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THE SCREENING ROOM: Over 20 Stars, Including Audra McDonald, Sutton Foster, Hugh Jackman, Visit "Sesame Street" (Video)
By Playbill Staff
Five-time Tony Award-winning actress Audra McDonald recently appeared on the 43rd season of "Sesame Street" alongside Elmo, the furry and friendly red Muppet who stars in the new musical segment "Elmo the Musical."
McDonald, who appeared as a singing chicken in the new segment that focuses on imagination and math skills, is among the many Broadway, film and television stars who have taken trips to "Sesame Street" and performed alongside Elmo, Big Bird and their friends.
Here are appearances from Tony winners Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sutton Foster, Nathan Lane, Harvey Fierstein, Kristin Chenoweth, Hugh Jackman, Tyne Daly and many more from over the years on the popular children's series.
Audra McDonald as a singing chicken on "Elmo the Musical":
Lin-Manuel Miranda as a real estate salesman:
Sutton Foster singing "Lever Lover":
Harvey Fierstein performing "Everything's Coming Up Noses":
Rosie O'Donnell rapping with Elmo:
James Earl Jones reciting the alphabet:
A West Side Story medley on "Sesame Street":
Kristin Chenoweth as Ms. Noodle:
Hugh Jackman introducing the word "concentrate":
Robin Williams demonstrating the word "conflict":
Natalie Portman and Elmo playing "The Princess and the Elephant":
Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs describing allergies:
Jim Parsons defining the word "arachnid":
Neil Patrick Harris singing "The Pajama Song":
Kara DioGuardi talking about pasta:
The cast of "Sesame Street" performing Les Matzarables:
The cast of "Sesame Street" performing SpiderMonster, The Musical:
Mandy Patinkin appearing as Officer George:
Liev Schrieber and Naomi Watts with Elmo:
Lillias White sings "Every Bit of Litter Hurts":
White singing the "Simple Clapping Song":
Savion Glover teaching Snuffy how to tap dance:
The "Sesame Street" version of "Glee," entitled "G":
Tyne Daly singing "Different":
Nathan Lane performing "Sing":
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Fencing Takes Eighth at NIWFA Championships
Three foilists, one sabrist advance to individual finals round
Fencing Competes in Packed Weekend
Leopards fell to FDU on Friday, while women competed in NIWFA Christmas Tournament on Sunday
Fencing Hosts Meet in Kirby Sports Center
Leopards win four of 10 matches in eight-team format
Fencing Resumes MACFA Play at Drew University
Glenn posts 12-3 mark in épée
Fencers Finish 8-2 at West Point Invitational
Liu posts perfect 12-0 mark in foil
2011-12: Won eight bouts at the Haverford Invitational on Nov. 19...Went 8-1 at the West Point Invitational on Jan. 21...Tallied a 1-1 mark at Drew on Feb. 12.
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Envelope Ensemble Presents ELECTRA, 9/20-22
Envelope Ensemble has just announced its first production: Adrienne Kennedy's adaptation of Euripides' Electra.
Electra is the story of a young woman and her long lost brother, Orestes, who decide to exact revenge upon their mother's lover and, against better judgment, their mother. Such a decision was made under the impression that the gods willed it so. The dilemma grapples with morality itself: does the gods' desire for something make it inherently good?
Envelope Ensemble's production draws inspiration from contemporary Greece, where many artists are underfunded and forced to find new and exciting ways to produce theatre in a low-cost manner. Electra will take place in Billy's Backyard in Bushwick; it will fully utilize the dilapidated space. The price of admission to Electra is an offering of any kind to the god Apollo. (Suggestions include but are not limited to: fruit, meat, cash, wine, art, candles, or a personal item.) Guests are encouraged to arrive early to properly offer their sacrifice.
Electra runs September 20th-21st at 10:00p.m. and September 22nd at 8:30p.m. at Billy's Backyard, 190 Jefferson St. Admission will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis (though the quality of one's gift may influence the admission gods). A festival, hosted by DJ Tyger James, will be held after the show, where such sacrifices will be consumed by the audience and actors alike.
Electra is produced by Charles Quittner and directed by Ariel Kline, with music by Ryan Camenzuli, costumes and makeup by Rita Mae Sylvester, lighting by John Erich De La Torre, and ancient Greek translated and coached by Carrie-Ann Biondi. All graphics are designed by Jenny Irving. The cast includes: Sarah Cline, Tim Torres, Pooya Mohseni, John Bateman, Schuyler Mastain, Abby Judd, Nyssa Duchow, Maggie Herskowitz, Jasmin Levin, Christine Bermúdez, John Erich De La Torre, Tyler Sunderland, and Rita Mae Sylvester.
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Primedia Business Magazines and Media announced today that David Johnson, longtime editor of Entertainment Design (ED) and a veteran of both Entertainment Design and Lighting Dimensions magazines for 10 years, has been named associate publisher/editorial director of the magazines, effective immediately. He will report to group publisher, Bob MacArthur.
Johnson joined PRIMEDIA's Lighting Dimensions and Entertainment Design (then known as Theatre Crafts International) in 1993 as business editor. He served as managing editor for ETEC, the first online entertainment technology resource, from 1994 to 1996, when he was named editor of Theatre Crafts International. He oversaw the name change of the magazine to Entertainment Design, helped grow the annual EDDY Awards to an important industry event, and spearheaded last year's successful Broadway Sound Master Classes.
"We are committed to our lighting and staging segment: Lighting Dimensions and Entertainment Design, along with the Entertainment Technology Show/LDI, Broadway Lighting and Sound Master Classes, and our Web sites and e-newsletters," says MacArthur. "We will support Johnson as he and his team aggressively build the franchise." Primedia has announced a search for an editor-in-chief for Lighting Dimensions, who will report to Johnson. The company also announced plans to hire two additional editors as part of the plan to serve readers and buyers in the lighting, sound, projection, and staging community.
Johnson steps into the new position as two members of the magazines' staff leave the publications: David Barbour, longtime editorial director for the magazines, and publisher Jackie Tien.
"Jackie Tien and David Barbour should be proud of what they helped build here over such a long period of time," says Primedia Business senior vice president Pete May, "and of their numerous contributions to the entertainment lighting industry. We thank them for all they have done. David Johnson will build on that foundation to bring growth and dynamism back to these magazines."
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Bat Watching/Sunset Cruises
The bats are back for 2014! Book your tour now!
Capital Cruises' internationally famous bat watching excursion departs nightly approximately 30 minutes before sunset and are approximately one hour in length.
The Congress Avenue Bridge is the home of the largest urban bat colony in North America. Our cruises provide the best possible viewing for one of the most incredible wildlife spectacles in the world! Bat viewing is available on a public tour nightly March through ~ mid-November ($10.00 for adults, $8.00 for seniors & $5.00 for kids 3 to 12) or you can customize your own excursion with dinner, cocktails, and more (please see dinner cruise and party boat pricing for rates)
Click the reservation link to get reservation online, or just give us a call at 512-480-9264.
PLEASE NOTE: Reservations require check in 30-45 minutes prior to scheduled departure. Not checking in at this time may result in a loss of your reservation to wait listed patrons. Departure times will change depending on the bat emergence and sunset times. This tour runs March through mid-November (weather permitting) and is not available late November- February. Our tentative scheduled departure times for upcoming dates are as follows:
2/22/14 - 2/28/14 5:45 pm
3/1/14 - 3/09/14 6 pm
3/10/14-3/31/14 7 pm
4/1/14 - 4/19/14 7:15 pm
4/20/14 - 5/6/14 7:30 pm
5/7/14 - 5/27/14 7:45 pm
5/28/14 - 7/14/14 8 pm
7/15/14 - 8/5/14 7:45 pm
8/6/14 - 8/27/14 7:30 pm
September -November 2014 TBD.
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The Salem News
---- — Once again, Hamilton officials are gearing up to press Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary to pay to send the children of seminarians to the public schools.
Two selectmen are scheduling a meeting with seminary officials to discuss the issue, which seems to arise every few years. When this came up four years ago, the seminary agreed to make a payment in lieu of taxes of $100,000 a year, and they have met that pledge every year. But the town wants more.
How much more varies, depending on which tuition rate is cited, but town selectmen estimate that it costs $8,000 a year to educate each child of a seminary student. With 40 to 50 children a year attending town schools, that would bring the total to at least triple what the seminary donates now.
Of course, it would be wonderful if the seminary — a nonprofit institution that is legally tax-exempt — felt able to donate hundreds of thousands of dollars to Hamilton as a gesture of good will. But the college president points out that its own staff has had no raises for four years, and the seminary struggles to keep its costs affordable for students who are training for the ministry. Their students are not looking ahead to lucrative careers in business or finance, which would enable them to pay off thousands of dollars in college loans, but to years of what is generally modestly paid service to others.
And so the tendency of some townsfolk to keep squeezing the seminary for more money is, at some level, unseemly. The law is on the seminary's side. Period.
Lots of other cities and towns incur costs resulting from the presence of tax-exempt institutions, and many of those communities have fewer financial resources than Hamilton. Nonprofits that can afford to do so — Salem's Peabody Essex Museum comes to mind — contribute financially and otherwise, many of them generously. But others struggle to raise enough money to fund their own missions, and do not donate any money. That's the way it goes.
We exempt them from taxes because they provide other benefits to society, benefits that we prize as much as, or more than, money. People who don't like that can try to change the law, but focusing resentment on a few dozen schoolchildren accomplishes nothing.
That said, it would behoove selectmen and seminary officials to conduct their upcoming discussion in public session, so that everyone can understand the positions of both sides. Selectmen agreed to designate only two members to participate, to avoid violating the Open Meeting Law when they meet in private, as the seminary has requested. But what this needs more than anything is a public airing; because until both sides understand each other, the resentment is not going away.


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Acute lower respiratory tract infections cause a terrible public health burden. The development, progression, and outcome of these infections is determined by innate immune responses such as neutrophil recruitment and activation, necessary for host defense but also contributing to lung injury. Innate immune responses in the lungs require the coordinated expression of mediators including adhesion molecules, chemokines, colony stimulating factors, and cytokines that are absent or present only at low levels in uninfected lungs, but are expressed at high levels during infection. Similar mediators are induced during most lung infections, although individual mediators can have different roles during different infections. The coordinated expression suggests programs of gene regulation. NF-kappaB transcription factors are critical to the gene expression program directing innate immunity in the lungs, with RelA inducing innate immunity genes mediating host defense and p50 counteracting this gene induction to prevent lung injury. Other transcription factors are also important, such as STAT3 which both facilitates host defense and limits lung injury. These transcription factors have cell-specific roles during infection. Finally, expression of innate immunity mediators is regulated post-transcriptionally as well. An improved knowledge of the molecular mechanisms directing innate immunity in the lungs will provide new directions for preventing and curing acute lower respiratory tract infections.


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Rose Stearns, 85, a former teacher in local Catholic schools, passed away on Jan. 30.
She was born in Rose, Italy in 1927. She was a lifetime resident of Greenwich. She was predeceased by her parents Carmella(Caruso) and Francesco Benvenuto and by her husband Wilbur Curtiss Stearns of 64 years.
She taught kindergarten at St. Roch's School in Greenwich until its closing and stayed on as Director of Religious Education (DRE) from 1967-71. Then taught at St. Mary's from 1972-76 as assistant to Zeni Fox, Director at St. Mary's in Greenwich. She was DRE at St. Clement's Church in Stamford/Old Greenwich from 1976 – 1982. She then went to St. Bridget's of Ireland in Stamford where she retired after 15 years. She came out of retirement where she was DRE at St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church for four years from 1998-2002. She was involved in many programs for 40 years in the Diocese of Bridgeport which included catechist and parent training workshops and renewal conferences. She was one of the founders of BRED (Bridgeport Religious Education Directors) and served two terms as chairperson.
She also served as a consultant in St. John's Church in Darien. She prepared numerous children for first communion and confirmation. She was a student of CPE( Clinical Pastoral Education) and spent a year at Stamford Hospital as a chaplain.
Rose loved to clown and was a member of the HaHa (Health and Humor) at Stamford Hospital where she helped train new clowns. She has been a resident of Hill House and served as President of the Hill House Association.
Her family includes four sons Curtiss (Sheila) of Colorado Springs, CO; Hugh (Kathy) of Springfield, VA; Steven (Janice) of Riverside; and Gregory of Beaverdam, VA; and daughter Barbara Pritz of Cincinnati, OH. Flower grandma is survived by eight granchidlren, Amy (Patrick) Tasca of Colorado Springs, CO; Beth Stearns of Anthem, AZ; Aaron (Barbara) Stearns of Ocean Ridge, FL; Alisen (Adam) Steffens of Riverside; Chelsea and Nicholas Stearns of Springfield, VA; Charles Pritz of Cincinnati, OH and Ozzie Stearns of Beaverdam, VA. She was also blessed with four great grandchildren: Justin, Joseph, Jaxson Tasca and Lucas Stearns.
A memorial Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Riverside. Burial will follow at First Congregational Church Cemetery in Old Greenwich.
The family has asked generous donations be given to the Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich, 4 Horseneck Ln., Greenwich, CT 06830.


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---- — TICONDEROGA — A summer resident has apparently drowned in Heart Bay on Lake George.
Police said William D. Wallace Jr., 70, a Connecticut man with a seasonal home on Baldwin Road in Ticonderoga, was found Wednesday evening in Heart Bay, also called Cook's Bay.
Police do not suspect foul play is involved in the death. The man had gone swimming, and family became concerned when he did not return.
Ticonderoga Volunteer Fire Department received a call just after 7:30 p.m. about an older man who had not been seen in about two hours, according to Assistant Fire Chief Matthew Watts.
"We launched our rescue boat and worked with the Lake George Park Commission Boat Patrol and Hague Fire Department's boat to begin searching in the bay," Watts told the Press-Republican.
"We also began a land search, in case he came out of the water and was injured or had collapsed from a medical problem.
"About 45 minutes after starting our search, the person was located a couple of hundred feet off shore in about 7 feet of water."
An autopsy is being conducted to confirm whether Wallace died of drowning or another cause, according to Ron Drinkwine, a spokesman for the Ticonderoga Police Department.
Wallace's hometown was not available on Thursday.
Agencies at the site were Ticonderoga Fire Department, Ticonderoga Police Department, Ticonderoga EMS, State Police, Essex County Office of Emergency Services, Lake George Park Commission Boat Patrol, Hague Fire Department and EMS, and Port Henry Fire Department, with divers. Divers from Warren County and Essex County Coroner Paul Connery also responded.
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This is a fun adventure, and it's legal, for it's not "a named arch in Arches National Park." Even though it's 5.3 , we chose to rope up, and we wanted/needed a rope for the simul-rappel one climber off each side at once. It's a very exciting thing to do, and you it gets your heart beating and blood flowing. Climb the spine of the arch fromt he right side, up cracks and grooves.
Between mile marker 102 and 103. Park just at the arch in the pull-out.
Take a few cams, and your rope. Simul-rap off the top, one climber on either end of the rope; and the rope pulls right over the top through the rock and dirt. Just don't unclip until our partner is down.


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They've turned to politicians, bureaucrats, businessmen and union reps to try to save their jobs at three Atlantic City casinos scheduled to close soon. Now, hundreds of soon-to-be unemployed dealers, cocktail servers and hotel workers are turning to what many say could be their last, best chance.
APNewsBreak: B ofA reaches $17B settlement with US
Jeff Horwitz, Michael Virtanen, Associated Press | posted 53 minutes ago
Bank of America has reached a record settlement of nearly $17 billion to resolve an investigation into its role in the sale of mortgage-backed securities before the 2008 financial crisis, officials directly familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
Why Bank of America deal might not cost it $17B
Jeff Horwitz, Associated Press | posted Aug 20th - 5:31pm
How much will Bank of America's expected $17 billion mortgage settlement cost the company? The answer is, almost certainly not that much.
Peanut, almond and nut butters recalled on fears of salmonella
Kat Kinsman, CNN | posted Aug 20th - 5:22pm
The FDA announced Tuesday that nSpired Natural Foods Inc. is voluntarily recalling several lots of peanut, almond and other nut butters on fears of salmonella contamination. The nationwide recall also includes nut butters sold in Smith's Food and Drug stores.
Social media pushes back at militant propaganda
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The extremists of the Islamic State group have turned their social media into a theater of horror, broadcasting a stomach-turning stream of battles, bombings and beheadings to a global audience.
Pryor's 'Obamacare' ad highlights his cancer fight
Kelly P. Kissel, Associated Press | posted Aug 20th - 4:30pm
U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor reached into his own medical history Tuesday to explain his vote on the nation's new health care law, telling Arkansans his battle with a rare cancer 18 years ago influenced him.
Texas Gov. Perry formally enters not guilty plea
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Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry has formally pleaded not guilty to criminal charges of leveraging his power to try to oust a Democratic district attorney convicted of drunken driving, according to court documents obtained Wednesday.
Texas regulators OK expanding nuclear waste site
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Depleted uranium from federal energy facilities can be buried at a nuclear-waste dumping site in West Texas, state regulators decided Wednesday.
McConnell, Grimes spar at Kentucky farm forum
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Kentucky's U.S. Senate candidates had a hard time talking about farming without slinging mud.
Arkansas lottery to close regional claim centers
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The Arkansas lottery is to close three regional claim centers in a move that will make an extra $381,000 available for college scholarships. Six jobs will be lost.
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Warren Buffett's firm to pay $896,000 penalty
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Warren Buffett's company has agreed to an $896,000 penalty for failing to tell regulators about a December 2013 investment in wallboard maker USG Corp. beforehand.
Feds say oil spill sheen dissipating in Ohio River
Lisa Cornwell, Associated Press | posted Aug 20th - 3:21pm
Most of a reddish-brown sheen created by thousands of gallons of fuel oil that spilled into the Ohio River from a power plant was dissipating as a cleanup estimated to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars a day continued Wednesday, federal officials said.
German retailer opening US flagship in Cincinnati
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Harry Potter Comic-Con Activities!PotterCast
San Diego Comic-Con is underway and there are a few activities you can go to if you are in the area:
San Diego Comic-Con is underway and there are a few activities you can go to if you are in the area:
Have a great time and maybe you can stop over to the LOST stuff. Since this is the last season, I would imagine the video/preview will be epic.
Looks better and better everyday. Too bad the conference is sold out already!
Bet the people who were lucky enough to get to go are having a blast!
sounds like something i would to check out. Anything about Harry Potter is always good.
Mann, how much I wish I could have gone to Comic-Con, would have been awesome =]
aww. I wish i could go. I live in Virginia and Id never be able to get there.
Why does everything good always happen in the U.S.?
Sound like fun! Enjoy your book signing, Melissa — wish I could go!!! :o)
Have a great time everyone! My brother is out there now, not for comic-con but for something else, and it kills me that I couldn't go with him [:
I will be there! See you on Sunday :) I am lucky enough to live in San Diego and have a friend who works at Comic Con who was generous enough to give me tickets! They sold out so fast this year!
Would be cool to go
Have a great time everyone who is there! Sounds like so much fun!!
I wish I could go to this kind of stuff. Once I get a job I'm going to start saving for LeakyCon 2011! At least it's closer to home to make it possible for me…


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This is the obvious crack running up the narrow south face of the tower. It finishes under the big roof at a set of rap anchors. This would be a good first trad lead for new climbers.
Southernmost point of the tower.
Gear to 3 inches. Note, gear at the start is tricky, but a 3" cam with a long runner or a slung chickenhead will tame the opening moves, even if it comes off as you pass it. Should get you safely established into the crack.


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The city of Toledo is looking to alleviate surface flooding problems in the area around the Monroe-Harvest intersection in west Toledo.
Back in 2006, the city began phase one of improvements along Barnum Ditch, and now the city is getting ready for phase two. That work will include installing larger drainage pipes to eliminate a choke-point in the storm water drainage system, as well as regrading the ditch.
The project will cost $850,000 from the storm water utility replacement fund.
William Dailey knows firsthand about the problems drivers face when heavy rain hits that area.
"Was driving through the neighborhood a couple of weeks ago, had flooding, shorted out all the electrical work in my car," said Dailey.
Mike Aldrich works at Penn Station and has had plenty of experience with the flooding problems in that area.
"It gets real frustrating. You get people trying to go through and stalling all the time. You turn around, back track, get late for work," said Aldrich.
Mary Park has lived in that neighborhood for the past 10 years.
"It floods down Violet. It floods down Harvest, and it floods down Monroe. A lot of times you can't drive through the puddles," she said.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- In the ninth and 10th innings of Friday's 8-7 loss to the Twins, Cubs manager Dale Sveum used a five-man infield, bringing Joe Mather in from left field to play near second base.
Had Mather ever done that before?
"The umpire asked me the same thing -- he asked me the second time out there, 'How many times have you done this?' and I said, 'Well, this is the second time,'" Mather said. "We had to do something kind of crazy."
Mather was technically still a left fielder even though he was standing at second base.
"I like 'rover,'" Mather said. "I don't know what you'd call that. I was on top of second base. I've never seen that alignment either. It was kind of a cool alignment."
In the ninth, it worked. The Twins had runners at first and third and one out. Alexi Casilla hit a grounder to the Cubs' real second baseman, Darwin Barney, and he threw home for the force. Brian Dozier then flied out to end the inning.
In the 10th, Mather moved in again with runners at first and third and one out, but Josh Willingham lined a single down the left-field line for the game-winner. The Cubs almost needed six infielders.
"Being able to go infield to outfield has obviously been good for my career," Mather said. "Even in dire situations, it's nice to have a guy like that."
Sveum made sure Mather knew what to do if the ball was hit to him.
"If he hit it hard, I would have tried to turn two," Mather said. "If there was any play at the plate, go home. The first time it worked out great."
The other Cubs infielders did their part to help.
"Starlin [Castro] was talking to me and Barney [was saying], 'Make sure you touch the bag,'" Mather said. "I had it."
Cubs pitching coach Bosio reflects on no-hitter
MINNEAPOLIS -- On Friday, six Mariners pitchers combined for a no-hitter. It was Seattle's first since current Cubs pitching coach Chris Bosio did so on April 22, 1993, against the Red Sox.
Bosio's feat was pretty remarkable, considering he was pitching on three days' rest and had the flu.
Normally, Bosio would throw 38-40 pitches to warm up, but this time he cut it short.
"I threw my 25th pitch and tossed it in the stands and said, 'That's it,'" Bosio said Saturday.
He walked the first two batters he faced, but then settled down. Bosio said he wasn't even aware he had a no-hitter until the eighth inning, when one of his teammates told him. Bosio needed just 96 pitches to complete the game.
Extra bases
Cubs catcher Geovany Soto, rehabbing from arthroscopic knee surgery, will begin a Minor League rehab assignment Monday with Triple-A Iowa. Soto last played May 16 before being sidelined with a tear of the meniscus in his left knee.
Catcher Welington Castillo had two hits, including a two-run home run, in his first rehab game for Double-A Tennessee on Friday. Castillo, on the disabled list since May 19 with a sprained right knee, played first base and was expected to catch on Saturday.
Alfonso Soriano hit his 12th home run of the season, and third of the series, on Saturday, and now knows what he'll be doing next week.
"I told him he locked down the [designated-hitter] job for the White Sox series," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said of the upcoming Interleague series June 18-20 at U.S. Cellular Field.
Soriano belted a two-run homer in the eighth, launching the ball into the second deck in left. On Friday, he hit a solo shot to straightaway center and added a two-run blast to the third deck in left. His dozen homers since May 15 lead the Major Leagues.
"That is our one offensive bright spot," Sveum said. "He's been doing it now for three weeks solid. Hopefully that continues."
First baseman Anthony Rizzo hit his 18th home run for Triple-A Iowa on Friday, and first in his sixth game back since he missed one week with a sore right wrist. Rizzo leads the Pacific Coast League in homers.
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter@CarrieMuskat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Over the last four Major League Baseball seasons, Dontrelle Willis is 4-15 with a 6.15 ERA.
Nevertheless, this winter the Philadelphia Phillies agreed to pay Willis $850,000 to pitch baseballs in 2012, perhaps on the strength of his outstanding numbers against left-handed batters while starting 13 games for the Reds in 2011; in 55 at-bats, lefties collected only seven hits against Willis.
Granted, that's not an overly large sample size. But just considering Willis's style, he would figure to give left-handed hitters fits. Which he did. And so the Phillies, with nary an opening in their starting rotation, brought Willis aboard with hopes that he could become a valuable lefty reliefer.
Which he might.
So far, though, things aren't going so well.
Today he pitched against the Astros and gave up three hits and two walks while retiring only two batters.
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Dontrelle Willis indicated his arm is tired and could step back from current program. "I was horseshit," he said.— Matt Gelb (@magelb) March 7, 2012
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Pitching coach Rich Dubee said Dontrelle Willis has sore arm and will be checked out tomorrow.#phillies— Jim Salisbury (@JSalisburyCSN) March 7, 2012
And what's next, who knows? One can imagine tweets about a dead arm or biceps tendonitis or something involving doctors and really sharp knives. Though of course we hope not. Willis finished last season with a 5.00 ERA and a horseshit strikeout-to-walk ratio, but he did occasional show signs of his past greatness. He showed a great deal of character, merely by returning to the mound last season and starting those 13 games.
We couldn't help hoping for more, though. Oh, and that $850,000? There's a catch. Willis has to actually make the team to get paid. And right now his chances aren't looking so hot.


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Funding Will Replace Warrensburg Health Center; Benefit Adirondack Residents
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Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer secured a grant totaling $5 million for the Hudson Headwaters Health Network through new federal funding from the Capital Development Building Capacity grant program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service. The funding will be used to replace the dated Warrensburg Health Center that serves those in nearby rural, Adirondack communities.
"This is just what the doctor ordered for Adirondack area residents and Hudson Headwaters," said Schumer. "Funding for Hudson Headwaters' new facility in Warrensburg will improve patient care and bring new blood to the area through the opening of a teaching center. I am thrilled that HHS Secretary Sebelius has heeded my call, and will send this critical federal investment to Hudson Headwaters to better serve New York's rural communities and their residents' healthcare needs."
The proposed new replacement facility will enable Hudson Headwaters to continue to offer and improve the important health care services, including primary care and specialty care, it provides to an area that is rural, remote and in many places impoverished, and will help Hudson Headwaters to become a teaching health center.
In New York, Community health centers provide high quality, affordable and accessible primary medical, dental and preventive care to more than 1.4 million New Yorkers at over 470 sites in urban, suburban and rural settings.
Recent increased funding for America's community health centers began with a $2 billion investment in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. In 2010, the Affordable Care Act included $11 billion in funding for community health centers. The two laws combined will help America's community health centers to serve nearly twice as many patients as before. The newly awarded funds will support renovation and construction projects and boost the centers' ability to care for additional patients and while creating jobs in those communities. Community health centers are an integral source of local employment and economic growth in many underserved and low-income communities. In 2010, they employed more than 131,000 staff and new funds made available today will help create thousands of jobs nationwide.
As part of the ACA, the Capital Development-Building Capacity (CD-BC) is providing approximately $600 million to existing health centers across the country for longer-term projects to expand their facilities, hire more employees and serve more patients. The second grant, called the Capital Development-Immediate Facility Improvements (CD-IFI) emphasizes shorter-term projects and is providing approximately $100 million to existing health centers to address immediate facility needs. Health Center Program grantees requesting CD-BC funding must demonstrate how their proposal will lead to significant improvements in the health center's capacity to address the existing and unmet needs of underserved patient populations. Health centers improve the health of the nation's vulnerable populations and underserved communities by ensuring access to primary health care services. Currently, more than 8,100 service delivery sites around the country deliver care to nearly 20 million patients regardless of their ability to pay.
In addition to providing essential health care, community health centers also provide high-quality jobs in communities nationwide. In 2010, they employed more than 131,000 staff including 9,600 physicians, 6,400 nurse practitioners, physicians' assistants, and certified nurse midwives, 11,400 nurses, 9,500 dental staff, 4,200 behavioral health staff, and more than 12,000 case managers and health education, outreach, and transportation staff. Since the beginning of 2009, health centers have added more than 18,600 new full-time positions in many of the nation's most economically distressed communities. The funding awards announced today will infuse critical dollars into health centers and their surrounding communities, enhancing health centers' ability to serve more patients and creating thousands of jobs across the country.
A copy of the Senator's letter to Secretary Sebelius appears below:
November 3, 2011
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius
US Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201
Dear Secretary:
I am pleased to offer my strong support for Hudson Headwaters Health Network's application to the Health Resources and Service Administration's Capital Development – Building Capacity Program. Such funding will enable Hudson Headwaters Health Network to secure $5 million to replace the Warrensburg Health Center.
The Warrensburg facility is central to Hudson Headwaters' ability to serve patients in the most remote Adirondack communities. It stays open seven days a week and six evenings to ensure that there is back up when the smaller centers close. In addition, the Warrensburg Health Center offers specialty services, enabling people to avoid a long drive to Glens Falls to find care – no small matter when the snow is flying and the roads are difficult.
The people in the Adirondack communities that Hudson Headwaters serves have made clear their great approval for the job that you and your staff do every day. The availability of their health care services – care that people trust – contributes greatly to the quality of life of many people, especially the high percentage of senior citizens who live in this region.
The proposed replacement facility will enable Hudson Headwaters to continue to offer and improve the important health care services to an area that is rural, remote and in many places impoverished, and will help Hudson Headwaters to become a teaching health center. I applaud Hudson Headwaters for its foresight, and I sincerely hope its application meets with your approval.
Thank you for your consideration. For additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me in my Washington office.
Charles E. Schumer


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Here is another Who Should Fight Who.
Sonnen should fight Evans - Reason: Sonnen looked fantastic, he was winning the fight with his wrestling, then he jumped on a guillotine choke and finished the fight. He proved once again that hes not just a great wrestler, he does have good JJ skills. It looked like for a little bit that he was going to be fighting Wanderlei Silva next but Wanderlei was saying he wanted PPV points and he also wasn't going to be able to fight for a while so that fights not going to happen right now. Sonnen will be fighting Rashad Evans at UFC 167, it'll be the Co Main. I like this fight a lot, Sonnen will have the chance to beat two former UFC champs in a row. That'd be a great accomplishment. I'm happy with this fight, it makes sense and its a solid fight name wise and stylistically. Its a big fight and I'm looking forward to it.
Rua should fight Te Huna - Reason: Shogun got caught in a choke, it sucks but its not the worst way to lose, especially when it was in the first round and they were both still relatively dry. I think he'll bounce back in his next fight. I had three guys in mind for Shogun's next fight, Ryan Bader, Lil Nog and James Te Huna. It looks like Shogun's going to be fighting James Te Huna at UFC Fight Night 33 in Australia and I love it. I'm very happy with this fight and it should be fucking awesome. I'm really looking forward to this one.
Browne should fight Barnett - Reason: Browne took a beating from Overeem. I felt the fight should have been stopped when Overeem was pounding on him after he hurt Browne badly to the body but it wasn't and Browne ended up knocking Reem out. Browne showed how tough he was and really impressed me with his come from behind KO win over Overeem. It was great. I wanted to see Browne fight Stipe Miocic next and it looked like it was going to happen but hes going to be fighting Josh Barnett instead which was who everyone thought he'd be fighting initially. I'm fine with this fight, I thought it was going to happen but then once the Miocic fight was announced I was really excited but I still like this fight and I'm expecting a war.
Overeem should fight Mir - Reason: Oh Overeem. The guy looked great once again but still lost. Just like in the Bigfoot fight he was kicking ass and then ends up getting knocked out. He doesn't keep his hands up, he needs to pace himself a little more and when a guy throws a front kick 5+ times he needs to be ready for that and block them not take one to the face. So frustrating to watch as an Overeem fan. Hes fighting Frank Mir next who is also desperate for a win so I'm expecting a great fight. These guys both need a win very badly. The loser of this fight will probably be cut.
Faber should fight McDonald - Reason: Faber was in a bit of danger in the first round but he survived and dominated the rest of the fight. Just outclassed Alcantara who is a beast and is only going to get better. Faber just dominated him with his superior grappling. Faber won that night and so did Michael McDonald so we all pretty much were calling for them to fight each other next and thats whats going to happen. Its going to be an absolute war, I wish it was a five rounder but its only three. Still, its going to be a fantastic fight.
Alcantara should fight Pickett - Reason: Alcantara looked good early but Faber was just too much for him. Hes a great talent and I think hes going learn a lot from that loss. Hes going to keep improving and I expect him to look great in his next fight. I'd like to see him fight Brad Pickett next. This fight makes sense and I think it'd be great. It has Fight of the night written all over it. I hope that fight happens. Alcantara could also fight Kyung Ho Kang or Mike Easton.
Brown should fight Condit - Reason: Brown's a maniac and I love it. The dude is just ultra aggressive and doesn't give a damn. Comes out swinging and knocks Pyle out in less than a minute, bounced his head of the mat like a basketball. Brown's on fire and I'd say hes one win away from a title shot. I thought he was fighting Tarec Saffiedine next and I actually thought it was signed but I guess it wasn't because Brown will be fighting Carlos Condit at UFC on FOX 9 and that fights going to be crazy. I'm really looking forward to it, expect to see Brown come out guns blazing once again.
Pyle should fight Alves - Reason: Pyle just got swarmed on by Brown and couldn't really do anything to stop the storm of fists and knees. It was brutal, his head was literally bouncing off the canvas like a basketball. I do think he'll come back strong in his next fight, hes a solid veteran who is still improving at the age of 38 which is very impressive. For his next fight I'd like to see him face Thiago Alves. Hes been out for a while now, hes been dealing with some injuries and if hes healthy I think this would be a great fight. I really like this fight and it makes sense to me. I hope this fight gets booked. Pyle could also fight Robert Whittaker or Pascal Kruass.
Howard should fight Leites - Reason: Howard looked good and I couldn't be happier. I've always been a fan of this guy, hes tough as nails and he did a good job in his first stint in the UFC but then he faced some top notch guys, lost and was released, he then went on to smash a bunch of dudes a couple of miles from my house. He fought the very talented Uriah Hall, it was a good fight and I was bit surprised that Howard got the decision but I was happy for him. For his next fight I'd like to see him face Thales Leites. This fight makes sense to me and I really hope it gets booked. Howard could also fight Brad Tavares or Tom Lawlor.
Hall should fight Leben - Reason: Dana White says that Uriah Hall isn't a fighter and he doesn't have killer instinct, I think thats ridiculous. Hall's a very talented fighter, hes just run into two tough guys in his last two fights. I expect him to really impress in his next fight and get everyone back on the bandwagon. Hes fighting Chris Leben next and I just feel this is a great fight for Hall and a terrible fight for Leben. This could be a great fight but I think it'll be a one sided affair. Either way I'm excited about this one.
Johnson should fight Tibau - Johnson kicked the crap out of Lauzon. It was ridiculous. Lauzon just didn't show up, he was Johnson's punching bag for 15 minutes. It was a very impressive performance, Johnson looked great. I wanted to see Johnson fight Gleison Tibau next and thats exactly who hes going to be fighting. I'm very happy about this. Its going to be a great fight. The Winner of this fight will probably crack the top 10. I'm pumped for this one.
Lauzon should fight Danzig - Reason: Lauzon took a beating, one of the worst beatings I've seen in a while. I don't know what happened, I still think Lauzon's the better fighter but he just didn't show up that night. He was frozen in front of Johnson and just couldn't do anything the entire fight. I think he'll bounce back in his next fight, he should dominate this fight. Hes fighting Mac Danzig next, Danzig's a good fighter but I don't think hes on Lauzon's level. I like this fight I thought Lauzon would get someone ranked a little higher but its still a good fight. Looking forward to it.
McDonald should fight Faber - Reason: Michael McDonald is an animal. He went back and forth with Brad Pickett for the better part of the first round, getting the better of every exchange, He had Pickett hurt over and over in that first round. Pickett's tough as hell, then in the second round he continues to pound away on Pickett and ends up submitting him. It was a beautiful performance, he showed that hes well rounded and one of the scariest guys not only in the division but in the UFC. Hes a beast and hes fighting one of the best fighters of all time Uriah Faber, this fight made too much sense not to happen. Its going down at UFC on FOX 9, it will no doubt be a #1 contender fight and I expect a war. Can't wait for this one.
Pickett should fight Alcantara - Reason: Pickett is one of my favorites and hes one of the toughest fighters to ever compete in the Octagon. The dude took an absolute beating and a lesser fighter would have been finished early in round one but he kept going somehow. He lost the fight but the man's a warrior and I hope he stays in the UFC until he retires. For his next fight I'd like to see him fact Yuri Alcantara. I like this fight, it makes sense and I hope it happens. Pickett could also fight Kyung Ho Kang or Ivan Menjivar.
McGregor should fight Jung - Reason: McGregor looked great again but he didn't get the finish that he wanted and most of his fans expected. That was due to Max Holloway's toughness, he hit him with some solid shots that would have put other guys down. It was a very good fight and McGregor shined. Hes going to be out for a while and I figure he'll be ready to go around the same time as Chan Sung Jung. I want to see this fight, it makes sense and I hope it happens next. It would be a fantastic fight and I think its the perfect fight to make once McGregor's 100%. I'm hoping Jung will be ready to go once McGregor's healed up. Really hoping this fight gets booked.
Holloway should fight Brown- Reason: Holloway did a decent job, I expected him to get outstruck for 15 minutes or get knocked out and he didn't get knocked out so props to him. Holloway's still very young and he has a bright future, I want to see him fight Mike Brown. Brown was just knocked out cold by Steven Siler and I suspect hes on his way out so I want to see Holloway fight him now. It makes sense and I think it'd be a very good fight. Hope it gets booked. Holloway could also fight Felipe Arantes or Hatsu Hioki.
Siler should fight Bermudez - Reason: Siler pretty much shocked the world when he knocked Mike Brown out. I expected him to win but I definitely didn't think he would knock him out or finish the fight as fast as he did. It was his most impressive performance to date. It was awesome. This guy is the real deal and he has really improved since coming off the Ultimate Fighter. Another man who has improved since his stint on TUF is Dennis Bermudez, he will be fighting Steven Siler and I love this fight. Its the right time for these two to finally fight. They were on the same season of TUF together and they've both been on a tear since leaving the house. I'm pumped for this fight, I'm expecting a war.
Brown should fight Holloway - Reason: Brown got laid out and nobody saw that coming. I thought Siler would out work him and take a decision, never dreamed he would knock him out. I think Brown's close to calling it quits, we'll see if thats true in his next fight. I want to see him face Max Holloway. I like this fight, it makes sense and it would be a good scrap. Hope it happens. Brown could also fight Hatsu Hioki or Felipe Arantes.
Brandao should fight Poirier - Reason: Brandao looked good, nothing to write home about. Hes very talented but his cardio needs some work. Hes definitely going to need to be in better shape for his next fight. Hes fight Dustin Poirier and this is a huge jump up in competition in my opinion. Its a big fight for Brandao, if he beats Poirier he'll crack the top ten and he'll be a lot closer to a title shot than he is right now. Honestly I think Poirier will dominate this fight but I'm hoping its competitive. Should be a fun fight.
Pineda should fight Peralta - Reason: Daniel Pineda will probably be cut but if he isn't I'd like to see him fight Robbie Peralta. That fight makes sense to me and I think it would be a good one. I hope that fight happens. Pineda could also fight Cody McKenzie or Milton Vieira.
Gamburyan should fight Siver - Reason: I now hate Manny Gamburyan. This guy lost the fight at the end of Round one, he was "Rocked" by some legal elbows from Cole Miller but hes holding the back of his head as if they were illegal elbows. The fight should have been stopped there but it wasn't and even though Gamburyan didn't answer the bell for the second round they let him continue and he ended up grinding up against Miller for two rounds and stealing a decision. It was a garbage decision, Gamburyan lost the fight but he couldn't just leave it at that he had to add insult to injury and continue to claim that he was hit with a bunch of illegal elbows. I will hope and root for Gamburyan to get knocked out cold for the rest of his career. So this Jackass is going to be fighting Denis Siver next. HAHAHAHA I couldn't have been happier when I found out. Siver's going to kill this guy and I can't wait. Really looking forward to this one.
Miller should fight Ogle - Reason: If you read above you know how I feel about this fight. Miller got screwed, not once but twice in the night. The fight should have ended after the first round and he should have won the decision. Luckily for Miller hes fighting an absolute turd next, Andy Ogle. This guy is horrible, Miller should be able to win this fight and do so easily.
St. Preux should fight The Winner of Jimmo vs Manuwa - Reason: OSP looked great. Thats the OSP the hardcore fans were hoping to see in the UFC. I was very impressed and I can't wait to see his next fight. I'd like to see him The Winner of Jimmo vs Manuwa. I like this fight a lot and I think it'd be a great fight. Hope it happens. St. Preux could also fight The Winner of Hamill vs Silva or The Winner of Maldonado vs Beltran.
Donovan should fight Villante - Reason: Donovan might get cut, he didn't look good in that fight. He was facing the very tough OSP so I hope he gets another shot. I think he should fight Gian Villante next. They both lost to OSP and I just like this fight. Hope it gets booked. Donovan could also fight Robert Drysdale or Cyrille Diabate.
Vick should fight Vallie-Flagg - Reason: Vick looked great. I thought Nijem would win but I did think Vick had a good shot of winning the fight. Nijem has looked bad as of late and I knew Vick was a huge Lightweight but I didn't think he'd win the fight as fast as he did. It was very impressive. I'd like to see Vick fight someone ranked around the same area as Nijem. Isaac Vallie-Flagg, I like this fight and I hope it happens. Vick could also fight Francisco Trinaldo or Sam Stout.
Nijem should fight Oliveira - Reason: Nijem looked terrible, again. I wouldn't be surprised to see him get cut. If he isn't cut I think he should fight Rafaello Oliveira next. The fight makes sense and I'd like to see it happen. Nijem could also fight Michel Prazeres or Takanori Gomi.
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Shuhei Nakamura first qualified for Pro Tour New Orleans in 2002 but did not attend due to the financial costs. He qualified for the next Pro Tour in San Diego and managed to play in a handful of events over the next few seasons before finally stringing one event into the next with a Top 50 finish at Worlds in San Francisco at the end of the 2004 season. That year he teamed with Tsuyoshi Fujita and Kenji Tsumura to form one of the greatest Nationals teams to ever play at Worlds.
"I didn't make Day Two. This was when Japanese didn't do well at all on the Pro Tour. I wasn't disappointed or upset," Nakamura recalled of playing at Pro Tour San Diego 2002. "What I took home from that first Pro Tour was the feeling that it was an obstacle I wanted to someday overcome. One other thing I remember from that first Pro Tour was that I met someone I thought was really, really good―Eugene Harvey. Although now that I think about it, that was right around the time he debuted on the Tour as well."
Things were changing for Japanese Magic players. Tsuyoshi Fujita had already made the finals of a Pro Tour and at Pro Tour Venice Akihiro Kashima made the Top 8 while Masahiko Morita, Masashiro Kuroda, and Katsuhiro Mori were winning the Masters Series.
Following his performance at Worlds in 2004, Nakamura had his breakout season on the Pro Tour kicked off by a second-place finish at Pro Tour Columbus—a Top 8 that featured three Japanese players—and another Top 8 to close the season at Worlds in 2005. It was the year that Japan swept the event held in Yokohama, winning the World Championship, the Player of the year title, and the World Team Championship.
"I think the reason Japanese players were able to blossom the way they did is we were paradoxically able to take advantage of the fact that we were held back for so long by our geographic and linguistic distance," posited Nakamura. "It took a while, but eventually Fujita and then Kashima made Top 8, and my impression is that they primed everyone else. After that, players who we Japanese had known for a long time were capable but who were unknown outside the country started racking up Top 8s."
Pro Tour: Columbus 2005: 2nd (Extended) Worlds 2005: 7th (Mixed) Prague 2006: 3rd (Booster Draft) Valencia 2007: 4th (Extended) Hollywood 2008: 3rd (Standard)
Grand Prix: Kobe 2001-02: 2nd (Block Constructed) Fukuoka 2001-02: 8th (Booster Draft) Nagoya 2001-02: 2nd (Team Rochester Draft) Utsunomiya 2002-03: 2nd (Rochester Draft) Yokohama 2003-04: 6th (Block Constructed) Seattle 2005: 3rd (Extended) Matsuyama 2005: 6th (Booster Draft) Toulouse 2006: 3rd (Booster Draft) St. Louis 2006: 1st (Booster Draft) Hiroshima 2006: 1st (Booster Draft) Stuttgart 2008: 1st (Booster Draft) Copenhagen 2008: 4th (Standard) Rimini 2008: 2nd (Block Constructed) Rotterdam 2009: 3rd (Booster Draft) Houston 2010: 5th (Extended) Florence 2010: 3rd (Booster Draft) Prague 2011: 3rd (Booster Draft)
"I thought that if I didn't get in this year, I never would," said an extremely happy Nakamura. "When I learned I had been inducted, I guess I felt relieved more than anything else. It didn't help that all my friends were giving me a hard time over it."
To say that Shuhei is an active player is the height of understatement. He has spent virtually every available weekend for the past few seasons chasing down Pro Points and locking up Level 8 after Level 8 status in the Pro Players Club. He admitted that his enshrinement in the Hall of Fame could coincide with a more relaxed travel schedule but explained that he was already considering that.
"I was already thinking about changing my approach to the Pro Tour, but now that I am in the Hall of Fame, I suppose it will change," said Shuhei before adding that he still had some unfinished business that was driving him: "Winning a Pro Tour."
Shuhei looked back to the day in 2005 when he was sitting in the audience at Worlds when the first Hall of Fame class was inducted. Later that weekend, he would add the second of his five career Top 8s, but at the time a spot in the Hall of Fame next to the likes of Jon Finkel seemed a long way away.
"Ten years ago, I never would have imagined this day would come," admitted Shuhei. "Six years ago, I realized it might someday come but it would be a long time in coming. Three years ago, I made it one of my goals. Entering the Hall of Fame is one of the end posts of my Magic life, and I hope it will be one of the better achievements of my life."
In becoming the second Japanese player to be inducted into the Pro Tour Hall of Fame, Shuhei wanted to thank the person who paved the way for him to get there: the first Japanese player to do so.
"I would have to thank Tsuyoshi Fujita," said Nakamura. "His influence has been a major reason for me continuing Magic over the years."
Listed below are notable decklists from Shuhei Nakamura's Pro Tour career.
Main Deck
60 cards
40 cards
With five Pro Tour Top 8s, seventeen Grand Prix Top 8s, and more than 400 lifetime Pro Points, Shuhei Nakamura has a resume second to none.
Shuhei's rise to Pro Tour dominance coincided with his membership on Japan's National Team in 2004, alongside Tsuyoshi Fujita (left) and Kenji Tsumura.
The Nakamura Magic World Tour took Shuhei around the globe many times over, including this excursion at Pro Tour Geneva 2007.
A relentless player and world traveler, Shuhei has finished in the top five of the Player of the Year race five times, winning the title in 2008.
As Shuhei's success grew and his travels went farther and wider, he became instrumental in building relationships between the Japanese Magic community and players in North America, South America, and Europe.
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This library is a C port of the implementation of Limited-memory Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno (L-BFGS) method written by Jorge Nocedal. The original FORTRAN source code is available at: http://www.ece.northwestern.edu/~nocedal/lbfgs.html
The L-BFGS method solves the unconstrainted minimization problem,
minimize F(x), x = (x1, x2, ..., xN),
only if the objective function F(x) and its gradient G(x) are computable. The well-known Newton's method requires computation of the inverse of the hessian matrix of the objective function. However, the computational cost for the inverse hessian matrix is expensive especially when the objective function takes a large number of variables. The L-BFGS method iteratively finds a minimizer by approximating the inverse hessian matrix by information from last m iterations. This innovation saves the memory storage and computational time drastically for large-scaled problems.
Among the various ports of L-BFGS, this library provides several features:
This library is used by:
libLBFGS is distributed under the term of the MIT license.
NULL if the final value is unnecessary.
#include <stdio.h> #include <lbfgs.h> static lbfgsfloatval_t evaluate( void *instance, const lbfgsfloatval_t *x, lbfgsfloatval_t *g, const int n, const lbfgsfloatval_t step ) { int i; lbfgsfloatval_t fx = 0.0; for (i = 0;i < n;i += 2) { lbfgsfloatval_t t1 = 1.0 - x[i]; lbfgsfloatval_t t2 = 10.0 * (x[i+1] - x[i] * x[i]); g[i+1] = 20.0 * t2; g[i] = -2.0 * (x[i] * g[i+1] + t1); fx += t1 * t1 + t2 * t2; } return fx; } static int progress( void *instance, const lbfgsfloatval_t *x, const lbfgsfloatval_t *g, const lbfgsfloatval_t fx, const lbfgsfloatval_t xnorm, const lbfgsfloatval_t gnorm, const lbfgsfloatval_t step, int n, int k, int ls ) { printf("Iteration %d:\n", k); printf(" fx = %f, x[0] = %f, x[1] = %f\n", fx, x[0], x[1]); printf(" xnorm = %f, gnorm = %f, step = %f\n", xnorm, gnorm, step); printf("\n"); return 0; } #define N 100 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int i, ret = 0; lbfgsfloatval_t fx; lbfgsfloatval_t *x = lbfgs_malloc(N); lbfgs_parameter_t param; if (x == NULL) { printf("ERROR: Failed to allocate a memory block for variables.\n"); return 1; } /* Initialize the variables. */ for (i = 0;i < N;i += 2) { x[i] = -1.2; x[i+1] = 1.0; } /* Initialize the parameters for the L-BFGS optimization. */ lbfgs_parameter_init(¶m); /*param.linesearch = LBFGS_LINESEARCH_BACKTRACKING;*/ /* Start the L-BFGS optimization; this will invoke the callback functions evaluate() and progress() when necessary. */ ret = lbfgs(N, x, &fx, evaluate, progress, NULL, ¶m); /* Report the result. */ printf("L-BFGS optimization terminated with status code = %d\n", ret); printf(" fx = %f, x[0] = %f, x[1] = %f\n", fx, x[0], x[1]); lbfgs_free(x); return 0; }
The L-BFGS algorithm is described in:
The line search algorithms used in this implementation are described in:
This library also implements Orthant-Wise Limited-memory Quasi-Newton (OWL-QN) method presented in:
Special thanks go to:
Finally I would like to thank the original author, Jorge Nocedal, who has been distributing the effieicnt and explanatory implementation in an open source licence.


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3Best And Worst Celebrity Looks Of The Week September 9-15
Last time we celebrated the looks of Katy Perry, Daniel Radcliffe, and surprisingly, Lady Gaga. Who dazzled me this week, who disappointed, and who WTF'd my shit up? And do you agree or disagree? Let's take a fashion journey. It was fashion week, after all.
September 15, 2013 at 8:30 am by Catherine St. Ives
2Shamwow Guy Made Movie Starring Lohan And Adrien Brody; Crime Against Humanity Achieved
The Shamwow guy AKA the Slapchop guy aka Vince Offer, directed a film starring Adrien Brody, Michelle Rodriguez, Rob Schneider, and Lindsay Lohan and the trailer is out and it's just as bad as you think it is. If you don't want to watch it, I'll sum it up for you.
- That Adrien Brody is in this film is a testament to the fact that he is impossible to work with and that no one wants to deal with his bullshit even after winning an Academy Award.
- The only funny moment in the trailer is when the music turns into sweeping dramatic music and the announcer says, "And Oscar Winner Adrien Brody" while panning over a slow motion shot of his face.
- The rest of the trailer is a hot mess of stupid offensive jokes, only offensive because of how stupid they are.
- The title of the film is InAPPropriate Comedy, so believe me, I get that it's supposed to be "inappropriate" (I have no idea why they have the weird capitalization, am I missing something?) but there's a fine line between satire and a desperate attempt at satire, and this is so desperate that we need a new word for desperate.
- Speaking of desperate, Lindsay Lohan being in this movie shows that she's fallen harder and faster than King Kong from the Empire State Building. This isn't new information, I know. But at least The Canyons has a shot at being something other than…whatever the hell this is supposed to be.
- I have no idea what the plot is. I think it's a movie about making a movie. The trailer is choppy. There's a scene of Lindsay Lohan dressed as Marilyn Monroe gunning down paprazzi. I don't know.
- Someone gave the Shamwow guy money to make this.
- Someone gave the Slapchop guy money to make this.
Is this the worst thing that has ever happened to film? Is it really a crime against humanity? Of course not. But wow. Shamf-ckingwow.
It's been shelved for a while (NO WAY, REALLY?) but it's finally coming out on March 22nd.
March 13, 2013 at 5:30 am by Catherine St. Ives
7No One Will Ever Touch Adrien Brody Again
You guys'll have to forgive me—see, this clip is a bit on the old side (it came out earlier in the month), but when I saw it, I couldn't pass it up for a few reasons. One? Adrien Brody's in it. As I'm leaving Evil Beet, I figured it'd be good to leave just one more Adrien Brody post in your presence because a) he is my one true love, and b) no one's ever going to write about him on EB ever again, since I was the only one who ever wrote about him to begin with. Here's another reason I couldn't pass it up: Lindsay Lohan is in it, and it's so, so bad. Everything about this video is so, so awful and I don't even know where to begin aside from curling up in the corner and squeaking "heartbreak" into my hands, which would be covering my ears and eyes. Both. At the same time. … You know, somehow.
The trailer is for a movie called 'InAPPropriate Comedy', and IMDB has this to say about it:
In this comedy film, a computer tablet full of the world's most hilariously offensive apps breaks through the borders of political correctness, stirring up cultural anarchy.
So basically, it's like 'Borat' with just more famous people in it. Ugh.
See what dating that straggly-haired trashbin gets you, Adrien? It gets you elbow-brushing with Lindsay Lohan. Aren't you, like, so proud, Mr. Academy Award Winner?
January 25, 2013 at 12:30 pm by Sarah
4Adrien Brody and His Whatever Girlfriend One Last Time
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I say "one last time" not because they're breaking up (I'm just not that lucky of a person, guys), but because unless something extraordinary happens to … well, happen (you know, like more public groping and/or pulling shit out of significant others' asses), I'm just out of stories about my one celebrity love, Adrien Brody, and his silly, empty-faced girlfriend, Lara Leito.
Anyway. Whatever. This is Adrien and That Girl, spending oodles of time together while Adrien films his latest movie, Whatever It Is, because luckily for Adrien, That Girl has no real job or obligations and can just sit around and comb her long, stupid hair and eat bon bons or what-the-f-ck ever while Adrien films and is productive and lets her use his super-extra large-venti platinum credit card for purchases like sparkly feather boas, "Party Like a Rockstar" t-shirts, and cases of cheap glitter nail polish, because DUH quantity over QUALITY because you just never do know when this relationship is going to end and That Girl will have to go back to her mom's roach-infested apartment in Encino or wherever and back to eating ramen noodles for dinner every damn night.
Whatever. I'm not bitter.
November 19, 2012 at 5:30 pm by Sarah
1Adrien Brody Brought That Girl to a Red Carpet Event
Oh whatever. I don't even know what to say about this, because it just reeks of ridiculousness, but all bitterness aside, things must be getting serious for Adrien and Lara Leito, who will now and forever be known as That Girl (oh—I guess I forgot to put the rest of that bitterness away; my bad).
The red carpet event in question is for Adrien's new movie, 'Back to 1942′. From IMDB:
A deadly drought in 1942 takes its toll on central China's Henan province during the war against Japan.
Here's the trailer for the movie, which also stars Tim Robbins:
It looks pretty decent, and would be another 'Schindler's List'-type thing. If, you know, Adrien is lucky. Which, duh, he is, because he's got Such A Hot Girlfriend. You know—That Girl. Isn't he just so lucky, guys?
November 12, 2012 at 9:30 am by Sarah
8Adrien Brody's Still Dating That Model/Actress/Blogger/Nobody
I don't mean to say that she's a nobody, because that's just not all that nice, but guys, she's a nobody. And that's an area that Adrien Brody specializes in when it comes to women, which makes me wonder what's so wrong with me? See, Adrien has this history of dating completely obscure women, and dating them 'til a semblance of a career starts to take off and then they leave him for what they perceive to be better waters (i.e., Elsa Pataky, who's now baby-mama and wife to CHRIS HEMSWORTH). Poor, poor Adrien Brody. Always dating women who think it's OK to stick their hands down your pants in Cannes. Class, class, classy.
Anyway. This is them and they're still together. And This Girl, Lara Leito, is still taking photos like this one:
Dunno, Adrien. Maybe you should move on from all of these, you know, conventionally pretty nobodys and onto the average-looking, slightly nerdy nobodys who can spell words like onomatopoeia on their first try, and without having to first sneak a peak at the spell-check. Just an idea, you know?


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City College confirms Whitehawk primary academy plans
3:20pm Tuesday 13th November 2012 in News By Ben James
College bosses have confirmed plans to take over a primary school labelled as "failing" by Government inspectors.
City College Brighton and Hove will now apply to the Department for Education to sponsor Whitehawk Primary School as an academy.
The school was deemed as "failing" by Ofsted when inspectors visited.
In line with Government policy, it was earmarked to become an academy.
But in July the school achieved its best ever Key Stage Two exam results.
In maths 66.7% of pupils reached the grade while 83.3% achieved the standard in English.
Both the college and the University of Brighton showed an interest in acting as sponsor for the proposed academy but it was the former who took the lead and now City College governors have backed the plans.
Senior staff, led by college principal Lynn Thackway, will now work through the lengthy application with next September set as a target date for formal conversion.
Mrs Thackway, who took over from long-serving former head Phil Frier in September, said: "The decision followed an extremely thorough analysis of the strategic, operational and educational implications of the proposal.
"I look forward to working with the school and key stakeholders to ensure success for the staff, children, families and Whitehawk community."
Education experiment
In her first interview with The Argus back in September, she described Whitehawk Primary as one of her top priorities.
However, there is strong opposition to the plans with unions claiming that the school is no longer failing.
Alex Knutsen, the Unison branch secretary, said: "The school has recently seen record grades but the application is only decided from the year in question.
"We believe that academies are a huge experiment with our children's education.
"If something does go wrong then who is going to be there to pick up the pieces?"
City College already has a campus near the school in Wilson Avenue and describes the move as a "natural progression".
The conversion would see college bosses having an input in how the primary school children are taught in return for funding.
Mr Knutsen said: "I find it odd that they are taking on a primary school.
"There's a gap in between so our fear is that they try and take on a secondary school in the city.
"As I understand it, it's by no means a sealed deal. We are meeting with the anti-academy group and will take things from there."
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Note that "educational" values seem to come a poor third after "strategic" and "operational" (= "how much profit can we screw out of this deal and what level of 'win bonus' will I be on as a result?") ones.
Are BCC not content with having shafted the Council over the Wilson Avenue site? And are BHCC STILL blind to what so-called "academies" will do to the educational chances of our kids?
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