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In the Inheritance approach, your template object doubles as as Webware
servlet, thus these are sometimes called template-servlets. cheetah
compile (section 4.2) automatically creates modules
containing valid Webware servlets. A servlet is a subclass of Webware's
WebKit.HTTPServlet class, contained in a module with the same name as
the servlet. WebKit uses the request URL to find the module, and then
instantiates the servlet/template. The servlet must have a
method (or
.respondToPut(), etc., but the
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.respond()). Servlets created by
compile meet all these requirements.
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.tmpl servlet
file into a
.py servlet file when the
.tmpl servlet file is
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it's being redesigned. For now, use
cheetah compile instead.)
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The answer is that your template class can inherit from a pure Python class
containing the analytical logic. You can either use the
directive in Cheetah to indicate the superclass(es), or write a Python
class statement to do the same thing. See the template
Cheetah.Templates.SkeletonPage.tmpl and its pure Python class
Cheetah.Templates._SkeletonPage.py for an example of a template
inheriting logic code. (See sections 8.2 and
8.3 for more information about
#extends and
#implements. They have to be used a certain right way.)
#WebKit.HTTPServlet is not available, Cheetah fakes it with a
dummy class to satisfy the dependency. This allows servlets to be tested on
the command line even on systems where Webware is not installed. This works
only with servlets that don't call back into WebKit for information about the
current web transaction, since there is no web transaction. Trying to access
form input, for instance, will raise an exception because it depends on a
live web request object, and in the dummy class the request object is
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Jewel Movies and Career Information
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Jewel Kilcher, professionally known as Jewel, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actress, and author/poet. She has received four Grammy Award nominations and has sold over 27 million albums worldwide. Jewel's debut album, Pieces of You, released on February 28, 1995, became one of the best-selling debut albums of all time, going 15 times platinum. One single from the album, "Who Will Save Your Soul", peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100; two others, "You Were Meant for Me" and "Foolish Games", reached number seven and two respectively on the Hot 100, and were listed on Billboard '?s 1997 year-end singles chart, as well as Billboard '?s 1998 year-end singles chart. She has crossed several genres throughout her career. Perfectly Clear, her first country album, was released on The Valory Music Co. in 2008. It debuted atop Billboard '?s Top Country Albums chart and featured three singles, "Stronger Woman", "I Do", and "Til It Feels Like Cheating". Jewel released her first independent album Lullaby in May 2009.
- Jewel Movies before 2015
- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 2007
- Ride with the Devil 1999

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So what's the big deal about New Year's?
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
Isn't January 1, just another day? Another new start? Just like we have every moment of every other day on the calendar? What's the significance of it all....
I think it is just like any other "marker" on the calendar. Birthdays, holidays, anniversaries. It is simply a point of reference. A time to look back to the same marker a year before. And to reflect on the events that took place between the two.
So I thought I would post a lovely blog with all my 2012 deep thoughts. So many good things happened. SO MUCH to be thankful for. But, instead, I am reflecting on the events of last night, and the reminders of how life can change so suddenly, so unexpectedly.
We had planned a party. But with the flu bug hitting us hard before Christmas, with travel, and sheer exhaustion, we cancelled and opted for a quiet dinner with some old friends at a lovely restaurant in Old Sacramento. We had a lovely meal, spent over 2 hours laughing, enjoying each other and then left to see the fireworks. They had a 9:00 show for the families, and had big plans for the second show at midnight for the "revelers". We did not want to deal with drunks, so thought we'd celebrate with New York and then head home.
After the fireworks, there were people dragging wagons filled with kids, strollers, etc, along with the older or quieter crowd who'd begun heading out. Simultaneously the party animals were heading in. The multi-story parking garage was filled and congested with people leaving, so we thought we'd stroll around waiting for it to dissipate. Basking in the celebration, we were suddenly almost trampled by people running with panic in their eyes, shouting about the shooting the guns the blood and getting out of there. There were cops swarming in from every direction, horseback, running on foot, and racing down the street in their cars. Then came the ambulances, the fire engines and so on.... I never dreamed I would spend NY Eve hiding behind a tree. We were a block away. The shots were fired in the street in front of the restaurant we had just left.
The entire area was on immediate lock down with helicopters, sirens, loud speakers, clearing the streets. We, along with an estimated 30-40,000 others got out as quickly (which was not too...) as we could. We knew at least one person had been killed (actually it was two) and four others were shot. The festive atmosphere had turned quite somber. I kept thinking of the poor children who had to witness yet another horrific act of violence, and the family members that would be getting "the call". How suddenly their lives changed....
When we finally got home I was exceedingly thankful to be safe. And in a warm home. I kept thinking of how for centuries, so much of the world has experienced bloodshed on their streets. And how there have not always been safe places to retreat to. And how there have often been more than 1, 5 or 26 victims. And frightening it is to now become so familiar with this kind of random violence in our smallest, quietest communities. What feels the worst to me, is that we are under attack from the inside....and I wonder where we can go from here?
I have goals for 2013. But they have shifted from the "SOS" (same of stuff...losing weight, getting organized, exercising more, etc....) to internal goals. To be more forgiving, loving, appreciative, grateful. To be more aware. To start the "where can we go" changes in my own life. Let go of anger, resentment, any negative feeling or behavior, so that people around me will be inspired. And motivated to change their own thinking and attitudes. I pray that we can all, one by one, be the difference, MAKE the change in this crazy, chaotic word.
I am grateful to be alive today. Grateful to be able to post. Grateful that I have another new start, a new marker. I am thankful in advance for all that will take place this upcoming year. I already know some of it will be very difficult. A lot of it will be wonderful. But my life goes on....
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or day 2 or 3..... I am thankful for your being safe and that more weren't injured or wounded just trying to get out of the melee. We all need to take a step back and take a good look at where we have been and where we are going.
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Kathy, I'm adding my voice the the chorus of gratitude for your safety. Having been in a location not far from a bombing, I have some understanding of the shock and feeling of vulnerability as well as awareness of the fragility of life that you're experiencing.
Good goals.
Be kind to yourself, it takes time to heal from an experience like that.
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wow how scary for you at i am so pleased you are ok love.you are right things like this do make us rethink.here�s to making the world a better place .take care and keep smiling.
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I am so happy that you and A are safe and sound. What a scary, horrible thing to happen, period. And right on the heels of the school shooting, I'm sure it freaked you out even more!!!
Many years ago, I gave up on going out for New Year's Eve at all. I'd seen too many car accidents from drunk drivers and people who just got crazy. So sad that this was a quiet neighborhood near home ...
Way to turn it around into some positives for you, my friend!!
With love and gratitude for your safety,
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So sorry that your night ended so sadly.
Great thoughts for the upcoming year.
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I am grateful you are safe and sound. And I am so deeply saddened by these events, as we keep hearing of them everywhere. Somewhat numbed in fact, so that I fear it is conveyed as ambivalence. I pray for all effected and for your internal resolutions to be part of a change and a shift that we all share in, and that keeps rolling.
here's to a safe and loving 2013
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Love your new goals - here's to a successful journey in 2013!
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Kathy, firstly I must make sure to let you know that I am also thankful that you were able to post this today for all of us to read. Life is full of surprises and we should all be more aware of all that could happen in a split second. Thank you for spreading the message of gratitude and forgiveness because with all of the negativity that surrounds us on a daily basis should open others' hearts and minds. It is so sad that we have to experience bad things to learn how to appreciate our lives yet some hearts refuse to let things go. i am with you on being more forgiving of others' and I hope to be an inspiration to many people like I am sure you already are Kathy!! Thank you for sharing your wisdom!! Have a blessed year full of many more things to be grateful for and peace in your soul!!! Maria
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you are so right your life can change in an instant we must appreciate all we have because you never know what can happen to you or someone you love .........
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Everything can change in an instant. You certainly have the right priorities for life. Happy New Year!
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I am grateful for your safe return home. I am grateful for your introspection and the plans that resulted. These are the kind of "pay it forward" ideas that can change the world, one person at a time.
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I'm glad you got home safely. One of my friends was in the bar they came out of. One of my former students was at a shop nearby. So thankful all those I know and love made it home safe and sound after all that.
Yes, also thankful that I've never been a big New Year's Eve partier. I'm usually asleep.
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OMG wow thank heavens you are safe.... and so sad for the others. We dont' have as much of that up here in Canada, and sure hope whatever it is doesn't come north. I honestly think it is the availability of guns, we don't have them around as much as the US does. B ut no matter not in a discussion bout gun control, I just feel for the reg. ole folk that start living in fear.
HUGS and I too am so thankful you are alive. Whew.
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Jayna Spivey's game-winning double capped off a series in which she hit .800
April 6, 2014
By John Lock
CARBONDALE, Ill. - The Southern Illinois softball team got a walk-off two-run double from Jayna Spivey in the bottom of the seventh inning to get a big 5-4 win over Illinois State on Sunday afternoon. The Salukis (17-17, 5-6 MVC) were in danger of getting swept in the three-game series heading into its last turn at bat, but Spivey's shot to the right-center gap scored Kelsey Gonzalez from third base and Michelle Glenn from first.
"I like being in that situation. I was praying I would get a chance to go up there," Spivey said. "I enjoy being in that moment. I've certainly failed in that moment, too, but I just like that competitiveness."
Glenn also made two huge plays in the win. With the bases loaded and two outs in the sixth inning, Illinois State tried to score two runners on a single through the left side. She fired a perfect ball to home plate to gun down the second runner and keep it a one-run game. Then, in the bottom of the seventh, the speedster beat out a bunt single and then scored the game-winning run all the way from first base.
SIU came out with poise a day after giving up 31 runs in a doubleheader to the Redbirds (14-21, 6-3 MVC). Both teams started the exact same lineup in game three as they did in game one of the series. Both games also started with SIU walking the first batter of the game. Instead of the five first-inning runs Southern allowed yesterday, Southern escaped the first inning allowing only a single run today. The Salukis came back with three runs in the bottom half of the inning and sent the message that today's game would not end like yesterday's two run-rule blowouts.
Neither team scored in the third, fourth or fifth innings after the Redbirds tied the game at three in the second inning. Illinois State got the go-ahead run in the sixth, but SIU's Katie Bertelsen, who got the win to improve to 9-6 this year, got out of jams in both the sixth and seventh inning to keep it a one-run game.
"She's a winner; that's what she does," Sewell said. "She came out of high school and club ball winning. When we talk to her, we talk about throwing big pitches in big moments."
Spivey played an unbelievable series against the Redbirds, going 8-for-10 from the plate, which included a streak of seven-straight hits that overlapped all three games. She posted three doubles, a home run and five RBIs and boasted a 1.400 slugging percentage.
"The kid is just tough," Sewell said. "The kid does that in her whole life. That's what she does in the classroom; that's how she walks around this campus; she's a very confident player. She trusts herself and she trusts the plan. She puts in a lot of work, and it shows on the field."
The win puts SIU marks the end of a daunting first four MVC weekends for the Salukis. SIU played the other four teams picked with SIU in the top half of the MVC in the preseason poll and came out of the games with a 5-6 MVC record, keeping it in the middle of the MVC pack nearing the halfway point of the conference schedule.
Head coach Kerri Blaylock left the game after she was hit in the leg with a foul ball in the first inning. The x-ray revealed that her leg was not broken and she will be OK.
The Salukis are back in action with two midweek games at Charlotte West Stadium. The Salukis will face SEMO on Tuesday at 5 p.m. and Eastern Illinois on Wednesday at 4 p.m.


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UMass football will be going against one of its own when it begins play in the Mid-American Conference in 2012.
Former UMass captain and defensive lineman Ben Albert was hired to coach the linebackers at Temple University. Albert came to the Owls from the NFL, spending a year coaching the defensive line at Jacksonville alongside another UMass ex patriot, Joe Cullen.
Albert was a candidate for the UMass head coaching job when Don Brown left to be the offensive coordinator at Maryland.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Everyone is told to exercise, exercise, exercise - it improves your health. Now, researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center say that it may also have benefits for a serious medical condition.
Presented at the society of Neuroscience's annual meeting - Neuroscience 2011, the study showed that six weeks of exercise substantially improved memory retention and pain control for fibromyalgia patients who were no longer being treated with medications.
Researchers found that both working memory and pain sensation suffered in the patients after their medication was withdrawn, but improved after exercise.
Memory and pain typically worsen immediately after fibromyalgia patients stop taking medication. The disorder is an interoceptive disorder, meaning that it has no apparent cause. It is characterized by widespread systemic pain, accompanied by fatigue, sleep, memory and mood issues.
"In conditions like this, the body perceives something by mistake," senior author Brian Walitt M.D. and director of the Fibromyalgia Evaluation and Research Center at Georgetown University Medical Center was quoted as saying.
He added that the pain is not psychosomatic, but is real and likely produced by the central nervous system.
For the study, researchers enrolled nine women with fibromyalgia. They used functional MRI scans to assess changes in brain function during the study.
fMRI scans "provide a definitive measure of cognitive functioning, so that we can more scientifically measure the effect of exercise," study presenter Manish Khatiwada, M.S. was quoted as saying.
"This is a novel approach to the study of fibromyalgia," Khatiwada added.
While the women were still on medication, they were given an fMRI to assess memory and a questionnaire on their level of pain. Researchers then told the women not to use their medications for a "washout" period, and had a second fMRI and memory test. After six weeks, they had another assessment. The final scan was taken after the women engaged in a six-week period of exercise. The exercise involved three 30-minute sessions of aerobic exercise with a trainer, per week.
"This study demonstrates how these symptoms change with treatment and withdrawal of treatment, and what the neurological correlates of these changes are," Walitt was quoted as saying; adding that the study is not suggestive of a change clinical care of fibromyalgia.
Khatiwada is working in the laboratory of co-author John VanMeter, Ph.D. and director of the Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging.
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Albondigas SoupClassic Mexican soup made with meatballs (albondigas), green beens, onions, and chicken stock. A family favorite.
Apple Chicken QuesadillaKid-friendly chicken apple quesadilla recipe, toasted flour tortillas with melted cheese, apple slices, chicken, and salsa.
Arizona Cheese CrispArizona cheese crisps made with extra large, thin flour tortillas, toasted with butter and cheese, and served with strips of mild green chiles.
Baked Salmon with Avocado Mango SalsaOven-baked salmon fillets served with avocado, mango, chile, lime salsa.
Black Bean SaladA fresh black bean salad, perfect for a summer picnic or potluck. Red bell peppers, jalapeños, avocado, black beans and corn combined to give this salad its kick and fresh flavors.
Cactus and Corn SalsaCactus and Corn Salsa! A true southwestern salsa made with nopales cactus paddles, corn, green tomatoes, onions, and chiles.
Chipotle BurgerA hamburger flavored with chipotles in adobo, cumin and onion, served with jack cheese and avocados.
Creamy Cheesy Turkey EnchiladasCreamy cheesy turkey enchiladas! Leftover turkey, sweet potatoes, cream cheese rolled into flour tortillas, smothered with creamy salsa verde sauce. So good!
Grilled Cilantro Lime ChickenSkinless boneless chicken breasts marinated with lime and cilantro and grilled.
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Grilled Shrimp Tacos with Mango Avocado SalsaGrilled shrimp tacos with a salsa of fresh mango, avocado, red onion, jalapeño, and lime juice.
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Mexican Street Corn NachosStreet Corn Nachos! Tortilla chips topped a creamy monterey jack cheese sauce, toasted corn, crumbled cotija, chili powder and cilantro.
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Refried Black BeansBlack beans, cooked and then fried and mashed with onion, garlic, chili, and cilantro. So good!!
Roasted Green Chiles in a Light VinaigretteStrips of roasted green chiles, lightly dressed in olive oil, vinegar, and salt.
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Southwestern ColeslawBest coleslaw for fish tacos! Cool and crunchy, thinly sliced cabbage with carrots and radishes.
Strawberry GuacamoleStrawberry guacamole! Chunky avocado guacamole with bursts of tart sweet juiciness from strawberries.
Turkey Black Bean Quinoa BakeEasy cheesy quinoa bake with black beans, corn, garlic, shredded cooked turkey, and lots of cheddar cheese!
Turkey Chili (with Leftover Turkey)Great for turkey leftovers! This turkey chili recipe uses shredded turkey meat, kidney beans, onion, garlic, tomatoes and chili.


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Oregon and Oregon State clash for the 341st time Sunday at Matthew Knight Arena in the Civil War Series, presented by Pacific Source Health Plans, The Oregon 529 College Savings Network, McDonalds, Wells Fargo Bank and Your Local Ford Stores. The Ducks and Beavers will meet at noon for a FoxSports1 televised game. The contest will feature two of the premier scorers in the Pac-12. OSU's Roberto Nelson leads the league at 21.5 points per game, while Oregon's Joseph Young is fifth at 18.4. The game also has the top two three-point shooters in the Pac-12. OSU's Hallice Cook hits 55.2 percent from downtown, while the Ducks' Jason Calliste is at 50 percent.
1 - No teams have played more games on the hardwood in NCAA history than Oregon and Oregon State. Sunday's game will mark the 341st Civil War between the Ducks and Beavers. OSU leads 185-155 in a series that dates to 1903.
2 - By a bucket. Oregon's two-point losses at Arizona (67-65) and Arizona State (74-72) last were the Ducks' third and fourth two-point set backs in Pac-12 play this year (UCLA 70-68, Stanford 82-80). In fact, of Oregon's eight losses, seven have been by single digits as the Ducks have been a handful of plays or less from owning several more victories. The last time Oregon dropped four conference games by two points or less: 2006.
3 - 3-D. Oregon's perimeter defense has shown marked improvement the last four games. Over that span, no opponent has shot better than 25 percent from beyond the arc. Arizona State hit just 20 percent, Arizona 25 percent, USC 20 percent and UCLA 25 percent.
4 - Oregon has forced opponents into double-digit turnovers in 21 of 23 games this year, including a season-high 22 by USC on Feb. 1. The Ducks had a Matthew Knight Arena record 16 steals against the Trojans, which was one off the school's all-time mark.
5 - Oregon's bench continues to be exceptionally productive in 2013-14. The Ducks are averaging 30.3 points per game from the reserves (696 total). By comparison, opponents are getting 17.3 per game off the bench (399 total). Jan. 30 against UCLA, the bench had 36 points. The week before that, the reserves chipped in 37 points against Washington and 31 at WSU. That followed a season-best 47-point bench effort Jan. 19 at Oregon State. Other big games from the bench include 44 in the OT win versus Brigham Young, 43 against both San Francisco and North Dakota, 38 versus UC Irvine and 36 in the OT win at Ole Miss.
Oregon leads the Pac-12 and is second nationally in free throw percentage at 77.8 percent. The Ducks have three of the top four free throw shooters in the league. Johnathan Loyd is now first at .897, Joseph Young is second at .896 and Jason Calliste is fourth at .861. Damyean Dotson is also over 80 percent (.811). The Ducks also lead the leagie in scoring (83.3 ppg) and rank 10th nationally.
Senior Mike Moser needs 11 more points to join 1,000 career point club. Moser netted 690 points at UNLV and 9 at UCLA before graduating and transferring to Oregon for his final season (290 points). Joseph Young recently reached the 1,000 point milestone of his NCAA career. Young scored 916 points in two seasons at Houston, and has added another 423 this year for 1,339 career points. He joins Jason Calliste, who surpassed 1,000 career points in three seasons at Detroit, in the 1,000-point club. Calliste is the current leader with 1,352 career points.
Thanks to a season-high 16 steal effort (a Matthew Knight Arena record) Feb. 1 versus USC, Oregon is up to 26th in the nation at 8.2 steals per game. That mark is second in the Pac-12. Individually, Joseph Young set career highs in steals in back-to-back games. He had five Jan. 30 against UCLA and followed that with six versus USC.
Oregon has played three overtime games as well as 11 contests that have been decided by single digits so far in 2013-14.
The Ducks are 12-1 when shooting better than the opponent, but only 3-7 when being out-shot. The Arizona game on Feb. 6 was Oregon's first loss when shooting better than the opposition. The Jan. 23 game at Washington marked the first time this season that the Ducks lost when out-rebounding the opposition. Oregon is now 10-2 in that category this year.
Johnathan Loyd is one victory away from tying former teammate E.J. Singler for the most wins in an Oregon uniform. Singler won 89 times as a Duck from 2009-13; the USC victory on Feb. 1 was the 88th for Loyd. He is one of just six players in school history to reach 80 wins in an Oregon uniform: Singler (89), Loyd (88), Fred Jones (81), Joevan Catron (81), Luke Jackson (80) and Dick Wilkins (80). Loyd has also now played in more games as a Duck than all but two players in program history. Loyd has played in 133 games, trailing only Singler (142) and Garrett Sim (136).
Oregon opened the regular season on Nov. 8 by defeating Georgetown 82-75 in the Armed Forces Classic on Army Base Camp Humphreys in South Korea. The Ducks travelled more than 12,000 miles round trip to participate in a game that honored the troops serving America. The crowd in attendance consisted entirely of active military members and their families based at Camp Humphreys. At the end of the game, Oregon players removed their jerseys and gave them to the troops, who had stormed the court to celebrate with the Ducks.
The team also got a helicopter hangar tour, where the servicemen and women who fly and maintain four different types of helicopters - Chinook, Blackhawk, Apache and Kiowa - showed off their impressive machines. The Ducks also served lunch to the troops, had a meet and greet at the gym and conducted a kids' clinic. Said Oregon coach Dana Altman after the game, "the servicemen and women came out and cheered for us and made us feel like we were the best team in America, but it's those men and women who are the real heroes. Our guys are going to remember this experience for a long time."
Oregon continues to remember the troops they met in South Korea by breaking their team huddle with the Army cry "HOO-AH" as opposed to the traditional "TEAM."
Jan. 23 at Washington, Johnathan Loyd became the sixth Duck with 400 career assists (now with 416). He's now eight behind Luke Jackson (424/2000-04) for fifth. Earlier this season, Loyd recorded a pair of impressive assists totals. First, he tied the Matthew Knight Arena record with 13 assists Nov. 29 against Pacific. Former Duck Malcolm Armstead also had 13 assists at MKA against Oregon State in 2011. A week later, Loyd set a career high with 15 assists Dec. 8 at Ole Miss. He also just missed a career high with 23 points, but did record the first double-double of his career. The 15 assists were the second-highest single game total in school history. Only the great Ronnie Lee had a bigger assist game at Oregon, doling out 17 in a 116-77 win over Villanova (12-23-74). Already this season, Loyd has passed a trio of Oregon legends on the Ducks' career assists list; he's gone by Kamikaze Kids' point guard Mike Drummond (309/1974-78) for eighth, NBA all-star Terrell Brandon (315/1990-91) and former NBA player Fred Jones (367/1998-02) for sixth. On the steals chart, Loyd moved by current Houston Rocket Aaron Brooks (127/2003-07) for seventh in career steals Jan. 2 against Utah. Loyd now has 142 total swipes and would vault all the way to third place with just 12 more steals.
The Ducks have scored at least 80 points in 13 games this season. Oregon has also gone over 90 points eight times and 100 four times.
The Ducks have had at least 15 assists 13 times this season. In fact, Oregon has been held below 10 assists just twice this year: 7 at Utah (Jan. 2) and 6 at Oregon State (Jan. 19).
The Ducks have five backcourt players who combined to play nearly 5,000 minutes in 2012-13, and own more than 500 career three-pointers at the NCAA Division I level. The breakdown in 3's: Jason Calliste - 217, Joseph Young - 170, Johnathan Loyd - 68, Damyean Dotson - 66, Dominic Artis - 39.
Damyean Dotson has a couple of overtime game-winners to his credit this year. He had the steal and dunk with :00.6 left in overtime to lift Oregon to the 70-68 win Jan. 2 at Utah. Earlier in the season, he made the go-ahead lay-in with :35 left in overtime as the Ducks topped BYU 100-96 on Dec. 21.
Arizona was the eighth 2013 NCAA Tournament team the Ducks will play this season. So far Oregon is 4-4 against 2013 NCAA Tournament squads with wins over Georgetown, Pacific, Ole Miss and Illinois, and losses to Colorado, Cal, UCLA and Arizona.
With the Seattle Seahawks becoming the first team from the Pacific Northwest to win the Super Bowl, it's a good time to put out the reminder that Oregon is the only team from the Northwest that has won an NCAA men's basketball title (1939). The Ducks are also the only school from the Northwest to have advanced to the NCAA Elite 8 this century (2002 and 2007). Other Northwest schools most recent Elite 8 trips: Gonzaga (1999), Oregon State (1982), Idaho State (1977), Seattle U. (1958), Washington (1953) and Washington State (1941). No Elite 8 appearances for Boise State, Eastern Washington, Idaho, Portland or Portland State.
Oregon has a pair of alums on the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks' roster in starting center Max Unger (2005-08) and cornerback Walter Thurmond III (2006-09). Oregon's basketball alums who played professionally with the Seattle Supersonics (years at Oregon) include Luke Ridnour (2001-03), Greg Ballard (1974-77) and John Greig (1980-82).
Oregon has added Providence transfer Brandon Austin to the roster. Austin was a top-50 rated prep player who helped Imhotep Charter High School record a 28-5 mark and capture the PIAA AAA championship in as a senior in 2013. He will be eligible to play for Oregon at the conclusion of the 2014 fall quarter.
Ten newcomers have seen action for the Ducks this season. Senior transfers Mike Moser (UNLV), Jason Calliste (Detroit) and Richard Amardi (Indian Hills CC), junior transfers Joseph Young (Houston) and Brian Crow (Sonoma State), and sophomore transfer Elgin Cook (Northwest Florida State) all played in the season opener versus Georgetown. Those six players combined to score 66 of Oregon's 82 points versus the Hoyas. Freshman Theo Friedman became the seventh newcomer to play this season when he entered the Western Carolina game. Freshman A.J. Lapray made it eight newcomers with his debut in the Utah Valley game. Then after missing a few weeks due to injury, Jalil Abdul-Bassit, made his debut against San Francisco. The Ducks hit 10 newcomers Jan. 26 at Washington State when football defensive tackle Aric Armstead made his debut on the court for the Ducks. Armstead, a potential starter this fall, has since decided to concentrate on his football career and give up basketball.
Oregon tied a school record by reaching the century mark for the fourth time this season Dec. 21 against Brigham Young. It is just the third time in 109 seasons of basketball that the Ducks have scored 100 points four times in the same season. Oregon has never had more than four 100-point games in the same year. The Ducks last had four 100-point games in the same year in 2001-02. Oregon first accomplished that feat in 1995-96.


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GERWECK.NET Trivia returns
Nov 23, 2013 - by Jamie Cruickshank
Thanks for all the entries from last week, we begin as ever with a review of last week's question.
Q) Who was the first man this year to wrestle on 3 WWE television shows in the same week?
A) Sheamus, who competed on Raw, Smackdown and Main Event on the week beginning January 7th.
Congratulations to those who answered correctly, the early leader with the first correct answer is MC Live. I also realized I forgot to re-post the
rules for the start of this round, new players can find them at this link.
Now onto this week's question…
This Sunday is the birthday of former WWE Diva Beth Phoenix. Beth won 4 Womens/Divas Championships during her WWE tenure, but can you tell me at what event (excluding house shows) she received her first shot at the title?


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- Structure and function of selected membrane proteins
- Mechanisms of secretory vesicle fusion with membranes
4152 Molecular Biology Building
Dept. of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-2530
Email: email@example.com
B.S., Seoul National University,1982
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1990
Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA, 1990-1993
Research Interests
In Professor Shin's laboratory a new spin labeling EPR approach is used to study the structure and function of biologically important membrane proteins. The strategy is to site-specifically place a nitroxide spin label in the protein by replacing a native residue with cysteine, which provides a unique labeling sites. Current developments of EPR technology make it possible to obtain information on secondary and tertiary structures as well as membrane topology using spin labeled mutants. Unlike crystallographic methods, the EPR approach does not require crystallization of proteins. Thus, the EPR methods are widely applicable to studies of many important membrane proteins. Furthermore, the mechanistic aspects of the function of the membrane proteins are studied using the time-resolved EPR techniques. Specific areas of current interest include:
The viral envelope proteins: influenza HA and HIV gp160
The influenza virus surface is coated with the HA protein which play a major role in the infection of host cells. The primary function of HA is to bring the viral and cellular membranes close together so that they can fuse. Fusion allows the virus genome into the host cell where it replicates. The protein conformational change and its interaction with the cellular membranes are, however, largely unknown. In our laboratory we express the membrane interacting domain of HA in E. coli. Spin labeling EPR and the crystallographic studies are pursued in parallel to elucidate the mechanism of HA-mediated membrane fusion. Furthermore, the structural organization of HIV gp160, which is directly responsible for cell entry, is similar to HA. Thus, the effort also involves the understanding of the function of HIV gp160.
Transmembrane signal transduction
Every living cell possesses the ability to respond to external signals. Specific receptor proteins in cell membranes recognize light, nutrients, odorants, hormones, and neurotransmitters in order to initiate specific physiological responses in cells. It is remarkable that many functionalre ceptors share the basic structural organization. Thus, each class of receptors might as well have a common signalling mechanism. The primary step in signal transduction is the dynamic response of the receptor which converts a chemical stimulus to a structural message and then transduce it across the membrane through a proper conformational change. Our objective is to define and characterize motion of structural units in the receptor that constitutes transmembrane signal transmission. In our laboratory, the signaling of the bacterial aspartate chemotaxis receptor is studied using spin labeling EPR techniques.
Selected Publications
1: Bae W, Choi MG, Hyeon C, Shin YK, Yoon TY. Real-Time Observation of Multiple-Protein Complex Formation with Single-Molecule FRET. J Am Chem Soc. 2013 Jul 17;135(28):10254-7. doi: 10.1021/ja404276g. Epub 2013 Jul 9. PubMed PMID: 23808880.
2: Min D, Kim K, Hyeon C, Cho YH, Shin YK, Yoon TY. Mechanical unzipping and rezipping of a single SNARE complex reveals hysteresis as a force-generating mechanism. Nat Commun. 2013;4:1705. doi: 10.1038/ncomms2692. PubMed PMID: 23591872; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3644077.
3: Choi BK, Choi MG, Kim JY, Yang Y, Lai Y, Kweon DH, Lee NK, Shin YK. Large α-synuclein oligomers inhibit neuronal SNARE-mediated vesicle docking. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Mar 5;110(10):4087-92. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1218424110. Epub 2013 Feb 19. PubMed PMID: 23431141; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3593925.
4: Lai Y, Diao J, Liu Y, Ishitsuka Y, Su Z, Schulten K, Ha T, Shin YK. Fusion pore formation and expansion induced by Ca2+ and synaptotagmin 1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jan 22;110(4):1333-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1218818110. Epub 2013 Jan 8. PubMed PMID: 23300284; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3557091.
5: Yang Y, Oh JM, Heo P, Shin JY, Kong B, Shin J, Lee JC, Oh JS, Park KW, Lee CH, Shin YK, Kweon DH. Polyphenols differentially inhibit degranulation of distinct subsets of vesicles in mast cells by specific interaction with granule-type-dependent SNARE complexes. Biochem J. 2013 Mar 15;450(3):537-46. doi: 10.1042/BJ20121256. PubMed PMID: 23252429.
6: Diao J, Ishitsuka Y, Lee H, Joo C, Su Z, Syed S, Shin YK, Yoon TY, Ha T. A single vesicle-vesicle fusion assay for in vitro studies of SNAREs and accessory proteins. Nat Protoc. 2012 May;7(5):921-34. PubMed PMID: 22582418.
7: Kim JY, Choi BK, Choi MG, Kim SA, Lai Y, Shin YK, Lee NK. Solution single-vesicle assay reveals PIP2-mediated sequential actions of synaptotagmin-1 on SNAREs. EMBO J. 2012 May 2;31(9):2144-55. doi: 10.1038/emboj.2012.57. Epub 2012 Mar 9. PubMed PMID: 22407297; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3343461.
8: Lai Y, Shin YK. The importance of an asymmetric distribution of acidic lipids for synaptotagmin 1 function as a Ca2+ sensor. Biochem J. 2012 Apr 1;443(1):223-9. doi: 10.1042/BJ20112044. PubMed PMID: 22229667.
9: Yoon TY, Kweon DH, Shin YK. Chasing the trails of SNAREs and lipids along the membrane fusion pathway. Curr Top Membr. 2011;68:161-84. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385891-7.00007-6. Review. PubMed PMID: 21771499.
10: Yang Y, Shin JY, Oh JM, Jung CH, Hwang Y, Kim S, Kim JS, Yoon KJ, Ryu JY, Shin J, Hwang JS, Yoon TY, Shin YK, Kweon DH. Dissection of SNARE-driven membrane fusion and neuroexocytosis by wedging small hydrophobic molecules into the SNARE zipper. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Dec 21;107(51):22145-50. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1006899108. Epub 2010 Dec 6. PubMed PMID: 21135223; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3009788.
11: Diao J, Su Z, Ishitsuka Y, Lu B, Lee KS, Lai Y, Shin YK, Ha T. A single-vesicle content mixing assay for SNARE-mediated membrane fusion. Nat Commun. 2010 Aug 10;1:54. doi: 10.1038/ncomms1054. PubMed PMID: 20975723; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3518844.
12: Shin YK. Mg2+ channel selectivity probed by EPR. Structure. 2010 Jul 14;18(7):759-60. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2010.06.002. PubMed PMID: 20637411; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2910259.
13: Lee HK, Yang Y, Su Z, Hyeon C, Lee TS, Lee HW, Kweon DH, Shin YK, Yoon TY. Dynamic Ca2+-dependent stimulation of vesicle fusion by membrane-anchored synaptotagmin 1. Science. 2010 May 7;328(5979):760-3. doi: 10.1126/science.1187722. PubMed PMID: 20448186; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2994549.
14: Diao J, Su Z, Lu X, Yoon TY, Shin YK, Ha T. Single-Vesicle Fusion Assay Reveals Munc18-1 Binding to the SNARE Core Is Sufficient for Stimulating Membrane Fusion. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2010 Mar 17;1(3):168-174. Epub 2010 Jan 14. PubMed PMID: 20300453; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2841011.
15: Lu B, Song S, Shin YK. Accessory alpha-helix of complexin I can displace VAMP2 locally in the complexin-SNARE quaternary complex. J Mol Biol. 2010 Feb 26;396(3):602-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.12.020. Epub 2009 Dec 21. Erratum in: J Mol Biol. 2010 Apr 23;398(1):174-5. PubMed PMID: 20026076; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2822017.
16: Chang J, Kim SA, Lu X, Su Z, Kim SK, Shin YK. Fusion step-specific influence of cholesterol on SNARE-mediated membrane fusion. Biophys J. 2009 Mar 4;96(5):1839-46. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.11.033. PubMed PMID: 19254542; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2717287.
17: Tong J, Borbat PP, Freed JH, Shin YK. A scissors mechanism for stimulation of SNARE-mediated lipid mixing by cholesterol. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Mar 31;106(13):5141-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0813138106. Epub 2009 Feb 27. PubMed PMID: 19251653; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2663986.
18: Jung CH, Yang YS, Kim JS, Shin YK, Hwang JS, Son ED, Lee HH, Chung KM, Oh JM, Lee JH, Kweon DH. Inhibition of SNARE-driven neuroexocytosis by plant extracts. Biotechnol Lett. 2009 Mar;31(3):361-9. doi: 10.1007/s10529-008-9878-z. Epub 2008 Nov 20. PubMed PMID: 19023663.
19: Yoon TY, Shin YK. Progress in understanding the neuronal SNARE function and its regulation. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2009 Feb;66(3):460-9. doi: 10.1007/s00018-008-8372-z. Review. PubMed PMID: 18953690.
20: Su Z, Ishitsuka Y, Ha T, Shin YK. The SNARE complex from yeast is partially unstructured on the membrane. Structure. 2008 Jul;16(7):1138-46. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2008.03.018. PubMed PMID: 18611386; PubMed Central PMCID:


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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have claimed Iran was "moving toward a military dictatorship" February 15, but Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has returned fire saying that the United States government is the one moving toward a military dictatorship. "Isn't it a case of military dictatorship to invade wedding ceremonies in Afghanistan and killing innocent people who have lost their homes," Mottaki asked on the government's Foreign Ministry website, rather than the nation that "host[s] three millions Afghan immigrants and [is] coping with the consequences of such a benevolent act?"
While the Iraqi government was a complete military dictatorship under the Shah, and a virtual one under the Iraqi Revolutionary Guard under Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran has made some admittedly tepid steps toward following a rule of law under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Under Ahmadinejad, competitive elections have been held, even though last year's election was marred for fairness two reasons (The recent election involved accusations of vote fraud and before candidates can even get on the ballot they must be approved by a "Council of Guardians" composed of Islamic clerics).
While Iran has tentatively moved away from its former total dictatorship over the past 10 years, the United States has lurched toward dictatorship during the same time period. Mottaki notes that while the Iranian military has not attacked any of its neighbors, the United States has followed the path of most military dictatorships by attacking far flung "enemies" that have little to do with its own security. Mottaki wonders "if the killing of one million defenseless people in Iraq including the elderly and children by the US is a true case of military dictatorship or Iran's constructive interaction with Iraqi people through hosting tens of thousands of Iraqi immigrants and supporting Baghdad government in building up security and self-determination."
Mottaki could also have added that the U.S. government – once the freest nation in the world – under both Bush and Obama have given themselves to detaining state "enemies" without trial, without charges, and – often –torturing people that turned out to be innocent. Some of those innocent people detained without charges have suffered permanent blindness and death. Even U.S. citizens have been held without charges and tortured.
Hillary Clinton told a Qatar audience Monday that "We see that the government of Iran, the supreme leader, the president, the parliament, is being supplanted and that Iran is moving toward a military dictatorship." But Mottaki replied that "They themselves are involved in a sort of military dictatorship and have practically ignored the realities and the truths in the region."
OOOOhh! Clinton was so pwned!


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PEORIA, Ill. - The 2014 Charles Orsborn Award winner will be selected from a quartet of finalists during the Bradley athletic department's annual All About The B Awards event Monday night at Renaissance Coliseum.
Previously known as the Senior Send Off and Athletic Awards Banquet, the All About
The B Awards will begin with a 6:30 p.m. reception. The 7 o'clock awards program
will honor all of the Bradley Athletics graduating seniors, as well as the top performing student-athletes in athletics, academics and community service. In addition to the Orsborn Award, other presentations will include the Orville Nothdurft Lifetime Achievement Award, the Carl Grose Service Award, the Megan C. Fong Inspiration Award and the men's and women's versions of the Coach Joe Stowell Award, as well as the recognition of candidates for the Alumni B-Club Most Outstanding Athlete Awards.
The Charles Orsborn Award is the highest honor Bradley University bestows upon a
graduating senior student-athlete and recognizes the ability of the winner to combine athletic and academic success with community service. The four finalists for the 2014 Charles Orsborn Award are softball players Bailiegh Basham (Mattoon, Ill./Mattoon H.S.) and Mariah Cole (Springfield, Ill./Chatham Glenwood), men's soccer player Wojciech Wojcik (Elmwood Park, Ill./Elmwood Park H.S.) and men's golfer Daniel Young (Metamora, Ill./Metamora H.S.).
Bailiegh Basham, Softball, Mattoon, Ill., Mattoon H.S., 4.0, Advertising
Basham is Bradley Softball's career leader in on-base percentage, walks and hit by pitch and she set the single-season school record with a .480 on-base percentage as a sophomore in 2012 before smashing the mark at .532 last season. She was a second-team All-Missouri Valley Conference selection in 2013 after finishing second in The Valley with a .381 batting average. Boasting a perfect, 4.0 cumulative grade point average as an advertising major, Basham also was a first-team Valley Scholar-Athlete and second-team Capital One Academic All-District V selection in 2013.
Mariah Cole, Softball, Springfield, Ill., Chatham Glenwood H.S., 4.0, Health
A speedy hitter at the top of the Bradley Softball order, Cole is enjoying her best all-around offensive season for the Braves in 2014. She is batting .277 with 17 walks for a .368 on-base percentage this spring. Boasting a 4.0 cumulative grade point average as a health science major, Cole was a first-team Valley Scholar-Athlete and a second-team Capital One Academic All-District V selection in 2013. The winner of the 2012 Carl Grose Service Award and the Spring 2012 MVC Good Neighbor Award, Cole is one of the department's most active volunteers.
Wojciech Wojcik, Soccer, Elmwood Park, Ill., Elmwood Park H.S., 3.28, History
Wojcik was the 2013 Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year and became the first-ever Bradley Soccer player to lead the nation in a statistical category by sharing the nation's lead with a school-record 14 assists this past season. A member of the first-ever Bradley Soccer class to earn three NCAA Tournament berths, Wojcik helped the Braves to MVC Tournament titles in 2010 and 2013 and the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2011 and 2013. Sporting a 3.28 cumulative grade point average as a history majory, Wojcik was a first-team NSCAA Scholar All-American in 2013.
Wojcik currently is playing professional soccer in Finland.
Daniel Young, Men's Golf, Metamora, Ill., Metamora H.S., 3.92, History (Secondary Education)
Young is a two-time Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete, earning first-team notice in 2013 and honorable mention in 2012. He is tied for ninth in school history with 74 career rounds in the 70's or better and he is the seventh individual in program history with 20 or more sub-80 rounds in three different seasons. Boasting a 78.10 career stroke average, Young tied for fifth at the 2013 Butler Fall Invitational, helping the Braves to their first team title since 1996, and he matched his career-best round of 69 at the Dayton Invitational. Carrying a 3.92 cumulative grade point average as a history (secondary education) major, he has earned a spot on the Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll in each of his
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JWC TO THOMAS CARLYLE ; 25 September 1852; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18520925-JWC-TC-01; CL 27: 304-307
20 Hemus Terrace [25 September 1852]
By this time, Dear, you will have got my letter to Dresden. I wrote there according to your first instructions. Since then, I have been rather pleased that uncertainty about your whereabout afforded me a fair excuse for observing silence. In all my life I was never in a state more unfavourable to letter-writing! so "entangled in the details"1 and so continually out of temper. I have often said that I couldn't be at the trouble to HATE anyone, but now decidedly I hate one man—Mr Morgan! His conduct has been perfectly shameful, not a promise kept, and not even an apology made for breaking them. I have ceased to write to him, or send any messages to him—I merely pray God to "very particularly damn him"2— The Carpenters Bricklayers and Plasterers are all gone out of the house; there are still some odds and ends for the Carpenter to do, and the Bricklayers will be needed outside—but the only work doing for the last week has been painting. and tho' Mr Morgan promised that two more painters should be sent to help the one already here, that promise has gone ad plures [to the majority; i.e., dead]—neither will he send back the paperhanger to finish in the staircase—With this one painter it was impossible to do all that was needed, before your return— So I have had to give up the painting of the lower rooms—too thankful to get them thoroughly cleaned once more, and refurnished. Fanny and Mrs Heywood3 were two days washing the old paint, while I cleaned the paper—and two days more it took us to bring the furniture to its old condition— The new room is cleaned out and has the old furniture in it—and tho' sufficiently bare looking, will not be uninhabitable during the winter, and when it is papered and furnished prettily it will be a very fine room indeed—Chalmers4 said with a look of envy that we couldn't have got a house with such a room in it under 150£ a year— The new bedroom up stairs is still representing "the belly of Chaos" all things thrown out of their old places finding refuge there—but my old bedroom will be "better than I deserve"5 till the other is ready—the bed is up there—without curtains but the work of rehabilitation is going on in it—so that it will be ready for sleeping in when one can safely sleep in the house at all—which is not the case at present the new paint in the stair cases poisoning the whole house And your bedroom!—Ah! that has been the cruellest cut of all!— I had it painted the first thing that it might be well aired for you and the presses you wished for, which they would not make on the spot but must have made at the work shop were ordered and promised to be all painted there to save us the smell—and behold after keeping me up with this delusion for six weeks they bring them home in raw wood!—declaring they could not be painted till they were fixed up—and so that room where I had been sleeping for a week had to be again abandoned & I could not bring the sofa in the parlour again for the passage was all in wet paint—and I felt myself growing quite ill—got up every morning with a sick headach and had got back my old sickness thro the day—which I had hoped was gone for good. So there was no sense in staying on till I took a nervous fever or some such thing— I went off, then, on a new hunt for lodgings and found a decent little appartment next door to Mrs Thorburn—whose house was fully let I have the ground floor and my bed is quite free of "small beings"—an unspeakable mercy!—indeed it is a very comfortable little bedroom tho' feebly furnished—and the people very decent quiet people. I go home to breakfast every morning and work there very hard till dinner time 2 oclock and for an hour after—or as long as I can bear the smell and then I come back here to early tea—and spend the evening in pure air—the quantity of work it takes to restore order at Cheyne Row—and repair the ruin of that general upturn is perfectly incredible. Three flittings they say is equal to a fire—but a "thorough repair" is equal to three fires!— Oh dear (in case I forget) Masson—Masson is quite frantic at having received no testimonial6 from you—the election takes place on the 5th so pray try to write to him in time I promised to tell you his ardent wish so soon as I knew where to hit you with a letter—I see hardly any body—going no where— Dr Weber has called 4 times (!) without finding me—two of the times I was in the house—au secret [hidden]—
Darwin is into his new house and now off to Shrewsbury for a little while— The Farrers are gone to Malvern Miss F's nose recovering to a wish—
Poor Mrs Macready is gone died at Plymouth on the 18th Miss M wrote me a long most kind letter—telling me that till her last hour she "loved me much"— Her life had become too suffering—it is best that it is over—
I should like to have seen Göthe and Schillers House with you—in fact your travels tho' you made them out rather disagreeable or otherwise look to me quite tempting.
I have given you a good doze of the house this time—and besides that I have really no news worth telling— A. Sterling came one day returned from Scotland and on the road to Cowes a dreadfully corpulent black Werter!7— A letter from John would be lying for you at Dresden with mine—so I need not tell his plans—I hope I shall like this new sister in-law, he seems to think I have as much share in marrying her as himself has (What a very remarkable steel pen I am writing with!) John Welsh has been made much of at Belfast and complimented in public by Colnel Sykes8—He sent me a Belfast Newspaper Oh I had nearly forgotten—Lady Stanley has been in town and sent to ask when she could find me or if I would come to her; so I preferred going to her—drank tea with her—went and came in Omnibus—but having Mrs Heywood with me by way of Ladysmaid and now good night—I am very tired and the tireder I am the less I sleep
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Super Tuesday Tech Special: Republican Edition
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The offseason Top 10, 11, 15, 20, 25 or 6 to 4 list season has begun, and it starts with Bullpen Banter's Washington Nationals Top 15 List:
|Anthony Rendon
|Lucas Giolito
|Brian Goodwin
|Alex Meyer
|Matt Skole
|Tony Renda
|Eury Pérez
|Brett Mooneyham
|Brandon Miller
|Matt Purke
|Michael Taylor
|Stephen Perez
|Sandy Leon
|Jason Martinson
|Cutter Dykstra
I strongly recommend that folks read their commentary (plus there's scouting video) because it's important to read the opinions outside the Natmosphere. Not to mention, these guys do good work.
As you'll see in my comment there, I was glad to see them agree with my assessment that the system isn't nearly as good as we keep hearing from the local media. Jeff Reese said precisely what I believe was first put out there by Brian Oliver; that the system is five or six strong prospects, and then it drops off with a razor-thin difference between the next 14-15 in a Top 20.
I'm intrigued, of course, by the inclusion of the likes of Stephen Perez and Cutter Dykstra — enough to reconsider their placement on the 2013 Watchlist. I'm not surprised by the exclusion of Nathan Karns, who made Reese's Top 10 (sadly, the two lists are combined versus broken out as they did previously), as his age is going to be held against him, regardless of the injury/surgery situation.
This, of course, also reminds me that I need to get on the horse about soliciting votes for Top 10 position players (bats) and pitchers (arms), which will most likely be tomorrow's post.
31 Responses to "Bullpen Banter Ranks The Nats Top 15 Prospects"
"25 or 6 to 4" — You get 10 bonus points for this obscure pop reference, although anyone under the age of 45 will be forgiven for not having any idea what you're talking about.
There's a lot of head-scratching stuff here, but if you're a seamhead like me & just about anyone else here this makes the offseason so much fun.
the reference is to a Windy City
The intro of this song was used as the intro music for Senators TV broadcasts.
The dropoff from 4 to 5 (I'm still not sold on Skole's long term success as a MLB regular) is indicative of not only the graduations, but also of the Nationals draft philosophy (college guys early) as well as their lack of a presence internationally
International signings. This.
I've posted about it before, but the best farm systems in baseball get anywhere from 33-50% of their talent from international signings. I think when I posted a few months ago, I found the majority of the Rangers top 20 prospects were acquired via int'l FA and not the draft. The Nationals have shot themselves in the foot by ignoring a huge source of talent.
I'm a complete outsider to the international market, but what has prevented the Nats from making more of an effort? It's not like Jurickson Profar was a complete unknown before he signed his deal. If a well-connected team like the Rangers were willing to give him $1.5m, that should indicate to the Nats that this guy is a stud. Anyone with an internet connection could easily figure out who the next big Latin American amateur signings are. Or is there just so much nepotism and behind-the-scenes deals that basically ensure that only the teams actively connected and engaged internationally get the good players?
Forget Cutter Dykstra.
What happened to Erik Komatsu? He's not a free agent until 2019!!! Did he spend too much time as a rule 5 draftee to still be considered a prospect?
If you are going to consider Dykstra what about Komatsu and Rahl?
Although the reference would be even more apt on a site covering cubs or white sox prospects.
If it was on a Cubs or Sox site it would not be considered very clever, and you certainly wouldn't get the bonus points!
This list is a complete joke pitcher wise! I wouldnt give it two sense! All about money!
I think my onl real gripe is that somehow Cutter Dykstra made it in the top 15 and Robbie Ray and Solis did not. I thought the point of "prospect" lists is to put out the guys who have a good deal of upside. Ray is coming off a not so good season and Solis is coming off an injury but to the franchise 2 lefty pitchers have to hold more value than Dykstra.
I don't see how you exclude Solis either. Recovery from TJ surgery is low-risk these days, and Solis was looking like a sure-fire big leaguer before his injury. Not saying he's high-ceiling, but I'd have to think he has a better shot at big league success than most of the other guys listed 6-15.
I guess I'm not especially concerned about the lack of depth in the system. I'd prefer to get big upside/big risk in someone like Giolito than have multiple "5" level players. Especially given that Strasburg, Harper, Ramos, Storen and Espinosa are all going to be 25 or younger this season.
I do not particularly care for this list, but as Luke pointed out, they have a good reputation and do solid work. Like each of these lists points out, the drop-off from Meyer to Skole is massive, and the drop from Skole to the rest of the list is large and quite sobering.
Makes me nervous for the farm system in the future as we have the smallest bonus pool in baseball for 2013 and could lose our 1st round pick if we choose to sign a stud in free agency.
[…] time when Prospect Rankings are going to start coming out across the various websites, and here is one to peruse this morning from Bullpen […]
Not that I would not prefer a stronger list, but isn't this what happens when you graduate a bunch of productive prospects to the big league team in only a 1-2 year period?
Also, while we may understand the "age" issue with Karns, is there anyone who would not swap Cutter Dykstra for Karns tomorrow? If you could trade Cutter for a clone of Solis, Karns or Ray, would you? Injury, age and disappointment (respectively) notwithstanding.
Again, Luke:
Congratulations on a great web site.
My takeaway from your thoughtful responses is:
1) At this point in time, the Nats do not have a deep reserve to replenish the high cost of acquiring Gio, which nobody now questions. It may look much stronger by mid-summer, when our unheralded 2012 draftees have more experience, when we get a better look at Purke, and Solis coming off TJ.
We have definitely been hurt by the lack of ineffective IFA recruiting, with nothing solid to show besides catchers and Perez. My question: What happened with the high-profile signing of the Dodger star IFA scout?
My comment is this:
Outside of being shut off from another Gio-type acquisition (no small loss), it seems to me that, if ever there was a team with enough youth to wait for a second wave of prospects — it is the Nats.
Your thoughts and comments?
Farewell to Alex Meyer for Denard Span. Thoughts ? It seems silly to me to trade yur best young pitcher that is producing. We need to get more involved internationally.
Was curious to see if there was commentary there to explain why Cutter Dykstra, but nothing. I even watched the scouting video (not that I would really know what to look for) and it showed him striking out and hitting into a DP. I wouldn't go putting him on the watchlist yet … I have to think that the combination of name recognition and decent numbers this year caused them to miss his history & the fact that he had been dropped down a level.
That aside, was pleased and surprised to see Renda so high (even with the comments about the dropoff there).
Well Dykstra is dating a popular Hollywood actress, in fact he is on his way to LA by car to see her as we speak.
Guess that must count for something? 🙂


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College Hockey:Denver Tops CC In Overtime On MacKenzie's Winner
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — On Denver's second shot in overtime, defenseman Aaron MacKenzie scored at 2:29 to lift the Pioneers to a 3-2 won over Colorado College.
"This game was typical of the rivalry," said Denver coach George Gwozdecky. "This was an intense matchup and I cannot wait until tomorrow. We played with confidence and got terrific goaltending."
MacKenzie scored after receiving a pass from Kevin Doell. He quickly fired a shot on net from the point that deflected off the stick of a CC defender and past goalie Jeff Sanger.
"I got the puck at the top and was just hoping that I could get a bounce," said MacKenzie. "I knew if I just threw it at the net, it could hit something, or find somebody on my team and we could get something out of it."
The dramatic finish came as a result of a flurry of action by CC in the third period. With just under five minutes left in the game, and Denver ahead by a goal, Mark Cullen sent a centering pass from the boards to Colin Stuart, who was wide open in the slot. Stuart ripped a one-timer that Adam Berkhoel had no chance at stopping.
The game lived up to its hype, as the sellout crowd was treated to an exciting and hard-fought matchup. CC came out strong and took advantage of an early power play to claim an early lead. Mike Stuart picked up the puck out of a scrum in front of the Denver net and fired a shot. Berkhoel actually made the save, but his body had been pushed into the net, so the puck did cross the goal line.
Denver picked up its play in the second and scored twice to take a 2-1 lead. Jeff Drummond scored the first Denver goal on an outstanding individual effort. He caused a turnover behind the goal line, picked up the puck and stepped out in front. Jeff Sanger stopped his first shot, but his second shot found its way into the net.
"We were battling real hard out there," said Drummond. "Our line was really working on our forecheck and pounding them down low. We got the turnover and were able to capitalize on it. Coach says if you keep working, good things will happen, and we never stopped out there."
David Neale gave the Pioneers their first lead of the night when he scored on a perfectly placed wrister that beat Sanger high on the glove side.
The third period was dominated by CC, as Denver seemed to sit back on the lead.
"We had a huge defensive breakdown on that second goal," Gwozdecky. "But I was real proud of how our guys rebounded and played at the end of the third and in overtime. We got ourselves in some trouble, but we were able to battle out of it."
Berkhoel made 25 saves to pick up the win, while Sanger made 22 saves in the loss.
The win improved Denver's record to 5-0-0 and dropped the Tigers to 2-3-0 on the season. The two teams resume the home-and-home series Saturday night at 7:05 MT at Denver's Magness Arena.
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26 states saw an increase in the amount of products that they export in 2013 across the country, according the US Department of Commerce. Pennsylvania export shipments in 2013 totaled $40.9 billion, an increase over the $38.8 billion total for 2012.
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One of pioneering UK space-rock band Hawkwind's founding members, Nik Turner, is out touring behind his new release, Space Gypsy, which features members of his former band and features the track "Fallen Angel STS-51-L",
Turner performed with Hawkwind during their most commercially successful and critically acclaimed period from 1970 to 1976.
He wrote or co-wrote some of the band's biggest songs from "Brainstorm" to "Master of the Universe" and had a major hand in the band's innovative Space Rituals Tour and the subsequent The Space Ritual Alive in Liverpool and London double album.
The Space Ritual show attempted to create a full audio-visual experience built around the fantasy of traveling through time and space.
Now Turner is bringing his version of the show to the U.S. shores to hopefully recreate the magic, "I helped to choreograph the original Space Ritual. I performed and recited some poetry. I felt it held the thing together in some way. When it was devised Robert (Calvert, Hawkwind frontman and lyricist) used to have nervous breakdowns every eighteen months according to his mother at least. At the time I was helping him and he was helping me but when he ended up having to go into the hospital I ended up choreographing the show with Barney Bubbles (graphic artist). Barney built the whole thing around the astrological signs of all of the members of the band and used the corresponding colors to those signs in the light show. Then we built the whole thing on the music of the spheres which was quite fabulous and focused on the tones of the planets."
Turner went on to share that he hopes they have kept that essence and are perpetuating the feeling of that original show, "It's always an enjoyable thing to try and repeat that experience naturally. We're enjoying this tour. The Space Gypsy album is out and doing well and we're playing a couple of songs from the album on this tour. It's going very well. We started off a few days ago doing a show in Oakland at a record shop. That was an experience! Then we headed to the next venue in Eureka and it was really quite a small bar but the place was absolutely jammed with people! It was really exciting. It was really a sort of cathartic experience; a really lovely, lovely experience for everybody.
He explained that, "We're actually sort of doing a budget tour by trying to find places to stay so we don't have to stay in hotels. We haven't really got much money so people have been very accommodating towards us. We played in Portland last night and the promoter arranged some accommodations for us out in the woods in the late night. We're just heading out on our way now. It was really lovely and a great venue and the people who put us up were great. They fed us and nothing was too much. It was part of a festival in Portland that our agent was putting on and there were four bands playing last night and we had a great crowd. Everybody loved it. We are really trying to capture the spirit of what Hawkwind was all about. I mean it's a big tour but it's going well so far and I'm out with a great bunch of people on the road."
It is widely known that Turner and Hawkwind's Dave Brock, the only remaining founding member of the space-rock outfit, have had their disputes over the years and according to Turner there is a lot of misinformation about the band and about him out there, "All I'm trying to do is portray the spirit of what Hawkwind was about and what it represents to me really. It's about peace and love and harmony and people doing amazing things. It's about getting everybody to have a great time. I feel really good about this tour and I'm very happy to be over here doing this tour and happy to make ourselves available to people. I talk to people, kiss all the girls and have my photograph taken! I'm very privileged to be able to come to America and play for people and raise their spirits. I mean everybody keeps smiling at each other! I'm looking forward to the rest of the tour."
Turner says that the band is having a great time spending time with their fans and that it is great that so many people have been so welcoming.
He says that one of the best parts about the tour has been when people come up to him and say they saw him play here in the seventies and later in the early nineties, "They tell me how they never got over it! They're really excited and I think it's fantastic. I did two tours in the nineties here; one in the summer and one in the winter. They were both very interesting and exciting. I was wearing wacky makeup and costumes. I mean I've straightened out a bit now, now I wear a silver suit! I think I feel like an alien really. It's quite a lot of fun. It's nice to see such a nice reaction to it."
Turner says he is just happy to be able to play anywhere and take his music to the people, "It's all about spreading the word of love and understanding. It's all about health and happiness."
After the tour wraps up, the band will be heading over to Europe for some shows and then Turner will be looking to work on stuff with all of the other bands that he is involved with.
As for the Space Gypsy album, Turner really enjoyed being able to work with a number of guests including fellow Hawkwind alumnus, Simon House, "The way things are now with web files you can record anywhere without being in the same room. You can have people all over the world working on an album together. I did some recording for William Shatner's album. I met with him eventually though but I'm on another sort of jazz fusion album that's being put together for me and there is a lot of people working on it with me. It's a great experience."
Turner loves the idea of working creatively with others and says he loves to encourage younger artists to be themselves and be creative.
He also spoke about how the Space Gypsy album was a true collaborative effort on the whole band's part, "What I like about this album is the diversity of it. I love the fact that everybody in the band had something to do with it. I like to create a situation of reciprocity with everyone I work with. I drew ideas from a lot of different people and I had some ideas for songs that I felt strongly about as well. I like to do thing with a little bit of heart and soul. One of the songs I did was about the Mayans and mythology because I'm fascinated by them. I find it very stimulating because I think ancient civilizations have a lot of knowledge that we still don't have. Even as a child I was fascinated by Greek mythology. My life is just a continuation of that really; that germ of inquisitiveness and curiosity. I wrote these songs in the spirit of how I think Hawkwind should have gone. I think it worked out very interestingly and satisfactorily."
Turner was very clear when asked what he'd like to say to his fans, "Please come to one of my shows and have a good time. Come and say hello to me. I'm very happy to meet everybody. I feel like the whole spiritual experience is a healing thing. I want people to come and be heard and be healed while I'm healing myself. We'll heal each other! We'll give each other the magic power of healing!"
Nik Turner will be playing Detroit on Tuesday, October 22 at 9 pm at PJ's Lager House along with Hedersleben and Turn to Crime.
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A collection of both colour and monochrome photos capturing the wildlife and landscapes of Tanzania's Tarangire and Serengeti National Parks and the Ngorongoro Crater Reserve.
A compulsive traveller and long time photographic enthusiast, Kevin Dowie shares his images with a broad audience via a growing web presence and now in print through blurb.com Further examples of his work are displayed through https://kevindowie.com
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Four episodes of the TV chat show "Live! with Regis and Kelly" are to be taped in Las Vegas next month, ABC said Tuesday.
In addition to welcoming celebrity guests, Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa will venture into Las Vegas, showcasing its stage shows, attractions, food and nightlife, the network said.
"Las Vegas offers exactly what we look for when we take 'Live' on the road -- color, excitement, extraordinary talent -- and last year we found Wynn Las Vegas to be a perfect setting for the show," Executive Producer Michael Gelman said in a statement. "We're looking forward to coming back in November -- there's a lot more of Vegas to be explored."
"Regis, Kelly and Gelman are back for the second time and it sort of feels like family to us now. The show is great fun, has loads of excitement, and speaking for myself, I love it!" resort owner Steve Wynn said.
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Poppy, the perky Brit in "Happy-Go-Lucky," isn't just "on" all the time. She's a walking grin machine, a woman whose endless patter is interrupted only by her inane giggling.
It's exhausting to spend five minutes with her. But famed director Mike Leigh ("Secrets & Lies") makes two hours in Poppy's company a palpable film experience.
Poppy (Sally Hawkins) is a 30-year-old primary school teacher easily confused for a precocious teen. She's unmarried and unconcerned about that fact. Actually, nothing seems to faze her. When her bike is stolen during the film's opening sequence, she lets out a brief sigh and complains she never got a chance to say "goodbye" to it.
Her happiness bubble gets burst when she signs up for driving lessons. Her instructor, Scott (Eddie Marsan), is her polar opposite. He's a simmering volcano of a man, a professional who takes his work so seriously there's no room for humor.
How he lasts a single car ride with Poppy is one of the film's many unsolved mysteries.
"Happy-Go-Lucky" meanders more than a character study should. Some scenes, like an encounter with a mildly deranged homeless man, add nothing to our understanding of the mercurial Poppy. But that seems to be Leigh's master plan. And while it's a blueprint for boredom at times, the film blazes to life whenever Poppy gets behind the wheel.
Hawkins is generating plenty of Oscar talk for playing Poppy, and it's the kind of showy, unbridled performance that snaps voters' heads around. But why isn't Marsan being mentioned as a Best Supporting Actor nominee? It's rare to see a one-note performance delivered with so many microscopic shades.
Audiences may find "Happy-Go-Lucky" as off-putting as its heroine's chirpy facade. But the rewards of spending time with Poppy, and Leigh's unconventional story, soon become apparent.
(Photo: Sally Hawkins plays the irrepressible Poppy in the new film "Happy-Go-Lucky." Photo credit: Simon Mein/ Courtesy of Miramax Films)
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HARRISONBURG — Harrisonburg residents whose trash is normally collected on Monday will have their garbage collected on Tuesday instead due to the President's Day holiday. City offices will be closed Monday.
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Paul Joseph Christman
Position: QB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 210 lbs.
Throws: Right
Born: March 5, 1918 in St. Louis, MO
Died: March 2, 1970 in Lake Forest, IL
High School: Maplewood
College: Missouri (school history) (Christman college stats)
Drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in the 2nd round (13th overall) of the 1941 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (15060th overall since 1950)
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