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Gray admitted that some of his early-season struggles with Double-A Midland had as much to do with adjusting to professional baseball and the rigors of throwing every fifth day as it did with the level of competition. Gray also dealt with several mechanical adjustments – specifically with the finish on his delivery – and he said those adjustments contributed to his up-and-down 2012 season. He found changes that he was comfortable with by the second half of last season, however, and that comfort level has carried over into the 2013 season.
"There were some things we were working on last year, learning pro ball, throwing every fifth day, just trying to get better as a pitcher," Gray said. "And sometimes, you know, it doesn't all work, but you have to take what you're learning and be able to adjust it into your game plan and your style of pitching, and last, we tried to fix some things mechanically and whatnot.
"And then going into the second half, we kind of adjusted it again and got back to maybe not take everything, but take some things that we were working on in the first half of last year, and really try to harness it for me. I think we found something that's been working."
The 2013 season has been much smoother sailing for Gray. He finished the 2012 campaign with the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats, making one regular season and one post-season start with the River Cats at the tail-end of the year. He was part of Sacramento's 2013 Opening Day rotation and quickly established himself as one of the top pitchers in the Pacific Coast League. Before the All-Star break, Gray posted a 2.99 ERA and he struck-out 107 while walking only 36 in 102.1 innings. Impressive numbers in a league like the PCL known for its offense.
Gray was named to the PCL All-Star team and he was set to start the Triple-A All-Star game when he received the call to the major leagues in early July. Gray began his MLB career as a reliever and was sent back to Sacramento after two dominating relief appearances. It wasn't long before the A's found a way to fit Gray into their starting rotation, however, and he joined Oakland for good in early August.
Gray had 10 starts for Oakland during the final two months of the season, and he was arguably the A's best pitcher during that stretch. He posted a 2.85 ERA and he struck-out 61 and walked 19 in 60 innings. Gray had a 1.13 WHIP and he allowed just four homeruns. He earned the trust of the A's coaching staff with his performance down-the-stretch, especially in the A's AL West division-clinching game.
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"I think he will do well. We wouldn't have put him in that spot if we didn't think so," A's manager Bob Melvin said before Game One. "He's pitched some games here, in particular the game that we clinched the division. It's going to have a little bit of the same type of feel … But he's pitched in some big games, whether it's in the big leagues, whether it's at school, he's been in some high profile places and pitched in some high profile games. You insulate within your preparation and go out there and pitch whether you're an emotional guy or you're not, which he can be, and I think it actually helps him."
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Gray will be making his first start versus Detroit, and Tigers' manager Jim Leyland acknowledged that that will present some unique challenges for the Tigers' hitters.
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Hello Nick, thanks for dropping in.
As a child (about 7) I played truant for weeks on end, spending all my days in and around this station and goods yard. I was very fond of steam locos, infact anything related to the railway. Things haven't changed much really. I got my hide well and truly tanned by my parents, eventually!!
Cheers pal ;>}-----------Jim
Gillingham station in Dorset on the Southern Region Waterloo to Exeter line was my modest first station, or Semley on stop up towards Salisbury which was just there for the dairy really I think plus cattle pens in the early fifties. Then to Templecombe on my bike when a little older to have the midland railway cutting under the same Southern Region line ~ That way I got the Atlantic Coast Express and the Pines Express whizzing through (not bothering to stop of course) Your gallery is always a pleasure to visit Jim and at least the tanning has stopped for you by now I guess!
Thanks for the excellent feedback Nick
There were four single lines to Whitby right up to the mid fifties, two coastal and the other two were country lines. One coastal line was closed before Beechings' Axe struck in the mid sixties, due to major structural faults and cliff falls. Then two more went leaving the Esk Valley line.
In the early seventies, A railway company was set up locally to re-open the moorland line to Pickering,. The North Yorks Moor Railway company operates the largest private line in the UK (over 18 miles) and has many locos at its disposal inc. a dozen or two superb historical steam locos and a few early diesel and diesel/electric units. This line, built around 1835, is one of the earliest in the UK and runs through spectacular scenery. It also has one of the steepest inclines, from Grosmont to Goathland. Only the most powerful locos can handle such an incline. The sea-side specials from Leeds and elsewhere that ran in the early part of the 20th century were always double headed to overcome this problem.
Only connecting carriages were permitted, this ensured that everyone could alight onto the station platform which was not long enough to accomodate a 10 + carriage long train.
Oh yes I'd forgotten the old connecting carriage issue "passengers for bla bla" please move forward ~ I'm sure I heard of someone who fell out somewhere or other when they forgot to move forward (maybe also someone getting out of the wrong side of the train too?)
I have to get to see Goathland some day and Whitby. You are a lucky lad. We had D1000 and D1001 running through Gillingham for a while.
Thanks for all of your most useful info too.
Is like a trip to the past Axota . Very pretty picture. Congratulations. !!Miguel
Thanks for the feedback Nick
I am very fond of the past Miguel, there is so much of it to remember. I'm glad that you like this photo.
Greetings Mimi, you have shamed me and now I bow to your demands. So here it is, especially for you ;>)) For Mimis' boy
Enjoy the trip Mimi!!!
Thanks for this Jim! I don't think my little boy will understand it now but he all the time is asking me to see Thomas vlak in my computer. I show him some movies and songs from YouTuBe and now he knows where to look for them.. wow, I did a mistake.. :-(
My best wishes, Mimi
Yeah, that's great Mimi, now you will have to buy him a computer for Christmas. My little grand daughter, who is not yet 5 years old can use her mums computer with ease. Kids are so clever these days. ;>))
Warm wishes Mimi ;>)
Aaa nooo..., computer not yet. He has 2 y.o., likes to pick my keyboard a lot but I don't have any intention to buy him a computer.. ;-) After some years I could give him this my computer and to buy for me new one! :-)))
Well see you soon.. ;-)
Smiles, Mimi
Hi James B.! I just found some locomotive in the web page of one user of Panoramio. It is written that it is still in use.
Look here Maxim's locomotive
Cheers, Mimi
James B., I think you still did not see the picture of locomotive by Nick Weall.
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My best wishes for Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!, Mimi
Ahhh, bless him! I wonder if the whistle had just blown!?
Jim, Do you remember me mentioning a long time ago that we were going to have a day trip out on the Mary Valley Rattler, a C17 steam train? Well we finally went on Sunday 21.12.08 and I took heaps of photos, and mapped them very accurately as well, so it's hopefully like your very own mini train trip through the Mary Valley in Queensland.. I thought you might enjoy having a flick through the pics anyway, while you're drinking your mulled wine, or whatever you northerners drink at Christmas time! :)
Very best wishes from me to you, Jim, keep changing the dressings and don't forget to put a patch on your santa suit, will you?
Yeah Sue, I can easily imagine the little lads excitement. (read my comment on your steam oiler/ engineer photo)
Our local Steam Railway Company run Santa Specials for the youngsters here, its £20 a go, but the kids receive a gift from Claus. How did the boys re-act Sue?
BTW, Northeners are reknowned for their sobriety, oh yes, nothing stronger than iced lemon and coke for us tee-totallers. Naw, its you Gympians that have clearly monopolised the wine, beer and hooch swigging stakes ;>)) NO CONTEST!!
I am touched by your kind and thoughtful consideration for the damage to my posteria, I have no doubt that the debt will be repaid, in full, with interest!!
Happy wassailing Sue ;>)
That is a big compliment JAZZ for which I am most grateful. Your annotation and friendly visit itself is most gratifying, the Y* is most rewarding.
It is not always possible, or necessary to respond with never-ending comment, it so much depends on knowing a little of the person at the receiving end. I can see that you and I have much in common JAZZ :>)
I look forward to your sunsets, but as it is 0200 hrs UK time, I'm going to hit the sack.
Best wishes-
Oh, poor guy! Standing beside such a jewel of railway history... but he remembers me for my former stepson; the same profile an red hair! A long time ago...
MAny greetings,
What you say is so true Siggy, images such as this takes us back in time to our childhood. I also share similar fond memories ;>}
Thank you for your reflective comments. Your visit is much appreciated ;>)
I already have this shot in my favourites Jim but had to say goodbye to you at the end of this visit to your gallery on an engine shot ~ it is good to be back ~ Ciao nick
I have thoroughly enjoyed your visits Nick, thanks for taking the time to stay a while, it was my pleasure for sure ;>))
Maybe it should be 'MUM - I WANT ONE OF THESE' ;>)
Talk soon Mick
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While QuickBase only displays the name and a time/date stamp of the most recent person who has changed a record, you can use a text field with the append only option turned on to keep track of changes made to the record.
If you find yourself in a situation where you constantly have to add new fields to a table in order to keep up with future dates there is a much easier way to manage this. You may have imported your data from excel and each column represented a different day in your spreadsheet, as a result you have countless numbers of check box or text fields for all past and future dates in QuickBase.
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* Do you track tasks and do those task end dates and status change? Would you like to "baseline" the dates associated with these tasks?
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1. Open the Master table, and click Settings.
There are two workarounds for this - depending upon what you want to do.
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Within the first dropdown select the Status field.
In the second dropdown select "is".
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The following link provides background for this blog: http://amarillo.com/news/latest-news/2014-05-24/proposed-downtown-ballpark-mercy-potter-county
Both Potter County and the City of Amarillo have guidelines and criteria for tax abatement agreements designed to encourage new business and the expansion of existing business. Potter County's guidelines expired in March of this year and new proposed guidelines are currently being considered. Reference in this blog to Potter County guidelines refer to the expired guidelines. The relevant City guidelines were adopted by resolution on January 21, 2014.
Potter County Guidelines/Criteria
Among other things, Potter County will consider a tax abatement in the event of the "Creation of New Value" and for the development of new facilities or improvements to existing facilities. With respect to the value and the term of a particular abatement, Potter County takes into account, "the merits of the project, including, but not limited to, total capital investment value and added employment." While Potter County can abate up to 100% of the value of new eligible properties, "a project must provide an extraordinary economic benefit to the County to be considered for one hundred percent abatement." In order to be eligible to receive a County tax abatement at all, the planned improvement, "must not be expected to solely or primarily have the effect of transferring employment from one part of Potter County to another."
City of Amarillo Guidelines/Criteria
When considering a tax abatement, the City's guidelines and criteria require, among other things, that the period of abatement be "directly proportionate to the capital expenditures for improvements and the number of full-time jobs created." The City is clear that "number of jobs created" means new jobs.
Coke's Tax Abatement
Potter County Commissioners are set to consider a ten year tax abatement for Coke. On May 13, 2014, the City entered into an agreement with Coke, which essentially grants Coke a ten year tax freeze. In exchange, Coke "shall meet the minimum performance criteria" of the March 27, 2014, Location Incentives Agreement between the AEDC and Coke. I do not yet have a copy of the March 27th contract, so I do not yet know the "minimum performance criteria." I'll update the blog once I get a copy.
Based only on the facts I've read in the paper, the Coke tax abatement does not meet the criteria of either Potter County or the City of Amarillo. The deal does not seem to provide "extraordinary economic benefit" to Potter County. Coke gets free land, cash to build a new facility, cash to relocate to the new location and a ten year tax freeze. Amarillo gets the illusory promise of Coke maintaining its gross wages at 90% for four years. (Again, I have not seen the 3/27/14 agreement setting forth minimum performance criteria, so we may be getting more). Moreover, it appears that the deal is "expected to solely or primarily have the effect of transferring employment from one part of Potter County to another," rendering it specifically ineligible for tax abatement consideration from the County. One of the City's criterion is that the amount and length of the tax abatement be directly proportional to the number of permanent full-time jobs created. Maybe I'm missing something, but it looks like far from agreeing to create "new" jobs, Coke is instead agreeing to just maintain at least 90% of the current jobs. How does any of this square with the financial best interests of the City of Amarillo or Potter County or their own criteria for tax abatements?
I do not write this blog to snipe at Coke, the City or the County. I'd like nothing better than to be drinking a Coke at a new ballpark in a thriving downtown Amarillo. But how do these contorted machinations to the point of ignoring our own criteria get us there?
Please comment if you can shed some light on all of this.
Have a safe evening. Vince


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Once I seen this item I knew this was it. I've been looking for the right jogging suite with a hoodie for a while. The material is high quality and the attention to detail is even better. The hoodie zips up to cover the chin and has hand warmers on the sleeves or you can flip them under if you choose. ... read more
Great sneakers! They run about a 1/2 size big but they are extremely comfortable. I like the style of the shoe and I can't wait for other color ways. My only issue with the shoe is that the material gets dirty really quick. I chose the grayish color and I have so many stains on them from running. All black is my next choice ... read more
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Like is an understatement when referring to the techfit base tights I just purchased. Why? Because when I eased into the smoot fabric my techfit tights, which left me feeling as if I had eased into my second skin. It's for this reason why I would have to say I love everything about my techfit tights. ... read more
I'm a size 11, but I decided to try the shoes in a size 10.5. To my surprise the shoes actually "adapted" to my foot. I could wear these all day, in fact I already do. These shoes are perfect for everyday life and running. ... read more
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the price point is unbeatable, the comfort is there, but most importantly-SWAG. these shoes are so sick. I saw 2 Chainz rocking them at the NBA Finals and had to get my hands on a pair. finally found a color way that spoke to me with the grey combo. These are legit running shoes, but stable enough for training and lifting. Overall super versatile because I wear them casually and get a lot of compliments. ... read more
These are some of my favorite shoes right now! They are super comfortable and I can wear them casually even if I'm walking long distances. I'm not really a runner; I got them more because I like how they look and I will definitely be buying another pair in another color. And the best part is they look beautiful in pictures but even better in person ... read more
I've only had them a week or two. Mostly wear them in the gym, not outside. They're very comfortable and the neoprene seem to absorb the sweat then, it seems to evaporate. Love the bouncy cushion. Great for running reducing impact on ball of the foot. Conforms nicely to your feet for great support. ... read more
This was a very good product I just advise not to expect boost like comfort. Its comfortable I just hoped that with the NMDs and Ultraboost that the Alphabounce would use that new comfort tech. Neverthe less worth it and fits like a sock ... read more
The new 365 Cool range is coming out with some of the best stuff Adidas can make for a good price. After buying the 365 tee and loving it so much I went for the shorts and they did not disappoint...not to long and not too short, flexible material and light weight and breathable...I'm definitely gonna double down and get another pair. And they match very good with the 365 tee ... read more
I'm not the biggest fan of these shoes after my purchase. I really like the way they look and how comfortable they are. I did not however expect them to be as heavy as they feel. I prefer my running shoes to be light so next time I might go with a pair of adizero. ... read more
I originally bought the shoes, because I liked the style. Turns out they ran a little big so I had to send them back and get a smaller size. It was well worth it they are extremely comfortable and stylish. I love the fact that Adidas has came on strong. ... read more
These alpha bounce shoes are very comfortable and lightweight. I bought a men's 8 since that's what I have in other adidas and I thought they might be a little too big at first, but after breaking in they're great. ... read more
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I have bought many Adidas shoes over the years. These alpha bounce are by far the best. I walk 6 to 10 miles a day on my job and I have to keep great quality shoes on my feet. With Adidas on my feet I never worry about bone spurs or hurting feet again. Thank you Adidas for your commitment to quality and satisfaction that to me far exceeds any other brand!!!! ... read more
The fused upper mesh is actually more of a neoprene material and is one solid piece that does hug your foot like a sock. It's comfortable, but doesn't breathe much. I bought these for work use, not running. As an everyday shoe, they are excellent and comfortable. I'm on my feet 10+ hours a day and they are perfect for long shifts. By, I would imagine that I would sweat quite a bit if I used them as my main running shoes. ... read more


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Science Channel is 'Ground Zero' for Steven Spielberg
Six-part documentary series will air in 2011
Science Channel announced on Thursday (Jan. 13) that the cable network is joining forces with Steven Spielberg on a new documentary series.
The tentatively titled "Rebuilding Ground Zero" will be a six-part event series airing on Science Channel in 2011.
Spielberg is going to serve as executive producer and creative advisor on "Rebuilding Ground Zero," which is described as "the definitive documentary series about the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site in New York City."
The series will use cutting edge technology -- 3D, time-lapse cameras, computer modeling, etc. -- to follow the architects, engineers, city planners and construction workers entrusted with the One World Trade Center project.
The "Rebuilding Ground Zero" greenlight allowed Science Channel to deliver one of the most star-studded press releases in recent memory.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says, "The rebuilding effort at Ground Zero is a compelling story of remembrance and renewal. The fact that Steven Spielberg -- one of the great filmmakers of our time -- will produce a documentary on it ensures that the story will be brought to life for people around the world, for generations to come."
Adds New York governor David A. Paterson, "We are not only rebuilding the World Trade Center, we are transforming a symbol of great tragedy into one of hope. The documentary series will share the story of the men and women who work to revitalize downtown New York, while also honoring the memories of those who lost their lives."
"Rebuilding Ground Zero" will be divided into episodes, each chronicling a different aspect of the work at the World Trade Center site. The show will be produced by DreamWorks Television and Science Channel in association with KPI. Jonathan Hocks will direct.


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Authorities probe Lake Erie drowning
WESTFIELD, N.Y. -- A Bethel Park woman attempting to aid her son drowned this afternoon in Lake Erie off Shore Haven Beach along Shore Drive, authorities said.
The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as Christen L. Stefan, 37.
The incident occurred at about 2:30 p.m. Authorities said Stefan's 9-year-old son and another boy, 8, were playing with an inner tube offshore when they drifted to deeper waters.
Stefan swam to assist the boys, but drowned after the three drifted east toward a cove near a rocky cliff shoreline, authorities said.
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Police arrested 54 people Thursday, after protesters blocked the street next to a Wal-Mart in Los Angeles' Chinatown.
Wal-Mart took in a record $17 billion in profit in 2012, but the group OUR Walmart says the company pays the vast majority of its workers less than $25,000 a year.
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Bill Gates' career as a Harvard undergrad. Elizabeth Taylor's second, fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth marriages. Sarah Palin's tenure as Alaska governor. Barack Obama's stint as U.S. senator from Illinois.
As brief as they were, each of these events lasted longer than the Pony Express. Yet here I stood at the Pony Express National Museum in gritty St. Joseph, Mo., a few blocks from the banks of the Missouri River, surrounded by Pony maps, Pony portraits, Pony artifacts, Pony dioramas, Pony mannequins, a vintage neon PONY EXPRESS MOTEL sign and a reconstructed Pony stable.
"Danger has intrigue to it," museum volunteer Bill Keck was telling me. "And what these riders went through! We hang on to those kinds of things."
In its 19 months of operation in 1860-61, the Pony Express relied on scores of brave or foolish young men and hundreds of barely broken horses to deliver the speediest mail service in North America, despite forbidding topography, nasty weather, stampeding bison and hostile Native Americans. At a time when most mail took three weeks or longer to travel the nearly 2,000 miles from Missouri to California, the relaying Pony riders could do it in 10 days, sometimes less. And they always started in St. Joe.
So here I was, 150 years later, ready to learn how a failed business -- an estimated $400,000 in debt when it shut down -- was born again as one of America's best-loved Western stories.
Hundreds of spur-wearing faithful are planning to cover the entire route in a celebratory "reride" caravan, beginning today in Sacramento. They'll do it in 20 days, a lazy, west-to-east stroll compared with the 10-day blitzes that the National Pony Express Association stages in nonsesquicentennial years.
In 1860, St. Joseph, in northwestern Missouri about 50 miles from Kansas City, was where "civilization" ended and the Wild West began. The railroad tracks stopped in St. Joe, and so did the telegraph lines. About 9,000 people lived here, including wheelwrights, saddle-makers and dry-goods merchants, many Southerners with Confederate sympathies, along with an energizing number of westbound, cash-bearing, wagon-buying, supply-needing gold-seekers and settlers.
Anybody who was anybody stayed at the big, brick Patee House, the fanciest hotel west of the Mississippi, which had a barber, a ballroom and a guest roster that included journalist Horace Greeley, Mark Twain and British author-explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton.
"Other towns on the Missouri may have a grander future; I doubt that any has a finer location," Greeley wrote after his 1859 visit.
In April of the next year, the first Pony rider probably mounted a horse from the wood stables at Ninth and Penn streets (now the site of the Pony Express National Museum), then collected his load from the dispatch office at the Patee House, now the Patee House Museum. He would have set off to catch a ferry across the Missouri into the raw territory that would soon be known as the state of Kansas.
By some accounts, that first load included just 49 letters, five private telegrams, some Eastern newspapers and a bunch of telegraphic dispatches to be printed by Western newspapers. The riders, often teenagers, typically weighed 120 pounds or less, were issued lightweight Bibles and signed an oath that said, "I will, under no circumstances, use profane language, that I will drink no intoxicating liquors, that I will not quarrel or fight with any other employee of the firm," and so on.
Pay was $50 to $100 a month (accounts vary). They rode with pistols or a rifle or unarmed. After 25 miles or so, that first rider would trade his horse for a fresh one, and after 100 miles or so, he would hand his letters off to another rider. They would sprint through Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and finally California, except for those who died from an Indian attack, exposure to the elements or falling off their horses.
It was risky and, in a smelly, sweaty, flies-and-mosquitoes-by-the-cloud sort of way, romantic. On April 3, the Pony Express National Museum kicked off its sesquicentennial year with a re-enactment of that first ride. Despite wind and rain, hundreds of locals and visitors showed up to cheer.
Greeley was wise to be guarded about St. Joe's future. The Civil War took its toll. Over the decades, Kansas City boomed, and St. Joseph slowed.
But it has some fascinating museums.
In the Pony Express National Museum, which had almost 40,000 visitors last year and just completed an upgrade, I scanned old photos of riders David Jay (who, with his droopy mustache, looked like Daniel Day-Lewis); Pony Bob Haslam (said to have ridden 380 miles in 36 hours despite taking an arrow in the mouth and another in the arm in an Indian ambush on the way); and Bronco Charlie Miller (the youngest known Pony rider, who took to the trail as a substitute at age 11).
Along the way, the museum covers the main questions and raises a few you might not think to ask.
Who started the Pony Express? Russell, Majors & Waddell, the leading freight-hauling and military supply company in the West. And the Pony Express' official name was the Central Overland California & Pike's Peak Express Co.
By 1860, it was well understood that the train and telegraph would soon connect California with the East, knitting North America together with a new intimacy. But in the meantime, there were prospectors and settlers desperate to be in touch with the East, and there were government men eager to nudge the populace westward. Also, with the Civil War threatening, Northerners were eager to forge more direct connections with California, cutting Texas and Arizona out of the action.
On Jan. 27, 1860, partner William Russell sent a telegram to his son: "Have determined to establish a Pony Express to Sacramento, California, commencing 3rd of April. Time ten days." This gave the newborn company all of 67 days to hire riders, establish stations and buy horses.
How long was the route? Estimates vary, as did the riders' routes. Some say 1,840 miles. Some say 1,966.
How many riders did it take to get a letter from St. Joe to Sacramento? About 25, usually riding 75 to 100 miles each.
Did the transcontinental train kill the Pony? No. The train didn't go through until 1869.
But the first coast-to-coast telegraph message went through in October 1861, and the last Pony letters were delivered the next month. Russell, Majors & Waddell went into a corporate death spiral.
From the stables, it's just a few blocks east to the Patee House Museum. This four-story brick box of a building, which dates to 1858, must have once seemed the center of American civilization west of the Mississippi. But when I stepped up, the front door was locked.
Not enough volunteers, director Gary Chilcote told me when I called on my cell phone. Then he opened up for me.
"It was a hotel three times and a girls' college twice, and it was a shirt factory for 80 years," Chilcote said.
The building became a museum in 1963 and Chilcote, 75, a longtime reporter and editor for the St. Joseph News-Gazette, has been involved since the beginning. He estimates 20,000 visitors last year.
He set up the ground-floor Pony Express office area to look as it might have 150 years ago. He has trains, including a mail-sorting car from 1862. He has buggies, cars and fire trucks. He has an upstairs ballroom where authorities held court during the Civil War (and condemned seven men to be hanged across the street). He has a working carousel from 1941, a bar where you can order sarsaparilla, a 1,000-pound ball of yarn and weapons used in long-ago local homicides.
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About four days and 1,000 miles west of St. Joseph, Pony riders would carry their letters down out of the Wasatch Range and show up at 143 S. Main St. in Salt Lake City, the Salt Lake House Hotel.
The city of Salt Lake in 1860 was younger than most of the Pony's riders. But already, Salt Lake had about 8,200 residents, and it was growing fast.
Many Mormon boys rode for the Pony and probably had the chance to gallop near the spot where Brigham Young in 1847 declared, "This is the place." From the Wasatch, the route led down Main Street and out to Camp Floyd, 40 miles southwest, where 3,500 federal troops -- nearly a third of the U.S. Army -- had been stationed in case the Mormons rebelled. (They didn't. The camp is a state park now, with a little museum in the old Army commissary building.)
These days, Salt Lake City is home to about 180,000 people, about half of them Mormon. On the spot where Brigham Young made his pronouncement, visitors now find This Is the Place Heritage Park, a 450-acre pioneer history park where costumed staffers tend to 19th century chores. Every day in summer, a latter-day Pony rider dashes through.
Things are quieter at 143 S. Main St., the old handoff spot. On the site stands a handsome 1927 building that was home to the Salt Lake Tribune for about seven decades until the paper moved elsewhere in 2005. Now the space is empty. There's a Pony Express plaque on the wall, and that's about it.
On the brighter side, look how well that Mormon temple-building project turned out. It rises 210 feet, topped by a golden angel, flanked by fountains, statuary and manicured gardens.
Within five minutes of my arrival outside the temple, two young women approached me, one from Arizona, one from Korea, both eager to tell me about the Mormon religion.
I was just as eager to tell them about the Pony Express. It was a stand-off there on the sidewalk, my degree of interest in their message mirrored precisely by their degree of interest in my message. We went our separate ways, grinning awkwardly.
Sacramento was already a big city in 1860, bursting with nearly 14,000 residents, most of whom had arrived since the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in 1848. (Now it boasts 465,000.) The city was also about to be hit with a historic flood in December 1861, which would prompt a massive civic effort to lift up the entire city. By the 1870s, most of Sacramento's key buildings would be raised as much as 18 feet higher than they were in 1860.
The city's riverside location meant easy steamboat traffic to San Francisco and made it a natural terminus for the Pony Express.
Though Old Sacramento sits by the Sacramento River, the Tower Bridge looming above and the Capitol building a few blocks off, the boardwalks and Old West tourist shops always seemed best suited for visitors under age 12. But when you arrive in Sacramento after several days of retracing 19th century tracks, Old Sac seems not only logical but almost ideal.
I walked up and down the final block of the original Pony Express riders' route. I chatted up the volunteers at the California State Railroad Museum as they maneuvered a locomotive. And as soon as it opened for the day, I jumped across the threshold of the B.F. Hastings Building.
This storefront, built in 1853 at 2nd and J, was the Pony Express office. At various times, it has also housed the Alta Telegraph Co., the state Supreme Court and Wells Fargo. Now it's a tiny museum, the Wells Fargo History Museum, just updated to include more Pony Express details.
From that first batch of Pony Express mail, historians say, eight letters were addressed to Sacramento, and 25 more were carried aboard the boat to San Francisco. By the last months of the cash-strapped Pony's operations, about 35,000 letters had been carried by its riders. Wells Fargo had taken over many operations west of Salt Lake City, and many riders stopped at Folsom or Placerville.
Then on Oct. 24, that first transcontinental telegraph message went through. Two days later, the Sacramento Bee offered up an institutional obituary: "Our little friend, the Pony, is to run no more. ... Nothing that has blood and sinews was able to overcome your energy and ardor; but a senseless, soulless thing that eats not, sleeps not, tires not ... has encompassed, overthrown and routed you."
Yet by many measures, this was the beginning of the fame of the Pony Express.
"This was not the West of the mindless slaughter of the buffalo, the decimation of the Indian, or the greedy exploitation of the land. This was not the West of gunfighters or cattle rustlers," writes Christopher Corbett, author of "Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express." Instead, Corbett writes, "The story of the Pony Express was about a lone rider facing the elements, racing time and racing the transcontinental telegraph, too."
If you step out of the old Pony office at 2nd and J in Old Sacramento and look to the opposite street corner, you'll see what I saw at the end of my excursion on the Pony trail: a batch of plaques and a tall sculpture of a very young rider with a hawkish face, ferociously urging his horse onward. He is a Pony Express rider, he is doomed, and he just might live forever.
To learn more:
National Pony Express Assn.: www.xphomestation.com
Pony Express National Museum, St. Joseph: www.ponyexpress.org
Patee House Museum, St. Joseph, Mo.: www.ponyexpressjessejames.com
This Is the Place Heritage Park, Salt Lake City: www.thisistheplace.org
Old Sacramento: www.oldsacramento.com


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Hope you don't get detained by security.
Shepard Fairey wasn't the only artist to get caught in the tentacles of DNC security. The week before the convention, Alan Jones, owner of high-end art installation company Ship Art Denver, got an exciting rush job to deliver sculptor Robert Indiana's "HOPE" – a remake of his 1976 pop icon "LOVE" piece in Philadelphia's JFK plaza – to the sidewalk in front of the Pepsi Center. But when Jones went down to the stadium to take photos of the site, he was quickly grabbed by security officials and questioned for nearly an hour about his intentions.
Despite nearly missing picking his daughter up from school, Jones isn't bitter about the mix-up, especially since the sculpture turned out to be such a hit with delegates and journalists. "I think the beauty of the piece is that Indiana tweaked LOVE just enough to define this new generation and the greater dialog that's going on," he says. "Conceptually it says something more than just what it is."
The message for the new era? It is possible to go from Love to Hope – but first you have to go through security.
See photos of the installation after the jump. --Jared Jacang Maher
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For PDFs, I still have my iRex 1000 for example.
But for now, I don't read any "professional" documents (text books, contracts, SLAs, ...) on any of my readers. Sometimes I do so on some of my tablets, but usually I simply use my highly mobile (and beloved) MacBook Air.
On Kindles I solely read my Amazon content, ca. 500 original books I've bought in the last ca. 18 months via the excellent Kindle store.
I still like the Kindle DX Graphite for various reasons:
- Pearl display. I don't see any need for another unit display-wise.
- Great battery duration.
- Free 3G. I always run out of SIM cards, so I love the integrated one. And I even can use it globally on my trips without caring about costs or provider.
- I still consider the Amazon bookstore (one of) the best. I don't download any pirated books, I buy every single one. Some of my favorite books I've bought even more than 3 times: nook, Kobo, Amazon, ...
I have the PocketBook 360 and I really liked it. Especially the extended firmware with turning pages vie G-accelerator.
I briefly thought about PocketBook 903.
But quite frankly: I already have 23 eBook readers and 16 tablets (if I count Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Note as tablets). I don't need too many more dedicated readers. Already I can't handle the existing ones. Whenever I open any of my closets, half a dozen of my units again has run out of battery.
So, when buying new readers, I mainly focus on the content.
I have >> 1.000 of bought books for Kobo, nook and Kindle. So I've ordered exactly those 3 (the Kobo I already got) as the touch versions. For the moment I like the touch versions (weight, single handed usability) best and those 3 manufacturers make most sense for me.
BTW: I absolutely HATE ePUB.
Yes, it still may be the widest spread format.
Yes, it basically is the only format you can use on numerous readers/manufacturers.
But still: I have so many activations that I permanently run out of them. Whenever I buy a new gadget, I can't read my ePUBs because I have to request another activation from ADOBE.
Why is their DRM scheme that annoying? Why do I need 3 activations for example, when using 3 ADE DRM-apps (txtr, Bluefire, ...) on iPad or another tablet? Why can't the activation be bound to the MAC address for example? Meaning: 3 apps, but on the very same tablet = only a single activation.
Hating ePUB that immensely, I'm attracted even more to Kindle.
Yes, I know, nook and Kobo are using ePUBS as well. But I don't need my ADE account for them.
Yes, I could strip the ePUBS from DRM (I do so for archiving, but I'm rarely "working" with the DRM-free ones) and convert them. But why bother if there's no real advantage?
I have the BeBook Neo, which basically is Onyx Boox. I can't imagine myself buying another Onyx unit. I've used the BeBook Neo maybe 5 hours in total.
To me, those units are gadgets, not tools. Mainly I use them for fun and as a collector, I don't need them "professionally". And Onyx Boox to me was "typical Chinese" (sorry, no foul intended). Meaning: Great features, some very interesting ideas. But unbelievable ugly, cheap feeling and no fun at all.
Yes, it had some outstanding features. But I just want to read and enjoy the gadget in my hands. I never did so with BeBook Neo/Onyx Boox.
I've never seen any Entourage Edge live. But I didn't like the looks of it. Way too bulky. And again: No need for me.
What am I doing with my gadgets:
- Reading on the train, usually around 4 hours per session. iPad and other tablets are a bit heavy for that. I want to hold the unit with a single hand, usually in the right bottom corner. So I like the touchscreen units, where I can turn pages with my right thumb. I don't like page turning buttons on the right edge, you often can't reach them with your thumb.
I don't need a unit >6" for that and I find enough content in most of the bookstores. I'm perfectly fine with Kindle, nook or Kobo for that.
- Giving presentations. In small circles (2 or 3 people) I can do so on my tablets. In bigger circles I use my MacBook Air or simply hand over a memory stick.
- Writing presentations, contracts, reports, ...
MacBook Air 11" is a bit small. Maybe I should have gone for the 13" version. But I love the 11" portability, not much more bulk than an iPad.
To summarise:
I didn't buy any dedicated reader for maybe 18 months. Now I'll add 3 touch units: Kobo, nook and Kindle.
It's cheap low end units. But I didn't choose them because of the price, but because I've already got > 1.000 bought books for them and love the convenience of single hand use. For the stuff I'm reading on them, they are more than adequate.
For any other needs I have tablets, notebooks and desktops.
I would go for a flexible display, such as Plastic Logic Que, anytime though...
On my trips, I still will take my Kindle DX Graphite with me. Plus 2 or 3 tablets. Plus MacBook Air. And from now on, probably 1 or 2 of those small touch units.
(I'm known for my luggage. Sometimes I have an entire suitcase full of gadgets with me. On vacation I often even need a second suitcase for all the power supplies and cables .)
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Asus DR-900
I'd like to have a touchscreen reader >8" (without need for a stylus).
What has happened to the Asus DR-900?
Looked extremely promising and seemed to be more than vaporware. But I haven't seen anything of it in the last 12 months or so. Did I miss something?
I've seen some reports from early adopters about a year ago, but nothing since then?
I've ordered Kindle touch and nook touch in the US, should be here around March 10th. Kobo touch I already have and intensively will compare those 3 touch units of course.
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Hi, just popped in to ask if you ever tried the Kyobo eReader (or any of those branded mirasol eReaders)?
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I hate ADE DRM, I don't mind about ePUB per se.
Quite frankly, for the books I'm reading (biographies, business/finance, history, self help, thrillers, ...) I simply don't see a difference whether it's Mobipocket, ePUB or even the long dead Microsoft .lit format (probably with the exceptions of PDF or TOPAZ formats). I'm fine with all of them (as long as there aren't too many annoying errors in the content).
But I hate the ADE DRM scheme. And I find this only for ePUBs and PDFs.
PDFs I usually wouldn't buy as an eBook format. And yes, there are DRM-free ePUBS. But most ePUBS you buy, unfortunately will have the ADE DRM.
Hence, I try to avoid buying ePUBs.
To me, it's okay to strip my ePUBS (or the other formats) from DRM, to archive them for potential future use. But I simply stopped bothering to convert them. Way too much work. Just consider: I'm a collector. I'm buying way more eBooks, games, movies, TV shows, ... then I actually need or use at that time.
In a "good week", I'm buying 30 or 50 eBooks (plus 10 movies, plus 20 TV episodes, plus 5 games, plus...). I'm pedantic. So converting them would mean, to often fix the author ("Umberto Eco" vs. "Eco, Umberto" vs. "UMBERTO ECO" vs. "some guy" [no kidding, I found such phrases at least 10 times in legally purchased eBooks], ...), think about margins and such. Way too much effort...
I haven't tried the Kyobo reader. For the last 15 months or so I've focused on readers with a directly linked bookstore, preferably accessible on the reader itself without needing a PC (quite handy, when you're stuck in a hotel and don't want to bother about WiFi or your MiFi).
I find Mirasol very interesting. But it's not that important for me. If I want to have color, I'm fine with my tablets.
For my typical books I don't need colors. I'm not reading comics. The only material would be magazines or some newspapers. Those usually aren't that time consuming (maybe 30 to 60 minutes vs. 8 hours or more for a book when not speed reading), so I don't care about weight or battery consumption of tablets for these kind of materials.
I certainly would buy one though, if it's either from a major player or has some standalone features.
But I'd be way more interested in a flexible display...
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For Kindle, I buy books on iPad, MacBook Air, Samsung Galaxy Note, Sony Tablet P, ...
For some books I have to stick to 4 activations at a time with Amazon, but I can manage those activations myself (kill an old one, add the newest one) on the Amazon website.
With ADE DRM, I have to request another activation from Adobe. So far, I've always got them. But it takes a week or so.
I can "kill" activations, but this doesn't free one up for another gadget.
For some time, I've proactively requested another activation, very well knowing I'll buy another gadget in a few weeks. But it's still very annoying...
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Hey, well thank you for this chance to ask
i'm a programmer, most of my time is on the pc, but i need an ebook reader that is portable so i can work without stressing on my eyes more and more...
i was thinking about Kindle DX because of the large screen (for me larger is better) , what do you think about it for technical PDFs, as i know there is a hack around here for it to transfer into Kindle 3.X frameware
Thanks and you may like to recommend other devices please
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this readers are better than Kindle DX, aren't they?
do you recommend any other readers (9.7") or little higher?
what do you think about each device of them? which is better in your opinion?
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Same problem for all those documents:
There are formulas, graphs and things like that integrated in the text.
So far, I haven't seen a single reader or tablet, that's able to handle such demands adequately via reflow.
Reflow is great for text only and the only way to change font size and such.
But most of the additional info simply gets lost: Formulas are broken down incorrectly, graphs get lost entirely and so on.
So obviously the only way to handle complex PDFs is by zooming.
I prefer, being able to zoom freely.
Meaning: You mark the area of interest, most conveniently with a stylus. This area gets blown up to fullscreen.
Given the speed and responsiveness of the screen, this obviously can be done more efficiently on tablets (iPad, Xoom, Galaxy Tab, ...) than on dedicated readers.
The "Goodreader" app for example is handling any kind of PDFs more or less perfectly.
For tablets, you can't go wrong with any of the big players. Basically it comes down to the question "iOS or Android".
If you want to have a dedicated reader instead, the display size should be as close as possible to the original.
It simply is too painful, trying to read a DIN A4/letter size original on a 6" reader. You only can see about half the page and permanently have to zoom and pan.
I'm using iRex 1000 for this, which is close enough to DIN A4 size.
Would I buy a new one, it probably would be PocketBook 903.
Kindle DX, as much as I love it for my casual reads, isn't a good choice for PDFs. Options for zooming and such are way too limited.
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Agree with what Mg said. I gave up and sold my Kindle DXG. I find that for computer books or PDFs, the ipad it's the best. Any other 10 inches tablet, let's say Android, would do the trick add well.
The DXG works as long as your book is linear. If you have to jump among chapters or zoom, things get slow and complicated.
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Being Amazon/Kindle fan, I'm extremely interested in it.
In comparison: Would you say it's about on par with iPad and the likes?
Any idea, how much of the Amazon content I could use outside of the US? I guess, eBooks shouldn't be a problem. But movies and other multimedia content probably not respectively only via PC?
I've read, Kindle Fire's interface very much is built around the Amazon content. I'm not sure, whether it would kill the fun, if I only could use, let's say, 25% of the interface and the rest would lead to frustrating messages such as "not yet for your region"...
What's your gut feeling about this? Kindle Fire still fun outside of the US or totally frustrating?
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Going to utah for the first time this weekend. Was hoping id get more snow, any suggestions on the best mountain when it hasnt snowed for awhile
The Wasatch Snow Forecast has us getting snow end of the week Wasatch Snow Forecast so you may find it better than you think.
Yeah lot's of snow coming down Thursday night and all day Friday.
1-2 feet predicted at Salt Lake resorts and probably a little over a foot at Park City resorts. Should be a great weekend, if you're looking for powder, I'd skip Park City and head to Solitude or Brighton, you can usually find powder days after a storm but in Park City it's all tracked out the day of.
Flights are hard to predict, there is a possible chance of lake effect snow coming of the great salt lake which heads right over the salt lake airport, won't know till it happens though...
Looks like the storm hit the valley and up towards Brigham City more than the Cottonwoods. Powder Mountain definitely has the goods right now.
Pow Mow is usually pretty good with the lifts and has gotten more snow so far with this storm. It's been weird because it primarily hung out in the valley and then went north. If you're going to stay in the Cottonwoods Solitude and Brighton will be better lift line wise than Alta/Snowbird.
One of the weirdest storms I have ever seen, more snow in the city than the mountains!
Still plenty of powder to go around at Brighton and Solitude, both had about a foot or so since last night, it was very windy today though so a lot of the fresh snow had blown around and became pretty windpacked.
It depends what you like to ride on choosing Brighton vs Solitude....
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Head up to Powder Mountain and Snowbasin they got the bulk of the snow I believe.
Snowbasin is reporting 28 inches. Effing YUM!
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