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Scales Sent Outright to AAA
The Cubs opened up a second slot on their 40-man roster today, as they sent IF-OF Bobby Scales outright to AAA Iowa.
The 32-year old switch-hitter made his big league debut in 2009, hitting 242/312/411 in 51 games (138 PA) for the Cubs, while playing 2B, 3B, LF, and RF. Scales was acquired by the Cubs from Iowa on May 4th, after spending ten-plus seasons and playing 1,000+ games in the minor leagues with San Diego, Philadelphia, Boston, and the Cubs.
Scales did his best work for the Cubs coming off the bench, leading all MLB pinch-hitters (minimum 15 PA) in BA, SLG, and OPS in 2009, hitting 500/533/1.204 with 2 HR & 5 RBI, two doubles, and a triple, as a PH.
The University of Michigan alum is eligible to be a Rule 55 Minor League FA, which means he will be free to sign with another organization when the MLB Free-Agent Filing Period ends 15 days after the conclusion of the World Series, unless he opts to sign a 2010 minor league contract with the Cubs.
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scales to AAA? bye bye 2010. i hate this f'n team.
how in the hell can you let a talent like that just waltz off the roster?
fire hendry and screw you lou.
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Whose balls do you have to cup to stay on the roster? Apparently only Aaron Miles knows.
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The mere thought of Aaron Miles pisses me straight the fuck off. The guy can't even hit in the PCL. The fucker is either still working for STL or needs to be taken back behind the barn and shot. Fuck Aaron Miles and his C- defense and F bat.
The Cubs better not open the 2010 season with Aaron Miles on the roster.
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LOL.....and I totally concur. I really didn't think I could hate a 25th man more than Neifi or Jose Macias, but I was wrong. Miles needs to be dowsed with gasoline and set on fire.
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How can you not like Bobby? He's a good character and contributes here and there as evidenced by his PH numbers cited by AZ Phil.
That said, under ideal conditions, he's not playing for your big league team.
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How can you not like Bobby?
he's not good at playing baseball?
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That's a little bit rough.
"He's not good enough at playing baseball", is probably more fair. After watching Alfonso Soriano and Jake Fox play left field for the majority of 2009, I never thought I would see the position played more incompetently. It took Mr. Scales two games to disabuse me of that notion.
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he's not good at playing baseball at the major league level.. is of course the intended meaning...
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Why doesn't Aaron "I'm Not Even as Good As Neifi" Miles receive equal scourge one might wonder.
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miles can at least field...he's got that going for him if nothing else.
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after a little more thought, and to add...
even with the fielding deficiency scales isn't a bad option off the bench or as an occasional starter. he's not trash at the bat even if it's not slick. he's got a touch of pop in his bat, too.
a lot of people's issue with scales wasn't him failing (except his horribly stiff play at 2nd base or his no-strength arm) as much as it was him playing over jake fox, sam fuld, and/or hoffpower so much.
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oh I hate Miles more, don't worry
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I saw Bobby Scales play in spring training. He looked damn good, assholes.
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Apparently TCR has ruled and Bobby Scales sucks ass.
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Morbid stuff on Geremi Gonzalez. Rest in Peace GG...
The Top Fielders in 2009 according to TotalZone ratings
(from the Hardball Times)
1. Franklin Gutierrez, CF, +28
2. Nelson Cruz, RF, +23
3. Chone Figgins, 3B, +20
4. Evan Longoria, 3B, +18
5. Yunel Escobar, SS, +18
6. Casey Blake, 3B +17
7. Ichiro Suzuki, RF, +17
8. Brendan Ryan, SS, +17
9. Pedro Feliz, 3B, +16
10. Carlos Beltran, CF, +15
11. Willy Tavares, CF, +14
12. Carl Crawford, LF, +13
13. Brett Carroll, RF, +13
14. Colby Rasmus, CF, +13
15. Torii Hunter, CF, +13
Comment: TotalZone seems to have a tilt to the left.
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I'm very surprised by about half of that list.
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don't be..it's a bullshit stat.
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here's a rundown of it if anyone wants to learn about it
I hadn't even heard about it until today...
I'll say besides Cruz, Ryan and Carroll I would have expected most of those guys to be considered very good defenders. Does have some odd love of 3bmen, yet not one 2b and only 2 SS?
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it really seems to gives a lot of credit to IF'rs who play deep (chone/longoria/b.ryan).
dunno what's up with some of those OF ranks...nelson cruz #2 what? colby ramsus, really?
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The problem with ZR and Total ZR and one of the problems with UZR is that they don't take into account fielder preference. If a ball is hit between third and short (or left and center) that both players can make an out on, the third basemen gets there first and gets credit for it. Each of those systems gives too much credit to the third basemen and center fielders because of this. According to Total ZR all pretty much all center fielders are good and all corner outfielders are crap, though there are one or two exceptions.
UZR incorrectly breaks down the balls that go through as hits when assigning 'blame' to third base and short. ZR and Total ZR are 'blameless systems'.
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If Miles is not on team who will Lou have pinch
hit in the fifth inning?
I am with every one else screw Miles trade him for
a Harry Caray beer stein.
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This pundit in Naples, Florida thinks the Cubs want to move there...
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Cubs execs visit Collier to scout spring training sites
NAPLES: A group was formed four months ago with the purpose of making Collier County the spring training home for the Chicago Cubs, the Naples Daily News has learned.
And that group already has met with the Cubs - both at their headquarters in Wrigley Field, and earlier this month in Naples for a two-day visit by new owner Tom Ricketts and CEO Crane Kenney.
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AZ Phil -- A while back you posted your thoughts on the possibility that the Cubs may leave their Spring Training home in Mesa. I believe you thought there is a good chance the Cubs will leave Mesa, but will likely stay in Arizona. With the push from Naples, has your thinking changed? What are you hearing from the press (and your many contacts) in Arizona?
McGwire to be Cards hitting coach?
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I thought you were kidding about Mark McGwire, but Carrie Muskat (quoting ESPN's Buster Olney) says it could happen. And if Carrie says it, it must be true.
I wonder why the Cardinals fired Hal McRae. Didn't the St. Louis offense overachieve this year?
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put that in your fucking pipe and smoke it.
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Hal McRae didn't tell Albert Pujols, Mark Derosa, and Matt Holiday how to hit. And in case you are wondering, Jaramillo isn't going to teach Soriano, Lee, Ramirez, Fukudome, Bradley, or anyone else whose been in the big leagues more than 2 years how to hit.
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The job of major league hitting coaches is not to teach hitters how to hit, it's to keep them going consistently, help them with their strategy and to keep them from getting into bad habits. Players learn to hit when they're kids.
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And McGwire is going to teach them how to hit? I think the biggest thing McGwire offers the Cardinals is his drug dealer's phone number.
If I'm Bud Selig I grow some balls and block that hire.
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Do we really have to go over Mark McGwire's whole life again? The guy was hitting bombs in little league and still holds California state records for it. So he must of been juicing in little league right?
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so you don't think McGwire was taking anything?
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'The bottle was there for everybody to see, but Wilstein was the only one who dared to look. He wrote down the name of the substance_"a-n-d-r-o-s-t-e-n-e-d-i-o-n-e"_in his notebook, did a little research and discovered andro was a form of testosterone-producing steroid banned by virtually every other sport except Major League Baseball.
Wilstein asked the hulked-up, bulked-up McGwire about the substance, and McGwire not only admitted to taking it, he stated unabashedly, "Everybody I know in the game of baseball uses the same stuff I use."'
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LaRussa got pissed that McRae wouldn't give his hitters PEDs, so he fired him and hired McGwire.
Indians new manager...
Manny Acta set to get the gig...
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Pujols gets a new source for hgh rumors...
mm confirmed, not the current cubs vp either
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That announcement, you would think, would border on the type that's generally off-limits during the playoffs.
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That's what I was thinking too. I was even surprised about the Manny Acta announcement in Cleveland.
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shame what's happened to baseball in tucson...
i think they got some indie league team playing in TEP now and even trying to reach out to asian countries for them to hold their league's spring training exhibition games there.
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One of the things that the Naples News columnist is hanging his hat on to push Naples/Florida is that 15 of the last 18 World Series champions have Spring Training facilities in Florida. Is there a legitimate reason for this? Do teams even think about things like this?
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This is probably Bradley didn't hit with RISP news, but some good news on both the Bradley trade front and the restricting of Hendry stupidity front near the bottom of the column.
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Another exec says that Jaramillo also relates exceptionally well to Latin players- good news for the Cubs, who need left fielder Alfonso Soriano and catcher Geovany Soto to bounce back
Soriano and Soto are both Latin?
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Last I heard, the country of Puerto Rico is Spanish-speaking, so since Geo was born there - and still calls it home - he could still "qualify" as "Latino".
However, since he speaks English perfectly well, it is an absurd statement if that is what the exec actually said.
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Actually... I actually do think that there is something to being able to relate to players from different cultures. It isn't just about language.
I just find it amusing that people call them "Latin" players.
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It's probably just a typo.
I find it more amusing that people call Puerto Rico a country.
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I find it more amusing that people call Puerto Rico a country.
Heh... I missed that. Nice catch.
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He relates well to Latin players? That's certainly a non sequitur.
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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.
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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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Delbert Saman was born in 1940 into a family of Czech ancestry in the tiny farming community of Myrtle, Minnesota. His affinity for music appeared at an early age; observing the 4-year old boy intently keeping time to music on the radio, an aunt predicted that Delbert would someday be a musician. At Austin High School this forecast proved accurate; Delbert played several band instruments and as a freshman became the school choir accompanist. Austin HS music director Will Funk became an important mentor for Delbert. Mr. Funk secured opportunities for the young Delbert to play in a dance band and accompany professional choral ensembles.
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Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes remarried her ex-husband Gregg Leakes at the InterContinental Buckhead Hotel in Atlanta on Saturday, a rep for the reality star confirms.
NeNe – who has also starred on The New Normal, Glee, Celebrity Apprentice and was recently a judge for Miss USA – and Gregg filed for divorce in 2011 after 14 years of marriage.
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Last July when emerging R&B star Frank Ocean published an emotional letter detailing an early love affair with a man, his "coming out" story made headlines in the hip-hop world and beyond.
Now, the Grammy-nominated songwriter is being honored by GLAAD, the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender media advocacy and anti-defamation organization.
Ocean is among the 120 nominees for the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, the organization announced early Wednesday morning. He is being recognized for his critically-lauded Channel Orange album.
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It's not every house – or couple – that can welcome Reese Witherspoon, Jane Lynch and Julie Roberts to dinner all on the same night, but Glee, American Horror Story and The New Normal creator Ryan Murphy and his husband, photographer David Miller, did just that, when in June they hosted the $40,000-a-plate dinner for President Obama.
Of course, besides great connections, it also helps to have a $10 million showplace to call home, which the couple – who wed last 4th of July – also have, as seen in The Hollywood Reporter's first-ever Home Issue.
Located near the Beverly Hills Hotel, the Spanish Colonial residence was first built in 1927 and last owned by Diane Keaton. Murphy bought it in 2010 and worked with designer Cliff Fong to add several colorful touches – including quirky antiques and figurines with sombreros circling a courtyard water fountain.
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ABILENE, Texas - Abilene Police Chief Stan Standridge said recent rumors threatening school violence on Abilene and Wylie campuses Friday spread like wildfire thanks, in part, to social media websites.
"Many persons, students and even adults, feel like there is a certain amount of anonymity associated with social media. So very often they will post things that they may not say directly in person. That cannot be further from the truth. The things that you post on social media you can be held criminally responsible for," Standridge said.
Students have mixed opinions about the influence of social media.
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"You don't even have to have social media for rumors to go around," said Christina Tackett, who also attends Abilene High School.
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I get to work with a unique and diverse set of people at Weber State University. One of the most interesting groups is UCAID, which stands for the Utah Center for Applied Innovation and Design. UCAID serves the nation's aviation and outdoor products industries by conducting contracted applied scientific and engineering research for our industry partners and clients. The 22,000 square foot building is located in Farmington, Utah. You can see it on the East side of the freeway, just before Lagoon. There is a lot of cool stuff going on inside of that building!
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First commercial cellulosic ethanol plant in the U.S.
November 9, 2007 The production of ethanol as a cleaner alternative to fossil fuel throws up a number of challenges - in particular it has been argued that the amount of land required to produce crops for ethanol fuel production is too great, taking away land that is needed for food production. The use of cellulosic biomass to make commercial ethanol has been seen as a possible solution to this problem and now Range Fuels has now announced plans for the first commercial ethanol plant in the U.S. to use cellulosic biomass.
Advances in biotechnology mean that straw and other plant wastes can be transformed into what is called cellulosic ethanol. While chemically identical to ethanol produced from corn or soybeans, cellulosic ethanol exhibits energy content three times higher than corn ethanol and emits low levels of greenhouse gases. Unlike corn, wheat, rice and soybeans, cellulosic biomass doesn't compete with food crops and estimates have put its level of production as high as 2,000 gallons of renewable petroleum per acre. Range Fuels' Soperton Plant in Georgia will use wood and wood waste from Georgia's pine forests and mills as its feedstock and will have the capacity to produce over one hundred million gallons of ethanol per year.
Range Fuels selected Georgia for its first plant based upon the state's robust wood products industry supported by Georgia's vast sustainable and renewable forest lands. The state's environmental sensitivity and responsible stewardship of its forest lands have created resources that allow Georgia to support up to two billion gallons per year of cellulosic ethanol production. "Range Fuel's production of cellulosic ethanol from wood materials will make Georgia a national leader in innovative alternative energy production," said Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue. "This project, and others like it, will boost economic development in rural Georgia and reduce our state's dependence on foreign oil."
The technology to be used at the plant is self-sustaining and uses the same feedstock to make ethanol as it does to operate its plant, minimizing its reliance on fossil fuels and the consequent production of greenhouse gases. The Soperton Plant will use a quarter of the average water required by corn-based ethanol plants and its proximity to both wood supplies and ethanol markets will minimize energy expended in supplying the facility with feedstock and providing ethanol to consumer markets.
As part of its $76 million Technology Investment Agreement with the Department of Energy (DOE), Range Fuels will receive $50 million based upon the project construction schedule for the first 20-million-gallon-per-year phase of its Soperton Plant. The remainder of the grant, $26 million, will be provided for construction of the next phase of the project. Construction of the first 20 million-gallon-per-year phase is expected to be completed in 2008.


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One vehicle — a pickup truck — overturned just north of Exit 39 for Route 10, but the driver was not trapped in the vehicle, State Police said.
State Police said at 7:25 a.m. the roadway would be cleared shortly since a tow service was on the scene.
The state Department of Transportation first reported the accident at 6:55 p.m. on its 511nj.org web service.
Both drivers refused medical attention, State Police said.
As of 7:35 a.m., the vehicle has been removed from the roadway, the DOT reported.
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I started out as a Mary Kay customer with a facial with my soon-to-be Sales Director. My first purchase was the Miracle Set, eye products, and Satin Lips. My SD said, "I think you would be great at this business." A month later I had a follow-up facial and purchased Color 101. Again she said she thought I would be great in the Mary Kay.
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Nicholas Muellner is an artist whose work lies at the intersection of photography and writing. At this slide presentation, Muellner presents images and narratives from his travels around Pittsburgh. During his one-week residency, Muellner revisited distantly remembered places from childhood trips, as well as new locales assigned by a range of "foreign correspondents"—friends, relatives and strangers who have passed through Pittsburgh, in fact or imagination. Far from being "documentary" in nature, Muellner's work finds ways to address the relationship between photography and experience to evoke a distinctive sense of place.
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Above: An original photograph of the Nomadic serving as a tender in Cherbourg Harbor. This photograph, which was mixed in with a batch of Cherbourg and Southampton pictures, probably dates to the late 1920's to early 1930's. Because of the dark color of her funnel, it seems possible that the photograph was taken after she was purchased from Cunard-White Star (in 1934) and re-named Ingenieur Minard. ~ Author's Collection.
Above: This photograph of the Nomadic was shot in November of 2005, before she left Paris. It was taken by Thierry Dufournaud, and appears with his permission.
During construction of the Olympic and Titanic, it was decided that new tenders would be needed to service them when they made their scheduled stops at Cherbourg, France. The current tender in use at that port was an older, side-paddle vessel. It certainly did not meet the standards that were being set by the Olympic and Titanic. Hence, White Star contracted out to Harland & Wolff to build two new tenders, eventually named the Nomadic and the Traffic.
The Nomadic, Harland & Wolff Yard No. 422, was by far the larger of the two vessels, at 220.7 feet long and with a gross tonnage of 1,273. She was designed to ferry up to a thousand first and second class passengers and their accompanying luggage. Her smaller companion, the Traffic, was designed to carry up to five-hundred third class passengers and the mails.
Both tenders were completed in time to escort the Olympic from Belfast when she left on her trials. Then, they made the trip down to Cherbourg and waited to rendezvous with the Olympic again in the evening of June 14, 1911 - during the ship's maiden stopover at that port. Apparently, it took some time to make the transfers, for Bruce Ismay - watching the process - seemed somewhat unsettled at the delays encountered. However, the process smoothed out with each use.
The vessels only tendered the Titanic once, and by then the routine seemed well established. There was apparently no contact between them and the third Olympic-class ship, the Britannic. The Nomadic and the Traffic continued to serve the Olympic and other ships for many years. During The Great War, starting late in 1917, she and the Trafficserved as troop carriers in Brest.
Above: This snap was taken on June 10, 1919 at Brest, France. U.S. Navy sailors are coaling a large transport (possibly identified as the U.S.S. Imperator). The lighter closes to the camera is the Rin Tin Tin. Behind her is what looks to be the Traffic, while inboard of the Traffic, the larger transport appaers to be the Nomadic. Both vessels are packed with troops who are apparently on their way home. ~ U.S. Naval Historical Center, Author's Collection.
After the War she again serviced the great Atlantic liners; after the Cunard-White Star mergers, she was renamed Ingenieur Minard. The Traffic was lost to history during World War Two. But amazingly, the Nomadic outlived both the Olympic and the Titanic. She was served the Queens Mary & Elizabeth through 1968. She was saved from the scrap heap, and opened as a restaurant in 1977 on the River Seine. She continued in that role for twenty-two years. Then, there came an issue. The French Government would not allow her to continue in operation without annual drydocking and hull inspections. Because of her superstructure's height and low bridges on the river, however, she could not proceed to a drydock for inspection; hence her license was canceled, and once more looked doomed for the scrap heap.
For three years she sat rusting away to nothing. Then, in early 2004, her superstructure was removed, to allow her to leave Paris under the low bridges that stood in her way. Fortunately, when she was placed up for auction on January 26, 2006, one bid was received, and she was sold. For several months, she remained in france undergoing inspections, and finally she was placed on a barge for transport across the Channel and back to her birthplace, Harland & Wolff. The tender's restoration is now under way, and her future looks bright.
Or does it? During the summer of 2009, storm clouds regarding the future of the Nomadic appeared on the horizon in the form of government ideas about her restoration and refurbishment. The restoration work, which was being carried out by volunteers and enthusiasts who wanted to return the vessel to her original glory, was halted. The volunteers apparently became personna non grata. The vessel was moved into drydock, and plans to turn her into some sort of "cheesy" theme park attraction are in play. These plans do not seem to include the concept of returning the vessel to her 1912 configuration in honor of her historicity and connections to the Titanic story. Although, ideally, her restoration might also have included the installation of a working powerplant so that she could be a living vessel again, these dreams also appear to be headed for the scrapyard. In the meanwhile, serious restoration work on the vessel appear to have ground to a halt, and the ship's condition will only deteriorate with time. This information, although troubling, is being presented in the hopes that some individual[s] or organization[s] may be moved to render assistance, in one way or another, to the Nomadic and help restore her to her original glory as a historical monument and attraction, perhaps in a manner similar to the vessels at the South Street Seaport Museum in New York. The ships at the South Street Seaport Museum are preserved as an educational presentation, and attract many visitors each year.
A series of recent photographs of the Nomadic (Summer, 2009) can be seen on this thread at the Titanic Research & Modeling Association Forum. Further information on the Nomadic Preservation Society's efforts to assist in the proper restoration of the Nomadic can be found through their site, and also through the Nomadic page of the TRMA site. A forum for ongoing discussions of the Nomadic and other ships, hosted by the Nomadic Preservation Society, can be found here. Many thanks to Mervyn Pritchard and other members of the NPS for keeping me up to date on all the latest goings-on.
The following photographs of the Nomadic appear courtesy of Thierry Dufournaud and are reproduced with his permission. They were taken in November of 2005. Not for re-use without the express permission of Mr. Dufournaud. My sincerest thanks to all who kept me posted on this project throughout the preceding months.
Above: A painting of the Nomadic hard at work in Cherbourg Harbor. ~ Artwork by Lionel Codus, not for re-use without permission.


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10. Oklahoma State
There are certain college football stadiums where it feels cooler when you find the end zone. It just doesn't feel like any other field. With that in mind we count down the Top 10 Best End Zone Designs in the sport.
It makes sense that a billionaire magnate like T. Boone Pickens would finance a stadium where hitting pay dirt with a touchdown feels as good as hitting pay dirt in the business world. We're a fan of bright orange in any college color scheme, and reaching the end zone at Boone Pickens Stadium will give you a craving for sherbet.
Another nice touch is the emphasis on "State", with "Oklahoma" running above it at about one quarter the font size. God forbid anyone tunes in to a game at Boone Pickens Stadium and mistakenly thinks they're watching the Sooners.
It's flashy and unique – much like the Pokes' high-scoring offense under Mike Gundy.
9. Missouri
In preparation for Missouri's move to the SEC, Faurot Field got a great nip-and-tuck. This included new turf, a larger tiger logo at midfield and "Mizzou Football" spelled out on either sideline.
Thankfully, the Tigers kept their trademark diamond design in the end zone, but with a few changes that we think are for the better. 1) Gold diamonds with black lettering replacing white diamonds with yellow; 2) "Missouri" shortened to "Mizzou"; and 3) A black background.
Mizzou may have lost by 21 in its SEC debut last Saturday, but it certainly wasn't its home field's fault.
8. Clemson Alternate End Zone
Not many stadium end zones have a predominantly white background and even Clemson only does it for special occasions. Why they don't do this fulltime we will never know.
Adding to the look is the tiger's paw which is so ubiquitous to the university — you know you're watching a Clemson game with just one look at its helmets — that Clemson substitutes it for the "O" in the school's name in each end zone.
Yes, it's somewhat akin to a second-grader drawing animals/shapes in place of letters on their book reports. But one of the reasons we love college football is because of its ability to bring out the inner child in us.
If we were measuring the cool factor/uniqueness of the entire field, Tiger Stadium would be right up there, with its foreboding tiger's eye at midfield, markings at the yard lines ending in "0" and "5" and the old-school "H" style goal posts.
The end zones, while not No. 1 on this list, are similarly fetching. The Bayou Bengals don't overdo it with the lettering, leaving things be with just "LSU." After all, what other school could you confuse that acronym with? (That said, wouldn't mind seeing it in a more "Saints-like" font.)
What we really like is the inverted color schemes in either end zone. One is yellow letters on a purple background, the other is vice versa. There's something awesomely old-timey about that.
6. Hawai'i
The only FBS team not located on the mainland, the Warriors habitually have to travel farther than any other team during the regular season. So it makes sense that Hawai'i will want to personalize the design of its end zones at Aloha Stadium in order to more cherish their home games.
This might be the only end zone in major college football that features an apostrophe. (Kudos to the school for spelling the state's name traditionally.) The lettering is unique to the Warriors, with the tapa design paying tribute to the school's and state's Pacific Rim location.
And the choice to fill in the end zones' backgrounds with a rich green really accentuates the white lettering. Something it lacked before the playing field was refurbished last year.
5. Maryland
Unlike the uniforms that the Terrapins wore against Miami in 2011 (and could potentially sport again in 2012), the Maryland state flag design works very well for the Byrd Stadium end zones.
When you have colors of such differing hues and you want to show them all off equally, you need to give them room to breathe. The problem with the uniforms is that the red, yellow, black and white were all cluttered together. The end zone spreads them out and gives our eyes some mercy.
The flag-themed end zones have been around at Maryland since last season, but they pop even more with the offseason installation of new FieldTurf in June. It would look even better if the entire end zone was colored in, although this would cause a problem with determining the goal line.
Fans who tune in to the Rose Bowl game each year are used to seeing different colored end zones specific to each of the two teams. So much so that they probably forget how easy on the eyes the color scheme of the Rose Bowl's primary tenants is.
There's just something about UCLA's power blue that tugs on our heart strings. Can anybody who has that shade of color truly be evil? And while we normally eschew on the side of "the more unique the font the better," the gold block letters that spell out "UCLA" feel appropriately timeless.
UCLA fans would be ecstatic if the No. 23 Bruins (2–0) have the privilege of seeing their end zone at the Rose Bowl game again next January for the first time since 1999.
3. Florida State
A decade's worth of football mediocrity haven't taken away from the fact that Florida State athletics has some of the cooler designs in college sports – particularly when it comes to their color scheme and the fonts of their letters.
Just as No. 6 Hawai'i pays tribute to its pacific roots with its tapa letters, the font for FSU's "Seminoles" end zone (and "Florida State" on the opposite end of Doak Campbell Stadium) is in honor of the Native American tribe to which they pay tribute. And that deep shade of red ("garnet") never gets old for us.
If the 'Noles added spears like they had in the old design, then they'd really have us hooked. Perhaps they're waiting for the team to be as dominant as they were in the days of the old design.
2. Notre Dame
The uber-simple, diagonal line design has become so ubiquitous in football that two of the most tradition-laden NFL teams, the Steelers and Packers, adopted it for their home fields. Yet everyone agrees that the design first came courtesy of Notre Dame Stadium.
When did it come into existence? Eric Murtaugh of One Foot Down has an interesting suggestion: It came about because of the introduction of the concept of the end zone, created to accommodate the rising popularity of the forward pass (which Notre Dame played a big part in the development of).
Simple pattern recognition, that's it. Considering the sustained success the Irish had over the first eight decades of the 20th century, they likely had no reason to change anything. That includes the old-timey end zone design.
1. Tennessee
Adding the orange-and-white, tablecloth-like design to the Neyland Stadium end zones was the brainchild of former Vols coach (later athletic director) Doug Dickey. He ordered the end zones to be painted as such when he took over in 1964, and they made their debut against Boston College that Oct. 10.
"I got the idea to use the checkerboard when I saw it in a magazine, maybe in an ad," Dickey recalled in 2010. "The design caught my eye and I thought we needed to dress up the stadium. It was drab and needed some color."
The design has since been copied by Navy and Fresno State, among others. But Tennessee was the original and it makes Neyland Stadium one of college football's most recognizable venues. Like with Maryland, it would look even better if the entire end zone was colored in, but the white makes that a problem.
Still, it's the most iconic and best-looking end zone in the country hands down.


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I would like to offer a huge congratulations on the redesign and relaunch of the new site. This is just amazing. A huge improvement over the v1 of the site, a great representation of the community and profession(s), very clean and intuitive, and I am sure the kudos will keep rolling in.
Agreed. Thanks to the IxDA team for putting in the years of effort that this project has taken so far. This organization just keeps getting better, between the conferences, the site, the local groups, and all the other programs - how lucky we are to have such a great community!
I'm really blown away by the new site. The old one served its simple purpose well, but this is an immense improvement. I'm excited to see the community expand to fill out the new space!
This is fantastic! It is very welcoming, and I can already see several improvements that are going to make it more fun to visit here!
I'd like to add my congratulations, kudos, and thanks for everyone who made this new site a reality! It's especially nice to have a home for local groups under the umbrella of the main site.
Yes, this is an enormous accomplishment! Huge props to Liz, Greg, Carl, Ben, Steve, and everyone else that worked so hard on this. You guys rock! It's a wonderful thing for our community.
Since this is an IXDA site, I'm going to be extremely critical. I'm not offering any kudos. I'm really disappointed that with the lack of planning around the user experience.Just on Notifications:1) Waking up to over 15 IXDA messages was somewhat annoying. As of relaunch I'm getting spammed by IXDA daily emails. You failed to remember my Notification settings from the previous iteration. I had to redo them.
2) All the job postings now only contain the job title in the subject, and a link to the job post. That extra click is a waste of time. Especially on the fly when you're on your iphone or other mobile device. Why bother getting the notification at all if I'm forced to go to the website?
3) No easy 1-click unsubscribe or clear footer explaining how to. Can we say Can-Spam compliance rules? (http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/business/ecommerce/bus61.shtm) IXDA: you of all organizations, should get this right!
As for the website... I don't even want to get started on what's wrong with that. Fix your notifications!PashminaOn Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:30 AM, Jim Leftwich <email@example.com> wrote:
Yes, this is an enormous accomplishment! Huge props to Liz, Greg, Carl, Ben, Steve, and everyone else that worked so hard on this. You guys rock! It's a wonderful thing for our community.
Like I mentioned on my twitter. A major improvement of the site. I have been designing and developing on Drupal as well and it is a great CMS. The new graphic design is for me what stands out most for this change. The feeling of the site has changed to the better and the page looks much more engaging to me.
Also my kudos!
Agreed! I imagine we interaction designers can be a pretty formidable bunch for whom to design a web-based solution. But it clearly shows that some serious experience, expertise and time went into the redesign. We thank you!
I'm happy to see all the improvements, but I'd like to be removed from the constant email updates from all the threads. I have visited my account and removed all subscriptions, but that has not solved the problem. Any suggestions?


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With at least 30 minutes early to buy a ticket to Palmar Norte.
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If you want to go straight to the Osa Peninsula on the same day from San Jose, we suggest leaving at 6am or earlier and take the highway to Caldera direction and exit at Jaco.
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By the way, do not forget to fill the tank there. After an hour, where the asphalt ends, to reach a junction with a metal bridge to the left, take the right path.
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Look ma! No limbs!
Rayman 2 the Great Escape made its first breakout in 1999 on several platforms including Dreamcast. It's this version that provided the groundwork for this week's iPhone release. Historically, ports of any game are often of questionable quality when pitted against their originals; Rayman isn't anywhere close to being an exception to this rule.
Of course, one should expect the iPhone platform to induce limitations, even on games over a decade old originally made for consoles with comparable specifications. The problem here is that almost everything that might make Rayman 2 the Great Escape still enjoyable all these years later is not just hampered by the platform, but near enough ruined.
Not a minute of my experience with the game's awkward and inaccurate controls was free of frustration. The on-screen 'analogue stick' is imprecise and unreliable, and some other interactions such as "pinching enemies" wholly impractical. The camera follows you tightly enough to be considered reliable, though invariably at the expense of some much needed versatility. This is a deep flaw in a platformer, and one which I find entirely unforgivable given how integral it is to enjoying the game. This isn't the only limitation introduced by the hardware, though. If you have an iPhone, the chances are quite high that you might use it to make and receive phone calls or text messages. If this is the case then you may as well be playing in arcade mode because whenever you quit the App in the middle of a level, you lose your progress for it regardless of checkpoints. This prevented me from progressing far in the game, and repeating levels isn't really what I look for in pick up and play experiences.
Compound the fiddly controls with the unforgiving save system, and even the most devoted fan will develop at least a mild resentment towards the game, and quite possibly tarnish memories of days gone by where Rayman 2 might have been the best thing since Super Mario 64. It's certainly a faithful representation of the original, but I'm not sure this is a favourable observation given how poorly it has stood the test of time. Nostalgia might well be enough to turn this into a positive, and if that's enough for you then you've still got the whole escapade there in its former glory with plenty of 'Lums' to collect and prisoners to free on your travels.
Rayman 2 bleeds antiquated 90's game design from every corner; at least back then we could take control of it and not try extract from it some superficial replacement for enjoyment. Long-time fans who find on-screen analogue sticks less difficult than myself may consider this a worthwhile purchase at £3.99, as there is a big adventure waiting to be unfolded and the music complements the vibrant and quirky worlds – although they are now devoid of visual appeal due to the aged assets.
We love 90's games here at AppGamer, but there's nothing we like seeing more on iPhone than a freshly approached game that feels like it was truly built for the device. Rayman 2 the Great Escape should stay on platforms akin to those for which it was intended, because this is essentially locking it back up behind bars to reminisce about sitting on the floor in front of the TV with a joypad in its magical floating hands.
- Sound: 5
- Graphics: 4
- Gameplay: 2
- Longevity: 7
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Popovich, Parker, and Spurs Point Guards
One of the noteworthy discussion points from yesterday's media session is the news that Tony Parker will sit out the first few weeks of camp, with the exception of shooting drills and strength conditioning.
This, of course, is Gregg Popovich in fine manager-of-minutes form, a role he's performed with great success in previous seasons. Tony Parker went through the same process at the start of last season. Lots of time with the strength coach, and not much time on the court. It's a good formula for a veteran player who spent the summer slogging through an international tournament.
While it would be nice for Parker to develop chemistry with the Spurs' new additions, players such as Antonio McDyess and Richard Jefferson, Parker's absence from early camp scrimmages should mean extended minutes at point guard for George Hill.
George Hill is still learning to direct a team, but looked remarkably improved in that respect during summer league. Giving him extended preseason minutes with the first team should prove invaluable as the season progresses. This sounds like hyperbole, but I mean it as straightforwardly as possible: George Hill's ability to contribute meaningful minutes is critical if the team hopes to advance against its best opponents. The ability to overcome the Lakers, Trailblazers, Cavs, Magic, and Celtics takes root early and grows throughout the season.
Parker's prolonged offseason will provide the Spurs with an opportunity to see Marcus Williams at point, as well. There isn't much give in the current roster. If Williams can merit serious consideration as a reserve point guard, he ought to make the team. But more importantly, the Spurs' backcourt will be deep and flexible, providing Pop with match- up options he's never had as the team's coach.
This is something we'll discuss in more detail going forward, but a reliable third point guard gives the Spurs security if they decide to rest Parker in some back-to-back scenarios. In the long run, that's best for the team. It keeps their stars–in this case, Parker–rested and healthy, and it provides their young players the minutes they need to develop.
So here is something to examine once the exhibition season starts: How does George Hill look at point? Does his body language exude the confidence needed to run this team? Is he comfortable in pick and roll situations? Does he assert himself in the offense? And, while you're at it, ask the same things of Marcus Williams. Consider this our first training camp talking point.


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This past weekend was my very first PAX. I've always wanted to visit Seattle, and the area around the convention center seems very nice (and clean!). And the weather was nice -- typical or not, residents? The best part of PAX for me wasn't so much seeing the booths and playing the game demos (though that's really pretty sweet too); rather, it's great being able to catch up with all the people I don't get to see throughout the year. That, and racking up a huge influx of visitors to my Dragon Quest IX inn. Even with that troublesome 3-people-at-a-time canvassing limit, I managed to add 100+ people to my inn. Best of all, I finally got the Masayuki and Kawasaki locker maps! On the long drive back to San Francisco, I tried a few times to get to the 15th floor of Masayuki map (that's where all the metal king slimes are), but even with Vanish, it's pretty difficult! One wrong encounter and BAM, my Sage dies (lowest level in my party). Totally worth the trouble though :P
But Dragon Quest IX wasn't the only game at PAX, obviously. One of the very first titles I came across when I first stepped onto the showfloor was a colorful and cute looking title named Island of Wakfu. Well, actually, developer Ankama had a bunch of game kiosks set up for their action title Islands of Wakfu (XBLA) and their tactical MMO Wakfu (PC) on either sides of an aisle, and at first, I almost didn't notice they were different games because of the similar art style/characters.
It was Islands of Wakfu that had initially caught my eye though. It reminded me a lot of a different game I'd seen before -- Dofus, the free-to-play MMO. And actually, yup, it's done by the same people, and takes place in the same universe. Cool.
Islands looks really pretty in person, though the demo they had set up started me off in some early tutorial area, which wasn't exactly the quickest way to get me into the action of things. I spent a bit of time (playing co-op with Justin Haywald, actually) wandering around the starting village area and learning how to use my basic skills like the ability for co-op partners to teleport to one another, how to fight, etc.
The MMO, which is being published by Square Enix in the US, I'll try -- that's almost a given -- though I'm a bit more curious about the XBLA game at the moment. Interesting enough, achievements you unlock in the XBLA title will unlock items in the MMO, which isn't something I've heard of before. Unlike Dofus, this MMO won't be completely free-to-play, though.
I was also able to pop by the Valve booth to check out the Portal 2 demo. They were kind enough to let me be one of the players in their co-op presentation. You can watch the video here:
Even though I wasn't able to sit and try to figure out the solutions myself (since that would take way too long for a structured demo situation at a convention), it was still really fun to be able to place portals again. And of course, I couldn't help but fool around a bit. Hopefully I didn't frustrate anyone at Valve with my shenanigans :P
The Little Big Planet 2 folks were at PAX as well, with a few demo builds of the game to showcase the new creation tools. But in the PAX spirit of community, they also had brought with them four of their top level builders from the LBP community and held them hostage let them build cool things for the passerby to marvel at. Neat! Those would totally make for some awesome time-lapse videos... hmm...
I couldn't leave the booth without picking up one of these guys! They're so adorable. Meet my new boyfriend:
Speaking of meetings, 1UP and Deus Ex had a community meet-up the first night of PAX. I hope you were able to come! Check out the gallery feature to see the attendees. Who knows, maybe you can spot yourself ;)


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January 8, 2014 | While targeted gene silencing is a complex, cutting-edge feat in the lab, every female mammal on Earth has been pulling off an even greater stunt since time immemorial: in each of her cells, an entire X chromosome is silenced, preventing a damaging overexpression of the hundreds of X-linked genes that females, unlike males, carry two distinct copies of. The phenomenon, which is mediated by the little-understood XIST RNA-coding gene, made a splash in October at the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, when Dr. Jeanne Lawrence demonstrated that the same process could be used to silence a single copy of chromosome 21 in vitro, in cellular models of trisomy 21.
Now, a team at Johns Hopkins University Medical School led by Drs. Hao Wu and Jeremy Nathans has devised a way to visualize the patterns of X-inactivation in fully-developed animal models. X-inactivation is not uniform throughout an organism; instead, different cells may silence either the maternal or the paternal X chromosome. Early in embryonic growth, each cell in the developing animal "chooses" which X chromosome it will express, by some unknown and apparently random mechanism. These early founder cells, which differentiate into the various adult tissues, give rise to new generations of cells that all express the same X chromosome as their parents – meaning that early "decisions" about which X chromosome to silence permanently affect different areas of the body. The Johns Hopkins team attached two different fluorescent markers to the X chromosomes of mice to create visual maps of these patterns.
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Ramon Herrera wrote:
> Running NB3.2 on Solaris2.6, I have read bits and pieces about IDR but
> cannot seem to get it going. A good place to start would be to figure
> out if this is part of the NB base or an expansion?
IDR only concernes Ms Windows NT clients , so if you don't have such
clients, stop here.
if you have, then since the 363 patch on a Ms Windows NT machine,
you should have a PDF document called nbnt_idr.pdf in the ...\help
directory of your NetBackup install location. everything is in it.
one last word: as the IDR process uses the natural Windows NT
installation mechanism, it has the same weaknesses. the common
problem is IDR with network cards that don't work with a machine
without SP3 at least - Intel as in Compaq machines is known to
cause troubles. if you have such cards, you'll have problem with IDR.
if not, everything should work fine - i love 3COM cards for that ;-).
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