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Just in time for the
holidays, the Locust Grove Women's Club is hosting a Christmas
Tour of Homes, this Saturday, December 1, from 10 am until 4
The Locust Grove home of Tom
and Marianne Morfoot is included on the tour Saturday.
Special photo
According to current
president, Jane Lute, the Women's Club hosted similar tours in
the 1980s, but this is the first Christmas tour.
"The last time the club
hosted a tour it was in the 80s and then in the mid 1990s, the
Methodist Church had a tour," she said.
The tour begins at the
Women's Club at 64 Club Drive. Hot cider and refreshments will
be served and craftwork and art from club members will be on
display. Tour goers will stop at the clubhouse first to register
and pick up a map and guide to the homes on the tour. Nine homes
will follow and most of them were built in the late 1800s or
early 1900s.
"We have several older
homes with a lot of history and beauty and thought that people
would really like to see them, which hopefully will make this a
great fundraiser," she said.
Lute credits the idea
for the tour to former Locust Grove mayor, Lorene Lindsey, and
said that originally, club members discussed a tour for the
club's centennial celebration, slated for spring of 2014.
"This is kind of a trial
run and we'll probably do a tour of homes in the spring to
celebrate the Women's Club's centennial anniversary," said Lute.
Lute said the money the
tour raises will go to continue work of the club in the
community, including a photography contest for high school
students and donations to various community organizations, such
as A Friend's House, Samaritan's Purse and Rivers of the World.
Membership in the Locust
Grove Women's Club is open to any woman and is not limited to
Locust Grove residents. Members meet at the clubhouse on the
third Thursday of the month from September through June, with
the exception of December.
"I have lived in Locust
Grove my whole life and the Women's Club was a big part of my
mother's life," said Lute. "I love this community and the sense
of fellowship I get from being part of the Locust Grove Women's
The Christmas Tour of
Homes coincides with Christmas in the Grove, a day-long
celebration to usher in the holidays. Lute said that the tour
will last until 4 p.m. and tickets will be sold until 3 p.m.
"You can do the tour at
your own pace and enjoy all of the activities downtown as well,"
she said.
Tickets are $10 and are
available from Women's Club members, and may be purchased from
the Locust Grove Moye's Pharmacy, the Zebra House, The French
Market, Hair Smithsonian and J. Walden Contemporary Salon.
Tickets may also be purchased on the day of the tour at the
Women's Club, which is the first house on the tour.
For more
information on the tour or membership, call Lute at 770-957-2181
or Betty Shearhouse at 770-957-9009.
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Athletics Will Not Trade Donaldson, Willing To Listen On Pitchers
The Athletics do not intend to deal away star third baseman Josh Donaldson despite speculation that he could be made available, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reports. That confirms what Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reported (via Twitter) the day after the club's season ended. However, the team will be willing to listen to trade interest in pitchers such as Jeff Samardzija and Scott Kazmir, according to Rosenthal.
Donaldson has emerged as one of the best third basemen and most valuable players in the game. While he is undoubtedly a bargain as a Super Two player with four more years of control, he will not be cheap. MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz projects that Donaldson will land $4.5MM this year, and that number will only continue to rise.
Donaldson's rising cost led to suggestions that Oakland may consider dealing him. But while he would undoubtedly bring back a huge return, his departure would leave a gaping hole in any plans of near-term contention. As Rosenthal notes, A's GM Billy Beane believes the team is still primed to reach the postseason next year.
As for Oakland's staff, deals involving pitchers on expiring contracts are obviously more palatable, though Rosenthal hastens to add that the A's are not shopping anyone and mentions that a trade deadline deal (if the team falls out of contention) could be the likelier outcome. Both Samardzija (projected $9.5MM arb salary) and Kazmir ($11MM salary with an additional $2MM luxury tax hit for his signing bonus) are cheap for their recent results, and the former in particular would be a popular trade target. In fact, MLBTR's Steve Adams explained in his recent outlook for the A's offseason that a deal involving Samardzija or Kazmir could make a good bit of sense.
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A's Sign Scott Kazmir
JAN. 20: MLBTR's Tim Dierkes has the specifics on Kazmir's contract (Twitter link). Kazmir will receive a $4MM signing bonus and be paid $7MM in 2014. He'll earn $11MM in 2015, and his contract contains a clause that gives him a $500K bonus if he's traded.
DEC. 4: Though they have plenty of in-house rotation candidates, the Athletics clearly consider Scott Kazmir to be superior to many of them. Oakland officially announced today that they have signed the left-hander to a two-year contract that is reportedly worth $22MM. Kazmir is represented by the Legacy Agency.
Kazmir, who turns 30 next month, reemerged as a legitimate Major League starter in 2013 after a two-year hiatus from significant big league action. After pitching to a 5.54 ERA in 299 innings from 2009-11 and seeing his average fastball velocity drop below 87 mph, Kazmir returned with a 92.5 mph heater and posted a 4.04 ERA In 158 innings for the Indians. He averaged 9.2 strikeouts and 2.7 walks per nine innings to go along with a 40.9 percent ground-ball rate. Sabermetric stats like FIP (3.51), xFIP (3.36) and SIERA (3.45) all pegged Kazmir as significantly better than his ERA would otherwise indicate. Because he did not receive a qualifying offer from Cleveland, Kazmir's agreement won't require the A's to sacrifice their first-round pick.
Kazmir's $22MM guarantee falls just $1MM shy of Tim Hudson's two-year, $23MM deal with the A's Bay Area rivals — the San Francisco Giants. Oakland was said to finish as the runner-up in that sweepstakes. Kazmir's guarantee and their unwillingness to top the Giants' offer to Hudson suggests that this could be the highest the A's were capable of going in their pursuit of a pitcher.
The Kazmir signing likely puts an end to Oakland's interest in a reunion with Bartolo Colon. Kazmir figures to join a rotation that includes Sonny Gray, Jarrod Parker, A.J. Griffin and one of Tommy Milone, Dan Straily and Brett Anderson. Anderson, who makes $8MM in 2014 and has a $12MM option for the 2015 season, appears to become a prime trade candidate as a result of this signing (if he wasn't already).
Kazmir's contract continues the upward trend we've seen for free agent starting pitcher salaries this offseason. Prior to season's end, MLBTR's Tim Dierkes projected a two-year, $16MM contract that may have seemed aggressive at the time but still fell short of his ultimate guarantee. Agent Brian Peters of the Legacy Agency did well to secure such a payday despite his client's spotty history.
Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports first reported that the agreement was close (on Twitter), and Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reported that it'd be a two-year contract (Twitter link). Jim Bowden of ESPN and MLB Network Radio broke the news of the two-year, $22MM agreement (Twitter link).
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AL West Notes: Rangers, Arencibia, Kazmir, Hughes, Mariners
Here's the latest from the American League West:
- Rangers GM Jon Daniels says the club is still looking for a durable backup catcher, reports T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com. Though the recent spate of catcher moves took away some hypothetical options, Daniels said that "nobody has come off the board that we really pursued." Sullivan notes that Kurt Suzuki is one player in whom Texas has interest.
- In looking to add a backstop, the Rangers were close to adding J.P. Arencibia via trade before he was non-tendered by the Blue Jays, Sullivan reports. But the club did not want to add Arencibia unless it could work out terms on a new deal, and ultimately that did not happen. He joins Suzuki as possible free agent options for Texas.
- The Athletics' signing of left-handed starter Scott Kazmir to a two-year, $22MM deal kicked off a flurry of big moves for the A's. MLB.com's Jane Lee provides a summation of the considerations that brought him to Oakland, with Kazmir saying he loves the team and fan base and looks forward to throwing in the Coliseum. For GM Billy Beane, the club liked Kazmir's stuff, restored fastball velocity, overall body of work in 2013, and young age (29). Though Kazmir's up-and-down career trajectory might have scared off some clubs, Beane says that he views Kazmir's "character-building experience" of getting back to a high level of performance as a positive.
- Before Phil Hughes decided to take a three-year deal with the Twins, the Angels made him an offer of a "nice one-year deal," reports Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News (via Twitter). As FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal noted in discussing several of MLB's recent moves, baseball sources believe Hughes could have landed up to $9MM or $10MM on a one-year deal, though another source told Rosenthal that no offers of that magnitude had actually been made.
- Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik declined to comment on whether or not the club is pursuing Robinson Cano, reports Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times, saying that the club is keeping its talks "in house" but has "a lot of dialogue going on a lot of fronts." Talking generally about offering long-term deals, Zduriencik indicated that the club prefers to minimize risk but must "adapt to the market." While saying he would "like to add three" bats to the club, the Mariners GM noted that the club would still also be interested in adding "another starting pitcher" or even another pen piece.
- Ultimately, Zduriencik confirmed the widespread view that Seattle is looking to add impact to its roster. "It was a clear goal of ours to get us to a point where we would have young and inexpensive players throughout the line-up and I think we've accomplished that goal," said Zduriencik. "I always felt there would be a time where [we] would have to augment this club. I think we are at that time."
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Breaking Down The Hughes, Kazmir Signings
The Twins agreed to sign Phil Hughes to a three-year, $24MM deal on Saturday, which would have been the largest free agent expenditure in their history had they not committed $49MM to Ricky Nolasco a few days prior. I don't think anyone would argue that the Twins needed to add a pitcher or two like Hughes, who has shown promise in his career and has yet to turn 28. We know Hughes will be better away from Yankee Stadium, but it's hard to say how much better, as he's an extreme flyball pitcher no matter where he goes.
Hughes had a serious bout of shoulder inflammation in a lost 2011 season, but he's otherwise shown good health even if he's not an innings guy. Left alone to take his turn every fifth day in a smaller market, with the security of the first multiyear deal of his career, it's feasible that Hughes could put up 180 innings of 4.25 ball. That would be good value for $8MM a season in today's market. I found Hughes' decision to go for a three-year deal coming off a bad season to be an interesting one. Prior to free agency, we've seen more and more young players choose multiyear security over maximizing their dollars going year to year. I'm guessing Hughes would have signed one of those types of arbitration-year extensions after 2010 had he been with a more willing team. Some pitchers will bet on their talent with a straight one-year deal and get right back out on the market, accepting the added pressure of having free agency looming again. Others, like Francisco Liriano last offseason, hedge their bets with a two-year deal. Hughes went for the comfort of three years, made possible in part by his youth compared to the typical free agent.
Scott Kazmir is an example of a pitcher who hedged his bet, by signing a two-year, $22MM deal with the Athletics. It seems likely that one year at $12-13MM was available to him. But as someone who hadn't had big league success since 2008 prior to 2013, it would have been very difficult for Kazmir to eschew multiple years in an attempt to maximize his career earnings. As it stands, Kazmir did much better than the two-year, $16MM contract I guessed in September. As a relatively young southpaw who returned to throwing hard and missing bats this year, Kazmir was a free agent you could dream on. And teams love to dream in free agency, where in a limited market certain players start looking better and better. Only in free agency can a team wipe out three or four years of data suggesting Kazmir was no longer an MLB-caliber pitcher, pointing only to his last 158 innings to project what he'll do in the next few seasons. Kazmir still seems like a wild card for 2014-15, but $22MM is not a huge commitment for an MLB team these days.
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AL West Notes: Kazmir, Colon, Angels, Bloomquist
The baseball world is still buzzing over Scott Kazmir's two-year, $22MM agreement with the Athletics. Here's a bit more on that signing as well as the rest of the American League West…
- Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports tweets that the Athletics offered the same two-year, $22MM contract to Tim Hudson prior to his two-year, $23MM agreement with the Giants.
- That Kazmir signed for two years and $11MM annually speaks to the expectations of Bartolo Colon, tweets Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports. Colon feels he can get multiple years at a higher annual value, according to Passan.
- Kazmir's agreement firmly takes the Athletics out of the mix for Colon, a source confirmed to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle (Twitter link).
- The Angels remain interested in Bronson Arroyo but the Dodgers aren't really in the mix, a source tells Mike DiGiovanna of MLB.com (on Twitter). However, the source adds that the market for the veteran hasn't really "heated up" yet.
- DiGiovanna adds that the Angels are expected to clear more than $10MM in payroll by non-tendering Tommy Hanson, Jerome Williams and Chris Nelson, which should allow them to pursue a free agent starting pitcher (Twitter links). DiGiovanna also mentions that Kevin Jepsen's status is still up in the air at this time and there's no decision on whether or not to tender him a contract.
- Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register tweets that one of the reasons Joe Smith signed his three-year deal with the Angels is that his wife works as a sports radio host in Orange County.
- In a harsh review of today's Willie Bloomquist signing by the Mariners, Dave Cameron of Fangraphs and the U.S.S. Mariner writes that Bloomquist "is Nick Punto minus all the things that make Nick Punto valuable." As Cameron points out, they're comparable hitters but Punto provides more baserunning and defensive value. However, Seattle paid nearly double the price for Bloomquist that Oakland did for Punto.
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Athletics, Kazmir Nearing Two-Year Deal
1:06pm: MLBTR's Tim Dierkes reports that it will be a straight two-year deal with no options for additional seasons (Twitter link).
1:04pm: Kazmir's deal will be for two years when it is finalized, tweets Jon Heyman of CBS Sports.
12:59pm: The A's are close to signing Scott Kazmir, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (Twitter link). A client of the Legacy Agency, Kazmir is slated to turn 30 years old next month.
This past season served as a rebirth for Kazmir, who returned to the Majors after throwing just 1 2/3 innings in 2011 and not pitching at all in the Majors in 2012. Kazmir posted a 5.54 ERA in 299 frames from 2009-11 but posted a solid 4.04 ERA with 9.2 K/9 and 2.7 BB/9 in 158 innings last season. His average fastball velocity of 92.5 mph was his best since 2005.
In his free agent profile of the resurgent Kazmir, MLBTR's Tim Dierkes projected that he would land a two-year, $16MM contract on the open market.
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Orioles Notes: Wieters, McLouth, Beltran, Pitching
The Orioles have been one of the most mentioned teams on MLBTR with the club trying to decide whether to extend or trade Matt Wieters and approaching the Cardinals about a J.J. Hardy-Shelby Miller trade. Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com weighs in on those and other topics in a "Because You Asked" column:
- The Hardy-Miller talks were just preliminary, but not unexpected because of the Orioles' quest for starting pitching and the Cardinals' need for a shortstop. Kubatko sees the O's acquiring a starter and keeping Hardy.
- Wieters is not untouchable and the Orioles are willing to trade him, but are not feverishly shopping the catcher. Financial constraints are compounding the Wieters situation, as the front office is trying to figure out how to accomodate within their budget the pursuit of free agents like Carlos Beltran and arbitration raises for Wieters and others (MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz projects $41.2MM for eight arbitration eligible players).
- There is no progress in negotiations with outfielder Nate McLouth. The Orioles are concerned with other clubs offering him a two-year deal. MLBTR's Tim Dierkes predicted two years and $10MM for McLouth to which a person in the Orioles organization, when asked by Kubatko late in the season, responded: "Well, he won't be getting that from us."
- Kubatko suggests the Orioles swallow hard and give McLouth a two-year contract since they did so for Wilson Betemit. If re-signed, Kubatko doesn't necessarily see McLouth as the full-time starter in left, but a valuable fourth outfielder, occasional DH, pinch-runner, and defensive replacement.
- The Orioles like Carlos Beltran and see him as a great fit; but, will have to outbid some big spending teams, which they haven't done historically.
- One option worth debating to free up payroll space for Beltran, according to Kubatko, is trading Jim Johnson and his expected $10.8MM arbitration salary. The Orioles have said they intend to keep their closer.
- Kubatko spoke with someone in the organization recently who steered him away from Scott Kazmir, as if the Orioles have no interest. The O's, however, do have interest in Tim Hudson.
- There is a definite possibility Brian Roberts will return to Baltimore. If not, Mark Ellis is on the club's radar as an alternative because he won't command a three-year deal like Omar Infante.
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AL East Rumors: Salty, Lackey, Kazmir, Red Sox, O's
The news is coming in fast and furious today out of Orlando, where our own Steve Adams is on the scene. Here's the very latest out of the AL East..
- The Jarrod Saltalamacchia market remains quiet, but the Red Sox would take him back on a shorter deal, tweets Gordon Edes of ESPNBoston.com. Meanwhile, Salty is looking for at least three to four years.
- More from Edes (link), who tweets that the Red Sox have used their time at the GM Meetings to gauge interest from clubs in their veteran starting pitchers, including John Lackey.
- A Yankees contingent, led by managing partner Hal Steinbrenner, met with the agents for Carlos Beltran, Shin-Soo Choo, Jacoby Ellsbury, Stephen Drew, Brian McCann and presumably other free agents at the GM Meetings, writes Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com. Meanwhile, Steinbrenner has talked with Derek Jeter about the possibility of signing a starting shortstop and he is said to understand their position. The Bombers could be loaded with shortstop options in 2014: they like Drew and a possible signing of Brendan Ryan won't preclude them from making that happen.
- Scott Kazmir is high on the Orioles' list of free agent pitching candidates, tweets Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe.
- The Red Sox need a catcher but don't want to block their prospects so Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe (link) could see a two-year deal at a lofty rate for a backstop.
- Alex Speier of WEEI.com explained why Lackey's average annual value isn't calculated any differently as a result of the minimum salary that he will earn in 2015. A clause in Lackey's deal calls for him to make the minimum with the Red Sox in '15 after undergoing Tommy John surgery.
- Check out this morning's collection of news out of the AL East.
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Quick Hits: Kazmir, Royals, Rodney, Wilson
Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork.com hears the Mets aren't considering a reunion with Scott Kazmir. Earlier today, we heard that the Indians don't expect to hang on to the left-hander as he's likely to command a multi-year pact and they're not willing to go beyond one. Here's more from around baseball..
- Royals manager Ned Yost told Jim Bowden of SiriusXM (Twitter links) that his priorities are starting pitching and second base. Yost also indicated that Carlos Beltran, Brandon Phillips, and Ervin Santana have popped up in discussions.
- Indians GM Chris Antonetti is scheduled to talk to agent Dan Lozano about two of his clients, closers Fernando Rodney and Brian Wilson, according to Paul Hoynes of the Plain Dealer. Cleveland is looking into out-of-house closing options after parting ways with Chris Perez.
- Yankees GM Brian Cashman says he's looking to add "400 innings" to the rotation this winter, tweets Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports.com.
- Diamondbacks GM Kevin Towers says he has scouted Masahiro Tanaka extensively and hopes to be in the mix for him, tweets ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick.
- If Carlos Ruiz really has a two-year, $20MM offer on the table, then he probably shouldn't let it sit for too long, opines MLBTR's Tim Dierkes (on Twitter).
- Nationals assistant GM and VP of player personnel Roy Clark has the club to take a job with the Dodgers, according to Keith Law of ESPN.com (on Twitter).
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Orioles Intrigued By Tim Hudson
The Orioles are intrigued by free agent starter Tim Hudson and have discussed him internally, reports Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com. The 38-year-old righty fits the Orioles' profile, and the O's have Braves connections in recent hires Dave Wallace and Dom Chiti.
The Orioles will keep close tabs on Hudson, reports Kubatko, as he recovers from this summer's season-ending ankle surgery. Hudson, profiled by MLBTR's Steve Adams here, has already drawn interest from the Rockies, Giants, Red Sox, Athletics, Rangers, Indians, and Royals among others, plus the Braves would like to re-sign him. Yahoo's Jeff Passan has suggested a two-year, $24MM deal for Hudson, who will benefit from the smaller requirement to sign him compared to the market's younger starters, plus the lack of a qualifying offer.
The Orioles are not likely to pursue Scott Kazmir, notes Kubatko. The O's have four starters penciled in for 2014: Chris Tillman, Miguel Gonzalez, Wei-Yin Chen, and Bud Norris. Scott Feldman and Jason Hammel are now free agents after contributing to the Orioles' rotation in 2013.
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Medical students celebrated their own March Madness today, as Match Day swept across the country, including at the UH Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM).
On Match Day, graduating medical students learn where they will spend the next few three to eight years in post-graduate training, serving as physicians while also learning a specialty. Across the country, more than 15,000 graduating medical students are paired with residency programs by the National Residency Matching Program. The ceremonies happen simultaneously around the country, so Hawaiis started at a bright and early 7 a.m. at the medical schools Kakaako campus.
The ceremony had a feel of the Academy Awards, as students took turns giving each other envelopes bearing news that will change their lives. Nervous parents were on hand and shouts of joy and excitement erupted the moment when all the envelopes were distributed and opened at one time.
Hawaiis Match involved 57 medical students at JABSOM, where 90 percent of the students are Hawaii residents. The specialties chosen included primary care (internal and family medicine), pediatrics, obstetrics & gynecology and surgery.
Fifteen of todays students matched here in Hawaiʻi in JABSOMs own post-MD physician training program, The Hawaii Residency Program. The Hawaii Residency Program partners with major medical centers statewide to train more than 200 graduated MDs in internal medicine, geriatric medicine, general surgery, family practice, psychiatry (general, geriatric, child and adolescent and addictions), obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, pathology and orthopedic surgery. Additional new doctors from around the country who matched today will also train in the Hawaii specialty-training program. In the meantime, JABSOM has another 180 medical students, in addition to todays 57 who "matched, who are still in their first, second and third years of medical training to earn their MDs.
The class of 2010 students who matched will graduate in May and begin their specialty training almost immediately.
The most Native Hawaiians in a single class, 11.
More than 60 percent are choosing primary care specialties, a much-needed service shortage area, which is higher than most students around the country. Primary care does not pay as much as sub-specialty fields like anesthesia, cardiology, etc. Like most students, the class of 2010 have big school loans to pay off. Current in-state (resident) tuition at JABSOM: $29,184 per year. Out of state is $61,464 per year. Click Full Story to see where students matched.Where JABSOM's grads are headed for Residency Training: ANESTHESIOLOGY: USC; Oregon Health & Sciences; SUNY HSC Brooklyn; U of Washington Affil Hospitals; DERMATOLOGY: UC Irvine Med Ctr; University at Buffalo; EMERGENCY MEDICINE: Einstein/Jacobi; Allegheny Gen Hosp; Harbor-UCLA Med Ctr; FAMILY MEDICINE: Oregon Health & Sciences, University of Hawaii; Phoenix Baptist Hospital; Ventura County Med Ctr WA; Cambridge Health Alliance Cambridge GENERAL SURGERY: UC Davis Med Ctr, Sacramento; Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia SC; INTERNAL MEDICINE: University of Hawaii; Prov St Vincent Hospital; Cedars-Sinai Med Center; Scripps Mercy Hosp, San Diego; Oregon Health & Sciences Univ; UCLA Medical Center; UC San Diego Med Ctr, Scripps Mercy San Deigo; Rhode lsland Hosp/Brown U; Pacific Med Center; MEDICINE-PEDIATRICS: Banner Good Samaritan Med Ctr, Phoenix; MEDICINE PRELIMINARY: University of Hawaii; St. Joseph's Hospital Phoenix; Summa Health/NEOUCOM Akron; NYU School Of Medicine; Virginia Mason Med Ctr Seattle; NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY: Jackson Memorial Hosp. Miami; OB-GYN PRELIM: University of Hawaii; UC San Diego Med Ctr; UC Davis Med Ctr.
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Geoff Parling has revealed that the British and Irish Lions were inspired to a winning performance on Saturday in Sydney by the thought that they may never wear the famous red jersey ever again.
Starting at lock for the second successive Test, Parling was part of a dominant scrum that laid the foundations for a fantastic 41-16 win – sealing a first series victory for the tourists since 1997.
But despite central involvement at the set-piece – the lineout also functioned nicely over the 80 minutes – Parling's most eye-catching moment in the game came just before half-time when he executed a superb tap-tackle on Wallaby replacement Jesse Mogg, who seemed destined for a momentum-switching try.
"Finally my ultra-long arms came in use for something," joked the Leicester Tigers second row shortly after the final whistle.
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"I was just glad to get there [and make the tackle] really, but it wasn't just that – there were massive moments throughout the game and I can't really put into words how I'm feeling or what it means."
Still revelling in the news that his wife Elle gave birth to the couple's second child just over a fortnight ago, Parling suggested that he would have to trade tackle-bags for nappy-changing upon his arrival back in the UK – but not before enjoying a special triumph over Australia.
"We've got to celebrate that," added the 29 year-old. "The way the lads from the four nations have come together is brilliant. This was such a good group of players with some fantastic personalities in.
"The coaches have done a fantastic job of pulling everyone together as a big group from when we went out to Hong Kong. The tour's flown by – it's been a bit surreal in a way. I'm just over the moon with what's happened today and I can't really put into words how I am feeling right now.
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"If you look at the first two Tests, we haven't really played – certainly we haven't had that platform to put our attacking shapes together. That meant there was massive belief in what we could do. I'm just thankful that we went out there and we did it."
Turning to the desolation of a last-gasp 16-15 loss in the second Test, Parling finished by explaining how Warren Gatland's tired squad had motivated themselves for one last tilt at the end of an arduous six-week trip.
"For a lot of us, that was probably the last game in that shirt," he said. "We wanted to make the most of it, because it was potentially the last time we will ever, ever pull that jersey on. We did make the most of it today.
"Big credit to the guys up front because their work didn't just give us ball and penalties – it really drained the Aussies as well, so massive credit to them.
"It's got to be the best [moment in my career]. Especially after the frustrations of last week – we were five minutes away from winning the series. I've never been that low, so to go from that to this is unbelievable."


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Founded in 2005, the Firefighter Cancer Support Network (FCSN) is a group of cancer survivors, caregivers and volunteers that was formed with one goal in mind: to provide timely support to fire and EMS employees and family members diagnosed with any form of cancer.
During a moving ceremony that involved several former cancer survivors/firefighters, the FCSN donated a bell to the North Shore-LIJ Health System's Monter Cancer Center in Lake Success. In a symbolic gesture of "ringing in the good news," patients will ring the 60-pound bell when they complete their courses of treatment. The ringing of the bell symbolizes leaving cancer in the past and looking towards the future. The bell was donated by the Smithtown Fire Department.
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Ubuntu Installation Instructions
- We are currently using Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron).
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Summary: Gartner has revealed that the iPhone maker is cruising past Microsoft's Window Mobile when it comes to global smartphone OS shipments
iPhone maker Apple is cruising past Microsoft's Window Mobile when it comes to global smartphone OS shipments.
Statistics from analyst house Gartner for the third quarter of 2008 show Apple moving into third place in the global ranking with 12.9 percent market share, behind BlackBerry-maker RIM which has 15.9 percent. G1-maker HTC was fourth with a 4.5 percent share.
Nokia remains in the number-one spot, with 42.4 per cent market share. However, Gartner says Nokia recorded its first decline in sales, of three percent year-on-year. The analyst blamed increased competition in the consumer smartphone space.
One competitor whose star is currently rising is RIM — Gartner said sales of BlackBerry smartphones increased 81.7 percent in Q3 as the company expanded its consumer presence and refreshed its portfolio with new phones such as the touchscreen Storm.
But economic gloom is continuing to take its toll on the high-end mobile market: Q3 saw the weakest year-on-year growth since Gartner began tracking smartphones. Sales totalled 36.5 million units, a mere 11.5 percent increase on Q3 2007. Growth was 15.7 percent in Q2 2008.
Roberta Cozza, principal analyst at Gartner, said in a statement: "The current economic climate is negatively impacting sales of higher-end devices. Going forward, we should expect the smartphone device market to continue to grow but at a slower pace."
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Gartner added that open-source initiatives such as Android and the Symbian Foundation will challenge Windows Mobile's licensing model. Microsoft's offering is also being held back by the lack of a competitive user interface, according to the analyst.
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Release Date: 05/07/2002
Tracks in MTV Unplugged No. 2.0: Intro (MTV Unplugged No. 2.0), Mr. Intentional, Adam Lives in Theory, Interlude 1, Oh Jerusalem, Interlude 2, Freedom Time, Interlude 3, I Find It Hard to Say (Rebel), Just Like Water, Interlude 4, Just Want You Around, I Gotta Find Peace of Mind, Interlude 5, Mystery of Iniquity, Interlude 6, I Get Out, Interlude 7, I Remember, So Much Things to Say, The Conquering Lion, Outro
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Although the Iowa Traction Railroad (IATR) hasn't carried passengers since 1936, I've included it on this site because it is a link to a mode of electric passenger transport that was once common in the United States, especially in the Midwest (basically the region extending from Ohio westward to Iowa). The IATR is one of the last surviving electric interurban railroads in the U. S., and the only one that still uses electric locomotives to haul freight in regular service. (The East Troy Electric Railroad in Wisconsin also hauls freight, but only occasionally, on demand.)
The IATR extends about ten miles from Mason City westward to Clear Lake, running mostly as a single-track line next to the north side of Cerro Gordo county road B35 (19th Street SW in Mason City). A half-mile branch in Mason City connects it to the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad which runs parallel to the north. It also connects to the Union Pacific Railroad via a short interchange track at a crossing with that railroad. The IATR's office and shops are at the hamlet of Emery, about halfway between Mason City and Clear Lake on road B35.
The IATR began life as the Mason City & Clear Lake Railway on 4 July 1897. At first, it did good business carrying passengers to the resort town of Clear Lake, who arrived in Mason City on steam railroads. It even carried passenger cars switched from those railroads, to provide a one-seat ride. As automobiles became common, this traffic decreased, and passenger service ended in 1936.
However, like several other Iowa interurbans (and unlike most interurbans elsewhere), the MC&CL had a solid base of freight traffic, switching carload freight between steam (later diesel) railroads and online customers. In 1950, new owners changed the name from "Railway" to "Railroad." In 1961, the line changed hands again and was renamed the Iowa Terminal Railroad (ITR). The ITR acquired another nearby interurban, the Charles City Western Railway, which ended electric operations in 1968 after a tornado destroyed much of the overhead wire, and was abandoned completely some years later. Finally, in 1987 the remaining ex-MC&CL line was sold one more time, to David Johnson, its present owner, who gave it its present name.
The current working equipment consists of four small electric "steeplecab" locomotives built 1917-1923 by the Baldwin-Westinghouse partnership. The IATR's predecessors acquired them secondhand from other interurban railroads. I think these are the only locomotives of their type that still "work for a living," and are not part of a museum operation.
| Owners
(not necessarily with same number)
|1920-1948 Washington & Old Dominion Railway
|1948-1956 Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway
|1956-1963 Kansas City, Kaw Valley & Western Railway
|1963- Iowa Terminal Railroad et seq.
|1921-1940 Northeast Oklahoma Railroad
|1940-1954 Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway
|1954-1963 Kansas City, Kaw Valley & Western Railway
|1963- Iowa Terminal Railroad et seq.
|1923-1968 Iowa Southern Utilities, later Southern Iowa Railway
|1968- Iowa Terminal Railroad et seq.
|1917-1932 Youngstown & Ohio River Railroad
|1932-1948 Union Electric Railway
|1948- Mason City & Clear Lake Railway et seq.
Most of these pictures were taken 30-31 July 2003. Unfortunately, my visit came near the end of the annual two-week summer shutdown of the IATR's biggest customer, an AGP soybean processing plant, during which there is very little traffic. I did get to see one switching run on the first morning, taking some cars from the IC&E interchange to AGP.
This sequence shows a typical mode of operation using two locomotives. One pulls cars onto the main line from a spur track, then the other one pushes the cars into another spur.
[picture] Locomotive #60 returns from the IC&E interchange pulling a string of cars.
[picture #1] | [picture #2] #60 passes #54 which is waiting on the main line just east of the IC&E interchange track.
[picture] Now #54 takes over and pushes the cars westward along 19th Street SW...
[picture #1] | [picture #2] ...then across the road and onto the AGP spur, where another railfan is waiting.
[picture] Its brief job done, #54 rests with poles down on the AGP spur, in front of the soybean elevators.
[picture] Later in the day, looking in more or less the opposite direction from the preceding picture, we can see both #54 and #60, which is resting on the main line just west of the AGP spur.
[picture] At about the same time as the preceding picture, #50 was resting on the main line near the UP interchange. There must have been some more work after the morning run documented above, but I didn't see it.
[picture #1] | [picture #2] A Union Pacific train passes the IATR crossing and interchange, next to 19th Street SW. (These views both look towards the east.)
[picture] A lone car waits at the end of the overhead wire at the IC&E interchange, in a view looking down the IC&E tracks from the west.
[picture #1] | [picture #2] Two views of Emery from the east, one distant and one closer. Locomotive #51 is sitting on a siding.
[picture] The shop building.
[picture] The western entrance to the yard.
[picture] A closer view of #51.
[picture] This snowplow comes in handy during the winter.
[picture] Between Emery and Clear Lake, the line runs mostly alongside county road B35 through open farm country.
[picture #1] | [picture #2] Approaching Clear Lake, the line jogs to the north to run along the south side of Main Avenue, and passes the Iowa Trolley Park, which was not operating when I visited, but has since resumed operating some non-electric equipment.
[picture] The western end of track is underneath the I-35 overpass just outside Clear Lake. The Williams Pipeline Company here has not needed rail service during the last few years.
[picture] A bit west of the I-35 overpass, an asphalt strip in the old concrete pavement shows where the line once veered into the middle of Main Avenue as it continued to downtown Clear Lake. This trackage and a freight house in Clear Lake survived into the late 1960s. During 2004 this section of Main Avenue was repaved, so this small trace of the old trackage no longer exists.
[picture] Just east of the UP crossing is a siding protected by a semaphore signal.
[picture] Further east, the line crosses Federal Avenue (US 65), Mason City's main north-south artery. Heading east (towards the camera location), a track once curved to the north (right) to carry passenger service downtown along Federal Ave.
[picture] Continuing east along 19th Street SE, the line runs through a residential area. Here we are looking west from South Carolina Ave.
[picture] Just east of South Carolina Ave., the line curves to the north.
[picture #1] | [picture #2] This is the easternmost section of the line, looking south and north from 15th Street SE. The tracks finally disappear into shrubbery.
Although the IATR does not operate scheduled passenger service, it does have a single passenger car, #727, which originally ran on the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad. After the CNS&M ended service in 1963, this car went to the Iowa Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, which operated it on the Southern Iowa Railway; then, after the SIR was abandoned, it was bought in 1967 by the IATR's predecessor, the Iowa Terminal Railroad. Car #727 is occasionally used for chartered excursions.
All of the pictures below, except the first one, were taken on 4 June 2005, when I had the good fortune to observe a chartered excursion trip using #727.
[picture] In the carbarn at Emery in July 2003. The preceding winter, it had been returned from the Iowa Trolley Park, which had had custody of it for several years.
[picture #1] | [picture #2] At Ray Rorick Park, on the track that leads to the ICE interchange, waiting for a trip to begin.
[picture #1] | [picture #2] Heading west along 19th Street SW, between the AGP plant and Taft Avenue.
[picture] The crew changes ends at 19th and Taft for the return trip. On this excursion, #727 shuttled back and forth between Rorick Park and this point.
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I have just this email that I would love to share with my Pink readers. This was written by the conservative great-granddaughter of President Hoover and advisory member of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, the foundation leading the case against Proposition 8, posted yesterday a blog on Fox News in support of marriage equality.
Why I'm Joining the Fight for Marriage Equality
By Margaret Hoover - FOXNews.com
If you are uncomfortable with gay marriage, I encourage you to pay attention to the landmark civil rights trial which began this week in California.
This week a landmark civil rights court case began in California. The federal trial Perry v. Schwarzenegger challenges the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage. Two couples argue that they have a constitutional right to marry, and that California's law denies them due process and equal protection under the 14th Amendment, relegating them second-class citizens.
You may think, "San Francisco liberals at it again! Hijacking the courts, inventing new constitutional rights!" Stop there. The lead counsel in the case is George W. Bush's Solicitor General, who successfully argued Bush v. Gore before the Supreme Court in one of his fifty-five performances before the nation's highest judicial body. He is Theodore "Ted" Olsen, a founder of the Federalist Society, constitutional law expert, and one of the most respected conservatives in America.
Mr. Olsen thinks constitutionally guaranteed rights ought to transcend left vs. right, Democrat vs. Republican divides (he even recruited legal opponent David Boies as co-counsel). I agree with him. And as a proud Republican representing a younger generation of conservatives that cherish individual freedom, I am honored to join the American Equal Right's Foundation's Advisory Board.
I encourage everyone, but especially Republicans, to consider Mr. Olsen's arguments on the merits, both in his opening statement and throughout the trial's ensuing three weeks. The plaintiff's counsel seeks to convince Judge Vaughn R. Walker that the Supreme Court has already decided in Loving v. Virginia,Turner v. Safely, and in Lawrence v. Texas among others, that the right to marry is a fundamental right currently denied to an entire class of American citizens. This is unconstitutional.
We Republicans have often found ourselves on the wrong side of civil rights struggles since the 1960s, but there was a reason that Martin Luther King, Jr.'s father is said to have supported Republicans.
Republicans were historically the party ever-expanding freedom to disenfranchised minorities, from newly liberated slaves to giving women the right to vote. Susan B. Anthony was a Republican. By supporting the AFER trial we have an opportunity to establish our historic credibility on civil rights issues once again. But we should support marriage equality because it is the right thing to do.
Gays and lesbians are our friends, neighbors, doctors, colleagues, sisters and brothers. Does it sit well with you that because of their sexual orientation, a factor outside one's control, that they should have less rights and protections in the eyes of the law? While increasing acceptance of gays marks my generational experience—Ellen DeGeneres is welcomed into the living rooms of millions of Americans daily, an impossibility in even my childhood— many who are older than me fear that if gays and lesbians can marry, what's next? They worry that homosexual marriage degrades the integrity of heterosexual marriage. They fear that their children might be exposed to alternative lifestyles that will impact them negatively, or argue that the purpose of marriage is procreation. If you are uncomfortable with gay marriage, I encourage you to pay attention to this trial, the plaintiffs, the defense and the spectrum of experts, historians, psychologists, economists, political scientists, who will testify as to the effects and detriment of Proposition 8. In the words of NAACP chairman Julian Bond, "The humanity of all Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others."
Some Republicans support gay rights, but prefer progress through legislative action or majority rule at the ballot box, rather than judicial action. But what if a democratic election imposes mandates that violate a citizen's constitutional freedom? In the event that majority rule insufficiently protects individual liberty, our system of checks and balances puts forth that it is the role of the courts, to guarantee and protect the rights to individual Americans.
That's why the Supreme Court, in 1967 Loving v. Virginia, legalized interracial marriage –six years after our current president was born to an interracial couple. At that time 73% of the population opposed "miscegenation." How long would it have taken to change popular opinion, for the minority to democratically win their constitutional rights? As Martin Luther King, Jr. famously asserted, "Justice delayed is justice denied."
For those of you who would label me a "RINO" (Republican In Name Only) for taking this stand, I direct you to Vice President Cheney, whose conservative credentials are impeccable, and who answered a question on the topic before the National Press Club audience on June 1, 2009 by saying simply, "…freedom means freedom for everyone."
Please visit Facebook page Republicans for Marriage Equality and American Equal Rights Foundation to follow the details of the trial.
Margaret Hoover is a conservative commentator and Fox News contributor.


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I was fortunate enough to be invited to take part in a panel discussion about skeuomorphism and flat design at up.front in Berlin. It was the first time I spoke in public about design, about anything really and frankly, I was brickin' it, but now I can't wait to do it again!
There's a time and a place for everything
First of all, I want to make it clear what side I'm on: neither ― there are no sides in my opinion. I'll explain.
My Dad used to always say to me: "Timothy, there's a time and place for everything." There's a time to use skeuomorphism and a time not to, it all depends on your goal and the experience you're trying to achieve as the designer. I'm not sure when this dicussion started to be about pixels and visuals, I feel it has very little to do with that.
Every product has a target audience and a certail user experience they're trying to achieve and it's up to us to use all the tools we have to our disposal. Skeuomorphism is great for reducing the learning curve when introducing a new unknown product.
When Apple first released the iPad in 2010 their Human Interface Guidelines stated:
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Humans are often afraid of change and try to avoid things that are unfamiliar to us because we don't understand them. So of course it made sense that Apple would strongly promote the use of depictions of physical objects in apps to help us understand and relate to the product.
Also the iPad is a computer that doesn't feel like a computer (in the traditional sense). Fusing a skeuomorphic interface with a multi-touch device like the iPad has an huge psychological and emotional effect on it's users. We feel a lot more comfortable when we can relate to what we're interacting with, there's less fear of the unknown.
But 2 years later Apple altered this section of HIG, replacing it with a section on "Aesthetic Integrity", this time saying:
"For example, an app that enables a productive task generally keeps decorative elements subtle and in the background, while giving prominence to the task by providing standard controls and behaviors. Such an app gives users a clear, unified message about its purpose and its identity. If, on the other hand, the app enables the productive task within a UI that seems whimsical or frivolous, people might not know how to interpret these contradictory signals."
Why change it? As time went on, we got used to iPad, became familiar with it so again, Apple made a smart move by veering away from strongly promoting the use of depictions of physical objects in apps to an approach that promotes using decorative elements to support whatever purpose the app has.
In a digital world, it's all about the experience. So, we can spend all our time discussing pixels and looks. Or, we can start designing unique experiences. The visual design has to enhance the experience where possible. It's much more than just aesthetics. So I believe its not one or the other,
Go Out & Talk
Like I said at the start, I was pretty scared when I got asked to talk, I wasn't sure what to expect and it's not my strongest skill but I really enjoyed it, I learnt so much and cant wait to do it again.
Believe it or not it was a pretty big adrenaline rush and I just want to thank Benedikt Lehnert for his help when I was preparing and the guys at up.front for the opportunity. You should go out and talk!


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