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A couple weeks ago I thought it would be cool to start a new feature on here. I decided that I'd watch or re-watch famous contentious Boxing decisions and write a fanpost on BLH on how I scored the fight and allow others to discuss. If the review from the community is good, I'll keep doing it. I've decided the first fight I'm going to watch and score on here will be: Sugar Ray Leonard vs Marvin Hagler for the WBC & Ring Magazine Middleweight Championships. Hagler professes to this day he was robbed. Leonard says otherwise. How did I see it? We'll find out
Round 1 - 10-9 Leonard
This was easy. Leonard was quick, efficient, and landed punches. Hagler landed nothing of note and Leonard landed the cleaner, more effective shots. Clear round for Sugar Ray.
Round 2 - 10-9 Leonard, 20-18
Hagler landed slightly more but Leonard still was far more faster and easily landing the flush shots. Another clear round for Leonard.
Round 3 - 10-9 Leonard, 30-27.
Closest round of the fight up to that point. Hagler fought Southpaw and was able to easily cut off the ring from Leonard and won the exchanges. Second portion of the round though Leonard caught Hagler's thunder and again was quicker and landed more flush shots and just shaded the round.
Round 4 - 10-9 Leonard, 40-36
Another easy round for Leonard. To this point the fight was simple: Leonard moves, Hagler wildly misses, Leonard lands flush shots, moves, Hagler wildly misses. Easy for Sugar Ray.
Round 5 - 10-9 Hagler, 49-46 Leonard
You could see Leonard start to tire. And Hagler pounced. He found his range, cut off the ring from Leonard, and made him pay. First round for Marvelous Marvin
Round 6 - 10-9 Hagler, 58-56 Leonard
Close round. Both men seemed to tire, but Leonard seemed to be dead on his feet. Hagler slightly landed the more effective punches and just squeaked the round.
Round 7 - 10-9 Hagler, 67-66 Leonard
Leonard was visibly tired. His punches lacked snap and Hagler really found his range. Landed a lot of nice combos to the body and upstairs. Hagler's jab though ruled the round.
Round 8 - 10-9 Hagler, 76-76
There was just nothing on Leonard's punches. Hagler just walked through them and kept pounding to the body and landing several stiff jabs. Everything was going Hagler's way in the middle rounds.
Round 9 - 10-9 Hagler, 86-85
What a round. What a round. Both men gave as good as they got. Furious rallies. Hagler though just had the more snap and power on his punches and got the better of the exchanges. Into Round 10, Hagler leads on my card.
Round 10 - 10-9 Leonard, 95-95
Weird round, tough round to score. Leonard didn't land anything that hurt Hagler but Hagler just wasn't able to get off and he landed more. Weird round, tight round but in favor of Ray Leonard.
Round 11 - 10-9 Hagler, 105-104
This is where I think Hagler had reason to be upset. Hagler was the aggressor, the controller of the fight. He came forward and landed more effectively. Leonard would land a 5 punch flurry in which nothing landed. But it caught the judges eye, it got the crowd excited. The judges warmed to Leonard's effort. But he didn't land effectively. Hagler did. Hagler's round
Round 12 - 10-9 Hagler, 115-113
Similar round. Hagler was the aggressor, he was controlling the fight, he was landing the cleaner shots but Leonard's rallies which looked nice but didn't land much managed to show up better to the judges. Another Hagler round for me.
Final Scorecard: 115-113 Marvelous Marvin Hagler
Hagler after Round 4 dominated. He was the aggressor, he landed more, he walked through Leonard's punches, and Leonard's ability to land furious comeback rallies which didn't land anything managed to help him steal rounds on the judges' scorecards he didn't deserve. It was a very close fight but one that was won not because of who deserved the fight but who managed to effectively impress the judges. Hagler deserved the fight, he won it, Leonard impressed the judges. Leonard won the decision.
There you have it. My scorecard on one of the most, if not the most, controversial decision in boxing history. Discuss and give feedback in the comments and most importantly: If you enjoyed this feature, write in the comments what you would like me too do next. I'll add them all up and I'll post it next week. Discuss!


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Here's the Bingham Ray Sundance Eulogy, which was read at the Sundance Closing Night Awards by choked-up Fest Director John Cooper, from his poker partners Ben Barenholtz, Eamonn Bowles, Tom Prassis and Arnie Sawyer. Good job guys, it made me cry yet again.
We are here to mourn, and honor, an icon of the film industry. And as we begin we can hear his voice whispering in our ears, "Don't fuck it up, Kitty Kats!" Followed by a huge roar of sarcastic laughter.
This was Bingham Ray to a tee.
It sounds strange to talk about Bingham in the past tense. Even stranger to admit to ourselves that our dear friend is no longer with us.
We who knew him through the good and the bad years mourn the loss of a true friend, a bad poker player, a fierce competitor and a raconteur of the highest order.
Starting out as a projectionist at the Bleecker Street Cinema in New York City, he rose to become one of the handful of giants in our cozy corner of the film world, intimately involved with some of the figures whose images he used to project. He was loved by actors and directors in a way that few people on this side of the fence are. But as with everything else, he had no problem challenging them when he thought they were wrong. And they usually loved and respected him more for it.
He was incapable of not speaking his mind, almost to a tourette's level. As you'd imagine, this led to many legendary beefs with many people. This is also reflected in the astounding number of companies at which he worked over his career, a career that almost perfectly paralleled the rise of independent film in America. But anyone who truly loved film could not really dislike Bingham. His knowledge was encyclopedic, fueled purely by enthusiasm, not some nerdy desire to impress and he could talk about directors or quote dialogue for hours.
If you were fortunate to be his friend or within spitting distance he could suck up the oxygen around you and beguile you with his tales in the trenches. When Bingham was in the room, it was like somebody had turned up the volume on the stereo. Tales of triumphs and tales of struggles, with incredible, sometimes excruciating, detail, bringing you into HIS world. All the highs and lows he experienced. Even as Bingham was telling the lamest story or singing one of the many silly ditties he would make up, stuff we'd heard so many times before, we'd break up seeing him rippling in laughter, tears in his eyes, paralyzed by his own punch line.
His mischievous smile will be forever seared in our memory and someday when we are together again after all the cards are dealt, Bingham will reveal to us the punch line of this joke he started telling so many years ago.
Our deepest thoughts go out to his incredible wife, Nancy, truly his rock through all the highs and lows, and their three wonderful children, Becca, Annabel and Nick.
The world lost some of its luster this week when Bingham passed away.
His laughter still echoes and we are laughing with him. A stupid thing like death cannot take that away from us.
Marnie Weiss | February 4, 2012 4:32 PM
A true loss! My first boss at Samuel Goldwyn. Life was never boring with Bingham around. You were never sure if you were walking into a water balloon fight or a serious film discussion. But you always knew who to go to for a passionate, honest, opinionated, often genius response to anything film. A friend through all these years. So many unbelievable memories to draw on during this sad time. I smile and weep when I think of his choice of final venue. True Bingham. Forever in my heart.
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and memorable. The Tisch school of the Arts has loss
one of the most original, inspiring teachers it has ever
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- 39 years old
- Date of birth: Sep 17, 1973
- Place of birth:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Date of passing: Jul 20, 2013
|We will love you and miss you forever, Jeremy!
Click here to watch the Memorial Tribute for Jeremy held at Loyola University on August 3rd, 2013.
We invite you to make a donation to a scholarship fund in Jeremy's name to help youth from New Orleans public schools who come from lower income families attend college at Loyola University. Jeremy went to New Orleans public schools K-12 and is a graduate of Loyola. The scholarship supports college-bound kids from New Orleans public schools for years to come. Your contribution can make a lasting impact. Click here to contribute to the fund.
This memorial website was created to pay tribute and celebrate Jeremy. Jeremy is an amazing and inspiring soul who lit up our family and the world with his love, strength, humor, and heart. With great heartache we sadly share the news that Jeremy died in a tragic drowning accident in Navarre Beach, FL on Saturday July 20, 2013. Jeremy touched and inspired many lives- as a son, brother, grandson, friend, boyfriend, entrepreneur, personal trainer, massage therapist, wellness coach, actor (that's right, see the pic and video of him in the gallery in the film "Bad Lieutenant" starring Nicholas Cage), model, and all-around amazing person.
Click here to see WWL-TV feature story about Jeremy and the many lives he's touched.
For his many friends and family members, we wanted to create a place for you to share a message for Jeremy, a story, a prayer, even a photo, audio or video clip. If you'd like to have a photo or video or song accompany your message, please post it on the 'stories' page. This website will stay up, so please feel free to return.
Thanks for filling Jeremy's life with so much love,
Mary, Bruce, Matt, Sean, Farah and Tessa
"Togetherness" a poem by an unknown author: "Death is nothing at all. I only slipped away into the next room. I am I and you are you. Whatever we were to each other, that we still are. Call me by my old familiar name, Speak to me in the easy way you used to. Put no difference into your tone, wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. Play, Smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be the household name it always was. Let it be spoken without the shadow of a ghost in it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was. What is death but a negligible accident? Why should I be out of your mind because I am out of your sight? All is well, nothing is lost. One brief moment and all will be as it was before."
"Hey J, just thinking a lot about you today and these past few months. I have another son now, a seven month-old named William. I keep thinking about how to be the best father I can be to these two boys. I really think the place to start (and likely the most important thing) is the thing that I learned to be so powerful from you. I will always, always be present for these boys the way that you were always present for all of us. You have left an incredible legacy, and I know that I am not alone in that the most lasting thing you have done for me may be that you have showed me how to be a better father and a better man than I would have been otherwise. Lucky to have been your friend and your student. Rumble, young man! Rumble."
"Can't believe it's already been a year buddy. Enjoyed playing basketball with you so much - we had a blast.
You are missed big time man."
""We are assembled here today to pay final respects to our honored dead. And yet it should be noted that in the midst of our sorrow, this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world; a world that our beloved comrade gave his life to protect and nourish. He did not feel this sacrifice a vain or empty one, and we will not debate his profound wisdom at these proceedings. Of my friend, I can only say this: of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most... human." Quote from Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan...Jeremy paraphrased in his best man speech to me...I will always remember...love you my friend."
"Jeremy, I love you so much. I miss you deeply. I am so grateful for the gift of your presence in my life and in my heart."
"Always remember!"
"It still seems unreal to me that you are gone. You will forever be missed my friend."
"Sully and I are missing our dear friend - incredulous that it has been a year ... he remains in our hearts and minds, inspiring us."
"Thinking of you today, especially when I took Lola, our dog you haven't met, on a walk around Big Lake and visited the Singing Oak. Thinking often of Bruce and Mary and missing your smile..."
"There's a Rocky movie marathon on AMC today. Thanks, Jeremy, for sending us a strong sign of your presence, strength, & comfort on this day."
"I still can't believe that you're not busy doing something special for all of the people who's lives you surely brightened. I'll be keeping Tessa and your family in all of my thoughts, especially today. Thanks for brightening a small part of my life too."
"There's a comforting thought at the close of the day,
When I'm weary and lonely and sad,
That sorta grips hold of my crusty old heart
And bids it it be merry and glad.
It gets in my soul and it drives out the blues,
And finally thrills through and through.
It is just a sweet memory that chants the refrain:
"I'm glad I touched shoulders with you!"
Did you know you were brave, did you know you were strong?
Did you know there was one leaning hard?
Did you know that I waited and listened and prayed,
And was cheered by your simplest word?
Did you know that I longed for that smile on your face,
For the sound of your voice ringing true?
Did you know I grew stronger and better because
I merely touched shoulders with you?
I am glad that I live, that I battle and strive
For the place that I know I must fill;
I am thankful for sorrows; I'll meet with a grin
What fortune may send, good or ill.
I may not have wealth, I may not be great,
But I know I shall always be true,
For I have in my life that courage you gave
When once I touched shoulders with you.
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Mary, Bruce, Matt, Sean, Farah, Tessa, you have all been on my mind and in my heart; may this day hold and caress you with love and gentleness, filling you all with strength and love.
Walk in Beauty"
"You're with me every day Jeremy. I look to you when I need help, strength or even just to lighten a moment with a laugh. My prayers go out to Bruce, Mary, Sean, Matt and Tessa as we all grieve and remember today. In the meantime, I'll share the memories of your time here on Earth with those who knew or didn't know you for as long as I possibly can. You'll never be forgotten...I love you brother."
"I still think about you often. May God continue to watch over your family."
"One year ago today Jeremy! Thanks for continuing to inspire me and visiting me in my dreams, its like old days- keeping tabs and pushing each other towards our goals... :)"
"Mary, Bruce, Sean, Matt, Farah and Tessa - May Jeremy's love and bright spirit strengthen your hurting hearts this day and may you feel the loving energy of all those whose lives he so beautifully touched.
We too send love and blessings from Ireland, our hearts are with you this day. Mary and Andrew"
"In this last year, this wonderful site has revealed how much the world is a lesser place without Jeremy. I can only hope that it has helped Tessa and his family bear the unbearable."
"On this day of Jeremy's ascension. Life is filled with the unknown and uncertainties, each day is a mystery, not knowing what the next day may bring, so we have to hold ourselves accountable for the choices we make. We need to make every moment in our life count, every second,minute, and hours. Life is precious and the people in your life that love you should be cherished and not taken for granted. Spread the love, free your mind of negativity, and insert positivity. Celebrate Jeremy's life as a we choose love every time."
"My love and deep compassion goes to the Johnson-family and to Tessa. Today one year ago you left... You are missed Jeremy... Wherever you are we all hope you dance."
"Hard to believe it's been almost a year now. Think about you often, but especially this past week on my first trip to Philadelphia. Made it to see the Rocky statue and run up the stairs. Don't know if you ever made it there, but it's a check off my bucket list (and I'll check it off for you if you didn't). You likely would have been the first person I texted, so I'll just imagine you sending me back a favorite Rocky quote. Yo Jeremy, I did it! Continous thoughts and prayers to the family during a most difficult anniversary."
"Today is the last time I talked to you a year ago, the last time I heard your voice. I wish I could hear your voice one last time, one last conversation about any subject...you are truly missed. I speak of you everyday and you are always in my thoughts...I love you Cuz."
"Jeremy, I still can't believe that it's almost a year since you moved up to heaven."
"In July is it one year since you spread your wings and learned to fly. You are deeply missed from friends and family! Prayers and deep compassion to the Johnson family and Tessa."
"Jeremy, I think about you every day. And to Jeremy's family and Tessa, I think of you and send you peace and love."
"Jeremy, I can imagine that you watched the Crescent City Classic and noticed that once again I slept right through it! Maybe I'll get it together for next year, keep looking out for us. Happy Easter!"
"Jeremy, I've been thinking about you this weekend! I'm in Austin, a city I always associate with you since I came here to visit you for the first time way back in 2006. Yesterday we passed by Sandy's Hamburgers and Peter Pan mini-golf, and today we had brunch at Kerbey Lane and it reminded me of our argument about whether Kerbey Lane or Magnolia Cafe had the better gingerbread pancakes (Magnolia Cafe, you were right). I have such happy memories of being here with you. In fact, my Bloc Party CD still has "Rainey Street" scrawled onto it in Sharpie so I wouldn't forget your address when I was driving up from New Orleans!"
"Jeremy, we celebrate you today at the Crescent City Classic. You'd be so proud of Mary and Bruce who've been training hard. Bruce is wearing all your clothes including the No White Flags t-shirt. Josh and Ellen came down from VA. And ofcourse Tessa is running like the wind. Brad's meeting us at the finish line. You are in our hearts and each step. We love you."
"Not a day goes by that I don't have a thought or two about Jeremy."
"Thanks to the generous support of so many of you The Jeremy Johnson Memorial Scholarship at Loyola is up to $30,000 and is now endowed and will support low-income kids from New Orleans Public Schools attend college for years to come. See the link at the top of the page if you still wish to make a contribution. "To continue to be in the presence of someone we love after death, we need only act positively on their behalf." - Deborah Morris Coryell"
"Celtic Blessings upon you all on this Thanksgiving Day, when I know Jeremy will have his special place at the table. This day will be filled with so many emotions - may you feel the prayers and blessings and loving thoughts that are coming from Ireland to rest upon you all. Siocháin a bhí ar do gcroíthe (peace be upon your hearts in Irish).
Mary and Andrew"
"The weather's been nice and this year, so far, we haven't had any storms or hurricanes (knock on wood) and I can't help but think that it may be because you're up there looking out for all of us. Thanks!"
"That Which Burns Brightest:Look up and love that which burns brightest, so bright above. Look up and love the river of your name
you kneel the sky lifting sword so high you touch the wild of sky
joining memory to wipe away the void, oh, u laughing boy"
"Mary, Bruce, Sean, Matt, Farah and Tessa - and of course Jeremy.
Warm blessings upon your aching hearts as prayers continue to wing their way from Ireland's shore to you. May the love you all feel for each other offer you some ease and may it surround you and mind your gentle hearts."
"Bruce and Mary, Claire and I are glad we were able to sit with you last night at the play but of course were grieved to hear your news. These memorial tributes are all the evidence anyone needs that Jeremy lived a full and wonderful life of service to others. And that's a tribute to the two of you too. God bless you all."
"I love you Jeremy and wish you could be joining me in the 40 club...the stories and memories flood my heart and mind..you will always be with me...Happy B-day Cuz."
"I finally found the strength to watch the tribute video.... what an amazing way to memorialize Jeremy and the way he touched our lives. To Bruce, Mary, Matt, Sean, Farrah, and Tessa, thank you all for all you have done to allow all of us that loved Jeremy to come together and celebrate his life and mourn his passing. The pain I feel cannot compare to what you must feel, Love to you always"
"Happy 40th Birthday Jeremy! It is only fitting that every other song on the radio yesterday was The Police or U2. Sending love and prayers to Tessa and the Johnson family.
"Happy Birthday Jeremy! Hope all the angels are singing to you in heaven. Sending my love to Tessa and the Johnson's family."
"Happy Birthday Jeremy. By the standards we had in high school, you certainly would have become an official fossil today. I miss you, my friend."
"Happy Birthday, Jeremy. Everyday, I listen to First Wave Radio, and everyday, I hear a song that we discussed...that reminds me of you. You, your energy and your antics are so missed at the NOAC. The solace that I've found during these past weeks is in the stories, laughs and tears that each of us has shared. Your spirit and impact remain a constant in the lives of everyone you touched."
"Happy birthday, Jeremy!
Your birthday is just 3 days before mine, so we often discussed the complexities and the awesomeness of a Virgo. Sending love."
"You are all in my thoughts and prayers, especially today. I have no doubt that Jeremy and my brother, John, are working out together in heaven. Love you all!"
"Bruce, Mary, Sean, Matt, Tessa:
Please know that you and Jeremy are very much in my thoughts today. It always pissed me off that (even though I had a Jan birthday) Jeremy was older than me. But lately I had been looking forward to having him go before me into our forties and tell me it would be OK.
happy birthday, JJ"
"Missing you, especially today. I wish I could bring you my banana bread or maybe some Terranova's sausage...your guilty pleasures from me. So you will know, I plan to start training soon for this year's Turkey Day Race...you taught me how. And if I ever, ever come in first in my age group, it's because of you."
"Our thoughts and prayers are with Bruce, Mary, Sean, Matt, Tessa, and Farah especially today on Jeremy's birthday!
Love, Karen, Dave"
"Happy Birthday Jeremy, it's still hard for me to believe that you're not in New Orleans somewhere training somebody or auditioning for something. I remember waiting to see your spot on the Breakout Kings... you were great even if your role was very short! Keep looking out for all of us. Tell all of my folks hello for me. My thoughts are with Tessa and all of your family today."
"Jeremy and I are both Virgo's. Perhaps another reason we connected.
I think of him daily (and the whole Johnson clan). I am simply at a loss for words. Happy birthday my good friend."
"Reading this memorial again today, on Jeremy's birthday, is both unbelievably inspiring and completely heartbreaking. Sending eternal love and support to the entire Johnson family and to his Tessa."
"Happy Birthday Jeremy--we never met in this life but it seems our families have been connected for many lifetimes. We feel your love, soul, and spirit even though we cannot always see it with our own eyes. Everytime I see a rainbow now in clear skies, I will think of your happy soul, watching over everyone, protecting your friends and family. Thank you for your gift of presence."
"Hey Dude, remember the time Jerry Hernandez licked the knife he was using to cut the cake at his birthday party at the Rec Plex. Try not to do that today. Happy Birthday."
"Sending love and support on this special day. Sadly I never met Jeremy but Sean, is a beacon of light in my life. And clearly so was Jeremy to so many. Jai Mary and Bruce, for producing some awesome Johnson boys!"
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In a recent radio interview, Dayton Moore said that, despite the Royals' strong September, he was disappointed in the season, as he had the team projected to win 78-82 games. Maybe he is just putting on a tough face to show what a "winner" he is and what high expectations he has for the team, I dunno. I can only assume he was serious. I don't know what other people had the team projected to do, but, with the benefit of hindsight, well...
The importance of a general manager getting a correct read on his team's true talent level was vividly illustrated in Seattle this year, where disastrous moves were made based on the teams miraculous 2007 in which the Mariners overshot their Pythag by a large margin. Predictably, they suffered a massive collapse this year (exacerbated by the player they traded most of their best young talent for -- Eric Bedard -- getting hurt early in the season). I don't think that Dayton Moore is the next Bill Bavasi (Xenu have mercy on us all if that is the case). However, given Dayton's projection for this season, this is a fair way to get an evaluation of part of his skills.
Dayton Moore then...
...Dayton Moore now. Look at the hair. Does GMing the Royals really age a person that much?
I think Dayton Moore has done a good job overall. That said, I don't think anyone here thinks he's above criticism. Even the best GMs make mistakes -- think of Billy Beane and Terence Long, or Theo Epstein and Julio Lugo.
I assume that Dayton Moore thinks of winning projections in terms of the run differential as projected by Bill James' Pythagorean Formula for team wins. The Royals, of course, overshot their Pythag by three wins. Some will argue that this isn't necessarily luck because teams with strong bullpens (and with Soria, Ramirez, and Nunez leading the way, the Royals did have a good bullpen in 2008) often overshoot their Pythagorean projection. I don't know about the bullpen stuff. I can only assume there is something to it because people who know more about this stuff than I do say that it is so. However, for the sake of this little excursion, I'm going to leave it aside in favor of assume that the Royals a 73-win team this season, for three reasons:
- Many attempts to show how teams can 'outsmart' Pythagoras are often a bit suspect.
- To the extent that the "strong bullpens = better than Pythag record" is true, I still think it's hard to see how that would work into a specific projection of how a precise number of wins the team would get over its projection.
- The bullpen pitchers' performances are already taken into account when figuring out the projection, so drawing on the bullpen performance again to modify the projection seems like "double dipping."
Again, my purpose isn't to debate the "Pythag and bullpens" issue. Rather, I'm simply saying that I'm not sure how to account for it either way, so I'm not going to deal with it, here.
Below, I've listed a few areas in which I think Dayton Moore may have been overly positive (given the end result) about going into this season. I will admit this involves a bit of guesswork as to how Moore projected certain players to perform, and I've tried to be careful in my deductions. Note also that I've left out the Butler and Gordon issues, since it's not clear to me what Moore (as opposed to the fans) expected of them this year. Sometimes, Billy seemed to be in the organizational doghouse (which totally doesn't exist!!!11). I also don't think Gordon drastically underperformed realistic expectations.
I'm not presenting this is an exhaustive list of good and bad decisions and projections by Moore, but I do think it points to some things that he may have thought or expected to be better this year than they actually were. I will then say whether they were foreseeable or not before the season -- that's the more evaluative part of my own process, and the most subject to debate.
[Update: This wasn't very clear when I originally published this, probably because I didn't have it in my mind. I didn't really have a win total in mind before the season, so it's quite easy for me to sit here and say "so-and-so made a mistake." I acknowledge the time-based cherry-picking. My point is to see what projections went wrong, yes, but more obviously, to sort out which ones should have been expected to go wrong (less hindisight necessary) and which ones Moore couldn't be expected to see, and thus shouldn't count as much "against" him.]
1) The (un?)remarkable declines of Tony Pena, Jr. and Ross Gload. This is certainly a shocker. This is a tough one to judge. Could Moore have seen it coming? As for TPJ, he did have a year last year in which his BABIP matched up with his performance, which wasn't great, but, given his defense, was defensible as a stopgap, at the very least. On the other hand, his OPS last year (.640) was higher than his career OPS in the minors. and higher than all but one year he had in the minors (2004 in AA -- .644), so I'd say that the offensive collapse was at least a bit foreseeable (although he had extremely bad luck with BABIP this season).
Ross Gload is a bit more difficult to figure out. He was a poor offensive first baseman before this year, and given his skills, I think it's unlikely that he culd be expected get any better, and pretty likely that he'd collapse. As for his defense, well, he wasn't one of the top defenders at his position last year, despite Hillman and Moore constantly swooning over his alleged Gold Glove in the press. So I'm not sure what to make of this. I'm going to say this is slightly forseeable.
Evaluation: Moore might be criticized for making not replacing these guys earlier in the season, but we're talking about pre-season projections here, so I think that this is only a bit foreseeable. So this is an in-between case. It's not clear what he could have done with TPJ (no one saw Aviles coming, at least before the season started, and not this good). He seems to have had a high enough opinion of Gload to give the Man with the Gloaden Glove a two-year extension.
[Update: The stuff about Gload and TPJ was the stuff I wish I'd written better the first time. Along with Bannister, these were clearly the individual players hurting the Royals the most. I should have made it more clear that the impact of their performances were as bad or worse than anything else. Both these players, for example, hurt the team when they started far more than Jose Guillen. However, since I assume that Moore had lower expectations, and that they weren't that good in the first place, and that both suffered from bad luck regarding BABIP, that the amount of drop-off these two suffered vis-vis Moore's reasonable expectations weren't as high.]
2) The implosion of Brian Bannister. No use beating this into the ground. As is well-known, everyone, including Banny, knew that his 2007 fielding-independent stats did not match up to his 2007 performance. Nonetheless, he still managed to FIP worse than most publicly available projection systems had him doing. So, while few expected him to be a #2 or #3 starter this year, no one expected him to be among the five worst starting pitchers in the AL (among qualifiers).
Evaluation: It's hard to tell what Moore thought he could get out of Bannister this year. Of course, part of this little exercise depends on a sort of psychological guessing-game. We all knew Banny couldn't keep it up, but I don't think anyone saw this coming. So I'll just say, again, that this was only slightly forseeable.
3) Mark Teahen's rapidly decreasing offensive returns. In 2006, Mark Teahen started poorly, went to Omaha, then came back on fire, giving fans hope that he might be "another Jason Giambi." In 2007, he didn't look like the next Jason Giambi, as the power mostly disappeared, although, in retrospect, a 98 OPS+ doesn't seem like the end of the world for a corner outfielder, especially with a .353 OBP. In 2008, BABIP chickens (pictured right) came home to roost.
Evaluation: On one hand, I say stick to the numbers -- a quick 'n dirty xBABIP analysis shows he was lucky in 2006 and 2007. On the other hand, when someone regularly does that sort of thing, it may be a skill. Moreover, most publicly-avilable projections systems like CHONE, ZiPS, Bill James, and Miner showed him to be somewhere between last year and 2006. I'm working on a different post that will (in part) reflect on Mark Teahen's bizarre ways with chance. I guess, given all of this, I would say that Teahen's disappointing offensive performance this year was not foreseeable to slightly foreseeable.
4) The collapse of the Royals team defense. Wow, did the Royals ever suck on defense this year. Fielding is hard to measure exactly, and I'm no expert, but let me give some arguments for it.
There was some discussion earlier in the season about how, despite everyone talking about how the pitching had improved, the runs allowed were still poor. Indeed, when the year ended, the Royals were 10th in the American league in runs allowed. I know that defensive metrics and stats still have a long way to go, but unless you think that Dayton Moore is just really unlucky (and given his close relationship to the Deity, I find this highly unlikely), fielding is the primary culprit.
Looking at the 2008 league averages from The Hardball Times, we see that the Royals were below league average in runs allowed. AL team average for runs allowed was 758, while the Royals allowed 751. AL average ERA was 4.35, while the Royals' team ERA was 4.48. So the pitching still sucks, right?
Not necessarily. Let's go a step further. The Royals team FIP (Fielding independent pitching) was above average. The league FIP average was 4.35, while the Royals' was 4.28. According to Stat Corner's park- and league-adjusted version of FIP, the Royals staff was a bit over 16 runs above average.
You are probably starting to get the idea. Looking at the THT's defensive analysis of the team as a whole, while the Royals (.829) are above AL average (.817) in Revised Zone Rating as a team, they are last in the league in OOZ, and their overall +/- (-33) (in THT's team version of the stat) is below average (-10).
Taking a look at the performances of individual fielders (I'm taking stats from different systems as they are available to me -- please do not take the team stats given above and my use of UZR and Dewan's taken from various places to be commensurable). I don't subscribe to the services that provide +/- evaluations of players, but last I heard, Mike Aviles was the only Royal who was above average at his position. As jonfmorse put it in a game thread, according to one +/- system, the Royals fielding this year has been like Babe Ruth (Avilanche) batting in a lineup of Tony Pena, Juniors. I think we have a diagnosis, doctor.
Evaluation: Well, in 2007 TPJ had the best UZR of all shortstops in the AL (last I heard, he was negative this year, but Aviles replaced him before the break). Alex Gordon, Mark Teahen, and David Jesus were all in the top three at their respective positions (strangely, G-Load did not make the top three last year. But I thought he was a stud defender!). This year, all were below average, and Gordon may have been the worst everyday defensive third baseman in the majors (Chris Davis is probably worse, but there's a relatively small sample size. He does project as a 1b). As my post about RBI for fielders (linked above) showed, some metrics have Ross Gload as one of the worst defensive first basemen in the majors this year. I have no idea whether these defenders just hit a bump in the road this year, or whether this is the future. Given past performance, though, I'd say the Royals' problems with fielding this year were unforeseeable.
5) The JoGui Issue. His OPS+ of 91 (or 95, b-r has it different on the his main and splits page), just to remind everyone, doesn't simply indicate that his park-adjusted OPS just below average (average being 100) for a right fielder, it's below average for the American league. He did lead the Royals in home runs and extra-base hits. Despite that, JoGui was 8th among Royals hitters in VORP (just barely better than the 6.0 the undead Reggie Sanders put up last year). Granting that VORP for pitcher is somewhat problematic, he was 17th on the team in value. He's 13th in OBP (non-September call-ups, non-pitcher, non-Tupman divison), and in 5th OPS. He leads the team in extra-base hits, but not slugging. He's barely second in ISO (to Miguel Olivo) over Alex Gordon. Keep in mind this is all on a team that scored 691 runs this year. Guillen also shares the team lead for grounding into double plays with Billy Butler (23).
I'll skip the section demarcation and just get right to the evaluation. I think Dayton should have seen this coming, but, given the contract he gave Guillen, he clearly didn't (I just can't believe he saw this performance coming. If this is really what he expected, he should be fired forthwith -- as Rany put it in a different context, preferably from a cannon). I want to emphasize that, although I think the signing was a mistake, this doesn't mean I "hate" DMGM and want him fired or that I "hate" Jose Guillen. Good GMs make mistakes like this all the time -- see the examples of Beane and Epstein cited at the beginning of this essay. I non more "hate" Guillen and want him to fail than people who point out Mike Aviles luck with BABIP or left-right splits "hate" Avilanche and want him to fail. I only write this because I know that people might (and probably still will) overreact to this. I'm not saying that I'm smarter than DMGM. I'm sure I'm not. I'm sure that Allard Baird and (deep breath) Ned Colletti are better at evaluating baseball players than I am. Still, I didn't like this signing to begin with, and it somehow turned out worse than I expected -- and yes, that's based purely on Guillen's performance. A peformance that, particularly when his perfectly predictably (he had the worst UZR of any right fielder in the AL last year) worst-on-the-team defense is factored is, is quiet accurately described as a "swirling vortex of suck." (Well, OK, that's probably a bit unfair given that Ross Gload and Tony Pena, Jr. got significant at-bats this season. But he was pretty bad.)
People probably think I'm piling on. Well, maybe, I can be a vindictive bastard. However, you'd be surprised how often people come up with "Guillen brings a little something extra" (super idiotic) or "hey, he leads the team in RBIs" (only slightly less idiotic). We can only assume, given Guillen's contract, that DMGM thought that Guillen would at least reproduce his 2007 numbers. Is that a good assumption? Well, out of Chone, ZiPS, Bill James, and Marcels, only one has him coming close. If you look at his 2007 BABIP versus his xBABIP, he was even luckier last year than Mike Aviles was this year. Look at his splits -- he hasn't been a good hitter against righties since 2005. He's been declining. He's 32. Do you really think he's going to bounce back next year?*
*Let me add a note about Guillen's alleged use of performance enhancing drugs. I am not mentioning this out of some sort of self-righteous moral indignation. I don't know if Dayton Moore knew anything about this at the time -- I think the reports came out after the signing. But, although not everything can be credited to steroids, and 2003 (by far Guillen's best year) was his age 27 year, doesn't anyone else find it interesting that his 2003-2005 peak (which departs significantly from his previous 6 seasons of performance) coincides almost exactly with his (alleged) use of PEDs from 2002-2005? That might explain at least partially Guillen's inability to repeat that peformance since that time.
Again, I believe this is all totally foreseeable. Guillen is the anti-Meche. Both were controversial signings by Dayton Moore that were widely decried. Their paths depart from there. Meche's rise was perhaps a bit foreseeable. Meche is positive, says he wants to stay in Kansas city. Meche has been one of the best "#2" level pitchers in the AL the last two years. Despite all this, some fans still aren't buying in. Guillen's decline was totally foreseeable. He bitches and moans constantly, yet shows up out of shape, sucks both offensively and defensively, yet somehow, despite getting booed by fans and some people going so far implying that the bad things coming out about him are due to some irrational hatred of him by the fans, gets defended on the basis of some mystical leadership ability and RBIs.
Let's me repeat: Jose Guillen sucks is not a very good baseball player anymore. He's 32, just in time for a performance spike, right?! Anyway, I've said it was foreseeable. If people want to skip over the rest of the Guillen section due to repetition or because they can't stand to see such a hero to Royals fans everywhere impugned by my obvoius irrational hatred of Guillen and falsification of statistics, that's fine. I didn't want to pile on, really. But I want to add one more paragraph on Guillen, since most of my frustration with the "Guillen issue" is connection with people pulling out the "RBI" argument and crap like that I want a "clearinghouse" for this information that people can draw on for when someone claims that Guillen is an "RBI man" or whatever.
I think the best explanation of "how" Guillen racked up so many RBIs has a special skill (or lacks it, for that matter) for getting RBIs, but rather that he had the most plate appearances on the team, the most plate appearances with runners in scoring position, and that he hit 3rd or 4th in the order all year behind guys with better OBP like Dejesus (especially), Aviles, and (before Hillman got stupid) Gordon. So I do not, to reiterate, think that stats w/ RISP represents a repeatable skill or anything. For for those who do think that they represent a skill and that Guillen has it and that is why he leads the teams in RBIs, here we go. I've excluded the averages of guys with small sample sizes like Ryan Shealy, Zack Greinke (!), and Gil Meche (!!), who all ranked ahead of Guillen on this stuff. Here are Guillen's ranks (taken from my research in another discussion) amongst Royals with runners in scoring position this year:
BA w/ RiSP: 9th, behind such hit machines like Esteban German, Miguel Olivo, and Ross Gload
OPS w/RiSP: 7th, behind studs like German, Olivo, and Buck
SLG w/RiSP: 7th, behind fearsome sluggers like German, Olivo, and Buck
GIDP w/RISP: 1st by a wide margin with 13
Evaluation: Quite foreseeable.
Conclusion: There are, I suppose, other things that I could have mentioned. One thing I might have discussed is Gathright, since I sometimes got the feeling that Moore saw him as a starting CF possibility, but this post is too long to begin with.
My conclusion is that Moore's optimistic projection was based on at least 5 miscalculations on his part. The two projections that failed in teh biggest way were Jose Guillen's offensive performance and the team's ability to field.
I found that he should have foreseen that Jose Guillen would not meet his expectations (as one can only assume from the large contract he gave Guillen -- a "risk-reward" contract isn't a bad idea as a one year contract with perhaps a second year option, not a 3/36 contract, in my opinion). This is not saying that the Royals would have been better off without him, keep in mind, but simply that Moore's projection of 78-82 must have assumed that Guillen would be much better than this.
As for fielding, that was a projection that Dayton missed, but I doubt many would have gotten it right, given the individual player's performance last year, that this was unforeseeable, and Moore can't be blamed for that.
As for Gload, Pena, Teahen, and Bannister, well, that's the middle ground. Individually, I don't think there is much one can blame Moore for there, at least at the beginning of the year when he was projecting the team's final record (the issue of when he should have given up on Pena, Gload, et. al as individual players is separate -- I hope this is clarified in the update above). Taken together, though, it was unlikely that they would all live up to last year's peformance.
That's my take on where Dayton's projection went wrong and where he should have known better. Feel free to ream me out or point out potential other areas of discussion. I have to catch the train now or I'm dead!
[Update: Well, I wish I'd have taken more time to work through all this stuff before I published it. Thanks for your patience.]


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SAN ANGELO, Texas - As the local lake levels continue to drop, the city's Water Department has put in a piping system to consolidate the water in the North Pool of Twin Buttes Reservoir.
Officials said lake levels have dropped below the high point, so 3,000 feet of piping had to be installed to move the water into the main pool. Combining the water also will reduce the amount of water loss from evaporation.
The department began pumping on Aug. 3. The North and South pools are connected by a 17,000-foot equalization channel.
So far, the pipes have been transmitting 21 million gallons of water per day. At full capacity they can transmit up to 25 million gallons per day. The last two months the city has spent about $230,000 to transfer the water.
"We will transfer as much from the South Pool as we can," said Tom Kerr, assistant director of water utilities. The South Pool has 2,800 acre-feet of water left. Kerr said if it has to, the department will pump it until it is dry.
Although it is not possible to bring Lake Nasworthy to its previous level, Kerr said the department will try to maintain the levels as much as possible.
Kerr said that when the city started pumping at the beginning of August, there was some water loss from the dryness of the equalization channel, but officials are currently measuring about as much going into the channel as there is going out — about 32 cubic feet per second.
The city's civic events manager, Anthony Wilson, who recently has been named the public information officer, said that the water demand in the summer exceeds the allotted amount the city's primary supply at O.H. Ivie Reservoir, which is now at 13 percent capacity. The city draws 12.2 million gallons of water per day, but the average water use this summer has been 20 million gallons per day.
However, Kerr said that residents are trying to conserve, as the typical use over past summers was an average of 26 million gallons a day. Kerr said the city is trying its best to reduce water loss. "There's a great deal of effort, but there's still a long ways to go," said Kerr.
Kerr said that if there is no rainfall, Ivie is projected to run dry next June. The city intends to replace some of the lost supply with water from a well field at the Hickory Aquifer in McCulloch County. Kerr said the pumping system should be ready by July 2013, but it would pump only about 6 million gallons a day. The City Council recently approved additional pump stations that will allow for transmission of 9 million gallons per day by early 2014.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Three months after Opry Mills flooded, and there is still no timeline for when the mall could reopen as a whole, but one of its anchor stores has set a date.
Bass Pro Shops has announced that it plans to reopen in time for Christmas.
The major rebuilding work inside the store has been completed, and workers are now busy repainting murals inside.
Managers said the shoe department is moving, but other than that, the store should look the same as it did before the flood.
Crews started repairs on the shopping center, which covers nearly 1.2 million square feet, shortly after the May flood.
Marketing Director Lynn Kittel said she does not know how many of the 200 tenants at the mall will return.
She would not say why a date has not been set to the reopen the entire mall.
Two of the stores, including Banana Republic Factory Store and Ecko Unlimited, have already moved to Prime Outlets in Lebanon.
Several other stores could begin the process of also signing leases there.
Other stores, like Athletic retailer Finish Line, hope to return once the mall reopens.
Renovations are ongoing at the Nashville Aquarium and Rainforest Café.
Landry's Restaurants Inc., which operates the restaurants, hopes to reopen them along with the mall's future grand opening.
Many of the stores are still cleaning before they can start the rebuilding process.
The mall is owned by the Simon Property Group, and once employed about 3,000 people.
Butch Spyridon, president and CEO of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau, said Opry Mills typically draws shoppers from cities up to 100 miles away, such as Jackson and Cookeville.Spyridon said if the mall is not ready to reopen for the Christmas season, it could make sense to wait until the spring tourist season.
Gaylord Opryland has already said it plans to reopen the Opryland Resort and Convention Center next door on November 15.*The Tennessean contributed to this report.
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The meet is about to get underway in Coleman. Alabama is ranked #2 heading into the season. Tonight's opponent is Missouri.
From the preview:
"Our ladies are ready to go out and compete," UA head coach Sarah Patterson said. "We're at that point in our season where we're probably not going to get a lot better until we have a meet."
The Crimson Tide returns 11 veterans, including a trio of All-American seniors – Kim Jacob, Diandra Milliner and Sarah DeMeo – and six All-Americans overall. There are also six freshmen on this year's team, including two, Aja Sims and Keely McNeer, who graduated early from high school and have joined the Tide for the spring semester.
Based on the preliminary line-ups, another freshman, Katie Bailey appears to be going All-Around in her first collegiate meet. I'll update the scores after each rotation in the comments or if they're anything major.
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Many children with dyslexia not only have difficulties in reading but struggle with dysgraphia, a learning disability that impacts handwriting, spelling and the ability to organize thoughts on paper. Having students practice writing skills by writing in a personal journal each day helps to improve writing skills, vocabulary and organizing thoughts into coherent paragraphs.
Lesson Plan Title: Journal Writing for Children with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia
Student Level: 6th thru 8th grade
Objective: To give students an opportunity to practice writing skills on a daily basis by writing paragraphs based on writing prompts on a daily basis. Students will write personal journal entries to express feelings, thoughts and experiences and edit entries to aid in improving grammar and spelling skills.
Time: Approximately 10 to 20 minutes daily with additional time needed when revising, editing and rewriting assignments are given. Time can be part of the regular language arts curriculum.
Standards: This lesson plan meets the following Common Core Standards for Writing, Grades 6 thru 12:
Students will:
- Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
- Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization and analysis of relevant content
- Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details and well-structured event sequences.
- With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
Materials: Notebook for each student, pens, lined paper, writing prompts, copies of books used as reading assignments, research materials
Set Up: Begin by sharing books, thru daily reading or reading assignments, that are written in journal style, such as books by Marissa Moss, books in The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series or other books such as The Diary of Anne Frank to introduce the concept of chronicling life events on a regular basis.
Decide how long students will be working on the journal project, some teachers choose to complete journals for a month, others will continue throughout the school year.
Decide when students will write daily entries into their journal. This can be 15 minutes at the beginning of class or can be assigned as a daily homework assignment.
Provide each student with a notebook or require each student to bring a notebook to be used specifically for journal entries. Let students know you will be providing writing prompts each morning that they will need to write a paragraph about in their journal.
Explain that writing in the journal will not be graded for spelling or punctuation. This is a place for them to write down their thoughts and to practice expressing their thoughts on paper. Let students know that at times they will be required to use an entry from their journal to work on editing, revising and rewriting.
Begin by having students write their name and short description or introduction to the journal which includes their current grade and additional general information about their lives, such as age, gender and interests.
Provide writing prompts as daily topics. Writing prompts should vary each day, giving students experience in writing in different formats, such as persuasive, descriptive, informative, dialogue, first person, third person. Examples of writing prompts include:
- Who is a role model in your life and explain why this person is your role model and what you have learned from interacting with or learning about this person.
- Write the pros and cons of being on a sports or academic team.
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- If you could invite anyone in the world to come speak at your school, who would you invite and why?
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- Write a narrative story about an unexpected event that happened in your life
- Share your thoughts about a story or book you recently read (can be a book or story read as an assignment).
Once a week or once per month have students choose one journal entry and work on editing, revising and rewriting it to hand in as a graded assignment. Use peer editing before the final revision.
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Temple Grandin is a remarkable woman who has used her insight into autism to help improve the treatment of animals.
And she's speaking tonight at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Temple Grandin has a doctorate in animal science and teaches at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.
She has Asperger's syndrome, which is a kind of autism. "Some people on the continuum are good at math, others are word thinkers. Skills tend to be uneven... Good at one thing bad at something else."
Grandin says she's a visual thinker, who thinks in words. She discovered that helps her see things the way animals do.
When she visited a cattle processing plant, she realized that things were set up the wrong way. "When I first started working with cattle, I was trying to figure out why do they go through the chute really well in one place, but not in another place. They are noticing visual detail that we tend not to notice, like a chain hanging down, a reflection, a shadow."
Now her work is known around the world.
HBO even made a movie about her. Claire Danes won a Golden Globe for her performance.
She's also an advocate for people with autism and a fascinating person.
Additional seating available in Wells Fargo Auditorium, on first floor of Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center where the speech will be streamed live.
Grandin will speak at Nightingale Concert Hall at 7pm Monday inside in the Church Fine Arts building on the UNR campus.
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In Thailand, registration of a foundation is mainly governed by "The Civil and Commercial code, B.E. 2535 (1992)" and "The Ministerial Regulations of Regulations, Operation and Registration of the Foundation B.E. 2545 (2002)".
Article 110 of TCCC specifies a foundation as "A foundation consists of property specially appropriated to public charity, religious, affairs art, scientific, literary, education or other purposes for the public benefit and not for sharing profit, and has been registered under the provision of this Code.
The property of a foundation must be managed for implementing the objects of that foundation and not for seeking interest for any person". Therefore, not all types of charitable are eligible for the foundation. The purposes are, instead, limited to public purposes as mentioned above. Moreover, the foundation is not allowed to use for any person own purpose or for personal goals.
Referring to article 110 of TCCC, characteristics of a foundation in Thailand are as follows;
- Special allocated assets: In order to use as operating fund of a foundation
- Objectives: The above fund, allocated assets, is to be used solely for the objectives of the foundation and not for any person own purpose/interest.
- Not seeking for personal interest: Even the foundation is allowed to earn or generate revenue, it has to be strictly used for the objectives of the foundation itself and not divided or shared between its members.
- Registered as a Juristic person as specified in article 110 and 122 of TCCC.
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Corpus Christi, Texas - The Northern Illinois volleyball team went 2-1 on the weekend to finish second at the Texas A&M Corpus Christi Invitational, losing only their last match to San Diego State, 30-25, 30-27, 28-30, 30-26. The Huskies are now 5-6 on the year. With the win, SDSU improves to 7-2 in 2007.
Freshman Dani D'Ambrose (Addison Trail, Ill / Addison Trail) continues to set the pace for the Huskie offense, but against the Aztecs it wasn't enough. D'Ambrose totaled 22 kills to give her three consecutive matches with over 20 kills.
"We battled hard tonight," said Northern Illinois head coach Ray Gooden. "This was a learning experience for us and we will use this for the future."
The Huskies also had four players with double-digit digs. Freshman Maddie Hughes (St. Charles, Ill. / North) led the way with 28 digs. Junior Jody Hardwick (Crystal Lake, Ill. / Crystal Lake South / St. Louis) Monica Lang (Chicago, Ill. / Marist) also added 16 and 12 digs. Junior Mandi Caputo (Chicago, Ill. / Immaculate Heart of Mary / DePaul) notched a double-double with 46 assists and 22 digs.
The Aztec attack was led by Lauren Salisbury, who had 17 kills. Defensively, Aime Cordeiro posted 46 digs to help the Aztecs edge the Huskies.
Northern Illinois' next match is against Illinois-Chicago at 7 p.m. in Chicago, Ill. on Tuesday, September 11.


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I personally know a teacher that does this very thing. He disassociates himself from the belief of evolution by saying essentially, "The state demands I teach you the THEORY, so I will." But he adds to the students that he WANTS them to know the theory because once you know the theory you will immediately understand how truly unreasonable and illogical it is. He's not allowed to teach creationism because that is against school policy, but he tells his students if they want an alternate theory they can contact him outside of school and he will tell them. Several students have taken him up on that offer and he has provided them with creationist and ID materials. I am thankful for any teacher that teaches critical thinking on ANY SUBJECT, even subjects about the Bible. When we become critical thinkers we will have a purer and more honest belief system because we will not have anything at all to hide nor will we have to dress up the emperor in invisible clothes. Thanks for the post!


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UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones isn't much of a talker.
"Bones" won the title from Mauricio Rua this past March at UFC 128 and he believe his actions in the cage, where he demolished the then-champion over the course of three rounds, speak far louder than words ever could.
So how would he respond when an opponent insults him or gets in his head?
Viewers of UFC Fight Night 25 got a glimpse this past Saturday night when both Jones and his upcoming UFC 135 opponent, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, were interviewed at the same time by Joe Rogan to help hype up their fight.
Jackson was by far the more aggressive interviewee and looked like he was really trying to fluster the young champion. Jones explained the situation during today's UFC 135 media conference call:
"Maybe because I took the backseat to the conversation. I'm very aware of why I'm here. I'm not here to show I'm better at arguing, talking or insulting. That's not my mission. If I had it my way, I'd do as very little media as possible but this stuff is mandatory. You're talking about an opponent that threatens and harasses every opponent in his history. I'll let him talk and have his fun and make me look like the scared one but I'll show him in the Octagon on the 24th."
While most of Jackson's talk has been easy to ignore, Jones admits that there was one thing in particular that has him riled up.
"The only thing that bothered me originally was the spygate situation. Not the accusation specifically but that the fans believed that I would actually pay someone to go to his camp and watch him and report to me. I'm aware of the character that I'm up against and it will make me better in the future. I have opponents in the future that will be big talkers as well and this will make me a better champion."
"Bones" has fought 14 times professionally compared to Jackson's 40 and has fought for just over three years compared to Jackson's 12 but this isn't the first time he's had to deal with someone trying to get in his head. He vividly remembered the last time an opponent had harsh words for him before a bout 19 months prior.
"The only other time was when I fought Brandon Vera. He had said "Jon Jones thinks he's the second coming of Jesus Christ." At the weigh-ins I got out of character and he got under my skin a little bit. People that anger me, it definitely make me fight better. It makes me fight better because I prepare better. I try not to insult my opponent. I just say things that I believe to be true. I don't want to make comments that could come back and bite me so I try to not speak too much when it comes to insults and just focus on training. I don't have any anger heading into this fight. I just know what I'm up against. The awareness helps me keep my composure."
Vera's trash talk didn't seem to phase Jones, as he elbowed his way to victory in just over three minutes while barely getting scratched in one of his most dominant career performances. Will this time out against Jackson be any different?
Do you think Jones' performance in the verbal warfare will have any impact come fight night? Or will he ignore the distractions and defend his belt?
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Metro Parent Top Teachers Awards 2012
Here they are! Meet five fabulous southeast Michigan educators who truly put the 'excel' in excellence – from band to special needs to science
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Ann DeVore, Middle School Teacher, Dearborn Heights Montessori Center
Middle school students in Mrs. DeVore's class know she has high expectations for them. But that's OK. This tough teacher is also their biggest booster, making them believe in themselves, too.
The common thread throughout the six nomination letters for Ann DeVore, a middle school teacher at the Dearborn Heights Montessori Center, was that she expected a lot from her students. "She's the toughest teacher these kids will ever have," noted Cheryl Miller, whose daughter was taught by Mrs. DeVore.
Miller goes on to say that DeVore helped her daughter gain confidence in her academic abilities not just through her teaching style, but also by teaching her daughter how to manage her time – and other practical skills that made learning and completing assignments easier.
Kay Neff, the head of the Dearborn Heights Montessori, who has known DeVore for almost 30 years, agrees, adding, "She teaches the student to be hardworking. I think she just has this profound understanding of adolescent kids where she's able to help them by walking that fine line between nurturing and pushing them to stand on their own."
In fact, Neff points out that DeVore was the driving force behind expanding the school to add seventh and eighth grades. "She is incredibly committed and basically created our middle school from scratch."
Part of helping kids excel for DeVore is figuring out what learning style works best for each individual. She gives as an example the hot lunch program, where students do everything from market research on which products to offer to answering "customer" complaints. "The money they earn pays for a school trip they take at the end of the year," says Mrs. DeVore. "I don't like it if they're just handed a bunch a money. It's important for them to understand the importance of earning their way."
When asked why she might have a reputation as a tough teacher, DeVore answers, "It's because I say 'no.' Or I'll say, 'Do it again.' Or, 'Is this your best work?' Most people don't do that anymore – they'll take whatever the kids turn in and the kids know that; they know when they're just sliding through. I like to ask them, 'What kind of education are you earning?' They know when they're doing their best. They're smarter than we are."
Congratulations, Mr. Fisher! I went ALL through school with him, (Jr High and High School) and he LOVED school then, and still LOVES it! Awesome! I can just see him teaching! The energy he had back then, he still has! Amazingly wonderful!
Congrats, again, Mr. Fisher!
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Edward Rudolf did not like the idea of children going into workhouses. These institutes were regarded with fear and distrust by many of the population and were often places of last resort. They certainly did not provide a good environment for a child to grow up in.
Rudolf wanted children to be part of their local community, not removed from it. His vision was to give poor, homeless children a loving and secure family environment.
To do this he set up small family group or cottage homes, each with around 10 children aged between five and fourteen, with a master and matron to act as parents.
The first home opened in Dulwich, south London, in 1882. It was very successful and Rudolf's views were vindicated as many new homes rapidly opened in other areas of England and Wales. This movement towards providing a new style of home for destitute children played its part in helping to highlight awareness of child poverty and contributed to the movement towards a more enlightened society.
In highlighting social problems such as this and taking the difficult first steps towards addressing them - making people feel that these problems need not always be with us - The Children's Society played a part in laying the foundations of the Welfare State.
Sheer poverty was a major factor in children entering The Children's Society homes, but family breakdown or dysfunction could also be factors. Runaways and children in trouble with the law were both well-represented.


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Expedition Denali Team Members to Visit BC on Oct. 22
In June of 2013, a team of mountaineers from the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) attempted to make history by being the first African American team to climb Mt. McKinley (also known as Denali) in Alaska.
Team members will speak on developing leadership skills, overcoming adversity and working together to achieve a common goal on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College.
The program, sponsored by the Bridgewater College Outdoors Program, is free and open to the public.
After 19 days and at 19,600 feet with the summit in sight, a lightning storm caused Expedition Denali to turn back.
On June 26, the hikers were caught in a sudden and rapidly forming lightning storm that enveloped the summit. The expedition was only 700 feet from the highest point in North America when a thunderous crack of lightning rang atop the mountain. Within minutes of a second thunder crack, the weather worsened into whiteout conditions.
Reaching the peak was a goal, but it was never a priority for the nine-member team. The hikers were determined to inspire people of color – especially youth – to get outside, get active and be stewards of wild places.
The experience gained on Denali will stay with the members their whole lives. Each has the opportunity to use what they learned on the mountain in their daily lives.
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Free "Hour of Code" events teach basic computer programming.
"Learning to write programs stretches your mind, and helps you think better, creates a way of thinking about things that I think is helpful in all domains," says Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates.
The Hour of Code initiative encourages students of all ages to explore computer coding and consider a career in computer science. According to Code.org, the number of computer science jobs available is growing three times faster than the number of computer science graduates. At the current rate, there will be more than one million computer jobs unfilled in the year 2020. As 90% of U.S. schools do not teach computer science, there is a need for free computer science education, and the Hour of Code events are a great place to start.
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4 to 5 p.m., South Regional/Broward College Library, 7300 Pines Blvd., Pembroke Pines, FL 33024, 954-201-8825
6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Pompano Beach Library, 1213 E. Atlantic Blvd., Pompano Beach, FL 33060, 954-357-7595
December 10
4 to 5 p.m., Ages 10-18. South Regional/Broward College Library 7300 Pines Blvd., Pembroke Pines, FL 33024, 954-201-8825
6 to 7 p.m., Weston Library, 4205 Bonaventure Blvd., Weston, FL 33332, 954-357-5420
December 11
6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Teens. Miramar Branch Library & Education Center, 2050 Civic Center Place, Miramar, FL 33025, 954-357-8090
December 12
11 a.m. to Noon, Weston Library, 4205 Bonaventure Blvd., Weston, FL 33332, 954-357-5420
4 to 5 p.m., Main Library, 100 S. Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301, 954-357-7444
December 13
4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Middle School Students. African-American Research Library and Cultural Center, 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311, 954-357-6282
December 14
11 a.m., to Noon, North Regional/Broward College Library, 1100 Coconut Creek Blvd., Coconut Creek, FL 33066, 954-201-2600
2 to 3 p.m., Southwest Regional Library, 16835 Sheridan Street, Pembroke Pines, FL 33331, 954-357-6580
2 to 5 p.m., West Regional Library, 8601 W. Broward Blvd., Plantation, FL 33324, 954-7651560
3 to 4 p.m., Miramar Branch Library & Education Center, 2050 Civic Center Place, Miramar, FL 33025, 954-357-8090
For more information on Hour of Code, please visit code.org/hourofcode. For details on Computer Science Education Week, please visit their website at csedweek.org.
The award-winning Broward County Libraries Division, founded in 1974, is the ninth largest library system in the nation by population served and one of the busiest, with more than 9 million walk-in customers visiting its 40 locations annually. The library has more than 3.4 million items and 2,000 computers for public use, and offers hundreds of events and programs to meet the needs of Broward County's diverse community. Broward County Libraries Division continues its strong emphasis on literacy, after-school programs and electronic access. In addition to our comprehensive Web site, Broward.org/Library which provides information about library activities, links to online catalogs, reference information and databases, customers can visit BCL WoW - Broward County Library Without Walls – for free eBooks, music, audiobooks, apps and more. Customers may also follow Libraries on Facebook and Twitter. Libraries Division also administers the services, programs, collections and exhibits of the Broward County Historical Commission.


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Woman dies in toll road crash
A woman was killed in one of two motor vehicle mishaps in Kingston yesterday.
Twenty-year-old Jennelle DeSouza succumbed to injuries she received when the motor car she was driving collided into a pole and overturned along the Portmore Toll Road.
Witnesses said that DeSouza was alive after the accident occurred, but died while firefighters were attempting to cut her from the vehicle. According to one man claiming to be an eyewitness, firefighters who arrived earliest on the scene did not have the requisite tools to take the bleeding woman from the vehicle.
It was only half-an-hour later that other firefighters arrived and managed to pry her from the car.
In the second crash, which occurred along Molynes Road in St Andrew, a man and a woman were flung from the motorcycle on which they were riding when it collided with a car. That crash occurred in the vicinity of the intersection with Seaward Drive.
Both persons were taken to hospital.
The Jamaica Observer was unable to ascertain their conditions at press time.
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