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More and more Maui designers are finding their swimsuits and jewelry featured in this year's 50th anniversary Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition.
After it was reported that Haiku's Lisa Letarte Cabrinha's white mesh bikini bottom design graced the magazine cover, several other Maui designers pointed out that their wares had also landed a spot or spots in the coveted issue.
Maui Girl, based in Paia, which has been landing suits in the magazine for years, had a record of 14 suits in the publication this year and, for the first time, Olinda jewelry designer Jasmine Bustamente of Jasmine Honey Designs had two of her pieces featured.
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Debbie Wilson of Maui Girl in Paia displays a photo of one of her swimsuits, the "Chinese Garden" worn by a model known as Anne V, featured in the 2013 Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition. The suit costs $300. Wilson said that Maui Girl had 12 bikinis, two one-piece suits and a bolero jacket featured in the magazine.
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Olinda jewelry designer Jasmine Bustamente of Jasmine Honey Designs had two of her jewelry pieces featured in the 2013 Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition.
Other designers featured include Sarah Bolz of kai ulu swimwear on Maui.
Sports Illustrated did not respond to an email requesting a list of designers featured in the magazine, which hit stands earlier this month. All designers reported in this article contacted The Maui News directly. Some designers also have their pieces on the Sports Illustrated website.
Bustamente, a King Kekaulike High School graduate, said that she was "ecstatic" when she found out that her jewelry was photographed worn by top models in the magazine.
"This was my very first year being featured, and it couldn't be better. It is their 50th edition so it's extra special," said Bustamente, who attended University of Hawaii Maui College's fashion program and took classes at Hui No'eau, which she said "helped me take my jewelry to a whole new level."
The magazine's cover girl, Kate Upton, wore one of Bustamente's gold-dipped crystal necklaces in an inside page photo. Gold handcuff bangles are also featured on another model inside the magazine, which shot models in various places around the world.
For Debbie Wilson of Maui Girl, being in the magazine consistently since 2008 is still a thrill.
She has been sending suits to be considered for the issue since 2005.
"We at Maui Girl are extremely excited to see Sports Illustrated models wearing our suits in exotic places around the globe," the 18-year Kuau resident said in a email. "It validates our design principle that suits can be functional and look fantastic on some of the world's most beautiful women. This is a great opportunity for Maui Girl given the annual excitement that this magazine generates in swimsuit design."
There is no cash compensation for making it in the magazine, but Wilson said she gets "advertising dollars" as she uses the magazine pictures on her website.
She added that it costs $350,000 to buy a full-page color ad in the swimsuit edition and in the 2013 magazine one of her suits landed two full-page shots with the same model.
As the magazine rolls out with Maui Girl suits, Wilson says it's always a traffic generator for her flagship store in Paia as well as increased sales online at maui-girl.com.
"We are experiencing this spike in our business right now," she said.
Maui Girl is a small company compared to major designer labels, Wilson said, noting that she does not have the advertising budget that larger and other well-known designers have.
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Bustamente said in an email that she submitted her jewelry to the magazine last year but none of her pieces were used.
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As far as chicken or egg, I have no answer. But I still stand behind my point that the USFSA does little or nothing to interest the public. The diehard fans will always follow the sport (and I'm old but have moved past the 6.0 era thank-you-very-much) When you could catch competitions on TV I think alot of people knew who Michelle Kwan was. Take a poll on the street and ask who Ashley Wagner is and I bet most of the time you're met with a "huh?" Canada's coverage is always better than ours. Someone commented that the CBC is streaming the competition. If you logon from the US you get a message that it's not available. If you subscribe to the Ice Network the presentation is jerky, the reception stinks, and it's not worth the $39.95 frustration.


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A few months ago, when Channel 2 was celebrating his 40th anniversary at the station, sports anchor Ed Kilgore jokingly warned Adam Benigni not be too comfortable in his seat just yet.
Tuesday, Kilgore decided to give up his seat at 6 p.m. to Benigni in a move that surprised his Channel 2 boss.
Kilgore is leaving the NBC affiliate at the end of the May sweeps to work for a company owned by Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula.
The timing of the announcement was the only thing that was surprising. There has been speculation that Kilgore – who relinquished the 11 p.m. sports shift to Benigni more than a year and a half ago – was in his final year at the station and that Benigni would then take over the 6 p.m. shift, as well.
Kilgore, 66, surprised Channel 2 General Manager Jim Toellner on Tuesday by telling him that he had received an offer from Pegula's East Management and was going to take it now.
Channel 2 said in a news release Wednesday that "it is important to note that Ed's position will not involve the Buffalo Sabres, so Ed will continue to objectively cover the Buffalo Sabres during the final weeks of his time at Channel 2."
That conclusion certainly is arguable. Kilgore will still be working for Pegula after he leaves Channel 2, which can be looked at as a conflict of interest. However, there is some precedent for a local sports anchor to stay at the station while reporting on a team owned by his future employer. Channel 4 kept former sports director John Murphy on the air last year after he announced he was leaving to work for the Buffalo Bills.
In a telephone interview, Kilgore dismissed suggestions that his hiring by Pegula will influence what he says about the Sabres.
"I've been saying for several months that the Sabres are awful, but they have the greatest owner in professional sports," Kilgore said. "He will get it figured out, but people need to be patient. The team is not good enough. I've been critical and will continue to be."
Kilgore said that Pegula recently asked him to start working for his company now. "I've spent a lot more time talking with Terry than a lot of people in the media over the last couple of years," Kilgore said. "He watched me when he was a [Sabres] fan."
Kilgore isn't sure what his role with Pegula's company will be. "My job description is still being discussed, but it won't involve the Sabres," he said. "I report directly to Terry and Kim [Pegula's wife]. The HarborCenter [development] will be part of it."
"It is truly the end of an era for Buffalo broadcasting," Toellner said in a Channel 2 news release. "Ed is the last of the TV sports pioneers here. He has been a part of and chronicler of huge changes in media and especially pro sports. A couple sentences are woefully inadequate to summarize his contributions to sports fandom in Western New York. We will miss his daily examinations and enthusiasm."
In a telephone interview, Toellner said that Benigni will add the 6 p.m. shift to his 10 and 11 p.m. duties after Kilgore leaves in May.
Kilgore said he has been at Channel 2 through 20 general managers and seven or eight owners.
Besides anchoring sportscasts, Kilgore was the host of several Bills-related shows and "Bowling for Dollars" and was the host of Sabres games for a decade when they were carried by Channel 2. He is a member of the Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Fame and won a New York State Emmy 20 years ago.
Why, at 66, is Kilgore moving into a new job?
"This will be fun," he said. "It is hard to say no to Terry. And two years ago, I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. I'm not ready to retire yet."
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PITTSBURGH - A lot of Pittsburgh Steelers need to have a bounceback season, and Mike Tomlin's name is at the top of that list.
It's popular to blame the coach for everything, but the late-season collapse and overall malaise of an 8-8 season can be traced either to what Tomlin did or didn't do.
Immediately after the season, some players complained that the attitude had rotted. That's on the head coach. Maybe Tomlin grew accustomed to a locker room that policed itself with pros like James Farrior and Aaron Smith leading.
It's been revealed more recently there was discord with new offensive coordinator Todd Haley. That may not have been the reason things crumbled down the stretch, but it probably didn't help anything either.
The fundamental problem with Haley was apparently a fundamental - terminology. For some reason, Tomlin insisted the Steelers scrap their established terms for offensive plays and formations and learn Haley's language.
This is exactly the mistake Chuck Noll made when Joe Walton came in as offensive coordinator, and it led to major problems.
It made no sense then, and it doesn't make any sense now.
Some of the plays and formations were the same; just the terminology had changed. By the end of the season, Ben Roethlisberger said he was using the old terms in the huddle.
Think about it: You have players getting their brains scambled, fighting the clock and trying to remember that "686-Pump-FStop on two" is now "464-Green80-FStop on two."
If left is now right and red is now blue, you might need a second or two to process the change. The NFL doesn't allow that luxury.
Tomlin signed off on the idea of having a whole offensive platoon learn a new language instead of just having Haley adapt. They've apparently fixed that this year.
That's just one item on Tomlin's checklist this season. The Steelers didn't have a good season last year, and neither did the head coach.
SUBHEAD: Still growing
ESPN is determined to take over the world, and its latest step is hiring full-time beat reporters to cover every NFL team.
The new hires will serve all of ESPN's platforms, but they'll primarily provide daily website coverage.
SUBHEAD: Charmed life
A couple of major league scouts were talking about the Pirates the other day, marveling that they had baseball's best record with a modestly-talented everyday lineup.
OK, sometimes pitching can carry a team. The Dodgers of a bygone era had a lousy offense but superior pitching compensated.
But when you look at the Pirates pitching, Wandy Rodriguez is going to wind up missing about half of the season, Jason Grilli will be out at least six weeks, Francisco Liriano started the season a month late, A.J. Burnett spent time on the DL, Charlie Morton's season didn't start until mid-June, and James McDonald hasn't been seen since April.
Sometimes a season is sprinkled with magic dust. Maybe after 20 years of misery, there's an extra-generous portion.
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Remember all the hand-wringing about how the Pirates had lost an entire generation of fans?
They're back. Winning does that.
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MARTINSBURG - Central came out at the start of its matchup with Central Cambria looking like it was ready to bury the Lady Red Devils and put the game out of reach early.
The Lady Dragons jumped out to a 20-3 lead in the opening quarter, but Central Cambria was able to climb to within three on numerous occasions before succumbing to the host, 60-56, on the opening night of the Maxwell Transportation Lady Dragon Holiday Tournament on Friday.
"We came out, we took care of the ball and we did the things we needed to do," Central coach Shelley McCune said. "We made our shots and played like we weren't that young team that we had been playing like."
The Lady Dragons held their largest lead with 1:36 to go in the first before the Red Devils settled down, and slowly turned the tables - pulling to within 11 at the half and seven (46-39) heading into the final quarter.
"I told them [Central Cambria] to relax ... I told them one stop at a time, run their offense and keep playing," Central Cambria coach John Dziack said. "They played hard the rest of the game. I think we outscored [47-38] them from the second quarter on. We dug ourselves a hole that was kind of hard to get out of."
Central got balanced scoring as it opened its big lead, but it was freshman Brayley Lewis that was the difference, and one of the main reasons the Dragons never relinquished the lead.
Central Cambria had no answer for Lewis, who scored in a myriad of ways - down low, starting high and driving to the basket and even going coast-to-coast a few times - scored a career-high 25 points, while pulling down 10 rebounds.
"She's [Lewis] been pretty consistent for us. You can tell she's growing because she's starting to find more confidence," McCune said. "She was a little hesitant at first and I just told her 'you just got to attack', so she did. She just has to have the confidence and know when she needs to take over."
The Lady Red Devils used their speed and swarming defense to force Central into nine second quarter turnovers, which allowed them to end the half down 33-22.
"We just started to turn the ball over and it becomes a domino affect for us. We've got to stop doing that," McCune said. "We need to start learning from our mistakes and start getting better."
Central bent but didn't break in the third as a 3-pointer from Bri Wasser allowed CC to pull within three [36-33] for the first time. However, the Lady Dragons, as was the case the rest of the game, quickly see-sawed the lead back up to eight [41-33] as Lewis scored four of the five points in the run.
Taylor King-Brothers and Wasser did all they could to keep the Devils in the game as King-Brothers showed her leadership by pushing the ball up the floor and playing in-your-face defense. The senior led her team with 21 points while Wasser, who hit several clutch floaters and jumpers, finished with 16.
The fourth quarter played out the same as the last half of the third with Central Cambria climbing as close as three points (56-53) on a King-Brothers trey with 3:06 left in the game, but back-to-back hoops from Taylor McKnight and Lewis increased the lead to seven with 1:44 left, which proved to be insurmountable at that point.
"We cut it to three several times, we just couldn't get over that hump," Dziack. "We had a couple of wide open looks that just didn't fall, and they [Central] came down and scored again. It was just one of those games."
While Lewis was the focal point, she certainly wasn't alone as Mikaela McGraw accounted for 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Ashley Smith had 11 markers and a game-high 13 carems.
Katy Leamer scored 21 points to lead Bellwood-Antis over Tyrone,
BELLWOOD-ANTIS (69): Hollen 1 5-7 7, Swogger 6 0-0 13, Ka. Leamer 9 3-4 21, Ke. Leamer 5 0-0 13, Damiano 4 2-4 10, Mercer 0 0-3 0, Finn 2 0-0 5. Totals - 27 10-18 69.
TYRONE (53): Gripp 8 8-8 26, Brooks 4 2-4 12, Taylor 1 0-0 2, Swogger 3 2-2 10, Finnley 0 0-0 0, Hammond 0 0-0 0, Raftery 1 0-2 3, Kemp 0 0-0 0. Totals - 17 12-16 53.
Bellwood-Antis13 22 13 21 - 69
Tyrone13 17 11 12 - 53
3-point goals: Bellwood-Antis 5 (Ke. Leamer 3, Swogger, Finn); Tyrone 7 (Gripp 2, Brooks 2, Swogger 2, Raftery).
Records: Bellwood-Antis (6-0); Tyrone (5-2).
CENTRAL CAMBRIA (56): King-Brothers 8 3-7 21, Wright 0 0-0 0, Berzonsky 1 1-2 3, Ritchey 3 0-1 6, Wasser 5 5-7 16, Broring 4 1-2 10, Hildenbrand 0 0-0 0, McKeel 0 0-0 0. Totals - 21 10-19 56.
CENTRAL (60): Myers 0 2-2 2, McKnight 1 2-2 4, McGraw 4 3-4 12, Smith 4 2-4 11, Lewis 9 7-12 25, Snyder 0 3-5 3, Ritchey 1 0-0 2, Boyles 0 1-2 1. Totals - 20 20-31 60.
Central Cambria9 13 17 17 - 56
Central22 11 13 14 - 60
3-point goals: Central Cambria 4 (King-Brothers 2, Wasser, Broring); Central 2 (McGraw, Smith).
Records: Central Cambria (3-3); Central (4-4).
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CHESTER - The city of Chester's ban on golf carts is slowly rolling toward becoming law, even as residents continue to lobby city council to reconsider its decision.
Council instituted a voice-vote ban on the vehicles on Oct. 1 but is now reviewing legislation drafted by city Solicitor April Raines that would formalize the ban. Council members held a first reading on the ordinance at their Monday meeting. Two readings are required for a city ordinance to become law.
Chester's golf cart contingent was out in full force again Monday night, asking for leniency from council.
"There's only six of us," said Delores Casto, who owns a golf cart. "I would hate to see the city get sued over this golf cart situation."
Casto's daughter, former city councilwoman Dana Picciarelli, and granddaughter, Toni Snyder, spoke out in favor of regulating, but not banning, the vehicles. Opponents of the ban say the city's action singles them out unfairly and that golf carts are safe.
"We only use them four months out of the year," Picciarelli said.
When Councilman John Woodruff objected that golf carts on city streets are not safe, several residents took issue with him. "You're just going to extremes. Just admit you're prejudiced," Casto said.
Woodruff cited accident statistics from news articles that he said prove golf carts are unsafe when driven on city streets. "You tell me there's no accidents?" he said.
But Vince LaNeve said the ban has been a hardship on his son, Andrew, 18, who suffers from VATER syndrome and avascular necrosis of the hip.
"On behalf of my son, please reconsider the ban on golf carts," LaNeve said. "That's my son's only form of transportation around town."
"This is very important to Andrew," said his mother, Heidi LaNeve. "It's really hurting him."
The ordinance would prohibit the operation of any "motorized recreational apparatus" on any city street, alley, sidewalk, parking lot or right-of-way or any publicly-owned property.
The legislation applies to go-carts, golf carts, all-terrain vehicles, off-road motorized dirt bicycles and tricycles, and snowmobiles - vehicles whose main purpose is recreation and not transportation.
The ordinance says "numerous incidents have been observed by, or otherwise reported to, municipal authorities involving" such vehicles, prompting the city to be concerned for the "safety, health and well-being" of Chester residents.
The ordinance further states that the city is authorized to "prevent injury or annoyance to the public or individuals from anything dangerous, offensive or unwholesome."
West Virginia allows golf carts on city streets as a "low speed vehicle," provided the speed limit is 25 mph or less. State law requires a title and registration, insurance, an inspection and a valid driver's license, while also incorporating the more stringent requirements of federal law.
Former city councilman Joe Geisse asked council whether it can pass legislation that is more strict than state or federal law. Raines said the city has some discretion when it comes to public safety.
The ordinance exempts wheelchairs and electric personal assistive mobility devices (EPAMDs). It also exempts federal, state and local officials, including first-responders, who are using a motorized apparatus for government or emergency purposes.
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Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9, Astros 7
W- Hart (1-0), the Lees, extra-base hits
Things to Take from This Game
1. No easy innings
and the half-inning ninth, no inning went without someone scoring a
run. Marquis struggled through five and a third, featuring
rolling sliders and fastballs that kept moving back over the plate, but
getting out of potentially disasterous innings with 3 GIDPs.
Oswalt gave up ten hits and a walk without striking anyone out in six
and two-thirds.
2. The Lees
and Carlos combined for seven hits, five runs, four rbis, three
doubles, two home runs, and awful defense. Derrek dropped a ball
at first that started a 2-run sixth inning for the Astros. Carlos
Lee wandered about aimlessly in left field, occasionally drawing stray
baseballs closer to him by virtue of his gravitational field.
3. More love for Fukudome
day featured a fine running catch, a bunt single that surprised the
whole ball-park, and the go-ahead, two-run double in the five-run
seventh inning.
4. Then, there's Soriano...
That je ne se qua of mine that you didn't know you missed until you saw it again, the dinge an sich goodness inherent in a recap, below
Game Recap
- Bourn singles up the middle. I'm trying to figure out why I
can't get the game on mlb.tv, and don't see it. Ah, it's because
I have the game on the local fox sportsnet station
- Bourn steals second, easily. Soto with a bad one-hopper
- Pence dribbles one up the third base line. Marquis tries to
make an athletic bare-hand grab and submarine throw to first, it's a
horrible throw. Bourn should have gone for home, but instead
stays at 3rd. Runners at 1 and 3, no outs, Berkman up.
- Berkman taps back to Marquis. Starts the 1-6-3 DP, although he nearly threw it away to the 6. Bourn scores.
- Foul-tip strikeout of Carlos Lee, on a slider I think, ends the inning. 1-0 Astros
- Soriano with an easy 5-3 groundout.
- Johnson with a ground ball single back up the middle.
- And Lee with an opposite field single. 1 and 2, 1 out with
Aramis up. Astros broadcasters suggest Oswalt has more comfort
early on with the slider than with the Curve, and indeed, next pitch is
a slider that Aramis waves at, for an 0-2 count.
- Aramis grounds into fielder choice (I missed it), Johnson advances to third, Aramis at first
- And met with a huge ovation from the fans, Fukudome chops an easy
bouncer to second, ending the inning. Can't convert the two
runers into a run..
- Marquis goes to full count on Tejada, then a leadoff walk. Yeargh.
- Wiggington with a sharply lined single to center. Tejada can only advance to second. Shakey start to the inning.
- And with Tejada running on the pitch, Loretta with a sharp liner
into the left-center gap. Tejada scores easily, runners hold at
1st and 2nd. Looked like a fastball that tailed back over the
plate from the outside corner.
- Marquis struggling to find the outside corner, 3-1 count to Brad Ausmus
- Again, a come-backer to Marquis leading to a 1-6-3 DP. Runner at 3rd, two outs, Oswalt up.
- Another fastball aimed at the outside corner that sails right
over the plate, but Oswalt rolls out to third. Inning over, 2-0
- DeRosa with an easy grounder to third
- Soto hits one high off the brown ivy vines in straight-away
left. Lee sort of half-flails at it, not really making an effort
as it flies behind his head, then bouncing off of Lee and rolling
around the warning track. Soto "runs" all the way to third for a
triple. That was one ugly triple, all the way around.
- Theriot with a soft fly to shallow center. Soto starts,
stops. Throw is way up the line, fans boo that Soto wasn't going
for home. But it really was a shallow fly....
- Marquis drops a single down the right-field line. 2-1 Astros.
- Tejada makes a nice play on a well hit Soriano grounder into the
hole. A slide-stop, spin and throw to get him at first, inning ends.
- Bourn golfs a fly ball to shallow center, Johnson takes charge and calls off DeRosa
- Good God, Hunter Pence is still really ugly....
- Pence swings at a slider outside and in the dirt for strike three, throw down to first to complete it.
- Berkman's not much better. This ugly Astro grounds out to DeRosa, 4-3. A much-needed 1-2-3 inning for Marquis
- This Astros broadcast isn't bad, just horribly boring. I
get to hear what Ty Wigginton did in his off-season. One
guess: spent time outdoors doing outdoorsy things.
Yep: spent it on a boat on a lake. Whoopie.
- Reed Johnson flies out to right.
- 3-1 fastball, outer third of the plate, and Lee drives it to
right, two rows or so up into the bleachers for a solo HR. Tie
game 2-2!
- Ramirez with a soft fly out to center.
- And Fukudome with another, to left. Lee gets a bad break on
it, then over runs it, then does a Soriano hop as he catches it.
Ugly. Inning over, 2-2
- Lee crushes one out to left. Maybe ten rows up.
Another fastball that tailed from the outside back over the
middle. 3-2 Astros
- Tejada grounds out sharply to second.
- Wigginton rolls one down the 3rd base line, hits the bag, fouls up Ramirez's effort. Would have been safe, anyway.
- Yet another GIDP, Loretta hits the 4-6-3. Inning over, 3-2 Astros
- Erstad in at 1st for Berkman. Early report from the
Astros booth is neck spasms. I'll take switching Berkman out for
Erstad. Astros announcers talk up how much depth Erstad adds to
the bench. It'd be funny if they were making a fat joke, but I
think they were being serious....
- DeRosa singles to right.
- Soto rolls one to Loretta at second, who tags DeRosa and throws to first for the 4-3 DP.
- And Theriot grounds back to the pitcher. Easy inning.
- Ausmus lines out to Fukudome on about the 50th fastball that tailed back over the plate.
- Oswalt grounds out to Theriot
- Bourn rolls out to DeRosa. 1-2-3 inning, and egads, just
noticed that this game is moving along quickly, barely an hour old.
- Marquis grounds to third, and Wigginton throws away an easy out. Marquis to second. Ball just sailed on Wigginton.
- Soriano
flies to medium depth center, and Marquis tags up and runs for
third. Nice throw by Bourn, a one-hopper right at the bag, and
Marquis is out. Aggressive running play by Marquis, debatable
decision. The old 8-5 DP.
- Wigginton with a better play on a slow roller to get Reed Johnson
at first. Still 3-2 after the leadoff 2-base error. Nuts.
- Pence with a roller up third, Soto takes it, throws, Lee drops the throw, error on Lee.
- And instead of Berkman, we get Erstad.
- Pence steals second, Soto's throw quite short and even wider left.
- Long AB by Erstad, between pickoff throws and SB and whatnot. 3-2 count as a fastball just misses inside.
- Erstad takes some sort of breaking pitch and pulls it into the
right-center gap. Johnson was playing him way around to
left. Pence scores, Erstad doubles. Fans boo a bit.
4-2 Astros.
- Next pitch, and Lee launches one into the right-center gap, as
well. Again, a long way for Johnson to run, back-to-back
doubles. 5-2. Fans boo a bit more. Rolling slider
from Marquis.
- What should be the third straight double to the right-center gap
turns into a nice running, stretching catch by Fukudome. Lee tags
and goes to third. Cubs appeal that he left 2nd early, but no
- Marquis leaves, to boos. Kevin Hart in.
- Hart K's Wigginton on a nice slider.
- And another K of Loretta on a fastball inside. Nice work by hard, but it's 5-2 Astros.
- Lee lofts one into the right field corner. Stays at
second, although the throw back in towards second scoots away.
Nice start to the inning.
- Ramirez with a lazy fly to shallow center.
- Fukudome with a beautiful bunt between the pitcher and
third. No one in the ballpark anticipated it. Cubs fans'
infatuation with Fukudome goes up by 5 whole Fuku-points. Lee on
third, Fukudome on first.
- Oswalt might have tweaked something in the elbow?
- Next pitch (to DeRosa) just totally gets away from Ausmus, passed ball, Lee scores, Fukudome to 2nd.
- Slow roller to third, Wigginton lets another throw sail, leading
to a near-collision between Erstad and DeRosa. DeRosa out, no
collision. Fukudome to second. 2 outs.
- Oswalt a bit frustrated with the strike zone
- Soto rolls one up the middle. Tejada barely gets there, slides spins and throws Soto out, inning over. 5-3 Astros
- Ausmus flies to Fukudome.
- A bit surprised, Oswalt stays in to hit for himself.
- Oswalt rolls one up the middle, DeRosa with a nice play to get the slow-running Oswalt
- Astros announcers observe that the infield grass is playing much more fast than the old Wrigley infield...
- With Johnson again playing shallow and swung towards left, Bourn
smarshes an inside fastball, one-hopping the CF wall. News
flash: Bourn is very, very fast. Makes third base easily.
- Pence flies out to Fukudome, inning over
- Oh dear lord, John Rhadigan on my Astros Gamebreak. Who is this ghoulish man? Somebody hold me.
- Wigginton leaves the game, having been spiked sometime earlier in
the game, I missed it. Thomas Perez (he's not dead?) in at second,
Loretta over to third.
- 3-0 count to Theriot. Oswalt entered the inning with only 74 pitches thrown, although he seemd to be tiring last inning.
- Ball four. Theriot walks.
- Fontenot in to hit for Hart.
- With
Tejada playing towards second, Fontenot rolls one to Tejada's
right. Nice sliding stop, throws from his butt to second, but
everyone safe. 2 on, no out, for Soriano.
- Soriano with a slow roller to Loretta's left, he gets Soriano at
first. Runners advance to 2 and 3, one out for Reed Johnson
- Some of parachat wants to pull Johnson for Ward, here.
- Wow, did I just write that last line? I swear the double entendre was unintentional
- Johnson with a slow chopper towards short. Tejada comes in,
just gets Johnson at first. Run scores, Fontenot advances to
third. 5-4, runner on third, two outs, Lee up
- Lee singles past a diving Loretta, 5-5 game. Lee with four hits today, five straight in the series.
- Oswalt leaves having given up ten hits and a walk, no strikeouts.
- Oscar Villarreal in.
- and promptly walks Ramirez. 1st and 2nd, two outs for Fukudome
- Oscar Villarrreal out.
- Wesley Wright (who?!??!?) in.
- For a 23 year old rookie, Wright looks all right. The lefty
falls behind Fukudome 3-1 on some very close calls. Fun battle to
watch. The same pitch called ball 3 now gets called strike 2,
full count.
- Foo Koo Doh May chant starts
- Two full-count foul balls. Great at bat.
- Fukudome hits a sinking liner to left. Lee flails at this
one, too, sort of half-diving, half-stumbling for it. It drops
for a hit, gets past Lee and skips fifteen feet away. Lee and
Ramirez score, it's ruled a double, as opposed to a single and an error.
- Fans' adoration of Fukudome goes up another eleven Fuku-points.
- Geoff Geary in. Fourth Astros pitcher this inning, in what had been a very quickly played game
- And
before throwing a pitch, he balks Fukudome over to third, when the ball
falls out of his hand while standing on the rubber. Probably a
silly rule, but we'll take it.
- DeRosa lofts a rolling slider to right-center. Carries well
in the wind, Bourn can't quite get to it, might have slowed up as
approaching the bricks. Double, 8-5 Cubs.
- Soto K's swinging to end the inning. Finally.
- Howry and Blanco both in, presumably on a double switch.
- Erstad lines a single to right, is now 2 for 2. Cubbery.
- Lee smokes a double down the left field line, Erstad to third. A very good day for the Lees
- Marmol warming up, Tejada hitting.
- Howry gets Tejada to bounce out to DeRosa, run scores
- Thomas Perez taken down for Geoff Blum. What sort of crazy-ass team carries two different players named "Geoff?"
- Blum ropes a low fastball into center. Lee scores.
- Marmol in, Howry leaves to a few boos, but more cheers for
Marmol. Looks like DeRosa is also coming out. Why?
The double-switch already happened with Blanco, right?
- Evidently, it must not have been a double-switch when Howry and
Blanco both came in, as the assumption was Howry would pitch an inning
and be taken down for a pinch-hitter. But you know what happens
when you assume... So now DeRosa leaves for Cedeno. Great.
We've replaced Soto and DeRosa for Blanco and Cedeno.
- Marmol throws his first pitch about three feet outside
- Loretta lines out to Fukudome
- Ausmus taps weakly to Ramirez, ends the inning. Cubs escape with an 8-7 lead
- Doug Brocail in. Loretta goes back to second as Blum takes over at third.
- Theriot K's swinging.
- Cedeno with a lined single to right-center. Astros
announcer gets all excited about Bourn maybe making a great
catch. The ball lands five feet away from Bourn. Jerk.
- Blum with a nice play on a slow roller, gets Soriano at first. A few boos for Soriano. Cedeno advances.
- Reed Johnson with a big RBI single through the SS hole. 9-7 Cubs.
- With the 4-4 Lee up and a chance to go for the cycle as well, Johnson gets caught stealing second. Inning over.
- Cruz Jr. (He's not dead, either?) in to hit, Wood to pitch.
- Full count, Cruz flies lazily to Fukudome.
- Bourn grounds sharply to Cedeno at 2nd. Two outs.
- "Kerry" chants start.
- Pence rolls to Theriot, 6-3, Cubs win!
- What payment do I need to do recaps? (Just the love of my readers and fellow parachatters is all)
- The old roses on piano, tulips on organ joke.
- Who should hit 2nd?
- Will Theriot have a good year?
- Theriot discussion continues
- and continues.
- and continues....
- Back the the important stuff, me: why isn't my parachat name highlighted in green, like Rob's? Why? WHY? (beats me.)
- The Soto triple
- Expectations for Cubs rookies
- The rooftop screens issue.
- Different rooftop deals and experiences
- Review and analysis of the Cubs/Rooftop owners negotiations. 18% cut sound ok?
- Wes says Bill James says the Twins world championship teams were on the juice - Gaetti and Puckett.
- Opinions about Bill James
- Ah, and the relevant Twins Steroids accusation link. Seems flimsy.
- Steroids, Baldness and Acne means..... time for a Johann's Mom reference.
- The One-Legged Pitcher, Bert Shepard
- Paul Noce with the observation of parachat so far: Marquis looks like he belongs in a ba 1970s Cop movie
- Is Lowitzki with comcast, or in the Matrix?
- Ways that comcast sucks.
- The Marquis baserunning play
- If Moises Alou were our third-base coach....
- Dave Duncan and St. Louis Sports Radio.
- Bizarro Barrett.
- Lance Johnson would have caught it. So would Walter Johnson. Lady Bird?
- Griping about the D. Lee error to start the inning.
- Those 1961 Mets we all remember....
- The Giants' "offense"
- I complain about the recap fodder being offered by Parachat, and
get Dick Pole and Dick Trickle jokes. How 2007 of parachat..
- Should Lee have gone for the triple?
- Only the second Johann's Mom joke of the day...
- Some Barry Zito fantasy trade....
- Admiration of Fukudome
- Impressed by Soto
- Decapitation for cheaters?
- What can we blame on Hendry?
- Who we hate.
- Flip-down sunglasses
- Is Reed Johnson playing too shallow? (yes, but it wouldn't have mattered on any of these extra-base hits, imho)
- Used-car salesmen.
- Who should get to sing the 7th Inning Stretch this year?
- Pinch hit Ward here?
- Cheering a tie game.
- We Love Corey Patterson.
- Lets vs. Let's.
- Fantasy baseball Qs
- Dontrelle vs. the White Sox.
- Proper lineup order for Fukudome, Lee, and Ramirez?
- More debate about our middle infield. Somebody lobotomize me with a crusty spork.
- Laughing at Lee's fielding, cheering Fukudome.
- Future TCR features
- Wes threatens to fly to LA and kick Rob in the "nutsack."
- Bagging on a certain Cubs blog
- Don't like fucking Will Carroll? Then stop fucking him, duh.
- Putting down the kids to come to parachat.
- Large TVs
- Small TVs
- TVs won for perfect attendance at school.
- Worried about Howry
- Trying to find Soriano's batting average
- Griping about Johnsons' stolen base attempt
- Bad memories of Bad Closers past..... Wow, think positive, parachat.
- Cheering an easy 1-2-3 inning.
- Cubs' 2008 record in games I recap: 1-0
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9 , Astros 7
...how much depth Erstad adds to the bench. IT'd be funny if they were making a fat joke, but I think they were being serious....
with Blanco getting the start tomorrow, Soto will be on the bench, adding significant depth to it. (maybe we can send the A material in for Len and Bob)
Some of parachat wants to pull Johnson...
now that's funny stuff, pulling Johnson in parachat?
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9 , Astros 7
Wow. Two name drops in the same recap. Career day in parachat for me. That, and I was the one who hates fucking Will Carroll.
Re: Line of the Year?
Replying to yourself is a surefire way to get mocked by Mister Whipple. You should know that.
Re: Line of the Year?
I agree.
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9 , Astros 7
and I was the one who hates fucking Will Carroll
I second that emotion.
Re: fucking will carroll
was he that bad in bed?
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9 , Astros 7
I was there today -- fantastic weather, great result, good energy at the park. I just have to say that Fukudome is terrific, almost mesmerizing to watch in person. It's as if he's playing a different level -- or even type -- of baseball than everyone else.
That bunt was perfect and absurd, but the thing about it was that he just took the bunt single because it was there, and the execution of it was almost an afterthought. Most guys see an opportunity like that and try their gosh-darnedest to drop a bunt down, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. Fuku's bunt was something different -- the opportunity was there, so he simply and effortlessly put the ball in the dead spot up the line. It felt like he was taking an intentional walk or something. This guy is good.
Re: fukudome's bunt
classic example of how they stress fundamentals in japan. it's a skill that can be learned by any ballplayer here if they want to.
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9 , Astros 7
Sigh. I was too hungover to watch the game.
Glad you had fun, though!
Johann's mom says hi.
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9 , Astros 7
parachat recaps?
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9 , Astros 7
Imagine what this team could do if they didn't give up.
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9, Astros 7
I log on after watching the game on DVR, and there's a Transmission recap! Awesome work as usual, Trans.
So, this Fukudome guy is pretty horrible... too bad we didn't spend that money on Jacque Jones instead! (Can you smell the burning sarcasm?)
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9, Astros 7
if Japanese players need an adjustment period, I can not wait for July. They flashed an NL stats during the game with NL leaders in OBP. This was early, maybe the 3rd and Fuku was 2nd behind pujols. I am guessing he is the leader now.
on the flipside, they may find the hole in his swing (if there is one) by July. Hopefully by then Fonzie won't look like a lost boyscout in the woods.
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9, Astros 7
I haven't seen enough of fuku to say...
he doesnt seem like he has a hole in his swing or dependent upon certain areas of the plate to gain his good swings. it is WAY early to make this call, though, as anything near a fact.
he seems to just swing. he's obviously got an eye for what to not swing at, but he's not got the stroke/eye to hit everything solidly he knows he want to swing at. that should get him in that 100+K/100-ish walk territory, imo. that's based on his japan ball as well as his american ball, btw.
personally...im expecting "mark grace in prime" type numbers (with more Ks)...40+ doubles, .350+ob%, 15+ homers...
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9, Astros 7
I'll take that line. In fact, I'd call it a solid investment.
I think he may do better than the .350 OBP, and may not make it to 100 K's. But, even if it pans out as you predict, I'd say he's still worth the money.
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9, Astros 7
crunch, that's probably a fair assessment although I would quibble with the .350 OBP. At this stage it wouldn't be a shock to see the guy hit .285, and with his walk ratio he'd be more like a .380 OBP. But we need to keep in mind that he's making Aaron Rowand money, so the return on investment for his salary would be fine in this market.
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9, Astros 7
agreed...i was just going with ".350+%" to be generic. i wouldn't be surprised if he hit .380 or .350.
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9, Astros 7
So I don't get my ass kicked by an angry college instructor, I'll not just mock. Thanks for the recap Trans. I appreciate it!
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9, Astros 7
Well, we can cross "Geoff" off the list of potential real first names of Trans. I'm going out on a limb and guessing it's not "Alfonso", either.
Welcome back, game recap!
On the Bright Side...
With a win tomorrow, I'll feel like we started the season off as shitty as possible and still managed to play .500 baseball.
That is encouraging....
At least it's not '97.
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9, Astros 7
"3. More love for Fukudome"
Hearing forty thousand people do the chant--"FOO-KOO-DOUGH-MAY!"--was awesome, before and after he got the big double. Listening to the radio call, I think Santo would adopt him. What a treat to watch him work a count, then pound the pitch he was waiting for.
As always, stellar recap, Trans.
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9, Astros 7
at least fuko will be worth his money
soriano should be emberresed to get his
check on the 15th isnt he like
1 for 22
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9, Astros 7
Since game recaps are like an open thread ....
Before the season started I came up with my perfect lineup: Fukudome, DeRosa, Lee, Ramirez, Soriano, Soto, Pie, Theriot.
When I put a lineup together I find my #3 hitter first. I want OBP, SLG and baserunning. Lee and Fukudome are the only options.
Now a couple days into the season I like this lineup: Fukudome, Theriot, Lee, Ramirez, Soriano, DeRosa, Soto, Pie.
I moved Theriot up because the OBP of Fukudome and Lee makes the #2 hitter's OPB less important. It also makes it possible to put a known patient OBP guy behind Soriano making him a run producer with the opportunity to run.
I'm also intrigued by: Soriano, DeRosa, Fukudome, Ramirez, Lee, Soto, Pie, Theriot.
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9, Astros 7
3. More love for Fukudome
4. Then, there's Soriano...
is it worth asking the question, "are these two things connected?"?
granting that only 5 games have been played, could soriano now be in a funk/pout because he was the new wunderkind in town for 2007, but now all the love is pointed towards right field instead of left?
sorry i do not know soriano's history. perhaps he starts slow out of the gate every year, like our 3bman, but then gets cooking as the spring turns to summer. or maybe it was lee's turn to spring into action on saturday, and now sunday will be alf's turn?
here's hoping. for a breakout, that is.
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9, Astros 7
"could soriano now be in a funk/pout because he was the new wunderkind in town for 2007, but now all the love is pointed towards right field instead of left?"
I don't know Soriano personally, but after watching him play up close a few times over the last few years, he doesn't strike me as the type that would "pout" because someone else is garnering more attention.
Personally, I just think he is a streaky player, and while this cold streak is worse than normal, he's bound to come out of it pretty soon.
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9, Astros 7
Looking at Soriano's Gamelogs, here is how he started seasons during his career, first 5 games.
2001: 4-23, 2 R, 0 RBI, 2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 SB, 0 BB, 5 K (1st HR game 9)
2002: 3-19, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 SB, 2 BB, 4 K (1st HR game 7)
2003: 13-30, 7 R, 12 RBI, 4 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 0 SB, 2 BB, 6 K (1st HR game 1)
2004: 6-20, 2 R, 0 RBI, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 3 SB, 2 BB, 2 K (1st HR game 9)
2005: 6-25, 4 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 0 SB, 1 BB, 7 K (1st HR game 2)
2006: 6-18, 3 R, 4 RBI, 1 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 1 SB, 1 BB, 4 K (1st HR game 5)
2007: 5-23, 1 R, 0 RBI, 3 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 SB, 1 BB, 5 K (1st HR game 25, 19th game played)
2008: 1-17, 1 R, 2 RBI, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 1 SB, 1 BB, 2 K (1st HR ???)
So basically other than 2003 where he started out with a moster first week, he typically struggles early on, although not usually quite this bad.
Re: Game 5 Recap: Cubs 9, Astros 7
I'm afraid to ask, but is Milo ("Right in his wheelhouse!)" Hamilton still doing the Astros games? Worst...Cub...Announcer...Ever.
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Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.
j.buchanan going friday...should be...baseball...or something like it.
Wow. I didn't know they could do that.
Nice for Willson, not so much for Addy.
Game is officially called...also officially a tie.
Stats count, no make-up date of course.
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Humanitarian free and open source software in the local community
The third annual Humanitarian FOSS (HFOSS) Symposium took place today, once again convening as a pre-conference activity for the Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education Conference (SIGCSE). The theme for this year's symposium was the impact of humanitarian FOSS in the local community. The invited speakers all touched upon this theme from their various vantages of expertise, from its value in K-12 education to its use for local government.
The symposium kicked off with keynote speaker Bryan Sivak, Former CTO of the District of Columbia and founding member of the Civic Commons project. Bryan treated the audience to an insiders' view of life for the public sector CTO, including software procurement processes, expectations for software support throughout its lifecycle, and how typical government processes can act as a barrier to the adoption of open source. Bryan offered us some quite useful advice: Proprietary vendors offer well-crafted marketing materials, boast large sales staff, and guarantee support as part of their licensing models. For open source to truly compete in the government space, our communities need to work within established processes and meet their customers expectations for both presentation and technical support. Bryan concluded his talk with some discussion of the Civic Commons project and its aim to allow city government to share software that they've created for their various agency use cases. He invited us all to contribute to their knowledge base of civic software.
The day's first panel discussion was a natural follow-up to Bryan's keynote: HFOSS in Government. Moderated by Deborah Bryant, Public Sector Communities Manager for Oregon State University's Open Source Lab, the panel comprised several members of the FOSS and crisis-response communities. Joined by Heather Blanchard, Co-Founder of the CrisisCommons project, Mark Prutsalis, CEO of the Sahana Software Foundation, John Reilly, Evangelist with Google's Crisis Response Team, and Bryan Sivak, the panelists explored several key themes: the need for marketing to effectively perform outreach to the first responder community, the need to create tools for local government that scratch ones own itch, and the value of collaboration between public sector agencies and universities when creating open source software.
One highlight of the panel was the discussion of the partnership between the Sahana project, the City University of New York, and that city's leadership. The partnership allowed for the creation of software to model the Big Apple's flood response and evacuation planning. Due to a lack of in-house expertise with open source software, the City University of New York was called on to provide assistance to the city in their pursuit of open source disaster management tools. The university had people with the required development expertise and a number of enthusiastic programmers who agreed to work on the project. Another key theme was the need to create software that truly meets the needs of its users and end customers. Rather than create new solutions in response to each need, community members could leverage the power of existing tools when approaching problems in the humanitarian space.
The second panel returned the conversation to the symposium's academic roots, touching on the use of HFOSS in K-12 education. Moderated by Anita Verno, Advisory Council Member of the Computer Science Teacher's Association (CSTA) and Professor of Computer Science at Bergen Community College, the panel opened with an exploration of the new standards in computer science education currently under discussion by the CSTA. Panelists Cat Allman, Open Source Program Manager for Google, Bill Madden, also of Bergen Community College, and Chinma Uche, Instructor in Mathematics and Computer Science for the Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Science, discussed their experiences introducing pre-university students to open source, including Google's Code-in Contest and using App Inventor for Android as a tool to teach high school students how to program. Of the many words of wisdom shared by the panelists, two quotes particularly stood out:
"Real-world clients who require a real-world result make students step up. They realize it goes beyond the classroom and beyond the grade." - Bill Madden
"Without the HFOSS Project, I wouldn't have ever tried to teach open source. Teachers need support to make changes in their classrooms." - Chinma Uche
The day's final panel was led by Stormy Peters, Head of Developer Engagement at the Mozilla Foundation. Joined by Heidi Ellis, Chair of Computer Science and Information Technology at Western New England College, Mihaela Sabin, Associate Professor at the University of New Hampshire at Mancester, and Linda M. Seiter, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at John Carroll University, Stormy and her fellow panelists discussed the challenges and rewards of collaborating with local non-profits.
Heidi shared insights into how she chooses open source projects for her students that will prove most valuable--for the students and to those of us hoping to attract student developers to our projects. She first searches to see how up-to-date the project's website is and whether it is clear from their online presence if the project's community is active. Following this initial assessment, she then joins the project's IRC channel and mailing lists to observe how project communications take place, where community members' interests lie, and how the community fields questions from newcomers. Assuming that this evaluation phase goes well, she then begins to assess which project needs are a good match for her students' skill sets and interests, finally distributing assignments that begin with a student exercise to understand what the project's communication channels are and how best to engage with the community, all before a single line of code is written.
In addition to the excellent symposium talks, we were treated to a poster session by several humanitarian FOSS project student developers. Each of the students developed their code bases under the auspices of the HFOSS project during their summer internships with the program. The posters included:
- Community mapping: A community mapping software suite for use by local groups, including neighborhood watch teams and local Chamber of Commerce organizations, created by students at the Rensselear Center for Open Source (RCOS)
- HFOSS Free Ambulance Services Technology (FAST): A project to replace the paper forms required by emergency medical services workers when responding to 911 calls, created by students at Bergen Community College
- Open legislation: An open source platform browsing, searching, and sharing legislative information from the New York Senate, also created by students at RCOS
- Tips for instructors on working with OSS managers: A report from the study created by a professor at North Carolina State University on students' experiences working with open source software
Many thanks to Ralph Morelli and Trishan de Lanerolle for convening the symposium once again this year and for their phenomenal efforts in introducing university students not only to the joys of open source software, but also to the many public benefits that can manifest from FOSS development. Thanks also to the symposium's supporters for their continued work to keep the event going.
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There is a trailing " (%22) in the rcos url link which leads to a broken link. http://rcos.rpi.edu should work .
Congratulations to a fantastic conference - I wish I could attend. Thanks for covering.
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Thanks for the write up Leslie!
I would just add that one of the big take-away points for me from the panel Stormy moderated was that "One of the major barriers to entry for students to develop on FOSS projects is how easy is it get installed and start development on". As a part of an Open Source student group, I see evidence of this on a regular basis. The Sahana-eden project provides a great solution here by supplying a fully loaded VirtualBox development environment. I would say the next step after that would have to be accessible developer documents so that students can understand how and why the software is designed/implemented the way it is. Such documentation might also prove useful in an educational setting as a case study.
Regarding the Open Legislation project, it was actually created by the NYSenate CIO as part of the Open Senate Initiative. Nathan Freitas initially built Open Legislation and only a later in the summer of 2010 did Jared Williams and myself jump on board continue the development. I'd like to think I've had a big impact on the direction things have gone since I joined in, but it was a Senate CIO creation and they have consistently accounted for most of the development work.
As a shameless plug, for anyone interested in the Open Legislation project there are several ways you can learn more and get in contact with us. The code is on github (ingest branch right now) and we maintain the #nyss_openlegislation channel on FreeNode. There is also a developers group which you can use to contact the all the CIO developers (they have many other open sourced projects). We'd love to have anyone interested in the project stop by and have a conversation.
Thanks again for the great article!
This sounds great, but who will it service? State employees, programmers in an on-going context, and the general public only in a crisis?
If this is 21st C. Civics/Humanitarianism (?), then when might this concept also include job search and public services access resources?
Hi Unidentified,
Although I can't be sure, it appears that your lay-person access post was directed at myself and Open Legislation, perhaps at the Senate's Open Initiative. I'll answer to the best of my ability on that base assumption.
This sounds great, but who will it service? State employees, programmers in an on-going context, and the general public only in a crisis?
Open Legislation provides two services, and it is important to distinguish between them.
- The first service is access to raw legislative data (in several formats) through the Open Legislation API. This is meant to service developers and/or technical researchers that need access to legislative data.
- The second service is a simple search engine web interface to the API for non-technical users. This service delivers the same exact information as the API in a browser friendly format. I cannot say definitively who this is meant to service but my guess is that it aims primarily at people with a background in legislative terminology and processes (i.e. not the lay-person). Again, this my opinion more than anything else, contact the Senate CIO or Nathan (see above) for an official response.
You might ask then, why is the general public not targeted? Probably because the Senate CIO does not have the resources to serve everyone. The general public and/or lay-person vary widely in their needs and hence require more support than the developers/domain experts. To that end, we have granted 3rd party developers direct access to all available data in the same formats that we use for our web application via the API. Its my hope that as public demand for service in legislative information grows, the private sector will take advantage of this and create tailored services on top of our Open Legislation platform.
If this is 21st C. Civics/Humanitarianism (?), then when might this concept also include job search and public services access resources?
I would agree that the project aims to be civic minded. I would even agree that the general concept should be expanded other public services resources. Making information freely available in machine readable format for 3rd party developers to leverage in development of products and services is a great thing.
I don't believe that Open Legislation and/or the Open Senate Initiative would not include these things. Their scope is limited to the resources directly available to the Senate and related to the Senate activities and services. Other public information services would ideally be provided by the agencies responsible for those services.
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I was not happy with the "regime change" in DC that pushed Bryan Sivak out. I met him when I learned of his Community Broadband Summits, reaching out to wire parts of DC that were very under-served by technology in general. He spoke of winning a rather sizable pot of money to do the work, his mobile WiFi van -- a "bookmobile" for the 21st century that would go into areas where residents had no computers or understanding of why one might be useful -- and in a private conversation, after I kept showing up at the same places preaching the gospel of Open Source, mentioned that he would be presenting at the Open Source Government conference. I hope I wasn't too much of a gadfly. ;-)
I haven't sought out info about his replacement, but I hope whomever it is will be able to continue that work.


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Emerging Voices Project: Hopper's Women
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Spotlight UB presents a multi-media evening during which Kendra Kopelke will present her poetry inspired by the powerful American realist work of painter Edward Hopper.
This event is part of the Emerging Voices Project. Admission is FREE and open to the public.
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on April 20, 2013 - 8:42 PM
A man was robbed of $1,000 in cash at gunpoint Saturday afternoon on Herkimer Street, Northwest District police said.
The victim told officer that two men, one armed with a handgun, confronted him about 4:30 p.m., demanding that he empty his pockets. The victim surrendered his wallet containing the cash, along with his cellphone.
The robbers ran around the corner to Helen Street and drove off in an older Chrysler 300, police said.


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Tracking Matthew
First family sings 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town'UPDATED 10:42 PM EST Dec 06, 2012
President Barack Obama and the first family sing "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" at the lighting of the national Christmas tree Thursday night.
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Currently the WCF client only provides SASL PLAIN (i.e. username and password) authentication. To provide a username and password, you can set the DefaultAmqpCredential value in the binding. This value can be overridden or set for a binding's channel factories and listeners, either by setting the ClientCredentials as a binding parameter, or by using an AmqpCredential as a binding parameter. The search order for credentials is the AmqpCredential binding parameter, followed by the ClientCredentials (unless IgnoreEndpointClientCredentials has been set), and finally defaulting to the DefaultAmqpCredential of the binding itself. Here is a sample using ClientCredentials:
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text: Yep, it's that big. Introducing Sony's new 84inch 4K TV. Just announced, it's Sony's first 4K TV and capable of upscaling 4K content from any source. You'll also see some passive 3D here. We have a fancy new page to show off the TV but in the meantime, you can also check out some pics and video.