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ST. LOUIS -- The Rangers and their pitching faded at the finish line, and their glorious season has come to a disappointing and frustrating end, one victory short of the ultimate prize.
After twice being one strike away from winning it all on Thursday night, the Rangers couldn't throw enough strikes and it cost them in Friday's Game 7 of the World Series, a 6-2 loss to the Cardinals at Busch Stadium. Instead of winning the first World Series title in club history, the Rangers had to endure the pain of watching St. Louis celebrate for the 11th time since 1926. "I can't describe how I'm feeling, but it's not a good feeling," third baseman Adrian Beltre said in the visitors' clubhouse afterward. "It's disappointing, but at the same point, I'm proud to be a member of the 2011 Rangers," first baseman Michael Young said. "The last two nights stink, but we'll regroup, we'll heal and we'll get back after it." The Rangers met for an extended period of time after the game as a group to try to absorb another painful World Series loss. A number of people spoke, including manager Ron Washington.LONG WAITS
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"I felt like they are champions, although we didn't get the World Series trophy," Washington told his players. "Those guys committed themselves to getting here this year and win this, and they did it. A lot of times it's nothing but talk, but it wasn't talk in that Texas Rangers clubhouse. We just didn't get it done. We got beat by a good club."
The Rangers had gone 46 straight games without losing back-to-back games, then lost their last two of the season. They remain one of eight franchises to have never won a World Series. The Rangers and the Padres are the only two of those eight to have appeared in two World Series.
The Rangers, who lost last year's World Series to the Giants in five games, are also the first team to lose back-to-back Fall Classics since the Braves did so in 1991 and '92. That was at the beginning of the Braves' long run of success, but that's probably of little consolation to the Rangers, who blew two-run leads in the ninth and 10th innings of Game 6, then went quietly into the night in Game 7. "We all know we lost the Series yesterday," Beltre said. "We shouldn't have let it slip away. We came back today to try to win it, but the momentum just took them and they won it. It's not a nice feeling. "We had in our mind that we were going to win the World Series. We were one strike away, but it didn't happen. It would be easier if you lose four games in a row than having the thought that you were one strike away. It's not easy. That game [on Thursday] will be hard to forget." Game 7 ended up being an anti-climatic clunker after the 11-inning epic on Thursday night that really kept the Rangers from achieving their dream. "Just in the same way it never gets old to pop champagne and celebrate, this will never be a good feeling," outfielder David Murphy said. "It hurts. It's hard to go through a full season and play so well, and not get it done. There were so many positives, but right now it hurts." Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter, pitching on three days' rest in the first World Series Game 7 to be played since 2002, survived a rough first inning to work six-plus frames and earn the victory. The Rangers used six pitchers, combining to walk six and hit two batters, and four of those free passes ended up scoring. Texas set a World Series record by issuing 41 walks and tied a record by walking nine intentionally. "Maybe we were just trying too hard," Adams said. "Maybe we were worn down or trying to be too fine. You really can't pinpoint one reason why we walked so many people." Rangers starter Matt Harrison, well rested since his Game 3 start last Saturday, lasted just four innings, allowing three runs on five hits and two killer walks. He threw 77 pitches and struck out just one while taking his second loss of the World Series. The Rangers did seem to recover quickly from the heart-breaking loss in Game 6. Texas gave Harrison a 2-0 lead in the first against Carpenter, even though Ian Kinsler got picked off after leading off the game with a single. Elvis Andrus drew a walk and scored on a double by Josh Hamilton. Young's double scored Hamilton, but Carpenter shut off the rally by striking out Beltre and getting Nelson Cruz on a grounder. Young's hit was also the Rangers' last with runners in scoring position, and they were 1-for-9 in those situations. "I think we showed what we were made of when we came right out and scored two runs," Young said. "But after that, their pitchers settled down and started making pitches." It might have been different if the Rangers had been able to hold the lead. But Harrison gave the runs right back in the bottom of the first. After retiring the first two hitters, he walked Albert Pujols on four pitches and Lance Berkman on five. David Freese, who would earn the World Series Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet, worked his way to a full count, then doubled into the left-center-field gap to score both runners. "We're up, 2-0, I get the first two outs and then I had two really bad walks," Harrison said. "There was some pitches that were close that didn't go our way, but I'm not going to make excuses. I was just barely missing some pitches and falling behind." Allen Craig, in the lineup because Matt Holliday was sidelined with a sprained right wrist, gave the Cardinals the lead with a one-out home run in the third. It was his third home run of the World Series. Scott Feldman took over in the fifth and couldn't keep it a one-run game. Instead, the Cardinals scored two without benefit of a hit, as three walks and two hit batsmen -- the last by C.J. Wilson -- forced home two runs. Molina hit an RBI single in the seventh off Adams to make it 6-2. The Rangers bullpen had a 7.43 ERA and an opponents' batting average of .311 for the World Series. Texas relievers had a 2.34 ERA while holding opponents to a .193 batting average in the first two rounds of the playoffs. "I don't have the answer, because I wish they would have continued to be dominant," Washington said. "I wish I did have the answer. I don't. You know, those are the guys that got us here, and those guys were in a position to take us further, and it didn't get done." The Rangers as a team, for the second time in as many years, didn't get it done when it mattered most, and it hurts just as much the second time around. "It was a great Series," Murphy said. "We'll all remember it as a great Series. It's just tough that we were one pitch away. It's hard."T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The two biggest differences between this new "Total Recall" and the 1990 original are that no scenes are set on Mars, and it stars Colin Farrell instead of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Mars we can do without, I suppose, although I loved the special effects creating the human outpost there. This movie has its own reason you can't go outside and breathe the air.
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The enormity of this discovery is better reflected by Schwarzenegger, who seems more wounded, more baffled, more betrayed — and therefore more desperate. In the Farrell performance, there's more of a sense that the character is being swept along with the events.
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Missouri native Turner leads Marlins into St. Louis
Boasting 1.76 ERA, righty will oppose struggling Westbrook at Busch
Jacob Turner has come a long way since leaving his hometown of St. Charles, Mo., to begin his professional baseball career.
Four years after the Tigers made Turner the ninth overall selection in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, the 22-year-old returns to his home state with the Marlins to face the Cardinals as one of baseball's best young pitchers.
Turner boasts a 1.76 ERA in six starts with Miami, marking the lowest ERA by a starting pitcher 22 or younger with at least 40 innings pitched since Mark Prior compiled a 1.67 ERA in his first six starts with the Cubs in 2003.
Turner's most recent outing -- a 7-1 win against the Padres on June 28 -- was the right-hander's first complete game. He gave up only one run and struck out seven.
"He's got a great pitching IQ," Miami pitching coach Chuck Hernandez said. "That's what I've learned. He doesn't talk much. He don't waste a whole lot of words. But when we sit down with the catchers before the game, we go through the lineup real quick and try to establish what we want to do.
"He's really impressed me. You don't get that a lot from young guys."
Turner is a key member of the Marlins' rotation now, but he was expected to inhabit his current role starting in April. However, he struggled during Spring Training, recording a 9.69 ERA and a .327 batting average against in 13 innings.
After four rough starts in the Grapefruit League, the Marlins decided Turner should begin the season at Triple-A New Orleans. Four months later, the decision is paying significant dividends.
In addition to leading the staff in ERA, Turner has recorded five quality starts in six outings, and his 1.10 WHIP ranks second only to Jose Fernandez (1.06) among Marlins starters with at least six starts.
Perhaps Turner's best attribute is his command. He has only 12 walks in six starts, including two or fewer four times and only one each in his past two outings.
"In spring, he was battling his control," Hernandez said. "Right now, his control is there. But more importantly, his stuff has been sharper. It's a little firmer, a little tighter with his breaking balls. Everything is more crisp. That's the beauty of not pushing a kid when he's not ready for it."
Jake Westbrook will toe the rubber against Turner. In an effort to give the right-hander proper preparation for his start, the Cardinals sent him home before Thursday's game in Anaheim instead of having him return to St. Louis late with the team.
Westbrook sports a 2.95 ERA that has ballooned as a result of his recent struggles. He surrendered 10 runs on 14 hits in 10 innings during his past two starts.
He will try to regain the form he enjoyed as he gave up only four runs and recorded five quality starts in his first five outings this season.
Marlins: Ozuna bringing Marlins home
Marcell Ozuna went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and a home run in Thursday night's 4-3 win against the Braves. His fourth-inning RBI single helped Ozuna improve his batting average with runners in scoring position to .387 (24-for-62).
The rookie ranks second among Marlins with 29 RBIs in 28 fewer plate appearances than Justin Ruggiano, who leads Miami with 31 RBIs. Ozuna also ranks second among rookies, trailing only Atlanta's Evan Gattis, who has knocked in 37 runs.
Cardinals: Finally back in the nest
The Cards returned home after Thursday night's 6-5 loss to the Angels with some tough traveling behind them.
St. Louis begins a five-game homestand after completing the third of three separate visits to California this season, and its fourth of five three-city road trips.
The Cards will go into the All-Star break having played 50 games away from home, giving them considerable home-field advantage in the National League Central race against the Pirates and the Reds during the second half.
Worth noting
• Miami concluded its recent three-game series against Atlanta with two straight wins after dropping its previous eight games against the Braves. It also marked the Marlins' fourth consecutive series win.
• The last time St. Louis and Miami met, the Marlins won two out of three games on June 14-16, handing the Cardinals their first series loss since late April. St. Louis has either lost or split all but one series since.
• All 12 of Justin Ruggiano's home runs this season have come away from Marlins Park, tying him for the fourth-most consecutive road homers to start a season in MLB history.
• Jon Jay owns the longest active errorless streak in the National League at 227 games.
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We obtain most of our pieces from auctions and estate sales, often in large lots, and usually with no paperwork. This makes it very difficult to determine the age of a particular piece, and thus we usually don't try to make a wild guess. If we do know the exact year an item was crafted, or are reasonably confident in estimating the age, then you will find this information in the product title. Otherwise, we unfortunately are not able to make an age estimate.
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From tourism chief John Urdi on Wednesday morning: "Nice wake-up call this morning at 5 a.m. with a 4.2 magnitude earthquake." …
Mike Abbott on Facebook Wednesday morning: "Ummmmm ... was that an East Coast aftershock here?" … Yep, that was Dan Hansen of MMSA rodding about, here and there. "Just drove a Bentley Continental GT Supersport Convertible. It was a little painful to get back into my truck afterwards." …
Yosemite National Park suffered its 17th death this year, when a climber fell to his death off the face of Half Dome Monday afternoon.
The park normally has about 12 to 15 fatalities a year, making the first eight months of 2011 already a record-breaking year. High, swift, cold rivers and creeks and a record number of visitors to the park this summer have contributed to the deadly year, but park officials recently told the Mammoth Times they are not sure exactly what other factors might be involved, if any.
Following last week's heated meeting regarding the Bodie Hills and other national Wilderness Study Areas (WSA), the MT asked all five of the Mono County Supervisors to weigh in on the future of the process. Here is what they had to say, in their own words.
(Supervisor Larry Johnston left for vacation right after that meeting and was not available for comment by press deadline.)
Byng Hunt, District 1 (Mammoth):
A green light couldn't get more green.
The "Mammoth View" project, an innovative, 54-room hotel with 24 townhouses and 28 freestanding cabins, complete with a spa building, hot tubs and picnic areas, won a complete victory from the town this past week.
It will have a restaurant and bar, public art, walking areas for just anybody-old-who, and a trolley stop.
It'll have a walkway in front, along Main Street, a reconfiguration of the stoplight at Main Street and Minaret Road, and bring in about a trillion billion gazillion dollars in transient occupancy tax.
So they say.
An estimated 520 cars entered the Crowley Lake Fish Camp to watch the Fourth of July Fireworks. The Town received $2,600 (20 percent of the $25 entrance fee), which ain't bad. But that won't erase The Judgment…
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Mammoth Mountain recorded 1,293,341 skier visits for the 2010/11 season, just so's you know. Darned long winter season…
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Fido's funny like that. He comes up with things that are so out of the blue that I hardly know what to think.
"It sure sounds like fun," he said. "I just don't know what it is. Let's have one."
"We can have as many as we want," says I. "What's your idea?"
"Idea? I'm a dog. I don't have ideas. I have instincts."
"Tell you what. After work, we'll have a Happy Hour."
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The contractors won the pennant! The contractors won the pennant!
All right, so it wasn't exactly that dramatic at Wednesday's Town Council meeting, but to Mammoth builders it must have seemed like Bobby Thomson had just stepped to the plate and swatted a drive into the lower deck of the left field stands.
When they walked out of the Council Chambers, they had a victory, although not a total, hands-down victory.
First of all, there was no actual action.
That was the Mono County Supervisors' almost united response to Tuesday's request by a Bridgeport community group to take the Bodie Hills Wilderness Study Area out of its semi-protected status.
In fact, the board was so irritated by the resolution and the way it ended up on the agenda, they refused to vote on it, leaving it to die an undignified death.
"Fireball," the iconoclastic checker at Vons, showed up the other day with a hairnet over his shaved pate. Didn't slow him down a whit…
Our own Shaylyn Riley and boyfriend Scott Smith came in second in the first heat of the co-ed canoe race last Saturday at the Firemen's BBQ Yeah!…
Two controversial issues, redistricting and the Bodie Hills, go before the Mono County Supervisors today and both can be viewed and participated in in Mammoth via videoconference as well as in Bridgeport, at the county courthouse, second floor, Supervisor's Chambers.
The Mammoth meeting room is in the Shogun mall, on the third floor, at the far south end of the building, on the left. It will be obvious when you get there, if you just follow the hallway almost all the way south to the end, and turn left.
Next Tuesday, the Mono County Board of Supervisors will be asked to support a pending House bill that strips some 60 million acres of federal lands from possible wilderness designation, including more than four million acres in California.
The Supervisors should not.
If there is a more perfect motorcycle route in California than the Sonora Pass Road, Arlie Ray Blacksheer and Sarah Kazmark can't think of many, if any at all.
"We come up here for the views all the time," said Blacksheer, a sales consultant at California BMW in Mountain View (Bay Area).
As he spoke, he held a pair of high-powered binoculars to his eyes, inspecting a rock face near the summit on the western side of the pass.
"The water is seeping right through the rocks!"
Say it isn't so.
After more than a decade of divisive debate over the fate of Mono County's federal Wilderness Study Areaswith no clean solution, the argument comes back again next week.
A Bridgeport community group has put a resolution on the county supervisor's agenda Tuesday that will ask the supervisors to support releasing some of the county — and the nation's — wilderness study areas from the federal protection they now have.
The Mammoth Lakes government tribes gathered Wednesday evening in a Woodstock moment.
If they had held hands and sung "Kumbaya," no one would have been much surprised.
The sit-down was to approve a "Resort Investment Element" – basically an amendment to the town's 2007 General Plan.
Its importance could not be overstated:
"Let's build a Big Top," said community development director Mark Wardlaw to the assembled commissioners.
Fido says he wants to join a dating service.
Me, I was listening to a baseball game, concentrating on a two-on, two-out, one-run game, and this took me by surprise.
"What the heck-fire?" said I.
"It's not that I'm lonely, but I'd like to have someone of my ilk to share experiences, romp around, get into sniffing contests, have conversations, discuss brands of kibble, that kind of thing.
"Good God, man," I said. "Mammoth has more dogs than humans. Are you sure you're not already sitting on a canine gold mine?"


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The esophagus connects the mouth to the stomach. Esophageal varices are abnormally swollen veins within the lining of the esophagus. If undiagnosed or untreated, esophageal varices can rupture and lead to life-threatening bleeding.
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Increased pressure in the veins that deliver blood to the liver is known as portal hypertension . The increased pressure causes blood to back up into other smaller vessels, including those of the esophagus. This leads to the formation of esophageal varices.
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Tuesday's Top Ten: Random thoughts on Christmas Day...... 10) Going to be very emotional day in Indianapolis Sunday, with coach Chuck Pagano back on the sidelines, after a bout with leukemia; problem for Indy is this: Houston needs this game more than they do- they're going for home field thru the AFC playoffs. Colts' position is pretty much set. 9) Boy, I'm glad I don't root for the Jaguars; rumor has them interested in having Tim Tebow as their QB next season. Wonder what coach Mike Mularkey thinks about all that. Seems like a move motivated more by a need to sell tickets than a need to win games. 8) Two worst parts of Moneyball, after watching it for about the 50th time: a) Miguel Tejada was the best player in baseball that year, totally awesome. He isn't in the movie much; the walk-off homer he hit to end their 18th win in a row was far more dramatic than Scott Hatteberg's in the 20th straight win. b) The hatchet job on Art Howe is unforgiveable. You don't win 20 games in a row or make the playoffs without a good manager. It was unfair. 7) NBAtv replayed Hoop Dreams last night, the documentary about two high school basketball players in Chicago in the 90's; if you like basketball and you haven't seen it, find it. Good stuff. 6) Carson Palmer isn't playing for the Raiders this week, leaving Coach Allen with a choice of Matt Leinart or Tyrelle Pryor at QB; he knows what Leinart is, so doesn't he have to find out about Pryor? 5) If I was a ballplayer and the team told me I had been traded, I'm pretty sure my first question would be, "For who?" 4) Hardest part of handicapping this week's NFL games is determining how important the game is to each team; couple teams will have their bags packed and the motor running in their cars-- find out which teams those are, and you can grab yourself a one-sided win or two. 3) When did Christmas Day become an NBA fest? Not complaining, I enjoy the games, but this is a recent thing, and a good one. Plus three of the four games from the Diamond Head Classic are on ESPNU. Arizona-San Diego State will be a fun nightcap to the day. 2) Note to add to the "Basic Rules of Gambling": Never give June Jones points in a bowl game in Hawai'i. 1) RIP, Jack Klugman. Thanks for all the enjoyment you provided us. A friend once asked me which TV/movie character I was most like; this was many years ago. Without hesitating, I said Oscar Madison on TV's The Odd Couple. Loves sports, pretty casual, wears hats and eats junk food. The man who brought Oscar to life on TV passed away at age 90 Monday, the great actor Jack Klugman, who also played Quincy the medical examiner. He once owned a thoroughbred racehorse named Jaklin Klugman who ran at the Travers at Saratoga, so he was there that weekend. He presented a trophy to the winner of a race at the Saratoga Raceway harness track the night before the Travers. I also owned an autographed lithograph from Jack and his horse Jaklin. Thats how big I was into horse racing years ago. I bought it only because of Mr. Klugman. RIP, sir.
Wednesday's List of 13: Nobody asked me, but.......... 13) Houston Texans had 59 plays of 20+ yards in their first 14 games, an average of 4.2 per game; they had none against the Vikings Sunday; they have to be at least a little nervous heading into Indianapolis Sunday. 12) Rumor mill has Steve Mariucci interested in coaching the Chargers; he was 60-43 coaching the 49ers, 15-28 with the Lions, and now works for the NFL Network. Curious to see what direction San Diego goes in. 11) Most underrated NBA coach; Minnesota's Rick Adelman, whose career record is 984-668, all in smaller markets. He had eight consecutive winning years with Sacramento, which hasn't had one since, and hadn't one before since 1983. Also got Portland to the NBA Finals twice. 10) Adelman has a 79-78 career playoff record, and in 20 seasons as head coach, has only three losing ones, yet he gets no acclaim at all. 9) Jason Garreett is Cowboys' 7th head coach since Jerry Jones sent Tom Landry packing; they beat Philly 34-14 in '09 playoffs, Dallas' only playoff win since beating the Vikings 40-15 in '96. Garrett is doing a solid job and will be retained, if owner/GM Jones knows what he's doing-- I'm guessing Jones might be tempted to take a run at potential free agent Sean Payton. 8) If you care about such things, NFC teams finished up 38-26 against AFC teams this year; all 16 games this week are divisional games. If you are interested in totals, over is 119-118-3 this season. 7) This is how sensitive NBA players are to any form of criticism; Jeff Van Gundy used term "non-strengths" to describe Carmelo Anthony's, um, weaknesses, as if acknowledging that he has weaknesses would be seen as a form of criticism. Yikes. 6) Nets have the second-highest payroll in the NBA? Ouch!!!! 5) Why is Amare Stoudamire untradeable? He has three years and $65M left on his contract, and a bad knee. He's the NBA version of ARod. 4) Read on Twitter that after South Dakota State lost at Belmont last week, they actually took a bus from Nashville to Albuquerque, which according to Mapquest, is a mere 1,221 miles. Jackrabbits then upset New Mexico, which could provide bus companies with more business in coming years. 3) Uniforms the NBA teams wore in Tuesday's games will probably sell a lot online, but to the TV viewer, it would be nice if you could read what the numbers actually were. Orange numbers, orange jerseys are atrocious on TV. 2) Indiana State pulled a mild upset in 3rd-place game of Diamond Head tourney out in Hawai'i, beating Miami 57-55 in OT; doesn't sound like a lot, but it is the kind of game that could pop up on Selection Sunday. . 1) Championship game at Diamond Head went to Arizona, which nipped San Diego State 68-67 in a terrific game. Seemed like a March game.
Wednesday's six-pack -- Rumors have Eagles making a strong pitch for Oregon coach Chip Kelly to replace Andy Reid next season. Reid will be missed. -- Michael Vick is likely to start for the Eagles this week; Nick Foles broke his hand, won't play Sunday. Trent Edwards is Philly's #3 QB. -- Rams are much improved at 7-7-1; they're 0-7-1 when they lose turnover battle, 6-0 when they're plus in turnovers, 1-0 when it was even. -- Redskins opened as a 5-point favorite over Dallas; got bet down to 3. -- Steelers are 7-8, 4-5 in games decided by 4 or less points. Awful lot of close games. -- Four of the NBA's six oldest players were in the Laker-Knick game.
Thursday's six-pack -- Power of suggestion: I'm hungry Wednesday night, can't decide what to eat while I'm watching the Pizza Bowl on ESPN, then it dawned on me-- what kind of an American would I be if I didn't get a pizza while watching the Pizza Bowl? With apologies to Little Caeser's, I got it from my local pizza place. -- Bobcats lost their 17th straight game, 105-92 vs Miami; you look at the two rosters, hard to believe they're in the same league. -- Red Sox traded for Pirate closer Joel Hanrahan, and announced the former closer Andrew Bailey will be a setup guy. Thats the same Bailey they sent Josh Reddick to Oakland for. Whoops. -- Suns have trailed by double digits in 22 of their 29 games; they won six of those 22 games, but they're not a good defensive team. Should've kept Mike D'Antoni; they were bad on defense, but at least they won. -- Robert Griffin III was the only rookie named to the Pro Bowl roster. -- Admire Knicks' Chris Copeland, who worked to make himself a good NBA player; he's played in Germany-Belgium-Spain-Holland before this stint with the Knicks. Doubt he'll be seeing Belgium again.
Thursday's List of 13: Random thoughts on a snowy day........ 13) Over last eight years, only one #1 seed (Saints in '09) won the Super Bowl, and they played a #1 seed (Colts) in the Super Bowl, so one of them had to win. 12) The last five #1 seeds who played a non-#1 seed in the Super Bowl all lost; Patriots over Carolina was last time a #1 beat a non-#1 in the big game. John Fox could get his revenge for that this year. 11) You don't think the NFL is a long season? If New England doesn't get a bye, it'll be in large part because they lost at home to the Cardinals in Week 2. The 5-10 Cardinals, who started the season 4-0. 10) Off-seasons are getting shorter in sports; the 2013 PGA Tour starts a week from tomorrow in Kapalua. 9) Cleveland Browns may have to use their #3 QB this week against the Steelers in Pittsburgh, but it's a guy I like, Thad Lewis, who started for four years at Duke (under David Cutcliffe, QB guru for the Manning brothers) and has played well in preseason games for the Rams/Browns. Lot of people in St Louis were annoyed when the previous regime let Lewis slip away last year to former OC Pat Shurmur, now the Browns' HC. 8) Sometimes life is simple: New Jersey Giants are 8-0 when they score more than 21 points, 0-7 when they do not. 7) Over last 21 years, winner of the first Eagle-Giant matchup is 17-4 in the second one. Philly won the first meeting this year, 19-17. 6) Selection Sunday in college basketball is very late this year, St Patrick's Day. Final Four is five days after baseball season starts. Not sure why. I will be there in Atlanta regardless to see the Final Four. 5) When the Indians were recruiting Ohio State alum Nick Swisher to join their club, they utilized former OSU football coach Jim Tressel, who joined Swisher and club brass for lunch. It worked, and even better, the NCAA won't be bugging the Tribe anytime soon. 4) Arizona Cardinals' RB Beanie Wells, who played for Tressel with the Buckeyes, says he is done with Arizona and "…….will be auditioning for the other 31 teams." If you were an NFL GM, would you want a guy on your team who thought that way, before the season was over? I wouldn't. 3) Swisher's old team, the Bronx Bombers had a payroll of $209.8M last year; they hope to be under $189M in 2014, so they won't have to pay any more luxury tax. They are an old team that will be probably be glad when they get out from under the weighty contracts of their declining, aging stars. 2) I never thought I'd see the day where the Clippers (22-6) had NBA's best record. LA's bench played so well Tuesday night that two key Denver subs, Corey Brewer (-29 in 21:00) and JaVale McGee (-23 in 19:00) had truly awful plus/minuses, which doesn't happen much. 1) Heard quite a few people say this weekend how Giants don't deserve to make the playoffs because they played so poorly the last two weeks, but if they win this week, and Redskins-Packers-Lions win, then the Giants will make it, and why shouldn't they? It's a 16-game season; stuff that happens in September matters just as much as the games now, and hey, the last two Super Bowl champs were #6 seeds in the NFC. So we'll see on Sunday night who gets in and who doesn't, but whoever makes it, they earned it, for sure.
Friday's six-pack Odds to win next fall's World Series......... 4-1-- Toronto Blue Jays-- Opened up at 20-1 6-1-- Dodgers/Tigers/Giants/Angels-- Lot of cash in this group. 8-1-- Nationals/Bronx/Reds-- Will Strasburg be allowed to pitch next fall? 12-1-- Cardinals-- Opened at 15-1. Pretty soft division. 15-1-- Rangers/White Sox/Red Sox-- Nolan Ryan blew up his lineup. 18-1-- Orioles/Rays-- All these teams are better than my A's? Ha!!!!
Friday's Dirty Dozen: Doing some thinking out loud........ 12) 14-14 Nets, who have NBA's 2nd-highest payroll, fired Avery Johnson, as Deron Williams claims another coaching scalp. If Williams would stop complaining about the offense and shoot higher than 39%, maybe the team would win more games and the coach wouldn't get fired. Just maybe. 11) Unrelated Nets item: their 108-93 loss at Milwaukee was Brooklyn's first road game out of 12 that went over the total. 10) Bad Beat of the Year, on December 27??? If you had Duke +9.5 in that Belk Bowl, you're sick. Duke had the ball with 1:40 to go in a tie game on the Cincinnati 7-yard line. How could you lose? Thankfully one of our Best Bets in the Bowl season finally caught a break and we won. Well, Duke fumbled, then the Bearcats hit an 83-yard TD pass to a tight end who isn't exactly Usain Bolt, then Cincinnati got a sack/fumble/TD for the covering touchdown that had to make Duke backers puke. 9) So if this Baylor QB Nick Florence leads the country in total offense the year after RGIII goes pro, how does Bears' coach Art Briles not get hired by an SEC school? No Pac-12 jobs came open (except for Colorado, thats a bad weather place, not well-suited for Briles' offense). Does Baylor have the financial resources to keep Briles long-term? We hope so. 8) Raymond Felton broke his pinkie, is out 4-6 weeks, leaving point guard in New York to Jason Kidd/Pablo Prigioni, couple of NBA senior citizens. 7) Good news for UNLV; star F Mike Moser is back practicing; he won't play in Chapel Hill Saturday, but he figures to be ready for conference play. 6) Upset of the bowl season: My 82-year old dad staying up for the end of the Belk Bowl (Cincinnati-Duke); has to be a damned good game for him to stay up for the end when he's not involved financially, and its not the Knicks, Giants or Yankees playing. 5) Houston Rockets are 16-12, pretty good job considering it looks like they totally wasted their first round draft pick on Royce White, who has a fear of flying and isn't playing right now. White had his problems in college and had to be considered a high-risk pick. He is talented, but.......... 4) Golden State Warriors are 19-10; at this rate, Mark Jackson will win Coach of the Year, but remember; Jerry West works for the Warriors now. He is the best executive in NBA history. Winning follows him. 3) We all know the Pro Bowl is useless and should be done away with, but the 2-13 Chiefs have five guys in the Pro Bowl; 7-7-1 Rams have none. 2) Louisville shotblocker Gorgui Dieng will play Saturday vs Kentucky, in one of America's biggest rivalry games; big game for Pitino. This is first time in a while he has a better team than Calipari. 1) If Avery Johnson gets fired, how does GM Billy King stay? Look at the roster; this is a great team? What has King done to deserve a job like this? If you own the Nets, how do you put PJ Carlesimo in charge of anything? He once had his best player try to choke him. Good grief, what a mess.
Saturday's six-pack Top six college basketball conferences. 6) Pac-12—Half the league is ranked 86th or worse; Arizona is only team in top 29. Newcomer Utah hasn't helped much yet. 5) Mountain West—Have five teams in top 40; addition of Fresno/Nevada isn't helping off the bat, especially Fresno. Not many easy outs in here. 4) Big X—West Virginia is off to poor (for them) start, at 6-5, ranked 88th. TCU/Texas Tech are dragging rest of a strong league down. 3) ACC—Duke is only team in top 23; five of 12 teams are ranked lower than 70th. 2) Big East—have six teams in top 40, six ranked 77th or worse. League will implode after season ends. 1) Big Dozen—Have six of top 18 teams in country; still weird that they chose Rutgers over UConn when they expand to 14 teams next year.
Saturday's List of 13: Clearing out a cluttered mind........ 13) I'm watching Celtics-Clippers late Thursday night; its freakin' December 27, and the announcers are discussing who should be the league's MVP this year. Only 116 days left in the regular season; we're still weeks from the season's halfway point. How about we just play the season out and talk about it at the end? Way too much talk these days about the Heisman, MVPs, POYs, how about talking about teams winning and losing? Isn't that whats most important? 12) Only one of the top 23 college basketball teams (Duke) plays in the ACC; in an attempt to keep up with football Joneses, ACC commish John Swofford has ruined the ACC in both basketball and football. Nicely done. 11) Last four unbeaten college hoop teams: Arizona-Duke-Michigan-Wyoming. Anyone who had Wyoming before the season raise your hand; if your hand is raised, you're lying. No one thought the Cowboys were this good, not even their coach. 10) When Morehead State coach Donnie Tyndall bolted for Southern Miss, part of the deal was that USM would play Morehead three times, with two of the three games at Morehead. Unusual deal, but one way for stepping stone school to get the bigger boys to visit their gym once in a while. 9) I'm hoping the Red Sox sign Adam LaRoche and Nationals move Ryan Zimmerman to 1B. That would help my sons fantasy team a lot and since its like springtime here in Florida in December there is nothing better to think about than fantasy baseball. 8) Unless of course, if you have Evan Longoria on your team and you read that in last two years, he's played in only 207 of a possible 324 games. Then you mumble to yourself and go back to thinking about football/basketball. 7) Raul Ibanez got $2.75M from the Mariners; Bronx couldn't afford him? Ibanez was their best clutch hitter last fall, seems like they could afford $3M. 6) Saw the new line of MLB batting practice caps; some original designs, but nothing that has me running off to Lids. 5) If I ran the San Diego Padres, I go back to brown/gold uniforms they had back when Dave Winfield was playing for them; way more interesting than the dull uniforms they have now. 4) Another reason why this bowl system sucks, as I beat an already dead horse: 6-7 Georgia Tech made a bowl, and a good one (Sun Bowl in El Paso); they lost more games than they won!!!! Louisiana Tech went 9-3, led the country with eleven 40-point games, and they stayed home. Terrific. 3) Speaking of El Paso, USC players have been tweeting complaints about El Paso; they don't seem happy there. Team's practice ran so long the other day they arrived an hour late for the dinner the bowl organizes for both teams. By time the Trojans got there, Georgia Tech had already left. Lane Kiffin has an uncanny knack for offending people. Wonder what this will mean for their bowl game. 2) If I'm USC AD Pat Haden, I call ESPN and offer to trade them hoop coach Kevin O'Neill for rookie ESPN analyst Bruce Pearl. Trojans need someone to revitalize their hoop program and sell it to LA. Pearl was the first coach in years who made men's basketball more popular than women's ball at Tennessee. Someone is going to throw a lot of money at Pearl this spring and if Haden is as smart as he thinks he is, it'll be him. O'Neill also used to be Tennessee's coach, by the way. 1) The Big 10 has 12 teams this year, will have 14 next year. Atlantic 10 has 16 teams now, will have 14 next year, unless the seven Catholic defectors from the Big East log on, then it'll be 21 teams. The Big XII has X teams, and we're not going to talk about Boise State/San Diego State being in both the Big East and Big West, in different sports. Its confusing being a sports fan these days. Hopefully 2013 will be a little bit less confusing, but I kind of doubt it will.


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Leave it to the Dallas Stars to kick Tony Romo when he's down. / Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports
Don't mess with Texas' hockey team.
The Dallas Stars' digital media staff proved to be just as feisty off the ice, taunting the Dallas Cowboys and specifically quarterback Tony Romo after the football team's official Twitter account instigated an online beef by joking about the NHL lockout.
After retweeting DallasCowboys.com staff writer Josh Ellis' comment noting six weeks till spring training, the writer behind the official Cowboys account made the following crack.
The Stars responded with a 10-minute misconduct worthy knockout punch Tuesday morning, along with a picture of former Stars captain Mike Modano hoisting the Stanley Cup.
Via @DallasStars:
At least our #9 got the job done..... RT: @DallasCowboys "Similarly in the category of nobody-caresâ?¦the NHL is back!" pic.twitter.com/o6yoe6iG
After picking themselves off of whatever the Twitter equivalent of blood-covered ice would be, the Cowboys offered an apology, which the Stars graciously accepted.
Apology accepted"@dallascowboys: @DallasStars our sincere apologies for the inappropriate tweet posted accidentally. Good luck this season."
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Apple quietly releases new iPad Smart Case
Actually, I just spoke to an Apple sales rep and they stated that the Smart Case is an all-in-one product. It includes both the back casing and from the way I understood him, the Smart Cover portion is integrated into the case. However, I'm not really sure that it's removable like the normal Smart Cover is.
The one thing I'm worried about is that the actual "Smart Cover" hinge appears to be made from polyurethane, instead of metal like on the normal Smart Cover, and that may be a point of weakness over a long period of time that I suspect might eventually fail with a lot of folding. But that's just a guess based on the photos on Apple's website. I wish they had a video or more information about the new Smart Case, so I think for now, I'll wait a bit until they're available in store and can check them out. They do look nice though.
Similar case here
Under $10
It's not even close to similar because it's fake.
Those products tempt to fall apart within a few months.
I have also a cheapskate uncle that acted like you and didn't want to spend the few extra bucks on the original smart cover.
It looked really ugly and it did fall apart after 3 months.
My previous iPad 2 which I gave to my daughter still has the same cover, which I bought almost a year and a half ago.
Come on just spend the few extra bucks, and get the real thing
I guess you're mistaken. "The iPad Smart Case covers your iPad — both front and back — "
It DOES "include" the smart cover. Its back and front protection on a single cover.
Timing's bad... and the colors. I've already gone with the black leather SC and the clear slim back cover w/magnet (holds SC against back of iPad when open).
These will sell well, though. Wonder why this wasn't thought of last year for the iPad 2... they would've effectively crushed all 3rd-party case competition I'm sure.
I like the idea, but I don't like the fact that the smart cover is integrated into the case and non-removable. When I'm playing a game on my iPad in portrait mode, I take the smart cover off because it gets in the way.
Ya'll need to check out www.speckproducts.com. They have some killer cases for all your Apple babies - I have been a satisfied customer since the original iPhone. You won't be disappointed.
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It's clean and pretty for maybe month. Then the thing gets dirty full of uncleanable smudges all around the corners and lines around. And the case does not fit on iPad well, it's a bit loose.
Don't like it.
Original Smart Cover is waaaay better.
I love my iPad smart case! Use it every day, had it for about 6 months and have no smudges or dirtiness. Only complains I have is that I feel it should have a magnet somewhere on the back of the case so that when you open the cover it sticks to the back of the case so it's not flopping around or you have to hold it, and also when you use it as a stand it stands like directly straight up and tips over a lot.


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Gallery: Wadi Rum Resort: Luxury Eco Lodge Built Right Into The Desert ...
Appropriate desert architecture, including shading, natural ventilation and thermal mass will all play a large roll in keeping the microclimate comfortable for guests while providing a natural experience in the desert.
The Wadi Rum Desert Lodge is designed to take advantage of the natural landscape in order to fully appreciate the surrounding desert. As such, residences, rooms and hotel amenities are built into the cliffs, and inserted into the natural faults and fissures of the land. The simple forms and architecture are designed to enhance the landscape and provide a direct connection between man and nature. Many of the surfaces and building materials are left raw and accented only by simple materials blurring the boundaries between what is natural and man made.
Included in the project will be a rock lodge, spa lodge, tent lodge and reserve villa offering a variety of accommodations and ways to experience the surrounding Wadi. Oppenheim's proposal seeks to establish a new benchmark for design, quality and sustainability in the natural environment. Appropriate desert architecture, including shading, natural ventilation and thermal mass will all play a large role in keeping the microclimate comfortable for guests while providing a natural experience in the desert.
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zieglerhabitats October 2, 2014 at 1:08 pm
what is the thermal expansion of the stone, when heated and cooled, what prevents fractures and possible rock fallout similar within caves etc… idea x layouts = nice approach
forgetmenot May 23, 2013 at 10:55 am
As much as it looks great, I would leave the desert alone!
BigGinerYeti May 19, 2012 at 1:43 pm
I'm guessing the irony of this project is lost on the developers.
wshuffman April 12, 2012 at 11:59 pm
This is a horrible project. Anyone who has been to Wadi Rum knows that it would be a terrible tragedy if this project was built at that site. The same as if a company decided to carve hotel rooms into the sides of the Grand Canyon or at Zion National Park, defacing the natural beauty. I'm dissapointed to see Inhabitant publicizing this project.
yahya August 1, 2011 at 7:30 am
how could it be "ECO" while it's being carved in the cliff?? thats not sustainable nor natural it should have the minimal impact on the site specially this breath tacking site so if they wake up one day and decided to remove it!!! or am i wrong?
Mahaqadoum May 22, 2011 at 12:52 pm
It's really beautiful
thedisgruntledarchitect May 6, 2011 at 9:42 pm
I see how this design is striking, especially as a rendering when Photoshop can create very dynamic enhancements; however, while it does convey a sense of power married with elegance and rawness I question whether this would ultimately convey this same aura in the true built environment. Additionally, the concept of nature ebbing and flowing over millennium and evolving a natural shape does not fit well with the actual design which is punctuated and distinctly carved. Again, while striking, the design does not convey the sense of harmony with nature as it is purported to; it is quite abruptly carved into an existing evolution. But it is thought provoking.
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( Andy Cross, The Denver Post) BroncosShane Ray's rise to stardom started at rock bottom Even after falling to Broncos, first-round pick's life story is on the way up There have been many pivotal moments in the life of 21-year-old Shane Ray, who has seen and overcome more than most do in a lifetime. On Thursday, the Broncos handed him another life-altering moment by trading up to select him in the first round of the NFL draft. |
(Dave Killen/AP) Fervor over Portland, Oregon, airport carpet spurs new life SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Visitors and Oregon locals lined up inside Portland International Airport to have their photos taken with an odd celebrity — a piece of nearly 30-year-old carpet. |
(EFREM LUKATSKY/AP) Ashes of ballerina Plisetskaya to be spread over Russia MOSCOW (AP) — The ashes of Maya Plisetskaya, the renowned Bolshoi Theater ballerina who died this weekend, will be spread over Russia in accordance with her wishes. Full Story |
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