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Master Seminars at Innovations 2014 Feature Prominent Leaders in the Field
Master Seminars at Innovations 2014 Feature Prominent Leaders in the Field
Join us for an exciting feature of Innovations 2014! The Master Seminar series offers participants opportunities to engage with premiere leaders, scholars, and researchers in higher education. These presentations focus on the latest programs, issues, and initiatives in community colleges, and provide direct connections with a community of learners dedicated to your areas of interest and professional development.
Each two-hour Master Seminar requires an additional $100 registration fee and should be reserved in advance. Register now to secure your place at these highly anticipated events. Space is limited.
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A Provocative Conversation About Access, Success, and Completion
Terry O'Banion, President Emeritus, League for Innovation in the Community College, AZ, and Chair, Graduate Faculty, National American University, SD; Allatia Harris, Vice Chancellor, Strategic Initiatives, San Jacinto College District, TX
Complimentary copies of Terry O'Banion's latest monograph, Access, Success, and Completion: A Primer for Community College Faculty, Administrators, Staff, and Trustees, will be given to each participant and used as a resource for the conversations.
American Council on Education's Toolkit for Veteran Friendly Institutions: From Innovations to Impact, the Ongoing Efforts to Enhance Your Program
Tanya Ang, Associate Director of Veterans' Programs, American Council on Education, DC
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Leadership: The Human Touch
John Roueche, President, Roueche Graduate Center, National American University, TX; Margaretta Mathis, Senior Vice President, Roueche Graduate Center, National American University, TX; Don Cameron, President Emeritus, Guilford Technical Community College, NC, and Member, Community College Advisory Board, National American University, TX
Design Elements That Can Distinguish an Online Program
Stephen C. Ehrmann, Vice Provost, Teaching and Learning, and Associate Professor, Educational Technology Leadership, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, The George Washington University, DC
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Learning Summit to Focus on Student Success and Completion
The League's Learning Summit, June 9-12, 2013, is a working retreat for community college teams to share experiences, discuss issues, and explore strategies for focusing the entire college on improving and expanding student learning. The Summit's focus is Student Success and Completion.
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Pulled beef, spices, barbecue sauce and cheese make for a sandwich that tastes super.
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Allison Hazell scored a touchdown in the kitchen.
Instead of reheating leftovers for dinner, the home cook spun a hearty and filling new meal.
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Aspergers with Youngsters
Aspergers With Youngsters.
Asperger Predicament (SEEING THAT), generally known as Asperger's, is usually a ailment from the autism selection ailment (ASD) assortment. It truly is characterized by repeating in addition to hard to follow behaviour connected with likes and dislikes in addition to conduct, in addition to problems with societal relationship. It's not necessarily seeing that critical seeing that a lot of the different ASDs mainly because cognitive in addition to linguistic progress isn't going to are typically disturbed. There are various generalized indicators on the ailment, in particular clumsiness, atypical by using dialect, confined empathy, in addition to confined or maybe not any nonverbal verbal exchanges ability. This ailment is known as as soon as the Austrian individual, Hans Asperger, exactly who primary recognized most of these indicators with little ones with his or her process with 1944. Currently, while using the expertise current drugs possesses about neurology in addition to indicators, Aspergers with youngsters can be determined considerably ahead of with preceding generations.
Not a soul appreciates the root cause of Asperger's, while we have a assumed ancestral groundwork. The majority of people told they have this ailment strengthen since they develop fully, in addition to while there is absolutely no just one treatment method or maybe heal, those that have this predicament can certainly take care of this toughest in their indicators having attitudinal therapies. A number of people having SEEING THAT manage societal in addition to verbal exchanges complications the full day-to-day lives.
This indicators connected with Aspergers with youngsters tend to be provide, however the examination is frequently definitely not manufactured till the baby extends to several or maybe being unfaithful years of age. Beginning warning signs may perhaps make it possible for a diagnosis for being manufactured considerably more rapidly, which might help children exactly who may perhaps be given therapies that can help while using the toughest on the indicators. Many young children having Asperger's forget to gain milestones including crawling, waving, different uncomplicated motions, in addition to unassisted positioned in the primary season. Most of these young children also can forget to produce eyes call, indicate a aversion to help closeness, and will desire currently being by itself. Repeating conduct also can can be purchased in the primary year or two, including rocking.
Different indicators connected with Aspergers with youngsters include things like unnatural non-verbal verbal exchanges, deficit of societal ability, state-of-the-art dialect progress, very poor coordination — clumsiness, reflex abnormalities, detained reasoning behind articulation focus, detained by using motions, detained going, preoccupation having a number of issues or maybe objects, beginning examining, tenderness to help stimuli, in addition to fixation having difficult issues.
Little ones with the autism selection ailment including Aspergers may begin in order to develop spoken verbal exchanges or maybe societal ability, ; however , commence to eliminate these ability all around era several. The sooner a autistic or maybe Asperger's Predicament baby is usually determined, the sooner attitudinal therapies start. Beginning treatment method can diminish this extent on the ailment in addition to guide your child for being far more competent to get on with lifetime. Confer with your health practitioner if you're your kid often have Aspergers ailment.
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Apple iCloud may run on Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure servers
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Apple may use Amazon, Microsoft for iCloud help
Apple's iCloud service might not just run on non-Mac servers but use outside services, rumors divulged Friday. The remote media sharing and pushing is believed to use a mix of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure to load content. Register contacts understood that Apple wanted to outsource as it wasn't logical for a company focused on "building great consumer experiences" to go to the effort of creating every aspect of the cloud infrastructure from scratch.


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Looking Forward To 2012 - Audibles Finale
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St. Louis Rams
Aside from Steven Jackson, there is little value here. That's difficult to say as a Rams' fan. I would mention Brandon Lloyd, but he's disappeared. Have you seen him? Two cornerbacks coming back from injury should help the defense but who can help this offense?
Seattle Seahawks
Marshawn Lynch came on strong late season. Sidney Rice was decent when he played. Golden Tate and Doug Baldwin are both up-and-comers. I can't think why anyone would start Tarvaris Jackson. That means you shouldn't either.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Josh Freeman took a giant step backwards this year. I was high on him after last year. Mike Williams is still incredibly talented so you still may consider him for next year. Take a look at how well Freeman is throwing first. He lacked consistency. LeGarrette Blount rumbles, but he isn't going to last long with that running style. Kellen Winslow seemed to get the most targets of anyone, but without enough touchdowns to merit a start. Steer clear as they are rebuilding both sides of the ball.
Tennessee Titans
Matt Hasselbeck has been pretty good this year. He played admirably but it will be hard to keep Jake Locker off the field next year. Chris Johnson got his money. I got a mediocre performance and now I will return him to the scrap heap. Stand by your man when you have to and run like hell when you can. The season is over, now you can. Nate Washington and Damian Williams played admirably in Kenny Britt's absence. Keep tabs on this situation. I'm not sure how it will pan out.
Washington Redskins
If you need any points from a team like the Redskins this year, you are in trouble. Roy Helu looks like the only option unless Leonard Hankerson breaks into the starting lineup. Do yourself a favor and stay away. Look for coach Mike Shanahan to draft a running back that you've never heard of on Day 2 of the draft. Get his name and write it down. Look at this name every single time next year that you start a Redskins back. One of those weeks, you are going to get a zero because of this guy. Believe it.
I still believe in tight end Fred Davis. I would prefer to get him on the cheap.
They say that hindsight is 20/20. What is foresight? I am hoping it is 20/37, and not 20/200. Legal blindness is when a person's best-corrected vision is 20/200 or worse. If a person is legally blind, they can qualify for tax breaks and certain federal/state social services, such as help in purchasing magnifiers and other low vision aids. I will need some tax breaks in 2012.
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You know, despite the success of the PS1 and PS2, I don't think Sony has any idea what they're doing. They only succeeded with the PS1 because Nintendo shot themselves in the foot going with cartridges on the N64 and Sega fired a BFG 9000 at themselves. And with the PS2 they had no competition. I think Sony just got damn lucky and doesn't know how to compete with equals. Think Rocky VI. I'm expecting Microsoft to win the upcoming generation.
I think that you will see very little change in who adopts what next generation console. Xbox Live and Playstation Network tracks purchases, achievements and game history. Not to mention, your online friends. Unless you're already on both, these things make it less likely for someone to switch.
So what you say about Microsoft winning next gen may very well be true, but its not like Microsoft's success with Xbox 360 was because they were so awesome. They benefitted mostly from mistakes made by Sony and they only managed to dominate US marketshare while Sony still dominates the rest of the world.
If I were to bet, I'd say Steam has a good chance to win this gen for reasons I've already stated.
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The Mid-America Transportation Center was designated as the Region VII United States Department of Transportation Center during the 2006 competition. Region VII is comprised of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska and MATC is a consortium of seven universities within the region. UNL serves as the lead institution of the consortium and MATC has its headquarters on the City Campus.
The Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF), part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is a research organization with a main focus of researching all aspects of highway design and safety.
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Tornado Preparedness Day - March 16, 2004 - James City County, Virginia
The Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) and the National Weather Service (NWS) will cosponsor Tornado Preparedness Day March 16, 2004. The featured event that day will be the annual statewide tornado drill, which begins at 9:45 a.m. The drill is designed to prepare schools and businesses so they can protect students, employees and others if a tornado warning is issued.
On the day of the drill, each Virginia NWS office will issue "Test" tornado warnings using a Severe Weather Statement (SVS). A short EAS activation message will then be sent via NOAA Weather Radio. EAS event code RMT(Required Monthly Test) will be used to ensure that all NOAA Weather Radio receivers activate for the drill.
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After its longest break of the season, Western Kentucky University will make a prime-time return to football tonight.
WKU (4-2, 1-1 Sun Belt Conference) takes on Louisiana-Lafayette (3-2, 1-0) in a nationally televised game (ESPN2) at 8 p.m. The Hilltoppers have designated it a "Black Out" game at Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium and will be going all black with new uniforms.
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Prep boys' golf: Schow rides calm demeanor to success
Mitch Schow has been at the top of his game since age 6. While other kindergartners were wobbling on their training wheels in church parking lots, Schow was busy perfecting his golf strike, competing against 11- and 12-year-olds in local golf leagues.
Golf and competition go hand in hand for the Park City sophomore. Each tournament is just another day of casual golf.
His driving is among the best in the preps business. His short game gets better every day. But Schow stays grounded. When he needs a moment to regroup, he leaves it all behind and heads to the lake for some fly-fishing.
"I just always try to do my best and let things fall where they may," Schow said. "And whatever I do, it happened for a reason, and I can gain from it."
It's a humble approach for a kid who placed fifth at the Class 3A state golf tournament as a freshman, an effort that helped lead Park City to a fifth consecutive team title. But for Schow, winning always has come easily.
"It's old hat for him at this point," longtime coach Kirk Abegglen said. "The real question at this point is, what hasn't he won?"
The USG Junior Amateur Tournament and the Class 3A tournament are on the short list for now.
In early June, Schow carded a 209 over three rounds to win the Junior World Qualifier at Park Meadows Country Club in Park City. He was impressive in the opening two rounds, shooting 67s to jump out to a big lead. But he struggled on the final day, shooting a 77 to squeak out the win.
The effort earned Schow a chance to play some of the world's best young golfers at the Junior World Championships at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego. He shot a 229 over three days and missed the cut.
But for Schow, it's all part of the progression.
"I missed the cut, but I know I played well," he said. "Now that I've made it there, it's my goal to just keep getting better."
Since then, he's spent hours on the course perfecting his short game, particularly working the ball from left to right. The extra time has paid off, and Schow heads into his sophomore season ready to lead the Miners to a sixth straight title.
"It's helped my confidence tremendously," Schow said. "But I always have to keep on improving, and not just on one thing."
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ATLANTA — Not since John Edward has a medium taken the country by storm the way Theresa Caputo has since her TLC show "Long Island Medium" debuted a year ago.
Her reality program is a blend of day-to-day life with her family, spontaneous readings to strangers on the street and more formal connections with the dead for clients who request them. She's loud and gregarious, with gravity-defying hair and fabulous shoes, a Yankee version of TV host Nancy Grace.
Caputo has started doing theater shows, doing live readings. She's already netted a Priceline commercial and a skit making fun of her on "Saturday Night Live." We talked last week:
She thought the "SNL" sketch about her was hilarious. "They did it perfectly. My only thing: They didn't get my hair high enough!"
She doesn't mean to make people cry, although they often do. "It's their loved ones! They're making them cry. I think I should take stock in tissue paper!"
She first started speaking to spirits at age 4. "I thought it was normal. Then my friends started telling me it wasn't normal, that only crazy people heard voices. So I started blocking them out. I suffered a lot of anxiety. Only later in life did I realize I was communicating with spirits."
At 28 she went through a process of "'Who am I? Why was I chosen?' My higher power told me this was my journey in the physical world. This was my purpose. I put all my fears in God's hands. It was just amazing. For 12 years, I've been building my business through word of mouth. I didn't have a website. Even before the show started on TLC, I was booked for two years and had a waiting list."
She is serious about what she does, "but in a lighthearted way. All I guarantee is my great hair, nails and shoes. The rest is up to the spirits. The show is usually two hours. I know my limits."
She often faces skeptics, to which she responds, "I totally respect skeptics. I get it. They don't have to believe in what I do. I just want a skeptic to experience it before they start judging me."
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Linder Tire will match the money raised in red kettles in front of the Coralville Walmart today, helping The Salvation Army reach its goal of $350,000 this year.
At the end of the day, the donations collected in these kettles will be matched and put toward this year's Christmas Campaign goal.
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I just ran a 5k road race a few weeks ago and I have a 5K trail run scheduled for early september. How should my training differ between running on concrete and running on dirt/grass/gravel? Are different shoes suggested? How does performance compare?
One of my goals is to schedule a 10K for later this year and then decide from there whether I want to try a half in the spring. The 10K is also a trail race and before I sign up (or not), I want to know what am I getting myself into!
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Im a newish runner. Been running for 1.5 years or so now. up until this year all treadmill work. I ran my first organized trail run in mid may. 7 km in 45 minutes about 6:25 per km flat out as fast as I could go. I ran a 5 k road race in early july pushing as hard as I could and managed a 23:36 about 4 45 per km. I fairly regularly mix it up from road to trails for fitness and fun and I had estimated in my head that the trails for an equivalent effort ended up around 30% slower. This is the first time I wrote down the effforts and figured it out but for me its right at 30% slower.That said the trail run was a natural trail, not a groomed on, its full or roots and rocks and major hills, its wet and muddy and slippery and fun as hell but im sure mentally I hold myself back a bit on some parts to avoid falling lol
I haven't raced on a trail, but used to train on one regularly. I'd definitely consider different shoes... a lot of road shoes have voids or tread patterns that will trap rocks and gravel, which will trash the shoes and lead to discomfort or injury. I hadn't heard 30% slower as Stack suggests, but that sounds about right... a lot will depend on the trail. Some are hardly different than a road course except for a groomed gravel surface instead of asphalt... others are pretty rustic. Safe to say that any time is only a useful measurement of your ability on that particular trail.
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If the trail is not technical no need for other shoes! As stated above it will be slower and feel harder. Enjoy
ok, so slower and more difficult than concrete. I'm probably getting close to a new pair of shoes as it is now - make sure the treads are close and not crevace-y (I just made up that word and probably the spelling too.). The race organizer also emailed me back a map and with "some hills, some grass and a few steep woodland paths. Overall a fun and interesting course."
I can do this if I train right for it, but I need to set my race goal with all of these things in mind.
restart 13 is right, its only a comparison for me between the two courses. The road is pretty consistent for me when I push but the trail I ran/run is fairly "technical" or "rustic" so it is challenging.
For clarification the 30% is just what I felt like Not some number I found or steadfast research . it feels like I am working at the same level but moving slower lol. It was just a wild ass guess as to my personal effort on this trail and it happened to work out mathematically lol.
I suspect any trail running would be somewhat slower or more effort for the same pace than asphalt.
Personally I prefer trail, its more peaceful, I find it physically more demanding and challenging, more interesting, more fun and over all easier on my joints etc (I hurt less even after working harder) but generally its not as convenient for me as the trail isn't in front of my house and the road is.
if you ran a 5 k on asphalt I am sure you can run a 5 k trail but likely your time will go down.
as for the shoes..... I actually prefer the shoes I have that are a bit crevacy and have some tread to them more than the ones that don't for the trail.. yes occasionally some gravel gets stuck but they dig in and give traction on wet mud and rocks etc. By no means am I an expert, just my preference. Maybe see if someone at the shoe store has any input. I went with a pair of NB trail shoes and they are great for me


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December 1, 2015
Nebraska farmers are going to help rebuild a war torn country from the ground up.
A rare partnership of both Nebraska Air and Army National Guard members with agriculture background are heading to Gardez, Afghanistan to do what they do best, farm.
The unit of 60 will conduct agribusiness and training with Afghan officials so they can sustain their country on their own.
"We're farming at a fairly high level here in America and we're just going to have to step that back because they are farming in biblical terms. They are out there with oxen or an animal dragging a stick," said Bob Huttes, a farmer in Sprague.
Monday night at 10 in a Special Report, see how the farmers will keep their crops growing while they are away.
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Three years ago, the Big Sur International Marathon (BSIM) formed a partnership of sorts with the Boston Marathon.
The "Boston 2 Big Sur" program started in 2010 and was for those who took on the extreme challenge of running two marathons on two coasts with no more than six to 13 days apart.
That Boston 2 Big Sur route will take on a special meaning this year, considering as many as 400 runners - 13 from Monterey County - signed up for the two marathons. And from all accounts, the entire group was on the Boston Marathon course when the two bombs exploded near the finish line Monday. ...


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BarbarianFormat: DVD Release Date: 10/06/2009
- Ramon Novarro (Jamil)
- Myrna Loy (Diana)
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- C. Aubrey Smith (Cecil)
- Edward Arnold (Achmed)
- Blanche Frederici (Mrs. Hume)
- Marcelle Corday (Marthe)
- Hedda Hopper (American Tourist)
- Leni Stengel (German Tourist)
In this drama, Diana (Myrna Loy) is a beautiful tourist from the United States who is visiting Cairo, accompanied by her Uncle Cecil (C. Aubrey Smith) and Aunt Powers (Louise Closser Hale). Diana is to meet her fiance Gerald (Reginald Denny) in Cairo, but she soon makes the aquaintance of Jamil (Ramon Novarro), a handsome local who works for the hotel as a tourist guide. Jamil returns Diana's lost dog, earning her gratitude, though she's unaware that Jamil took the dog himself so that he could return it to her. After several days of showing Diana Cairo's most magificnet sights (and scheming to keep Gerald at a distance), Jamil reveals his secret to Diana -- that he's actually an Arab prince who wants Diana's hand in marriage. However, Diana isn't especially taken with this idea at first, and and before long the darker side of Jamil's infatuation makes itself known. The Barbarian was based in part on one of Ramon Novarro's silent hits, The Arab, and the film inspired more than a few raised eyebrows in 1933 thanks to a scene where Myrna Loy swims in the nude at an oasis, though Loy later wrote that she was wearing a flesh-colored body stocking in deference to her modesty (and the censors). ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Carmen Electra fancies KateCarmen Electra has a crush on Kate Moss.
The former 'Baywatch' babe admits she is attracted to the stunning supermodel and would love to meet in her in person to see how beautiful she really is.
She admitted: "I fancy Kate Moss she has the best style. People need to give her a break. Yeah, I'd love to meet Kate. You can't deny her beauty and her sexuality."
Carmen, who is married to Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, also claims women constantly flirt with her and try to get her into bed.
However, the sexy actress insists she isn't offended by lesbian advances and is flattered by all the attention she gets from the ladies.
She added to Britain's Loaded magazine: "I'm down for girls. I get a lot of women trying to pick me up and women can be more attractive than men. I like that, I love girls."


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Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel (Ira Children's Book Awards. Primary)
by Leslie Connor
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Young woman chooses to bring a shovel with her when she comes to a different country. All the things she uses it for during her life are relayed.
Not for use as lifespan, but for occupation, tool, moving to new place.
Ages: 4-7
Source: Pierce County Library, UP Branch
Miss Bridie is a young adult immigrant to the United States in 1856. In a moving and tender gesture, as she is preparing to leave her family home and her country, her mother offers her a memento to take with her. Miss Bridie chooses a shovel and her practical memento becomes her partner in life; the instrument with which she creates triumphs and she meets life's most difficult times. The reader follows Miss Bridie and her shovel through the span of her lifetime. We watch as she builds her life, marrying, homesteading, and creating a future for her children and grandchildren with the help of hard work and the shovel. I used this book as a feature piece for an after school literacy program, reading it four consecutive days. This story has so many layers that by the end of the week my students each had made personal connections about the choices we make and about the role that intention and tenacity play in one's successes. Mary Azarian beautifully illustrated this book with excellent examples of woodcut prints that give the story an authenticity and sense of place.
This book tells the story of Miss Bridie and her new life in America. The shovel symbolized hard-work and her opportunity to make a good life.
I thought this was a sweet but sad book. It showed how Miss Bridie moved on with her life. It shows children how to move on from things and life will always go on.
Miss Bridie emigrates to America in 1856 and chooses to bring along a shovel as her one chosen item, which proves to be a useful tool throughout her life.
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The journey begins for a young immigrant named Miss Bridie. It is a journey of hope and uncertainty, a journey that will take her to a new land, a new home, andif she has chosen wiselya good life.
With elegant woodcuts, Caldecott medalist Mary Azarian brings to life Leslie Connor's spare story of a life rich with blessings, yet not without challenges. Here is a lyrical tribute to the millions of immigrants who left their homes to begin anew in Americaand an enchanting look at how one woman carves out a life with the help of a common shovel.
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Pipeline Facing Machine Products
Model PFM 3248 ID Mounted Portable Pipeline Beveling System
The PFM 3248 PIPEMASTER® is an ID mount machine tool for beveling, facing and/or counter-boring 32" (812mm) to 48" (1219mm) pipe. The tool is configured with twin hydraulic drive motors that power a helical gear train attached to the main spindle for smoother power delivery and optimal surface finish. A set of hydraulic cylinders, with rapid and slow feed control advance and feed the cutting head into the pipe. A large diameter mandrel shaft is provided for optimum stability during heavy cutting operations. Two hydraulically actuated mandrel heads with mounting pads are available, a 24" to 32" mounting head (avail as accessory), and the standard 32" to 48" mounting head.
- 32 to 48 (812.8 to 1219mm), wall thickness up to 2.00 (50.8mm)
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Winter Weather
Hazardous winter weather is a fact of life here in the Upper Midwest. On occasion winter weather makes driving dangerous or impossible. When winter storms happen to coincide with major college breaks there are bound to be problems and questions. What should students do? Should they drive through the storm? Should they stay at home and wait the storm out? Will there be classes according to schedule? Students and parents need to know the answers to these questions.
When winter storms occur the college administration will try to make a decision whether or not to cancel classes by noon on the day before classes are scheduled to begin. If circumstances permit, such a decision may be made even earlier in the morning. If the decision to cancel classes has been made that message will be posted to the MLC website and the MLC Portal. An Instant Alert message will be sent to student cell phones. The phone number for the college receptionist is (507) 354-8221.
It is a good idea to write down a few college phone numbers and take them with you when you leave for break. Here's some suggestions:
Administrative Numbers
- VP for Student Life Jeff Schone - (507) 217-9764
- Women's Services Dir Wendy Ristow - (507) 217-1836
Other Dormitory Supervisor Numbers
- Augustana & Centennial - Wendy Ristow 507-217-1836
- Summit - Isaac Crass 920-342-2260
- Concord - Matthew Scharf 414-803-9205
Please Note: When it comes to driving through winter storms or driving under dangerous road conditions, parents and students should always us their own prudence and reasoned judgment. The college and its administrators will not tell anyone whether they should or should not travel under hazardous or questionable circumstances.


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Have you heard? Sunday, January 22, is National Polka Dot Day!
Of course, I can't let this day pass by without at least some kind of pomp and circumstance. Want to join me?
I'm planning some fun goodies (and of course, lots of polka dots) on that day, and you don't want to miss it!
Help me spread the word by pinning the graphic above on Pinterest and sharing it on Facebook so that we can spread the word!
Long live polka dots!


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Kepler and Galileo
Kepler was an avid supporter of the Copernican system, and he was determined to discover why it could not account for what astronomers observed. In 1600, Kepler became an associate of the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, who had spent years making detailed records of planetary motions. Brahe died in 1601, but Kepler continued to study Brahe's data, trying to make them fit the idea of circular orbits. Finally, Kepler realized that circular orbits were simply not correct, and it was then that he found the answer. The planets, he proclaimed in 1609, move in elliptical (oval) paths.
A contemporary of Kepler's, the Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei, advanced celestial observations with an important new tool: the telescope. Using a telescope to view the heavens, Galileo saw that the moon is covered with mountains and craters and that Venus, like the moon, goes through regular phases, changing in appearance from crescent shaped to a round disk.
The stars were a particular surprise to Galileo. They not only apparently numbered in the millions but also varied tremendously in their range of brightness. Most stars were much too faint to be seen by the unaided eye. This finding indicated that some stars were considerably more distant than others, rather than all being equally far away, as most people had assumed since at least the time of Aristotle. The perceived universe was growing ever larger.
Galileo's observations greatly strengthened the Copernican hypothesis. For example, the fact that Venus goes through phases like those of the moon indicated that Venus circles the sun. Although absolute proof that the Earth was not the center of the universe was still lacking, Galileo became an outspoken critic of all who expressed doubts about the Copernican system. As a result, angry church authorities in Rome brought Galileo to trial in 1633 and forced him to renounce his belief in Copernicanism. Their victory, however, was nearly the last gasp in efforts to preserve the notion of an Earth centered cosmos.


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Unexpectedly long incubation period of Plasmodium vivax malaria, in the absence of chemoprophylaxis, in patients diagnosed outside the transmission area in Brazil
1 Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas (IPEC), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro. Av. Brasil 4365. Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - CEP 21.045-900, RJ, Brazil
2 Centro de Pesquisa Diagnóstico e Treinamento em Malária (CPD-Mal), Fiocruz and Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde (SVS) - Ministério da Saúde (MS), Brazil
3 Núcleo de Medicina Tropical. Área de Medicina Social, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília - CEP 70.910-900, Brazil
4 Laboratório de Pesquisas em Malária. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz. Pavilhão Leônidas Deane - 5° andar. Av. Brasil 4365. Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - CEP 21.045-900, RJ, Brazil
Malaria Journal 2011, 10:122 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-10-122Published: 14 May 2011
In 2010, Brazil recorded 3343,599 cases of malaria, with 99.6% of them concentrated in the Amazon region. Plasmodium vivax accounts for 86% of the cases circulating in the country. The extra-Amazonian region, where transmission does not occur, recorded about 566 cases imported from the Amazonian area in Brazil and South America, from Central America, Asia and African countries. Prolonged incubation periods have been described for P. vivax malaria in temperate climates. The diversity in essential biological characteristics is traditionally considered as one possible explanation to the emergence of relapse in malaria and to the differences in the duration of the incubation period, which can also be explained by the use of chemoprophylaxis. Studying the reported cases of P. vivax malaria in Rio de Janeiro, where there is no vector transmission, has made it possible to evaluate the extension of the incubation period and to notice that it may be extended in some cases.
Descriptive study of every malaria patients who visited the clinic in the last five years. The mean, standard deviation, median, minimum and maximum of all incubation periods were analysed.
From the total of 80 patients seen in the clinic during the study time, with confirmed diagnosis of malaria, 49 (63%) were infected with P. vivax. Between those, seven had an estimated incubation period varying from three to 12 months and were returned travellers from Brazilian Amazonian states (6) and Indonesia (1). None of them had taken malarial chemoprophylaxis.
The authors emphasize that considering malaria as a possible cause of febrile syndrome should be a post-travel routine, independent of the time elapsed after exposure in the transmission area, even in the absence of malaria chemoprophylaxis. They speculate that, since there is no current and detailed information about the biological cycle of human malaria plasmodia's in Brazil, it is possible that new strains are circulating in endemic regions or a change in cycle of preexisting strains is occurring. Considering that a prolonged incubation period may confer advantages on the survival of the parasite, difficulties in malaria control might arise.


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Certain N.Y. ZIP codes key to locking up political fundsZephyr Teachout in USA Today, April 21, 2012
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New York's presidential primary will take place too late to influence who becomes the Republican nominee, but state residents are playing a significant role in bankrolling the campaigns of both major parties.
The contributions come directly to candidates' campaigns and to separate political action committees, called super PACs, that can receive unlimited cash.
Wealthy New Yorkers are playing a key role on both levels — as "bundlers" soliciting contributions on behalf of individual candidates, and as major donors to super PACs.
Bundlers frequently use swanky Manhattan residences or hotels to host events that can rake in as much as $1 million for a candidate in a single night.
"There's really two elections going on," said Daniel Newman, executive director of the non-partisan MapLight Foundation, which tracks the influence of money on politics. "There's the election we hear about going on with the voters in the primary. There's also the election going on with the campaign donors."
New Yorkers have contributed $22.3 million directly to presidential candidates this election cycle, according to the Federal Election Commission. People living in Manhattan ZIP codes beginning with 100 contributed over half of that: $11.8 million.
"The vast majority of Americans don't give any money to campaigns, and one ZIP code in Manhattan contributes huge amounts," said Adam Skaggs, senior counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University's School of Law. "The fact that wealthy donors play such as disproportionate role in financing our election is problematic in that the gridlock we see in Washington and the failure of Washington to deal with the root causes of the financial crisis are connected."
President Obama has received $11.2 million statewide while former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, the presumptive GOP nominee, has received $8.2 million.
Obama is focusing his town-hall-style public campaign events on battleground states while making periodic visits to Manhattan for private campaign fundraisers.
Those visits don't give the presidential candidates an accurate portrait of the state, said Zephyr Teachout, an associate professor at the Fordham University School of Law located at Lincoln Center in Manhattan.
"You have to move outside the half-mile radius around Central Park," Teachout said. "There's a premise there that the wealthiest New Yorkers are the state. What's so sad to me is that this was one of the kinds of concerns the founders were responding to in Britain — the sense that one could buy a seat in Parliament and that wealth could dictate the representatives' interests."
FEC data make clear the downstate center of gravity for political money in the state: Obama has raised $6.33 million from people living in Manhattan with five-digit ZIP codes beginning with 100, but only $58,706 from donors in the Buffalo metro area.
Likewise, Romney's donations include almost $4.5 million from Manhattan ZIP codes but only $24,750 from Buffalo metro-area donors.
Other GOP presidential candidates raised much smaller amounts around the state. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas topped that group at $834,265, followed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry at $458,750.
Paul, who will be on Tuesday's New York ballot, drew about 4,500 people Thursday night during a campaign stop at Cornell University in Ithaca.
Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, who was Romney's closest competitor for the GOP nomination, dropped out of the race earlier this month, removing the significance of Tuesday's presidential primary in New York.
Santorum and former House speaker Newt Gingrich also will be on Tuesday's ballot. Gingrich campaigned Friday in Buffalo.
Beyond donations to indivudal campaigns, New Yorkers also are big supporters of independent super PACs. According to the MapLight Foundation, New York ranked third among states in super PAC contributions between Jan. 1 and Feb. 29, with $9 million of the $78 million donated.
Nevada ranked No. 1 largely because of the millions of dollars contributed by Nevada residents Miriam and Sheldon Adelson to the super PAC supporting Gingrich. Since the campaign began, the Adelson family has given more than $16 million to the PAC.


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Posted on: May 26, 2009 6:42 pm
Papi Dropped/Buchholz Nearly Perfect/Penny Rumors
In a big day for Red Sox news, the biggest story is that David Ortiz has finally been dropped in the lineup. Terry Francona released his lineup for tonight's game against the Minnesota Twins, and it has J.D. Drew in the third spot, with Ortiz taking Drew's position in the six hole. Ortiz has not been anywhere but the three position in the batting order since May 2005, when he and Manny Ramirez were sometimes swapped as clean-up hitters.
After having a decent series from May 19-21 against the Toronto Blue Jays, picking up three hits including his first home run of the season, he then went 0-for the series against the New York Mets. He was benched yesterday while the Sox faced a tough left-hander in Francisco Liriano. His batting average recently dipped below the Mendoza line and now stands at .195.
Dropping Ortiz down to the six hole seems like a big move, but it is more to maintain the continuity of the rest of the lineup. This way Kevin Youkilis and Jason Bay remain largely unaffected, or at least, will not have to move in the lineup. They will benefit from Drew's higher on-base percentage and better speed.
In other news, Clay Buchholz, pitching for triple-A Pawtucket, took a perfect game into the ninth inning of the PawSox game yesterday against the Louisville Bats. A leadoff single broke up the bid, but Buchholz retired the rest of the hitters in the ninth on his way to a one-hitter. He is now 3-0 with a 1.60 ERA with 49 strikeouts in 48 innings pitched for Pawtucket.
Buchholz has been absolutely dominating in the minors this season, and yet he could not seem to get a roster spot in Boston. However, this last performance may have done it. In news related to Buchholz's performances, the Boston Globe reports that Brad Penny is on the trading block.
The team would be looking to move Penny for two reasons. Firstly, the Sox need to make room for Buchholz. There is no reason for him to stay in the minors. Secondly, the Sox will use Penny as an opportunity to bring in some kind of bat off of the bench. The players whose names that have been thrown around, such as the Washington Nationals' Nick Johnson, will be too expensive for only a deal involving Penny.
But, the Sox could hope to pick up a player in the same way that they got Mark Kotsay last year, but this player will likely be able to contribute more off of the bench. But, the Sox will be bearing in mind that by the All-Star break, the Sox bench will likely be Kotsay, Rocco Baldelli, Nick Green, Julio Lugo and George Kotteras. That bench is pretty solid and fills the need offensively, so Penny may be exchanged for something else.
Category: MLB
Tags: Boston Red Sox, Brad Penny, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Francisco Liriano, George Kotteras, J.D. Drew, Jason Bay, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Louisville Bats, Manny Ramirez, Mark Kotsay, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, Nick Green, Nick Johnson, Pawtucket Red Sox, Rocco Baldelli, Terry Francona, Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Nationals
Posted on: May 20, 2009 6:13 pm
Red Sox First Quarter Report Card
Tonight is the 40th game of the season for the Red Sox, which means they have now completed one quarter of the 2009 season and here's one look at how Boston has stacked up:
Offensively, the Red Sox have been solid in most areas, despite injuries and slumps to significant players. However, after one quarter, the Sox find themselves fifth in the A.L. in batting average, first in on-base percentage, fourth in OPS, fifth in home runs and fourth in runs scored. These are all good numbers and averages, but unfortunately for the Sox, the are often trailing in these categories to the Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Rays and in some of the statistics, the New York Yankees (needless to say, the A.L. East is a stacked division). Individually, the Sox are getting huge contributions from the people that we would most expect, with Jason Bay (second in the league in home runs, RBIs; third in OBP) leading the way. Mike Lowell has been much better than anticipated, not only ranking 12th in the A.L. in RBIs, but also playing in all but one of the Sox games, surprising after undergoing surgery in the off-season. Kevin Youkilis was the best hitter in baseball through the first 25 games of the season (leading the A.L. in BA, OBP, OPS) before landing on the disabled list with an oblique strain. While he has just returned to the Sox, it will be interesting to see if he continues being productive, as oblique injuries are some of the toughest to gauge and return from. Predictably, the Sox are getting sub-par performances from some players. Jason Varitek has showed some good power with five home runs, but his other numbers reflect last year's offensive debacle. J.D. Drew is now in his third year of not producing his value, but a juggle of the lineup may increase his statistics. Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia are stalwarts at the top of the lineup, both hitting over .300 and setting the table for the offense. On the other side of things, the Sox bench and bit-players Rocco Baldelli, Jed Lowrie (before going on the disabled list), George Kotteras and Jeff Bailey (filling in for Youkilis) have all struggled offensivly. And that brings us to David Ortiz. Ortiz, as we all know, was benched for the Sox entire series with the Seattle Mariners because of his abysmal start to the season. Although now playing again, the Sox will have to make changes if Ortiz continues to struggle, and that means bumping him down in the lineup. The most likely scenario is switching him with Drew, who has done very well in his career in the no. 3 hole in the lineup. If the struggles continue, the Sox will need help from outside the organization because the bench is not getting the job done.
Grade: B - The Sox offense has won them games early on, but will need Youkilis and Bay to remain productive to pick up the slack for other hitters.
Starting Rotation:
The starting pitching for the Sox has been, well, terrible in relation to pre-season expectations. Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, and Daisuke Matsuzaka, the Sox top three starters, all have ERAs well above five. Matsuzaka went on the disabled list with "shoulder fatigue" which was more likely an excuse to simply get him properly rested and ready for the start of the season which was interrupted by the World Baseball Classic. Beckett has pitched better than Lester has thus far, but both are struggling with command issues and leaving too many pitches up in the zone. Lester has already given up 10 home runs (he gave up 14 all of last year). If the top three in the rotation have been bad, then the Sox number five starter has been even worse. Brad Penny was thought of as a low-risk, high reward signing for the Sox when he came to Boston on a one-year contract. He has been knocked around in almost all of his starts and despite a 3-1 record, his ERA is an unsightly 6.69. With Michael Bowden and Clay Buchholz ranking 1 and 2 in the International League in ERA, the time may come very soon when Penny finds out what a "low-risk" contract is all about. Tim Wakefield has been excellent all season, and the one starter that has really pulled his weight. He tossed back-to-back complete games earlier this season, one of which was a no-hitter for seven innings. He leads the rotation in ERA and in innings pitched. Justin Masterson has filled in well for the injured Matsuzaka, but inconsistent; in four of his six starts he has yielded two runs or less, while he has given up six in each of the other two starts.
Grade: C- - The Sox have their top three starters are performing well below average, one starter performing well, and one performing badly. Change will come to the rotation if some of these starters continue to struggle.
Relief Pitching:
The Sox bullpen was tabbed in spring training as one of the best in the majors, and they have certainly lived up to expectations. The overall bullpen ERA is second best in the A.L., and are getting key contributions from talented young arms. Manny Delcarmen and Ramon Ramirez have appeared in 37 games entering tonight, and both have ERAs under 1.00 and 26 holds between them. Hideki Okajima (2.89 ERA and 12 holds) and newly acquired Takashi Saito (3.86 ERA and 16 holds) have both been dependable in the late innings. The Sox's bullpen overall ERA (3.01) is somewhat skewered by Javier Lopez, who is no longer with the team after being designated for assignment and now pitching for Pawtucket, and Hunter Jones, who was brought up as a long reliever to eat up innings after Masterson went to the rotation. Jones figures to be sent down now that Matsuzaka has returned and Masterson will be back in the bullpen. Uber-prospect Daniel Bard has been called up recently after Lopez's demotion and will also contribute solid innings. Bard was the closer for Pawtucket, and posted a 1.12 ERA and six saves in 16 innings pitched while racking up a remarkable 29 strikeouts (16.3 strikeouts per nine-inning). Meanwhile, Jonathan Papelbon has closed the door with the same results as we are used to, leading the A.L. with 11 saves, but has had to labor significantly more through some of his appearances. Papelbon changed his deliver slightly so as to incorporate an off-speed pitch to compliment his fastball and splitter, but the result has been some wildness as he has already walked two more batters this season than he did all of last season. But again, the results have been fine, as he is always able to get himself out of seemingly any jam.
Grade: A - The Sox bullpen has been nothing short of outstanding, and with Bard and Masterson replacing Lopez and Jones, it will only continue to be one of the stronger aspects of this ball club.
Defense has been a bit of a concern for the Sox thus far, as they rank 11th in the A.L. in overall team fielding percentage. But, most of the problems are coming from the shortstop position. With Lowrie out for a couple of months, and Lugo also hurting, the job fell to Nick Green for much of the month of April. Green is a natural second basement, and it has shown in his defense as he has racked up an A.L. leading eight errors. Since his return, Lugo has been little better, if not worse, recording four errors in only 12 starts at the position. Mike Lowell has played better than his numbers will indicate, and has made several higlight reel plays at the hot corner. Bailey has played above average defense in the place of Youkilis. The outfield has been excellent, with Drew committing the only error among them, and Ellsbury will once again be a serious contender for a Gold Glove. George Kotteras does have six passed balls, but has done an excellent job handling Wakefield all season.
Grade: B - The defense has been solid at times, but shortstop, like catcher and centerfield, is a critical position defensively and that the Sox have a huge hole there is a problem that likely won't be addressed until Lowrie's return.
Due to injuries, the Sox bench has become at times the Sox starting lineup. There was not many other options that Bailey at first, and despite his .190 average, he does provide a source of power at the bottom of the lineup. Green is a good hitter, and will be a solid backup later in the season to several positions, including in the outfield. Rocco Baldelli has had to play probably more than was expected, and struggling subbing as the designated hitter, but he is much better suited to play occasionally and in the outfield. Kotteras is having his struggles offensively, but the time has long been since the Sox looked for offense from the catcher position.
Grade: C+ - The bench has had to play more than they should at this point, but Green and Baldelli will provide offense off the bench later in the season, and the return of Mark Kotsay will also bolster the Sox's depth.
Overall Grade: B+
The Sox find themselves a few games back of the Toronto Blue Jays, but ahead of both the Yankees and Rays. The Sox desperately need better performances from their starting rotation, but otherwise find themselves at the level of production they expected. The rash of injuries to begin the season seems to be clearing up, and it is essential to keep the players healthy and within their roles on the club.
Category: MLB
Tags: Boston Red Sox, Brad Penny, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Daniel Bard, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, George Kotteras, Hideki Okajima, Hunter Jones, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Javier Lopez, Jed Lowrie, Jeff Bailey, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Julio Lugo, Justin Masterson, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Delcarmen, Mark Kotsay, Michael Bowden, Mike Lowell, New York Yankees, Nick Green, Ramon Ramirez, Rocco Baldelli, Takashi Saito, Tampa Bay Rays, Tim Wakefield, Toronto Blue Jays
Posted on: May 16, 2009 2:28 pm
The Great Red Sox Line-up Fix
Everyone is well aware of the season long struggles of Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz, whose numbers, .208-0-15, would be cause for grumblings even for a player such as Jason Varitek, who also struggled heavily last season.
Manager Terry Francona benched Ortiz for Friday's series opener versus the Seattle Mariners, and said that Ortiz could sit for more than just the one game. The benching follows Thursday's afternoon extra inning affair against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in which Ortiz went 0-7 which three strikeouts while tying Trot Nixon for the franchise record with 12 runners left on base.
For the Sox game against the Mariners, J.D. Drew was moved upinto the number three spot in place of Ortiz. Francona always try to alternate batters in his lineup, left-right-left-right, as much as possible, and with the lefty Drew, Francona was able to keep his alternating batting order.
Last season, when Ortiz was on the disabled list for a wrist injury, Drew filled in predominantly in the number three hole. Everyone remembers the scorching month of June that Drew put up, with the line of stats: .337/.462/.848 for a 1.310 OPS, 12 home runs, 21 extra base hits, 21 base on balls and 27 RBIs.
All of those numbers came from hitting in the number three hole, and when Ortiz returned, Drew went back into his customary role in the bottom half of the lineup, and had what we have come to know as typical J.D. Drew Red Sox numbers: a high on-base percentage, few extra base hits, and untimely hits.
In the number three hole for the first time this season last night, Drew went 3-5 with a double, run scored and an RBI.
It may seem as though this is looking into too small a sample, but this is not just a coincidence.
The Red Sox line-up is in rough shape these days anyway, because of injuries to Kevin Youkilis and Dustin Pedroia. In the place of Ortiz last night, Rocco Baldelli got the start as the designated hitter and batted fifth. If we sub Ortiz back in that lineup, and put Youkilis in (due back from the disabled list in about a week) we'll get:
1. Jacoby Ellsbury
2. Pedroia
3. Drew
4. Youkilis
5. Ortiz
6. Jason Bay
7. Mike Lowell
8. Jason Varitek
9. Julio Lugo
Per Francona's alternating hitters rule, the line-up in that respect remains unchanged, with the only two hitters from the same side of the plate in a row is Bay and Lowell.
This line-up does several things. First, (and most obviously) it takes advantage of Drew's prowess in the number three hole and allows his RBI opportunities with Ellsbury (who is, by the way, batting .307 on the year while trailing only Carl Crawford for the major league lead in stolen bases) and Pedroia so often on base.
Second, Ortiz will still be thought of as somewhat of a threat to opposing pitchers, as evidenced by the 20 walks he has drawn. Bay will provide protection for him, so pitchers cannot simply throw around him. The rest of the line-up remains unchanged.
The only problem with this is that Francona is a player's manager. He has said that he has a great deal of loyalty to Ortiz and is not going to give up on him only six weeks into the season. But, if Ortiz continues to struggle and Drew continues to be hot in the three spot, the change must happen for the Sox to really get the most out of their offense.
Posted on: March 14, 2009 4:01 pm
Julio Lugo undergoes MRI on knee
Julio Lugo left Friday's exhibition game in the first inning with soreness in his right knee. Today, Lugo was sent back to get an MRI on that knee, but the Red Sox don't know the extent of the damage. The Boston Globe reported Lugo as saying that he was "worried" about his knee. Terry Francona did say that Jed Lowrie would get the bulk of the remaining opportunities at short-stop.
Lugo could be worried because he sees his job slipping away because if the only thing he could do was hit well during spring training to try to keep his job. Now that he is on the shelf, it is looking more and more like Lowrie will be the everyday short-stop, and that Lugo will be moved sometime during the season. It is unfortunate for the Red Sox that Lugo got hurt because Lowrie likely already had the job, and they were pleased with Lugo's impressive spring training performance thus far because that improves his trade value.
No matter what Lugo hit in spring training, which was .450 before the injury, the Sox would have still been responsible for paying some of Lugo's contract, and he is owed $18 million over the next two season, if they were able to trade him. But, the better Lugo does in his opportunites, the less the Sox would be left responsible for.
Lugo would have marginal value without his pricey contract. There are enough teams who would be interested in a short-stop if the Sox paid a big chunk of that $18 million. Lugo has only played short-stop with Boston, and a few emergency innings in the outfield, but in the season before he came to Boston, Lugo played 16 games at third base, 29 at second, and three more in the outfield. He can play other positions, and there are teams that could use someone like him (the Yankees are in the market for a third basemen I think?).
Unfortunatetly, the Red Sox will not move Lugo until the trading deadline, unless a major buyer becomes more immediately available. Lugo has been emphatic about foreshadowing his disappointment if the job is given to Lowrie. If Lugo's situation seems to becoming a problem, it will quickly spiral. Unlike when Manny Ramirez, Curt Schilling, and Pedro Martinez have raised issues about contracts and other things in recent years, they are all Hall-of-Fame caliber players and some people at least were able to stand up for them because of their on-field performance. But, virtually no one is in Lugo's corner from the team's, fans' or media's perspective. If Lugo starts to complain, and is still only hitting .220 and has as many errors as RBIs, it would quickly become a bad situation (dare I say, cancerous?).
The injury to Lugo buys the Sox some time and more excuses to play Lowrie, but may hurt their chances to move Lugo in a timely fashion.
Category: MLB
Posted on: May 11, 2008 11:52 pm
Red Sox Recap and 1st Quarter Report Card
As promised, here is the Red Sox first quarter report card for this season after 40 games.
Starting Pitching: A-
Relief Pitching: C
Offense: A
Bench: A
Defense: B+
Overall: A-
I am putting this report card on my blog, which I do with every recap, and you can access at the last link at the bottom of the recap. Feel free to respond to this report card here, or go to my blog.
Concerning tonight's game, the Sox received their worst start of the year. Tim Wakefield did not make it out of the third inning. While he normally does well in indoor stadiums, he struggled mightly in the Metrodome. His knuckleballs were frequently left up in the zone, and the control of his fastball was off all night. Wakefield threw an astonishing amount of fastballs, or as Joe Morgan aptly called them "straightballs" because, at 74 MPH, they are hardly blistering. One of the home runs he gave up was on one such fastball that was nicely grooved, belt high. But, Wakefield looked like he was laboring from the first inning, and in this case, the knuckleball just did not flutter in the Sox favor.
Look for this recap following the series finale against the Twins as the Sox go for the split. (To view all previous recaps, follow this link to my blog.)
Category: MLB
Tags: Boston Red Sox, Brandon Moss, Bryan Corey, Clay Buchholz, Coco Crisp, Craig Hansen, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Aardsma, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Javier Lopez, Jed Lowrie, Joe Morgan, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Julian Tavarez, Julio Lugo, Kevin Cash, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Delcarmen, Manny Ramirez, Metrodome, Mike Lowell, Mike Timlin, Sean Casey, Terry Francona, Tim Wakefield
Posted on: May 11, 2008 11:48 pm
Red Sox Recap 5-10-08
The Red Sox got a very well played win against the Twins to even the series. Some thoughts on the game:
Daisuke Matsuzaka had very efficient start, needing only 96 pitches to tie a season high with seven strong innings. He only had one tough inning, when he got the bases loaded and walked home a run in the second. But on the whole, he was being much more efficient and doing an excellent job at finishing hitters when they were down in the count, instead of trying to nit-pick around the strike zone and wait for hitters to chase. Now, the Twins are a much less patient team than he faced last time, when he surrendered a staggering eight walks in five innings to the Tigers, but his stuff was better. He threw several excellent sliders, and he was able to use that pitch to go after right handed batters. His fastball looked much more under control, and he was able to challenge lefties, something he has had some trouble with. The Sox may be concerned with the very high number of walks, and they should be, but Matsuzaka really is pitching much better than he was last year, and much more like the guy the Sox thought they would be getting when they paid over $100 million total for him. The number of walks is a product of better and more patient major league hitters, but his ability to improve and work around runners on base is the reason why he is now 6-0 with a 2.45 ERA. Sox fans may still be reluctant to rely on Matsuzaka as a top of the rotation pitcher because of his struggles last year, but in eight starts this year (about a quarter of the season), he has only allowed more than three runs twice (four against the Yankees on April 13, and three against the Rangers on April 18). Sox fans should not try to be deceived by his numbers; Matsuzaka really has rounded into this type of a pitcher, at home and on the road, and should continue to provide the Sox with quality starts.
Tonight's win was one of those textbook examples that managers envision at the beginning of the season. Seven very good innings from your starter, a good offensive showing, and lights-out, end of the game relief from the bullpen. The Sox offense had another good night, banging out 12 hits and four solo home runs, and the team average begins to creep back toward the .300 plateau it was at earlier this season. The most encouraging thing about this year's lineup (a quality that was shared by the 2004 and 2007 lineups, though not to this extent), is that even on a night like tonight, when the leadoff, number three and clean up hitters are all hitless, the offense still generates a lot of hits, and a lot of power. David Ortiz still looks hurt and has not yet hit a consistent stride, but Kevin Youkilis is having a monster May, and is now tied for the league lead in home runs and ranks in the top four in RBIs. Julio Lugo was a late scratch from tonight's game, and Jed Lowrie, likely to be demoted within the next 48 hours, chipped in with three hits and one of the four home runs. At this point in the season and after 39 games played, we are right at the quarter mark of the season, and there have been enough games played to analyze where the Sox stand. Check back after tomorrow's game, as I am working on grading the Sox at each category, and they will appear on tomorrow's recap.
Look for this recap and the Sox report card for the first quarter of the season following tomorrow's game against the Twins. (To view all previous recaps, follow this link.)
Category: MLB
Posted on: May 9, 2008 11:28 am
Red Sox Recap 5-8-08
The Red Sox rebounded after a tough loss last night to take three out of four from the Tigers. Some thoughts on the game:
One night after Clay Buchholz struggled, Josh Beckett put the Sox starters back on their impressive track with a seven inning, one run and eight strikeout performance. After struggling a bit in his first two outings after missing an extended amount of spring training, Beckett's last four starts have all gone for at least seven innings, and he has given up just nine runs in 30 innings, a 2.70 ERA with 31 strikeouts. But from Beckett's starts, which have been comparable to those from last year, the biggest improvement he has made is his ability to distribute his pitches more effectively and go deeper into games. One of the reasons that hurt his Cy Young Award chances last year was the fact that he had pitched in more than 40 fewer innings than winner C.C. Sabathia. However this year, Beckett has averaged seven innings per start while his pitch count is right around 100. Being a strikeout pitcher (averaging about one punch-out per inning), it is exceptionally difficult to be that effective. He made vast improvements last year than from his first year in the A.L., and if he can continue going seven innings in each of his starts, he may find himself in a better position for a Cy Young.
The Sox lineup banged out 13 hits against Tigers' pitching, but only managed five runs. They left 10 runners on base, and missed out on some good scoring opportunities. Dustin Pedroia and David Ortiz were stranded in scoring position after they had reached there with none out and Ortiz laced a double into the right field corner. Kevin Youkilis then struck out, Mike Lowell popped out and J.D. Drew also struck out. Considering that they were facing a pitcher who, to that point in his career, had only recorded five outs, they Sox should have gotten something out of that situation. We have seen in this series, from both teams, the shaky situation of bullpen pitching in the majors, and the notion that no lead seems to large to overcome. Last night, Jonathan Papelbon did have his "A" game. But, a simple check-swing mistake ground ball and an error lead to the loss. We saw in the beginning of the series, and also in last night's game, the Tigers' bullpen struggle heavily. Since it seems like the game can turn on such small events when the bullpen takes over, it is very important for the Sox to hit when it matters most, and not just boost their statistics.
Although the Sox will never get rid of him, if Youkilis had to find a new team to play for, it would be one of the easiest decisions in his life. Most hitters simply develop a place on the road that they are very comfortable hitting in, and Youkilis has found that place in Detroit. He has only hit 44 home runs in his career, but eight of them have come in Detroit. Youkilis does not have more than two home runs at any other road park. It is especially strange because even though the Tigers have done a lot to make the ballpark more hitter friendly, it is still a difficult place to hit home runs, and it much like a mirror image of Fenway's dimensions. It is 345 feet down the left field line, and quickly juts out to 370 in the gap. Youkilis, who is not a power hitter and does not drive the ball with considerable force, has found some strange but incredible groove here. These home runs here would make sense if they were at Fenway, because with the power of his swing coming almost entirely from his upper body, it would be easy to lift fly balls over the Green Monster. Youkilis is in the top ten in the A.L. in nearly every offensive category, including batting average, home runs, hits, RBIs, runs scored and walks, and nobody can remember the last time he made an error. (Unlike Julio Lugo, who now has half of the Sox 20 errors on the season – as a team, the Tigers have only made 13).
Look for this recap following tomorrow's game as the Sox begin another four game road series, this time against the Twins. (To view all previous recaps, follow this link.)
Posted on: May 7, 2008 12:12 pm
Edited on: May 7, 2008 12:14 pm
Red Sox Recap 5-6-08
The Red Sox won their fifth straight game behind an excellent start by Tim Wakefield. Some thoughts on the game:
Tim Wakefield delivered his best start of the year thus far, throwing strikes early and often, and dominated the Tigers' stagnant offense. The Tigers took an approach to Wakefield that the Rangers took earlier this year, as they swung early in the count and did not wait for Wakefield to throw too many pitches. In the game against the Rangers, Wakefield gave up eight hits and five runs, but the Tigers were much less effective making contact. Tonight was the only other night, besides the Rangers game, that he did not yield a walk. Even though his delivery does not change with runners on base, almost anyone can steal a base against him, and with the occasional passed ball, a runner on first who reached on a walk can easily come around to score without the opposing team recording a hit. Wakefield settled in and worked fast as he normally does, and retired at one point 16 straight Tigers. Wakefield lowered his ERA to 3.33, and now Josh Beckett (4.19 ERA) is the only starter with an ERA above 4.00. With the back end of the bullpen a little taxed, Wakefield's eight innings were that much more helpful. It also allowed for a rare occurrence, as both pitchers for the Sox tonight were both over 41 years old, since Mike Timlin pitched a scoreless ninth for the Sox fourth shut-out this season.
Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz went back-to-back in the seventh inning to provide most of the offense. Ramirez has been in a mini-slump, entering the game with just 5 hits in his last 32 at-bats. But, more importantly, he broke out of a bad power slump, as his home run was his first since April 20. A lot of players tend to be pressing when they get close to a milestone, and with Ramirez on the edge of one of the most historic milestones in all of baseball, he has been racking up the strikeouts with alarming frequency. Alex Rodriguez went through a similar funk last year as he approached 500 home runs, but after a week or so, the great players tend to get back in their groove. Ramirez had an excellent batting practice session today, and the home run capped a very good offensive night. It is very encouraging to see Ortiz drive the ball with explosive force, and his home run was likely between 440 and 450 feet. He has been given a few days off over the past few weeks, and he has responded well going 11-25 (.440) with two doubles, two home runs and seven RBI over his last six games. Since he really seems to be having trouble with his knee, look for him to be given more frequent off days, especially after Sean Casey comes back off of the disabled list, which he is eligible to do on Friday. Also, Ramirez and Ortiz have now hit home runs in the same game an astonishing 45 times in their career with the Red Sox, and seeing as they have only played together for a little over five seasons, that number is even more impressive. Not only are they the "gold standard," as ESPN commentator Joe Morgan refers to them, for productive 3-4 hitters in the game today, but they may be the best of all time.
The Sox entered the Tigers series with a very surprising statistic: they had had as many home runs as they did stolen bases (26). The Sox also recorded two stolen bases in one game recently, and according to the Elias Sports Bureau, that was the only time such an event has occurred for the Sox for at least the last 50 years. With Jacoby Ellsbury, Coco Crisp, and Julio Lugo, the Sox may have more speed now than they ever have, and we would have to go back to the 1910s-1920s with Sox teams that included Hall of Famers like Tris Speaker. If he starts to play more regularly, Ellsbury may break Tommy Harper's club record of 54 steals. But, if not this year, then the Sox may as well already begin penciling in Ellsbury's name.
There was a poll on today's recap about where Ramirez and Ortiz stand in history in terms of 3-4 combinations.
Look for this recap after tomorrow's game as the Sox try to make it three straight against the Tigers. (To view all previous recaps, follow this link.)
Obviously, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth.
Mickey Cochrane and Al Simmons
Hank Aaron and Eddie Matthews (hold the record for most times two players for the same team hit a home run in the same game, 75)
Fred Lynn and Jim Rice
These are just a few, to get the juices flowing...(no pun intended)
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Tags: Al Simmons, Alex Rodriguez, Babe Ruth, Boston Red Sox, Coco Crisp, David Ortiz, Detroit Tigers, Eddie Matthews, Fred Lynn, Hank Aaron, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jim Rice, Josh Beckett, Julio Lugo, Lou Gehrig, Manny Ramirez, Mickey Cochrane, Mickey Mantle, Mike Timlin, Roger Maris, Sean Casey, Texas Rangers, Tim Wakefield, Tommy Harper, Tris Speaker, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey


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Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol won all 11 events for the second consecutive meet and beat Marinette, 110-60, in a high school girls swimming meet Tuesday night in Marinette.
Four Clippers won two individual events each. Arica Smith won the 200-yard freestyle and 100 backstroke, Katie Kaminski the 500 freestyle and 100 breaststroke, Abby Bubnik the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly, and Marissa Ehlers the 200 individual medley and 100 freestyle.
The Clippers also won all three relays, with Miranda Roop, Morgan Buckham, McKenzie Schopf and Bubnik in the 200 medley; Smith, Bubnik, Kaminski and Ehlers in the 200 freestyle; and Ehlers, Kaminski, Buckham and Smith in the 400 freestyle.


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SLIDESHOW: Incredible images of thoroughbred racehorses, taken by artist Ripley, go on display at The Jockey Club in Newmarket
Posted: July 19, 2014|
Stunning photographs of thoroughbred racehorses have been on display in a Newmarket gallery.
The Jockey Club played host to Ripley, a fine art photographer, in his first exhibition at the gallery and in the world premier of his exhibition on Thoroughbred Racehorse portraiture.
The artist has also photographed celebrity portraits and car marques, before he transferred his skills to photographing thoroughbred racehorses.
A total of 14 large scale artworks went on display at The Jockey Club during July Festival.
The exhibition also debuted an exclusive portrait of "one of the greatest" National Hunt racehorses – Big Buck's.
He added: "Big Buck's is one of my three favourites. The other two are Racehorse on Newmarket Heath with a Rubbing Down House and Racehorse in an English Landscape.
"I also like the picture of the horse in New York because it's just not what you expect to see."
His photographs pay tribute to English painters Sir Alfred Munnings, J F Herring and George Stubbs, who portrayed horses in Newmarket during the late 18th century.
And while he works to keep the "classical equine art feel", the artist uses "cutting edge technology" meaning every hair of the racehorse can be seen.
A spokesperson from The Jockey Club said: "Using this method he is able to combine both the reality that photography achieves along with the freedom to compose the image as would a traditional artist.
"The resulting large canvases almost look like paintings, yet everything in them is real.
"The Jockey Club Rooms house one of the most distinguished collections of horse racing art in Britain, and to see Ripley's stunning portraits sitting alongside masterpieces by these esteemed painters was a surreal experience.
"Whilst complementing the imagery of the past, they appeared hyperreal and almost 3D."
Ripley hopes to return to Newmarket for another exhibition next year, using photographs of local racehorses.


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GridPoint to provide management software for largest EV deployment in the US
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11 Aug 2009
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and eTec on electric vehicle performance and fast-charge systems for over a year. STOCKXPERT
GridPoint, Inc., a leading smart grid software company, announced that it will be a project participant in the largest deployment of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure in the United States.
To support this project, GridPoint will provide Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a subsidiary of ECOtality and one of the main pushers of the project, with its next-generation electric vehicle management software called Smart Charging 3.0.
The software will allow the utilities in Arizona, California, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington—the five strategic markets of the eTec electric vehicle project—to deploy load shifting, load shaping, renewables integration and demand response strategies. Advanced smart charging capabilities, such as synchronization with the availability of renewable energy, may also be explored.
The Smart Charging 3.0 software will also manage the flow of electricity to plug-in vehicles and charging stations, enabling consumers to balance real-time grid conditions.
GridPoint, is a pioneer in smart grid software. Its SmartGrid Platform enables utilities to optimize electrical grid management, increase grid reliability and encourage the adoption of renewable energy resources. The company is based in Arlington, Virginia.
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I don't trust they guy. I never feel confident when he kicks. I didn't even want him back this season.
But I must admit that Suisham saved the game today.
When punter Hunter Smith got hurt early in the game Suisham came in and delivered. His first punt was a crucial fourty yarder out of his own end zone. He also made a great angling punt at the end of the game to push the Bucs behind their twenty.
His punting average was under 40 yards and some might think that isn't good. For an emergency punter that is excellent. If anyone wants to see what could have happened go to youtube and search for a video entitled "bad day for Joe Theisman". Theismann got forced into punting duties when his punter got hurt against the Bears in 1985 and his first punt went exactly four yards off of the side of his foot from the exact same part of the field that Suisham kicked from.
Suisham also kicked a 42 yard field goal amid swirling wind conditions that caused the Bucs to miss two forty yard kicks. He also put a kickoff through the back of the end zone. He is usually short on his kickoffs, but he was great today.
He did have a point after attempt blocked, but if you look at the play it is clearly the result of a lapse in blocking assignments. The snap, hold, and kick were perfect. Adam Viniateri coundn't have gotten that kick off.
Congratulations Shaun Suisham. I hope this game helps to build up your confidence and you continue to perform in the clutch down the stretch.