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Windows 7 taskbar offers some nice amenities: Jump Lists, program pinning, rich thumbnail previews, and so forth. Of course, it's "your" Windows (at least according to Microsoft's recent TV ads), so you should be able to make the taskbar work exactly the way you want it to.
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Other options include disabling thumbnail previews, turning off window grouping, opening (rather than pinning) a file that you've dragged to a taskbar program, and cycling through windows when you left-click a grouped button. Our favorite 7 Taskbar Tweaker feature reassigns the middle mouse button to close or focus a window instead of opening a new instance of the program.
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The Pemberton Valley's elected officials returned from last week's Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) convention in Victoria feeling optimistic about meetings with provincial ministers on issues specific to the region.
All of Pemberton council and Area C director Susie Gimse travelled to the convention and met with several provincial cabinet members while in the capital, discussing an array of concerns ranging from road quality, flood protection, municipal infrastructure and more.
"In most cases, I was pleased with the response we received and receptiveness to the issues that we have at hand," said Pemberton Mayor Jordan Sturdy during Tuedsay's (Oct. 2) council meeting. "Granted, though, these are 15-minute meetings. It's really difficult to … go into any kind of substantial discussion.
"We'll receive letters of follow-up from the minister or ministry staff, which will create a point in time where we can have a dialogue and refer back to discussions that we've had."
In a meeting with transportation minister Mary Polak, Gimse said she and Village of Pemberton representatives brought up a number of issues with conditions on Highway 99 north of Whistler, including the need to improve shoulders for cyclists and the necessity of a northbound passing lane on Suicide Hill instead of the "informal arrangement" that currently exists.
Deteriorating conditions on the Duffey Lake Road, Portage Road, Highline Road and the Hurley Forest Service Road were among some of the other roadways local officials brought to Polak's attention.
Sturdy said he was encouraged by discussions with Minister of Justice Shirley Bond, whose department oversees emergency management, regarding stream-flow monitoring and Birkenhead River flood concerns.
"Interestingly, the minister was responsive to both of those and I think this is one of those situations where persistence is going to pay off," said Sturdy.
Gimse also highlighted a meeting the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) electoral area directors had with Premier Christy Clark, in which the directors stressed the importance of making broadband Internet access and cellphone service available to residents in remote areas.
"We emphasized that it's about safety, in particular when you're travelling in some of the remote areas without cell service," said Gimse. "There are some pockets in Area C that do not have broadband service, and we pointed out that we have a lot of young families with students going to school who need to have access to broadband in order to do their homework. In addition, we have people who can't relocate to the area because they can't work from home."
Gimse also said she found it difficult to go in-depth on specific issues due to the short time allotted for each meeting.
"Did we get a lot of answers back? I'd say no, but we did get a commitment to look into (our concerns) and feel there's a lot of follow-up on behalf of the regional district that's required," she said. "But overall, it was good to ensure that all of the ministers and the premier were familiar with the things we face in our region."
Meanwhile, a Village of Pemberton resolution calling for run-of-river hydro projects to release their stream-flow data to the B.C. River Forecast Centre was not only supported by UBCM delegates at the convention, it was also one of just five passed resolutions to earn a Gold Star designation, said Sturdy. Resolutions earning a Gold Star need to be new topics for the UBCM that meet criteria including clarity, simplicity and relevance to the entire province.
With last week's convention being the first since the 2011 municipal elections, Coun. Mike Richman said he left Victoria pleasantly surprised by his first visit to the event.
"It was a lot more productive and interesting than I thought it was going to be," said Richman. "There's a lot to learn, and it's motivating, too, being in a group of like-minded people, meeting with cabinet ministers and taking it to a different level."


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The Sharks have acquired Brad Stuart in exchange for Andrew Murray along with a conditional seventh round draft pick in the 2014 NHL entry draft.
"Stuart played more short-handed minutes than any other Red Wings defender this past season. San Jose had the second-worst penalty-kill unit this season, a major factor I their first-round exit from the playoffs against St. Louis."
"Stuart, 32, had six goals and 15 assists in 81 games last season. He had a plus-16 rating and led the Red Wings in hits with 177 and was second in blocked shots with 115."
If he re-signs with the Sharks, it should really bolster that defensive unit. The Sharks' blue-line corp were fine on the offensive side of things, but in terms of physicality on defense they couldn't hold up to the Canucks/Blues/Preds. Stuart should add a bit more of the physicality back onto the blue line.
The Devils went from 3-nil down (1.8 percent of winning the series), to 3-1 down (9.5 percent) and are now down 3-2 (21 percent) thanks to an exciting 2-1 win over the Kings in Game Five. The making of the greatest comeback in history? Game Six heads back to LA on Monday night. UPDATE: The lady behind the Devils bench will be back for Game Six in the exact same seat. Focus DeBoer, focus...
According to NorthJersey.com, in this year's playoffs, the Devils were 4-8 in Games 1 through 3 of their four series and 9-1 in Games 4 through 6. Make that 10-1.
Jersey is the trying to become only the second team in league history to come back from 3-0 down to win the Stanley Cup. The other team to do it was the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs.
Six of the last 10 SCF have gone to Game 7.
Goalie comparison between Jon Quick: 1.13 GAA and .947 SP vs. Martin Brodeur: 1.87 GAA and .921 SP. Slight edge to Quick at the moment, but you've got to think that it'll be closer to 50/50 if Brodeur wins Game Six.
Another interesting stat to make a mental note of, Game One: nine for 10 (win), Game Two: 11 for 20 (win), Game Three: 10 for 15 (win), Game Four: six for 16 (loss) and Game Five: nine for 19 (loss). Those are the faceoff numbers for Jarrett Stoll. Maybe he's the key to success for the Kings.
The SCF is still not drawing great ratings, but is steadily growing game-by-game according to SBnation. It just highlights how, despite the monstrous growth in league revenue the game of hockey still isn't garnering much attention out of the hockey "hot bed" cities. I wonder how much of "growth" is actually coming from the Canadian market being buoyed up by a strong Canadian dollar, as opposed to growth in casual "fanship"?
PuckDaddy comes up with five great reasons why viewership is down and I can't argue with any of them.
What do you know, the Glendale City Council voted 4-2 to approve the sale of the Coyotes to the Jamison group. Glendale will actually pay Jamison $300 million over 20 years or $15 million a season to "manage" the arena. Now the interesting question is whether or not it'll be enough to convince Shane Doan and Ray Whitney to re-sign in the desert or will they leave for greener pastures?
With the limited crop of UFA available and plenty of teams with sufficient cap space on July 1st, you would have to think that they'll be in new uniforms next campaign.
The Coyotes experienced limited attendance with a "competitive" side. I wonder how those figures would change if they were to lose both Doan and Whitney and ice a "terrible" side. How much of that $15 mil will cover the financial losses that the Coyotes might experience if that happens. I sure hope that Jamison has deep pockets…
The Goldwater Institute tried it's best to block/delay the vote, but to no avail.
The Devils, who were in financial trouble at the start of the year, seem to have resolved their problems. Making the SCF surely helped in that department. Jeff Vanderbeek is looking to be firmly in charge as the majority owner after finding a new investor group to join the Devils' ownership to help solve the debt woes.
Will it be enough to keep Zach Parise in New Jersey?
NHLnumbers.com has a great write up about the bias of the HIT hit category in home arenas and could be something that you'd like to factor in for your leagues this season.
Team |
Largest Home Mark ups |
Chicago |
154% |
Phoenix |
144% |
Florida |
139% |
Toronto |
136% |
Washington |
135% |
Detroit |
130% |
Dallas |
129% |
124% |
Vancouver |
123% |
Philadelphia |
123% |
Angus brought this up yesterday, but I thought I'd give it another plug. Remember when you were growing up and there would always be that one kid that never left the ice and just kept on skating and skating. Alex Radulov is that kid according to ontheforecheck! They also speculate that might be one of the reasons why the Preds want him out of town.
Top-10 Ice-Hogs of 2011-12:
Name |
TOI/Shift |
League Scoring |
Ilya Kovalchuk |
59 sec |
5th |
Evgeni Malkin |
58 sec |
1st |
Martin St. Louis |
57 sec |
17th |
John Tavares |
57 sec |
8th |
Alex Ovechkin |
56 sec |
36th |
Brad Richards |
55 sec |
33rd |
Matt Moulson |
55 sec |
21st |
James Neal |
55 sec |
7th |
Alex Radulov |
55 sec |
378th* |
Steven Stamkos |
54 sec |
2nd |
Interesting to see the two factors of shift time and point production in relation to each other.
Last week, I brought up the point of player's salaries "spiralling out of control" and had a strong debate with our fellow Dobberite Sentium. The David Jones signing proves my point. A four-year contract for $16 mil, which works out to be $4 mil per season for a player that's never garnered more than 45 points in a season is a huge overpayment.
I've seen a few arguments to justify the contract, 1) that he's a 20-goal scorer… 2) they need veteran leadership to help guide the "young kids"… 3) the UFA market is light this off-season, so he would have gotten more in the free market… 4) the Avs need offensive depth… 5) his $4 mil salary actually isn't that bad, it's only 5.7 percent of the salary cap, which is equivalent to a $2.2 mil contract when the salary cap was $39 mil…
Now for my rebuttal, 1) yes he is a 20-goal scorer, but at $4 mil you should probably be getting a consistent 30-goal scorer at that price not 20. 2) Can he really provide veteran leadership while playing just 15:45 per contest? I mean he hasn't proven to be a favourite of Joe Sacco in recent years. $4 mil riding the pine is a huge amount of money wasting away. 3) UFA markets might be weak, but that still shouldn't be a reason to overpay. Sometimes you need to weigh whether a price is too high or if it's going to be an albatross of a contract in future years. I've never bought into the "percentage of salary cap" argument. 4) Offensive depth can come from playing the young kids, Joey Hishon and Micheal Sgarbossa could challenge for spots in camp, but with Jones signed, the youngsters would be hard pressed to get much development time. 5) Yes a 2.2 mil contract back in 2005-06 might have been expensive, but it was alleviated because the salary cap increased at such a high amount (80% in seven years), which rose player salaries at such an exponential pace as mentioned in last week's ramblings. However, league revenue is beginning to stabilize and won't skyrocket as much as it did from 2005-06 till now (I don't foresee the salary cap rising to $102.2 mil). So a $4 mil salary will essentially remain a $4 mil salary for the next couple of years, in fact if the league revenues drop, a $4 mil cap hit might actually prove to be worth more.
Capgeek has a list of comparable players at the $4 mil mark.
Teemu Selanne, Drew Stafford, Joe Pavelski, Brad Boyes, Jordan Staal, Derek Roy, Nik Antropov, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Milan Lucic, Brendan Morrow, Patrick Sharp, Wojtek Wolski, Tuomo Ruutu, Scott Hartnell and Mike Fisher.
I wouldn't take Jones over any of the players listed above especially given his injury history and lack of consistent offensive production.
The negative of this contract is that it does set precedence for later contracts to be inflated. Jones gets $4 mil, and other agents will be all over this and argue that their clients will be worth $6 mil, and then others will argue that their clients are worth $8 mil. Suddenly teams that are "small market" teams can't even afford players like Jones anymore. All thanks to the NHL's great plan of jumping the salary cap (10 percent) from $64.3 mil to $70.3 mil in one year. Exactly how many teams can spend up to $70.3 mil and still be in fine financial position?
Kate Strang who covers New York for ESPN, has stated "progress" in contract negotiations between the Rangers and Martin Biron. With Biron as the backup, look for Henrik Lundqvist's workload to soften once again. Lundy had a 62-20 split with Biron and I wouldn't be surprised to see it closer to 57-25 next year, which will seriously limit his fantasy value as the number one fantasy goalie heading into 2012-13.
Mike Knuble, is done with the Caps, but opines that the next coach stop treating the "stars" like kids anymore and hopes that it's someone who operates between Bruce Boudreau and Dale Hunter. Who would fit the bill?
The B's are close to re-signing Chris Kelly and Gregory Campbell. It's a good depth move to help out the fourth line.
Paul Maurice, who I thought was a great candidate to get another gig at an NHL head coaching job, is off to Russia. He's taking over Magnitogorsk in the KHL. He'll take former Penguin goalie, Tom Barrasso with him as an assistant coach.
Elliott Friedman stated on the Satellite Hotstove that he received an e-mail from a fan that Ondrej Pavelec has received a lucrative offer from St. Petersburg in the KHL. Timmy Thomas taking a year off and Pavelec possibly leaving is throwing curveballs for a few keeper league owners out there.
Ryan Batty of CopperNBlue, doesn't understand the length of the Steve Tambellini's contract extension. In three words, neither do I…
Derek Zona also of CopperNBlue, analyses the Oilers' PP from last season and wonders if it was the "kids" that made it better or variance?
Ryan Murray tours Edmonton. Could it be a sign of things to come? He's already made stops to visit the Islanders and Canadiens. Another interesting tidbit near the end of the column, the Jackets have not invited Nail Yakupov for a visit. Are they that turned off by Russians or do they think that he won't fall to them at number two? Lisa McRitchie thinks that they are far more interested in Murray than Yakupov.
I'm a huge fan of John Davidson and what he did with the Blues. He's a great hockey mind and knows what he's doing. Columbus interviewed him for an executive-level position last week, and would be a huge asset to the organization if he joins. He would at the very least provide some much needed guidance to GM Scott Howson, who hasn't exactly experience much success since taking over the Jackets' GM position in 2007.
Ian Laperriere is set to announce his retirement after the Stanley Cup Final. He was never a huge point getter but his 1956 PIM ranks him 56th amongst all players in league history.
Congrats to the Norfolk Admirals for winning the Calder Cup! They were a ridiculous team winning 43 of their final 46 contests. Not at all surprised that they won the Calder Cup.
If you've been following Angus' ramblings then you're probably well informed about the players that could impact fantasy leagues down the road. Cory Conacher, Tyler Johnson, Alex Killorn, Mark Barnerio and Dustin Tokarski are your main impact players.
Thinking outside of the box here, another candidate that could influence fantasy leagues down the track is Admirals coach Jon Cooper.
Thanks to Chris Peters on Twitter.
"Jon Cooper's last 5 years as a coach: NAHL titles in 2007 and 2008, USHL title in 2010, AHL title in 2012. He was practicing law in 2003."
Seems like a winner everywhere he's coached, but I can't keep the thought of comparing him to "Gordon Bombay" out of my head.
Still slowly chugging along my Projections, Projections, We All Love Our Projections article for later this summer and there have been some interesting finds.
List of average point production per team during the last three seasons:
Team |
Highest |
Team |
Lowest |
Vancouver |
703 |
Minnesota |
530.3 |
Chicago |
692 |
Florida |
538.7 |
Pittsburgh |
682 |
New Jersey |
547.3 |
Philadelphia |
673 |
Edmonton |
551 |
Washington |
669 |
Montreal |
565.7 |
Detroit |
661.7 |
Columbus |
573 |
San Jose |
659.7 |
Islanders |
575.3 |
Boston |
629 |
Los Angeles |
578 |
Buffalo |
624 |
Calgary |
578.3 |
Tampa Bay |
624 |
Ottawa |
586.7 |
Winnipeg |
606.7 |
Phoenix |
588.3 |
Anaheim |
605.7 |
Toronto |
590 |
Rangers |
602 |
St. Louis |
592.3 |
Nashville |
601.7 |
Carolina |
593 |
Colorado |
598.3 |
Dallas |
598 |
Any surprises from the list? With the third and eighth ranked teams making the SCF I have a feeling that teams are going to take a copycat approach and watch for the goals to plummet for a fourth consecutive season.
Rangers Blog, where I get a bit of my inside information on the Rangers, is going on hiatus and possibly for good, which falls in line with Dobber's article from a few weeks back, so you want to become a fantasy hockey writer. Most of these blogs (including DobberHockey), are done for free and out of the passion/love of the game, so if you do value these sites and what they provide make sure you support their cause by purchasing any/all of the products that they provide. Much like any other business, if the provider gets burnt out or lacks the passion to do it anymore, they may very well disappear and you'll lose a valuable source for information. At the end of the day if you purchase a package worth $50 dollars, it might look pretty expensive as an initial cost, but if you factor in and break down what it really provides you with, it works out to be 14 cents a day over a course of a full year. Think about it 14 cents for daily ramblings, an article a day, the best fantasy hockey forum and fantasy guides available, along with direct access to the most knowledgeable/passionate fans of fantasy hockey. Of course you can take the other path and say well I get it all for free anyways, so why would I be stupid enough to pay for it? But if everyone thought that way, Dobberhockey could very well disappear just like Rangers Blog, and that would be a sad day for all of us.
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"I don't score goals, I don't do those nice little things out there, I do all the little stuff that people don't see or don't see on the scoresheet but the fans in Philly don't miss it" Ian Lapierre
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Also - I'm confident that LA will win the Cup Monday. First time, in front of your fans - priceless.
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Two things though.
1. We had a debate? I made one comment and never even clicked on the page to read any responses. But okay... as far as you making a list of other 4M players, you're using faulty logic. Those contracts were signed when the cap was lower and therefore those 4M took up less percent of that year's cap. That means that a 4M contract three years ago, such as Hartnell's, isn't comparable to a 4M contract this year, since the cap has gone up by several million. Anyway, you can't persuade me that the contracts are spiralling out of control when they all fit under the cap and the league is making more and more money than ever. The league, as a whole, is healthy. Are some teams losing money? Yes. Does the league have a revenue sharing system? Yes. Case closed.
2. I'm still wondering why you persist in capitalizing HIT. It's not an abbreviation and therefore it's stupid to capitalize every letter. It's a proper word. Hit. Try it on for size.


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Unfortunately, the Senate has failed to act on many of my other nominees. At times it has imposed a new and extra-constitutional standard, where nominees who have the support of the majority of the Senate can be blocked by a minority of obstructionists. As a result, some judgeships go unfulfilled for years. This leads to what are called "judicial emergencies" -- vacancies that cause justice to be degraded or delayed. When Americans goes to court, they deserve swift and fair answers -- and the United States Senate should not stand in their way. Three of my nominees to the Courts of Appeals have been waiting for a vote for more than a year. ... These delays are wrong. It is an abdication of the Senate's responsibilities under our Constitution. And I call on Senate leaders to give these nominees, and all my nominees, the up and down vote they deserve on the floor of the United States Senate. Senate confirmation is a part of the Constitution's systems of checks and balances. But it was never intended to be a license to ruin the good name that a nominee has worked a lifetime to build. Today, good men and women nominated to the federal bench are finding that inside the Beltway, too many interpret "advise and consent" to mean "search and destroy." As a result, the Senate is no longer asking the right question -- whether a nominee is someone who will uphold our Constitution and laws. Instead, nominees are asked to guarantee specific outcomes of cases that might come before the court. If they refuse -- as they should -- they often find their nomination ends up in limbo instead of on the Senate floor. This is a terrible way to treat people who have agreed to serve their nation. It's a sad commentary on the United States Senate. And every time it happens, we lose something as a constitutional democracy.
[JURIST] The house arrest order against former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto [personal website] has been lifted, Pakistani police said Thursday. Bhutto was placed under house arrest [JURIST report] for seven days early Tuesday in an effort to block her from leading a planned 160-mile march [JURIST report] from Lahore to Islamabad protesting President Pervez Musharraf's imposition of emergency rule [PDF text; JURIST news archive]. Police also arrested members of Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party [party website] who tried to cross a police barricade to reach Bhutto, as well as hundreds of party members throughout Lahore. While under house arrest, Bhutto confirmed with reporters that she is no longer speaking with Musharraf, either directly or indirectly, and that her party may boycott the January parliamentary elections [CBC report] if Pakistan is still under the emergency decree. Reuters has more.The government of Pakistan said Monday that the planned march violated the proclamation of emergency rule [JURIST report]. Musharraf said Sunday that parliamentary elections will take place in January, but set no time limit to the emergency [JURIST report].
[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Canada [official website] declined on Thursday to hear the appeals of two US military deserters who sought refugee status within the country. Jeremy Hinzman [JURIST news archive] and Brandon Hughey, both soldiers in the US Army, fled to Canada in 2004 to avoid deployment in Iraq and applied for asylum [JURIST report] before the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board [official website] in 2005. Both applications were denied, as were their subsequent appeal requests to Canada's Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal. The Supreme Court denied leave to appeal in both cases without comment. After the high court ruling was announced, Jeffry House, a lawyer for the two men, said he would ask the Canadian government to create a program that would grant protection to deserters of the Iraq war.Both Hinzman and Hughey cited moral objections to the war in Iraq and the punishment they would likely face if they returned to the US as grounds for asylum. The Immigration and Refugee Board had concluded [decision text; JURIST report] that the two men would receive a fair trial if they were returned to the US and that they would not face persecution or cruel and unusual punishment. It is estimated that up to 200 former US military personnel are in Canada avoiding war service [WRSC selected profiles] and that roughly 20 of them have applied for refugee status. CBC News has more.
[JURIST] The Parliament of the Georgian Republic [official website] approved a presidential decree on Thursday bringing an end to the country's national state of emergency [JURIST report] effective Friday. Chairwoman of the Parliament Nino Burjanadze [BBC profile] announced the decision following calls by both the US and EU to end emergency rule. US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack welcomed the Georgian parliament's decision [press briefing transcript], saying that it's important that "independent media be allowed to operate and to do their job." After several days of protests, Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli announced a presidential decree last week temporarily banning demonstrations and public calls for violence or government overthrow. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili [official website] has blamed Russian spy agencies for instigating the protests [speech], though the Russian Foreign Ministry has dismissed those claims [statement]. In August, a Georgian court sentenced 12 opposition activists [JURIST report] to prison terms of up to eight-and-a-half years for participating in a coup plot that Saakashvili alleged was backed by Russia. Saakashvili has allied himself closely with the US and NATO since taking office in 2004, and Georgian authorities alleged that the convicted opposition activists had been supported by the Russian security services. Georgian-Russian relations have deteriorated markedly [JURIST report] in the last year. Reuters has more.
[JURIST] The Constitutional Council of France [official website] Thursday approved a controversial amendment to an immigration law [text; dossier, both in French] that would allow voluntary DNA testing to establish family ties between recent immigrants and relatives already living in France. The Council also rejected an amendment that would have allowed for the collection of ethnic data to promote diversity. The French Parliament passed [JURIST report] the immigration bill in October, and it will take effect after French President Nicolas Sarkozy [official website, in French] signs it and it is published in the official register.The bill was passed by French Senate [official website] in a 185-136 vote last month after French Immigration Minister Brice Hortefeux [official profile, in French] made last-minute changes [Reuters report] to the DNA test section and the lower parliamentary house, the National Assembly [official website], passed the bill 282-235. Under the version adopted, the tests will be optional, sponsored by the state, will test only an applicant's maternal side so as to avoid potential disputes over paternity and will require the approval of a magistrate. Earlier versions of the bill [JURIST report] provided for mandatory testing. The DNA tests are meant primarily to verify family ties to French residents for potential immigrants who lack family records and to speed up the immigration process, but that provision has proved highly controversial. Critics argue that genetics should not be used to determine citizenship eligibility and opposition lawmakers have promised to challenge the law before France's Constitutional Court. AP has more.
[JURIST] An official with Russia's Union of Right Forces (SPS) [party website, in Russian] told a news conference Thursday that the opposition political party had filed a lawsuit with the country's Supreme Court [official website, in Russian] requesting that Russian President Vladimir Putin [official website] not be allowed to run as a candidate in the country's upcoming parliamentary elections. Putin currently appears at the top of the list of candidates submitted by United Russia [party website, in Russian] for the December 2 election. If elected, Putin would be forced to turn down the post after the election, leading to SPS's allegation that the Putin's candidacy provides United Russia with an unfair advantage.Putin's second term as president ends next year with a presidential election scheduled for March 2008. He previously ruled out a constitutional amendment [JURIST report] that would allow him to pursue a third term in office. Reuters has more.
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] threw out planned federal fuel economy standards [NHTSA materials] for light trucks and SUVs Thursday, ruling that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) [official website] did not adequately consider the environmental impact of the proposed standards. The ruling came in a lawsuit [JURIST report] brought by several states and environmental groups, which argued that the NHTSA ignored the effects of carbon dioxide emissions and certain SUV and truck classes when calculating the new fuel emissions standards. The new standards were due to go into effect next year and require an increase in the average fuel economy for all US passenger trucks from 22.2 miles per gallon to 23.5 miles per gallon by 2010. In its opinion [PDF text], the Ninth Circuit wrote:
We hold that the Final Rule is arbitrary and capricious, contrary to the [Energy Policy and Conservation Act] in its failure to monetize the value of carbon emissions, failure to set a backstop, failure to close the SUV loophole, and failure to set fuel economy standards for all vehicles in the 8,500 to 10,000 gross vehicle weight rating ("GVWR") class. We also hold that the Environmental Assessment was inadequate and that Petitioners have raised a substantial question as to whether the Final Rule may have a significant impact on the environment. Therefore, we remand to NHTSA to promulgate new standards as expeditiously as possible and to prepare a full Environmental Impact Statement.
[JURIST] The Tianhe District Court in China [JURIST news archive] convicted lawyer and dissident writer Yang Maodong [Amnesty report] of conducting "illegal business activity" and sentenced him to serve five years in prison and pay more than $5,000 in fines, according to his lawyer. Yang's trial began [HRIC report] in July on charges stemming from his publication of a book concerning a political scandal in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. Yang's lawyer said that he confessed to the charges after being tortured. Reporters Without Borders [advocacy website] Thursday denounced [press release] Yang's Wednesday sentence as "harsh and unjustified" and reiterated its call [PDF text] for China to release Yang and other detained dissidents before the Beijing Olympic Games. Human Rights in China [advocacy website] similarly criticized [press release] the district court's ruling. AP has more.Yang was arrested in September 2006, along with two other Internet authors, Chen Shuqing and Zhang Jianhong [Independent Chinese PEN Center report]. A court sentenced [JURIST report] Zhang to six years in prison in March for defaming the government by editing a website in China that called for political reform.
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] on Thursday stayed the execution [order, PDF] of Florida death row inmate Mark Dean Schwab [FCCD profile, DOC] "pending the timely filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari." Schwab was scheduled to be executed at 6 PM ET on Thursday. The stay will terminate automatically if Schwab's petition for certiorari is denied. AP has more.Earlier Thursday, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued [JURIST report] a per curiam opinion [PDF text] overturning a district court order to stay Schwab's execution. The federal district court blocked Schwab's execution [AFP report] on Wednesday pending the US Supreme Court's decision in Baze v. Rees [cert. petition, PDF; JURIST report] (07-5439), where the court will rule on the constitutionality of lethal injections.
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Paulo Sergio Pinheiro [official profile] told reporters at the end of a five-day visit [JURIST report] to Myanmar [JURIST news archive] Thursday that he was able to meet with a number of prominent political prisoners, but that his request to meet with opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi [JURIST news archive] was denied by the ruling junta. Pinheiro was in Myanmar to investigate allegations of abuse related to September's crackdown on pro-democracy protests [JURIST report], which resulted in at least 10 deaths and the detention of at least 3,000 activists [JURIST report]. Among the detainees Pinheiro was able to speak with was prominent labor activist Su Su Nwe [AHRC materials], who was arrested Tuesday [JURIST report] while posting a leaflet outside of Pinheiro's hotel. Pinheiro said was satisfied with the level of cooperation he was afforded by the junta, but AP reported that he privately told diplomats that he was unable to accurately determine the number of people detained and killed during the recent uprising. The junta says that only 10 deaths occurred during the protests, but dissident groups say the number is really in the hundreds or perhaps thousands [CBC report]. AP has more.
[JURIST] A British court ruled Thursday that the radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] can be extradited to the United States on charges of supporting terrorism. Abu Hamza, who is currently serving a seven-year sentence in the UK [JURIST report] for urging his followers to kill Jews and other non-Muslims, faces US charges [PDF text] of attempting to establish terrorist training camps in Oregon, conspiring to take hostages in Yemen, and helping terror training in Afghanistan. With extradition approved by London's City of Westminster Magistrates Court, UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith [official profile] is free to render a final decision in the case. The US initially sought extradition [BBC report] in February 2006, but hearings were delayed while Abu Hamza appealed his UK conviction. The US renewed its extradition efforts [JURIST report] earlier this year, after the House of Lords denied Abu Hamza's request to continue his appeals. AP has more.
[JURIST] The US Justice Department has not yet made a decision on whether it will file criminal charges against Blackwater USA [corporate website] employees involved in the killings of 14 Iraqi civilians during a September 16 incident [JURIST report] that took place in West Baghdad, a DOJ spokesperson said Wednesday. The comments came in response to reports from the New York Times and the Washington Post [texts] that an FBI investigation into the incident that has concluded that the shootings were unjustified [JURIST report]. DOJ spokesman Dean Boyd told AP that the investigation is still ongoing. The Blackwater allegations have caused domestic outrage in Iraq and have prompted legal controversy in the US. Iraqi government investigators probing the killings have concluded that the Blackwater security detail's actions were unprovoked, and amounted to "deliberate murder" [JURIST report]. Last month, The Iraqi cabinet approved a draft law [JURIST report] that would strip foreign security contractors of immunity from Iraqi prosecution. The US House has passed a bill that would expand US jurisdiction over the same private contractors [JURIST report]. AP has more.
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a per curiam opinion [PDF text] on Thursday overturning a district court order to stay the execution of Florida death row inmate Mark Dean Schwab [FCCD profile, DOC]. The federal district court blocked Schwab's execution [AFP report] on Wednesday pending the US Supreme Court's decision in Baze v. Rees (07-5439) [docket; cert. petition, PDF; JURIST report], where the court has been asked to rule on the constitutionality of lethal injections. The Eleventh Circuit reversed:
The district court's action in granting the stay is contrary to the unequivocal law of this circuit that because grants of certiorari do not themselves change the law, they must not be used by courts of this circuit as a basis for granting a stay of execution that would otherwise be denied. ...The grant of certiorari on an issue does not suggest a view on the merits. We don't know how the Supreme Court is going to decide the issues on which it has granted review in the Baze case, and the Supreme Court itself probably does not know given the fact that briefing has not even been completed in that case.
[JURIST] Polish prosecutors have charged six Polish soldiers with murder and violations of the Geneva Conventions [ICRC materials] in connection with an August 16 incident in Afghanistan in which the soldiers allegedly fired into a crowd of civilians who posed no threat of harm to the soldiers. Six people, including three children, were killed by the Polish soldiers, and three women suffered severe injuries resulting in amputated limbs. Prosecutors said the soldiers had been sent to the village of Nangarkhel several hours after another group of Polish soldiers had encountered a roadside bomb outside the village. The soldiers allegedly found no Taliban troops hiding in the village, but opened fire on a group of civilians. A seventh soldier was charged with lesser offenses in connection with the incident. AP has more.
[JURIST] A delegation of lawyers from the Iraqi bar association Wednesday hand-delivered a four-page letter to several US lawmakers that criticizes the US government for not devoting adequate financial resources to ensure the rule of law in Iraq, according to the Hill. The Iraqi lawyers, led by Iraqi bar association president Aswad al-Minshidi, delivered the letter to House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Senate Judiciary Committee member Arlen Specter (R-PA) [official websites]; a copy was also sent to US President George W. Bush. The letter also raised due process concerns over the long delays before detainees are given an opportunity to plead their case before a tribunal. The Iraqi delegation met Tuesday with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts [OYEZ profile] and with White House special counsel Emmet Flood [SourceWatch profile]. The delegation also spoke with columnist Robert Novak, who wrote a column [text] on Thursday criticizing the Bush Administration for focusing their rebuilding efforts on "arrest and detention" rather than on the rule of law. The Hill has more.
[JURIST] The retired Supreme Court of Pakistan judge who unsuccessfully challenged General Pervez Musharraf in his recent bid for legislative re-election as president of Pakistan is bringing an application before the current high court challenging its constitutional status to rule on the pending case concerning Musharraf's eligibility for re-election [JURIST report] while still Army chief of staff. Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmad [Wikipedia profile] left the court in 1999 after refusing to swear an oath under the Provisional Constitution Order imposed when Musharraf initially seized power in a military coup. He originally filed his application over the weekend, but it was rejected by the new Supreme Court registrar as "non-maintainable". Ahmad insists it will be reintroduced, however. Pakistani legal experts cited by Pakistan's News daily say that the application cannot be preemptively rejected and requires a court ruling. According to the petition quoted by the News, Ahmad contends that that the new Supreme Court bench staffed by judges who have sworn oaths under Musharraf's Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) [text] is in no legal position to rehear the case, as the Constitution doesnt recognise it and argues in the alternative that "If this court has the same legal status [as its predecessor led by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry], no more arguments are required as the SC bench has already heard the parties and completed the process up to Nov 3, 2007. Admad told the News:
exposing the existing judiciary is important. We might be losing something by not pursuing the case, that is, throwing away an opportunity to expose the black sheep amongst us, but we will be losing all if we plead the case before these judges who have no legal and constitutional status.
[JURIST] A US military spokesperson on Wednesday acknowledged that a 238-page operating manual for the US facility at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] was leaked on the Internet, but said the document is out-of-date and does not reflect current procedures. The manual, titled Camp Delta Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) [PDF text], is dated March 28, 2003, and is labeled "Unclassified/for official use only." According to a report [text] in WIRED.com, the manual was leaked on wikileaks.org, a site established in January 2007 to encourage government whistleblowers to release and verify documents. ACLU lawyer Jamil Dakwar said two passages in the manual were of particular concern from a human rights standpoint: one section concerning the use of dogs to "enhance physical security and as a psychological deterrent," and another section regulating the amount of contact different prisoners are permitted to have with representatives from the International Committee of the Red Cross. The US military spokesperson said dogs are no longer used at Guantanamo, and that many other procedures have changed since 2003. AP has more.
[JURIST] Dismissed Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry [JURIST news archive] warned the registrar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in a letter Wednesday that any effort by the government to remove him from his official residence in the capital, Islamabad, would amount to kidnapping. Chaudhry was responding to indications that he might be taken by police from Chief Justice House [file photo] to the southern city of Quetta. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf installed Abdul Hameed Dogar as the new Chief Justice of Pakistan [JURIST report] after his declaration of emergency rule on November 3, but Chaudhry has insisted that his appointment and those of other new Supreme Court justices under Musharraf's Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) are illegal. Pakistan's Dawn newspaper quoted Chaudhry as saying:
I am not interested in going to Quetta or elsewhere and it will be an act of abduction and forcible detention for which the secretary for interior, Islamabads commissioner [of police], deputy commissioner and assistant commissioner on duty shall be responsible along with law-enforcement agencies...Presently, I am holding the post of Chief Justice of Pakistan under Constitution and I am occupying the official accommodation.
[JURIST] The European Parliament committee on CIA activities in Europe (TDIP) [official website] will reopen its investigation into the alleged operation of secret CIA prisons [JURIST news archive] in Europe, two committee members said Wednesday. Giulietto Chiesa and Claudio Fava [official profiles] said that new evidence of secret prisons and rendition flights in Ukraine prompted the TDIP to reopen the investigation. Fava told reporters Wednesday that the "strong and very specific evidence" includes a document, which was featured on a Russian TV documentary, indicating that the country issued landing authorizations for CIA operated flights in 2005. There are also reports that a prison was built on a Ukrainian military base, which was used for 10 prisoners with 10 guards. Ukrainian officials have denied the allegations. Fava headed the European Parliament's investigation into reports of secret CIA facilities in Europe, which was initially closed when the European Parliament approved [JURIST report] Fava's report [adopted text, DOC] in February. The report condemned EU member states for cooperating with the CIA in operating secret prisons and extraordinary rendition flights and criticized several countries for their "reluctance to cooperate" with the TDIP investigation. The report also noted that reports of secret prisons in Poland could be proved only by circumstantial evidence, and therefore could "neither be confirmed nor denied." AP has additional coverage. EUobserver has additional coverage.
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Tuesday July 1, 2003
American League Central Review
Well, the Twins have now played 81 games. They are officially halfway through the season, and they have just a half game lead over the Kansas City Royals. So, I figured I would take a look at the 3 teams still in the AL Central race.
Here are the current standings in the AL Central.
Minnesota | 43-38 | - |
Kansas City | 42-38 | 0.5 |
Chicago | 40-42 | 3.5 |
Cleveland | 34-47 | 9.0 |
Detroit | 19-61 | 23.5 |
Cleveland is terrible and they are just 9 games behind the Twins. That says a lot about the American League Central. So, any AL Central bashing is very fair!
What I'd like to do is go position-by-position for the Top 3 teams and do some comparing and give an edge to one of the teams. (NOTE - all stats through Sunday, June 29.) After filling out their stats, and entering my thoughts on them, I will give a point grading to each player. Points will be between 1-5. Best player at the position could get a 5, or maybe not. Second best could get a 4, or a 2. So, it won't be a straight ranking. It will vary depending on how much I think that position or player will affect their teams chances to win. At the end, I will add up the point total, and the team with the highest will be my favorite (most likely, and actually my favorite if it's the Twins!) to win the division.
So, here we go:
Twins - AJ Pierzynski (.283/.320/.465, 12-2Bs, 8 HR, 46 RBI)
AJ is having another All-Star caliber season, adding some power numbers to his average.
Royals - Brent Mayne (.250/.310/.364, 7-2Bs, 4 HR, 20 RBI)
Mayne got off to a great start, but has cooled down toward his career numbers. A very solid defensive catcher who may be perfect for the Royals pitching staff!
White Sox - Miguel Olivo (.227/.280/.378, 11-2B, 5 HR, 26 RBI)
Miguel is playing approximately 2 out of 3 games, with veteran Sandy Alomar backing him. Olivo isn't hitting much, but his arm is great! Baserunners don't run on him!
Grading - Pierzynski (5), Mayne (3), Olivo (2).
Twins - Doug Mientkiewicz (.304/.366/.483, 20-2Bs, 7 HR, 32 RBI)
Doug has shown again that he has the ability to hit. His plate discipline is impressive, and he is very much still a Gold Glover on defense.
Royals - Mike Sweeney (.321/.440/.540, 11-2Bs, 12 HR, 50 RBI - 47 BB/29 K)
Sweeney is one the best hitters in the league. His only problem has been injuries, and staying in the lineup. Definitely not a strong defensive first baseman, but more than makes up for it with his bat!
White Sox - Frank Thomas (.281/.426/.555, 19-2Bs, 17 HR, 39 RBI ), Paul Konerko (.185/.260/.265, 8-2Bs, 3 HR, 17 RBI)
People were talking about how Frank Thomas was done! Well, just look at that on-based percentage and slugging percentage! He's having a great year. And, I included him at 1B, because he will probably be playing there a lot the rest of the year. Why? Because Paul Konerko has been the most disappointing hitter in the big leagues this year. After 3 very solid, consistent seasons, Konerko has struggled to produce anything this year.
Grading - Thomas (5), Sweeney (4), Mientkiewicz (3).
Twins - Luis Rivas (.271/.326/.362, 8-2Bs, 1 HR, 14 RBI)
After an awful first month of the season, Rivas has really improved his game since May. Doesn't hit for a lot of power, but his plate-discipline has really improved.
Royals - Desi Relaford (.288/.344/.440, 14-2Bs, 6 HR, 33 RBI)
Relaford finally has a full-time gig with Kansas City after being a platoon player the last few years. He's taking advantage of it.
White Sox - D'Angelo Jiminez (.255/.332/.410, 11-2Bs, 7 HR, 26 RBI)
They got him a year ago from the Padres, and he won the 2B job this year. He certainly hasn't been spectacular, but not terrible. Basically, he's Rivas, with more homers.
Grading - Relaford (3), Jiminez (2), Rivas (2)
Twins - Corey Koskie (.308/.402/.505, 17-2Bs, 12 HR, 50 RBI)
Also got off to a slow start, but Koskie stayed in the 3-hole and had a great month of June. Should be an All-Star this year. Defense continues to be gold-glove caliber!
Royals - Joe Randa (.241/.296/.396, 15-2Bs, 9 HR, 30 RBI)
Randa is not highly thought of by stat heads, and they're not really wrong. But, Randa is a solid hitter, and a very good defensive third baseman!
White Sox - Joe Crede (.230/.271/.348, 11-2B, 7 HR, 32 RBI)
Given the 3B job after a great second half last season, Crede is another offensive disappointment. Not getting on-base much, and his power is down too.
Grading - Koskie (5), Randa (2), Crede (2)
Twins - Cristian Guzman (.259/.288/.348, 9-2Bs, 9-3Bs, 0 HR, 19 RBI)
We have bashed on Rivas for a long time. Now compare his numbers to Guzman's. That tells you how well Guzman is playing this season.
Royals - Angel Berroa (.275/.339/.449, 16-2Bs, 8 HR, 29 RBI)
The rookie Berroa has put up very good numbers, especially for a rookie. I'm sure the Royals are very happy with his production.
White Sox - Jose Valentin (.240/.326/.458, 17-2Bs, 12 HR, 35 RBI)
Valentin was moved back to SS, with Crede taking over at 3rd. Valentin is a bad defensive SS, but usually can hit, and with some power. His batting average is down, but his power numbers are good.
Grading - Valentin (3), Berroa (2), Guzman (2)
Twins - Jacque Jones (.299/.314/.473, 20-2Bs, 10 HR, 35 RBI)
7 BBs/63 Ks - No wonder his OBP is just .015 higher than his batting average. But, hitting nearly .300 with 30 extra base hits. Best defensive left fielder in baseball.
Royals - Raul Ibanez (.288/.340/.454, 20-2Bs, 9 HR, 42 RBI)
Ibanez is a very underrated player. He burst on the scene last year, given full-time player status. Not a great defensive left fielder.
White Sox - Carlos Lee (.270/.325/.459, 17-2Bs, 13 HR, 49 RBI)
Lee is basically having the same season as Jones. He has more RBI, just because he bats down in the lineup. Not a good defensive outfielder though.
Grading - Lee (5), Jones (5), Ibanez (4)
Twins - Torii Hunter (.257/.330/.442, 17-2Bs, 11 HR, 50 RBI)
Although he still swings at bad pitches frequently, his 31 walk rate is well up from previous years! He's clearly the best defensive center fielder in the American League (sorry Mike Cameron fans). Power numbers are still good.
Royals - Carlos Beltran (.289/.394/.476, 5-2Bs, 11 HR, 41 RBI)
Beltran was injured and missed the first few weeks of the year, but he has come back and been very solid. I'm astonished that he has just 5 doubles though. Great on-base percentage. Not Torii Hunter, but Beltran is a very good defensive outfielder. Big question is if he will be with the Royals the whole season, or if he'll be traded?
White Sox - ????????
Center field has been a mess for the White Sox. Willie Harris, Aaron Rowand, Armando Rios and Joe Borchard have all played out there, and none have done much at all. Combined, those 4 are hitting under .220, with 6 homers.
Grading - Beltran (5), Hunter (4), White Sox (1)
Twins - Dustan Mohr (.283/.330/.463, 13-2Bs, 8 HR, 22 RBI), Bobby Kielty (.253/.370/.432, 10-2Bs, 8 HR, 30 RBI)
Twins started the season giving Michael Cuddyer the RF job, but he was sent down after not getting enough playing time. Mohr and Kielty (mainly at DH) both had a very strong May performances. Neither has really contributed much in June. Mohr is better defensively. Kielty has a stronger arm.
Royals - Michael Tucker (.276/.341/.471, 17-2Bs, 10 HR, 41 RBI)
I happen to think Michael Tucker is very underrated. He's solid defensively, and his offensive numbers won't blow anyone away. But, he does a little of everything!
White Sox - Magglio Ordonez (.285/.360/.503, 19-2Bs, 14 HR, 46 RBI)
Magglio has been, and continues to be, one of the better hitters in the American League for the past four seasons. Just a solid all-around player.
Grading - Ordonez (5), Tucker (3), Mohr/Kielty (3)
Twins - Matthew Lecroy (.299/.331/.479, 8-2Bs, 6 HR, 28 RBI), Justin Morneau (.294/.321/.451, 2-2Bs, 2 HR, 8 RBI)
Lecroy also is now serving as the backup catcher. He's had his moments, but with the callup of Morneau, Lecroy will lose bats. Hopefully Gardy will keep Morneau in the lineup!
Royals - Ken Harvey (.253/.306/.410, 15-2Bs, 7 HR, 35 RBI)
The rookie was the MVP of the Arizona Fall League last year. His numbers aren't great, but he has come up with big hits in really big situations for the Royals.
White Sox - Frank Thomas (see 1B), Brian Daubach (.238/.350/.371, 8-2Bs, 2 HR, 11 RBI)
Again, with Konerko's stuggles, Daubach will get more and more playing time. Thomas is a far better hitter when he's playing 1B, rather than DH'ing, which is interesting!
Grading - Thomas/Daubach (3), Harvey (3), Lecroy/Morneau (3)
Twins -
Brad Radke - (5-7, 5.64 ERA, 18 BB/52 K)
Joe Mays - (8-4, 5.77 ERA, 28 BB/36 K)
Kyle Lohse - (6-6, 3.96 ERA, 23 BB/73 K)
Rick Reed - (3-8, 4.83 ERA, 19 BB, 38 K)
Kenny Rogers - (7-3, 4.93 ERA, 23 BB, 60 K)
Absolutely the most disappointing part of the Twins season has been their starting pitching. Reed's been hurt a few times. Radke's great on the road and terrible at home. Mays has a good record but has been awful. Rogers has done very well at times. Lohse was potential All-Star until his last three starts which have been terrible. Johan Santana is the Twins best starter, and he's being wasted in the bullpen. With the exception of 3 starts, in which he's 2-0 with a 1.00 ERA, he's been in the pen! We have to assume these guys will get better. I still think Radke will turn out fine. Lohse has great stuff and will turn around soon. Reed is fine, and Rogers is a tough lefty who finds a way to win. Based on strikeouts, he has the ability to get a big strikeout, an ability Mays and Reed don't have. Mays is the one who has me worried!
Royals -
Runelvys Hernandez - (4-3, 2.79 ERA, 22 BB/31 K)
Jeremy Affeldt - (4-4, 4.82 ERA, 24 BB/52 K)
Chris George - (9-5, 6.86 ERA, 37 BB/37 K)
Jose Lima - (2-0, 3.44 ERA, 7 BB/5 K, in 3 starts)
Derrell May - (1-4, 4.05 ERA, 24 BB/53 K)
Kyle Snyder - (1-4, 4.33 ERA, 14 BB/30 K)
Hernandez started out great, but an arm injury curtailed his season. Affeldt has amazing stuff, but is very inconsistent. George has 9 wins, but has the worst ERA of any starter in the American League, and you can see why. (Just check out his walks!) May has good stuff too, and pitches great against the Twins. Lima-Time arrived in Kansas City, after a stint with the Independent Leagues, Newark Bears. They've been solid, but they're really young. Can they continue?
White Sox -
Mark Buehrle - (5-10, 4.59 ERA, 39 BB/59 K)
Bartolo Colon - (6-7, 4.20 ERA, 39 BB/87 K)
Esteban Loaiza - (11-3, 2.18 ERA, 27 BB/94 K)
Jon Garland - (6-6, 4.65 ERA, 33 BB/54 K)
Buehrle got off to a terrible start, but has won 3 straight starts now and is looking like the 19 game winner he was last year. Colon is solid. His numbers though are never as good as you would assume they would be. Loaiza has been the story though. I can't believe his stuff. 93 mph fastball and a sharp cutter! Garland got off to a very slow start, but he's been very good the last month!
Grading - White Sox (4), Twins (3), Royals (3)
Twins -
JC Romero - (2-0, 4.18 ERA, 23 BB/24 K)
LaTroy Hawkins - (5-2, 1.79 ERA, 9 BB/48 K)
Johan Santana - (4-1, 2.41 ERA, 22 BB/68 K)
Juan Rincon - (1-3, 3.44 ERA, 18 BB/24 K)
Michael Nakamura - (0-0, 7.94 ERA, 1 BB/11 K)
Twins bullpen hasn't been what it was a year ago when it carried the Twins for most of the season. JC Romero is not near the pitcher he was last year. Look at his walks, and he has been battling a groin injury all year. Tony Fiore ha already been demoted. Santana has been great again and should be starting. Nakamura has a good BB/K ratio, but has been giving up a lot of hits. As bad as Romero has been, Hawkins has been amazing! Rincon has been a good surprise, even with the struggles he encountered a couple of weeks ago.
Royals -
DJ Carrasco - (3-4, 3.61 ERA, 23 BB/35 K)
Jason Grimsley - (2-3, 3.89 ERA, 12 BB/36 K)
Miguel Asencio - (2-1, 5.21 ERA, 21 BB/27 K)
Kris Wilson - (3-0, 5.79 ERA, 10 BB/24 K)
Jason Gillfillan - (2-0, 7.71 ERA, 10 BB/12 K)
Grimsley throws pretty much every day. The other guys have done well too, especially considering how young they are. It'll be interesting to see if these guys can keep doing the job. Albie Lopez is gone, but that's a good thing for the Royals!
White Sox -
Damaso Marte - (2-1, 2.10 ERA, 4 saves (in 10 saved attempts), 15 BB/36 K)
Tom Gordon - (4-5, 3.86 ERA, 20 BB/50 K)
Rick White - (0-1, 6.06 ERA, 11 BB/24 K)
Kelly Wunsch - (0-0, 1.15 ERA, 9 BB/12 K)
David Sanders - (0-0, 4.86 ERA, 8 BB/10 K)
Gary Glover - (1-0, 5.65 ERA, 10 BB/17 K)
Marte is a great lefty reliever, as is Wunsch. Gordon is back to healthy and back to pitching well. The others, average at best.
Grading - Twins (4), White Sox (4), Royals (2)
Twins - Eddie Guardado (1-2, 2.76 ERA, 20 saves (in 21 opportunities), 6 BB/29 K)
Eddie has been solid. He isn't walking many, his ERA is OK. He's certainly not dominant, but for the most part, he gets the job done!
Royals - Mike MacDougal ( 3-3, 2.95 ERA, 20 saves (in 25 attempts), 20 BB/30 K)
MacDougal, like the Royals, has been inconsistent. He throws as hard as Koch, but when he has his curveball going, MacDougal can be really tough.
White Sox - Billy Koch (4-4, 4.63 ERA, 11 saves (in 14 chances), 17 BB/26 K)
Koch struggled so much early in the season, that Damaso Marte was given a number of chances to close. Koch throws hard, but straight, and doesn't have much for a 2nd pitch. But, he'll be solid in the 2nd half of the season.
Grading - Twins (5), Royals (3), White Sox (3)
Final Totals -
Twins 44
White Sox 39
Royals 37
So, by that, the Twins should win the division by about 8 games over the White Sox and 10 over the Royals! We'll see. How often do we hear it? "The baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint." For the Twins, I think it should be called a Roller Coaster, full of ups and downs. Hopefully in the 2nd half, the starting pitching will be more consistent. If they are, I think that the Twins will run away with the division. If not, it'll be a tight race. That said, if some of the White Sox who are expected to hit actually start hitting, they've got a shot too, especially if Buehrle and Colon pitch like they can AND Esteban Loaiza can keep it up. And, I apologize, but I'm still one of the non-believers when it comes to the Royals. I just think their pitching staff (as well as DH and SS) is just too young to last the full season. But, maybe young means naïve, and possibly too dumb to realize what's going on. All I know, is that it could be very fun to watch!!!
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I didn't know that but I think he's only written five plays and I directed one of them on the stage, the play called "Man From Nebraska." I just liked his writing but I don't think I'm the right director for all of his plays, although I have enjoyed them to different degrees.
Did you think about maybe going off and doing an original screenplay with him? It seems like your sensibilities are somewhat similar.
We might do that some day. But if I didn't do it it means I didn't think about it, you know? I just tend to try to go one day at a time.
I don't think about that. I basically go with the screenplay, with what's in the script. If I had a problem with it, I wouldn't do it. I don't know that you do draw a line. People that draw a line, I mean, I had talked to a number of actresses, well just two, before Gina Gershon and they're very well known actresses, and very good but they wanted to know how I was going to handle the nudity and that meeting was over. I was going to handle the nudity by having them nude. So I was not prepared to make a film like this and draw the line anywhere.
I guess what I'm asking about is in terms of tone, because the film to me succeeds in striking a very fine balance of being very wild, very out there but without ever tipping too far over. How did you manage that balance?
A lot of people think it does go too far, I would imagine. Don't you think? It's disturbing to a lot of people.
Darrin: Yeah, it is...interestingly what I've found, and this is a totally unscientific survey, but my observation has been, and this has been surprising to me, that women embrace it by and large, and men seem to be the ones who express the most unease with the nature of the material, and I haven't really gotten at the root of why that is, but after a number of my women friends see it, and men actually, I want to explore that question further. But certainly there are people who do feel it goes way over the top and others who either love it for that reason or who just don't feel that.
William: You never know, you can't please everybody, all I can tell you is probably the most beloved film of all time is "Gone With The Wind" and I really don't like it. You know? I don't care for the picture, but I'm certainly in the minority. So I just don't know, I don't try to draw a line. I know the ratings board would have cut the hell out of this picture if they could have, they would have released it in tatters, or not at all.
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Great interview with the simply irascible Billy Friedkin, one of filmdom's true characters and a genuine living legend, no mistake! I hope the legal issues over 'Sorcerer' get resolved and a lovely remastered DVD and Blu-Ray release happens, interesting comment about James Bond, it's interesting to note that Friedkin is a huge '24' fan, would LOVE to see him direct Jack Bauer's big-screen debut, action scenes Billy Friedkin most certainly can handle - 2003's 'The Hunted' attests to that - but also taut character drama... a Billy Friedkin-directed '24' movie, now THAT I most certainly would pay to see. Several times.
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I still can't believe Rampage was never released on DVD
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Load the PIC Flasher.TSC circuit from the Examples\Microcontrollers\Pic folder. The following schematic using the 16F73 PIC microcontroller will appear with the 16F73 PIC microcontroller.
Double-click the MCU to see the ASM code in it. (see more details in the Quick Start manual).
TINA has a great feature whereby you can edit and change the source code directly in TINA.
Lets make the following change in the code. Change the instruction (selected above) in line 25 (you can see the line number in the right bottom corner of the code editor window) from
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Load the PIC16F84interrupt_rb0.TSC example of TINA from the Examples\Microcontrollers\Pic folder.
Press the button. It seems at first that nothing is happening.
Press the OK button and the MCU debugger will appear:
Let's follow the program execution step-by-step by pressing the Trace Into button. After around 14 clicks we get to the PT1: label where the program seems to be in an infinite loop. PT1: INCF TEMP, F GOTO PT1
Now click on the SW-HL1 switch and change it to High. (You should click when the cursor changes into an upward pointing arrow Î). Go back to the Debugger and click the Trace Into button twice. The program will recognize the interrupt and jump into the
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Now let's make a small change in the program to demonstrate the use of the debugger. Duplicate the INCF COUNTER, F statement using Copy and Paste like this:
Now when you press the the program will ask:
Press Yes and press the button again. Now the increment will be 2 at each Low-High change of the switch. You can also check the circuit in the continuous Running mode of the debugger by pressing the button. Even though the debugger will run fast, you can still see the "infinite cycle' and then the jump to the Interrupt server part ( INT_SERV: ) when you change the switch.
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"Have I noticed a lack of confidence in him? No.
"There is probably some frustration because he just wants to play.
"But he is at a fantastic club and he realises that to get in the team is going to take a lot of work and patience."
Zaha is likely to come in at Portman Road for Liverpool's Raheem Sterling, who has been drafted into Roy Hodgson's senior squad for the vital clash with Poland.
Southgate will be glued to the television after the match in Ipswich, as will no doubt many of the players he took to Wembley on Friday for the 4-1 win against Montenegro.
"It was a really good experience to go," he said. "I wanted them to realise what an occasion like that feels like.
"I think it is important that we support the senior team as well and they could see individuals that are playing in their positions and the way that they play. They can get an understanding of the game and the opposition. It was a good exercise."