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occurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
National Distribution
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
Global Range: (>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)) This species inhabits nearly the entire range of the genus and is known throughout the northern hemisphere in Europe, northernmost Africa, northern Asia, and North America. Although Pilsbry (1948) and Hubricht (1985) report this as a native North American species, native populations exist in subalpine forests in the Rockies and tundra habitats as far south as Churchill, Manitoba and the northern shore of the St. Lawrence in Quebec, and are commonly present as full-glacial fossils; however, these populations differ in shell features from the disturbance tolerant form common to anthropogenic habitats from the mid-Atlantic states to Iowa and Minnesota (Nekola, 2008). The latter populations likely represent a recently escaped European population.
Range Description
Pupilla muscorum is a widespread species that occurs in almost all countries of the European Union. Its exact distribution is unknown, because parts of the literature records refer to P. pratenis rather than to P. muscorum. In Ireland, P. muscorum is in decline in most parts of its Irish range. It is now local and rare on northern coasts where it was formerly common. It has almost vanished from the southern part of the central limestone plain probably due to the 'improvement' of pastures for agriculture (Byrne et al. 2009).
Habitat Type: Terrestrial
Comments: East-central North American populations (Maine and Tennessee west to eastern Iowa) generally occur in disturbed anthropogenic habitats such as road verges, vacant lots, abandoned quarries, old fields, and concrete culverts (Hubricht, 1985) although they may also occasionally inhabit less disturbed carbonate cliff, glade, and grassland sites. To the north (Newfoundland, the north shore of the St. Lawrence to northwestern Minnesota and the southern shore of Hudsons Bay) populations occur on bare soil, under stones, on turf, and in thin leaf litter accumulations on sandy or rocky shorelines and in tundra (Nekola and Coles, 2010).
Habitat and Ecology
- Terrestrial
Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Pupilla muscorum
There are 8 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Pupilla muscorum
Public Records: 8
Specimens with Barcodes: 9
Species With Barcodes: 1
Conservation Status
National NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded National Status Rank: N4 - Apparently Secure
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure
NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure
Reasons: This species inhabits nearly the entire range of the genus and is known throughout the northern hemisphere in Europe, northernmost Africa, northern Asia, and North America. Although Pilsbry (1948) and Hubricht (1985) report this as a native North American species, native populations exist in subalpine forests in the Rockies and tundra habitats as far south as Churchill, Manitoba and the northern shore of the St. Lawrence in Quebec, and are commonly present as full-glacial fossils; however, these populations differ in shell features from the disturbance tolerant form common to anthropogenic habitats from the mid-Atlantic states to Iowa and Minnesota (Nekola, 2008). The latter populations likely represent a recently escaped European population.
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Pupilla muscorum
Pupilla muscorum, common name Moss Chrysalis snail,[1] is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae.
A variety Pupilla muscorum var. pratensis Clessin, 1871 considered as ecophenotype of Pupilla muscorum was elevated to its species level Pupilla pratensis in 2009.[4]
The shell is usually light brown, varies from reddish brown to horny grey, weakly striated or almost smooth, 5-6.5 weakly convex whorls, suture not very deep, aperture usually with well-developed lip, cervical callus strongly developed, like a dam, parietal tooth usually present, palatal tooth sometimes too.[3]
Pupilla muscorum differs from Pupilla pratensis with which it lives sympatrically, in its thicker, smaller and more slender shell, lighter and more variable colour and stronger apertural lip.[3]
The animal of Pupilla muscorum is small, elliptical, dark with lighter sides and foot, upper tentacles not very long, lower tentacles very short.[3]
The height of the shell is 3.0-4.0 mm. The width of the shell is 1.65-1.75 mm (shell diameter does not vary much).[3]
This species of land snail occurs in the Northern Hemisphere including almost all of Europe. It is recorded as present in countries and islands including:
- Great Britain. It is threatened by disturbance due to intensification of land use of old calcareous grasslands in Britain.[3]
- Ireland
- lower concern in Austria. Vulnerable in Vorarlberg.[3]
- lower concern in Germany, decreasing (4R) in Bavaria.[3]
- Czech Republic[5]
- Slovakia[5]
- Ukraine[6] and Crimea[7]
- Pakistan[8]
- Michigan, USA[9]
- Vermont, USA[10]
Pupilla muscorum lives in dry meadows, sand dunes, in open and sunny habitats.[3] Calciphile.[3] In Portugal it is found under stones, dead leaves and in mosses.[3] In Britain it is frequent in sheep-grazed calcareous grasslands.[3] In the Alps in up to 2400 m, in Bulgaria 1200 m.[3]
Ovoviviparous, the species is able to hibernate with its eggs, and can then release eggs with partly grown embryos during more favourable seasons.[3]
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[3]
- ^ a b Neubert E. (2013). "Pupilla muscorum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 July 2014.
- ^ Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. pp. [1-4], 1-824. Holmiae. (Salvius).
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Species summary for Pupilla muscorum". AnimalBase. Last modified 30-01-2010, accessed 30 July 2010.
- ^ von Proschwitz T., Schander C. , Jueg U. & Thorkildsen S. (2009). "Morphology, ecology and DNA-barcoding distinguish Pupilla pratensis (Clessin, 1871) from Pupilla muscorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pulmonata: Pupillidae)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 75(4): 315-322. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyp038.
- ^ a b (Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.
- ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
- ^ Leonov S. "ILLUSTRATED CHECK-LIST OF CRIMEAN TERRESTRIAL MOLLUSCS Иллюстрированный список наземных моллюсков Крыма". accessed 30 July 2014.
- ^ Pokryszko B. M., Auffenberg K., Hlaváč J. Č. & Naggs F. (2009). "Pupilloidea of Pakistan (Gastropoda: Pulmonata): Truncatellininae, Vertigininae, Gastrocoptinae, Pupillinae (In Part)". Annales Zoologici 59(4): 423-458. doi:10.3161/000345409X484847.
- ^ Michigan Natural Features Inventory. (2007). "Pupilla muscorum". Rare Species Explorer (Web Application). Available online at http://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/explorer accessed 26 February 2012. archive.
- ^ "Pupilla muscorum (Linnaeus, 1758) Widespread Column". accessed 30 July 2014.
Names and Taxonomy
Comments: Recent mitochondrial DNA sequence analyses (Nekola et al., 2009; Von Proschwitz et al., 2009) indicate that throughout its Holarctic range this name has been applied to a species complex. Most populations in east-central North America (referable to P. muscorum) represent apparent European introductions, with Iowa roadside verge material being closest, for instance, to Swedish haplotypes. However, northern Plains populations represent an undescribed species distantly allied to Pupilla hebes and Pupilla pratensis. Given the morphologic variability noted between northern Plains, southern Plains, and arctic populations, the presence of more than one native species also appears likely (Nekola and Coles, 2010). The southern Plains form, limited to arid pinon-juniper forests, has been referred to as Pupilla muscorum xerobia (Pilsbry, 1948). Metcalf and Smartt (1997) suggest that this taxon may be worthy of species status given its greatly thickened apertural lip, uniformly small size and height/width ratio, and divergent habitat and range. The native arctic populations differ from P. hebes only by the weak possession of a partial callus on the uppermost margin of the palatal wall, and appear quite similar to Pupilla pratensis. Additional sequence analysis will be required to make definitive taxonomic statements regarding this group not only in North America but also in Eurasia (Nekola and Coles, 2010).


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Waterbury, Vermont - January 19, 2010
Police are still searching for answers in connection with a child pornography investigation at the Vermont Police Academy.
"At this point we don't have any information to indicate there was any child pornography on what we've examined so far," Vt. State Police Maj. Ed Ledo said.
Ledo says the investigation of former police academy trainer Dave McMullen could take weeks.
Autopsy results confirm McMullen shot and killed himself Saturday after becoming the target of a criminal investigation involving child porn.
"Nobody expected the suicide," Ledo said. "I didn't see that coming. None of the investigators did either, but as a result of that it makes you wonder. It makes us wonder. We're suspicious people anyway."
McMullen and several others at the academy were suspended last week during an unrelated personnel investigation. It was during that investigation that human resource workers came across two emails on McMullen's computer with titles suggesting child porn, prompting them to contact police.
"They were terms that you or any reasonable person would conclude this isn't right," Ledo said.
Police seized that computer and three others, as well as a computer and several items from McMullen's home. They also interviewed McMullen shortly before his death. But they say nothing major came to light during that interview.
"Nothing at all," Ledo said. "Nothing to confirm suspicions that there was porn. Had that been the case he would have been charged at that time."
Reporter Keagan Harsha: But he denied viewing child porn during that interview?
Ledo: Exactly.
McMullen did leave behind two suicide notes for his family but police won't elaborate on what those notes said. In the meantime, forensics teams continue to analyze the computers searching for evidence. And police say that analysis could take more time than originally thought because one of the hard drives is severely damaged.
Keagan Harsha - WCAX News
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LAGOS—The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, LIRS, has sealed 23 companies over the non-remittance of N326.6 million personal income taxes of workers in January.
Mrs. Folasade Coker-Afolayan, the Head of Distrain Unit, said yesterday in Lagos that the taxes were the personal income taxes for a period of one year to six years.
She restated that tax payment was a civic responsibility of every citizen, adding that the proceeds were being used by the government to provide infrastructure.
She said: "Tax is a major source of government revenue. It enables it to provide infrastructure and improve the citizens' standard of living."
Coker-Afolayan said that LIRS would continue to sanction tax defaulters and advised companies to remit taxes promptly to avoid embarrassment.
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As first reported by Jason Kersey of The Oklahoman, the Oklahoma women's basketball team has added two new players to their roster. And they didn't have to look that far to add them. Tara Dunn and Eden Williams, who are both members of the Oklahoma volleyball team, will be added to the Sooners basketball roster.
From Kersey:
Neither Dunn nor Williams is expected to see much game action; their roles will primarily be providing practice depth for the Sooners, who have lost four players to season-ending injuries since preseason workouts began.
Dunn (6-foot-2) and Williams (5-3) will play forward and guard, respectively. Both played basketball all four years of high school.
Dunn, from Poth, Texas, will wear jersey No. 43 and be classified a redshirt sophomore.
An outside hitter on the OU volleyball squad, Dunn second on the team with 245 kills during the 2012 season.
Williams, a native of Amarillo, Texas, will wear jersey No. 33 and be considered a redshirt freshman. The defensive specialist played in every set of every volleyball match.


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Wednesday, Jul 06, 2005
Agri-Biz & Commodities
Commodity Exchanges
NMCE introduces price alert system via SMS
Our Bureau
Kochi , July 5
THE National Multi-Commodity Exchange of India Ltd has introduced a price alert system, which can be accessed on mobile phones through SMS.
Keeping in mind the high response from the market to the SMS services offered by NMCE and based on the market feedback, the exchange has brought in this value-added service for various market participants, traders and clients, to keep them updated automatically on price fluctuations in various commodities, NMCE said in a press release.
This will enable the market participants and clients to do proper risk management by ensuring that they do not miss out on unexpected price fluctuations, resulting in excessive loss or profit. It will also enable them to take prompt positions to cover their risks, the release said.
Several participants all over the country currently get market rates on their mobile phones by sending a SMS. With the new scheme, registered clients will be able to set customised alerts, which will be valid till the expiry of that particular contract, or by the cancellation by the customer himself, whichever is earlier.
The clients can get the market rates on their mobile phones automatically at regular changes without sending the query to the exchange's SMS services. The alert message will include the previous closing price, the day's high and low prices, last traded price and the trends/difference in comparison to the previous closing price.
Clients who are keen on the service should register with the exchange, providing the specific parameters for his alerts.
In a statement, Mr Neeraj Gupta, Vice-President, Technical, of NMCE said, "The technology used by NMCE is most superior, robust and user-friendly.
Alert via SMS is one of the innovations in line with the growing market demand and market suggestions.
The simple SMS service was generating over 400 queries per day and I believe with this extra feature, the usage of SMS services would be almost doubled."
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Back during my stint at Phoenix-based regional carrier Mesa Air Group, we were always being inundated with presentations on why cities wanted our service, along with invitations to come to their communities. One visit stood out to me — the shindig thrown by South Dakota's Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD). At that time the city was the home of Gateway Computers, along with other local businesses.
The city was wooing Mesa to offer service to Denver via Frontier JetExpress or Phoenix via America West Express. So a group of us, including several VPs and schedulers, went to the city for what we thought was going to be a small gathering. When we arrived, the mayor and the airport director were there to give us a tour of the facility, outlining what they could do for us. Then we were whisked away to a lunch that turned out to be 300 of the city's movers and shakers, all there to convince us that not only did they want our service, they were ready to do whatever it took to keep it.
I write all this to say I had a feeling of deja vu when I read this article on the KCAUTV.com website on how SkyWest Airlines and American Eagle were duking it out to offer two daily Essential Air Service (EAS) flights out of Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX) to either Minneapolis or Chicago O'Hare, respectively. Eagle currently has the service, but has been chided by the city over reliability issues.
But I guess they weren't bad enough, because the city chose American Eagle again to offer two flights a day to O'Hare, reports FOX 44. The recommendation now goes to the Dept. of Transportation for review.


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The family of Maria Barrera is raising money to help pay her medical bills.
She is battling cirrhosis of the liver and rheumatoid arthritis.
Donations are being accepted at the link gofundme.com/Marias-Miracle or through an account at TDECU. The account number - under the name Maria's Miracle - is 22460190 with routing No. 313185515.
To learn more, go to her Facebook page at Maria's Miracle.


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At Brighton retic we are taking a break from Dec 25 through to Jan 7th.
Enjoy the holiday season as we celebrate the birth of Christ.
From Two Rocks to Joondalup – call Andrew 0400044236
A couple of years back Brighton Reticulation moved from Butler to Yanchep and now we are available to all residents for spring servicing and general repairs.
If you have just bought a house and need a rear yard turf and retic package then we can help you there too.
We can offer excellent service, good prices and friendly staff who will take care of your needs.
Call Andrew on 0400044236 to book a service
So what's the difference between an ordinary solenoid valve and one with flow control?
Basically its the large 'dial' in the middle that you can turn to adjust the rate at which water flows thru the valve. You may choose to use one of these if you have a small station and do not want you retic operating at full capacity.
For example some people have a small veggie patch that needs some very specific watering. Rather than adding the veggies patch to the lawn station or to other garden beds they would irrigate it separately. In that instance it may be necessary to reduce the flow and use this type of valve.
Any alternative is to use an inline tap to reduce to flow.
If you have a Hunter X Core Controller and it doesn't come on as it should when operating manually the you could have a dodgy switch issue.
Normally to run an individual station you turn the dial anti-clockwise to the 'run single station' indicator, then select the station an return the dial to auto-run.
If it doesn't come on (and you will know its on by the presence of a little sprinkler symbol) then you may need to jiggle the switch a bit and see if you can get it to fire up.
Usually if this is a problem then the dial will not move between the various modes easily. Unfortunately the only solution is to get anew control box as the dial and switches are a complete unit
It does happen occasionally…
I am currently trying to help some people find a way to get pipe under an 8 m wide driveway with access from one side only. It is proving difficult.
With access from both sides you can clear a path, but meet in the middle but with access from just one side it is much more difficult.
I have managed to plunk 5m in, but after that it just gets stuck and with poor water pressure we are struggling to keep the pipe moving. Plunking is normally pretty straight forward but it helps if you have good water pressure and can come at the driveway from both sides.
I explored some options today, one of which was the 'bullet-mole', a piece of steel you smack thru with a sledgehammer. It looks like a great option, but unfortunately it can only go 6m and I need one that can do 8… but it does look like a great option for people who have narrower driveways and are needing to get thru.
The other option seems to be compressed air. I haven't done this before so I'm reluctant to try it unless I am sure it will work, but it seems this may be where we land up.
This morning I laid the main retic line for a client in Jindowie (a part of Yanchep). I've written before about water pressure issues in this part of the world and today we hit the same problem again.
I use Richdel solenoids 99% of the time, but today they wouldn't seal. They need a certain amount of backpressure and the water being what it is up here I just couldn't get them to work.
I changed them for Hunter PGVs and they worked fine. I'm not sure why Hunters will operate with the lower pressure, but they seem to be the answer when the Richdels fail.
Lucky I had 4 onboard to subsititute!
We offer some general guidelines on our home page here, but the truth is it can vary considerably depending on the type of soil we need to dig in, the ease of accessibility and the simplicty or otherwise of the job. A new house is fairly easy to give an estimate for and we suggest that typical costs to expect are:
To give you an idea of what to expect a very rough ball park figure for a 4 x 2 home on a 600m block with 5 or 6 stations is usually around $2600.00 + GST including plumber and sparkie. These prices do vary with the seasons so if you 'need it done now' over summer chances are that with any retic business you will pay a premium. If you can wait until winter then you will probably save 10-20%.
A front install on this kind of home would be around $1500.00 + GST and a rear install usually around $1100.00 + GST.
If your home is established and we need to dig through grass, tree roots and flower beds then we will charge extra for that, but a straightforward installation is usually in the ballpark of the prices above.
But the best way to go is to get in touch and we can then meet up onsite, walk thru the plans and get a clear picture from there.
Not sure how to set your control box and lost the manual?
Then just check this page and you may well find your box listed and them manual that is required.
Seems the water authority have been sending out their inspectors pre dawn and in the evening so if you are watering when you shouldn't be then you might want to think twice. Its a hefty fine…
If you aren't sure how to set your control then just give me a call.
I got a call to look at this retic system where the control box was displaying the 'off power' water droplet symbol. (see the left side of the display)
I wasn't sure what it meant or how it got there and the manual didn't mention it. A brief google search suggested it may be the box blowing a fuse and protecting itself against a faulty solenoid coil.
I called Scott at Total Eden and then he put me on to the tech heads at HR who weren't totally sure either.
So I began to test it and discovered there was no voltage coming from any of the terminals. The fuse was intact and the battery was ok but the box just would not operate.
I attached a new control box as a test and it worked first time. The problem was in the box and whatever the source of the problem was, it had fried the whole box.
When the new one was installed I ran it thru the stations and it worked well on 1 & 2 but blew the fuse on station 3. Obviously this was the source of the previous problems and the coil needed replacing. As it turned out the whole solenoid was cactus and had to be replaced.
I repowered the Orbit box to see if the symbol might disappear but it was definitely a throwaway. So if you happen to see that symbol and your retic won't work then chances are you will be looking for a new control box


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CATEGORIES MoviesIf the new trailer for "Now You See Me" is any indication, it looks like this film will be a ton of fun for fans of bank heists, magic tricks, and sticking it to The Man. Here, Jesse Eisenberg stars as the leader of The Four Horsemen, a group of flashy magicians whose tricks go far beyond pulling a quarter out from behind your ear. Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, and Isla Fisher co-star as his fellow Horsemen, and together they're hoping to pull off the biggest burglary ever. What could be bigger than making it rain stolen money on their giant audience after teleporting a volunteer to rob a bank as part of a show?
That's what FBI Agent Dylan Hobbs (Mark Ruffalo) and Interpol's Alma Vargas (Melanie Laurent) hope to find out. If your suspects can escape from anything and have already stolen a cool $140 million from one Arthur Tressler, a fancy banker played by Michael Caine, well, you've got to get on the ball ASAP. Luckily, Thaddeus Bradley (Morgan Freeman) is here to advise them on how magicians get up to their wacky hijinks. But is this really a case of smoke and mirrors, or something much wilder?
Louis Leterrier is directing, and given his work on the two "Transporter" movies and "Clash of the Titans," "Now You See Me" looks like it will be big and flashy. The screenwriters are a wild bunch of guys with an interesting list of credits to their names; Boaz Yakin wrote and directed "Safe" with Jason Statham, Ed Solomon is behind "Charlie's Angels," "Men in Black," and "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure," while Edward Ricourt is a relative newcomer to the game.
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Few quarterbacks have displayed the incredible array of talents that Baylor QB Robert Griffin the Third has coming into the draft. It Andrew Luck weren't the Colts undisputed Number One pick that he is, Griffin might have a great shot at the 1st overall pick. The St Louis Rams have already announced that they are willing to trade the #2 overall pick to the highest bidder, so it's pretty easy to imagine Griffin getting drafted there.
Why is it so important that we, as Jets with (maybe) a QB, ask these question you ask? Because depending on the number of teams looking to sign him is at least a 30% chance that the Jets will play against him one or more times this season.
Now, the contenders, also given a grade based on my personal belief as to how strong a contender they are to get the spot:
Cleveland Browns, A: On paper the Browns look like the perfect place for Griffin - they have not one, but two coaches in the building with experience coaching mobile gunslingers (Holmgren and Childress), a strong need for a franchise QB in a division that already has 3 established starters at QB, and a roster that actually has enough talent to win more than a handful of games. If not for their statement that they are unwilling to trade their 2nd first-round pick to move up to spots, I'd say they were guaranteed to draft him.
Washington Redskins, A-: The Redskins have been looking for a legitimate franchise QB since Mark Rypien won the Superbowl 26. In that period of time, the 'Skins have had more players start at QB than any other Franchise. They want a QB and they want one yesterday. They would also like that player to be the QB that Jason Campbell wasn't and Rex Grossman/John Beck can never be. They have the 6th pick and a lot of players and cash that they can leverage to the Rams if they work hard enough.
Miami Dolphins, B: The end of the world as we know it (maybe). Miami has the 8th pick, a hugely talented team and a rookie head coach with experience getting the best out of QBs. In all honesty, if Griffin were drafted by the Dolphins he would have immediate success. The main thing holding the Dolphins back from taking Griffin might be the fact that they are considered frontrunners to sign Green Bay's Matt Flynn in the draft (a rather successful project Joe Philbin). Whether or not the Dolphins actually get Flynn may dictate whether or not they empty the vault to get Griffin.
Seattle Seahawks/Arizona Cardinals, C-: As much as these teams both need a Franchise QB, it probably won't matter since there is almost no chance that the Rams would trade their draft pick to a Division Rival. If I'm wrong about that assumption, then blame it on the fact that the two teams have almost nothing that they can offer the Rams besides some future draft picks and some experienced players on offense.
St. Louis Rams, D-: They have their Franchise QB, and to waste the 2nd pick on a QB when they have so many more pressing needs would be crazy (then again, this is the Rams, and desperate times sometimes call for desperate measures). Even retaining the 2nd pick would be pointless since they can easily get far more value by just dropping down a little bit and still getting good rookie players.
New York Jets, F+: No. And in case you're wondering, I'm only putting us on the list because this is a Jets blog after all, and we've seen some pretty crazy moves on draft day in the last few years. Still, no. Barring something unforseen happening to Sanchez in the next 7 weeks or so, whether it's an accident or he just gets up and decides to join MLS, he's the Jets QB. (Live with it.)


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The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), an affiliate of the American Library Association, has selected the winners of the 2013 Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature. The awards promote Asian/Pacific American culture and heritage and are awarded based on literary and artistic merit.
The awards are given in five categories, with winner and honor books selected in each category. The winners of the 2013 awards include:
Picture Book Winner: Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth, written by Joan Schoettler and illustrated by Jessica Lanan, published by Shen's Books. Picture Book Honor was given to A Path of Stars written by Anne Sibley O'Brien, published by Charlesbridge.
Children's Literature: Hildi Kang's Chengli and the Silk Road Caravan published by Tanglewood Publishing. Shark King by Kikuo Johnson and published by Toon Books was selected as an honor recipient.
Young Adult Literature winner: Tina's Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary written by Keshni Kashyap, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Young Adult Literature Honor was given to Ichiro written by Ryan Inzana, also published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
The Collective by Don Lee and published by W. W. Norton & Company was selected as the Adult Fiction winner. Drifting House by Krys Lee and published by Viking Penguin was selected as an Adult Fiction honor title.
Adult Non-Fiction winner: Third Asiatic Invasion: Empire and Migration in Filipino America, 1989-1946, by Rick Baldoz and published by New York University Press. The Adult Non-Fiction honor book is Forbidden Citizens, by Martin B. Gold and published by The Capitol.Net.
Winner and Honor books were chosen from titles published from October 2010 to September 2012. The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) was founded in 1980 by librarians of diverse Asian/Pacific ancestries committed to working together toward a common goal: to create an organization that would address the needs of Asian/Pacific American librarians and those who serve Asian/Pacific American communities.
The winners will each receive an award plaque at the APALA Award Ceremony on Sunday, June 30, 2013 during the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL.
Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth
Ji-su pressed closer to her mother. "Stay. Don't go to King Yongjo's court."
Ji-su's mother has been chosen by the Korean king to be a seamstress at the palace and sew bojagi, or wrapping cloths, for the royal household. It is a great honor, but to Ji-su it means saying good-bye to her mother. The only way for them to be reunited, Ji-su realizes, is for her to become a seamstress just as talented and be chosen to serve the king.
Through the changing seasons, Ji-su sews, learning the craft from her great-aunt and practicing her stitches tirelessly. One day, she finally has the chance to show her work to the palace Sanguiwon master, who has the power to bring her to her mother or to dash her hopes of being reunited. Is her sewing fine enough for the king?
Joan Schoettler's warm text brings the landscape and culture ancient Korea to life. Together with illustrator Jessica Lanan's breathtaking depictions of Korea through the seasons, Ji-su's story of longing and determination will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.
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ForeWord's Book of the Year Awards program was designed for booksellers and librarians to share in the process of discovering distinctive books across a number of genres with judgments based on their own authority and on patron interests. After months of winnowing down the award finalists' list, the editors at ForeWord are confident in their selections, and our judges agree, saying this year's titles are the best they've seen!
This bibliography features K-12 annotated titles published in the previous calendar year, selected by a book review committee appointed by the NCSS. Titles are grouped by subject, including: Biography; Contemporary Concerns; Environment and Ecology; Folktales; Geography, Peoples, and Places; History, Life, and Culture in the Americas; Reference; Social Interaction and Relationships; World History and Culture; and Economics. Each annotation contains bibliographic data and a brief description.
The list will be available online in June, but copies of the
annotated list are available now for $5 per copy (includes S&H).
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Sun Gallery 23rd Annual Children's Book Illustrators Exhibit
February 15 to April 7, 2012
1015 E Street
Hayward, CA 94541
February 4, 2012, 1:00pm
Willow Bridge Books
40044 Hwy 49
Oakhurst, CA 93644
"Ji-su, a girl in 18th-century Korea, is devastated when her mother is selected to sew for the king. It is an honor for the family, but it means a life apart, and Eomma has no choice in the matter. Ji-su is determined to learn to sew bojagi-- wrapping cloths-- as skillfully as her mother so that she will also work at the palace. Descriptive language and stunning watercolor paintings show the seasons passing as Ji-su works toward her goal. With a masterful eye for color and skillful use of perspective, Lanan brings the text to life and adds depth to Ji-su's emotions. When Ji-su presents her bojagi to the sewing master, the low perspective makes the men seem to tower over her, and readers feel her trepidation and the importance of the moment. Densely packed with Korean customs and vocabulary, the writing is nuanced and evocative: "Eomma and Ji-su held each other like threads in a seam." There is a glossary, but without some familiarity with Korean culture, it is difficult to infer the meaning of some words. Although the complexity of this book may limit its appeal for general audiences, Good Fortune is a treasure for libraries serving Korean populations."
A treasure!
Here is what the Asian Art Museum says about the event:
Chuseok is the Korean holiday of the autumn harvest during the full moon, when people visit their hometowns and feast with family and friends. This family fun day for all ages offers docent tours, storytelling, food tastings, music, and art. Korean musicians Kang Eun-il & Haegum Plus will perform their "new music" for the first time in the Bay Area. Artists Shin Meekyung and Lee Kang Hyo will demonstrate new and traditional forms of ceramic art.
And here is the day's schedule:
|Explore and Join In
|Education Studios and North Court
12:00 noon-4:00 pm
|Watch two artists from Korea demonstrating new and old forms of Korean art! Shin Meekyoung uses ceramic forms and imagery as the inspiration for her soap sculptures, and ceramist Lee Kang Hyo follows ancient way of pottery making using a simple kick-wheel and red and white clay. Make an artwork to take home inspired by artists.
|South Court
2:00-3:00 pm
|Meet the author of the new book "Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth". Joan Schoettler signs and discusses how she was inspired to write her book after viewing Korean wrapping cloths (bojagi) at the Asian Art Museum. The book is available for purchase at the museum store.
|Korean Galleries and Resource Room
|Pick up a copy of the Family Gallery Activity Guide for the Poetry In Clay exhibition, and learn to look at the artworks in a different way.
|Learn and Discover
|Samsung Hall
12:30 and 3:00 pm
|Discover "New music" of Korea! Musical group Haegum Plus performs. Musical director Kang uses haegum, a two-stringed vertical fiddle-like instrument, along with guitar and keyboard, and fuses Korean music with jazz and western classical music.
|Korean Galleries*
11:00 am and 1:30 pm
|Asian Art Museum's storytellers tell myths and folktales from Korea. Special 15 min. tour at 11 am for families with kids ages 3-6.
|Korean Galleries*
11:30 am and 2:00 pm
|Join the museum's docents for a tour of new exhibition the Poetry in Clay with your family.
|Korean Galleries*
2:30 pm (Korean only) and 4:00 pm (English only)
|Join the special tour of Poetry In Clay exhibition with Associate Curator of Korean Art, Hyonjeong Kim Han, and listen to her behind-the-scene stories.
|Resource Room
|Meet students from Oakland Korean School in Oakland and see their Youth Inspiration Artwork Display; play with IPads to checkout latest K-pop and other great videos from the Asian Art Museum.
|South Court
|Just for teachers! Learn about the museum's school programs and resources. Browse the museum's teacher education resources and pick up a poster.
|Make and Do
|North Court
11:00 am-4:00 pm
|Make an artwork to take home! Get inspired by art in the galleries and enjoy fun art activities with your friends and family.
|South Court
1:00 pm-3:00 pm
|Taste sweet rice called yaksik (or yakbap)! It is a sweet dish made by steaming glutinous rice with chestnuts and pine nuts, seasoned with honey, sesame oil, and soy sauce, generally eaten on traditional holidays as well as weddings and other festivities.
|And More
|Museum Café and Outside
|Korean tacos and more! San Francisco's Gourmet food trucks join the museum for the day's festivities. Also the museum's Café Asia offers affordable Asian-fusion dishes for the whole family.
$5 for materials and admission. All ages welcome, 5+.Children's book reading + Bojagi art making with Joan Schoettler
San Francisco Museum of Craft and Folk Art
Saturday, July 9, 2011
2:00pm - 4:00pm
51 Yerba Buena Lane
San Francisco, CA 94103
Petunia's Place Bookstore is the oldest and only children's bookstore in Fresno, known for its wide selection of books for children and young adults as well as books on parenting and books for educators.
Joan Schoettler presentation, reception, & signing
June 15, 2011, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Petunia's Place Bookstore
at the Opus I Shopping Center
6027 North Palm Ave.
Fresno, CA 93704
"Beautifully written, informative, and poetic. Ji-Su's hopes and dreams come alive on each page. A gorgeous book for readers of any age."- Margarita Engle, Newbery Honor-winning author of The Surrender Tree
Joan Schoettler has surrounded herself with children's literature, sharing it with her sons when they were young, inviting children she taught to step into the world of stories, and teaching children's literature at California State University, Fresno. In addition to spending time with family and friends, she enjoys reading, gardening, and traveling. Joan lives with her husband in California.
Jessica Lanan has been in love with illustrated books since an early age. A Colorado native, she received her B.A. In art at Scripps College and has traveled extensively in Asia and Europe. She currently lives in Boulder, Colorado, where she enjoys thunderstorms, crunching autumn leaves beneath her feet, and leaving footprints in freshly fallen snow. This is her first book.
Shen's Books is a publisher of multicultural children's literature that emphasizes cultural diversity and tolerance, with a focus on introducing children to the cultures of Asia.
Through books, we can share a world a stories, building greater understanding and tolerance within our increasingly diverse communities as well as throughout our continuously shrinking globe.
2013 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
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Only continued pressure from grassroots activists will force Washington to do the right thing.
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In his recent speech, the president offered an unbridled defense of the surveillance state.
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The failures, though painful, might force both Republicans and the Obama administration to compromise.
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ODU's Jones Participates in New York Times Panel Looking at Humor in Difficult Times
Jeffrey Jones, an Old Dominion University associate professor of communication, participated in a recent New York Times "panel" discussion about humor in today's difficult times.
Five writers and academics who study humor were asked by the Times how comedy changes when economic or global negativity dominates the headlines. The discussion, titled "Humor in Hard Times," was part of the Times' ongoing series "Room for Debate," a running commentary on the news.
Along with Jones, panelists included Richard Zoglin, a writer and editor at Time Magazine; Bambi Haggins, director of film and media studies at Arizona State University; Paul Lewis, professor of English at Boston College; and John Rash, director of media analysis for Campbell Mithun, a national advertising agency based in Minneapolis. The five experts gave written commentaries, answering whether humor changes depending on the politics of the time, and unemployment figures
Jones, the author of "Entertaining Politics: Satiric Television and Political Engagement," wrote that the contrast between "good times" humor and "hard times" humor is demonstrated best through two recent examples - one on the new "Jay Leno Show," and the other on "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien."
Jones wrote that controversial filmmaker Michael Moore appeared on Leno's show recently to promote his new film, "Capitalism: A Love Story."
"Say what you will about Mr. Moore's techniques or politics, but his humor fits squarely within the tradition of satire," Jones wrote.
After a clip from the movie was aired, "Leno struggled to squeeze a single laugh line out of the interview, producing little more than two overt proclamations of Moore's nonpartisanship in the film."
Jones wrote that an appearance by acerbic comic Bill Maher on "The Tonight Show" revealed the limitations of the late-night talk show format as a vehicle for edgy, political-based humor.
While suggesting in a grave tone that some Americans are simply stupid, and President Barack Obama's efforts to achieve a nonpartisan agreement on health care wouldn't pierce that, "Mr. O'Brien blithely looked on, seemingly unaware that such debates were even dominating the national conversation," Jones wrote. "He proved incapable of engaging in either a humorous or serious conversation on the matter."
While difficult economic times make comedy more challenging for stable, late-night comedy shows, Jones wrote that comedy often finds its voice through different, edgier means.
"What seems pronounced about comedy in hard times, then, is not the continued comedic banality of Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien or even their brand of facile humor as salve for the economically hurting and displaced," Jones wrote.
"Rather, it is other comedic voices that simultaneously appear - ones with an edge and bite that can prove quite appealing, yet ones that may offer little in the way of direct ha-ha humor."
He cited as an example the blistering, yet humorous commentary by comedian Jon Stewart about CNBC commentator Jim Cramer.
In short, humor in hard times may not be very humorous. But we do look to comedians and satirists who can offer some perspective (or even critique) that seems noticeably absent from the serious discourse of politicians or the formulaic comedy of mainstream talk show hosts.
Jones is also co-editor of another book, released earlier this year, titled "Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era." Through its collection of essays, the book considers the symbiotic relationship between politics and comedy in the contemporary genre of satire television. Programs discussed include "The Daily Show," "South Park" and "The Colbert Report," among others.
Jones co-wrote the book's opening essay, "The State of Satire, the Satire of State," and contributed the essay, "With All Due Respect: Satirizing Presidents from 'Saturday Night Live' to 'Lil' Bush,'" which looks at the history of presidential satire and caricatures on television.
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Hibiscus tea elevates the antioxidant level of one's bloodstream within an hour of consumption.
Images thanks to JLPC and Popperipopp via Wikimedia Commons, numberstumper and bterrycompton
In my comparison of the antioxidant content of 282 beverages last year, hibiscus tea came out number one, so my family switched from drinking matcha, which had fallen from grace, to the hibiscus fruit punch recipe I shared. We have since switched from using tea bags to just bulk dried hibiscus flowers, which we soak, and then blend into the tea so we don't lose anything. But just because something has antioxidant power in the test tube doesn't mean it has antioxidant flower power in the body—maybe the phytonutrients aren't even absorbed. They were found to be bioavailable in rodents but I haven't had pet gerbils since I was a kid. We didn't know about humans, until now. Consumption of a Hibiscus water extract and its impact on systemic antioxidant potential in healthy subjects. If you take people and have them just drink water for 10 hours this is what happens to the antioxidant level within their bloodstream. Your antioxidants get slowly used up throughout the day fighting off all those free radicals unless you replenish your antioxidant stores. Now it's hard to get people to fast for 10 hours so in addition to water they gave the study subject something they knew wouldn't mess up their antioxidant measurements, white bread and cheese. So, water, white bread, and Gouda. What if instead at the beginning of the experiment you give people a single cup of hibiscus tea, within an hour you see a nice spike in the antioxidant level in your blood stream, but then the effect disappears, unless you sip hibiscus throughout the day or eat something other than wonderbread cheese sandwiches.
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Here's the beverage comparison video I mentioned with the hibiscus punch recipe: Better Than Green Tea? Note that's erythritol pictured, not sugar (see Erythritol May Be a Sweet Antioxidant) and I also throw in a teaspoon of amla (dried Indian gooseberry powder, see Amla: Indian gooseberries vs. cancer, diabetes, and cholesterol) and my most recent addition is about a half-inch of fresh ginger root—yum! If you throw in some fresh or frozen berries too you're approaching my Pink Juice with Green Foam. The impressive manganese content of hibiscus tea may exceed recommended limits at high intakes, though, so we probably shouldn't drink more than a quart a day.
For a primer on the fluctuating levels of oxidant stress, see Antioxidant Level Dynamics.
And for more flower power, check out what the saffron crocus can do against depression (Saffron vs. Prozac), PMS (Saffron for the Treatment of PMS), stress (Wake Up and Smell the Saffron), and dementia (Saffron for the Treatment of Alzheimer's). There are also chamomile flowers (Red Tea, Honeybush, & Chamomile), though Chamomile Tea May Not Be Safe During Pregnancy, and the rose bush: Dietary Osteoarthritis Treatment. More comparisons of herbal teas here: The Healthiest Herbal Tea.
Also, check out my associated blog post for more context: Hibiscus Tea: The Best Beverage?
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The Knicks, with a tougher schedule, find themselves quickly neck and neck with the Bucks just in time for the their final meeting. The Knicks prevail, but hten lose to Washington while Milwaukee beats Detroit to pull back into a tie. But the Knicks, with Jeffries back, beat Miami, Boston, New Jersey and Cleveland to take a three game lead.
Meanwhile, a Sixer losing streak has moved the Knicks to within a half game of the Sixers and 1 game back of Boston for the divsion lead. Boston loses to Orlando, Atlanta, and Miami, the Knicks lose to Atlanta and, despite getting Amar'e back, lose to the Clippers, the Sixers reel off a couple of wins vs. Indiana and New Jersey, regaining the divsion lead, but then lose to Milwaukee, which has once again moved into a tie with the Knicks with one game to go.
The Knicks hold the tiebreaker so need only to win their last game against Charlotte or have Milwaukee lose to get in. But the Celtics, having lost 1st place in the Atlantic, and holding the tiebreaker over the Knicks and the Bucks, have no motivation and lose to the Bucks. Luckily, the Knicks beat Charlotte. With all three teams having identical 34-32 records, the Knicks and Celtics get in, Celts in the 7 seed and the Knicks in the 8th.
The Knicks activate Lin for the first round, but he doesn't play and the Knicks lose game 1 to Chicago in a tense, defensive thriller. In game 2, they get blown out. Back at the Garden down 2-0, The Knicks grind out a win behind Baron Davis' best game as a Knick and Carmelo Anthony's 32 points and 12 rebounds. In game 4, the Knicks fall behind by 18 at the half as Davis re-aggravates his hamstring.. Lin comes out of the locker room and starts the second half in a Reed like moment and leads the Knicks all the way back, and the Knicks win on a Stoudemire 3, his 33rd, 34th, and 35th points, at the buzzer.
Back in Chicago, the Bulls handle the Knicks in game 5 to take a 3-2 lead. For game 6 at the Garden, Baron Davis is able to return and the Knicks take a ten point lead into the final 2 minutes, but Derrick Rose leads a furious rally to put the Bulls up by 2 with 12 seconds left. Lin drives into the lane and gets fouled by Noah, who gets so pissed at the call that he gets a tech. Melo hits the tech and Lin hits the first free throw but misses the second and we go to overtime.
In overtime, Lin takes over, scoring 6 straight points. With a 4 point lead and a minute left in overtime, Lin crosses over Rose and runs him into a Tyson Chandler pick. Rose crumples to the floor and is carried off. The Knicks hold on to tie the series.
Game 7 is an ugly affair. Rose is out, Davis gets hurt again, and neither team scores well. With the Knicks up by 1 with a minute left, Lin fouls out. Boozer hits one to tie it but on the next possession, chaos ensues and the Knicks are forced into a 24 second violation. The Bulls wind the clock down and Deng hits a three, which is turned into a two by the officials upon review. The Knicks call their final time out.
On the inbounds play, Chicago defends well and Deng steals the ball, but Toney pursues him and steals it back without fouling him. He dribbles up the court and passes to Anthony, who drives into the lane but is triple teamed and kicks the ball back out to Toney who drains a three at the buzzer. Knicks advance to the second round.
The Knicks beat the Pacers in round 2, then lose in 5 to the Heat in the eastern conference finals thanks to horrible officiating in game 2. the Heat lose in 7 to Oklahoma City


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The Detroit Tigers have won the American League pennant 11 times in the 112 year history of the league. The club was one of eight charter franchises when the league was founded in 1901, and is one of four (Chicago, Boston, and Cleveland are the others) that remains in the same city through the present season. The Tigers are the oldest continuous same-name, same-city franchise in the American League.
The Tigers played at what was then called Bennett Park, at the corner of Michigan Ave and Trumbull in the Corktown district. Although the site was renamed Navin Park, Briggs Stadium, and Tiger Stadium, the Tigers continued to play at that location until Comerica park opened in 2000.
The Tigers have played 17,500 games, with a winning percentage of .507. They've won eleven pennants and have four World Series titles, in 1935, 1945, 1968, and 1984. The current 27 year world championship drought is the second longest in franchise history. Only the first
34 32 years (since the WS began in 1903) without a title was longer.
As far as American League pennant winners, the Tigers have had some legendary teams. Detroit won it's first three pennants in 1907, 1908 and 1909, led by Hall of Famers Ty Cobb, Wahoo Sam Crawford, pitcher George Mullin, and player/ manager Hughie Jennings. Those teams never won the World Series, falling twice to the Chicago Cubs and once to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Of the three teams, the 1909 squad was the most accomplished, as they finished with a 98- 54 record and a .645 winning percentage, and they took the Pirates to a seventh game in the World Series. Cobb led the team with a .377 batting average, 9 home runs (all inside the park), 107 RBI, and 76 stolen bases. Cobb won the triple crown that season.
No Tiger team since has won three consecutive pennants. Cobb was one of the greatest players in major league history and most would agree the greatest Tiger player of all time, but the lack of a World Series title will deny this great Tiger squad from consideration as the greatest Tiger team ever.
Another group of Tigers won consecutive American League pennants in 1934 and 1935. The 1934 Tigers posted the highest winning percentage of any Tiger team in history (.656) with a record of 101- 53, but they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series in seven games. The Tigers were led by Hall of Famers Charlie Gehringer, Hank Greenberg, Goose Goslin, pitchers Tommy Bridges and Scholboy Rowe, and player manager Mickey Cochrane, who was the league's MVP that season.
1935 Tigers. The Tigers finally broke through to win their first World Series title in 1935. This time, Greenberg was the league's MVP, leading the league with 36 homers and 170 RBI. The Tigers defeated the Chicago Cubs 4 games to 2 in the World Series, getting revenge for 1907 and 1908, and the Cubbies haven't won a World championship since.
The 1934- 35 Tigers, if you can combine multiple seasons, have a legitimate claim as the All Time greatest Tiger teams, with the most Hall of Fame players, the greatest regular season winning percentage, and a World Series title, but let's continue.
Most of the same group returned five years later, in 1940, without Cochrane, to win the pennant, only to lose game seven of the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds by a 2- 1 score. The team won 90 games, and a rookie pitcher named Hal Newhouser arrived on the scene.
1945 Tigers. Hank Greenberg returned from World War II in 1945, and the Tigers again won the pennant and again defeated the Cubs in the World Series, this time in seven games. Greenberg was the only .300 hitter, playing in 78 games, and they didn't have a player with 20 home runs, nor 100 RBI, nor ten steals, nor any other stand out performances at the plate.
This group was led by the greatest Tiger pitcher, Newhouser, who went 25- 9 with an ERA of 1.81, an ERA+ of 195, a WHIP of 1.11, and was the league's MVP for the second consecutive season. Prince Hal lost game one of the World Series, but rebounded to win games five and seven to give the Tigers their second world championship.
On paper, I don't think that the 1945 Tigers compare favorably with the group from ten years earlier because they had fewer individual stars and the team won just 88 games during the regular season. But that flag still flies, and they've carved their names into history as World champions.
1968 Tigers. It was 23 years later that the Tigers again won the American League pennant. Denny McLain won a modern day record 31 games, the team won 103 games, and Mickey Lolich tallied three complete game victories as the Tigers came from being down 3 games to one, to beat the St Louis Cardinals in seven games and win the World Series.
While Al Kaline, aka "Mr. Tiger" was the only regular Tiger to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame (Ed Matthews was briefly a Tiger in '68 also), any baseball fan that recalls that season will recognize the legendary status of McLain, Lolich, Norm Cash, Bill Freehan, and Willie Horton. This season goes down in baseball history as "The year of the pitcher", led by McLain who won the league's MVP.
This was a time of turmoil in America, with images of a war in Viet Nam and riots the previous summer in the streets of Detroit, as the Tigers came up just one game short of Boston in 1967. Horton and Kaline were not only leaders of the team, but leaders in the community. To this Tiger fan, the boys of the summer of 1968 are the team that every other team will have to measure up to if they want to be known as the greatest of all time. They won the pennant by 12 games, and had a knack for comeback victories. Most of the same group returned to the post season one more time, winning the east division in 1972, but lost to the Oakland A's and fell short of a second pennant.
The 1984 Tigers left no doubt as to which team was the best in baseball that season, leading the American league from wire to wire for the first time since 1927. After a 35- 5 start, blowing away any challengers and winning a franchise record 104 games, the Tigers swept away the Kansas City Royals in three straight and disposed of the San Diego Padres in five games to capture the team's fourth and most recent World Series title.
The fact that the '84 Tigers do not have any players in the Hall of Fame is a travesty that should be corrected. Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell have career statistics that are better than a majority of Hall of Fame second basemen and shortstops, respectively. Jack Morris has three World Championships with three different teams, was the winningest pitcher of his time and has career stats, with the exception of a 3.90 ERA, that compare favorably with other Hall of Fame pitchers.
This Tiger team relentlessly pummeled opponents, often bolting out to early leads, while their pitching staff kept opposing lineups in check. Willie Hernandez slammed the door every time he was called upon, pitching 140 innings in relief, and was voted the league's MVP as well as the Cy Young winner.
In terms of sheer dominance for one season, the 1984 Tigers will go down as the greatest Tiger team ever. The same group returned to the post season in 1987, staging a historic comeback to win the East division, but lost to the Twins in the ALCS, beginning what would be a quarter century of futility that ended with the firing of legendary Alan Trammell and his coaching staff.
The 2006 Tigers ended the drought by unexpectedly surging onto the baseball scene, upsetting the Yankees in four games and sweeping the Oakland A's in the ALCS, only to lose the World Series to the Cardinals in five games. This Tiger squad was one of the most enjoyable to watch, as they far exceeded all expectations.
This Tiger team didn't boast any league leaders in their lineup. Carlos Guillen, Ivan Rodriguez, and Magglio Ordonez led a group of very good players, while crafty veteran Kenny Rogers and a rookie named Justin Verlander won 17 games apiece.
The 2006 Tigers will not be finalists in the greatest Tiger team discussion because they first lost their division and entered the playoffs as a wild card team despite winning 95 games, and secondly let the World Series slip away in the end. But at the time of writing, this is likely the team that is most fondly remembered by any Tiger fan under 30 years of age
The 2012 Tigers entered the season with sky high expectations, but struggled to win their division. However, they won 88 games with a winning percentage that is lower than any of the previous ten Tiger pennant winners, and they have advanced to the World Series. The roster has changed completely since 2006, with Verlander being the only major hold over.
Perhaps it's all too new, and maybe we just can't see the forest through the trees. This is only the third Tiger team in history, and the first since 1935 to make consecutive post season appearances. They are just the fifth team in MLB history to sweep a seven game series never trailing in any game. This Tiger rotation is having a historically good post season.
This team does have great players. As Kurt Mensching wrote in the Detroit News, we are fortunate to witness probably the best combination of one of the greatest pitchers in Justin Verlander and one of the greatest hitters in Miguel Cabrera on the same team. No previous Tiger team could boast such a lethal combination. Cabrera is the Tigers only triple crown winner since Ty Cobb.
We don't yet know whether other Tigers will have hall of fame careers on the current team. We don't yet know if they will even win a World Championship, but they are on the threshold of doing just that. In my opinion, these Tigers will have to come back for more in order to be considered in the discussion for the greatest Tiger team ever, about on par with the 1945 team. Should they prevail in the fall classic, that will automatically punch their ticket to the top five Tiger teams of all time. It's all about winning the World Championship.
Honorable mention: Two Tiger teams deserve a mention for their great seasons, although they did not win a pennant.
The 1915 Tigers posted the second highest winning percentage in franchise history (.654) and won 100 of 154 games, but finished second to Boston, who won 101.
The 1961 Tigers won 101 games but finished second to a great Yankee squad that won 109 games. These Tigers featured Hall of Famers Al Kaline and Jim Bunning, and rookie Norm Cash won the batting title, hitting .361.
Tigers A.L. Pennant Winners: 1907,1908, 1909, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1968, 1984, 2006, 2012
Tigers World Champions: 1935, 1945, 1968, 1984....... 2012?