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May was the month that started the new outdoor season and the first club to attain a clean sweep win of 12 to 0 points was Epworth playing an away match on May 8.
Division One reigning Champions Perrys Sports got their 2012 campaign off to a steady start securing an 8 to 4 points victory on visiting near neighbours Scotter. By the end of May Scotter had taken an early lead in Division One, newly promoted Co-op were leading Division Two, while Division Three saw Spadebashers at the top.
The new artificial green at Kirton in Lindsey after a delay caused by the difficult weather conditions finally had its playing surface completed in May, providing the club with a new exciting future.
June brought a sustained four weeks of inclement weather in which a series of 18 games over a period of two weeks were cancelled and rearranged bringing a difficult time to many clubs.
By the end of the month Brigg were heading Division One with reigning champions Perrys creeping up into third place. In Division Two Rose Leisure B had shot into the lead just one point ahead of Messingham while in Division Three Messingham B were heading the table.
July saw more wet weather interrupt the league programme putting additional pressure on clubs to rearrange matches towards the end of the season that was starting to get congested with rearranged fixtures. Division One was starting to show the chase for the title with Cemex taking over at the top of the table with reigning champs Perrys sliding into second place. Rose Leisure B were showing their intentions retaining the top spot in Division Two while in Division Three Messingham B were still in the lead in an extremely close battle.
August produced a month of frantic action with the backlog of rearranged matches being condensed into the last few weeks of the season. Towards the end of the month the reigning champions Perrys Sports had eventually eased their way into the top slot of Division One with Cemex in second place having had some indifferent results. Division Two saw Burton Stather reclaim the lead with Rose Leisure in second place while in Division Three Barnetby had sneaked into first place over second place North Kelsey.
September saw the end of the 2012 outdoor season with all clubs completing all their fixtures under the difficulties of the poor summer weather with one club playing its last match as late as September 11. Perrys Sports once again retained their Division One title, Rose Leisure B took the Division Two title by one point and Barnetby secured the Division Three title.
The Division Four championship was won by Barnetby B, Appleby Frodingham B were victorious in Division Five while Perrys Sports retained the Ladies Division title again.
After completion of all matches in the Scunthorpe Triples League the Champions of the divisions were confirmed. The Cemex club has secured the Division One title dropping just 32 points all season with Brigg in second place 35 points behind them.
The final event of the outdoor season is the League's 'Presentation & Dance Night'.
It will be held on Friday, October 12 at Cemetery Road Club and winners will receive their hard-earned trophies.


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The Economics of Managed Landscape Conservation
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Environmental Valuation: Challenges and Practices
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During the storing we gain the Eszencia (essence) that is the rich juice of the aszú grapes dripping out because of their own weight. This is a real nectar, its sugar content is between 500-700 gr/lit, with hints of honey, fruit-jam and flowers in the nose. The richest Eszencia we ever gained was in 2000 with a sugar content of 914 gr/lit. The Eszencia matures in glass containers, it ferments very slowly for years because of its extreme concentration. Its alcohol content does not exceed 5-6% even after several years of fermentation. The Eszencia is traditionally added back to aszú wines, most commonly when we make Aszú Eszencia. We always bottle a few hundred bottles from the greatest vintages for collectors.
Since hundreds of years the aszú wines (3, 4, 5, 6 Puttonyos Aszú and Aszú Eszencia) have been made in Tokaj according to the same principle: the aszú grapes are macerated in fermenting must or wine (base must or base wine) for 12-60 hours. After maceration, the aszú grapes saturated with wine or must (aszú dough) are pressed and the juice gained this way is fermented. The aszú wines are aged in oak barrels for years in the cool cellars of Tokaj carved into stone.
Depending on the quality of the aszú grapes we use fermenting must or fermented wine in Disznókő. The more botrytised and less shrivelled aszú grapes are typically macerated in wine, while the more shrivelled and less botrytised grapes are macerated in fermenting must, which results in a more intense extraction.
The number of puttony:
Long ago the aszú grapes were collected into 36-icce (25-26kg) wooden puttonys. They measured 3-6 puttonys of aszú grapes (75-150kg) to a vat used only for this purpose. It was trodden by feet, then one Gönci-cask (180 icce, = 136lit small barrel) must or wine from the same vintage was added. It was macerated for 12-60 hours, stirred from time to time. The liquid was filtered out with sacks. The sacks containing the aszú dough were trodden by feet, the liquid gained this way was racked into barrels, where it fermented slowly. The aszú wines number of puttony meant, how many puttony of aszú grapes were used.
The principle is the same today, but of course the components are not measured with puttony and Gönci cask, but by kilogram and litre.
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Check out the documentary "Killing Us Softly 4."
Your vendetta against Felton is insane and misplaced, Quick.
What a pointless little piece by Horowitz on Cunningham. He's not listed in 2012 mocks because no one expected him to actually leave OSU. If he does, I'd guess he'll go late second round. Mock 2013 drafts have Jared listed anywhere from the low 20s in round 1 to the middle of round 2. I'd say he should stay and improve his shooting and his handle, but there's always the injury concern, and Jared plays a really physical game. Great kid. He'll do well either way.
Wallace has been a "stubborn malcontent," Quick? Good grief, it's like you just blurt things out once in a while from left field.
Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. Felton played well last night and in the previous game, and now he gets yanked for a guy who clearly can't play PG for long stretches. Yet, Nate stuck with Felton when he was really struggling for a couple of weeks. Nate needs to go. I don't blame him for everything, but these types of rotation decisions are just baffling.
Really love this kid -- Jared's a smart person, good dude. He seems pretty aware that he's not quite ready yet. If all goes as expected, he's probably an early 2nd round pick in 2013.
This game was more about OSU finding a way to score in the second half. More Cunningham, less Starks.
Agree with you entirely: more Roberto, less 1-3-1. Get the ball to Collier in the paint. Let Moreland be a shot blocker.
Pretty simple stuff, really.
It's insane how Starks is allowed to continue chucking like he does. Just cripples the whole offense, causes visible chemistry issues on the court. I don't know how or why Robinson allows it to happen.
As for defense, Robinson seems to think playing man D is this mysterious thing that a young-ish team can't do. But it's his awful 1-3-1 that makes guarding the three point line impossible; 2-3 zones started popping up in Pac-12 play, too, and shooters love seeing a 2-3. It's not that complicated.
I'm done supporting or defending Robinson. Great recruiter, below average coach.
Robinson didn't NEED to go back to his awful 1-3-1. He chose to. He chose to scrap man and go to a 2-3 against some Pac-12 teams, too, which makes no sense considering how well they've played man D.
I'm losing all faith in Robinson. And the more I see him going to his awful 1-3-1, and the more I see him allowing Ahmad Starks to bomb away at inopportune times, the less faith I have in Robinson. It's becoming clear that he's a great recruiter and a below average coach. This team can match up with any in the conference man-to-man.
The DB coach made "only" $105k? Good grief. I'm beginning to hate college sports.
All this Ahmad Starks chucking, heroball needs to stop. Totally paralyzes the offense.
Nice guy, but so overrated. Never got the great athletes in the OSU secondary to perform as well as they should while they were Beavers.
Starks' play is atrocious. I don't know how Robinson lets him get away with the garbage he's pulling out there. Had Robinson not allowed Starks to go crazy in Pac-12 play, they'd be 3-1 in the conference right now. Inexcusable coaching and selfish play.
Really, really, really tired of seeing Starks The Chucker -- with the longest leash ever, apparently -- getting minutes that could be Roberto's.
Brown wasn't getting minutes because he had practice incidents and incidents off the court. His talent warrants minutes this year and moving forward. Brown's size and ability would put him on the floor in almost any program. To put it nicely, this kid is a knucklehead.
Pickup allows Elliot, Nolan, and Armon to develop without being thrown into the mix before they're ready--which, of course, is counterproductive to their development and the team long term.
Really surprised at the number of thick Blazers fans on Twitter hating on this acquisition. You're smarter than that. This is a big pickup. Great bargain. He immediately becomes the backup SG and PG for now, positions the Blazers desperately needed to allow young guys time to develop.
Leave it to Portland residents/Oregonian readers to IMMEDIATELY post racist comments on this story.
Bah ha, who's the idiot who asked Ray if he's ready to mentor the PG of the future. Felton: "You talkin' about Nolan?" Yeah, that's pretty much the appropriate response. PG of the future, Nolan Smith. Good grief. Welcome, Raymond Felton, we're not all insane around here.
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In this provocative, startling book, Robert D. Kaplan, the bestselling author of "Monsoon" and "Balkan Ghosts, " offers a revelatory new prism through which to view global upheavals and to understand what lies ahead for continents and countries around the world. In "The Revenge of Geography, "Kaplan builds on the insights, discoveries, and theories of great geographers and geopolitical thinkers of the near and distant past to look back at critical pivots in history and then to look forward at the evolving global scene. Kaplan traces the history of the world's hot spots by examining their climates, topographies, and proximities to other embattled lands. The Russian steppe's pitiless climate and limited vegetation bred hard and cruel men bent on destruction, for example, while Nazi geopoliticians distorted geopolitics entirely, calculating that space on the globe used by the British Empire and the Soviet Union could be swallowed by a greater German homeland. Kaplan then applies the lessons learned to the present crises in Europe, Russia, China, the Indian subcontinent, Turkey, Iran, and the Arab Middle East. The result is a holistic interpretation of the next cycle of conflict throughout Eurasia. Remarkably, the future can be understood in the context of temperature, land allotment, and other physical certainties: China, able to feed only 23 percent of its people from land that is only 7 percent arable, has sought energy, minerals, and metals from such brutal regimes as Burma, Iran, and Zimbabwe, putting it in moral conflict with the United States. Afghanistan's porous borders will keep it the principal invasion route into India, and a vital rear base for Pakistan, India's main enemy. Iran will exploit the advantage of being the only country that straddles both energy-producing areas of the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea. Finally, Kaplan posits that the United States might rue engaging in far-flung conflicts with Iraq and Afghanistan rather than tending to its direct neighbor Mexico, which is on the verge of becoming a semifailed state due to drug cartel carnage. A brilliant rebuttal to thinkers who suggest that globalism will trump geography, this indispensable work shows how timeless truths and natural facts can help prevent this century's looming cataclysms. Praise for "The Revenge of Geography" "[An] ambitious and challenging new book . . . ["The Revenge of Geography"]""displays a formidable grasp of contemporary world politics and serves as a powerful reminder that it has been the planet's geophysical configurations, as much as the flow of competing religions and ideologies, that have shaped human conflicts, past and present."--Malise Ruthven, "The New York Review of Books" " " "Robert D. Kaplan, the world-traveling reporter and intellectual whose fourteen books constitute a bedrock of penetrating exposition and analysis on the post-Cold War world . . . strips away much of the cant that suffuses public discourse these days on global developments and gets to a fundamental reality: that geography remains today, as it has been throughout history, one of the most powerful drivers of world events."--"The National Interest" " " "Kaplan plunges into a planetary review that is often thrilling in its sheer scale . . . encyclopedic."--"The New Yorker" "["The Revenge of Geography"] serves the facts straight up. . . . Kaplan's realism and willingness to face hard facts make "The Revenge of Geography" a valuable antidote to the feel-good manifestoes that often masquerade as strategic thought."--The Daily Beast
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Peyton Manning renews his rivalry against Tom Brady, this time wearing a Broncos uniform. But it's bigger than that. Neither team has gotten off to a great start, so the stakes are even higher. Sit back and enjoy two all-time great quarterbacks at work.
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Robert Griffin III gets more hype, but Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is off to a sizzling start. Ryan has so many weapons to work with—Roddy White, Julio Jones, Tony Gonzalez, Michael Turner. And the Redskins have many defensive issues. Expect the scoreboard operator to be busy.


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ASU's Darby won't forget defining play from last Rose Bowl visit
TEMPE, Ariz. -- One play does not define a game, let alone a season.
Try telling that to ASU senior safety Alden Darby.
Two years ago, in the Sun Devils' last appearance in the Rose Bowl against UCLA, the Bruins drove the football to the ASU 20-yard line trailing by five.
There was a seven-yard loss on a fumble followed by a 15-yard penalty for offensive pass interference. On 2nd-and-32, then-quarterback Kevin Prince rushed for three yards.
That set up a "3rd down-and-29, back shoulder fade," Darby said.
Price completed the pass to receiver Nelson Rosario for 33 yards to the ASU 6-yard line.
"Oh yeah, that was Darby's cornerback days," Osahon Irabor recalled earlier this week. He then joked, "You see, we play him at safety now, so we're good."
Three plays later running back Derrick Coleman rushed for a one-yard touchdown and the game-winning score.
The Sun Devils quickly got into field goal range, but Alex Garoutte's 46-yard attempt missed as time expired.
Darby, to this day, said he hasn't forgotten that long pass play.
"To be all the way honest, I watched the game (Monday)," he said. "I was in position. They told me �ball' and I looked up and it was back-shoulder fade and he completed a third down-and 29. I mean it's crazy that you asked that because I actually watched the game (Monday). I asked for the DVD. People ask me, �How do ya'll lose to them your sophomore year?' I said, �It's all my fault.' I gave up that pass on third down with little time left on the clock. I take that personally. I just want to go back out there to the Rose Bowl and make up for it."
The loss sent ASU into a tailspin that it didn't recover from.
The Sun Devils lost three more times, ending the regular season on a four-game skid that ultimately cost Dennis Erickson his job.
"I think it's kind of good to reflect on that and use that as motivation," Irabor said.
ASU returns to the Rose Bowl Saturday, and a win against UCLA will clinch the Pac-12 South and send the Sun Devils to the conference championship game on Dec. 7.
Darby, who leads the team with 11 pass breakups this season, is anxious for a shot at redemption.
"That was really my first time getting my feet wet out there in a key situation in the game, man-to-man on their best receiver," Darby said. "I was still young. Now I have a lot more knowledge of the game. I'm a lot smarter. I've just grown mentally. I just have a better knowledge for the game.
"Me personally, I want to go out there and have one of my best games against these guys. Just come back my senior year, Pac-12 South champions, knowing that we're going to the Pac-12 Championship. That's how I want my senior year to go."
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Patricia F. Anderson is Emerging Technologies Librarian at Taubman Health Sciences Library at the University of Michigan. Since 1995, her work has focused on health and the Internet, when she became design chair and webmaster for the HealthWeb collaboration. She specializes in emerging technologies, especially with respect to facilitating outreach and support to health care consumers and educators. Additional professional interests include education, science 2.0, consumer health, health literacy, and community building.
Patricia is active in Second Life and virtual worlds with particular emphasis on use for individuals with disabilities. In Second Life, she's a co-founder of the Healthcare Education group, as well as the SLHealthy guide to health locations, communities and activities in Second Life. Among her publications is the Medical Library Association Encyclopedic Guide to Searching and Finding Health Information on the Web. She blogs regularly at ETechLib and Cool Toys.
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Before that, she spent more than a decade in high tech with companies like Compaq Computers and Sony Electronics. She has a strong track record for managing clients' online reputations and working with outlets like HuffPost, the New York Times, CNN, Slate, Fortune, "60 Minutes," and the Mercury News.
Jeffrey Benabio, MD is Physician Director of Healthcare Transformation at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, CA, where he helped create and sustain one of the country's largest telemedicine programs. A board certified dermatologist and member of the American Academy of Dermatology, Jeff engages with patients on his blog, The Digital Doctor and medical colleegues on SuperDocs, a site dedicated to doctors, digital health, and social media. He serves on several boards, including The American Telemedicine Association and writes a monthly column about technology and healthcare for Skin & Allergy News. He has authored social networking papers in academic journals, and, more importantly, Glamour magazine named him "Rock Star of Dermatology," making him his niece's coolest uncle. Also on LinkedIn and Facebook.
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Claire H. Johnston characterizes herself as a digital storyteller who helps health care organizations use technology to generate engagement. Her professional interests include social media strategy and policy, creative engagement plans, online identity management, workflow improvement of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube and social media analytics.
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The Feminine Brain
We rely on the left brain, with its close attunement to the outer world and to logic, to order most of our action and control our responses to events in our lives. Meanwhile we neglect and discount the other half of the brain, a half that's more inwardly oriented and gives us our greatest capacity for intuition. Awakening Intuition, Dr. Mona Lisa Schulz
The brain has two hemispheres. The left brain, considered the masculine brain, is experienced as the rational mind, just the facts please, focusing on the external reality. The right brain, or feminine brain, is the source of our knowing, our intuition, our instincts, focusing on the inner life.
The divine masculine can be said to be the vision (left brain) while the divine feminine is the energy that takes that inspiration, and works to live or embody the vision, and it an actuality (right brain).
In this way, Dr. Mona Lisa Schulz, who is a neuropsychiatrist, neuroscientist as well as a medical intuitive, says "the two hemispheres compliment each other." So how come we have such a difficult time honoring our right brain, the source of our knowing, our intuition.
While it is true that we live in a culture that is left brain dominant, Dr. Mona Lisa says, "The left brain tends to lord it over the right. . .What's more it will actively deny the perception of the right brain. . ."
THAT might make you laugh or cry.
The right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, so the left side of the body embodies the feminine. The left half of the brain controls the right side of the body, the right side of the body embodying the masculine.
In ancient Greece, some of the participants in the annual processional to the Parthenon would dress in women's clothing on their left side, and in male clothing on their right side. In ancient Greece there was no separation between the secular (left brain) and the sacred (right brain). Even though by this time women had lost many basic rights, the divine feminine still had a voice.
An auto mechanic once told me that women take better care of their cars because they listen to the sounds that their car is making and will bring it in for service. A man will not even hear the problem. That is the feminine brain working for us.
I have noticed that when I am experiencing mental stress, it is usually the right side of my body that actually feels the stress. My feminine side will be quiet and knowing, waiting for me to come back to my senses. The left brain (masculine) can ravage the feminine in its drive for facts and results and perfection.
There is tremendous value in learning to listen to and honor the messages from the feminine brain. For direction in our lives, in creating health, to help with everyday choices. Ask yourself, "How can I begin to honor the wisdom of the feminine, or right brain, in my life today?"
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5 Responses to The Feminine Brain
Marla @ Your Full Plate says:
Amazing post, Linnette. I adore Dr. Mona Lisa and I'll have to read Awakening Intuition. Posts like this and blogs like yours help me to love and accept myself better. Have you ever read My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor? It's wonderful!
Petrea Hansen Adamidis says:
Yes we need to honour our right brains more! As an Art Therapist I see the power of art to engage the right brain and bring about balance between both sides.
Ellie Di says:
Neuropyschology brings out the happy nerd in me; it was my favourite class in my psych undergrad. I love seeing that people are taking the science and applying it to spirituality. We have so much to learn – on both sides – from blending the two world approaches.
Stella Seaspirit says:
This is an insightful post Linnette, by striving to express and apply both energies equally we can only yield magical results. I have increasingly come across more and more women and men willing to communicate as who they are and step out of conformity. As more people become aware of the synergy of these energies and practise it in everyday life, a greater impetus is created for it to become a norm.
Tanja says:
Interesting post, Linnette! I love the idea of being able to listen to both sides of my brain: my intuitive and my logical side. Each one has its strengths, and each one its weaknesses if if I rely on it on it on its own. But when I can combine both, it feels like magic happens
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Milestone man Alfonso Soriano homers twice, knocks in six
Aug 13, 2013, 11:58 PM EDT
A day after homering to collect his 2,000th career hit, Alfonso Soriano homered twice and drove in six runs in the Yankees' 14-7 win over the Angels on Tuesday, giving him 1,100 career RBI.
Soriano got to 1,100 RBI just six days after reaching 1,100 runs scored. Next up on the list for him is 400 homers; the two tonight leave him just six away.
It's doubtful that Soriano will ever get into Cooperstown without a ticket, but he has filled up the stat sheet in his 15 major league seasons. Here are all the players with more homers and steals than his 394 and 281, respectively:
Barry Bonds: 764 HR, 514 SB
Willie Mays: 660 HR, 338 SB
Alex Rodriguez: 648 HR, 318 SB
Andre Dawson: 438 HR, 314 SB
Maybe that's overselling it a bit. But Soriano is one of 22 players in major league history with both 250 homers and 250 steals. He's one of 15 with 250 homers, 250 steals, 1,100 runs scored and 1,100 RBI. If he gets the 19 steals he needs for 300 — something that seems more likely now that he's managed 11 this year — he'll be one of seven players with 300 HR, 300 SB and 2,000 hits, joining Mays, Bonds, A-Rod, Dawson, Steve Finley and Carlos Beltran.
- dirtyharry1971 - Aug 14, 2013 at 12:23 AM
What we shouldn't forget here is the jays lost again folks!! And as I predicted that puts them 11 games under and its gonna get a LOT worse before it gets better!! Terrible pitching all the way around from the jays and there is NO HELP on the farm. Well maybe Drabek will pitch for them before the age of 40 but we don't know yet.. Yanks got a LOT of cash coming off the books this off season and a LOT of trading chips, they will make the right moves and the jays will get used to the cellar of the AL Beast for years to come!!! Yeah I only talk baseball and I only talk facts, where are all those people who said the jays are going somewhere this year? Yep you cant find them aint that right craig? hahhaha
- theskinsman - Aug 14, 2013 at 5:57 AM
What we really shouldn't forget is that the bloated payroll of the hapless yankees is solidly in 4th place,without any real hope of another embarrassing playoff sweep this year. Tell me,Harry, what time is the parade in the canyon of zeros this year?
- dirtyharry1971 - Aug 14, 2013 at 10:11 AM
1993 skinsman and if you are a redskin fan its been even longer junior
- theskinsman - Aug 14, 2013 at 2:12 PM
What time is the parade,harry? 200 million plus payroll…for 4th place. Sweet. The Redskins ,unlike the Yankees are on the upswing.
But,this is HBT…if you rooted for a professional team,you'd know that.
All you can hope for is Toronto not catching a hot streak,and leaving the sad sack yanks in the basement where they really belong.
- nbjays - Aug 14, 2013 at 7:20 AM
Didn't you know, harry? The Jays have a plan now to lose to every team that is ahead of the Yankees for the wild card spots, just to keep the Borg out of the postseason. Don't tell me someone of your obvious baseball knowledge didn't get THAT memo.
- dirtyharry1971 - Aug 14, 2013 at 10:13 AM
Honestly unlike some people on here and I wont name names I realize its not the Yanks year, I realized that months ago and they don't belong in the playoffs even though realistically they have a real shot. Nobody makes it every year and in the jays case they never make it any year
- dickclydesdale - Aug 14, 2013 at 6:38 PM
If Alfonso Soriano was white the writers would be giving him all the support to get in the hall of fame(Ryne Samdberg).
- dickclydesdale - Aug 14, 2013 at 6:39 PM
If Alfonso Soriano was white the writers would be giving him all the support to get in the hall of fame(Ryne Sandberg).
- largebill - Aug 14, 2013 at 12:53 AM
I'm not so sure that Soriano has little Hall of Fame chance. I agree he is far from an automatic selection, but his career isn't over and he has an interesting collection of counting stats. Also, while he played the majority of his career as an outfielder, he played around 800 games as an infielder and had some of his best seasons as a 2B. If his career ended tomorrow his stats would be better than some in Cooperstown. I don't know what he has left, but he could improve his case with a couple so-so seasons. While they are quite different type players, Soriano's HoF case is similar to Beltre. Both have weak cases that could use a couple more seasons stats and both need the current backlog to go away before they hit the ballot.
- clemente2 - Aug 14, 2013 at 1:24 AM
Hmmm, look up Vada Pinson, who did not smell the Hall. Pinson had less power, but much better bWAR, same OPS+, much better RAR, 700 plus more hits at this time.
- jarathen - Aug 14, 2013 at 8:25 AM
On that note, Vada Pinson is one of those heartbreaking cases. You'd love to see him enshrined but also understand how maybe he was just outside.
- deepstblu - Aug 14, 2013 at 10:06 AM
Pinson went into a long, slow decline phase at a relatively early age. When I started paying attention to baseball he was one of those guys whose reputation with the media seemed to be out of proportion to his production, and looking at his early stats you can see how he would have earned that.
- RickyB - Aug 14, 2013 at 9:26 AM
The one thing that Beltre has over Soriano is a MUCH better glove. Pretty much opposite spectrums for their careers.
- Matt B - Aug 14, 2013 at 1:10 AM
Soriano is a very good player but Beltre is the best 3b of his generation, defensively. Add in his very good bat (even in his Seattle days) and he's a likely first or second ballot guy. Plus he played a game with a ruptured testicle. He's a "gamer".
- clemente2 - Aug 14, 2013 at 1:38 AM
Yes, Beltre's defense puts him way above Soriano as a player, and his last fours years have been very good to great offensively—if he keeps that up for another 3-4 years, he will open alot of space between him and Soraino just on offense.
- yankee172 - Aug 14, 2013 at 1:43 AM
Love this guy. So great to have him back. Who can dislike Sori?
- jerze2387 - Aug 14, 2013 at 10:44 AM
…stupid a$$ cubs fans
- coryfor3 - Aug 14, 2013 at 2:47 AM
So why wouldn't he get in other than voters thinking he didn't live up to a huge contract a team was dumb enough to trip over itself to give him?
- coryfor3 - Aug 14, 2013 at 2:49 AM
Finley's numbers say he is a HOFer too. He just was never considered elite and has certain PED assumptions that would be cast out.
- mlblogsbig3bosox - Aug 14, 2013 at 3:54 AM
If Soriano manages to get 300 steals then he would be one of 5 players to get there along his 400 homers. And I think that if Andre Dawson made it to the Hall of Fame, Soriano has a strong chance to get in as well.
- jarathen - Aug 14, 2013 at 8:26 AM
Doubling down on a mistake like Dawson's bust in Cooperstown does not make it more acecptable.
- easywolf - Aug 14, 2013 at 5:58 AM
Never understood why these Yankee idiots traded him in the first place… He fit the team like a glove
- jarathen - Aug 14, 2013 at 8:25 AM
You mean he's overpaid?
- southofheaven81 - Aug 14, 2013 at 10:29 AM
Okay, that was funny.
- churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged - Aug 14, 2013 at 10:46 AM
Are you serious? The Yanks traded him for Arod, essentially straight up, with the Rangers paying something like 35% of Arod's salary. Oh and Soriano magically aged two years in one offseason to boot.
- badintent - Aug 15, 2013 at 12:52 AM
gotta be the birther certificate !! ha !
- jarathen - Aug 14, 2013 at 8:31 AM
it's easy to say that Alfonso Soriano has some purdy counting stats, but if you look at this numbers more closely, you'll see what most people see on the field – an OPS+ of 113 that suggests he was better than average, but not by all that much. His best OBP EVER was .351, in a year where he eked out 22 more walks than any other season.
He isn't terrible and in his prime was certainly a solid player, at times pretty darn good, but ultimately his counting stats are just gilding the lily.
- clemente2 - Aug 14, 2013 at 11:09 AM
Your sentiment is right, but your cliche is wrong.
- jarathen - Aug 14, 2013 at 11:19 AM
It's a stretch, I know, but I have so few opportunities to jam it in to conversation.
- jfk69 - Aug 14, 2013 at 1:20 PM
Soriano ..HOF material..LOL
Arod and Soriano finally united…Oh what could have been…..I am joking.
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The two-minute trailer starts off innocently enough, as a forlorn-looking barfly fond of cigarettes and strange tricks with pocket change makes his way from a bar stool to the nearest bathroom. It only gets weirder from there, and before the clip's running time is up, we've seen a sackcloth man-creature having trouble with a urinal, lots of icky tentacles, and some sort of multi-eyed horror from the depths of hell.
None of this phases our ice-cold protagonist of course, and he even takes the time to zip his fly while disposing of the baddie in fine supernatural style. See for yourself after the cut, or head to GameTrailers.


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Quarter Life Crisis
The world according to Sven-S. Porst
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Yesterday was the first day for a long time that it was really bright and sunny outside. Also, days start getting longer already, so it wasn't pitch black when I was on my way home. Quite uplifting. Although I don't really believe in these kind of psychological things – the light does seem to affect my mood.
Oh, and its dull and grey again today – though I assume they can't steal us the later sunsets anymore.
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Kepler-452b revolves around a sun much like our own.
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MarCum VX 1 Pro Sonar Ice Flasher System
Product Information:
The MarCum® VX-1 Pro Sonar Ice Flasher is the flasher of choice for casual, weekend anglers. Simple to use, this ice flasher is more than an entry-level unit, packing serious features like a 20° transducer with an 8 foot cable, 1,000 watts of power, bottom lock zoom and 6 levels of interference rejection. A new red padded soft pack, a 12 volt, 7 amp rechargeable battery and a 3 stage auto battery charger are included.
- 20° Transducer with 8' cable
- Watts: 1000
- Bottom lock zoom
- 6 levels of interference rejection
- Includes new red padded soft pack
- Includes new 12 volt 7 amp rechargeable battery
- Includes new 3 stage auto battery charger
- Model: VX-1P
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Country of Origin: United StatesWeb ID: 12080625
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Rated 5 out of 5 by 4 reviewers.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Hondo Great and Fun ice fiching tool Following written reviews and then going with some friends ice fishing, I knew after that day that a Marcum flasher was the only way for me to go. I have not regretted the purchase. A couple of things impressed me; 1. the transducer is attached to an arm which is easily adjusted and can then be tucked away in a bell housing and the arm folded quickly to pack away. Also, the whole unit lifts from an ice hole when you have a fish on without a dangling/wobbling transducer line. 2. The controls are simple; turn it on, set your range to find bottom, adjust the Gain to find your decending lure, and watch yourelf jig and hopefull the fish will come. For the price, it's the best I could have done. March 3, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by D Train Solid product for any ice angler The VX 1 Pro is a great flasher, it does everything it is supposed to do. Easy to read screen and display, great battery life and it is literally ready to go right out of the box. Also the zoom feature is great. I cant see myself getting on the ice again without it. The price is very reasonable as well, compared to many other flashers on the market today. January 9, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Richie Great Value but no perfect. I have used it enough to have a handle on its features. Pros...watch instructions via youtube and read manual. They are complete. User friendly. Cover is nice and included. Be sure to open front hatch and back to dry out after inclement weather. It shoots through ice with bit of water spilled out. Cost 200 less then vex with equivalent features. Strong IR feature bit no indicated light to let you know if it is on or off. Zoom feature is great. Cons...Cord is a bit longer than necessary. I suppose it could awkwardly be used in summer with long cord. I am going to add float to it so I don't always have to use the arm which is a bitter sweet feature. GreG value at 300. Lastly it would be nice if had a flasher cover. March 9, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Yankee18 Best Ice Fishing Device Ever....... Easy to use right out of the box. Connect the battery, charge it up and go catch a ton of fish. Simply amazing as you watch fish come right off the bottom and hit your jig. Fished all day on a charge and I quit before the machine did. A great product....... January 13, 2014
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The wait is over.
South Carolina's high school wrestling titans - Rock Hill and Summerville - will battle for the Class AAAA state championship Wednesday at White Knoll High School in Lexington. Rock Hill is the all-time leader with 15 state titles. Summerville is No. 2 on the list with 11 championships.
But it's been a while since either team has appeared in the state finals.
Rock Hill hasn't won a state title since 2009 when the Bearcats defeated Fort Dorchester. Their last appearance in the state match was in 2010 when they lost to Fort Dorchester.
Summerville's last appearance was in 2008. That year the Green Wave beat Rock Hill in the state championship.
The five-year drought between appearances is the second longest in Green Wave history.
This will mark Darryl Tucker's first appearance as head coach at the state championship. He wrestled at Summerville from 1990-93 and was a member of two state championship teams. He also served as an assistant under Kenny Walker when it seemed like every state championship pitted the Wave against the Bearcats.
"I was hoping that it wouldn't take this long to get back," said Tucker, whose team advanced to Wednesday's 7 p.m. showdown with a victory over Lexington. "To win a state championship is not easy, especially at this level. But it is right out there in front of us."
Tucker says every championship team he's been a part of has left a lasting impression.
"There's no better feeling," Tucker said. "There's only one team crowned champ at the end of the season, and that's a distinction you carry with you for the rest of your life. We just want these wrestlers to be part of that Summerville family."
The Green Wave received a scare Saturday when 220-pounder Julian Gibbs injured his shoulder. He worried that he broke his collarbone, but was checked and cleared by his doctor.
"I'm still a little sore, but it's not broken," Gibbs said. "I'm good to go. I will block that out. I won't think about anything but winning and having that trophy at the end of the night."
Summerville's Chad Wood will wrestle in his final team match Wednesday. He's ranked No. 5 in the state in the 170-pound classification and wants to close the team phase of the season with a victory.
"We haven't been there since 2008 which means nobody on this team has been there, done that," he said. "We want to embrace the challenge. We want to embrace being state champs."
James Saas, the top-ranked wrestler in the state at 106 pounds, is a junior. He's had second- and third-place finishes at the state individual matches. He's thinking about only team results Wednesday.
"I think it is going to be very intense," he said. "I know it will be intense because it is Summerville against Rock Hill."
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Phil and I remember being younger managers in large multinationals (IBM for me) back in the 90′s, and in my case, the 80′s. We were sent to a variety of short training courses, and we honestly can't say that we remember anything they tried to teach us. Except for one lesson. In fact, it was so powerful that we never forgot it. In many ways, you can say it shaped much of Phil's career and eventually led both of us to work with Professor Henry Mintzberg in management development. Phil LeNir is a former student of mine, former middle manager in a high tech firm and now CEO of Coachingourselves. Let me let Phil tell the story in his own words:
It was very simple; if someone from Learning and Development was calling on the phone, ignore the call, or duck into the nearest washroom or closet. Do the same when you see someone from Training and Development walk down the hall, lest they try and send you to a course.
Back in the 90′s, it was well known that a sure fire way to lose one or more days of valuable work time and potentially derail your project was to get sent to a management training course. Sure, you would get to relax with friends in a non-cubicle environment, eat free muffins (very important for an engineer), and be entertained by a personable and highly animated trainer. We 'd also get sophisticated and unbelievably large binders to fill the one shelf we all had in our cubicles. (Where did they get binders that thick I always wondered?)
However, when you get back to work, the only impact was the highly elevated stress levels as the inevitable fire had evolved into a full blown crisis and the 297 new e-mails demanded immediate attention. The slick models and snazzy one-liner tips were rapidly forgotten, and even when we did sit down and read them again, well, they seemed kind of idealistic…. in the real world, we don't have time to do that. So, the most powerful lesson I took from my management training courses back in the 90′s was: don't get stuck being sent to management training!
Of course, I was always envious of the high potentials that got sent to some five star hotel for their training. It seemed so exotic at the time. You could tell everyone, "I won't be in the office because I'm at a training course in So-and-So hotel". The food always seemed fantastic, the social event interesting, and the big ballroom setting with fancy table cloths on nice round tables filled with neatly arranged writing pads and branded pens all seemed, at least from the outside, easy makeup for the lost work and time.
Yet, can I remember a single manager who came back from a training program and actually did something that really made a difference? I worked for a lot of these guys, and I don't remember anything ever really changing.
Around the turn of the millennium we had the rise of e-learning. Like any trend, it seemed to make a ton of sense. Why not just put all that content online? Spice it up with interactive multi-media, and suddenly you have scalable low cost training. Unfortunately, only the channel has changed. I've sat through a number of e-learning modules for management and leadership development from some of the biggest and most prominent providers while users are using them.
When people are honest, they will tell you that they just need to "get this out of the way", and "find the right answer", or "what a waste of time". I always imagined there was a business opportunity here. Many would happily pay a couple dollars if you could run through these e-learning modules on their behalf.
Do you think the problem is that managers don't want to learn? Perhaps… but the vast majority are practical, down to earth people who really want to do the best job they can. Most rather strongly suspect that sitting in a classroom listening to a lecture, or selecting multiple choice answers in an e-learning module, has never helped them do their job.
However, I'd say that a large number of people in the Learning and Development actually know all this. Sure, there are still some ostriches with their head in the sand, but the majority know that things don't work.
Over the past several years, this has bubbled up and become prominent… and it has recently been articulated through a philosophy for learning and development that many call 70:20:10. The idea makes sense… 70% of what we need to do our job is learned informally, on the job, 20% through interactions with colleagues, and 10% through formal classroom or e-learning programs. Off course, this is just a model and there are many nuances. However, think about how you've learned to do what you are now doing; was it on the job? Was it the one day training course? Sure, it helped, but you kept learning through experiences, trial and error, discussions with colleagues and much more.
This, as you can expect, has led to much upheaval for many… if all of a sudden the thing you have spent 100% of your time on (classroom workshops and e-learning) is now only supposed to be 10%, then just what are you supposed to do for the other 90%? But it has also led to an extremely productive change in the mindsets of people in Learning and Development.
Of course, none of this is new. Pretty much anyone in adult learning has been saying something like this for ever. Ebbinghause, a psychologist from the 1800′s, suggested the learning curve, and the forgetting curve… which all of us who crammed for exams in university knows implicitly. As soon as the exam is over you forget what you just learn at an exponential rate!
Which leads us to the future. A particularly insightful blogger named Harold Jarche said "Work is learning and learning is work". I tried to explain this to some Learning and Development people and they agreed… but then went back to thinking about the Learning and Development program and the instruction design for a classroom!
So, next time someone asks for your input on management training for you and your managers…. ask them to help you learn from your experience, or learn from your peers… and refuse any option that includes sitting in a classroom, or working with an e-learning system. In a few weeks, we will share a bit of our experience on how you do this – just emergent thoughts, we would love to hear from you.


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Don Francisco tapes show on Selena
'Sabado Gigante' will air short segment for 8th anniversary of death
CORPUS CHRISTI - The host of one of the most popular variety shows in the world was in Corpus Christi Monday to film a segment about Selena.
Don Francisco, host of "Sabado Gigante," interviewed the Tejano singer's fans and relatives. The segment, which will air Saturday on Univision, is meant to commemorate the eighth anniversary of her death.
"She was for sure a very special performer, but for her fans she is still alive," said Francisco, whose real name is Mario Kreutzenberger. "She was at her most successful moment of her career, and she was a role model for many young people, for many Hispanics."
Francisco and his crew filmed about 250 minutes worth of tape and will edit that down to a seven- or eight-minute segment. Although the show has aired previous pieces about Selena, this is the first time her legacy has brought Francisco to Corpus Christi.
"I talked to a girl, and she said, 'I was born here and I was raised here. I never met Selena, but I saw her in many concerts and, for me, she is alive,' " Francisco said.
"Sabado Gigante" airs in 22 countries and attracts an audience of about 100 million, Francisco said. According to Claire Arredondo, a Univision program director, a mix of games and frank discussion of current issues make the Miami-based show popular among a range of ages.
Francisco said his biggest surprises came from learning about Selena's family. He had not known, for instance, that her father, Abraham Quintanilla, rose from selling newspapers and polishing shoes downtown to owning a music production company.
Francisco was taken to Selena's statue, grave, museum and boutique. Her family said that, while they have experienced pain every day since her murder, the taping took a further emotional toll.
"When you start going to the places Selena frequented and where she lived, in your mind, you start reliving those emotions and it just brings back memories," Abraham Quintanilla said.
Selena Quintanilla-Perez was shot once in the back on March 31, 1995. Her former fan club president, Yolanda Saldivar, was convicted of murder and is serving a life sentence.
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The Return of Die Hard's John McClane
In 1988 Director John McTiernan and writers Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza revolutionized the action movie with "Die Hard". The film starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman introduced movie goers to John McClane, a charismatic New York City Cop who was different than your typical action movie hero because he was very human and had a sharp sense of humor.
McClane's adventures would inspire three sequels and this August the popular film character is moving into a new medium, the four color world of comic books. "Die Hard: Year One", a new ongoing series from from Boom! Studios by writer Howard Chaykin and artist Stephen Thompson takes the character back to the roots and shows how he became the terrorist fighter movie audience know and love. Chaykin recently spoke to the Eisner Award nominated Comic Book News Site Comic Book Resources about what fans can expect from the series.
If you've never seen any of McClane's cinematic adventures or just want to watch them all over again the library has got you covered. They've got copies of Die Hard, Die Hard 2: Die Harder, Die Hard: With a Vengeance, and the most recent film Live Free or Die Hard all available for checkout.
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btw why do I have the feeling sean payton will talk about how injuries set this team back . Im not falling for that smoke screen , this team is as bad as you wanna be and still going down from what i reading with injuries but lets be clear this team needs New players not healthy players. We seen this this defensive line all healthy and still can get a sack which is why we are ranked at the bottom in sacks this year. A hurried qb is better than the ones the saints have allowed to camp at our dome.
ok am i losing it or what, Ty law was signed earlier this week by the jets , now whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy in the hell wasnt the saints going after this guy. Hes better than what we got now. I would love to see this website do an article on the free agents available and the one that the saints passed up. Someone need to hold this management of this team accountable. We pay big money to see nfl game and like anything you pay for you expect performance.we need some some writers who ask the tough questions .
shockey is fine man , just communication issues and the offense is not what im worried about except the offensive line . err jamal brown , we need a whole new defense built around vilma and porter , and new def coach, and one more year of payton and he has to go , i wish it could be now but one more year i think
jamal brown played horrible he looked like he was pass protecting on a pogo stick . I seen this guy get beat consistently on the edge and then the saints bring in the other tackle on other side who shut down abrams.
payton needs to stop going after offensive weapons cause brees can middle linebackers and cornmake any wr an all pro. payton needs to focus on the offensive line and and just revamp the whole defense, building around vilma , charles grant, sedrick ellis and tracy porter. and maybe keep fujita but everyone else must go , mckenzie is through cut him
btw dont blame shockey , if you seen the game you knew why brees wasnt getting off . lets see jamaaaaalllll brownnnnn !!!!
Lets call it like we see it , the problem is not the offense . The problem is this defense who cant stop anyone and then we expect the offense to come out every week and produce, Just go look at the saints schedule and the results and you will see 29 31 34 all line up as points given up by our defense . Thats horrible! . On shockey the guy just came in a new system and its more than just lining up and running routes so stop finding someone to blame. I know the person to blame gibbs and his scheme .This defense is the achilles heel of this team and until we address it we will continue to see rookie qbs look like all pros against us. Every good defense i seen in the league has blitz packages , I dont see one damn blitz from the saints. I watched eagle and giants and man they was blitzing all over the place swarming the ball. We suck that simple
lol perfect timing, i go watch the game and eagles blitz with intensity and turnover, i rest my case
I want you guys to watch the eagles and giants game and just watch the intensity on the defense of both teams and watch the blitz packages they run and watch the blocking on run plays and then picture that and you will see what the saints are lacking. I see it every week when i watch the saints and then ill watch the steelers and im like wow the defense is all over the place and the saints seem to be reading instead of reacting to the offense . I know u guys see it too
www.petitionspot.com/petitions/FireGG/ fire gibssssssss nowwwwwwwww
www.fucsaintscoaching.com fire gibb now
well mckenzie played his last game as a saint i think. He hasnt played the greatest ball lately and now with the injury i just dont see why the saints would keep him with the injuries he gets . I think hes going to retire once he realizes nobody is going to pay him to sit around .
I think shockey will be a good asset to this team but look when the trade happen . What we have is a identity crisis on offense cause payton doesnt have a clear game plan on what he wants to do. I think we need to find our identity cause this isnt it .Running the ball always helps . I still thought our offense was good enough but when your defense just doesnt do anything its hard to play with confidence on either side of the ball .
you guys at times picayune need to let some guys with some guts to ask the questions that saints fans wanna know. i dont care about injuries cause its the same old crap . why the hell is gary gibbs still here is what we want to know?
dont forget the 5 and 4 star commits on defensive line lsu is getting in 2009 , man we got a hell of a class in 2009 , btw shephard is a 5 star qb and with lsu qb problems that will only help qb recruits cause they know they have a chance to start
i thought we had russel shephard, coming in next year for qb so why is lsu fans worried, lsu is not going anywhere, we still got big time recruits coming.