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R.A. Dickey, the Cy Young, and both the good and bad of trading him
Michael Baron , Contributor
I still can't believe R.A. Dickey won the Cy Young last night.
On the very first day of pitchers and catchers in February, 2010, R.A. arrived at the Mets Spring Training complex in Port St. Lucie on a bicycle.
R.A. rides a bicycle to camp every morning.
He pulled up to the player parking area, but he didn't have anything to indicate he was with the team, and security didn't initially let him in.
He got so mad at the security guard, and a lot of fans who were waiting to get into the complex began laughing at the situation at R.A.'s expense.
"Who is this guy, anyway?" one fan remarked.
"He's R.A. Dickey, a minor league invite. He will be cut before Opening Day," another fan answered.
That fan was right – in fact, R.A. was among Jerry Manuel's first cuts that Spring.
But I guess the Mets and the fans are lucky Dickey was finally let in the gate that day. Two and a half years later, R.A. is a superstar and a top-of-the-rotation pitcher, sitting on top of the pitching world with the first Cy Young Award ever won by a knuckleballer.
Since joining the Mets in 2010, Dickey is 39-28 with a 2.95 ERA, having allowed 559 hits, 150 walks, 55 home runs with eight complete games, four shutouts, and 468 strikeouts in 94 games (91 starts) over 616 2/3 innings.
I love R.A., and am proud as a Met fan to have him on the roster, representing my favorite team in all of sports. I have never advocated the Mets trade R.A.. I've only said the Mets should explore trading him if it makes the team better in the short-term and the organization healthier in the long-term. That goes for any player in the organization or on the roster. As I've said, starting pitching is not just an area of strength for the Mets – it's probably the only area of strength where they potentially have excess, and so it makes a lot of baseball sense to trade one of them to improve their many areas of weaknesses. R.A. winning the Cy Young Award does not change the Mets needs, nor does it alter any path the Mets need to take in order to address those needs. That doesn't mean I want the Mets to trade him – I just don't know how the Mets can improve without trading R.A., or another starting pitcher. That's just me being pragmatic and honest about an unenviable position the Mets are in at the moment.
I get the emotional side of this, and totally understand people having a change of heart and wanting the Mets to retain R.A.. I really hope R.A. is standing at home plate on April 1, accepting his Cy Young Award and hoisting it over his head, celebrating with the fans one more time. It's also highly unusual for a Cy Young Award winner to be dealt the same year he wins it – Roger Clemens is the last pitcher to be traded after winning the award (1998). The Mets are in a really delicate stage of their evolution too: they are tasked with not only making solid improvements to their organization's foundation, but also restoring and maintaining a trust which is lacking among those they need to come to the ballpark on a nightly basis. R.A. has as deep a connection with us as any Met has ever had. It seems as though he's loved just as much as David Wright is and Jose Reyes was before he left. He has become a Met icon, and it's like he's every Met fan's best friend. When it comes to organization building, that's crucially important and must be factored in as part of the decision making process.
But the bottom line is this: People will come to the ballpark if – and only if – the team is winning. That's the nature of the relationship between fans and sports. It won't matter who is on the team at that point. I don't think fans will stay away if the team is winning, just because R.A. Dickey was hypothetically traded. This can't be about individual accolades. After all, while Reyes' batting title was nice, Santana's no-hitter was magical, Wright's achievements and comeback in 2012 were spectacular, and Dickey's Cy Young was "supernatural," as he put it, they haven't won the Mets the necessary games to contend for a championship. Attendance has suffered despite all of that, and the Mets are always at home in October, watching the playoffs on TV. That's not acceptable.
R.A. made it clear last night (and in the past) that he is loyal to the team that gave him this opportunity, and wants to stay. And, I think it's important to have players on the team who genuinely want to be there. But that doesn't mean his presence on the roster is the best thing for the organization. If the Mets can find a way to make this better by retaining R.A. or Jon Niese, that would be wonderful, and I'd be totally onbard. But only the front office can make that determination.


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WASHINGTON (WUSA) --Congress didn't make its deadline but the deal is enough to bring us back from the so-called fiscal cliff.
The House passed the Senate's bill late Tuesday night 257-167.It is a political victory for the President that comes one day after the fiscal cliff deadline. But this compromise doesn't resolve all the issues related to tax hikes and spending cuts.
The deal will work retroactively to extend the Bush Era tax rates for most Americans.It is what he campaigned on: to raise taxes on the wealthiest.
The late night deal raises taxes on the wealthiest Americans earning $400,000 and families earning $450,000.Democratic congressman Jim Moran voted down the bill because it sets up three more fiscal showdowns including having to debate raising the $16.4 trillon federal borrowing limit so the government can keep paying its bills.
The bill includes an extension of unemployment benefits for about two million Americans.
"Under this new law, more than 98 percent of Americans,
and 97 percent of small businesses will not see their income taxes go up," said President Obama.
The bill also delays spending cuts for two months so the new Congress can address the issue.

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cubscoutsrock54 wrote:It's interesting that you have Mychal Givens listed as a 2B. If I recall correctly, his arm strength was one of his strengths going into the draft, no? Wouldn't a move to 2B sort of neutralize that?
Allstar nailed it. He has the arm to play any position, but his footwork and range is going to limit him to 2B or an outfield corner. He doesn't have the speed for CF.


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Just before the season-ending series between the Canton Bulldogs and the arch-rival Massillon Tigers in 1915, Bulldogs general manager Jack Cusack signed the most famous athlete of the age, Jim Thorpe, for the princely sum of $250 a game.
Thorpe was everything Cusack expected him to be – an exceptional talent and an unparalleled gate attraction. With Thorpe as star and coach, the Bulldogs claimed unofficial world championships in 1916, 1917, and 1919. His mere presence moved pro football a giant step forward in the public's estimation.
In 1920, when the National Football League was organized, the charter members named Thorpe league president. While Thorpe's exploits tend to be exaggerated with the passing years, there is no question he was superb in every way. He could run with speed as well as bruising power. He could pass and catch passes with the best, punt long distances and kick field goals either by dropkick or placekick.
Often he would demonstrate his kicking prowess during halftimes by placekicking field goals from the 50-yard line, then turning and dropkicking through the opposite goal post. He blocked with authority and, on defense, was a bone-jarring tackler.
Of mixed French, Irish, and Sac and Fox Indian heritage, Thorpe was born in a one-room cabin in Oklahoma, but when he was sixteen his father sent him to the Carlisle Institute, a school for Indian youth. His Native-American name was Wa-Tho-Huk, meaning "Bright Path," something he was destined to follow in the sports world.
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text: The BBC first broadcast 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' as a radio series. Then they televised it. The computer graphics on the show were all hand animated because there weren't any computer graphics around at the time. I have not watched it again since it first came out, but at the time it completely inspired me. I even went to a fancy dress party as Zephod Beeblebrox complete with extra head and arm!


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Time for a blog audit?
A couple of months ago, our internal communications manager here at Molson was interviewed by Mark Ragan, CEO and publisher of Lawrence Ragan Communications at the Web 2.0 Summit for Internal Communications, PR and Marketing. The conference was hosted by Ragan Communications and the Public Relations Society of America.
In this interview, Sebastien Charbonneau (Molson) talked about our blog which was (at that time) live for about a month. His comments and thoughts sparked some thoughts of my own….it's now mid-July (which is scary…where did June and July go?), which means Molson in the Community has been up and running for about six months…. Is it time for a blog audit? Has the Molson Blog changed since Sebastien gave this interview?
Some questions and comparisons:
- Do we have engaging authors?
I hope so! We started with one blogger and now have multiple Molson bloggers writing from across Canada
- Do we have comments and create dialogue?
Perhaps not at the beginning, but as we learn and build relationships with other bloggers, we're starting to see more chatter
- Are we using innovative tools?
Well, we now use multiple tools to share and provide content…flickr, youtube, twitter, VLOGS…
- Have our employees been engaged?
Many visit the site, but do they only read and comment if the info is local to them? Maybe.
- Have the number of unique visits, page views and subscribers increased?
So after a quick audit of Molson blog…the conclusion: Have things changed? Definitely. Are we still learning? 100% yes. Can we improve? 100% yes.
What would you include in a blog audit?
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In the last few months, we made some changes to
math.h (and in C++'s
<cmath>) to clean up the
isnan() and related functions. These are defined by the C and C++ spec for all scalar floating point types. Our previous code used a slightly hacky implementation, which appears to be shared with most other libc implementations.
Since these macros are defined for
double and
long double, we were disambiguating the versions by comparing the size of the argument and the size of various types, with code something like this:
#define macro(x) (\
(sizeof(x) == sizeof(float))) ? float_fn(x) :
((sizeof(x) == sizeof(double)) ? double_fn(x) :
((sizeof(x) == sizeof(long double)) ? long_double_fn(x)))
This works fine as long as the macros are only called with floating point types. But what happens if they are invoked with an
int or perhaps a vector of two
ints? The good news for our implementation is that this is undefined behaviour, so we are allowed to do whatever we want. This code called with, for example,
isnan(1) would first cast the
int value of 1 to a
float (because
sizeof(int) is the same as
sizeof(float). On an ILP64 platform, it would cast it to a
double) and then called the function that made sense for
This is a valid thing to do, but it's also nonsense. It hides lots of potential logic errors. If you're calling
isnan(int) or
isinf(int) then you're almost certainly doing something wrong:
ints are always numbers and they are always finite.
The new version avoids this. It still falls back to the old code that works for any standards-compliant compiler, but if your compiler supports C11
_Generic() expressions (clang in the base system does), or the
__builtin_types_compatible_p() and
__builtin_choose_expr() GNU extensions then it uses them instead. The former is very simple: it provides a way of selecting the expression to evaluate based on its type. The above macro becomes something like this:
#define macro(x) _Generic((x),\
float: float_fn(x),
double: double_fn(x),
long double: long_double_fn(x))
Not only is this more readable, it also generates a compile-time error if you try to invoke it with a type that is not listed. You can also provide a
default: case if you want to emulate the old behaviour. The version using the GNU extensions is semantically equivalent, but a lot less readable. The
__builtin_choose_expr() builtin lets you select between two cases based on a compile-time constant expression. The
__builtin_types_compatible_p() builtin lets you compare whether two types are the same (so
typeof(x) is compared to
double, and
long double, in turn).
A fairly simple change, which didn't make any difference for any software that was not relying on undefined behaviour. And yet it generated a surprising amount of fallout in the ports tree. One common problem was that a lot of configure scripts checked for the existence of the
isnan() macro by trying to do
isnan(1) in their configure scripts. Examples of this included the V8 JavaScript engine and the Mono compiler.
Mono was especially bad, because its configure script checked for the existence of
isnan(int) and, if it didn't find it, then it defined its own
isnan(double) to use instead. I'm slightly alarmed at the idea of using a compiler written by people who don't know the difference between
int and
These were easy to fix. You can easily check for these functions by doing
isnan(1.0) or
isnan(1.0f) (if you want to check for
float support as well as or instead of
double), so the patches to the configure scripts were quite small.
More surprising was that a number of programs, for example Blender, actually call things like
isnan(unsigned int) in their code. These are real bugs and they're found because we turned on slightly stricter compile-time checking in libc. Are there any C standard library APIs that you've seen frequently used wrongly and would like stronger checking for?


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Can my license designee harvest my crab limit and also harvest his crab limit under his own license at the same time?
No. An individual may only operate under one license at a time. If the designee is on board the vessel with another licensee, then two female harvest limits can be caught.
How many pots can my designee use?
The designee alone on the boat may only use the maximum amount of pots under one license that they are operating at that time.


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Results tagged "Programmatic Premium" from IABlog
Since releasing the IAB PwC Internet Advertising Revenue Report for the first half of 2013 on October 9, 2013, the IAB has seen misconceptions about the report, mostly centered on programmatic. Speculation about why the report does not cover programmatic revenue came from a highly esteemed and particularly smart writer and editor. We've seen guesstimates of programmatic's contribution to overall interactive ad revenue based on the IAB numbers.
Why we do not report programmatic buying revenue
There are two primary reasons for not breaking out programmatic revenue in the IAB PwC Internet Advertising Revenue Report:
- The industry has yet to reach a consensus on how to define programmatic
buying, spend and selling. If we cannot define it, how can we collect
credible revenue information? Does anyone really expect that a revenue
bucket or a spend bucket that has not yet been clearly defined is being
accurately tracked by any of the entities we would have to get the information
- Programmatic is a FORM of selling. It is not a format or medium of distribution. Currently and throughout its history, the IAB/PWC report has explored formats and mediums; it's never looked at selling mechanisms.
Guesstimates of programmatic revenue based on the IAB PwC report are not sound
Based on how the revenue data are collected and how they are reported, it is simply not possible to estimate programmatic 's contribution to growth in overall revenue. This would be true even if we had an agreed upon definition of programmatic to use in order to make inferences. That is why we do not engage in speculation about how much programmatic contributes to spend in the official report.
It is PwC that independently collects the data and authors the report on behalf of the industry and the IAB. It is PwC that is charged with maintaining the quality of the data collection and reporting. And it is both PwC and IAB that consistently opt to be rigorous on methods and in reporting.
It would be irresponsible to include guesstimates in the official, published revenue report. It would also be inadequate to release the report without providing context. That is precisely why we host a well- attended webinar with our members and members of the press together to hear the revenue numbers from the report along with context from PwC, the IAB and a guest speaker. This occurs twice a year to coincide with the releases of the half yearly and the annual reports. Contrary to what we've heard lately, programmatic has been part of the discussion. The materials are posted to the IAB site and readily available to all.
IAB activity aimed at understanding programmatic buying: what it is and how it impacts the broader marketplace
Revenue reporting aside, the IAB recognizes that programmatic buying and selling are an important part of our ever evolving marketplace. In order to serve our members and the larger ecosystem, it is our responsibility to convene thought leaders, experts and practitioners to clarify and illuminate how market forces are operating and changing.
We have the following key efforts underway in the programmatic arena.
In July, we convened the IAB Publishers Programmatic Task Force, a group of 40 publishers working to identify the issues surrounding programmatic selling and understand which ones can have actionable solutions through consensus.
In September 2013 we released a programmatic terminology piece that explains the four dominant methods of selling programmatically entitled, Digital Simplified: Programmatic and Automation - The Publishers' Perspective.
On the technical side, the Digital Advertising Automation Task Force is working to standardize, implement, & support adoption of common datasets for IOs, media plans & invoices. The Open RTB & Exchanges Working Group supports the development of OpenRTB specifications.
The IAB regularly holds Town Hall meetings where different ecosystem players convene to discuss and debate some of the bigger challenges we all face. These town halls provide inspiration for many solutions that ultimately make our businesses better. Coming soon is a Town Hall on programmatic selling and buying.
Will the IAB add revenue reporting capabilities?
Yes. We will be trying to supplement revenue reporting so that we capture dynamics and transactional forms that are outside of the purview of the IAB PwC report. We seek the right way to measure programmatic spend and the support from our members to provide this kind of research.
About the Author
Sherrill Mane
Sherrill Mane is SVP, Research, Analytics and Measurement, at the IAB.
IAB releases Publisher's perspectives on programmatic as first part in educational series
Programmatic buying and selling of advertising, real-time bidding, and marketing automation is changing the way we transact digital media. Though numbers are very sketchy, by some accounts over 20% of all digital advertising is sold "programmatically" - and it's growing rapidly.
Yet programmatic competes with Native advertising for the title of "Buzzword of 2013". And the hyperbole couldn't be more extreme. Concerns are rampant. Sales people are worried about becoming obsolete, losing their jobs to machines, and declining yields. Some buyers of digital media are worried that only crappy inventory is available programmatically. Aside from perhaps the ad tech community, there's a great deal of smiling and nodding going on when people talk about the importance of programmatic, and not a lot of understanding. Ad agencies are worried that automation will mean standardization and less of a role for creativity and creatives. On the other side, many see new technological innovation as the source of great potential value - creating significant efficiencies, new markets, and continuing to drive advertising dollars to digital.
There is significant confusion in the marketplace around the meaning of terms like "programmatic", "RTB", "programmatic direct", "programmatic premium", and other verbiage, often being used interchangeably. New technologies are emerging which are creating significant value, but there is also a lack of clear technical standards to ensure interoperability across different platforms. Buyers and sellers are concerned with the limited transparency and number of vendors involved in the programmatic transaction. And programmatic raises internal, organizational challenges for brands and agencies, and particularly for publishers with their existing direct sales teams and incentives.
Agencies and their clients have a lot to lose if programmatic isn't implemented coherently: a set of technologies that aim to create market efficiencies could, instead, create a fragmented, illiquid marketplace if each media agency insists on creating its own proprietary marketplace with its own standards and its own technologies.
In the spirit of creating value for the entire marketplace and driving advertising dollars to digital, the IAB is working to tackle many of these challenges. Today it is releasing Digital Simplified: Programmatic and Automation - The Publishers' Perspective, the first in a new IAB educational series that offers easy-to-understand documents for the industry. The piece aims to provide clarity, from the publishers' perspective, on the different "programmatic" transaction types. It outlines the four main ways of buying and selling "programmatically" and provides a clear framework for distinguishing between them. It also highlights other factors commonly associated with each of these types of "programmatic" selling.
This is the first output of a newly created IAB Programmatic Publishers Task Force, chaired by Alanna Gombert, Senior Director Programmatic and Trading at Condé Nast and formerly of Ad Meld and Google. The new Task Force is aimed at providing premium publishers a forum to come together to work on issues related to the programmatic agenda and how it impacts them. Its goal is to help publishers establish market clarity and education around the programmatic ecosystem - both internally and externally. Barely a month after its launch there are now over 30 premium publishers participating in this initiative and the list is growing. In addition to working on clarity around definitions and terminology, the group is also working on issues around transparency across the value chain and sales force organizational issues.
The Programmatic Publishers Task Force is a key part of the overall IAB programmatic agenda. This agenda focuses on firstly identifying and addressing the key business issues in the programmatic landscape, and secondly working on technical standards and implementation of standards to address these issues. On the business side, in addition to its work with publishers, the IAB, in conjunction with The Winterberry Group, is conducting a thought-leadership research study to provide an effective roadmap to "programmatic" capabilities based on surveys and interviews with its members, to be released by the end of 2013. It is also working on mobile specific programmatic issues. On the technical side, it is working on both digital automation implementation and open RTB standards.
For more information on the IAB's work on programmatic marketing please go to iab.net/programmatic or contact Carl Kalapesi (below).
About the Author
Carl Kalapesi is the Director, Industry Initiatives at the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) focusing on Programmatic, Quality Assurance Guidelines (QAG) and brand safety, performance marketing, networks & exchanges and multicultural. He can be reached on Twitter @carlkalapesi or via email at at [email protected].


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The thirty-six-month immunogenicity evaluation of Quadrivalent HPV (Types 6, 11, 16, 18) L1 Virus-Like Particle (VLP) Vaccine in Chinese female subjects aged 9 to 45 years and male subjects aged 9 to 15 years.
Anogenital Human Papilloma Virus Infection
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|Observational Model: Case-Only
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|Official Title:
|The Thirty-six-Month Immunogenicity Evaluation of Quadrivalent HPV (Types 6, 11, 16, 18) L1 Virus-Like Particle (VLP) Vaccine in Chinese Female Subjects Aged 9 to 45 Years and Male Subjects Aged 9 to 15 Years
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Detailed Description:
All eligible subjects will be enrolled for one visit. A medical history and physical examination will be conducted on all subjects. A 10 mL blood specimen will be collected. All Sera should be shipped to PPD Vaccines and Biologics Laboratory in the US. The serum specimen will be tested at PPD Laboratory with competitive Luminex immunoassay (cLIA) and multiplexed HPV immunoassay. The purpose of the quadrivalent HPV cLIA and multiplex is to detect neutralizing antibody and total IgG to HPV virus-like particles (VLPs), serotypes 6, 11, 16, 18, respectively.
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- Healthy Chinese subject who participated in V501-030 in Per-protocol population.
- Subject agrees to provide study personnel with a primary telephone number as well as an alternate telephone number for follow-up purposes.
- Subject is willing to give consent/assent.
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- Subject is concurrently enrolled in clinical studies of investigational agents which may interfere with the evaluation of the study objectives.
- Subject has any condition which in the opinion of the investigator might interfere with the evaluation of the study objectives
- Subject has a history of known prior vaccination with a HPV vaccine, either active agent or placebo after receiving the vaccination during V501-030
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01427777
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Papillomavirus Infections
Virus Diseases
DNA Virus Infections
Tumor Virus Infections
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LG has set their sights high for 2011. Currently, they are the third largest device manufacturer in the world, only behind Unlocked Nokia Phone and Samsung, but that hasn't stopped them from making an attempt to get to the top spot. They were able to ship out more than seven million smart devices in 2010, and they are looking to more than quadruple that number with their various offerings in 2011. The target number that they outlined during a press event was 30 million, a huge leap from the number of smart devices that they were able to ship last year.
The Mobile Vice President of the Company, Ma Chang-Min said that they were looking to improve the number of high quality smart devices that they were offering this year, and also release phones for budget minded consumers that are not looking to invest in the latest technology.
LG unlocked phone looks to grow the number of phones that they offer as well as the features that are encompassed with these phones. With a lot of attention being placed on upcoming phones like the Optimus Black, which has been highly anticipated and well reviewed, it looks as if the company is getting off on the right foot this time around.
Although they have a long way to go to meet the 30 million mark that Chang-Min announced today, it wouldn't be all that surprising if they were able to hit it. The number of phones that the company has on tap for 2011 is a huge list, and with the quality that they provide you can expect a few of them to take off in popularity fairly quickly. It remains to be seen if they will hit their 30 million mark, but at least they are setting their sights high and continually trying to gain ground in the ever-changing mobile market.


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The Christensen family of Richfield has expanded their tire business to Price and opened Big O Tires next to Albertson's in the Creekview Mall. This makes the 53rd Big O Tire store in Utah.
Owners Randy Christensen and sons, Rodney and Allan opened June 1 and are planning their grand opening in August.
Each of the sons have eight years of experience in the tire business and their present store has been in business for 20 years.
Special features of Big O Tires include sales and service for all tires and wheels, as well as state inspections, front end alignments, brake checks, lube, oil and filter jobs.
"We are happy to be here," said Allan, stating that service is our specialty and we look forward to being in the Price area."
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Senior (2011-12): Dressed and played in all 30 games ... one of three captains for the Big Green ... scored eight goals and had seven assists for 15 points ... finished fifth on the team in points, fifth in goals and sixth in assists ... played in her 100th career game for the Big Green during the quarterfinals of the ECAC Hockey Tournament ... scored the overtime game-winning goal in the last game of the regular season to secure Dartmouth home ice in the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals ... won 52.1 percent (199-of-382) of her faceoffs ... totaled multiple points in three games ... had two power-play goals and three game-winning goals ... earned the team's Unsung Hero Award ... in conference play, she had six goals and five assists for 11 points.
Junior (2010-11): In 34 games, the assistant captain scored 11 goals, had 14 assists and totaled 25 points ... was was fifth on the team in goals, seventh on the team in assists and sixth in points ... had six games in which she scored at least two points in a game ... set single-game career high in points with four two different times ... had a single-game career high of two goals three different times ... had four power play goals and one game-winning goal ... in 22 conference games, she scored seven goals and had 10 assists for 17 points ... finished the season with a plus/minus ratio of +1.
Sophomore (2009-10): Saw action in 28 games in her second season ... posted four goals and eight assists for 12 points ... scored one goal on the power play and one came as a game-winner ... led all sophomores in points ... fourth on the team with 24 penalty minutes ... netted first collegiate goal on the power play on Nov. 20 at Brown in a 5-2 win ... recorded second goal two games later on Nov. 25 at Harvard in a 3-2 loss ... had a career-high two-game streak with assists against New Hampshire (Dec. 12) and Vermont (Dec. 30) ... posted first multi-point game with a pair of helpers in a 4-3 loss to Princeton on Jan. 9 ... registered a career-high three points in the 6-3 win over Boston College on Jan. 27 with a goal and two assists, including the game-winning goal ... scored a goal in the 4-1 upset win over #6 Clarkson on Feb. 19.
Freshman (2008-09): Appeared in the first nine games for the Big Green before being sidelined with an injury ... collected her first collegiate point with an assist vs. Rensselaer on Nov. 8 ... committed three penalties for six minutes in the box.
Before Dartmouth: Competed for The Hotchkiss School in three sports, including a four-year career on the girls hockey team ... two-time All-New England selection as a defenseman ... as a senior was awarded the Melissa Goss Simonds '79 Hockey Award for the top player in 2007-08 ... was the center forward for the Hotchkiss field hockey team, which went 19-0 in 2007-08 and was the New England Champions in 2006.
Personal: Jenna Marie Hobeika was born on Feb. 14, 1990 ... daughter of Paul and Linda Hobeika ... has four brothers ... cousin, Josh Disher was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 2004 Entry Draft and has played for the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League and the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League.


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Let there be light!
The Garmin-Cervelo professional cycling team's favorite glove for cool conditions, Castelli Lightness Gloves are designed to be soft, stretchy, and warm.
Castelli's Lightness gloves are a happy marriage of two materials: Thermoflex and Clarino. Thermoflex is made with a nylon/lycra blend that's brushed on the inside to provide stretch and warmth, while the outside has a silicone finish to offer light water repellency. By using Clarino (a fabric made of extra-fine micro-fiber) for the palms, Castelli increased the touch and durability of the Lightness. You'll get gloves that offer ideal cool-weather protection while offering enhanced aerodynamics and an intimate feel for the handlebars. What more could you want?
The Castelli Lightness Gloves come in Black and are offered in six sizes from X-Small through XX-Large.
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|7.3 - 8.1in
|8.1 - 8.5in
|8.5 - 9.1in
|9.1 - 9.6in
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John Heineken
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Like for so many out there, these are my absolute favorite gloves for use between 45/50 to 65 degrees.
Bar feel, bar feel, bar feel! The materials used (lightweight and flexible yet warm!), and no pads (this is good!), and the grippy application to the palm, result in *amazing* bar feel and bar grip. The best of any long-finger glove I have ever used. These gloves are a joy to use in the Fall and early Winter!
And my gloves are wearing great. I get two years out of mine with heavy use (I'm happy with that, esp at this price). They are hard to get off after use (sweaty), so be careful. But that is true of any L-F glove without velcro. I do *not* want velcro in my gloves (catching on the fabric of my jersey or bibs). These are great gloves! And at this price it is a complete no brainer.
Frankly, I think this is one of the BEST items that Castelli makes.
FIT: Pearl Izumi = L. Giro = XL. Castelli = XL.
Jiahn C.
Great but one seasoner
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
Height: 6' 0"Weight: 155 lbsSize Purchased: Medium
I've had this glove for about a year now. Wore it through rain, humid, hot, blistering cold and wind of mid-west.
It is extremely light, surprisingly versatile but not durable by any means.
Keeps your fingers warm down to mid 40's when the wind is minor but if the wind is around 10 mph or stronger, you're going to need a liner or a thicker glove. Temps in 50 and higher is where this glove does best.
It's extremely light which is great for the spring/fall rides where bulk is the least thing you want and it also looks great.
If you plan on wearing liners or anything underneath, get a size larger as the band on the wrist does not have ANY give so putting the glove can be a challenge in itself.
Palms have non-slip castelli logo treatment so it grips great under all conditions, however the finger tips, especially the index finger and the thumb tips start to wear pretty quickly.
I started seeing the fabric on the the finger tips thin out after about 3~4 months and now, there is a good size hole on them. For the price, it may be okay for the glove to last for a year before needing to be replaced, but it's a hassle and not something you expect from Castelli brand.
You can probably find another glove for $20~30 that will give you the same performance and last you couple of seasons, hence 3 stars.
Overall, good glove that does what you expect it to do (which most other gloves will as well) with very low life expectancy.
Alan W.
Castelli lightness gloves
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
Just recieved these and wore them on a cold ride (37 deg F) yesterday. I was pleasantly surprised, with how warm they are. When I first put them on, they seemed very thin, and without padding. But they were perfect! My hands felt great all day, and as it warmed up, the gloves left my hands dry - I was surprised again. Most gloves, as it heats up, leave your hands wet and sweaty. My favorite winter gloves now - love em!
Castelli has always served me well
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I've worn these gloves 3 or 4 times now in a range of temperatures and have been very happy with them. I bought them to replace an old pair of gloves I had with holes in them that I normally used for temperatures between 50 and 65°F. These gloves are perfect for those temperatures but could also be used in colder weather for shorter rides. I rode for about an hour and a half in 45°F temperatures and my hands felt great for over an hour. However, not long after that, my fingers started to go numb.
I have not worn these enough or had them long enough to know how they withstand long-term wear, but my initial impressions are very positive. I have pretty small hands for a guy, and the large fits perfectly. Most Catelli products run pretty small.
Indiarto S.
Stitching came loose after 2 weeks
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
I bought the gloves for cycling, but didn't get a chance to wear them for cycling at all. I wore them 4-5 times for jogging and a few times driving and the stitching already came loose in several different spots. Very very dissapointed....
The gloves look very nice and fit very well. They're okay down to the forties, but fingers started getting numb with colder weather.
Mike B
Warm, Good Grip, Thin
- Gender: Male
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
These are a sleek, thin, warm glove with great grip. They are windproof, and this contributes to their warmth. They have slightly longer cuffs, to interface nicely with a long sleeve jersey that may be on the short side. The fabric is a matte black with the logos. The only downside is they seem to be sized one, likely two below what you're used to. I'm giving 4 stars only because I've got a few rides using them, their longevity is a key untested factor thus far.
Size up one size, they run small.
Great Feel... Warmer than Expected
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
From 40 degrees to 60, these are my faves. Look great, feel great... super light.
Bryce Galloway
great gloves
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
used these gloves while riding the salt to saint and they worked great! they keep your hands warm and are super comfy!
Michael L.
Second Pair
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
I recently bought a second pair of these gloves, as I liked the first ones so much. They are a great fitting, comfortable, good looking glove that I ride down to about 35f.
Robert L
cool weather hand covers
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
I sport these gloves in and around SLC during my morning commute and various rides, they work well in the morning when temps are near freezing, although I do wear a hoodie with thumbholes since my hands still get a bit chilly in pre dawn temps with these on, but its nothing I cant get over for 20 or so minutes. During the day in more mild temps they are a great light glove that are not stifling or sweat inducing, and the grip in the palm along with leather around the index and thumb make for a very solid grip and makes me more confident when I really start to pull on the bars, so far so good!
Stephen H.
Great Gloves
My "go to" glove from about 45 to 60 degrees. Fits snug but wrist does loosen up with time, I wear a large which works well with this glove but the Castelli Super Nano I couldn't even get on in this size. More stylish and slightly warmer than Pearl's soft-shell lite which I also own.
Makes you more AERO!!! Cheap material...
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I love them...most excellent gloves, they do a superb job of laying down my knuckle hair and conserving at least 15 watts or so...
(Perfect fit in large for my 9" around hands...quite warm as well for a thin glove...I was out in 40~ today with some headwind, hands were cozy...)
Edit...I've reduced my rating to 2 stars because they've ripped at the stich between my fingers. I'm returning for an exchange and we'll see where it goes from there.
and...now one star. Hole wore through the palm, only 3000 miles on the gloves...
Ramon P.
Warmer than I expected
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Got these about a month ago and have used them 5 times on rides in the mid 40's. I didn't expect them to be this warm as they are very thin. Nice thing about that is they are super comfortable and look great too.
Better Than Expected
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I was surprised how well this minimalist glove kept my hands warm into the low 40's. They look great, fit is perfect and they feel great on the bars. They are rather hard to remove after a long ride when they are damp from sweat, I can see how others have had problems with the stitching and have been cautious when removing. It's hard to get excited about gloves but this is my favorite in this temperature range, will probably pick up an extra pair or two at the current low price!
Wayne G.
Nice grip, poor stitching.
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I love these gloves for the fit and sticky grip. But, since I have only worn them several times in the two years that I have owned them, they have spent much of their time in my gear closet waiting to be sewn back together at the seams just like a one yer old pair of Castelli knickers that I own. Like every Castelli product that I have purchased in the last two years, the stitching fails within the first couple of uses. Sadly, Castelli does not stand behind their products either and you are generally stuck with the product unless you purchased it from Competitive Cyclist.
Functionally, these are great just like my knickers. The fit is perfect, function is perfect and the material is very nice. Quality, it isn?t worth the money if you can only wear them a couple of times before the seams start to fail at the stitching. Spend your money on another product with better quality stitching.
John Heineken
To all: Remember CC has an awesome 90 day "no questions asked" return policy.
Wayne G.
It is worth noting that I returned these gloves almost a year later to CC with no problems. My review is for the product and not a reflection of CC or their customer service that is impeccable and always exceeds my expectations.
My reality is that almost every Castelli product, with exception to caps and socks, that I have purchased have had stitching failure issues in the most unpredictable places. I find their products to fit extremely well and that the material is always top of the line. It is Castelli's construction methods that I find questionable and their extreme arrogance in within their customer service department when you try to return their items for repair. I have a brand new pair of their bib knickers, worn only a handful of times that the sticking around the suspender straps failed and they sit hanging in my closet to this day along with 5 year old Craft, Exteundo and Pearl knickers that are doing just fine.
Michael L.
Warmer than you think.
Nice piece of kit. Usual high quality from Castelli, and actually keep your hands warmer than you would expect when you first put them on. I have done several rides down to 40f and they work well.
Brian G.
Fantastic product
Love these - very natural fit; so comfortable you will forget you're wearing gloves. The palm and fingers grip the bike very well, and they provide excellent wind/chill protection. Highly recommended.
Alexander C.
Good Value
Keeps my hands warms down to low 40s. When it was damp and the wind chill started to dip into the mid-30s, though, my finger tips started to chill. They are comfortable, though, and they breath pretty well, too. Over all, a good value with good construction.
Great glove
Received these gloves expecting something good from Castelli. Turns out they were GREAT...!!!
FIt was a bit tight when putting them on (guess I have a rather large maw but my long fingers were wonderfully enveloped....*across the wristband - NO GIVE...!!!
Once on they OUT PERFORMED expectations. Good down to mid-20s with not additional liner...and FANTASTIC wind blockage. VERY MUCH like the PULL-TAB INTEGRATED INTO THE RE-ENFORCED PALM...VERY few worries about about ripping seams while pulling then on...!!!
I've used a wool glove INSIDE them to make them roasty-toasty and can see them warming me down to 0 F. The gloves form fit very nicely over the wool gloves [DeFeet wool gloves with accented palms and fingers...!!! -- Castelli makes a similar product - Unico Glove].
Clean up nicely and dry within an hour (if wrong out..!!!) +++ on water repellant - haven't actually immersed them into a tank, but imagine they would do rather well resisting seepage -- NOT WATER RESISTANT, but close
4.5 STAR rating
Very Comfortable
I have had them on chilly 10 degree mornings and during 16 to 18 degree days. I am amazed at how well they keep my finger tips from feeling chilly and and how well they breath. I experienced no sweating when the day became warmer. These gloves are a winner at a reasonable price. I have a hand span of 220cm and the XL fits perfectly.


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- 6 small to medium zucchini (about 1 1/2 pounds total), trimmed
- 1 large cucumber (about 13 ounces), peeled, seeded, diced
- 1 cup finely chopped Vidalia or Maui onion
- 1 1/2 cups (loosely packed) fresh mint leaves, coarsely chopped, divided
- 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon peel
- 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons pistachio oil
Using mandoline or V-slicer and working with 1 zucchini at a time, thinly slice lengthwise, discarding first strip. Slice up to seeded core; turn zucchini and continue to slice until only rectangle of seeded core remains; discard core. Place slices in medium bowl.
Add cucumber, onion, 1/2 of chopped mint, and lemon peel. Whisk lemon juice and pistachio oil in small bowl, then pour over zucchini mixture; toss to coat. Season with salt and generously with pepper. Cover zucchini mixture and refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to 3 hours.
Sprinkle remaining chopped mint over salad and toss to coat.
More info: Pistachio oil can be found at specialty foods stores, some farmers' markets, and at amazon.com. If unavailable, substitute walnut or olive oil.
Per serving: 83 calories, 5 g fat (0 g saturated), 0 mg cholesterol, 15 mg sodium, 9 g carbohydrates, 3 g fiber, 2 g protein
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Johnder suggested the Stan Jones "Jones Complete Barguide", which I recently picked up. I haven't had a chance to read through it yet. Some great 70s era pictures of the author with noted celebreties and liquor distributors on the back flap, though.
The "Larousse Cocktails" by Fernando Castellon is full of nice pictures, questionable history, classic and modern European cocktails.
But, mostly, my bedtime reading has been Charles Baker's "South American Gentleman's Companion". My, he is in fine form in this one. I found myself especially amused in the section about Alcohol consumption and its potential problems, where he states, and I'm paraphrasing here, that the reason he has never gotten sick in tropical countries is he is always sure to have drunk at least half of a fifth of liquor before sundown. Woo!
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Discussion in 'The Great Library' started by Jebus McAzn, Aug 16, 2012.
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