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This is a wound I shall bear forever.
"I am in the depths of despair." Jonathan Crombie, the raven-haired actor best known to a generation of literature lovers as Gilbert Blythe in the classic Anne of Green Gables miniseries(es), has died at age 48 of an apparent brain hemorrhage.
Bridge scene (ending) in Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel [more inside]
Bridge scene (ending) in Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel [more inside]
The Local Eyes Project
The Local Eyes Project is an effort to explore the Americas through the eyes of 12 local residents in Canada, the United States, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil, by sending them a disposable camera and asking them to take "travel photos." [more inside]
Everything you need to know about Quebec's latest student strike
What's a student strike? Can the education minister cancel the semester? How many students are in the streets? Though it may have appeared spontaneous, the student strike of 2012 took a year and a half of preparation. Since last fall, Quebec students, along with other elements of civil society such as unions and NGOs, have been mobilizing against Liberal premier Philippe Couillard's austerity policies, typified by deep cuts to public services. That mobilization led to this week's strike. [more inside]
I wonder if he lives in a valley?
The new host of Q has been announced! It's Shad / Shadrach Kabango. Some coverage at the Globe and the Mothership. [more inside]
"My business is built on everlasting trust."
Did you like 'Starlost'?
Rocket Boy was a short-lived Canadian TV series. Starring Dave Thomas, Ron James, and an assortment of Thomas' SCTV comrades. Sadly, the series is not displayable on the internet. [more inside]
Canada announces new thalidomide compensation
Canada, long considered a "global outlier" on compensation for thalidomide survivors, has announced new lump sum compensation payments. [more inside]
The perception is that it's just one disgruntled soldier
NYMag profiles American military deserters in Canada, Germany and the Netherlands.
Desertion is always a solitary choice, but it can be especially so for those who seek refuge in other countries. The deserter in exile is cut off from community, family, and country, knowing there may never be a safe way home. For the alienated troops who fled to Canada in the early years of the Iraq War, the decision seemed to offer solace. The northern border has always welcomed disaffected Americans, from the British Union Loyalists who opposed the Revolutionary War to the draft dodgers and deserters avoiding Vietnam. Between 1965 and 1975, roughly 50,000 U.S. citizens took shelter in Canada, where the Liberal Party of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau quietly embraced them. In the first three years of the Iraq War, at least 200 new American troops joined them, believing they would find the same open arms. Most of the new deserters chose to live and work in cities like Toronto and Montreal without revealing their military past; only about two dozen stepped forward publicly to request political amnesty as "war resisters."
Changes to sex ed curriculum in Ontario called "long overdue."
"We need to deal with the fact that our kids are starting to go through puberty much younger than they used to," said Sandals, Education Minister. [more inside]
How to Make Handmade Candy (SLYT)
The Sun sets on "Fox News of the North."
As of 5 am last Friday morning, Sun News went off the air. Unable to find a buyer, the controversial news network is no more. Ratings were falling, Ezra Levant kept doing stupid things, and briefly, the network gave a show to the Ford brothers (but it didn't work out).
The Measure of a Person is What They Do With What They Have
Beginning in 1920, Robert J. Flaherty spent a year in the Canadian Arctic (Port Harrison in Northern Quebec) documenting the daily struggles of an Inuk man named Nanook. The resulting feature-length film, an American silent documentary with elements of docudrama, was the first of its kind, in a style that would eventually become known as "salvage ethnography." Nanook of the North: A Story Of Life and Love In the Actual Arctic (1922) [more inside]
Happy Birthday, Maple Leaf!
Today is the fiftieth birthday of the Canadian flag. Questions have been raised, however, as to why the federal government has more or less ignored it. [more inside]
Tiny Sounds
Gone With A Trace (pop-up audio warning): a 20-min. audio documentary about photographer Richard Misrach (previously) and the objects he finds along the US/Mexico border, which are then turned into musical instruments by Guillermo Galindo. There's an accompanying photo slide on cbc's The Current site.
Dying with dignity
In a 9-0 decision, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled today that Canada's century-old legislation banning doctor-assisted suicide is unconstitutional. The decision is stayed for 12 months to allow for legal frameworks to be devised.
Parsing reports on murdered and missing indigenous women
'Yeah, I might die, but it's a pretty nice way.'
How A Chicago Man Hampered His Own Rescue From The Columbia Icefield, And What Searchers Learned From Him.
When you ask members of the Jasper Parks Canada visitor safety team if they remember the search for George Joachim, a common response is a deep sigh, and something like: "Ah yes…George." Four years later, the name still conjures head shaking and wary glances. ... Joachim unintentionally misled searchers by listing his destination incorrectly in the climber's registry, and then behaved so unlike other people previously have in his circumstance that he was repeatedly missed in the search. Parks Canada's search and rescue community considers his case a valuable learning experience and have since tweaked search protocols to account for other behavioral outliers.via BLDGBLOG: Algorithms In The Wild
Canada introduces new "anti-terrorism" powers
Canada's government on Friday introduced its new anti-terror legislation, a sweeping range of measures that would allow suspects to be detained based on less evidence and let CSIS actively interfere with suspects' travel plans and finances. [more inside]
"I can't breathe,"
On Trial for Rape by Ann Brocklehurst [The Walrus Magazine]
"Late last year, in a Toronto courtroom, a young woman faced off against the university student whom she accused of raping her in a school parking lot. The media ignored the story. This is a series about a criminal rape trial that took place in Toronto late last year. The trial lasted eight days; the judge announced his verdict earlier this month." —Ann Brocklehurst[more inside]
And Canada's most racist city is....
Maclean's brings to the forefront the dark reality faced by the country's aboriginal population. Maclean's article on Winnipeg has generated a lot of buzz in the city and beyond, and a mixed reaction. What's more, the statistics speak to those still tempted to claim the problem isn't as bad as America's race issues.
You'd think it was Dominion Day
A presentation about Ontario's lost villages, ten communities which were flooded as part of the creation of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in 1958.
I ran against Rob Ford and suffered the consequences
Young Politician Munira Abukar discusses the sexism and racism she faced as a consequence of running against Rob Ford for a councilor position in Toronto
Idle vapourings of a mind diseased
"Radio as Music"
Glenn Gould's North is an essay about the radio documentaries composed by Canadian classical pianist Glenn Gould. The most famous are the three "contrapuntal" documentaries which comprise The Solitude Trilogy [available on Spotify and can be purchased on iTunes]. What is contrapuntal radio? The Glenn Gould Foundation explained in series of short podcasts, and a glimpse of Gould's scripts and diagrams may aid understanding, as well as quotes by Gould and others about The Solitude Trilogy. Many have responded to The Solitude Trilogy, from the perspectives of a hermit, mennonite, and a collage artist, whose collage series can be seen here. As the title suggests, The Solitude Trilogy deals with isolation, quietude, loneliness, seclusion and solitude in modern life, but Gould also made documentaries on a variety of musical subjects, such as Richard Strauss and sixties pop singer Petula Clark. Most of his documentaries, including The Solitude Trilogy, are available for listening on the website of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Links below. [more inside]
The bloom is off the Wildrose
In what will no doubt live on as one of the most stunning political moves in Canadian political history, Alberta Wildrose Party (and official opposition leader) Danielle Smith, along with 8 other Wildrose MLAs, crossed the floor of the legislature to join the ruling Progressive Conservatives, under the leadership of Premier Jim Prentice. She also proposed that the Wildrose party formally merge with the PCs, which the Wildrose administration and members reject. While floor-crossings are not uncommon in Canadian politics, there has never before been a complete capitulation of an official opposition party to the governing party before. [more inside]
We eat bacon and pastries and are happy. Oh, and the North Pole is ours.
In 2012, the UN said that Denmark was the happiest place on earth. This year, Denmark returned to the UN with some nice Danish pastries, and a territorial claim to the North Pole based on its relationship with Greenland, a Danish autonomous territory. [more inside]
"East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'..."
Have you ever wanted to quit your job and head out on the open road? Perhaps long distance trucking might suit you? Yes? No? No worries. We can go on a trip right here and see what the life of a long distance trucker is really like. Being an over-the-road driver has the reputation of being tough and hazardous. Why do they do it? Schneider National 11 Western Regional. Cincinnati, OH to Toledo, OH. Jeffersonville, IN to East Chicago, IN. What truck driving is all about. A Truckers View. An Office With a View. The long haul - OTR truck driving. This trip will be North American-centric, because it's what I'm familiar with. So with that proviso in mind, let's ride. We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there. [more inside]
Toronto: A City of Permanent Renters Unless You're Really Lucky
"It's all we think about every day — that if we had just bought a house back when we first started looking, we would have overpaid, but at least we would have been in a house." [more inside]
Canadian government continues valiant fight in the war against science
"It's absurd to be forced to make an argument in 2014 about why a country needs to invest in long term basic science" [more inside]
Thomas King wins Governor-General's Award for fiction.
Thomas King wins Governor-General's Award for fiction In February, King won the British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction for The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America. On Tuesday, he won the Governor-General's Literary Award for Fiction for The Back of the Turtle, his first novel in 15 years. [more inside]
Game level: extreme
How to play the game of life when you are Black. Mike Sholars, associate editor at the Huffington Post Canada, on what it takes to "win". [more inside]
Ex-Maple Leaf coach Pat Quinn dead at 71 [Toronto Star]
"Former Toronto Maple Leaf coach and general manager Pat Quinn has died at the age of 71. Quinn died Sunday night in Vancouver after a lengthy illness, the Hockey Hall of Fame and Vancouver Giants said Monday. Quinn, who was co-owner of the WHL's Giants, was 71.
Glove Save, And A Beauty
At a Gander Flyers game against the Corner Brook Royals, a fan suffered a heart attack in the stands. The first two people there were the Mayor of Gander and the starting goaltender, Patty O'Brien, who moonlights as a paramedic. The victim is fine, Patty's a hero, and this story couldn't be more Canadian if the Trailer Park Boys were in the ambulance, feeding everyone poutine & Eric's Red beer and singing "I's The By".
Around the clock
The Green Monster: How the Border Patrol became America's most out-of-control law enforcement agency.
A long-form report from Politico.
A long-form report from Politico.
the cult of the uniform
You don't protect my freedom: Our childish insistence on calling soldiers heroes deadens real democracy [more inside]
When the famous start thinking of immortality, they call for Karsh
In Yousuf Karsh's 93 years, he had amassed more than 15,000 sittings to his name, capturing portraits of famous and worldly people. He rose to international prominence due to his portrait of Winston Churchill in 1941. At first, it was an honor for the amateur Karsh to walk up to or invite people to photograph them. After that, it became a privilege for future subjects to be accepted into Karsh's gallery. Karsh's website is a source for great insight into the photographer's life, in his own words and through his works. You can read more in this 1988 interview Karsh gave to the Paris Voice, see a few more portraits from the Smithsonian Magazine, and view an interview in three parts. [more inside]
'Islamophobia' experiment goes wrong
Actor spouts extreme views about Muslims to gauge reaction of public. In an attempt to test whether Canadians feel safe in the presence of Muslims following the fatal shooting of Corporal Nathan Cirillo by an Islamic extremist last week, director Omar Al-Bach conducted the experiment in Cirillo's home town of Hamilton to see how many people would defend a supposed Muslim from verbal abuse. (link to The Independent)
"Limitless wealth was a craft project."
The Great Paper Caper: Wells Tower (previously) reports on how one guy in Canada, Frank Bourassa, manufactured over $200 million in counterfeit U.S. twenty-dollar bills and more-or-less got away with it.
Gunmen on loose in Downtown Ottawa
The Canadian Parliament and several blocks of Downtown Ottawa are unlocked down following shootings inside Parliament Hill and at the War Memorial a block away. A soldier at the memorial was shot. One shooter is dead inside Centre Block of Parliament Hill but at least one is still on the loose. Reports that shots have been fired inside the Chateau Laurier. University of Ottawa and large chunks of downtown Ottawa are on lockdown. Said one officer: "if you can see Parliament Hill, you're not safe." Live coverage from CFRA in Ottawa. Footage of exchange of gunfire inside Centre Block (Via Globe and Mail). This comes a day after another Canadian Forces officer was deliberately killed by a car that targeted him.
On Sewing as a Universal Language
Cousu Main (which starts here) is an adaptation of The Great British Sewing Bee, and the blog of one of the participants features significant spoilers for this season. Although it's in French, the show is not hard for an English speaker to follow, just as Project Runway Vietnam (2013: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8), Project Runway Korea (2009: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...), and Projeto Fashion from Brazil--among others--make some sense to those familiar with the English-language series Project Runway Australia, Project Runway Canada, Project Runway Malaysia (2007 finale: 1-5 and 6), Project Runway Philippines (2008: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15), and Mission Catwalk from Jamaica.
All cities are mad, but the madness is gallant.
Planned cities are not a new idea (Palmanova, Italy, 1593). From Washington, D.C. (1791), to Canberra, Australia (1911), to Brasilia, Brazil (1957), planned cities have long been an urban dream (from space), perhaps most frequently applied to national capitals. But they don't always work out as planned. [more inside]
The great thing about standards...
Today, October 14, 2014, is World Standards Day! Except in the USA, where it's celebrated October 23, 2014. (Canada splits the difference by celebrating it on October 15).
Long live Þórr
In recent days, news stories have emerged about a wilderness expedition company, Amaruk, rejecting an applicant due to her religious beliefs and affiliation with a restrictive Christian evangelical school. [more inside]
GUTS Canadian Feminist Magazine
GUTS is a new online feminist magazine. Topics from the first two issues include Canadian feminist documentary filmmaking; feminist strategies for commemorating gender-based violence; "postfeminist" parliamentary political discourse; Canadian novelist Sheila Heti's genre-bender on women's relationships, How Should A Person Be?; women's paid and unpaid labour; institutionalized gender inequality in organized sport; Indigenous women, decolonization, and institutionalized racism. There's also a blog.
People should wear and eat seal as much as possible
Tanya Tagaq, an Inuk throat singer, has won the 2014 Polaris Prize for her album Animism. The Polaris goes to the best Canadian album of the year based on "artistic merit without regard to genre, sales history or label affiliation". Her acceptance speech was a little more controversial than usual for the Polaris, with Tagaq saying "People should wear and eat seal as much as possible" and "Fuck PETA." Her performance. Her acceptance speech.
Age eclipsing gender as Canada's major income gap
Age as the new inequality. Full report here.
Inuit facial tattoos
Between the Lines: tracing the controversial history and recent revival of Inuit facial tattoos.
To Find the Hand of Franklin Reaching For the Beaufort Sea
One of the Franklin Expedition ships has been found. The Franklin Expedition set off to find the fabled Northwest Passage in 1845. [more inside]
Growing Number of Canadians Unprepared For Financial Emergency
According to the Annual BMO Rainy Day Survey released today, "the percentage of Canadians that have enough savings to only cover one month or fewer has climbed to 27% - up 8 percentage points [since 2012]. For those who have one month or fewer in savings, the average fund is only $2,051. …. Three-in-ten Canadians are living paycheque to paycheque or spending more than they earn". The Huffington Post Canada reports that "[t]his comes at a time when Canada's support structures for the unemployed are growing thinner. Recent estimates show that little more than a third of Canadians who lose their jobs now qualify for Employment Insurance."
Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids
"Since 2007, Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids has invited brave Canadians to read their childhood and teenage writing… out loud in front of an audience." This summer, CBC recorded and broadcast a 10-date tour. Episodes. Podcast.


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Here are your top five performers from Week 8:
Duke: The Blue Devils are going bowling for the first time since 1994. They did it with an improbable 33-30 come-from-behind win against rival North Carolina, the program's first win against North Carolina since 2003. It was also Duke's first home victory in the series since 1998. Sean Renfree threw the game-winning touchdown on fourth down with 13 seconds remaining. It was a wild game with a fantastic finish, and will keep Duke relevant beyond October for the first time in almost two decades. Duke is leading the Coastal Division standings.
Wake Forest kicker Chad Hedlund: In a game that lacked offense, Hedlund was the Deacs' top scorer. The redshirt freshman attempted and made his first career field goal at the end of the first half, giving the Deacons a 10-7 lead. The kick was 22 yards. He then made his second field goal, a 44-yarder, on the opening drive of the second half. Hedlund made a third field goal, a 24-yarder, with 4:15 to play in the third. That is the first three field goal game for the Deacons since Jimmy Newman made three fields in the 2011 season opener at Syracuse.
Clemson free safety Jonathan Meeks: He had two interceptions in the second quarter of the Tigers' 38-17 win over Virginia Tech, including one he returned 74 yards for a touchdown. It was the first interception return for a touchdown since last season when Kourtnei Brown took one 20 yards against North Carolina, and it was the longest return by a Clemson player since 2006. Meeks also became the first Clemson player to have two interceptions in a game since 2009 when DeAndre McDaniel had two interceptions against Miami.
Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson: Give the man some credit. He fired his defensive coordinator, moved his defensive assistants around, and dominated Boston College in a 37-17 win on Saturday. Talk about a productive bye week. The Jackets snapped a three-game losing streak, finished with 563 yards and held the ball for more than 43 minutes.
Florida State running back Devonta Freeman. Chris Thompson had carried the bulk of the rushing load for the Seminoles this season, so when he got hurt early against Miami, Florida State was forced to turn to a familiar face. Freeman delivered, running for 70 yards and two decisive fourth-quarter touchdowns in the 33-20 victory. After going three straight weeks with no carries while trying to overcome a family tragedy, he has now delivered back-to-back 70-yard games. He was the big difference late against Miami.

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- The Jets have been a blitz-heavy team under Rex Ryan, but they pulled back last season. Look for them to crank it up again in 2012. The question is, do they start in Week 1 by going after Bills QB Ryan Fitzpatrick?
It's a cat and mouse game when you blitz the Bills, who spread the field with receivers and often rely on five-man protections. If the blitz doesn't get to him quickly, Fitzpatrick will find an open receiver.
The Jets tried it both ways last season, and they had more success in the first meeting. They blitzed Fitzpatrick on 21 of 31 dropbacks -- according to ProFootballFocus.com -- and Fitzpatrick had a horrible day even though he wasn't sacked. He completed 15 of 31 passes, with two interceptions. The Jets won, 27-11.
In the second meeting, the Jets dialed back the blitz, sending pressure on only 12 of 46 dropbacks, per PFF. Fitzpatrick, without injured RB Fred Jackson, played much better. He passed for 264 yards and three touchdowns, with no interceptions, and probably would've pulled out a victory if it weren't for a couple of drops in the final minute. The Jets won, 28-24.
Our conclusion: The Jets should go after Fitzpatrick. It might be a job for new S LaRon Landry, who showed terrific blitzing ability in the preseason.


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glogg currently runs on Windows and UNIX based systems. A Mac OS X version is also expected soon.
The MD5 checksums can be checked from the release emails sent to the development list.
Up to date Windows installers are available:
- 64 bits (recommended): glogg-latest-x86_64-setup.exe.
- 32 bits (older v1.0.3 only): glogg-latest-setup.exe.
It is safe to install over an existing version if you want to update glogg to the latest version.
glogg is currently tested on Windows 7.
glogg is part of all recent Ubuntu distributions. To install, simply click here: apt:glogg or install manually using the Software Centre.
glogg is part of the Debian distribution since wheezy (7.0). You can install it the usual way, which probably involve issuing something like:
apt-get install glogg
or simply following the link: apt:glogg.
glogg is part of Fedora since version 17.
Installation can be done with the usual "PackageKit" from the Administration menu, or use yum (as root):
yum install glogg
Arch Linux
glogg has been packaged for Arch Linux and can be installed from pacman.
Other Linux distributions
If you create packages for your favourite distribution, please feel free to announce them on the mailing list, they will be added to this section.
From source code
For other platforms, you can build glogg from source. The source code of the latest version is available at glogg-latest.tar.gz
Building is to be done this way:
tar xzf glogg-latest.tar.gz
cd glogg-X.X.X (replace X with the version)
qmake (or qmake-qt4 on debian/ubuntu)
make install INSTALL_ROOT=/usr/local (as root if needed)
You need to have the Qt development libraries installed (tested on version 4.8.0 and later).
For the very latest, not necessarily stable version, the source code is hosted on a git repository at <git://github.com/nickbnf/glogg.git>.
Older versions
Current as well as previous versions are available here: http://glogg.bonnefon.org/files/


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Sponsored by the Kennesaw State University Department of Psychology and Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning, the Annual Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology is an opportunity for teachers of psychology to discuss and share experiences and techniques. The conference offers concurrent sessions and invited addresses on teaching techniques and issues associated with undergraduate education. Time is also available for participants to get to know each other and establish contacts with fellow teachers throughout the Southeast. Please join us in celebrating teaching excellence in psychology through sharing best practices, innovative ideas for enhancing student learning, and interacting with your colleagues in a supportive and fun environment.
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In a recent article on Bloomberg, a market strategist at UBS uses the valuation spread of the industries with the highest and lowest P/Es to measure relative value between high P/E (growth) stocks and value stocks. While I disagree with his conclusion that high P/E stocks will outperform value stocks, I think the data shows that the valuation spread has an effect on future relative performance.
A short study by the Brandes Institute has a chart in it with the gap in valuations of growth and value stocks. This was measured by sorting stocks by P/B, then using the ratio of the median P/B in the top decile to the median P/B in the bottom decile. The correlation of this ratio to the future 5 yr returns of value stocks relative to growth stocks appears to be fairly strong.
In Jeremy Grantham's 1q 2010 letter, he discusses growth versus value and has a chart of the relative valuation of the cheapest 25% of stocks by P/B to the market. Again, this method of measuring the valuation spread appears to have a fairly strong correlation to future relative performance of value stocks vs. growth stocks.
While I don't have the historical data and can't find out exactly how high the correlation is between the valuation spread and future relative returns, it certainly seems high enough that a reasonably close guess can be derived from it.
So what relative performance can we expect from growth stocks vs. value stocks over the next several years? Currently, the ratio used to measure the valuation gap in the study by the Brandes Institute is around 11.5, which is slightly above the median of 11.1. The metric in Grantham's 1q 2010 letter is around 0.48, a little bit below the median. For both metrics to meet their median level, value stocks would have to outperform growth stocks by a small amount.
And back to UBS's forecast of growth stocks outperforming value stocks, I think there are a few possible reasons I came to a different conclusion.
- I used P/B, not projected P/Es. The earnings in the denominator are more volatile than book value and the P/E can often be at levels that do not make sense. Also, projected earnings are often very different from actual earnings.
- I used the spread between stocks instead of the spread between industries.
So in conclusion, when the spread between valuations of growth stocks and value stocks has reached an extremely low point, than growth stocks have outperformed value stocks. Thus, even though it may sound counter-intuitive, growth stocks can become cheap relative to value stocks. Although this is possible, it is unlikely that this is currently the case.
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Brewers Announce Complete Schedule for 2016; Updated Schedule Includes Home and Road Game Times
Today we announced the complete schedule for the 2016 season, which includes all home and road times.
The Brewers open the regular season at home against the San Francisco Giants on Monday, April 4 at Miller Park (1:10 p.m.) in the start of a six-game homestand over seven days. The season-opening homestand concludes with a weekend Interleague series against the Houston Astros.
The first road trip of the season features a three-city trip, spanning eight games over nine days, while traveling to St. Louis (April 11-14), Pittsburgh (April 15-17) and Minnesota (April 18-19).
The Interleague schedule features games against each team in the American League West Division, as well as four games in the border battle against the Minnesota Twins. The Interleague schedule begins against the Houston Astros at Miller Park from April 8-10, and continues with a four-game home/away series against the Twins from April 18-21. The Crew will take on the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for three games from May 2-4 at Miller Park, and will face the Seattle Mariners over a three-game series from August 19-21 at Safeco Field. The team also plays a pair of two-game series against the Oakland Athletics – June 7-8 at home, and two weeks later, June 21-22, at O.co Coliseum. The Brewers conclude Interleague Play with a three-game trip against the Texas Rangers from September 26-28 at Globe Life Park in Arlington during the final week of the regular season.
The Brewers will play at home on Memorial Day, May 30 vs. St. Louis and Labor Day, September 5 vs. Chicago-NL. The team will visit the nation's capital for the Fourth of July to open a three-game set against the Nationals (July 4-6).
Most weekday night games at Miller Park will start at 7:10 p.m. (May 2, July 25, and Monday night games in August will start at 6:20 p.m.). Weekday day games at home in April and May will start at 12:40 p.m. (except for Opening Day and Memorial Day, which will start at 1:10 p.m.). Sunday games and weekday day games at Miller Park from June through September will start at 1:10 p.m. (except Wednesday June 1, which will start at 12:40 p.m. and Labor Day on September 5, which is a 12:10 p.m. start time). Most Saturday home games will begin at 6:10 p.m.
All game dates and times are subject to change.
Brewers Announce 2014 Schedule; Opening Day set for Monday, March 31 at Miller Park
Today, we announced the schedule for the 2014 Brewers season, the 45th season for the Club in Major League Baseball. The team will open 2014 at home against the Atlanta Braves on Monday, March 31 with the start of a brief three-game homestand at Miller Park. The Brewers will then travel to Boston to play the Red Sox for three games, April 4-6, and to Philadelphia for a three-game set over four days with the Phillies, April 7-10.
In addition to traveling to Boston, the Brewers' Interleague schedule will feature games against each team in the American League East Division, including a three-game weekend series against the New York Yankees at Miller Park from May 9-11. The Baltimore Orioles make a visit to Miller Park for the first time since the 2008 season when the teams meet from May 26-28. The following week, the Brewers will play back-to-back two-game series with the Minnesota Twins – June 2-3 at Miller Park and June 4-5 at Target Field.
The month of July begins with a two-game road series at Toronto and ends with a three-game series at Tampa Bay (Milwaukee last played in Toronto and Tampa Bay during the 2005 season). The Blue Jays will travel to Milwaukee for a two-game series at Miller Park from August 19-20 to close out Interleague play.
The longest homestand in 2014 will be 11 games from September 4-14 against St. Louis (4g), Miami (4g) and Cincinnati (3g). The team will have one 10-game road trip that will take place at Chicago-NL (May 16-18), Atlanta (May 19-22) and Miami (May 23-25). The final two road trips of the season include a pair of 9-game, 10-day trips. The first of the final two trips will take place in San Diego (August 25-27), San Francisco (August 29-August 31) and Chicago-NL (September 1-3), and the second will take place in St. Louis (September 16-18), Pittsburgh (September 19-21) and Cincinnati (September 23-25).
The Brewers will play at home on Mother's Day, May 11 vs. New York-AL; Memorial Day, May 26 vs. Baltimore; and Father's Day, June 15 vs. Cincinnati.
The Brewers will also play a pair of exhibition games before the start of the season at Miller Park against the Kansas City Royals. The two teams will meet Friday, March 28 at 7:10 p.m. and Saturday, March 29 at 1:10 p.m.
Weekday night games at Miller Park will start at 7:10 p.m. Weekday day games in April and May will start at 12:10 p.m. (except Memorial Day which is a 1:10 p.m. start), while all Sunday games and weekday day games from June through September will start at 1:10 p.m. Saturday home games will begin at 6:10 p.m. (note – several Saturday game times will be announced at a later date).
All game dates and times are subject to change and road game times will be announced at a later date. Click this link to download your copy of the 2014 Brewers Schedule.
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In a couple of days, the American populace will elect the next President. Numerous self-identified "progressive" voters have endorsed the Obama campaign, stating that while Barack Obama is certainly not perfect, he is far better than Mitt Romney. However, one of the major areas that have been largely ignored is Obama's foreign policy record in the Middle East.
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She previously starred as Lorelei Lee, the diamond-loving blonde made famous by Carol Channing, in the Encores! Production of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," to which she earned rave reviews. Additionally, her voice was featured as Rosetta in Disney's "Tinker Bell: Secret of the Wings." She's previously recorded vocals in Disney's "The Secret Life of Magic Gourd," "Phineas & Ferb," "Glenn Martin DDS," "American Dad," "Tinker Bell and the Pixie Hollow Games," "Robot & Monster" as well as singing as Snow White in the film "Shrek the Third." Hilty can be heard in the animated film "Dorothy of Oz" with Kelsey Grammer, Hugh Dancy and Lea Michele. She can also be heard alongside Placido Domingo on the opera star's duet album.
A native of Seattle, Hilty moved to New York City after graduating from the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University, and quickly made her Broadway debut as Glinda in "Wicked." She went on to perform the role in both the national tour and in Los Angeles.
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The last thing the Boston Celtics need is another serious injury, especially to Paul Pierce.
So it's a good thing the forward doesn't believe he's badly hurt, after spending the fourth quarter of Sunday's 108-89 loss to the New York Knicks with his right shoe off and a bag of ice on his ankle.
"It's just a little sore," Pierce said, according to ESPN Boston. "I turned it in the first quarter. It shouldn't be a problem."
If Pierce really did get hurt in the first quarter, like he says, the injury probably isn't a big issue. He finished with 24 points, 15 rebounds and five assists against New York, basically representing half of Boston's two-man offense along with Jeff Green. According to Basketball-Reference.com, it was just the eighth time in Pierce's career he corralled at least 15 rebounds, including playoffs -- and the first since Nov. 1, 2006, when Pierce's fellow Boston starters included Wally Szczerbiak and Sebastian Telfair.
Despite brushing off the injury's severity, Pierce could get a rest soon, perhaps even Monday when the Celtics visit the Minnesota Timberwolves. Head coach Doc Rivers said he will "probably" elect to give Pierce the night off.
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Nikki Benz
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Nikki Benz in 2012
December 11, 1981
Mariupol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union[1]
|5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[3]
|105 lb (48 kg; 7.5 st)[3]
|No. of adult films
|217 (as a performer)
1 (as a director)
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Nikki Benz (born December 11, 1981) is the stage name of an award winning Ukrainian Canadian pornographic actress. She is also a 2010 Penthouse Pet who was selected as the 2011 Pet of the Year.[4] In May 2014 she announced her candidacy for mayor of the city of Toronto although she had cancelled her nomination afterwards herself.
Early life[edit]
Benz was born in Mariupol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union.[1] Her father's family was Canadian.[5] At age 7, she emigrated to Canada with her parents.[2] She was raised in Toronto.[2][5]
Benz worked as a swimsuit model and stripper prior to her porn career.[3][5] She entered the adult film industry by e-mailing porn director Jim Gunn, who introduced her to Frank Kay, the president of Pleasure Productions.[3] She signed with Pleasure Productions in January 2003 and made her first on-screen sex scene in Strap On Sally 20 with Gina Lynn,[6] and her first boy-girl scene with Ben English in The Sweetest Thing.[7] After completing her contract, Benz moved to Los Angeles and signed with Jill Kelly Productions in September 2004.[8] Benz signed a contract with TeraVision in September 2005.[9]
Benz has been featured in many popular adult magazines including Penthouse, High Society, Genesis, Fox, OUI, Cheri, Hustler, Club and Club International. She is the Penthouse Pet of the Month for April 2010, and was also the magazine's cover girl and feature in the May 2008 issue.[10] Benz was named Penthouse Pet of the Year 2011.[4] She was also the cover girl of Xtreme Magazine for January 2014.[11]
Along with Lisa Ann and Sean Michaels, Benz co-hosted the XRCO Awards in April 2010.[12] Benz has made several appearances on the FoxSports.com show Cubed, playing a wise-cracking, sports-savvy cleaning lady.[13]
In 2012, Benz was featured in a video game, Saints Row: The Third - Penthouse Pack, released by Volition.[14] She also was in a music video, Lose Yourself.[15] In 2013, she appeared briefly in the film Pain and Gain.
She appears in the dramatic film My Trip Back to the Dark Side, which was directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Shane Stanley. The film also stars Jason Pace, Sean Young, Courtney Gains and Betsy Russell from the Saw franchise.
Other ventures[edit]
Benz owns and operates her own company, Nikki Benz Inc., and produces content for her own website in addition to her work for the production company Brazzers.[16]
She hosted a show on KSEX called Contract Superstars alongside Lacie Heart, Ashley Steele, Stormy Daniels and Tyler Faith, but quit citing "time constraints".[17]
Benz and fellow adult performer Alexis Texas decided to advocate for gender equality, supporting female toplessness by Times Square performers, by exposing their breasts in Times Square.[18]
Toronto mayoral campaign[edit]
In May 2014, Benz announced her candidacy to run for mayor of the Canadian city of Toronto via her Twitter account.[19] The announcement was subsequently covered by the Huffington Post, TMZ,[20][21] and in a Playboy.com interview.[22] The news also gained international attention via Yahoo France, Britain and Finland.[16] On May 28, 2014, Benz tried to submit her application to run for Mayor of Toronto but the city would not accept her application because her Ontario driver's license had already expired. It was not known at the time whether she would reapply to run for mayor.[23] In the Playboy interview, Benz discussed various campaign issues including gay rights, economic stimulation for the city, and public transportation.[16] Her platform included supporting and raising funds for the Downtown Relief Line, a proposed addition to Toronto's mass transit system.[16] She also commented on former mayor Rob Ford's substance abuse and his break from campaigning while he attends to his drug rehabilitation.[16] Ford was videotaped twice smoking what appeared to be a crack pipe and later admitted to using the illegal substance.[24] In the interview, Benz cited her honesty and transparency, her love of her [home town] city, and concern for its people. She also vowed to donate half of her salary as mayor to a cause chosen by its citizens.[22]
Awards and nominations[edit]
- 2006 AVN Award nominee – Best Couples Sex Scene, Video – Take No Prisoners[25]
- 2006 AVN Award nominee – Best Supporting Actress, Video – Jack's Teen America 2[25]
- 2006 AVN Award nominee – Best Tease Performance – Take No Prisoners[25]
- 2008 AVN Award nominee – Best Three-Way Sex Scene – Meet the Fuckers 6[26]
- 2008 F.A.M.E. Award finalist – Hottest Body[27]
- 2009 F.A.M.E. Award finalist – Hottest Body[28]
- 2010 XBIZ Award nominee – Female Performer of the Year[29]
- 2010 XBIZ Award nominee – Crossover Star of the Year[29]
- 2010 XBIZ Award nominee – Pornstar Website of the Year – NikkiBenz.com[29]
- 2010 AVN Award nominee – Best All-Girl Three-Way Sex Scene – Penthouse: Slave for a Night[30]
- 2010 F.A.M.E. Award finalist – Hottest Body[31]
- 2010 F.A.M.E. Award finalist – Favorite Breasts[31]
- 2011 Penthouse Pet of the Year[32]
- 2011 NightMoves Award winner – Best Feature Entertainer (Editor's Choice)[33]
- 2012 AVN Award nominee – Best Crossover Star[34]
- 2012 Nightmoves Award winner – Best Feature Entertainer (Fan's Choice)[35]
- 2013 XBIZ Award nominee – Crossover Star of the Year[36]
- 2013 AVN Award nominee – Best Pornstar Website – NikkiBenz.com[37]
- 2015 XBIZ Award winner – Crossover Star of the Year[38]
- 2016 AVN Hall of Fame inductee[39]
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School board questions retire/rehire program
Langley Middle School students began the new year with a substitute counselor. But he isn't a new face.
Steve McLeod returned to his position as an LMS counselor, but as a substitute only, when the South Whidbey Board of Education did not approve his rehire following his retirement this spring.
McLeod unwittingly sparked debate during the Aug. 25 board meeting about the state's Retire-Rehire law.
"It is the philosophy. I have a problem with potentially having someone unemployed that could come in and do the job," said board president Ray Gabelein at the meeting. "I just have a concern that there is someone out there that will be unemployed if this goes on continually across the state of Washington. It adds up."
The Retire-Rehire law, passed by the 2001 Legislature, was viewed as a way to encourage retired teachers to fill vacancies that districts couldn't otherwise. The law allows any members of the Teachers Retirement System who has been retired for one month to be rehired up to 1,500 hours a year, the equivalent of a school year.
The law also allows retire-rehire teachers to draw their retirement pension and earn a wage at the same time.
Lawmakers approved the provision as one way to reduce the teacher shortage, particularly in hard-to-fill positions. It was not intended as a retirement enhancement bill.
McLeod retired in June, after 19 years with the district and 22 years as a teacher. He reapplied, competed against other applicants and was selected for his position by a five-member hiring committee in August.
But the board, by a vote of 4-1 said 'no' to McLeod's hiring.
The motion to approve the hiring failed because of legal concerns and philosophical views expressed by members of the board, in spite of the fact they had approved another retire rehire position during the Aug. 11 workshop.
McLeod said the decision baffles him, but said he does not believe it was anything personal.
"I haven't had any feedback as to why I am not the best choice which leads me to believe the board has made this decision for other reasons, unknown to me at this time," he said.
South Whidbey has one teacher, Darrell Posch, a retire-rehire candidate, who was rehired last year and again this year with approval of the board.
Board members requested clarification of the state law from the district's attorney, Mike Hoge before Posch's rehire was approved on Aug. 11. During that meeting Gabelein said he supported that retire rehire because that person "has been in the program previously."
But it's a different story for McLeod.
McCleod was selected as the top candidate from a final group of five applicants by a hiring committee consisting of district administrators and teachers.
During the Aug. 25 school board meeting meeting, the board voted not to authorize his rehire because of concerns of possible legal issues relating to changes in the law and philosophical questions it.
Director Barbara Schneeman said she had a question about the attorney's legal response.
"I read what it said but it is confusing to me," Schneeman said.
Schneeman pointed out there have been several high profile challenges, like in Lake Stevens schools, that went against the district.
Blanton attempted to reassure the board.
"We have gone through this before," he said. "We have exhausted our avenues to check for its inappropriateness."
Teacher and state public employee retirements are administered by the Department of Retirement Services for the Teachers Retirement System and the Public Employees Retirement Systems (PERS). There were 3,823 teachers participating in the retire rehire program between July 2002 and June 2003.
Board President Ray Gabelein assured the board that his problem with retire rehire does not pertain to the person in question.
Director Jim Adsley said he had a quite a few concerns.
"But when we have a total of 12 applicants for a position, it is hard for me to believe that one of those people wouldn't work, or frankly some of the people," Adsley said.
Although McLeod is continues to just substitute as a counselor, it's business as usual.
"We have the same goal every year, to get our students in the right classes within the first few minutes of the first day," McLeod said.
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It's Christmastime, and the precocious Flavia de Luce—an eleven-year-old sleuth with a passion for chemistry and a penchant for crime-solving—is tucked away in her laboratory, whipping up a concoction to ensnare Saint Nick. But she is soon distracted when a film crew arrives at Buckshaw, the de Luces' decaying English estate, to shoot a movie starring the famed Phyllis Wyvern. Amid a raging blizzard, the entire village of Bishop's Lacey gathers at Buckshaw to watch Wyvern perform, yet nobody is prepared for the evening's shocking conclusion: a body found, past midnight, strangled to death with a length of film. But who among the assembled guests would stage such a chilling scene? As the storm worsens and the list of suspects grows, Flavia must use every ounce of sly wit at her disposal to ferret out a killer hidden in plain sight.
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"If ever there was a sleuth who's bold, brilliant, and yes, adorable, it's Flavia de Luce." (USA Today)
"Outstanding performance of a delightful story"
The Flavia de Luce stories are wonderfully read by Jayne Entwistle. I started this series with the audiobook and have not been able to read them. The listening experience is far superior. Entwistle does a fantastic job of bringing Flavia's emotions to life and every second of this story is pure joy.
Interesting characters keep the story going while the listener tries to predict what will happen next. This series is a great set of mysteries and the characters are wonderful.
My favorite scenes usually involve multiple characters because Entwistle does such a great job with their voices.
I could hardly force myself to stop listening as the story progressed.
This is an excellent series for older children who like mysteries. Flavia is an 11-year-old chemistry prodigy whose family has some interesting secrets. I just love these books and can't wait for another one!
Loved it! I'd even pay for it with real money. Great series and excellent narration!!!!
"predictable characters/story but beautiful writing"
The writing (words actually used) is too mature for the younger crowd but the story line is too young for the older crowd. So, it doesn't really fit...
The main character is delightfully precocious but is mentally way beyond her age as the author tells it. (i.e. she notes a look of "contempt" on a man's face. Eleven year-olds -- even very smart ones -- are highly unlikely to note such a look, and even if they did, they wouldn't use the word contempt to describe it. I don't know many forty year-olds who really know what that word means.)
The writing is descriptive -- which I like, but some might think it unnecessarily wordy. And the dichotomy of characters being all good or all evil quickly gets boring.
The author puts every character into their neat little box: the curmudgeonly widowed father, the haughty butler, the simple cook, the mean older sisters, the evil actress, the jocular movie set manager. All laid out within the first few chapters -- all that is left to learn is the how-of-it. Not much fun when you're looking for a good who-dun-it. And because of the perfect boxes there are no character surprises to bring on a little serendipity.
(Narration was very good.)
"A Flavian Fan"
Ok, I admit I am a Flavia de Luce fan! She is a remarkable 11 year old girl who uses her powers of observation and love of chemistry to solve crimes. The narrator does a great job presenting Flavia's quirkiness. I hope there will be more Flavia stories--I'll download them as soon as they are available!
"Another Great Flavia de Luce Adventure"
Alan Bradley's precocious heroine, Flavia de Luce is refreshing. His books are definitely originals, including the titles. I have enjoyed all of Mr. Bradley's books, both in print and audio, and Jayne Entwistle's narration is flawless and perfect for all the characters, especially Flavia's. Please, whoever decided narrators, I beg you to do all possible to keep Ms. Entwistle as the narrator of this series.
For anyone who has not read any of the Flavia de Luce books by Mr. Bradley, I recommend starting with the first one, "Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie" and continue to read/listen to them in order. While each book can stand alone, a deeper appreciation for the characters is achieved by reading each book in the order they were written.
Previous Flavia adventures had her riding all over the countryside around Bishop's Lacy on her trusty bicycle, Gladys. I am Half Sick of Shadows is set almost entirely in the big, deteriorating mansion the de Luce's call home and Gladys has been put away for the winter. A parade of strangers and locals find themselves trapped in the mansion on Christmas Eve due to a huge snowstorm....and there is a murder to solve! Flavia does her usual magic with chemical concoctions and her keen deductive mind to come up with the answers, but not without some hard knocks along the way.
If there had been more stars to add to the ratings, I would have done so.
"Loved it!"
I'm a huge fan of the Flavia series, but this is the first one that I've heard on audio. I thought that Jayne Entwistle did a great job! The actual mystery wasn't great, but I love Flavia's character and listening to how her mind works!
Yes, but I would definitely start with the first book in the series.
Flavia, of course!
"Love this series"
I've read all of the previous books in the series but this is the first one I've listened to. I loved Ms. Entwistle's portrayal of Flavia...it was the voice I'd been hearing in my head.
It is always interesting to see how Flavia manages to find herself in the middle of mayhem.
If I had the time.
A good read!
"I love these books!"
I'm sure the books are fun to read, but what really makes it for me is Jayne Entwistle. No one else could "voice" Flavia so perfectly. Not inseparable from reality (I mean a child who is an expert in chemistry and poisons?), but who cares. The story goes on to make me feel like I'm running around solving mysteries with her and her rickety bike (I wonder if Gladys could carry us both?). Read the books, or better yet, listen to them.
"Flavia is a delight!"
I always look forward to the latest Alan Bradley audiobook, and this one does not disappoint.
Jayne Entwistle perfectly captures the eccentric Flavia, who reminds me of a talented-and-gifted version of Wednesday Addams from the Addams Family cartoons--an eleven-year-old chemistry nerd loaded to the gills with irony.
"Flavia does it again"
Flavia is fresh voice amongst all the jaded detectives out there. She's a wonderful mixture of cleverness and naivete. I am looking forward to next Flavia story.
Flavia, of course. She's a breath of fresh air.
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Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have achieved a feat in synthetic chemistry by inventing a scalable method to make complex natural compounds known as "polyhydroxylated steroids." These compounds, used in heart-failure medications and other drugs, have been notoriously problematic to synthesize in the laboratory.
The researchers demonstrated the new strategy by synthesizing ouabagenin [wa-bah-jenn-in], a close chemical cousin of ouabain, which Somali tribes once used as a potent poison on the tips of their arrows but was later developed as a treatment for congestive heart failure. This achievement, reported in the January 4, 2012 issue of Science, points the way to a scalable formation and modification of a variety of useful compounds that had been obtainable in significant quantities only from plants or animals.
"Previous synthetic routes to these compounds required so many steps as to be impractical on a large scale," said Phil S. Baran, a professor and a member of the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology at TSRI, "but we were able to come up with a completely new strategy."
Looking for Answers
The Baran laboratory has a longstanding interest in the practical and scalable synthesis of complex natural products. The group's latest achievement was stimulated by a request from a Denmark-based drug company, LEO Pharma, whose chemists sought an efficient way to make complex, bioactive steroids. "We decided to go for the most complex member of the family, ouabagenin, which is probably the most polyhydroxylated steroid known on planet Earth," said Baran.
Polyhydroxylated steroids have four carbon-based rings and are adorned with several hydroxyl groups, giving these molecules a high oxidation level and making them very difficult to synthesize and modify using simple methods. "Ouabagenin has six of these hydroxyl groups, which also exist in a lopsided orientation," said Hans Renata, a graduate student in the Baran laboratory who was first author of the study. "This confers a strong directionality on ouabagenin molecules, so that they tend to stick even to inorganic material such as laboratory glassware, especially on small scale."
In 2009, the Baran laboratory reported in Nature a holistic approach to synthesizing a class of natural products called terpenes (for an article describing that discovery, see http://www.scripps.edu/newsandviews/e_20090518/baran.html). This approach includes a laboratory "oxidase phase" that relies on the direct incorporation of functional groups (such as hydroxyl groups) into carbon–hydrogen bonds to reach highly oxidized terpene targets. Since steroids form a sub-category within the terpene family, the scientists hypothesized that these guidelines for terpene construction should apply to the synthesis of steroids, and in particular, to ouabagenin. Organic chemists have traditionally propagated functional groups from one carbon atom in the molecule to an adjacent carbon atom, which could result in lengthy syntheses; a previous synthesis of ouabagenin had been completed by another research group in 2008, but in 41 steps. The Baran group sought to incorporate the logic of carbon–hydrogen functionalization and long-range functional group transformations for a completely new strategy toward ouabagenin.
Only 21 Steps
Putting this idea into practice, Baran and Renata devised a series of reactions to convert a common, cheaply available steroid, cortisone acetate, into ouabagenin. The process uniquely combines two broad strategies—redox relay and oxidative stereochemical relay—which essentially propagate functional groups to desired locations within the molecule to enable rapid modifications from the starting material to the final target. "From cortisone acetate to ouabagenin took us only 21 steps," said Renata.
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CINCINNATI -- Jason Bay hit his first home run since July 18 on Thursday night. It only seemed like it had been longer.
In a season he would sooner just forget, Bay homered, singled and scored twice in four at-bats in an 8-4 victory against the Reds at Great American Ball Park. Bay's 356-foot homer to right field in the sixth inning off Homer Bailey gave the Mets' rookie starter Matt Harvey a 4-0 lead.
"Obviously everybody is rooting for him so it was nice to see Jason get a couple of hits and contribute with the home run," said manager Terry Collins. "He's a good player. I'm telling you, if we can jump-start him somehow, some way he's going help."
Bay should be back in the lineup Friday night when the Mets open up a three-game series at Washington. Left-hander Ross Detwiler will be starting for the Nationals.
Bay came into the game hitting just .150 in 44 games. Injuries have limited his time and the Mets have been platooning him with rookie Jordany Valdespin against right-handed pitchers. The home run was Bay's sixth of the season.
"I've been adjusting to the role I'm in now and it's actually provided me a little more time to work on some things and to go out there and have some results because of that," said Bay. "I've felt good before with no results so to get a couple of results and provide a little spark hopefully, that flint that hopefully gets you going."
Bay's two hits also gave him his first multiple-hit game since July 18.
The eight runs scored by the Mets on Thursday were the most by the team since Aug. 2 when they beat the Padres 9-1 in San Diego. They scored multiple runs in three innings Thursday.
"It's been eight, nine games pretty stagnant offensively," said Bay. "That's something when we were going good we weren't putting up 10 (runs) but we were putting up five or six and getting good pitching. We haven't been doing much of anything lately. It was kind of nice to have a little bit of a breather."