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April 12, 2012
|2012 Arizona Baseball
April 13-15 | Tucson, Ariz. | Hi Corbett Field
No. 17 UCLA Bruins (22-7, 8-4 Pac-12) @ No. 4 Arizona Wildcats (23-9, 9-3 Pac-12)
Friday, April 13 6 p.m. (MST) Hi Corbett Field UA Radio: 1290 AM
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|Saturday, April 14 6 p.m. (MST) Hi Corbett Field UA Radio: 1290 AM
RHP Nick Vander Tuig (3-2, 5.29) vs. RHP Konner Wade (4-0, 3.71)
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|Sunday, April 15 Noon (MST) Hi Corbett Field UA Radio: 1290 AM
RHP Zack Weiss (1-1, 3.58) vs. RHP James Farris (4-1, 4.29)
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|Some Series Themes
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|A pair of clubs jockeying for position atop the Pac-12 Standings as they approach the mid-point of the new 30-game league schedule ... A Wildcat club that has enjoyed success at home (18-5) in the first half of the year welcomes a Bruin squad to Hi Corbett that is unbeaten away from Jackie Robinson Stadium (7-0 road, 1-0 neutral) ... Two statistically similar teams across the board ... Friday night aces Kurt Heyer and Adam Plutko, both righties, duel in a Fox Sports Net tape-delayed telecast ... A clash of the Pac-12's top offensive lineups, which interestingly are both hitting better in league games than they are overall ... UA looks to clean up defensively, where it has committed 52 errors after 56 total a year ago ... The Bruins rank in the top half of the conference in fielding percentage (.973) compared to the Cats' 10th-ranked .951 mark ... Both sides rank in the top half of the league in stolen bases, including UA's lead-leading 49 to date ... A combined 14 regular starters from the two schools are hitting .300 or better entering the series ... UCLA's Tyler Heineman (.412) continues his chase for the league batting crown, while four Wildcats rank in the top-10 among conference players for batting average.
|Baseball America Rankings
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|Season Statistics
|2012 Media Guide
|Pac-12 Standings
|UCLA vs. Arizona Statistical Comparison
|Arizona Statistical Leaders
|22-7 (8-4 Pac-12)
|23-9 (9-3 Pac-12)
|Alex Mejia (.380)
|Mejia/Rickard (49)
|Johnny Field (34)
|Robert Refsnyder (35)
|Joey Rickard (11)
|Mejia/Refsnyder (3)
|Robert Refsnyder (.473)
|Robert Refsnyder (.568)
|Refsnyder/Field (9)
|Kurt Heyer (2.10)
|Konner Wade (60.2)
|Konner Wade (58)
|Arizona Baseball Game Notes:
Arizona Head Coach Andy Lopez: The Wildcats are coached by Andy Lopez, who is now in his 11th season with a 376-236-1 record at the school. He has guided the Wildcats to postseason competition in seven of the last nine years, including two straight NCAA regionals and highlighted by a 2004 College World Series appearance. The Wildcats have won at least 30 games in five straight years and in nine of Lopez's 10 seasons at the school. Overall, Lopez has more than 1,000 career victories, one national championship and four College World Series appearances. Lopez owns a career record of 1,063-654-7 in 30 years as a head coach, including stints at Cal State Dominguez Hills (1983-88), Pepperdine (1989-94), Florida (1995-2001) and Arizona (2002-present). Lopez led Pepperdine, Florida (twice) and Arizona to College World Series appearances. His total victories are 13th-most among active coaches and he is just one of just 45 individuals to reach 1,000 career victories.
Some Series Themes: A pair of clubs jockeying for position atop the Pac-12 Standings as they approach the mid-point of the new 30-game league schedule ... A Wildcat club that has enjoyed success at home (18-5) in the first half of the year welcomes a Bruin squad to Hi Corbett that is unbeaten away from Jackie Robinson Stadium (7-0 road, 1-0 neutral) ... Two statistically similar teams across the board ... Friday night aces Kurt Heyer and Adam Plutko, both righties, duel in a Fox Sports Net tape-delayed telecast ... A clash of the Pac-12's top offensive lineups, which interestingly are both hitting better in league games than they are overall ... UA looks to clean up defensively, where it has committed 52 errors after 56 total a year ago ... The Bruins rank in the top half of the conference in fielding percentage (.973) compared to the Cats' 10th-ranked .951 mark ... Both sides rank in the top half of the league in stolen bases, including UA's lead-leading 49 to date ... A combined 14 regular starters from the two schools are hitting .300 or better entering the series ... UCLA's Tyler Heineman (.412) continues his chase for the league batting crown, while four Wildcats rank in the top-10 among conference players for batting average.
UA-Utah Recap: Arizona continued its streak of winning weekend series by taking two-of-three from Utah in Salt Lake City in a Thursday-Saturday series before Easter Sunday ... Kurt Heyer tossed his second complete game of the year as Arizona cruised to a 11-2 series-opening victory ... The Utes evened the series in the second game, rallying for a 7-6 victory that including a bizarre eighth-inning play that saw Utah tie the game on a potential inning-ending strikeout that turned into a wild pitch followed by two errors ... UA escaped with a series victory despite surrendering a seven-run lead before prevailing 11-7 on Saturday ... The Cats hit .395 as a team with eight doubles, two triples and a homer in the series ... Johnny Field hit 8-for-13 (.615) and Riley Moore batted 7-for-13 (.538) to pace the attack ... Alex Mejia (six RBI) and Bobby Brown (seven RBI) were the run-producers ... UA pitchers combined to strikeout 23 and issue just five walks in the series ... UA's bullpen combined to throw five innings of shutout ball in the final, with Mathew Troupe earning the save with 2.1 innings and three strikeouts.
Fast Start In The Pac: Arizona enters this weekend's crucial series with a 9-3 Pac-12 record and a one-game lead over UCLA and Oregon in the conference standings. It's a welcomed change from recent seasons when the Wildcats have opened league play sluggishly before heating up in the final month of the season for respectable finishes. The Cats' 9-3 record is their best 12-game start to league play since the 2007 club also opened 9-3. Under Andy Lopez, Arizona's best 12-game start was in 2005, when the Wildcats began 10-2. To win the conference, though, UA will need a strong finish too, like the one it has in 201 when the club won nine of its last 12 played. All together, UA is 18-6 in its last 24 conference games.
Keys To Success: In 23 wins, the Wildcats are hitting .364 as a team, compared to just .245 in nine losses ... In wins, UA pitchers have struck out 180 and walked just 47, while totaling only 59 strikeouts against 42 walks ... In wins, UA's fielding percentage is .963 compared to .951 in losses ... In wins, UA has outscored foes 48-21 over the first two innings and 88-42 over the first four innings of games ... In losses, opponents have outscored UA 21-4 over the first two innings and 31-8 over the first four innings ... UA has seven home runs in games it has won, while hitting just one round-tripper in losses ... Opponents are hitting .295 in losses, while struggling to a .232 clip in Wildcat wins ... In wins, UA puts its leadoff batter on nearly half the time (92-191, .482) compared to just 37-percent of the time (30-81, .370) in losses ... In wins, UA hits .376 with runners in scoring position, while struggling at a .216 mark in losses ... UA outscores opponents 52-22 in two-out RBI in wins, but trails 21-10 in two-out RBI in losses.
Milestone Watch: Kurt Heyer is two strikeouts shy of 300 for his career, which is the most for active pitchers in Division I ... Robert Refsnyder is one hit shy of 200 for his career ... Reliever Tyler Hale is one strikeout shy of 100 for his career ... Joey Rickard and Alex Mejia are set to make their 150th career starts on Friday ... Seth Mejias-Brean has 92 career runs scored and 92 career RBI ... Johnny Field is eight hits shy of 100 for his career, while Alex Mejia is eight away from 200 ... Kurt Heyer is slated to make his 45th career start on Friday, which will tie Lance Dickson for eighth-most in school history ... Joey Rickard has played in all 150 games of his UA career, which is currently ninth-most in program history for consecutive games played. Billy Owens (1990-92) sits at No. 8 with 151.
Hot Hitters: Entering the week, Arizona led all Division I teams with a .331 batting average. Interestingly, the Wildcats are hitting even better through 12 conference games at a .342. A total of eight Wildcats are hitting .300 or better on the season (min. 50 at bats) and in Pac-12 games (min. 20 at bats). Arizona finished the 2011 season ranked third in the nation with a .320 batting average. Arizona has hit .300 or better as a team in each of the last nine seasons.
Fearsome Foursome: Juniors Alex Mejia, Seth Mejias-Brean, Robert Refsnyder and Joey Rickard have combined to make 588 starts in 597 total games played. They have missed a combined three games in their careers, with Rickard playing in all 150 games and missing only one start. It's been a very consistent a productive group that has helped guide the Wildcats to consecutive NCAA Regional appearances. Together they have accumulated 771 base hits and 440 runs scored, hitting .332 (771-2322) as a group.
Mejia Mania: An All-Pac-10 selection as a sophomore, shortstop Alex Mejia is turning in a sensational junior season. Mejia leads the club and ranks fifth in the Pac-12 with a .380 batting average entering this week. He is slugging .519 on the season, which is second on the team, and has been boosted by seven doubles, a triple and three home runs. The round-trippers tie for most on the team and are his first since his freshman season after he snapped a streak of 371 at-bats without a home run earlier this season. Mejia has developed from a steady bottom of the order hitter to a guy that now hits No. 3 in the lineup. In his career, Mejia boasts a .339 batting average, 103 runs scored, 192 hits and 105 RBI. Interestingly, Mejia has been even more efficient in conference games in his career, hitting .368 (89-242) with 40 runs and 36 RBI in 66 career league contests. Defensively, Mejia makes some spectacular plays on seemingly a daily basis, and his 105 assists are tied for most in the Pac-12. Mejia was named a second team preseason All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
SMB On a Roll: Seth Mejias-Brean is turning in his best season as a Wildcat in the first half of 2012. Mejias-Brean, who has made 143 starts at third base as a Wildcat, carries a career-best .368 batting average into this week. His 33 RBI on the season not only rank fourth among Pac-12 players, but have surpassed the 28 he collected in all of 2011. Speaking of his sophomore campaign a year ago, Mejias-Brean has continued to be one of the Wildcats most productive hitters since the end of last April. Beginning on April 30 of last year and continuing through this week, Mejias-Brean is hitting a robust .386 (71-184) with 29 runs scored and 45 RBI over the course of 51 games. He recently had a 21-game hitting streak snapped, but has still hit safely in 44 of the last 51 games dating back to 2011. In his career, Mejias-Brean is a .325 hitter with 92 runs and 92 RBI.
UA's Iron Man: Junior centerfielder Joey Rickard has played in all 150 games of his Wildcat career, including 149 starts. That's 150 straight games played for Rickard, which puts him No. 9 in school history for consecutive games played. Provided he stays healthy and in the lineup, Rickard can move into the top-five by season's end. It's an impressive feat for a guy that has been UA's table-setter at the top of the order and one asked to roam the spacious outfields at Kindall/Sancet and Hi Corbett Field in his career. He's hitting .358 this season with 11 doubles and 29 runs scored, which has improved his career average to .334. He has 47 extra base hits (30 2B, 5 3B and 12 HR), 125 runs scored and 104 RBI. He has 210 career base hits and 37 stolen bases.
Rev'd Up Ref: Junior right fielder Robert Refsnyder is turning in a strong junior campaign after being named an All-Pac-10 player a year ago. Refsnyder, who has homered in three of the last five games, is second on the club in overall batting average (.376, seventh-highest in Pac-12), while his .568 slugging percentage is tops on the team thanks to a team-leading 15 extra base hits. Refsnyder has walked 14 times and been hit by a pitch 10 other times, boosting his on-base percentage to a team-high .473, which is fifth-best in the Pac-12. In addition, he's scored 31 runs and added 35 RBI, while stealing a team-high nine bases. He's been the guy to have at the plate in key situations, hitting .500 with runners in scoring position. In his three-year career, Refsnyder has an impressive .341 batting average, 120 runs scored, 130 RBI and 54 extra base hits (31 2B, 12 3B, 11 HR).
Field Days: Maybe Johnny Field was getting a little home sick when he was mired in a 7-for-49 (.143) slump over a 13-game stretch before heading into four road games last week in Utah. On the way to the Beehive State, Arizona had a connecting flight through Las Vegas - Field's hometown. On the bus ride to Orem, Utah, I-15 signs pointing to Las Vegas were prominent. It all must have cleared Field's mind of his struggles. He led the Wildcats with a .556 average (10-for-18) in four games last week, collecting a pair of doubles and scoring six runs. His batting average raised from a season-low .294 all the way to its current .333 clip. On the season, Field has scored 34 runs, which is second only to UCLA's Beau Amaral in the Pac-12. He has also drawn a league-leading 24 walks to give him a .453 on-base percentage, which is seventh-best in the conference.
Brown Delivers: Bobby Brown has started each of the last nine games at designated hitter, a move that has paid dividends for Brown and the Wildcats. The senior has built a nine-game hitting streak in which he is batting a robust 15-for-36 (.417) with eight runs scored and 13 runs batted in. His two doubles, two triples and first career home run have boasted his slugging percentage to a team-leading .667 clip in the nine-game span. Brown's batting average has raised exactly 100 points over the nine games, going from .211 to its current .311 mark. On the season, Brown has made 17 starts and played in 22 games. He actually has more RBI (24) than base hits (23) on the season. His 24 runs batted in have also surpassed his career tally of 23 that he carried into the 2012 campaign.
Heyer Standards: Junior Kurt Heyer is in his third season as the Friday starter for the Wildcats. He is a two-time All-Pac-10 honoree and has been tabbed as preseason third-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball and is on the preseason watch list for the Golden Spikes Award. As a sophomore, Heyer tied for the most starts in the nation (20) and ranked fourth nationally with 134 strikeouts. The 6-foot-2 right-hander tallied double-digit strikeouts six times in 2011, and has done so 11 times in his career. In 2012, Heyer is 5-1 with a 2.10 ERA and 55 strikeouts in 60.0 IP, including two complete games.
Heyer Rings `Em Up: Kurt Heyer matched his career high set during his freshman season with 14 strikeouts against Harvard on March 2 and now has 55 on the season. In his career, Heyer has 298 strikeouts, which is believed to be the most in the nation for active pitchers (research courtesy Troy Prendergast at Troy University). Heyer's 298 strikeouts are the 9th-most in program history and trail Rich Hinton's 300 (1967-69) for the eighth-most. Two pretty big names - Lance Dickson (304) and Joe Magrane (307) loom just beyond Hinton. Heyer, a Huntington Beach, Calif., has made 44 starts in his career, which is tied with Don Lee for ninth-most in program history. He boasts a 20-10 record and a 2.64 ERA in his career.
`K'onner Wade: Sophomore RHP Konner Wade, the club's Saturday starter, has reached double-digit strikeouts in three of his eight starts this season and has a team-high 58 on the season, which leads the Pac-12 Conference and ranks No. 24 nationally. That's a bit surprising since he racked up just 28 strikeouts in 61.2 innings as a freshman. Wade, whose career high was seven punch-outs entering the season, shattered the previous mark with 13 in his season debut against North Dakota State on Feb. 18. He followed that up with another 10 strikeouts a week later against Auburn on Feb. 25 and 10 more versus Harvard on March 3. The strong start backs up an impressive summer that saw Wade become a Cape Cod League All-Star mostly as a closer. At Arizona, he'll remain a starter, a spot he's had success in during his first two years. In his career as a starter (6-0, 16 career starts), Wade has thrown 100.2 innings with a 2.95 ERA (33 ER). He was named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week on April 2 following a complete-game three-hitter he pitched to clinch UA's series victory over Stanford on March 31.
The Sunday Guy: Understandably, Kurt Heyer draws most of the attention on UA's starting staff and Konner Wade has begun to earn some of his own recognition. So it's easy to overlook the third guy, sophomore James Farris. The right-hander has been a steady starter on Sundays, posting a 4-1 record with a 4.29 ERA. The key for Farris has been his ability to throw strikes. He's struck out just 35 in 50.1 innings pitched, but he's also only issued five walks all year. Those five walks are the fewest for any regular starter or reliever in the Pac-12 averaging at least one inning per game. It averages out to 0.89 walks per nine innings, which ranks lowest in the Pac-12 and 16th-lowest in the nation entering this weekend.
Troupe Time: It wasn't how Andy Lopez had it drawn up entering the season, but freshman Mathew Troupe has earned the club's closer role. The right-hander has performed well despite the on-the-job training. Troupe has six saves one the season, including four on the road in some rather pressure-packed situations. In 13 total appearances, Troupe has a 2-0 record and a 2.45 ERA in 18.1 innings pitched. He's struck out at least one batter in all 13 outings, and has an impressive 27 total punch-outs against seven walks on the season.
The Setup Man-thei: Junior right-hander Stephen Manthei (pronounced man-THEE) has emerged as the Wildcats go-to setup guy and bridge to closer Mathew Troupe. Manthei is 5-3 on the season with a 2.78 ERA and one save to his credit in 22.2 innings pitched and 16 total appearances. He's been at his best in recent weeks, when he has turned in a stellar 1.37 ERA in 19.2 innings pitched over 13 appearances. During that span, he has surrendered just three earned runs on 10 hits and eight walks, to go with 12 strikeouts. Troupe, meanwhile, has taken over for the final outs of the game to earn five of his six saves during Manthei's last 13 appearances.
Ranked Foes: Arizona has played six of its last 10 games against ranked teams, and has a 5-1 record in those contests. To date, the Wildcats have played eight games against teams ranked in the Baseball America Top 25 Poll at the time of the game. The Wildcats split two at No. 8 Rice (3/13-15), before winning a road series at No. 19 Oregon State (3/23-25). Arizona then went home and swept three games from No. 2 Stanford (3/30-4/1) at Hi Corbett Field. In all, the Cats have a 6-2 record against Baseball America Top 25 teams thus far, with plenty more showdowns on the slate. Home games against No. 17 UCLA this week and No. 17 Oregon (5/4-6), plus five total games against rival No. 21 Arizona State (4/17, 5/16, 5/25-27) are in store.
Home At Hi Corbett: Arizona's decision to move its home venue off campus to historic Hi Corbett Field has paid dividends this season, none bigger than its last home series in a showdown with No. 2 Stanford (March 30 - April 1). A crowd of 4,191 turned out for the series opener on Friday, the largest home attendance for the Cats in over four years. More than 3,500 showed up on Saturday and another 2,900-plus cheered the Cats on to a sweep on Sunday. Over the three games, a total of 10,656 passed through the gates, which marked the first time UA surpassed 10,000 fans for a three-game series in two decades. The last time it happened was May 15-17, 1992, when the Wildcats closed out the regular season with a three-game sweep of Arizona State in front of a combined 13,466 at Sancet Field. That was also the last season Arizona hosted an NCAA regional. On the year, the Cats have drawn 48,571 fans in 23 games (avg. 2,111), a significant increase over the 36,412 fans at 33 home games (1,103 per game) a season ago.
From Start To Finish: Baseball is a nine-inning game (usually), but the early returns on this year's Arizona baseball team show that scoring first can make all the difference. Consider that the Wildcats are 12-3 when scoring first in a game, while six of their nine losses have come in games when the opponent scores first. One of the indicators has been first-inning runs. The Cardinal and Navy is 9-3 when scoring in the first inning this year. UA holds a narrow 24-21 scoring advantage in the first innings of games this year. In 2011, the Cats were a quick-starting club that outscored foes 42-18 in the initial frame over the course of the season and posted a mark of 23-7 when scoring first.
Alive With Five: Five runs seems to be a pretty good breaking point for success for the Wildcats. In 2012, Arizona is 20-3 when it scores five or more runs in a game, while it has struggled to a 3-6 mark when it fails to score at least five runs. Conversely, the same holds true for opponents. When the Wildcats have held opponents under five runs, they are 14-0. When opponents score five runs or more, UA has struggled at to a 9-9 clip.
Defensive Woes: Errors are one thing Arizona wants to limit in the second half of the season. In 32 games, the Cats have committed 52 errors. In 60 games in 2011, the club committed only 56 all season long. A year ago, UA's 0.976 fielding percentage ranked No. 14 in the nation. The team enters this week with a .959 fielding percentage that is second-to-last in the Pac-12 and ranked No. 205. It should also be noted, however, that the Wildcats have played some spectacular defense at times, notably on the left side of the infield. Third baseman Seth Mejias-Brean and shortstop Alex Mejia have 10 errors apiece, but they've turned in just as many highlight-reel caliber plays to rob base bits. They've each accrued a few errors, too, on throws after impressive plays. Along with the two upper classmen, freshmen catcher Riley Moore and freshman second baseman Trent Gilbert each have seven errors, some of which can certainly be attributed to youthful mistakes. If the Wildcats can clean up some play here and there, they have the makings for a strong defensive club like they were a year ago.
Closing the Deal: Under Andy Lopez, the Wildcats have been dominant in games when they have had a lead late in games. In fact, the Wildcats are 281-26-1 (.912) in the last 308 games when they have a lead after the sixth inning. That covers the last nine full seasons of Lopez's teams that have won at a 91-percent clip in such games. Certainly it has helped having Major League arms in the bullpen. Consider that three players - Mark Melancon, Daniel Schlereth and Ryan Perry - have reached the big leagues in recent years, and another - Cory Burns - may get a chance this season with the San Diego Padres. In 2011, Arizona was 31-4 when leading after six innings. So far in 2012, the Wildcats are 19-2 in such games.
On Deck: Arizona hits the road for four games next week. The Wildcats will take on rival Arizona State in a non-conference tilt in Tempe on Tuesday, April 17, at 6:30 p.m. Arizona will then travel to Seattle for a three-game Pac-12 series at Washington beginning on April 20.


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Today, readers, I'm excited to introduce you to Hayley Blease, director of the fabulous online children's boutique Little Pinwheel.
Based out of Australia, this mum of two is super stylish and committed to stocking her store with modern, quality pieces that your little ones will look adorable in. As you can see, Hayley and her children, Keely (4) and Taj (1), are gorgeous, and I was quickly struck by her honest and beautiful portrayal of motherhood and life in general on her personal blog. Hayley was kind enough to answer some questions I had about her fascinating life.
Hi Hayley, first of all, I just have to tell you I think you're gorgeous. How is your day going today?
My day is lovely! I have just finished creating a balloon face with my daughter Keely for our craft project for the week. It is always nice to spend this time with my daughter and see her creativity come alive.
There are a lot of up and coming and established fashion designers in Australia. How would you describe Aussie style?
I would say we are very mainstream, but there are some of us that like to step outside the square a little. I do love how versatile Australian designers can be and how different their styles are from one another. We have a bit of influence from overseas, and then, of course, there are designers like,Rittenhouse,that just have their style all worked out, and I continue to love every season they release. Even in children's fashion you can see how different each Australian designer is. I love how you can dress your children in completely different styles each day.
You had a lot of experience in fashion before starting Little Pinwheel. Has it always been your dream to work in children's fashion?
I worked my way up in retail working in women's and men's fashion, and then I had a career in my dream job, where I was a buyer for seven stores. This is where my love of children's fashion started as I was buying for little people up to tweens. I worked for the owners and I was part of their family. I went on a buying trip to Los Angeles, which was any girl's dream – I got paid to shop! My career changed and I went back into women's fashion. I soon discovered (before having children) that I wanted to open up my own brick and mortar store for children. Once my daughter came along, I changed my ideal dream and turned it into an online store for babies and children. It allowed me to stay at home with my children and be a full time mum too.
I know you support a lot of Australian designers. How do you go about choosing what actually goes in your shop?
Quality is number one for me. A brand not only has to look good, but the customer has to be happy with the quality that she is receiving. I do look at what I would like my children to be wearing, and then I also have to look at what other parents would dress their children in. There are items I don't necessarily like in my store, but I know that I am selling a good product and there will be a little person that will love it just as much as their parents will. You don't have to love everything you sell, you just have to love the brand you are representing.
You work from home. Do you have any tips for mums juggling motherhood and work?
Number one for me is there has to be quality time for your children. This can be as simple as curling up on the couch and watching their favourite show on television. For me it is doing crafts with Keely as this is something she loves. I also go to the beach every morning and every afternoon with Keely and my son,Taj. This is our thing we do and it has become part of our daily routine.
I find I work a lot in the evenings, and also during Taj's daytime sleep when Keely is at preschool. I involve them a lot. They help me pack orders and they come to the post office every day to send them off. I am making the business about them too. They inspire me with Little Pinwheel, so it only feels right to have them be part of the dream.
You and your husband are both in creative fields. How do you nurture creativity in your children?
Keely is a creative person, and it is fun for us to interact with her creativity. I am very hands-on when it comes to crafts, and I like to teach her along the way. We have a craft session every week, most weeks it is every day! I have a travel table in the car, which has some pencils, paper and a colour-in book, so the creativity comes with us wherever we go. Taj is yet to really get into being creative, but he is already going for the craft cupboard and pulling out the crayons and paper. I guess being creative ourselves, it is only natural to teach them about everyday life in a creative way.
Describe your perfect day.
Beach in the morning and afternoon with my beautiful children, coffee in one hand and beach toys in the other! If I can fit a run and swim in for myself, I am very happy. Any time with friends is fabulous too! And I love my business, so anything to do with the everyday running of Little Pinwheel.
You talk a lot about your sweet mum on your personal blog. What personality traits have you taken from her?
To smile, even when you may not be completely happy. Smiling not only lifts you up, it makes other people smile too. She was a very cheeky mum and friend. I feel I take a lot of that from her and her gentle heart.
Your children have adorable rooms. What are some tips for designing with children?
I have only just recently changed their room around and created a space for them. My son has ventured into sharing with his sister! This is a room that is not finished, but I must say the direction I have gone is to create a space that is for sleeping. They have their toys in their room, but they are encouraged to bring the box they would like to play with into the lounge room. Living in a two-bedroom apartment can give you some space and storage issues. I find if you can store toys away in boxes, it creates an area that seems less cluttered andthey become less of a focus.
When creating their space, I chose to have red as the main colour and work around the red. I love how vibrant and fun red can be, and also how calming it can be mixed with the right colours. Because it's a primary colour, it's a colour you can work with. White walls are my favourite, as it becomes more fun choosing the accessories to highlight the space. I find that when you work around an art piece you will find the colour and style you are after. I love artist Shannon Lamden, and the four prints I bought from her are where I started when creating their new room. I also chose some favourite toys to leave out on display to keep their space about them.
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When people ask me about my blog I tell them "It's a lifestyle blog for smart, funny people." And then I might point at them and wink and say "So you're allowed to read it."
Yes and Yes grew out of my desire to read A Very Specific type of blog that – at the time – didn't exist. I liked lifestyle blogs (who doesn't?) but I wanted something with a tiny bit more depth.
Interesting interviews in addition to the recipes posts.
Thought-provoking personal essays and "what to wear for a weekend away" posts.
Smart career/money/travel/life advice plus podcast recomendations.
I wanted to read something that acknowledged that fact that all of us are multifaceted. You can be a wife and mother and still want to read an interview with a woman who joined Ashley Madison. You can be a PhD candidate and love fashion. You can be a grown up … and not quite know how to be a grown up.
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Police ID 73-year-old man who died in hit-and-run crash
ELKHART — Police have identified the 73-year-old man who died after being struck by a car on U.S. 33 near Concord Mall on Friday night.
Frank L. Nelson, of Elkhart, was attempting to walk across U.S. 33 when he was hit by a car driven by Kent Phouangmalay. Nelson was taken to Elkhart General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Phouangmalay, 21, of Elkhart, continued driving after hitting the man. Two off-duty police officers witnessed the crash. One officer performed CPR on Nelson and directed traffic, while the other chased Phouangmalay into a J.C. Penney store's parking lot, where he pulled the driver over.
Phouangmalay was in possession of marijuana and was taken to the hospital for drug and alcohol testing. He was then arrested on preliminary felony charges of operating while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury and leaving the scene of an accident, police records show.
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JumpListsView v1.04 - View jump lists information stored by Windows 7
Copyright (c) 2013 - 2015 Nir Sofer
JumpListsView is a simple tool that displays the information stored by the 'Jump Lists' feature of Windows 7 and Windows 8. For every record found in the Jump Lists, the following information is displayed: The filename that the user opened, the date/time of the file opening event, the ID of the application that was used to open the file, the size/time/attributes of the file on the time that the file was opened, and more...
You can also export the Jump Lists records to csv/tab-delimited/xml/html file.
System Requirements
This utility works on Windows 7 and Windows 8. Both 32-bit and 64-bit systems are supported. On previous version of Windows, the 'Jump Lists' feature doesn't exist, and thus JumpListsView won't display any data, but... You can still read data from external hard-drive containing installation of Windows 7/8 by using the 'Advanced Options' window.
Jump Lists Folders
The jump lists information is stored under the following folders:
C:\Users\[User Profile]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations
C:\Users\[User Profile]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations
Currently, JumpListsView only reads the information from the AutomaticDestinations folder.
Versions History
Version 1.04:
Fixed to display date/time values according to daylight saving time settings.
Version 1.03:
Added 'Google Search - Application ID' option.
Version 1.02:
Added /UseRecentFolder and /RecentFolder command-line options to set the Recent folder from command-line, for example:
JumpListsView.exe /UseRecentFolder 1 /RecentFolder "d:\Users\admin1\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent" /shtml f:\temp\jl.html
Version 1.01:
Fixed the flickering while scrolling the 'Jump Lists' items.
Version 1.00 - First release.
Start Using JumpListsView
JumpListsView doesn't require any installation process or additional dll files. In order to start using it, simply run the executable file - JumpListsView.exe
After running JumpListsView.exe, it scans the jump lists on your system and displays the information on the main window. You can select one or more items, and then export them to xml/html/csv/tab-delimited file. You can also copy the selected items to the clipboard (CTRL+C) and the paste the data into Excel or other spreadsheet application.
JumpListsView Columns
Filename and Full Path: The filename that the user probably opened.
Record Time: Specifies the date/time that the user probably opened the specified filename.
Created Time, Modified Time, Accessed Time, File Attributes, and File Size: Specifies the date/time, attributes, and file size, as recorded at the moment that the user opened the file. Be aware that the current time/size/attributes of the file might be different. Also, for some of the records, this time/size/attributes information is not available.
Entry ID: The internal ID of the record.
Application ID: Specifies the ID of the applications that was used to open the specified filename. It means that if you see 2 records with the same Application ID, then both files were opened by the same application.
Currently, JumpListsView cannot detect the application, but you can find some common Application IDs in the Internet,
like this IDs list
Command-Line Options
/UseRecentFolder {0 | 1}
Specifies whether to load from the specified Recent folder (/RecentFolder parameter) instead of using the default one. 0 = No, 1 = Yes.
/RecentFolder <Folder>
Specifies the recent folder to load.
/stext <Filename>
Save the Jump List entries into a regular text file.
/stab <Filename>
Save the Jump List entries into a tab-delimited text file.
/scomma <Filename>
Save the Jump List entries into a comma-delimited text file (csv).
/stabular <Filename>
Save the Jump List entries into a tabular text file.
/shtml <Filename>
Save the Jump List entries into HTML file (Horizontal).
/sverhtml <Filename>
Save the Jump List entries into HTML file (Vertical).
/sxml <Filename>
Save the Jump List entries to XML file.
Translating JumpListsView to other languages
In order to translate JumpListsView to other language, follow the instructions below:
Run JumpListsView with /savelangfile parameter:
JumpListsView.exe /savelangfile
A file named JumpListsView_lng.ini will be created in the folder of JumpListsView utility.
Open the created language file in Notepad or in any other text editor.
Translate all string entries to the desired language. Optionally, you can also add your name and/or a link to your Web site. (TranslatorName and TranslatorURL values) If you add this information, it'll be used in the 'About' window.
After you finish the translation, Run JumpListsView, and all translated strings will be loaded from the language file.
If you want to run JumpListsView without the translation, simply rename the language file, or move it to another folder.
This utility is released as freeware. You are allowed to freely distribute this utility via floppy disk, CD-ROM, Internet, or in any other way, as long as you don't charge anything for this and you don't sell it or distribute it as a part of commercial product. If you distribute this utility, you must include all files in the distribution package, without any modification !
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AoE3 demo out. Thoughts?
So the AoE3 demo is finally out.
Can't say I'm very impressed...
My thoughts:
Graphics 9/10:
Although it will require you a monster of a machine to run it at high settings, at medium, it still looked pretty good. There are no flaws except the high requirements for the best visuals.
The loadings are also very short. I noticed a few animation bugs.
Sound 7/10:
The music is unimpressive. They've remixed the old AoE theme but the in-game music is subpar compared to AoK or AoM.
Sound effects are also not very good. Though they aren't inherently bad, they lack a certain "crispiness".
Gameplay 6/10:
Why 6? Well, first of, while the makers of the game did specify that there's a huge diversity of units in that era. The game doesn't show it much. The number of units available to you in one civ is a disappointment.
The game still retains that AoE battle feel which is a little unfortunate. Musketeers are not much fun to play with. If you were expecting line battles like Cossacks or Imperial Glory, you won't find it here.
Battle is a disappointment for me. It might be due to the low number of units or it might simply be because nothing is changed.
Other then that, you still gather ressources, build a town and make an army to attack your enemy. Not much originality, but the formula works and that's what is important. It still works after all these years.
Another gameplay change is the card set and your home city. Cards give bonus in the form of ressources, buildings or units that get shipped in from your home city after you gather enough experience. It is interesting, but I don't see how things can be balanced correctly, as it seems some cards are quite overpowered. We'll see how it turns out.
Another new addition are the trade routes. These are very different from the ones in the old Age games. In a way, I wished it was like the old Age games. Right now, trade routes offer a too small advantage for the attrocious job of defending them.
The addition of natives is also there though they don't offer much. They're not that interesting to play with, though for the minor sum of a trade post you can ally with them and you can build their units. It's still a worthwhile investment.
So why only 6? Well, the battles are simply boring. No unit has any "fun" or "cool" factor. They're all rather boring. Musketeers don't stay in formation when ordered to attack several different units. There's no line battles at all. Units take too long to make. Battles are nothing more then very small skirmishes. AoM had more epic battles then this, so did AoK.
At least AoM had cool units. Here, we have nothing.
Lastly, there's the campaign. Which doesn't look good. The in-engine cinematics are not very beautiful. Dawn of War managed to do something excellent in terms of in-engine cinematics last year. Hey, even AoM had better in-engine cinematics. The story looks awfully bad, but you only get to play two missions of the third campaign so I can't really judge all of them on that only.
Frankly, I expected something much better then this. I know it's only a demo, but if this is what the whole game is like, forget it, I won't fork out any money for it.
What !? Where is the demo ?
Ive just been playing this and it is truely awful. Why?
I have that super beast of a PC and the graphics are nothing more than average. The mission is boring and its just basically Rise of Nations rebadged AOE 3 but taking out the fun from Rise Of The Nations.
The AI is shocking! It would sit and watch units getting stuck, workers just standing around because they cant find a spot to mine(for example) - fine in a game from 10 years ago but when your troopers just sit around watching the dude next to them get blasted to bits, its not good, especially as you are also limited to issue commands.
There are a couple of nice touches as AOE removes the need to build dozens of farms, allowing you to assign upto 10 farmers per Mill. But it doesnt nothing outstanding and theres nothing really new - including the sound.
Its hard to judge the big RTS battle but so AOE isnt going to set the world alight.
Really... really... bad.
Oh well, gives EaW some more potential customers, hopefully.
Meh, It wasn't THAT good. Just plain olde' AOEII with better graphics >_<
Even though I liked the fact that you get shipments from your home country.
Downloaded it, played the first mission in the campaign, uninstalled it. :rolleyes:
I don't know, maybe in the past I would have enjoyed it, but ... meh, I don't know, maybe I've grown tired of AoE. :)
That was my first reaction also. I was wondering if I was playing Rise of Nations or AoE3. And I hated Rise of Nations too.
I just finished playing a skirmish mission on the demo and I am also highly disapointed. The graphics weren't too great (in todays standards). I actually would say Age of Mythology has better graphics (i could be wrong havent played it in a while). The gameplay was somewhat boring, it was basically the same as AoK. I did like the cards, but that was about it. Some of the treasure stuff you find is kinda cool. Also the units werent too amazing, the musketeer animations werent all to good, and not too powerful at that matter.
Also the AI needs a super workup. When I would attack a pirate treasure thing, they didnt fight back. I dont know if that is intintinal (blah spelling) but it isnt realistic. i dont think a pirate would run after being shot at.... maybe some.... but not all.
All in all, highly disapointing.
Graphics : 6/10
Gameplay : 4/10
Overall : 3/10
I love the AoE series but i just dont like this.
Installing now and with the graphics are ment to be flawless if you fork out for the new $400+ ment to give some kind of glow over the battlefield which makes it look like sunlight.
I wonder when Sithmaster is going to show up and say that we're all wrong and that AoE3 is the best game ever made :)
I liked rise of nations! Anyway i downloaded AOE3 demo as well, and it was ok...nothing too too new or interesting besides the shipments from your city...
The irony here is that Rise of Nations takes so much from the Age serie. Yet, Rise of Nations doesn't feel like any Age game. Oddly enough, AoE3 managed to feel like Rise of Nations.
My opinion of the demo:
It had a poor first impression. The graphics looked ok-ish until I updated my drivers (then they looked awesome, even on my middling PC, I definitely think that those who are disappointed with the graphics should go out and update drivers). The campaigns scenerios weren't that fun (but when have you played an Age of Empires for the campaigns? My beef was that they were too short). The skirmish games took a game or two to get used to, but now they are quite fun. The home city idea (once you get enough "cards" to complete more than one "deck") really puts a spin on the genre (as an aside, I hate the terms "card" and "deck"). I love the music in game; I purposely turned the music up higher than the unit sounds just so I can hear it very well as I play. The win music is awesome. Its not very modernistic AoE-style, more classical, which fits the game well.
In defense of the demo: Its my contention that ES games (and their spawn) do not make good demos. Their games aren't flashy and don't have cool storylines (unlike Blizzard games) and at the same time lack the overwhelming compexity of games like RoN. It can definitely feel unwhelming. Its a well-known fact that the SWGB demo poorly represents the game, and I (the self-proclaimed Ensemble fanboy) would not have purchased AoM if I hadn't played the alpha prior to the demo. It sucked that bad (and people said the same things about it too, and I defended it on GB.com much like I am now).
The demo is sort of an open beta, since there won't be a true beta for AoE3. It has a ton of bugs (according to ES, they've already fixed over 1000 since the demo build), people keep finding more. A majority of the complaints you guys have pushed have been addressed, like the treasure guardians not fighting back and the AI not responding well.
And an aside to DMUK (who is an awesome guy who does a ton of stuff for us), I read your post on AoE3H and I think your issue is not your gfx card, but your 256 MB of RAM. Honestly, I think the game looks pretty good on your comp as is, based on your screenshot. It doesn't look as good as the publicity screenshots, but it doesnt look anywhere near that good on my computer either, and I am still impressed by the quality of the graphics. I think the problem is that Ensemble made the choice to support a much larger range of computers than the top-of-the-line FPS's, so there is a much wider range in graphics quality, but the same level of expectation. I guess us RTS gamers aren't used to the idea that a game could look so markedly different on a mid-to-low-range comp from the marketing screenshots taken on behemoth comps, whereas FPS gamers have come to be merely joyful that Half-Life 2 or Doom 3 runs at all.
I know this sounds like an article in a Soviet newspaper, so I'll register my complaints. Parts of the game (especially the pre-driver art style) remind me too much of RoN, which is not a good thing. I am disappointed that they couldn't get the complex formations they had hyped up to be balanced as smoothly as they wanted. The UI shows way too little info for such a massive hunk of screen space. Unit names dont need to be in 72 font. The Gameplay>Realism junky in me is sketchy about the whole throwing torches thing. I kinda liked units hacking away at walls, no matter how crazy it looked. But the torches are cool too, so it evens out. I wish they brought back the AoK style of upgrades instead of sticking with AoM's generic style upgrades (my biggest beef with AoM), although they did back off on that slightly. I wish Ensemble hired someone specifically for the campaign storyline, because, no matter how skilled Greg Street is at game design/balance, he can't write very well, and all the campaigns play like campy movies. I feel overwhelmed with my explorer early on in the game (do I scout, do I raid, do I treasure hunt, do I build trade posts, do I make treaties with the natives), but I guess that makes for interesting decisions. I also wish Ensemble (and all RTS companies do this too) learned to put unique civs in the demo, instead of putting in the similar to the previous game style civs. Its no fun playing as the Brits or the Empire or Zeus or the Orcs or the Terran, when there are cooler civs out there. I miss the superficial 10% type bonuses, mainly because they made things so clear cut (Goths should build infantry, Rebels should farm early), as opposed to the crazy unique bonuses that have a lot of potential but you kinda go "ok, where do I go from here", but thats a personal preference.
My impression of the demo would be 7.5/10, but I think the game itself will get over a 9 from me.
I liked the demo, and expect greater thing for the real game. And all that hyped up stuff, like musketeer volley fire and such didnt get into the demo, but I see it clearly....
Slightly complicaded system, but a skirmish or to helps.
To say the graphics look awesome is a massive overstatement. They are shocking. On my PC they are nothing more than average and I have a pretty fast PC and top of the range graphics card.
The demo fully deserves the bashing it is getting because its that poor. ES have alot of work to do before release day
I guess it just depends on your expectations. My computer is hardly top of the line, but the game looks identical to the screenshots, minus HDL and Shader 3.0 (which my graphics card can't handle) and the sharpness afforded by a higher resolution. It looks better than any other current RTS, especially on my machine. No, it doesn't have all the crazy FPS quality graphics that have been floating around (people have taken demo shots that look like the preview screens with comps not much better than mine), but it still has the graphics of a high quality RTS.
As I said earlier, DMUK, the thing holding you back is probably the RAM. Ensemble themselves said that RAM was probably the most important stat in determining the graphics quality. Its also been my experience that demos look much worse than the final game on mid-to-low end comps, especially those with RAM limitations, because they aren't optimized very much (optimization is one of the last things game companies do.
There's also so much capitalization on graphical quality from Ensemble. We keep hearing about how it's supposed to look pretty and all.
I'm just happy it could run on my comp since its 2 years old. If you don't like online gaming you more than likely won't like this game. The offline missions are not the best but it also depends on your expectations. I think for all those who hate AOE3 will love E@W cause it looks like it will be more driven for offline players.
I never really played any other AoE, but I thought that the AoE3 demo was pretty fun, but it wasn't really anything revolutionary
Hmmm...Dawn of War (demo) looks way better then that on my comp. And AoE3 only slightly worse then your screenshot.
I still stand by my statement that I think Dawn of War looks better then AoE3.
It was a lot more fun too. Even the demo was great.
And for Froz, Dawn of War is a multiplayer oriented RTS. In case he claims some people only like what is SP...
Dawn of War is fun, but more in the Warcraft flash-and-jazz kinda way (although it has a quite complex squad system, which I guess makes up for the lacking economy).
But back on topic, I don't know how you could say that AoE3's music was subpar, especially when compared to AoM's catchy but oddly misfitting music. This was the grand age of classical music, and the music really reflects that. I think, no matter what the end game looks like, the reviewers won't be complaining about the music.
Oops, sorry. I miss read the DirectX Diagnosis you posted into saying you had 256 RAM for your comp. My bad. In that case, I don't know what to say, other than possibly update your drivers, because people with stats around those of your behemoth of a machine have posted screenshots that look identical to the official ones in terms of quality. Since you have an Nvidia card, its not the probelms ES has been having with ATI cards and AA. That is the type of computer that ES is expecting to run the game at the highest or near highest quality. In fact, ES uses the 6800 series on all their "showing off the game" machines.
Credit to you Sith for trying. I work in the industry and know all about keeping my PC updated. The fact is, AOE - the trial - has awful graphics and like most of the game, it needs a heavy tweak before being released.
I have never seen AI so dreadful in my life, a UI that takes up 1/4 of the screen and game play unvaried enough to send anyone to sleep!
IMO, AoM's music wasn't misfitting. Afterall, they seem like they wanted a sort of epic (godly) music which fit it really well. Of course, it isn't "realistic" but then again, a game about pagan gods and fireballs falling down from the sky doesn't have to be historically accurate.
Well, I guess its up to the individual, but my sole problem with the AoM music was its lack of "epicness". Yeah it was catchy and all, but it seemed kinda petty compared to the battle of the gods type gameplay.
To each his own I guess.
And for those who complained about the massive UI:
That massive unit name thing pisses me off, but now I can still see more than 2/3 of the screen.
Well it was a demo your not going to get all the features if they were to open up the graphics and music scores it would have been a 1gig or more demo.
As far as I know, unless the demo is released very early before the full game, that's the graphical quality you'll get.
JK demo looked the same as the full game, AoM demo looked the same as the full game, DoW demo looked the same as the full game, etc.
The AoM demo looked (and played) a lot worse on my computer than the full game. They won't "open up the graphics" in the sense that things are locked now and will be in the full game, but demos are not optimized at all. Thus people are forced to play them at a lower level of quality than the full game. For example, the AoM demo locked up whenever more than 20 units were on the screen on the lowest graphics level on my comp. The full game played fine even at slightly higher resolutions.
Of course they're not optimized but that doesn't mean the full game "looks" better then the demo. Forcing people to play at a lower level of quality doesn't exactly mean that if I have a comp that runs the demo at high settings, it will look different then the full game.
I had no graphical difference between the demo of AoM and the full game.
Besides, AoE3 marketing has been focusing a lot on graphical quality. Why would it logically be good marketing to release a demo with lower graphical quality even at high settings?
A demo is supposed to show how a game is going to be, including what it looks like.
From the demos I've played and bought the full game later, I notice no difference in graphical quality outside of performance.
Wow SOME of you people make such long posts....anyways back on topic, I thought the demo was ok...nothing too interesting as i said before, but a new note: I did like the landscape feature, and the sound effects.
landscape feature?
Seriously guys, I've modded the game to allow for more players and advancing my HC past lvl 9 ie much closer to the full gaming experience (I am avoiding the mods which assign effects for the post lvl 10 cards, though, gotta save something for the full game), and I really have lost any sense of dissappointment or even mediocrity (I also switched to the Spanish, who, despite lacking kickass longbows, I am liking much better). The game takes some semblence of adjusting to, but, once you do, it really feels like what I was hoping for in AoM, which was the magnitude and depth of AoK, combined with AoM's pace and civ diversity.
What? Huh you lost me....
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March 17, 2014
DALLAS (SMU) - SMU will host a WNIT game for the first time in program history Thursday, hosting Texas Southern in Moody Coliseum. Game time is yet to be announced. For the Mustangs, it is the sixth appearance in the postseason tournament, and the fourth in the last six seasons. Overall, head coach Rhonda Rompola has guided the Mustangs to 13 postseason tournaments, including five in the last seven years.
General admission tickets are available for $7, $5 for students, and can be purchased by calling 214-SMU-GAME (214-768-4263), or by visiting SMUMustangs.com. Parking for the event is free in Moody Garage, located directly north of Moody Coliseum.
The Mustangs finished in the regular season 17-13 overall record in the inaugural season of the American Athletic Conference. Keena Mays led the conference in both points, averaging 20.8 points per game, and 3-point field goal percentage, shooting 38.8 percent from behind the arc.
The senior was one of three Mustangs to earn all-conference honors, being named to the first team. Akil Simpson was a second-team selection, averaging 13.4 points and 8.4 rebounds to rank in the top 10 in the conference in both categories. Kiara Perry was also named to the All-Freshman team.
The Lady Tigers are 20-12 on the season after falling to Prairie View A&M in the SWAC championship game. Jazzmin Parker led the team with 19.1 points per game, and was named SWAC Player of the Year. Texas Southern shoots 43.6 percent from the field, while holding opponents to 39.0 percent.
The winner advances to play either Minnesota or Green Bay in the second round. Minnesota host Green Bay Wednesday.


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A Route of Evanescence
by Emily Dickinson
The Hummingbird
Symbol Analysis
Even though it's not identified outright, the hummingbird gets described in multiple ways throughout this short poem. Think of the poem almost like a Cubist Picasso painting—rather than giving us a unified image of a bird, the speaker chops it up and represents it as discrete parts (its wings, its color, etc.). As the star of the show, though, the hummingbird itself becomes a symbol of the otherworldly possibilities of the world around us.
- Line 1: "A Route of Evanescence" is a paradox—how can something be a "path of disappearance"? Don't routes actually signal the presence of something? There's immediately a tension between presence and absence, and the hummingbird seems to be the crux of this. The speaker anticipates how, looking at the blurred motion of the hummingbird, her mind will soon be off on an abstract, invisible route.
- Line 2: In comparing the hummingbird's wings to a "Revolving Wheel," the speaker creates a complicated metaphor. It seems to suggest a sense of constant motion but also awe, the kind of awe you might experience when seeing something like a train for the first time.
- Line 7: If you were completely confused when you read the line, "The mail from Tunis, probably" never fear! Dickinson was a big Shakespeare fan, and this line is actually a reference to Shakespeare's play The Tempest, about an exiled magician trying to seek revenge on his enemies.
In Act II, Scene 1 of the play, Antonio and Sebastian are newly stranded on an island in the middle nowhere. Convinced that their King Alonso is dead, Antonio begins making plans to take over the throne. He claims that, since the King's daughter just got married to Tunisian royalty, she'd rather stay in Africa than come back to Naples to claim the throne. As the two men plot, Antonio describes how far away she is: "She that is Queen of Tunis; she that dwells / Ten leagues beyond man's life; she that from Naples / Can have no note, unless the sun were post."
The idea here is that the city of Tunis seems so many galaxies away that the only way one could deliver or receive news is if the sun delivered the mail! Dickinson uses this allusion to give the hummingbird an out-of-this-world quality.
This creature that we take for granted as a simple domestic hummingbird? With a single reference to Shakespeare, Dickinson turns the bird into a magical being from far, far away.


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This week, "Mr. Peabody and Sherman," an animated film, will open in theatres. It is directed by Rob Minkoff, who co-directed the 1994 Walt Disney movie "The Lion King," one of the most popular animated films of all time.
"The Lion King" is loosely based on the story of "Hamlet." It begins with the birth of Simba, son of King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi. As first born son, Simba will one day be king. Since the birth puts Mufasa's conniving brother, Scar, even further out in the succession to the throne, the ill-intentioned brother conspires with other disloyal members of the kingdom to eliminate everyone between him and the throne. He plans to kill Mufasa and Simba. Although Simba survives, Scar convinces him that he is responsible for his dad's death. Because of this, he runs away and is eventually befriended by Timone and Pumba, a meerkat and a warthog. As he grows up with them, he ignores his royal past. But one evening, a ghost of his father comes to him and tells him to go home and take his throne.
"The Lion King" has a great cast. Mufasa is voiced by James Earl Jones, who gives his noble character a powerful presence. Jeremy Irons is perfectly cast as Scar, his scheming brother. He has a sinister voice that is perfect for the villainous character.
The animation is excellent. All the character designs are very well done. Each animal is distinctively rendered, no two look alike. Scar has a black mane, which makes him look very creepy.
The movie has a great story. Although it is an animated film aimed at families, it has mature emotional content. An example is the scene where Simba finds his father dead. Also, it is very funny. Timone and Pumba provide much of the film's comic relief.
It has been twenty years since the release of "The Lion King," and if anyone has not seen the film recently or has not seen it ever, they should treat themselves to it.


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04 April 2012
Davis Cup Idols
Stefan Edberg recalls his illustrious Davis Cup by BNP Paribas career for Sweden in the latest interview of the ITF's Davis Cup Idols video series, which features former stars of the game talking about their experiences and memories of the competition.
Edberg lifted the Davis Cup trophy during his debut season in 1984 when Sweden recorded a famous 4-1 triumph over USA in the Final, played at The Scandinavium in Gothenburg. The former world No. 1 went on to win the title a further three times in 1985, 1987 and 1994. In total, he played 35 ties and compiled a 47-23 win-loss record.
"Obviously it was fantastic for me to join in 1984. We knew we had a good chance [against USA]. They were favourites on paper because they had [Jimmy] Connors and [John] McEnroe. It was one of my best memories, playing in front of our home crowd in The Scandinavium, 11 or 12 thousand people in the stands and for us… it was a huge thing. I was 18, my first year in Davis Cup and it's probably one of my best memories from tennis," said Edberg.
"Davis Cup has a tradition for Swedish players after the successful stories of the '80s, all the [great] players that we had. We became very good friends. We were playing as a team and we were very successful. We committed ourselves to play Davis Cup year after year. It's got a lot of history. It's a special event. Some people thrive playing in Davis Cup, whereas other players just freeze up because it's different, because you play for your teammates, you play for your country."
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Mats Wilander looks back on a golden era for Swedish men's tennis in the 1980s, when he was a key member of three Davis Cup title-winning teams
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Gustavo Kuerten looks back on his Davis Cup career for Brazil in our latest interview in the ITF's Davis Cup Idols video series.
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Tim Henman recalls his Davis Cup playing days for Great Britain, including an epic World Group tie in 1999 when GB fell against USA 3-2 at home
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WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are pressing the Supreme Court to stop big pharmaceutical corporations from paying generic drug competitors to delay releasing their cheaper versions of brand-name drugs. They argue these deals deny American consumers, usually for years, steep price declines that can top 90 percent.
The Obama administration, backed by consumer groups and the American Medical Association, says these so-called "pay for delay" deals profit the drug companies but harm consumers by adding 3.5 billion annually to their drug bills.
But the pharmaceutical companies counter that they need to preserve longer the billions of dollars in revenue from their patented products in order to recover the billions they spend developing new drugs. And both the large companies and the generic makers say the marketing of generics often is hastened by these deals.
The justices will hear the argument Monday.
Such pay-for-delay deals arise when generic companies file a challenge at the Food and Drug Administration to the patents that give brand-name drugs a 20-year monopoly. The generic drugmakers aim to prove the patent is flawed or otherwise invalid, so they can launch a generic version well before the patent ends.
Brand-name drugmakers then usually sue the generic companies, which sets up what could be years of expensive litigation. When the two sides aren't certain who will win, they often reach a compromise deal that allows the generic company to sell its cheaper copycat drug in a few years — but years before the drug's patent would expire. Often, that settlement comes with a sizeable payment from the brand-name company to the generic drugmaker.
Numerous brand-name and generic drugmakers and their respective trade groups say the settlements protect their interests but also benefit consumers by bringing inexpensive copycat medicines to market years earlier than they would arrive in any case generic drugmakers took to trial and lost. But federal officials counter that such deals add billions to the drug bills of American patients and taxpayers, compared to what would happen if the generic companies won the lawsuits and could begin marketing right away.
A study by RBC Capital Markets Corp. of 371 cases during 2000-2009 found brand-name companies won 89 at trial compared to 82 won by generic drugmakers. Another 175 ended in settlement deals, and 25 were dropped.
Generic drugs account for about 80 percent of all American prescriptions for medicines and vaccines, but a far smaller percentage of the $325 billion spent by U.S. consumers on drugs each year. Generics saved American patients, taxpayers and the healthcare system an estimated $193 billion in 2011 alone, according to health data firm IMS Health.
But government officials believe the number of potentially anticompetitive patent settlements is increasing. Pay-for-delay deals increased from 28 to 40 in just the last two fiscal years and the deals in fiscal 2012 covered 31 brand-name pharmaceuticals, Federal Trade Commission officials said. Those had combined annual U.S. sales of more than $8.3 billion.
The Obama administration argues the agreements are illegal if they're based solely on keeping the generic drug off the market. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, speaking at Georgetown Law School recently, noted that once a generic drug gets on the market and competes with a brand-name drug, "the price drops 85 percent." That quickly decimates sales of the brand-name medicine.
"These agreements should actually be considered presumptively unlawful because of the potential effects on consumers," Verrilli said.
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Welcome to H&H Tile and Plaster
H&H Tile and Plaster of Austin was established in 2004. We expanded as a separate entity from our sister company in Fort Worth. H&H of Fort Worth has been a well-respected swimming pool contractor company for pool builders, general contractors and homebuilders in the Fort Worth area since 1983. Located on Ranch Road 12 in Dripping Springs, near Hamilton Pool Road, H&H is a one stop shop for several major finish out phases for new construction and all phases of renovations. H&H is a certified applicator by all major manufacturers of interior pool finishes in the country. Although the main focus of business for H&H is new pool finish out and cosmetics, we offer several other services as well. The quality, workmanship, communication and outstanding service is what sets H&H aside from the rest. These characteristics are very rare among subcontractors in our industry. These assets have led to the expansion of work for H&H not only in Austin but throughout all of Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana and Oklahoma. While new construction finish out provides the major thrust of work, H&H also specializes in renovations to pools and exterior hard scapes. We work with residential sites,homeowners, home builders, realtors,commercial sites,general contractors, etc. We look forward to working with you.


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To say The Glitch Mob concert at the Roseland Theater on May 2 was sensory overload would be an understatement. As the packed, sold-out venue would attest, having been sonically and visually bombarded by the intensity that is a Glitch Mob show. Not to mention, the lucky fan that got to Voodoo Donuts first on the day of the show and asked for the custom made Love Donut Immortality pastry, and scored themselves a pair of tickets to a show they will never forget, courtesy of Justin Boreta's tweet earlier that day.
TGM is Justin Boreta (aka Boreta), Ed Ma (aka edIT) and Joshua Mayer (aka Ooah), and electrified the crowd with their bass-blasting brand of glitch and stunning visuals. As each member manned their custom synthesizer control panels, looking as like they just arrived from another dimension, and backed by an array of electronic, jet-turbine taiko drums, they took turns on lead synth, drumming, and orchestrating the crowd into a frenzy, playing their latest release, Love Death Immortality, in its entirety.
Opening with the frenetic Mind of the Beast, the concert was a rocket ship ride from beginning to ending, shaking the Roseland to its foundation. Out of the gate with a one-two punch, The Glitch Mob powered on with the pulse-pounding dance track You Got Me Out of Control, with Aja Volkman's punchy, sampled vocals.
The Glitch Mob throttled down, allowing the crowd, and certainly those pressed against the 20'x 5'x 5' mega-subwoofer between the stage and fan barricade, to regroup before cruising into Becoming Harmonious. It was only just since the band had launched itself into a 90-minute, 18-song mind & body metamorphosis.
But The Glitch Mob didn't forget to showcase favored tracks from Drink The Sea, featuring Drive Like You Stole It, Aminus Vox, and Fortune Days, with an erupting display of eight-foot plumes of fire on the visual backdrop. Each track had custom tailored visuals, syncopated to the charged animation of Boreta, edIT, and Ooah. The dynamic stage show incorporated a kaleidoscope of images, pulsating, intense strobes, and bursts of blinding backlighting that assaulted the senses throughout the night.
At the halfway mark, The Glitch Mob tempered the thrill ride with the tender introspection voiced by Sister Crayon on The Beauty of The Unhidden Heart, as a floating, white lotus blossom flowered its purity against a darken stage, and aptly displayed the refined balanced TGM brings to its music and concerts.
Returning to what they do best, TGM thrusted into Can't Kill Us, as molten lava oozed from the dazzling display behind the stage. The trio bulldozed through their remaining set with blistering renditions of Skytouch, Our Demons, and threw in the kitchen sink with a remix cover of The Prodigy's Breathe. TGM closed out their main set with a scorching version of Skullclub before exiting stage left.
But the sold-out crowd wailed for more. And to their delight, TGM obliged with a three-song encore, delivering a reworked version of their Crush Mode mixtape Matty G-West Coast Rocks, before surging into We Can Make The World Stop, and concluding with classic pile driving glitch on Carry The Sun.
The impressive performance of music and visuals lived up to all the rave reviews the band has received while on tour, and was everything fans could have hoped for. The exhausted trio appreciatively waved and thanked the exhilarated crowd. But not before the customary family portrait was taken from back of the stage. The photo can be found on The Glitch Mob's Facebook page and those in attendance are encouraged tag themselves. Here's wishing a quick return because it won't be soon enough before they play Portland again.


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In what promises to be an odd get together Hillary Clinton and Former President Bill Clinton will attend the same party on Wednesday, Aug. 14 as President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama in Martha's Vineyard only days after Clinton's interview was published in Atlantic criticizing and distancing herself from Obama's foreign policy a head of a second potential and presumed run for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 2016. Clinton issued a statement on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014 saying she did not mean to attack Obama and "looks forward to hugging it out when they see each other tomorrow night."
Both the Clintons and Obama will be attending a party in Ann Jordan's honor for her 80th birthday at the Farm Neck Golf Club. Ann Jordan is married to Vernon Jordan, a former Clinton advisor, while Ann is Obama advisor Valerie Jarett's cousin. Earlier in the day Clinton will be making book tour stop at "Bunch of Grapes bookstore in Vineyard Haven," where she will be signing copies of her memoir "Hard Choices."
A White House official released the information to the press that President Obama and First Lady Michelle were attending the same party; "The president and first lady have accepted an offer to attend a social gathering at the home of Vernon Jordan on Wednesday evening. The president and first lady are very much looking forward to the occasion and seeing former secretary Clinton."
In an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg published in the Atlantic. Clinton's Obama former first-term Secretary of State criticized the president blaming his decision not to arm Syrian rebels fighting against President Bashar al-Assad as the reason behind the "rise" of ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the "al Qaeda offshoot" and militant group that has taken over and is terrorizing Iraq.
Their actions have prompted Obama to militarily intervene again in Iraq with targeted airstrikes which he announced on Thursday evening, Aug. 8. Ironically Clinton was Secretary of State at the time Obama made that decision to not arm Syrian rebels. In the interview Clinton stated; "The failure to help build up a credible fighting force of the people who were the originators of the protests against Assad-there were Islamists, there were secularists, there was everything in the middle-the failure to do that left a big vacuum, which the jihadists have now filled."
A week before Clinton's interview was even published on Thursday, July 31, 2014 President Obama called possibly arming Syrian rebels as a strategy that could have prevented the rise of ISIS as "horsesh*t" at a bipartisan White House meeting with House and Senate leaders according a Daily Beast exclusive. Obama in anger said the expletive while answering Sen. Bob Corker, R-TN. The White House is denying the language Obama used in the exchanged. Still it shows how much of a break Clinton's comment could have between the two opponents who became friends and even had White House lunches after Clinton retired as Secretary of State. President Obama seemed to even praise and favor Clinton as possible presidential successor rather than even his own Vice President Joe Biden who also considering his third presidential run in 2016.
Clinton also summed up Obama's foreign policy as "don't do stupid stuff," criticizing the philosophy telling Goldberg, "Great nations need organizing principles, and 'Don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle. It may be a necessary brake on the actions you might take in order to promote a vision." The comment resulted in a reaction from the president's former political adviser David Axelrod took to Twitter, in a response reminiscent of the 2008 presidential campaign; "'Don't do stupid stuff' means stuff like occupying Iraq in the first place, which was a tragically bad decision."
Clinton aimed also to gain support from Jewish voters who are increasingly finding Republican and conservative staunch support of Israel appealing. Clinton defended Israel's military decisions particularly the most recent incursion Operation Protective Edge in Gaza and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, expressing; "I think Israel did what it had to do to respond to the (Hamas) rockets. Israel has a right to defend itself. The steps Hamas has taken to embed rockets and command and control facilities and tunnel entrances in civilian areas, this makes a response by Israel difficult." President Obama and present Secretary of State John Kerry have been critical of Gaza civilian casualties, and Netanyahu's policy towards Palestinians in general.
Although Clinton has not made any formal announcement and has only alluded to thinking about running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, her book tour for her memoir as Secretary of State "Hard Choices" has been considered a pre-campaign tour. The book is a New York Times bestseller, but the tour has been a bumpy one with conflict surrounding her wealth and the book has not sold as much as her memoir as first lady "Living History."
Clinton is trying to distance herself from President Obama's foreign policy despite being his former Secretary of State. Clinton trying to position herself as more of a hawk than Obama. Clinton's attempts have resulted in a critical response from both the left and right. The Republican National Committee's spokesman Sean Spicer stated; "You can't distance yourself from this administration's foreign policy when your job for four years was to lead its foreign policy." While anti-interventionist liberals have also been critical of her comments and position on United States military intervention. Clinton was not all critical in the interview; she did also "praise" President Obama, saying; "He's thoughtful, he's incredibly smart, and able to analyze a lot of different factors that are all moving at the same time."
In an attempt to not totally break from President Obama and ease tension ahead of the party they will be both attending, Clinton issued a statement on Tuesday, Aug. 12 released by Nick Merrill, her spokesman; "Secretary Clinton has at every step of the way touted the significant achievements of his presidency, which she is honored to have been part of as his secretary of state. Like any two friends who have to deal with the public eye, she looks forward to hugging it out when they see each other tomorrow night." Merrill clarified that Clinton wants to "make sure he [Obama] knows that nothing she said was an attempt to attack him, his policies, or his leadership."
- Hillary Clinton: 'Failure' to Help Syrian Rebels Led to the Rise of ISIS, Jeffrey Goldberg, Atlantic, 8-14
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Family and Friends Weekend spotlights student talent, involvement
SUNY Oswego's Family and Friends Weekend, Oct. 19 to 21, will highlight students' artistic, athletic and other active pursuits while welcoming hundreds of visitors.
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Gallim Dance to 'play inside the imagination' in Feb. 18 show
The award-winning Gallim Dance will break the boundaries of contemporary dance in a display of color, kinetics and culture Friday, Feb. 18, in a performance of "I Can See Myself in Your Pupil" at SUNY Oswego.
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It was only yesterday that we were talking about Apple underestimating the demand of its gold-colored iPhone 5S for Asia, but it looks like someone has really jumped the gun on eBay paying over $10,000 for a gold-colored iPhone 5S.
Yes. $10,000. Business Insider notes that eBay users are selling their gold iPhone 5S' for thousands of dollars, because demand is just so huge for them right now. I really don't know why someone would spend $10,000+ on a device that is worth less than 1/10 of that, but it goes to show you the demand for them right now.


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These eight children's books, recommended by HuffPost Blogger Devon Corneal, are great ways to celebrate Black History Month and President's Day with your family.
Corneal says that while she doesn't have much in the way of suggestions for books about that other February icon, the prognosticating groundhog, "if you want glorious illustrations, extraordinary stories of unsung heroes, and a dreaming president, then I've got you covered."
Below are Corneal's picks for the month of February, beautifully told tales of the people that helped shaped America, from songbirds like Ella Fitzgerald to the soldiers of 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion.
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