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Dodger Miscues Just Keep On Giving
Xavier Batista rapped out three singles and an RBI double and scored four runs, and his teammates took advantage of six errors, as the AZL Cubs defeated the AZL Dodgers 11-5 in Arizona League action at HoHoKam Park in Mesa tonight.
RHP Hector Mayora got the start for the Cubs and had a strong outing, allowing just one unearned run on two hits and two walks over the course of four innings (63 pitches - 40 strikes) while striking out five. Mayora struggled during Extended Spring Training, but he has pitched very well so far in four AZL appearances (13.1 IP), racking up a 1.35 ERA and 0.71 WHIP.
18-year old RHP Austin Reed (2010 12th round pick out of Rancho Cucamonga HS - Rancho Cucamonga, CA) followed Mayora to the mound, and had major control problems in his two innings of work (38 pitches - 19 strikes), walking four. He was the beneficary of two line drive DPs that got him out of jams in both innings, the latter a spectacular diving catch & throw by CF Anthony Giansanti (2010 NDFA - Siena U.) that doubled a brain-dead Dodger runner off 2nd base. Reed is a big, strong kid with electric stuff, but he was behind on every hitter and at one point threw 12 consecutive balls. He reportedly had issues with his mechanics in HS, and you can see why. Once he gets out of whack it's hard for him to recover.
The Cubs offense scored in five of their eight ABs.
With the Cubs trailing 1-0, Giansanti laid down a beautiful bunt single up the 3rd base line to open the 2nd inning, stole 2nd base, and scored on a one-out RBI double to right by Xavier Batista. Then with two outs, Dustin Harrington split the gap in right-center with an RBI triple, scoring Batista. Harrington has been playing mostly SS (the position he played in college at East Carolina) so far, but (like Brandon May) he has the thick lower-body of a 3B or catcher, and I would think he will be moved to the hot corner once a true SS arrives (assuming one does actually arrive before the end of the AZL season).
Albert Hernandez and X. Batista opened the bottom of the 4th with line drive singles and advanced a base a piece on a WP, before both runners scored on a Vismeldy Bieneme two out RBI single plus an E-9 errant throw to the plate, giving the Cubs a 4-1 lead.
Up 4-2, the Cubs scored five more runs in the bottom of the 6th, as X. Batista rapped out a lead-off single, and advanced to 2nd on an infield hit by Dustin Geiger (2010 24th round pick out of Merritt Island HS - Brevard County, FL). Geiger just reported to Mesa last week, and while the Cubs drafted him as a RF, he has been playing only 3rd base so far (3B being the position he played in HS, and where he feels most-comfortable right now). Harrington then laid-down a sac bunt that the Dodger pitcher proceeded to throw into right field, scoring Batista, with the other runners advancing to 2nd & 3rd on the overthrow. Bieneme then looped an RBI single to CF to score Geiger, and Harrington came around to score when the CF over-ran the ball, which also allowed Bieneme to move up to 2nd base. Pin-Chieh Chen walked, and after Bieneme advanced to third on a fly out, Chen stole 2nd and advanced to 3rd on the catcher's E-2 overthrow that also allowed Bieneme to score, and then Chen scored the fifth and final run of the inning on a Chad Noble one-out F-8 SF.
The Cubs scored their 10th run in the 7th when X. Batista ripped his third single (and fourth hit) of the night, advanced to 3rd base on an errant pick-off throw, and scored on a WP.
2010 20th round draft pick Ryan Cuneo (U.of Delaware) hit a solo HR over the RF fence (his 2nd AZL HR) with two outs in the bottom of the 8th to complete the Cubs scoring. Cuneo is now hitting 348/400/580 in 17 AZL games (he's 6th in the AZL in SLG, and 10th in BA).
Besides Anthony Giansanti's outstanding diving catch in CF that helped save Austin Reed's night, Dustin Geiger made a fine stop & throw at 3rd base, throwing out the Dodger lead-off hitter in the top of the 3rd.
In AZL Cubs roster news, 22-year old LHP (and ex-OF) Drew Rundle has been released. Rundle was the Cubs 14th round pick in 2006 out of Bend HS - Bend, OR, but received "over-slot" 3rd round money to give up his baseball scholarship to the University of Arizona. He was converted to a LHP at the AZ Instructional League last October after failing as a hitter (227/338/380 in 941 minor league PA 2006-09), but he just did not develop on the mound as was hoped. (Prior to October 2009, he had last pitched when he was a junior in HS).
Rumor has it that the Cubs are looking to move their Hi-A affiliate from the Florida State League to the more hitter-friendly California League. The weather in Florida is very erratic, especially once hurricane season starts in August (at one point last season the Daytona Cubs had about a week's worth of games rained out). And playing in more of a hitter's league might help the Cubs young sluggers develop more of a HR stroke than is the case for those toiling in the cavernous parks of the FSL (where long fly balls go to die).
At present there are ten teams in the California League, 12 teams in the Florida State League, and eight tems in the Carolina League (the third Hi-A league), so the Cubs moving their Hi-A affiliate from the FSL to the Califiornia League would require either expanding the California League to 12 teams (with the FSL losing two teams), or else the Cubs could replace another MLB club with an affiliate presently in the California League (perhaps the Astros in Lancaster?), with that club then transferring it's Hi-A affiliate to the Florida State League.
FWIW, the Cubs are one of only two MLB clubs with a Hi-A affiliate in the Florida State League where the MLB club does not have its Spring Training base and Minor League HQ in Florida (the Milwaukee Brewers are the only other one), and the Houston Astros are the only MLB club with a Hi-A affiliate in the California League that does not have its Spring Training base and Minor League HQ in Arizona.
Re: replace the Astros in Lancaster
Well, as something of a JetHawks fan I can vouch for Lancaster being a place where you can develop a HR stroke as anyone who has been at their ballpark when the wind is blowing out (basically all season long but some nights it absolutely howls) will attest.
Meanwhile, up north the Boise Hawks managed to walk 11 batters and wipe themselves and their lead out in the process.
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FWIW, the Cubs are one of only two MLB clubs with a Hi-A affiliate in the Florida State League where the MLB club does not have its Spring Training base and Minor League HQ in Florida (the Milwaukee Brewers are the only other one), and the Houston Astros are the only MLB club with a Hi-A affiliate in the California League that does not have its Spring Training base and Minor League HQ in Arizona.
Of course, that may be changing soon. Now that the deadline has come and gone without Mesa/Arizona finding a funding option for the Cubs new spring training facility, the Cubs may be moving their spring training home as well as their Hi-A team to Naples.
Any news coming out of Arizona?
Re: without Mesa/Arizona finding a funding option
That's not right. Mesa found financing for the new stadium on their own after the State passed on it.
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Phil -- Maybe you can shed some more light on this. My understanding is that Mesa's plan involves selling some land they bought several years ago for the water rights. Since they have found an alternative source for water, they no longer need the land they purchased.
However, as I understand it, the voters in Mesa are not likely to approve the funding plan whether Mesa needs the land or not. Is that true?
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I propose the Cubs just skip spring training altogether. It certainly hasn't helped prepare our team to win in recent years. Just have the 30 or so guys fighting for the final cut show up in whatever city the day before opening day and have a dart game or throw the midget or what have you to choose the final 25.
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it's kinda stupid to pay theroit 2.5m and fontenot 1m just to have others throw them around injuring them.
totally opposed.
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Steinbrenner dies at 80
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...and nothing of value was lost.
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by now, he probably is...
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Have you noticed that the Dominican Summer League Cubs #1 are performing well---leading the league which is uncharacteristic for the Cub entry there. Lots of impressive pitching statistics but like the rest of the system not showing much in the way of batting prowess--at least statistically.
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see the orioles are curious about prior; are they after the messmers to sing the anthem; yosh to wash & fold the jocks?
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Har... Do they have Bobbie Brownlie yet?
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Hey, they can have Hendry!
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Did they just boo Furcal?
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And 30 minutes of pre-game gibberish? Is this a NASCAR race or baseball?
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Jesus, did the Cubs even get one of those regular people all-star things?
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AZ Phil-
Do you see the Cubs adding a Venezuelan league team? I know that there is a lot of talent that could be harvested in Venezuela and I feel like there used to be a team there, so why don't the Cubs have a team there anymore? I feel like it could be useful
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Having to listen to Buck and McCarver call a game is torture. Forget waterboarding, make al Qaeda listen to this crap.
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Re: NL wins
and a nice day for Byrd
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Byrd was the anti-Holliday.
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And there goes the last meaningful game a Cub will play in all year. Glad Byrd took advantage.
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I don't know what you're talking about. Come October that home field advantage in the World Series is going to be HUGE for the Cubs...
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best throw he's made all year btw.
surprised he didn't dive for it :)
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Dan Vogelbach is working on his firstbase defense in Seattle. Seems to say the Cubs didn't teach him properly.
Oh my! Cards down 2-1 to Reds in the bottom of the 9th -- get a leadoff triple -- and don't score!
Gameday has stopped at the top of the 8th inning. Google tells me it ended up 8-4 Pirates but I can't get further detail. Guess I'll have to wait until the Cubs' website updates...
Phil, thanks for posting. Where do find the schedule? I have a condo in Surprise, yet I drove to Mesa and Tempe looking for a game today! Thanks!
Dear Baseball Gods--
My trip to Chicago has nothing whatsoever to do with the Cubs. In actuality, I am a Red Sox fan.
Well, if Strop had to give up a run...at least he hit Sean Rodriguez to do it.
jaso has a cycle and 5 rbis...pit leads by 4.
have a nice
bowl of pizza soupdeep dish pizza...or a leisurely walk around the notorious south-side (bring money)...shopping at one of the walmart supercenters...waiting in line to waste $20 at willis tower...
seriously, though...it's chicago, a lot to do. have a dog for lunch, a great dinner, and catch some local comedy.
Strange, because he really seemed to have the Pirates number last year.
Bummer for Jake -- I think this is the first time all year his ERA has been over 3.00, and that will be his number for the year.
Jinx remover -- your trip doesn't have to be for a baseball game -- lots of stuff to do here in town.
Guess they could always try to White Sox (and Bears...sob) approach: Never Rebuild! Seems to work pretty well for them.
3rd time this season he's given up 6+ runs to PIT...only team he's given up 6+ runs to this season.
7 runs is the most he's given up since august 6th in colorado...in 2014.
Over 100 pitches, only the 5th.
coghlan out...got his cleats stuck in the wall attempting a play (failed, but looked great doing it). walking off on his own, precautionary/day-to-day looking stuff...hopefully not worse.
also, jake arrieta is literally worse than hitler. 1-5, bottom 5. ...make that 1-6, bottom 5. ...make that 1-7, bottom 5.
Coghlan crashes into wall and comes up limping, looks like left knee or ankle. Leaves game...
Arrieta inspiring no confidence yet again.


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Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs, recently presented lectures in Moscow and Vienna.
He discussed "The Transformation of the global trading system and its implications for Russia" on Dec. 3 at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
On Dec. 12, Cafruny presented the Jean Monnet Lecture at the University of Applied Economics in Vienna. The lecture was titled "Crisis of the Eurozone: Economic and Geopolitical Aspects."


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Mario Williams fired the first public salvos against his ex-fiancee, essentially calling her a gold digger in a lawsuit to recover a 10.04-carat engagement ring worth $785,000.
It was only a matter of time until we heard what a lout she thinks the Buffalo Bills pass rusher is.
Erin Marzouki has filed a response and counterclaim against Williams in Harris County, Texas. She alleges Williams repeatedly broke up with her only to reconcile and told her to keep the ring after their final split.
For the first time since Williams filed his lawsuit, he spoke with reporters but didn't have much to say about the case.
"It's just something that happened, and it is what it is," Williams after Tuesday's practice at One Bills Drive. "When we're here, playing ball and inside this facility, with this family, it's all about us; it's not about anything else.
"Anything personal is personal. You don't mix that with what we're trying to accomplish here."
Marzouki's attorney, Anthony Buzbee, declared in an interview with the Houston Chronicle that Williams was foolish to file his lawsuit.
"This is a stupid lawsuit because it has no legal merit, and it's a stupid lawsuit because it's not going to be good for his career," Buzbee said.
Buzbee also told the Chronicle that Williams "is a victim of his emotions and of bad legal advice. What he's done is kick an anthill, and you know what happens when you kick an anthill."
The counterclaim asserts Williams is suing to "harass and scare Ms. Marzouki." The ring is located in a security-deposit box, and she has no intentions to dispose of it.
Marzouki's counterclaim also says:
• Williams "made statements in a sworn, verified petition that were clearly false, and Mario Williams knew they were false."
• During their 10-month engagement, Williams broke up with Marzouki at least five times, including two days into a family trip to the Bahamas to celebrate their engagement. Williams "chartered a private plane and left the Bahamas."
• Williams told Marzouki to keep the ring after their last breakup in December.
• A part of Williams "wanted to continue to live the life of a wealthy bachelor who could do whatever he wanted, with whomever he wanted, whenever he wanted."
• There are 200 pages of text messages as proof.
• Most of the $108,000 in charges made on an American Express card were not for Marzouki but to furnish Williams' new home in Orchard Park and renovations on his home in the Houston area.
The Chronicle reported that a court hearing on the matter will be held Friday.
Williams rejected the notion that legal proceedings could be a distraction on the football field.
"When I'm here, this is my haven," Williams said. "This is family, and this is what the most important thing is for me. Being around these guys, this is my R&R.
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2 cup water
1 Tbsp Eden Shoyu Soy Sauce
1 1/2 cups Eden Quinoa, washed and drained
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1 pound asparagus, steamed until tender and crisp, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
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1/2 cup roasted red peppers, diced
1/2 cup fresh basil, chopped
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MARTINSBURG - As November marks National Diabetes Awareness Month, Shenandoah Community Health seeks to promote well-being for not only those with diabetes, but also those who are at increased risk for developing the disorder.
According to Vicky Rockwell, RN and certified diabetes educator, nationally, 35 percent of adults 20 years and older have pre-diabetes - defined as a fasting blood sugar of 100 to 125. A person is subsequently defined as diabetic when their fasting blood sugar reaches 126 or greater on two separate occasions.
"We're really trying to get people to assess their risk for diabetes," Rockwell said. "We want to treat the people who have diabetes, but we also want to prevent or delay the onset."
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Shenandoah Community Health seeks to recognize National Diabetes Awareness month with educational information and a risk assessment situated in the lobby.
One-third of patients who have Type 2 diabetes are unaware, Rockwell said.
"The symptoms can kind of sneak up on you. It's not like appendicitis," she said. "You can be thirsty a lot. You can be hungry all the time. You can be going to the bathroom to urinate real frequently."
As a diabetes educator, Rockwell is dedicated to promoting awareness, evidenced by the risk assessment tests situated in the health center's lobby, for those with pre-diabetes as measures can be taken to prevent its onset.
"Unfortunately when you're pre-diabetic you don't have any signs," Rockwell said. "That's why we're trying to get people to take a risk assessment. Because then that's going to make them aware that they're at increased risk for developing Type 2."
Diabetes, according to Rockwell, is the inability of the body to normally process sugar or glucose - the body's fuel. Though the body needs energy, when there is an excess it can not be processed properly, she said.
Type 1 diabetes - the non-preventable condition generally occurring in children and young adults - is the body's failure to produce insulin, a hormone that helps to control low blood sugar. With Type 2 diabetes, which comprises more than 90 percent of diabetic cases, the body either produces too much or not enough insulin, Rockwell said.
Those with a history of gestational diabetes or having a mother, father or sibling with Type 2 diabetes are at increased risk for developing the disorder, Rockwell said. Specific ethnic groups - African-Americans, Hispanics, Indian-Americans and Asians - are also predisposed to developing Type 2 diabetes.
Age coupled with other risk factors, including being overweight or obese and leading a sedentary lifestyle, Rockwell said, also increases a person's likelihood of developing diabetes - proven by West Virginia's leading age group of Type 2 diabetics: senior citizens.
"We're trying to get people who have diabetes to realize that they are the most important person in control of it," Rockwell said. "By controlling it, we're trying to prevent the complications, which are very serious."
Type 2 diabetes, Rockwell said, is the leading cause of blindness and adults being on dialysis due to kidney failure. Those with Type 2 diabetes also have twice the risk of having heart disease and stroke.
"It really affects about every organ in the body," she said.
Rockwell urged those who are aware that they have pre-diabetes to eat healthy, watch portion size, be active, exercise at least three times per week, maintain a healthy weight and see their doctor.
"Sometimes people do all the right things and they still get Type 2 diabetes," Rockwell said. "But it is the one where we can make the most impact in getting it under control and preventing it in the case of the pre-diabetics."
"The complications can be so serious. But, it can be controlled and we don't want people to think 'oh, I have Type 2 diabetes, I may as well just crawl in a hole and die,' that's not what we're saying. But we also don't want them to ignore it," Rockwell said. "They are the most important person. They're the one that's going to determine what they eat, how much they eat, whether they're going to take the pills the doctor prescribes and whether they're going to be physically active."
The health center offers two monthly diabetes education classes for patients. Those with pre-diabetes are also encouraged to attend.
For further information, contact Shenandoah Community Health at 304-263-4999 or visit www.diabetes.org.
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Dunnellon, Fla. – Stetson senior women's golfer Mallory Viera continued her string of solid play on Tuesday in the final round of the MSU Ocala Spring Invitational to earn a fourth place finish.
It is the second top 10 finish, and first in the top five, for Viera this season. Her last top five finish came in the 2013 Atlantic Sun Conference championship, when she tied for fourth.
Viera posted a third consecutive round of one-over par 73 to finish the tournament, hosted by Morehead State University at Juliette Fall Golf Resort, with an overall score of 219.
Two other Hatters earned top 20 finishes in the tournament as senior Jenna Hoecker and freshman Alessandra Kutz tied for 14th. Hoecker finished with a 77 on Tuesday while Kutz, who was playing as an individual, closed with a one-under par 71. The duo finished in a group of players tied at 225 overall.
Daytona State College coasted to a six shot team victory in the tournament thanks to the play of Tiffany Chan and So Young Hwang. That pair finished first and second respectively in the tournament with Chan's final 206 easily outpacing the field for medalist honors. Hwang was seven shots back in second with a 213.
Houston Baptist (895) finished second to DSC (889) while North Florida (902) finished third. Toledo (905) and Murray State (911) rounded out the top five teams.
Ohio's Hailey Hrynewich finished third individually, with her score of 218 one shot better than Viera.
As a team, the Hatters tied the host team for eighth place with a score of 917.
For the Hatters, seniors Ryan Ashburn and Claudia Redinger tied for 52nd with scores of 237 while senior Sammi Smith tied for 65th with a score of 241. Freshman Giulia Vandenberg, playing as an individual, finished 87th with a score of 257.
The Hatters will have one final tune-up tournament prior to the A-Sun Championship (April 14-16). Stetson will compete in the Bash at the Beach at LPGA in Daytona Beach on April 5-6.


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Could not believe my eyes but it's true!!!!
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Could not believe my eyes but it's true!!!!
See for yourselves
I have just gone through the Europsort schedules and, unlike the Europeans, there is not much variation in the coverage of the 4 Continents depending on which version of Eurosport you are watching.
The LIVE coverage is exactly the same on all Eurosport variations.
Eurosport France only has one extra programme compared to International and Deutschland another showing of the highlights of the Ladies Short on Sunday night.
In fact, the only real difference is that British Eurosport are trying to fill up gaps in their schedule by showing a lot of highlights programmes of the skating.
So, if they stick to what they plan, this could be the most comprehensive skating coverage Eurosport has given us in years!
Eurosport International (All times CET)
Friday 8th February 2013
ESP2 07:00 09:00 Pairs Short Programme LIVE
ESP2 09:00 10:30 Short Dance
ESP2 14:30 15:30 Men Short Programme
Saturday 9th February 2013
ESP2 10:00 14:00 Men Free Programme LIVE
ESP2 14:00 15:30 Ladies Short Programme
Sunday 10th February 2013
ESP2 08:00 11:30 Ladies Free Programme LIVE
ESP2 11:30 12:15 Pairs Free Programme
ESP2 12:15 14:45 Free Dance LIVE
Monday 11th February 2013
ESP2 07:00 09:30 Gala LIVE
Eurosport Deutschland Same as Eurosport International
Eurosport France (All times CET)
Friday 8th February 2013
ESP2 07:00 09:00 Pairs Short LIVE
ESP2 09:00 10:30 Short Dance
ESP2 14:30 15:30 Men Short
Saturday 9th February 2013
ESP2 10:00 14:00 Men Free LIVE
ESP2 14:00 15:30 Ladies Short
Sunday 10th February 2013
ESP2 08:00 11:30 Ladies Free LIVE
ESP2 11:30 12:15 Pairs Free
ESP2 12:15 14:45 Free Dance LIVE
ESP2 23:00 00:15 Ladies Free
Monday 11th February 2013
ESP2 07:00 09:30 Gala LIVE
British Eurosport (All times GMT)
Friday 8th February 2013
BES2 06:00 08:00 Short Pairs LIVE
BES2 08:00 09:30 Short Dance
BES2 13:30 14:30 Men's Short
BES2 16:00 17:00 Short Pairs
BES2 17:00 18:00 Short Dance
BES2 20:00 21:00 Short Dance
Saturday 9th February 2013
BES2 09:00 13:00 Mens Free LIVE
BES2 13:00 14:30 Womens Short
BES2 16:00 17:00 Men's Free
BES2 17:00 18:00 Women's Short
BES2 19:30 20:30 Men's Free
BES2 20:30 21:30 Women's Short
Sunday 10th February 2013
BES2 07:00 10:30 Women's Free LIVE
BES2 10:30 11:15 Free Pairs
BES2 11:15 13:45 Free Dance LIVE
BES2 15:30 17:00 Women's Free
BES2 18:00 18:45 Free Pairs
Monday 11th February 2013
BES2 06:00 08:30 Gala LIVE
Portuguese Eurosport 2
07h00 - Pairs short Live
08h45 - Dance short
10h30 - Men short Live
9h00 - Men Free Live
13h00 - Ladies Short
07h00 Ladies Free Live
10h30 Pairs free
11h15 Dance Free Live
06h00 - Gala Live
No idea if it works tomorrow or not..
Paysite- http://tvteka.tv/live/eurosport2
Crossing my fingers....and thank you for the links.
except for portugese eurosport , why are the showing only 1 hour of men sp?
So, mikiandorocks' times for the Men's Short on Eurosport Portugal tomorrow are the same for the other versions too:
Eurosport International, Deutschland and France (All times CET)
Friday 8th February 2013
ESP2 11:30 14:00 Men Short Programme LIVE
British Eurosport (All times GMT)
Friday 8th February 2013
BES2 10:30 13:00 Men Short LIVE
Just shows that it is not always a good thing to be quick off the ball!
I had good luck with this Britsh Eurosport feed
What I have always suspected is now official:
Eurosports advertised schedules should be taken with a pinch of salt!!!
What was shown this morning bore no resemblance to what the Eurosport websites said last night, or what the on-screen TV listings are currently saying!
This is what they showed:
ESP2 07:00 08:10 GMT: Pairs Short LIVE
ESP2 08:10 09:30 GMT: Short Dance Full Replay (only warm-ups removed)
ESP2 09:30 13:00 GMT: Mens Short LIVE
According to the advertised schedules, the line-up was supposed to be:
ESP2 07:00 08:45 GMT: Pairs Short LIVE
ESP2 08:45 10:30 GMT: Short Dance Highlights
ESP2 10:30 13:00 GMT: Mens Short LIVE
Firstly, why were they allowing 1hr45m for a Pairs SP that only had 8 entries?! OK, so there was 1 last-minute withdrawal, reducing it to 7 competitors. But that would only have removed 5 minutes from the competitions total length!
Similarly, why were they allowing 1hr45m for highlights of a Short Dance that only had 13 entries?! Like, the live competition was barely 1hr45m, and Eurosport were always going to be taking out the resurfacing
And finally, why was the coverage of the Mens Short due to start a full hour after the competition was due to start?
This all started me wondering was there a last-minute change in the competition schedule?
Whatever happened, my advice for the rest of the championships is this: get up early and put on a foreign stream before the competition is due to start. At the same time, put Eurosport 2 on somewhere (be it on the TV or in another window), and keep one eye on it for the coverage to start. And once it does start, DONT LEAVE IT UNTIL THE COVERAGE IS OVER!!!
Admittedly, the website is back up under a different name. But, I dont want to risk it being removed again.
I would suggest writing to Eurosport to thank them for showing every single Men, Pairs and Ice Dance SP/SD performance.
I also suggested to them to broadcast everything live on the Eurosport Player.
I am sure many fans would buy the subscription if they did.
Good suggestion!
It was a really pleasant change to have Eurosport broadcasting all three of today's short programmes in full. Especially after their original plan was to only show highlights of the Men's SP (see my original comment in this thread).
However, I think making today's coverage so brilliant was to make up for the disappointment we are going to have over the Ladies SP tomorrow. (We will just be getting an hour of highlights after the Men's FS)
And I liked your idea about broadcasting the skating in full on the Eurosport Player. Like, Eurosport can do extra coverage on the Player for other sports, so why not figure skating? So if we let them know just how much we enjoyed their coverage of the 4CC, they might get the hint and realise that there is a bigger demand for skating coverage than they thought.
Just remember, one of Eurosport's figure skating commentators (Simon Reed) is actually head of commentary at Eurosport. So, he does have some influence. If there is enough evidence that there is demand for more figure skating coverage, I am sure he would put forward a good argument to his bosses for showing more figure skating. Whether they would heed it or not is another matter, though...
But, rather than showing extra stuff on an online-only platform, I still reckon that the best solution all round in the long-run would be for Eurosport to become a 3-channel network. That way, it would help a lot of sports that Eurosport covers but that are not getting the amount of coverage their fans deserve (or desire).
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City Tower
Announced: 2006
Location: 85 W. Mohawk St., at South Elmwood Avenue
Description: British developer Bashar Issa, who first bought the Statler Towers, envisioned the largest skyscraper in Buffalo. The 40-story tower of offices, hotel rooms and condo units had price tag of $361 million. Issa expected to start construction in 2008 and finish by 2010.
Quote: "It will give new hope to Buffalo. It will be a symbol of rebirth for those who live and work here and to those outside the region that this is a city on the rise," Issa.
Signs of trouble: He ran into labor issues and workplace safety complaints at the Statler, and stopped work because of financing woes.
Mortality report: In July 2008, Issa sold the City Tower site for $2.15 million to developer Mark Croce. The parcel remains a parking lot. Back home, Issa was jailed in March for a scheme to defraud the British government of millions in tax relief offered to filmmakers.
Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World Store
Announced: 2004
Location: Memorial Auditorium
Description: Initially a $123 million megastore, the company's third-largest, drawing up to five million annual visitors to a renovated Aud and boosted by $66 million in public subsidies.
Quote: "I just know that it is going to be one of the most important things to happen in downtown Buffalo in decades, if not in generations," Gov. George E. Pataki.
Signs of trouble: We started hearing about Bass Pro in 2001, but it took 3½ years for an official announcement. Bass Pro never signed a binding legal document. Deadlines were missed and extended. The company built stores in Auburn, the Toronto area and Pittsburgh.
Mortality report: In July 2010, in response to a public ultimatum, Bass Pro's chairman sent a letter saying the company was pulling out. The state is spending $20 million at the Aud site to re-create the Erie Canal system, with winter skating. Work could be delayed into 2014.
Greater Buffalo Sports & Entertainment Complex
Announced: October 2012
Location: Outer Harbor
Description: A $1.4 billion complex consisting of a 72,000-seat retractable domed stadium for the Buffalo Bills and a North American Museum of Sports and Culture, and a hotel, retail and dining establishments. The stadium would double as a convention center.
Quote: "The fans will say, 'Fantastic, it's about time.' They've been in that cold stadium for 40 years, and the same thing with War Memorial Stadium," Nicholas J. Stracick, a backer of the complex.
Signs of trouble: Bills CEO Russ Brandon called the idea a "non-starter." And the NFTA, which controls the land, won't grant development rights to the project's sponsor.
Mortality report: The idea still has its supporters, but neither the Bills nor the NFTA has been receptive.
New Peace Bridge
Announced: Multiple ideas over many years
Location: Niagara River
Description: The push for a new Peace Bridge – be it a signature span, a twin span or a three-span arch – generated multiple visions over the decades, but no actual new bridge.
Quote: "A new bridge could become for Western New York what the Golden Gate has become for San Francisco's Bay area," Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
Signs of trouble: Lack of progress after millions of dollars of taxpayer-funded environmental studies and design work.
Mortality report: The latest proposal for a new bridge hit a dead end in summer 2011. Attention turned to improving the Buffalo plaza, amid a process that was anything but peaceful.
Adelphia Communications tower
Announced: 1999
Location: site of the Donovan State Office Building, initially, and later the Webster Block.
Description: Fifteen-story, $150 million waterfront office tower for 1,500 employees of Adelphia Communications, then the country's fourth-largest cable company. Originally included renovating the Aud as an entertainment complex and studios for Empire Sports Network.
Quote: "Adelphia's partnership with the Cordish Company team will create a true 'dream team' for economic development, private-sector job creation and urban entertainment," Mayor Anthony Masiello.
Signs of trouble: Cordish Co. dropped out in February 2002. Adelphia revealed billions in off-the-book loans, declared bankruptcy and saw several top executives charged with fraud.
Mortality report: Adelphia founder John J. Rigas remains in federal prison and Time Warner Cable bought up Adelphia's local assets. Benderson is converting Donovan building into a hotel and offices, and Sabres owner Terry Pegula is building a complex on the Webster Block.
Announced: April 2003
Location: Outer Harbor
Description: Toronto-based Syata Group's vision for a $137 million, 400,000-square-foot domed amusement park on 80 acres, with activities including snowboarding, white-water rafting, a skating rink, an amphitheater and restaurants, bars and entertainment.
Quote: "Welcome to what we hope will be the first day of a new era for Buffalo's waterfront," County Executive Joel Giambra.
Signs of trouble: Syata needed to secure at least $45 million in private funding by a deadline to make the project a go. That did not happen.
Mortality report: The domed park was a doomed park, and was declared dead in October 2003.
Buffalo Lakefront LLC
Announced: January 2005
Location: Outer Harbor
Description: Buffalo Lakefront LLC's $750 million concept was for a mixed-use neighborhood with improved water access via a new marina and canal system, 1,000 new residences, a convention center, two hotels, office space, a sports complex and harborside theater.
Quote: "This is a very happy day for us. We're doing something that has been long waited for and is very important for Buffalo's future," NFTA chairman Luiz F. Kahl.
Signs of trouble: By late 2006, the development team and NFTA still had not agreed on a formal contract.
Mortality report: Buffalo Lakefront's dream fizzled, leaving plenty of acreage undeveloped for the next big idea.
Makeover of downtown Niagara Falls
Announced: 1997
Location: More than 140 acres in downtown Niagara Falls off the Robert Moses Parkway.
Description: A complete transformation of the entire downtown area, with new casinos, restaurants, theaters and hotels, to "bring the honeymooners back to Niagara Falls."
Quote: "There's no reason we can't do here what Disney World did for Orlando," said a lawyer for Niagara Falls Redevelopment.
Signs of trouble: Non-Indian casino gambling, the centerpiece of the plan, was never approved by the state. Founder Eddie Cogan died suddenly in 2003.
Mortality report: Manhattan billionaire Howard P. Milstein controls the land, which sits mostly vacant to this day.
Announced: 1999
Location: Former Occidental Chemical "flashcube" building a block from the falls.
Description: A $25 million, 40,000-square-foot underground aquarium with colorful fish, eels, rays, sharks and lobsters.
Quote: Gov. George E. Pataki said the project would be "the largest private investment in Niagara Falls in 50 years."
Signs of trouble: A gigantic hole was dug – but never filled. International financing for the plan never came through.
Mortality report: After the plan was abandoned, a developer filled the hole and paved a parking lot.
The Magical Land of Oz
Announced: 2005
Location: 400-acre site in Wheatfield near the Summit Mall.
Description: A $1 billion Wizard of Oz theme park described as a "combination of Disney World and Universal Studios."
Quote: "Not only do I talk the talk, I think I walk the walk," said Richard A. Burch, the Midwestern businessman behind the project.
Signs of trouble: Details about copyrights were sketchy, and it was never clear where the money was coming from.
Mortality report: A promotional website still exists, but that's about the only sign of life for this project.


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It rained on the Berkeley Stags' 2013 homecoming game against the Stall Warriors on Friday night.
But in the end, it was Berkeley that reigned supreme, winning 41-10 behind three Joseph Dress touchdowns, two on the ground and one through the air.
The Stags scored in almost every possible fashion: on the ground, through the air, on special teams and on defense to improve to 4-4 on the season and 2-2 in Region 8AAA play.
Dee Harley added a 47-yard punt return for a score and linebacker Darius Nelson scooped up a fumble and rambled 38-yards for the game's final touchdown.
The Stags face showdowns against a top 10 ranked Orangeburg-Wilkinson at home on Friday and a season-ending roadtrip to Hilton Head on Nov. 1.
Both games carry playoff implications for the Stags, Berkeley's playoff seeding, the success of the season overall, and the short legacy of Coach Jeff Cruce, now in his third year.
Win and the Stags finish the regular season with a 6-4 mark, guaranteeing Cruce his first winning season at the helm.
Anything less will be seen as more of the same by some fans.
"We played like we practiced this week," Cruce said Friday. "It was what we needed to beat Stall, but this effort won't do it if we want to beat Orangeburg-Wilkinson next week."
Neither team was able to crack the ice in the first quarter in the rain, but when the skies let up after the game's first 12 minutes,
Berkeley found its offense in the second quarter as Dress, playing a full game for the first time in almost a month after suffering an ankle injury, directed the Stags' offense on a 70-yard 10-play drive capped by a Josh Sellers 5-yard touchdown run. The Vance Bailey PAT put BHS on top 7-0.
Dress would then cap a second scoring drive with a 17-yard touchdown pass to Deion Williams to put the Stags on top 14-0 with 2:50 left in the half. On the previous play, Dress broke right for a 17-yard run to set up the scoring pass to Williams.
"We played well on all sides of the ball, offense, defense and special teams," Cruce said.
The Warriors came out of the locker room by catching the Stags off guard with an opening onside kick.
Warrior quarterback Jordan Carswell rode that momentum for Stall's only touchdown of the game. He hit Jacquee Johnson-Drayton with a three-yard touchdown pass to close the gap to 14-7 at the 7:32 mark of the third quarter.
After the ensuing Stags' drive ended on a Dress interception, the Warrior offense stalled, and the visitors were forced to punt.
Dee Harley caught the punt in stride and took off down the right sideline untouched for a 47-yard touchdown run, taking the wind out of any Stall second half momentum.
In the fourth quarter, the Stags defense took over.
After Dress tallied his second TD of this soggy night on a 29-yard run early in the fourth to go up 28-7, Tyler Crouse set up Berkeley's next touchdown with his second interception of the night, taking the pick to the one-yard line.
Dress scored again on a quarterback keeper from six yards out to put the Stags up 35-7.
But the Berkeley defense wasn't finished.
Linebacker Darius Nelson scooped up a Carswell fumble and rumbled 32 yards for the game's final touchdown.
A late Stall field goal closed out the scoring at 41-10.
With the win Berkeley improves to 4-4, and 2-2, drawing back to .500 going into the season's biggest two games and the final two of the season.
The Stags host the Bruins on Friday and travel to Hilton Head to take on the Seahawks in the regular season finale.
How Berkeley fares in the season's final two games determines its playoff seeding and its fate in 2013.
"This is why we play," Cruce said.
Kickoff Friday night is at 7:30 p.m.
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Lou Nanne is reporting on a conversation he had with Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold regarding Zach Parise. Skip to about the 22 minute mark of the podcast to hear the important parts.
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Open education in the 21st century
Owning and occupying knowledge and learning in the 21st century
The communication technologies of the 21st Century have disrupted both the time-honored ways of delivering education and its social and cultural purposes. Today, the debate over delivery is whether the digital technologies and open source applications are actually a means for enlightenment.
Many do not embrace these new technologies because they believe them to be a shoddy imitation of the class room experience. Or, that the millennial mind needs to be fixed, certainly not the educator's.
The debate over purpose is whether online material is primarily a financial tool to create new revenue streams by video recording lectures to reach distance and nontraditional students or an opportunity to systemically restructure the substance and nature of higher education.
New communication technologies are neither a second-rate educational experience nor a cheaper commodity. To view them as such is to diminish their value. Failure to embrace their potential is to cling to the dead idea of a 500 year old concept that lectures and books are still the primary currency for teaching and learning. Both have been replaced by binding delivery and purpose together into a new 21st century entity.
The educational divide
These internal debates over delivery and purpose have created an educational divide that rests on false distinctions between traditional classes and online material, rather than their complementary aspects of how to effectively use the new technologies for teaching and learning. These debates go to the core of how, not whether, the roles, functions, and responsibilities of higher education have changed as a result of the digital revolution.
The divide is paralyzing change, while higher education is failing to come to terms with unsustainable increases in tuition and the need for wider and more successful access.
A void waiting to implode
The public debate over financing higher education grows more urgent every day. When the student loan bubble bursts—as it surely will—higher education will be required to reposition itself, if it has not heeded the warning and done so proactively. On the commercial side there is no such confusion. The for-profits have both a marketing advantage and a clear strategy. Their products are practical, job centered, and non-critical. They are not part of the liberal elite, and their negotiable content better serves the preservation of traditional social values.
Education as a commodity fits the bill of state legislators who are feeling the political heat of the rising costs of public education at the same time as austerity measures requires state revenue to be replaced by tuition increases. The competition for educational dollars will only continue to grow in the face of financial constraints. This transfer of title to greater standardization, less physical structures, and lower cost is well underway.
However, contrary to its manifest appearance, the real story is not about government oversight to find a balance between consumer protection and corporate profits. It is about the role and function of teaching and learning in the 21st century as the instrument of human progress. This is no small issue. The ownership of both knowledge and learning has replaced economic growth as the gatekeeper of the human condition.
There are only two ways the merger of delivery and purpose can go:
- either, there will be a further commodification of knowledge with the for-profits competing with public institutions for the educational marketplace
- or, traditional institutions of higher education will re-invent themselves to actually serve the dual role of centers of public knowledge and to provide open source and online learning opportunities
Owning knowledge and learning
The Occupy movement provides a conceptual context for the unification of delivery and purpose into a new 21st century entity in which lectures and books are replaced by the power of open source communication technologies. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) can expand the physical, social, and temporal boundaries of the class to be both widely inclusive of the general public and still personally responsive and individually evaluative of registered students.
New technologies have given us the opportunity to restructure both how (the delivery) and what (the purpose) we teach as the counterforce to education becoming simply another commodity. It is time to close the false distinctions of the educational divide and to occupy both knowledge and learning as the new role and function of public higher education in the 21st century—as the essential instrument for the enhancement of the human condition.
Good education is both disruptive and essential for democracy. The content and who controls it does matter.
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Area educational institutions have been providing classes online for over 20 several years, although nobody talks to us all about what operates as well as what will not. The actual school individuals merely communicate earlier us all just as if we've got practically nothing to be able to bring about "real" knowledge.
I don't think there is a way to gauge the effects of on-line learning. It has been shown that most who take online courses are good at passing courses but not so good at using the material in a real situation. It's generating a large group of people who are academically inclined but have no practical ability. Institutions will always be necessary.


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The summer on the diamond came to a close for Goose Creek Post 166 on Monday night when it was ousted from the American Legion state baseball tournament by Greenville, 14-4.
Post 166 finished the season with a 22-12 record after going 1-2 in the eight-team tournament played at Sumter's Riley Park.
It was another solid season for Post 166. The club won the League 1 title and won at least one game at state for the third year in a row.
"We had a small roster but the players all stepped up and competed," Post 166 coach Dave Holt said. "They were grinders. They ended up with a league title and a playoff run to get to the state tournament. Everybody contributed to a good season."
Outfielder/pitcher Cody Smith led the team in hitting with a .402 batting average while infielder Austin Timm batted .358. Infielder/pitcher Tyler Rio was at .319. Catcher/infielder Christian Sillanpaa batted .289.
Zack Wimmer batted .269 and was the team's top home run hitter with eight blasts.
Smith was also the top pitcher with five wins. He finished 5-2 with a 3.82 ERA. Zach Lavery had a 4-2 mark. Together they combined to strikeout 106 batters in 85-plus innings.
Rio and Maw added three wins apiece.
The Greenville game started well enough for Post 166. Goose Creek plated three runs in the top of the first inning on a two-run single by Wimmer and RBI single by Rio.
But Greenville came back with six runs in the bottom of the first and three more in the second, and never looked back in eliminating Post 166 by mercy rule in seven innings.
Goose Creek had just five hits, all in the first two innings.
Rio was tagged for six hits and surrendered three walks in his one inning of work. Chris Zurcher, Cody Maw and Taylor Morrison followed in relief.
Zurcher allowed three earned runs and three hits, while Maw struck out four and allowed no earned runs.
Goose Creek fell into the loser's bracket on the first day of the state tournament, losing 7-4 to Inman, before bouncing back on Sunday with a ninth-inning rally to edge Murrells Inlet 5-4.
Pinch hitter Mike White laced a two-run single to left field to score the winning runs with two outs in that game. Earlier in the ninth, Davon Higgins pushed in a run with a groundout.
Sillanpaa and Rio had three hits in the win, while Timm added two hits. Maw earned the win in relief, tossing the final two innings in relief of Smith.
Against Inman, Goose Creek led late but couldn't hold the lead. Rio's two-run single in the top of the seventh gave Post 166 a 4-3 lead but Inman scored two runs apiece in the bottom of the seventh and eighth innings to win.
Lavery took the loss, striking out 10 over seven innings. He gave up four earned runs and six hits.
Rio, Higgins and Smith all had two hits each, while Timm and Lavery added RBIs.
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Godess, the panhandle has had some of it's biggest snows in march, one in the early 90's kept side roads closed for close to a week that I remember
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If it doesn't snow, then at least everyone will have all that extra toilet paper to handle all that extra bread and milk.
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And if it doesn't snow???
I remember when I first moved to the area there was all this hoopla about a big snowstorm and we were getting 18" overnight, there was no way it was missing us, yada yada yada. Woke up the next morning and guess what? Sun was shining and it was just as clear as it is today. Don't count your chickens....
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Okay, let's cut to the chase, shall we? Predictions of snow accumulations in the EP are running bewteen 10 and 15 inches now. EVERYTHING will be closed Wedneseday, Thursday, and probably Friday. Get that toilet paper and milk today!
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The couple were joined by an unexpected costar in the music video for their duet, "Who You Love," the third single off of Mayer's Paradise Valley album.
Premiering Tuesday on Good Morning America, the Sophie Muller-helmed video features Mayer, Perry and other duos riding a mechanical bull before shooting off confetti cannons.
"We set the casting call up for real couples. It's just so authentic – they were having a great time," Mayer, 36, says. "There's nothing scripted in that video except putting a bull in the middle of the desert."
"Relationships are kind of like riding a bull – you hold on for dear life. Sometimes you get a little buck here and there, but you get back on," Perry, 29, adds.
She was up for the collaboration – both personally and professionally.
"[John]'s just a fantastic partner," the singer-songwriter recently told Marie Claire. "I've been a fan of his for such a long time. He's got a brilliant, brilliant mind. It's a rad, mature relationship."
Mayer wraps the winter leg of his tour Tuesday evening in Brooklyn.
Follow PEOPLE on Twitter – on Wednesday, we'll be giving away a framed copy of the "Who You Love" artwork autographed by Mayer and Perry.


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Keeping Fit, One Step at a Time
A high-tech pedometer can help your lazybones get—and stay—on track
Reorganizing your home office is great exercise. So is walking your daughter up four flights of stairs to her classroom every morning. Also wandering through the maze that is IKEA looking for a pair of Torva Fjäril curtains. That's what I learned from the three fitness trackers that I wore simultaneously for about a week.
There were dozens of these contraptions to choose from, but I selected newer models that are discreet and easy to wear: the just-released Striiv Play Smart Pedometer, the soon-to-be-released Fitbit One and the Nike+ FuelBand, which hit stores earlier this year and now comes in two new translucent finishes.
Functionally, the trackers are similar. They all count your steps and display an estimate of calories burned and other stats. They can also send the information wirelessly to iPhone apps that graph your activity over time. The apps double as cheerleaders, letting you set a daily goal or compete with friends to see who can move the most.
Unlike their predecessors, these new devices don't require downloading data to a computer, as long as you have a compatible smartphone. The Fitbit One and Striiv Play use a new version of Bluetooth to stay continually connected to an iPhone 4S, 5 or the latest iPod Touch. The FuelBand doesn't sync automatically—you need to push and hold a button (the exercise is good for you)—but it works with an iPhone 3GS as well as newer models. (Android apps for these devices are in the works.)
The trackers have also gotten sleeker and easier to wear. The Nike+ FuelBand is the biggest commitment fashion-wise: It's essentially a rubber bracelet. If discretion is a concern, the Fitbit One should be your go-to. You can slip it in your pocket, or put it in a silicone sleeve that can be clipped to a waistband or bra. The Striiv Play is also small and light, but its clip is permanently attached. If the egg-shape gizmo is too futuristic for your corporate dress code, you can put it in your pocket.
I didn't expect the effect of wearing a tracker to be so profound, but knowing that I would get credit for every step I took encouraged me to find small ways to walk more—like exploring lunch options beyond a one-block radius from my office or exiting the subway at an express stop instead of transferring to a local. The benefits weren't just physical. I spend most of my life staring at a screen, especially while riding public transportation, and any opportunity to get outside and enjoy the 3D world is good for my spirit.
Design isn't the only way the trackers differ. The FuelBand doesn't track stairs climbed, as the other two do, but it translates any activity that involves wrist movement (walking, dancing, directing traffic) into a metric it calls NikeFuel. And if you strap the Fitbit One to your wrist with the included armband, the device will monitor your sleep quality and wake you in the morning by vibrating. But the most important difference is each one's unique approach to motivation. Their coaching styles run the gamut from punctilious to playful. Here's a quick guide to finding the tracker that best suits your fitness personality.
If you need a coach:
Slap on a Nike+FuelBand(1).
While the other trackers require launching an app or squinting at a tiny screen clipped to your waist, the FuelBand puts all of the key info right on your wrist. Gazing at the FuelBand's display is exhilarating. Its crisp scoreboard font somehow transforms basic data into stats that make you want to stand up and cheer. A strip of colored LEDs makes it clear, at a glance, how close you are to meeting your target level of physical activity each day. When you hit your mark, "GOAL" flashes before your eyes as if your wrist were a Jumbotron at half time. With this much fanfare, it's hard to sit still. $149, nikestore.com
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Try the Striiv Play Smart Pedometer (2).
The Striiv Play is for people who find pie charts and bar graphs as much fun as, well, working up a sweat. When you open the app, you're presented with a challenge: Walk 200 steps in 10 minutes, for instance—or it might tell you to stay active for another five minutes. If you do as told, you earn "energy points" that can be used to play MyLand, a game in the Striiv app where you grow plants and erect buildings on an island populated with centaurs. I'm not one for games like this, but if you're the type who finds them highly addictive (Farmville, anyone?), buy yourself an extra pair of sneakers. $70, striiv.com
If you're stat-obsessed:
Get a Fitbit One (3).
The Fitbit app graphs your data in bright colors and lets you log a number of details about your physical existence: the specific foods you eat, the amount of water you drink and any activity that can conceivably burn calories ("Serving food, setting table" and "Mowing lawn, riding mower" are options you can enter). As you'd expect from an app this fastidious, its tone is more matter-of-fact than cheerleadery. When the Fitbit app told me that I had taken 11,342 steps in one day, the information triggered more of a chin rub than a fist pump. But sometimes you just want a tiny tracker that tells it like it is. For that, the Fitbit One knocks it out of the park. $100, fitbit.com
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on July 8, 2013 - 3:16 PM
NIAGARA FALLS – Narang "David" Kim, a 23-year-old University at Buffalo MBA candidate and teaching assistant in its school of management, has been identified as the man who slipped off a rock and fell into the Lower Niagara River on Saturday night.
Lt. Patrick Moriarty of the State Parks Police said Kim went off the trail at 6:30 p.m. when he was walking with a group of friends and his mother, who was visiting from Korea. Kim climbed onto an algae-covered rock and slipped into the water before anyone was able to grab him, Moriarty said.
He was pushed downriver by the fast-moving waters, at the Niagara Whirlpool, below the Aero cars, where the river turns sharply, and then disappeared into the whirlpool waters of the Lower Niagara River gorge, he said.
"He went off the trail and climbed onto a rock that juts into the water. It takes effort to scramble out to that rock," Moriarty said, describing the path of rocks that Kim used to go out into the water. "It's off the trail. It's dangerous. If you get too close to the water's edge – right where the river turns and the water is ripping around that corner, and it grabs your leg, and you slip on the algae-covered rock that's under the water, you only have seconds to react, and if you don't grab onto something quickly it will drag you right out to the middle of the river. We've seen that happen about four times in the last few years."
Moriarty said hikers are safe and unlikely to suffer anything more serious than a twisted ankle if they remain on the marked portion of the gorge trail.
"That part of the river is nothing to fool around with," he said.
Rescue crews from Parks Police and the Erie County Sheriff's Office Air One helicopter searched the area Saturday night, throughout the day Sunday and then again at first light Monday morning, Moriarty said. He said the helicopter went up first thing in the morning when the water levels were the lowest and his department continued to search along the shores.
Parks Police also were searching for a local woman who Moriarty said intentionally went over the American Falls into Prospect Point at 9:30 p.m. Saturday.
Moriarty said the search will not end.
"We still have missing people from last year and the beginning of this year," he said. "We are constantly monitoring the water with all of our partners, the helicopters and Ontario Parks Police. Everyone is constantly vigilant, due to the fact that a body could appear in the Lower Niagara River."
Kim turned 23 on June 11. According to his LinkedIn account, he was an MBA student in the University at Buffalo's class of 2014 concentrating in investment management and had been a volunteer tax preparer.
In 2011 and 2012, he had been a site coordinator for the Amherst Recreation Department, and in 2010 he taught English as a second language to more than 200 students at the Angie Foreign Language Institute.
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Katy Perry (Sort Of) Steals Spotlight at Bruce Springsteen Pre-Grammy Tribute
The singer, who arrived at the charity event which raises money for musicians in need sans beau John Mayer, was interrupted by two young fans who asked to take a picture with her as she was talking to director J.J. Abrams. But that wasn't all: the pop star, who later hung out with Elton John, was approached by even more fans in the lobby at the show.
Other MusiCares attendees included Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, who arrived hand-in-hand before the dinner began. (McGraw and Hill later performed "Tougher Than the Rest" during the concert.)
As for the man of the hour, when the auction slowed The Boss offered up the ultimate prize: himself.
While composer David Foster urged the crowd to bid on a guitar signed live by many of the music stars in attendance, Springsteen grabbed the mic himself and threw in a few very personal extras to amp up the bidding.
First, he offered a one-hour guitar lesson and a ride in the sidecar of his Harley Davidson. Next, he added eight tickets to an E Street Band show of the bidder's choice, plus backstage passes and a backstage tour he promised to conduct personally.
"So dig in you one-percenters," he urged the audience with a smile. Springsteen raised the winning bid to a whopping $250,000 by making it a family affair, promising to also include "a lasagna made by my mother!"
Auction winner Tracey Powell, a "full-time mom," was so thrilled that she ran to Springsteen and kissed him on the lips – twice!
"I'm a Jersey girl and that's why I did it," Powell, who now lives in California, tells PEOPLE of her generous bid. "He's an amazing musician and I've followed him for years. Plus it was for an amazing cause that I'm so happy to support."
Jon Stewart hosted the evening's entertainment, a the Springsteen tribute concert that featured artists Elton John, Mumford & Sons, Sting, Neil Young (who sang "Born in the USA"), John Legend, Natalie Maines, Ben Harper, Emmylou Harris, Kenny Chesney and others, who performed some of Springsteen's classics.


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'Makeover' begins today at Conneaut Lake Park
CONNEAUT LAKE -- Sean O'Brien, 12, wasn't old enough to paint the Devil's Den or cut lumber for the Haunted Hostel attraction Monday at Conneaut Lake Park.
Sean, of Chardon, Ohio, is a veteran of spring and fall cleanups at the park, but the problem Monday was that he isn't old enough to sign the liability waivers required by Lusid Media, which is filming a weeklong "makeover" at the lakeside amusement park. The Tennessee-based production company plans to sell the program to the Travel Channel, according to Jack Moyers, chairman of the park's board of trustees.
Lusid Media crews in Conneaut Lake would not comment Monday, but early in the day filmed an expert pointing out flaws in the financially troubled park, which has become run-down through decades of financial troubles.
About a dozen volunteers shared memories of the park while waiting for their marching orders early Monday afternoon.
Sean knows most of the park staff, all of its rides and just about everything about the park. He first came at age 2 with his dad, and has returned frequently since. At age 11, he donated more than $50 that he'd gotten for his birthday to buy new lights for the park's Tilt-a-Whirl.
"My biggest disappointment is that I can't work today," Sean said Monday. "I just love the park. I plan to buy it someday and put it back to the way it once was."
Sean watched while his dad, Ben, painted railings at the Devil's Den. The O'Briens and Sean's grandmother, Candy Apana, of Maple Heights, Ohio, are staying in nearby Meadville and will be at the park for the entire makeover, through Saturday.
Rob Hoffman, 61, of Hartville, Ohio, has been to Conneaut Lake Park every summer and returns for regular park cleanups. He brought a power washer and other tools Monday, after signing on to help with the makeover on the park's Facebook page.
Hoffman's grandfather had a cottage at the park, and his family spent two weeks at Conneaut Lake each summer.
"It was freedom for me. When I was about 10 years old I was allowed to go down to the park by myself and ride the rides. Wednesday was half-price day. Tickets were a nickel a ride. They'd give me $3 and I'd buy 60 tickets," Hoffman said. "I've never missed a summer here since, even when the park was shuttered."
This week's makeover will improve some park cosmetics and may include some major fixes. Steve Volman Contracting, of Meadville, was hired by the production crew to do some heavier work at the park, and on Monday was improving roof braces outside the Devil's Den. Their assignments the rest of the week aren't clear.
"They'll pretty much tell us what to do as we go," Mark Monteforte, of Steve Volman Contracting, said.
Beyond the makeover, Lusid Media has said that it will leave a new attraction behind once filming's done, Moyers said. He is not free to release details.
For volunteers Monday, that will be another bonus of the makeover.
"I've always said that if people just sat down and worked together, we could bring this park back," said Charles Beveridge, 32, of Lake City, Fla. A Conneaut Lake native, Beveridge worked at the park while growing up.
Other volunteers Monday came from Pittsburgh, Venango County and even North Carolina.
It's a shared love of the park that's brought them together, said Libby Rickman, of Lusid Media. The company limited the number of volunteers working on the makeover to about 25 daily, and had to turn others away.
"We've seen a real outpouring of love for this park. It's heartwarming," Rickman said. "And hopefully this project will help the park immensely."
The company will celebrate and share details of the makeover Saturday at 7 p.m.
VALERIE MYERS can be reached at 878-1913 or by e-mail. Follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNmyers.


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PITTSBURGH (AP) - The winter storm brought substantial snow and strong winds to some parts of southern Pennsylvania, prompting flight cancellations and delays, but spared others threatened snowfall or flooding.
The National Weather Service says 10 inches of snow was reported the previous 24 hours in parts of Blair and Huntingdon counties, almost 9 inches in Somerset County, 8 inches in Fulton County and 7 inches in Franklin County. Officials earlier reported up to a foot of snow in Butler, Westmoreland and Allegheny counties.
Forecasters posted a flood advisory for areas of tidal areas of the Delaware River and southeastern Pennsylvania but emergency officials reported no problems late Wednesday night.
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Dark gray clouds hover in the skies above Lewistown on Wednesday as the edge of a massive winter storm system skirts by the Juniata Valley. Forecasters had predicted between 4 and 8 inches of snow for the region but the storm tracked further south Wednesday, alternately dumping heavy snow and rain across parts of West Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C.
"We're very happy that the reports of heavy, wet snow didn't materialize in many areas where we were expecting it," said spokeswoman Ruth Miller of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, where officials were still worried about high winds.
Philadelphia International Airport said 137 flights were cancelled Wednesday and there were "significant" arrival delays as well as delays in departures.
"The wind was a factor in our operational impacts," spokeswoman Victoria Lupica said.
The National Weather Service said a maximum gust of 50 mph was recorded Wednesday evening at the airport. Electric utilities, however, reported only scattered outages late Wednesday night.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike issued a weather advisory for travelers to keep alert between the Ohio line and mile marker 201 eastbound.
Pittsburgh schools were closed Wednesday, and many other districts had delays or closures. Schools also were closed across central Pennsylvania, but state offices remained open.
Higher temperatures were forecast Thursday statewide.
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Ball State men's basketball signees are playing for the top two teams in the state of Indiana, according to the latest Indiana Basketball Coaches Association poll.
The rankings, released Sunday, show the Indianapolis Arsenal Tech team featuring Jeremie Tyler and Rashaun Richardson at No. 1. Sean Sellers' Greensburg team, meanwhile, checks in at No. 2. All three players have signed to play for the Cardinals next year.
Tech, a Class 4A program which is sixth in the USA Today Super 25 national rankings, owns a record of 13-1 on the season. Tyler is averaging 14.7 points per game and shooting 53 percent from the floor, while Richardson is scoring 6.2 points per game.
Greensburg is a perfect 13-0 on the season in Indiana's Class 3A. Sellers is scoring 17.6 points per game on 55 percent shooting from the floor and 52 percent from beyond the arc. The recently named McDonald's All-America nominee is also averaging 6.2 rebounds per game.
The other member of Ball State's four-player signing class, Francis Kiapway, is part of a 12-4 team at St. Thomas More School in Connecticut. Kiapway knocked down 6 of 7 3-pointers in his first game of the season before missing several weeks with illness. He has recently returned to the lineup.


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OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. - Squaw Valley Institute will bring Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Gretchen Morgenson to the Resort at Squaw Creek on Saturday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. Named by weekly magazine The Nation as "The most important financial journalist of her generation," Morgenson will discuss insights regarding the recent financial crisis gathered from her book, "Reckless Endangerment, How Outsized Ambition, Greed and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon."
A no-host reception begins at 6:30 p.m. with a book signing following the hour-and-a-half lecture. "Reckless Endangerment" is a Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book for 2011 and one of The Economist's 2011 Books of the Year.
According to a New York Times book review by former labor secretary Robert Reich, "Reckless Endangerment" authors Gretchen Morgenson and housing finance expert Joshua Rosner concentrate on specific individuals who played key roles in the financial system meltdown and "deftly trace the beginnings of the collapse to the mid-1990s, when the Clinton administration called for a partnership between the private sector and Fannie and Freddie to encourage home buying."
Tickets available online or at the door. Cost is $25 for members and students with an ID, $35 for general public. For advance ticket purchase and information visit www.squawvalleyinstitute.org.
Squaw Valley Institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated to presenting programs having artistic, cultural and educational values. The Institute presents high caliber but affordable monthly lectures, performances, forums, exhibitions and classes in the unique mountain environment of Squaw Valley, North Lake Tahoe, Truckee and surrounding communities, bringing together visitors, residents and friends in the truest sense of community.
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
A pair of freshmen combined for the game-winning play Friday as the Ashley Ridge baseball team defeated cross-town rival Fort Dorchester 4-3.
Rusty Grayson hit a sacrifice fly in the top of the eighth inning to plate Hunter Grover for the go-ahead run in an exciting game in North Charleston.
Ashley Ridge (4-7, 1-2 in Region 8-AAAA) tallied eight hits and stranded 13 base runners while Fort Dorchester (6-5, 0-2) tallied seven hits and stranded seven runners.
Junior Jason Miller was scheduled to start on the mound for the Swamp Foxes but he was injured during the Bluffton game Wednesday so Ashley Ridge turned to senior James Govan, who threw five plus innings and surrendered two runs on five hits and three walks.
Carson Walls relieved him and surrendered only two hits, one run and no walks in a little more than an inning on the hill. He received the pitching win to improve his record to 2-2.
John Sanchez closed the game out, picking up the save by retiring three out of four batters he faced in the bottom of the eighth.
"I'm proud of what those guys did on the mound tonight," Ashley Ridge coach BJ Bellush said. "They kept a pretty good Fort Dorchester lineup at bay most of the night."
Fort Dorchester hurler Corey Rawlings suffered the loss after going the distance on the mound.
Grover and Ashley Ridge senior Kyle Hongsermeier were both 3 for 4 at the plate and both Josh Litchfield and Wesley Aschenbrenner reached base in three out of their five turns at bat. Rawlings went 2 for 3 with a double and two runs scored to lead the Fort batters.
Grover led off the first inning with a single. He moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Litchfield and then scored on a single by Hongsermeier. Courtesy runner Chandler Conlee then came home on a wild pitch for a 2-0 Swamp Fox lead.
In the bottom of the third, Joshua Murray doubled and moved to third on a fielder's choice. The Patriots then attempted a double steal. Murray got a good jump on the throw from second, but the home-plate umpire ruled he was tagged out before reaching the plate.
The Fort managed to get on the scoreboard the next inning. Rawlings doubled and moved to third on a sacrifice fly by Eurndraus Bryant. Ryan Boyle then singled to drive him in and cut the Swamp Foxes' lead in half.
But Ashley Ridge answered in the top of the fifth. Aschenbrenner reached on a single and Conlee came in to run for him. The courtesy runner moved around the horn on a bunt by Grayson and a single from Hongsermeier and then scored on a groundout by Austin Garland.
The Patriots rallied in the sixth to tie the game. Rawlings got things going with a single and the Fort loaded the bases when Bryant received a base on balls and Boyle was hit by a pitch. First baseman Malik Grant then singled to plate Rawlings and pinch runner Austin McClung.
Boyle moved to third on a single by Hongsermeier and the Patriots tried to squeeze him in but the batter was unable to lay down a clean bunt and Boyle was caught in a pickle. Walls struck out the next batter to end the threat.
After a hitless seventh, Grover singled in the top of the eighth. He moved to third on an error and a wild pitch and then scored on Grayson's sac fly for the 4-3 Ashley Ridge advantage.
"I liked the way we competed," Bellush said. "The last few games we have kind of beat ourselves by giving up a lot of unearned runs. We were making too many errors but we made the plays tonight and the guys seemed to be more into the game mentally. We start several freshmen and an eighth-grader as it is so having Jason out is tough. A lot of guys stepped up and played different positions tonight. It was good to see them handle it the way they did. Maybe we will be able to use this as a spring board."
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