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"I happen to dress based on mood… This is Morning Mist."
These must already be the dog days of camp if yesterday's discussion centered around dog names.
(I particularly liked the idea of getting nine fish and naming them all after the members of the starting lineup. However, that might be difficult to pull off with the Tribe. You might need a few versatile, utility fish to fill in when the other fish are in a slump or need a break from ... I don't know ... swimming laps, I guess.)
Today's topic: Clothing.
Now, I don't claim to have an admirable wardrobe. Far from it, in fact. Sportswriters technically aren't allowed to wear anything but sweatpants and polo shirts featuring the logo of some event from 1996. Also, I hate to sound like a cranky old man. But seriously... what's with these Affliction shirts?
You know what shirts I'm talking about, right? They usually have some sort of skull on them. Or maybe it's not a skull. I guess I haven't really taken the time to examine them closely. (Edit: After I started writing this entry, I went into the clubhouse and did examine one of them closely. It featured a sword going through an empty rib cage, surrounded by flowers. Reminds me of prom night.) But I do know that they're always form-fitting (I would love, just once, to see a guy wearing an Affliction shirt three sizes too big for him), and they are a hit among ballplayers. I'm starting to think they serve as a secondary uniform for this particular team.
I don't get it. I don't want to get it. And if you can't tell by this post, I'm really ready for the games to start down here, because I have nothing better to do than write up the unceremonious end of Andy Marte's reign and rant about T-shirts.
GM Mark Shapiro is back in camp after leaving for Baltimore due to the death of his grandmother. With Shapiro back, he and Eric Wedge began holding their two-on-one meetings with position players.
Another rather uneventful morning on the back fields. The players did some work at their individual positions, and the second round of live BP was held.
It can be somewhat telling to see who's getting work at which position and what group they are in. For example, Luis Valbuena, Josh Barfield and Beau Mills all got work this morning in what could be considered the Major League infield group (Mark DeRosa at third, Jhonny Peralta at short, Asdrubal Cabrera at second and Ryan Garko at first). Barfield was at second base and Valbuena was taking grounders at short. Jamey Carroll worked with DeRosa at third base.
The plan this season is for Carroll to serve as, essentially, the backup third baseman. With DeRosa expected to see some time in the outfield, Carroll can step in at the hot corner. Barfield will probably make this team and serve as Cabrera's backup at second base. So much of Carroll's time on the field, to this point, has been spent at third.
Wedge's first impression of third baseman Wes Hodges: "For a young player, he does a nice job staying in the middle of the diamond [in BP]."
Someone asked whatever happened with Edward Salcedo, the prospect to end all prospects who the Indians reportedly made a run at last year in the Dominican and were even rumored to have signed for $2.9 million (obviously, that wasn't the case). Last I heard, there was an investigation into Salcedo's age and doubts that he was really 16. The talk about Salcedo coming out of the Dominican quieted in a hurry when that investigation began.
"It's a dog-eat-dog world, Woody, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear"
It appears we solved the mysteries and vagaries of time travel in yesterday's post, which was no small feat.
Now I pose to you a much simpler question: If you had a dog (and maybe you do), what would you name it?
I ask because it appears to me that many of you are absolutely obsessed with the Indians. You might even be as obsessed as my friend Megan, who wimped out with regard to a previously stated goal of getting a Chief Wahoo tattoo but did recently become the owner of a French bulldog puppy, named Cliff (that's him on the right... apparently he's named after some pitcher).
Anybody else have a Tribe-inspired pet name? An Italian greyhound named Fasano, perhaps?
I'll confess this post really just had two goals: Giving Cliff some blog love and working the above "Cheers" quote into a headline. Now that those are accomplished, let's talk about what's happening on this lovely Wednesday.
Really interesting story out of the Nationals' camp, where it's been revealed that one of the organization's top prospects, 19-year-old Esmailyn Gonzalez, is actually a 23-year-old named Carlos Alvarez Daniel Lugo. The Nats had signed "Gonzalez" in the summer of '06 and given him a $1.4 million bonus. He was supposed to represent a big piece of their future.
The Gonzalez story has the potential to impact, well, pretty much every team in baseball (the Indians included), because they use the same system to verify the age and identities of international players. The system was put in place by MLB in the last four or five years to put an end to the chaotic nature of the international scouting scene and do intensive background checks on potential prospects. Plenty of questions are no doubt being asked right now about what the heck happened with Gonzalez.
Today was the first day of live BP, which means Indians pitchers were throwing to Indians hitters. This is always pretty fun to watch. Fausto Carmona and Cliff Lee were among those on the mound today. And believe it or not, Ed Mujica looked pretty nasty, breaking the bats of Victor Martinez and Josh Barfield.
The Indians also spent a good part of the morning working on their bunt defense.
Eric Wedge was talking about the mental makeup it takes to be a good closer. He said we'll never know what it's like to be on the mound in the ninth inning with the game on the line, and a pitcher's potential for that role can never be known until he's tested. "It's like if you're stuck on an elevator between the 25th and 26th floor with three other people," Wedge said. "You're going to find out about people."
Wedge said he's been particularly impressed with reliever Joe Smith in the early going. "He sticks out a little bit," Wedge said.
Representatives from the Phoenix police department came and spoke to the players this morning, making sure they are aware that the highways here have cameras that can and will catch you speeding and the rules regarding alcohol and marijuana are particularly strict.
Former Tribe catcher Eddie Taubensee was also in the clubhouse today, spreading the word about a ministry he's involved in that caters to professional athletes.
MLB.com has started up a new injuries page, so all of you preparing for your fantasy drafts might find it to be a good resource.
The next installment of the Indians Inbox will run on Indians.com tomorrow.
I think I'm out of my mind, thinking about time
This is my first extended exposure to Mountain Time, which is, by far, the most interesting of the U.S. time zones (I mean, assuming time zones can, in fact, be interesting, which is completely debatable).
At present, we are two hours behind those of you back home in Cleveland. At some point in March, this will change, and we will be three hours behind. At this rate of progression, by December, the good people of Arizona will be 12 hours behind Cleveland. Craziness.
Those of you who saw my oversized picture posting yesterday know I struggle a bit with photos (that little problem has been corrected below, thanks to reader Casey W.). And it just so happens I struggle with numbers, too. As a result, there's a math problem I'm trying to get my head around, and I'm looking for your assistance:
My girlfriend's coming to town the weekend of the daylight savings change. When she leaves Cleveland on a Thursday evening and flies to Phoenix, she will gain two hours. The time will change in Cleveland on Saturday night, jumping ahead an hour, but it will remain the same here. She will fly back to Cleveland on Monday and lose three hours.
Where does all this change leave her internal clock? An hour ahead? An hour behind? Exactly the same? I wouldn't be so confused if it weren't for that wrinkle in which the time remains the same here but changes there. How does that figure?
And this leads to another, much more advanced question. Is it possible, over the course of a lifetime, to gain an entire extra day of internal clock time, simply by jumping around time zones? In other words, could you live for, say, 30,000 calendar days, but your body clock actually ticks for 30,001 days?
I think I just blew my own mind -- and hopefully yours.
Now, let's try to regroup and talk about the Indians' first full-squad workout day.
A-Rod was, once again, the story of the day in baseball, but not necessarily here. I'm sure more guys would have watched A-Rod's press conference, but the huge televisions that hang in the clubhouse have already malfunctioned. A maintenance guy was working on them. "We forgot to pay our cable bill," one clubbie joked.
Cliff Lee, however, still managed to watch the presser in the lunch room, and he had some interesting things to say about the leaking of A-Rod's test results. Obviously, there's a lot of disappointment among the players that those results went public. I'll have a story on this on Indians.com shortly.
There is one quote I didn't use in that story, though. Lee said he and his teammates received a drug test when they took their physicals over the last few days, but they can be tested again at any time, without notice. "It's not like we can say, 'OK, that's over, let's go do some steroids now,'" Lee joked.
Today was the first full-squad workout... sort of. The last group of pitchers had to throw their final bullpen session, so they went to the back fields while the position players were on Fields 1 and 2, taking BP, working at their positions and running the bases. Tomorrow, the full squads will begin in earnest with some live BP, which is always fun to watch.
Wedge said the baserunning drills are a focus in camp this year, much in the same way controlling the running game became a focus a couple years ago. The Indians obviously don't have a great deal of team speed, so they hope to compensate for that by being smarter on the basepaths. Wedge wants them to be aggressive down here and find their comfort zone for straying off the bag without getting picked off.
Travis Hafner took batting practice in the cage, with Derek Shelton tossing to him and Wedge looking on. Still no word on when Pronk will join his teammates in live BP outdoors, but he's not considered to be too far behind the rest of the hitters.
Wedge said LHP David Huff has a legitimate chance of cracking the rotation, though he's obviously not seen much of him yet.
Not only did the TVs go out, but a fire alarm went off just as Wedge was about to meet with reporters. Hey, they're still working out the kinks here, all right?
The sun came out today. It was welcome.
From the churches to the jails, tonight all is silence in the world
It's a low-key Sunday at the PDC.
Oh, for the record, I'm taking the advice of one reader and, from this point forward, referring to the Cleveland Indians Player Development Complex as the PDC. I figure over the course of a seven-week spring camp, this little abbreviation will save me two minutes and one second of typing time, and I plan to spend that 2:01 doing something much more productive - like, say, watching this.
(Quick digression: Did you know they've sold more than four million Snuggies? Recession? What recession?)
(Quick digression No. 2: My buddy Tobin, however, rails against the Snuggie as a blatant ripoff of the Slanket, which he purchased about four years ago... for $70! When I teased him about the price, he made the astute comment that the first guy to buy a CD player probably didn't care about the price, either. He simply had the foresight to know a great product when he saw it. Hard to dispute that.)
Anyway, position players officially reported today -- even though virtually all of them were already here. On the back fields, pitchers and catchers held their second workout.
Now, I know some of you might someday visit the PDC, so I've been trying to look at this new place from a fan's perspective. Anyone who visited Chain of Lakes Park knows what a special spot that was to get up close and personal with the team. You could hang out by the weight room, you could walk amongst players headed to the practice fields and you could wait by the Tribe's bullpen during and after games to get easy access for autographs.
The Goodyear facility, as expected, isn't nearly as accommodating. But there is an area to the side of Field No. 6 where fans can meander freely. A few of them were hanging out there yesterday, and several players stopped to sign between drills. I'm not sure what kind of access fans will have at the ballpark. We'll see when the games start.
More PFPs and bullpen sessions today. I get paid to watch baseball, and, believe me, I know this is a privilege. But the list of things I'd rather watch than PFPs includes a wide variety of eye-sores, including but not limited to "Weekend at Bernie's II" (I did that just to satisfy the handful of you who still e-mail me about "Weekend at Bernie's II," three years after the joke went cold… not that it was ever warm.)
As for the bullpens, 13 guys threw this morning, including Kerry Wood and Carl Pavano, who made what I'd guess you'd call their first official appearances in front of the Tribe brass. Wood is listed at 6-foot-5, 211 pounds, while Pavano is listed at 6-foot-5, 240. Sometimes the media guide listings are exaggerations, but not here. They both look healthy and strong. "You put Wood and Pavano together," Eric Wedge said, "and you've got two big-league bodies right there."
Speaking of healthy and strong, Adam Miller threw today, and he also looked good. He said the only restriction he'll probably have in camp is throwing on back-to-back days at the outset.
I'm no scout, but I know a sweet swing when I see one, and Carlos Santana has got one.
Left-hander Ryan Edell threw today. He's a guy who has flown under the radar a bit, but he spent all of last season in the Double-A Akron rotation and went 7-8 with a 3.80 ERA in 26 starts. What's most impressive is that he struck out 99 and walked just 21 in 144 1/3 innings. His ability to paint the plate with strikes is considered his greatest strength, and he can work it in to right-handers. He'll remain in a starting role, but if he has a big-league future, it's probably in the 'pen.
"I was in there for two minutes… touch this, feel that, 75 bucks"
Let's get physical(s).
A few players just headed out to the ballpark to take some early batting practice, and a few guys are playing catch. But the main thing shaking today at the Indians Player Development Complex are the annual physical examinations of pitchers and catchers.
It's the usual rundown of eye, ear, nose, throat exams. Turn your head and cough. Touch your toes. Step on this scale. All that good stuff.
One guy spared from a good portion of this was Kerry Wood, who, as you might remember, was subjected to an "all-inclusive" physical before his deal with the Tribe became official in December.
"I got a hall pass," Wood said with a smile. "I just had my physical not too long ago."
In addition to the physicals, players are having their annual sit-downs with manager Eric Wedge and general manager Mark Shapiro. They are told, essentially, where they stand in the organization, their odds of making the team and what's expected of them this year.
I don't know if Carl Pavano got a bad rap or if he's had a change of life or what, but the general consenus around here is that he is, for lack of a better term, a Grade A dude. I can back up this consensus based on my first encounter with Pavano, who not only was a fine interview but even offered up a local restaurant recommendation. He said he's not at all bitter about the way the media treated him in New York (where "American Idle" came to be his nickname), and we had a nice conversation about the type of "comes with the territory" uncomfortability that can sprout up between reporter and player. He knows we have a job to do, and he knows he didn't get the job done as a Yankee. And if he's at all upset with the way he was portrayed in Joe Torre's book, he's not showing it.
Jhonny Peralta played third base in all but one game in the Dominican this winter. He said he likes that the position doesn't require him to move around much (I'm sure more than a few Tribe fans just nodded their head in agreement), but he did have some trouble with his throws and fielding bunt plays. He said he has "no problem" with the concept of moving to third eventually in his career, but, for now, he views himself as a shortstop.
A few people have written in wondering what Kerry Wood's entrance music will be this season. He said he'll probably stick with the Guns N' Roses classic, "Welcome to the Jungle," which he used in Chicago. When I mentioned that some fans would prefer he go with "Wild Thing" (of "Major League" fame, of course), he said, "I'm trying to avoid being wild." The guy did strike out 84 and walk 18 last year, so Guns N' Roses it is.
You might remember last spring as the spring Masa Kobayashi made his first foray into American life and became instantly enamored with Wal-Mart. Yesterday I asked his interpreter, Toshi Nagahara, if Masa had made his way to the Goodyear Wal-Mart yet, and Nagahara said, "He was there the first day." Sure enough, I step into the local Supercenter after leaving the complex yesterday, and there's Masa at the express line.
I haven't seen every nook and cranny of the complex yet, but so far my favorite part has to be the gigantic photo of Brandon Phillips outside the Goodyear Ballpark.


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JACKSON, MI -- While working in the youth ministry at Westwinds Community Church, something struck Corey Grazul.
"The church is a really unique place, culturally and demographically. It's a diverse group of people on Sundays there for the same reason," the 26-year-old Jackson resident said. "It was like watching a community interact in a small way."
Watching this small-scale community piqued his interest of community engagement on a larger scale.
Grazul had always thought he would end up living somewhere out West, being an avid outdoorsman, but circumstance brought him to live in Jackson, close to his alma mater, Albion College. Grazul doesn't mind.
Name: Corey Grazul
Age: 26
Residence: Jackson
Family: Wife, Kendall, 25; yellow lab, Bodhi
Fun Fact: Grazul and his wife went backpacking in
Switzerland for their honeymoon. Originally, he tried to keep it a
secret from her. During a backpacking trip in the Upper Peninsula where she was
breaking in a new pair of boots, he let slip, "This is good practice for our
surprise honeymoon in Switzerland," and had to admit to his plans.
"I think the potential for positive change is super high compared to communities that, from the outside, look like they have their crap together," he said. "It's cool to help make a positive change."
Through his work, volunteering and own personal hobbies, Grazul is actively trying to build that culture, that positive change in the community.
Grazul has always been into bicycles, and over the last couple years, his interest has grown into a passion, one that he is sharing with Jackson. He manages the Armory Bike Union, which provides bike recycling and work-trade programs.
Besides the obvious health benefits, bikes are great mobility tools for parolees and other need-based community members, Grazul said.
He also works at P&T Fitness, so he sees both sides of the biking world.
"Pedestrian pace helps build a community. It gets you to meet new people and notice things you wouldn't notice if you were closed off in your car," Grazul said.
Grazul also volunteers at The Hub, a place where local teenagers can come and hang out. The Hub offers video games, computer access, concerts and other activities.
"We all know kids who don't have anything to do. They're either getting in trouble or bored out their minds. Many come from broken homes. This is a cool place for them to come," Grazul said. "We get a lot of kids asking us, 'Am I allowed to sit on this couch?' and we say, 'Yeah, this is for you.'"
Grazul says it's difficult for him to understand what some of Jackson's teens go through, so being able to talk one-on-one helps.
"Jackson is trying to find its identity again," and while Grazul says he has no model for development, he plans to continue pushing for that positive, tangible change he sees in the community.
"It just fires me up," he said. "The community becomes more whole when people start connecting with each other."


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As much as it pains me to say this, I'm currently in the middle of my second cold this pregnancy. In fact, my second cold in 2012. Apparently this is what happens when you work in pediatrics after a long time away from kids. My throat hurts, my sinuses are so clogged my teeth hurt and sleeping is even more impossible than usual.
When I checked back at the paperwork given to me by my OB about medications I can take, I was thrilled to discover that the two options suggested for a cold were Benadryl and saline nose spray. And by thrilled, I mean I wanted to openly weep. Because while Bendaryl would put me out of my misery for a solid 16 hours, it would make me incapable of working and would do nothing for any of the cold symptoms. Ditto for the nasal spray.
I've recently learned that other OBs allow Sudafed and other glorious medications and I am nothing short of jealous. So I've resorted to other non-medicated methods. These are my top 9 tips for surviving a pregnancy cold. Don't skip #1.
1. Whine 1 of 9It's okay, just do it. You feel lousy and there's not a whole lot you can do about it. Find a sympathetic ear and have a short pity party. I promise you'll feel a little better just by letting it out.
2. Pick yourself up and start hydrating 2 of 9In order to make snot you body has to use a lot of the water you're drinking, which means you're in danger of becoming dehydrated. Drink everything that sounds palatable and then drink some more.
3. Take a warm bath 3 of 9Baths are okay as long as your body temp stays below 100 degrees, which isn't too hard if you don't repeatedly run more and more hot water in the tub. A nice soak will help reduce the body aches and the moisture from the bath is nice too.
4. Try a humidifier 4 of 9My biggest issue has been the night time cough and sore throat. I'm fine during the day, but I cough all night. The humidifier moistens the air to keep your airways from drying out and it really reduces the cough and helps the sore throat too. Friends of mine swear by the Vicks version, but I'm a little worried that everything will smell like eucalyptus afterwards, so I can't give you an endorsement of that.
Vick's Humidifier from Target.
5. Rest 5 of 9I don't mean sitting down at work, I mean going to bed early and sleeping as much as possible. When home, keep your feet up. I slept 10 hours Thursday night and 11 hours Friday night and I even took a cat nap on Saturday. Listen to your body on sleep right now, your immune system needs you to rest in order for it to do its job.
6. Eat well 6 of 9I know they say starve a cold, feed a fever, but I am a believer in never starving anything except maybe a stomach virus. Pack your food with vitamin C and protein to keep your body going strong even when you feel the exact opposite. Smoothies have been my friend this week, both for the sore throat and the punch of vitamins.
7. Vitamins! 7 of 9This is not the week to accidentally skip your vitamins. Even if you're eating well, a daily multivitamin (as approved by your doctor) is always good just to make sure you're not missing anything.
8. Hot tea 8 of 9Hot liquids are your friend for the sore throat. Watch the caffeine because tea can really pack a punch, but otherwise, add some honey and sip away. I've also been drinking a lot of apple cider this week, just because it sounds better than the decaf tea we have on hand.
9. Cry Uncle 9 of 9If you're really feeling awful, start to run a fever, or just feel like it's gone beyond the normal miserable level of a cold, give your doctor a call and see if they want to check you out.
What are your home remedies for the dreaded pregnancy cold?
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- At some point, maybe even this season, LSU right-hander Ryan Eades will breeze through a few innings and perhaps even an entire game. It won't be a total shock, considering how talented the Slidell native is, but there will be an element of surprise.
Even to him.
Eades joked that Saturday that he has grown weary of the tried-and-true cliché "That's baseball," a notion he has been around as long as most player as the son of a coach.
struggled at times, but the biggest thing to me is always to keep my team in
the game as long as I'm out there," Eades said after another rollercoaster, but
effective outing in a 2-1 LSU victory at Texas A&M.
Indeed, Eades minimized the damage against the Aggies in a game typical of the last several weeks of his season.
In 6.1 innings, Eades never recorded a perfect inning and allowed at least one hit in 6 of the 7 innings he began. He also walked a hitter and hit two.
But A&M generated en extended threat only once, and that came with a two-out rally in the 4th inning that led to the Aggies' only run.
Besides that nick, Eades - like the Tigers - was gritty when he had to be. A&M hitters were 1-for-11 after a runner reached base, 0-for-7 after the leadoff man got on.
Two double plays helped immensely, one when Eades was on the hill and the other on the first pitch after Chris Cotton took over in the 7th with the Aggies on the verge of winning the game.
"I knew if I could keep the ball down in the strike zone and let my defense work behind me, those guys would help me out," Eades said.
And he has helped himself.
After a two-game swoon when he surrendered 5 runs each against Arkansas and Alabama, Eades has gotten back on track with a 1.40 ERA in his last three outings covering 19.1 innings. Foes are still pestering him with 15 hits in those starts, but he has stranded 13 runners in that span.
"He's got something about him that he can raise his game to another level," LSU coach Paul Mainieri said.
More hardware, rare air
LSU (45-7, 21-6 SEC) claimed the 2013 SEC West championship with the series finale win, the fourth time in Mainieri's seven seasons the Tigers have won the division. They have also tied for the overall conference crown once (2009) and won it outright last season.
With 21 conference wins and three remaining, LSU has a shot at matching and surpassing the program record in that category. The 1986 Tigers finished 22-5 in league play and the 1997 team was 22-7.
Two wins this weekend also allowed LSU to match the 1997 team for regular-season victories -- the most in the 56-game format.
Presence felt
Tigers freshman center fielder Andrew Stevenson has clearly carved a niche as the team's best outfielder this season, and that's the major reason why he has climbed back into the starting lineup for the stretch run.Now he has started to make it awfully hard for Mainieri to waver from that decision with a surprising spark on offense.
Stevenson was 2-for-2 Saturday, with a line-drive single to left field and a perfect bunt to the left side. He also walked in between, and in the last five games - all against SEC pitching - he is 5-for-13 with 4 runs scored and 4 RBIs.
In a 7-4 victory in the middle game against Texas A&M, Stevenson contributed a squeeze bunt for a run, walked once and lashed a single to center field to kick-start a run-scoring inning.
"I'm getting some more at-bats and getting some confidence up there," Stevenson said after elevating his season average to .208, the highest it has been since March 29.
Rediscovered groove
Stevenson wasn't the only LSU hitter whose bat came alive over the weekend.
Mark Laird produced a 3-for-4 game in the series finale and drove in the Tigers' first run with a line-drive single punched to right field. He also entered the middle game when it resumed early Saturday and laid down a perfect bunt to the left side - which was supposed to be his specialty but has been a frustrating task most of the season.
The multi-hit game was Laird's first in an SEC game since March 24 vs. Auburn, a drought of 20 games.
Locked in on Lloyd
Aaron Nola bumped his record to 10-0 with a 6-inning effort on Friday against Texas A&M to become the second Tigers pitcher to reach double digit wins without a loss.
Now he can set his sights on the pitcher who had the best single season in Tigers' history, Lloyd Peever.
In 1992, Peever was 14-0 with a 1.92 ERA. Nola's ERA is at 1.99 with one regular-season start to go, and he leads the SEC with 97 strikeouts.
Nola's run of four consecutive complete games ended this week. In those four games, his ERA was 1.00.
"We just needed somebody on base. If we get somebody on base, we can usually make things happen."
Andrew Stevenson on LSU's 8th-inning run to win the series finale, 2-1.
Around the horn
- Sean McMullen raised his average 13 points to .331 with 5 hits in the final two games against Texas A&M. he also drove in 4 of the Tigers' 10 runs in the series.
- With a one-run win and loss each against the Aggies, LSU is now 14-3 this season in game decided by one or two runs. Chris Cotton logged a save and a win on Saturday and he has been busy in the Tigers' close wins with 9 saves and all 3 of his wins in one- or two-run games.
- This was the first conference series this season with two game settled by a run. There were 2-0 and 6-5 wins at Missouri in late March.The win on Saturday was officially an extra-inning game as well because it was reduced to 7 innings per SEC weather rules. The Tigers are 5-1 in extra innings this season.
- Only six LSU pitchers saw action against A&M: Starters Cody Glenn, Nola and Eades, and relievers Joey Bourgeois, Nick Rumbelow and Cotton.
GAME 2: LSU 7, Texas A&M 4
GAME 1: Texas A&M 2, LSU 1


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Quartz fabrics and quantified strains during transpressional deformation in the Seine Metaconglomerates
Anderson, Terra N., and Czeck, Dyanna M. Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201; firstname.lastname@example.com.
Many studies have quantified quartz fabrics in the field and in the lab. However, none of these studies have focused on deformation under natural conditions when detailed three-dimensional strain was quantified and when deformation mechanisms were evaluated. In our study, we link quartz shape and crystallographic fabrics within a deformed metaconglomerates across a strain gradient. Working with the calculated strains found by Fissler (2006) during strain analysis of the Seine Metaconglomerates from the Rainy Lake region in northwestern Ontario, we are utilizing petrographic and Electron Backscattered Diffraction (EBSD) techniques to document quartz grain fabrics.
Samples of oriented quartzite clasts and quartz veins were collected from several locations with different strain magnitudes within the Seine Metaconglomerates. The quartzite clasts have experienced the complete deformation history of the conglomerate while the syntectonic quartz veins only exhibit evidence of later deformation stages. Quartz is an ideal study subject due to its simple mineralogy and numerous deformation experiments.
Thin sections were made from quartzite and quartz vein samples with the x-direction parallel to lineation and the y-direction perpendicular to foliation. Petrographic analyses indicate that quartzite clasts and quartz veins deformed by dislocation creep with subgrain formation and recrystallization recovery mechanisms. Significant amounts of undulose extinction and some subgrains exist in all samples. Grain size and the amount of undulose extinction within grains decreased with increasing strain in quartzite clasts. Late stage fractures filled with calcite indicate a period of coeval semi-brittle features and fluid movement through the rocks during deformation that increased in size and abundance with higher strain. In the quartz vein samples, there is a strong shape preferred orientation subparallel to lineation of large quartz grains. With increasing strain, grain size decreases, undulose extinction becomes dominant only in the large remnant quartz grains, and the amount of calcite brought in by late fluids increases.
Using a SEM-EBSD system and CHANNEL5 software produced by HKL Technology, an automatic map of the thin section was used to determine the crystallographic orientations of quartz grains. The map was constructed to maximize the area analyzed on the thin section with one measurement taken from each grain.
Preliminary results of the EBSD analyses show increased clustering of quartz c-axes crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) within quartzite clasts with increasing strain magnitudes. Similarly, in most cases, there was an increase in CPO of quartz c-axes within quartz veins when strain magnitudes increased. These observations taken with the microstructural observations are consistent with deformation by dislocation creep with recovery primarily by recrystallization.
One interesting feature that stands out when comparing the microstructural and EBSD studies is that the SPO of quartz grains decreases and the CPO of quartz grains increases with increasing strain. The increasing CPO without a corresponding increase in SPO is consistent with deformation by dislocation creep with recrystallization. We interpret the different microstructural observations between clasts of low to high strain to be consistent with dislocation creep that operated to a variety of strain magnitudes.


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2016 Events
CCHA Annual Meeting and Educational Program
Sunday, February 21, 2016 2:00 pm
Historic Courthouse
"Personal Glimpses of Chatham History"
Joe Hackney
Former Legislator and Speaker of the House
North Carolina General Assembly
Programs open to the public
2015 Events
The small towns of Bonlee and Bennett will be the topic of a historical program by Mr. John Hudson Emerson on Sunday, November 15, 2:30 pm in the Historic Courthouse at Pittsboro.
Mr. Emerson has long been a friend of the Chatham County Historical Association. Over the years he has enlightened us on the career of Sheriff John Emerson, the Bonlee and Western Railroad, the Regulator Movement in the area, numerous other topics, as well as provided extensive genealogy work on the Dunlap and Emerson families. His programs are always in depth, informative, and fun. CCHA is pleased to provide another opportunity to share history with Mr. Emerson.
The towns of Bonlee and Bennett were bustling with business and community life in the early 1900's. Many factors came into play to transition them to what they are today. Mr. Emerson's photographic collection included in his presentation will be supplemented by some artifacts on display in the museum.
The program is free and open to the public. The Chatham County Historical Association, Inc. is a non-profit corporation [501(c)(3)] with the goal of preserving and sharing the history of Chatham County, North Carolina. Would you like to share your time and talents to help us reach our goal? For more information or to contact us, call 919-542-6222 or visit our website at
Chatham County
Historical Association
Annual Meeting and Program
February 15, 2:00 p.m.
Chatham County Historic Courthouse
Pittsboro, NC
The Story of the
Non-Violent Student Sit-in Movement and the
Black Struggle for Equality - As told by the late Dr. Mansel Philip McCleave
Please join us for the Chatham County Historical Association's February lecture on Dr. Mansel Philip McCleave and his involvement with the student nonviolent sit-in protest at the Greensboro Woolworth's lunch counter. To celebrate Black History Month, the CCHA will present a detailed look at how this Chatham County native contributed to one of the most significant events in the American Civil Rights Movement. We invite you to this fascinating celebration of how a local resident helped to shape our contemporary society.
Siler City Police Chief Gary Tyson will open the event with a look at the life of Dr. Mansel and his book, Hunger Pains in Our Heads: A Behind the Scenes Look at the Origin of the Sit-In Movement. Dr. McCleave's goddaughter, Teresa Walker will provide a personal and in depth perspective on his work with the Greensboro sit-ins and the Civil Rights Movement. Mrs. Walker's presentation will shed light on how this Chatham County hero became in inspiration to those struggling for equality in America. Finally, Dr. McCleave's close friend Reverend Barry Gray, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Siler City, will speak on Dr. Mansel McCleave's legacy and his lasting impact on Chatham County and our nation.
The Chatham County Historical Association's February meeting is free and open to all. The event will be held at the Pittsboro Historic Courthouse (40 East Chatham Street, Pittsboro NC, in the circle) on February 15th, 2015 at 2:00 PM. Please join us in honoring the legacy of Dr. Mansel Philip McCleave during this Black History Month celebration!
2014 Events
The Siler City Story: Images and Commentary
from Western Chatham County Local Historians
November 23, 2014, 2:00 p.m.
Siler City Courthouse, Siler City, NC
Join us for a wonderful look into the history of Siler City! The November presentation will be opened by local author Marian Rogers-Lindsay with an introduction to her work, Images of America – Siler City. Members will be invited to view fantastic images detailing the rich history of Siler City, and may obtain copies of the book signed by the author.
Siler City natives Tommy Emerson, Jack Moody, and Ed Spence will provide a collaborative commentary on the pictures and their relationship to the past of Western Chatham County. These local historians will provide firsthand accounts of Siler City's past, as well as vivid descriptions of key people, places, and events which have helped make Siler City a vibrant and integral part Chatham County's story.
This will be a unique opportunity to learn about Siler City from primary sources and the individual witnesses to the unfolding of Western Chatham County history.
The presentation will be held at 2:00 PM on Sunday, November 23rd at the Siler City Courthouse. There is no cost, and all are invited!
Lee D. Kent - Adjunct History Professor - UNC Pembroke
September 21, 2014 - 2:00pm
Historic Chatham County Courthouse Courtroom
Pittsboro, NC
The presentation will look at the original migration patterns into North Carolina as a whole and in Chatham County in particular. The discussion will center on the groups forming the historical make-up of the county, and the exodus of families and groupings. Particular attention will be focused on the population decrease in the 1830s. A question/answer period will follow the presentation. Mr. Kent has retired from his professional career in the teaching at the public school, community college, and University of Virginia levels. He now lives in Pinehurst and teaches at Pembroke, Sandhills Community College, and according to his wife, wherever someone wants to learn history.
A list of helpful genealogy websites will be provided at the event.
Recognition and Awards:
• National State Teacher of the Year (Virginia)
• Adjunct Professor of the Year - Northern Virginia Community College
• Daughters of the American Revolution History Teacher of the Year
• Washington Post Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher of the Year
• USA Today 100 Most Influential Teachers
"A Peek Into Pittsboro's Past" a Tour of
Historic Pittsboro Homes
September 13, 2014
The Chatham County Historical Association (CCHA) invites you to take a trip down memory lane during its Saturday, September 13, 2014, bus/walking tour showcasing many of Pittsboro's appealing and alluring homes and buildings in the historic district.
Homeowners of selected houses will open their homes to tour guests between the two tour hours of 10:00 a.m. to noon (Tour #1) or 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. (Tour #2). Tour ticket holders will embark on two Chatham Transit buses (each holding 16 guests) from the Chatham Historical Museum located in the Historic Chatham County Court House in the heart of Pittsboro. Proceeds from tour ticket sales will enable the Historical Association to enhance the Chatham History Museum programs and displays.
A total of 64 tickets for the Tour/Fundraiser at $50 per person will go on sale on a "first-come, first-served" basis starting July 15. "When they're gone… they're gone," said Cindy Perry, Tour Committee member… so folks shouldn't dally, dawdle or otherwise delay their purchase."
Tickets are available by mailing a check to CCHA, Post Office Box 93, Pittsboro NC 27312. Indicate if you wish to attend the morning or afternoon tour. The ticket price includes bus fare, docent guides, costumed re-enactors, and light refreshments.
The following historical houses are included on the tour and visitors will be permitted to enter the house but will be limited to specific areas of the first floor:
Highlights of "A Peek at Pittsboro's Past" House Tour
Governor Manly's Law Office
Masonic Lodge
The Freeman House (Nancy Simon) Salisbury Street
The Yellow House under renovation (Ray and Janet Carney) South Small Street
The Hall London House (Bradshaw and Robinson Attorneys) Hillsboro Street
The Manse (Cindy and Dan Perry) Hillsboro Street
The Wade Barber House (Fred Royal) Hillsboro Street
The Pilkington House (Jamie and Michael Fiocco) Hillsboro Street
The Dr. McBane House (Michelle and Jon-Paul Guarino) Hillsboro Street
Spa at Bell House
Historic Chatham County Courthouse
The tour of historically significant houses and buildings in Pittsboro is a rare opportunity to observe the southern architecture up close and personal and hear from docents and homeown-ers the intriguing history at each stop.
The Chatham County Historical Association preserves and celebrates the unique history of the county; on this tour it spotlights Pittsboro, the oldest city in Chatham, named for William Pitt, the Younger in 1787.
For further information, contact Susan Little,firstname.lastname@example.com , 919-929-7707.
Chatham County Historical Association
Spring Historical Program
Sunday, May 18, 2014, 2:00 p.m.
Historical Courthouse
Pittsboro, NC
Free and open to the public
Come and join Linda Carnes-McNaughton, Archaeologist with Fort Bragg Military Base, and Paul Webb with TRCSolutions, Inc., a company providing cultural resources consulting and archaeological compliance services to a broad range of clients. Linda and Paul will talk about surface collecting of artifacts done in the Pittsboro town area in the past couple years as ground was disturbed with various building/renovation projects in the area.
See what you might find when you "play in the dirt."
Mark your calendar for upcoming events in the Historic Courthouse by CCHA:
First Sunday, June 1, July 6, August 3, Museum Open
September 21, Sunday afternoon, Collections of CCHA, program by Melissa Delbridge, Archivist
Come and enjoy an afternoon learning about the wonderful Chatham County.
Questions? Call 919-542-6222
Chatham County
Historical Association
The Annual meeting program will be based on a newly published book "The Civil War in the North Carolina Quaker Belt, The Confederate Campaign Against Peace Agitators, Deserters and Draft Dodgers" by William T. Auman. Mr. Auman was a prominent historian on many aspects on the Civil War. Activities included in the Quaker Belt are also a part of Chatham's history.
Mr. Auman passed away in April, 2013, however, his sister, Ann Brown, lives in Pittsboro and assisted Mr. Auman with his work on the book. After his death, Ms. Brown was able to get the book edited and published following his death. The book became available just a couple of weeks ago. She has a DVD of Mr. Auman talking about his book which she is willing to share and is very interesting.
2013 EventsANNUAL MEETING AND HISTORIC LECTURE
Sunday - February 24, 2013 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Holmes Meeting Room
Chatham Community Library
197 NC Highway 87 N
Pittsboro, NC 27312
Tommy Edwards is a bluegrass and folk musician, singer, songwriter and radio show host from central North Carolina. He is a retired history teacher, coach and administrator in the North Carolina Public School System. For the past 40 years he has played and recorded professionally with The Bluegrass Experience, one of the Southeast's most respected groups and has more recently combined with vocalist and bassist Alice Zincone and banjo master Rick Lafleur to create the "super trio" Carolina Lightnin'. A former two-time World's Champion Bluegrass Guitarist, Edwards is also proficient on mandolin and banjo both of which he plays with The Leroy Savage Group. He also appears from time to time in two-man shows with Doc Watson's long time accompanist Jack Lawrence. As a songwriter, he has been honored by having his songs recorded by several North Carolina bands including Molasses Creek, Shady Grove, The Brothers in Bluegrass, Kicking Grass, and The Bluegrass Experience. He has recorded four band albums and five solo projects, several receiving critical acclaim in national publications. He and/or his music have been the subject of many articles in a variety of publications, most recently in the January issue of Our State Magazine.
Tommy's original music has been featured in several diverse settings as well as in his own recordings. He is considered an authority on bluegrass music and has been invited numerous times by William Ferris to present traditional music history programs for the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC Music Department and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has written for Southern Cultures and presented lectures on aspects of folk culture at The North Carolina Pottery Center and at other venues in the state. His radio program "Bluegrass Saturday Night" has been broadcast for five years at WLHC in Sanford, NC and has recently been added to the schedule of WRHC in Rocky Mount, NC.
Tommy lives in Pittsboro, North Carolina in a National Register home that he and his wife, Cindy, restored.
The program is free and open to
the public. Please join us!
2012 Events
Sunday, 7 October 2012
Holmes Meeting Room
Chatham Community Library
CCCC Campus
197 Highway 87
Two hundred years ago, Chatham County citizens provided
troops to America's second war for independence--the War of
1812. Chatham has a special connection to this conflict with
the British through Captain Johnston Blakeley, Naval hero,
lost at sea with his sloop "Wasp."
A program commemorating the bicentennial of the War of 1812 will be presented by Chatham County Historical Association, on Sunday, October 7. Robert Barnes, History Instructor at Central Carolina Community College, will discuss the history of the War of 1812, the origins of the conflict, the motivation for US involvement, a brief synopsis of the major events, and an examination of the consequences of the war -- including the impact of the conflict on North Carolina and Chatham County.
Available at the program will be a list of Chatham soldiers who participated in the War of 1812. Come and see if your family was represented.
The association will also be selling raffle tickets to raise funds for the new Chatham County museum. At the program, items to be raffled will be on display. They include framed "Coal Fields of Chatham," Ramsey 1870 map, and the O'Neil whimsical print of Pittsboro. Winners will be notified after the Pittsboro Street Fair on October 27.
County Courthouse Renovation
Architects Keynote Speakers
at Historical Association Meeting
Sunday, February 19, at 2:00pm
Bldg. 2, Multipurpose Room
Pittsboro Campus, Central Carolina Community College
764 West St., Pittsboro, NC 27312
Grimsley and Taylor Hobbs, AIA, of Hobbs Architects will tell us what is happening inside, outside, and all around the courthouse reconstruction at CCHA's annual meeting on Feb. 19. Images of the Courthouse in various stages of demolition and rebuilding will illustrate their narrative.
This will be your opportunity to listen, learn, and ask questions to find out what is really happening behind those courthouse doors. Get the inside scoop on those things you wonder about as you circle the courthouse and watch the activity inside the chain link fence. Learn about some of the courthouse's secrets that the destructive fire of 2010 uncovered.
Also at this meeting, Association members will share the progress on plans for exhibits in the historical museum that will be housed on the first floor of the restored courthouse. For more than a year, a dedicated group of CCHA volunteers has been hard at work developing the exhibits to tell the Chatham story.
Chatham County Historical Association welcomes everyone to the program and a brief annual meeting. Both the meeting and program are free and open to the public.
2011 Events
Historical Society
Continues Civil War Series
Sunday, May 22,
at 2:00 p.m.
Campus of the Community College, Building 2, Multipurpose Room
On May 22, 2011, LeRae Umfleet will present a program entitled "Life on the Home Front." The Civil War had a profound effect on all aspects of life in the South. Stories of bravery and suffering on the battlefields of the war are often told, but most of us know far less about the lives of those who stayed behind during those troubled years. Ms. Umfleet will draw on Chatham County documents for insight into the lives of ordinary local people during the war - how women fared with family and farm with husbands and fathers gone, ambivalent feelings about the war, the home guard, and increasing shortages of goods.
The second in a series of three public lectures commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War will be held in the multi-purpose room, building 2, at Central Carolina Community College, Pittsboro, beginning at 2:00 p.m. The program is free and open to the public.
Throughout her career in public history, Ms. Umfleet has worked with a multitude of sites in a variety of capacities, including the North Carolina State Archives, the North Carolina Collection in Chapel Hill, the Joel Lane Museum House in Raleigh, Davis Library in Chapel Hill, and Historic Hope Plantation in Windsor. Originally from Bath, North Carolina, LeRae graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1991 with a Bachelor's Degree in History and earned a Master's Degree from East Carolina University in 1998. Reflecting her personal interest in plantation slavery, her Master's thesis was entitled "Slavery in Microcosm: Bertie County, North Carolina 1790-1810."
Ms. Umfleet currently is the Chief of Collections Management for the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. In this position, she manages how the agency cares for, collects, stores, and exhibits the objects in its custody. In her spare time, LeRae enjoys learning more about women's roles during the Civil War, including sewing period fashions, and sharing her love of history with anyone who will listen!
This lecture series began in early March with Dennis Brooks's presentation about Chatham troops and the battle of Gettysburg. It will end with a program in September presented by Michelle Lanier entitled "A War with Many Voices: African-American Memory and the Civil War."
Directions to the
lecture location:
From the old Courthouse, go west on US Highway 64 through the stop light. In two-tenths of a mile, turn right into the Central Carolina Community College. Turn left into the parking lot. Building 2 is the second building on the right. The multi-purpose room is on the first floor on the immediate right upon entering the building.
Sunday, March 6,
2011 at
2:00 p.m.
Election of officers
Short reports of the state of CCHA
Dennis Brooks, Noted Historian to speak at Historical Association's Annual Meeting
Chatham County Historical Association is pleased to have Dennis Brooks present the program "26th NC Regiment at Gettysburg – The Chatham County Connection". Dennis' interest in the involvement of Chatham County troops in the Civil War has resulted in his having done extensive study and research on the topic. A rich history exists of contributions made by Chathamites. Come and learn.
The program will be given on Sunday, March 6, 2011, 2:00 pm at the Pittsboro Campus of the Central Carolina Community College, Building 2, Multipurpose Room. The public is invited to attend and is free.
As 2011 begins the Civil War Sesquicentennial Anniversary this program is first in a series. The second program will be May 22 about "Chatham Life on the Home Front" and the guest speaker will be Ms. LeRae Umfleet from N. C. Department of Archives and History. A third program is planned for later in the year about "The Emancipation Proclamation and its Celebration in Chatham County."
Also at this time, the
annual meeting of the Association will be conducted.
Officers and directors will be presented for membership
approval. Those being nominated for filling vacated
director positions are Jane Hinnant who has been serving
as Secretary in an appointed capacity, Mary Nettles and
Cecil Wilson.
2010 Events
2009 Events
Arranging What We
Have in Hand & Finding What We Don't:
Conducting Local Genealogical & Historical Research
James Vann Comer
Noted Professional Genealogist
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Central Carolina Community College
Pittsboro Campus
Multipurpose Room
2:00 p.m.
The Public is Welcome!
Every family has a "skeleton in the closet" and the information that most genealogists are looking for is stored in closets, basements, attics, in trunks and strong boxes. Mr. Comer will be instructing us in how to look at what we have and how to further research genealogical and historical information. Come, listen, ask questions, and be assured that you will take home valuable information and new enthusiasm for your genealogy project.
During his years as a professional genealogist, Mr. Comer has assisted people with their family research, in some cases doing the research for them, and worked on other projects and publications that have enhanced the area's genealogical and historical records. The holdings of our Chatham County libraries include much of his material. Mr. Comer lives in Sanford – in that part of Lee County that once was Chatham – and is a fount of information about Chatham's people.
He has published Central North Carolina Journal and was previously editor of the Lee County Genealogical & Historical Society, Inc.'s newsletter The Times. As one of his more unusual projects, he attempted to identify a skeleton found in the area with the attribution that it was "the last man hanged." Maybe we'll hear the whole story.
Shew Yourselves to be Freemen:
The Regulator Movement in Chatham County,
John Hudson Emerson, speaker
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Program begins at 3:00 p.m.
Guided tour of the church grounds and
area begins at 2:00 p.m.
Rives Chapel Church, 4338 Rives Chapel Church Rd., Siler City
Join us to learn more about Chatham County's role in the Regulator Movement—a fascinating and important part of North Carolina and US history. John Hudson Emerson, a Chatham native and historian whose ancestor James Emerson narrowly escaped hanging after being captured at the Battle of Alamance, will discuss the movement at this free program.
Come early for a brief tour of the church grounds or to take a short walk to the Old Tick Creek cemetery nearby, where Regulator James Emerson is buried. His grave marker suggests some of the drama of the Regulator movement. It reads "Patriot. A Regulator at the Battle of Alamance, condemned to death by Gov. Tryon, pardoned by Gov. Martin, lived to take part in the War of American Independence." Volunteers from the church will serve as guides for these activities beginning at 2:00 p.m. Lemonade and cookies will be served on the church grounds following the presentation.
Mr. Emerson will discuss the "grievous oppressions" that the Regulators opposed and the implications of the Regulator movement for the formation of Chatham County and for North Carolina's participation in the Revolutionary War. He will describe clashes between Regulators and British forces that involved thousands of settlers, and will talk about the roles some early Chatham settlers played in the Regulator movement.
Beginning in 1766—six years before the Boston Tea Party and nine years before the Battle of Bunker Hill—settlers in what is now Chatham County participated in a movement that would lead to what many historians consider to be the earliest armed conflict against the British in the American colonies. Yet many are unfamiliar with this Regulator Rebellion, whose participants walked the very ground we call home today.
By some estimates, there were more than 6,000 participants in the Regulator movement—accounting for nearly three-fourths of the NC backcountry's white adult male population. It began with petitions and civil disobedience, and ended in May of 1771 when Governor William Tryon's Colonial Militia violently suppressed an armed rebellion at the Battle of Alamance, at which two- to three-thousand Regulators were decisively defeated by Tryon's smaller, but well-armed forces.
Among the Regulators were a large number of early Chatham settlers. Some of their family names are still represented in Chatham today.
Museum exhibit:
In anticipation of Mr. Emerson's presentation on the Regulator movement in Chatham County, a special exhibit will be on display in the Chatham Historical Museum. The display features Chatham-area men who participated in the Regulator movement and the locations of their properties, where known. The exhibit opens August 5 and will remain for several months. The Chatham Historical Museum is located in the historic county courthouse in Pittsboro and is open on Wednesdays from noon until 3 p.m. and First Sundays.
For more information call 542-3603 or 542-4478.
Directions to Rives Chapel Church:
From Pittsboro and points west:
Take US 64 west. From the traffic circle in Pittsboro, go 7.1 miles and turn left on Rives Chapel Church Rd. Go 4.3 miles. When the road forks, stay left. The church will be on your right.
From Siler City and points east:
From US-64 east, turn south on US-421, toward Sanford. Go 6.2 miles. Turn left on Ike Brooks Rd. and go 2.5 miles. Turn right on Rives Chapel Rd. Go 0.2 miles. The church will be on your right.
From Chapel Hill and points north:
Take US-15-501 south. Turn right on US-64 west toward Siler City. Go 11.3 miles and turn left on Rives Chapel Church Rd. Go 4.3 miles. When the road forks, stay left. The church will be on your right.
From Sanford and points south:
Take US-421 north. Turn right on Ike Brooks Rd. Go 2.5 miles and turn right on Rives Chapel Church Rd. Go 0.2 miles. The church will be on your right.
The Chatham County Historical Association is hosting a free
Walking Tour and Open House of Historical Places in Pittsboro
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
1:00 -4:00 pm
Docents will be available at most sites to discuss the history of the place and to answer questions.
Have you ever wondered what Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church or the Pittsboro Masonic Lodge look like on the inside?
Did you know that the cute house on Salisbury Street next to the Baptist Church dates from before 1815 and was owned, along with much of the property in that block, by a free black man, Lewis Freeman?
See a partially reconstructed log-cabin near the Pittsboro Library, on Rectory Street. Visit the graves of some important Chatham County residents, and see a close-up view of the interior of Governor Charles Manly's tiny law office. Come discover other Pittsboro treasures you may not even know exist.
This is your chance to come inside some of the interesting places that you pass by in Pittsboro and to learn about their history.
Free maps and a listing of open sites will be available at the Chatham County Courthouse in the traffic circle and at all other sites on the tour.
Enjoy your individual tour, visiting the sites YOU choose. Travel by foot or by car at your own pace.
Sites open for the tour include
The Historic Chatham County Courthouse
Masonic Lodge
Governor Manly's Law Office
Pittsboro Methodist Church and cemetery
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church and cemetery
Freeman House
Partially restored Marshall log cabin
Pittsboro Presbyterian Church and cemetery
and the Chatham County Historical Museum, located in the Courthouse
MAY 3 IS A FIRST SUNDAY, so: downtown Pittsboro will offer other exhibits, crafts and art vendors, music, food & drink as well.
Please join us!
More info: 919-542-3603
for details
A Conversation with Perry W. Harrison,
retired Superintendent of Chatham County Schools
2:30 p.m. Sunday, February 15, 2009
Superior Courtroom, Chatham County Courthouse in Pittsboro
Perry Harrison, a highly respected citizen of Chatham County, served as Superintendent of Chatham County Schools from 1967 until he retired in 1994. We are privileged to have him share his first-hand thoughts and observations about this historic period of school history with us.
The Chatham Historical Museum, located in the Courthouse, will open at 2. Our annual meeting will precede the program, and light refreshments will be served following the program.
Please attend and bring your friends to our free program!


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Her birth was mystical, a string of numbers, 10 digits long.
Ashley Davis' baby wasn't due until Nov. 21. But at 11:15 p.m. Thursday, her water broke. She went into labor 10 days early, ushering in the inevitable: She would have a baby girl on the 11th day of the 11th month of the year 2011.
The family joked about another possibility. In jest, Davis' sister-in-law Rose Fink asked, "What if she's the first baby born at 11:11 a.m."
Grandmother Wendy Toomey laughed, brushed it off, thought, "What are the odds?"
Well, as it turned out, pretty good.
Toomey had just walked to the cafeteria when Emma Noel Davis was born.
Doctors looked at the clock: 11:11 a.m.
"It was unbelievable," Ashley Davis of Newberry Township said. "It was just one of those moments."
Fink, who had joked earlier, found herself speechless, then laughing hysterically.
Emma's size wasn't as mystical: 7 pounds, 9 ounces. She was 19.5 inches long.
"She looks really good," Ashley said of Emma, her second child.
Steve Davis was in Fulton County at hunting camp when he got the phone call that he'd get to meet his daughter a little early. He jumped in the car and headed to Harrisburg Hospital. He hadn't even thought about the date.
"I just knew I was having another baby," Davis said. "It was very real."
Emma Noel Davis was the talk of the hospital, the only baby born at that time.


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In government board rooms Wednesday it was all about the mighty J-O-B ... and fascinating personal interactions.
The Portland Development Commission and the Port of Portland signed off on tax breaks for Rentrak Corp., which tabulates the popularity of movies both at the theater and in the rental market. Rentrak's corporate headquarters are near Northeast 82nd Avenue and Airport Way.
Rentrak -- which has 230 employees pulling in $65,000, on average, according to officials -- had been considering a move to Vancouver. But government agencies approved inclusion in an enterprise zone for tax abatements and tax credits, a financial sweetener to keep the company in Portland. The plan heads to the Portland City Council next week, then the state.
At Wednesday's board meeting of the PDC, Portland's urban renewal agency, even guest speaker Jeff Cogen supported the idea. Typically, if there's dissent, it comes from Multnomah County because officials eye every tax dollar that comes off the books.
A telling moment from the meeting:
"This is just the kind of thing that we ought to be doing," said Cogen, Multnomah County chairman, noting the focused effort to keep Rentrak in Portland by tweaking an existing tax-break boundary.
In response to Cogen's comments, PDC board member Steven Straus let out a resounding, if not awkward, round of applause. All by his lonesome.
Let's just say Cogen and Straus haven't seen eye to eye on PDC's process for moving forward a new downtown urban renewal district, as portions of their e-mails below show.
*From:* Steven Straus
*Sent:* Monday, October 11, 2010 8:14 AM
*To:* COGEN Jeff
*Cc:* Adams, Sam
*Subject:* [Approved Sender] Re: Potential New Central City Urban Renewal
Area Information
Chair Cogen
Thanks for your comments!
We have actually discussed at length the pros and cons of creating a new
Urban Renewal Area in a series of previous meetings which the previous
Chair, Ted Wheeler attended. We made good progress and the presentations and
break out meetings have been compelling. It was agreed to create a "Straw
Dog" so that the efforts of the analysis could move forward, which Chair
Wheeler agreed was a good approach. I am glad to meet with you individually,
or as part of a group to review those discussions. I agree you need to be
provided with all the economic data regarding redevelopment, and the Tax
benefits to the County.
The PDC is focused on creating jobs in Portland, that will benefit the City
and County. Urban Renew has historically been a positive economic benefit
for the City and County. Tax revenues for the County have increased through
improved property values, and the new revenue sharing law, improves revenue
opportunities for the County.
I agree a healthy discussion and debate about the benefits of Urban Renewal
are appropriate, as long as there are no political agendas. Now, more than
ever, we need to set politics aside and focus on bringing jobs to Portland
and Multnomah County. We need the City and County to work together for the
benefit of the citizens.
Let me know how I can help build consensus!
On Oct 9, 2010, at 11:12 AM, "COGEN Jeff"
At the last meeting you confirmed that the work to date in creating this 70
percent "straw dog" proposal was the precursor to the discussion of whether
and when and according to what criteria the creation of a new urban renewal
area should occur. That discussion has not yet even begun.
I am completely mystified about how the work of this committee could
conclude in 1 or 2 more meetings when we haven't even analyzed or discussed
these foundational questions.
It appears that this conversation is being short circuited. Am I missing
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Akron showed off its first-place tendencies, rallying for a pair of late runs to a 2-1 victory over Harrisburg Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game Eastern League series at Metro Bank Park. The Aeros (71-51) manufactured runs in the seventh and eighth innings — both crossed on sacrifice flies — to erase a deficit courtesy of Jose Lozada's first-inning home run. It was the seventh loss in eight games for the Senators (56-66). Harrisburg hasn't been this far below .500 since sitting 51-61 on Aug. 8, 2009.
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After Marcos Frias surrendered the tying run on a double, walk, sacrifice bunt and sacrifice fly in the seventh, Pat McCoy found similar trouble in the eighth. Jordan Henry singled, Thomas Neal walked and, after a strikeout, a bloop single to center by Jesus Aguilar loaded the bases. Jimmy Barthmaier relieved McCoy (7-2), and Matt Lawson greeted him with a go-ahead sacrifice fly to center.
Three Akron relievers, including Rob Bryson (5-3) and Preston Guilmet (20th save), combined to retire all 12 batters they faced. ... Kevin Pucetas fired five shutout innings for the Senators, scattering three hits and four walks against two strikeouts. ... Lozada's home run was his fourth this season, and all four have come from the left side for the switch-hitting infielder. ... Harrisburg turned three double plays, two of them started by the team's newest addition, 3B Anthony Rendon. The 22-year-old, who was the sixth overall pick in last year's draft, was promoted from Class A Potomac and was 1-for-4 with a single and a strikeout in his Class AA debut. Longtime Senators C Devin Ivany was released by the parent Washington Nationals to make room for Rendon. Ivany first played for Harrisburg in 2007 and appeared in 219 Senators games since then but was hitting just .212 in 49 games this season.
"That's a solid pitching staff, really good bullpen. We didn't do much offensively after Lozada's home run, and a couple of walks late in the ball game ended up burning us. They had some good situational at-bats, and they out-executed us." — Senators manager Matthew LeCroy.
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Perry Fined $1,500 by Ethics Commission
Gov. Rick Perry was fined $1,500 by the Texas Ethics Commission for failing to report rental income from a house in College Station, and for filing incomplete information regarding debts on the same property, in personal financial statements required by state law.
"This was an inadvertent error, and as soon as it was realized, the governor's personal financial statement was amended to include those items," Perry spokeswoman Katherine Cesinger said in a statement. "The Commission has since assessed a fine, which has been paid."
Perry did not, as the law requires, report income in excess of $500 from rent. According to the Ethics Commission, the total undisclosed income from 2009 and 2010 was between $7,000 and $29,995. Perry also did not disclose all of the debts and the names of banks holding notes and leases on the property.
After examining the facts and "considering the sanction necessary to deter future violations," the commission imposed a $1,500 penalty. By agreeing to the fine, Perry neither admitted nor denied any wrongdoing.
The commission was responding to complaints filed by the Texas Democratic Party last year. Those complaints followed reports from The Associated Press on the College Station home and on homestead exemptions claimed there by the governor.
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This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be increasing, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is extremely large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: #http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of _the_WP15.xls#.
Christidis, L.; Boles, W. E. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.
SACC. 2006. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: #http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html#.
Turbott, E. G. 1990. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand. Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Wellington.
Related state of the world's birds case studies
Blaker, D. 1967. An outbreak of Botulinus poisoning among waterbirds. Ostrich 38(2): 144-147.
del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. 1996. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 3: Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
Delany, S.; Scott, D. 2006. Waterbird population estimates. Wetlands International, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Gonzalez-Zevallos, D.; Yario, P.; Caille, G. 2007. Seabird mortality at trawler warp cables and a proposed mitigation measure: A case of study in Golfo San Jorge, Patagonia, Argentina. Biological Conservation 136(1): 108-116.
Higgins, P. J.; Davies, S. J. J. F. 1996. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds vol 3: snipe to pigeons. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Hockey, P. A. R.; Dean, W. R. J.; Ryan, P. G. 2005. Roberts birds of southern Africa. Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town, South Africa.
Leotta, G. A.; Chinen, I.; Vigo, G. B.; Pecoraro, M.; Rivas, M. 2006. Outbreaks of avian cholera in Hope Bay, Antarctica. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 24(2): 259-270.
Parsons, N. J.; Underhill, L. G. 2005. Oiled and injured African penguins Spheniscus demersus and other seabirds admitted for rehabilitation in the Western Cape, South Africa, 2001 and 2002. African Journal of Marine Science 27(1): 289-296.
Further web sources of information
Explore HBW Alive for further information on this species
Search for photos and videos, and hear sounds of this species from the Internet Bird Collection
Text account compilers
Ekstrom, J., Butchart, S., Malpas, L., Calvert, R.
IUCN Red List evaluators
Butchart, S., Symes, A.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2016) Species factsheet: Larus dominicanus. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/10/2016. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2016) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/10/2016.
This information is based upon, and updates, the information published in BirdLife International (2000) Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-ROM and BirdLife International (2008) Threatened birds of the world 2008 CD-ROM. These sources provide the information for species accounts for the birds on the IUCN Red List.
To provide new information to update this factsheet or to correct any errors, please email BirdLife
To contribute to discussions on the evaluation of the IUCN Red List status of Globally Threatened Birds, please visit BirdLife's Globally Threatened Bird Forums.
Additional resources for this species
|Key facts
|Current IUCN Red List category
|Least Concern
|Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
|Species name author
|Lichtenstein, 1823
|Population size
|mature individuals
|Population trend
|Distribution size (breeding/resident)
|3,620,000 km2
|Country endemic?
|Links to further information
- Additional Information on this species
- Projected distributions under climate change


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