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It's about time for a new season, and it's a good time to have a look over the Braves' record book. As you might suspect, Chipper Jones left his mark on the Braves team records, and his retirement leaves a bit of a void as far as current Braves being in a position to establish new records.
Most of the time, when a MLB team relocates, it assumes a new identity and wipes its record books clean of its former existence. For example, the Texas Rangers do not officially retain any records from when they were the Washington Senators. The Braves are different; they retain all franchise records going all the way back to the founding of the National League in 1876, and due to the changes in the game over the years, some of those records (such as Kid Nichols' 476 complete games pitched) are now unassailable. Therefore, cracking the Braves record book can be quite difficult, and doing so is usually a notable accomplishment.
So let's start with an ending: the wrapping up of Chipper Jones' career. He ends up as the franchise's all-time leader in career walks (1512) and career on-base percentage (.401). And in many other career hitting categories (games played, hits, runs, doubles, and RBI, to name a few), he finishes second to Hank Aaron. His career slugging of .529 is third among modern-era players behind Aaron and Wally Berger, and his 468 home runs are third behind Aaron and Eddie Mathews.
Of the players currently on the Braves roster, Brian McCann leads in career hitting stats in most categories. He's 27th in games played, at 1003; 28 in hits at 979, 17th in RBI at 604, 22nd in walks at 375, 13th in doubles at 214, and 12th in home runs at 156. If McCann remains in good health this year, he could be in 21st at the end of the season; he needs to appear in 116 games to move in front of '70s-era infielder Jerry Royster. Unfortunately, he will probably not be able to appear in the 149 games that he would need to pass Hugh Duffy and move into 20th. Given the conventional wisdom that the Braves won't be able to re-sign McCann after this year, it appears that he will end up just out of the top 20, sadly. He does have a shot at the top-20 in hits: 147 hits will move him ahead of Milwaukee-era outfielder Bill Bruton, as well as passing recent Braves Javy Lopez, Jeff Blauser, and MIchael Tucker. Heap needs five home runs to move ahead of David Justice for 11th on the home run list, and 15 to move ahead of Dal Crandall and break the top-10.
(And just for fun: Hall of Famer Rabbit Maranville is the Braves' all-time leader in triples with 103. No one currently on the roster is in the top 50.)
In single-season hitting records, most of the marks in the averages-type categories are held by 19th-century players and are unbreakable today. In fact, Hugh Duffy's 1894 batting average of .440 is the all-time ML record. The modern-era team single-season batting average records is held by outfielder Rico Carty, who batted .366 in 1970. Chipper is second on that list with his batting-title-winning .364 in 2008, followed by Aaron's .355 in 1959. No player currently on the roster ranks in the top-100 in this category. Duffy also holds the single-season records in OBP and slugging; in the modern era, the record holders are Rogers Hornsby, who had a .498 OPB in his sole year with the Boston Braves in 1928, and Aaron, who slugged .669 in 1971. Marquis Grissom holds the record for most at-bats in a season with 671 in 1996; Duffy holds the record for hits with 237 in 1894 (modern era: Tommy Holmes, 224 in 1945); RBI, Duffy with 145 in 1894 (modern era: Mathews, 135 in 1953); walks, Bob Elliott with 131 in 1948. Surprisingly, the leader in HR in a season is not who you might think -- not Aaron or Mathews or Joe Adcock or Darrell Evans. It's Andruw Jones, who hit 51 in 2005. Dan Uggla is 33rd on that list with 36 home runs in 2011; he is the leader among players currently on the roster.
Now let's look at the career pitching records. The all-time record for wins in a Braves uniform is held by Warren Spahn, with 356. With the changes in the game since then, that's probably unbreakable. The whole top-10 is worth repeating because it's an interesting mix of players from different eras:
- 356 Warren Spahn
- 329 Kid Nichols
- 268 Phil Niekro
- 244 Tom Glavine
- 210 John Smoltz
- 204 Al Spalding
- 194 Greg Maddux
- 179 Lew Burdette
- 151 Vic WIllis
- 149 Tommy Bond
Spalding and Bond are from the very early days; Nichols and WIllis are deadball-era. Then we jump to the Milwaukee years, where we have Spahn and Burdette. Niekro is from the '70s, and Maddox, Glavine and Smoltz you know about. Now, we all know about starting pitching as a stat; piling up a bunch of wins is mainly a function of longetivity. Nonetheless, longevity is pretty good evidence of a player's talent. Which brings us to Tim Hudson, who is 16th on the list with 105 wins in a Braves uniform. We all know Huddy, while still talented and effective, isn't getting any younger. How much further up the list can he go? Five wins will put him ahead of Milwaukee-era pitcher Bob Buhl and up to 15th, but the next pitcher after that, Boston-era pitcher Dave Rudolph, is at 121. Given Hudson's age, I think his chances of making the top-10 are slim. On the other hand, we have to remember that Hudson pitched for six seasons on Oakland before putting on the tomahawk jersey. He starts the season with 197 career wins, and we can look forward to him reaching 200 in a Braves uniform.
Phil Niekro is the leader in total pitching appearances with 740. The leaders on this part of the list are all guys who pitched both ways; Niekro had 595 starts and 245 relief appearances, and there are similar mixes among other pitchers in the top-10 such as Spahn, Burdette, and Rick Camp. Among pure relievers, 1980s-era reliever Gene Garber is fourth on the list with 557 appearances, all in relief; Tom Glavine leads among pure starters with 518 appearances, all starts. The leader among players currently on the roster is Eric O'Flaherty, 23rd on the all time list with 276 appearances. (The recently departed Peter Moylan is 17th with 295.) 32 appearances will put O'Flaherty up to 15th, just ahead of Rick Mahler; if he manages 60 appearances this year, he will be up to 13th, eight ahead of Mike Remlinger. Jonny Venters is 37th on the list with 230 appearances. If only starts are counted, the all-time leader is Spahn with 635; Huddy is 14th with 222, and if he makes 33 starts this year, he will just break into the top-10, passing 19th-century pitcher Jim Whitney. In total innings pitched, Spahn leads with 5046; Hudson is 24th with 1441.2. He should be able to move into the top-20 this year; he needs 118 innings to take 20th from Rick Mahler.
John Smoltz is the franchise all-time leader in strikeouts with 3011. Hudson is 11th on that list with 902, and he only needs ten to pass 19th-century pitcher Charlie Buffington and move into the top-10. 22 K's puts him ahead of Burdette to 9th, but after that, there's a big gap to Jim Whitney with 1157. Hudson isn't going to break Smoltz's record, but we're moving into an era where there is more emphasis on pitchers throwing strikeouts, so that record is not unbeatable. The next current-roster player down the list is in 71st; that would be one Craig Kimbrel who has racked up 283 K's in two and a fraction seasons. He will probably never accumulate enough innings to challenge Smoltz's record, but that's a pretty good record in a short time. Four down the list from him we find Kris Medlen with 277K. Could Meds' repaired elbow hold up long enough to challenge Smoltz (assuming he remains with the Braves)? We'll see. The career ERA record is a bit muddy because of some vague stats on the early pitchers. We do know that Maddux leads among modern-era players (not counting Dick Rudolph, part of whose career was in the dead ball era) with a 2.63; that's doubly impressive considering that Maddux pitched during the steroids era. Hudson is 23rd on the list with a career 3.52.
In single-season records: Looking at wins, you have to go an awfully long way down the list to get out of the 19th century. John Clarkson went 49-19 in 1889; Al Spalding had two season better than that, including an incredible 54-5 in 1875, but that was during the National Association years when some of the opponents were amateur teams. Way down the list in 37th we find Smoltz, who went 24-8 in 1996; Johnny Sain, who compiled a 24-15 record in Boston in 1948, and Tony Cloninger, 24-11 with the lame-duck 1965 Milwaukee Braves. After that, we have a bunch of the usual suspects -- Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, Spahn, Sain, Neikro, and Lew Burdette appear over and over. Spahn had thirteen 20-game-winning seasons in his career. You have to go way down the list, to 125th place, to find Hudson's 17-game winning season in 2010. (The Braves' most recent 20-game winner was, huh, Russ Ortiz who went 21-7 in 2003.)
Peter Moylan holds the top two spots for most pitching appearances in a season -- 87 in 2009, and 85 in 2010. The latter is tied with Jonny Venters, who appeared 85 times in 2011. For starts in a season, you once again have to go a long way down the list to get to a modern-era player. John Clarkson made 72 starts in 1889; Phil Niekro is in a tie for 26th on the list with 44 starts in 1979. No one on the current staff is in the top 100. The story is similar in innings pitched; Clarkson pitched 620(!) innings in 1889, and Nierko leads modern-era pitchers with 342 innings in 1979, 41st overall. Smoltz leads modern-era pitchers with 276 K's in 1996'; he's 4th all time behind Buffington, Whitney, and Clarkson. Surprisingly, among players on the roster, the leader is Brandon Beachy with 169 strikeouts in his rookie season in 2011, 63rd overall. Hudson's best was 158 in 2011, 78th overall.
Finally, we get to saves, which has not been an official stat for very long compared to the overall length of baseball history. Smoltz leads in career saves with 155, followed by Gene Garber with 141 and Mark Wohlers with 112. Kimbrel is 4th with 89. Two more typical seasons and Kimbrel will be the record holder. The single-season record is held by Smoltz who saved 55 in 2002, followed by Kimbrel with 46 in 2011.
I won't belabor too many of the single-game records, since you never know when one of these will be broken. None were broken in 2012. A few interesting ones: Red Barrett pitched a two-hit shutout for the Braves against the Reds on August 10, 1944. In this (a complete nine innings) Barrett threw only 58 pitches -- not only a Braves record, but the ML record. The Braves record for RBI in a game is 9, set by Tony Cloninger on July 3, 1966 in a 17-3 drubbing of the Giants. In that game, Cloninger hit two grand slams. He was the first player in the history of the National League to do that (it had been done in the AL before). Didn't we see Cloninger's name a few paragraphs up? Yeah, that's right -- he was a pitcher. He was and still is the only pitcher ever in the history of Major League Baseball to hit two grand slams in one game.


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Always glammed up as a vintage beauty, Zooey Deschanel went to work at a photo shoot in Hollywood Hills, CA on Saturday (November 3).
The "New Girl" actress looked stunning in a light blue dress and tan ankle booties, while channeling her inner down-home princess as she posed on top of an old white truck.
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It was another crucial evening for both President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney as they faced off against each other in the second Presidential Debate.
And while both sides made their respective points effectively, some of our favorite celebrities had their own ideas about who came out on top while others seemed more interested in the comedic value of the whole ordeal.
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She's always a sight to see, and on Sunday night (September 23) Zooey Deschanel had the red carpet buzzing as she arrived to the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
The "New Girl" actress left the others with envy as she donned a billowing blue Reem Acra gown for the Nokia Theatre LA Live held small screen celebration.
Just days before her hit Fox show "New Girl" gets its second season underway, Zooey Deschanel made a promotional stop at "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Friday (September 21).
The 32-year-old actress looked effortlessly gorgeous in a purple dress and black tights as she sat down to discuss her small screen series, as well as her upcoming Broadway stage show.
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Cubs manager Piniella has been mulling a change to lineup
MESA, Ariz. -- Alfonso Soriano said Tuesday he's OK with Lou Piniella's idea to move the left fielder out of the leadoff spot in the Cubs' lineup.
Soriano, who reported to camp Tuesday with the rest of the position players, said he talked to Piniella about the change at the Cubs Convention.
"At this moment, it's not my decision, it's Lou Piniella's decision," Soriano said. "He's the manager. He wants to do what's best for the team. I'm open to him."
Spring Training would be the perfect time to experiment, too.
"If Lou wants to do that, I think now is the right time," Soriano said.
The Cubs were 69-36 with Soriano as the leadoff man last year, yet he's been queried about whether he's right for the spot since his arrival.
"I'm not tired about [talking about] it, but it's interesting," Soriano said. "Every year, it's the same question. I don't know about this year. We'll see."
So, where would he like to hit in the lineup?
"[Just] be in the lineup, that's my preference," Soriano said, not picking one spot. "I like to play and be in the lineup. That's more important to me than anything."
Soriano, 33, has stolen 19 bases in each of his two seasons in Chicago, well off the pace from his previous seasons. He's had leg injuries during that time which have contributed to him slowing down. Soriano said he still wants to be aggressive on the bases.
"The most important thing is to try to stay healthy," he said.
Told that Piniella also wants to give the regulars more rest during the season to keep them fresh, Soriano smiled.
"That's his idea," Soriano said. "He knows I like to play every day."
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The Environment Agency has issued more than 20 flood warnings across the county with Met Office wind and rain warnings also in place for the weekend.
Residents in coastal areas are being warned to stay away from the water's edge with high tides and strong gusts capable of washing passers-by out to sea.
It is expected the Agency will also issue a number of their highest level of flood warnings later tonight, indicating a danger to life and property.
Pete Fox, from the Environment Agency, said: "Coastal paths and promenades could be highly dangerous as there is an increased risk of being swept out to sea. People are warned to stay away from the shoreline.
"We are monitoring the situation closely, working alongside partners including the Met Office and local authorities. We also have teams out on the ground making sure that flood defences are in good working order, monitoring sea levels and preparing to issue flood alerts and warnings."
When The Argus went to print last night a number of areas were already underwater. Heavy rain caused extensive flooding near Alfriston while fields were submerged outside Offham near Lewes.
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Consistent heavy rain is also forecast for much of today and the weekend. This, combined with the high tides, is expected to cause heavy flooding in coastal areas. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for wind for today.
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DTCA: Beneficial or Harmful?
A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health claims that prescription drug direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) can be harmful to a person's health. According to the researchers, prescription drug advertisements are "not doing a good job of helping consumers to make better decisions about their health".
The study, A decade of Controversy: Balancing Policy with Evidence in the Regulation of Prescription Drug Advertising, explained that viewers of American television see as much as 16 hours of prescription drug advertisements every year. Living in the EU where DTCA for prescription drugs is banned, I have to say I was a little shocked at the number!
So what is it that the authors of the study dislike? First of all, it's important to point out that the authors are not completely opposed to DTCA; on the contrary, they admit that it offers benefits. However, they also believe that improvements can be made to "minimize potential harm and maximize benefits".
The authors concluded that the majority of prescription drug advertisements "fail to provide enough information to allow consumers to clearly identify whether the advertised drug is right for them". They also added that the "over dramatization and emotional portrayal" of a drug's benefits in advertisements can also be misleading.
As a solution, the authors proposed several guidelines: advertisements should help consumers identify whether the treatment is right for them; advertisements should provide accurate and specific information about the potential benefits of advertised drugs, and should state how the drug compares to placebo or other available treatments including generic drugs; and specific information should be provided regarding the potential risks associated with drugs without other visual or audio distractions.
This isn't the first time DTCA has been in the spotlight. In 2008, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report that called on the FDA to boost its enforcement of DTCA rules, while in 2009 voluntary Guiding Principles for DTCA laid down by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) came into effect. Several members of US Congress, including Henry Waxman, have also called for changes to the FDA's regulation of DTCA
As I mentioned before, DTCA in the EU is banned, but there have been moves by regulatory authorities to stick a toe into the DTCA pool. Earlier this year, Pharmaceutical Technology Europe reported on a proposal by the European Commission that would allow drugmakers to disseminate certain information on prescription drugs directly to European patients. The ban on DTCA would remain in place, but drugmakers would be able to provide factual, non-promotional information about the benefits and risks of their medicines using certain media (excluding television and radio). This could offer a compromise between allowing the pharma industry to advertise its products while avoiding the problems with DTCA highlighted in the study in the American Journal of Public Health.
In a press statement, the lead author of the study, Dominick L. Frosch, pointed out that: "If the pharmaceutical industry isn't willing to change the ads to make them more useful to consumers, Congress should consider passing legislation that will regulate the ads to improve the information provided in order to help patients make more informed choices."


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Agricultural Area Plan
The District of Coldstream has developed an Agricultural Area Plan, the primary thrust of which is to establish clear policies that serve to protect and promote agriculture while preserving the rural character of Coldstream. The Official Community Plan has been amended to support the Agricultural Area Plan so that both plans are consistent and mutually supportive. Subsequent zoning, subdivision or other bylaw amendments would follow OCP adoption.
This Agricultural Area Plan was funded in part by the Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC, through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food (ACAAF) program, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands.
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- July 2009: July 2009 - Agricultural Plan - Planning Strategy - 2.40MB PDF
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Students would never intentionally be used for political reasons – or would they? Motives will never be known, but something just does not make any sense at the NC Department of Public Instruction.
Last week, Dr. Stoops wrote about problems associated with the Read to Achieve initiative passed by the General Assembly in July 2012. This law basically requires all third grades to be proficient in reading, or a series of interventions take place.
One could wonder WHY it takes action on the part of the legislative branch of government for educators to do what should be an obvious task. That is a blog for another day!
The NC Department of Public Instruction's (DPI) role was/is implementation and holding schools and teachers accountable for full execution in the 2013-14 school year. Now we are seeing just how poorly the law is being imposed.
Instead of adopting what was already used in systems, or getting input from schools, DPI pulls together their team in August of 2012 to determine the course of action. The process becomes complicated and convoluted. Why do I suggest students are being used as "pawns."
Here are just a couple of questionable items?
1) WHY did systems receive a letter on Jan. 16, 2014 explaining the five different options a 3rd grader demonstrates proficiency? Listing the systems could submit alternative assessments. Isn't this a little LATE considering the bill was passed July 2012?
2) WHY are systems just now sending alternative assessment requests to the State Board? Again, they could have been working on this in 2012, and 2013 if contacted from the beginning. The State Board will discuss these alternatives TOMORROW.
3) WHY are the reading passages mandated by DPI for the "reading portfolio" so outrageously difficult to demonstrate third grade reading proficiency. The law states the teacher is to select the work to be put in the "portfolio."
4) WHY is the "Cut score" for demonstrating proficiency in 3rd grade reading so high – a student can only miss 8 out of 50 questions or fail the End of Grade (EOG). One would think this score would be around 84% correct, and be passing. Meanwhile DPI uses a major curve on passing rates for End of Course exams in high school. In biology, a student can score at the 23rd percentile and that is converted to a 77, which is a "C," passing grade!
Last Friday, I attended a "Read to Achieve Advisory Committee" meeting. This is their FIRST meeting. Does anyone think this is a little LATE? Basically the meeting consisted of DPI explaining their actions, and then a little time for comments from the committee. Are we surprised?
Tomorrow the State Board will begin to hear and approve these alternative assessments. Meanwhile, DPI blames the "Republican" General Assembly as they abide to the "letter of the law." In other words, for a total disaster which has frustrated superintendents, local board members, teachers, parents, and more importantly – EACH & EVERY third grade student in our state. This is total ineptness or political sabotage. You be the judge.


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International cricket does not stand still. Four days after the Test mace changed hands the contest now turns to 50-over cricket and, again, the top prize is on offer. England are now ranked No. 1 in ODIs, but will lose that ranking after just one match if they are defeated in this opening game in Cardiff. Top in any format is like a hot potato at the moment.
England have been on a fantastic run in one-dayers this year, beginning with a 4-0 whitewash against Pakistan before beating West Indies 2-0 and another 4-0 against Australia. Alastair Cook is moulding the side under his style, and further pushing his claim to be England's Test captain sooner rather than later, and his leadership is gaining in confidence all the time. As a batsman, too, he is leading from the front which is where Andrew Strauss has struggled in Tests. Back-to-back hundreds against Pakistan were followed by another against West Indies and useful contributions elsewhere. Ian Bell, meanwhile, has proven a more-than-able replacement for Kevin Pietersen.
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Hung-Yun Hsieh, Raghupathy Sivakumar, "On Using Peer-to-Peer Communication in Cellular Wireless Data Networks," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 57-72, January, 2004.
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Abstract—A recent class of approaches for enhancing the performance of cellular wireless data networks has focused on improving the underlying network model. It has been shown that using the peer-to-peer network model, a mode of communication typically seen in ad hoc wireless networks, can result in performance improvements such as increased data rate, reduced transmission power, better load balancing, and enhanced network coverage. However, the true impact of adopting the peer-to-peer network model in such an environment is yet to be fully understood. In this paper, we investigate the performance benefits and drawbacks of using the peer-to-peer network model for Internet access in cellular wireless data networks. We find that, although the peer-to-peer network model has significantly better spatial reuse characteristics, the improved spatial reuse does not translate into better throughput performance. Instead, we observe that using the peer-to-peer network model as-is might actually degrade the throughput performance of the network. We identify and discuss the reasons behind these observations. Using the insights gained through the performance evaluations, we then propose two categories of approaches to improve the performance of the peer-to-peer network model: approaches that leverage assistance from the base station and approaches that leverage the relaying capability of multihomed hosts. Through simulation results, we show that using the peer-to-peer network model in cellular wireless data networks is a promising approach when the network model is complemented with appropriate mechanisms.
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Every family begins with a marriage.
Two weeks ago, my family got together in California to celebrate our parents' marriage with a huge party for their 60th anniversary.
It was a 50's party, minus the poodle skirts and black leather jackets.
My sister transformed her garage into a 50's-style combination soda shoppe and hot rod garage, complete with a juke box in the corner playing classic oldies music.
The Morgan Community Center along with Henry/Trimble County animal shelter is taking appointments for the August 22 and September 26 S.N.I.P. clinic.
Appointments must be made in advance. We are limited on how many animals we can accept at each clinic. Call Early.
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It has been a little more than 15 years since the General Assembly revamped Kentucky's postsecondary system and set a series of far-reaching goals to reach by the year 2020.
If that seemed a long time down the road in 1997, it doesn't seem too far now. The good news is that, in many ways, we're well within reach of what we had hoped to achieve. We got the latest update last month, when the Council on Postsecondary Education presented a comprehensive snapshot of our progress in recent years.
We at The Trimble Banner do our best to keep up with all the newsworthy activities and events that involve our neighbors and friends here in Trimble County. However, due to limited staff resources we cannot be at every event.
We have a number of folks who are kind enough to provide photos and news stories and tips. I especially want to salute my photographer friends Teresa Tebib, Jim Pirtle and Todd Pollock who frequently contribute their work to the cause.
I am gravely confused and dismayed regarding the beautiful trees that are now missing from our courthouse square. What in the world happened? Where did they go? And more importantly, why? Who in the world authorized such destruction?
Earlier this month, and continuing a trend dating back to the late 1980s, the Kentucky State Police issued its annual report on crime in Kentucky, giving us a much clearer picture of the impact these actions have had on our citizens.
In one sense, the numbers from 2011 are positive when compared to earlier crime reports. When measured against 1995, there were 50 fewer homicides, 6,000 fewer burglaries and almost 5,000 fewer DUIs last year even in the face of population gains, while auto thefts and robberies were almost half of what they had been.
There are many ways in which local citizens can participate in government. Becoming a candidate for political office or attending meetings to understand the political process and expressing your opinions are among these. One of the basic ways to participate in government is by voting. When we vote, we help determine who will lead our nation, state, county and local governments. Voting gives us each a say in who will make our laws and protect our freedoms.
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The year was 1995. I was eleven years old and a die hard Rams fan since the age of five. I was informed by my father that my favorite sports team was not going to be located in Los Angeles any longer. My response was, "why?" Dad didn't go in the political reasons why a sports team leaves a city, but in as nice of terms as possible he explained the City and the owner Georgia Frontire, did not give a shit about the fans. He was going through similar issues as he was a Raider fan. I am now 30 and have seen countless teams leave their city for "greener pastures." I was lucky. Hell, the Rams at least kept the team name. It would have been difficult to route for the St. Louis Arch.
Most of my Dads adult friends abandon the team they grew up routing for when the Rams made the move to St. Louis. I was a child so I made the conscious decision to stick it out. At that moment in history all the teams I affiliated myself with were perennial losers. The Rams, Los Angeles Kings, and California Angels....Oh how I miss that name. I wore my teams colors like a badge of honor. I thought to myself it will pay off some day. The only team that had any success was the Lakers, but I am not a huge basketball fan so it became somewhat boring watching The Lakers win Championships like they were going out of style.
It all paid off during the 1999 season when the Rams swept through the NFL like a bull in a china shop erasing 10 years of utter frustration. Everybody knew I was a Rams mega fan. I worked at the movie theater that year and our uniform was an oxford white shirt. I wore my NFC West Championship shirt underneath and was easily seen through my oxford shirt. The manager could have sent me home or told me to put on another undershirt, but the Rams was all I talked about. All day, everyday. I received phone calls for weeks after the Rams won the Superbowl. I'm thinking I did't win the damn game, but I was a good fan who stuck with my team and adults respect that in a kid.
My point is, not matter what happens with this stadium situation, there is a large group of die hard Los Angeles Rams fans that still exist to this day. I notice a certain amount of disdain pointed to us loyal LA fans and it is bullshit if you can take my honest assessment. It's not from all the St Louis crowd and I applaud those of you for that. No matter what happens I will continue to route for the Rams. I'm not hiding the fact that I want my team back, but if they remain in St.Louis nothing is going to change here on TST. The same group of dedicated fans from LA will still be there like they always have been. Gut check time comes when and if the Rams do relocate. It's only been a few hours since the "news" broke about Stan Kroenke purchasing land in Los Angeles and I'm already seeing dissension in the ranks.


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IMTSTV, the web video series sponsored by the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) and IMTS, the biannual manufacturing trade show, has released a new episode about the way technology is changing the face of manufacturing.
The IMTSTV In Brief episode features IMTSTV host Penny Brown speaking with Steve Fritzinger, virtualization alliance manager for NetApp, as well as a Java author and economics writer, as he describes his views of the manufacturing sector. Fritzinger focuses on the need for manufacturing to address and develop with both high and disruptive technologies, as well as the way industry can work with the education sector to benefit both parties.
IMTSTV releases episodes of IMTSTV In Brief each month, focusing on a small area of manufacturing. IMTSTV Investigates and IMTSTV iSpy release in a rotating schedule, covering other areas of industry in greater depths.
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This is actually pretty incorrect. By most gauges a 371 will be a good upgrade over a 359, and a huge upgrade over a 346. The main reason is not only the large difference in agility and stamina (41/61 agi/stam for an upgrade for a head/chest/legs spot, 33/45 for a glove/shoulder) but the difference in armor. Armor is one of the biggest wins for a bear in general, and an upgrade of 12 ilvls is a huge boost. 94 armor in this case. That doesn't sound like much, but with the bear multiplier that's a very large upgrade. The loss of secondary stats is minor and with reforging you actually get more avoidance over the other piece. What you lose is (at best) some mastery and SD and possibly a bit of threat.
Kalja, in most cases, a bear will find the 371 pvp items to be a small upgrade over the 359 pve pieces. The difference is very small, and you probably shouldn't go out looking for the pvp upgrades unless you have a lower ilvl piece in your set (346 or 353 items).
In virtually every case for a bear the 371 pvp gear is more than a small upgrade over the 359 available gear. The only time this isn't as true is when the pve piece has mastery on it natively - and in that case keep in mind that dodge is 3-4 times more valuable than mastery, and agility is 4-5 times more valuable. Which means that in order for that pvp piece to be comparable you need to have (in the above example) 164 mastery on the piece - and that doesn't include the bonus stamina or armor.
Note that the above isn't true for any non-armor pieces. jewelry is not as big an upgrade compared to armor pieces, but depending on the piece can still be a win.
Posted 12 July 2011 - 01:33 PM
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Posted 14 July 2011 - 10:13 PM
I apologize if this is the wrong thread to ask this.
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Posted 15 July 2011 - 03:30 AM
I find this to be slightly confusing since the wording on Savage Roar itself is "autoattack damage" and on the glyph"additonal damage", one would expect "additional autoattack damage" if it were just that...
I assume it is just 5% additional autoattack damamge, but if it is 5% allround damage isn't that a must-have glyph?
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Posted 05 August 2011 - 08:36 AM
Was easily doing 16K on moving fights single target now down to about 14k.
Anybody have any ideas?
Posted 05 August 2011 - 11:08 AM
I have been experiencing a DPS loss since reset this week, have switched UW for a firelands trinket and DPS has improved but nt to where it was
Was easily doing 16K on moving fights single target now down to about 14k.
Anybody have any ideas?
I still play with UW and i managed to put out 32k dps on shannox 25 heroic this wednesday. Im not sure if it was updated by then but i think my dps is still in par with what i used to make not much of a change atleast. You might have just got unlucky with some things and lost a rotation here and there. Just keep working and im sure you will get where you were before.
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Posted 07 August 2011 - 07:00 PM
Mew shows your self buffed dps at around those figures, with raid buffs it should be around 21k so I'd say you are doing something wrong. As the warning message from Melthu said, without logs we can't help you much. About all we can do is look at your armory and wonder why you insist on matching socket bonuses instead of putting straight agility gems in.
I have been experiencing a DPS loss since reset this week, have switched UW for a firelands trinket and DPS has improved but nt to where it was
Was easily doing 16K on moving fights single target now down to about 14k.
Anybody have any ideas?
When I looked before it is showing you as having 47 hit rating too much and you have six socketed. So just changing two of them for straight agility gems gets you 40 more agility for no stat cost as the hit is already doing nothing. Of the items you have put purple gems in only one of them has a socket bonus worth getting, the hat. All of the other ten agility socket bonuses are not worth getting, that includes the legs as it is two non-red sockets for 20 agility.
Posted 08 August 2011 - 03:45 PM
It's more viable but still not nearly as good as , especially when reforged to dodge.
With the recent change of UW, is it now more viable to use it as a bear trinket?
Posted 11 August 2011 - 10:11 AM
Then i reforged to Haste and went to the same dummy.. made same rotation and had a dps on 17k over 4 min
Am i doing something wrong ? or isnt haste better than crit ?
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Posted 12 August 2011 - 09:01 AM
Changing one of the trinkets will likely have the biggest impact.
//edit: Additionally, there is no such thing as a Dodge cap. Well, not one that is in any form attainable in the current game.
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Posted 12 August 2011 - 03:59 PM
You're a bit high on stamina (pure stamina gem, shifting in a red socket and two pure stamina trinkets), but other than that it's about where you should be at. Just one thing, you might want to consider filling out Perseverance.
Changing one of the trinkets will likely have the biggest impact.
//edit: Additionally, there is no such thing as a Dodge cap. Well, not one that is in any form attainable in the current game.
so dodge/dodge rating is not effected by diminishing returns or anythning like that?
thanks again.
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Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for a post-sentencing hearing in Bellefonte, Pa., in January. A lawyer says his client is the first to settle a civil claim against Penn State related to the Sandusky child sexual abuse case.HARRISBURG, Pa. A young man who testified he was sexually abused by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky will get a reported multimillion-dollar payout in the first of what is expected to be dozens of settlements between the university and Sanduskys accusers.
The Philadelphia Inquirer first reported Saturday that the young man known as Victim 5, who took the stand at Sanduskys criminal trial and sentencing last year, settled for several million dollars.
Attorney Tom Kline confirmed the deal to The Associated Press on Saturday, but would not specify the dollar amount. He said the parties signed off on the agreement Friday.
Kline said his 25-year-old client was relieved and expected to receive the money within a month. The man identified himself for his testimony, but AP generally does not identify people who are victims of sex crimes.
The paper reported the deal is the first of 26 settlements expected soon among 31 young men who have pressed claims over Sanduskys actions and the schools response.
Kline told the AP that as part of the agreement, his client assigned his claim to Penn State, effectively giving the university a better chance to recover the money from other parties, such as The Second Mile, a charity for at-risk youth that Sandusky founded.
University officials left themselves a wide open road to recover a significant amount of this money back from their insurers and Second Mile. And we support that, Kline said.
Michael Rozen, one of the lawyers brought in by Penn State to resolve the civil claims, told the paper that Victim 5s case was considered among the more serious because the abuse occurred in August 2001, months after top school officials were informed by a graduate assistant that he saw Sandusky assaulting a boy in a team shower.
The pivotal issue from the universitys perspective in dealing with the victims is where the incident occurred and when it occurred proximate to the 2001 shower incident, Rozen told the paper.
A spokesman for the university declined comment Saturday on the deal, saying the school continues to make progress on multiple settlements.
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I think this is a difficult film to deal with as racists will find their prejudices (African-American depravity) confirmed but the story of American underclass – of whatever race – is certainly worth telling. In a sense race is less important than class, though Precious' mother (pictured right above) does have a 'racial' chip on her shoulder, as it is a story of a person who is probably at the bottom of the heap in the western world. And as a melodrama we shouldn't expect the film to offer much social context (though I wish it would).
The film's mostly shot in a realist style, with effective fantasy sequences as Precious attempts to escape abuse. I was discomforted by some of the audience laughter during these sequences where Precious imagines herself as the object of male desire; it was, I felt, laughing at the very idea that a fat woman could be desirable. I don't think the film is inviting this reaction.
The redemption storyline relies upon an inspirational teacher who, whilst 'black', is relatively light skinned – see below. How necessary was this casting? If the teacher had been white then we would have been in very dodgy territory but Paula Patton's appearance – including her beauty – struck me as working against the grain of the film.
I don't wish to overly critical of the film, which is worth seeing, and recognise the 'burden of representation' that falls upon movies that deal with groups who are virtually invisible in the media. In a sense, the problem is with the media industries' ignore-ance of such groups so that when they do appear, they take on an enormous significance.
The film was a major success in American and it would be fascinating to know audience's responses: middle class voyeurism to enjoyment of seeing unseen groups on screen?
Mariah Carey, virtually unrecognisably normal looking without the glamour normally associated with her, is excellent as the social worker and I found the film's most convincing scene was when Precious' mother ineffectually explains her treatment of her daughter to Carey's character; Mo'Nique is terrific in the part.
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I loved this film – it was sociologically engrossing. I felt that the film, in addition to other issues, was also about body shape and the terrible persecution society inflicts on people who have large body size. At present, governments have finished terrorrising smokers and they now seem to be stigmatising those deemed as "obese". If Precious had been a very attractive slim young woman how different would she have been treated socially. I really empathised with her throughout the filmand felt that ultimately to live her life and be free she would have to totally reject her mothert
I would agree with the comment here that the social class issues are much more emphatic than the racial which do slip in besides not overall..
Yes Mariah Carey played well in this film – she is a heart throb for sure. However, Precious shone through in the film in spite of such competition. There are so many young girls who woulod have opted for abortions or adoption but I feel, authentically too, Precious found healing in welcoming what often appears to us as inconvenient and negative synbols of the past. By choosing to accept and love she eventaully discovered that it can be reciprocated in many ways. In other words, we do not always find true freedom in running away from ourselves and what happens around us. Precious stuck at it and won the support, empathy and love of sigificant people in her life.Through her determination she won through. This is a good role model that is much needed for young people who come from problematic social circumstnaces such as these.
More emotionally, I had to weep as well.
While this may not be apopular thing to say, I hope that sexual tolerance in contemporary society does not become so broad that no one is ever safe from sexual poredation in the family. Society will have to be very, very careful here.
Great film. Well done! It is a landmark movie.


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Conservation Blueprint Aids Earthquake Response
A massive earthquake wreaked unimaginable devastation in Sichuan Province in May 2008, killing nearly 70,000 people and causing untold billions of dollars worth of damage. The disaster also took heavy environmental tolls in one of China's richest areas of plant and animal life. Huge landslides and terrain changes impacted many endangered species, such as the giant panda, golden monkey, and takin.
Soon after the quake, the Sichuan government called The Nature Conservancy for assistance with a rapid ecological assessment. They needed up-to-date data in order to take quick and effective action in areas of greatest ecological importance.
Fortunately, the Conservancy had recently completed a mammoth conservation assessment in Sichuan as part of our Blueprint Project in China. The Blueprint helped the government quickly create a science-grounded recovery plan and has helped partners secure funding for restoration in the quake region.
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Why did Chinese officials turn to the Conservancy for information? Couldn't they have found what they needed other ways?
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Before the Sichuan Blueprint was created, the information contained in it was scattered among a range of sources, from academic institutions to unwritten local knowledge. Without the Blueprint database, it would have been impossible to gather vital information quickly enough to guide a rapid recovery plan. With the Blueprint, we were able to provide officials with the data they needed within just one day. This is a sobering illustration of the value of an integrated and up-to-date ecological assessment on a regional scale.
How much data are we talking about?
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The Blueprint includes information on more than 4,000 species of animals and plants. We worked with local partners for three years to compile more than 50,000 records about the region's ecosystems and species.
But we always hear that time is running out for the planet. Is it really a good idea to spend years doing an ecological assessment?
Zhao Peng:
That's a good question. It's about making the most of limited resources and time. We need to know where to focus our efforts, what the main conservation targets are, and what will constitute success. For example, how much of a certain habitat must be preserved in order to protect biodiversity over the long term? An overall assessment provides a guide for smart conservation action on the ground — and not just for us. A Blueprint that is grounded in credible science can help focus and improve the conservation efforts of other groups, agencies and communities.
And now that the Blueprint is finished the Conservancy can take action?
Zhao Peng:
Actually, we've been taking action the whole time. Over the past ten years, we've worked with local partners on a wide variety of conservation efforts in neighboring Yunnan Province, such as green building and renewable energy projects, environmental education and community outreach programs, and our campaign to save the Yunnan golden monkey. We're also working here to introduce a national park model of conservation with state-of-the-art visitor services and educational components to compliment the country's nature reserve system, while across China we are helping key nature reserves improve the effectiveness of their conservation. That's key to getting people excited about conservation.
So that is to say, we've been assembling the Sichuan Blueprint at the same time that we've been taking action nearby. Now we're well-positioned to apply our lessons learned in Yunnan Province to important areas throughout China.
So the Blueprint helped officials create a recovery plan. Anything else?
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Actually, yes. The Blueprint also helped local partners secure funding for recovery efforts. With the Blueprint project's extensive and credible data to support their application, partners were able to earn the confidence of the Global Environment Fund, an independent funding agency, and as a result received $1 million for conservation activities in the affected region.
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The department opened the new-look highway over the weekend. Route 45 has been permanently reconfigured as a new section of roadway designed to safely accommodate all users of the road, providing one travel lane in each direction with a dual-use center left-turn lane and a new multi-use bike lane. Previously, Route 45 had carried two travel lanes in each direction through downtown Woodbury.
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