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Designed for preschoolers, this allows young children to use both eyes instead of having to close one eye, as with a real microscope. The eye-piece can be raised and lowered for better views and it allows children to view coins and leaves and other familiar items under the lenses. Oddly, this is more like a magnifying glass than a microscope and the further up the lenses the more detail you see. It works with 8X magnification. 3 & up
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Forget the princess dresses and firefighter outfits--for the new generation of STEM*-minded kids, bring home a lab coat and adjustable lab glasses for doing their science experiments. The goggles are intended for dramatic play only - they are not safety glasses. That said, this is a fun dress-up costume for 3-6 year olds. Nice addition to the Primary Science Kits from the same maker.
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Young children are scientists by nature. They love to experiment, to discover how things work and this kit gives them tools for exploring the nature of color-mixing in multiple ways. No doubt your kids have done some color-mixing with paints, but this kit uses colored disks that are supplied as well as food coloring (which is not.) We like the eye-glasses frame with color disks that you can slide in to see the world through rose colored lenses, among other colors. This updated kit is different from the original Primary Science Kit, giving special emphasis on color mixing.There are also disks that fit on a top that spins and blends colors in motion. They have also included chunky plastic test tubes for mixing up colored ice pops, ice cubes, and other treats. There are 10 easy-to-follow activities on big cards that require little reading. Of course, this is a parent and child kit with activities you can return to from time to time. For getting kids started with STEM activities, this is a terrific introductory kit. If you want one more piece to add to the kit consider the Color Mixer Beaker ($9.95) with a dividing wall that allows you to mix equal parts of two primary colors to get a secondary one. It has a squiggly top that slips on the beaker and when you turn the beaker over, out comes a new color! There is no food coloring in either package, so you will need to supply that. You might want to use this beaker for mixing up other color combos with fruit juices, as well.
Age: Preschool, Early School Years. Award Year: 2014.
One of the award winning Young Scientist Club kits designed for preschoolers. These are age appropriate experiments for parent & child projects. An interesting way to introduce preschoolers to some fundamental science experiences. Most of the ingredients needed have to come from your refrigerator or pantry. The kit contains a paper booklet with recipes for each experiment and some minimal plastic pieces: a funnel, tray, test tubes, two so-called cups, a lab tray, pipette, spoon, clothespin, special papers, and sticks for rock candy making. Be forewarned, the images and text may be a bit confusing. For example, the recipe for making ice cream says to use a "measuring cup" and the illustration further confounds the confusion by showing a hand with a good size cup in it, but do not use your own measuring cup. You are supposed to use the thimble-size measuring cup in the kit or there is no way the ingredients will fit in the plastic bags they provide. An unfortunate choice of words or materials. That said, the ideas here are going to be appealing to kids and promote the world of STEM right from the start. 3-6
Age: Preschool, Early School Years. Award Year: 2014. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.
Build the base with square puzzle pieces and then add the gears to connect them into a machine that can be activated by little hands. There are endless ways to make the pieces spin. This clever set comes with 24 pieces including one big gear that can activate the smaller gears. Call it preschool physics. Marked 2 & up. For 2's and younger 3's this will be a parent/child activity. Older preschoolers will like doing open-ended explorations to create unique 'machines' that they can play with and start all over again.
Age: Toddlers, Preschool. Award Year: 2013. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.
For budding scientists, here is a 12-piece kit with see through rooting trays, pots, observation jar with vented lid, watering can, trowel, plant markers and best of all--10 on-the-mark activity cards that invite kids to grow a variety of plants. Use found materials, like the top of a pineapple, radishes, carrots, popping corn kernels, and a clove of garlic. For other experiments, bring home seeds for beans and chives. The round observation jar with a lid can become a small terrarium with plants found in the yard or park. The activity cards provide realistic gardening experiments that preschoolers can do with help from an adult or older sib. True, you could use many of the containers you own without the set, but this gives the process structure in a playful way. Hopefully you will do that, too. To enlarge the experiences, take photos as each experiment progresses to make a small personal log or simple personalized book of their growing experiments. Our tester "loved planting the seeds and labeling the various pots. He lso loved wtering his plants. Finally, there is a clear rooting tray and an observation jar included with the set, so he loved observing his plants take root and grow within the soil. He had never seen how roots grow and develop before so it was a new experience for him." They did report some things they thought were drawbacks: the set does not come with soil or seeds--so right from the start you need to buy things before you can start. The set also only comes with one observation jar even though there are five experiments that call for the observation jar. Our tester felt that the best part of the set were the in ten activity cards. They also gave Learning Resources high marks for having on line extension activities. 3 & up.
SNAP: This hands-on kit is an excellent set of activities that all children can enjoy on various levels. Involving children in the process is a very satisfying ongoing activity.
Age: Preschool, Early School Years. Award Year: 2013. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.
One of a series of science kits for preschoolers. This one uses things found in the kitchen to make a volcano explosion, slime, crystals, fungus and more. The items in the kit include plastic test tubes, mini-volcano form, a small tank for making slime and other props. Best of all there is a wonderful step-by-step experiment book that will walk you through all these together activities. In the past, most of these experiments were more typically done with kindegarten, 1st and 2nd graders. That said, there is nothing in this kit that preschoolers will not enjoy trying. Clearly, this is not a solo toy, but rather a chance to explore together. They have also done a Bubble Science Kit and Rainbow Science. These are available at PBS Kids site and the Scholastic site. As of this writing they were not elsewhere. Marked for 3+, we think they make more sense with 5+.
Age: Preschool, Early School Years. Award Year: 2013.
A nicely crafted bug-house with wooden sides and net roof. The see-through door slides easily and allows bug hunters to look inside with their wooden handled magnifier. A sturdy science toy for young nature explorers. 3 & up.
Age: Preschool, Early School Years. Award Year: 2012. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.
Learning about measurement equivalencies comes built into this clever set of measuring tools. For starters you want to give kids a chance to explore how many cups it takes to fill the bigger containers and to discover that the tall and short two-cup containers are the same. The 12-piece set includes measuring spoons and 1/4, 1/2, and 1 cup measures, 2-cup and 4 cup beakers. A small scale is included along with some clever activity cards to use with your child. These science activities are recipes for creating bubble solution, puffy paint, clay, trail mix, slime stencils, mystery goo and other more basic measuring experiments. The well made materials and activity cards add up to a wealth of entertaining parent and child explorations that make early connections to science. 4 & up.
Age: Preschool, Early School Years. Award Year: 2012. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.
A new on-line series of activity kits that are incredibly well conceived and designed. We sampled a COLOR kit where the activities include making spinning tops and collages. We usually don't love most science kits - but these were just on target for early school aged kids (and we'd say older fours with adult assistance). The materials are lovely and the instructions are clear. One of the downsides of most science kits, is that the instructions become too complicated for most kids and adults. Here, the instructions are a playful blend of written and pictorial. The site also invites you to post your results.
These kits are really terrific parent/child or grandparent/child projects that can be completed in an afternoon. We also tried the company's WIND kit that was great fun (but is no longer available).
NOTE: This is a subscription service so we have not been able to test all the kits going forward. To order the COLOR kit shown on the Today Show, click here.
Age: Preschool, Early School Years. Award Year: 2012.
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Alfred A. Thomas, 89, Hays, died Sunday, May 27, 2012, at Hays Good Samaritan Society in Hays.
He was born March 4, 1923, in Kansas to Samuel and Flose (Maples) Thomas.
He married June Wolf on March 29, 1942, in Smith County. He worked for Hardman Lumber Co. for 40 years and later was a janitor at Hays USD 489 for 10 years. He was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran.
Survivors include his wife of 70 years, Hays; a son, Tom Thomas and wife, Deanna, Hays; a sister, Margaret DeBey, Garden City; two grandchildren, Troy Thomas and Misty Rockenfield and husband, Scott, all of Seattle; four great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, John and Sam Thomas; and two sisters, Audrey Hull and Louise Wilcoxson.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Gaylord Cemetery.
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Students who earn an associate's degree according to the guidelines of the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement (CAA) will be treated as juniors at the receiving UNC constituent institution or participating independent college or university.
At Wilson Community College, the Associate in Arts (A.A.) and Associate in Science (A.S.) degree programs are included in the CAA as college transfer programs.
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After years of controversy and a total redesign, Forest City Ratner Companies, the developer of the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, says it expects to begin construction of the development's centerpiece, an arena for the NETS basketball team, later this year. Ratner anticipates opening the facility, called Barclays Center, for the 2011-12 basketball season.
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As designed, the arena will have 18,000 seats for basketball games and up to 19,000 seats for concerts. There will be 100 suites; 40 loge boxes, six clubs and restaurants; and a practice facility.
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View from the Window at Le Gras
View from the Window at Le Gras is the oldest surviving camera photograph. It was created by Nicéphore Niépce in 1826 or 1827 at Saint-Loup-de-Varennes and shows parts of the buildings and surrounding countryside of his estate, Le Gras, seen from a high window.
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Niépce captured the scene with a camera obscura focused onto a 16.2 cm × 20.2 cm (6.4 in × 8.0 in) pewter plate coated with Bitumen of Judea, a naturally occurring asphalt.[1] The bitumen hardened in the brightly lit areas, but in the dimly lit areas it remained soluble and could be washed away with a mixture of oil of lavender and white petroleum.[1] A very long exposure in the camera was required. Sunlight strikes the buildings on opposite sides, suggesting an exposure that lasted about eight hours, which has become the traditional estimate. A researcher who studied Niépce's notes and recreated his processes found that the exposure must have continued for several days.[2]
In late 1827, Niépce visited England. He showed this and several other specimens of his work to botanical illustrator Francis Bauer, who encouraged him to present his "heliography" process to the Royal Society. Niépce was unwilling to reveal any specific practical details of his process, so the Royal Society declined his offer. Before returning to France, he gave Bauer the specimens and a draft of the remarks he had prepared to accompany his presentation.
The picture's fate after 1840[edit]
After Bauer's death in 1840, the specimens passed through several hands and were occasionally exhibited as historical curiosities. The View from the Window at Le Gras was last seen in 1905 and then fell into oblivion.[3]
Historian Helmut Gernsheim tracked down the photograph in 1952 and brought it to prominence, reinforcing the claim that Niépce is the inventor of photography. He had an expert at the Kodak Research Laboratory make a modern photographic copy, but it proved extremely difficult to produce an adequate representation of all that could be seen when inspecting the actual plate. Gernsheim heavily retouched one of the copy prints to clean it up and make the scene more comprehensible, and until the late 1970s he allowed only that enhanced version to be published. It was apparently at the time of the copying that the plate acquired disfiguring bumps near three of its corners, causing light to reflect in ways that interfere with the visibility of those areas and of the image as a whole.
In 1963, Harry Ransom purchased most of Gernsheim's photography collection for The University of Texas at Austin, but the Niépce heliograph was not included in the sale. Shortly thereafter, Gernsheim donated it. Although it has rarely traveled since then, in 2012–13 it visited Mannheim, Germany, as part of an exhibition entitled The Birth of Photography—Highlights of the Helmut Gernsheim Collection. It is normally on display in the main lobby of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center in Austin, Texas.[1]
In 2003, Life listed View from the Window at Le Gras among "100 Photographs that Changed the World".[4]
Modern analysis and preservation efforts[edit]
During a study and conservation project in 2002–03, scientists at the Getty Conservation Institute examined the photograph using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and other techniques.[5] They confirmed that the image consists of bitumen and that the metal plate is nearly pure tin, i.e., high-grade pewter. The Institute also designed and built the elaborate display case system that now houses the artifact in a continuously monitored, stabilized, oxygen-free environment.[6]
In 2007, scientists from the Louvre Museum published an analysis of the photograph using ion beam analysis,[7] with data taken on their 2 MV electrostatic accelerator.[8] This showed the details of the oxidation process that captured the image.
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c "The First Photograph". Harry Ransom Center. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
- ^ Niépce House Museum: Invention of Photography, Part 3. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ The Harry Ransom Center: The First Photograph: History. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ^ "100 Photographs that Changed the World". The Digital Journalist. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
- ^ Analyzing the world's first photograph. Precious image studied at Getty Institute in Los Angeles. National Public Radio, April 7, 2002. Retrieved August 26, 2008.
- ^ Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin. The first photograph: conservation and preservation. Retrieved August 26, 2008.
- ^ "Towards truly simultaneous PIXE and RBS analysis of layered objects in cultural heritage". Dx.doi.org. 2007-08-31. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
- ^ 2 MV electrostatic accelerator[dead link]
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PARIS — The diamond show was staged on the ground floor of a hotel that thieves had targeted before — and which, in fact, had featured in Alfred Hitchcock's high-karat classic "To Catch a Thief." The guards were few and unarmed, and nobody thought to tell the police about the tens of millions of dollars worth of gems on display for more than a month.
On Tuesday, questions arose about how the collection was left so vulnerable that a single thief with a handgun managed to make off over the weekend with one of the biggest hauls in history — a total of $136 million in jewels — without firing a shot.
Zakaria Rami, a union representative at the Carlton who has worked there for 16 years, said show organizers didn't formally advise police of the show. Only a few unarmed guards hired by the jeweler provided security in a hotel showroom site where the robber struck on Sunday.
"If police knew there was $100 million in jewelry, I think they would have put a patrol car out there," he said.
The show was far from inconspicuous: One-story tall, bright pink banners covered the front facade of the Carlton, one of the most famous hotels on La Croisette — Cannes' best-known seaside promenade.
The owner of the collection, Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev, has said little about the theft.
, but noted in a statement Tuesday that the company was working with police and insurers.
"Leviev takes the security of our staff and merchandise very seriously and all reasonable security measures required by our insurers were implemented prior to the robbery taking place," the statement said.
Philippe Vique, an assistant prosecutor in the Riviera town of Grasse, said there was no break-in at the hotel, and the private security guards were not armed. The gunman went in through French doors and exited less than a minute after the holdup, he said. Rami, the union official, said the suspect was not pursued.
Alain Bauer, a leading French criminologist and security expert, said the show's organizer "could have called on the police — that in this specific case would have put armed officers in place."
Bauer, who is currently teaching in Colorado, acknowledged there is a different mindset about the right to bear arms in the European Union and in the United States.
"Between losing several millions of euros and killing someone, Europeans' choice has been that we'd rather lose several million euros," he said by telephone. "The idea that having more firearms creates more security isn't convincing in Europe."
"In this case, it's more a question of disorganization than of weapons," he said.
Police in Cannes haven't drawn any specific links between Cannes and the escape Thursday of Milan Poparic, said to be the third member of the Pink Panther group to break out of a Swiss prison in as many months.
"But the Pink Panthers are known for these brazen acts of rushing into a place, quickly intimidating the people there and getting the loot and making their getaway," said Scott Andrew Selby, co-author of "Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History," about a 2003 heist in Antwerp, Belgium.
For the thieves, France is a place "they're comfortable hitting."
Selby said it's unlikely the bandit was working alone — suggesting he might have had a "scout" to scope out the hotel beforehand, or a getaway driver at the ready, even an adviser to help fence the stolen diamonds later on.
French authorities were poring over video surveillance footage, going back over other jewelry-theft case files and conducting other "standard judicial police work," said Mascarelli by phone.
The Carlton featured in Hitchcock's "To Catch a Thief," which starred Grace Kelly as an heiress and Cary Grant as a reformed burglar chasing a jewel thief. The thief, at least in the Hollywood ending, is caught in the chase.
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Glutathione peroxidase, a selenium-containing enzyme, is believed to protect cells from the toxicity of hydroperoxides. The physiological role of this enzyme has previously been implicated mainly using animals fed with a selenium-deficient diet. Although selenium deficiency also affects the activity of several other cellular selenium-containing enzymes, a dramatic decrease of glutathione peroxidase activity has been postulated to play a role in the pathogenesis of a number of diseases, particularly those whose progression is associated with an overproduction of reactive oxygen species, found in selenium-deficient animals. To further clarify the physiological relevance of this enzyme, a model of mice deficient in cellular glutathione peroxidase (GSHPx-1), the major isoform of glutathione peroxidase ubiquitously expressed in all types of cells, was generated by gene-targeting technology. Mice deficient in this enzyme were apparently healthy and fertile and showed no increased sensitivity to hyperoxia. Their tissues exhibited neither a retarded rate in consuming extracellular hydrogen peroxide nor an increased content of protein carbonyl groups and lipid peroxidation compared with those of wild-type mice. However, platelets from GSHPx-1-deficient mice incubated with arachidonic acid generated less 12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid and more polar products relative to control platelets at a higher concentration of arachidonic acid, presumably reflecting a decreased ability to reduce the 12-hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid intermediate. These results suggest that the contribution of GSHPx-1 to the cellular antioxidant mechanism under normal animal development and physiological conditions and to the pulmonary defense against hyperoxic insult is very limited. Nevertheless, the potential antioxidant role of this enzyme in protecting cells and animals against the pathogenic effect of reactive oxygen species in other disorders remains to be defined. The knockout mouse model described in this report will also provide a new tool for future study to distinguish the physiological role of this enzyme from other selenium-containing proteins in mammals under normal and disease states.
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Brad Ausmus | |
Ausmus in 2014 | |
Detroit Tigers – No. 7 | |
Catcher / Manager | |
Born: New Haven, Connecticut | April 14, 1969 |
Batted: Right | Threw: Right |
MLB debut | |
July 28, 1993 for the San Diego Padres | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 3, 2010 for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
Career statistics (through August 10, 2014) | |
Batting average | .251 |
Home runs | 80 |
Runs batted in | 607 |
Games Managed | 115 |
Win–loss record | 63-52 |
Winning % | .548 |
Teams | |
As player
As manager
| |
Career highlights and awards | |
Brad Ausmus | |
Ausmus in 2014 | |
Detroit Tigers – No. 7 | |
Catcher / Manager | |
Born: New Haven, Connecticut | April 14, 1969 |
Batted: Right | Threw: Right |
MLB debut | |
July 28, 1993 for the San Diego Padres | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 3, 2010 for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
Career statistics (through August 10, 2014) | |
Batting average | .251 |
Home runs | 80 |
Runs batted in | 607 |
Games Managed | 115 |
Win–loss record | 63-52 |
Winning % | .548 |
Teams | |
As player
As manager
| |
Career highlights and awards | |
Bradley David "Brad" Ausmus (/ˈɔːsməs/; born April 14, 1969) is a former catcher in Major League Baseball, and the current manager of the Detroit Tigers. He has also been the manager of the Israel national baseball team.
A 1987 draft pick of the New York Yankees, he chose to alternate between attending Dartmouth College and playing minor league baseball. He then had an 18-year major league playing career with the San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, and Los Angeles Dodgers. During his playing days he was an All Star in 1999, a three-time Gold Glove Award winner (2001, '02, and '06), and won the 2007 Darryl Kile Award "for integrity and courage".[1][2][3]
A five-time league-leader at catcher in fielding percentage, he also led the league twice each in range factor and in percentage caught stealing, and once each in putouts and assists.[4][5]
He finished his career in 2010 ranked third in major league history with 12,839 putouts as a catcher (trailing only Iván Rodríguez and Jason Kendall), seventh in games caught with 1,938, and 10th in both range factor/game (7.12) and fielding percentage (.994). He also ranked first all-time among all Jewish major leaguers in career games played (1,971), fifth in hits (1,579), and eighth in runs batted in (607; directly behind Mike Lieberthal).[6][7][8][9] He was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.[10] He worked in the Padres' front office as a special assistant from 2010 to 2013. On November 3, 2013, Ausmus became the 37th manager in the history of the Detroit Tigers, succeeding Jim Leyland.
Ausmus is Jewish, and was born in New Haven, Connecticut.[11][12][13] His mother, Linda Susan (née Dronsick), is Jewish, and his father, Harry Jack Ausmus, is Protestant.[14][15] His father is a retired professor of European history at Southern Connecticut State University, and the author of A Schopenhauerian Critique of Nietzsche's Thought, which Ausmus calls his "favorite book."[16]
Although Ausmus' mother is Jewish, he was not raised with the Jewish religion; he occasionally celebrated the High Holidays with his mother and her side of the family.[17] Nonetheless, he still takes pride in his heritage. Ausmus stated in an interview with the Jewish Journal: "I wasn't raised with the Jewish religion, so in that sense I don't really have much feeling toward it. But, however, in the last 10 or so years, I have had quite a few young Jewish boys who will tell me that I am their favorite player or they love watching me play or they feel like baseball is a good fit for them because it worked for me or it worked for Shawn Green or other Jewish players at the major league level. It has been a sense of pride. If you can have a positive impact on a kid, I'm all for it."[18]
In 2001 he did not play on Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, quipping that he "was trying to atone for my poor first half."[19] Ausmus was the manager of the 2013 World Baseball Classic Israel team, which under the Classic's rules entitles non-Israeli citizens of Jewish heritage to play for the team.
Ausmus and his wife, Liz, whom he married in 1995, have two daughters, Sophie (b. March 13, 1998), and Abigail (b. July 27, 1999).[20]
Ausmus was a star in baseball at Cheshire High School; as a freshman he was a teammate of National Hockey League defenseman Brian Leetch, who was then a pitcher on the school's Connecticut state championship team in 1984.[5] As a sophomore Ausmus played shortstop and batted .327. As a junior (when his coach moved him to catcher) he hit .436, and as a senior he hit .411 and was named the Cheshire Area High School Player of the Year.[21] He was named to the All-State team both his junior and senior years.[22]
Ausmus was also a standout athlete in high school as a basketball guard.[23]
Academically, Ausmus scored a 1220 on his SAT exam.[24]
Ausmus chose an unusual route to the major leagues. He initially refused to sign with the New York Yankees after the 1987 draft in which the team picked him in the 47th round, instead choosing to pursue another childhood dream, that of attending Dartmouth College.[5][25]
The Yankees allowed him to attend classes at the Ivy League school while playing in the minor leagues during his off terms.[26] (Dartmouth has a quartered academic calendar, which allowed Ausmus some flexibility.) Given NCAA rules barring paid professional athletes from playing college sports, Ausmus could not play for the Dartmouth Big Green, and instead served as a volunteer coach and bullpen catcher.
He graduated in 1991 with an A.B. in Government, and was a member of Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity and Sphinx (senior society). While at Dartmouth, the lowest grade he received was a B.[27] College graduates are uncommon in major league baseball, with a survey in 2009 finding only 26 then-current players and managers listed as having four-year college degrees.[28] In 2005, Ausmus became the first Ivy League catcher to play in the World Series since Dartmouth's Chief Meyers in 1916.[29] Ausmus was also one of six Ivy Leaguers on major league rosters at the beginning of the 2009 season.[30] In 2010, The Sporting News named him the ninth-smartest athletes in sports.[24]
Though Ausmus was not drafted until the 47th round of the 1987 draft, he played in MLB longer than any of the 1,150 players drafted ahead of him did.[31]
Ausmus spent five years in the Yankees' minor league system with the Gulf Coast Yankees (1988), Oneonta Yankees (1988–89), Prince William Cannons (1990–91), Albany-Colonie Yankees (1991–92) and Columbus Clippers (1992). He was subsequently selected by the Colorado Rockies with the 54th pick of the 1992 expansion draft. He spent less than a year in the Colorado organization (with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox) before he was traded to the San Diego Padres with Andy Ashby and Doug Bochtler for Bruce Hurst and Greg Harris in July 1993.
He made his major league debut two days later, when he started for the Padres against the Chicago Cubs, and had a single in three at bats.[32] In 1995 he batted .293, a career best, and stole 16 bases (the most by any catcher since Craig Biggio stole 19 in 1991). Within three years, Ausmus was on the move again. In June 1996, after 149 at bats in which he batted just .181, the Padres traded him, Andújar Cedeño and minor leaguer Russ Spear to the Detroit Tigers for John Flaherty and Chris Gomez.
As of 2010, Ausmus was second among the Padres' all-time catchers stolen bases, fourth in hits, and fifth in games played.[3]
Despite bouncing back somewhat in Detroit, hitting .248, Ausmus was again traded in December 1996, along with José Lima, Trever Miller, C. J. Nitkowski, and Daryle Ward, to the Houston Astros for Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter, Todd Jones, Orlando Miller, and cash. This marked the first of three times Ausmus would be exchanged between the two teams.
In January 1999 he was traded by the Astros with C. J. Nitkowski to the Tigers for Paul Bako, Dean Crow, Brian Powell, and minor leaguers Carlos Villalobos and Mark Persails.
Generally considered light-hitting but sure-handed, Ausmus had his best offensive season in 1999 at the age of 30, when he batted .275 and set career highs in on-base percentage (.365) and slugging percentage (.415), and made the All-Star team. He was hit by pitches 14 times, sixth in the league and a career high. Ausmus batted leadoff for the Tigers seven times, the first catcher since Bruce Kimm in 1976 to do so.
In December 2000, he was traded by the Tigers with Doug Brocail and Nelson Cruz to the Astros for Roger Cedeño, Chris Holt and Mitch Meluskey.
In November 2003, he signed as a free agent with the Astros, and he did the same in December 2005. In 2004 he batted .308 against left-handers, and .364 in situations that were "late and close" (in the seventh inning or later, with the score tied or the tying run on base, at the plate, or on deck).[33]
In 2005, he had more walks (51) than strikeouts (48). He batted .304 with two out and runners in scoring position. In 2006, Ausmus hit .230 and set a career high with nine sacrifice hits.
In 2007, Ausmus batted .235, but was tied for second among all National League catchers with six stolen bases. He recorded his 100th career stolen base on July 27, becoming the 21st catcher all time to record that many steals.[34][35]
Ausmus, lauded for his baseball smarts and highly regarded by teammates, was widely considered managerial material once his playing career ended.[36]
"I have to keep him playing, because if he starts managing, he'll be better than me."
"Yeah, but if he keeps playing me more, he may end up losing his job anyway".[37]
Ironically, Garner was fired on August 27.
Ausmus won the 2007 Darryl Kile Award "for integrity and courage," presented annually by local chapters of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) to players on the Astros and St. Louis Cardinals.[1][2][3] In October 2007, Ausmus accepted a one-year, $2 million (plus incentives based on playing time) contract.[38] The Astros planned for Ausmus to play on a part-time basis and mentor J. R. Towles, who would catch the majority of the games. Were Towles to struggle, however, the Astros were prepared to turn to Ausmus.[34]
In May 2008, Ausmus (along with Johnny Damon, Andruw Jones, and Derek Lowe) was one of only four active major league players who had played at least 10 years in the majors without ever going on the disabled list.[39]
On May 13, 2008, Ausmus got his 1,500th career hit. He is one of only eight catchers in major league history to get 1,500 hits and steal at least 100 bases.
In early June, with Towles batting only .145, the Astros optioned him to the minors and re-inserted Ausmus as a starter.[40] Towles was replaced by journeyman minor-leaguer Humberto Quintero. Towles eventually came back, but during the season Ausmus, at 39, made more starts behind the plate (61) than either Towles or Quintero.[41]
In July, Ausmus played at Nationals Park, appearing in his 44th major league stadium. Among active players, only Chris Gomez (47), Gary Sheffield (47), and Ken Griffey, Jr. (45) had competed in more stadiums.[42]
In August, he scored his 700th career run, becoming the 25th catcher to reach that mark.[43]
Later in the month he said: "This will be my last year in Houston. It's just time to be closer to home."[44] He has a home in San Diego, which narrowed it down to the Padres (which had expressed interest in him),[45] Dodgers, and Angels. The Red Sox were also tempting, since Ausmus had a home near Boston, in Cape Cod.[46]
On Sunday, Aug 24, the Astros played the NY Mets during the Mets International Heritage Week, an annual promotion. It happened to be Jewish Heritage Day, but though Ausmus is Jewish, he did not get to start the game. Ausmus had his only at bat during extra-innings, with the score at 4–4. Ausmus led off the 10th inning with his second homer of the season, and the Astros rallied for a 6–4 win.[47]
Before his final game as an Astro on September 28, the team paid tribute to Ausmus with a humorous video. Ausmus went on to hit a 2-run home run in the 3rd inning of the game.
Ausmus was Houston's all-time leader for catchers as of 2010 with 1,259 games, 1,119 starts, 970 hits, and 415 runs.[48][49][50]
On January 26, 2009, Ausmus agreed to a 1-year, $1 million deal (plus incentives) to be a back-up catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers.[51]
"There's no question he can be a manager," Joe Torre said. "He's a smart cookie, everybody knows that, and he has an engaging personality."[52] At the end of the season Torre had Ausmus manage the Dodgers for a game.[53]
In 2009, Ausmus batted .295, including .333 with runners in scoring position, and .385 with 2 out and runners in scoring position, while limited to a career-low 107 at bats.[54] He had never been on the disabled list in his 17-year career, giving him the most consecutive seasons of not going on the DL among all active players.[55]
Ausmus became a free agent after the 2009 season, and on January 26, 2010, he agreed to a one-year $850,000 salary deal (with total compensation guaranteed at $1 million) to return to the Dodgers for his 18th major league season.[55][56] The deal also included a mutual option for 2011 worth $1 million; if either Ausmus or the Dodgers declined the option, Ausmus would be paid $150,000.
In 2010, Ausmus was the 5th-oldest player in the NL.[57] On April 10, 2010, he was placed on the disabled list for the first time in his 18-year career in the Majors.[58] He missed most of the season after having surgery in April to repair a lower back herniated disc, playing in only 21 games that season, and hitting .222.[59]
Ausmus announced his retirement on October 3, 2010.
Prior to 2009, Ausmus had played in the postseason five times, all with the Astros, including the 2005 World Series. In Game 4 of the 2005 National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves, Ausmus homered with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to tie the game at 6–6 and send it to extra innings; the Astros went on to win in the 18th inning, in what was the longest postseason game in history. Ausmus caught 17 innings, as well as playing 1 inning at first base.
"I feel like when they say I'm one of the smarter ballplayers, it's just their way of saying I don't hit very much."[60]
Known as "a brilliant defensive catcher,"[61] "an incredibly smart catcher,"[62] and "one of the most respected game-callers and pitching-staff handlers" in the game,[41] In 2010, he was chosen as the ninth-smartest athlete in sports by Sporting News.[63][64][64] Ausmus has exhibited superior range at catcher than the league average each season in his career. He is known for his strong arm, quick release, nimble footwork, framing pitches deftly, and smart handling of pitchers, as well as being able to block pitches very well. While the vast majority of his games have been as a catcher, Ausmus has also played a handful of games at first base, second base, third base, and shortstop, all of them without making an error.
He led NL catchers in putouts in 1994, with 683.[5] Ausmus nabbed a league-leading 39 opposing baserunners (41.9%) in 1995, second in the NL to Florida Marlins' Charles Johnson, and led the league's catchers with 14 double plays and 63 assists.[5] On August 2, 1997, he was the first catcher to wear the FOX mini-camera, in a Houston-New York Mets game. In 1997, he had 16 double plays, a career best, and led the league in caught-stealing percentage (49.5%), as he threw out 46 of 93 runners. In 1998, he finished second to Charles Johnson in the NL Gold Glove voting.[9]
In 1999, he led the American League with a .998 fielding percentage. In 2000, he appeared in 150 games (leading the AL), starting 140 (the most ever by a Detroit catcher). He led the league with 68 assists and 898 putouts, and threw out 30 of 74 baserunners attempting to steal (47.5%), second in the AL in that category. In 2001, he led the NL with a .997 fielding percentage and only one passed ball, had the second best caught-stealing percentage (47.7%) in the majors, and won the first of two consecutive National League Gold Gloves with the Astros. He led the league again with a .997 fielding percentage and an 8.40 range factor, while being charged with only two passed balls in 2002. In 2003, Ausmus had a .997 fielding percentage, for the third season in a row. He led the league with a .999 fielding percentage, 884 putouts, and 134 games caught in 2005.[9]
Ausmus led the league again in a league-leading 138 games caught with a .998 fielding percentage (the fifth-best of any catcher ever at the time) and a 7.94 range factor, with a league-leading 929 putouts and only one passed ball, and won his third Gold Glove in 2006. That year he caught the second-most games ever by a catcher at the age of 37—only Bob Boone, with 147 games, caught more at that age.[9][65]
He made his franchise-record eighth Opening Day start at catcher for the Astros in 2007, breaking a tie with Alan Ashby. On July 22 of that year, Ausmus passed Gary Carter to move into sole possession of second place in major league career putouts by a catcher. In addition, he passed Ted Simmons that day to take sole possession of 12th place all-time on the games caught list, with 1,772.[66] In 2007, he had the second-best fielding percentage (.995) and range factor (8.04) of all catchers in the NL, while being charged with only two passed balls.
In 2008, the Astros named Ausmus as an "emergency infielder."[67] In April, he played second base in the ninth inning of a game, and later in the season he played first base and third base. In 2005, he even played an inning at shortstop.[68] Through 2008, Ausmus ranked ninth all-time in games caught (1,887) and starts at catcher (1,720).[69]
Ausmus's 1,141 games at catcher in that decade ranked second in the majors.[70] As of July 12, 2009, he was third all-time among catchers in fielding percentage.[71]
Among active catchers with at least 600 games played, he finished the 2009 season ranked tied for fourth with a .994 career fielding percentage behind Mike Redmond (.996), Joe Mauer (.996), and A.J. Pierzynski (.995).[49]
He finished his career in 2010 ranked third in major league history with 12,839 putouts as a catcher, trailing only Iván Rodríguez and Jason Kendall, seventh in games caught with 1,938, and 10th in both range factor/game (7.12) and fielding percentage (.994). For his career, he threw out 30.2% of potential basestealers.[3][9]
In November 2010, the San Diego Padres hired Ausmus as Special Assistant to Baseball Operations. Ausmus lives in San Diego.[72][73]
On November 3, 2013, Ausmus was named the 37th manager in the history of the Detroit Tigers, succeeding Jim Leyland.[74][75]
Ausmus managed the Israel national baseball team in the Qualification Round to the 2013 World Baseball Classic from May 2012 through their series in September 2012.[76] Team Israel, under the Classic's rules, was entitled to have non-Israeli citizens of Jewish heritage play for the team.[34][77][78][79][80][81] Israel lost to Spain in extra innings in the Pool Finals, missing out on a spot in the World Baseball Classic.[82][83][84]
Ausmus was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.[85]
"I have had quite a few young Jewish boys who will tell me that I am their favorite player, or they love watching me play or they feel like baseball is a good fit for them because it worked for me, or it worked for Shawn Green or other Jewish players at the Major League level," said Ausmus. "It has been a sense of pride. If you can have a positive impact on a kid, I'm all for it."[7]
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Ruttman, Larry (2013). "Brad Ausmus: Gold Glove Catcher". American Jews and America's Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball. Lincoln, Nebraska and London, England: University of Nebraska Press. pp. 387–391. ISBN 978-0-8032-6475-5. This chapter in Ruttman's oral history, based on a February 29, 2008 interview with Ausmus conducted for the book, discusses Ausmus's American, Jewish, baseball, and life experiences from youth to the present.


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I was there and spoke at 2:25.
Do you know what the results were?
Seems like we almost had majority.
District 14-14 Alt 14-14
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Thanks for the video. Is Lowndes district 2?
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On Wednesday, 44-year-old Dwayne "Doug" Leichner pleaded no contest to five felony counts of possession of child pornography and received the prison sentence from Park County District Court Judge Steven Cranfill. Leichner must also pay $835 in crime victim compensation and fees as part of his sentence.
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The Lady Panthers (3-2 overall, 2-0 in conference play) took down Pinedale 32-21 Friday and beat Jackson's Lady Broncs 47-40 on Saturday.
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Membership | 250,000 to 750,000 |
CEO and President | Penny Young Nance |
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Formation | 1979 |
Membership | 250,000 to 750,000 |
CEO and President | Penny Young Nance |
Website | cwfa.org |
Concerned Women for America (CWA) is a conservative Christian women's activist group in the United States.
The group was founded in San Diego, California in 1979 by Beverly LaHaye, wife of evangelical Christian minister and prolific author of the Left Behind series Timothy LaHaye.[1][2] It is a 501(c)(3) public policy women's organization. LaHaye is its chair, and Penny Young Nance is the president and CEO and was a Federal Communications Commission advisor on children's social and media concerns.[3]
Initially, CWA was a reaction to the National Organization for Women and a 1978 Barbara Walters interview with feminist Betty Friedan.[4] LaHaye stated of the interview that she was convinced Friedan's goal was a "misguided attempt to dismantle the bedrock of America culture: the family,"[5] and that she believed Christian women were not included in discussions of women's rights. She held a rally in a local auditorium, which marked the beginning of CWFA.[5]
CWFA listed 600,000 members in December of 2006 and claims to be the largest organization on women's public policy in America.[5] As of 2006, the circulation of its free bimonthly newsletter, Family Voice, was estimated to be approximately 200,000 copies.[4]
CWA opposes abortion, sex education, embryonic stem cell research, and pornography. It opposes feminism, and opposed the 1988 Act for Better Child Care (H.R. 3660), which would have provided government-sponsored child care for families in which both parents are working.[6] CWFA supports teaching intelligent design in public schools and advocates school prayer, saying in a 1988 book titled America: To Pray or Not To Pray?, that since the Engel v. Vitale Supreme Court case of 1962 outlawed government-directed prayer, morality has declined in public schools and in society in general.[7] In 1983, CWA helped the plaintiff in the case Mozert v. Hawkins County School Board, a district-court case in which the plaintiff argued it is unconstitutional for public schools to require reading material that conflicts with the religious values of parents.[8][9]
CWA does not oppose contraception. CWA CEO Penny Nance wrote, "Concerned Women for America, has no position on the issue of contraceptives. Our members hold a variety of views on the subject. However, many Catholic women follow the church's teaching on the use of contraceptives." [10]
Appearing on Fox News, CWA CEO Penny Nance was critical of Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Anthony Foxx's call for a National Day of Reason in addition to the National Day of Prayer. Nance said, "You know, G. K. Chesterton said that the Doctrine of Original Sin is the only one which we have 3,000 years of empirical evidence to back up. Clearly, we need faith as a component and it's just silly for us to say otherwise. You know, the Age of Enlightenment and Reason gave way to moral relativism. And moral relativism is what led us all the way down the dark path to the Holocaust."[11]
On 8 May 2013 CWA's board of directors voted unanimously to include support for Israel as part of its core mission. CWA says it will support "laws and policies that strengthen the ties between Israel and the U.S." and "Policies enacted by our State Department, Department of Defense and others that encourage the development of our relationship with Israel." Penny Nancy said that support from CWA's founder, Beverly LaHaye, was the biggest driver behind the group formalizing its support for Israel. [12]
The Beverly LaHaye Institute (BLI) is the research arm of Concerned Women for America. [13]
BLI filed an amicus brief in January 2014 in Sebelius vs. Hobby Lobby. Most of the amicus briefs in the Hobby Lobby case focused on religious freedom issues. BLI's brief had a unique focus on rebutting the government's argument that the birth control mandate imposed by Affordable Care Act would improve women's health and prevent unintended pregnancies. The BLI brief rejected a clear-cut notion of "intended" and "unintended" pregnancies. BLI argued that the government's evidence, based mostly on a 2011 Institute of Medicine report, did not prove the birth control mandate would increase use rates for birth control or that unintended pregnancies harm women's health. The brief also argued against the government's claim that the mandate promotes "gender equity." [14]


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Kids Can Groove Family Music Series presents Gustafer YellowgoldAPPLE-EYE PRODUCTIONSSaturday, March 9, 2013 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM (PST) |
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Gustafer Yellowgold, a cute little alien who comes from the sun, is the creation of Morgan Taylor. Launched in 2005, Gustafer is the center of Taylor's world which is peppered with colorful, animated illustrations set to songs about things like pancake smackdowns, four leaf clovers and fireworks!
Gustafer Yellowgold's Show is a multi-media performance of live music, animated illustrations and storytelling. Taylor's most recent DVD/CD set, Gustafer Yellowgold's Year in the Day, was featured at the top of many critics' lists for best children's release of the year in 2012. Gustafer has quickly become an international phenomenon, acclaimed by The New York Times, which described him as "A cross between 'Yellow Submarine' and Dr. Seuss."Entertainment Weekly praised "...The most infectious original songs. It's like tapping into some pleasure center in the brain- both adult and kid...absurdly appealing. Grade: A." New York Magazine named Morgan Taylor "Best Kids' Performer" in a recent "Best of New York" issue.
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Iowa's recent storms have left a wide path of destruction in their wake, including homes, schools, and churches.
While this is a shock to adults, and they have to deal with immediate survival as well as rebuilding homes, lives, and businesses, this upheaval is also greatly distressing to children.
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The previous year, there were fewer than 30 participants, so the 2013 increase was encouraging to Finger.
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Birders recorded 10 species in quadruple digits. They included: snow goose, 2,276; brant, 2,314; Canada goose, 3,597; mallard, 1,188; greater scaup, 6,302; ring-billed gull, 4,251; herring gull, 1,441; rock pigeon, 1,616; European starling, 2,081; and common grackle, 2,821.
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Reduced maple syrup
1 1/2 cups pure maple syrup (preferably grade A dark amber)
2 cups ground graham crackers (about 17 whole crackers ground in processor)
3 tbsps. sugar
1/2 tsp. (scant) ground cinnamon
6 tbsps. (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, melted
3 8-ounce packages cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 cup maple sugar or (packed) golden brown sugar
3 tbsps. all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup reduced maple syrup (see above)
2/3 cup sour cream
2 tsps. vanilla extract
4 large eggs
Reduced maple syrup
Boil maple syrup in heavy medium saucepan over medium-high heat until reduced to 1 cup, stirring occasionally and watching closely to avoid boiling over (syrup will bubble up to top of pan), about 5 minutes. Remove reduced maple syrup from heat and let cool to slightly warm or room temperature.
Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 375ð F. Mix graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and cinnamon in medium bowl. Add melted butter and stir until crumbs are evenly moistened. Press crumb mixture onto bottom and 2 inches up sides of 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides. Bake crust until set and top edge of crust darkens slightly, about 10 minutes. Cool crust completely on rack. Reduce oven temperature to 300ð F.
Beat cream cheese in large bowl of heavy-duty mixer fitted with paddle attachment until very smooth. Add maple sugar, flour, and salt; beat until well blended and smooth. Add 1 cup reduced maple syrup, sour cream, and vanilla; beat until well blended. Add eggs, 2 at a time, and beat just until blended after each addition. Tap bowl several times on counter to release any air bubbles. Pour filling into cooled crust. Using tip of small knife, pop any air bubbles on surface.
Bake cake until slightly puffed around edges (center will still look moist and will move slightly when pan is gently shaken), about 1 hour 30 minutes. Transfer cake to rack and cool completely. Cover and chill overnight. Can be made 3 days ahead. Keep chilled.
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One of the best ways to get out and enjoy a pleasant day is to participate in the regular Old Town First Sunday Gallery Walk. What a great way to experience some of our area's most creative talents ---all on display in the galleries of Old Town. At Cravings Gourmet Popcorn we love First Sunday Gallery Walk because new people find their way to the area, and of course, to our store.
Gallery 1212 in Old Town is pleased to announce that they have a permanent gallery wall for one of the most prolific and creative illustrators – Dennis Preston. "We love Dennis' work and it has proven to be very popular here," said Gallery 1212 co-owner, Donna Randall.
When you look at a Dennis Preston illustration you will see a style that has echoes from the past. In the late 60's and 70's Preston distinctive style was put to good use creating concert posters for bands and artists like: The Byrds, Earth Wind and Fire, Bob Seger, and The Guess Who. Nowadays if you haunt local Biggby's Coffee Shops you may have seen Preston in the corner doodling on a napkin. Preston says sometimes it is the people that come in that may inspire a doodle or idea, or maybe it is the news of the day. These doodles have been a real boost to the barista tip count, Preston makes sure that every napkin is labeled as the property of the baristas and is only available for sale with a generous contribution to the tip jar.
Preston, a truly gifted illustrator, is also a musician and has several places online where his illustrative work and music can be seen or purchased.
While you are in Old Town be sure to stop in to Cravings and say hello!
Cravings Gourmet Popcorn is located in Old Town Lansing, the hippest area of Lansing, Michigan. Cravings Gourmet Popcorn can be purchased online and shipped to anywhere nationwide.
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You know Increpare? Aka Stephen Lavelle? He's one of the hyper-prolific game creators on the British indie scene. We've blogged about a couple of his games before (The historian game Opera Omnia and the Mass Effect 2 parody Starfeld), but he does a whole lot more. His presentation at World of Love basically involved him just talking to everyone in the audience about what they were up to. He also basically worked in the industry as a coder in the games industry and doing it solely as a job – because he saved his creativity for churning out games. Anyway – the reason why I'm posting is that he's just been made redundant and has put up a request for donations. If you've ever dug any of his games, now would be a good time to throw some Internetcoins in his direction. And if you haven't, go to Increpare's site and be bewildered at where to start. I've just played Whale of Noise, based around one of our aquatic mammal sorts learning notes to sing to separate its body into increasingly distantly placed parts. And The Terrible Whiteness of Appalachian Nights features stuff so horrible I can't even show you a screenshot. And the pictured Beatification is just plain odd. What have you found?