before the meeting, Johnson would land on the heel of his foot after delivering a pitch, and he therefore usually landed offline from home plate. Ryan suggested that he land on the ball of his foot, and almost immediately, he began finding the strike zone more consistently.[2] In a September 27, 1992 game against the Texas Rangers, with Ryan the opposing starting pitcher, Johnson struck out 18 batters in eight innings while throwing 160 pitches, a pitch count that has not been reached in an MLB game since.[3]
Johnson broke out in 1993 with a 19–8 record, 3.24 ERA and his first of six 300-plus strikeout seasons (308). In May 1993, Johnson again lost a no-hitter to a 9th-inning single; again, the opponent was the Oakland Athletics. He also recorded his 1,000th career strikeout against the Minnesota Twins' Chuck Knoblauch. Prior to the trade deadline, Johnson was nearly dealt to the Toronto Blue Jays for Steve Karsay and Mike Timlin. Toronto general manager Pat Gillick had two separate transactions on the table including the one for Johnson with Seattle general manager Woody Woodward and one for Rickey Henderson with Oakland general manager Sandy Alderson. When Gillick was unable to contact Woodward he agreed to utilize the deal with Alderson. When Woodward returned Gillick's call he said he would agree to the deal for Johnson. However, Gillick gave his word to Alderson even though the deal had not been finalized.[4] At the 1993 All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland, in a famous incident, Johnson threw a fastball over the head of Philadelphia Phillies first baseman John Kruk.[5] A similar incident would occur with Larry Walker in the 1997 All-Star Game.[6]
After pitching well in the strike-shortened 1994 season, Johnson won the American League Cy Young Award in 1995 with an 18–2 record, 2.48 ERA and 294 strikeouts. His .900 winning percentage was the second highest in AL history, behind Johnny Allen, who had gone 15–1 for the Cleveland Indians in 1937. Johnson, who also finished second in the 1993 and 1997 Cy Young voting, and third in 1994, was the first Seattle Mariners pitcher to win the award, and the only one until Félix Hernández took home the honor in 2010.
Johnson capped the Mariners' late season comeback by pitching a 3-hitter in the AL West's one-game playoff, crushing the California Angels' hopes with 12 strikeouts. Thus unable to start in the 5-game ALDS series against the Yankees until the third game, Johnson watched as New York took a 2–0 series lead. Johnson beat the Yankees in Game 3 with 10 strikeouts in 7 innings.
When the series went the full five games, the Mariners having come back from an 0–2 deficit to win both games at the Kingdome, Johnson made a dramatic relief appearance in the series final, Game 5, on only one day's rest. Johnson's slow walk to the pitcher's mound from the left field bullpen electrified the sold-out home crowd. Entering a 4–4 game in the ninth inning, Johnson pitched the 9th, 10th, and 11th innings. He allowed 1 run, struck out 6, and held on for the series-ending win in Seattle's dramatic comeback.
Johnson posted an 0–6 playoff record in his next four playoff series, each of which his teams lost.
Johnson was sidelined throughout much of the 1996 season with a back injury, but he rebounded in 1997 with a 20–4 record, 291 strikeouts, and a 2.28 ERA (his personal best). Between May 1994 and October 1997, Johnson had gone 53–9, including a 16–0 streak that fell one short of the AL record. Johnson had two 19-strikeout starts in 1997, on June 24 and August 8.
When the 1998 season began, Johnson was upset the Mariners would not offer him a contract extension, given his contract was expiring after the season.[7] Though the Mariners initially wanted to keep Johnson, turning down a trade offer from the Los Angeles Dodgers,[8] they fell out of contention, going 8-20 in June.[9] Minutes before the non-waiver trade deadline, on July 31, the Mariners traded Johnson to the Houston Astros for three minor leaguers, Freddy Garcia, Carlos Guillen, and John Halama.[9]
Houston Astros (1998)[edit]
Upon arriving in Houston, Johnson caught fire. In 11 regular-season starts with the Astros, he had a 10–1 record, a 1.28 ERA, and 116 strikeouts in 84⅓ innings, and pitched 4 shutouts. Johnson finished 7th in the National League Cy Young voting despite pitching only 2 months in the league, and helped Houston win their second straight National League Central division title. During the playoffs, however, the Astros lost the NLDS to the San Diego Padres, 3–1. Johnson started Games 1 and 4, both losses. He only gave up three earned runs combined in the two games, but received only one run in support (in Game 4).
Arizona Diamondbacks (1999–2004)[edit]
Johnson agreed to a four-year contract, with an option for a fifth year, for $52.4 million, with the Arizona Diamondbacks, a second-year franchise.[10] Johnson led the team to the playoffs that year on the strength of a 17–9 record and 2.48 ERA with 364 strikeouts, leading the majors in innings, complete games and strikeouts. Johnson won the 1999 NL Cy Young Award and Warren Spahn Award as the best left-handed pitcher in MLB.[11] Johnson joined Gaylord Perry and Pedro Martinez as the only pitchers to have won the award in both the American and National Leagues. (Roger Clemens and Roy Halladay have since done so.)
Johnson finished 2000 with 19 wins, 347 strikeouts and a 2.64 ERA, and won his second consecutive NL Cy Young Award[12] and Warren Spahn Award.[13] The Diamondbacks acquired Curt Schilling from the Philadelphia Phillies in July 2000, and the two aces anchored the Diamondbacks rotation.[14]
In the fourth year of the franchise's existence, Johnson and Schilling carried the Arizona Diamondbacks to their first World Series appearance and victory in 2001 against the New York Yankees. Johnson and Schilling shared the World Series Most Valuable Player Award, the Babe Ruth Award,[15] and were named Sports Illustrated magazine's 2001 "Sportsmen of the Year." For the first of two consecutive seasons, Johnson and Schilling finished 1–2 in the Cy Young balloting.[16] Johnson also won his third consecutive Warren Spahn Award.[17] Johnson's performance was particularly dominating, striking out 11 in a 3-hit shutout in game 2, pitching seven innings for the victory in Game 6 and then coming on in relief the following day to pick up the win in Game 7. Of Arizona's eleven post-season wins in 2001, Johnson had five.
Johnson's Game 7 relief appearance was his second of the 2001 season; on July 19, a game against the Padres was delayed by two electrical explosions in Qualcomm Stadium. When the game resumed the following day, Johnson stepped in as the new pitcher and racked up 16 strikeouts in 7 innings, technically setting the record for the most strikeouts in a relief stint.
Johnson struck out 20 batters in a game on May 8, 2001 against the Cincinnati Reds. Johnson recorded all 20 strikeouts in the first nine innings, but because the game went into extra innings, it was not categorized by MLB as an "official" 20-strikeout game.
In a freak accident on March 24, 2001, during the 7th inning of a spring training game against the San Francisco Giants, Johnson threw a fastball that struck and killed a dove. The bird swooped across the infield just as Johnson was releasing the ball. After being struck by the pitch, the bird landed dead amid a "sea of feathers." The official call was "no pitch."[18]
On August 23, 2001, Johnson struck out three batters on nine pitches in the 6th inning of a 5–1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates, becoming the 30th pitcher in major league history to pitch an immaculate inning.
In 2002, Johnson won the pitching Triple Crown, leading the NL in wins, ERA and strikeouts, and was voted his fourth consecutive Cy Young and Warren Spahn Awards.[19] It was Johnson's fourth consecutive 300-strikeout season, a record.[20] He also became the first pitcher in baseball history to post a 24–5 record.[21]
Johnson spent the majority of the 2003 season on the disabled list and was ineffective in the few injury-hampered starts he did make. One thing he did accomplish that year was hit his first career home run in a September 19, 2003 game against the Milwaukee Brewers. It was the only home run to date for Johnson, a career .125 hitter.
On May 18, 2004, Johnson pitched the 17th perfect game in baseball history. At 40 years of age, he was the oldest pitcher to accomplish this feat. Johnson had 13 strikeouts on his way to a 2–0 defeat of the Atlanta Braves. The perfect game made him the fifth pitcher in Major League history (after Cy Young, Jim Bunning, Nolan Ryan, and Hideo Nomo) to pitch a no-hitter in both leagues. Johnson struck out Jeff Cirillo of the San Diego Padres on June 29, 2004 to become only the fourth MLB player to reach 4,000 strikeouts in a career.[22]
He finished the 2004 season with a 16–14 record, though his poor record was partially due to a lack of run support. Johnson led the major leagues in strikeouts (with 290). In the games where Arizona scored three or more runs, Johnson was 13–2. As his team only won 51 games that year, his ratio of winning 31.3% of his team's games was the highest for any starting pitcher since Steve Carlton in 1972 (who won 27 of the Phillies' 59 wins for an all-time record ratio of 45.8%).
New York Yankees (2005–2006)[edit]
The Diamondbacks traded Johnson to the New York Yankees for Javier Vázquez, Brad Halsey, Dioner Navarro, and cash in January 2005. Johnson pitched Opening Day for the Yankees on April 3, 2005 against the Boston Red Sox. Johnson was inconsistent through 2005, allowing 32 home runs; however, he regained his dominance in late 2005. He was 5–0 against the Yankees' division rival Red Sox and finished the season 17–8 with a 3.79 ERA, and was second in the AL with 211 strikeouts.
In 2005, The Sporting News published an update of their 1999 book Baseball's 100 Greatest Players. Johnson did not make the original edition, but for the 2005 update, with his career totals considerably higher and his 2001 World Championship season taken into account, he was ranked at Number 60.[citation needed]
Johnson was a disappointment in Game 3 of the 2005 Division Series against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, allowing 5 runs on 2 home runs in 3 innings. In Game 5 in Anaheim, Johnson made an effective relief appearance after Mike Mussina gave up 5 runs and 6 hits to give the Angels a 5–2 lead, but the Yankees were unable to come back in the series.
After an inconclusive year in pinstripes, New York fans hoped that Johnson would return to his dominant style in his second Yankee season. Johnson began 2006 well, but then he struggled to find form. In between some impressive performances, he allowed 5 or more runs in 7 of his first 18 starts for the season. Johnson was more effective in the second half. Johnson finished the season with a 17–11 record, a subpar 5.00 ERA with 172 strikeouts. It had been revealed at the end of the 2006 season that a herniated disc in Johnson's back had been stiffening him and it was only in his second to last start of the season that he decided to get it checked. This exposure had caused him to miss his last start of 2006. After being given epidural anesthesia and a few bullpen sessions he was cleared to start in game 3 of the ALDS, however he gave up 5 runs in 52⁄3 innings.
Second stint with the Arizona Diamondbacks (2007–2008)[edit]
In January 2007, the Yankees traded Johnson back to the Diamondbacks, almost two years to the day that Arizona had traded him to New York, for a package of Luis Vizcaíno, Alberto González, Steven Jackson, and Ross Ohlendorf.[12] The Yankees' decision to trade Johnson was primarily based on his pre-season request to be traded after the death of his brother. Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman was very sympathetic to Johnson's grief and agreed to trade him back to the Diamondbacks so that Johnson could be closer to his family in Phoenix.[23]
Johnson missed most of April, rehabilitating his injured back before returning on April 24, 2007. Johnson allowed six runs in 5 innings and took the loss, but struck out seven. He returned to form, and by his tenth start of the season was among the NL's top ten strikeout pitchers. But on July 3, his surgically repaired disc from the previous season was reinjured. Johnson had season-ending surgery on the same disc, this time removing it completely. Reporting that the procedure went "a little better than expected," Arizona hoped that Johnson would be ready for the 2008 season.[24]
Johnson made his season debut on April 14, 2008 against the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park eight months following his back surgery. On June 3, 2008, Johnson struck out Mike Cameron of the Milwaukee Brewers for career strikeout number 4,673. With this strikeout Johnson surpassed Roger Clemens for the number two spot on the all-time strikeout leaders list.[25] Johnson struck out 8 in the game but could not get the win as the Diamondbacks lost 7–1.
Johnson got his 4,700th career strikeout on July 6, 2008.[26] He finished the season with a 11–10 record and an ERA of 3.91, recording his 100th career complete game in a 2–1 victory over the Colorado Rockies.[27]
San Francisco Giants (2009)[edit]
On December 26, 2008, Johnson signed a one-year deal with the San Francisco Giants for a reported $8 million, with a possible $2.5 million in performance bonuses and another $2.5 million in award bonuses.[28][29] Johnson became the twenty-fourth pitcher to reach 300 wins, beating the Washington Nationals on June 4 at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.[30] He became the seventh left-handed pitcher to achieve the 300 win milestone and the fifth pitcher in the last 50 years to get his 299th and 300th win in consecutive starts, joining Warren Spahn, Steve Carlton, Gaylord Perry, and Tom Seaver. Johnson was placed on the 60-day disabled list with a torn rotator cuff in his throwing shoulder on July 28, 2009.[31] Johnson was activated by the Giants on September 16, 2009, and assigned to the Giants bullpen.[32] On September 18, 2009, Johnson made his first relief appearance in 4 years, facing the Los Angeles Dodgers for 3 batters. At age 46, he was at the time the second oldest player in Major League Baseball, trailing only Jamie Moyer.[33]
On January 5, 2010, he announced his retirement from professional baseball.[34] The Mariners invited Johnson to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Seattle Mariners home opener at Safeco Field on April 12, 2010[35] and inducted Johnson into the Mariners Hall of Fame on January 17, 2012.[36] The Diamondbacks also invited Johnson and former teammate Curt Schilling to both throw out the ceremonial first pitches for the Arizona Diamondbacks' 10th Anniversary of the 2001 World Series team that defeated the New York Yankees.[citation needed]
Pitching style[edit]
In the prime of his career, Johnson's fastball was sometimes clocked over 100 mph (160 km/h), even as high as 102 mph (164 km/h).[37] His signature pitch is a slider that breaks down and away from left-handed hitters and down and in to right-handed hitters. The effectiveness of the pitch is marked by its velocity being in the low 90s along with tight late break; hitters often believe they were thrown a fastball until the ball breaks just before it crosses home plate. Right-handed hitters have swung through and missed sliders that nearly hit their back feet.[38] Johnson dubbed his slider "Mr. Snappy".[39] In later years, his fastball declined to the 96 mph (154 km/h) range and his slider clocked at around 87 mph (140 km/h). Johnson also threw a split-finger fastball that behaved like a change-up and a sinker to induce ground-ball outs.[40] In a June 27, 2012, appearance on The Dan Patrick Show, Adam Dunn (a left-handed batter) was asked who the best pitcher he faced was. "Honestly, Randy Johnson when he was good. It's hopeless. It's like a hopeless feeling. The first time you face him you feel like he's going to hit you right in the back of the neck when he throws it, like every pitch is going to hit you in the back of the neck. And it ends up down and away for a strike and you just have to trust it's going to be a strike, and heaven forbid he doesn't lose one out there and heaven forbid, there goes your cheek."
"Big Unit" nickname[edit]
During batting practice in 1988, the 6'10" Johnson, then with the Montreal Expos, collided head-first with outfielder Tim Raines, prompting his teammate to exclaim, "You're a big unit!"[41] The nickname stuck.
Throughout much of his career, Johnson held the title of tallest player in MLB history. Former pitcher Eric Hillman and current pitchers Andrew Sisco, Andrew Brackman, and Chris Young have also been measured at 6'10". The title of tallest player, as of 2012[update], is held by Johnson's former Diamondback teammate Jon Rauch, a relief pitcher who is 6'11".
- Pitched a no-hitter for Seattle on June 2, 1990, against Detroit
- 10-time All-Star (1990, 1993–95, 1997, 1999–02, 2004)
- Led the league in strikeouts nine times (1992–95, 1999–2002, 2004)
- Led the league in ERA four times (1995, 1999, 2001, 2002)
- 5 time Cy Young Award winner (1995, 1999–2002)
- Holds the record for most strikeouts in a relief appearance (16 against San Diego on July 18, 2001)
- World Series co-MVP (Curt Schilling, 2001)
- Pitched a perfect game against Atlanta (May 18, 2004) - oldest pitcher to do so in major-league history
- Collected his 300th win in a 5–1 victory against the Washington Nationals on June 4, 2009
- Sports Illustrated MLB All-Decade Team (2009)
- Has defeated every major-league team at least once
- Struck out 20 batters on May 8, 2001 against Cincinnati Reds
- 4,875 strikeouts, most all time for lefthanded pitcher; 2nd most ever (Nolan Ryan, 5,714)
- Named to the Mariners Hall of Fame
- Pitched an immaculate inning (Aug 23, 2001) At the time, only the 30th pitcher in Major League history to do so
Acting career[edit]
Johnson guest starred in The Simpsons episode "Bart Has Two Mommies", which aired on March 19, 2006. Johnson appeared in the movie Little Big League, playing himself.
Johnson appeared in a Right Guard commercial where he fired dodgeballs at Kyle Brandt, who represented odor. Johnson also appeared in several commercials for Nike in 1998. The spots comedically portrayed him taking batting practice (swinging ineptly at balls from a pitching machine) in his hope that he would break Roger Maris' then-single-season record for home runs. He made a cameo appearance in a commercial for MLB 2K9 with teammate Tim Lincecum. Johnson made an appearance in a GEICO insurance commercial.[42]
Johnson has been featured as a playable character in various Backyard Baseball games.
Johnson appeared in the episode "Control" on Franklin & Bash as himself.
Personal life[edit]
Johnson has four children with his wife Lisa: Sammy (born 1994), Tanner (born 1996), Willow (born 1998), and Alexandria (born 1999). He also has a daughter from a previous relationship, Heather Renee Roszell (born 1989).[43] He is a resident of Paradise Valley, Arizona.[44]
Since retiring from baseball, Johnson has pursued a second career as a photographer.[45]
See also[edit]
- 300 win club
- DHL Hometown Heroes
- 3,000 strikeout club
- Pitchers who have thrown a perfect game
- List of top 100 Major League Baseball hit batsmen leaders
- List of Major League Baseball pitchers who have struck out three batters on nine pitches
- List of top 100 Major League Baseball strikeout pitchers
- Major League Baseball titles leaders
- List of Major League Baseball pitchers with 18 strikeouts in one game
- List of Major League Baseball no-hitters
- List of Major League Baseball individual streaks
- List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins
- List of Major League Baseball ERA champions
- List of Major League Baseball strikeout champions
- List of Major League Baseball wins champions
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- ^ "Randy "Big Unit" Johnson vs. Roger Clemens". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
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- ^ "Giants sign free-agent pitcher Randy Johnson to one-year deal". MLB.com. 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
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The Linux Community of Interest
Back in 1995, I read an article about the scarcity of webmasters and switched my specialty. I often look for hot spots and retool to meet the needs. Before 1995, Oracle Financials was hot. I just didn't care much for the rigidity of technology. But, I was an accountant and an IT guy so I had tooled up for database programming.
Once I qualified to become a webmaster, I also discovered the need for on-line transactions or Internet ecommerce. In those early days we used to say, "build it and they will come". It worked too.
The most successful Internet firm at the time was COW. They did work for the likes of Disney.COW had an interesting philosophy for generating web traffic. Their formula went like this: Content creates a Community of Interest. A community of Interest generates opportunities for revenue. At that time, revenue on the web meant advertising.
Another influence in my thinking came from the story of a Philadelphia cheesecake company. The company was 100 years old and stayed a family owned business. The latest heir had an innovative nature. They sent out a catalog and offered to put his cheesecakes on your front porch using Federal Express. I walked out to get the morning news on Christmas Eve and saw this Fedex package and inside was a cheesecake from Philadelphia as a Christmas gift from my Uncle.
The current owner of the company put up a web site advertising his Cheesecakes soon after he began his Fedex program. You could call a 1-800 toll free number and order one of his famous cheesecakes. During the first year, he said that he didn't receive one order from the Internet. He was frustrated. In that frustration he published the family's recipe that had been a secret for 100 years. Within days, the phone rang off the wall. People read the recipe and realized buying from him was a bargain as opposed to making one themselves.
What does that have to do with Linux?
Today, the proliferation of web sites has negated the rules I learned over ten years ago. "Build it and they will come" is a deprecated notion. Many of my searches today are clouded by page after page of eBay auction ads. I find it difficult to find materials I need to do my work.
If you want to develop a community of interest, good luck. I have found some niches but nothing like the traffic needed to become an overnight success. My assumptions have often gotten in the way of the new reality. Oh, I acknowledge the exceptions like Digg. It's just tough to get traffic.
The successful web sites today already have communities of interest. I went to the best hardware store in Dallas on Saturday and their new mantra is "we don't carry that any more". So, I do my shopping on the Internet if I need things like specialized "green" bug deterrents.
When I started working as a webmaster, I got hold of a little DEC Multia. I added a second network card and built firewall out of it. Red Hat had in its distribution an Alpha kernel and the TIS firewall. So, we built that firewall. At the time, Red Hat was the major commercial Linux distribution and some things actually worked.
Linux had a community of interest. At the time, approximately 30,000 people used Linux. By 1999, that ballooned to 2 million. Why? The community of interest was in place and it was poised for growth. That brings up an existential question: Is the community big because of Linux's success or is Linux's success based on the community. I can see both sides of the argument.
In a Zen style tradition, I would say that you can reach Satori with this argument. Satori, by the way, is a Japanese Buddhist term for enlightenment. A master gives the student a cosmic riddle like: What is the sound of one hand clapping? One contemplates it for whatever time it takes and in solving the riddle reaches enlightenment.
All that on the side, I say we're quite fortunate to have the community and whether it forces innovation or not, its existence gives Linux the resources necessary to continue. In that regard, build it and they have already started playing baseball.
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Kemba Walker has nearly tripled his amount of attempts at the rim. Last year, he averaged less than three – this year, he has been averaging seven attempts at the rim per game. To put that in perspective, Derrick Rose averaged only six attempts per game in his MVP season.
Walker isn't just doing it more, but he's doing it better. He's hitting his at-rim attempts at a higher rate: 54.5 FG% this season compared to a 49.4 FG% last season. Walker's new aggression at the rim has led to more free throw attempts as well. He's averaging 5.4 free throw attempts this year – more than doubling his free throw attempt average last season. Brandon Jennings only takes three free throw attempts per game.
Walker's attempts at the rim are backed up by Ramon Sessions taking 6.3 attempts at the rim every game and Michael Kidd Gilchrist taking 5.3 attempts. The Bobcats backcourt attacks the rim furiously while Byron Mullens spots up for 5.4 three point attempts per game. This could cause problems with the Milwaukee Bucks defense if Larry Sanders had to go outside to guard Mullens, but Mullens is only shooting 30% from three point range.
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Become a member today to WEAR stylish clothing that fits now, and then when you have lost more weight, SHARE your gently worn pieces with another. It is fun, it is easy, and it is a way to recoup the dollars you have spent on clothes you have barely worn and that no longer fit.
And best of all, you will make more money at Wear-n-Share than other resale stores or websites that charge as much as 50% of the sales price to sell your clothes! We return 85% to you! That is more money in your pocket to spend on looking your very best while you lose the weight.
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