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TRFD Chief Bobby Stewart said that each area of the county will soon be sending interested personnel to classes to help increase the number of first responders in the area.
"Medical first responders will be established out of the fire departments in Whitsett, Three Rivers, George West, Swinney Switch and Lagarto," he said.
"As more first responders become certified throughout the county, each of the fire departments will be given the opportunity to branch out and apply for their own first responders license through the state, which would allow them to organize within their own department," Stewart said.
According to Stewart, each fire department will organize their own first responders team, and the first class will be held at TRFD. After completing the classes and passing the test, each person who is certified is added to the state list of first responders, then given proper equipment and is ready to be called out.
"First responders are medics that volunteer their time to help assist the ambulance service gain quicker patient contact to help stabilize the medical needs of someone," Stewart said.
"At one time, there were over 40 medical first responders throughout the county, and we are now down to five certified at this time."
The certified first responders in Three Rivers are Glenda Riley, Steve Brosig, William Valentin, Michael Dobson and Ray Treviño.
TRFD and GWFD held a meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 20, to discuss grants to help with expenses. Grants would provide funding for the classes, as well as the money to purchase equipment for the first responders, including radios, rescue trucks and medical supplies. The cost for training is $110-150 per person.
Stewart said that grant applications will have to be put on hold for the time being.
"The class coordinator said that no more grant money is available this year, so the Emergency Service District will likely fund the first class until we can apply for a grant for next year," he explained.
Gabriel Aleman from Angel Care Ambulance Service in Beeville is set to teach the classes at TRFD.
First responders must renew their license every four years to stay current.
"First responders are the greatest help when there is immediate threat to life or in the case of multi-patient situations where there are more patients than ambulances," Stewart said.
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When the earthquake struck Japan, people in Tokyo were trapped because public transportation was disrupted. On the third day after the quake, people were taking the last remaining food from stores. After four days, severe shortages of food and water spread across the country. Then the nuclear reactor exploded.
Disasters like the earthquakes and tsunami have occurred throughout the history of this planet. But the devastation has never been more acutely felt than in our "civilized" world. A thin, brittle thread holds us in that world; when that tenuous thread breaks, we become completely helpless within days.
We now operate in an unsustainably constructed world that functions only with the aid of advanced technologies and fossil fuels. When that technology works and the energy flows, we never think about it. We travel to work, make phone calls, send emails, surf the Internet, thoughtlessly travel thousands of miles with relative ease, browse supermarket aisles surrounded by an abundance our grandparents couldn't even imagine. Life is good.
We survive and even thrive in the technological world, but we are completely helpless when that world breaks apart as it did in Japan–and New Orleans, Pakistan, Queensland. We are unable to feed ourselves without food from a supermarket, and we've polluted our groundwater so that it's undrinkable. We can't protect ourselves from the cold without fossil fuels.
Most of the time, we are oblivious of the fact that The Good Life is built on a never-ending supply of energy. But these sources of energy are rapidly dwindling. So we've resorted to using complex technological innovations, like off-shore drilling, mountaintop removal, tar sand mining and hydraulic fracking to tap into more and more difficult-to-reach places, and nuclear power, ignoring its inherent dangers. We destroy the natural world that supports all life to maintain our constructed world.
It's a world that is increasingly becoming too big to fail. Like the recently bailed-out banks, the sources and distribution of energy are centralized, owned by multinational corporations who refuse to implement alternative energy technologies. When one link in the chain breaks, as it will when fossil fuels become scarce and expensive, how will we survive? The aftermath of Japan's earthquake is emblematic of just how fragile The Good Life is.
We are at a crossroads. One road leads over a cliff; the other leads to a less frequently traveled road of viable alternatives, like windmills, geo-thermal systems and solar panels on every home, that can reduce our energy consumption and decentralize energy sources.
We can either remain deluded, desperately attempting to sustain The Good Life, despite all rational evidence that it is unsustainable and imperils us, or we can use our rational minds to implement technologies that supply energy without harming our environment. We can't rely on corporations or their puppets, the government. We'll have to do it ourselves. You and I have to take whatever action we can to counter greedy interests that insist on selling us The Good Life that will ultimately destroy us.

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|Eled the Worm Tamer
Goodbye Dragon, gone you may be, but you will live on in my book shelves. It was this hallowed publication that kindled an enduring passion for Gaming in me. I may have drifted away from D&D when the editions changed, but you have always been with me. In the Characters your pages spawned, in the heroes you inspired, in the epics you helped me weave, you will be remembered.
Goodbye Dragon, gone you may be, but you will live on in my book shelves. It was this hallowed publication that kindled an enduring passion for Gaming in me. I may have drifted away from D&D when the editions changed, but you have always been with me. In the Characters your pages spawned, in the heroes you inspired, in the epics you helped me weave, you will be remembered.
I am truly saddened by this. I hope WotC come to their senses. An online magazine could never replace what we got from these magazines.
Paizo has done an excellent job with the mags since they took over and I felt quality was on the rise as well.
I am particularly disappointed not to see the conclusion of STAP. Also, the Campaign Classics issues will be particularly missed... :(
yes fiar well old friend indeed u have saved and made many games and good times for me and many i know u will live on on my shelves and in any game i DM or play in for here after. to all gather friends here let us lift a tost to friends new and old and share in memorys of times shared quests completed and all that we love about this game and none showed that as much as DUNGEON and DRAGON.its been with us a long time fare well old friends.
|David Spencer 38
If the online mag has equal or greater page count of content, is cheaper by at least half and has the same or higher level of quality, I think WotC will do well.
Chances are, however, that at least one if not ALL of those things will not be true of WotC's offerings.
Sad day indeed. This was like a punch in the stomach.
|Bruce Callan
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|Joël of the FoS
Well, I started with Dragon magazine way back with issue 70 or so (and Dungeon since the beginning), and I can't believe it's ending. Now, all associations and ties to old school AD&D, even the faintest by proxy glimmers, has now faded to black.
Pathfinder might do just as well or better than Dragon, but Dragon can never replaced by a hatchling. The Great Wyrm has passed. Time to move on.
|Ahwe Yahzhe
Well, I started with Dragon magazine way back with issue 70 or so (and Dungeon since the beginning), and I can't believe it's ending. Now, all associations and ties to old school AD&D, even the faintest by proxy glimmers, has now faded to black.
Pathfinder might do just as well or better than Dragon, but Dragon can never replaced by a hatchling. The Great Wyrm has passed. Time to move on.
My first issues were Dragon #81 and Dungeon #1. My first (and only) published adventure was in Dungeon #32. For me, the passing of these two magazines is the end of an era, like the elves leaving Middle-Earth for good. With the excellent stewardship of these magazines under Paizo, I look forward to Pathfinder, but when I walk into my FLGS and see nothing but miniature battles and card games, I can't help but worry for the future of tabletop RPGs. This is a sad day for the hobby that's been with me three-quarters of my life.
|Derek Winston
Bwaaaah, suckage! How will I subtly broadcast my geekiness and game-ability without a Dragon or Dungeon magazine? What will hang from my bag or lay innocuously on a table for other gamers to notice and feel safe 'coming out'?
(Sorry for the gay analogy, because it's obviously no where near the same thing. But that's sort of what it's like when you are in your 30s and have a real responsible adult job. Like it or not, people look at you differently and treat you with some scorn when they find out you play 'those games.')
Although this is the end of the two big Ds, I have no doubt an independent d20 company will pick up the slack in one form or another.
Questions I hope someone will answer--
1) Will I still be able to buy back issues of Dragon and Dungeon .pdfs on Paizo (or another source)?
2) How do I choose how I'll redeem my 'excess' issues?
So long, Dragon and Dungeon. At least I still have White Dwarf.
|Taeldrin Laesrash
Wow. I can't believe this. I only jumped in at #328, but I still can't believe it's getting pulled. And to think, I had material on the waiting list. No wonder none of my later queries were accepted. I'm not optimistic about WotC's e-zine, either. Online PDFs are a pain to use, and I doubt they'll consistently update it. I hope I'm wrong. At least the refunding's decent.
I am somewhat disappointed that the magazine will be no more. I am a person who hates online reading material, perhaps reminding me too much of work every time I sit at a computer. I like to sit in my lounge chair with my Dungeon and have good old fashioned read. I really dislike printing books and magazines from my home printer.
Do I use a computer for gaming? Yes, when in game mode I do input most of the information and rules into a document to print. This information is usually from the 3.5 SRD and printed maps from the web enhancements.
I am not to comfortable with the online direction that WoC is taking with the Pen and Paper RPG's, and as I am not a fan of online subscription services it is with a heavy heart that I will be bidding Dungeon and Dragon farewell.
I have a good collection of Dungeon magazines to keep me well stocked into the future. So it is with a big thanks to Paizo for producing the Adventure paths that have occupied my gaming colleagues for months. It was these (AP's) alone that kept me coming back to Dungeon each month. The production values were of the highest standard. That said, I am certainly keeping an eye on future Paizo products as these may fill the gap when Dungeon and Dragon is no more.
Sad news indeed. I think the last couple years have been both magazines best, in a loooong time. The adventure paths have been great, something no one has come close to. And Dungeon's publishing of the Maure Castle material? They must have read my mind, because that's has been exactly the sort of suff I've always wanted from them. Paizo -- thanks for the great stuff -- and I'll be one of the first to sign up for your new periodical, and commit my $$$ to your success. As for Wizards and the new online content, I wish them the best, but I'm not one of those gamers who gets their material on the net. Niether are the other 12 or so people in our extended gaming group. One wonders where they get this information?
|Sean K Reynolds Contributor
My first issue of Dragon was around #64. At the time, as a ten-year-old kid from California I never thought I'd get the opportunity to work on D&D or have my namein the pages of Dragon Magazine. 25 years later, I'm in both (and Dungeon, too!). This is a sad day and I think it's a bad decision on Wizards' part, but I'm looking forward to what the creative people at Paizo are doing with Pathfinder. And I look forward to being a part of it.
(By the way, it would be nice if someday my name on these boards had the word "contributor" after it. ^_^)
|Thanis Kartaleon
Ya gotta find a way to finish Core Beliefs, Sean. Even if we have to establish some sort of Greyhawk underground... like a sub-sub-Canonfire...
Bootlegging Greyhawk articles and mind flayers in connected basements - with a secret entrance in the bowling alley...
|Galen Ciscell
It is with great shock and sadness I hear the news.
My first issue was #42, and I've been hooked ever since (only missing issues during the introduction of 3e and I've now bought most of those back issues).
I wish the Paizo staff all the best and look forward to Pathfinder, but it is truly the end of an era. Gaming will not quite be the same for me without the two magazines I grew to love.
I can only agree, and with zeal! These core beliefs articles were among the best I have seen in a long time, and, Sean, with all due respect, you _have_ to continue them. Core Beliefs and Demonomicon were some of the main feature I was looking forward to in Dragon. Pelor and Heironeous were especially helpful to me, as my current campaign is set in the Shield Lands, ond one of my PCs ia priest of Pelor. (Well, of course I´m selfish here, but what the hell? The articles were really very good.)
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I have purchased and subscribed to both Dragon (issue 45 to current) and Dungeon (issue 1 to current); they adorn my gaming wall in sturdy magazine boxes labeled by year. Recently, I made more shelf room to accommodate the 2007 & 2008 editions of the publications. What a great time I had collecting, reading, carting around, using, laughing at the comics, and just admiring these valued tomes. On many occasions many of them found their way into my briefcase, my business colleges astonished that a man of my age (45) continues to dabble in what they consider a childish game, fools they be.
I will sincerely miss seeing these shrink-wrapped friends arrive, truly an end of an era. However, I remain truly optimistic and foresee the day when these beloved magazines resurface back into the capable and creative hands of the wonderful Paizo staff.
For the time being, Pathfinder and all of Paizo's valued products shall line my shelves. As for WOTC, let us hope that they discover that we gamers truly love these publications - I only hope their decision will generate a product that can capture much of the excellence we have seen in the last five years.
Continued good gaming, I too share in your grief.
Shock, anger, acceptance... excitement!
Still a little shocked, but the anger faded as quickly as it appeared. I'm very excited about this!
I think that this is a great opportunity for Paizo to create their own property and not have to worry about a license. Hell, there's already been mention of a new setting. What would it take to see Paizo do rulebooks and the like too?
As a consumer, I would love to see more than just adventures. Pathfinder sounds quite lovely, but I fear it is more Dungeon than Dragon. With regard to RPGs, I would love to see Paizo develop more than just adventures and "utilities" (i.e. the crit-hit deck); though I find these wonderful, they may not satisfy my Dragon-lust for long. Let's see Paizo publish their own line of rulebooks such as Lords of Madness, Player's Handbook 2, and the Book of Nine Swords! :)
As an aspiring writer, I hope there remains an outlet for submissions. That's the part of me that's the most disappointed. :(
In short, yay Paizo! Congratulations! I can't wait to see Pathfinder. You'll have my subscription right after dinner. ;D
|Lewis Inman
I still have the original deck of many things, and although in sad state, I still have the first The Dragon magazine. I couldn't believe my eyes when I got an email letting me know that my subscription would be ending all too soon. At first, I thought it was a bad, albeit late, April Fool's, joke. Now I've sent e-mails to Wizard's (BOOOOO!!!) and Paizo. Paizo may not have always been my cup of tea, but I still think they did a very good job. Kudos for the great magazine pulled way too soon. Send e-mails to Wizard's expressing your dissapproval, it couldn't hurt. But like it was said before, they are money grubbing, and you know any e-zine they make is going to be a cheap knock off of the original. They will give us less bang for as much of our bucks as they can. Good luck with Pathfinder, wish all the faithful the best.
|Troy Taylor
|King of the Jakers
My first issue was Dragon #60 (with the Jester) and I've collected and loved both Dragon and Dungeon every since. It's hard to believe that this is happening given the great quality of these magazines over the last few of years.
I no longer have any respect for WOTC and feel more than a bit betrayed by them. Each month I looked forward to both magazines and now that little joy has been snatched from us.
WOTC for all you do this middle finger is for you.
|Lewis Inman
|The Jade
Guess what? This isn't me going through the anger stage... this is an eternal seething desire to rend. When the current owners of such a proud tradition dump on it like this...
Things were going so well. For me Paizo's reign became something of a renaissance for the game.
Without Dungeon and Dragon as a magazine I can hold I'm afraid I'm done being a consumer sucker for a company that doesn't care. I've always been loyal, and used my spare cash to pick up a wealth of harcover rules options I don't even need. Now I say, loyal to whom and why? I would have preferred an unwanted 4th edition over this. I spend many hundreds each year on this... stuff! Let's see how they like losing the thousands I would have spent. It's smooth moves like this Wizards that demonstrate to your fanbase that you're trying to starve them off by giving them less for more, seeing how long you can keep a bad strategy going while remaining in the black. And to think this was the year I was going to go to my first Gen Con.
What's their next announcement, "D&D will now be called E&E and you'll play it with fingerpuppets and improvised scripts... the rules are... there ARE no rules! Either that or it's just gonna be a card game, folks. Forty bucks please."
|Zherog Contributor
|Vic Wertz Chief Technical Officer
1) Will I still be able to buy back issues of Dragon and Dungeon .pdfs on Paizo (or another source)?
2) How do I choose how I'll redeem my 'excess' issues?
1) Yes.
2) Head on over to http://paizo.com/transition.
Okay, I understand the emotion on this site and just about every other D&D related site (this is the most together I've seen D&D geekdom in a long time), but I have to do the obligatory disclaimer here. Corporations exist to make money. That WOTC wants to make money is neither strange nor evil. Paizo isn't a charity organization itself, and I'd be willing to bet that they would like to turn a nice big profit from their endevors. And its not just so someone can get rich, buy a big house, and drive a nice car, but so that all the entry level guys can afford to buy groceries as well.
That having been said, I think that at the very least the manner in which this was announced, especially in directly conjoining the online subscription service to the demise of Paizo's tenure as stewards of Dungeon and Dragon Magazine, was a very bad start for this endevor, and may have generated enough ill will that they may have scuttled their own project before it even gets off the ground.
And just to prove that I can take shots at "the Man" as well, I'd look a little higher than WOTC. They are a game company that likes to put out games. Hasbro is a corporation that likes to collect money from subsidiaries and is likely to ask why all of its other divisions are making a profit margin of X when WOTC is only making a profit margin of .5(X) . . .
|Matthew Morris RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32, 2010 Top 8
|The Jade
Okay, I understand the emotion on this site and just about every other D&D related site (this is the most together I've seen D&D geekdom in a long time), but I have to do the obligatory disclaimer here. Corporations exist to make money. That WOTC wants to make money is neither strange nor evil.
Corporations do exist to make money, but this isn't widgets... it's a scene that does it for the love, even the contributors. They are going to lose money by underestimating the impact of this move. My prediction, a lot of money.
Oh, I know that, and I wasn't saying that anything they do is okay as long as they make money. Part of what I wanted to express is that every company needs to make money to keep functioning, and part of what I wanted to do is to point out that the buck doesn't stop with WOTC . . . they have a parent company that may be making demands or putting pressure on that we don't see here. I just don't want to see the wrong people getting beat up over this.
I would always go by the bookstore and buy the newest Dungeon and Dragon.
I will not deal with downloads. I like a product that is real, and tangible, and done. Not something I have to print out and collate myself.
I have been with Dragon for far longer than I ever would have guessed... My first issue was #32. I'm going to miss it.
Wow. Just... wow.
I haven't been collecting Dragon as long as many, but it's been a while now. And I've subscribed for several years now, even though I haven't actually played in years. Dragon was enough to keep me interested, if not playing (but that's due to a lack of players here).
And like others, I won't be even looking into WotC's online stuff. If I'm online, I'm gonna be gaming. I want my Dragon for times when I'm away from the computer, doing something else entirely.
At this point, I'm not even really angry, just really disappointed with WotC. Though I have no doubt I'll be angry later on. Bah, humbug.
Well that was sudden. A shame. I started playing D&D when the 3.0 core books came out, and started picking up dragon issues shortly thereafter to get more material during the days when it was scarce. Since then, I've scarcely missed an issue, and for the last few years, I've subscribed. I appreciate that Paizo is so willing to offer credit in so many ways, but what I really want is for dragon to keep showing up in my mailbox. I suppose I'll give pathfinder a try, but this is still very disappointing.
"Open Game License"
Give Paizo some time and some credit, something by another name will fill the void. Paizo have the skill, knowledge and experience to provide the same quality of service under another name...check out the new Pathfinder (that's what I plan to do) and have a little trust. It is sad that WotC have parted ways with Paizo, but if it didn't say official D&D magazine on the front would a Paizo magazine or 96 page monthly book be any less worth your hard earned money?
On Thursday night, approximately 7 hours after the announcement concerning the end of Dragon and Dungeon magazines, Phil Lacefield Jr., the Sales Manager at Paizo, granted Pulp Gamer an exclusive interview.
Phil talked about the end of an era, the reaction of Paizo customers, and the introduction of Paizo's Pathfinder.
You can listen to the interview at the following link:
I would always go by the bookstore and buy the newest Dungeon and Dragon.I will not deal with downloads. I like a product that is real, and tangible, and done. Not something I have to print out and collate myself.
I have been with Dragon for far longer than I ever would have guessed... My first issue was #32. I'm going to miss it.
Sparrow, I started with #40. (sigh)
|Guy Ladouceur
A very, very sad day for all in this gaming community but in all truth not that surprizing. I beleive that this was the plan of WotC from the beginning, for if Paizo was able to get their mags to gain readership then they could grab some of the current employee's of these mags an re-develop it under there name, but if Dragon and/or Dungeon were to fail, well let the cards fall as they may.
With that said, I will subscribe to Pathfinder for a year, giving them the right they have so earned to keep a part of the pie in which they have worked so diligently to gain. IF this new mag does as well as I believe it will, then at the very least Paizo should start its own campaign world in which we can someday dream in.
So in closing I will shed a tear for History
Then make a sad yet optimistic cheer to the future
P.S. To game is to live
|Polite Elliot
Dragon and Dungeon magazine have both been around for as long as I've been playing D&D and to see them go will mean there will be a empty hole in the D&D landscape :(
It was only last week I picked up 300, 304 & 305 and a bunch of pdf issues. Alas, old issues because the latest incarnation of Dragon has been disappointing (Demonomicon, First Watch and the miserable 344 issue!? (great cover though))
I'm going to miss the great articles but I'll miss the covers the most I think & the outstanding artwork over the years.
End of an era...
WTF, I go away for two friggin days, and those wankers at WotC decide to destroy two of the backbones of the gaming industry. I understand that they are a business, and are trying to make money, but now I am definitely considering never purchasing a Wizards product again. To use 2nd edition parlance, I feel like I've just been backstabbed.
What really sucks is this is where we Greyhawk fans got most of our support from. Now who is gonna show the Greyhawk love? I sure doubt it will be the bean counters at hASSbro.
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Music Mtn from Deadman Creek?
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Re: Music Mtn from Deadman Creek?
IHikeLikeAGirl wrote:DaveLanders wrote:The east ridge of Music is a wonderful scramble. If you want to avoid the ledge on Milwaukee, then you can just
come in from Cottonwood Creek on the west (the access is still supposed to be good for 2012; the rules after that
apparently haven't been decided; there is at least one thread about that on here somewhere).
I had a post asking about ascending Milwaukee from Cottonwood Creek side and the response was that there were cliffs near the summit so, you still had to go through the pass and cross the ledge. Do you know otherwise? Or are you suggesting ascending Pt 13020A from Cottonwood, then following the ridge to Pico Aislado and Milwaukee?
Sorry I wasn't more clear with my post. Yes, I meant ascending 13020 from Cottonwood Creek, then traversing to Pico
Asilado, and Milwaukee. You can descend off Milwaukee and traverse around Pico Asilado and then reclimb 13020
to get back down to Cottonwood Creek. Obviously this could be a very long day, and the weather would need to hold
because you would be up high for a long time. It may not be worth all this extra work to avoid the ledge on Milwaukee.
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Re: Music Mtn from Deadman Creek?
I can echo Steve's comments about the east risge of music and camping at sand lake. We camped at the lower sand lake at the base of Tijeras and wish we had an extra day for that one. spent some time strolling the northern shore of the lake barefoot with the soft sandy edge. We had an awesome campsite about 3-400' off the NE side of the lake. Bit of an anti-climatic grunt back up to Music Pass, but no where near as bad as the grunt leaving Holy Cross. I would do Tijeras and Music from the same approach on a return trip if more then 1 peak is your goal.
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Re: Music Mtn from Deadman Creek?
Thanks again...given all the input, and what appears to be a nasty bushwack up Deadman Creek, looks like I'll most likely try Milwaukee and Music from the east.
I may still scope out Deadman (in late June/early July) on a day trip though...if so, I'll post my findings
I may still scope out Deadman (in late June/early July) on a day trip though...if so, I'll post my findings
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Re: Music Mtn from Deadman Creek?
The west ridge of Music Mountain does not look too hard (probably 3rd class at most). I was going to return using it after climbingTierjas and then Pico Asilado but the weather got bad so I just went over the saddle between it and Tierjas instead. Getting to the base of the ridge is involved, though.
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Re: Music Mtn from Deadman Creek?
Not sure about the west ridge...I was camped by Upper Sand Lake in 2011, absolutely gorgeous and the basin between north of there between Milwaukee & Marble is very pretty. We did Tijeras, then the very fun and serious class 4 south ridge to Music's lower southern summit, had to bail down the easy class 2-3 east ridge back to the lake, because of stormclouds. I meant to get back there this past summer, but weather never cooperated on my open days, so a return this summer is in order.
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LANCASTER, Pa. – The 2012 point champions at Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway were honored on Saturday night at the organization's annual awards banquet.
The festive affair, with a crowd of more than 300, was held once again at the Host Resort & Conference Center in Lancaster, Pa.
Heading home with a couple of pieces of very large hardware and the most cash was Mike Rutherford, as the resident of Lititz, Pa. captured two point titles this season. Rutherford recorded his second track championship in the 270cc Two-Stroke Class, and he also registered the third 600cc point title of his stellar career at the banked oval in Newmanstown, Pa.
"It's all due to my car owners, Ken and Tony Kaylor," said Rutherford after he was recognized as this year's 270cc Champion. "They give me such good equipment, week in and week out…anyone could win in their cars. It's hard to believe we've been together for ten years now, and I hope we're going to be able to race together for many years to come."
Driving the potent Kaylor Petro No. 5k, Rutherford accumulated eight feature wins in 2012, and 14 of his 16 Clyde Martin starts ended with a top-five finish. One of those victories occurred in the double-point Clyde Martin Memorial Race, and he clinched the title in style, by winning the season finale` on September 15.
As he accepted the accolades for winning the 600cc championship, Rutherford acknowledged Gary and Rose Hunter, whose Hyper Chassis No. 7h propelled him to the point crown in that division.
"We really came together this season; Gary learned what I like (regarding set up) and he gave me a terrific car each night. It's been a fantastic season and I have them (the Hunters), along with Ken and Tony, to thank for it."
Rutherford notched four feature triumphs in 600cc competition, and he won the championship by almost 200 points – despite missing a race when he (along with many of the other contenders) traveled to the midwest to compete in a big event for the 600's.
In 18 Clyde Martin starts, Rutherford scored 16 finishes inside the top 10.
Reading's Richie Hartman has earned numerous 270cc Two-Stroke and Four-Stroke point titles at the Clyde. The recently completed season, though, marked the first time that Hartman came to the banquet to receive the 125cc crown.
Steering Gary Gorski's Pork Producers No. 29, Hartman authored an incredible season for himself and his car owner. In fifteen races, he never finished outside the top ten. And thirteen of those efforts ended inside the top five, with six victories – including a stretch of five consecutive wins – cementing his hold on the championship.
Topping it all off was the birth of his daughter; the first child for Hartman and his wife, Brianne.
Chip Geib triumphed in the first five point shows of the 2012 season to establish himself as the driver to beat for this year's 270cc Four-Stroke point title.
Geib, from Manheim, Pa., added a few more feature wins throughout the season, and in 14 events, he drove George Shupp's No. 15 to 13 top five finishes.
On Saturday night at the awards banquet, Geib was recognized for winning his fifth track championship in the Four-Stroke Class.
Jason Swavely, Douglassville, won his first Sportsman Class point crown in 2011. As the new season unfolded, Swavely quickly served notice that there would be no championship hangover.
Buckling into Curt Miller's No. 7c again in 2012, Swavely rocketed to victory in the season opener. He added six more triumphs during the year, including the double-point Clyde Martin Memorial Race and the lucrative Labor Day Shootout. Three of his victories came in the final five point shows to lock up his second straight Sportsman title.
Numerous special awards were presented during Saturday's awards gala, including the following:
Mark Geib Sportsman of the Year: Jeff Stelter (600cc); Christi Sweigart (270cc Two-Stroke); Craig DeSantis (270cc Four-Stroke); Shane Braxton (125cc); Jeff Hughes (Sportsman).
Rookie of the Year: Dan Lane Jr. (270cc Two-Stroke); Kory Shissler (270cc Four-Stroke); Dylan Adams (125cc); Brian Becker (Sportsman). No one declared intent to run for Rookie of the Year in the 600cc Class.
Most Improved Driver: Brent Ely (600cc); Ryan Morris (270cc Two-Stroke); Kenny Miller III (270cc Four-Stroke); Darren Miller (125cc); Curtis R. Miller (Sportsman).
Dick Greenawalt Best Appearing Car Awards: Travis Esh (600cc); Brian Sholley (270cc Two-Stroke); Kory Shissler (270cc Four-Stroke); Dylan Adams (125cc); Mark Ludwig (Sportsman).
J.S. Weld-Rite Heat Race Challenge: Shaun Brandel (600cc); Mike Rutherford (270cc Two-Stroke); Chip Geib (270cc Four-Stroke); Richie Hartman (125cc); Bret Habecker (Sportsman).
Hard Luck Awards: Chris Gerhart (600cc); Nate Weidman (270cc Two-Stroke); Steve Smith Sr. (270cc Four-Stroke); Bradley Brown (125cc); Kerry Lengle (Sportsman).
Forty-one drivers joined this year's Upside Down Club. All of them were introduced and received a special T-shirt to commemorate their tumbles.
Outgoing Lanco President Tim Bortz was given a plaque in recognition of his outstanding leadership efforts over the past four years. Bortz infused the club's operation (at the race track) with technology during his tenure. He was a terrific communicator, always making sure that important information was distributed to club members in a timely fashion.
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- TallGrass
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Re: How not to travel in the BC
pills2619 wrote:These people should all be kicked in the dick, and the guy who was buried should be kicked twice.
I'm sure that would go over well.
"I was just buried in an avalanche, immobilized in the packed snow, facing hypothermia, and lucky to have an airway to breathe while being dug out, but until some sophomore kicked me twice in the junk I never gave a second thought to what I had just done."
Gal with avy equipment, "If I'm going to be 'kicked in the dick,' how much time are you going to allow me to go home and get it?"
Not sure if I'll do more 14ers. The trip reports are too tiring.
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Re: How not to travel in the BC
pills2619 wrote:No you are not taking risks, you are just being stupid for being out there without proper recovery gear. I'm all for taking risks but this was just dumb. Imagine this if the skiers hands and face were not above the surface. It would have been a much different outcome.
And of course you can dance around what greed means to you as a skier all night long but the simple fact is when you get greedy with your risk taking you get dead. All those people who we admire are very calculated and understand that everything is calculated based on experience and confidence and a whole bunch of other stuff but if you listen to what they say they always talk about the mountain not letting them, the weather not turning. They knew when to stop.
Not too many "great" mountaineers make it to 60. A few lucky ones though. You are only considered "stupid" when something bad hits the media. Sit around with some mountaineering "legends" for a few hours and they will end up using the word luck about 100 times. They knew they were taking risks and they knew that things just happened to go favorably. I used to have a similar outlook as pills but experience and a reduction of confidence has changed my thinking. Mountaineering is still a sport of risk taking. Stupid isn't a great word for someone who may save your life one day.
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Re: How not to travel in the BC
There's risk and there's unnecessary risk. Skiing in avalanche country, with proper equipment and preparedness, is acceptable, calculated risk. Doing it otherwise is an unnecessary risk. I have little avalanche knowledge/experience/gear and whenever my friends head out into the BC, I pass. They triggered a slide up near Stevens Pass one of those times and one rider was caught in it but ended up above the surface and uninjured in the end, he had a beacon on him and prepared friends though, if I had went back there with them that day without a beacon, who knows what could have happened.
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Re: How not to travel in the BC
The skier who was buried wrote a brief synopsis on the SAC site, and ends with:
Despite the absolute comedy of errors (the primary of which was him choosing to lead a group of ill-equipped, inexperienced BC travelers into known avy terrain), you've got to at least respect the guy for allowing people to learn from his plethora of mistakes.
"I'm sure that there are many more lessons to learn from this incident. That is the reason that I chose to let Sierra Avalanche Center make the video public. My hope was that I would receive constructive criticism and maybe force other people to review their decisions and the process by which they make those decisions. I knew that we would be flamed for our mistakes, but I'll take the flames if my mistakes will help keep others safe. My hope also is that all of the flaming does not discourage others from making public their mistakes, so that we, the backcountry community, can learn from each other. We all make mistakes, some of us more than others, I am sure, but we all make mistakes. I've watched countless avalanche videos and thought, "What an idiot!" "Why'd the dude do that?" or "That guy is completely clueless." Guess this time I'm the idiot and the clueless one. Hopefully, because I chose to share this video, you won't be the clueless one if or when things go wrong."
Despite the absolute comedy of errors (the primary of which was him choosing to lead a group of ill-equipped, inexperienced BC travelers into known avy terrain), you've got to at least respect the guy for allowing people to learn from his plethora of mistakes.
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Moolooloba pre-race press conference 2016
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ITU World Cup circuit opens in Mooloolaba
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Australian women's team finalised for London 2012
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Don Takes Top Prize at Hy-Vee
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Frodeno Sprints to Victory in Seoul
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Gomez Out, Atkinson Hopeful For Mooloolaba
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Home List of Titles Evaluation of hematopoietic system effects after in vitro radiofrequency radiation exposure in rats
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/148867
- Title
- Evaluation of hematopoietic system effects after in vitro radiofrequency radiation exposure in rats
- Author(s)
- Kumar, Gaurav; Wood, Andrew W.; Anderson, Vitas; McIntosh, Robert L.; Chen, Yuen Y.; Mckenzie,Ray J.
- Abstract
- Purpose:This study was designed to investigate the effect of a 900-MHz continuous-wave (CW) radiofrequency radiation (RFR) exposure on the hematopoietic system in the rat. Materials and methods:Rat long bones (femur and tibia) were divided into two groups: Sham-exposed and radiofrequency (RF)-exposed. The mean Specific energy Absorption Rate (SAR) at 900-MHz averaged over the bone marrow (calculated by the finite-difference-time-domain ( fdtD) method) was 2 W/kg at 16.7W root mean square (rms) forward power into a Transverse Electromagnetic (TEM) cell. The bones, placed in a Petri dish containing media, were kept in the TEM cell for 30min duration of sham or RF exposure. After exposure, the bone marrow cells were extracted and the following end points were tested: (a) Proliferation rate of whole bone marrow cells, (b) maturation rate of erythrocytes, (c) proliferation rate of lymphocytes, and (d) DNA damage (strand breaks/alkali labile sites) of lymphocytes. Results:Our data did not indicate any significant change in the proliferation rate of bone marrow cells and lymphocytes, erythrocyte maturation rate and DNA damage of lymphocytes. Conclusion:Our findings revealed no effect on the hematopoietic system in rats for 900 MHz CW RF exposure at the 2 W/kg localised SAR limit value recommended by the International Commission for Non-Ionising Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) for public exposures.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences. Brain Sciences Institute
- Source
- International Journal of Radiation Biology, Vol. 87, no. 2 (Feb 2011), pp. 231-240
- Publication year
- 2011
- FOR Code(s)
- 020302 Electrostatics and Electrodynamics; 110202 Haematology; 111705 Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety
- Keyword(s)
- Bone marrow cells; DNA damage; RF radiation; TEM cell
- Publisher
- Informa Healthcare
- 0955-3002
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2010 Informa UK, Ltd.
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i am using PGNP 184.108.40.2068 licensed version. And the strange behavior occurs when i use JOIN clause against a PostgreSQL table. Let me explain:
i have two tables, one in SQL Server 2008 that contains call records for various ACD, and the other in PostgreSQL that contains the configuration parameters for an ACD.
when i want to contrast one table with the other is when i have the problem. Suppose this query:
- Code: Select all
substring(convert(varchar(24), acdcalls.call_time_start, 121), 12, 2) as hour,
acdcalls.acd_id as acd_id,
acdconf.acd_name as acd_name,
acdconf.strategy as acd_strategy,
count(acdcalls.conf_id) as gest_calls,
count(distinct(acdcalls.conf_id)) as unique_call,
sum(acdcalls.answered)as answ_calls,
sum(acdcalls.abandoned)as aband_calls,
sum(acdcalls.disconnected)as disc_calls,
sum(acdcalls.overflowed)as over_calls,
sum(acdcalls.other)as other_calls
FROM acdcalls
JOIN acdlinkedserver.voice.acd.nodes as acdconf
ON acdconf.acd_id = acdcalls.acd_id
acdcalls.acd_id in ('1904') AND
acdcalls.service_id in ('11946') AND
convert(varchar,acdcalls.call_time_start,111) >= '2011/01/01' AND
convert(varchar,acdcalls.call_time_start,111) <='2011/01/11' AND
convert(varchar,acdcalls.call_time_start,108) >= '00:00:00' AND
convert(varchar,acdcalls.call_time_start,108) < '24:00:00' AND
(acdcalls.not_ready=0 and acdcalls.busy=0)
acdcalls.acd_id,substring(convert(varchar(24), acdcalls.call_time_start, 121), 12, 2)
ORDER BY acd_name,hour
in this query i want to extract all records for a certain ACD and Service ID grouped by hours, and count and sum the different events for that records. If i run the query, it shows me only one row, for a determined hour, because it seems that the other grouped hours contains null records when contrast the data with the joined table.
This is impossible because i only contrast one ACD ID, and the configuration parameters for that ID exist on the joined table, in fact the result of the query is correct, but not complete.
I create a table in SQL Server 2008 with an exact copy of the joined table, with the configuration parameters. I change the joined table to this new one, and when i run the query, it works fine, and the result shows all the records within the grouped hours.
Any ideas for this erroneous behavior when using JOIN?


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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/68752
|Download Ke Liu Thesis (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 722 KB)
- Title
- Scheduling algorithms for instance-intensive cloud workflows
- Author(s)
- Liu, Ke
- Abstract
- This thesis focuses on algorithms for scheduling instance-intensive cloud workflows in different cloud computing environments built on different system infrastructures. Instance-intensive cloud workflows are workflows with a huge number of workflow instances (hence instance intensive) running on a cloud computing environment (hence cloud workflows). First of all, the prosperity of e-business relies on the ability to process instanceintensive workflows. A typical example of instance-intensive workflows is the bank cheque processing scenario, where millions of cheque-processing transactions need to be processed concurrently each day, while each of them is a rather simple workflow with only a few steps. Meanwhile, with the promotion of the world's leading companies, cloud computing has become an area of increasing interest. Cloud computing has many unique advantages, such as low cost, scalability, reliability and fault-tolerance, which can effectively facilitate the execution of workflows. Moreover, cloud computing environments can be built on different system infrastructures. For instance, it can be built on physically collocated grids (grid-based), or geographically distributed services (service-based). In a commercial cloud computing infrastructure with a 'pay per use' context (business-based) the execution cost should be considered as well as the execution time. Each of these different infrastructures demands a different workflow scheduling algorithm. Therefore, in this research, we propose three corresponding algorithms for scheduling instance-intensive workflows on grid-based, service-based and businessbased cloud computing environments respectively, namely, TMS (Throughput Maximisation Strategy) for a grid-based cloud computing environment, MMA (Min- Min-Average) for a service-based cloud computing environment and CTC (Compromised-Time-Cost) for a business-based cloud computing environment. TMS consists of two algorithms in order to adapt to a grid-based cloud computing environment. The first algorithm is to maximise the overall throughput by pursuing overall load balance at the instance level, while the second algorithm strives to further maximise the throughput by increasing the utilisation rate of resources within each local autonomous group at the task level. Through these efforts, an increase in overall throughput can be achieved. MMA aims at increasing the overall throughput in a service-based cloud computing environment. It establishes a fundamental infrastructure that can provide nearest neighbours to decrease the communication time significantly. Moreover, due to the importance of both execution time and transmission time, it uses a different strategy to the original Min-Min algorithm in order to improve the utilisation rate of both the execution unit and transmission unit of the workflow execution engine in order to increase the overall throughput. Designed for business cloud workflows, the CTC algorithm is targeted to compromise the time and cost through the scheduling process. For different user requirements, this algorithm can be further divided into two sub-algorithms: the CTCMC (Compromised-Time-Cost algorithm Minimising execution Cost) algorithm, which minimises the execution cost within user designated deadline, and the CTC-MT (Compromised-Time-Cost algorithm Minimising execution Time) algorithm, which minimises the execution time within user designated budget. However, both algorithms allow the user to request an acceptable compromise between execution time and execution cost on the fly. The simulations performed on Swinburne Workflow Test Environment (SWTE) demonstrate that all our workflow scheduling algorithms have better performance than their counterparts which are scheduling algorithms currently implemented in most popular workflow management systems.
- Publication type
- Thesis (PhD)
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Complex Software Systems and Services
- Publication year
- 2009
- Keyword(s)
- Algorithms; Cloud computing; Cloud workflows; Mathematical models; Scheduling; Web servers
- Coverage
- Australasian Digital Theses collection
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2009 Ke Liu.
- Thesis Supervisor
- [Yun Yang]
- Thesis Note
- [A thesis submitted to Swinburne University of Technology for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 2009.]
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Poll Result Analysis: RB Sleeper Candidate Targets
Over the last week, we posted a poll asking you which RB sleeper candidate was at the top of your targets list. The results varied throughout the week and Falcon rookie RB Devonta Freeman led most of the way, but things certainly changed after a full week of preseason games:
As you can see, the final results put 49er rookie RB Carlos Hyde at top when it was all said and done with Freeman trailing by a significant margin, although he was still way ahead of Brown rookie RB Terrance West and Seahawk second-year RB Christine Michael. Was this an overreaction to one preseason game? Are there concerns about Freeman's pass protection? Did the end of Marshawn Lynch's quick holdout sour some on Michael? Let's take a look at each player's projections (as of 8/12), what they did in the first preseason game, and news that has come out during training camp.
Carlos Hyde, SF (120 carries, 565 rush yards, 6 rush TDs, 16 receptions, 95 rec yards) – With Frank Gore sitting out, Hyde got the start in the 49ers' first preseason game and was impressive, rushing five times for 39 yards against the Ravens. He quickly showed that he's more than a between-the-tackles runner, as he [...]


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Yanks Are Shut Out By A's?
You'd Better Believe It
I still can't really believe that the Yankees were shut out by the A's last night. And A.J. picked up the loss despite pitching a helluva game. That's baseball. The Yankees lost last night 3-0.
Pitching Analysis: A.J. Burnett really pitched well. He pitched the whole game for the Yanks, 8 innings because they lost in the top of the 9th. He gave up 3 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks and he struckout 5 along the way. It was just 1 stupid inning that cost the Yanks the game, and that was the 4th.
A.J. pitched well, but got the loss.
With 1 out in the 4th, Rajai Davis hit a ball in the right-center gap that Swish dived for and missed, so it was a double. He then stole 3rd. Then they put the infield in, and Kurt Suzuki hit a grounder up the middle for a single, which scored Davis. That would not have been a hit if the infield was at normal depth. Then Scott Hairston singled and Suzuki went to 3rd. This is the part that annoyed me: A.J. started his windup to throw a pitch to Ellis, when he just bails on the windup and steps of. He balked, and the runners mved up, which meant Suzuki scored. Cheap! Then Mark Ellis doubled, and it was 3-0 A's. That's how it wound up at the end. A.J. Burnett pitched a great game. He just had some bad luck.
Defensive Analysis: The defense was very solid last night, but the 2nd inning really stood out to me. Hairston led off with a single, but tried to steal 2nd and was gunned down by the birthday boy Jorge Posada. Sweeney walked, and then Ellis came up. He hit a liner to Damon, who made a nice catch. But Sweeney did not know he caught the ball, and he was all the way at 3rd base! So the Yankees just walked the ball back to 1st, for the inning ending double play!
Offensive Analysis: There was no offense last night. For some unknown reason, Brett Tomko was unhittable. I guess he really wanted revenge! The Yankees did have an opportunity to break the game wide open, but they failed.
In the 3rd, Ramiro Pena (cutie!) singled, Jeter singled, and Tex walked to load the bases with 1 out. Now it was Arod's turn. And what does he do? On the first pitch he grounded back to the pitcher, who got the out at home and then the out at first. 1-2-3 double play. Who does that? But Arod's "at-bat," if you can even call it that, was absolutely ridiculous. He ended the inning on the first pitch of his at-bat! With the bases loaded, he should've been patient. He is the cleanup hitter. He needs to clean up, not ground weakly into a double play. CLEAN UP! GET A FRIGGIN HIT ONCE IN AWHILE! STOP LOOKING FOR KATE HUDSON IN THE CROWD AND FOCUS!!! JEEZ!
She's not gonna be there every day, Alex!
So the Yankees were shutout by the A's. A.J. pitched a great game but got the loss. Whatever. We'll gettem tonight. The Yankees lost .5 of a game last night, but they still have a 7 game lead over the smelly Sox. I want a bigger lead. GET ME A BIGGER LEAD, BOYS!
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That was a bad loss, but I think that the yanks will come back and rebound strong. They always do. Thanks for stopping by the blog.🙂
Really bad loss last night. I was so mad! Brett Tomko? The A's? COME ON! There was A-Rod's at bat, but I was also mad at Jorge for his strikeouts and at Cano for his first pitch swinging in a crucial situation. Just not good baseball by our guys! Fingers crossed for CC tonight.
Whoah! I meant my foot! Jeez, what must be on YOUR mind, little lady?😛
I don't really watch Bond movies.
Yes, well, this year is my 8th grade year, and the 8th grade teachers are really nice, but it's still going to be awful, awful school, even though this year won't be as awful as the previous year.
-It doesn't make a bit of difference, guys! The balls are inert…
Now we have 2 losses in a row, last night was a shut out… does it get worse or better, what if they are swept by the 'A's…they should make the east division a little more interesting, the BoSox have to lose as well though…looking forward to see what surprise is in store tonight…:-)
Outside the Phillies Looking In
Well I would've said my school is small, then I saw the description of your school. what, are you in the eighteenth century? xD
Love the A-ROd picture, Virginia! And yeah, the loss wasn't entirely your fault, the A's played very well.
We're gaining on you…sort of🙂
I have to say, this really suprised me. Hey, it still doesn't matter! You all are on top. Good luck. – http://tribechick.mlblogs.com/ -TC
I mentioned this on my blog but blaming Alex solely for this loss and then claiming it's because he's looking around for Kate Hudson is really, really shortsighted and letting the other 8 people in the lineup who failed off the hook. As fans, we shouldn't do that.
Alex is not the sole reason we lost this game. The offense didn't show up against a pitcher they should have smashed into oblivion. He's part of the offense, but not the whole offense. Cano had a bad at-bat, Jorge had an atrocious one in the top of the 8th……where's the slams on them? No, this was a team failure which sucks for AJ.
That was one good game gone bad, good because AJ pitched brilliantly and bad because the Yankee offense scored no runs. Hopefully both pitching and hitting will be on the same page in a good way.
Matthew Tang
Tough loss last night. :*( I wish Alex hadn't hit into that DP–bi missed chance. Thanks for reading my blog, Virgina, I'm really glad my writing appeals to you! If you want to follow the blog on Facebook I have a page for it: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Yankee-Yapping/108447142404?ref=ts
I don't even want to speak of this game… It was painful. AJ tried but his teammates could not back him up for whatever reason. I sat here with an "are you kidding me right now" look the entire time. That freakin' 4th inning! Ugh! If that never happened things could've been different. If things don't work out well tonight, I WILL open up a can of you-know-what on these guys. No mercy!
Virgiinia,Tomko seemed to be better after he left the Dodgers too. I think he went to the Padres, I can't remember. But Yankees fans shouldn't despair, the team is so far ahead. I wish my Dodgers were on a roll like the Yankees are By the way, look at my blog for some new Andre pictures.
when I saw the score and who won the game I was liek "WHAT!? Brent Tompko!? the guy that the Dodgers called Bombko because of all the homerusn he used to give up with us? My brother actually thought the Yankees had won becasue he thought Tompko was still with the Yankees. I should not remind you so just take a deep breath and relax….relaaaaaax….. I need to tell some of Dodgers that. They are too tense.
when I saw the score and who won the game I was liek "WHAT!? Brent Tompko!? the guy that the Dodgers called Bombko because of all the homerusn he used to give up with us? My brother actually thought the Yankees had won becasue he thought Tompko was still with the Yankees. I should not remind you so just take a deep breath and relax….relaaaaaax….. I need to tell some of Dodgers that. They are too tense.
Virginia. Thanks for the nice compliments on my pictures. I take many pictures during the games and post a fraction of what I take. Yesterday I took 189. I couldn't believe it. I did take several pictures of Andre when I was this close to him. He does take your breath away, for sure.
I really don't think that most of the Dodgers are tense. Matty and Manny both are very hang loose. Andre is a bit tense at times but he knows how to laugh and enjoy it too.
Ah yes, the ongoing A-rod saga… the big question STILLL IS: can he hit in the playoffs? Hasn't looked so good since his Yankee tenure started.
*Sabathia won his matchup, so we're back on track for the time being. Virginia, you HAVE to check out this debate I'm having with this Angels fan on my page lol. It's litterally a case of somebody stating that, "we spent a billion dollars on players – so the World Series should be expected, and Yankee fans are 'dumb' for being excited about it." Give it a read, I'm fighting alone here lol. The guy has a point – the win should be expected with the money we've coughed up – but do you really think we're "dumb" to be excited if we actually pull off another World Series win? I'm offended lol. Only Yankee fans have witnessed the Hughes saga, the Wang struggles, and everything that went into this season's success. Check it out…


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Rising to the occasion
By Richard A Ross
January 15, 2014 —
January 15, 2014 —
SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY—This winter the weather has unleashed a stultifying array of extremes, leaving people to wonder what is coming next. In high school basketball there can also be a great unpredictability of outcomes from game to game or season to season. That said, there is nonetheless a predictable constancy in the sport and it goes like this: great teams will coalesce, work hard and find a way to win. And as is the case each year by this point in the season, the elite teams are making their presence felt.