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golden411, can I just thank you for your constantly interesting bits of news that you post. Sad for S/S - they'll likely be unable to marshal any serious momentum this season.
As for D/R vs K/S - either can win. Depends on the skate.
golden411, can I just thank you for your constantly interesting bits of news that you post. Sad for S/S - they'll likely be unable to marshal any serious momentum this season.
As for D/R vs K/S - either can win. Depends on the skate.
I guess this gives another pair a chance to get into the GPF then. Possibly Denney/Coughlin could make it since I believe they were on the bubble before.
P/T and V/T are through already. In addition, there are three teams with second place finishes who have another GP left (D/R, K/S, and B/L); I expect all of them to finish first or second in their second event, and even a third place will have them ahead of D/C. The NHK pairs field is fairly thin and M-T/M can finish second there pretty easily. If that happens, D/C will be out, as both pairs will have 22 points, and the tiebreaker will go to the skaters with the higher finish. You also have two teams with a bronze medal in their first GP competing at TEB, so they too still have a shot at GPF qualifying.
I think D/C will likely miss out.
Last edited by Buttercup; 11-14-2012 at 01:51 PM.
well after CoR everything is possible... in russia für the russians
I am very sad for S/S ... and maybe this will put them behind V/T for europeans, world... (maybe olympics)
what a shame....
D/R has a good chance to take the gold over K/S... but... last year they were big favourites for 4CC and ended 4th
gonna see what happen S/K or B/H in 3rd...
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I too am sad for Savchenko/Szolkowy.
And more bad news for German pairs: Tatjana Flade reported today that Vartmann/van Cleave are out of NHK Trophy.
It is such a sad news, they have such a lovely program. I was hoping they will win GPF
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....I"m so sorry to read this. I hate that they won't be in the GPF either...urgh. Get well soon and all the best S/S for the rest of the season!
They also have completely abandon the throw quad salchow. Never even try it. They have eliminated it. It gave them some attention and unique. And she did land it sometimes. You can't go out of your way to reduce technical difficulty and at the same time a new and extremely talented pair come on the scene and expect the same level. They aren't even trying to be the Same level.
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It's a little late..perhaps possible?
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Friends tell me Russian pair Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov landed a clean quad throw Salchow in practice today.#TEB2012
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Am I hallucinating or do I vaguely recall a rule that if a skater or team withdraws from a GP, he/she/they is/are not eligible for reassignment to another GP??
From the ISU announcement for the GP:
3.1 Confirmation of Participation of Seeded skaters/couples
The ISU Members must confirm the participation of the seeded skaters/couples in the two (2) events to the ISU Secretariat by August 1, 2012. If a seeded skater/couple does not participate in the event(s) for which they are designated, there will be no substitute event(s).
I wonder whether illness/injury would warrant an exception to this rule.
Last edited by golden411; 11-15-2012 at 02:59 PM.
I thought they totally stopped throw quads! Maybe it will be seen but moskvina decides almost last minute.
I support K/S going for that quad Sal and finally win a World champion. They are probably the only Moskvina #1 pair to never win a world title. And their programs are always nice to watch.

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- "San Andreas is shocking, not necessarily because of its typically contentious subject matter (though there's plenty in it to rub those of a conservative disposition the wrong way) but because of the sheer scale of the experience... Is it really the best game ever made? Quite possibly, yes."
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a Rockstar North-developed video game, and so has references to storylines and characters from both Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. It is set in the fictional state of San Andreas. By far the largest and most complex playing field of any Grand Theft Auto III-era game, San Andreas consists of three fully-realized cities: Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas, and includes vast expanses of countryside, forests, a desert, and even a mountain and many hills. The game is centered around the return of Carl Johnson (also known as CJ) to his gang (the Grove Street Families), and their subsequent return to power.
- "Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas... a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. Where film stars and millionaires do their best to avoid the dealers and gang-bangers. Now, it's the early 90's. Carl's got to go home. His mother has been murdered, his family has fallen apart and his childhood friends are all heading towards disaster. On his return to the neighborhood, a couple of corrupt cops frame him for homicide. CJ is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and to take control of the streets."
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San Andreas is similarly structured to the previous two games in the series. The core gameplay consists of elements of third-person shooter and a driving game, affording the player a large, open environment in which to move around. On foot, the player's character is capable of walking, running, swimming (the first Grand Theft Auto game in which diving and swimming without drowning is possible), limited climbing, and jumping, as well as using weapons and various forms of hand to hand combat. Players can operate a variety of vehicles, including automobiles, boats, airplanes, helicopters, trains, tanks, motorcycles, and bicycles. Players may also import vehicles rather than steal them.
Carl Johnson is Grand Theft Auto's most customizable protagonist due to the possibility in-game to change his clothes, tattoos, hairstyle, and even his body mass in which he can be fat, skinny, or muscular. Later Grand Theft Auto III-era games eliminated many of the customization, swimming, and climbing abilities enjoyed by CJ.
One aspect of Grand Theft Auto III (and the later Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories) that is eliminated in San Andreas is the "Welcome to" screens, which often disrupt game flow in those games; in San Andreas, transition between areas occurs with no such interruption. (This is likely due to the high number of races and other missions that cross into different areas of the state.)
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- Assets — are places where you can periodically go to collect a predetermined amount of money.
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- Carl "CJ" Johnson — The protagonist of the game.
- Cheats — Cheat codes are available for the PS2, Xbox, and PC versions.
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- Controls — The controls are different for PS2, Xbox, and PC versions of the game.
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- Vehicle Missions — Missions are available for specific vehicles.
- Vehicles — A list of the numerous vehicles found in the game
- Weapons — A list of the various weapons found in the game.
Gangs in San Andreas
Rockstar North conducted massive amounts of research before developing the gangs of San Andreas; this primarily involved talking to DJ Pooh, Mister Cartoon, Estevan Oriol, and hundreds of other well-known faces.
Gangs play a much larger role in San Andreas than they did in Vice City.
- The number of gangs has increased. As well as having the large, dominating gangs, there are smaller, more local gangs.
- Generally, gangs cause a bit more trouble than they did in previous titles — toppling cars, crowding streets, and using various new methods of attack. In some areas of the map, the player is welcome, and in others, the player is not.
- San Andreas gives you the ability to "take over" areas of the map, and recruit new members into gangs to help and defend you.
Gang members are recognized by their clothing, tattoos, and hand signs. These are useful for two reasons: it allows police to identify a gang set or victim, and it allows gang members to interact with one another. Each gang has its own territory, indicated by street warnings, wall graffiti, or simply violence. In Los Santos, each of the four gangs are split up into different "sets". While not all sets get along, at least there's always plenty of backup available.
Gang Wars & Territory
Winning territory involves gang wars, so this must be done carefully. Enter the area you wish to control, and kill every opposing member in sight. Killing three members on foot will provoke a gang war, and the area under attack will flash red on the radar. The opposing gang will attack in three waves to defend their land. Keep a close eye on the radar, and watch where the attackers come from. They may attack unexpectedly or in large numbers, so make sure you have a plentiful supply of health and armor before starting the war. If possible, shoot from long distances or from rooftops.
Survive the three waves, and the area is yours. The area is now highlighted green on the map, indicating your gang has gained possession over it. Similarly, other gangs may try and take your territory; it's up to you to defend it.
Gang wars and territory are introduced during the mission "Doberman". After the mission "The Green Sabre", CJ no longer has the ability to win new territory, or defend his own. This feature returns during the mission "Home Coming", in the Final Missions strand.
Recruit Others
CJ can recruit other members of his gang. The number of gang members he can recruit is based on CJ's respect level, with the game-wide maximum number being seven. There is also a limitation of number of seats in your vehicle. A typical car can carry two to four people, whereas a coach or bus can hold all seven members.
While your homies are recruited, you can get them to follow you or stay put. Your homies will return fire to those who attack you, and shoot at rival gang members and cops. They will also participate in drive-by shootings, just like Sweet, Smoke, and Ryder demonstrate in the mission "Drive-By". Don't depend on your homies too much, as they aren't very reliable. They can, however, draw fire away from CJ. CJ can also take a picture of him with his homies.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas―just like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City―is heavily based off many crime-drama movies in the '90s. Plus the gangsta rap, and rock 'n' roll like soundtrack was also taken from the '90s era.
The biggest counterpart of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is the 1993 hood film Menace II Society, many aspects were taken from this movie such as Los Santos being based off of Los Angeles during the movie, plus Grove Street itself is a reference to the film, and lastly some of the lines in the game were taken from the movie.
New Jack City is another film that influenced Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as Wesley Snipes character looks like CJ (if you make CJ wear the clothes from Victim), and Big Smoke's Crack Palace closely resembles the Carter Apartment Buildings in the film.
Other influenced on San Andreas are:
- Boyz n' the Hood ― Most of the gameplay are elements in this film.
- Casino ― The Las Venturas portion of the game is based on this movie.
- Easy Rider ― The Truth (who was also voiced by Peter Fonda) is a parody of his character in this film.
- Pulp Fiction ― As the character Vincent Vega call his friend Lance, Lance realizes that Vincent is on his cellphone about how he has a girl in his car who is flat-lining fast but Lance hangs up knowing how the cops might be listening on them repeating the line, "I don't know you, wrong number, prank caller, prank caller!" This line was said in the game when The Truth calls Carl about the drugs Tenpenny needs Carl to get before saying the line.
- To Live and Die in L.A. ― One of the car chases in the game is similar to the car chase in this movie.
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day ― A couple of the early car chases bear similarities bear similarities to the ones in the film.
- Training Day ― Officer Tenpenny is a parody of Denzel Washington's character.
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Prior to its release for the PlayStation 2, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was one of the most highly anticipated video games of 2004, along with Halo 2. San Andreas met most of these expectations, as it was praised as one of the PlayStation 2's best games, with an average review score on 98%, according to Metacritic, tying for the fifth highest ranked game in PlayStation 2 history. IGN rated the game a 9.9/10 (the highest score it has ever awarded to a PlayStation 2 game), calling it "the defining piece of software" for the PlayStation 2. GameSpot rated the game 9.6/10, giving it an Editor's Choice award. San Andreas also received an A rating from the 1UP.com network and a 10/10 score from Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. As of March 26, 2008, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has sold 27.5 million units according to Take-Two Interactive. The Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer's Edition list it as the most successful game on the Playstation 2, with 17.33 million copies sold for that console alone, from a total of 21.5 million in all formats. The New York Times' Charles Herold gave the only non-positive review for San Andreas, giving it a 'mediocre' rating of 4.0 out of 10, criticizing the "annoying" mission structure, and the casualness of the intense violence featured in the game.
- PS2 - 17.4 million
- PC - 2.3 million
- Xbox - 5.9 million
The game has received widespread acclaim for its technical achievements and free gameplay. However, it also received widespread criticism―initially due to its "gangster" elements, which include drugs, prostitution, and murder; but later due to the discovery of disabled interactive sex scenes, nicknamed Hot Coffee, which could be re-enabled using third-party mods. This led to the re-rating by the ESRB of the game from Mature to Adults-Only until a second version, with the sex scenes fully removed, was released.
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas contains many references to the popular '90s hood film Boyz n' The Hood. Some characters in the game are visually and/or mentally based on characters from the film, as well as some events that take place.
- Somehow, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City files and beta pics exist in .txd folder. The beta files consist of the beta map, beta intro and outro pictures, and beta loading screen.
- The word "fuck" and its derivatives are used 365 times, not counting the soundtrack or random NPC interactions.
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is the first Grand Theft Auto game to use strong, and sexually explicit language, i.e. "Fuck," "Motherfucker," "Cunt." It is currently one of four Grand Theft Auto games to ever use the word "cunt", and uses it the least out of the three, only once. The other three are Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony, which use it one time, four times and fourteen times respectively.
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is also the first Grand Theft Auto to include many features, such as customizing Carl Johnson in many ways (Clothes, Tattoos, Haircuts etc), ability to go to the gym and gain muscle, swimming, and the ability to go on dates with girls.
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was the only Grand Theft Auto III era whose main storyline centered around urban street gangs (e.g., the Grove Street Families, the Los Santos Ballas, etc.) rather than Mafia families (e.g., the Leone Family, the Forelli Family, etc.).
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas takes place in the winter, as seen in Saint Mark's Bistro.
- It could be said that San Andreas is more dark and mysterious than its predecessors, due to the inclusion of the desert and countryside, not to mention the several myths and legends in the game.
- BradyGames published the Official Strategy Guide for the game; however, the book contains many errors and appears to be based upon a pre-release version of the game. For example, locations of many pickups and "hidden package"-style items shown on the maps differ to where they really are in the game, and there are additional pick-ups for adrenaline shown, even though that item is not available in the final game. Some mission walk-throughs also make reference to gameplay elements not in evidence in the final game (such as evading the police during the Madd Dogg's Rhymes mission), and in a few cases, some activities are stated as being unlocked by certain missions despite being available earlier in the game (such as the dancing minigame).
- Sometimes when during a gameplay cutscene with people, they will start attacking each other. The vendors also do this when in regular gameplay. This is a glitch and is most likely caused by saving while using cheats.
- This is the only Grand Theft Auto game so far to have a map that spans more than one city, as it features Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas.
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is so far the most best-selling game of the 3D Universe (second best-selling of the whole franchise) with over 21.5 million sales and in PlayStation 2 (17.33 million copies).
- This is the only Grand Theft Auto game that has missions with the same name of the characters like Madd Dogg, OG Loc, Cesar Vialpando, Ryder, Big Smoke, Jizzy B., Mike Toreno, T-Bone Mendez, Wu Zi Mu, Ran Fa Li, and Mountain Cloud Boys. These missions often introduce their namesake for the first time.
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is the only game that shows vehicles with gas tanks.
- In the credits, it says that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was recorded at Rockstar NYC, but it isn't mentioned anywhere else.
- Currently, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is the best selling PlayStation 2 game, and is in the top 10 list of best selling Xbox games.
- Originally GTA San Andreas had the same graphics as GTA Vice City.


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Waves all weekend here, perfect for working off that dinner tonight.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Waves all weekend here, perfect for working off that dinner tonight.
Indeed! Waves or not, we give thanks! Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Happy Thanksgiving, tasty waves comin through here too. so stoked, got new gloves too. cant wait to give them a test drive.
Happy Thanksgiving. To everyone still suffering from the effects of Sandy, our thoughts and prayers go out to you. To all the men and women in our Armed Forces, away from their families this holiday, thanks. And, to all the nurses and doctors, emts, firefighters and police officers who are working right now, thank you (Ann G, Jon K, SuperFish, and all the rest).
Keep up the stoke. Waves were PUMPNG in da country this mornin.
Yah I have to work 8 pm to 4 am tonight fml.. Lol
Happy Turkey Day, turkey's!
Wish we had some waves to take my mind off this cowboys game!
Cowboys blow... Hail to RGIII
Gobble, gobble, gobble; turkey or Kim Kardashian in a NBA locker room?
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College Roundup: Dartmouth loses men's hockey opener
Princeton's Tucker Brockett won the game in overtime with a goal 45 seconds into the extra season.
Field hockey
UNH 5, UMass Lowell 0: Sophomore forward Lynne Lehman recorded a goal and an assist to fuel the 20th-ranked University of New Hampshire field hockey team to a 5-0 victory against UMass Lowell at Memorial Field on Friday evening.
SNHU 3, Southern Connecticut State 2: Emma Houlihan had a game-best 16 kills along with three blocks. Nina McGouldrick added 12 kills and 15 digs, while Ashlee Daoust, of Brooklime, tallied 13 kills. Maeghan Higgins led the Penmen defense with 33 digs, and Catherine Cotton dished out a game-high 52 assists.


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Calling All Angels, or at Least the 2012 25-Man Roster!
I think it's safe to assume that, much like Crash Davis, Mike Scioscia believes in opening his presents on Christmas Morning not Christmas Eve, because he sure doesn't reveal so much as a peep about the final 25-man roster or the starting rotation until after the final out of the Angels final Spring Training game. As for Scioscia's feelings on good scotch, the hanging curve ball, the self-indulgence of Susan Sontag novels and any of the rest of the famous movie speech? Well, the evidence is somewhat less conclusive. I'll leave you all to speculate. Regardless, the Angels pitched, hit and fielded their way through their final 2012 Spring Training game this afternoon – finishing with a win, no less! – and Scioscia revealed the details fans have been craving for weeks and, in some case, then some shortly after.
Ladies and Gentlemen, your 2012 Angels…for now…Oh, come on? What kind of Opening Week Angels Roster/Rotation would this be without a question mark or two?:
Angels 2012 Starting Rotation (Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!):
- Jered Weaver
- Dan Haren
- Ervin Santana
- C.J. Wilson
- ?? Hey, remember what I said about those question marks! We don't absolutely need a 5th starter until the 15th. Why announce these things early? See post introduction. ;) Most likely this will be either Garrett Richards or Jerome Williams. Personally, I liked the look of Williams better than Richards last season. But Williams is recovering from a strain and Richards is no longer a rookie, so who knows?
Relievers (and here we largely pause our yay-age in exchange for some resigned sighing. This could either go really well or…yeah):
- Scott Downs (Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!)
- LaTroy Hawkins (I have hopes that this coulld be a yay)
- Kevin Jepsen (The jury will without its verdict until more evidence is presented)
- Jason Isringhausen (Ummm…)
- Hisanori Takahashi (Er…..)
- Rich Thompson (Probably, mostly Yay!)
- Jordan Walden (I have hopes that this could be a yay too)
Catchers (Yay! They hit above .212!):
- Chris Iannetta
- Bobby Wilson
- …just messin' with ya there. For the first time in a few seasons, Scioscia is starting out with only the traditional two catchers on the 25-man roster.
Infielders (Yay!! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!):
- Alexi Amarista (Good for you kid! You had a heck of a Spring Training!)
- Erick Aybar
- Alberto Callaspo
- Maicer Izturis
- Howie Kendrick
- Kendrys Morales (Hey, infielder is what the article I read said, but we all know it's going to be a looooooong time before Kendrys does any fielding if, in fact, he does do any fielding this season. This is our DH and a damned fine one at that. Yaaaaaaay!!!)
- Albert Pujols (You know, what's his name. The new guy. I've heard he can hit and field a little. ;) )
- Mark Trumbo
Outfielders (Yaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!):
- Bobby Abreu (Allegedly. At least, outfielder is what the article I read said but, ugh. I saw him play left last night and, I love you Bobby, but oh. Hell. No.
- Peter Bourjos
- Torii Hunter
- Vernon Wells
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Pretty potent line-up and rotation, as well as exciting! I'm sure we'll see Trout back up, too, once he's healthy. The 5th starter isn't a big deal yet, no. The Tigers 5 guy is starting in Triple-A, and will be called up when needed. Opens up a spot for another position player. Happy Opening Day Kristen!!!!
Thanks, Mike! Yeah, I think the look of the outfield will change by the All Star break, with Bobby out somehow and Trout back on the roster. Happy Opening Day! Regarding the Tigers rotation, Verlander is so borderline superman these days, maybe he'll be the 1st and 5th man in the rotation…and his own catcher too, like Bugs Bunny. :)
— Kristen
I just find it hilarious that the two bullpen pitchers you are un sure of were the best pitchers in the Mets bullpen the past two years respectively (there is K-Rod, but he didn't have a full season with the Mets either time. First because of his incident where he hit his father-in-law and then because of his trade to Milwaukee.)
I hadn't thought of it that way Mateo…hmmm. I know Takahashi was good for the Mets but he was really spotty for us last season, better towards the end but still. And so far, Isringhausen looks spotty too, though it was only ST. I'm pretty easy to please though and will like them just fine if they perform. (Oh, and I wouldn't want K-Rod back either. He was great for us but had way too many diva issues now, LOL.)
— Kristen
Wow the Angels are looking pretty dang good this year.
Thanks David! One way or the other it should be a fun season out here in Anaheim.
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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) (केंद्रीय माध्यमिक शिक्षा बोर्ड) is a school-level Educational Board at all India level under the Central Government. Besides CBSE, there are two other all India level school boards and a number of state level boards.
CBSE affiliates all Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNV), all Kendriya Vidyalayas (KV), Private Schools, all the schools in the NCT of Delhi and Foreign Schools. The board conducts final examinations for All India Senior School Certificate Examination (AISSCE) for Classes XII and X.
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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducts optional proficiency test in April for students of Class X. The main objectives of the test are to standardize skills as well as superior intellectual abilities of students, to offer guidance and motivation for students to achieve academic brilliance in individual subjects, to furnish feedback to schools about learning stages of their students and set priorities, targets as well as goals for upcoming academic endeavors.
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James Kidder explains how a stunning fossil discovery affects our understanding of human evolution.
Researchers in the emerging field of Paleogenomics are investigating the past using genetic research.
Read about the death of Wolfhart Pannenberg, still debating creation and evolution, and a really big dinosaur discovery.
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Geologist Keith Miller examines the "Cambrian Explosion", a period of rapid evolutionary diversification approximately 575 million years ago, and whether it poses a challenge to evolutionary theory. From the June 2014 issue of Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith from the American Scientific Affiliation.
Some people who brook no "god of the gaps" arguments anywhere else look to these three moments as more reasonable places to insert God into natural processes: God spoke matter/energy into existence, God made life out of lifeless matter, and God breathed a soul into human beings.
A common argument leveled against the theory of evolution is that scientists have not been able to produce transitional fossils that show the change of one species into another. In this podcast, we address a common misconception about what transitional fossils actually are.
In this series, James Kidder provides an intriguing study on transitional fossils and the evolutionary history of modern humans. He begins by discussing the fossil record, explaining how new forms are classified. He then explains the physically distinguishing trait of humankind—bipedalism. From the discovery of Ardipithecus, the earliest known hominin, to the australopithecines, the most prolific hominin, Kidder focuses on the discovery, the anatomy, and the interpretation of these ancestral remains.
This ongoing series written by historian Ted Davis begins with a brief synopsis of his personal background, and then goes on to reveal his passion for debunking "the now-common view that the history of science and Christianity is one of ongoing, inevitable conflict."
If God himself is willing to die, particularly in such a gruesome way, then perhaps we should at least consider the possibility of God allowing the death of other creatures, too. But would this really be compatible with what we know of God through Scripture?
We find no compelling evidence that the earth's geological features can be explained by a global Flood. Here we consider three lines of evidence: global salt deposits, the order of deposition of sediment layers in the Grand Canyon, and the sequence of fossils in geological strata.
Many Christians believe that they face a painful choice-- either life was designed by God or it is an evolutionary product of natural selection. Charles Darwin himself believed in this dichotomy, and people ever since have felt the need to "choose sides". However, looking back at history, we find that one of Darwin's chief scientific colleagues, Asa Gray, did not share this perspective. In this three-part essay, part 1 charts the relationship of Asa Gray and Charles Darwin. Part 2 describes Darwin's struggle with the problem of natural evil and design in nature, and part 3 explores how Asa Gray was able to embrace evolution without rejecting the idea of design.
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In recent decades, scientists have discovered more about the beginnings of humanity. The fossil record shows a gradual transition over 5 million years ago from chimpanzee-size creatures to hominids with larger brains who walked on two legs. Later hominids used fire and stone tools and had brains as large as modern humans. Fossils of homo sapiens in east Africa date back nearly 200,000 years. Humans developed hearths for fire, stone points for spears and arrows, and cave paintings by 30,000 years ago. By 10,000 years ago, humans had spread throughout the globe. Genetic studies support the same picture. Humans share more DNA with chimpanzees than with any other animal, suggesting that humans and chimps share a relatively recent common ancestor. Also, the same defective genes appear in both humans and chimps, at the same locations in the genome—an observation difficult to explain except by common ancestry. Genetics also tells us that the human population today descended from more than two people. Evolution happens not to individuals but to populations, and the amount of genetic diversity in the gene pool today suggests that the human population was never smaller than several thousand individuals. Yet all humans, of all races, are descended from this group. Humanity is one family.
I ask the question, "Why is the universe so special?" Now scientists don't like things to be special; we like things to be general, and our natural anticipation would have been that the universe is just a common specimen of what a universe might be like.
Design arguments have been around forever and expressed in various ways. Most of them fall into what we call natural theology, which is the process of inferring something about the existence and nature of God by the inspection of nature.


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Delaine FragnoliContinuing the current moratorium on suction dredge mining is the best thing for the environment, says an environmental study released Feb. 28 by the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG).
The next preferable alternative would be to cut the number of suction dredge permits by more than half — from an average of 3,650 over the past 15 years to 1,500 annually — while limiting dredging to 14 days a year for each permit holder and reducing the allowable nozzle size from 8 inches to 4.
The study is the result of a lawsuit, spearheaded by the Karuk tribe, which argued that the practice was harming fish habitat by churning up pollutants deposited in streambeds by a century and a half of mining activity. In 2009, a court ordered the agency to overhaul its regulations and issued an injunction to prevent it from processing any permits until it had done so.
The Legislature followed up in August 2009 with a bill, signed by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, to temporarily ban suction dredging on all California rivers and lakes.
Suction dredging removes and returns material at the bottom of a stream, river or lake. A pump sucks up streambed material, passes it up through a suction hose and runs it across a recovery system floating at the surface. Gold, which is very heavy, is separated as the gravel and other material wash through the recovery system and back into the stream.
The moratorium set off howls of protest from counties where the mining practice is most common, including Plumas County. Assemblyman Dan Logue and Plumas County Supervisor Lori Simpson both protested the move. State Sen. Sam Aanestad (R-Grass Valley) tried but failed to pass legislation that would have refunded suction mining permit fees for 2009 to affected miners. That year, DFG collected $250,000 in fees for nearly 4,000 permits. The program costs DFG $1.25 million annually.
State Sen. Ted Gaines introduced a bill last month that would repeal the moratorium, refund permit fees and require DFG to complete an economic impact report on the effects of the prohibition. The bill is an urgency measure and would require a two-thirds vote. It is now with the Senate Natural Resources Committee.
DFG is currently soliciting comments on its environmental study. The document evaluates the potential impacts of four alternatives:
•No Program Alternative, which would continue the existing moratorium;
•1994 Regulations Alternative, which would continue previous regulations in effect prior to the 2008 moratorium;
•Water Quality Alternative, which would include additional program restrictions for water bodies (such as portions of the Feather River) listed as impaired under the Clean Water Act; and
•Reduced Intensity Alternative, which would cut permits by 59 percent and otherwise restrict methods of operation to reduce environmental effects. Along with the No Program alternative, this one is considered an "environmentally superior" alternative.
The study is available for review at dfg.ca.gov/suctiondredge or by calling 225-2275.
The comment period runs through April 29. Comments may be submitted by e-mail to email@example.com or by postal mail to:
Mark Stopher
California Department of Fish and Game
601 Locust St.
Redding, CA 96001
The agency will hold five public meetings. The closest venues are Sacramento and Redding:
Tuesday, March 29, at 5 p.m.
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Byron Sher Auditorium
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DFG anticipates it will issue its final study and decision in late fall 2011.


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Seattle Mariners 2015 News and Updates
4/29/15 - A ten-day trip for the Seattle Mariners has started with a 3-1 victory over the Texas Rangers, thanks to great pitching from Taijuan Walker, who threw a killer fastball in the Monday night game. The young player lasted seven innings, threw 62 strikes, struck out five and had just six hits. After going hitless in 13 at bats on Sunday, the Mariners broke that unwelcome streak with an RBI from Nelson Cruz. After a throwing error on a groundball which should have been a double play, Cano sprinted home making it 2-0 for Seattle. Their last run came from Justin Ruggiano who was able to make it home after a single from Smith. Up next for the Mariners are two series against the Astros and the Angels before they head home to take on the Athletics.
4/24/15 - After two disappointing losses, the Seattle Mariners turned it around and won the third game of their series against the Astros with a 2-3 final score. The Mariners J.A. Happ struck out five and didn't give up any walks over the seven and one-third innings that he pitched to give him his first win. Catcher Mike Zunino homered in the third. On Friday (4/24), Safeco Field will be busy with Mariners' fans when they host the Minnesota Twins in a three-game series over the weekend. Tickets start at $17 for Friday's game. There are still plenty of great seats available all over the ballpark. After Sunday's game, the Mariners go out on the road, so come down and show your support while your favorite team is in town.
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4/14/15 - It has been one week since the 2015 MLB regular season began, and the Seattle Mariners are off to a 3-3 start. After beating the Angels 4-1 in the season opener, they lost the remaining two games in the series to the Los Angeles team. After that, they took a trip to Oakland, where they beat the Athletics in two out of three, including one match that went to 11 innings. Many eyes have been on Taijuan Walker since the preseason began, but his debut performance wasn't quite up to par and he was relieved of pitching duties in the seventh inning. This weekend, Seattle fans can enjoy a weekend of baseball as the Mariners take on the Texas Rangers on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We have your tickets starting at just $15.
4/3/15 - If ESPN's prediction pans out, it could be a very good summer in Seattle in 2015, as the Mariners are projected by them to win the American League West. After falling just short of the playoffs last year, and being in contention going down to the final days of the season, the M's will be looking to end a 13-season playoff drought.
3/18/15 - With a devastating loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in what may have been a World Series preview match up last weekend, the Seattle Mariners will need to get back to playing at peak performance if they want to make it to the championship. Much of their chances rest on the health of star pitcher James Paxton, who has been out with a minor forearm injury since the beginning of the spring. He hopes to return before the start of the regular season, with the possibility of returning as early as next week. Paxton says he has been doing hot yoga in the off-season, which helps to control his heart rate. He finds that if his heart starts racing on the mound, he can use yoga practice to control his breathing and lower his heart rate so he can calm down.
3/6/15 - The Seattle Mariners threatened to make the American League West a three-horse race from much of the 2014 season, and were in contention for the wild card until the final days of the season. This year, though, the M's have their sights set higher, behind the arms of "King Felix" Hernandez, Hisashi Iwakuma, and the bats of Robinson Cano and slugger Kyle Seager.
2/13/15 - The Seattle Mariners were given the short end of the stick last season and it looks like history might be repeating itself. The Mariners are looking at the most travel time out of any MLB team, with more than 2,000 more miles traveled than the next closest team. As the 2015 season starts, Seattle is already at a huge disadvantage. They can absolutely make up the difference through hard work, however, but they need the support of their fans cheering them to victory to even things out. Their season starts on April 6th when they take on the Los Angeles Angels, but then they will be travelling all the way to Oakland to play the Athletics. Catch their home opener before they leave for only $34.
2014 Season
9/25/14 - Close, but no cigar in 2014. That will pretty much sum up the Seattle Mariners' season once the weekend's final series is finished, as the M's take on the Los Angeles Angels at home. A September that showed much promise for an exciting stretch drive went up in smoke due to an inability to win in the clutch, as the squad had a pair of streaks in which they won just once over six games – four of those losses coming to lowly Houston. In addition, aces Felix Hernandez and Hisashi Iwakuma won just two games combined in September.
9/19/14 - They split two with the Los Angeles Angels, and hope to make some hay against Houston this weekend…so there's still a good chance the Seattle Mariners could make the postseason. They're a game behind Oakland for the second American League wild card slot, with nine games left – six on the road in Houston and Toronto, then the season finale against the Angels in Seattle. Considering the M's and A's are battling Detroit and Kansas City essentially for three spots (the Royals and Tigers for the Central Division title, and all four over the two wild cards), that means some exciting times are still ahead across two divisions.
9/12/14 - It's a three-horse race in the American League coming down the stretch, but just two of those three teams – Oakland, Detroit, and the Seattle Mariners – will land in the postseason. The M's find themselves a half game behind the Tigers, who currently hold the second wild-card slot, and it's a race that seems to change daily, with once-dominant Oakland potentially fading to out of the race. Seattle has a key three-game series this weekend with the Athletics at Safeco Field; a successful series could hand the Mariners some much-needed momentum as they chase their first postseason since 2001. Key to this charge will be the pitching of King Felix Hernandez, who is scheduled to square off with the A's Sonny Gray as part of this weekend's action.
9/5/14 - The Seattle Mariners…they keep hangin' in there, fighting mightily for that all-important American League wild card slot. Just a half game behind Detroit for the second slot, and a mere three games behind once-dominant Oakland for the top wild card, the M's took two of three from the A's to start the September stretch drive, and play Texas over the weekend. The M's have just four non-West Division games remaining on their schedule, a four-game set against Toronto which will finish up their last road trip of 2014, an 11 game swing, before returning home for their last three regular season games of the year against the Los Angeles Angels.
8/29/14 - September is going to be an interesting month in the Pacific Northwest. The NFL's Seahawks are preparing to return to the field to defend their Super Bowl title; the NCAA's Huskies are a Top 25 team as college football gets underway; MLS's Sounders F.C. are atop their conference with the best record in the league – and the Seattle Mariners are relevant again in Major League Baseball, in a taut battle for one of the two American League wild-card slots in the postseason. The last time the M's were in the postseason was 2001 – Lou Piniella was the manager, and a young Nippon Professional Baseball star by the name of Ichiro Suzuki garnered both Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player awards in his first season on this side of the Pacific – the second Japanese import of the Mariners in as many seasons (preceded the year before by reliever Kazuhiro Sasaki) to win the AL's top rookie honor.
8/22/14 - While their West rivals down the Pacific coast in Oakland and Anaheim (Los Angeles) have swapped places in the standings – the Angels finally surging into first place – the Seattle Mariners, having gone 7-3 in their last 10 games, remain close at hand in the AL wild-card hunt, just a half game behind Detroit for the second wild-card slot. The M's take on a traditionally tough Boston club at Fenway Park this weekend before heading back across country to square off with the bottom-of—the-West Texas Rangers in Seattle, followed by a visit with a Washington team who has finally managed to put things together in the National League and establish themselves as one of the NL's favorites.
8/15/14 - Before the All-Star break, it looked for all intents and purposes like the American League West was Oakland's to lose. Now? The A's have regressed to the mean a bit, the Los Angeles Angels got hot – and the Seattle Mariners are still in both the West race, as well as holders of the No. 2 AL wild-card slot (a half game ahead of Detroit) going into the weekend of Aug. 16-17. A word about that wild card race: It's gonna be tight; after the Tigers, four teams are clustered within a game and a half of each other, which means if a team gets hot or cools off things could get exciting. The M's, in fact, are riding a hot streak at the moment, having reeled off five straight victories and nine of their last 10.
8/8/14 - The Seattle Mariners may have fallen well off the torrid pace being set by Oakland and the Los Angeles Angels in the American League West, having fallen 10 games back of the A's – but hoo boy, what a wild card race! Going into Friday's games, Kansas City had moved into the second wild-card slot behind the Angels, with former seoncd wild card Toronto falling into a three-way tie with Seattle and the New York Yankees, just a half-game back. After coming out of the All-Star break winning just six while losing 10 (including a four game losing streal), the M's have turned things around somewhat and have won three straight, including the first of a four-game weekend set with the Chicago White Sox.
7/31/14 - The Seattle Mariners found themselves involved in the wheeling and dealing on trading-deadline day, participating in the blockbuster deal with Detroit and Tampa Bay that saw David Price leave the Rays to join the Tigers. In the three-way deal, the M's sent Nick Franklin to Tampa Bay, and received outfielder Austin Jackson from Detroit. Franklin had played in just 17 games for the Mariners in 2014, going 6-for-47 for a .128 batting average, with a triple as his lone extra-base hit. Jackson, however, was Detroit's starting center fielder, hitting .273/.332/.398 with 25 doubles, five triples and four round-trippers, driving in 33 runs while scoring 52, the latter being tied for third on the Tigers team with Victor Martinez.
7/28/14 - After falling off the torrid pace set by Oakland and the Los Angeles Angels in the American League West, the Seattle Mariners made a move to shore up their weak offense, acquiring Kendrys Morales from Minnesota for relief pitcher Stephen Pryor. Morales was with the M's last year, leading the club in batting average, hits, doubles, and RBIs last year, while setting a team record for homers by a switch-hitter. For the Twins this year, Morales had played in just 39 games, with a slash line of .234/.259/.325, with a single home run and 19 RBIs; he signed with Minnesota in early June after failing to generate any interest in the offseason as a free agent. Morales is expected to serve as the Mariners' designated hitter.
7/18/14 - The Seattle Mariners' "King Felix" Hernandez was rewarded for an outstanding first half of the season with the starting nod from Boston and American League All-Star skipper John Farrell in the Midsummer Classic. Hernandez became the first Venezuelan pitcher and second Mariner (after the legendary "Big Unit," Randy Johnson) to earn the honor. Hernandez pitched just the first inning, facing four National League hitters while throwing 23 pitches (14 strikes, nine balls); he struck out Yasiel Puig and Troy Tulowitzki, and induced Paul Goldschmidt to ground out to third, while allowing a leadoff infield hit to Andrew McCutchen.
7/14/14 - With the unfortunate news that first-half pitching sensation Masahiro Tanaka may be done for the season with a partially torn ligament in his pitching arm, attention is focusing on baseball's version of "The King" -- Seattle Mariners ace "King Felix" Hernandez as a Cy Young Award frontrunner. ESPN's "Baseball Tonight" analysts both lselected Hernandez as their first-half AL Cy Young pick, on the strength of his 10-2 record, 2.11 ERA (2nd in the AL) and 145 strikeouts (third in the AL), not to mention a minuscule WHIP of 0.89, also second in the league. If Hernandez does win the Cy Young this season, it would be his second of his career.
7/3/14 – Well look who's coming up in the AL West. The Seattle Mariners have quickly narrowed the gap between themselves and the Los Angeles Angels for second place in their division, now just one game behind the Halos. The Mariners are 4.5 games out from the top spot, and they'll have to maximize on their current hot streak of four consecutive wins if they hope to catch the Oakland Athletics. Lock-in Seattle Mariners tickets and see them set off fireworks on the field this Friday against the Chicago White Sox! Independence Day marks the first of their three game series, and Mariners tickets start at $7. Not only will you get Robinson Cano shooting rockets out of the park, but US Cellular Field is sure to have and amazing fireworks display!
6/19/14 - After starting off the month of June with seven wins in their first eight games of the month, the Seattle Mariners have since lost seven of their last 10 – but remain just over .500 at 37 wins and 36 losses, and just two games behind the second-place Los Angeles Angels in the American League West. The M's are also maintaining a positive run differential of plus-33, one of just five teams (two of those other teams are their West rivals in L.A. and Oakland) in the American League to be in the green in that statistic. The Mariners are just one of two teams in the AL to have a worse home record than on the road, the other being Baltimore; the Mariners are a solid 20-16 away from Safeco Field, while 17-20 at home.
6/6/14 - Here's a shocker: If the season ended today, the Seattle Mariners would be in the postseason, just ahead of Baltimore. They're second in the American League West, tied with the Los Angeles Angels, and have won five in a row, including two in Atlanta against the NL East leaders. After "King" Felix Hernandez, a perennial candidate for the AL's Cy Young Award almost from the moment he was brought up to the bigs, a key reason for the Mariners' success has been #2 pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma. Iwakuma has only made seven starts this season – he injured a finger in offseason workouts that fortunately did not require surgery – but in those seven starts he is 4-2 with 36 K's against just four walks, with a 2.66 ERA. He pitched seven shutout innings in his last start, against the Braves, with seven strikeouts and zero walks, scattering six hits along the way.
5/30/14 - King Felix Hernandez rolled to his team leading seventh win for the Seattle Mariners in a 3-1 triumph over the Los Angeles Angels on May 28. Hernandez is now third in the American League in wins and strikeouts (83), fourth in WHIP (1.02), and seventh in ERA (2.57), after throwing 8 2/3 innings of four hit baseball against the Angels. Closer Fernando Rodney needed just three pitches to collect his 13th save (third in the AL) against just two blown saves so far this year.
5/27/14 - How valuable has Robinson Cano been to the Seattle Mariners this year? The M's, currently in the middle of the pack in the American League West Division, 6 ½ games behind Oakland, are getting great production from their big-splash offseason acquisition. Cano is leading the Mariners in batting average at .322, which is also good enough for third in the American League, behind a pair of Detroit Tigers, Victor Martinez and Miguel Cabrera. Cano is also getting on base at a .372 clip, which places him among the top 20 in the AL, and his 58 hits put him tied for fourth (with another Detroiter, Ian Kinsler) in the league. While his power numbers are off (just two homers this season so far), he has also cut down on his strikeouts, making him a tough out for opponents.
5/16/14 - The Seattle Mariners made a big splash in the offseason, picking up Robinson Cano as a free agent to bolster the offense – and so far, the M's are reaping some benefit from this pickup, currently sitting in third place in the competitive American League West Division, six games behind division leading Oakland. Cano is hitting mostly as advertised, though his power is off a bit; currently his slash line stands at .301/.355/.385, with just a single homer and 22 RBIs. Three Mariners – Mike Zunino, Kyle Seager, and Justin Smoak – each have a team-leading six longballs. King Felix Hernandez has picked up where he left off last season; Hernandez is 4-1 in nine starts, with 60 strikeouts (good for sixth in the American League), and a solid 3.03 ERA.
5/5/14 - The Seattle Mariners have made great improvements to their play, and are now just one game under .500. To boost morale and rankings, the Pac-Northwest team won both of their series, against the Yankees and Astros, last week. Seattle will finish off their road trip with four games at Oakland, and return home for an extended series against the Kansas City Royals. Seattle Mariners tickets for their remaining two games in Oakland are $14 (5/6) and $16 (5/7) to start. Prices are at their lowest this week then Kansas City comes to play, starting at $9 (5/8) and $11 (5/9) at Safeco Field.
4/29/14 - The Seattle Mariners came into last week battered by a seven game losing streak, but they come into the final week of April with far better momentum. Seattle has won three games out of the last four, including a series victory over division foes: the Texas Rangers. This comes thanks to resurgent third baseman Kyle Seager, who was named AL Player of the Week: hitting .409 with 8 runs, 5 HRs, 11 RBI and 1.549 OPS in six games. See if the Seattle Mariners can extend this winning momentum on the road: they are pitted against the New York Yankees and Houston Astros this week. Be there for Robinson Cano's welcome back to Yankee Stadium with Seattle Mariners tickets: get-in prices range from a mere $2-$3 this week at Yankee Stadium (4/29-5/1).
4/21/14 - After a hot start to 2014, the Seattle Mariners season took a turn for the worst: they've lost 9 in the last ten games, and have currently dropped seven straight. Yesterday, Seattle allowed the Astros to snap their own 7-game losing streak, but with two games left, the Mariners can still take hold of the series. Dustin Ackley has emerged as an offensive gem despite his team's lackluster play (over .345 in the last eight games)—perhaps he and Cano can rally the team to victory. Score cheap Seattle Mariners tickets for their final two games against Houston: $9 to get-in on 4/22 and 4/23, or pay $17 to get into each game against Texas this weekend (4/25-4/27).
4/15/14- The Seattle Mariners have taken a decent slip after mostly solid play out of the gate. After splitting their series against Oakland at the beginning of the month, the Mariners dropped two out of three against the A's at home. This past weekend put a sobering end to their three-game win streak, which started in Anaheim with 26 total runs. They got back to business with yesterday's offensive eruption over Texas: three Rangers errors granted the squad six relentless runs for the final score of 7-1. Seattle has three more games against the Texas Rangers before they visit the failing Miami Marlins over the weekend. Cheap Seattle Mariners tickets are easy targets this week: starting at $5 on Tuesday, $3 on Wednesday, and $2 on Thursday.
4/8/14 - The Seattle Mariners have rocked the American League after the first week of baseball. They kicked the year off right by annihilating the Angeles, sweeping their on-the-road opening series. Though they hit a snag in the road with two losses to the Athletics, they have a chance to take on these two teams again, but this time at Safeco Field in Washington. Today, the Mariners start their two-games against Anaheim, where their huge investment, Robinson Cano, will be making his debut at home. Seattle Mariners tickets are available for tomorrow's game at $27 to start (4/9). Their series against Oakland offers a get-in price of $18 on Friday (4/11), $15 on Saturday and Sunday (4/12-4/13).
4/1/14 - The Seattle Mariners made an announcement to the MLB on Opening Day: they aren't messing around this year. The Mariners stifled the Los Angeles Angels on Opening Day with a stunning 10-3 victory down in Anaheim. Mariners' bullet slinger Felix Hernandez may have given up a two-run homer to Mike Trout in the first inning, but he made the Halos pay with 11 strikeouts. Justin Smoak launched a three-run homer while Robinson Cano was pitched around in favor of walks. Score Seattle Mariners tickets for the rest of this opening series: get-in for $17 tonight and $10 on Wednesday. Up next for the Pacific Northwest team is another California opponent, a visit to the Oakland A's beginning on Thursday (get in for $13).
3/25/14 - With under a week left until Opening Day, things in the Seattle Mariners clubhouse are getting interesting. The Mariners are looking at the possible return of former superstar Ichiro Suzuki, as the Yankees are currently shopping around the 40 year-old and willing to cover a portion of his salary if the right buyer comes along. Aside from bringing back a fan favorite and the idea letting the veteran finish his career in Seattle, the Mariners could actually use an outfielder with his skill set. Stay posted on Ichiro's potential homecoming! The Mariners will play their final game at Peoria, AZ this Friday against the Rockies (tickets start at $37) and then they'll be taking the show on the road to start regular season. Cheap Seattle Mariners tickets this Monday against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim start at just $19—one of the best bargains of Opening Day!
3/18/14 - With two weeks left of Spring Training, Seattle is still looking to make roster moves! The Mariners are considering a trade involving Nick Franklin to Detroit (in need of a shortstop), possibly in exchange for bullpen help. The Mariners are slotted against the Los Angeles Angels for their first game of the year, in a highly anticipated match to get the season going. Fans are excited to see which slugger—Mike Trout (LA) or Seattle's new Robinson Cano—will have the bigger impact out of the gate. Seattle Mariners tickets for their March 31 (Opening Day) game average just $78, making it one of the biggest steals in the league!
3/10/14 - With Spring Training in full swing, and Opening Day exactly three weeks away, it seems as though the Seattle Mariners have heeded the advice of slugger Robinson Cano, because the front office is now looking for another hard-hitting right-hander on the market. The Mariners have reportedly contacted Cuban outfielder Dayan Vicideo from the Sox. Still, they may consider holding-off on the move, as shortstop Brad Miller and outfielder Michael Saunders both launched two-run homeruns in their first at-bats Saturday against the San Francisco Giants. Seattle Mariners tickets start at $24 on Wednesday against the Cubs and $29 on Saturday against the Giants.
3/3/14 - As anticipated, slugger Robinson Cano made a huge impact in his debut with the Seattle Mariners this spring, helping his new team achieve back-to-back victories over the Padres to open up Cactus League play. The All Star did voice his opinions, that the team still needs to pack more of an offensive punch, by suggesting the organization signs a right-handed hitter—even going so far as to say Kendrys Morales should be contacted for a re-sign, being a switch hitter who hit 23 homeruns with the franchise last year. The Mariners are now 5-1 to start Spring Training and look forward to taking down their next opponents in Peoria during Week 2. Even though Seattle is red-hot, their tickets are super affordable! Seattle Mariners tickets start at $5 against the Indians (3/5) and $11 against the Reds (3/7).
2/25/14 - The Seattle Mariners are reportedly dealing with the New York Mets to trade off one of their young shortstops, Nick Franklin or Brad Miller. Franklin is a strong player who riled up the Mariners fanbase when he moved up from Triple-A last May, but has since been displaced by the Robinson Cano acquisition and is the more likely candidate to move. The Mariners would presumably make a deal to secure one of New York's young pitchers in the swap. Despite all the publicity surrounding perhaps the biggest trade of the offseason, Seattle Mariners tickets across spring training have dropped $10 in price: from $51 before camp began to $41.
2/12/14 - The Seattle Mariners practically announced their "win-now" projection for the season when they scooped up heavy-hitter, and the biggest agent available, Robinson Cano, along with the recent addition of proven closer Fernando Rodney. Seattle may be a west-coast town, but Emerald City residents have had their fair share of blistering weather this winter, so why not escape the cold and see your city's other winning team with Seattle Mariners
Spring Training
tickets? The Mariners are pitted against rivals down south, the San Diego Padres, for the first game of spring: tickets for this match-up start at $17 for a seat in Peoria, AZ.
1/30/14 - The Seattle Mariners made headlines this offseason by signing Robinson Cano, one of the heaviest-hitters in the majors. Now that management is reportedly talking with some of the biggest names left on the free agent market, score some Seattle Mariners tickets to see who takes the field this spring! Get a jump on the season with Spring Training tickets at $51 on average.
The Seattle Mariners were desperate for some big-time sluggers to rev up their lackluster core, and commenced this offseason with one of the biggest, most surprising moves of the year. The Mariners landed Robinson Cano with the third biggest contract in MLB history, at $240 million for 10 years, mirroring the
Los Angeles Angels'
deal with Albert Pujols a couple years ago.
Aside from Cano, the Mariners have yet to repair other deprived zones this winter, namely the bullpen. Last season, Seattle racked up the second-worst bullpen ERA in the league (4.58), and no major moves have been made thus far. The Mariners allowed Oliver Perez to join the free agent market, though they held steadfast onto Felix Hernandez and top-prospect rookie Taijaun Walker. Mariners fans should keep their eyes on the front office leading up to
Spring Training
, as the franchise is reportedly interested in Ervin Santana, Ubaldo Jimenez, Fernando Rodney and Bronson Arroyo—some of the hottest free agents left on the market. Don't sleep on the Seattle Mariners this year, especially after making one of the biggest splashes in the league this winter!
2013 Season
Despite their last place AL West finish in 2012, the Mariners have reason for optimism in 2013. After finishing at the bottom of the American league in runs scored, the Mariners decided to reconfigure Safeco Field and move in their outfield fences for 2013. This should generate higher power numbers, especially with newly acquired switch-hitting slugger Kendrys Morales, who was acquired via trade from the Angels. Free agent signees and returning Mariners Michael Morse and Raul Ibanez should also add significant pop to the lineup. The most important offseason deal the Mariners made was their extensions of ace pitcher and 2010 Cy Young winner Felix Hernandez. The 22 year old righty agreed to a 7-year, $175 million extension, making him the highest paid pitcher in baseball history.
The Mariners open their season with a 4-game series in Oakland against the
and a 3-game series in Chicago against the
White Sox
. Their home opener at
comes on 4/8 against new divisional foe, the Houston Astros. Prices start around $40 for bleacher and upper level seats, with field box tickets starting around $65. Aside from opening day, the most expensive Mariners home games come 6/28-6/29 against the
and 7/9-7/10 against the
Red Sox
. Overall, Mariners tickets for 2013 are averaging $65, 17th highest in the league and 7% below the league average. Fan looking to save money should purchase tickets for games in May or September, which average under $50. The most expensive months for Mariners tickets are April and June, when tickets average around $75.


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What about VALVE helping out the community to attract new contributors which Linux and VALVE can benefit from (mid to long-term)?
...One of the main issues to date concerning the graphics drivers IMHO.
How that 'could' be done:
- Creating something similar to GSOC and paying students to work on certain FOSS subjects.
- More importantly - Besides providing money, it would be a major benefit if they would pay someone to professionally
write some tutorials how to get into Linux GPU driver programming. This would be a completely new concept which
might attract people with good Linux and programming knowledge but no knowledge in the hardware/driver business.
It's all about 'lowering the threshold'.
Let's face it, you have to pay someone to work on such documentation. It won't happen otherwise.- Also providing some resources to create the webpage infrastructure and host this on their web servers
would be much appreciated.
I'm sure this would generate a very positive attention from the media which in turn will reach and attract more new contributers.
This would surely benefit the Linux environment and VALVE.