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Cubs Win One & Tie Another at Riverview Park
Eloy Jimenez belted an RBI triple and Rony Rodriguez and Justin Marra drilled RBI singles to highlight a three-run 1st inning, Oliver Zapata, doubled, singled, and walked, and Erick Castillo smacked a pinch-hit solo home run, helping the Cubs defeat the Giants 5-3 on Field #5, and Kevin Brown tripled, singled, walked, and scored a run, and Roney Alcala (RBI ground out & a two-run single) and Arnaldo Calero (two run-scoring doubles) drove-in three runs a piece as the Cubs rallied from a four-run deficit to tie the Giants 6-6 on Field #6, in Cactus League Extended Spring Training split-squad doubleheader action this morning at the Under Armour Performance Center at Riverview Park in Mesa, AZ.
Ryan Jones slugged a two-run HR, doubled and scored, and singled for the Giants on Field #6.
Justin Ruggiano (Cubs MLB 15-day DL - hamstring) and Casper Wells (AAA Iowa 7-day DL - back spasms) continued their EXST game rehabs, with Ruggiano playing RF with Squad "B" on Field #5 and Wells playing RF with Squad "A" on Field #6.
Ruggiano played RF for four innings and then moved to DH for one more inning, getting three Plate Appearances in the game. He struck out (swinging) in his first AB, drew a walk his second time up and then (apparently feeling a bit frisky) was thrown-out trying to steal, and he flied out to right in his third PA. He also commited an error, dropping a line-drive that was hit right at him (eventually leading to an unearned run scoring).
Wells played RF for eight innings and went 1-3, with a pop out to 1st, a bloop double (he later scored), a line-out to CF, and a walk.
Meanwhile, C-1B-3B Mark Malave is no longer switch-hitting, He is now batting only RH (and actually has been for a while). Malave drives the ball with more authority RH. and from what I've seen so far, he does not appear to be adversely affected hitting RH versus RHP.
Last year OF Rashad Crawford gave up switch-hitting, opting to hit only LH (to take better advantage of his plus-speed), and that move has worked out well for him.
Here are the abridged box scores from the two games (Cubs players only):
1. Jeffrey Baez, CF: 1-3 (1B, K, HBP, 6-4-3 DP, R, SB)
2a. Justin Ruggiano, RF-DH: 0-2 (K, BB, F-9, CS)
2b. Erick Castillo, PH: 1-1 (HR, R, RBI)
3. Eloy Jimenez, DH #1: 1-3 (3B, 5-3, BB, 6-3, R, RBI)
4. Rony Rodriguez, 1B: 2-4 (1B, K, 5-3 DP, 1B, R, RBI)
5. Oliver Zapata, LF: 2-3 (1B, 2B, L-4, BB, RBI, PO)
6. Justin Marra, C: 1-4 (1B, 1-3, F-7, K, RBI)
7. Elliot Soto, SS: 1-4 (L-1 DP, 1B, 6-3, L-8, R)
8a. Adonis Paula, DH #2: 1-1 (1B)
8b. Ricardo Marcano, PH-RF: 1-2 (2B, 4-3, RBI)
9. Bryant Flete, 2B: 2-3 (6-3, 1B, 1B)
10. Dalfis Ortiz, 3B: 0-3 (5-3, 1-3, E-1)
1. Tyler Ihrig: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (0 ER), 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 1 PO, 1 GIDP, 5/2 GO/FO, 61 pitches (41 strikes)
2. Adbert Alzolay: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 3/2 GO/FO, 30 pitches (18 strikes)
3. Greyfer Eregua: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 3 K, 3/0 GO/FO, 39 pitches (25 strikes)
4. Carlos Llano: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 0/2 GO/FO, 22 pitches (11 strikes)
1. RF Justin Ruggiano - E-9 (dropped line drive allowed batter to reach base safely - eventually scored unearned run)
2. 2B Bryant Flete - E-4 (dropped infield pop fly allowed batter to reach 2nd base safely and unearned run to score)
3. C Justin Marra - E-2 (overthrow on pick-off attempt at 2nd base allowed runner to advance to 3rd)
Justin Marra: 0-2 CS, 1 E (see above)
1. Gleyber Torres, SS: 1-4 (BB, 6-3, 5-3, 1B, 4-1)
2. Zak Blair, 2B: 2-5 (4-6-3 DP, 3-U, K, 1B, 1B)
3a. Casper Wells, RF: 1-3 (P-3, 2B, L-8, BB, R)
3b. Shamil Ubiera, RF: 0-1 (6-4-3 DP)
4. Jesse Hodges, 3B: 2-5 (L-8, 1B, L-7, K, 1B, R)
5. Kevin Brown, LF: 2-4 (3B, BB, 1B, 1-3, L-5, R, CS)
6. Roney Alcala, 1B: 1-4 (6-3, 1B, L-7, E-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, SB)
7. Mark Malave, C: 1-4 (1B, 5-U FC, 4-3, E-6, R)
8. Arnaldo Calero, DH: 2-4 (4-3, 2B, K, 2B, 3 RBI)
9. Charcer Burks, CF: 0-4 (F-7, F-8, P-2, K)
1. Trevor Clifton: 3.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R (5 ER), 2 BB, 7 K, 1 HR, 1 WP, 2/1 GO/FO, 67 pitches (37 strikes)
2. Corbin Hoffner: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 6/1 GO/FO, 28 pitches (20 strikes)
3. David Garner: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HBP, 1/2 GO/FO, 25 pitches (13 strikes)
4. Alberto Diaz: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 3 K, 1/2 GO/FO, 32 pitches (23 strikes)
1. 3B Jesse Hodges - E-5 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely)
2. SS Gleyber Torres - E-6 (two-base throwing error allowed batter to reach 2nd base safely)
Mark Malave: 1 PB
CF Charcer Burks - baserunner doubled-off 2nd base 8-4 after line out to CF
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Why do I get the feeling that
Why do I get the feeling that 17(?) year old Eloy would be our best outfielder?
Today's Olt excuse from
Today's Olt excuse from Captain Happy (apologies ahead of time to Ryno): "Sometimes you can have too hot a hand, and we thought it would be a good idea to cool him off a bit so that he doesn't swing quite as aggressively at all the pitches. Toning it down a notch will help his development in the long run. So giving him a couple days off after those 4 quick home runs should really help with that."
Yes. This makes perfect sense
Yes. This makes perfect sense. We like what he's doing, but we'll decide on the comings and goings when his readiness is perfected for future developmental go-get'emness. Until then we have some hot hands in the lineup per factual battings. Haha those silly naive fans. Everyone loves the longball.
It's hard to know what those
It's hard to know what those crazy fans are thinking. One minute you're down 3 zip, then suddenly it's a tie game. Way overblown.
This is a follow up to
This is a follow up to Carlito's post in the previous thread....
I'm a fan of the rebuild, too, but that doesn't make me ok with a year like this. And just because the farm system is showing signs of life, all that means to me is that the team is now sort of in the 20th century, catching up to teams that have been building this way for decades, all of whom have a strong advantage over the Cubs simply because they have a long tradition of this kind of infrastructure. Teams like Boston, Oakland, Atlanta, SF, Tampa Bay, Texas, Pittsburgh, not to mention our beloved Cardinals, are just a few teams that come to the top of my head that have been doing things the right way for some time now. Are those teams, under the magical aura of Theo, going to just roll over and watch as the Cubs train runs over all of their suddenly infertile systems?
The relationship Ricketts has developed with his fan base seems to me almost abusive. We're going to beat the shit out of you with some of the most awful baseball imaginable, but don't worry, we have seen how these other teams operate, and we are becoming just like them! See? Look at all the attention our magnificent farm system is getting.
What is being ignored by a lot of people is that TheoCorp completely screwed the pooch on their best possible scenario for this year, and that is that Castro and Rizzo may actually turn things around. What were they thinking in not providing a lineup to sandwich these guys in? Bonafacio was fun for a couple weeks, but now he's just Bonafacio. Sureouts is a bona fide rally killer. Lake is a good guy to have out there to see what he can do, but he's kind of our best outfielder. And that alone borders on malpractice for front office dudes.
I understand, as a long time fan, that the process of rebuilding a baseball team is slow, but to have an embarrassment of a team in year 3 isn't cool.
I am glad they are working on the minor league system, but until the minor league system starts landing guys into the lineup that's all it is, a promise. And then when they do get a guy who may be a decent third baseman, their manager reacts to a string of home runs by benching him for two days for some guy, Luis Valbuena, who won't even be remembered, in any way, except by trivia nuts. As much focus as I have on not playing Olt I'm not fooled into thinking he's going to be a great hitter. Cubbery alone reduces his chances significantly, but Capt Happy beefing up the Cubbery on his own is just more malpractice.
Even the immediate promise offered by the minor league system is showing cracks, since a lot of the Hendry guys seem to be under siege this year. Vogelbomb is showing signs of life again but has had a rough start, Baez is actually a question mark now, and Alcantara isn't as ready as everyone said he is. Most of the TheoCorp guys are years away, except Bryant, who is probably just about ready now and could be as close to a game changing impact player as we've seen in some time here.
But the promise of the minor leagues is only that. All those teams I mentioned, and I left a number off the list, are ahead of the Cubs and have been doing this for a long time. All a successful minor league system will do is bring us to the middle of the pack. I don't care how the system is rated by various publications, my rating is F until it promotes real major leaguers into the parent club, or helps bring in quality guys in a trade. Until then, it's just all talk. That's the business man in me talking. Talking doesn't give us squat. Show me the money.
Stop ignoring the parent club while you're rebuilding. It's clearly gonna take a couple more years for the farm system to produce a string of quality players outside of Bryant, so stop fucking with us as fans and give us a real major league team to watch while this is happening.
This freaking lineup, man.
This freaking lineup, man. And Schierholtz is still batting 5th. I don't even see a real solution to the problem, but Lake has got to be in there given the state of the team. At least Olt is starting. Except for the very high probability the Cubs will be trading Shark, the rest of the mid-season trade/DFA/release opportunities might actually make the team on the field better--Schierholtz, Barney, Bonifacio, and maybe even Valbuena could make way for Lake, Olt, and Kalish to play everyday. I can only hope that Shark brings back a starting pitcher and a position player who slot right into the 25-man as well (along with 2 more prospects).
I wish Lake would shorten
I wish Lake would shorten that damn swing on two strikes just to see what the hell happens. But seriously, folks, Coghlan? Another guy who will only be in the memory of trivia buffs in 10 years. Renteria, stop it. Now.
can only hope that Shark
can only hope that Shark brings back a starting pitcher and a position player who slot right into the 25-man as well (along with 2 more prospects).
If Scott Feldman can bring Arietta and Strop, I agree with you on what Shark should bring.
I remind us that 31 yr old Fergie Jenkins brought hot AAA prospect Bill Madlock (and utility player Vic Harris) following the 1973 season. Shark isn't Fergie but I like the comp.
AZ Phil... would you please tell us a bedtime story about that trade.
what if...
what if...
the Cubs had a #5 hitter with a BA of .290, 10 HR and an OPS of .850
what would their record be?
Free Sureouts. (wearing my waiting for Bryant t-shirt today)
Phil, Looks like Kevin Brown
Phil, Looks like Kevin Brown had a good game. He is a gamer for sure. I was reading an article on Mike Trout in SI Magazine and although not the player Trout is by a long shot, Kevin Brown has similar traits. I hope he gets a good look.
I was just about to complain
I was just about to complain that our starting LF was bunting in the first inning. Then I remembered who the opposing pitcher is. Bunt away.
Still stupid move
Still stupid move
Who's Len's color guy today?
Who's Len's color guy today?
Edit: I guess it's Hollandsworth
JD's daughter graduated from
JD's daughter graduated from UofI today.
I like JD fine, even if he's
I like JD fine, even if he's a bit boring, but Hollandsworth has a better voice.
Cashner to DL with sore right
Cashner to DL with sore right elbow (MRI Sunday).
Who is this Edwin Jackson fella pitching today?
So, there's this:
So, there's this:
Milton Bradley in 2009-
April, .118/.333/.294/.627, 2 HR, 2 RBI
May, .268/.348/.439/.787, 3 HR, 12 RBI
Nate Schierholtz this year-
April, .217/.227/.265/.492, 0 HR, 10 RBI
May (so far) , .167/.280/.238/.518, 0 HR, 3 RBI
This has gotten me wondering how historically bad Schierholtz start is. At least he's nearly managed as many RBI as Bradley did in his first two (full) months? I like Nate, but this is getting silly.
sureholds was crappy after
sureholds was crappy after the break last year (.230/.268 avg/ob%) after a very hot start...but at least he was still hitting homers and doubles while hitting crappy. he's not bringing anything this year but decent RF play.
Javier Baez, 2 run HR. A no
Javier Baez, 2 run HR. A no doubter to CF with Alcantara (BB) on base. 2-0 Iowa over Red Rock in the 1st from Des Moines.
One nice thing in light of my
One nice thing in light of my earlier cantankerous post is that it seems universal among baseball folk who know more than me that Baez will be fine.
Tyler Skulina pitching thru
Tyler Skulina pitching 7-1/3 no hit innings for the Patrick Kane County Cougars. KC up 3-0 over Quad Cities. Only flaws, 2 walks and a hit by pitch.
Nathan Doris in to relieve with 5 outs left and gets the side out with two GO 4-3's.
3 more outs left, Doris remains in to start the 9th. First batter, swinging K. 2nd batter, deep drive to CF...caught.
3rd batter, GO 4-3.
Combined No-No!
Bring up the new Tyler!!!
Bring up the new Tyler!!!
Back to back walks for I-Cubs
Back to back walks for I-Cubs...Alcantara and Baez. Alcantara steals 2nd base with a 2-0 count.
I thought Baez didn't walk. Must have been Alcantara's fault.
after a sacrifice to move the runners up, Vitters K's but Christian Villaneuva bales him out with a 2 run single up the middle just under the SS glove. I-Cubs back up 5-3 in the 6th.
this sounds like a mess...and
this sounds like a mess...and a way to strip power from kevin towers. i wonder if they're trying to force him out while setting up the next leadership crew at the same time.
either way it seems towers's days are numbered...and a lot of his regime.
not liking high-K HR hitters...on a team that recently picked up m.trumbo in the offseason...ow.
but he has zero tolerance for
but he has zero tolerance for high-K HR hitters.
from the man that went to 2 World Series on the back acne of McGwire and Canseco :)
but sure, the (relatively) low K power hitter is the ideal hitter in baseball, I counted about 11 of them in 2013 (K rate under 20%, iso over .200). If you lower the ISO to like .175, you'll find quite a bit more of course.
It does sound like it'll be a hot mess in Arizona for a few years till they sort all that out in the front office and on the field.
d.butera (backup catcher)
d.butera (backup catcher) came in again to pitch for the dodgers after c.perez gave up back to back homers...
double, homer, groundout, K...threw 92-94mph fastballs and some low 80s offspeed something (either a changeup or an undeveloped slider without much break).
You might be the most
You might be the most complete scout of non-pitchers pitching in the MLB! (Sadly there's probably not much money in it.)
ha. there's some twitter
ha. there's some twitter account i've seen in the sidebar occasionally that keeps track of position players pitching...but i dunno if they exist anymore or how well it was maintained.
i just wish i could find video of mark grace's inning for ARZ...i used to have a RealVideo (.rm) clip of it, but it's long ago lost on a harddrive many computers ago. it was hilarious.
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good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.
be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)
Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.
cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.
something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).
not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.
Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.
Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)
Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)
pretty much what I'm gathering from this thread is that it doesn't matter who you play in 5-game series, but no one wants to have to deal with Cardinal fans if we end up losing.
I can respect that.
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
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Evelyene, as she was known, was born in East Liverpool on April 5, 1927, a daughter of the late Alvin and Martha Mellington Dray. She was a 1945 graduate of East Liverpool High School.
A longtime member of the Calcutta Church of the Nazarene, she married her husband, Earl "Richard" Badger on November 30, 1947. He preceded her in death on January 22, 2011, and Evelyene moved to Florida at that time.
She had provided a loving home for her husband and family, and had been involved in the East Liverpool Lions Club, Christian Women's Club, and the "LaCroft Girls" her lifelong friends. In addition, Evelyene had served on the church board and had also been choir director at her church. For many years, she was known for her beautiful voice, and was often asked to sing solos at various churches in the area. At one time, she had also served as director of the Campfire Girls' choir.
Surviving her is a daughter, Deborah Sue Ludwig and her husband, Robert, of Port St. Lucie, FL, and a son, Richard A. Badger and his wife, Fonda, of Newell, WV. There are five grandchildren: Tracie Badger, Thomas Badger, Kira Badger, Lynette Buchheit Holbrook and her husband, John, and Eric R. Buchheit. In addition, there are four great-grandchildren, four step-grandchildren, and six step great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and her husband, Evelyene was preceded in death by two sisters, Mary Bentz and Betty Rose.
Friends may visit at the Dawson Funeral Home on Thursday, where the family will be present from 3 to 6 p.m., and one hour prior to the service on Friday.
Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with Evelyene's former minister, Pastor Randy Kelly officiating. Burial will take place at Columbiana County Memorial Park, after which time the family and friends will gather at the Dawson Family Center for a time of continued fellowship.
View Evelyene's memorial webpage and send condolences to the family online at www.dawsonfuneralhome.com


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1-2" of snow? Why haven't they closed the schools for the week?
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Why is "Optimizing the graphics stack to improve performance on sleep & resume" an optional feature of WDDM1.2 drivers? I think this is important for the user experience and should be made mandatory. So there should be a bit pressure on graphic vendors to optimize their drivers (remember the bad nVIDIA drivers for Vista?)
1. Where can I get the documents listed on slide #26?
2. From logo perspective; I understand that DX10 is a logo requirement for Win7 and DX10 feature level 9_3 is minimum required for Win8 logo. Where can I find out what is the delta of features between DX10 and DX10 feature level 9_3?
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text: After the release of iPad Air people began re-imagining iPhones to match the "Air" aesthetics. But what about the possibility of an Apple TV Air? Well, nobody was expecting that. Curved is behind this one too, after the wirelessly rechargeable touch-enabled Apple TV remote concept and the remote slash gamepad concepts, showed off in the last couple of weeks.


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Jim Nabors, forever known as the star of 1964-69's Gomer Pyle, USMC, married his male partner of nearly 40 years, Stan Cadwallader, on Jan. 15, the retired performer and Hawaii resident told Hawaii News Now this week.
"I'm 82 and he's in his 60s, and so we've been together for 38 years and I'm not ashamed of people knowing," Nabors told the news service. "It's just that it was such a personal thing, I didn't tell anybody."
The ceremony took place before a judge and some neighbors from Hawaii, inside the couple's room at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle. Same-sex marriage was approved in Washington State during last November's general election and took effect Dec. 6.
"I'm very happy that I've had a partner of 38 years and I feel very blessed," said Nabors. "And, what can I tell you, I'm just very happy."
Before they legally tied the knot, "It's pretty obvious that we had no rights as a couple, yet when you've been together 38 years," said Nabors, who in 1994 underwent a liver transplant, "I think something's got to happen there, you've got to solidify something. And at my age, it's probably the best thing to do."
The two met in 1975, when Cadwallader, now 64, was a Honolulu fire fighter, said Nabors.
Despite his recent nuptials, Nabors insists he's not one to take up the issue of gay marriage, saying: "I'm not a debater. And everybody has their own opinion about this, and actually I'm not an activist, so I've never gotten involved in any of this."
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Search party will meet at Centre Township building at 7:30 a.m. Saturday
A large search party will gather Saturday to look for a missing Berks County man with Alzheimer's disease.
Richard Jordan left his home at 1342 Garfield Rd. in Centre Township during the snowstorm on the morning of Thurs., Feb. 13.
State police and a team with search dogs will lead the mission to find Jordan. Anyone interested in helping with the search should meet at the township administration office, 449 Bucks Hill Rd., at 7:30 a.m., said township officials, adding that boots and a heavy coat should be worn.
Authorities have cautioned people that, because of Jordan having late-stage Alzheimer's, he may be confused or disorientated if approached.
Jordan is described as a white man who stands 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs approximately 150 pounds. He has short gray hair. He is possibly wearing a tan, light-weight jacket, blue pajama bottoms and slippers on his feet.
Anyone who sees Jordan or know of his possible whereabouts should call state police at 610-562-6885.
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Continuing with the series of conversations filmed in the "social room" at Lang.NEXT 2012, we present Andrei Alexandrescu, Walter Bright, Erik Meijer, and Andrew Adams-Moran discussing/debating various programming topics including pure versus native languages, Haskell, D, and more. Thanks Andrei, Andrew, Erik, and Walter for an excellent conversation! As always, this is presented to you exactly as it happened.
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Of course EMACS IS THE BEST. lol.
No wayy, the ending! Did Andrei say he was about to destroy or be destroyed?
Brilliant, Erik wasn't kidding about the best content happening backstage in the common areas instead of on stage.
I THINK Andrei said he was about to destroy the functional side, since he had the perspective of implementation detail instead of how to do the mental concept map for a functional implementation for the doubly-linked list; the very essence of the difference between the two paradigms.
Every time I hear Andrei Alexandrescu talk it makes me want to start programming in D. What a great technical salesman. I think this is a great comparison between two amazing languages on opposite sides of the spectrum. Too bad Lang.Next its only once a year, it's like Christmas for me!!
Very nice discussion but ended too soon! It's really exciting to see how Andrei was planning his attack on Haskel and completely destroy it :)
For now Visual Studio 11, with the new C++, C# and F#, is really king for real developers!. It's all about the tools and programers productivity!
Awesome! Man I could have kept listening for hours … why are your videos so short Charles? Just kidding man.
Erik, you said something about parser combinators being useless for tools due to them having to work in on incomplete input, got me thinking about the probabilistic programming/machine learning stuff as in that other Lang.NEXT session, and that perhaps parser combinators could operate concurrently on one or more predicted models, which must always be valid input, and if there are no valid predicted models, then it's an error. Just a thought.
that was kind of an insult to lump an interview with the designers of D together with some guy who works with Haskell. I think D has a big chance at being the compiled language that finally kills VM languages like Java and C#. But the questions asked about D were very haphazard and unfocused. I really appreciate channel 9 interviews, but this one was kind of a waste
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> that was kind of an insult to lump an interview with the designers of D together with some guy who works with Haskell
"Erik Meijer is an accomplished programming-language designer who has worked on a wide range of languages, including Haskell, Mondrian, X#, Cω, C#, and Visual Basic. He runs the Cloud Programmability Team at Microsoft, where his primary focus has been to remove the impedance mismatch between databases and programming languages. One of the fruits of these efforts is LINQ, which not only adds a native querying syntax to .NET languages, such as C# and Visual Basic, but also allows developers to query data sources other than tables, such as objects or XML."
So much for "some guy who works with Haskell"
Walter: "We had no idea [how much moving to github would help]"
LOL. People have been trying to tell Walter for years how important it is to lower the barrier to contributing code. Glad to see it's finally a solved problem.
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I need to have intellisense"
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INCLINE VILLAGE - The Incline boys liked their chances at a regional title this past weekend, so long as they could get past rival North Tahoe in the semifinal round of the Northern Division III soccer tournament.
They did, edging the Lakers by a 2-1 score, and it was clear sailing from there as the Highlanders went on to defeat Whittell 3-0 for the regional championship Saturday.
The Lakers, seeded fourth in the tournament due to an oddly structured power rankings system, did not make it easy on the hosts. Although Incline jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first half, North Tahoe cut into the margin with a goal in the 33rd minute and threatened to score the equalizer on multiple occasions in the second half.
"We did a pretty good job with our ball control and putting away the ones we had, but I would have felt better if we had gotten one more," said Incline head coach Tom Canino. "North Tahoe certainly didn't give up at any point."
Incline got on the board first with a goal in the seventh minute, as sophomore Luis Munoz followed up the rebound of a shot by Drew Bessette.
The Highlanders struck again in the 28th minute after senior Kyle Reeves received a through ball from Erick Rodriguez and beat North Tahoe goalie Jose Chavez, who had replaced starter Omar Vargas after Vargas suffered a head injury.
About five minutes after the goal, however, North Tahoe sophomore Lucas Early cut the 2-0 lead in half when he kicked in a corner kick.
"We played pretty hard, but we were a little sloppy, especially in the first half," Canino said. "Our touches were not that great, and I thought we kind of played into their game."
The Lakers came out hard in the second half, and had several opportunities to knot the score. But Incline made it tough with feisty defense led by Oscar Gudino, Brian Cuadros, Hugo Garcia and Marlon Correa, and the game ended with Incline a goal up.
That sent the Highlanders to the regional final Saturday against second-seeded Whittell, which had defeated third-seeded Yerington 8-2 on Friday.
The game remained in a scoreless tie through one half.
Sophomore Ian Reeves put an end to that with a goal assisted by Kyle Reeves in the 55th minute. Kyle Reeves pushed the lead to 2-0 in the 66th minute, assisted by Estefan Scheid, and Rey Estrada capped the scoring with an unassisted goal in the 74th minute.


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The built-in 'Hail Mary'??
There is a shot sports photographers attempt quite often–it's called the "Hail Mary," where you hold your camera with a wide angle lens high over your head and aim it down to get an angle on a tight crowd shot. It is useful quite often at the end of sporting events when players and media members rush the field to get shots of the players hugging and cheering as the game ends.
Sunday in Phoenix there was a photographer on the field who has a built-in 'Hail Mary' capacity–6'10″ former Major League Baseball pitcher and future Hall-of-Famer Randy Johnson. Johnson, a former pitcher with the Diamondbacks, as well as with other teams, was there taking photos on an Arizona Cardinals credential. Evidently he shoots events around Phoenix quite often, according to the photographers there.
I have always joked with James "Crusher" Smith, the Dallas Cowboys photographer who is 6'6″, that he always has the advantage in the post-game situations because of his height. But James even looked short compared to Johnson. It might be fun to see Johnson and James dueling it out after a game, as they jockey for position against each other to get the best post-game shot.
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Highland Adventist School students recently participated in a regional education fair.
The H.A.S. students entered more than 50 projects in four categories: science, social studies, Bible and art.
The fair, an annual event hosted in Summersville by Mountain View Conference, featured student entries from all around West Virginia. The H.A.S. students came away with a number of first-, second- and third-place ribbons.
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Alex Engelkemier is shown here with her Best of Show project at a recent conference in Summersville.
In addition, Alex Engelkemier, H.A.S. junior, was awarded the prestigious Best of Show award for her science project entitled, "How do different variables affect the period of a pendulum?" Engelkemier is a student in Don Jacko's physics class.
Highland Adventist School of Elkins provides college preparatory, Christian curriculum for students in grades kindergarten through 12.


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Ignorant to the bitter realities of military life, 16-year-old James enlists in the Union Army at the dawn of the Civil War. When his lieutenant assigns him to be the company historian of the G Company of the 122nd Regiment, New York Volunteers, he is initially at a loss as to what exactly he is supposed to record. As the days pass, James settles into his role, but he cannot take comfort in it. His country is divided by a bloody war, and his unit struggles through the hardships and turmoil. Through his journal entries, James poignantly captures the terror of battle, the drudgery of day-to-day life in the infantry, the loss of comrades, and the disillusionment of a young soldier.
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Earnest Collins Jr. — along with the rest of the University of Northern Colorado coaching staff in all sports — will see some adjustments in their paychecks.
Friday morning, the UNC Board of Trustees, approved a contract extension for Collins, the school's football coach who was entering the final year of his contract, through the 2017 season, extended volleyball coach Lyndsey Oates' contract through the 2018 season and approved the contract of women's basket- ball coach Kamie Ethridge.
All UNC coaches had one incentive clause — appearances in the community — rolled into their base salaries, and according to UNC athletic director Darren Dunn, in Oates' case that totals about $5,000.
"We have good people and good coaches here and this is an appropriate way to let them know they're appreciated," Dunn said.
Dunn also said he knows that the football team's win/loss record — 1-11 last season, 6-28 overall — will be discussed a lot when discussing his recent extension.
"When I evaluate coaches, I look at more than the win/loss record," Dunn said. "Earnest is doing a great job with the program and his players are doing a great job in the classroom and everywhere else. He's (Collins) extremely good in our community."
According to Collins' contract, his base salary is $117,000.
Collins was unavailable for comment.
Collins' contract lists eight incentives, all of which are pretty standard, as the following:
» $15,000 for average home paid attendance of 4,500 per game, per season.
» $20,000 if the players perform at or above the NCAA Academic Performance Rate of 940.
» $2,500 if the team's grade-point average is above 2.85 after the fall and spring semesters.
» $1,000 extra per season, per game, if the Bears reach seven victories.
» $5,000 for winning or sharing the Big Sky Conference title.
» $5,000 for being named Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year.
» $5,000 for an FBC playoff appearance.
» $20,000 for winning the FBC national title.
Collins' win percentage in three seasons as UNC's head coach is .214.
"We have had discussions on how that win total needs to increase," Dunn said. "We've talked about it."
In the "termination without cause" section of Collins' contract, he would receive compensation equal to three months of his salary.
If he elects to leave his contract before it expires to pursue another college head coaching position, he would be required to pay the university $29,250.
Oates' contract was extended through the 2019 season.
She's had a winning season in six of seven years (159-118 overall) and was named as the BSC Coach of the Year in 2009 and 2011.
Her base salary — including the appearance clause — is $92,500.
Oates has five $5,000 incentives in her contract:
» An increase of 10 percent in home paid attendance from the previous season.
» An additional $5,000 if the home paid attendance is 15 percent higher than the previous season.
» If the volleyball student-athletes' academic performance is at or above 960 of the NCAA Academic Performance Rate.
» For winning or sharing the Big Sky Conference title. » For winning the Big Sky Conference postseason tournament, thus qualifying for the NCAA Championships.
» For being named the Big Sky Coach of the Year.
Like Collins, if Oates is terminated without cause, the university will pay her three months of her base salary. If she voluntarily leaves to pursue another college head coaching job, she will have to give back $21,125.
"The contracts of all three coaches were approved without any questions," Dunn said. "It says a lot about the quality of people we have here and I'm really appreciative of President Norton and the Board of Trustees for their agreement and assistance in these matters."


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Singer Dexter Roberts, who finished seventh place on last season's American Idol, abruptly left the show's live tour in July due to an unknown illness.
Now Roberts, 23, has shared via his Facebook page what was responsible for taking him down.
"After months of hospital and doctor visits, I finally have a diagnosis," he wrote on Thursday. "I have Rocky Mountain Spotted Tick Fever, with symptoms of fever, rash, headache, abdominal issues, shortness of breath and muscle pain."
The Fayette, Alabama, native believes he contracted the illness when he went back home after the Idol finale in May.
"I went on a turkey hunt in Kentucky," writes Roberts, "I found several ticks on me throughout the four day hunt, but that is nothing unusual for turkey hunting."
According to the CDC, Rocky Mountain Spotted Tick Fever bacterium "is a cause of potentially fatal human illness in North and South America, and is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected tick species."
Since receiving the proper diagnosis, Roberts says he's started medication and is hoping for a full recovery.
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From Barcelona: The Urban Evolution of a Compact City, by Joan Busquets, published by Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Bruce Sterling: The Epic Struggle of the Internet of Things
Magnificent. (*****)
Saku Toiminen and Pekka Pohjakallio: The Workbook: Redesigning 925
Some useful thoughts/insights, but needed another edit, another iteration. (***)
Sean Lally: The Air from Other Planets: A Brief History of Architecture to Come
Currently reading (*****)
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg: Synthetic Aesthetics: Investigating Synthetic Biology's Designs on Nature
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John Lanchester: What We Talk About When We Talk about the Tube: The District Line (Penguin Underground Lines)
A great book to read if you happen to be returning to London after seven years away. And a great book to read if you're not. (*****)
Stephen Emmott: Ten Billion
Scariest book I've ever read (and I read all those Stephen King books as an impressionable teenager.) Blunt assessment of our chances as a species. (*****)
Dave Eggers: The Circle
Interesting to read just before Shteyngart—it's not quite as imaginative or sharp as 'Super Sad True Love Story' but more plausible, worryingly. (****)
Gary Shteyngart: Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel
Finally got around to this, years after Justin McGuirk recommended to me. Witty, vivid and scary satire. (*****)
Daniel Brook: A History of Future Cities
Lovely idea for a book—connecting Dubai, Mumbai, St. Petersburg, Shanghai—as cities of the future (and of the East.) (****)
Martti Kalliala, with Tuomas Toivonen and Jenna Sutela: Solution 239 - 246: Finland - The Welfare Game
Lovely little Sternberg Press book speculating imaginatively on possible future Finlands and so generating deep insight into today's Finland. (*****)
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Enjoyable, and very funny in places. (***)
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A wonderful, wonderful small book. As deep as the night sky is vast, yet also humourous and accessible. (*****)
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Hugely enjoyable police procedural set in several alternate New Yorks. (****)
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Some choice excerpts in here. (****)
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Invaluable research, and smartly-written. (*****)
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Traditional history book, but a good one. The stories are so good, it can hardly fail. (****)
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Just a beautiful little book. Wonderful conceit, perfectly executed. Some further brief thoughts here. (*****)
Geoff Dyer: Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room
(Still reading, but...) Dyer—in my top five, fwiw—does a kind of written (non-Director's) commentary through every scene of Tarkovsky's "Stalker". Absolutely hilarious, with sudden blooms of insight. (*****)
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Establishing a culture of teamwork and success at Santa Clara, Krystal Kelly enters her fifth full season as head women's golf coach in 2015-16 following one of the finest seasons in the program's history.
Under Kelly's direction the 2015-16 team finished third at the WCC Championships. The 2013-14 squad captured a program record three team titles and seven top 5 finishes in 11 tournaments, had four individual medal winners, and the top two rounds in the team's history. The foundation for success has been put in place.
On September 16, 2013 at the Boise State Invitational the Broncos scored the lowest round in their history with a first round 291. Later that day they shattered that mark with a second round 287 and captured their first team title of the season the next day with a final round 297. The Broncos won their own Colby Invitational battling from six shots back on the second day to capture the 36-hole event by one shot on October 22. The team claimed its third title of the season tying for the top spot at the Grand Canyon Invitational on February 25, 2014.
Kelly has been at the helm for seven team titles during her tenure, the program's record, and coached the school's first 'Freshman of the Year' when Annie Freman was voted the West Coast Conference's top first year player in 2013-14. Freman set a team record with her 74.19 stroke average and tied the mark with three tournament titles playing in all 11 events.
Kelly made an immediate impact as head coach in the spring of 2011 as the Broncos cracked the nation's top 100 as a team and three players received All-WCC honors at season's end. During the 2011 fall season, the Broncos won a pair of tournament titles and two of her golfers claimed individual awards.
On October 25, 2011 Kelly won her first college tournament as a head coach, claiming SCU's own Colby Invitational. Two weeks later the Broncos did it again, winning the Lamkin Grip Cal Poly Invitational on November 7, 2011. Taylor Camany (Colby Invitational) and Balbina Guajardo (Lamkin Grip) were the individual winners.
With a roster in 2012-13 that included four freshmen and just one senior, Kelly did perhaps her finest job of coaching and personal instruction. The team captured seven top 10 finishes in their 10 events with the first-year team members playing an integral part in the development and success of the squad. All five players, including three freshmen, placed in the top 20 and the team finished fourth at the WCC Championship.
Kelly was named head coach prior to the start of the 2011 spring season following the resignation of Polly Schulze. SCU Director of Athletics and Recreation Dan Coonan made the official announcement on February 8, 2011. While an assistant coach at Santa Clara in 2009, she redesigned the team's practice program, focusing on individual instruction.
Prior to coming to Santa Clara, Kelly was playing professionally from 2006 through 2008. She was named the California Player's Tour 'Player of the Year' in 2007, leading the tour's money list.
A former All-America player and NCAA Champion at UCLA, Kelly is a PGA Class "A" member and has been the PGA assistant golf pro at San Jose's Silver Creek Country Club since April of 2008. A 2004 graduate of UCLA with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology, she is married to Matt Kelly. The couple has a son and resides in San Jose.


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Anyone seen this show? I have to say I LOVE it!
Its kind of like a darker-comedy and actually likeable version of high school musical..but not so cheesy.. well I'm not sure that describes it well..
It airs on Fox atm but according to Digital Spy has been bought by a UK network which will be announced next week
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It airs on Fox atm but according to Digital Spy has been bought by a UK network which will be announced next week
At a guess, the BBC would have grabbed this one. If C4 (and it's channels) got this I would be surprised.
An American friend of mine is really raving about this. I want to watch it, but it's not over here yet.
I've seen the first three episodes and it is amazing (and I hate high school musical). It's one of those programmes where you can't help but fall in love with every character, even the 'bad' ones. The songs they cover are really good, the jokes can be a bit risque and Jane Lynch, is fab as always. I can't wait for episode 4
Great news about Glee.
Despite only 3 episodes having been aired, it has been such a ratings hit, that Fox have already announced there will be a second season.
Has anybody watched this wonderful new US show? I've seen the first five episodes so far and it's one of the freshest TV programmes to come out of America in a long time. It may initially resemble a shameless attempt to capatalise on the High School Musical 'mania' but in fact it abandons all of the saccharine, soppy mindless shenanigans and replaces it with a sharp, satirical wit and musical numbers that are genuinely impressive and mostly culturally relevant.
It's been picked up by E4 over here but they won't be showing it until January. I've been obtaining it via alternative methods because I'm already hooked and I'd recommend it to anybody and everybody.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzWrnsASi3c
Seriously brilliant.
omg im hooked to this show I love it!!!
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Anyone know where I can download the songs from the show? At this point I would even pay for them I love them so much (and for me, that is quite controversial!)
Oh, and I saw in another thread that apparently E4 have picked it up. Shall be watching it all over again when it is officially available over here and I can squee about it with my friends!
I just watched episode 7. This is definitely my favourite TV show at the moment.
Whenever I try to describe it to someone, I have to mention stuff like high school musical which I hate doing as it totally puts them off.
(Original post by Roobsa)
I just watched episode 7. This is definitely my favourite TV show at the moment.
Whenever I try to describe it to someone, I have to mention stuff like high school musical which I hate doing as it totally puts them off.
Started watching this last week, and up to date with the recent episode, and I am enjoying it. With the input of both modern and older music, its got a good combo of actors and songs!
Soo good! Though I didn't like the songs so much this week; but still fabarooney!
arghhhh im dying to discuss this with people, i love this show but no one i know watches it lol! loved this weeks epsiode by the way!
loving it so far, Sue is the best character by far.
also, i'm not a fan of the whole story with will's wife so i'm glad they didn't do anything with her this week.
It's going on E4 in January, I think Glad it's back after the break!
the new episode was pretty awesome
I love the songs actually... I would pay for them if you could get them over here, but as it is I've got to just rip them from leeloodoyle's youtube! Such great songs to sing along to!
I didn't think I'd like this as I absolutely detest High School Musical (and shows similar to this) but I find myself watching it every week. I'm in love with Will, he's awesome. The 'Bust a move' and 'Thong song' covers were genius! And puck is just
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The date was June 24, 1969. The venue was historic Grayson Stadium in Savannah, Ga.
Four months after one of the biggest "upsets" in professional wrestling history, newly crowned NWA world heavyweight champion Dory Funk Jr. was defending his title against a masked mystery man known only as The Professional.
The man behind the hood, Doug Gilbert, had undergone one of the most amazing transformations ever witnessed in the business. From a smallish-sized, high-flying performer to a powerfully built, 300-pound masked behemoth billed as The Pro, Gilbert's enigmatic character had taken the Georgia territory by storm.
Funk, who at 28 was one of the youngest world champs ever after defeating veteran Gene Kiniski for the crown, was new in the role of touring champion. His hooded foe had earned the title shot by turning back every opponent put in his path.
The massive crowd that assembled under the stars that evening had turned out for a special event featuring some of the top names in the sport.
But there was little doubt as to who was headlining the show.
Funk vs. The Professional more than lived up to its lofty expectations. It was textbook wrestling at its finest, with both men matching hold for hold, until the 60-minute time limit expired, leaving both the performers and the crowd exhausted following a classic confrontation.
The contest ended with the champ seemingly trapped in the challenger's abdominal stretch, with only the expiration of the one-hour limit saving him from defeat. Although The Pro wouldn't go home with the title that night, the match would only enhance his reputation in the territory.
It would be remembered as one of the greatest world title matches out of the hundreds I would witness over the years.
Funk, who held the title for a remarkable four and a half years, also remembers that special summer night in Savannah when both were in the prime of their careers.
"We have a saying, as world champion, part of the job is to 'make' an opponent every time out," says Funk. "Doug was somebody who deserved it and could live up to it. And he did. He made lots of money in Georgia.
"To quote my brother (former NWA world champ Terry Funk), the important thing is that after you leave, business is good. That's a different way to look at the business. If Doug was better after the match than before the match, then that would thrill me."
And he was.
While Funk, now 72, would remain in the wrestling business to this day, Gilbert would ride out his full-time career only into the late '70s, using other monikers and other gimmicks along the way. But he would never again approach the level of success that he had attained in Georgia during his memorable run as The Professional.
"As The Pro, he was hot," says Funk. "He was really at his peak in Georgia during that time. He was a power worker who completely lived up to his reputation. He was a very skilled wrestling technician who never lost what he knew as a gymnast. The name 'The Professional' really fit."
Gilbert, whose real name was Doug Lindzy, passed away last week at the age of 76 in his hometown of Omaha, Neb. He had battled Alzheimer's disease over the past few years.
Gilbert had always prided himself in good finishes in the wrestling ring. And when it was time to go home, he was just as graceful.
"He went out so peacefully," his youngest son, Steve Lindzy, shared with Greg Oliver on the SLAM Wrestling website. "When he went out, at the very end, he opened his eyes and I kid you not, it was just pure unadulterated love. It was powerful, just boom.
"He looked at Mom, he looked at (son) Mike, he looked at (daughter) Terri, and he looked at me, and the eyes were just so full of love, and he closed them. And that was it. It was gorgeous."
Athletic performer
One of Doug Gilbert's first major pushes in the business came in the early '60s as part of a tag team with Dick Steinborn.
Known as Mr. High (Gilbert) and Mr. Low (Steinborn) for their different styles — Gilbert as a high flyer and Steinborn for his ground approach — the popular babyface duo captured the AWA world tag-team title in 1962 from Art and Stan Neilson.
Relying on his gymnastics experience, Gilbert executed such aerial moves as back flips off the top rope, and jumping on an opponent's shoulders, then rolling forward into a cradle.
Gilbert would form another top team five years later with Reggie Parks, and the two would hold the AWA Midwest tag-team belts on three separate occasions.
But it was in 1968, when Gilbert ventured into the Atlanta territory, that he would make a lasting impact on Georgia wrestling fans as a masked man known as The Professional.
Gilbert was brought in by Atlanta booker Leo Garibaldi, and almost immediately turned the territory upside down.
"Essentially the territory was built around him," recalls Funk. "There were other good guys, but Doug was the hot guy there. He was the top (drawing) card."
Less than a year after entering the territory, and in the wake of some hotly contested bouts with then-NWA world champ Kiniski, The Pro would get his title crack at new champion Dory Funk Jr.
It wouldn't, however, be the first time the two had ever met.
Funk and Gilbert first crossed paths when Gilbert worked the Amarillo territory for Funk's father.
"He was very young when I first met him in Amarillo," says Funk, who was first introduced to Gilbert before the second-generation star had even begun his own pro career. "He worked there as Doug Gilbert. He was heavily into gymnastics. He was maybe 19 or 20 years old. He was a very athletic performer."
Nearly 10 years later, their paths would cross again, with Funk as a young world champion and Gilbert a top star under a hood.
Funk was amazed how much Gilbert had changed physically over the years.
"I know he was much bigger and much stronger than he was when he was in Amarillo," says Funk. "But he was still a great worker."
And, despite the marked weight gain, Gilbert could still perform the acrobatic and high-flying moves that he executed as a much lighter grappler.
Garibaldi, a highly respected booker, had brought Gilbert in, initially as a masked heel, along with a number of other top performers to give the territory a major boost.
"Take a look at my guys ... they all look like athletes," Garibaldi told Funk.
"There really were some good-looking athletes there," says Funk, "with Doug Gilbert the foundation around which he (Garibaldi) built the territory. They had the territory going real good, and he was the center of the territory. He was the heart of it. "
As a new champion, Funk was embarking on a whirlwind tour during his Savannah title defense.
Funk, who routinely worked six to seven shows a week, had title defenses scheduled the following four nights against Cyclone Negro in Miami, Rock Hunter in Norfolk and Richmond, Va., and Abe Jacobs in Burlington, N.C.
But the match at Grayson Stadium had received plenty of buildup. Most of the fans even anticipated the end of Funk's title run.
It was early, though, in Funk's reign, and "it was a mystery every time I went in the ring against somebody. Doug was one of those," says Funk.
"I had so much respect for him for what he did. He had done a great job in the Amarillo territory. He was such a great athlete. It was really a thrill to be able to walk in the ring and work with him. He was a good friend and a great guy to work with."
Distinguished career
Gilbert, originally from South Bend, Ind., began his wrestling training by lifting weights and trying his hand at gymnastics in Chicago.
He changed his ring name from Doug Lindzy to Doug Lindsay and later Doug Gilbert when he began teaming with journeyman wrestler Johnny Gilbert (Gilbert Sanchez) as a faux brother team in Minnesota and Georgia in the late '50s.
His return to Georgia, a decade later with a mask, would be marked by an assortment of titles and headline matches. He held the Georgia state championship on several occasions, with wins over the likes of Tarzan Tyler, Johnny Valentine, El Mongol and Paul DeMarco. He shared the Georgia tag-team title with El Mongol, Assassin No. 2 and Bobby Shane.
Putting his mask on the line was a special stipulation that was often used as The Pro unmasked a number of fellow hooded performers such as The Spoiler (Mike Davis), Professional No. 2 (Paul DeMarco), The Blue Destroyer (Gene Kiniski), Big Tex (Stan Frazier) and The Red Demon (Cisco Gimaldo).
Gilbert also held the distinction of being one of the very first wrestlers to body-slam Andre The Giant. He accomplished the feat in Montreal, Canada, in 1972. Three years later he was touted as the first man to take Abdullah The Butcher off his feet during a TV taping in Atlanta.
Gilbert changed his Professional moniker to The Professor during a late 1971 stint in the Indianapolis circuit where he chased Baron Von Raschke for the WWA world title.
Gilbert once again changed his name, this time sans mask as Redbeard, during a tour of Florida the following year. There he feuded with such stars as Eddie Graham and Tim Woods, and with Mike Webster won the Florida tag-team title from Boris Malenko and Bob Roop.
Gilbert donned the mask once again in 1972 while wrestling as one of The New Infernos along with Curtis Smith. The two would win the Georgia tag-team title from Eddie and Mike Graham, later losing and re-winning the belts in a program with Mr. Wrestling No. 2 (Johnny Walker) and Bob Orton Jr.
His final major title was the Central States heavyweight championship which he won in 1978 from Bob Sweetan.
Gilbert wound down his full-time wrestling career in the late '70s, although he returned for a handful of bouts in the WWF during the mid-'80s.
He opened Doug's Gym & Fitness Center in South Omaha in 1980.
Gilbert, who held the Mr. America Over 35 title in the 1980s, "loved to work out and he loved to take care of himself. He loved health," his son told the Omaha World-Herald.
Douglas Allan Lindzy leaves behind his wife of 40 years, Anne Marie, two sons and a daughter, along with a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
And a whole bunch of wrestling memories.
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An Orchard Park man who gambled and lived beyond his means with other people's money was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for a scam that cost dozens of investors as much as $5.1 million over four years.
"I gambled. I played the stock market. And I drank," James E. Rotterman, 33, told U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara during the hearing. "I'm a convicted felon, and I deserve that title."
Arcara called Rotterman's crimes "a fairly egregious case" and ordered him to pay more than $4.5 million in restitution.
"How is he ever going to make restitution to all those people?" Arcara asked defense attorney Herbert L. Greenman.
"He doesn't have the money to give them back," Greenman said.
Three dozen victims lost nearly $4.6 million, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Gretchen L. Wylegala, who handled the case. Five others who lost money could not be found. Rotterman paid back six people about $1.5 million, she said.
Some victims lost more than others, with one person losing $1 million, Wylegala said.
None of the victims spoke during his sentencing. But some lost all of their savings, she said. "People are in very bad straits because of Mr. Rotterman's greed and his lies."
Rotterman pleaded guilty in May to wire fraud and tax charges.
Rotterman formed two companies, JRCG Holdings LLC and Warlord Media LLC, and advertised that he had businesses for sale on an Internet site, www.BizBuySell.com.
The businesses Rotterman advertised were allegedly profitable merchant portfolio accounts, which were to provide a cash flow to the investor, according to the prosecution.
The businesses did not exist, but Rotterman attracted investors by using false financial documents, bank statements and tax returns to tout the fictional businesses.
Investors sent Rotterman more than $6 million between 2006 and 2010, Wylegala said, but all of his representations about the businesses for sale were false.
Any cash flow received by some investors was their own money, or other investors' money, she said.
Rotterman spent the rest of the money to support his lifestyle and to pay off large gambling losses, she said. Erie County's online property records show Rotterman as the owner of a 3,442-square-foot, two-story home on Sandpiper Court in Orchard Park, built in 2006 and assessed at $300,000.
In addition to the scam, Rotterman failed to account for income he received from the investors on his tax returns for the years 2008 and 2009. The tax losses totaled more than $387,000.
The FBI and the IRS investigated Rotterman.
"This case is another example of why it is so important for investors to do their homework," U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. said in a statement. "When making investments, the public should keep in mind that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."
Rotterman, who is married and is the father of a 6-year-old child, was allowed to voluntarily surrender at a later date.
Wylegala opposed that, saying she believed Rotterman has not been truthful about his assets. She said the government does not have "proof positive" that Rotterman is hiding money, but it is the opinion of authorities who interviewed him.
She argued for a harsher prison sentence because she said Rotterman has "never come clean" about how the scam began. "This was a fraud from the get-go," she said, not a case where his conduct faltered after a legitimate start in business.
Rotterman's sentence is roughly in the middle of federal sentencing guidelines, which call for 63 to 78 months. Rotterman got 72 months.
About a dozen of Rotterman's family members and friends watched the proceeding, outnumbering any victims who may have sat in the courtroom. Arcara noted the family support Rotterman has received - something other defendants do not have.
"He had a secret life," Arcara said of Rotterman, noting how he hid his criminal conduct from even his wife.
"I'm ashamed of what I did to the victims," Rotterman told the judge. "I'm remorseful and ashamed of the things I've done."
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COLUMBIANA -A 2-mill ambulance service renewal levy will help pay for a new ambulance over the coming years, EMS Chief Tom Farley said.
The five-year levy on the Nov. 6 ballot is expected to generate $268,100 a year for the EMS department and will result in no tax increase to residents.
The owner of a $50,000 home currently pays $30.63 on the levy.
Farley said levy funding goes toward the general operations of the department, including the purchase of equipment and employee wages.
"We are looking at buying a new ambulance at the end of this year, beginning of next. There is always newer technology, better equipment, and we are always trying to keep up to date on that stuff," he said.
The department currently runs two ambulances, and a third 1984-model is used by the Explorer Post and as a spare when needed. The new ambulance would replace that one and be used as a spare, Farley said.
He said the department is experiencing a higher volume of emergency calls, and it's important to have a third ambulance available should the other two already be on calls.
"Third out calls are happening more frequently with an increase in call volume," he said, adding there have been at least eight cases this year that a third ambulance was needed.
The levy was originally put on the ballot in 2003 for 1.5-mills and was increased to 2-mills in 2008, he said.


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BURNHAM - Grief and gratitude united the crowd who gathered Saturday for the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans memorial at the Beech Street circle in Burnham.
"It is a weekend we keep a promise to never forget," said David Bower, master of ceremonies and director of Clinton County Veterans Affairs.
A trio of granite walls are engraved with the names of 17 Vietnam veterans and one Iraqi War veteran, all of whom died in service to the United States.
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Area residents look upon the newly dedicated Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Saturday along Beech Street in Burnham. The memorial bears the names of 17 Vietnam veterans and one Iraqi War veteran, all of whom died in service to the United States.
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Motorcyclists leave Kish Park in Derry Township to begin the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Ride with the destination being the dedication ceremony of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Circle held Saturday on Beech Street in Burnham. The ride, organized by Skip Royer of Lewistown, raised more than $800 to be donated to the Vietnam Veterans of America Central Pennsylvania Chapter 791.
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The black granite walls of the memorial are flanked with flags representing America, Pennsylvania and the plight of soldiers still missing in action.
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Ida Wagner, second from left, helps carry a wreath honoring her brother, Joseph Lester Hockenberry, to the new Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Burnham. Hockenberry first joined the Army while he was underage to serve in Korea, and he was 33 when he was killed in Vietnam in 1967. Walking with Wagner are Don Page, left; her niece, Pauline Page; and the Pages' daughter, Vanessa.
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Two men pay their respects Saturday at the newly dedicated Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Burnham.
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"We have prospered because we always have citizens willing to answer the call and serve. Veterans have made our country secure," said Brittany Etters, a Penn State sophomore who designed the memorial.
She urged the audience to "come honor the heroes and remember the ones who gave us freedom. We have much to be thankful for."
The memorial has been several years in the making and has involved many communities and countless volunteers, all of whom worked together for one common goal.
"This memorial helps ensure they will never be forgotten," Fred Elliott, past vice president of the Vietnam Veterans of America National Council, said of the soldiers listed on it.
The black granite walls of the memorial are flanked with flags representing America, Pennsylvania and the plight of soldiers still missing in action.
"See that Pennsylvania flag? It looks a little tattered, doesn't it," asked Dennis Drass, president of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 791. "That's because it flew over LZ (landing zone) Schuyler in Vietnam. It served Pennsylvania and this nation well, as did all veterans."
In Washington, D.C., the national Vietnam Veterans Memorial, commonly called "The Wall," lists 58,479 names - those who died in the war and who have been identified, Drass said. There still are 1,654 who are missing.
"This nation needs to get on the Veterans Administration to get off their duff (and) to do what they promised," Drass said.
His impassioned plea invoked an "Amen!" from a woman in the audience and a round of applause.
Millions served in the war and thousands never came home. Those who did were greeted with hostility and hatred from their own countrymen.
"This mess should never have happened," Drass said, "but it did, and veterans have to live with it."
He is among those who do.
"I'm sad and filled with guilt. They didn't come home. I did," he said. "I'm also filled with anger over the lives wasted."
When Drass returned from Vietnam, he was placed on temporary duty and stationed near Pittsburgh. He attended military funerals in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio and was devastated at watching families - especially mothers - deal with the loss of their sons, brothers and husbands.
"With all of that grief, that pain and that heartache, the nation screams and screams and screams in protest of a war. They were taking it out on the veterans who were just doing a job," Drass said. "Vietnam veterans were treated horribly."
Memorials such as the one now in Burnham and the national one in D.C. help in the healing process, he said.
The new memorial should be considered "hallowed ground," said Pastor Michael Bailey. "It has been made hallowed by those who gave the supreme sacrifice."
During the dedication ceremony, wreaths of red, white and blue ribbons were carried to the monument by members of each soldier's family and a demonstration was made of a traditional field cross, which involves the placing of a soldier's boots, rifle and dog tags. A flag and a red rose also were added to the display.
For Ida Wagner and her family, the ceremony brought plenty of emotion. Her younger brother, Joseph Lester Hockenberry, was one of the veterans recognized.
She was "sorry and sad" to have to walk with the wreath to the monument. Joseph was just 15 when he managed to enlist in the Army, she said.
"Our mother didn't want to let him go," Wagner said, but he insisted that she switch his birth certificate.
Hockenberry served in the Korean War and was a platoon sergeant in Vietnam. He was 33 when he was killed in action.
"It breaks your heart," said Pauline Page, Ida's niece.
Pauline, her husband Don and their 19-year-old daughter, Vanessa, accompanied Ida to lay the wreath.
"I'm thankful to see there's other people here" who support the late veterans and their families, Vanessa said. "Their lives aren't for nothing."
Musicians sang patriotic songs and played Taps on bagpipes and bugle while Old Glory fluttered over the monument.
"Welcome home, veterans," Drass said. "Welcome home."


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Race Driver: GRID Review
With a new found freedom to take risks GRID sits up there with the mighty Project Gotham Racing 4 as a leader in the arcade-style racing genre.
Codemasters is well known as one of the leaders in the racing game market, but with the PGR, Forza and Gran Turismo series all leading the way the UK-based publisher needed Race Driver: GRID to be something special. With the most impressive visuals ever to grace a racing game, brilliant variety and game-making rewind feature GRID is everything we wanted it to be and quite possibly the racing game of 2008.
GRID sees you driving for a new racing team. To begin with you need to earn enough cash to buy your team's first car, and from then on it's all about earning cash and reputation points. Cash buys cars needed to enter new events and reputation points add up to earn new licences and access to new event tiers. Essentially, if you place on the podium regularly you'll soon be raking in the money and rep.
Things aren't quite as simple as they seem though. The events are split into three territories: USA, Europe and Japan. Your cash is put into a global pot, but your rep points are territory specific. So, you could focus on the drift and head-to-head race events found in Japan, achieve a new license and access to a new tier of events in that territory, but still be languishing in the beginner races in Europe and the USA. How many rep points you earn also depends on the difficulty settings you choose to race with.
Choosing harder AI racers, a fixed in-car view and disallowing race restarts all increase the potential rep points, but a harder difficulty also affects one of GRID's core gameplay features: flashbacks. At any point during a race you can pause the game and rewind back a few seconds, with the number of times you're allowed to do so being determined by the difficulty you've set - four by default. At first this magical ability seems like a copout, but it makes complete sense given GRID's arcade-style racing.
While previous games in the Race Driver series have been pretty hard to get into due to the simulation handling, GRID feels far more like PGR than Gran Turismo. In fact, it feels slightly more forgiving than PGR's already quite flashy driving model. With an emphasis on speed and some rather competitive AI drivers you're going to be having a lot of fun, but will also find yourself buried in a tyre wall fairly often. Heavy crashes can even result in your car being totalled, so being able to rewind is a huge relief.
Whereas in other racers you might take your foot off the pedal during tricky sections of track, perhaps settling for second place instead of first, in GRID you feel compelled to go for the win. Instead of worrying about every corner, you're free to drive how you really want, which actually has a very beneficial effect on your performances. The initially twitchy controls soon fade into the distance as you scream around each track, often not even thinking about flashbacks.
Although the early parts of your career will see you racing in the bottom rung of cars available in the game, you can accept freelance offers from other teams to earn some extra cash. These offers always see you driving in a high-powered car. One of the best examples of this is the yearly Le Mans 24-hour race - shortened to 12 minutes of game time. Unless you want to fork out for a proper racing beast your best option is to drive freelance for another team, hoping to place in the top three in your class. With a full day and night cycle winning this race is seen as the pinnacle of your racing career.


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Sebadoh | REWIG76 | Released: 03/04/11
Released in 1994, Bakesale was Sebadoh's great act of de- cluttering. Eschewing the free flowing experimentation of Sebadoh III and the schizophrenic lurches of Bubble And Scrape, Sebadoh re-constituted itself with a new drummer, Bob Fay, as its two principal songwriters, Lou Barlow and Jason Lowenstein, refined their craft to deliver a masterpiece of concise heartworn pop.
Bakesale is Sebadoh at their most focussed and fluent, the unpredictability of their line-up and live shows replaced with a new found sense of equilibrium. The record is still thoroughly Sebadoh however, so while the performances are more polished and the production and sound quality much clearer than their previous recordings, the subject matter remains the same.
Running in sequence so Barlow's and Lowenstein's songs alternate with each other, Bakesale explores the affairs of the heart; either as worn on Barlow's rumpled sleeve, or in the passive / aggressive arguments of Lowenstein's stoned psyche. The exuberant but tense rush of "License To Confuse", "Magnet's Coil", "Skull" and "Rebound" show Barlow's voice at its sweetest; while "Careful", "Not Too Amused", and "Drama Mine" signified a new accessibility in Lowenstein's songs that ensure that he and Fay were now operating on equal terms.
In between is Bob Fay's "Temptation Tide", which in the manner of Sebadoh's ultra-democratic modus operandi featured the vocals of his partner Anne Slinn. Comprising of fifteen tracks in just over 40 minutes Bakesale is a blur of confession and melody concluding with "Together or Alone", one of Barlow's most vulnerable and tender moments of self-doubt.
Upon its release and in tribute to its tuneful accessibility, Bakesale secured Sebadoh their first Top 40 position in the UK album chart and in the US the band were smartened up for MTV. Sebadoh however, remained defiantly uninterested in the mechanics of high-end success, and it's Bakesale's intimacy and lightness of touch that both captures the atmosphere of mid-90s lo-fi America coming of age and endures so well.
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Disc 01
- 01. License to confuse
- 02. Careful
- 03. Magnet's coil
- 04. Not a friend
- 05. Not too amused
- 06. Dreams
- 07. Skull
- 08. Got it
- 09. Shit soup
- 10. Give up
- 11. Rebound
- 12. Mystery man
- 13. Temptation tide
- 14. Dramamine
- 15. Together or alone
Disc 02
- 01. MOR backlash
- 02. Not a friend (4-track)
- 03. Foreground
- 04. 40203
- 05. Mystery man (4-track)
- 06. Drumstick jumble
- 07. Lime Kiln
- 08. Fancy-ass / Destitute
- 09. Perfect way (4-track)
- 10. Give the drummer some
- 11. Cementville
- 12. Social medicine
- 13. On fire (acoustic)
- 14. Magnet coil (acoustic)
- 15. Rebound (acoustic)
- 16. Punching myself in the face repeatedly, publicly
- 17. Sing something / plate of hatred
- 18. Ill screams
- 19. Monsoon
- 20. Rainbow farm
- 21. Hank williams
- 22. Careful
- 23. Dramamine
- 24. Not too amused
- 25. Shit soup
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Dr. Sue Zanne Williamson Urbis
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Ph.D. The University of Arizona
M.A. Texas A & M Corpus Christi
B.M.E. Sam Houston State University
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Graduate Music Education
Dr. Sue Zanne Williamson Urbis is the 2004 recipient of the Houston Endowed Chair for Civic Engagement, the 2002 recipient of The University of Texas Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Excellence Award, and the 2010 NISOD teaching award. A professor of music, she holds a Ph.D. in Music Education from The University of Arizona, a master's degree in clarinet performance and communications from Corpus Christi State University, and a B.M.E. in music education with piano performance emphasis from Sam Houston State University. She has pursued graduate studies in the Kodaly Method and has earned Orff Level I & II certification.
Dr. Williamson Urbis is an active clinician, presenter, adjudicator, researcher, reviewer, and performer. She has presented sessions at the Texas Music Educators Association, National Association of Schools and Music, and at the Music Educators National Conference. As a clarinetist and pianist, she has performed with the Catalina Chamber Orchestra, Corpus Christi Symphony, South Texas Festival Orchestra, and the Corpus Christi Wind Symphony. On harpsichord, she premiered a new edition of J. S. Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto in F Major, No. 2" in Houston, Texas. In addition, Dr. Williamson Urbis maintains an active schedule performing chamber music in the United States and Mexico.
The University of Arizona
Brownsville ISD
San Benito CISD
Calallen ISD
Texas A & M Kingsville
Ingleside ISD
Cleveland ISD
Sam Houston State University
Monday - By appointment
Tuesday & Thursday
8:50 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
By appointment
Office: Eidman Hall 101-A
Phone: (956) 882-7227
Fax: (956) 882-3808
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