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Behind The Scenes With The Wolverines Behind The Scenes With The Wolverines On The Scene: The WCC Tournament Through Photos On The Scene: The WCC Tournament Through Photos Close Tweet0 Share0 Comment0 Share0 Share0 Stumble It0 Print0 More One And One UNLV may have found an answer, but one big question remains by Andy Glockner Email Posted: Wed Mar. 13, 2013 Anthony Marshall and UNLV reached the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference by beating Air Force. (Julie Jacobson/AP)LAS VEGAS -- That UNLV is loaded with talent is not a new storyline. Nor is the Rebels' ongoing quest for consistency, which after 32 games still hasn't manifested itself with any regularity. But the confluence of events that helped fuel the Rebels' 72-56 defeat of Air Force in the Mountain West quarterfinals hint that maybe, possibly, just in the nick of time, UNLV might finally, possibly, be finding itself.First, the caveats. Air Force was severely hindered in this game when it lost star guard Michael Lyons after just 92 seconds to a knee injury. Soon after, the Falcons lost starting center Taylor Broekhuis, who took several blows to the head and left the game with a cut chin and some "wooziness," according to Falcons head coach Dave Pilipovich. Even at full strength, the Falcons can't match the size and skill of the Rebels (though UNLV barely won in overtime at home and got drilled at Clune Arena during the regular-season series). So it's a little premature to believe UNLV finally had a consistency epiphany based on the surface result against this particular roster.The big developments were buried in the details. Anthony Bennett looked like Surefire NBA Lottery Pick Anthony Bennett for the first time since he suffered a nerve injury to his shoulder in late February. He ran the floor and finished numerous times for dunks, totaling an easy 23 points on 10-for-14 shooting. The related story is that, for the first time since Mike Moser dislocated his elbow in December, UNLV started Bennett as the de facto five and Moser at the four. Moser has looked uncomfortable this season spending larger amounts of time as a small forward. Back in his better role, Moser had nine points and 10 rebounds (all defensive), and the Rebels looked fluid and cohesive at both ends for large chunks of the game."Mike helps us so much at the four because of how we want to play," Rice said. "We want to get out in transition, we want to be defensively on the ball, and have four guys, including Mike, bring the ball up the floor."We want to be the Runnin' Rebels," Rice added. "We want to be a good transition team, and when he's getting defensive rebounds and bringing it, it just changes our team."Rice knew from the start of the season that Birch's presence after the first semester would create significant lineup challenges. There have been season-long concerns in the backcourt, where multiple guys play out of position, most notably starting point guard Anthony Marshall, who's done a credible job but isn't a pure distributor. Moser's injury and slow re-implementation complicated things in the frontcourt, and Bennett's recent ailment prolonged the shuffling. Now, after spending much the of the season ramming different square pegs into round holes, Rice seems to have settled on where he started the season. He mentioned that he would have gone with this lineup Saturday had it not been Senior Day, and after seeing it against today, believes this may be the best answer going forward."Some of my goals, some of my thoughts about how we were going to play, who was going to play in what spot, didn't materialize because certain guys just couldn't play those positions," Rice said. "It just wasn't best for our team."Whether it should have taken Rice and his staff thing long to figure things out is irrelevant at this point. If this is the final answer, the last roll of the proverbial dice, the question remains: Can we really trust the Rebels after months and months of documented inconsistency? Even the Rebels themselves aren't 100 percent sure. Bennett smiled in a postgame interview when asked whether he and his teammates ever know which Rebels team appears, saying "Sometimes, I don't even know. I expect us to show up every night, but sometimes it hasn't been like that."That's why, when everyone will be focused on what was an objectively good effort, even against a shorthanded team, the real test for this team will be Friday night (and possibly Saturday night). The Rebels are so good at home that the game results aren't the most important part of this. It's about the effort and the consistency that UNLV fans want to see. They have to be able to put together multiple good performances together under tournament pressure. Can UNLV deliver that? "We have to," Rice said. "That's the only response that there can be. The good thing for us is we hung in there together through some tough stretches, and we're still fighting and we're still playing." Promoted Stories Comments


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Random thoughts from the Dallas Art Fair:
1. A lot of TX dealers got through the 80's, when things were terrible here and booming everywhere else, by selling outside of TX. In those days, NYC saved their skins. Today, the opposite is true: as one art fair dealer put it, "Texas is the last stand in the economy right now, and all of a sudden it's *really* easy to deal with New York or LA galleries…"
2. The fair organizers have made a hell of an effort to promote this
thing, and there was a definite buzz around the fair yesterday. A lot
of the bodies were groups brought in from the musuems, but there was
not the palpable desperation and empty hallways that some might have
dreaded. I would go so far as to call the atmosphere somewhat cheerful.
3. That said, I haven't heard about any big sales at the fair as of end of day Friday. A handful of smaller things; lots of "something will come from this in a few months" talk. Most of the dealers haven't sold anything.
4. Apparently it's been tough for the local Dallas galleries — perhaps even tougher than it has for Houston spaces. Universally, the Dallas galleries (who are a more relaxed and tight-knit group than their Houston counterparts) are saying the past six months have been a very rough ride. Admittedly, this is not as bad as New York, where it's been absolutely dire. But one Dallas dealer predicted that not all the galleries here will make it through the current downturn/recession/whatever.
5. Back at the fair, those dealers have been taken around to the big brand-name Dallas collections. "The problem," as one non-Dallas dealer recounted to me, "is that eight of the nine collections we've seen use the same consultant [Allan Schwartzman], and these are like museums, and it's all completely over-the-top. It's nice to see the collections, but we're interested in the people in Dallas who buy art locally, in the 4 or 5 figure range…" And as of now, those people aren't buying.
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Summary: Near-field microwave microscope with improved sensitivity and spatial resolution Alexander Tseleva) and Steven M. Anlageb) MRSEC and Center for Superconductivity Research, Physics Department, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111 Hans M. Christen Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6056 Robert L. Moreland, Vladimir V. Talanov,a) and Andrew R. Schwartz Neocera, Inc., 10000 Virginia Manor Road, Suite 300, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-4215 Received 1 October 2002; accepted 21 February 2003 The near-field scanning microwave microscope has become a popular instrument to quantitatively image high-frequency properties of metals and dielectrics on length scales far shorter than the wavelength of the radiation. We have developed several new ways to operate this microscope to dramatically improve its spatial resolution and material property sensitivity. These include a novel distance-following method that takes advantage of the stability of a synthesized microwave source to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of our earlier frequency-following imaging technique. We also discuss novel height-modulated imaging techniques, culminating in a new tapping-mode method, which makes a 14 dB improvement in sensitivity, a 17.5 dB improvement in signal-to-noise ratio,
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Title | Letter from Francis O. Clarkson to J. C. B. Ehringhaus |
Date | November 11, 1939 |
Description | Clarkson comments on the opinions of the State Supreme Court in the Switzerland Company v. State Highway Commission case and congratulates Ehringhaus on the rule in the Switzerland Company's favor. |
Commentary | Box 11. |
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Creator Individual | Francis O. Clarkson |
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Lawsuits Letters Little Switzerland (N.C.) State Highway and Public Works Commission |
Credit | Francis O. Clarkson Papers, #3275, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |


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Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
Scientific Name: | Thalassarche bulleri | |||
Species Authority: | (Rothschild, 1893) | |||
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Diomedea bulleri bulleri Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)
Diomedea bulleri bulleri Turbott (1990)
Diomedea bulleri bulleri Collar et al. (1994)
Diomedea bulleri bulleri Christidis and Boles (1994)
Diomedea bulleri bulleri Stotz et al. (1996)
Taxonomic Notes: | Diomedea bulleri (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) is retained as a species in the genus Thalassarche following Brooke (2004) contra Robertson and Nunn (1998) who split it into T. bulleri and T. platei. |
Red List Category & Criteria: | Near Threatened ver 3.1 |
Year Published: | 2012 |
Date Assessed: | 2012-05-01 |
Assessor(s): | BirdLife International |
Reviewer(s): | Butchart, S. & Symes, A. |
Contributor(s): | Robertson, H., Walker, K., Molloy, J., McClellan, R., Stahl, J.-C., Taylor, G. & Waugh, S. |
Facilitator/Compiler(s): | Stattersfield, A., McClellan, R., Nel, D., Mahood, S., Calvert, R. |
Justification: This species has been listed as Near Threatened because, although it is restricted to a tiny small area when breeding, the population is stable and the islands on which it breeds are moderately widely spread so it is unlikely to become highly threatened in a short time owing to human activities or stochastic events. |
Range Description: | Thalassarche bulleri is endemic to New Zealand. There are colonies on the Snares (8,713 pairs) and Solander (4,912) Islands in the south (Sagar et al. 1999b, Sagar and Stahl 2005), Forty-Fours (c.14,500) and Big and Little Sister (2,150) Islands in the Chatham Island group (ACAP 2009), and Rosemary Rock, Three Kings Islands (20 pairs) off North Island (Croxall and Gales 1998). This totals approximately 30,500 breeding pairs. The Snares Islands population has almost doubled since 1969, but the rate of increase has slowed in the 1990s (Sagar et al. 1999b, Sagar and Stahl 2005). The Solander Islands population appears to have remained relatively stable during 1985-1996, and has increased by around 18% during 1996-2002 (Sagar and Stahl 2005). The Chatham Island population is thought to be stable (ACAP 2009). Juveniles and non-breeding adults can disperse across the south Pacific Ocean to the west coast of South America (Stahl and Sagar 2000b, Taylor 2000, Spear et al. 2003). |
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Native: Australia; Chile; New Zealand; PeruVagrant: Antarctica; Falkland Islands (Malvinas); South AfricaPresent - origin uncertain: Ecuador |
Range Map: | Click here to open the map viewer and explore range. |
Population: | The estimated annual breeding population is 31,939 pairs, made up of 8,877 pairs on the Snares Islands, 4,912 pairs on the Solander Islands, 16,000 pairs on the Forty-Fours, 2,130 pairs on Big and Little Sister Islands in the Chatham Island group, and 20 pairs on Rosemary Rock, Three Kings Islands off North Island. |
Population Trend: | Stable |
Habitat and Ecology: | Behaviour Breeding is annual and colonial. On the Snares Islands most eggs are laid in January, hatch March to April and chicks fledge in August to September. Birds begin to return to colonies at least three years after fledging, and the average age of first breeding is 10-11 years. On the Chatham Islands, eggs are laid in October to November, hatch in January and the chicks fledge in June to July (ACAP 2009). On Little Sister, annual productivity 1994-1996 was 57-60%, and mean annual adult survival 1974-1995 was 93.5% (Croxall and Gales 1998). On the Snares, annual productivity 1995-98 was 70.8% (Sagar et al. 2002), and mean annual adult survival increased from 92.0% in 1983-85 to 95.5% in 1992-97 (Sagar et al. 2000). Breeding and non-breeding adults forage between 40 and 50°S from Tasmania eastwards to the Chatham Rise (Stahl et al. 1998, Stahl and Sagar 2000a, b, BirdLife International 2004, Sagar and Stahl 2005). Females from the Snares Islands tend to conduct longer, more distant foraging trips during pre-egg and brood guard periods of the breeding cycle, than males (BirdLife International 2004). Birds usually forage individually but large numbers may gather to feed at concentrated food sources such as swarms of crustaceans, occasionally making surface plunges or shallow dives (ACAP 2009). Satellite tracking studies from the Snares and Solander Islands show that the distribution of the breeding birds varies with the stage of the breeding cycle. During incubation (Jan-Mar) birds range along the shelf slope off the east and west coasts of the South Island, New Zealand, and into the Tasman Sea; during the guard stage (Mar-Apr) birds are usually found along the shelf slope and shelf areas east and west of the southern New Zealand, and during the post-guard stage (May-Aug) birds occur along the shelf slopes of both coasts of the South Island. After breeding, birds of all ages (including fledglings) migrate to slopes off Chile and Peru (ACAP 2009). Habitat Breeding It breeds in a variety of habitats including grassy meadows, tussock-covered slopes and cliffs, scrub and under forest canopy (Marchant and Higgins 1990). Diet It feeds mostly on fish, squid and tunicates, also octopuses and crustacea (West and Imber 1986, James and Stahl 2000). |
Systems: | Terrestrial; Marine |
Major Threat(s): | A severe storm in 1985 almost completely removed soil and vegetation from the Sisters and Forty-Fours Islands. Although T. bulleri seems unaffected, further habitat degradation could result in population decreases, as has been predicted for Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi (Croxall and Gales 1998). It is one of the more common bycatch species in the longline tuna fishery in New Zealand waters, where all birds caught are adults (Murray et al. 1993, Bartle 1999). It is also caught by squid trawlers in low numbers despite the banning of net-sonde cables in 1992 (Taylor 2000). Recent data from Chile shows that T. bulleri is one of several species caught in the pelagic longline swordfish fishery (ACAP 2009). Weka Gallirallus australis was introduced to Big Solander and may take eggs and chicks (Taylor 2000). |
Conservation Actions: |
Conservation Actions Underway CMS Appendix II and ACAP Annex 1. Long-term studies have been initiated in all main populations (Taylor 2000). Most islands are legally protected, but all Chatham colonies are on private land. Conservation Actions Proposed Complete an accurate census on Forty-Fours and Big Sister. Census all colonies for 2-4 consecutive years every 10 years, and Little Sister at least every five years. Develop and effectively implement mitigation devices/techniques to minimise fisheries bycatch. Establish observer coverage on fisheries east of the North Island and the Chathams. Eradicate G. australis from Big Solander Island. Obtain legal protection for Forty-Fours and Sisters Islands, and continued access for research (Taylor 2000). |
Citation: | BirdLife International 2012. Thalassarche bulleri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 27 April 2015. |
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Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 is one of the most robust upgrades in years. With its easy to use interface and advanced set of creative tools, users will be able to create everything from simple sales presentations to full-blown multimedia productions. In this VTC course, author and noted expert John Kuhlman, takes users through the many new features of this essential presentation tool, including the integration with other Microsoft Office Applications. Work Files are included. To get started, simply click on one of the movie links.
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No evidence emerged from the workshop to indicate that there is currently a STEM workforce crisis. One participant did, however, describe how past DOD budget decreases naturally correlate with reduced demand and workforce drawdowns. This condition is, however, largely a self-fulfilling prophecy: if the DOD budget for R&D is reduced far enough, a point will inevitably be reached at which there is no unfilled demand. Particular needs, however, may not be fulfilled. One participant presented information from the Aviation Week Workforce Study 2011 pointing to mismatches between supply and demand for particular skills in the contractor base in terms of numbers of open job requisitions. Another participant presented a case study of petroleum engineering in the 2000s showing that markets will respond to demand signals for STEM jobs when such needs are not met. Some participants nonetheless made the point that whether or not there are quantitative mismatches, problems related to workforce quality can arise. Engineering skills can obsolesce given rapid changes in technology, and hence there may be need for more continuing education and training than in the past when change was slower.
Some participants presented data showing that, for the STEM pipeline, there has been a modest increase in bachelor's degrees earned in engineering and the physical sciences. However, blacks and Hispanics earn natural science and engineering degrees in percentages well below their population shares, which are the fastest-growing segments of the U.S. population.
Participants also presented data on the numbers of persons remaining in STEM fields after graduation—the retention rates—which have been increasing in recent years, although the numbers graduating with degrees in engineering have been flat, at 72,000, for the past 6 years. One participant expressed the view that although government can intervene to stimulate supply, the creation of an oversupply of engineers is not a desirable outcome and may be more detrimental than lags arising from the demand-driven supply.
One participant presented results of his study on another portion of the STEM supply: the doctoral degrees awarded to temporary-visa holders. At the doctoral level, the so-called stay rates of such graduates up to 2007 have not been in historical decline. On the one hand, China, India, and other countries in particular have a high percentage of PhDs staying in the United States, notwithstanding the very high growth rates in their home economies. On the other hand, there is substantial anecdotal observation of particularly highly qualified individuals returning to their home countries.
Workshop participants from academia stated the view that there is sufficient capacity to educate the STEM workforce, but there are aspects that could be improved with DOD assistance. In general, universities are best able to respond to a stable signal in DOD funding without year-to-year fluctuation; providing $100 million evenly over 10 years for example is preferable to a short burst of very high funding. Major research universities are the primary recipients of DOD basic research (6.1) funding. Several participants stressed that other, non-R-1 universities and colleges4 are an important component of education for the STEM workforce. A large percentage of science and technology is based at all levels of postsecondary education: approximately 57 percent of those who ultimately pursue doctorates will have obtained their undergraduate degrees at institutions other than major research universities. Programs that focus solely on major research universities would miss these important elements of the STEM workforce pipeline. One participant suggested that engaging undergraduates in research would be an effective way to reduce attrition in the STEM pipeline. The same participant further expressed the view that the quality of U.S. education in kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12), particularly in mathematics and science, does not lend itself to major increases in the number of highly qualified STEM workers, and that this factor is exacerbated by the perceived unattractiveness of many STEM careers as seen by young people.
4That is, classified as "Research Universities I" by the Carnegie Foundation. The classification underwent a major update in 2005 such that RU/VH is the equivalent of R-1. A.C. McCormack and C. Zhao. 2005. "Rethinking and Reframing the Carnegie Classification." Change 37(5):50-57.


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Something may start brewing soon between the Rangers and free agent right-hander Kyle Lohse.
According to beat writer Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Texas front office has "remained in contact" with Lohse's agent, Scott Boras, and "there are some within the Rangers' organization" who are pushing for a deal.
Signing the 12-year major league veteran would mean forfeiting the No. 24 overall pick in the 2013 MLB Amateur Draft. But the Rangers collected pick No. 31 when outfielder Josh Hamilton joined the Angels, so that could take some of the sting away.
Lohse posted a 2.86 ERA and 1.08 WHIP in 211 innings last season for St. Louis. He rejected a one-year, $13.3 million qualifying offer from the Cardinals in November, which triggered the draft pick compensation.
The Rangers' fifth starter right now is young left-hander Martin Perez, though Colby Lewis should be recovered from elbow surgery in late May or early June. Jon Heyman of CBS Sports heard last week that a three-year deal could get it done for Lohse, but he's probably willing to consider all offers at this point.
- beefytrout - Mar 3, 2013 at 12:49 PM
I think the wild card here is Ogando. He wants to start, and the Rangers want him to start… but I'm still not convinced he has what it takes to be a starter. The bullpen is stretched thin right now, and they are also giving Robbie Ross an opportunity to win the 5th spot in the rotation
Signing Lohse means Ross automatically goes back to the bullpen, but since Lewis is scheduled to return midseason, that probably means Ogando goes back to the bullpen too (why sign Lohse if he's not going to start?). Seems like the Rangers would be better off just handling things internally. It's time to see what Perez can do.
- gt929 - Mar 3, 2013 at 7:55 PM
Bad news… Perez broke his left forearm today. I was hoping he'd be the 5th starter, too, and for Ogando to go back to the pen when Lewis came back. Now, we'll see what happens. I'm still torn on Lohse.
- miketreedy - Mar 3, 2013 at 1:58 PM
It's just hard for the Rangers to give up a 1st round pick. Unlike the Cowboys, the Rangers actually know how to draft and develop players. So they really are giving up something for Lohse. Perez is pitching again today so it will be interesting to see if he pitches well again. Also, there's no guarantee that Lohse will pitch well in Arlington and against the tougher AL hitters. There is a reason no one else has signed him and it's not only the draft pick compensation.
- spudchukar - Mar 3, 2013 at 2:16 PM
Lohse is definitely an upgrade, but this does not seem like the best fit, with the young arms and small park. As to the "tougher" AL hitters, the myth lives on: Runs in 2012 NL-10929, AL-10088 and this would be supported by the notion that the AL has better pitchers, which is doubtful at best.
- theonlynolan - Mar 3, 2013 at 5:01 PM
NL also had 2 more teams than the AL last year. It's not a myth, it's a fact.
- churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged - Mar 3, 2013 at 9:12 PM
As to the "tougher" AL hitters, the myth lives on:
wOBA (not park adjusted)
NL – 4,5,6,8,9wRC+ (park adjusted)
NL – 3,6,7,9AL with the better offense (also using your runs figure, NL team averaged 683 runs/g and the AL teams averaged 720 runs/g).
- ptfu - Mar 3, 2013 at 9:45 PM
AL DHs surely outhit NL pitchers and their pinch hitters. Comparing AL offenses to NL offenses isn't entirely apples to apples.
- spudchukar - Mar 4, 2013 at 12:02 AM
Yeah, I was hoping somebody would take the bait. Trying to support theories based on stats, is an exercise in futility, as any fool ought to be able to recognize. Yes, the American League has more teams, and they have the DH, which of course increases run production. In truth I only used runs scored to show that it is about as good as any other stat, when comparing leagues, in that it sucks, just not worse than any other measurement that I know of.
This argument can only be subjective, at least until the leagues play more representative games against each other, and that will never happen. Church, really, spouting numbers produced by National League pitchers vs. National League Hitters, and vice versa, and then to discount the DH rule? Dude, you are loosing all credibility.
- spudchukar - Mar 4, 2013 at 12:02 AM
er… losing.
- churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged - Mar 4, 2013 at 10:39 AM
Yes, the American League has more teams,
O rly?
Church, really, spouting numbers produced by National League pitchers vs. National League Hitters, and vice versa, and then to discount the DH rule?
Oh you mean like wRC+ which removes pitchers from the equation?
- tfbuckfutter - Mar 3, 2013 at 2:38 PM
That picture looks like a cartoon of someone who is very very tired.
- jessethegreat - Mar 3, 2013 at 3:20 PM
Lohse didn't exactly play in the worst offensive division the past few years. He may not have the ability to be one of the most dominant pitchers in the game… But he is a good pitcher. If a team signs him not expecting him to be the ace of the staff… They should get a solid performance out of him. I see him as a solid #2 / excellent #3 pitcher for most teams in the league.
- tfbuckfutter - Mar 3, 2013 at 5:06 PM
What are you basing that one?
His ERA+ for his career is 97.
Even with the Cardinals, despite an aberration of a year last year, it is only 101.
If he goes back to the AL he is going to be CREAMED, and that is HALF of the league.
- salvomania - Mar 3, 2013 at 6:07 PM
Last year was not an aberration; Lohse has been a Cardinal for 5 years, and in two of those years—2009-2010—he battled injuries and was limited to 117 and 92 ip.
But in Lohse's three healthy years as a Cardinal—2008 and then the most recent two—he's had ERA+ of 112, 109 and 134, averaging 200 innings.
Assuming Lohse is as liable to get injured as any other pitcher—those two injured seasons were the only he's had in his career, and are probably pretty typical for a 12-year veteran—then he's a great bet to be a plus major-league starter in 2013.
Over his last 400 innings, he has a 1.13 WHIP. That ranks 11th in all of baseball among the 59 pitchers with at least 350 ip. He's an extreme groundballer with outstanding control (only 38 walks last season) who has matured into a really good pitcher.
By any metric except K/9 he's been among the top dozen pitchers in the NL the last two years.
- tfbuckfutter - Mar 3, 2013 at 7:10 PM
Being 22% better than you have ever been previously would be considered an "aberration."
- salvomania - Mar 3, 2013 at 9:10 PM
I assume you're talking about his ERA+, and the difference between last year and his next best season is 20%, not 22% (134/112 is a 20% difference).
"Best year" doesn't necessarily equal "aberration." There's no dispute that 2012 was by far Lohse's best year. He finished 7th in the Cy Young voting and that's a pretty fair assessment of how good he was last year (7th in ip; 4th in WHIP; 4th in WPA, 10th in WAR)
But his last three full seasons have all been good seasons, with 2012 clearly the best. None of his first seven seasons were as good as what he's done more recently, and a season like 2012, taken in context with his 2008 and 2011, isn't an aberration as much as it is a current high point in what has been a steadily improving performance as he's become a more experienced and more polished pitcher.
If 2012 was such an aberration, how does one explain that only 10 full-time starters in all of baseball have a better WHIP over the last two years?
- churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged - Mar 3, 2013 at 9:23 PM
If 2012 was such an aberration, how does one explain that only 10 full-time starters in all of baseball have a better WHIP over the last two years?
because WHIP isn't a good stat to measure pitchers by. When the majority of pitchers can't control balls in play, why use a metric that is 50% based on hits?
He's an extreme groundballer with outstanding control (only 38 walks last season) who has matured into a really good pitcher.
40.5% is an extreme groundballer? That was the worst % he's had since '07. If we take the last two years, this "extreme groundballer" ranks 48th out of 59 total pitchers with 350 IP.
- salvomania - Mar 3, 2013 at 9:45 PM
because WHIP isn't a good stat to measure pitchers by.
Maybe not. But let's look at two groups of 10 pitchers, and see if we can come to any conclusions about the two groups.
Ubaldo Jimenez
Rick Porcello
Jake Westbrook
Randy Wolf
Aaron Harang
Ricky Nolasco
Ricky Romero
Jeremy Guthrie
Justin Masterson
Trevor Cahill
(average ERA+ of 93, none better than 103)Justin Verlander
Clayton Kershaw
Jered Weaver
Cole Hamels
Matt Cain
Cliff Lee
James Shields
Roy Halladay
David Price
Doug Fister
(average ERA+ of 136, none worse than 120)One group contains mostly struggling innings-eaters, the other some of the elite starters in all of baseball. I didn't cherry-pick the two groups, I just listed the bottom 10 and top 10 in WHIP over the past two years (min 350 ip). There's not one pitcher in the top group I'd trade for a pitcher in the bottom group.
But you're absolutely right about Lohse's groundball tendencies; I'm mistaken, I think I just lumped him in with Duncan's corps of pitch-to-contact sinkerballers. Given that, Lohse and the Ballpark at Arlington might not be the best fit.


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From: Deborah Kaye (kaye.deborah_at_TeacherArtExchange) Date: Fri Jul 15 2005 - 09:30:37 PDT
Hello Group,
More summer surfing for you... The American Scene through Photography.
Land Through a Lens http://americanart.si.edu/collections/exhibits/highlights/main.cfm?id=LL
"The Smithsonian offers this online gallery, where early legends of photography including Ansel Adams and Timothy O'Sullivan, are featured as they explored the American landscape. Eighty-five slides by Adams alone are offered , each one annotated to inform students of what they should note in their observations."
This is part of the Highlights Exhibits from Smithsonian American Art Museum. Five Traveling Exhibits through 2005. Also check out these fine exhibits
African American Masters: http://americanart.si.edu/highlights/main.cfm?id=AA
Graphic Masters http://americanart.si.edu/highlights/main.cfm?id=GM
Masters of Craft http://americanart.si.edu/highlights/main.cfm?id=MC
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The cinnamon mostly used in Mexican cuisine is called Ceylon and it is also known as true cinnamon. It is quite different from Cassia, which is mostly found in US stores. However, as time moves on, one can find true cinnamon in an increasing number of stores here.
The differences are in the looks but also in the flavor and aroma. Ceylon, or true cinnamon (pictured on the right side of the photo), has a milder but sweeter taste. It crumbles much easier, has a lighter color and each stick looks different from the rest. It also has more fragrance than Cassia. Cassia (pictured on the left side of the photo) sticks are much more uniform, so one stick looks very much like the next. It has a darker color, it is much harder, thus very difficult to tear or crumble. While it is less sweet than Ceylon, it has a much stronger, and even a bit harsh, flavor.
I am so glad to see that you've shared the difference between these two types of cinnamon! Not only is Ceylon sweeter than Cassia, it is also safer to use in high doses as it has 1200x less Coumarin (which is a blood thinner). Ceylon is currently my favorite herb! =)


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Benchmarking block ciphers for wireless sensor networks
Law, Yee Wei and Doumen, Jeroen and Hartel, Pieter (2005) Benchmarking block ciphers for wireless sensor networks. [Report]
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Abstract: | The energy efficiency requirement of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is especially high because the sensor nodes are meant to operate without human intervention for a long period of time with little energy supply. Besides, available storage is scarce due to their small physical size. Therefore choosing the most storage- and energy-efficient block cipher for WSNs is important. However to our knowledge so far, no systematic work has been conducted in this area. In this paper, we have identified the candidates of block ciphers suitable for WSNs based on existing literature and authoritative recommendations. We have benchmarked these candidates and based on this benchmark, we have selected the suitable ciphers for WSNs, namely Rijndael for high security and energy efficiency requirements; but MISTY1 for good storage and energy efficiency. In terms of operation mode, we recommend Output Feedback Mode for static networks, but Counter Mode for dynamic networks. |
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Ruby pack unpack
C programming language allows developers to directly access the memory where variables are stored. Ruby does not allow that. There are times while working in Ruby when you need to access the underlying bits and bytes. Ruby provides two methods pack
and unpack
for that.
Here is an example.
> 'A'.unpack('b*')
=> ["10000010"]
In the above case 'A' is a string which is being stored and using unpack
I am trying to read the bit value. The ASCII table says that ASCII valule of 'A' is 65 and the binary representation of 65 is 10000010
Here is another example.
> 'A'.unpack('B*')
=> ["01000001"]
Notice the difference in result from the first case. What's the difference between b*
and B*
. In order to understand the difference first lets discuss MSB and LSB.
Most significant bit vs Least significant bit
All bits are not created equal. C
has ascii value of 67. The binary value of 67 is 1000011
First let's discuss MSB (most significant bit) style . If you are following MSB style then going from left to right (and you always go from left to right) then the most significant bit will come first. Because the most significant bit comes first we can pad an additional zero to the left to make the number of bits eight. After adding an additional zero to the left the binary value looks like 01000011
If we want to convert this value in the LSB (Least Significant Bit) style then we need to store the least significant bit first going from left to right. Given below is how the bits will be moved if we are converting from MSB to LSB. Note that in the below case position 1 is being referred to the leftmost bit.
move value 1 from position 8 of MSB to position 1 of LSB
move value 1 from position 7 of MSB to position 2 of LSB
move value 0 from position 6 of MSB to position 3 of LSB
and so on and so forth
After the exercise is over the value will look like 11000010
We did this exercise manually to understand the difference between most significant bit
and least significant bit
. However unpack method can directly give the result in both MSB and LSB. The unpack
method can take both b*
and B*
as the input. As per the ruby documentation here is the differnce.
B | bit string (MSB first)
b | bit string (LSB first)
Now let's take a look at two examples.
> 'C'.unpack('b*')
=> ["11000010"]
> 'C'.unpack('B*')
=> ["01000011"]
Both b*
and B*
are looking at the same underlying data. It's just that they represent the data differently.
Different ways of getting the same data
Let's say that I want binary value for string hello
. Based on the discussion in the last section that should be easy now.
> "hello".unpack('B*')
=> ["0110100001100101011011000110110001101111"]
The same information can also be derived as
> "hello".unpack('C*').map {|e| e.to_s 2}
=> ["1101000", "1100101", "1101100", "1101100", "1101111"]
Let's break down the previous statement in small steps.
> "hello".unpack('C*')
=> [104, 101, 108, 108, 111]
Directive C*
gives the 8-bit unsigned integer
value of the character. Note that ascii value of h
is 104
, ascii value of e
is 101
and so on.
Using the technique discussed above I can find hex value of the string.
> "hello".unpack('C*').map {|e| e.to_s 16}
=> ["68", "65", "6c", "6c", "6f"]
Hex value can also be achieved directly.
> "hello".unpack('H*')
=> ["68656c6c6f"]
High nibble first vs Low nibble first
Notice the difference in the below two cases.
> "hello".unpack('H*')
=> ["68656c6c6f"]
> "hello".unpack('h*')
=> ["8656c6c6f6"]
As per ruby documentation for unpack
H | hex string (high nibble first)
h | hex string (low nibble first)
A byte consists of 8 bits. A nibble consists of 4 bits. So a byte has two nibbles. The ascii value of 'h' is 104
. Hex value of 104 is 68
. This 68
is stored in two nibbles. First nibble, meaning 4 bits, contain the value 6
and the second nibble contains the value 8
. In general we deal with high nibble first and going from left to right we pick the value 6
and then 8
However if you are dealing with low nibble first then low nibble value 8
will take the first slot and then 6
will come. Hence the result in "low nibble first" mode will be 86
This pattern is repeated for each byte. And because of that a hex value of 68 65 6c 6c 6f
looks like 86 56 c6 c6 f6
in low nibble first format.
Mix and match directives
In all the previous examples I used *
. And a *
means to keep going as long as it has to keep going. Lets see a few examples.
A single C
will get a single byte.
> "hello".unpack('C')
=> [104]
You can add more Cs
if you like.
> "hello".unpack('CC')
=> [104, 101]
> "hello".unpack('CCC')
=> [104, 101, 108]
> "hello".unpack('CCCCC')
=> [104, 101, 108, 108, 111]
Rather than repeating all those directives, I can put a number to denote how many times you want previous directive to be repeated.
> "hello".unpack('C5')
=> [104, 101, 108, 108, 111]
I can use *
to capture al the remaining bytes.
> "hello".unpack('C*')
=> [104, 101, 108, 108, 111]
Below is an example where MSB
and LSB
are being mixed.
> "aa".unpack('b8B8')
=> ["10000110", "01100001"]
pack is reverse of unpack
Method pack
is used to read the stored data. Let's discuss a few examples.
> [1000001].pack('C')
In the above case the binary value is being interpreted as 8 bit unsigned integer
and the result is 'A'.
> ['A'].pack('H')
=> "\xA0"
In the above case the input 'A' is not ASCII 'A' but the hex 'A'. Why is it hex 'A'. It is hex 'A' because the directive 'H' is telling pack to treat input value as hex value. Since 'H' is high nibble first and since the input has only one nibble then that means the second nibble is zero. So the input changes from ['A']
to ['A0']
Since hex value A0
does not translate into anything in the ASCII table the final output is left as it and hence the result is \xA0
. The leading \x
indicates that the value is hex value.
Notice the in hex notation A
is same as a
. So in the above example I can replace A
with a
and the result should not change. Let's try that.
> ['a'].pack('H')
=> "\xA0"
Let's discuss another example.
> ['a'].pack('h')
=> "\n"
In the above example notice the change. I changed directive from H
to h
. Since h
means low nibble first and since the input has only one nibble the value of low nibble becomes zero and the input value is treated as high nibble value. That means value changes from ['a']
to ['0a']
. And the output will be \x0A
. If you look at ASCII table then hex value A
is ASCII value 10 which is NL line feed, new line
. Hence we see \n
as the output because it represents "new line feed".
Usage of unpack in Rails source code
I did a quick grep in Rails source code and found following usage of unpack.
Already we have seen the usage of directive C*
and H
for unpack. The directive m
gives the base64 encoded value and the directive U*
gives the UTF-8 character. Here is an example.
> "Hello".unpack('U*')
=> [72, 101, 108, 108, 111]
Testing environment
Above code was tested with ruby 1.9.2 .
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Canberra aims too low in wanting to be Sydney's 2nd airport
Canberra can join Melbourne and Brisbane and take economic activity off Sydney as NSW Govt retreats into fantasy embrace of high speed rail to handle Asia demand for flights to its congested airport.
The common ground between Canberra Airport's ambition to become Sydney's 2nd Airport, and wish of the NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell to support it, is a future high speed rail link between both cities.
But this alignment of their respective ambitions derails the future potential of Canberra to become a national centre for corporate as well as political activity because they are motivated by entirely different needs.
Canberra Airport wants the rail link to be built, and will pay for a station at its airport in a flash.
The O'Farrell government uses it as an excuse to do nothing about the politically risky issue of a 2nd Sydney Airport, as it has neither the will nor money to spend a dollar on such a project as it addresses the enormous infrastructure deficiencies of the Sydney basin.
In this situation, neither Canberra Airport nor the NSW Government recognise the power of convenient air services to attract economic activity, or in this case, to encourage new or existing activity to locate or relocate to nearer or greater Canberra, including new or existing development sites just across the border (but not as the airport has long campaigned, to be located right under its flight paths, thus sealing off its capacity to grow.)
Canberra will pull such future investments off Sydney, as it chokes on its infrastructure issues, if it wants to participate in a process that is already evident in greater Melbourne and the emerging Brisbane-Gold Coast conurbation.
It makes sense for some Asia-Pacific enterprises to be located in Canberra, rather than frequently visiting Canberra from an adjacent state capital, especially as Canberra Airport gains more frequent flights to interstate cities or regional centres, and plans for the inevitability of longer haul international flights by Emirates, Singapore Airlines, and the China carriers that already want to put hundreds of additional flights a week into Australian cities.
In this sense Canberra Airport is already a potent catalyst for a transformed ACT economy, and a reminder that protecting as much of the adjacent Majura Plains and beyond as is necessary for a future much larger airport is critical to securely banking and realising that potential.
It is a reason why Canberra will or rather should, also benefit from substantial future developments of high speed rail access, not just to Sydney, but to empty places on today's maps that will see what everyone should hope will be greener, better, communities.
But there is no need to sell Canberra's future short by limiting it to being a remote and probably impracticably remote second airport for Sydney using a much delayed and abused public wish for a high speed rail link when the national capital's future is in replacing Sydney as a growth destination rather than ameliorating its planning failures.
Consider the figures in relation to rail projects in general today. Infastructure Australia sees a construction cost of between $11-19.2 billion for a link of between 270-290 kilometres between Canberra and Sydney. The NSW Government, when cornered, concedes a cost of at least $5 billion including Federal contributions for a 23 kilometre NW rail link between Epping and Rouse Hill, a link that won't even get commuters directly into the more distant Sydney CBD.
Yet the Sydney end of the Canberra link, which must include a station at Sydney Airport, involves much more than 23 kilometres of new surface and underground lines just to terminate anywhere useful in the city centre or Central station.
For Canberra to focus solely on a subservient relationship with Sydney through a HS rail link that may not be built in the lifetimes of anyone alive today is to sell its own future seriously short.
The game is not one of serving Sydney, but taking from Sydney, since it is there for the taking.
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A temporary alliance with Sydney will enhance Canberra's short term interests, yet will not harm Canberra's long term interests.
Can we just make a Kickstarter for the Canberra-Sydney HSR link instead?
The way the owner of Canberra Airport has surrounded the runway with shopping centres and homeware stores to get the most value from his privatised monopoly, there would be no space left for a high-speed railway or station!
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Need to Cut Budget? Try Officials' Salaries, GOP Says
The D.C. Republican Party thinks the D.C. Council should look at their own paychecks before they follow through on their proposal to raise sales, gas and cigarette taxes.
The council tentatively agreed Wednesday night to raise the sales tax to 6 percent, the gas tax to 23.5 percent and the cigarette tax to $2.50-per pack. Council members insisted the tax increases were necessary because further spending reductions could not be made without harming critical city services, especially those aimed at the poor.
Paul Craney, the executive director of the DC GOP, isn't buying it. He suggests the Council start by taking at look at their salaries. Council members are paid $125,000 annually but Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray (D) makes $190,000.
"The District budget has increased 42 percent since 2004, our mayor and council chairman get paid more than all but one governor," Craney said. "Our council members are so deep in spending that they haven't seen daylight in years."
To illustrate his point, Craney and his colleagues at the GOP committee put together a chart comparing the mayor and council members' salaries to those that governor's receive. See the top 20 -- based on data Stateline.org has compiled -- after the jump.
Name of Governor | State | Salaries | Population |
Arnold Schwarzennegger | California | $206,500 | 36,756,666 |
Adrian Fenty | DC Mayor | $200,000 | 591,833 |
Vincent Gray | DC Council Chairman | $190,000 | 591,833 |
David Paterson | New York | $179,000 | 19,490,297 |
Jennifer Granholm | Michigan | $177,000 | 10,003,422 |
Jon Corzine | New Jersey | $175,000 | 8,682,661 |
Timothy M. Kaine | Virginia | $175,000 | 7,769,089 |
Edward G. Rendell | Pennsylvania | $164,396 | 12,448,279 |
Pat Quinn | Illinois | $155,600 | 12,901,563 |
Christine Gregoire | Washington | $150,995 | 6,549,224 |
Martin O'Malley | Maryland | $150,000 | 5,633,597 |
M. Jodi Rell | Connecticut | $150,000 | 3,501,252 |
Ted Strickland | Ohio | $144,830 | 11,485,910 |
Jim Douglas | Vermont | $143,957 | 621,270 |
Jim Gibbons | Nevada | $141,000 | 2,600,167 |
Deval Patrick | Massachussetts | $140,535 | 6,497,967 |
C. Brad Henry | Oklahoma | $140,000 | 3,642,361 |
Steve Beshear | Kentucky | $137,506 | 4,269,245 |
Jim Doyle | Wisconsin | $137,092 | 5,627,967 |
Sonny Perdue | Georgia | $135,281 | 9,685,744 |
Charle Christ | Florida | $132,932 | 18,328,340 |
Jack A. Markell | Deleware | $132,500 | 873,092 |
Beverly Perdue | North Carolina | $130,629 | 9,222,414 |
Chet Culver | Iowa | $130,000 | 3,002,555 |
Sean Parnell | Alaska | $125,000 | 686,293 |
DC Council Average Salary | DC Councilmember | $125,000 | 591,833 |
Haley Barbour | Mississippi | $122,160 | 2,938,618 |
Jay Nixon | Missouri | $122,087 | 5,911,605 |
Tim Pawlenty | Minnesota | $120,303 | 5,220,393 |
Donald Carcieri | Rhode Island | $117,817 | 1,050,788 |
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That is a DAMN SHAME!!!
THIS Mayor and Council leisurely increases taxes, gives themselves a raise, lays off government workers through non-performance related reductions in force and GIVES away tax bankrolled financial gifts to campaign donors in the form of one time (indefinite) no-bid grant awards. Yet share NO personal financial burden in all of these cutbacks, not even their parking spaces at the Wilson Building which they voted to keep as free to themselves while doubling the parking rate of FULL TIME District employees.
Yes, D.C. Councilmen are part-time positions with the salary of full time governors.
I can't wait till 2010. Payback is a "female dog".
Posted by: concernedaboutdc | July 30, 2009 6:47 PM | Report abuse
TO D.C. Councilmembers:
Gasoline prices are already high in the District and this is why I purchase my gasoline our in Maryland and shop at the Super WalMart in Severn, Maryland. You passed a ridculous law charging D.C. residents to pay 5 cents on a paper bag. This will discourage me from shopping in the District and I will continue to shop at the Giant in Silver Spring, Maryland. All of you are making over $100,000.00 and most lower and middle income residents are struggling to make ends meet. It's hard for a single or for two people to survive, therefore it's very difficult for a family to survive in the District of Columbia. I am putting all D.C. elected officials on notice up for re-election in 2010, you will not be getting a vote from me.
Ward 4 Resident/Voter/Taxpayer
Posted by: cancer1 | July 30, 2009 9:00 PM | Report abuse
Um, it might be more analytically honest to adjust for cost of living. You simply cannot compare the salary of someone in Michigan or Pennsylvania to that of someone in the District.
Posted by: dcgovtruth | July 30, 2009 10:17 PM | Report abuse
Plus Arnold doesn't take a salary.
Posted by: writerdan | July 30, 2009 11:54 PM | Report abuse
Um, it might be more analytically honest to adjust for cost of living. You simply cannot compare the salary of someone in Michigan or Pennsylvania to that of someone in the District.
Posted by: dcgovtruth | July 30, 2009 10:17 PM
The point is very clear, as-is, the average salary of a FULL TIME professional in the District is somewhere around 65k. We are paying part time workers full time salaries.
If you were in Gulfport Mississippi and make $100,000.00, you would only have to make $159,797.04 in the District to reach parity. Again this is for FULL TIME professionals.
Posted by: concernedaboutdc | July 31, 2009 6:20 AM | Report abuse
The Mayor and DC council should be ashamed of themselves!!! I'm sure we can find someone willing to accept less pay and do a much better job!!!
Posted by: boo2 | July 31, 2009 8:54 AM | Report abuse
It should be pointed out that while Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger technically is paid more, he hasn't actually ever been paid that amount. He has refused his salary every year he has been in office.
Somehow I dont See Fenty or Gray even doing a token gesture of temporarily reducing their pay.
Posted by: Tmoney02 | July 31, 2009 9:46 AM | Report abuse
If you were in Gulfport Mississippi and make $100,000.00, you would only have to make $159,797.04 in the District to reach parity. Again this is for FULL TIME professionals.
All use of caps-for-emphasis aside, "concernedaboutdc", what kind of house could you buy for $100k in Mississippi? And what kind of property of any kind can you get for $100k in DC?
I'm not saying that a $200,000 salary is necessarily good or fair, either, but if you reduced their salaries to $125k, you'd make $125k in savings. Exactly what budget hole is $125,000 going to fill?
I'd honestly like to see some more direct comparisons - how much is the Arlington County board of supervisors paid? Or whichever of the various Maryland state officials with similar responsibilities under their purview?
Posted by: jdhammond | July 31, 2009 11:02 AM | Report abuse
No one working part-time in this day and age deserves 125k!
Posted by: firstname.lastname@example.com | July 31, 2009 11:16 AM | Report abuse
No one working part-time in this day and age deserves 125k!
Posted by: firstname.lastname@example.com | July 31, 2009 11:16 AM
Exactly, that they did not reduce their own salaries while sending 15% of to District Government workforce to the unemployment lines as a result of non-performance related reductions should resonate loud and clear on election day.
They even voted to keep their parking spots free around the Wilson Building and doubled the cost to Full Time District Government personnel who make a fraction of what they take home (notice I didn't say 'earn').
Posted by: concernedaboutdc | July 31, 2009 2:57 PM | Report abuse
So well said. NO ONE working part-time deserves six figures. Wow ...
And, to be perfectly blunt, since the mayor is such a big fan of pay for performance, he should be paying the city to keep him on. For goodness sake, $200,000 goes a long way:
Fire hydrants not working at Eastern Market or on Chain Bridge Road, resulting in property destruction, even when accountability was promised for the incident at Eastern Market,
Millions are stolen through the tax office but means to recover the CITIZEN'S money are blocked, resulting in Linda Singer separating from the city's payroll,
Michelle Rhee makes more than all of them, yet scores aren't even over fifty percent for proficiency, so shouldn't she get a pay cut or leave?
Victor Reinoso makes a salary as deputy mayor for education, plagiarizes or allows another school system's plan to be stolen, yet keeps a job,
The former leader of EdBuild who had people working in DCPS prior to getting his position as a deputy mayor for economics makes money,
One of the mayor's friends gets a contract and then spends time driving him around in the city's vehicle,
I could go on and on, but this list drives home the point!! Pay for performance? Yeah, right!!
Posted by: southyrndiva | August 2, 2009 6:51 PM | Report abuse
Southyrndiva: Way to go!!! WAY TO GO!!!!
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San Antonio have hit a rough patch recently and have lost three in a row, most recently a 111-104 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. Expect them to stop the rot tonight and cover against the Blazers.
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Injuries on Saturday to both Oupa Manyisa and Siyabonga Sangweni added to a growing casualty list at the defending champions, who despite the setbacks remain in second place after beating Free State Stars 1-0 at Orlando Stadium on Saturday night.
Manyisa was stretchered off late in the game after suffering a recurring hamstring problem that has bothered him all week while Sangweni did not make the kickoff because of a knee problem.
Sangweni hurt himself in the warm-up and had to be hastily removed from the team sheet. He was hurt on Wednesday when Pirates won away at Sundowns but recovered significantly in the build-up to Saturday's game to be included, only to suffer a further setback.
The extent of the two injuries will only be known today after both have further medical examinations but De Sa said he feared "the whole spine of the team will be out for a while".
Also injured is goalkeeper Moeneeb Josephs, with a shoulder problem. He had been dropped in midweek but was on the bench for the game against Sundowns.
On Saturday, however, inexperienced Brighton Mhlongo took his place among the substitutes.
Josephs had shoulder problems last season that ruled him out at times during Pirates' successful championship-winning season.
Already out are Rooi Mahamutsa and Andile Jali. Benni McCarthy's planned return in midweek was postponed.
"There is no quick fix. These players need time out," De Sa said.
Some people here are confused, MIGHTY CHAMPS is not a one-legged-zebra. The cripple is being forced to play with injuries because in his absence the team performs badly because their muti-tortoises will not work without him. At Galaxy of Stars, when Moneeb is not there Senzo is there. When Benni is not available or doesn't score Mbesuma does, likewise if Mbesuma is not there Takesure is there etc. Can we say the same about CRY-SISSIES? When Parker doesn't score they throw in Kaizer Jr and what does he do? Kick the goalkeeper instead of the ball!!!!!
Roger is not making excuses but concerned with match fitness and combinations especially if you lose more regular players in a short time. Maybe you pathetic and mediocre fans can go and watch soapies and comment on them and leave soccer analogy to those who play/played soccer and follow it.
ORLANDO Pirates are facing an injury crisis that threatens to decimate the spine of the team, said coach Roger de Sa
We were told that you have galaxy of stars so whats the problem now?
Excuses! Excuses ! Excuses! What happened to the galaxy of slimey Rodents? Have they gone back to the sewers were they belong?
Khosi 4lyf till FIRECRACKERS FC stop conceding 2 goals in 2 min.
Injuries should not be overstated, especially by big teams with so many "quality" players.
Other teams like Chiefs managed to soldier in despite injuries to big name players. As I you are reading this comment, the very same Chiefs still with injured players, is number 1 on the log.
Show us good football and stop creating excuses Mr. De Sa.
This is not a setback but a blessing in disguise,we have Okonkow,Johannes.Jele just came back frm injury and i dont see wat the fuss is al about here.Other players will take this chance and prove that they deserv to play as well.Ppl forget that Krol used to benefit frm such injuries coz he was forced to use the fringe players who did not disapoint at the end.