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The Geneseo sophomore baseball team improved to 10-1 on the season this past week with wins over Sherrard, Rock Island and Orion.
Geneseo vs. Sherrard
Nine runs on eight hits proved to be all the sophomore Leafs would need April 2 as they shutout visiting Sherrard, 9-0.
Geneseo jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning and held onto that advantage through the next two innings.
The Leafs drove in three more runs in the bottom of the fourth, followed by another three in the bottom of the fifth to take the 8-0 lead.
Geneseo sealed the victory in the bottom of the sixth with one run and held Sherrard scoreless in the seventh.
Nevada Nilsson recorded the win on the mound for the Leafs. He threw four innings where he allowed one hit, no runs and struck out seven.
Reed Buysse threw two innings for the Leafs where he shutdown the Sherrard offense and struck out four, while Alex Craig pitched one inning and allowed three hits and no runs.
Adam Stenzel (2 RBIs) and Alex Craig (3 RBIs) led the way for the Leafs at the plate with two hits apiece, which included a double by Stenzel.
Mike Murray (1 RBI), Jeremy May, Blake Carmichael (1 RBI) and Trevor Craig, all knocked out one hit for the game.
Geneseo vs. Rock?Island
The sophomores Leafs slid past Rock Island on the road March 29 by a score of 5-2.
After a scoreless first inning, Geneseo plated the first run of the game in the top of the second, but Rock Island countered with two runs in the bottom of the frame to take the 2-1 lead.
The game remained in favor of the Rocks until the Leafs tied the game up, 2-2 with one run in the top of the fifth.
Geneseo stole the victory in the top of the seventh as the squad drove home three runs and held Rock Island scoreless in the bottom of the frame.
Buysse recorded the win on the mound for Geneseo. He pitched six innings and allowed four hits, two hits and struck out one. Nilsson earned the save in one inning of work and allowed one hit, no runs and struck out two.
Joe Thomas (1 RBI), Alex Craig (1 RBI) and May (2 RBIs) led the offensive effort with two hits apiece, which included doubles from Alex Craig and May.
?Buysse, Murray, Zak?White and Trevor Craig finished the game with one hit apiece with a double from Trevor Craig.
Geneseo vs. Orion
In non-conference action March 28, the Leafs dominated host Orion, 18-4.
Geneseo put the first run of the game on the board in the top of the first, but Orion countered with two runs in the bottom of the frame to take the 2-1 lead.
Page 2 of 2 - The Leafs came back in the top of the second and plated one run to tie the game, 2-2. Geneseo gained control of the lead in the top of the third as the squad scored another run for the 3-2 advantage.
Geneseo pushed four more runs across the plate in the top of the fourth, while Orion drove in two for a 7-4 Leaf lead.
The Leafs padded their lead in the top of the fifth with five runs to make it a 12-4 ball game. Geneseo closed out the game in the sixth inning with six runs to seal the victory.
Thomas pitched the win for the Leafs in four innings of work. He allowed four hits, four runs and struck out four. Drew Himmelman threw two innings for Geneseo and allowed one hit and no runs.
Buysse (4 RBIs) led the way for Geneseo at the plate with three hits, including a triple.
Murray (2 RBIs), White (1 RBI), Alex Craig, Blake Carmichael (1 RBI) and Lucas Knepp all finished the game with one hit with a triple from Murray and a double from Craig. Nilsson and May contributed one RBI apiece.
The Leafs (10-1 overall) will host Rochelle next in a doubleheader at 11 a.m. April 7 at Bollen Field.
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I'm pretty numb right now and I think it's just a coming down from a couple weeks of high stress which is funny, because during those moments I didn't feel much of anything either, just frustrated I guess, because within one week Jeff's car blew a tire and our oven wasn't working and then our air broke and the sump stopped sumping and the dryer stopped drying. But now all of it is (mostly) fixed and I should be so happy but I feel like I just let out my breath and I'm exhausted and just want to lie down over there in the corner. And now it's spring break.
I still made breaded mushrooms and brownies and a lasagna yesterday and oh my goodness have I missed my oven.
PS something else big going on: tickets are on sale now.

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Police said Steenkamp was shot four times in the predawn hours in the home, located in a gated community in Pretoria, reports SI.com, which described Steenkamp as a model who spoke out on Twitter against rape and abuse of women.
Steenkamp's publicist Sarit Tomlinson said, "Our thoughts and prayers go to the Steenkamp family, who have asked to have their privacy respected during this difficult time, everyone is simply devastated. She was the kindest, sweetest human being; an angel on earth and will be sorely missed."
CNN reports that a pistol was recovered at the scene, according to police. Early news reports, unconfirmed by police, said Steenkamp was planning a Valentine's surprise for Pistorius, 26, but that it went horribly wrong.
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"Yes, there are witnesses, and there have also been interviews this morning," Beukes told reporters outside Pistorius's gated community. "We are talking about neighbors and people that heard things that happened earlier in the evening and when the shooting took place."
The suspect (who initially was not named, per South African law) was being cooperative and undergoing blood alcohol and forensic tests, said Beukes, adding that he requested to be brought to court immediately and that an application for bail would be refused.
Pistorius's court hearing was originally scheduled for Thursday afternoon but has been postponed until Friday to give forensics investigators time to carry out their work, said Medupe Simasiku, a spokesman for the prosecution.
A 9 mm pistol was recovered and a murder case opened against Pistorius. Hours later after undergoing police questioning, Pistorius left a police station accompanied by officers. He looked down as photographers snapped pictures, the hood on his gray workout jacket pulled up, covering most of his face.
A spokeswoman for Pistorius declined to comment, but the athlete's father, Henke, told the South African Broadcasting Corporation that his son was "sad at the moment."
Henke Pistorius added, "It will be extremely obnoxious and rude to speculate. I don't know the facts."
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Katie Couric says she was "stunned" by John Molner's marriage proposal. And her engagement ring looks pretty astounding, too!
The Katie host, 56, showed off the sparkling diamond ring Wednesday night at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York.
"It took me a while to say yes, because I was so confused!" Couric tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story of the proposal by Molner, 50, on a beach in East Hampton, N.Y., over Labor Day weekend. "It took a long time for my brain to process what was going on."
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on January 20, 2013 - 1:00 AM
Public input on revisions to the School District's code of conduct will be sought at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Library, 1324 Jefferson Ave.
The meeting is hosted by Buffalo Reform ED.
Also this week:
• The Common Council will hold its premeeting caucus at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Room 1417 of City Hall.
• The Council will meet in regular session at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Council Chambers.
• The Zoning Board will meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Room 901 of City Hall.
• The Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency will meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Room 209 of City Hall.
• The Preservation Board will meet at 3 p.m. Thursday in Room 901 of City Hall.


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rowing down a river in a wannabe gondola with a big stick, usually done by posh uni students in Oxford or Cambridge....or tourists....or romantic couples on their first holiday together :)
Oh har har Charles! Look at us and our diplomas punting down this cambridgeshire river, we live our lives spiffingly well!
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It's fisting, but with a foot.
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Stetson women's soccer head coach Manoj Khettry and assistant coach Stephanie Demake are proud to introduce 15 newcomers that will join the Hatters program for the 2014 season, as announced Friday morning.
Casey Baker (Cumming, Ga.), Sarah Collins (Loxahatchee, Fla.), Brianna Hamson (Tampa, Fla.), Kendall Harmon (Tampa, Fla.), Anna Higdon (Catonsville, Md.), Karlie Hightower (Carrollton, Ga.), Ashley Ingolia (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Kathryn Kelley (Matthews, N.C.), Briana Kulisch (Ashburn, Va.), Annette Morton (Lakeside, Calif.), Meredith Sinak (St. Louis, Mo.), Kahri Smith (Fountain Hills, Ariz.), Adrianna Suarez (Kingwood, Texas), Katlyn Sullivan (Fort Myers Beach, Fla.), and Allison Zaccheo (Hanson, Mass.) have all chosen attend Stetson in the fall of 2014.
"Obviously we're excited about bringing in our first recruiting class," Khettry said. "It is a really large class. With 15 student-athletes, it is the largest class that I've ever recruited. From top to bottom they give us a great deal of experience. This class makes our team more competitive right away by the sheer numbers, but also by the quality of the players we brought in."
Height: 5-4
Position: Midfielder
Hometown: Cumming, Ga.
High School: Lambert HS
HS Coach: Scott Luthart
Club Team: Gwinnett Soccer Assoc. ECNL
Club Coach: Andy Trevors
Parents: Jim and Joanne Baker
Baker helped lead Lambert High School to a 45-12-3 record over the last three seasons, earning regional championships in both 2011 and 2013. This past season she earned the Silver Boot Award for Georgia Class 6A after scoring five goals and recording nine assists. She participated with the Georgia State ODP team in 2010. Baker chose Stetson for its combination of great academics, high level of soccer, and highly regarded coach. Her father, two uncles, and cousin all played collegiate basketball.
Chose Stetson over: Jacksonville State, Colgate
Khettry: "Casey is a technical, hard, and versatile player. We can see Casey playing as an outside back and anywhere in the midfield. Because Casey is a complete player, she gives us a lot of options in how to best utilize her skill-set and I think she has the capability to play as a forward as well. She can strike the ball and is a threat to score goals from outside the box. We like her competitiveness and I know she will find time on the field, we're just not sure in what position that will be her first year."
Height: 5-7
Position: Forward
Hometown: Loxahatchee, Fla.
High School: The Kings Academy
HS Coach: Craig McMahon
Club Team: Team Boca
Club Coach: Joe Connon
Parents: Lenny and Fatma Collins
Collins comes to Stetson after leading The Kings Academy to a pair of district championships and a regional championship in 2011. She was a multiple First Team All-County selection, was named the Kings Academy MVP in 2011, and earned the Scholar Athlete Award from the school in 2013. Over the last two seasons she has scored 55 goals and recorded 35 assists at Kings. While playing club for Team Boca she helped the team to Orange Classic and Disney Qualifiers Championships. She also participated with the Florida ODP team and was a member of the Region III Pool in 2010.
Chose Stetson over: Coastal Carolina, N.C. State, Louisiana-Lafayette, North Florida, UNCG, Jacksonville State, High Point, George Mason
Khettry: "Sarah is a big, fast, athletic left-footed player who will be difficult for defenders to deal with for 90 minutes. She is the type of forward that can take people on and create opportunities off the dribble with her crossing and her movement off the ball. We are hoping she adapts quickly to the college game and our style of play and we expect her to score goals and help create goal scoring opportunities for others. I see her competing for a starting position immediately."
Height: 5-7
Position: Midfielder
Hometown: Tampa, Fla.
High School: Walter Sickles High School
HS Coach: George Arroyo
Club Team: VSI W. Florida Flames ECNL
Club Coach: Rhys Lloyd
Parents: William Hamson and Mary Cunningham-Hamson
Hamson is coming off of a season in which she helped lead Walter Sickles HS to the regional quarterfinals and a 10-6-1 record. She scored 15 goals and had two assists while earning FHSAA Class 4A All-Western Conference First Team honors in 2013, and was an all-county honorable mention with seven goals and 12 assists in 2012. Playing club with VSI, she won the FYSA State Cup and the Florida Cup, and the team was a semifinalist at the ECNL National Finals, and a quarterfinalist at the PDA Showcase. Hamson also participated with the Florida ODP team and was a member of the Region III Pool from 2010-12.
Chose Stetson over: LSU, Alabama, USF, North Florida, UCF, Miami, FGCU, Georgia Southern, FIU
Khettry: "Bri is crafty, technical, and very good on the ball. She is very good under pressure, has good vision, and is a good crosser of the ball. She is a clever player in the attacking third and I think she will help us create more goal scoring chances. She can shoot from distance and is really good at combining with others in tight spaces. If she comes in fit, I believe she will have a great chance to have an immediate impact for us as an attacker."
Height: 5-6
Position: Defender
Hometown: Tampa, Fla.
High School: H.B. Plant High School
HS Coach: Pam Smith
Club Team: Tampa Bay United Premier
Club Coach: Jim Cote
Parents: Thomas and Deanna Harmon
Harmon was an all-county honorable mention and a "Top Player to Watch" by the Tampa Tribune while playing high school soccer at Plant High School. With an overall record of 30-6-3 over the last two seasons, her squad was the regional runner-up in 2012-13. Harmon's Tampa Bay United club team is currently ranked #1 in Florida and #3 in the Southeast Region. In the spring of 2013 they were a Southeast Region Finalist. Harmon chose Stetson because of its excellent academic reputation and the great soccer program.
Chose Stetson over: Florida Gulf Coast, Florida Atlantic
Khettry: "Kendall is the right kind of person for our program. She has a great work ethic, as well as a positive outlook and attitude. She is athletic, fit, and will certainly help us in the back and provide us with depth and be another option as an attacking outside defender. She is the kind of person that most programs look for because she is so good for our team culture and our team chemistry."
Height: 5-2
Position: Midfielder
Hometown: Catonsville, Md.
High School: Catonsville High School
HS Coach: James Fitzpatrick
Club Team: Maryland United ECNL
Club Coach: Win Puffer
Parents: Daniel and Laura Higdon
Higdon is a three-time all-county and all-division honoree from Maryland. She also earned All-Metro honors from the Baltimore Sun and was named All-State as a senior. Higdon led Catonsville to a Class 4A County Championship, a Region Championship, and a State Final. In 2013 the team finished ranked fourth in the state with a record of 17-2-0, the school's most successful season. Higdon finished her senior year with three goals and 11 assists. She also participated with Maryland's ODP team in 2012 and 2013 and was a member of the Region I Pool in 2012. Higdon chose Stetson because she wanted to play for a soccer program that competes at a high level while getting a great education.
Chose Stetson over: Virginia Commonwealth, Longwood
Khettry: "Anna is technically very good, she's left-footed, and she's an excellent passer of the ball. Her tireless ability to get up and down the flank will be an asset, as will her ability to connect passes on a consistent basis. While she isn't the biggest player, she is tough physically and is a solid 1v1 defender. She gives us an immediate option as a left-back and I know she will fit into our style of play and our system very quickly."
Height: 5-6
Position: Goalkeeper
Hometown: Carrollton, Ga.
High School: Carrollton High School
HS Coach: Drew Ebensberger
Club Team: Southern Soccer Academy
Club Coach: Ben Parks
Parents: Bryant and Cathy Hightower
Hightower comes to Stetson after playing at Carrollton High School in Georgia. There she helped lead her team to a 42-15-2 overall record over the last three seasons. She has also played club soccer for the Southern Soccer Academy since 2009. Hightower was selected to a high school all-star game, the Super Y ODP camp, and was the Tournament MVP at the Triangle Friendlies. She chose Stetson because she felt at home from the first moment she stepped on campus.
Chose Stetson over: Louisiana-Monroe, South Alabama
Khettry: "Karlie is incredibly hardworking, solid off her line, good with her feet, and a good communicator and organizer. She will help us daily in training because of her competitiveness and her willingness to make others around her better. She has the potential to compete for playing time immediately, just like the other goalkeepers, and I know we are all going to appreciate her personality as a member of our team. She is another person who will help the culture of our program and our team chemistry."
Height: 5-1
Position: Goalkeeper
Hometown: Arlington Heights, Ill.
High School: Rolling Meadows High School
HS Coach: Jeff Adkins
Club Team: NSA Premier
Club Coach: Bonnie Young
Parents: Jim and Lauren Ingolia
Ingolia played high school soccer at Rolling Meadows in Illinois and played club for NSA Premier. With NSA she has won the Illinois State Championship each of the last three seasons, and won the Regional Championship in 2013. The team advanced as a Nationals participant in addition to winning the MRL Championship, and placing first in the National League. Ingolia also participated with Illinois ODP and was a member of the Region II B Pool in 2011. She chose Stetson because she really liked the atmosphere of the team and the coaching staff.
Chose Stetson over: Western Illinois, Illinois-Chicago, Florida Atlantic
Khettry: "Ashley is courageous and extremely athletic. She is aggressive, quick, and explosive between the pipes and will compete for a starting position immediately. She is a confident goalkeeper, great with her feet and at directing and communicating with her defenders, and very solid at crosses. While her size may seem like an issue, all goalkeepers have aspects of their style that they must compensate for. For Ashley, she is going to have to read play and be closer to her line when players get into shooting range, but she has excellent hands and a confident ability to deal with balls in traffic and deal with high shots."
Height: 5-4
Position: Defender
Hometown: Matthews, N.C.
High School: Porter Ridge High School
HS Coach: Ron Ladimir
Club Team: Lake Norman SC
Club Coach: Philip Poole
Parents: Kevin and Sally Kelley
Kelley is coming off of a junior year in 2013 in which she scored 21 goals and had 12 assists at Porter Ridge High School. She is currently eighth in school history for career goals scored. Kelley led Porter Ridge to a Southern Conference 4A Championship in 2011, and helped the team advance to the 4A Playoffs each of the last three years. She participated with the North Carolina ODP Team from 2010 to 2012. Kelley chose Stetson because of its academics, the size of the schools, and the soccer program.
Chose Stetson over: UNCG, UNC Asheville, USC Upstate
Khettry: "Kat is working with us this semester and is eager to learn and improve every day. Her work rate and positive attitude are excellent. It will be interesting to see where she is developmentally at the end of the spring, and we are hopeful that the experience she receives this semester will allow her to help us improve as a program."
Height: 5-6
Position: Midfielder
Hometown: Ashburn, Va.
High School: Briar Woods High School
HS Coach: Ann Vierkorn
Club Team: Bethesda Soccer Club ECNL
Club Coach: Ellis Pierre
Parents: Eric and Monica Kulisch
Kulisch played high school soccer at Briar Woods where she helped lead the team to the Region II Quarterfinals in 2011. She also plays club soccer for the Bethesda Freedom and previously for the highly ranked Braddock Road Youth Club. With BRYC she won the Washington Area Girls Soccer Division I league, U.S. Soccer's Regional Championship, and the Richmond Kicker Invitational. Kulisch chose Stetson because the academics, the beautiful campus, and the soccer program were a perfect fit.
Chose Stetson over: Longwood, Radford, Lehigh
Khettry: "Bri is a holding midfielder with a good range of passing and vision. She plays simply which allows her to complete a high number of passes. She has a very good ability to switch the point of attack, and much like our current midfielders, wants to be a part of the attack. I am hopeful that she will provide us with depth and options in midfield, as we were very thin in that position this past fall. I think Bri has a lot of potential to continue to improve as a player and very much like Carmen Bernecker, she can be special technically."
Height: 5-8
Position: Defender
Hometown: Lakeside, Calif.
High School: Granite Hills High School
HS Coach: Elio Bello
Club Team: Albion SC
Club Coach: Tony Scheri
Parents: James and Lucy Morton
Morton comes to Stetson after playing high school soccer at Granite Hills in Southern California. There she was named Most Valuable Player, First Team, and Player of the Year. She also received Outstanding Athlete recognition. While playing club soccer with Albion SC, Morton won the Albion Tournament, the Legends Tournament, and the November Nights Showcase. She also won the Eclipse College Showcase, the Las Vegas Players Showcase, the SD United Tournament, and the Eagles Cup with SD United. She chose Stetson because it has a beautiful campus, competitive soccer, and a prime location.
Chose Stetson over: Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Northridge, Northern Colorado
Khettry: "Annette is a fantastic athlete with a tireless work rate. She is technically sound, strong, fit and very composed on the ball. We can see Annette playing a variety of positions on all three lines. Because of her versatility, I think Annette is going to get on the field quickly. Where Annette will play is not certain, but we know and expect that she will be on the field for us on a consistent basis and be a solid contributor her freshmen year."
Height: 5-5
Position: Defender
Hometown: St. Louis, Mo.
High School: Ursuline Academy
HS Coach: Annie Beekman
Club Team: St. Louis Scott Gallagher
Club Coach: Tony Grasso
Parents: Scott Sinak and Lisa Cassidy
Sinak played high school soccer at Ursuline Academy where she was named team captain in 2013 and 2014. Playing club ball with St. Louis Scott Gallagher, Sinak won the Missouri State Cup three straight years. In 2013 they were a Region II Semifinalist, and in the summer of 2014 the team will challenge for the Region II title again. The squad also won the Disney Showcase in 2013. Sinak also participated with the Missouri ODP team. She chose Stetson because she felt very comfortable with the coaching staff and the other recruits when she attended an ID Camp.
Chose Stetson over: Belmont, Austin Peay, Western Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Ball State
Khettry: "Meredith is hardworking, quick, and a good defender. She will definitely add to our attack as she is a very good passer of the ball and works hard up and down the flank. Meredith is going to compete for playing time immediately and our hope is that even if she isn't starting, that she is getting playing time and allowing us to have great depth and versatility with our defenders. I like Meredith's potential and her upside, and I think she is another player who is going to continue to improve during her four years of college."
Height: 5-9
Position: Goalkeeper
Hometown: Fountain Hills, Ariz.
High School: Fountain Hills High School
HS Coach: Alison Mabery
Club Team: Scottsdale Soccer Blackhawks
Club Coach: Vic Davidson
Parents: Tim and Deb Smith
Smith comes to Stetson after a high school career at Fountain Hills in Arizona. There she led her team to the State Tournament three times as a team captain. Smith was All-State Second Team selection, as well as a First Team All-Region honoree. She recorded over 100 saves in each of her first three seasons at Fountain Hills, including a 198-save season in 2013. Smith has had an astounding 33 shutouts in four seasons of high school soccer. She chose Stetson because of its high level of academics and the soccer program.
Chose Stetson over: Northern Arizona, Nevada
Khettry: "Kahri is long, athletic, and good fundamentally. We are very excited about her potential. She has the size and the physical tools to be a starting goalkeeper immediately and will compete to do so. She has the frame to deal with and dominate crosses in the box and is very solid with her feet. If Kahri can continue to improve her presence and organize her defenders and be a consistent communicator, I believe she has the tools to be a very good Division 1 goalkeeper. She certainly has the mentality and work-rate to do so."
Height: 5-8
Position: Midfielder
Hometown: Kingwood, Texas
High School: Kingwood High School
HS Coach: Donnie Bodron
Club Team: Challenge Soccer Club ECNL
Club Coach: Pat O'Toole
Parents: Jose and Frederika Suarez
Suarez is a three-time all-district selection from Texas. While playing high school soccer at Kingwood, she also earned Academic All-District honors, the Varsity "K" Award, and First Team All-Region honors. This season she has already been named to the National Elite Prep Showcase All-Tournament Team. Kingwood has accumulated a record of 66-10-5 and made it to the regional finals three times during Suarez's first three seasons. She has played with Texas HeatWave, Challenge Kingwood, and Challenge SC for club soccer, winning the President's Cup State Championship and earning fifth place at Nationals.
Chose Stetson over: Rice, SMU, Wyoming, Southern Mississippi
Khettry: "Adrianna is a very talented and skillful midfielder. She has a great attacking mentality, excellent vision, and a terrific range of passing. She is also great in the air, displays great leadership potential, and coming from the ECNL environment and from such a storied club as the Challenge SC, she will be well prepared for this level. We expect Adrianna to compete for a starting position in the middle of midfield immediately. Our hope is that she can help us create more goal-scoring opportunities and score a few goals from midfield, as well as off of set-pieces with her head. She is another player who will add a lot of positive energy to our team and help our team culture and competitiveness."
Height: 5-6
Position: Forward
Hometown: Fort Myers Beach, Fla.
High School: Bishop Verot High School
HS Coach: Randy Zavada
Club Team: VSI W. Florida Flames ECNL
Club Coach: Sam Mitchell
Parents: Peter and Mary Sullivan
Sullivan comes to Stetson after earning District Player of the Year and Second Team All-State honors while at Bishop Verot High School in Fort Myers. The last two seasons Sullivan has recorded 57 goals and 11 assists, finishing 2013-14 alone with 36 in the back of the net, helping her team advance to the Final Four. She played with the Florida ODP Team and the Region III Team. Sullivan will be going on a trip to Italy this April with the Region II team, and was invited to the U.S. National Training Center games in Jacksonville. She also ran cross country and track at Bishop Verot, earning Class 4A All-Area and All-State honors. She chose Stetson because of the beautiful campus, the stellar academics, and the future of the soccer program.
Chose Stetson over: USF, Florida State, FGCU, VCU
Khettry: "Katie is fast, athletic and comes with a great deal of experience from the ODP Regional level. Katie has a good attitude to attack, beat players 1v1, and create goal scoring opportunities for herself and for others. It's going to be nice to have another speedster up front to challenge opposing team's restraining lines because she is a threat to get behind defenders with and without the ball. Katie is also versatile and has played outside back at the Regional level; so she is another player who gives us options."
Height: 5-1
Position: Forward
Hometown: Hanson, Mass.
High School: Notre Dame Academy
HS Coach: Liz Mustafoski
Club Team: Scorpions/Breakers Academy ECNL
Club Coach: Sydney Stoll
Parents: Joseph and Denise Zaccheo
Zaccheo helped lead Notre Dame Academy to the Division 2 State Championship with a record of 21-2-0 as a senior in 2013. She also reached the Division 1 State Tournament first round or quarterfinals each of her first three seasons. Zaccheo earned Eastern Massachusetts All-Star honors and was an All-Scholastic Honorable Mention in 2013. She totaled a staggering 73 assists to go along with 26 goals during her four year high school career. Playing club soccer with Scorpions SC, she advanced to the State Cup Semifinals, to go along with winning the Jefferson Cup, the MPS Thanksgiving Showcase, and the Scorpion Bowl.
Chose Stetson over: Cornell, Northeastern, NJIT
Khettry: "Allison has an absolutely great attitude, work rate and is incredibly versatile. She has a lot of potential to impact our program as a defender or forward because of her pace, technical ability, and tenacity. She has a contagiously positive attitude and is usually always smiling. I know we are going to enjoy working with her and I know our team is going to enjoy having her be a part of our program. I think Allison is still learning how to be an attacker, but she is clever off the ball and I know she is the kind of forward who will be difficult to defend for an entire match. Once again, Allison is going to give us immediate depth and compete for playing time. Our hope is that like the other attackers, she will create goal-scoring chances for others and score some goals herself."


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I'm in a long distance relationship with a great girl, and i get to see her whenever i have a long break from school. It's really stressfun to coordinate the flight, but it is so worth it
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Although the Campbell Street Family, Youth and Community Association Inc. has seen abundant changes in the past several months, including a recent relocation to Trinity Episcopal Church, 844 W. Fourth St., one thing has remained a constant.
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It's Just A Pain in the Neck
Live Long and Prosper.
It's not a good thing for the Cubs when I'm writing all these articles. It means somebody on the team is injured, exploding or a decision on how to use (or not) the disabled list is looming. So I'll keep this maximally short (oxymoron that I am).
Today we finally get some good news and the results from the MRI on DLee shows the same old, same old. Yes, a bulging disc is causing neck and upper back spasms. No, he won't go on the DL. Yes, he'll be ready to play in the next game or so against San Diego at Wrigley Field.
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Is it really better though if Lee guts it out through the pain, and hits .209? IMO, this is a real problem, because a healthy Hoffpauir is better than an aching Lee, but because of the money invested and because Lee is a gamer, we won't maximize our productivity out of the position.
I would rather Lee get healthy and be 100%. I don't think he's been right though for awhile, and that's a problem.
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Well nobody is happy when somebody in the team is injured, it makes you always worry about how the next game will be. I wonder if in exceptional cases sportsmen are allowed to use legal anabolic steroids for a full recovery before the game... Do you know anything about that?
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Good news? I don't know what that means. And I respectfully disagree with you Q-Ball. Defense is forgotten sometimes because there's no good stat for it, but D is so important. I'd prefer to have Lee receiving
Aramis's our 3B's sometimes wild throws.
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Hoffpauir is actually very good defensively at 1b.
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and he rakes to all fields and we shouldn't have guys get too used to throwing shit in the dirt. I've seen the infielders make their adjustments, anyway. Somehow, some way, Ramirez got the ball into D Ward's mitt just fine when Ward was at first.
Non issue. Although, I've mentioned it myself so not too be too hard on the original thought. I mean, it's a legitimate concern for maybe two weeks.
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C Muskat is baack. Must have been away for a week.
a tiny bit more detail on DLee in that it was decided by the medical team and Dr Gryzlo that he didn't need an epidural cortisone injection for his neck since he was getting better.
Hank White was not available for comment.
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Is Scott Eyre still broke?
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We'll be saying this long after he's remade all his money.
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This is good news.
A major injury might hurt his trade value.
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HA HA...Too bad our fearless GM has given everyone and their brother a no trade clause. Lee is not going anywhere.
And like I have stated many times these guys need to get healthy, not just good enough to play (like I believe Lee and Soto are).
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Yeah, Damn Hendry for personally creating the 10/5 rule that automatically gives Lee a no-trade clause.
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Hendry gave Lee a full no trade clause in the contract Lee signed in April of 2006. It was BEFORE that 10/5 rule kicked in. DAMN those FACTS!!!
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still couldn't trade him now though. He would also be getting more money now, which would make him more untradeable ...Hendry and Lee both said he took less money and less years for the NTC.
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Oh yeah? Well... NUH-UH!
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Edit: Blah nevermind.
I just realized I don't want to get into it.
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Yes, Rob you are correct, they still couldn't have traded Lee without his permission, but the problem exists beyond Lee. I think there is like 10 players with no trades. That is an awful lot. I am pretty sure that is the most of any MLB team. It really ties your hands when you want to trade a player, but can't.
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My understanding is that Soriano, Z, Ramirez have full NTC...along with Lee now. I'm not 100% sure on Samardzija and Fukudome if their full NTC's or with some stipulations.
I think Lilly has a partial no-trade clause...no idea on the details...it may be full too for all I know.
Bradley and Dempster's NTC marked on the sidebar only last until June 15th or whatever date is for signing as free agents.
so like 10...but really 7...which I'm going to guess is not that absurd compared to other big market teams.
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"My understanding is that Soriano, Z, Ramirez have full NTC...along with Lee now."
Lee already had a NTC, so you can drop the word 'now'.
"so like 10...but really 7...which I'm going to guess is not that absurd compared to other big market teams."
I went to Cots Contracts page and check a few top payroll teams: the Red Sox have 3 (Drew to 2 teams, Daisuke & Lowell), Yankees have like 10 and the Mets have 5. So the Cubs are likely higher than most, if not all, teams besides the Yankees. And to be honest, the Yankees contract/payroll situation is very unique, and not sure why the Cubs would have as many as the NYY. I just think it takes away lots of flexibility from the GM down the road at the end of the many expensive, long term, back loaded contracts Cubs players have.
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Ortiz, Varitek, and Wakefield are all 10/5 guys and can't be traded either. If you are going to count Lee and Dempster for the Cubs, count those as well.
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I am not counting Lee as a 10/5 guy, he had a no trade clause already built into his contract.
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Then you need to go back and look at every contract for any current player that had a no-trade clause prior to his 10/5 rights kicking in. In fact, quite a few contracts have no-trade clauses for a limited time, such as 2-3 years, until the 10/5 takes over. Your point is stupid.
If you are complaining about why Hendry can't trade Lee NOW, you cannot blame the no-trade clause that is no longer in effect.
If you want to simply complain about Hendry giving out too many contracts with no-trade clauses, then fine, but that is also a stupid point.
I've done some graphs on this this morning that I will send to Rob, maybe he will post them. The number of no trade players a team has is almost entirely a function of payroll, and furthermore, teams with more no-trade players win more games (also likely a function of payroll). In other words, having a lot of these types of players means that you have been able to attract the best free agents and keep them, that you have a high payroll that allows you to do this, and that you are a competitive team year after year. You can keep whining about this if you want, or you can go root for the Nationals or Marlins, who have no no-trade players, or the Pirates maybe with only Jack Wilson.
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WISCGRAD: "If you are complaining about why Hendry can't trade Lee NOW, you cannot blame the no-trade clause that is no longer in effect."
Actually I was just pointing out to kamokeefe that Lee couldn't be traded without his permission. As he was suggesting to get Lee healthy and trade him.
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Actually, that is not at all what you were doing. If you were simply correcting kamokeefe and letting him know that Lee could not be traded you would have cited the relevant information, that he has 10/5 rights. Instead, you wrote this:
"HA HA...Too bad our fearless GM has given everyone and their brother a no trade clause. Lee is not going anywhere."
Which everyone on here (correctly) interpreted as you bitching about Hendry again.
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Oh, I was definitely bitching about Hendry (easy and big target). But I was also trying to point out to him that Lee couldn't be traded (without his permission of course).
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Yes, Lee did have a no trade clause for the start of his contract, and it was reasonable to assume that the Cubs would have no interest in trading him in the first couple years of the contract, and very reasonable to give up that right to trade him to save some money on the contract.
But I'm not sure how any of those facts (which weren't being questioned) are relevant since with or without that clause, he would still have No Trade rights today, and unless Hendry personally is responsible for the collective bargaining agreements, that's really not in his control.
Basically, what Rob G said.
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It doesn't matter what the collective bargaining agreement says, Lee has a no-trade clause based on his contract that Hendry gave him. It doesn't matter if it was 10/5, 12/7 or 5/3. Lee has a no-trade clause just like many others on the roster.
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geez, you really are a dumbfuck. everyone's explaining that Lee would have had a no trade for the last years of his contract due to the CBA, so there was nothing lost in Hendry giving him a no trade for the early years.
Fuck you, manny, you fucking idiot.
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TCR at its finest...
Post of the year!
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Wow, that's just a classicly great bit of manny-logic there.
Lee currently has a no trade clause because its part of the collective bargaining agreement that every player in mlb in his situation has one. That is the current situation and what applies to any current discussion, but you think that fact should be ignored because a couple of years ago, Lee had a separate no trade clause for the first couple years of his contract.
With logic like that, no wonder you hate hendry so much.
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No, I don't think that should be ignored, but the fact that he had a no trade clause already meant the 10/5 clause didn't change anything as he already had the no trade protection. I guess maybe you can say the 10/5 reinforced it, but it didn't give him any extra privileges, or change his rights as a player, as he already had the no trade clause. The 10/5 provision, when it came to Lee and trade protection, meant nothing as he already had protection.
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Wow. Just an amazing display of sophistry. Someone actually procreated with you?
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Actually a stork just dropped me in. Or maybe it was a big egg like Mork. :)
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with you.
My burn was harsher than you realize.
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Ah, I did misread that. Thanks for the clarification.
It just shows you are even more classless than I thought. Taking shots at my wife is totally uncalled for. Yeah, it is only the internet from some nobody, but still that is way over the top. But if saying stuff like that makes you feel better...go for it!
I would hope the "writers" on this site could stop some of those types of harsh personal attacks. This one and Jumbo's are way over the top IMO. Oh well...
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Yeah, it was probably a little harsher than it should have been. Your argument was just so astoundingly illogical that I honestly wondered what you must be like in real life, and if real people find you as exasperating as many of us here at TCR do. Still, that's not really an excuse to attack you personally. My bad.
And it wasn't meant as a burn on your wife at all really -- just you. Apologies to Mrs. MannyT.
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Apology not accepted. Go Fuck yourself.
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So your response to others being inappropriate is to act inappropriate as well. If you are going to attempt to take the high moral ground you have to stay on it...
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I would hope the "writers" on this site could stop some of those types
of harsh personal attacks. This one and Jumbo's are way over the top
IMO. Oh well...
manny the victim, a tale as old as time. You'd be banned well before Andrew or Jumbo. You can't constantly provoke everyone with your asine comments and then be shocked when things escalate.
Say less stupid stuff and recognize when you say something stupid and not try to argue your way out of it and people won't attack you. Also try rooting for the Cubs...that might help.
That all being said, let's avoid the wife jokes Andrew...not cool. And Jumbo, you know what u did.
And if you don't like it manny (or anyone else)...go away.
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Banned for what? Giving my opinion on the Cubs? Yeah makes sense!!
So if you say something stupid that is ok to get personally attacked because that is provoking? Ok, now I know the rules, I guess I will play by them too. We will see how fun things get around here...:)
And when you get personally attacked, without personally attacking someone first, then you are the victim. Pretty easy concept to understand, even for you Rob.
I am going to continue to give my opinion, good and bad of the Cubs, if people don't like it, don't read it. If you want to argue it in a civil way, I'm all for it. I am not some rosy blue Cubs fan. I am critical when they are bad, but more than praising them when they are good. Some people on here only remember the bad stuff I say about the Cubs. But luckily I don't have to prove to anyone here I am a Cubs fan.
Oh well, go internet!
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"Ok, now I know the rules, I guess I will play by them too. We will see how fun things get around here...:)"
How old are you, 12?
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The thing is, we've tried for years to argue with you in a civil way. You haven't done that since they started this place.
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Your argument would only hold water if the 10/5 rule was created after Lee signed the contract.
The fact is that it was known by everyone involved that Lee would automatically get a no trade clause once he reached his service time requirements. There was no negotiation for the no trade protection that he currently has.
Any other no trade language that was written into the contract has now expired and is no longer relevant to the current situation.
The same would be true for ARam, Dempster, and will be true for Z and Soriano once they reach their required service time. And once again, that is important, because the time the Cubs would be most likely to trade any of these players is near the back end of their contracts.
There can certainly be a debate about when No Trade Clauses should or should not be given out, but your desire to use Lee's current situation as part of your attack on Hendry's use of them is just flat out silly.
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Who invests in these kinds of...things? Like, who hears the spiel and says, "yes, I will help you market this with my moolah"????
I want to meet them so I can manufacture my United We Stand condoms.
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That kind of looks more like Screech than Obama.
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This is a little ass kissing for Rob G, but not cuz I need a bromance (I'm actually taken) but just cuz. So I am pasting from another post. I felt the need to say it on one of the earlier posts today, and to copy/paste it again. Just a little appreciation thang goin' on here, since the Cubs are nearing another death spiral:
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On other blogs I've been sort of ranting about the demise of newspapers and "where are those RSS news feeds gonna come from and who's gonna research and pay for finding out when city hall is corrupt and tell us the governor is a low life squeem boy??" blah blah.
But this fucking site is my main source of Cubs news. Not just for the flash so and so got traded that you get in the comments but for the detail in Wellman's, The Doctor's, and AZ Phil's reports.
Unbelievable shit, dudes.
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Don't you think an article about how and if Cub fans are racists would be more useful than a boring ol article about actual Cub news?
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It might be in September
/end sky is falling mode
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I leeved in the bleachers my friend. The Only racists were that weere out there in those places were the ideeeyots who could not play right feeeeld, or who deeeedn't show up toooo play.
Not saying Milton qualifies yet for that last part -- but he's pushin it.
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If you really like the place, consider a donation of around $20,000 to contribute to our plan to buy a share of the Cubs.
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sorry if i have missed this earlier: doctor cubster, if lee were your patient, how would you be treating him? especially since this is an injury that was caused (?) 2 seasons (?) ago? is 4 or 5 days out of the lineup going to change anything?
live well in peace.
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how would you be treating him?
Treatment is usually based on the amount of pain (which is subjective) and the pattern of pain (where it localizes or radiates to). As this has been an episodic problem for quite a while now, previously he's probably used to routine treatments such as stretches and intermittent use of NSAID medication (non-steroidal). For short flare ups a corticosteroid medrol dosepak is often used (unrelated to the anabolic steroid category). It's a more potent anti-inflammatory but only used for a 6 day interval. Muscle relaxants are a consideration but they often leave one drowsy so this would be more short term as well. I'm sure the trainers are following physical therapy protocols. MerigoldBowling, as a physical therapist who treats athletes, could detail the specific approaches in therapy much better. Usually the focus is strengthening of specific muscle groups around the neck and shoulders. Massage, ultrasound, traction, iontophoresis and a few other modalities are options.
When these options aren't working, an epidural steroid or facet injection gets considered but they decided not to do this on DLee. One of the news links (above) mentioned because he was feeling better it was decided injections weren't needed at this point.
As long as he's not having radicular symptoms (and I've not read that he's having any radicular symptoms), meaning no pinched nerve symptoms that travel down into his arm (either numbness, pain or weakness)...surgical options usually aren't a consideration. Henry Blanco (two years ago) missed several months while his disc herniation with radicular symptoms was being treated with meds and therapy. Apparently it got close to making a decision on surgery for Blanco (which is usually a fusion technique) but his symptoms subsided and he recovered without surgery and had a good year in 2008. So symptoms can go away with (and sometimes without) treatment.
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Bradley decision today or tomorrow (and DLee update with nothing additional being added)
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Derrek Lee - the last year, season over season, May 1 2008 to May 1 2009 -->
34 years old in September, chronic disc problem, clearly in decline yet still bats 3rd because he's supposed to be our best hitter
Signed through 2010, no trade (meaning Micah Hoffpauir would be 31 before he could get the starting job)
∴ We're screwed.
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"We're screwed."
this is a 140m team...you'll get over it.
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technically he's batted 4th more than 3rd this year...
I know I feel better now.
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Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 05/12/2009 - 9:57pm.
Bradley and Dempster's NTC marked on the sidebar only last until June 15th or whatever date is for signing as free agents.
ROB G: Dempster is a 10/5, and Bradley has the automatic Article XX FA NTC through June 15th.
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Dempster's been a Cub for 5 years? Wtf? How time flies...
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easy and big target...
personally, I like donut jokes, much safer too.
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Meh, I messed that up. Mets are in.
Cards and Giants can still tie though.
Kershaw gets hurt by his defense and gave up 2 more runs. Blach has 8 shutout innings.
Mets already won as did Cards.
tomorrow is gonna be helluva fun if Giants hold on. We're all rooting for a 3-way tie I presume.
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.


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According to the car dealership employee, the incident began Sunday when a woman drove to a convenience store to get a quick cup of coffee.
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Your open source management approach: Red Team or Blue Team?
When I hear people in the technology industry talk about the benefits of open source software, one of things they mention often is their belief that open source software "gets better faster" than traditional software (David Wheeler has done a nice job collecting many of the proof points around the benefits of open source software here). While the speed of innovation in open source is in part due to the power of Linus's Law ("Given enough eyes, all bugs are shallow"), I believe it also has a lot to do with the way open source projects are managed.
Many of the characteristics of this open source management style apply well beyond making software, and I'm always looking for examples showcasing this in action. A few weeks ago, I wrote briefly about the story in Malcolm Gladwell's book Blink about (now retired) US General Paul Van Riper.
Gladwell tells the story of how, in an enormous military war game called the Millennium Challenge in 2002, Van Riper took command of the Red Team, playing the role of a rogue commander who broke away from the government of his Persian Gulf country and threatened US forces (the Blue Team). Rather than following standard military management protocol, Van Riper managed his team according to a philosophy he called "in command and out of control." From the book:
By that, I mean that the overall guidance and the intent were provided by me and the senior leadership, but the forces in the field wouldn't depend on intricate orders coming from the top. They were to use their own initiative and be innovative as they went forward.
Van Riper is the first to admit this decision-making process was less organized and, well, messy, but it had a crucial benefit: team members were able to operate without having to explain themselves to their superiors, get caught up in long meetings justifying their actions, create Power Point presentations detailing their strategy and approach, or complete other time-sucking tasks while battle was being waged. They could focus on doing the work at hand, not on explain what they were going to do.
End result? Van Riper's rogue Red Team routinely outwitted and outmaneuvered the massive US military Blue Team (although who won in the exercise was very controversial). When asked to explain his advantage over the Blue Team, Van Riper said in Blink:
They were so focused on the mechanics and the process that they never looked at the problem holistically. In the act of tearing something apart, you lose its meaning.
In the open source world, I've seen projects use both the Red Team approach of Van Riper and the more traditional Blue Team approach of the US military. But I believe the best, most effective open source projects are usually managed as "in command, out of control" Red Team exercises.
These projects have a clear a vision or goal the entire project team shares. Rather than dissecting each decision related to the project in an endless stream of meetings and presentations, the "in command, out of control" project leaders trust project team members to make decisions quickly in their own areas of expertise. These leaders know members of their project team understand the overall goal, and they believe team members often can make the best informed decisions because they are closer to the issues, challenges, and opportunities and have better, more timely information.
Now think about the management process at your organization for a second. Does it sound more like the Red Team or the Blue Team?
The risk of the "in command, out of control" Red Team approach is decisions may get made that leaders don't have a chance to weigh in on, and, based on differing interpretations of the project goals, these decisions may be in conflict (one hand doesn't know what the other hand is doing).
The Red Team approach puts a great deal of trust in the intelligence and alignment of the team you have in place. Without smart decision-makers who share the project vision and goals and who can communicate well with each other, the results can be disastrous.
But if you have a great team in place, the "in command, out of control" approach will allow you to move incredibly fast and take advantage of opportunities more quickly, as I believe many open source projects have proven.
For me, it comes down to tradeoffs. The traditional "in command, in control" Blue Team approach may ensure great alignment and will often seem safer, but movement will be slow, and great opportunities may be missed.
The "in command, out of control" approach will ensure progress is swift and opportunities aren't missed, but—if the team isn't working together under a shared vision and communicating well—may result in misalignment or worse.
My preference is to work on teams with people who share a vision, communicate well, and are individually accountable for their own work. These teams can be extremely successful operating like the Red Team.
I believe the future of management will be filled with examples of Red Teams that achieve great results quickly. But don't jump in too fast—without alignment on goals, personal accountability, and good team communication, the Red Team approach may not get exactly the results you want.
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A similar thing you see happen in the more traditional producing teams, like (proprietary) software development teams. Agile project managements practices wants multi-disciplinary engineers who are allowed to make decisions (self-organizing). For this people have to rely on trust and proven understanding/skillset to do their job. in open source projects this trust is gained by your contributions... this also shows why self-organizing comes naturally in these projects.
I definitely agree with your "Red Team" methodology. The way that I've often phrased it is that people need to have the authority to carry out their responsibility.
... but this is often where it goes wrong in a corporate environment. Empowerment or decision-making is often not fully granted as middle management is scared of 'lose of control'. In other words; 'to become irrelevant' or 'redundant'. I just think in that case they don't really understand their job; provide the tools and resources for your team to do their job. If this happens the team would have to result to something what I call; 'up-managing'. Up-managing is to package the decision-making up in a way that he decides and has control (and probably walks away with the results). It is a workaround... :-s Management needs to be re-invented, adapted to a 'new' way of working.


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At least that's how I feel when I tie my apron, and make a gigantic pot of minestrone soup, chopping vegetables, stirring, spicing, with Glenn Miller and Charlie Parker playing in the kitchen.
I visited my grandparents yesterday and felt the overwhelming (and I truly mean, I felt something come over me, physically) need to have them come live with me. All this talk of moving to an assisted living facility is exciting for them. But it doesn't seem right to me. In another day, another age, family would all be together. And imagine what a blessing it would be for my children to be influenced by the love of their great grandparents in our home, too. I think about those Longhouses of the Native Americans- how a whole BIG family would live together, how I really kind of think it was meant to be. Who came up with the idea of us all separating out and away from each other anyway? I also think maybe that stork meant to drop me off in a whole other country as well...
They aren't going to come live with us (at least I don't think so) but they are welcome to, even though I know it would be so much work- and a little insane (by selfish worldly standards)- it feels right in my heart. I already thought of the blog post title if they did: "We're expecting! (But it's not what you think.)"
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i have some new info...i went on a dbz web site and found out that the movie will be coming out...late this year or early next year...
When will the all new Dragonball Z movie be released in the United States of America actually???????
thats good to hear i can never get any info out off them
is it out this year? I thought I need to wait for a long time
i'm not to shure,i hope this year.if i find out i'll keep all you DBZ freaks(did't meen that in a bad way)posted.plus i also am a dbz freak...whats you guy's .. and girls fav ep??"people do not need violence to solve there problems."
ooo keep me posted! I got pulled into DBZ for one simple reason TRUNK!!!!
alright alright...i will,and just to tell ya i got pulled into it becouse of GOHAN!!!!!!."people do not need violence to solve there problems."
when he was young or as an adult?
idk,well i would say younger becouse he was cooler and he did the masango and the one hand kamaya...what about you??."people do not need violence to solve there problems."
me too..when he was younger I think he dares to do things...love the interraction with Goku
thant exactly what i meen.i also like babe buu.he said the best lines.like "bika bu bu" or "me buu kill you" what do you thank of him?"people do not need violence to solve there problems."
I didn't like Buu that much. Baby Buu did have some kinda funny lines, but the best was when they finally defeated Majin Buu, and all the people he ate were being released and Goku says " hey, look Vegeta! People popcorn!" I lost it. Couldn't stop laughing.
if you wanna get tech i almast pist myself on that seen lol."people do not need violence to solve there problems."
first off i'm not exactly know when.....but...i'll be shure to keep everyone posted on that subject..i'll also try to get more info today."people do not need violence to solve there problems."
i like a few of them they are good but im not that much in to it thout.
though personally i think they should have had me starring as Goku :) <those that love to live ultimately love thier lives>
I just hope its not live action again"Simon, don't belive in me that believes in you, believe you that believes in me that believes in you!!!"
I suppose it wasn't that bad but still it made me cry, it could have been worse though I suppose. Love... is just a different kind of pain.


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Zach and Erica were in the jerk circle even though Erica does not have a penis.
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014
From steel to cabinets to plumbing to roofing, changes at the new Alston Bailey and Eugene Sires elementary schools have been made to bring them within budget and the good news is, right now they are within budget.
Bob Folkman, capital improvements facilitator for the district, said the changes include architects and engineers proposals for items that could be reduced.
We put everything on the table, Folkman said. Those are things that we have accepted to get to a starting point to get us in budget.
Sires and Alston Bailey, also known as ES1 and ES3 respectively, were the two schools that came in over budget when they went out for bid earlier this year. ES1 was 36 percent over budget while ES3 was 29 percent over budget.
Thanks to value engineering, Sires Elementary has managed to deduct $4,937,564 and another $4,369,811 has been deducted from Alston Bailey.
We continue to look at additional items that might save us money, he said. Its an ongoing process.
DD2 moved forward with an emergency measure to start construction on the two schools, canceling the sealed bidding and instead using construction manager-(CM)-at-risk format. The format allowed the district to proceed to work on the schools land while working with architects on changes in design to bring the construction projects back into DD2s budget.
Folkman said value engineering for both of the schools has resulted in taking out the wants for the school and going with the needs instead. For example, the district had wanted to use more energy-efficient LED lighting in the schools. Because LED lighting is more expensive, the schools will now go with more cost-efficient lighting.
Folkman said those LED lights could make it back into the schools if they attain more money to fund them.
Were going with cost-efficient fixtures, Folkman said.
At both schools value engineering resulted in deleting items such as classroom sinks something that saved Alston more than $25,000 or getting rid of some landscaping which saved Sires more than $137,000.
Value engineering also resulted in using different materials. At Sires changes to the roof has saved the school $1,136,402. Mechanical changes have spared another $1,010,000.
At Alston the school saved $63,986 by deleting sound-absorbing wall panels and saved another $42,800 with changes to the steel required.
Folkman said the original roof design was extremely expensive due to the sloped metal roof, which came with wind and earthquake design considerations.
By going to a minimal sloped flat roof we were able to use bar joists (standard construction), which greatly reduced the weight and cost of the structural steel, he said.
Sire recently fell behind schedule when contractors were missing a land disturbance permit, which prevented them from starting construction. They acquired the permit Aug. 13 and can now proceed with construction. ES2, also known as Sand Hill and the new middle school of the arts, is moving forward as well.
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On a day Curve manager Carlos Garcia mentioned Jameson Taillon in the same breath as Seattle Mariners star Felix Hernandez, Taillon wasn't even the best pitcher on the mound.
Taillon pitched six solid innings for Altoona, allowing just two earned runs, striking out six and walking just one, but he needed 32 pitches to get through the first inning of a 4-1 Akron victory at Peoples Natural Gas Field Thursday morning.
Aeros starter Danny Salazar also threw six innings, struck out 12, walked two and allowed only a check-swing single by Adalberto Santos in the fifth inning.
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The Curve's Carlos Paulino puts the tag on Akron's Tyler Holt for the out at home.
Taillon gave up four of the seven hits he allowed in the first inning, and Altoona fell behind 2-0 before even stepping to the plate.
"For the most part, that type of pitcher, they have struggles a little bit in that first inning," Garcia said. "If they get past that first inning, they're going to have a good game. It reminds me of Felix Hernandez of Seattle. You don't know what you're going to get in the first inning, but as the game goes on, he's going to be good.
"It's a matter of time. Once he learns how to handle that type of situation, he's going to be the pitcher we want him to be."
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Tonight: Altoona Curve at Erie SeaWolves, 7:05 p.m.
Pitching matchup: Curve RHP Ethan Hollingsworth (0-1, 4.50) vs. SeaWolves RHP Patrick Cooper (0-2, 5.85)
Record: 11-16
Salazar didn't allow a baserunner in the bottom of the first inning, but it was the only frame in which the Indians No. 6 prospect did not record a strikeout.
The right-hander, who reached 98 miles per hour on his fastball in the fifth inning, struck out the side in the second and third innings. Salazar continued his torrid strikeout pace into the sixth inning and struck out nine out of the 12 batters he faced at one point.
"We faced a guy who was throwing the ball really well," Garcia said. "I am going to give him the credit today. We didn't adjust very well with two strikes."
He exited the game after throwing just 82 pitches, but Akron's relief pitchers were almost as tough on the Curve's lineup.
Austin Adams, Bryan Price and Jose Flores combined to pile up five more strikeouts, bringing the Aeros' total for the day to 17.
Taillon certainly did his part to keep the Curve in the game.
Tyler Holt's first-inning triple and Jesus Aguilar's third-inning double were fly balls that may not have been hits if right fielder Alex Dickerson had not been having problems with the sunny skies.
"I thought I threw OK," Taillon said. "They jumped on the board early and were swinging early. That forced me to make a change in-game.
"That's what pitching is about. If things aren't going your way, you have to identify why it isn't and find a way to change it."
Taillon said he noticed Akron hitters were swinging at pitches out of the strike zone, and he took advantage of that as the game went on.
"It was a blessing in disguise once I went over that first inning," Taillon said. "It made me go back to the drawing board and pitch in off the plate. It got me weak contact from then on."
Despite earning his third quality start of the season, Taillon (2-3, 3.03) lasted just six innings and threw 92 pitches. Pirates manager Clint Hurdle stressed the importance of his starters pitching through seven innings, something Taillon has done just once in six starts, earlier this week.
"I've been OK in the first so far this year," Taillon said. "But I need to go out there with a closer's mentality and close that first inning and imagine the second inning as the first."
The Curve's only run of the game came in the seventh inning. Santos, who came off the disabled list earlier this week, hit a one-out double and scored when Akron third baseman Kyle Bellows misplayed Jarek Cunningham's ground ball. Santos accounted for two of Altoona's three hits.
"It isn't showing right now on paper and in games, but everybody in this locker room is talented," Santos said. "We're going through a little rut. Every team does. It's the first month of the season, and we're putting it behind us and looking forward to the next couple months and finishing strong."
Game recap
Key player: Salazar struck out 12 in six innings and allowed only Santos' check-swing infield single.
Key play: Latimore drove in was turned out to be the winning run with a single up the middle in the first inning off Taillon to make it 2-0.
Key stat: Altoona struck out 17 times.
How they scored
Top 1st: Tyler Holt tripled, scored on Chun Chen single (0-1). Chen scored on Quincy Latimore single (0-2).
Top 6th: Carlos Moncrief walked, scored when Roberto Perez reached on a Jarek Cunningham error. (0-3).
Bottom 7th: Adalberto Santos doubled, scored when Cunningham reached on Kyle Bellows error. (1-3).
Top 9th: Holt doubled, scored on Nathan Baker throwing error. (1-4).


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If you're creating navigation links for you're page the "Multi-Column Layout" is a custom element that can help you structure your web page. This custom element lets you create column containers for your element–this lets you put elements next to each other rather than on top of one another. An example can be seen on the ITCS home page: http://www.ecu.edu/itcs/
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1 1/4 tsp ground ginger
3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
3/4 cup organic maple syrup
3 Tbsp Eden Barley Malt Syrup
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup Eden Extra Virgin Olive OilEden Safflower Oil
Preheat oven to 350°. Mix all dry ingredients together. Mix all wet ingredients together. Combine dry and wet ingredients, and mix well. Lightly oil two baking sheets, and scoop out 1 tablespoon of cookie dough for each cookie and place them 1 inch apart on the cookie sheets. Bake 15 minutes, until lightly browned on the bottom. Remove and allow to cool on a cookie rack.
Makes 2 dozen cookies
American, Condiments, Dessert & Pastry, Low Sodium, Macrobiotic, Oils, Sweeteners, Vegan, Whole Grain