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Mp's anger over speed cam plans
12:20pm Thursday 16th October 2008 in News By James Wallin
THE people of Swindon should be consulted over plans to scrap speed cameras, according to an MP.
Michael Wills, North Swindon MP, has said he has concerns about "radical steps" which are expected to be given the green light by Swindon Council's cabinet next week.
Councillors will meet on Wednesday to discuss proposals to withdraw from the Wiltshire and Swindon Speed Camera Partnership.
Mr Wills said: "I'm very concerned about this decision. All the evidence shows that speed cameras are effective in reducing road accidents.
"I have seen too many heartbreaking cases of people in Swindon whose loved ones have been killed or maimed by speeding drivers.
"I am surprised the council did not conduct a full and thorough consultation with the people of Swindon before taking such a radical step which could effect the lives of so many people.
"The council is now on trial to prove that the steps they say will improve road safety will be at least as effective and measures they have now removed.
"I very much hope they will pass this test they have set themselves as the lives of many people in Swindon depend on it."
Peter Greenhalgh, Swindon Council's lead member for highways, transport and strategic planning, hit back at the criticisms.
He said: "This is not a radical step – what we are doing is in response to an unbiased report.
"If we consulted on every single decision that was made we would be having votes every day.
"Michael Wills should concentrate on his own job of securing funding for Swindon, instead of criticising us.
"When was the last time he consulted the people on a decision made by his government?"
In response to the heated debate generated by the issue the Adver will run its own poll, to see if the people of Swindon agree with the recommendations.
From Saturday to Tuesday readers can vote online or via the paper to give their opinion on the speed camera debate.
Adver editor Dave King said: "This is a decision that affects everyone in Swindon and it is only right that the voice of the public is considered alongside the views of politicians.
"This is why I am urging all our readers to have their say on this issue when the Adver poll opens on Saturday."
The results of the poll will be published on Wednesday in the run up to the cabinet meeting at 6.15pm, at the Civic Offices in Euclid Street.
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12:30pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Bobfm says...
He also shows his complete ignorance of Road Safety, he is talking total rubbish. It is sickening when politicians use emotiveness to 'sell' their ideas.
This Government needs to understand people are sick to death of lies and deceit. Where was democracy over the smoking ban Mr Wills when 65% of the UK population wanted choices in hospitality, where was the democracy Mt Wills, when 80% plus wanted on a Referendum on the Reform Treaty. Remember the meeting Mr Wills 140ish for a vote and 4 I think against. What did you and Anne do. Voted against the wishes of your electorate.
When have either of you voted against your lord and masters. You are as out of touch with this as you are with everything else.
Speed cameras cost lives not save them.
12:34pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Bobfm says...
12:36pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Robh says...
The point is that none of these accidents took place at a speed camera site. Very few accidents involve speed and it seems stupid to spend so much money on the very limited areas they cover. Also the police seem to have used these cameras as an excuse for not providing adequate action on road safety.
A camera will only detect speed but a policeman with a hand held camera can see many other offences. Unfortunately many drivers have become complacent when it comes to safe driving to the point that anything goes.
We need to give them a wake up call with more officers dealing with more offences and much stiffer fines.
12:39pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Geoff Reid says...
Anyone else notice that the "Public must be consulted" gets shouted when one politician doesn't like the decision taken by another....
...the other politician shouts "We live in a representative democracy, so we take these decisions on your behalf".
This, however, is another instance where the government hasn't allowed the public to learn the facts regarding accident data.....
...because it is jealously protecting a huge revenue stream.
As seductive as the emotive arguments might be for 'safety' cameras, they do not hold up to objective scrutiny and are not supported by the governments own Dept. of Transport report:
I doubt Michael Wills will want you to read Swindon Borough Councils cabinet papers on this either...so here they are:
Put emotions and money to one side for just 30 minutes and read the proposals before deciding that enforcement cameras are a 'must have' solution to road safety.
I want Swindon's roads to be much safer than the government target figure, which is why I support SBC's intention to make them so.
12:48pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Dirty Barry says...
12:56pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Malkym says...
1:25pm Thu 16 Oct 08
top_starfish says...
The people that support cameras aren't quite as co-ordinated or vocal.
1:39pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Even Angrier Monkey says...
A static camera or coppers in a car?
And Devizes is spelt with a Z you plank
1:40pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Psychotic Sid says...
1:43pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Donkey says...
This is another political football, as most politicians in this town have absolutely no time whatsoever for the opposite parties on any issue! What about the good of the community ...what community, though?
1:54pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Even Angrier Monkey says...
I cant be bothered to mention all the reasons why speed cameras are so bad at the job they are designed to do again. its been said a million times, and still some people dont get it.
Just to mention I have a clean licence and have not had an accident for over 10 years
1:55pm Thu 16 Oct 08
trustnopolitician says...
A referendum among non drivers might be a good start.
It doesn't occur to most politicians (local & national) that there are people of independent thought in their constituencies.
We need ALL motoring controls which lead to safety on our roads.
But above all we need decisions made on common sense rather than ideology which all main parties indulge in.
How many of the local politicians have (a) been convicted of speeding and more importantly (b) lost loved ones in Road Traffic Accidents?
I lost two loved ones in separated accidents in the space of eight years many years ago.
I know that the pain lives forever. We need all measures possible to protect us from stupid arrogant drivers, and it seems from uncaring, arrogant decision makers whose motivation is self interest and cheap publicity.
2:54pm Thu 16 Oct 08
PeeveD says...
I was under the impression that we voted for politicians on both local and national levels to make decisions for us. If this is not going to be the case then we should just allow the civil servants to hold a weekly (or the way it is going DAILY)vote on the topic of the day and then carry out the verdict of the majority!
3:00pm Thu 16 Oct 08
The Chrominator says...
top_starfish wrote:
I'm sure the vote will be rigged, as there are loads of big anti speed camera websites and networks all rubbing their hands together at the prospect of camera removal. The majority of these people don't give a hoot about safety, they just think they are such good drivers thay can decide on a safe speed to travel, which is fine... ...until something unexpected happens. The people that support cameras aren't quite as co-ordinated or vocal.
Another assumption-heavy opinion whose author has, yet again, resorted to fear instead of fact.
I've just read the reports. You're spouting complete b*ll*x Starfish, and your last thought proves it >>
"The people that support cameras aren't quite as co-ordinated or vocal"....
!!! stop it, my eyes are sweating!
3:13pm Thu 16 Oct 08
The Chrominator says...
Donkey wrote:Donkey said that I >> "show how I drive by suggesting that Speed Camera sites are statistically proven as non-effective"
Top starfish, you are correct. Some people show, on here, exactly how they drive by suggesting that Speed Camera sites are statistically proven as non-effective as drivers know only too well where to slow down for them. Surely, without triggering their brains into considering the speed they are driving at will make them go even faster? This is another political football, as most politicians in this town have absolutely no time whatsoever for the opposite parties on any issue! What about the good of the community ...what community, though?
You're another spouter of complete cr*p donkey.
Have you read either of the reports mentioned here earlier? No? Because you have zero interest in learning the truth.
Just for once why can't you emotional orgasmics try fact instead of fiction?.
3:18pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Worz says...
I lost two loved ones in separated accidents in the space of eight years many years ago.
You have my sympathy, one is devastating, two must be unbelievably so. However, unless these two accidents were caused purely by drivers exceeding the speed limit, then all the speed cameras in the world would not have saved them. Only a few percent of accidents are caused by excessive speed.
We don't just need the speed cameras removing, we need them to be replaced with something which will act on the causes of the other 90+% of accidents. In Swindon's case that will mean that an extra £320K per year can be invested in tackling the major problems, rather than a minor one.
3:53pm Thu 16 Oct 08
ourtone says...
I am very concerned about Mr Willis. There is a substantial amount of evidence to show that at best, the virtues of Speed Cameras are over-rated and at worse, they kill people.
To make the statement above shows that Mr Willis is either ignorant of the facts or aware and deliberately misrepresenting them to further the political agenda of his paymasters.
So which is it Mr Willis, Ignorant or Corrupt?
4:12pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Big Mac says...
The sad thing is that neither of them have any concern for road safety, they are simply spouting the party line. They know full well that the government will lose a MASSIVE revenue stream if other councils follow SBC's lead - which they surely will.
As others have said, very eloquently, speed cameras do not offer much in the way of improved road safety. Only 5% of all road accidents involve excess speeds in any case - so even if they prevented ALL speeding, 95% of all accidents would still occur.
Of course, the sheer amount of money raised by speed cameras very clearly demonstrate that they're not even effective at reducing the speed of drivers at the actual camera sites!
I find it odd that this has seemingly broken down into a left-wing Vs. right-wing issue, but less surprising that the left-wing appear to simply take the overly emotive, non-factual stance in their attempt to continue making millions and millions of pounds from cameras that are essentially ineffective.
I do wish SBC would now get on and announce, definitively, that the cameras are going. They still don't appear to have confirmed that they are and we don't seem to have a date for their removal.
Let's get on, remove the cameras and make Swindon's roads safer for ALL of us (and yes, I even include Donkey in that).
4:14pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Lafyor Socksoff says...
Our Prime minister is in place by a dirty deal between him and quitter Bliar and announced HOURS AFTER the last election. Bliar previously promised two referenda on the Euro and Brown a referendum on the EU constitution NONE OF WHICH HAPPENED. Also please present your data on the effectivness of cameras on accidents. Its the usual Labour smoke and mirrors which adds up to the Nu Labour Con Trick. With unemployment rising rapidly under your stewardship I would get a real job quick prior to 2010 when you are history
4:37pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Tony Starr says...
Cameras are needed where there is a problem with speed-related accidents, and it shouldn't stop the police from monitoring the area too. Where there isn't a problem, cameras shouldn't be there in the first place!
If cameras approximately pay for themselves - ie the government hand out to partnerships roughly what they get in revenue overall, then they do not detract from the police at all.
Why would someone who doesn't speed have a problem with speed cameras.
4:42pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Even Angrier Monkey says...
"Why would someone who doesn't speed have a problem with speed cameras."
"Where there isn't a problem, cameras shouldn't be there in the first place!"
4:47pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Even Angrier Monkey says...
Drink drivers are always dangerous. un-roadworthy cars are always dangerous. Speed can at times be dangerous, but fining someone £80 for exceeding the limit by 5/10 mph on a clear road in good conditions is pointless, and does nothing to aid road saftey at all.
The other reason is the cost of the cameras. you could put an extra copper in a car on the raod for every camera.
4:57pm Thu 16 Oct 08
ourtone says...
4:37pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Cameras are needed where there is a problem with speed-related accidents, and it shouldn't stop the police from monitoring the area too. Where there isn't a problem, cameras shouldn't be there in the first place!
If cameras approximately pay for themselves - ie the government hand out to partnerships roughly what they get in revenue overall, then they do not detract from the police at all.
Why would someone who doesn't speed have a problem with speed cameras.
Well Tony, I don't speed and I hate GATSO's with a passion.
Just to be clear, I have been driving for 22 years and have never had a single point on my licence for speeding or anything else. I have never had an accident that was my fault (ask my Insurance company,) and I have probably covered about 330,000 miles overall.
So what is wrong with GATSO's?
Firstly, they are used as a substitute for real policing. Police Traffic patrols have been reduced consistently since GATSO's were introduced. The Cameras that the Police now rely on are almost useless. They only catch people breaking the limit in a specific location.
GATSO's don't catch drivers who are drunk, drugged, uninsured, untaxed, on the wrong side of the road or driving on the pavement, driving at night without lights, driving with bulbs blown, bald tyres or other illegal defects to their cars. That is why there are over 1.5 million uninsured cars on UK roads, which are presumably untaxed and unregistered.
Second, they don't work. Before their introduction, Road Deaths per 1,000 head of population were reducing slowly and steadily. Since the UK started to depend on GATSO's, that reduction has stopped, and deaths have remained level or occasionally increased slightly.
The anti drink-drive campaign, that used coppers on patrol, achieved a real change. GATSO's have just given us policing on the cheap.
Third, the Road Safety partnerships lie and twist the figures in order to defend the indefensible. In order to site a permanent camera they have to substantiate a number of deaths within a certain distance and time. In the past they have incorporated people who have committed suicide by jumping off bridges in the figures. They also distort the figures following the introduction of a camera to justify its existence, when in fact any change can be explained by a statistical phenomena known as 'regression to the mean.'
Fourth, they are used to extend the infiltration of CCTV cameras throughout the UK. We already have the highest levels of surveillance in the Western World. Coupled with systems like ANPR, they provide yet another method for an unreliable and untrustworthy government to snoop on us. We don't need any more.
I have more, but that's enough for now.
5:06pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Tony Starr says...
I fully agree that they do not address the majority of safety issues, and shouldn be regarded as the pariah of road safety, but even if they do not prevent accidents but make them happen at a reduced speed they can save lives!
The A14 scheme in cambridgshire claims a 21% reduction in colissions, but an 80% reduction in deaths and serious injuries. Speed doesn't cause the majority of accidents, but a few MPH can mean the difference between life & death when they do happen.
5:13pm Thu 16 Oct 08
ourtone says...
4:37pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Why would someone who doesn't speed have a problem with speed cameras.
Tony – a question for you.
Why do you think fixed speed limits are appropriate. How can you say that there is only one speed which is appropriate for a stretch of road at any time.
Safe speed for any road depends on the weather, time of day, visibility, density of traffic, road surface and the type, age and condition of cars using it and the health and physical ability of people driving them.
If you are a young man with good eyesight and reflexes, on the M4 near Chippenham at 7 a.m. on a bright, dry, summer morning with 5 cars per mile, driving a new car with brakes, suspension and tyres in good condition, then 70 m.p.h. is far too slow. Under those circumstances 100 m.p.h. is likely to be safer.
By the same token, being on the two lane stretch near Newport in the middle of winter, in the dark, in the rain, in an older car or with an older driver, should mean that 45-50 m.p.h. is the safer top speed.
The law, however says that 70 m.p.h. is the correct speed for both situations, and there is no argument allowed or appeal to common sense possible,.
Even if you were to ignore the above, and believe that fixed limits can be appropriate, why do you think the limits we have now are right. The current speed limits are based on stopping distances developed using car technology of the 1950's. Back then cars had drum brakes all round and ABS was unheard of, the suspension systems were primitive, steering was manual, with no assistance, tyre technology was primitive and headlights were dim and unreliable. Even the cheapest cars now on sale are hugely better than that. If car technology has moved on, speed expectations should also.
5:19pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Big Mac says...
Anyone with half decent eyesight can quite merrily speed just about wherever they want, all you need do is slow down for speed cameras.
That's the secondary reason why they're so utterly pointless and usually just penalise people who have crept a few miles per hour over the limit and were driving perfectly safely and caused no incident of any kind.
The main reason they're so pointless is because 95% of all road accidents occur when no speed limit has been broken.
The pro-speed camera brigade routinely overlook and ignore this glaring FACT that is provided by the Department of Transport and the police themselves.
If nobody ever broke any speed limit on any road ever again we would still have 95% of the road traffic accidents happen.
To be absolutely honest, those who support speed cameras generally tend to the same people who delight in telling others what they must, and must not do, and who like to impose their views on others and control them.
It's not an attractive or healthy attitude in my opinion.
5:20pm Thu 16 Oct 08
ourtone says...
5:06pm Thu 16 Oct 08
But my ill-tempered simian friend, they apparently rake in a fortune, paying for themselves in no time, and therefore do not take money that could otherwise fund a staffed patrol car.
The flaw in this argument is that the numbers of Police Traffic patrols have been reduced. This isn't because of money being spent on cameras, it is because senior policemen and politicians have spotted an opportunity to save money.
In some forces Traffic Police numbers have been cut by 66% in the last decade.
Home Office figures (from Home office publication: "Motoring Offences and breath test statistics, England and Wales - 2000") documents that all motoring offences except speeding show a fall in offences between 1999 and 2000. Don't let anyone tell you that this is because fewer offences were committed. It's clearly because fewer offences were detected by fewer police patrols. In just this one year, speeding offences are up by 18%, while all other groups of offences were down by between 2 and 19%.
You would have to be stupid not to spot the correlation.
5:50pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Geoff Reid says...
"Why would someone who doesn't speed have a problem with speed cameras"
Because the recent DFT and TRL reports clearly show that speed cameras do not, and cannot do what the government claims for them.
If you were prescribed pills for heart disease which didn't work, you'd be upset, and furious when you realised that the manufacturer knew they didn't work, but lied to you so you'd keep buying them...
Anyway, isn't this a Swindon issue?
Funny how contributors from Wiltshire have suddenly cropped up in this specific topic.
7:39pm Thu 16 Oct 08
Bobfm says...
This is quite a simple issue. Camera partnership show us how many people were killed or seriously injured whilst our two cameras were out of action, at their locations.
6:26am Fri 17 Oct 08
M4 Bypass says...
10:17am Fri 17 Oct 08
Tony Starr says...
Accident Stats work on known factors and in the days of modern antilock bakes it's hard to know the speed of a vehicle leading up to a crash. We therefore have to rely on driver & witness statements. No driver is going to say 'I was doing 45 when he pulled out in front of me', and in the absence of skid-marks, there is no proof that they were! so the stats 19 records driver error as the cause.
You're all correct to say speed doesn't kill (it's the impact that kills), and in ideal conditions speed doesn't cause accidents. I agree no one speed limit can be appropriate to a road at all times - you may be driving well above the speed limit in a perfectly safe manner, but that doesn't account for the other driver/biker/cyclist
/pedestrian. It may be their fault, but if you were speeding at the time, that could be the end of them rather than a painful & costly mistake! 2 or 3 mph can mean the difference between life & death.
I don't consider speed cameras to be the pariah of road safety and if they replaced the cameras with additional police patrols, I would be all in favour... they won't be. we'll get a flashing sign at best, the effects of which are short term before the majority of drivers just switch off to them!
10:59am Fri 17 Oct 08
ourtone says...
When the speed of vehicles at an accident is assessed, they have a lot more information to go on than skid-marks. There is the relative position of the vehicles to their original direction of travel, dispersion of headlight lens and window glass secondary impacts and so on. There is no lack of eagerness amongst the Road Policing fraternity to blame excessive speed as a causative factor. If 'Driver Error,' is recorded then you can be sure this is correct.
Your second point is logically inconsistent. You accept that one limit cannot be appropriate at all times, and then you go on to say that if someone is 'speeding,' you are more likely to kill the other driver/biker/cyclist /pedestrian. If you accept that fixed limits are inappropriate, then the concept of speeding is no longer what it previously was.
If an accident is caused by driver 'A' then it is irrelevant how fast driver 'B' is going. The blame stays with 'A.'
You don't consider Speed Cameras to be the pariah of road safety. Well I do. The reliance on them is allowing unlicensed, uninsured drivers to clog the streets with untaxed vehicles with no MoT and frequently laden with defects which may render the car dangerous.
We need real policing, and for that you need people, not stupid yellow boxes on sticks.
4:20pm Fri 17 Oct 08
Tony Starr says...
The actual IMPACT speed can be determined with the techniques you state, but on impact, drivers have usually been braking for some seconds. The approach speed prior to braking cannot be determined, and can only be estimated to a reasonable degree of accuracy with full investigation which takes many hours, requires a full road closure. However the impact speed or approach speed are not fully investigated unless a death or injuries likely to cause death occur! Otherwise, statements and often photographs are taken and the road cleared as soon as possible.
I do accept that a fixed speed limit is not always appropriate for the whole length of a road, but limits are required - without them, the choice of speed is left to the drivers interpretation, which for an experienced, well trained and considerate driver is fine, but unfortunately for the majority of drivers, is not fine. So we all have to stick to them.
If an accident is caused by driver 'A' then it is irrelevant how fast driver 'B' is going. The blame stays with 'A.'- Agreed, but the speed that 'B' was travelling may still determine the severity of the incident!
I whole-heartedly agree with you on one thing - We do need more REAL policing too! Although most people hate traffic police too - the phrase 'why dont you go catch some real criminals' springs to mind!
2:13am Sat 18 Oct 08
Insight says...
Yes, the Labour Government, Anne Snelgroves bunch, ooops a daisy we forgot to supply targets and funding for 'real' police who can do the job properly because speed cameras cut down on public sector pay.
...and she's got the nerve to criticise this council for playing fast and loose with peoples lives?
By the way, stop this retarded arguing of the pros and cons and laws of physics nonsense over speeding, the object of this exercise and replacement of cameras is to catch more people driving dangerously and stop them doing it, not give a license to idiots who think they're Michael flippin Schumacher. Speed cameras simply don't work, but speeding is still wrong, get over it!)
2:24am Sat 18 Oct 08
Insight says...
I agree, the vote will be rigged, but in favour of the speed camera partnerships.
With the Governments reputation at stake and with big investment banks like Goldman Sachs investing in speed camera manufacturers, it's obvious there's an easy buck to be made out of stupid authoritys who're lead to believe they're doing the right thing in these troubled economic times.
Speed Cameras and Safety? ...my foot ...only councils that are easily lead and fools with their money would sign up to new camera deals now they know they're all but being cut out of the revenue stream.


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Amesbury, MA — Simone Begin, a longtime Amesbury resident, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Cookshire, Quebec and was the daughter of the late Joseph and Georgiana (Cloutier) Dumont. She was the wife of the late Gustave Begin who passed away in 1980.
She came to Amesbury as a toddler and attended Sacred Heart Academy. She became a hairdresser and for many years, owned and operated Simone's Beauty Shop.
She is survived by one sister, Claire "Geri" Farmer of Amesbury and nieces and nephews. She was the sister of the late Simon Dumont and Dolores Lee.
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- Preparation time: 15 to 30 minutes
- These cookies are easy to make and very nice to eat.
125 g butter
½ cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup plain flour
3 tablespoons cornflour
6 Weet-Bix, crushed
1 teaspoon baking powder
Pecan nut halves or quarters
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add beaten egg.
- Stir in dry ingredients (except pecan nut halves).
- Roll into balls and place on a baking sheet.
- Flatten slightly with a fork and press a pecan nut half or quarter on top of each cookie.
- Bake for approximately 15-20 minutes at 180°C.
Recipe notes
Some chopped pecan nuts can also be added in to the mixture. I found this recipe in an Australian Heritage cookbook. They are not too sweet, so are useful for people conscious of their sugar intake.
Great way to use weetbix crumbs
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Ryan O'Reilly scored at 3:55 of overtime to cap a dramatic comeback from a late third period two-goal deficit, lifting the Colorado Avalanche to a 4-3 victory over the Florida Panthers Wednesday night at Pepsi Center. Ryan Wilson carried the puck to the Florida blue line then dished off to O'Reilly, who snapped a wrist shot from the top of the right circle that trickled between the pads of goaltender Jose Theodore and into the net for the game-winner.
It was the first time the Panthers has squandered a game in which they led after two periods, as they had been 11-0-3 coming into action Wednesday. By virtue of the Washington Capitals' 3-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens, Florida falls into second place and now trails the Caps by a point for the Southeast Division lead for the first time since early in the season. Posting a 3-6-4 mark in their last 13 contests, the Panthers find themselves clinging to the eighth and final postseason spot in the East.
Similarly for Colorado, the two points were huge, pushing them past the slumping Minnesota Wild for the eighth spot in the West.
It has been a long road back for Avs' right winger Peter Mueller, but he was a big difference-maker on this night. After missing 40 games due to the fourth concussion of his career, the 23-year-old scored two goals and added an assist for his first points of the year in his fourth game back.
Just when it seemed that the Cats had the game in hand late in the third, the Avalanche tied the game. Paul Stastny took a pass from Mueller and skated along the right wing side and flipped a wide-angle shot towards the Florida net. Theodore made the initial stop, but Stastny was able to whack home the rebound for his 13th goal of the year with just 3:17 left in regulation to tie the score at 3-3.
Colorado had gotten back in the game courtesy of a too many men on the ice minor against Florida. On the ensuing power play, Mueller scored his second goal of the night on a wicked one-timer from the left faceoff circle. O'Reilly sent Mueller a flat pass and the winger made no mistake, sending a blazing shot past Theodore as rookie Gabriel Landeskog jumped to obscure the netminder's vision to bring the Avs back to within one at 3-2 just 3:36 into the third frame.
The Panthers added to their 2-1 margin very early in the third. Marcel Goc sent a shot towards the Colorado net, bounced off Mikael Samuelsson in front of Jean-Sebastien Giguere and deflected to the slot area. Tomas Kopecky got there a split second before an Avalanche defender and knocked the puck into the gaping cage for his sixth of the season just 20 seconds into the third stanza to increase the Florida lead to 3-1.
Stephen Weiss gave the Panthers a 2-1 lead late in the middle frame on an outstanding individual effort. Taking a feed from Brian Campbell, he stickhandled his way between Avs' defensemen, and as he fell to the ice, poked the puck past Giguere for his 12th goal of the season at 18:48.
Mueller tied the game at 1-1 with his first goal of the year early in the second period, when he was given both time and space in the slot area. He sent a shot between Theodore's pads at 6:50 to knot the score at 1-1.
Florida was given a gift late in the opening period. With Shane O'Brien in the penalty box for roughing and the Panthers buzzing around the Colorado net, it appeared that in his haste to clear the puck out of harms way, defenseman Ryan O'Byrne actually accidentally tapped the puck past Giguere and into the far corner and into his own net. Goc was credited with his fifth of the year, giving Florida a 1-0 lead at 14:51 of the opening stanza.
Theodore made 40 saves in his first game back from a knee injury, but took the loss to fall to 14-8-5.
Giguere stopped 26 Cats' shots in improving his record to 11-6-1 for the season.


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We all know Doc is a very good pitcher. He is a good pitcher because he puts a lot of batters out. This, however, does not help people appreciate the whys and hows this is accomplished.
Last year I wanted to explain some things by creating a nice, data-filled breakdown of each of his pitches, and explained some other factors about their usage that may also make them more effective individually.
However, Doc is really, really, difficult to break down. I flamed out and couldn't manage the pace, as each individual start would throw me for a loop.
So, I decided to nix the graphs, and the start-by start breakdown and just post the conclusions.
Roy Halladay throws at least four basic pitches, a sinker, a cutter, a curveball, and a changeup.
The sinker and the cutter were used in 2010 as two complimentary pitches. They were both standard pitches intended to induce weak contact, be it a pop-up or groundball, with more groundballs. They work either edge, and break in opposite directions, and they were thrown in about equal numbers. They provide a solid baseline for off-speed pitches to help with.
Overall, the cutter is better, as more pop-ups and more whiffs with good groundballs is slightly better than the fewer whiffs and more groundballs the sinker gets. The usage of more cutters is why his groundball rates are down from years ago.
The curveball has been present in his pitch arsenal since early on in his career, and gets both a lot of whiffs and is very well controlled, particularly for a curveball. There are very few curveballs in the league with a comparable amount of control, and Doc can even choose spots with it, sometimes going for the strike zone, and sometimes going for out of the strike zone. I cannot say he has more control than that, as all curveballs miss quite a bit, but even 'more' in the zone against 'less' in the zone is impressive. A curveball that gets in the zone often and produces a lot of whiffs? Yes please.
His changeup was the new toy last year. It worked out well, being a whiff machine like the curveball, while being both significantly faster than it, easier to control than the curveball, while still maintaining a large speed difference than both fastballs. The biggest problem was that it wasn't available all year. Many starts he didn't throw it at all, only throwing a few changeups that were more reminiscent of the changeups he used in 2007-2009, than the 2010 version. If he has it all year long, he should be able to match last years numbers.
In summary, Doc is good because he's good from all angles. He has a lot of deceptive pitches, a lot of pitches at different speeds, angles, locations, and pitch movements. He gets a lot of popups, groundballs, and Ks, while minimizing walks. The individual pitches in themselves are excellent but not unbelievable, but combined they're more than enough to dominate batters. The depth comes in handy for the days when one or more of his pitches is not working. I can't wait to see what the next development in his career is.
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A local estate agent says the sale and letting of nearly 9,000 square feet of commercial space in Otley is a 'positive' sign for the town.
Dacres Commercial has recently sold the former Atkinson Dacre Solicitors building, on Boroughgate, to a residential developer and let the former Westgate Surgery to a specialist autism services organisation, Autism First.
Matthew Brear, from the firm's agency division, said that showed there was revival taking place in the town's commercial property market.
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'Although the town currently has a few empty commercial units, new businesses and organisations are very much attracted to Otley.
'These two deals are a positive indicator that they will invest in the town, which has a thriving and supportive local community that continually results in high levels of footfall.' Autism First, which provides support services for adults with autism and Asperger's syndrome, is already up and running while work on the Boroughgate property is expected to start soon.


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Is Brandon LaFell the future #1, or just a career #2?
With another season in the books and another draft come and gone with no first round receivers added, I wanted to take a look at one of our current young receivers: Mr. Brandon LaFell. Generally getting no love on the national stage and mixed feelings here on CSR, I simply wanted to see how he stacks up against the other #2 receivers in the league. Gettlemen has stated that the answer is sometimes on the roster, and for a future #1 no one is closer than Brandon LaFell at this point. Let's put Mr. Gettlemen's statement to the test.
First, let me be up front in telling you that I am a LaFell fan. He's not one of my favorite players but I find that he is certainly reliable, appearing to make tough grabs in critical situations more often than not. With this said, that is all just my perception. While we all look at players using the eye test we shouldn't ignore the numbers, and that's what I'm attempting to use here to validate LaFell's position as the #2 receiver of the Carolina Panthers. My expectations before beginning this process were that LaFell was a solid #2 last year, and I believe that this statistical evaluation has proven that theory to be correct. Please read on, and you can judge for yourself.
In evaluating LaFell, I chose not to compare him to #1 wide receivers. He just isn't there yet, and who knows if he will ever establish himself as a true #1. He does have the tools to possibly become a future #1 but he still has to take a relatively large step in my opinion. Maybe this will be the year with his and Cam's continued development…but that remains to be seen.
In determining who the #2 wide receivers for each team were, I simply used receiving yards as my sorting metric. I did not count any tight ends in the evaluation, regardless of yards, because they play a different position. If I were to use receiving tight ends then we would have to compare LaFell to the league's #3 receivers…because our own Greg Olsen was #2 in receiving yards for the Panthers last year. With more time, I would consider looking at LaFell's numbers when compared to #2 receivers who perform behind top TE receiving threats, but for this exercise we'll just take out the TE altogether.
All of the data on receivers came from the NFL.com database and from Football Outsiders, and the rankings are my own work in comparing LaFell to all #2 wide receivers. The results are as follows:
Receiving Yards: 18th
Touchdowns: 17th
First Down %: 7th
Receptions: 22nd
Yards per Game: 17th
Average Yards per Catch: 7th
As you can see, LaFell is middling in receiving yards, TD's, Yards/Game, and number of receptions when compared to other #2 wide receivers. He also ranks 7th in both first down % and average yards per catch when compared to other #2 wide receivers, so he does prove to be a reliable weapon.
Another metric, not listed above, is the Catch Rate Percentage. LaFell had a Catch Rate last year of 58%, which was good for #1 on the team. Overall, the Panthers had a relatively low catch rate percentage amongst their wide receivers, which could be attributed to errant throws by Cam. By comparison, Steve Smith had a 52% Catch Rate, with substantially more targets. As Cam's passes become more consistently accurate, especially on the short and intermediate routes, I expect these numbers to improve across the board.
Maybe this will give us all a little more insight as to how LaFell is actually performing when compared to the rest of the league's #2 wide receivers. He should be considered a solid #2, but not a top flight #2 (a la Julio Jones). Even with Olsen putting up excellent numbers ahead of him, I would still like to see LaFell take that next step this year towards becoming either a top #2, or solidifying his bid as a future #1.
As has been pointed out on multiple occasions throughout this blog, the Panthers will need to find the future #1 soon. Perhaps they are waiting to see if LaFell transforms into that guy, but they cannot afford to wait one more year after this one. Rest assured that if LaFell's performance is similar this year to last year, the Panthers will not put off this need for another season. If they do…scary times my friends.
For the short term (ie. this season), the idea that we have no weapons with Smitty, Olsen, and Lafell as our 1, 2, and 3, respectively, seems a little out of place to me. Those guys all fall into the top 50 receiving threats in the league from a production standpoint. Add Hixon to the fold and it's not at all a bad group. Consider that Barner could be an excellent receiving wrinkle if he pans out, and all of a sudden we look dangerous. The big uncertainty moving forward, again, is that future #1. If we can fill that need then the rest of the group could be solid for years to come.
Hopefully LaFell will take another step up, and one of the younger guys will emerge as an additional threat this year. With that said, we've hoped for the same in the past and have had mixed results at best. There comes a point when this may bite the Panthers in the rear, but for now this group will work. This season at least I expect our crop of receivers to be effective enough to win some football games.
So, what do you think Panther's fans? Is LaFell ready to take that next step, or is he going to be a middle of the road #2 again this year?


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Old Dominion University assistant swimming coach Jacqueline Yost will serve as an assistant coach on the U.S. Olympic swimming squad for the upcoming games in Athens, Greece. She will also be on the U.S. staff in 2008 in Beijing, China.
Yost served as a USA Swimming staff member at the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, and the 2002 World Championships in Moscow, Russia. She has also worked at the USA Swimming National Distance Training Camp and on the USA Swimming Open Water National staff.
Yost will join five ODU alumni in Greece. Maacha van der Vaart (ODU'91) on the Netherlands field hockey squad; Marina DiGiacomo (ODU '01) on the Argentina field hockey squad; Oliver Purnell (ODU'75), assistant coach for team USA basketball; Anne Donovan (ODU '83), assistant coach for USA women's basketball; and Charlie Ogletree (ODU' 89), USA Sailing-Tornado class.
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The ranch on which I hang my hat, though short on most the frills,
Is thirteen sections, give or take, of rugged trails an' hills.
We call it 'home', our little world, our very own frontier,
Amongst the cattle, sheep an' goats; the varmints, hogs an' deer.
Today I watched the breakin' dawn an' whiffed the mornin' air,
A time I often set aside for things like thought an' prayer.
A Mockin'bird an' Mornin' Dove, an' other birds at play,
Were there to sing an' set the mood to start another day.
This mornin' saw the strangest thing, like time itself had merged,
An' all the souls who once were here, appeared an' then converged.
In swirlin' clouds of mist an' fog, right off the bluffs they rolled,
Till all had gathered in the glen, the modern an' the old.
The Indians, conquistadors, an' other ancient men,
The soldiers from this country's wars, an' cowboys from back when…
They all had come from yesterday to help me understand
Our link with those who came before, to heritage an' land.
A crazy notion, so I thought, that they could just appear,
But as the morning went along the reason got real clear.
They rode along with me that day to show me things I've missed,
The things I've seen a thousand times an' some I'd just dismissed.
Those wagon roads of long ago, still evident today,
Are carved in rock an' rutted earth, not apt to wash away.
They linked the missions, forts an' towns those many years gone by;
An' left their mark for all to see, as modern times grew nigh.
The artifacts an' weathered ruins attest to yesterdays,
When others came an' lived their lives in very different ways.
We've seen their skill in arrowheads they honed from fired stone,
An' craftsmanship in beads an' tools they fashioned out of bone.
At ever turn and trail we took was something to remind,
The Maker must have had a plan laid out for humankind.
The Earth He made's been feedin' us a half-a-million years,
An' used it's wonder, force an' change to challenge pioneers.
I do not know if they'll return or if they'll feel the need,
But I'm prepared to ride the trail, where ever it may lead.
We all are spirits ridin' time with bodies of the Earth,
Whose time has come to take the reins an' offer up our worth.
The land has been the legacy we cultivate an' reap,
The life has been the heritage our father's fought to keep,
An' we are bound throughout our time with those who came before,
To put our hearts and souls to it, and make it something more.
The gentle music flows
from every drop of rain,
as it just lightly taps
against my window pane.
The wind begins to whistle
it's own melodious song,
while the wind-chimes
dance and play along.
The soothing sounds cast open
the windows and doors.
I close my eyes and breathe.
The energy surrounds me as my spirit soars.
I hold out my hand and feel the raindrops
as if they were at play.
My breath now quickened with emotion.
I taste the rain on my lips as I embrace the glorious day.
The curtains blow inward
the breeze itself is warm,
my mind is so peaceful
in the calm before the storm.
The sky's voice trembles
from above a darkening cloud,
as the rolling thunder
speaks it's thoughts aloud.
The thunder awakens
the flash of light.
The part of nature
that sends some to flight.
I chose to embrace the power of nature
in the earth and sky.
And bask in the wonder
that fills my eyes.
The rain seems to be letting up
as it puddles on the green grass,
and the once powerful winds
are now calming down at last.
The gray clouds are parting
and a bright rainbow forms,
proving that something beautiful
can come from such dangerous storms.
My eyes close and I breathe
in the scent of the cleansing rain.
The brilliant hues of the rainbow
dance in my mind where I feel no pain.
The sun peaks from behind the clouds
just to say hi.
I feel the warmth against my face
as I view the beauty with a sigh.
Written by: Kelly Deschler & Nature Boy
For Jared Pickett's contest - "Collaboration"
Emerald etchings are given birth
to bask their lives in summer's sun,
until brushing brutal winters cheek,
They cower yellow; brown undone.
Swirling down onto concrete pyres,
They somersault to a random grave.
The earth lays claim to copper corpses
But the winter wind is a cunning knave.
It finds and flips the fallen fibers,
then flings them crisply to the street.
The failing sheaves of burnt magenta,
tossed like chaff from harvest wheat.
Now strewn about with playful malice,
and denied the resting place they crave,
for the golden sun is a glint of amber,
but the winter wind is a chilling knave.
Splendor of Autumn in its glorious bloom
Bestowing us with nature's gifts precious
Fragrant orchards with their ripened looms
Tempting aroma of the fruits luscious.
To the Autumn born, the season appeals
As I inhale lungfuls of the festive air
Drum beats reverberate, child's gleeful squeals
We celebrate Autumn with unique flair!
Auburn hues of the flora flourishing
Trekking dry hilly trails with impish pride
Vibrant beauty of fauna simply ravishing
Toddler enjoying his piggy back ride!
Armed with dry sticks tiny hands fiddle
To catch the colorful flipping butterflies
Beneath pattering feet crispy leaves crinkle
The sail-boat clouds drifting through blue-glass skies.
On a pond blossoming with lilies and lotuses
They empty their left-over dewy wet delights
Nature basks in sunlight's golden caresses
The whole cosmos soaks in wonderful sounds and sights!
The smell of the summer night air
Takes me back to times we shared
You and I dancing beneath the moon
Crickets playing a lovers tune
Trees full with lush green leaves
Whispering poetry to you and me
A view from beneath a Missouri bluff
Talking of passion, love, and lust
Your hand in mine strolling the path
Sitting on the deck and looking back
Picnic tables and barbecue grills
Driving and parking, is this for real?
My memory's filled with your sweet love
Do you remember that snow white dove?
A kiss goodnight under a star filled sky
Best friends forever, a promise, no lie
It excites me to think that every year
Whether life or memory I return here
We will create magic again I know
On a summer night in the moon's soft glow
Copyright © 2009 Lena "Lolita" Townsend
*inspired by John Heck's "Summer Celebration" contest
No ripple of breeze could be half as gentle
than those tiny feet, as they lightly tread
through the open meadow of poppies blooming
while morning sunlight lay gold on her head
Petals in the wind I saw
with my girl one day.
On some boughs of trees they stirred
with a gentle sway.
As they moved, the wind picked up
till that mighty breeze
blew the petals all at once
off the pretty trees.
Then the petals danced around
swirling to the ground
like small ballerinas whose
slippers make no sound.
Crimson, pink and purple, they -
like bright butterflies -
fluttered and sashayed before
our enchanted eyes.
Suddenly the air went still.
Petals everywhere
fell to ground while some adorned
my sweet daughter's hair.
Happily she shook them out,
turned to me and grinned.
No more would we see that day
petals in the wind.
For PD's third contest for poems about nature
The very first week of every October
Bright yellow, orange, amber, purple and red
Splash artistry on New Hampshire's White Mountains
As the tourism season comes to a head
North Conway's old railroad station is abuzz
Men in traditional conductor attire
Escort sightseers to seats with pane-free windows
To peer out at landscapes in colors of fire
The spectrum on dappled mountains evokes awe
Caught by camera lenses as cool winds blow
Offering a chilly reminder to all
That these peaks will soon be blanketed by snow
Clickety-clack, the train hugs its aged track
Freeze-frame photograph images will remain
Recalling the splendor of fall's peak foliage
Until spring breathes life to the mountains again
* Rides on the North Conway train are only offered
in autumn. Written for the "Fall" contest.
Magical crescent moon
Shining on the path below
Lighting the way for lovers
Together as they stroll
Exploring the enchantment
Of the animals and the trees
Finding their own Utopia
Beneath natures canopy
Together they may hear
A love birds sweet melody
As the crickets and a bullfrog
Seem to join in harmony
Sparkling stars and dewdrops
Fireflies dance about merrily
As winds song within the leaves
Plays a lovers symphony
The smell of jasmine in the air
Rose and chamomile so sweet
With just a soft hint of patchouli
A lovers perfume as they meet
The mystery and excitement
Passionate kisses, perfect date
These two lovers souls connect
In this mesmerizing place
Elegant Goldie and handsome Leaf Red
Brushed one another, thus happened to meet
mid-air, where Goldie by Red then was led
In one-two-three, one-two-three, one-two-three beat.
Gliding and twirling, they waltzed all around,
Up the hill, down the hill, over a stream.
Sliding but never quite touching the ground,
Like Fred with his Ginger, they danced like a dream.
Goldie was glowing with sun's going down.
Red seemed like crimson against twilight sky.
Rustling his suit while she whirled in her gown,
They glittered while wafting first low and then high.
Nature was humming the Falling Leaves song;
Chill autumn breezes kept urging them on.
Fluttering fluttering all the night long,
With hoot owls hoo-hooing, they danced until dawn.
Suddenly, all became still in day's light.
The couple was parted, for wind ceased to blow.
There came drifting down something moist and white.
Farewell, pretty leaves. Now is Dance of the Snow.
Andrea Dietrich
For Francine Roberts' Nature Story Contest


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The Oregon St. baseball team is home from Omaha, after coming up short of the final series, but reaching the final four, and so its finally time to once again rate Coach Pat Casey using fanoverboard's familiar 5 Beaver-tail rating system that we use to rate all of Oregon St.'s major program head coaches.
You can review how you rated this season for football Coach Mike Riley here, mens' basketball Coach Craig Robinson here, and womens' basketball Coach Scott Rueck here.
Last year, Oregon St. was out of the race for the Pac-12 title before the final weekend of the season, and though they swept the conference portion of the Civil War, costing Oregon the title in the process, the Beavers had to go on the road for the Regionals, and lost twice to LSU in the Tigers' stadium.
Consequently, Coach Casey only received a rating somewhere above "Beaverage" from about 8 of 10 Beaver fans, down from the 9 of 10 rating he received after Oregon St. reached the Super Regionals before losing at Vanderbilt in 2011.
This year, the Beavers won the Pac-12, and earned not only a home regional, but also a National Seed, #3 in the nation, and the opportunity to host a Super Regional. Oregon St. not only advanced to the College World Series in Omaha, for just the 5th time in program history, but reached the final 4, before falling short in a 4-1 loss to Mississippi St. The team also won more games, 52, than any other team in school history, passing the previous record of 50 by the 2006 National Championship Team with their wins in Omaha.
It was the best season by any of the Oregon St. teams, which took some doing, given that the football team turned in a top 25 campaign, and an Alamo Bowl trip, and the softball team returned to the post season after a multi-year absence.
So not only is the one Beavertail Beavbysmal option not an option, but we have editorially eliminated the two Beavertail Below Beaverage choice as well, as the season was clearly not below the rather lofty Beaverage that has been established under Casey for Oregon St. baseball.
But was the season "Beaveriffic"? And how well did Casey do at meeting the challenges to achieving the CWS National Championship, which was the publicly stated goal of the team almost as soon as LSU had ended their run last June?
The challenges actually started long before the first pitch of the winter, as long time assistant Marty Lees left for a position with Oklahoma St. And Jace Fry, who had been projected as a weekend starter this season, had to undergo "Tommy John" shoulder ligament replacement surgery shortly after the end of last season.
Casey responded to the coaching opening by promoting Andy Jenkins and bringing Dallas Buck on board, at least until an early start to wildfire season summoned him away to his paying job/career.
The starting pitching staff became a total mystery when former Friday night guy Ben Wetzler suffered back problems leading up to the season opening series in Palm Springs, forcing him to miss the first 2 trips of the winter, and under conservative pitch counts for a while once he returned.
Casey's solution was to turn to senior Matt Boyd, the "Swiss Army Knife" of the Oregon St. pitching staff in his first 3 years. Having been used in every conceivable role out of the bullpen, Boyd, who had turned down a pro contract after being drafted last season, for the expressed reason of leading a run to Omaha, Casey did what he has done time and again before when he needed someone to throw anything from batting practice to closing a conference win; he handed the ball to "Matty Ice".
Boyd had stated he wanted to start in his senior season, something he had only done a couple of times as a freshman, and he backed that up with a rigorous off-season conditioning program that the coaching staff had to put the brakes on at times. But the expectation entering the season was that Boyd would see some mid-week starts and be sprinkled into the weekend rotation.
Instead, Boyd immediately became Oregon St.'s "Friday Night Guy", and earned multiple Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week honors almost immediately. Boyd would go on to beat Gonzaga's multi-time All-American Marco Gonzalez, Stanford's Mark Appel, the first pick in the 2013 MLB draft, and Indiana All-American Aaron Slegers, the Big 10 Pitcher of the Year, among others, on his way to being named an All-American himself.
Casey also handed the ball early on to freshman Andrew Moore, who was the "Saturday Starter" almost all season. All Moore did was equal the Oregon St. record for wins in a season with 14, which also co-led the country, and be named a Freshman All-American, as well as being the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, and being selected to the All-Conference First Team, and ultimately multiple All-American teams.
It took a no-hitter by Arizona St.'s Ryan Kellogg to beat Moore before Oregon St. encountered Mississippi St. in Omaha.
Those decisions were a big part of why Coach Casey was named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year, and helped earn him a contract extension through the 2018.
Oregon St. got off to a 15-0 start, and went 20-1 before Kellogg's no hitter, and the Beavers reversed their start to the Pac-12 season from 2012, where they lost 5 of 6 against the Arizona schools, which proved to doom their conference title hopes before the league schedule had hardly gotten started. Despite Kellogg, a complete game 1-hitter by Boyd the night before, the first 1 hitter administered to the Sun Devils in years, highlighted a 5-1 start to the Pac-12 season against the desert diamond squads.
But the biggest bump in the road came following that first loss, a 5-1 setback against San Francisco that ultimately cost much more than just that one game. Senior short stop Tyler Smith, below, who was hit on the left hand by a pitch, and suffered a broken bone, was eventually lost for multiple series, and the Beavers lost 4 of 7 games, including losing an Easter weekend series at San Diego. after Oregon St. had climbed to #2 in the nation, the highest point they reached this season.
Smith's absence was much more than just the loss of a +.300 hitter who happened to be the 2 time All-Pac-12 First Team Shortstop. Third baseman Kavin Keyes also played out of position, returning to second base (though he did see considerable action at the position in his previous seasons), because Andy Peterson shifted to shortstop to fill in for Smith. While the Oregon St. infield was still pretty good, Smith's absence still started a chain reaction that disrupted the team's timing.
But after UCLA's Adam Plutko, with assistance from David Berg, who would go on to be the country's leading closer, managed to beat Boyd and the Beavers 3-2, Moore did what Moore did multiple times on the season, stop the damage with a win.
And then Wetzler, above, turned the corner. Wetzler, who had struggled on the road to recovery to even last long enough in a game to get a decision, finally reached 5 innings against the Bruins.
Coach Casey had said everything would change if "Benny" could ever reach that point, and boy, did they. Wetzler's win over the Bruins that day started a run of 7 consecutive Sunday wins in 7 weeks, as Wetzler went 10-0 the rest of the season, and became the first Oregon St. player picked in the MLB draft, in the 5th round by Philadelphia, ahead of both Boyd, who went in the 6th round, by Toronto, and Smith, in the 8th round by Seattle.
In all, 10 Beavers coached up by Casey would be drafted.
The next challenge came a couple of weeks later, in Seattle, where, after the Friday night game was rained out, a soggy Saturday double header ensued. And so did the only losing streak of the season, as the Huskies took both games. It was the only Pac-12 series Oregon St. would lose, and 1 of only 3 series, with San Diego, and the games against Mississippi St. in Omaha, where a team had a winning advantage against the Beavers.
Fortunately, Wetzler was scheduled for Sunday, and the resilient Beavers did what they did all year, as no day that a game was lost in every carried over to the next game day, all of which saw Oregon St. get back on the winning track.
The Beavers proceeded to run of 12 straight wins, including conference sweeps of USC, California, and at Stanford, a weekend that probably cost the Cardinal a trip to the post-season.
The run set up a show-down in the Civil War, as Oregon had been matching Oregon St. win for win for weeks atop the Pac-12 standings.
The conference portion of the Civil War, this year contested at P.K. Park in Eugene, got off to a tough start for the Beavers, as Tommy Thorpe 2 hit them on the way to a 3-0 win.
But once again, things changed once Moore took the mound. Despite a strained abdominal muscle, Moore turned in a 2 hit complete game shutout of the Ducks, and Michael Conforto and Ryan Barnes delivered home runs that powered the Beavers to a 9-0 win.
The next day, Conforto, who would go on to be the Pac-12 Player of the Year, above, homered again, and Oregon St. stormed to a 12-2 win.
And along the way, there were plenty of ESPN Sportscenter Highlights, most of them featuring catches by Max Gordon.
But just as soon as the fun started, clinching the Pac-12 Championship took a detour when Coach Casey decided to give Boyd an early end to the evening, turning an 8-1 lead against Washington St. over to the bullpen. Which it promptly blew.
The 10-9 11 inning loss was a turning point in the season, because though Moore (again) threw a complete game shutout the next day, clinching the title due to owning all the tie-breakers against the Bruins, Ducks, and Sun Devils, the bullpen melt down destroyed Casey's confidence (and everyone else's) in the Beaver relievers.
A pitching carousel behind Wetzler on the last day of the regular season didn't help, and though word of an Oregon loss in Utah took the tie-breakers out of the conversation, it took a 3 run rally over their last 2 at bats to pull out a 7-6 win over the Cougs, and make for a more comfortable Monday watching the NCAA baseball selection show.
Oregon St. swept the Corvallis Regional, though all of the games were typical nerve-wracking Casey ball contests, but the Super Regional got off to a bumpy start, as the Kansas St. "BatCats" beat out a 6-2 win to open the weekend.
The Beavers banged their own bats to even the series Sunday with a 12-4 win, as both Smith, above, and Davis had 3 RBI nights, but Oregon St. had to hold off a Wildcat rally to hold on to the 4-3 win that sent them to Omaha. Casey's lack of faith in the bullpen led to calling on Boyd to reprise his role as the closer, and though it worked, it also, along with rain in North Carolina that prompted a schedule change for the CWS, started Oregon St. down an altered pitching path in Omaha.
Instead of opening with Boyd, Moore started the first game of the CWS, and Casey again turned to Boyd to pick up Moore. This time it didn't work, as the hard hitting Bulldogs rallied for 2 runs in the 8th inning, and the 5-4 win that sent the Beavers into the losers' bracket.
Wetzler went to work, and with the aid of a number of Louisville errors, several of which led to a 7 run Oregon St. 4th inning, the Beavers eliminated the Cardinals.
Boyd turned in one of the epic performances in recent memory against Indiana, beating a complete game 1 run allowed performance by Slegers with his own complete game shutout. It was Boyd's second 1-0 complete game win of the season, and third complete game shutout.
But Moore again couldn't adequately contain the Mississippi St. bats in the rematch, as Hunter Renfore hit only the 3rd home run of the week for the 3 runs that were the difference in the 4-1 loss that sent the Bulldogs against UCLA in the CWS finals, and the Beavers home for the season.
The regression of the bullpen was one of the most unexpected developments of the season, and a possible contributing factor might have been not enough work in the last month of the season, as the starters delivered numerous complete games. The way the mid-week schedule was constructed by the staff that limited opportunities to tune up for the post-season contributed to the bullpen getting pen-sour.
What could or should Casey have done differently to address the issue?
It's not as though the pitching was that big of a problem; the staff ERA for the season was 2.28. But we are talking about being able to beat elite teams, and sometime without adequate run support.
The other issue of the year was one discussed in last year's Rate Coach Casey season summary.
"There were a lot of times when the Beavers couldn't come up with the clutch hit, never mind a big hit, though, and Oregon St. left a lot of runners stranded, and in close contests. That lost some games, and taxed the pitching staff more than anyone would like."
The problem never got addressed, and cropped up time and again over the course of the season.
Sure, there was Conforto's 4 home run weekend against a good Bryant team, Conforto and Davis blowing up the Oregon pitching staff, Davis' 2 RBI walk-off double that scored Smith and Conforto, above, and won the UT-San Antonio Regional opener, Danny Hayes having the plate discipline to take 4 balls with 2 outs and after an 0-2 count for the walk-off walk that won the next night's game against UC-Santa Barbara, and Hayes' back to back RBI doubles that beat Texas A&M to send the Beavers to the Super Regionals.
Danny Hayes powered Oregon St. into the Super Regionals,
but also came up feet short of a walk-off home run
in the CWS opener against Mississippi St.
But Oregon St. came home from Omaha early not because of their relief pitching, it was their inability to hit in the clutch that resurfaced, and at the worst possible time, as the Beavers went 1 for 21 with runners in scoring position to end the post-season.
Oregon St. loses some key pieces in Boyd, Hayes, Barnes, Smith, Gordon, as well as Joey Matthews and Tony Bryant, and could see Wetzler, Scott Schultz, and catcher Jake Rodriguez, who made an art-form out of throwing out opposing runners, and others, leave early for professional baseball.
However, with Conforto, Davis, above, Moore, freshman Max Engelbrekt, center fielder Jeff Hendrix, and probably some of the juniors, all returning, expectations will be for another run at a Pac-12 title, and another run at the CWS is a reasonable goal.
But both the batting and the bullpen will have to be better in the clutch.
Does the fact that they weren't this season mean it was merely an "Above Beaverage" year? Are both great seasons and glaring missed opportunities for an even better one becoming "Beaverage"?
Cast your vote, and feel free to comment on both the most exciting and disappointing aspects of the season, one that despite coming up just short of the ultimate outcome, was still a pretty good year to be a Beaver.
(Photos by Andy Wooldridge, RVM, OSU Athletics)


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In this hysterical presentation Karyn ties together business, relationships and health. Business experts agree that humor is vital to a company's bottom line in areas such as customer service, marketing and sales. Relationship experts agree that one of the most highly sought traits, for those seeking long-term relationships, is a sense of humor. Medical experts have long known that having a sense of humor is an integral part of a healthy lifestyle.
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Through her 20+ years of research and experience she's concluded that "Humor is Power" and it can help lead an audience toward a positive, healthy and happy life.
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Savannah-Chatham Metro Police said their 4th of July planning and presence helped catch four people after a shooting just after midnight downtown.
But downtown businesses said they want more police officers. Why?
It all goes back to safety and perception. The Downtown Business Association said the overnight shooting is just another example of what they call a crime problem. Last fall, Police Chief Willie Lovett's request for a budget increase to hire as many as 30 more police officers was denied. Downtown businesses said the city needs to rethink that decision.
"What he has asked for is prudent. It shows it by the numbers from the Dept. of Justice and our neighboring cities we need to support him and give him what he needs," said Ruel Joyner, president of the Savannah Downtown Business Association.
Joyner referred to DOJ data that shows that compared to Atlanta, Charleston and most of nearby cities, that Savannah's 600 police officers breaks down to a ratio of three police officers per 1,000 citizens. But Atlanta and Charleston both have an officer-citizen ratio of 4-1000. Joyner said the ratio of 3 officers per 1,000 citizens is not enough - when you add in 12 million tourists a year.
"Without that police presence - not only do you not have the confidence with officers walking the beat down here. It also causes a problem when there is an incident. Officers from other precincts have to come down here, leaving those neighborhoods unprotected. We need extra police presence to keep Savannah secure as a whole," he said.
The Downtown Business Association is hoping to meet once more with the City Council, mayor and city manager to talk about funding more police officer positions.
SCMPD police spokesman Julian Miller said that plans for the 4th of July for safety and traffic worked and that outside the shooting, they had minor issues.
He said metro had an extensive plan for the downtown festivities and officers in position to saturate the area within seconds and take three people in for questioning immediately. The plan was so extensive that the fourth person was apprehended 10 blocks away.
The Downtown Business Association said it wants that kind of presence at all times.
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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 demo hits PSN, Xbox Live today
By Samit Sarkar on Jan 21, 2014 01.21.14
The demo for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 is now up on Xbox Live and will be available later today on PlayStation Network, publisher Square Enix announced today. It originally went up on the Xbox Games Store last week, but according to Square Enix, that was because of a "technical glitch," and the company quickly removed the demo from the marketplace. In the 1.14 GB demo, players will take the role of Lightning as she searches for Snow Villiers in the city of Yusnaan. They'll have the opportunity to try the real-time elements of Lightning Returns' battle system, as well as a handful of the customization options available to Lightning. Sets of equipment, which are known as Schema, each have their own active time battle gauge and provide Lightning with a different group of...