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A few winter league games with Pirates' players and friends…
Criollos de Caguas 4, Leones de Ponce 3 — Two runs in the 3rd and another 2 runs in the 6th gave Los Criollos the edge. SS Luis Figueroa singled and scored a run. 3B Ramon Vazquez drove in a run with a ground out.
Senadores de San Juan 5, Gigantes de Carolina 4 — A 5-run 6th inning pushed Los Senadores past Los Gigantes. That inning included a walk, a fielding error, two singles, and back-to-back triples. Los Gigantes scored a run in the 4th on an error and a single, then scored 3 more runs in the 5th on two doubles and a triple. Benji Gonzalez entered the game as a pinch-runner for Los Gigantes in the top of the 8th, but was doubled off second base. He remained in the game at second base for the bottom of the inning.
Leones del Caracas 5, Tigres de Aragua 2 — Ronald Uviedo earned the win with 5 innings of work, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits and a walk. Los Tigres' first run came in the 4th inning on a single, a double by 1B Hector Gimenez, and a sacrifice fly by LF Lastings Milledge. In the 5th, a pair of singles, including one by C Raul Chavez, plus another sacrifice fly, gave Aragua their second run. Los Leones scored 2 runs on three singles in the bottom of the 1st. In the 2nd, a single, a double, and a sacrifice fly brought in a third Caracas run. Two walks, two singles, a double, and a sacrifice fly gave Los Leones two more runs in the 4th. LF Mike Ryan singled, but the runner from second base was out at the plate, on the throw in from Milledge to Chavez.
Tomateros de Culiacan 6, Algodoneros de Guasave 3 — Los Tomateros scored a pair of runs in three different innings, beating Guasave, who scored single runs in three different innings. SS/LF Luis Cruz led off the bottom of the 8th with a single for Los Tomateros, and he scored on a 2-run homer. DH Yurendell de Caster walked to lead off the 7th for Guasave, and he came around to score that inning's run on a single, a sacrifice bunt, and a sacrifice fly. Los Tomateros are leading the 7-game series 2-0. In the other Mexican League series, Los Caneros de Los Mochis are leading Los Yaquis de Obregon 2 games to none.
Sydney Blue Sox 4, Adelaide Bite 3 — Bite starter Paul Mildren had some tough innings against the Blue Sox, and he suffered his 6th loss of the season. A throwing error, and an RBI single gave the Blue Sox their first run in the bottom of the 1st. Mildren gave up a walk and a pair of doubles, accounting for 2 runs, in the 2nd inning. He worked around runners on base in the next three innings, including leaving two runners in scoring position after a walk and a double in the 5th. He got into more trouble in the 6th, opening the inning with a single, a double, and a sacrifice fly, before being relieved. Overall, Mildren gave up 4 runs (3 earned) on 8 hits and 2 walks, with 5 strikeouts. Meanwhile, the Bite were scoring a little, but not keeping up. They picked up one run on an exciting play in the 4th. 1B Todd Gossage drove a liner into right field, and scrambled around for a triple, and when the Blue Sox' shortstop missed the catch on the throw in from right, Gossage was able to keep running, scoring on the error. Gossage doubled and came around to score in the 7th inning. Two singles and a fielding error gave the Bite one more run in the top of the 9th.
Homers For Milledge, Ryan, and Cruz
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Tigres de Aragua 5, Bravos de Margarita 4 — A double and a single in the top of the 10th gave Los Tigres the winning run. Los Tigres had started the scoring in the top of the 1st, on three singles, including an RBI single by LF Lastings Milledge. Los Bravos countered with a 3-run homer in the bottom of the 4th. Milledge tied the score with a solo home run in the top of the 6th. With Jean Machi on the mound for Margarita in the top of the 8th, a walk, a sacrifice bunt, and a wild pitch put a Tigres' batter on third base, and he scored on an RBI single. Machi came back to pitch a quick 1-2-3 inning in the top of the 9th. Los Bravos tied the score again in the bottom of the 9th on a solo homer. Los Tigres broke the tie in the top of the 10th, then held off Los Bravos in the bottom of the frame. Wil Ledezma pitched a perfect 6th inning for Los Tigres, then gave up a 2-out single in the 7th. C Raul Chavez and 1B Hector Gimenez picked that runner off first base to get Los Tigres out of the inning. Gimenez went 0-for-4 at the plate, and Chavez went 0-for-2. Miguel Perez came into the game as a late-inning defensive replacement behind the plate, but did not have a plate appearance.
Leones del Caracas 10, Caribes de Anzoategui 6 — Seven runs in the top of the 1st gave Los Leones an edge that Los Caribes could not overcome. Los Leones sent 11 batters to the plate in the 1st inning, and the first 6 batters reached base safely: single, single, walk, grand slam, single, single (by C Carlos Maldonado). After a pop out, LF Mike Ryan hit a 2-run homer, which was followed by a double, before the inning ended. Maldonado added another RBI single in the 2nd inning, and Caracas picked up another 2-run homer in the top of the 9th. Los Caribes scored in all but one of the first 6 innings, but four of those innings brought in just one run, not enough to catch up.
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Just a few winter league playoff games on Monday night.. The Mexican Pacific and Puerto Rican leagues were off tonight.
Gigantes del Cibao 6, Estrellas de Oriente 5 — The game began with a solo home run from the first batter of the game, plus another run in the top of the 1st for Los Estrellas. Los Gigantes tied the score with 2 runs in the bottom of the 2nd. Eight scoreless innings followed, until Los Estrellas scored 3 runs in the top of the 11th, all charged to Los Gigantes' Juan Perez, on one hit and 3 walks. Ronny Paulino pinch-hit in the inning but struck out. Perez was saved from being charged with the loss when Los Gigantes answered with 4 runs in the bottom of the 11th. One hit and 5 walks contributed to those 4 runs.
Leones del Caracas 8, Aguilas de Zulia 5 — These two teams combined for 29 hits, as Los Caracas cut short Los Aguilas' 9th inning rally and held on for the win. Caracas scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 1st, on a double, two singles, a hit batter, and a sacrifice fly. They added 3 more runs in the 3rd on three solo homers (not back-to-back), including one by C Carlos Maldonado. Solo homer number four came in the 5th inning. Maldonado drove in Los Leones' final run with an RBI double after a single in the 7th. Los Aguilas scored one run in the 5th and another in the 8th. They rallied in the top of the 9th with a pair of singles and a 3-run homer, plus a double, but that was all Caracas would allow.
Tigres de Aragua 4, Bravos de Margarita 1 — Los Tigres began the game with 3 runs in the top of the 1st, on two singles and three doubles. 1B Hector Gimenez drove in a run with his RBI single, and LF Lastings Milledge doubled. Los Tigres went on to record 11 hits. Milledge singled in the 4th, but was out at second when CF Jorge Cortes bounced into a double play. A single and a double added another run for Los Tigres in the 8th. Jhonathan Ramos pitched 2 innings for Los Bravos. In the 6th, he retired Los Tigres in order. Ramos began the top of the 7th with two ground outs (Gimenez and Milledge), then gave up a single to Cortes, another single, and hit C Raul Chavez with a pitch to load the bases. But he ended the inning with a pop out, leaving all three runners on base. Los Bravos were held to just 3 hits over the first 8 innings. Two of those hits came in the 4th, when Los Bravos loaded the bases on a hit batter, a walk, and a single. A sacrifice fly drove in their only run of the game. Another single loaded the bases again, but a strikeout ended the inning. Los Bravos threatened again in the bottom of the 9th, loading the bases again on 2 singles and an error. Los Tigres got out of the jam with a pop out in foul territory and a game-ending double play.
Strong Innings by Ledezma and Machi
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Leones de Ponce 6, Gigantes de Carolina 3 — Four runs in the bottom of the 8th gave the game to Los Leones. Two walks and four singles did the damage in that inning. Reliever RJ Rodriguez came on to pitch the top of the 9th for Ponce. He gave up a run on two singles and a sacrifice fly, though it was not enough for Los Gigantes to catch up.
Criollos de Caguas 7, Senadores de San Juan 3 — A 5-run 3rd inning made the difference for Los Criollos. Two singles put runners on the corners, then SS Luis Figueroa drove in the first run with an RBI single. A triple and a homer added two runs each. 3B Ramon Vazquez walked to begin the Caguas half of the 4th, and two more walks loaded the bases. Figueroa brought in Vazquez with a sacrifice fly. Vazquez also contributed an RBI single in the 5th. Los Senadores posted 13 runs, but left 12 runners on base.
The four teams involved in the Puerto Rican League playoffs are not far apart after one week of the round robin playoff tournament. Ponce is in first place, with a 4-2 record. Caguas and San Juan are tied for second with 3-3 records. Carolina is last, with a 2-4 record.
The two top teams in this round robin tournament did not play today — Los Caribes and Los Leones de Caracas are both tied with 4-1 records. Los Tigres de Aragua has a 3-3 record, Los Aguilas de Zulia are 2-4, and Los Bravos de Margarita won their first playoff game tonight, giving them a 1-4 record.
Bravos de Margarita 1, Aguilas de Zulia 0 — Jean Machi pitched a scoreless 8th inning for Los Bravos, allowing a single, but then erasing that runner in a double play. The game's only run came in the bottom of the 7th, on a single, a sacrifice bunt, and a RBI single.
Tigres de Aragua 8, Caribes de Anzoategui 0 — Aragua starter Seth Etherton (Dodgers) held Los Caribes to 3 hits and no walks over 8 shutout innings, with 6 strikeouts for the win. New Blue Jay Wil Ledezma finished the game with a scoreless 9th, working around a lead-off single. Los Tigres hitters packed in 16 hits, and started their scoring with 2 runs in the 1st. LF Lastings Milledge had a single in that inning. Milledge singled in two runs in the 6th, following another single and 1B Hector Gimenez being hit by a pitch. Gimenez added a 3-run homer in the 7th. After the homer, Milledge walked, CF Jorge Cortes singled, and a wild pitch moved both runners into scoring position. Another single up the middle brought in Milledge, but Cortes was thrown out at the plate as he tried to score from second base.
Milledge Drives In The Winning Run For Aragua
The Caribbean leagues continue their playoffs, though the Mexican Pacific League has the night off….
Leones de Ponce 5, Senadores de San Juan 2 — Reliever JR Rodriguez earned his first playoff save with a perfect 9th inning for Los Leones. His teammates broke a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the 7th with a 2-run homer, followed by another run on two singles, a sacrifice bunt, and a wild pitch.
Criollos de Caguas 4, Gigantes de Carolina 0 — Los Gigantes were held to just 4 hits, and even with 5 walks, they could not push a run across the plate. Los Criollos were held to just 3 hits, but they took advantage of 7 walks, 3 hit batters, and 2 errors to score their 4 runs. Their first run came in the bottom of the 1st, on a hit batter, a sacrifice bunt by SS Luis Figueroa, two walks, and a sacrifice fly. 3B Ramon Vazquez led off the 4th with a single, and he came around to score with help from a bunt, a wild pitch, and a sacrifice fly. Los Criollos' final two runs scored in the 6th, and with just one hit. Vazquez reached on a fielding error, then a hit batter, a balk, and a sacrifice fly brought him in. Figueroa drove in the final run with an RBI double.
Gigantes del Cibao 7, Toros del Este 5 — Los Toros began the scoring with 4 runs in the bottom of the 4th — three singles, and a 3-run homer. Los Gigantes answered with 4 runs of their own in the top of the 5th, on 5 singles and a sacrifice fly. One of the singles, which loaded the bases, came off the bat of CF Rich Thompson. Los Toros scored one more run in the bottom of the 5th, but Los Gigantes scored 3 in the top of the 7th, with 4 singles and a sacrifice fly.
Leones del Escogido 2, Estrellas de Oriente 1 — Ronny Paulino, making a rare appearance playing first base, drove in Los Estrellas only run with an RBI ground out in the 1st inning. With one out in the 6th, Los Leones popped two singles. Franquelis Osoria came on to pitch for Los Estrellas, but the only batter he faced hit an RBI single to tie the game. Another single brought in the go-ahead run.


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I just wanted to say, "Hi!". I have just joined this forum. Can someone with good experiences provide a good source of live moss etc for terrarium? I have several but am using what I think must be artificial/dried moss, like that sold at hobby/craft store. Thanks! H |
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No easing of Myanmar sanctions in Clinton trip: US
(AFP) - 3 hours ago
WASHINGTON - A senior US official said Tuesday that the time was not right
to ease sanctions on Myanmar despite Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's
plans for a groundbreaking visit next week.
Clinton will seek progress on human rights, including on the treatment of
ethnic minorities, but it is "premature" to discuss lifting sweeping
sanctions on the military-backed government, White House official Ben
Rhodes said.
"The secretary's visit is in part to add momentum to what's taken place
and to explore what's going forward but there are no plans right now to
lift sanctions," Rhodes, the deputy national security adviser for
strategic communications, told reporters.
President Barack Obama announced last week at an East Asia Summit in Bali
that Clinton would become the first US secretary of state to visit Myanmar
in 50 years after the country's government undertook reforms.
It has opened talks with the opposition and ethnic minorities. The party
of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi recently decided to rejoin
mainstream politics after boycotting elections that were widely seen as
"We believe that there is very intensive follow-through on this Burma
track that is going to be an important focus of the United States," Rhodes
said, referring to Myanmar by its former name.
The Obama administration hopes "to see if we can continue moving the ball
forward on the types of reforms that we've seen in Burma," Rhodes said.
The administration has made dialogue with US adversaries a key part of its
foreign policy and in 2009 opened talks with Myanmar's then military
junta, offering to ease sanctions in return for progress on democracy.
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The chef doesn't actually create recipes or menus—that's all done at Princess headquarters in L.A.—but he does estimate daily needs and help set food orders. He sends his wish list via E-mail to L.A. 10 days before each cruise; the Grand's order is consolidated with those of other Princess ships in the Caribbean, then put out for bidding by food suppliers. (When you're buying 3,900 pounds of butter a week, you have a right to bargain.) To keep quality consistent, all the food on board (except certain fruits from Latin America) comes from the United States, even when the ship is in Europe.
I asked food and beverage director Andy Hiscox what the deal was with the bananas. How do they keep them all perfectly ripe throughout the cruise?
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In a locked room behind the meat freezers is a strange and terrifying device. It appears to be just a four-by-four-foot metal box, but this is The Most Powerful Microwave Oven You Will Ever Come Across. It cost three-quarters of a million dollars. It supplies 40,000 watts of pure power, defrosting 80 pounds of pork in 60 seconds. It is perhaps the only microwave oven that asks you to PLEASE ENTER PASSWORD before operating.
The man with the code is a 52-year-old Italian named Nasti the Butcher. (I'm sure he has a first name, but everyone just calls him Nasti the Butcher.) Nasti stands about 4 foot 10 and has a laugh like a tommy gun. He first went to sea in 1966 and has been everywhere from Dakar to Rio to Fiji, all of which were blessed with "lotta nice girls." He told me he'd worked on the Achille Lauro just before the terrorist takeover—lucky for the terrorists. I pictured him decimating the hijackers with his gleaming cleaver and machine-gun laugh.
In a single day Nasti and his seven assistants will slice up an entire ton of beef, 1,000 pounds of chicken, 300 pounds of veal, and 500 pounds of fish. Apparently his schedule goes something like this:
5 a.m. Wake up
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2-4 p.m. Eat; nap
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11 p.m. Eat; stop into crew bar for one (1) drink
12-5 a.m. Sleep
Repeat seven times a week for six months.
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If I could take any job on a cruise ship I would definitely choose ice carver. Uldarico Afurong, a 39-year-old Filipino who goes by Eric, is the Grand's master sculptor. Eric grew up in Paete, an artisan village in the Philippines famous for its carvers, who used to work in ebony but now often get jobs on cruise ships carving ice. Nearly all the ice carvers in the Princess fleet are from Paete. They're the ones who make those shimmering frozen mermaids that recline suggestively in the atrium. Ice is not their only medium—today they mainly use blocks of Styrofoam, but I suppose "Styrofoam carver" isn't as mythic a job title. Eric works 11 hours a day on this stuff. He can carve something out of anything: a floral relief from a watermelon, a Botticelli angel from a wheel of Parmesan.
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Keith Cox is the Grand's cruise director, and one of the few Americans on a largely British-run ship. (You can't trust the business of fun to a Brit, for God's sake.) Keith claims he's from Knoxville, but his accent is more Epcot Center—he has the kind of voice that might tell you to secure all belongings and take small children by the hand. His pants are whiter than the ship's hull. He can sing the blues and recite disembarkation instructions and make them seem equally exciting.
Keith has been with Princess since 1986. Just before his daughter, Mozelle, was born in 1994, the company broadened its policy regarding families accompanying crew, so Keith and his wife, Sarah, share a spacious corner suite on the Grand with Mozelle, who sleeps on a futon in the living room. Starting this fall, Mozelle will be homeschooled on the ship by her mother. The Coxes return to Tennessee every four months for a two-month leave, when Keith looks forward to "going to the grocery store, doing yard work, and grilling hamburgers." (Employees are forbidden to keep even a hot plate in their cabins.)
The C.D. and his assistants pack the day with so many activities that merely perusing the schedule is an endorphin boost. The cruise department staffers lead karaoke hour with the intensity of Springsteen in concert; they form conga lines with utter earnestness; they are, in short, human exclamation points. On the Grand it takes 120 shiny happy people to offer such a range of distractions. Among them (deep breath): six Chinese acrobats, five stagehands, four Trinidadian musicians, three aerobics trainers, two comedians, one hypnotist, 18 dancers, six Hungarian balladeers, two lighting designers, two teen coordinators, two rumba instructors, two scuba instructors, one port lecturer, one disc jockey, one art auctioneer, and a Filipino troubadour named Arthur who can perform any song in any language at the clink of your spoon: "Guantanamera," "O Sole Mio," "La Vie en Rose." Arthur barely speaks English but sings it perfectly; his theme song is "The Great Pretender." One night he dared me to trump him with a request, so I asked for "Aqualung" by Jethro Tull. "Sitting on a park bench!" he cried in his gorgeous tenor. Arthur was amazing.
Billions and Billions…
Fifty-nine thousand wooden coat hangers, 51,000 pieces of flatware, 23,000 bedsheets—after a week exploring the Grand I felt as if I were at some Carl Sagan astronomy lecture ("Billions and billions of menu tassels…"). I learned that the ship's bars and restaurants print 53,000 receipts a week; that the "able-bodied seamen" (A.B.'s) who constantly repaint the hull with rollers attached to flimsy 10-foot poles go through about 20 gallons of white paint a day; that galley workers use 27,500 pairs of latex gloves in a single week; that the ship's hydro-evaporators can produce 90 tons of water per hour, and that passengers and crew will consume 50 in the same amount of time. Like I said: It's a really, really, really big ship.
In spite of this, everything is orchestrated to feel comfortably small-scale, from the tables for two at Sabatini's Trattoria to the butlers who call you by name. And though the service is as obsessively directed as a Woody Allen film ("When talking on the telephone, ensure the mouthpiece is positioned near your mouth and not in midair!"), it rarely comes off as stiff or scripted.
Bigger, yet more intimate; super-efficient, yet personalized; initially overwhelming, yet surprisingly manageable, the Grand is a floating contradiction. Still, you might follow the lead of the passenger I met in the gym, who'd brought two walkie-talkies so that he and his wife could stay in touch:
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Drinking two cups of spearmint tea a day might help treat women with an unsightly condition that causes them to grow excess hair on their face, breasts and stomach, Turkish researchers report.The tea works by lowering the levels of circulating male hormones in these women, the scientists claim in the current online issue of Phytotherapy Research.
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State Employees Credit Union Partnership East provides opportunities for students to complete bachelor's degrees in Elementary Education, Special Education, and Middle Grades Education at Nash Community College. Students take specific courses from the college transfer program before transferring to East Carolina University as juniors. Junior and senior level coursework from ECU is offered through part-time enrollment in distance education courses offered online and/or at night at Nash Community College.
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ULSAN, South Korea -- Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd (HHI), reported that it received a Letter of Award (LOA) for a $1.94 billion order for the second package of the Nasr Full Field Development Project to build the fixed platforms and to lay subsea cables from Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) on July 7, 2014. As per the LOA, HHI will undertake engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning work for the super complex comprising a gas treatment platform, a separation platform, an accommodation platform; laying 144 km subsea power and 55 km infield cables; and modifying an existing manifold tower and two wellhead towers in Nasr oil field, 130 km northwest of Abu Dhabi, UAE. Upon completion by the second half of 2019, the facilities will increase the daily oil production capacity of the offshore field to 65,000 barrels from the current 22,000 barrels.
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noun \ˌek-splə-ˈnā-shən\: the act or process of making something clear or easy to understand : the act or process of telling, showing, or being the reason for or cause of something
: something (such as a statement or fact) that explains something
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noun (Concise Encyclopedia)In philosophy, set of statements that makes intelligible the existence or occurrence of an object, event, or state of affairs. Among the most common forms of explanation are causal explanation (see causation), deductive-nomological explanation (see covering-law model), which involves subsuming the explanandum under a generalization from which it may be derived in a deductive argument (e.g., All gases expand when heated; this gas was heated; therefore, this gas expanded) and statistical explanation, which involves subsuming the explanandum under a generalization that gives it inductive support (e.g., Most people who use tobacco contract cancer; this person used tobacco; therefore, this person contracted cancer). Explanations of human behaviour typically appeal to the subject's beliefs and desires, as well as other facts about him, and proceed on the assumption that the behaviour in question is rational (at least to a minimum degree). Thus an explanation of why the subject removed his coat might cite the fact that the subject felt hot, that the subject desired to feel cooler, and that the subject believed that he would feel cooler if he took off his coat.
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A few years ago, Bill James was in a Boston hotel room, relaxing with a book about one of the city's most accomplished yet least admired sons: the Boston Strangler. There are numerous accounts of the killer's grisly 1960s spree—which left at least 14 women dead—and James has read a lot of them, possibly all of them. But this particular book stood out, mostly because the author's research was sloppy. James kept finding mistakes. In one case, even the location of one of the murders was wrong. "The guy really irritated me," James says.
James lives in Lawrence, Kansas, but he spends quite a bit of time in Boston, where he's worked for the Red Sox since 2002. Technically, he's the team's senior adviser of baseball operations, using his deep statistical knowledge of the game to help the Sox develop strategy and decide which players to sign. But it would be a mistake to think of James as a mere number cruncher. What he really does is study baseball—its history, its dynamics, its laws—and ask questions: What's the best way to use a relief pitcher? How important is a bunt? Usually, these are questions that have been put forth numerous times before and seemingly resolved. But James keeps asking them anyway. In the process, he has become one of the most celebrated analysts in the sport's history, with more than a dozen books to his name, many of them considered indispensable.
In addition to wondering about slugging percentages and pitching records, though, James has long been asking questions like: Why do some crimes become more famous than others? How reliable are eyewitness descriptions? Was the real Boston Strangler caught? Which is why his latest compendium of knowledge isn't about baseball; it's about murder. Called Popular Crime, it's an omnibus of serial killers, kidnappers, assassins, and the occasional terrorist. Most of James' research is drawn from his mammoth library of true-crime books. And after reading extensively about the Boston Strangler, he started to second-guess the supposed experts—the cops, the lawyers, the authors.
What if, James wondered, the police had arrested the wrong man? What if some key pattern to the murders had been overlooked? In the months after he first started thinking about that one book's errors, he repeatedly found himself running into some of the Strangler's old haunts and eventually decided to map out the crimes. In the end, James came up with his own theory as to what happened, which raises a question: Can a guy who changed the way we look at baseball transform the way we think about crime?
Even if you barely follow baseball—even if your greatest relationship to the game was, say, a childhood obsession with the 1980s Phillies, one that was cut short by an unpleasant encounter with a certain slugger who had a bowl-mullet haircut and a gambling problem—well, even then, you've probably heard of Bill James. He's appeared on The Simpsons and 60 Minutes and played a prominent role in the Michael Lewis best-seller Moneyball. His fan base has included everyone from the late Norman Mailer to New York Times numbers whiz Nate Silver.
James' wise-beard status can be traced to a series of self-published books he wrote in the late '70s while working at a Kansas pork-and-beans factory. Each carried the name Baseball Abstract and contained a mix of dust-dry stats and nimble prose that James used to debunk some of the sport's most deeply held beliefs. Every volume was a synaptic strand of heresy, laying out one controversial idea after another: Sacrifice bunts are often counterproductive; saving relief pitchers for the last inning is a waste; a player's offensive strength can be measured not by batting average but by something called Runs Created, a complex formula that looks like it belongs on the back of an algebra flash card. James eventually dubbed his DIY science Sabermetrics (after , a private organization that tracks baseball stats), and while some fans embraced it right away, others viewed him as a meddling nerd.
"He challenged a lot of received wisdom," says Daniel Okrent, founder of rotisserie baseball, who wrote a profile on James for Sports Illustrated that appeared in May 1981 (the piece was so contentious, the magazine held it for a year). "There was resistance among the baseball establishment. I remember manager Sparky Anderson saying, 'What do I care about some little guy with glasses and an adding machine?' And first of all, Bill's twice the size of Sparky. But you heard a great deal of that kind of thing."
James approached baseball with the wide-eyed vigor of a fan and the clear-eyed rigor of a logician. In 1982, he wrote his own article for Sports Illustrated, challenging the value of stolen bases. Titled "So What's All the Fuss?" the piece put forth the notion that stolen bases are "trendy trinkets" that don't help teams win games—a conclusion James drew after exploring an exhausting number of questions. He began with a broad query: Do base-stealing teams win? From there, he conducted an inquest of all the data he could get: How many bases are stolen in wins, and how many are stolen in losses? If a runner steals second, what are the odds he'll end up scoring a run? How often does a base-stealer lead the league in runs scored? "I try to take large, general questions that are difficult to resolve and break them down into small, very specific questions that have clear answers," James says.


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Master Page, Child Pages: Dynamic Communication Flexibility
Over on the ASP.NET forums, where I am a moderator, a user asked a question concerning Master Pages. I thought it was an interesting enough question to spend a little time on it and write a BLOG entry (golf season hasn't started in my state yet).
The question was how to have "static" buttons on a Master Page call functions in child pages when clicked. As usual, I wanted the simplest possible way to accomplish the goal.
The first thing to do is create a Master Page with three "Aux" buttons. I used a simple table to keep the buttons at the top of the form and they are all disabled by default. It will be up to the child pages to enable them as needed.
<%@ Master Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="MasterPage.master.cs" Inherits="MasterPage" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:Button ID="_AuxButton1" runat="server" Text="Aux 1" Enabled="false" />
<asp:Button ID="_AuxButton2" runat="server" Text="Aux 2" Enabled="false" />
<asp:Button ID="_AuxButton3" runat="server" Text="Aux 3" Enabled="false" />

This is Placeholder1:
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="ContentPlaceHolder1" runat="server">
Next, we expose the Master Page buttons as properties so the external entities, aka child pages, can have access to them:
public partial class MasterPage : System.Web.UI.MasterPage
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
// expose the Aux buttons
public Button AuxButton1
get { return _AuxButton1; }
public Button AuxButton2
get { return _AuxButton2; }
public Button AuxButton3
get { return _AuxButton3; }
That's it for the Master Page. In the child page, we've set the MasterPageFile but there is one more thing we do to make life simpler: We set the MasterType property so the child pages "knows about" the type of Master Page:
<%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPage.master" AutoEventWireup="true"
CodeFile="Child1.aspx.cs" Inherits="Child1" Title="Untitled Page" %>
<%@ MasterType TypeName="MasterPage" %>
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder1" runat="Server">
This is child content

<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:Label>

<asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:Label>
Then, in the child page's Page_Load function, we hookup the buttons:
public partial class Child1 : System.Web.UI.Page
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
// hook up our events to the master pages buttons
Master.AuxButton1.Click += Aux1_Click;
Master.AuxButton2.Click += Aux2_Click;
// by default, the buttons are disabled, if we are
// going to use them, enable them
Master.AuxButton1.Enabled = true;
Master.AuxButton2.Enabled = true;
// custom button text
Master.AuxButton2.Text = "Click me!";
// functions called from Master Page
protected void Aux1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
Label1.Text = "Aux1Clicked!";
protected void Aux2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
Label2.Text = "Aux2 has been clicked!";
Here is what the browser looks like after we've clicked the aux buttons:
- Aux button 3 remains disabled because we did not connect it to any function.
- Aux button 2 has custom text we applied.
- The two Child Page label controls have been updated from the Master Page.
I hope someone finds this useful.
Steve Wellens
IE 8 Can Profile JavaScript
Being on the software "bleeding edge" is similar to being the "point man" in combat. I generally avoid being the first to adopt new technology until some other poor bastard has led the way…and occasionally paid a price: The price being missed deadlines, ulcers and ruined reputations. No thanks.
However, with Internet Explorer 8, for some inexplicable reason, I jumped right in. And I was pleasantly surprised. One of the nicest features is the new Developer Tools toolbar that comes with IE 8. Previously the Developer Toolbar was an add-on.
On the Developer Tools window there is a new Profiler tab. Since there have been recent performance issues on the Asp.Net forums where I'm a moderator, I thought I'd give it a spin.
- I clicked Start Profiling.
- I navigated to the Asp.Net forums website.
- I waited for the page to finish loading. Having the Profiler running slows things down quite a bit…which is understandable.
- After the page had finished loading, I clicked Stop Profiling.
It was that easy. The results are below. It appears the getAvatar function is taking a lot of time. If each call to getAvatar results in a database call, and each call results in an image being resized, that could explain why there are performance issues.
I hope you find this useful.
Steve Wellens.


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This one's good, but it does have to be made a day in advance so it has time to set up. We like it with fresh berries - raspberries, blueberries and sliced strawberries are all good. No Bake Cheesecake Pie Recipe By : Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method Combine all filling ingredients until smooth - pour into pie shell and refrigerate overnight. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
I think this would be considered "no bake" as I don't know many who bake ladyfingers and they are available in every grocery store in the cookie section. TIRAMISU 2 egg yokes 1C strong coffee 5Oz ladyfingers Beat first 4 ingredients. Set aside. Dip ladyfingers into coffee mixture and layer in baking dish alternating with layers of cheese mixture, ending with cheese mixture on top. Sift cocoa on top and sprinkle chocolate. Refrigerate for 4 hours. |
- Posted by ginger_st_thomas (My Page) on Sun, Dec 30, 07 at 6:47
Here's an oldie that I really like. I've also seen it called Russian Cream: SWEDISH CREAM (serves 8) 2 cups heavy cream 1 cup sugar 1 envelope unflavored gelatin mixed w/2 TBL water 2 cups sour cream 1 tsp vanilla Strawberries or blueberries Mix cream, sugar & gelatin in small saucepan. Heat over low heat until sugar & gelatin are dissolved. Remove from heat. Cool until slightly thickened, about room temperature. Carefully fold in sour cream & vanilla until all ingredients are well blended. Pour into a 1 1/2 qt mold (I pour into individual serving containers or old-fashioned wide champagne glasses.) chill until firm, 2 hours or overnight. Serve with strawberries or blueberries.~~Fare to Remember |
Here's a bunch - I think they're all good! Amaretti Ice Cream Balls 24 amaretti cookies Crush cookies by hand or in plastic bag. Place onto a sheet pan. Dampen the cookie crumbs with the liqueur. Scoop ice cream balls onto the sheet pan and roll around until covered. DAIQUIRI PIE Daiquiri Pie 1 package lemon pudding (not instant) Mix the pudding, jello, sugar, add 1/2 cup water and two eggs. Beat well. Then add in the rest of the water and mix. Cook over medium heat until it comes to a full boil, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and add the rum. Let it cool for two hours -- it will thicken. Then add the Cool Whip and mix well again. Pour into the pie crust. Chill until set. The alcohol in the rum evaporates since it is added to the hot liquid. I decorate the strawberry one with sliced strawberries and the banana one with sliced bananas. They look real pretty. Barbara 52's Frozen Lemon Cream Sandwiches one 7-oz container chilled creme fraiche Line a small baking sheet with wax paper. In a chilled bowl, beat the creme fraiche with the lemon curd and zest until firm peaks form. GRASSHOPPER PIE 6 tablespoons melted butter 1/4 cup CrĶme De Menthe Crush cookies and add melted butter. Press into 9 inch pie pan. In a bowl, whip the heavy cream. In another bowl, mix the marshmallow fluff and CrĶme De Menthe and add to the heavy cream. Spoon into pie shell and freeze until ready to eat. Decorate with Oreo cookie crumbs. JOYCE'S RICE PUDDING 1 quart milk When mixture comes to a boil stir in one cup regular long grain white rice. Stir for about 40 minutes at medium high until mixture starts to thicken. Combine 2 eggs, 1 cup sugar and 1 tsp vanilla. Add to mixture and stir another 8 minutes. Pour into 9 x 13 pan and chill. STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE TRIFLE 2 pints fresh strawberries, sliced In a bowl, toss strawberries with 1/2 cup sugar and set aside. Place 1/2 of cake in a 4 quart trifle dish. Top with 1/3 cream cheese mixture, 1/2 of strawberries and half of grated chocolate. Repeat layers. Top with remaining cream cheese mixture. Not Yo' Mama's Banana Pudding 2 bags Pepperidge Farm Chessmen cookies Line the bottom of a 13 by 9 by 2-inch dish with 1 bag of cookies and layer bananas on top. |
- Posted by joybugaloo (My Page) on Sat, Jan 5, 08 at 1:53
This is the BEST no-bake dessert in the world! It looks great, it tastes amazing, all of your friends will be impressed, and other than whipping some cream, all you do is assemble it! Here's the recipe and click on the link to see some pics on my blog if interested. Chocolate Wafer Icebox Cake 3 cups heavy cream In a large bowl, beat cream, sugar and vanilla with an electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form. On a flat serving plate, arrange 7 cookies side by side in a circle, keeping 1 cookie in the center. Spread with 1/2 cup whipped cream, making a 7-inch circle. Repeat with remaining cookies and cream, making 11 layers of cookies and ending with a layer of cream (there will be a few cookies left over). Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. To serve, dust top lightly with cocoa powder or chocolate shavings. --Gina |
Here is a link that might be useful: Chocolate Icebox Cake at Lindsey's Luscious
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Clause 1 - Amendment of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988
Pension Annuities (Amendment) Bill
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Ms Ruth Kelly (Economic Secretary, HM Treasury; Bolton West, Labour)
It is important to explore in detail some of the flaws in the amendments to show why the Government cannot support them. That is not to say that we do not have the will to explore issues in relation to the Brethren. I shall come to some of the methods that they may use to save for their retirement.
To return to the size of the fund, even if there were enough money in the pension scheme, there would be no guarantee that the failsafe fund would be able to generate the minimum retirement income year after year. Although some of these issues apply to the suggested failsafe fund, they apply equally to the principles behind the Bill and this is a useful opportunity to explore them. The Government's objections on that score also apply to other provisions.


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My sweet peas bloomed well last year but the fragrance was not very strong. Have you grown varieties that were especially fragrant? If so, where did you get them? I'll be ordering seeds soon. |
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One commonly available is 'Old Spice'. I have been growing these for several years and save seeds from them each year. They smell yummy. I may have some extra seeds from last year, email me if you can't find 'Old Spice'; I think I originally purchased them from Pinetree Seeds. They are a mix of different colors. Last year I ordered a couple new varieties from Thompson & Morgan seed catalog. They are a British company, and have loads of varieties of sweet peas as the English grow a lot of them. Just make sure you order those marked "very fragrant". |
Thanks. I will look for them locally. If not, I know that Johnny's has them. I have ordered from Thompson & Morgan in the past, but not sweet peas. I'll check their catalog to see what they are offering this year. I know they have lots of varieties that are hard to find elsewhere. |
Well, my sweet peas are blooming! I followed your advice and purchased some seeds from Johnny's as well as a couple of packages from Longfellows---one called Moroccan Mixture. I am now sitting at work inhaling the most delicious fragrance from a bouquet I picked this morning. If I can't be home working in my garden, this is the next best thing! Thanks for the advice. |
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Director, School of Music Applied Professor of MusicDirector of Jazz StudiesLorton Performance Center 1010 (918)firstname.lastname@example.com
Professor Vernon Howard received his Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music Education degrees from the University of Tulsa. He has done additional academic work at Indiana University with Thomas Beversdorf, Robert Shaw, and David Baker. Equally comfortable in symphonic, jazz, and popular music settings, his work as a trombonist and electric bassist has included performances with the Fort Smith Symphony, Tulsa Philharmonic, Tulsa Opera, Oklahoma Sinfonia, as well as concert and cabaret appearances with Nancy Wilson, Billy Eckstein, Joe Williams, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Doc Severinson, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra Jr., and many others. In addition to his work at the University of Tulsa where he is the Director of School of Music and Jazz Studies in addition to instructor of trombone, Professor Howard has also served as coordinator of the Summer Jazz Studies Program at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, Michigan, since 1975 through 2009. His work at Interlochen has included numerous concerts and workshops with such jazz luminaries as Benny Goodman, The Count Basie, Milt Jackson, Curtis Fuller, Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich, Milt Hinton, Wynton Marsalis and many others. Professor Howard is in frequent demand regionally and nationally for his work as a jazz educator, adjudicator and clinician. Many of his former students are active and visible in today's jazz and popular music genres including, Eldar Djangirov, jazz pianist; Walter White, trumpet/composer with Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra; Conrad Herwig, trombonist/composer with the Mingus Band; Byron Stripling, lead trumpet with Count Basie Orchestra; and Norah Jones, vocalist/pianist. Both Eldar Djangirov and Norah Jones have recently received Grammy awards for their recording projects. Professor Howard is an active member of the International Association of Jazz Educators and serves on the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. He is also on the Executive Board and is Vice President of Local 94, American Federation of Musicians.


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Mr. Collipark is a rap and bass music mogul and legend. There's no real other way to look at it. He's been there since midtempo bass music exploded in Atlanta over 15 years ago and he's been a part of some of the biggest rap club records maybe ever. He personally fostered the development and curation of Soulja Boy, arguably the first rap artist to ever blow up via the Internet. He's made anthems that will be played in clubs and sporting events possibly for the rest of forever. Personally, his sound was the main reason I stopped exclusively DJing underground hip-hop and electronic stuff and started incorporating big popular club records into my DJ sets. And now, after being behind the scenes for a handful of years, he's re-emerged. Aligning himself with the today's twerk-influenced EDM sound, Collipark appears focused, grateful, and still hungry.
You've always maintained an incredible impulse of dance music and the club in your music to me. Is that something you've always intended to get across in your productions and why?
I come from a bass music background. We called it bootyshake in Atlanta. The era of 2 Live Crew, DJ Magic Mike, Clay D etc. It's in my DNA.
You've got songs that are club anthems at this point for the rest of forever basically. "Wobble" though, that's made it all the way to weddings to high school dances with epic line dance type levels. I can honestly tell you as a working DJ, I'm good with never getting a request for it ever again (haha), but how does it feel to know you're music has transcended time, trends, sounds, ideals, etc like this?
I can't even describe the feeling I get when I'm out somewhere and "Wobble" or "Halftime" comes on and I'm standing in the middle of thousands of people dancing to my music. They have no idea the guy who produced it is standing right in the crowd. It's a blessing that God gives any person the ability to make a large group of people feel joy.
What is your favorite beat/song you've ever done, and why?
My favorite beat is "Whistle While You Twerk" because it basically set the tone for me as a producer and it started a sound that's still considered as the first "twerk" record by many to this day.
We've covered both of your recent forays into "EDM" with your collaborations with Meaux Green and D!RTY AUD!O. We're basically dying to know what about this sound got you going and inspired and how those collaborations came together and how they went down.
When I saw the resurgence of twerk, I just really did the research and found it was coming from the EDM side. It wasn't coming from the "hood." I then reached out to the Ying Yang Twins to do a mixtape since we played such a large role in the original movement. We then did a mixtape, Ass In Session. The guys over there suggested we let some up and coming producers remix a few of the songs. That's how I met D!RTY AUD!O. I reached out to Meaux Green after that and we just clicked. Those guys are so dope to me. I want to work with guys who embrace the sound no matter how famous they are or may not be. You're going to see me working with a lot of producers you may have never heard of in the near future.
Are there some other collaborations on the way? Can name any names on things we can expect?
I did a record with Mayhem for Waka Flocka and I have a collaboration with a new DJ crew out of Atlanta called Robotic Beatbox and JSTJR featuring Cutty Ranks. I'm also looking to work with DJ Chuckie.
Definitely seems to be an interesting connection between dance music and rap right now. The list is really kind of getting endless as to who is stepping in the ring on this one. What do you think are the most noteworthy aspects of this current marriage of musical styles?
A lot of EDM DJs look up to the hip-hop artists and the hip-hop artists want access to the big crowds and money that comes with EDM. It's that simple I think.
Do you have a favorite producer you've come across since you started messing with this EDM thing?
My favorite EDM producer that I've come across is Diplo. I haven't met him yet, but he seems to have a grasp on the history of my style of music. I can tell by listening to the elements in his tracks. He's no new jack! Hopefully we can work together soon.


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Who says you can't fall in love and get married at the age of 93? Not C. Everett Koop, former US Surgeon General.
After being a widower for three years, (his wife of nearly 60 years died in February, 2007), Dr. Koop found love again with Cora Hogue, a staff member of Tenth Presbyterian Church, where he is a member.
Tenth Church at 17th & Spruce was packed to the rafters with members and well-wishers wanting to witness this momentous occasion. Ms. Hogue, who has never been married, wore a lace-filled, long, white bridal gown with two white flowers in her hair. Dr. Koop donned his trademark ceremonial military uniform complete with medals. He still sports a beard with no mustache, as he has for many years.
The ceremony was officiated by the Reverends Phil Ryken and Kenneth Larter. Ruth Naomi Floyd sang a solo called "It is well with my Soul."
Although he is most well known to have been surgeon general, (under President Ronald Reagan 1982-89), Dr. Koop spent 35 years in Philadelphia as Surgeon-in-Chief at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). There, he performed ground breaking procedures on conjoined twins and saved the lives of countless children.
The two newlyweds will reside in Dr. Koop's home in New Hampshire.
Here's hoping for a long marriage together. After all, life doesn't end just because you're a nonagenarian. It's the new octogenarian, isn't it?
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Dr. John McCahan served as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Boston University School of Medicine from 1976 until June 1, 2006. His commitment to medical education over his many years of serve was exceptional.
BUMC faculty, fellows, residents, students and staff who are interested in educational innovations and scholarship are cordially invited to this interactive event. All are invited to participate!
Projects that have been presented in the past include:
- Promoting deep learning in a student centered classroom: A case study for Public Health
- Teaching motivational interviewing in an ambulatory medicine clerkship
- Assessment of a peer teaching model in Yemen
- The effect of faculty presence vs. absence on small-group learning and group dynamics
- Oral disease – Educational strategies to address a significant health issue in children
- Evaluating Medical Students' Oral Case Presentations During A Pediatric Clerkship Improves Their Subsequent Presentations: Results Of A Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial
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Victoria Parker, Ed.M. - Flipping the Classroom in Anatomy
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