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Suite 606
J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney, Ruth Ryan Langan and Mary Kay McComas
2008, Varies
Berkley, $7.99, 352 pages, Amazon ASIN 0425224449
In this new anthology, Berkley brings together stories in a variety of genres linked only by the mention of a Suite 606. While at first glance the book appears to be a hodgepodge of odds and ends, the stories are all fairly strong. While some of the contributors could have made more use of the unifying theme, readers looking for a variety of short reads will likely enjoy this book.
J.D. Robb gets things off to a very strong start with Ritual in Death, another in her Eve and Roarke series. One piece of good news about this story is that readers do not have to be current on the characters' history to enjoy it and, since I am many books behind in the series, this was a good thing. Suite 606 in this story is a luxury suite in a hotel owned by Roarke that has become the scene of a gruesome satanic ritual resulting in the death of a young woman. Eve and Roarke learn of the killings when a bloody man enters a gathering they're attending at the hotel, and his trail leads back to the murder scene.
By the time this story takes place, Eve and Roarke are already married and their interactions show that they are very comfortable with one another - though there is still a spark of passion there. While the bulk of the story is devoted to the mystery (and it's a thrilling one), the relationship between these two is also well-drawn. The rush of a couple falling in love is exciting to read, but seeing an established couple working well together and deepening their relationship feels pretty romantic, too. This one is very enjoyable.
In Love Endures, Mary Blayney spices up a traditional Regency with a touch of the supernatural. As a girl of eighteen, Summer Cassidy fell in love with her betrothed's close friend, Lord Stephen Bradley. However, after learning of Stephen's betrayal, Summer went through with the marriage her family had arranged with Reggie Cassidy. Unfortunately for Summer, her husband proved a ruinous gambler and when he dies after being set upon by thieves, she finds herself left with a mountain of debt. Finding her modest home haunted by Reggie's ghost really does not help matters.
Though Summer does not particularly relish the sight of Reggie, she does find her emotions confused as she spends more time around Stephen. Somehow, as Summer begins to learn that the facts of her life are not entirely as she had thought them to be, Stephen starts finding his way back into her life. While the misunderstanding between these two is one that I would normally find to be an eyeroller, I thought the author's handling of the situation rather touching. The supernatural intervention via the legend of Suite 606 is effectively done as well - it's a little twee, but not too far out there. Though somewhat predictable, this one is still a heartwarming story.
Cold Case is easily the most haunting of the stories in this anthology. While it would spoil things to tell how the Suite 606 device is used here - or even to tell much about the plot - I can promise readers that they will find a spooky and intriguing tale. After wrecking his car on a country road, Sam Hunter stumbles upon an old farmhouse occupied by an unhospitable older man and his two stepdaughters. The older stepdaughter, Mary Catherine, catches Sam's eye right away, and the two flirt shyly with one another as it becomes clear that the coming storm will require Sam to stay the night.
As Sam settles in for the night, he gets inklings that all is not as it seems on this little farm. There is a mysterious quality about the place and its people that tugs at him. He also finds himself feeling very protective of Mary Catherine, and this has its effect on his actions as well. While many readers will likely guess at least a few of this tale's secrets before they are revealed fully at the end, the story still had me turning pages quickly. Langan's writing takes on a haunting quality that matches the content of the story well and while the relationship felt a little rushed at times, the story still held my interest in a very firm grasp.
While not bad by any means, Wayward Wizard is a weak link in this anthology. The story is solid enough and at least a little bit better than the average, but it lacks the flow of the others and I had much more trouble getting into it. Marie Barnett, a divorced mother, has taken her son Hugh to a museum exhibit while she has him on visitation. Though Marie's son obviously has issues with her, she tries valiantly to engage and reconnect with him. Her efforts seem somewhat in vain until her son starts to play with part of an exhibit that causes him to travel into another realm. Marie follows, and there they meet the wizard Nester Baraka.
The story focuses on Nester, Marie, and Hugh's quest to find a stone that Nester needs to find. In the meantime, they find themselves travelling through time in an effort to return to the modern-day museum where Marie and Hugh belong. While the story has some cute touches to it, including one point where the characters find themselves passing through another author's world, the budding relationship between Marie and Nester never feels quite real. The relationship between Marie and her son flows a little more realistically, though it does get a little rushed. As a result, I never fully sank into this story in the way that I did the others.
Overall, the Suite 606 anthology features some very strong stories. The unifying theme holding them all together is somewhat tenuous, but the stories themselves are good enough that most readers likely will not mind. If you're looking for something quick and enjoyable to read, the authors here have assembled some wonderful tales so readers can take a break from the holiday rush.
-- Lynn Spencer


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May 16, 2012
SITE NOTES (May 18-20): NCAA REGIONAL // Tucson
Friday, May 18
Game 1 2:30 p.m. Hawai'i vs. Notre Dame
Game 2 5:00 p.m. (13) ARIZONA vs. North Dakota State
Saturday, May 19
Game 3 3:00 p.m. G1 Winner vs. G2 Winner
Game 4 5:30 p.m. G1 Loser vs. G2 Loser
Game 5 8:00 p.m. G3 Loser vs. G4 Winner
Sunday, May 20
Game 6 3:30 p.m. G3 Winner vs. G5 Winner
Game 7 (if necessary) 5:00 p.m. G3 Winner vs. G5 Winner
(All times are estimated and may change based on the length of previous action)
Live Coverage: All games at the Regional will be broadcast by ESPNU and ESPN3.com.
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NCAA ACTION IN TUCSON: Arizona has played host to 16 NCAA Regionals along with six Super Regionals. This is the third consecutive year the regional round will be held in Tucson. The Wildcats are 52-4 in NCAA Regionals held in Tucson and have advanced out of 15 of the 16 Regionals they have hosted, only failing to make it out of 2004 pod, when defeats to Oklahoma and Lousiana Lafayette ended Arizona's season. The 2004 club remains the only since 1987 to lose in regionals. This will be the first time at Hillenbrand in NCAA action for North Dakota State and Notre Dame and third for Hawai'i (1998, 2001).
- Has been selected for 26 consecutive NCAA Tournament Appearance. In that span, Arizona has made 22 trips to the Women's College World Series and won eight National Championships. In NCAA action, Arizona has a 148-43 (.775) record including a sparkling 75-6 (.926) record in regional play.
- Swept its 2011 NCAA Regional by defeating Harvard, New Mexico State and Texas Tech by a combined score of 28-2.
- 2011 marked the first Mike Candrea-coached Wildcat squad to not make the Women's College World Series since 1987. Arizona, which has made 22 of the last 24, hopes to get back to the Women's College World Series, but will have to do it with its worst NCAA seeding in the 24-year span.
- Finished Pac-12 play with a 12-12 record, marking the first time since 1986 that Arizona finished at or below .500 in conference play since going 5-6-1 in the Pacific-West Conference in 1986, Mike Candrea's first year with the program. Arizona's fourth-place finish is its lowest since the 1991 team's fourth-place finish. That same club went on to win Arizona's first National Championship.
- Is a perfect 24-0 all-time against the three other teams in the region. The Cats are 7-0 all-time against Notre Dame, 4-0 vs. North Dakota State and 13-0 against Hawaii. UA has played just one game against the field in NCAA action, a 5-1 win over Hawai'i in the 2010 WCWS.
North Dakota State:
- Return to NCAA action for the fourth consecutive season (and 11th overall) after winning its fourth consecutive Summit League Tourney Title. It will be the fourth straight season North Dakota State travels to a Pac-12 school for NCAA play.
- Is 2-7 against opponents that made the NCAA tournament this season: Alabama (0-2), Arizona State (0-1), Baylor (0-1), Coastal Carolina (1-1), Florida State (0-1), Long Beach State (1-0) and Texas A&M (0-1).
- Finished the regular season ranked 16th in the Mid-Major Top 25.
- Krista Menke was named Summit League Pitcher of the Year as well as Freshman of the Year. Menke brings a 24-11 record to Tucson with a 2.08 ERA and 199 strikeouts in 238.2 innings pitched.
- Fourth time in six seasons and 10th overall that Hawai'i has made the NCAA Softball Tournament. Hawai'i returns to Tucson for NCAA play for the third time (1998 and 2001).
- Won the Western Athletic Conference regular season crown for the fourth time in school history after posting a 17-3 conference record.
- Holds the best regular season record in program history after going 43-5 in 2012.
- Is 5-16 against the field including 5-3 against Notre Dame and 0-13 against Arizona. Should Hawai'i and North Dakota State meet, it will be the first ever matchup between the two.
Notre Dame:
- Winners of 17 of its last 18 as well as 30 of its final 36.
- Making its 14th consecutive and 17th overall appearance in the NCAA Championship. The Fighting Irish is 24-32 (.429) in its previous 16 trips and has made the final day of the regional six times.
- Hurler Laura Winter was named BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year after going 27-9 with a 1.88 ERA. Winter struck out 266 opponents in 238 innings of work.
- Carries a 4-13 record against the field, including a 3-5 mark against Hawai'i, 0-7 distinction against Arizona and a 1-1 record against North Dakota State.
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WEEK 16 NOTES (May 18-20): NCAA REGIONAL // Tucson
TUCSON REGIONAL ON ESPNU: All games in the Tucson Regional will be broadcast by ESPNU this weekend with talent Pam Ward and Michele Smith. Arizona's regional is just one of three regions being broadcast by ESPN family of networks (Louisville and College Station). All games will be simulcast by ESPN3.com, available on your computer anywhere there is an internet connection.
THIS WEEK: Arizona returns to NCAA action for the 26th consecutive season and NCAA action returns to Tucson for the 17th time. The Wildcats, who are 148-43 all-time in the NCAA Championship, are 75-6 in regional play and have not lost a regional game since Super Regionals were implemented, bumping the regional round down to four teams in 2005. UA will look to advance to Super Regionals for the eighth straight season and to the Women's College World Series for the 23rd time in 25 years. The Cats are 12-5 in Super Regionals and 61-32 in WCWS games all-time, including eight national championships. Arizona, the bracket's 13 seed, welcomes Hawai'i, Notre Dame and North Dakota State. According to the NFCA, who ranks Arizona 17th and Hawai'i 13th, the Wildcats are underdogs in their own region.
North Dakota State: The Bison (37-20, 18-6 Summit League) are unranked by both the NFCA and USA Softball. NDSU won the Summit League Tournament Championship by defeating IPFW to clinch an auto-berth into the NCAA Championship. It is the Bison's fourth-consecutive Summit League Softball League Softball Tournament Championship. NDSU is a well-balanced team with nine Bison contributing double-digit RBI. In the circlie, the Bison's 2.16 ERA is 36th in the country. North Dakota State is led offensively by Taylor Mortensen (.308 avg, 8 HR, 9 2B, 4 3B, 33 RBI) and Katie Tamayo (.296 avg, 16 2B, 29 RBI, 3 HR). The two main contributors in the cicle, Whitney Johnson and Krista Menke, both have ERA hovering around two. Menke, the team's ace, was named Summit League's Freshman of the Year and Pitcher of the Year. The Wildcats are 4-0 all-time against the Bison. Arizona and North Dakota State last met on Feb. 13, 2010 when UA defeated NDSU 6-0 at the Kajikawa Classic.
Hawai'i: The Rainbow Wahine (44-7, 17-3 Western Athletic Conference) are ranked 13th by the NFCA and 16th by USA Softball. UH won the regular season WAC Championship, but fell to Fresno State in the WAC Tournament. The Rainbow Wahine boast one of the nation's top ERA and couple that with a powerful offense. Hawai'i is fifth nationally with a 1.32 ERA and sixth in the country with 1.43 homers per game. Hawai'i is one of only four teams to hand top-seeded California a loss on the season, along with Arizona. Its nine regular players all have more than 18 RBI and four home runs. UH is led offensively by Jessica Iwata (.403 avg, 14 HR, 57 RBI, 9 2B) and Leisha Li'ili'i (.326 avg, 9 HR, 37 RBI, 7 2B) and in the circle by Stephanie Ricketts (28-4, 1.24 ERA, 221 Ks, 214.1 IP) and Kaia Parnaby (16-3, 1.45 ERA, 123 Ks, 120.2 IP). Arizona has won all 13 meetings in the two programs' history. The Cats and the Wahine last met in 2010 in the Women's College World Series when Arizona eliminated Hawai'i with a 5-1 victory.
Notre Dame: The Fighting Irish (38-14, 16-3 BIG EAST) is unranked by both the NFCA and USA Softball. UND fell to Louisville in the BIG EAST Tournament championship game, 4-3 in extra innings, stopping a streak of 17 straight victories for the Fighting Irish. Eight of Notre Dame's 14 losses this season came at a neutral site. Notre Dame is the only team in the field to have above a .300 average; at .305, Notre Dame is 26th in the country. The Fighting Irish is led at the plate by Amy Buntin (.372 avg, 11 HR, 59 RBI, 8 2B) and Dani Miller (.340 avg, 16 HR, 56 RBI, 9 2B). In the circle, Notre Dame is paced by BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year Laura Winter (27-9, 1.88 ERA, 266 Ks, 238.0 IP). Arizona holds a 7-0 all-time advantage over Notre Dame. The Cats downed the Fighting Irish 10-1 in five innings the last time the two met, March 14, 2009 at the Judi Garman Classic.
HEAD COACH Mike Candrea: Arizona head coach Mike Candrea is in his 27th year at the helm of the Arizona softball program with a career record of 1,307-294-2 (.816). A winner of eight national championships (1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006, 2007), Arizona has made 22 trips to the Women's College World Series under his guidance, missing just twice in the last 24 years (2004, 2011). In 2012, Candrea became the sport's fastest ever, and second all-time, to reach 1,300 wins. Under Candrea, Arizona has a spectacular postseason record of 148-43. An even 50 All-Americans with a staggering 90 total citations have played in the program since Candrea took over.
THE RANKINGS: Arizona remained 17th in the USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll and improved to 15th in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25. The Wildcats started the season ranked eighth in both polls (its highest ranking of the season) and finished 2011 ranked 11th in both.
RECENT RESULTS: The Wildcats ended the regular season on a good note when they took 2-of-3 from Oregon State in Tucson. The Pac-12 series win was its first in four tries. Despite being held scoreless for a 12 inning stretch during the series, the Wildcats still managed to outscore Oregon State 15-9, helped out by five long balls (Brigette Del Ponte - 2, Lini Koria - 1, Kristen Arriola - 1, Jessica Spigner - 1). Arizona sandwiched a 4-0 loss between a 12-4 six-innin win in game one and a 3-1, walkoff win in the regular-season finale. Karissa Buchanan batted .800 with three stolen bases and an RBI in the series and was rewarded with her first-career Pac-12 Player of the Week recognition.
Thursday, May 10: Offense Awakens in 12-4, Six Inning Win over OSU - No. 17 Arizona Softball hit three homers and scored eight times in the fourth inning to come from behind and help mercy Oregon State, 12-4 in six innings in the first game of senior weekend at Hillenbrand Stadium.
Chelsea Suitos' walk-off double in the sixth inning was the final of 15 Arizona hits, its most all season and most since a 16-hit outing against San Jose State on March 19, 2011.
Friday, May 11: Softball Blanked by Oregon State, 4-0 - No. 17 Arizona Softball was shut out for just the fourth time all season by Oregon State as Arizona's offense managed just four hits against the Beavers in front of the largest crowd at Hillenbrand Stadium all season, 2,680.
After compiling a season-high 15 hits against Oregon State on Thursday, the Wildcats offense went cold and did not score for the fourth time all season on just four hits, their third-fewest on the year.
Saturday, May 12: Cats Walk Off with Senior Day Victory - No. 17 Arizona Softball (35-17, 12-12 Pac-12) came up with a dramatic victory on an emotional senior day when Brigette Del Ponte sent seniors Kristen Arriola, Nicole Bryan, Karissa Buchanan, Lini Koria and Jessica Spigner home with a senior day to remember when she hit a walkoff, two-run homer to beat Oregon State (34-21, 9-12 Pac-12), 3-1 in the final regular season game of the season.
Arizona trailed by a run with five outs remaining in the regular season when Spigner, hitless in her last 15 at-bats and homerless in her last 77, tied the game with a home run to left-center. The home run ended 12.1 consecutive scoreless innings hurled by OSU's Marina Demore, dating back to her Friday night complete-game shutout.
RECENT RESULTS AT THE NCAA REGIONAL: The Wildcats swept through the 2011 NCAA Regional by outscoring Harvard, New Mexico State and Texas Tech by a combined total of 28-2. The Cats run-ruled Harvard 10-0 in the regional-opener, downed New Mexico State 8-0 and mercied Texas Tech 10-2 in the regional championship.
May 20, 2011: Chambers' 86th Highlights UA's First-Round Win - Lini Koria's sixth-inning walk-off grand slam finished off Harvard, concluding Arizona's 10-0 route of the Ivy League champions in front of a packed house in the opening round of the NCAA Championship.
In the fifth inning, Stacie Chambers became Arizona's career home run leader, rocketing a home run to the scoreboard in right field, her 86th career jack. The amendment in the Wildcat record book will lift her over Leah Braatz and Laura Espinoza, who each hit 85 homers in their storied careers.
May 21, 2011: Cats Advance to Regional Championship - Eighth-seeded Arizona shutout New Mexico State as 8-0 to advance to the regional championship game Sunday. Arizona will meet Texas Tech, winner late Saturday against NM State in the second elimination game.
Kenzie Fowler dealt a season-high 15 Ks while getting plenty of run-support in her complete-game shutout. Fowler flirted with danger all night, getting out of bases-loaded jams twice and leaving 12 Aggie runners on base. Fowler gave up eight hits and three walks.
May 22, 2011: Softball Punches Ticket to Supers - Arizona advanced to Super Regionals with a 10-2 win over Texas Tech. Arizona needed just six innings to beat the Red Raiders, who would have needed to beat Arizona twice Sunday to win the region.
The Cats' offense Sunday was fueled by Lini Koria, who kick-started the Cats' bats with a home run in the second inning, Arizona's first hit of the game. Koria went 3-for-3 with three RBI at-bats, missing just the triple for the cycle. Karissa Buchanan chipped in a 3-for-3 performance of her own while driving in two runs and scoring two more.
RECENT RESULTS VS. NORTH DAKOTA STATE: Arizona and North Dakota State last met in the fourth game of the season for Arizona during the 2010 campaign at the Kajikawa Classic at Farrington Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. The Cats won the game, 6-0 behind Sarah Akamine's gem.
Feb. 13, 2010: Cats Victors over Bison, 6-0
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Brigette Del Ponte knocked in four runs and Sarah Akamine shut down the North Dakota State offense in a 6-0 Arizona win over the Bison at Farrington Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The freshman Del Ponte had a bases-clearing double in the fifth after knocking in Baillie Kirker on a sacrifice fly in the fourth.
Lini Koria and Stacie Chambers tallied the other RBI in a five-run fifth.
Sarah Akamine (2-0) limited the Bison to four hits and issued one walk in the complete game.
Whitney Johnson, five weeks removed from graduating high school, held her own in the NDSU (3-1) circle but was chased after 4.2 innings. She scattered four hits and struck out six, but issued eight walks and fell to 1-1 on the season. Randi Parks tossed two-and-a-third innings of one hit ball.
The game was scoreless until the fourth inning, when three walks paved the way for Del Ponte's sac fly with one out to give Arizona (4-0) a 1-0 lead.
Brittany Lastrapes, Lauren Schutzler and K'Lee Arredondo each tallied a hit in the fifth to load the bases before Del Ponte's two-out double.
RECENT RESULTS VS. HAWAI'I: In an elimination game in the 2010 Women's College World Series, Kenzie Fowler led Arizona past Hawai'i en route to the Wildcats' national championship series appearance. The Cats ended Hawai'i's season with a 5-1 victory.
June 5, 2010: Cats Down Hawai'i, 5-1
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -- Kenzie Fowler threw a two-hitter and Brittany Lastrapes had a three-hit game as the 10-seed Wildcats eliminated upstart Hawai'i, 5-1, Saturday evening to advance to the semifinals of the Women's College World Series.
In front of a WCWS single-session record 9,080 single session record in attendance, Fowler picked up her second win of the day and upped her season record to 36-7 with a 13-strikeout performance.
Arizona (50-12) will play Tennessee at 2:30 p.m. CT (12:30 p.m. Tucson time) Sunday, needing to win twice to advance to the WCWS finals.
UA got things started early. Brittany Lastrapes took the first pitch back to pitcher Stephanie Ricketts for a bunt single and Lauren Schutzler sacrificed her over. K'Lee Arredondo followed with a bunt, but the throw from Ricketts went past first baseman Amanda Tauali'i and allowed Lastrapes to score. Two Ricketts strikeouts ended the inning with UA up 1-0.
UH (50-16) answered back with a solo home run by Traci Yoshikawa in the third, knotting the score.
But Arizona responded in their half of the frame. Buchanan led off with a single, then Lastrapes moved her to third with a single of her own. After a groundout, Arredondo doubled to left, plating Buchanan. Chambers followed up with a sac fly to score Lastrapes and open up a 3-1 lead.
The Cats tacked two more on in the fourth, all with two outs. Karissa Buchanan singled after Kristen Arriola drew a walk earlier in the inning, then Lastrapes singled to right but Arriola was held up at third. Schutzler hit a rocket grounder to second that Yoshikawa mishandled, allowing Arriola and Lastrapes to score unearned runs and boost UA to a 5-1 lead after four complete.
From then on, Fowler allowed just four base runners and struck out eight - including retiring the side on strikeouts in the sixth - to hold the potent Wahine offense at bay.
Ricketts (30-10) allowed five runs on seven hits in 3.2 innings. Kaia Parnaby pitched two-and-a-third innings of shutout ball, walking one and striking out five.
RECENT RESULTS VS. NOTRE DAME: Arizona and Notre Dame have met six times in program history, with Arizona taking all six contests. The two teams last met in 2009 at the Judi Garman Classic when Arizona made quick work of the Fighting Irish in a 10-1, five inning affair.
March 19, 2009: Long Ball Leads Cats to Win
FULLERTON, Calif. -- Four home runs paved the way for No. 12 Arizona's 10-1 five-inning victory over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, earning them a split in their second day at the Judi Garman Classic on Saturday afternoon.
Stacie Chambers went 2-2 at the dish, slamming two homers and drawing two walks. Victoria Kemp and Sam Banister accounted for the other UA blasts.
Jennifer Martinez (3-0) went the full five innings for the win, allowing one earned run, a walk, and striking out two. The Irish scattered five hits off of the senior.
Jody Valdivia (2-5) was given the hook after 2.1 innings, allowing five earned runs on five hits. Brittney Bargar gave up the other five - all unearned.
Brittany Lastrapes led off the game with a single up the middle. After Kristen Arriola walked and Jenae Leles struck out, Chambers took the third pitch she saw over the right centerfield fence to open up a 3-0 margin.
In the Notre Dame (8-9) half, Heather Johnson laced a two-out double off the centerfield wall to score leadoff hitter Sadie Pitzenberger, who got on with a base hit. The RBI knock put the Irish on the board, 3-1.
Kemp led off the second with her second jack of the year, after changing bats midway through her turn at the dish. The towering blast to right centerfield gave Arizona the three-run cushion it had established the inning earlier, 4-1.
Chambers blasted another one to lead off the UA (26-6) third. It was her 19th homer and 66th RBI of the year. After Valdivia issued a walk to Lini Koria, she was given the hook in favor of Bargar, who induced a flyout and groundout to end the half with Arizona up 5-1.
Her next time up, Chambers was intentionally walked to load the bases with two outs after a base hit and an error. After a wild pitch scored Arriola, Banister made the Irish pay for the IBB with her sixth home run of the season to left center - a three-run shot that widened the margin to 9-1. Laine Roth added an RBI single to cap the scoring.
Arizona loaded them up again with two outs in the fifth when Chambers walked for the second time, but Banister grounded out to end the threat.
NEXT WEEK: The winner of the Tucson Regional moves to the Super Regional round where it will meet the winner of the Norman Regional. Should the top seeds hold, Arizona will meet Oklahoma for the second straight season in the Super Regionals, this time in Norman.
STARING AT THE STATS: Arizona has 17 regular-season losses, tied for the most losses in Mike Candrea's tenure. The 1989 team (48-19) also lost 17 regular-season contests ... The Cats have won at least 40 games a year since 1986 (27-13-1, Candrea's first year, and have some work to do to keep it going ... UA pitchers appear destined to give up 200 walks for only the second time after the program-high 234 a year ago. They hit the 300-strikeouts plateau for the 15th consecutive year in Westwood. There was an 11-year string of 400+ Ks (1998-2008) including seven years above 500 and three above 600 ... Lini Koria has drawn 119 bases on balls in her career, putting her sixth on the Arizona all-time list. Jenae Leles (2006-09) is No. 5 with 132 ... Koria's 61 home runs are No. 5 on the Arizona chart behind sluggers Stacie Chambers (87), Laura Espinoza and Leah Braatz (85 each) and Jenny Dalton (76) ... Brigette Del Ponte, in just three years, is one shy of the Arizona top 10 for career doubles. She has 45 and Kristie Fox is No. 10 with 46 ...
FREE BASES: Arizona has struggled all season by allowing free bases to the opposition, with bases on balls being the most frequent reason. Here's a breakdown of Arizona's final nine games of the regular season:
4/27-5/6 (6 games): 50 free bases (35 BB, 5 HBP, 10 E)
5/10-5/12 (3 games): 8 free bases (3 BB, 3 HBP, 2 E)
Karissa Buchanan: Was named Pac-12 Player of the Week after going 8-for-10 (.800) with three stolen bases and an RBI in her final regular season series of her career against Oregon State. After an underwhelming start to the season, Buchanan has come on strong. The senior has had a hit in 12 of Arizona's last 15 games and is batting .463 in that span. The game prior to the beginning of the 15-game stretch, Buchanan's average bottomed out at .242 on April 10.
Shelby Pendley: Has 18 home runs on the season, but is homerless in her last five games. The figure is already good for t19th on Arizona's all-time list. Pendley needs four more to break the freshman homer record, set by Brigette Del Ponte (21) in 2010.
Brigette Del Ponte: Hit a pair of home runs against Oregon State, including a walkoff, two-run blast in game three. Del Ponte's extra-base power has helped her to 29 extra base hits (14 2B, 1 3B, 14 HR) while she has hit just 21 singles on the season. For her career, Del Ponte has 98 XBH (45 2B, 1 3B, 52 HR) and only 73 singles. Just a junior, Del Ponte is already on the career top-10 list in home runs with 50. Additionally, Del Ponte, who set the single-season record with 23 doubles in 2011, is one shy of breaking the top-10 in two-baggers as well.
LEARNING QUICKLY: Arizona has four freshmen in its starting lineup and all four have been imperative to the Wildcats' offensive success. First-year players Hallie Wilson (.355) and Shelby Pendley (.346) lead the team in batting average. Chelsea Suitos' .317 mark and Chelsea Goodacre's .260 average aren't too shabby either. The last time a freshman led Arizona in batting average was in 2008 when Brittany Lastrapes paced the Cats at .364.
MAKING THE PLAYS: The Wildcats boast a fielding percentage of .978, which would be tied for third best in school history if kept up. Only two other clubs fielded better than the current Cats for a whole season: the 2001 National Champions (.981) and the 1995 squad (.979). That said, the Wildcats have had trouble on that side of the ball recently. The Cats have committed 12 errors in the past nine games. That is more than half of the total errors Arizona had in the previous 43 games (19). Still, UA has committed only 31 total errors on the season, which is on track to beat the 2001 program-low of 34 errors committed.
SUCCESSFUL SWIPES: Arizona has collected 50 stolen bases on 54 attempts this season, a 93% success rate. The 50 swipes are already more than the last four seasons when the Cats stole 37 bases in 2011, 36 in 2010, 29 in 2009 and 43 in 2008. Fifty will not touch the school record of 136 set in 1998, but still a high number in the current context. The only four caught-stealings has the potential to set a Wildcat record for fewest CS's. The 2009 (29-for-36) and 1986 (11-for-18) squads were each caught seven times. The four runners caught stealing are best in the conference. No Wildcat has been caught more than once on the year. Karissa Buchanan (19-for-19) leads the team and is tied for third in the conference.
HEATING UP: In the last five weeks of the season, Arizona has averaged nine hits per game, including seven double-digit hit games. This came on the heels of a March lull when Arizona went 16 games without cracking double-digit hits and averaged 6.5 hits per game.


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Brandon Lee was born in Oakland, California on February 1, 1965 at the tail end of the year of the Dragon.
As a child he lived in Oakland, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong, finally settling back in the Los Angeles area after the death of his father, Bruce Lee. At the age of 18, Brandon left L.A. to attend Emerson College in Boston, but he soon retruned to Los Angeles to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming an actor. Brandon acted in plays, television and film. His most notable roles were in Rapid Fire and the Crow. In 1993 durin ghte filming of The Crow, Brandon was killed onset by a blank fired from a jammed prop gun. His death has prompted changes in safety standards on film sets to this day. He was survived by his fiance, Eliza Hutton. to this day, Brandon is remembered as a dynamic, charismatic and talented man who touched the lives of many through his work and his relationships.
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I would like to have a VirtualBox virtual machine that can't get online. I want to be able to monitor all network traffic attempts from the Linux host.
So, if the virtual machine attempts to make a SYN out to a random IP (that it can't route to) the Linux host will be able to see this traffic with tcpdump running. I believe I will need to setup some type of forwarding rules with IPtables.
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What are you reading?
What's on the night table? Or perhaps your Kindle/Nook ?
Lara McLaughlin 14 December 2011 - 6:12pm
Just closed Don DeLillo's Underworld. It cannot be called a novel; it is more of an event. I will have to check myself into rehab now.
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Bobbi Lurie 15 December 2011 - 12:22pm
This is my first post here. I'm not sure if I am doing this correctly. What am I reading? I am about to open Milan Kundera's "Immortality"--it's been years since I've read it. I want to see what my impression is now. When i read it last, I felt it was my least favorite of the books of his I had read. We shall see...
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Brian McFarland 15 December 2011 - 1:03pm
Welcome Bobbi! I love Milan Kundera. I also enjoy reading my favorite books every 2-3 years for just the reason you stated. It's fun to track your impressions and how some things remain the same and other things either attract your attention anew or you wonder why you always overlooked them before. Thanks for the post. There is a new What are you reading on the main page, if you do not mind, please respost this great book there. http://redlemona.de/ted-stephenson/what-are-you-reading
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A Wake in the Wind by J. California Cooper, and Poet's & Writer's Jan/Feb. 2012 issue.
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A Wake in the Wind by J. California Cooper, and Poet's & Writer's Jan/Feb. 2012 issue.
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Stories for Nighttime and Some for The Day by Ben Loory
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"North Towards Home." At least, it's on the table. I have this obsessive notion: "Of course, because I moved from MS to TX to NY that I HAVE to read a book by another southern writer who lived in those three states, in that order." I haven't gotten beyond the second chapter. Lately, I've been more successful at turning the pages of "In Persuasion Nation" by George Saunders.
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Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, May 6, 2009 – Sonoma County Vintners, the association of Sonoma County wineries promoting the region's diversity and quality, is headed to Austin May 18-21 for a series of wine seminars and tastings for Austin trade and consumers. The "Sonoma in the City: Austin" tour is also being sponsored by the Sonoma County Winegrape Commission and the Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance.
"We chose to come to Austin because as a city it is a good match for the wines of Sonoma County," explained SCV Executive Director Honore Comfort. "Austin has a vibrant restaurant scene and a central location. We think it's a great place to share Sonoma County's artisanal, food-friendly, high quality wines.."
In celebration of so many Sonoma wineries arriving in town, several Austin retailers are hosting events with Sonoma County Vintners member wineries during the week:
Sonoma County Vintners is the leading voice of Sonoma County wine, dedicated to raising awareness of Sonoma County as one of the world's premier wine regions, noted for its artisanal passion, diversity and distinctiveness, and quality. Through innovative, collaborative, and informative marketing programs, SCV increases awareness and improves the quality image of Sonoma County wines and member wineries. Founded in 1944, SCV represents more than 170 wineries of all sizes throughout the county. For more information about Sonoma County Vintners and its member wineries, visit www.sonomawine.com.


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Therapist Training brought Kelly Wilson and Robyn Walser to Australia to conduct the first ACT trainings here. Since then there have been more Australian workshops teaching Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) than any other approach to therapy. Of concern to us has been feedback from many people we have met whilst presenting other workshops around the country that in many cases ACT has been presented in an excessively "evangelical" manner. ACT is not the be all and end all of therapy, indeed it's developers caution against seeing it as such. We must not forget that much good therapy was done before ACT came along. You don't have to abandon that base when you do ACT, you can build on it. It's about promoting therapist flexibility, not therapist rigidity.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT said as a word) is one of the so-called Third Wave Behaviour Therapies, along with Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and others. ACT is unique amongst these developments because it is the direct clinical application of a solid theoretical foundation that has considerable empirical and experimental support.
David Barlow, famous for his work on anxiety, and developing the scientist-practitioner model, writes of ACT:
Once in a while, there is a unique contribution to psychotherapy. Even more rare is the grounding of that contribution in sound philosophy, on the one hand, and firm data on the other. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy represents such an effort. In a truly creative leap forward, the authors present a new approach to behaviour change that is must for everyone in the field of psychotherapy .. Challenging the assumptions and methods of cognitive therapy, this is amongst the most significant new approaches to behaviour change of the past three decades.
ACT uses metaphor, paradox, mindfulness, acceptance skills and experiential exercises to undermine the power of destructive cognitive, emotive and behavioural processes. It helps clients create a rich, full and meaningful life, to take action guided by their deepest values, and to free themselves from the grip of self-limiting thoughts, painful memories, negative emotions and painful bodily experiences.
Pre-workshop preparation
ACT is one of the so called "Third Wave" behavioural therapies. A 2006 paper by Hayes et al. summarises the ACT model, processess and outcomes of ACT. We will expand these themes throughout the workshop. Read this paper thoroughly.
Experiential Avoidance is a key concept in ACT. It refers to the normal human tendency to try to avoid or control unwelcome internal experiences such as distressing memories, images, limiting or negative thoughts, distressing emotions, body sensations, etc. Such attempts may meet with short term success (e.g., drinking, distractions, dissociation, behavioural, cognitive and emotional avoidance) but such 'solutions' often magnify problems in the longer term. You should read this paper, a citation classic in the field, before attending the workshop: Hayes, Wilson, et al. on Experiential Avoidance
Optional reading:
The Contextual Psychology website is the key repository for information on ACT. Take some time to explore this site. You can join the Association for Contextual Behavioural Science for a nominal amount, and get access to a huge range of resources.
A study which demonstrates the power of ACT describes a brief (4 hour) intervention which reduced subsequent re-hospitalisation of psychotic patients rates by 50%. To read this paper in full, see Bach & Hayes (2002) (PDF, 11 pages).
Another study is that of Dahl, Wilson & Nilsson (Behavior Therapy, 2004) who compared a brief (4 x 1 hour) ACT treatment with a conventional multi-disciplinary treatment for nurses at risk of going on long term sick leave due to work related injury. Mean number for sick days taken in the 6 month period post-intervention was 0.5 for the ACT group, 56 for the treatment as usual group. That is not a typo error, it really was 0.5 vs 56.


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kirkstikesback wrote:you beat me to it nik, i was actually going to make one of these also ( a realistic version of kirk using the same life cast you have) i believe we got it off the same person actually...
but anyways i am still going to make it sometime soon but i just wanted to say that it looks awesome man!!!!
by the way i have been waiting for you to come and visit here in Toronto, is that happening anytime soon?
are you still in Montreal?
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We've been a gluten-free family for 4 years now, but to be honest, it's hard to remember what life was like before we changed our eating habits. I am so grateful for the road we've been travelling – even when it was bumpy and I didn't know where our next turn would take us.
We're all so much healthier and happier. My family and I don't miss out on a thing this time of year, or any other time of year, for that matter.
Here are some tips I've learned over the years that will help you and your kids enjoy your Christmas holidays, no matter where you are on your gluten-free journey.
7 Tips for Enjoying a Kid-Friendly Gluten-Free Christmas
1. Ask your kids what goodies they want to eat this Christmas. Then bring them into the kitchen with you and have them help you bake – that's my favorite part of the holiday season. It's messy and it requires patience, but it's so much fun.
2. Find two or three recipes that your kids love (see below for some kid-friendly recipe ideas) and freeze some for parties or impromptu get-togethers. I have a go-to gingerbread cupcake recipe, a gingerbread cookie recipe, and a kid-friendly truffle recipe that I make sure to always have on hand.
3. Come prepared to holiday parties with your own food. We always travel with a small bag of food, just in case we need it. I also offer to bring something so that I know there will be food there that my family will be able to enjoy.
4. Feed your kiddies (and yourself) before you go to holiday parties. If it's a dinner party, make sure you have a really good lunch and a healthy snack before going.
5. Remind your kiddies, depending on their ages, to check with you if they're unsure about a food they want to eat. The last thing you want is your kiddo to get sick at Christmastime. Don't rely on other adults to help your kids; even well intentioned adults might unknowingly give your little one a gluten-filled shortbread or candy.
6. If your child is going to a holiday party on their own, call the parents ahead of time to see what's on the menu. This way you can make sure your son or daughter will be safe, and you can send a gluten-free pizza if everyone else will be having pizza. You could also offer to send your child with some treats for everyone.
7. Make your own homemade gluten-free gifts for family and friends and be sure to have your kiddos help out! This is a great way to show everyone how delicious and easy it is to bake gluten-free.
Raising gluten-free kids doesn't have to be hard. Don't fret over the food your child can't eat this holiday season, try considering all of the food your child CAN eat.
Kid-Friendly Gluten-Free Christmas recipes:
Gingerbread Men – Everybody needs a gingerbread cookie recipe. We also use this recipe to make our gingerbread house.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffle – Finding dairy-free and gluten-free truffles can be difficult so I improvised and came up with a delicious and kid-friendly recipe. It's super easy and the kids can help along the way.
Shortbread Cookies – When I think of Christmas, I think of shortbread cookies! I'm still perfecting my gluten-free, egg-free, and dairy-free shortbread recipe, but in the meantime, check out this one from Cook It Allergy Free
Peppermint Fudge Bites – Who doesn't love fudge at Christmas? These easy bites are kid-friendly to make and to eat!
Sugar Cookies – My kids love using cookie cutters when they're baking with me. This recipe is an allergy-friendly lifesaver and includes a frosting recipe that won't spike your blood sugar!
Shortbread Cookie Chocolate Bark – This recipe looks delicious and easy, I think my kids would love it and I know I would!
Want more cookie recipes? Check out Hallie Klecker's book Super Healthy Cookies: 50 Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Recipes for Delicious & Nutritious Treats. Or for more kid-friendly recipes check out Lexie's new book Everyday Classics: Essential Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free and Egg-Free Recipes.


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Johannah writes: "I am a regular reader but have never turned to you for help until now. I recently decided to start going through everything in my closet to see if I can actually wear everything or if I can get rid of anything. I came across a pair of floral Doc Marten boots (see attached) I bought at the end of high school or beginning of college that I wore a few times but never really knew how to handle. I am hoping that you can either A) tell me to ditch them because they are horrible or B) help me style them now in my late 20s. I would say I tend towards girly styles like Zooey Deschanel but I would not limit myself to that. I have 2 older brothers and like to mix some tomboyish items with my girlier items. I love being comfortable and running around with my husband, friends and dogs. While I am a young professional I still have a limited budget so if I could make an outfit around the boots for about $100 that would be amazing but I would be willing to consider some splurge items if they are good quality. I love gem tones, black and gray. I also think that it's worth noting that I have short curly hair."
Johannah, it's Mitchy, and this request really spoke to me. On top of relating to pretty much everything in your description of yourself, I too had some red Doc Martens in high school that I was not quite cool enough for yet. Unfortunately, they're no longer with me, but I can live vicariously through your request.
I'm sure some of our readers would claim these shoes are horrible, but if there's ever going to be a time to rock these it's right now. Combat boots are in, and so is the oxblood color, so it shouldn't be too hard to find stuff to match. Your Personal Shopper comes with two disclaimers though: one, please ditch the ribbon laces for thin black ones, and two, you'll probably want to hold off on putting these outfits into rotation until fall or winter - they're a little moody for summer.
That said, I think these boots would be great with an LBD, but it'd be boring to show you a bunch of those. Instead, try a burgundy A-line dress like the 1. Feeding the Doves Dress in Berry ($70) with a 2. basic cardigan ($29). Red and black can get gothy pretty quick, so keep the jewelry lightweight with something like these 3. textured bangles from Target ($15). I thought about a bag in a contrasting color, but those boots have a lot of look already, so I'd actually keep the purse simple with something like this 4. R&J Skyler Clutch ($48).
For a more casual, tomboy look that's still professional, try this 5. Tiered Ruffle Cotton Cami ($40). An 6. oversized grey cardigan ($35) and an 7. ivory crossbody ($49) will contrast well with a 8. pair of skinny black jeans ($80, but you might/should have these in your closet anyway).
Your particular pair of Doc Martens are hard to duplicate, but if readers are looking to recreate these outfits, I've included a pair of cherry red boots ($140).
I hope I've helped you breathe some life back into your boots, but if you're still not so confident about them, I'd suggest putting them on Etsy.
Frustrated in your search for that perfect leather handbag, red stiletto pump, or whatever makes your heart go thump in the night? Click here to check out our requests for you, the reader, and to contact us, and we might do the shopping work for you in a future Personal Shopper feature!
Mitchy here: I'd be happy to never put on another pair of pants. What this means for you is that I love all kinds of dress shopping - especially cute patterned dresses and party dresses. I also love colorful apparel and jewelry as well as vintage-styled home decor. Other things I don't usually put on resumes: expert cat wrangler, road tripper, and connoisseur of bad movies.
If you like the boots and they're in good shape, but you're unthrilled with the floral - there's always black shoe polish or leather dye.
You can also paint them! Sure, it won't last forever...but it does last quite a while with the right prep work and paint! I painted mine in high school when I grew tired of the color, and it lasted a couple years.
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Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians
Cuber, Ronnie
Cuber, Ronnie, baritone sax; also soprano sax, flute, bass clarinet; b. Brooklyn, NY, 25 December 1941. His many performance and recording credits includes stints with George Benson, Lionel Hampton, Maynard Ferguson, King Curtis, Eddie Palmieri, Dr. John, Steely Dan, etc as well as 13 CDs as a leader. He is a much in-demand studio musician and can be heard on numerous TV jingles and commercials. Throughout his eclectic history, Cuber has been honing a style that has given him a unique, identifiable sound, including an unusual facility in the upper "altissmo" range. Ronnie is a clinician for the Selmer Co. Inc. and Rico Reeds and is an active member of SESAC.
While he plays traditional jazz in the style of Pepper Adams and Nick Brignola, Cuber also has led Latin sessions and appeared on dozens of pop recordings as an in-demand sideman. When he was 18, he appeared in Marshall Brown's Newport Youth Band at the Newport Jazz Festival. Three years later he was in Slide Hampton's groups and spent the 1960s working with Maynard Ferguson, George Benson, Lionel Hampton, Woody Herman and Lonnie Smith.During the next decade, Cuber performed on a slew of recordings and embraced distant ends of the woodwind family by playing flute and baritone sax on Eddie Palmieri's 1973 record, Sun Of Latin Music. While working with Lee Konitz in the late '70s, Cuber featured the clarinet and soprano sax alongside the baritone in his arsenal. In the 1980's he was a member of the Saturday Night Live Band for 5 years. The slew of pop musicians who have recruited easy-going Cuber for sessions include Chaka Kahn, Paul Simon. In 1998, Cuber played on and arranged The Three Baritone Saxophone tribute disc, Plays Mulligan, and has arranged and recorded on 6 Mingus Big Band cd's.
Cuber's new band Cubismis a mixture of original music and jazz standards with different African rhythms including more cool jazz beats of today and rhythms from Cuba, the United States and Puerto Rico, soul and blues. His new group consists of players like Johnathan Blake on drums, Kelvin Sholar on piano and Damon Wormack on bass.
Cuber Libre (1976); Eleventh Day of Aquarius (1978); N.Y. Jazz (1981); Passion Fruit (1985); Pin Point (1985); Two Brothers (1985); Live at the Blue Note (1986); Scene Is Clean (1993)
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George Benson: It's Uptown (1965), Cookbook (1966)
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After meeting in high school, Verner and Tywanek reunited at Art College and have been a powerhouse of fashion ever since, combining the former's designs with the latter's innovative textile development. Known for fine tailoring and extreme knitwear, the label has slowly built a following among people who appreciate complex design that don't stick to traditional fashion rules.
TV's latest collection, "Lucky," will be sure to set trends within style circles both Down Under and abroad. The jumbo sweaters and dresses can be set off with the ultimate accessory from the line, the Road Kill Possum scarf. Declaring it their most daring season to date, "Lucky" follows in the footsteps of animal print-loving Jackie Collins and other early TV-land divas.
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New solutions for scanning electron microscopes and Raman and FT-IR spectrometers - combined with enhanced existing solutions for 3D optical microscopes, scanning probe microscopes and profilometers - mean that Mountains® 7 is the most complete surface analysis solution in its class. Furthermore, Mountains® 7's new smart user environment makes metrology report creation faster and sleeker than ever.
Mountains® 7 comes with a completely redesigned smart user environment that makes it even quicker and easier to create a surface metrology report. Object-oriented ribbons - containing all functions relevant to the object under study - are presented automatically. All functions are accessed in a logical order thanks to the organization of all imaging, analysis and editing functions in top-down groups. Expanded graphical tooltips make all functions immediately understandable. Every analysis step is instantly recognizable thanks to the integration of clearly labeled type icons and surface data previews in the hierarchical analysis workflow. For fine-tuning on the fly, every operator is represented independently in the workflow.
To speed up analysis report creation, the visual and analytical studies that make up the body of a report have been streamlined in Mountains® 7. All metrological results are grouped in a single results manager panel where tolerances can be specified, pass/fail status is displayed automatically, and results can be exported in Excel-compatible format. Layers in multi-layer surface data files - from multi-channel 3D optical microscopes and from scanning probe microscopes – are easily identified and selected with miniature icons that provide a preview of each layer. New functions include mapping of local surface properties and the automatic removal of outliers present on surfaces measured by 3D optical microscopes.
To enable easy publication, Mountains® 7 is compatible with everyday Office tools. Documents are exported in PDF (no third party software required) or in Word-compatible RTF. Individual images and entire document pages can be exported in bitmap format in onscreen resolution (96 dpi) for presentations and in print-quality resolution (300, 600 or 1200 dpi) for posters.
Mountains® 7 includes two major additions to the Mountains® software product line. MountainsMap® SEM is a new 3D imaging and metrology product for SEM's and includes reconstruction of 3D surfaces (x, y and z in length units) from stereo pairs, anaglyphs and quads. MountainsMap® Hyperspectral is a new product for Raman and FT-IR spectrometers that makes it possible to manipulate spectra and hypercubes interactively, filter them, generate compositional density maps and visualize "flattened" hypercubes in 3D. Key MountainsMap® SEM and MountainsMap® Hyperspectral functions are also available, respectively, in the new SEM and Spectrometry optional modules for some MountainsMap® products.
Correlative studies of surface morphology and surface composition are facilitated by enhanced colocalization of images and surface data from one or more sources. For example it is possible to colocalize SEM secondary electron and back-scattered electron images and to colocalize microscope images and spectrometer density maps with 3D surface topography obtained by 3D optical microscopes, scanning probe microscopes and 3D profilometers.
"Visualizing and correlating surface data, analyzing this data and generating metrology reports are the fundamental domains that are important to our instrument manufacturer partners and end users," stated François Blateyron, COO of Digital Surf. "Mountains® 7 sets new standards in each of these domains with cutting-edge surface imaging, enhanced colocalization functionality, the broadest set of surface analysis solutions available on the market, and a new smart user environment that makes it quicker and easier than ever to create detailed and accurate metrology reports."
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Manson's all-volunteer fire department will be participating in live fire training starting this week at an acquired structure near Greens Landing in Manson.
Live Fire Training has become mandatory in the state of Washington , in order to provide firefighters with continued hands-on training, particularly live-fire training, allowing personnel an opportunity to remain educated in fire behavior as well as firefighting techniques.
Manson Fire Chief, Arnold Baker, says the home that will be used for the live fire training was made available to the fire department by Manson residents, Ed and Layne Eckberg, who recently built a new home nearby.
This particular structure, is not the typical home made of wood and siding, however, and may pose some problems during the ignition portion of the training.
Baker adds that residents will likely be impacted, simply because a structure will be on fire.
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As we are in the finishing stages of sprites, dialogues, and scripting for Beta 3, it is time for our first call for beta testers!
If you are interested in playing the game early, helping us make improvements and contributing to the game's development, please consider applying! All beta testers will have their names (or preferred internet handles) in the game's credits, too!
To make matters easier for us, we are doing it via our group on deviantArt [Click here!]. This doesn't mean you do need to do it through there, but it would be really helpful. Simply send the group a note saying that you are interested in helping us betatest, and ideally why you are interested as well, and in a few days you will be sent the download link to the latest 3.0 build. If you prefer to do it via PokeCommunity, send a PM saying the same thing.
Keep in mind that beta testing is a commitment and not simply a chance to play the game early. Beta 3 is still incomplete, and there will likely be many bugs. We are also expecting that you will give us detailed feedback to help us improve, including the precise circumstances in which you encountered any errors. Also, the game is close to 8-10 hours long, and most of the new content is at the end! So dedication is a must.
Thank you all for all of your interest and feedback! I hope those of you who have/had 2.1 are enjoyed it. When we start getting really close to the 3.0 release, we will be posting lots more screenshots, as well as bonus information on Fakemon and characters in the game, so there's lots to look forward to.
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Despite the critical and commercial disappointment of the sequel, and rumors that the studio is keen on trying a younger reboot of the franchise, actress Sarah Jessica Parker tells The Los Angeles Times that she thinks there's still "one more story to tell."
"I'd definitely tell that [third] story, and I know Michael [Patrick King, director] would do it right. But maybe not now. Maybe in five years, you know?" she says.
As for the prequel rumors? She seemed as surprised as anyone: "I was like, Wha-a-a-a-t?... I don't think we can pretend to go back. It's creating two histories. It's like, 'Oh I didn't know that about Carrie Bradshaw.'"
Parker is currently shooting the comedy "I Don't Know How She Does It".


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LG Optimus Pad Becomes Reality, Specs Detailed at MWC
Though the LG Optimus Pad debuted at CES 2011 in the form of the T-Mobile G-Slate tablet, it was only shown for a brief moment and very little was known about it. Now we have the Optimus Pad officially outed at MWC 2011, with plenty of official pictures, a press release and information abounding to satisfy us. We will have some hands-on time with the Optimus Pad very soon, so keep a close eye out for those updates.
The LG Optimus Pad should be shipping out in March, though we have not been told where.
In the meantime, let's talk details about the Optimus Pad:
- 8.9 inch display with 1280×768 WXGA resolution
- Weighs 23 oz (654g)
- NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core chipset
- 5 MP dual-lens camera for 3D pics and video
- Android 3.0 Honeycomb
- Cannot play back glasses-free 3D, though glasses can be purchased additionally
- Shipping in March
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Sean Payton toyed with the idea of taking the New Orleans Saints' training camp back to Millsaps College this summer in Jackson, Miss. Where the team fought through some brutal practices and brutal heat for three years from 2006-2008.
Instead, Payton just made sure to bring that Millsaps mentality back home to Metairie.
"This is the annex for Millsaps," joked safety Malcolm Jenkins, one of many long-time Saints who have described the atmosphere this summer as more of an "old school" or "back to basics" mentality.
It's one of the biggest changes players have noticed since Payton returned from his season-long suspension - probably No. 2 behind the dramatic makeover Payton made to the defense.
Not only was the conditioning more intense during the spring workout program and during training camp, but it's also something that's expected to continue throughout the regular season.
"We got back to old-school training camp. Practice was hard, a little longer. Conditioning after most practices. And we just had full pads today," Jenkins said Wednesday. "I think it will be good for us, though. Being mentally tough and being in great condition, that's one of those things (Payton) is big on. Then even in the weight room, continuing to lift hard throughout the week as opposed to just maintaining.
"So there's definitely been a change in mentality, and that's obviously reflecting from our head coach."
The Saints are expecting their increased mental and physical toughness to start paying dividends immediately as they head toward a dramatic Week 1 matchup against the Atlanta Falcons inside the Merecedes-Benz Superdome that is sure to be exhausting on every level.
Players said the idea behind the increased emphasis on conditioning is for the Saints to be stronger late in games and late in the season.
Although Payton spent a full year filling notebooks with ideas while watching the team from afar, he also never forgot his last game with the Saints - when they fell in the final minutes against a physical San Francisco 49ers team.
"I think us running after practice is something that's kind of unusual in the NFL," offensive tackle Zach Strief said. "I don't think there's a lot of teams that are running hundreds in in-season game weeks. Now, in college those guys run. But at the end of the day I think it goes hand-in-hand with our new emphasis - or 'Let's re-emphasize the weight room. Let's get guys squatting and cleaning and doing heavy lifting again.' Because ultimately it will keep our bodies in better shape.
"You got guys that are continuing to grow in strength here that are 27, 28 years old. And again, I don't think that's super common. So it's been good for us. I think the change has been good. And it's kept everything new. It's kind of been like a whole different offseason, like a whole different strength training regimen against us. And I think it will help us against those (physical) teams."
Of course the Saints do hope the increased physical conditioning will pay dividends on the field. Payton said the team put an emphasis on getting bigger and stronger physically - especially to fit the new 3-4 defensive front they installed.
But clearly that wasn't Payton's only motivation for mixing things up.
Payton - who underwent his own physical transformation during his hiatus through an intense CrossFit program - said, "It kind of marries to a little bit of what we're philosophically trying to do."
Payton has preached this offseason that the Saints can't just pick up where they left off after 2011.
That their problems last year when they fell to 7-9 and missed the playoffs weren't just because Payton was gone.
"More than anything, I think Coach came back and said, 'We're starting from scratch,'" offensive tackle Zach Strief said, comparing it to when Payton first arrived in 2006, and every player new and old had to prove himself.
"That's a mentality that hasn't been here for a while," Strief said. "Especially since he was gone last year, there's a number of people he needs to learn about.
"And he needs to see who still has it."
Added guard Jahri Evans: "I think a season without Coach Payton, you forget how intense he is on preparation and us getting into shape and things like that. You see it more when he's back because he brings it more to the surface."
Players have clearly embraced the back-to-basics mentality. They were just as frustrated and focused after missing the playoffs for the first time since 2008 as Payton was.
Quarterback Drew Brees talked this week about sometimes needing to find ways to "manufacture" that competitive edge after winning seasons. But clearly that hasn't been the case this year.
"Any time that you have a season where you struggle and you don't make the playoffs, and obviously there were a lot of mistakes made and the reasons why you list those games that maybe you shouldn't have lost, there's that tendency to say, 'Let's get back to the basics (and) fundamentals, and regain that confidence from the ground up as to what makes us a great team," Brees said. "So that's what it's all about."
Brees has probably been asked more than a hundred times this summer about what it's like to have Payton back. But he probably gave his best answer last week when he joked about how it's not something the team even thinks about any more.
"It's not like I'll walk out here at practice and see him and be like, 'Whoa, it's Sean Payton. He's back,'" Brees said. "(The way) him and I and a lot of us feel about it is that no time has passed and we are right back in line with Sean Payton's program."**************
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6.3″ Samsung Galaxy Note III to have Exynos 5 Octa CPU. Samsung looks to China to replace Apple orders
Samsung's chip making division wants to lower its reliance on orders from Apple. Countless times so far, Apple was rumored to slowly move away from the Korean company as one of its major suppliers of mobile device parts, probably because of the many ongoing legal spats between the two. That hasn't happened yet (at least not on a very noticeable level), but it might just be inevitable.
So Samsung wants to be sure it has customers that can step in and ensure that the Korean company's sales won't drop if the Californian fruit company finally pulls the plug on the cooperation between the two. And even if Apple stays with Samsung for the foreseeable future, it's never healthy for one of your customers to make up too much of your total sales levels.
With that in mind, Samsung top executives including Samsung Electronics CEO Kwon Oh-hyun held meetings with Chinese companies to which they want to sell more processors. The meetings happened in Las Vegas during this year's CES.
A Huawei official apparently confirmed that his company was approached by Samsung, and said that Huawei has nothing against working with Samsung if the Koreans offer "favorable conditions". A ZTE official was quoted as saying that his company needs "better chips with better pricing". That may of course indicate that ZTE is also more than willing to do business with Samsung.
Huawei and ZTE may be the big names in the Chinese smartphone space right now, but there are a few other companies that are up-and-coming and could also become Samsung customers in the near future (Yulong Coolpad and TCL quickly come to mind, but they aren't the only ones).
At the moment, Apple is estimated to make up around 80% of Samsung's logic chip division's revenue. That percentage is rumored to drop significantly over the next few years.
However, an unnamed Samsung told The Korea Times that "more smartphone releases by Chinese makers are giving a new business chance for us to offset risks stemming from Apple. We're not worrying too much".
Looks like we're about to see Exynos processors in many more devices in the near future.
Speaking of those, the recently unveiled Exynos 5 Octa, an eight-core part, will be inside the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note III when that launches later this year (almost certainly in the second half). This chipset combines four high-performance cores with four low-consumption ones to achieve what Samsung describes as the best of all worlds. Only one set of four cores can be active at the same time, though, so this isn't a 'true' octa-core CPU.
The Galaxy Note III could come with a 6.3-inch touchscreen, dwarfing the 5.5-inch unit in its predecessor, as well as the 5.3-inch display in the original Galaxy Note from 2011. It would also be a little bigger than Huawei's Ascend Mate, a positively huge device itself in this day and age, sporting a 6.1-inch screen.
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|Probable Pitcher
5:00 p.m.
|Yunesky Maya (1-8, 5.30),
Craig Stammen (9-6, 4.62) vs.
Adam Warren (6-5, 3.39),
D.J. Mitchell (9-9, 3.54)
|Won, 4-2
|Lost, 5-2
|@ Kinston,
6:30 p.m.
|Adam Olbrychowski (4-6, 4.50)
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|Won, 9-1
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|Won, 12-10;
Lost, 7-1
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Syracuse Chiefs — PPD
Rain postponed Sunday's game to today, when it will be made up with a pair of seven-inning games.
Harrisburg 4 Trenton 2
• Arnesen (W, 8-3) 7IP, 4H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 10K
• Komatsu 3-5, R, RBI, 2SB
• Harper 2-2, 2BB
A pair of two-run rallies in the first two frames combined with seven strong innings from veteran Erik Arnesen was the formula for a 4-2 Harrisburg triumph over Trenton. Arnesen struck out a season-high 10 batters while allowing just an unearned run on four hits and no walks. The other Erik, Komatsu, led the offense with a 3-for-5 night, scoring a run, driving in a run, and stealing two bases. Bryce Harper reached base four times with two hits and two walks. The win combined with a doubleheader loss by Bowie puts Harrisburg back into first place, plus a one-game lead. Archie Gilbert was returned from Potomac to replace Adam Fox on the Senators roster.
Myrtle Beach 5 Potomac 2
• Selik (L, 4-9) 3⅔ IP, 4H, 4R, 4ER, BB, 2K, HR
• Holder 2⅓ IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• Lozada 2-4, R, HR, RBI
• Soriano 1-3, R, BB, SBThe 5-2 loss makes for a 3-4 homestand that ended Sunday Afternoon In Woodbridge
Hagerstown 9 Lexington 1
• Demmin (W, 3-2) 5IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 2K
• Holt (H, 2) 2IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Keyes 4-4, RBI
• Curran 3-4, 3R, 3B, HR, 4RBI
The trio of former Doubledays combined to limit the Lexington Legends to just one run on five hits as the Suns debunked the Legends, 9-1. Ryan Demmin got the win with the lone run allowed on two hits and two walks, while Greg Holt and Colin Bates both turned in two scoreless innings. Kevin Keyes led the 14-hit assault with a perfect 4-for-4 game and an RBI, followed closely by Chris Curran's 3-for-4 effort that was a double shy of the cycle. The win was the fourth straight for Hagerstown, which finally gained a game on Kannapolis and slipped into second place, three games behind in the Sally North.
Auburn-Staten Island — CNCLD
It's rain across the state of New York, as the Auburn-Staten Island game was canceled without a scheduled makeup.
GCL Nationals 12 GCL Mets 10 — GAME ONE
• Encarnacion 3⅓ IP, 3H, 4R, 4ER, 3BB, 2K, HR
• Lee 1⅔ IP, 1H 0R, 4BB, 3K
• Karlen 4-4, R, 3B, 3RBI, BB
• E Martinez 3-5, 2R, 3B, SB
• Mozingo 3-5, 2R, 2B, RBI, BB
Good pitching and defense took the afternoon off as the GCL Nationals and GCL Mets combined for 22 runs, 25 hits, and six errors, with the G-Nats scoring a pair in the "extra" 8th inning with the aid of a wild pitch. Frank Karlen led the G-Nat offense with a 4-for-4 game, with a walk, a run scored, and three RBI. Cody Davis got the blown-save-win in his 4th GCL game of the season.
GCL Nationals 7 GCL Mets 1 — GAME TWO
• Medina (L, 0-3) 4IP, 5H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 3K
• Smith 2IP, 4H, 3R, 2ER, 0BB, 1K
• Mozingo 1-1, 2B, RBI, SF
• Difo 1-1, R
Rain shortened the second game as the G-Mets piled on four in the 5th and three in the 6th for a 7-1 win over the G-Nats. Silvio Medina took the loss with the four-spot given up over the first four innings. Offensively, the G-Mets were limited to just two hits, as Wilmer Difo singled, took third on an errant pickoff throw, and scored on Chad Mozingo's sac fly. The split leaves the G-Nats at 16-29, 1½ games ahead of the G-Astros in the "race" for fourth place in the GCL East.
DSL Nationals-DSL Giants — CNCLD
With the last week of the DSL upon us, a rainout cancelled this contest between two also-rans.
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I brought this up a week or so ago and have been following a little more closely, but Martin continues to drop his era and I don't believe he has blown a save in well over a month. He is down to .94 which to me is pretty impressive. I realize he is older but does this distinguished group see any movement for him late in the season or do you project him to move up next year? As always, thanks
So I am not a complete idiot if I start to follow Martin and actually root for him to succeed. Thanks as always for the in-depth analysis from this site. It really is a group that cares about our prospects. There is so much negativity on most of the Nationals sites, I have stopped commenting. I don't want anyone fired or dfa's I just want to follow baseball and root for my team.
Too bad sjm308. You were one of the more enjoyable posters on The Insider. I'm Jeeves on that site, although I've all but quit posting anywhere. This is the best of the lot though. The Nat's Journal's new format has totally finished me there. And Poopy, of course.
thanks Jason I really appreciate that. I think I will prefer just to read Mark and Adam and then come here to read both "sd's" as well as the comments. Like I said, this seems to be a place for actual baseball discussion.
'Beer League' Martin has a better future with the Nats than Sue thinks, at least in my opinion. No offense, Sue.
Here's the skinny ……..he's only been in organized baseball for 2 years, 3 if you count the Mexican League. He was very good last year and he has been lights out for at least a month now. His trajectory has a very upward arc to it, and he's been used in multiple innings situation a lot.
Not to mention he's someone for whom this site was made for. The Strasburg's and the Harper's don't need our help or attention, they get plenty elsewhere.
I agree! I like results, and feel if you produce you should be rewarded and promoted. Martin deserves such a chance based on his success. I hate when we promote based on "ceiling" and projections. I want results now, and if you can't prove you should be promoted on the field then you should stay where you are. There are many in AAA Syracuse that do not deserve to be there, and if you've read my posts you know exactly who they are.
I dont remeber who you said, but I dont see many guys that shouldnt be there, if any. I would love to see your take
I apologize for getting back to you a little late jeff550 but here you go. I have been very vocal about my disgust with Mock and Tatusko. I am sure my disregard for Mock is obvious, and I believe very well shared by fans of this organization. As far as Tatusko, I was very dissapointed with his showing in Harrisburg this year, and I did not feel that he deserved to be promoted after posting a 2 – 4 record, with a 5.93 ERA and a whip of 1.83 in AA. Like I stated before, I believe in results, and feel that those that produce positive results should be rewarded for them. That's why I have been an advocate of Lombardozzi, Marrero, Peacock, Arnesen, and Rafael Martin. One guy I've said little about, and was hoping he would come around, is Maya. His agent must be incredibly persuasive because I think we got hosed on this guy. What a waste of money! His 1 – 8 record and 5.30 ERA in AAA has not allowed him much opportunity in the bigs, and that is probably a good thing. Does he deserve to be in AAA with that kind of record? There are a couple of others in Syracuse that have dissapointed, but that is enough negative energy for one night. Because I believe in finishing on a postive note (although I usully do not practice this) I even like what Shairon Martis has done in H-burg. I think he is young enough to deserve another shot; after all he was rushed up to the Nationals a little too early and this might have hurt him. I still remember that great game he pitched against the Yankees!
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Orginizational guy. same as orginizational depth. Dont worry I asked the same question not that long ago


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Christa, Reid & Co. Honor the Spirits
By Alicia Mosier
Copyright 2001 Alicia Mosier
When I heard the words "Vernon Reid"
and "peanut soup" in a description of Gabri Christa's "Yeye: The Winti Project,"
I just couldn't say no. Stepping into P.S. 122 last week, the incredibly diverse
audience was greeted with steaming bowls of soup (courtesy of the Consulate General
of the Netherlands) and the vision of singer D.K. Dyson improvising with a 2-year-old
boy whose mother had brought him up to take a look at Dyson's elaborate African
costume, and that of the amazing tabla player Suphala. Reid, legendary leader
of the group Living Colour, kept a low profile at the beginning, but as the evening
went on it was his original score, a rich stew of Caribbean, rock, and jazz influences,
that drove the vigorous mood in the house.
"The Winti Project" is Christa's
exploration of her Dutch Caribbean roots. "Yeye" (the Surinamese word for spirit)
is the first part of the project, a dance-party celebration of spirits and ancestors
that's part of the Winti religion of Surinam. To the sounds of Dyson's shrieks
and moans, seven women (Christa, Alysia Ramos, Amy Lee, Chera Mack, Evann Siebens,
Jane Penn, and Nya Bowman) in Akiko Sato's orange and red costumes shared their
spirits in shuddering embraces. They began lined up on a bench with their backs
to the audience, as if gathering energy from the whole world. Christa led off
with a concentrated solo that may have been improvised; bent low to the ground,
she kicked her feet and raised one finger to the sky in a gesture of listening
and acknowledgment. The other women did slow promenades around P.S. 122's white
pillars, then organized into circles, diagonals, and parallel lines that created
an orderly backdrop for spinning tangles of duets, in which both the strength
of Christa's idea and the energy of the individual dancers emerged. The pace lingered
around these smaller, more focused dances, in which each woman came out of the
anonymous group and showed us all the desires and joys of, perhaps, the families
they left behind in another world.
"Yeye" was a very long dance, and
its composition wasn't tight enough to bring it to the joyous climax it seemed
to want to get to (and that everyone was longing for). But the spirit of the spirits
Christa wanted to honor came through strongly in those duets and in several solos,
especially that of the piquant, elegant Lee, who kissed her own hand and flapped
her hands at the sky as if eating bread from Heaven. My favorite solo, though,
was another one by Christa, which she performed while the others sat quietly at
the back of the stage. She chugged slowly around one of the columns, weighting
her body so that it looked like an elderly woman's; then, with her black hair
flying and her serene face glowing, she arched back and fell to her knees in an
orgasmic spasm, twitching for a while on her side, before rejoining the others
in flashes of arms and legs across the stage, vertiginous tumbles, and wide smiles
all around. Swift, mighty, compassionate, and backed up by Vernon Reid: isn't
that how you'd like your spirit to be someday?
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Absolute gem of an episode with clever turns of phrase and good pacing. Delightful listen!
This was really more of an episode questioning good, ethical reporting verses stories with sensationalism steeped in error. This was an extremely relevent issue in the 80s and should be today with all of the erroneous garbage on the internet. It was just a so-so episode. 3 stars.
Davy Joe