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The Walking Dead ReviewBy Alex Rubens - Posted May 03, 2012
A New Day is an exceptional start to a five-part series that has me completely hooked and engrossed in a world that I can't even begin to imagine, let alone speculate about where it will go next.
The Pros
- Beautiful hand-drawn art-style
- Immensely deep and emotional characters
- Tough gameplay decisions that change the way the game plays out
- Perfectly captures what makes The Walking Dead so great
The Cons
- The gore might be enough to put some players off
The Walking Dead Review:
There's something to be said about a game developer that takes on the videogame adaptation of one of the biggest franchises out there right now, knowing full well that they have to make it amazing to satisfy fan's desires and make up for the mistake that was their last title. Yet despite this monstrous feat, Telltale Games still decided to take on The Walking Dead and I'll be damned if they didn't do a brilliant job setting up the series with an amazing first episode.
If you're familiar with Telltale's take on adventure games, the same formula applies here. The Walking Dead is a beautifully drawn episodic point-and-click adventure game, with A New Day being the first of five episodes. The title is very foreshadowing of the events about to unfold, but then again, I guess that's the idea. A New Day clocked in right around three hours for me, so it's safe to say that the full experience will end up running close to fifteen hours. These three hours are exceptionally story and character dependent, as is the nature of the game, so I'll keep things basic and avoid most spoilers.
Look, in the road!
The game opens on Lee Everett, a convicted felon on his way to the big house, who is stuck with a ride from the world's most talkative police officer. As they're driving down the Atlanta highway, the officer can't help but question Lee, claiming that he believes he's innocent and all sorts of mumbo-jumbo. Out of nowhere, the car hits a person walking out the middle of the highway and flips into the embankment. Lee come to and escapes, only to find the officer dead on the ground – or so he thinks. The officer springs to life and starts clawing at him. Lee has to make the choice to shoot him, not knowing what is happening. The shot echoes throughout the embankment and, unfortunately for Lee, calls a horde of 'walkers' right toward him.
Without giving any more of the story away, he must find help and get away from Atlanta, all while coming to terms with what is happening. He meets plenty of characters from the comics and TV show along the way, but it's clear that this is meant to be a separate group of people. More importantly, he meets Clementine –a small child hiding in a tree fort– whom he befriends and promises to take care of until they can find her parents.
There aren't many child characters in games who manage to be anything but an annoying crutch, Clementine is the exception. Her relationship with Lee is so extremely personable and heartfelt that I felt the immediate need to protect her and make my decisions based on what is best for her. Sure, he isn't her father, but as the story progresses, they start to treat each other as such and I found it to be one of the most 'human' parts of the game (no pun intended).
Decisions, Decisions
The core gameplay of the adventure game remains in tact, you walk around clicking on items in the world to solve obstacles that are put in front of you, with quicktime events that require you to stomp a zombie's face in or choose which member of the crew you want to save. But there's another layer of gameplay that makes actions much more meaningful and actually alter the way that you choose to play the game. Dialogue between characters is a significant portion of the gameplay and the way that the story plays out will change depending on the choices that you make. It isn't as simple as "choose X to have it play one way, choose Y for the other" either.
These dialogue options fit right into the conversation at hand, but often have you choosing very definitive sides. In one instance, I sided with a particular character that directly contradicted what another was for. It didn't seem like anything came out of that, but later in the episode, the character that I sided against betrayed me and left me for dead, barely leaving enough time for my friend to come back and save me. This was a situation that could have played out differently and will, depending on which side you choose to take. Throughout conversation, answers that seem meaningless trigger other characters to make mental notes (designated by a little notification) and these can change the outcome of your character's path.
Telltale wants to so strongly get across that life is full of difficult choices that can come back to haunt you. It's filled with situations that might not seem like much, but they can mean the world to others. The Walking Dead is all about these moments in this unfortunate situation that these characters are in and how they react to them. There's a deeper level of humanity tied to the characters that makes it extremely easy to become emotional toward them in the way that we would in real life. A New Day is an exceptional start to a five-part series that has me completely hooked and engrossed in a world that I can't even begin to imagine, let alone speculate about where it will go next.
Want more information on how we score reviews? Read the "How G4 Reviews Work" article here.
Editor's Note: The Walking Dead was reviewed using a PC copy of the game; however, we also played the PS3 and 360 versions, and found no differences. If further investigation reveals any differences between the PC and 360/PS3 of the game, this review will be updated to reflect those differences.


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Home List of Titles Transition metal-substituted cobalt ferrite nanoparticles for biomedical applications
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/240059
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- Transition metal-substituted cobalt ferrite nanoparticles for biomedical applications
- Author(s)
- Sanpo, Noppakun; Berndt, C. C.; Wen, Cuie; Wang, James
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- Transition metals of copper, zinc, chromium and nickel were substituted into cobalt ferrite nanoparticles via a sol-gel route using citric acid as a chelating agent. The microstructure and elemental composition were characterized using scanning electron microscopy combined with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Phase analysis of transition metal-substituted cobalt ferrite nanoparticles was performed via X-ray diffraction. Surface wettability was measured using the water contact angle technique. The surface roughness of all nanoparticles was measured using profilometry. Moreover, thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry were performed to determine the temperature at which the decomposition and oxidation of the chelating agents took place. Results indicated that the substitution of transition metals influences strongly the microstructure, crystal structure and antibacterial property of the cobalt ferrite nanoparticles.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences. Industrial Research Institute Swinburne
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- Acta Biomaterialia, Vol. 9, no. 3 (Mar 2013), pp. 5830-5837
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- 2013
- Keyword(s)
- Antibacterial properties; Citric acid; Cobalt ferrite; Sol gel; Transition metals
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- Elsevier
- 1742-7061
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- Copyright © 2012 Acta Materialia Inc.
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Home List of Titles A novel general framework for automatic and cost-effective handling of recoverable temporal violations in scientific workflow systems
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- A novel general framework for automatic and cost-effective handling of recoverable temporal violations in scientific workflow systems
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- Liu, Xiao; Ni, Zhiwei; Wu, Zhangjun; Yuan, Dong; Chen, Jinjun; Yang, Yun
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- Due to the complex nature of scientific workflow environments, temporal violations often take place and may severely reduce the timeliness of the execution's results. To handle temporal violations in an automatic and cost-effective fashion, two interdependent fundamental issues viz. the definition of fine-grained recoverable temporal violations and the design of light-weight effective exception handling strategies need to be resolved. However, most existing works study them separately without defining a comprehensive framework. To address such a problem, with the probability based temporal consistency model which defines the range of recoverable temporal violations, a novel general automatic and cost-effective exception handling framework is proposed in this paper where fine-grained temporal violations are defined based on the empirical function for the capability lower bounds of the exception handling strategies. To serve as a representative case study, a concrete example exception handling framework which consists of three levels of fine-grained temporal violations and their corresponding exception handling strategies is presented. The effectiveness of the example framework is evaluated by large scale simulation experiments conducted in the SwinDeW-G scientific grid workflow system. The experimental results demonstrate that the example framework can significantly reduce the overall average violation rates of local temporal constraints and global temporal constraints to 0.127% and 0.167% respectively.
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- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
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- Journal of Systems and Software, Vol. 84, no. 3 (Mar 2011), pp. 492-509
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- 2011
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- 0803 Computer Software; 0806 Information Systems
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- Exception handling; Scientific workflow; Temporal verification; Temporal violation; Workflow QoS; Workflow rescheduling
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- Elsevier
- 0164-1212
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At the helm of Helmut Lang, designer duo Nicole and Michael Covolos have demonstrated a perfect understanding of the brand's DNA: "less is so much more".
Helmut Lang masters the urban-chic look by creating wardrobe essentials with soft silhouettes for FW16. A powder colour palette is simply heavenly on cosy sweaters, clean-cut blouses and sleek overcoats. However, it's not all feminine romance this season, if you're after something a little tougher check out Lang's leather offerings. Think second-skin leggings and boxy, androgynous jackets that will effortlessly transcend the seasons.
Standing out and apart from his contemporaries amid the bold eccentricities of 1980s fashion, Austrian designer Helmut Lang was instantly revered for his somewhat cleaner, sleeker aesthetic. Since 2005, Nicole and Michael Covolos have been successful in keeping the brand's signature drapery, asymmetric hemlines and minimalist colour palettes relevant and contemporary. Helmut Lang remains a cult classic and go-to option for hip off-duty styles that transcend seasons and trends.
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Alarming Underage Drinking
By Health Day
American kids are trying alcohol earlier and earlier...opening the door for binge drinking later in life.
That's the conclusion of a brand new study out of the University of Pittsburgh.
4-hundred-52 children between the ages of 8 and 18 were asked about their experiences with alcohol... everything from how old they were when they took their first sip...to when they started drinking more than one full drink at a time.
A surprising 37-percent said they'd sipped alcohol by the age of 8. 66-percent had tried it by the time they turned 12. 16 percent of 16-year-olds admitted to binge drinking. And by the age of 18, nearly all had tried alcohol.
The researchers call these findings alarming citing previous studies that suggest early exposure to alcohol can open the door to problem behavior in adolescence- including binge drinking, marijuana use, delinquency, and precocious sexual behavior.
They say parents need to talk to their children about the dangers of underage drinking at a much earlier age than most may believe is necessary.
I'm Dr. Cindy Haines of HealthDay TV with health information for healthier living.
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Stocks Gain as Debt Deal Appears Attainable
The S&P 500 gained 0.63% to 1,703.19 after the benchmark's biggest jump since Jan. 2, while t he Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.73% to 15,237.11. The Nasdaq closed up 0.83% to 3,791.87.
House Republicans offered to end the government nine-day-old government shutdown in exchange for budget cuts, according to reports from the Associated Press. Republican leaders have been pressing President Obama to cut funding for the Affordable Care and Patient Protection Act before they would agree to raise the limit on federal borrowing to pay for government expenditures and programs previously approved by Congress.
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The benchmark 10-year Treasury was little changed, yielding 2.687%, while the one-month bill was climbing 1/32, diluting the yield to 0.261% after popping for much of the morning.
On Thursday evening, during a 90 minute discussion, House Republicans proposed a temporary, six-week increase to the debt limit so that the U.S. may keep borrowing money to pay its bills while a bigger deficit reduction deal was discussed. The president said he was open to further discussions and also urged for an immediate end to the government shutdown. A statement issued shortly before the market closed from House Speaker John Boehner's spokesman said the president and he agreed they should keep talking.
The Reuters/University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index indicated a drop to 75.2 in the preliminary October reading from 77.5 in September versus economists' average expectation of 76, reflecting the psychological impact of the tension in Washington as the government shutdown heads into its 11th day.


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Comments: I have two pairs of the 2011 Maverick splits and bought a pair of the 2012 version. I've run in these in hot, cold, rain, and sweat-soaking conditions, both training runs and races. They've held up great and are very comfortable. I'm between M and L and sized up. As a result, the waistband is larger than I'd prefer ... but the drawstring snugs them nicely without digging into me (I usually never use the drawstring in shorts). I'd buy again and may try the M next time.
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Comments: I bought both 2011 and 2012 version for endurance running. Good design & shape, but very disappointing fabric selection. The biggest problem is both fabric and liner are coarse. In fact they both rub my skin to such that I have to limit use for 6 mile run or less, otherwise I'll literally see blood under skin. I have never had the issue with Nike or any other brand. I believe Mizuno scarified too much comfort for quick-dry. I hope they fix this problem in 2013. Otherwise they give me no choice but stop buying.
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This is my first time posting, although I've been reading the posts for a while and have found them very helpful (so thanks!).
I know that thawed breastmilk is good in the fridge for up to 24 hours from when it finishes thawing. The resources I've checked, however, seem to suggest that it will take around 12 hrs to thaw. I put two 3-oz. bottles in our fridge last night, and they still are mostly frozen. I'm afraid it may take up to 36 hours for them to thaw completely. Is the milk still good, or is it problematic that some of the milk in those bottles will have been thawed for over 24 hours? Is the 24-hour recommendation related to bacteria forming in the bottles, or to a weakening of the immunological benefits of breastmilk?


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9. Calvin Harris - Sweet Nothing
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19. Britney Spears and Will.I.Am - Scream & Shout
at a taping of We Will Always Love You: A GRAMMY Salute To Whitney Houston on October 11, 2012 at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles, California. The show airs November 16, 2012.
18. Maroon 5 - Daylight
XXX performs during the 2012 F1 Singapore on September 22, 2012 in Singapore.
11. Olly Murs - Troublemaker
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16. The Lumineers
NASHVILLE, TN - DECEMBER 05: Wesley Schultz, Neyla Pekarek, and Jeremiah Fraites of The Lumineers speak onstage at The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! held at Bridgestone Arena on December 5, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
17. Krewella - Alive
Festival goers enjoy a set by a dubstep DJ at the "Lounge on the Farm" festival near Canterbury in Kent, on July 8, 2011. Five years ago, dubstep was just another fresh but obscure strain of dance music, limited almost exclusively to a handful of nightclubs in south London. Today it is taking over dancefloors worldwide. Born out of drum'n'bass and the 2-step UK garage movement which propelled Craig David to fame, dubstep completed its journey from quirky curiosity to commercial success story earlier this month (eds: earlier in July) when DJ Fresh's "Louder" hit the top of the UK singles chart. AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JAMES PHEBY *BRITAIN-ENT-MUSIC-DUBSTEP* (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images)
15. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble
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2. Macklemore - Thrift Shop
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis perform live at Nova's Red Room at The Cullen Hotel on February 13, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia.
12. Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie
AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 16: Justin Timberlake performs at Myspace Secret Show @ SXSW on March 16, 2013 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Myspace)
11. Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child
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10. Demi Lovato - Heart Attack
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19. Selena Gomez - Come & Get It
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7. Pitbull - Feel This Moment
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4. Rihanna - Stay
Singer Rihanna performs live on stage as part of her 777 tour at The Forum on November 19, 2012 in London, England.
14. Bruno Mars - When I Was Your Man
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1. Macklemore - Can't Hold Us
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Biden's trouble with the plagiarism began a stump speech in Iowa. At the end of the speech, Biden used a series of phrases that closely mirrored a previous speech by that of British politician Neal Kinnock. Though there are several reports that he had previously used and cited the source of those words, there seems to be a clear understanding that, in this one case, he did not.
The result of this was that his Democratic challenger Michael Dukakis created an attack video splicing together Biden's speech with that of Kinnocks.
The attack was remarkably effective and can be described as a classic example of "YouTube politics" before the Web even existed. Not only was Biden's reputation hurt by the initial scandal, reporters from Newsweek also turned up allegations of plagiarism dating back to when he was a student at Syracuse Law School, where he failed and was forced to retake a course due to an allegation of plagiarism.


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Faith and reason are really sworn enemies in the modern world, where even with the separation of church and state, religion and common sense often times meet in opposition?
I have already written about how religious rituals permeate the day-to-day life of most Filipinos through the celebration of an entire calendar of fiestas. But that is just the outer core of how deeply-set beliefs influence our lifestyles, where many of our habits have been formed consciously and unconsciously through what priests and teachers have handed down.
If any of you have watched the fights of Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao, you would have noticed the rosaries that he wears or how he makes the sign of the cross before games, just for luck. Instinctively, we turn for guidance and deliverance even during less crucial moments-whereas many in the west only find themselves turning to their makers when they fear for their mortality.
A short trip to the Quiapo district of Manila, to the various stalls with tables laid in front of the church, reveals strings and strings of rosaries sold, together with icons in all sizes, talismans, oils with alleged healing powers, and mystic roots and crystals.
Some of the imagery from Quiapo is recognizable in several of the Southeast Asian works on exhibit at the Faith + Reason & Catching the Spirit of a Heritage show at the Manila Contemporary gallery, which I recently visited. They are most apparent in the colorfully decorated crosses by Valeria Cavestany and the hand-painted wooden panels by Guy Custodio, who has drawn from the heritage of local artists.
When modernity, disbelief, "reason", and disillusion plays with and distorts these images, we get the sort of fashionable iconoclasm present in the works of Patricia Eustaquio, Gerardo Tan, Sri Astari, and Leeroy New (who has appended the heads of monsters on plastic icons).
(For those interested, the Manila Contemporary gallery is located at Whitespace, 2314 Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati City. The exhibit is open until June 13, 2010.)
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Ruby and Lighttpd updates in OpenSolaris
By MandyWaite on Dec 22, 2009
As of build 129 of OpenSolaris Ruby, Lighttpd and RubyGems have been updated to the following versions:
- Ruby 1.8.7 patch level 174
- RubyGems 1.3.5
- Lighttpd 1.4.23
Lighttpd is a couple of revs behind, when we started the update 1.4.24 had just been released and had a couple of issues which we would have needed to patch. At that time darix and stbeuhler weren't sure if they would release a 1.4.25 to fix theses issues so we took an executive decision to go with 1.4.23 and update to a later version via the OpenSolaris /dev repository after the release of OpenSolaris 2010.03. 1.4.25 made it out before we integrated but given the processes we have to ensure component and build quality it's not a good idea to change versions at the 11th hour. We'll probably push Lighttpd 1.4.25 out via the /webstack repo.
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Allan Harris On Piano Jazz
By editor • Apr 23, 2013
On this episode of Piano Jazz With Jon Weber, velvet-voiced singer, guitarist and composer Allan Harris joins Weber for a set of standards and a few tunes from the Harris-penned musical, Cross That River.
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text: I was going to start a blog on this subject but you beat me to it Rady. We need to leave this guy alone. He's damaged goods and he has the type of attitude that Brown can't stand. If you think Brown had a tuff time with Marbury, you ant seen nothing yet. That is if Martin is picked up. Rebuilding is not taking on even higher contracts if your in a situation like the Knicks. Bad bad move. We really dont need any big names. Guys like Marbury, Curry Frye and even Jalen Rose can and will perform with out putting us in an even bigger hole.


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- Spectroscopic evolution of dusty starburst galaxies in distant clusters
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- Shioya, Yasuhiro; Bekki, Kenji; Couch, Warrick J.
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- By using a one-zone chemical and spectrophotometric evolution model of a disk galaxy undergoing a dusty starburst, we investigate numerically the optical spectroscopic properties in order to explore galaxy evolution in distant clusters. We adopt an assumption that the degree of dust extinction (represented by AV) depends on the ages of starburst populations in such a way that younger stars have larger AV (originally referred to as selective dust extinction by Poggianti & Wu). In particular, we investigate how the time evolution of the equivalent widths of [O II] λ3727 and Hδ are controlled by the adopted age dependence. This leads to the following three main results: (1) If a young stellar population (with an age of ~106 yr) is more heavily obscured by dust than an old one (>108 yr), the galaxy can show an "e(a)" spectrum characterized by strong Hδ absorption and relatively modest [O II] emission. (2) A dusty starburst galaxy with an e(a) spectrum can evolve into a poststarburst galaxy with an a + k (or k + a) spectrum 0.2 Gyr after the starburst and then into a passive one with a k-type spectrum 1 Gyr after the starburst. This result clearly demonstrates an evolutionary link between galaxies with different spectral classes [i.e., e(b), e(a), a + k, k + a, and k]. (3) A dusty starburst galaxy can show an a + k or k + a spectrum even in the dusty starburst phase if the age-dependence of dust extinction is rather weak; i.e., if young starburst populations with different ages (≤107 yr) are uniformly obscured by dust.
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- Journal article
- Source
- The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 558, no. 1 (Sep 2001), pp. 42-55
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- 2001
- FOR Code(s)
- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences; 0305 Organic Chemistry; 0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)
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- Galaxies: clusters: general; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: ISM; Galaxies: structure; Infrared: galaxies
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- University of Chicago Press
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I love all the Easter ideas, thank you for including my glitter Easter eggs. I hope you had a wonderful Easter my friend. 🙂
Such cute Easter projects. Too bad bloggers wait so close to holidays to post ideas to use. I think porjects for holidays need to be shared a month to 6 weeks before a holiday for people to have time to gather supplies and make them. I have made files for holiday ideas so I can review and see if I can use them the the next year. Great work all of the ones you featured. Take care.
What a wonderful surprise! Thank you for featuring my Easter decor! Happy Easter wishes to you!
Thank you for featuring my Peter Rabbit Frame Up. That was such a fun project to do and share!
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Free Professional Development on Online Accessibility
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 3:30pm
Enrollment Management & Student Affairs and the Disability Resource Center invite you to attend free trainings regarding web accessibility. Terrill Thompson, Technology Accessibility Specialist from the University of Washington, will be at PSU on August 19 and 20, 2014. Please click here to sign up. Information about each session is below. You may sign up for one, two, three, or all of the training sessions.
- Web Accessibility: Open Forum for University Community
- Date: August 19, 2014
- Time: 3:30 to 5:00pm
- Location: ASRC 215
- Topic: Web Accessibility (What is it? Why do we need to do it? Myths. Examples of how it can benefity people with disabilities. What does accessibility look like in other online arenas? What are the critical conversations we should be having and plans we should be making?)
- Lab on Accessible Documents, Part 1
- Date: August 20, 2014
- Time: 9:00 to 10:15am
- Location: Neuberger Hall 465
- Topic: Accessible Documents, Part 1 (What constitutes an accessible document? How do I create one? We will explore this process in a hands-on lab using Microsoft Word and examine strategies for converting to accessible PDF.)
- Lab on Accessible Documents, Part 2
- Date: August 20, 2014
- Time: 10:30am to 12:00pm
- Location: Neuberger Hall 465
- Topic: Accessible Documents, Part 2 (In this hands-on lab we will explore PDF accessibility in greater depth, focusing particularly on how to fix accessibility of a PDF document using Adobe Acrobat Pro.)
- Lab on Accessible Video, Podcasts, and Other Media
- Date: August 20, 2014
- Time: 2:30 to 4:30pm
- Location: Neuberger Hall 465
- Topic: Accessible Video, Podcasts, and Other Media (This hands-on lab will explore a variety of issues related to media accessibility, including captioning, audio description, and choosing an accessible media player.)


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By Carl Wilson, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Horticulturist, Denver
The USDA plant hardiness zones, last updated in 1990, are about to be revised. Gone will be the "a and b" zones. Four more numbered zones will be added for the semitropical portion of the country for a total of 15 zones.
For us in Colorado, we will go from a mountain zone 3, foothills zone 4 and plains zone 5 state to a predominantly zone 4,5,6 state. Only the very highest mountain areas (example Leadville at 10,000 ft) will be zone 3. The mountains and foothills will be a mix of 4 and 5, the populated Front Range zone 5 with zone 6 infiltrating the southern areas plus "heat island" cities of Denver and Ft Collins, and the plains a mix of 5 north and 6 in the south (Ark Valley).
The reason for the revision is the markedly higher temperatures seen in the climate data collected from 1987 to 2001. A look at the national map reveals zone creep northward confirming what you have heard discussed in Denver for the last 5 years, "this is a zone 6 plant but don't be afraid to try it." Now we will officially be zone 6.
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I have a 5 month old daughter and she has nursed well since the moment she was born. I am very blessed to not have had any issues with her and nursing. It's been so enjoyable for both her and myself.
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I have read to nurse in a quiet, dark room. Ok, that's fine when I'm home and can do that, but any suggestions for when I'm elsewhere? She's not to the point where she'd nurse and play with a nursing necklace. She'd stop eating to check it out rather than just touching it while eating.
My biggest concern is that she's eating enough. She's a quick eater anyway, but now with her pulling off to look at everything it takes longer, which is fine, but I just hope that she is actually finished when I think she is.
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A late goal from Sam Cronin has earned San Jose Earthquakes a 2-2 draw with Eastern Conference leaders Montreal Impact in the MLS.
In the 91st minute, San Jose's Walter Martinez launched a long pass to Chris Wondolowski and the Earthquakes' captain headed the ball down to Cronin, who smashed the ball past Troy Perkins, Montreal's impressive goalkeeper, from the edge of the area.
San Jose had trailed by two goals early in the second half after a double from visiting midfielder Justin Mapp but goals from Adam Jahn and Cronin ensured the home side took a point to stay in the hunt for the playoff positions in the Western Conference.
San Jose started brilliantly at Buck Shaw Stadium and had an early chance to score when Rafael Baca shot straight at Perkins, and soon after the Impact's goalkeeper had to tip Shea Salinas' corner kick away after it threatened to sneak in under his crossbar.
Perkins was again called into action in the 14th minute as Jahn hit the bar before Wondolowski got to the rebound first but the Earthquakes' striker was denied by a brilliant scrambling save from the visiting gloveman.
Montreal hit the front in the 24th minute when Mapp collected the ball in midfield, strode forward and then unleashed a 25-yard strike into the bottom corner of the net.
Perkins produced another fine save before half-time to maintain Montreal's lead and two minutes after the break, Mapp made it 2-0 with a tap-in..
The hosts continued to pepper the Impact's goal with Cronin firing just wide before Jahn gave San Jose a life-line in the 59th minute with a fine finish in the box.
Andrew Wenger could have wrapped up the win for Montreal in the 71st minute but failed to convert a one-on-one opportunity and that came back to bite the Impact when Cronin fired home in stoppage time from the edge of the area.
Despite the draw, Montreal remain top of the Eastern Conference on 17 points, ahead of New York Red Bulls on goal difference, after New York knocked off Columbus Crew 1-0 thanks to a late header from Tim Cahill.
In Philadelphia, Seattle Sounders claimed a 2-2 draw against the Union in a spiteful encounter at PPL Park.
The Sounders led at half-time thanks to Eddie Johnson's goal but a two-minute brace from Daniel Cruz put the hosts in front in the second half before Mauro Rosales struck the decisive equaliser in the 64th minute.
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the drought has caused Big Creek Lake north of Des Moines to drop more than 6 feet below normal levels.
The DNR says the lake continues to fall by 6 inches a week.
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But Big Creek State Park Manager Chad Kelchen says soon the lake will be so low that no boat ramps will be usable.
Officials also worry that a water main that normally is under about 9 feet of water could be damaged because it's now exposed.
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Three balls. Two strikes. Two outs. Bottom of the ninth. One run down. You've played the scenario out in your head hundreds of times as a kid. Maybe you were Ken Griffey Jr. Maybe you were Michael Jack. Hank Aaron. Brooks Robinson. Whoever. You know the situation – we all dream of being in that spot as a kid and launching a longball deep into the lights like Roy Hobbs once did. It didn't happen that way.
Ryan Howard had an opportunity to send the Phillies to a Game 7 with the swing of a bat. It didn't come off his shoulder.
Howard's 2010 season will always be remembered as a disappointment because of that moment, fair or unfair. Overall, it was a huge disappointment, even before he was unable to come through when they needed him the most.
Check these numbers out: .276 avg, 47 home runs, 138 RBI, .944 OPS
That's Ryan Howard's career average over roughly six seasons in the league. Needless to say, he didn't come close to those power numbers in 2010. Really, it was a product of a dysfunctional offense from head to toe, although Howard didn't help the cause much himself.
Howard's .276/31/108/.859 stat line was by far the worst of his short, but illustrious career. At one point during the season, Howard went 15 games without a home run. He had only two (two!) multi-homer games. His OPS crept above .900 for just a short period before spiraling into the mid .800's.
A freak ankle injury took Howard out of 16 games, but lets face it; he wasn't the same guy before the DL stint. Save for a super hot start to the season, he was unable to put together stretches of brilliance like we'd seen in the past. Even his normally fantastic September was sub-par by his standards. Howard hit only seven homers during Sept/Oct, a month in which he previously hit 52 through his first five-plus years in the league.
Something just was not right. Then the postseason came.
Howard's playoffs were forgetful, to be nice. Everyone points to his .303 playoff average, but come on. Don't be blind. Howard was downright awful with the stick and the glove. He did not have one RBI in the postseason. He struck out 17 times in 33 at-bats. He had only four extra base hits. All unacceptable.
Then came that final at-bat when he could have re-written the story of his season, and to a certain degree, his entire career. It didn't work out that way. And in summation, it was by far Ryan Howard's worst season start to finish.
NICK "THE BEERMAN" STASKIN: 6.9/10 – Howard just never seemed to hit a groove this year. The power numbers weren't really there, and in the blink of an eye he forgot how to take a walk. It is alarming to wonder what kind of production awaits us as he has already cashed in one a megadeal that could be crippling.
Tomorrow: Chase Utley
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No question Howard had a down year. I often wondered this year where he went astray from seasons past. If you look at Howard in 2006 he had a more crouched batting stance and looked more athletic when he hit. This year, under the tutoring of Barry Bonds, he was more upright and it seemed that standing more upright prevented him from lifting pitches down in the zone.
It seems the league has figured out all of Howard's weaknesses (fastballs up and away, breaking pitches away, pitches middle in but just off the plate). His rate of ground outs to the first basemen were simply alarming. There were many games this year where he would go 2-5 with two singles and an RBI. That is a great game for Shane Victorino but not a great game for Howard.
Additionally, Howard must see a league high percentage of breaking pitches. He has to adjust to that. Also, I don't remember him hitting any absolute bombs this year. He really just had a horrible offensive season and yet he still hit 30 homeruns and drove in nearly 110. That certainly shows how good of a player he is but he is capable of 50 and 150.
I hope he goes back to having a crouched stance and learns to lay-off those tough breaking pitches and high fastballs.
he was exposed in WS last season. a nonfactor in the late innings because of his vulnerability to lefties. i think he has shortened his swing and been less selective with pitches to avoid striking out so much, and its taken away from his power. probably a more valuable player while striking out 200 times.
I'm sure Ryan will have it all figured out between now and 2017.
I'm Ted Bell.
I am still disgusted by his watching the season go away without even swinging, at a pitch right sown the middle, I guess he needs them to bounce a foot outside, because we all know had it done that he would have swung, and now Werth is probably leaving. I know one thing Jayson would have swung at the pitch.
I somewhat disagree with this post although I think that Pat's grade is probably close, in terms of what we expect out of Ryan Howard versus what he gave us. In terms of player production, it's hard to pinpoint a value because numbers were down across MLB and Howard missed time due to injury. At the end of the day, he finished top 5 in RBI and top 10 in HR in the NL… no one reached 120 RBI in the NL (when is the last time that happened in a 162 game season? 1992, when Dutch lead the NL with 109 RBI).
Howard was hitting .292 before he hit the DL. If he doesn't go down with that injury, he hits 35 HR and drives in close to 120 RBI. He finished 4th in RBI despite missing time and it's not like the guys in front of him were setting the world on fire so the "Anyone can knock in 120 RBI with this team" argument doesn't really work.
Those number might fall below his career averages but this was the year of the pitcher. Only two men in all of baseball hit more than 40 HR… Jose Bautista and Pujols. Howard gets his high OPS by hitting HR's – he's not a doubles hitter or a high average guy. More than anyone else, he relies on the HR to put up monster numbers. In a year where HR are down, his numbers will be down . Do you grade on a curve because the rest of the league is down? Should we temper our expectations? I think that each player plays a distinct role in this lineup… Howard is the RBI and HR guy. Top 5 in RBI and top 10 in HR… it's hard for me to say that he had a bad year but it was definitely far short from what we are accustomed to seeing. The eye test tells me that he could have done better but if the league is turning into a pitcher dominated league, I think that we all have to learn to temper our expectations.
I think that we're seeing the shift- from an era defined by long balls and phenomal run producing to pitching and defense. Defensively, Howard was ok. Highest RF/G and RF/9 of his career but too many errors. Overall, I think that Howard did his job and fulfilled his role during the regular season. He did some decent things in the postseason but he didn't fulfill his role… second highest OPS and one of the better batting averages but he didn't drive in the runs that we needed.
Ryan Howard and I had the same number of RBI's in the postseason. And I had no errors. 'Nuff said. Fail.
Howard is the most over-rated, over-paid player in baseball.and should be traded to an American League team where his stone hands will not hurt for a good prospect for first base. GOOD PROSPECT not like the ones Amaro got for Lee!!
As said before in my comments, maybe if Utley, Victorino and Polly got on base for the man who hit .303, he would have had more RBI
I love Utley more than anyone on this team but I will be first to say I was most disappointed with him.
Good write up. I was aching for a monster September out of Ryan that I've become so accustomed to. I guess that got pushed to the back burner when the Phils were simply killing it the entire month.
Big mistake by Amaro to sign Howard one year early to a megadeal. This deal will tie the Phillies' hands for years to come. We saw the beginning of the downhill ride of Ryan Howard in 2010 and it will get worse while he gets richer. I hope I am wrong. Too early for this type of megadeal. Very dumb move by Amaro, jr.
I need to do some research, but the most alarming thing was that his hits seemed to be less hard and his fly balls seemed to be hit less far. That is a major problem if that is indeed the case.
His plate discipline is bad and doomsday may be around the corner – when more managers realize that he's not 2006 or 2007 Ryan Howard and force their pitchers to pitch to him. I always laugh when they intentionally walk him to get to Werth. It doesn't seem to make sense when all you have to do is throw breaking balls.
Overall, it ALWAYS comes back to the contract. If Ryan Howard was making $10MM, $15MM, or even $20MM, then maybe the case would be different. But he's going to be making $25MM per year and they are going to have to pay him $10MM to sit in his final year if he gets to the point where it's worth $10MM to make him sit. It seems like every year he is paid more, he gets worse. The numbers don't quite support that, but that's what it seems like.
This is really a bad, bad situation and I hope we are all proven wrong by Howard. He's the only one that can do that.
Ryan Howard will be fine.
His power numbers were down, but as others have said power was down across baseball.
He was having a very good season at the plate—hitting OVER .300 at one point in July—until the ankle injury. He wasn't the same after that. His postseason wasn't good, but wasn't terrible either, especially compared with others on the team. I expect Howard to bounce back next year.
Ryan Howard is the least of this team's concerns right now.
The bigger concern is: What will we see from Utley in the future?
In the past 18 months, he simply hasn't performed like a No. 3 hitter should.
Yup, classic example of tying up your own hands.
That month off really hurt him. No question he would have had 35 HR…I actually think it would have been 40…if not for that DL stint. I had been saying that all along when people on here were criticizing his production. And that was BEFORE the injury that I predicted a .280 avg, 40+ HR, and 120-130 RBI.
Unfortuantely, that last at-bat was the last thing that people will remember about his year….so, unfairly, he gets points deducted because of it. It's like the equivalent of a big chapter test in a school semester. It carries a heavier weight towards the final grade.
And can we please stop it with all the "downhill ride" talk?! Smart money is on Howard to get his a$$ to Clearwater real early and come back stronger than ever….EACH YEAR moving forward. No doubt in my mind that he more than earns that contract. He's not in the same mold as John Kruk and Greg Luzinski who were lazy slobs all winter.
Zero RBI's in the NLCS. No hits when needed. Yes he had an above average season for most players, a below average season for what he has done and what he is being paid to do. Don't get me wrong EVREYONE of them with the exception of maybe Werth, irony intended, was useless in the NLCS at the plate. Chase has a subpar defensive series on top of that. There is more then enough blame to go around, even a little for Charlie, so please don't think I am laying it all at Ryan's feet, but come on man, we teach kids, two strikes, anything close you have to SWING THE BAT!!!
Was I hoping for a hero moment? Yes. Did I want more? Yes. Do I think Howard is what to worry about? No.
Two things that have been relatively ignored are:
1. No one was on base for those alluded RBIs and when they were in that disappointing Game 6, they hesitated and Perlozzo held them at third (Run number 3 should've came then)
2. Howards defense significantly improved this year. I'd like to believe that in effort to make himself a more well rounded player and less well rounded in the stomach, that's why the hitting took a hit this year and things will be back next year.
Chuck has some great points. The only thing I have to say though is that when Howard came up in the 9th, I was not looking forward to it and I know I'm not the only one. Your 4 hole hitter is supposed to be the guy you want coming up in that position. Your franchise guy is your franchise guy because of situations like that and this year I had ZERO confidence in Howard filling that role.
"And can we please stop it with all the 'downhill ride' talk?!"
ABSOLUTELY NOT. Ryan Howard's best season ever was his sophomore campaign in 2006. Since then, he has simply not been as good (2009 was close) yet everyone thinks that he will always been that guy. Pitchers are figuring him out and now he doesn't even have to play for a contract any more. It would be dumb not to keep the pressure on. His walks are down so much. He really needs to step it up.
Ill go with 0
to match the rbi total
Before you do the Utley. Heres some help. Go with 1
Donovan Mc-Howard.
The shortsighted nature of this fan base is frustrating sometimes… I kind of wish that you would have started with someone else.
Again, his numbers were down but all numbers were down across MLB. The major league average for total runs scored/allowed was 4.32 per game. It doesn't seem like much but that's the lowest average run total in a long time (since 1992).
He makes the big money because his role is something that requires God given tools- not everyone can hit home runs at the rate that he can. He's a home run hitter… he's also a very good run producer. That's what he is paid to do and he finished top 5 in RBI and top 10 in HR despite missing time.
He failed to do his job in the postseason and that's obviously not acceptable. Did the ankle have something to do with that? Maybe… I don't see how anyone on here can act like they know what was going on with Ryan Howard. Is there any reason to feel like he's not going to be successful in 2011… I don't think so. All this guy does is go to work. His defense was a problem… he worked on it. I think that the biggest criticism of Ryan Howard is his batting average… his average was up for the 3/4 of the season that he was healthy. If he gets healthy, I think we'll see more progress in 2011. He's earned my trust.
The entire offense (not just Howard) will show up next year. Don't worry about it. All this talk of "It was too early to sign him to a big deal" and what not, is ridiculous. That bats will be back, and everyone will have forgotten this years disappointing end.
Let it be known first that I thought they should have signed Mark Tex and traded Howard for other needs.
This was long prior to the 58 million lottery ticket Ruben gave him.
Now bottom line he still has not learned how to hit a breaking ball, and probably never will. My old ball coach could probably K him with his 55-60 mi/hr two big breaker.
I say now it is time to restructure his contract and use the money to sign Jason Werth. Don't think the Phillies will go after Carl Crawford do you?
Everyone points to his .303 playoff average, but come on. Don't be blind. Howard was downright awful with the stick and the glove.
How can one be "awful with the stick" while batting over .300.
Ok, he had no HR's. It was 9 games, 6 against the best pitching staff in MLB and 3 in a huge park. And it's hard to knock runs in when the 3 men in front of you are batting .200.
I can think of 6 guys who were worse than Howard this series. And the Golden Boy second baseman was the absolute worst.
Speaking of "downright awful with the glove"…..
Utley was disgraceful, taking grounders off his thigh and under his glove. For whatever reason, the official scorer was calling those routine grounders hits, but it doesn't change the fact that his fielding alone cost us 2 games. By my count he had 8 errors. 8! In 9 games.
And here we are pointing at a guy with a .303 average.
Tomorrows piece ought to be merciless. I won't hold my breath. Chase seems to walk on water in these cirlces.
I pretty much agree with Biz. Yes, Howard had a down year, but he's not the biggest goat of the group.
I can't wait to see Golden Boy's numbers. And I really like Chase Utley. I mean, REALLY like him. But he deserves worse numbers.
Howard is disgustingly over-rated. 2006 was a banner year because he was fresh on the scene and nobody knew how to pitch to him. 4 post seasons later and now the entire league has a book a mile long on how to pitch to him and get him out and it all starts with a left-hander. Is it any surprise to see him struggle in October against quality pitching? This guy inflates his numbers every year by hitting dingers off of the terrible pitching of the Nats and Marlins. Until he learns to lay off the breaking stuff in the dirt and not chase the high heater, he'll never put up 2006 numbers again.
Another issue, and this goes for the entire team, is they have a TERRIBLE approach at the plate being GUESS hitters. Why do you think they all stare at fastballs down the middle in 0-1 and 1-1 counts? Teams realize that the Phils are looking for fastballs 99% of the time and have started to pitch them backwards, ie: off-speed stuff in fastball counts. And it makes sense with our lineup…anyone 1-8 can put the ball in the seats so why take the risk and groove a fastball? It makes more sense to walk them and the Phillies have shown that they lack the patience to lay off pitches out of the zone. Until they learn some discipline and change their approach, we'll continue to see a decrease in offensive production across the entire team.
I too am sick of the Yankees – they play by their own rules. Their arrogance is unbelievable and it takes no talent to manage or gm the Yankees. If you need something to put the team together – GO BUY IT. Baseball needs a hard salary cap then let's see what the Yankees, Red Soxs, Philadelphia and the big $$$ team can do to compete on ability not $$$.
I agree with you biz but you're kidding yourself if you're trying to convince yourself that you were happy with Howard's production in the playoffs. The average was great and the OPS numbers were great but he left more men on base than anyone else in the postseason… his job on this team is to drive in runs and he failed at that.
Since we're grading the "year," you can't just look at the postseason… he put up solid numbers, relative to the rest of the league. We pay him to be top 10 in HR and RBI… regular season and postseason, that's what we need him to do. Sometimes, we can live with him hitting for average and not driving in runs but when we need him, he needs to step up.
Utley had a bad year… at the plate, in the field and especially in the postseason. If his numbers aren't much worse than Howard's, there's a problem.
I'm reading a book right now about various baseball topics…things, events, situations from the past…and the part I am on right now is about Cal Ripken and the Streak.
Cal's offensive numbers TANKED when he was 29 years old and there was tremendous pressure on him to sit down….that the Streak was causing his extended slump. I think at one point his average was down to .209. (he ended the season at .250)
That was in 1990. In 1991, Cal was MVP, hit 323, and silenced the critics. And he went on to play successfully for 10 more years.
Was he tired? Was he injured? Neither? Both? We'll never really know. But it reminds me so much of the Utley situation here. Sure Chase's production and his defense is concerning. But I would be willing to be that he bounces back just like Ryan Howard will. These guys are professional athletes. They have a strong work ethic. You don't think THEY want to correct what's wrong?
Everyone just needs to take breath and relax. Stop thinking that these guys can just have "career years" ever single season. It doesn't work that way.
Just remember.
Howard's "bad" years are most other people's career years.
Same with Chase Utley.
I don't have a problem w/Ryan Howard. In some way he's the face of the team, or he's the face the FO has chosen, & I'm ok w/him.
Numbers are great, they're finite, perfect, they tell us a lot. But I also think intangibles come into it. A player's contribution is more than straight numbers: when hits were made; when defensive plays were made (big or ineffectual) did offense or defense fuel the team; attitude; work ethic; emotion in the dugout. A 'Jimmy Rollins factor', for lack of a better analogy.
I was kind of bothered by Howard's type of production. It's my impression a player like Howard gets paid-the-big-bucks to hit big & to hit in clutch situations. He wasn't doing either prior to the DL or after the DL. He didn't do anything to get us into the playoffs & he didn't do anything during the playoffs. It seems like other players came through when we needed them. But Howard got the money, ALL the money.
Also, I'd love to see this much energy put into the same number of excuses for the other players who earn less than Howard when Pat evaluates them.
Howard says, "Just get me to the plate."
I guess that wasn't a big moment. He HAS carried us… think back over the past few Septembers. Maybe, just maybe, we could find it in our hearts to give him a free pass this September/October since, you know, he was playing on a bad ankle.
I don't know… I think everyone is crazy. Everyone is still struggling with the fact that we won't be participating in the big game tonight and it's driving us all nuts. Now might not be a good time to evaluate a year's worth of work. A season is 162 games plus two postseason series and the only image that we all have in our head right now is the one that brings us an early exit from the playoffs.
I believe reasonable arguments have been made by Pat,OCP,PhillyTexan,Chuck,Biz,Kate and Phan.
No need to repeat what's been said, so I'll just give my grade.
Ryan Howard one of my favorite Phils gets a 7 for this season, it could have been an 8 if he'd come through big in the LCS.
However, I'd give him a 100 if he'd willingly offer to give $5m a year back to contribute to the Jayson Werth cause. I know how ridiculous that sounds but it is not unprecedented in team sports!
RYAN HOWARD WILL DO WHAT HE DOES EVERY YEAR WHAN 100% healthy-270-45 HR-135+RBI'S……..NO OTHER FANBASE WE COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT,WHY ARE SOME OF YOU????????
"Just get me to the plate"
Do all you complainers realize that once he's actually TO the plate….based on this year's postseason average….he has a 70% chance of failing??
And, yeah…maybe the ankle is still bothering him. So he gets a free pass from me.
The only reason I've been so tough on Utley is because everyone's so focused on demolishing Ryan Howard, they're not bothering to look at the fact that it's only because Howard's put up such phenomenal numbers in the past that we're calling this a "down" year for him.
And then they forget to demolish Golden Boy or are simply too tired from the effort they expended on demolishing Howard.
That being said, most of the big guys who have struggled this season (Howard, Utley, Rollins) do deserve something resembling a free pass because they HAVE produced well in the past when they haven't been plagued by injuries.
Next year will be funner. Take that to the (Citizens) Bank (Park).
Original: "We pay him to be top 10 in HR and RBI"
I guess it's all relative… I believe we pay him to be top THREE in HR and RBI.. so fans like me will normally set the bat higher for a player like Howard… that also makes us more prone to disappointment.
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Chuck: He IS getting a free pass to the tune of $19mil this yr. And it's going UP soon. When you make that much money ppl are going to ask for a return, esp when you're really kind of paid for exactly the type of situations that you pointed to. When you have even one season that doesn't live up to your paycheck, then I don't think it's too much for ppl to discuss what they consider to be a lack of production or a lack of the right kind of production.
Re: my post, I wasn't talking about last yr, which was when that endlessly discussed 'Get me to the plate …' incident happened (and it was only once). I was I thought plainly talking about this season. He just wasn't clutch.
My gosh, other guys on this team have just almost been beaten by fans for far less. Nobody is bashing Ryan Howard. I think we're all hoping he's back to normal next yr. Or maybe if he's no longer a power hitter, then perhaps his hitting will be more consistent & he'll strike out less. When you hit fewer HRs, you'd better strike out less.
Kate: At some point over the summer (just can't remember when – it was before the DL) I made the hideous mistake of talking about what I thought at the time was an inordinant number of errors from Utley. I said I thought he was always backing up into CF & RF to catch balls (& in HS softball we'd call him a "ball hog" I thought it was funny – omg, mistake), & how nobody was allowed to say a bad thing about him.
I wouldn't say I got 'blasted' but the responding posts weren't pretty. Heh heh. I've tread carefully through the minefield that is 'The Golden God Utley' since then.
Seriously, I think he's great – he's always been, will always be one of my baseball favorites of all time. I'm proud that he's a Philadelphia Phillie. But he's HUMAN. Come on.
The ONLY thing I will even remotely "bash" Ryan Howard for is his absolute failure to swing at that last effing pitch. And I'm sure it's gonna bother him all winter long. Probably a lot more than it's gonna bother me.
Other than that, I understand the lack of production this year based on the injury and because this was an off year for power production across the board.
Again…. .300 avg in the postseason means that he's gonna fail 70% of the time. So…in clutch situations….he…or anybody worth their salt… has a much greater chance of NOT being clutch.
It's simple math.
And it's baseball.
who are we kidding, ryan howard hit more home runs when he was fat. its that simple. physics.
that being said, i hope he finds a way to pound them out in his current shape. athleticism should beat apathy.
JPB- I was at the Vet when people were booing and complaining about Mike Schmidt. Believe me, we're capable of doing the same to Ryan. Seems kind of silly doesn't it?
Chuck- In general, I've had a tough time making others understand that in baseball if you fail ONLY 70% of the time, you're probably going to be on the ballot for the hall of fame.
Kate -If Ryan has down years like this every year for the rest of his career, (which he won't) he'll have 500 HR's and go to the hall of fame.
I completely disagree with beerman's assessment of Ryan Howard's season. What the hell are you talking about he wasn't the same guy before the ankle injury. He was having his best year since his MVP year and was the only consistent presence in the Phillies lineup prior to his ankle injury. He only missed 16 games but he came back too early and never found his rhythm again at a time in the season when he's usually just starting to take off. I am absolutely positive that if he stayed healthy he would have had 40+ homers and 140 rbis. at the time he went down he was so far ahead in the NL for the RBI lead that he was still at the top for over a week after he was out.
To all you na-sayers out there,we've witnessed 4 years in a row of the best baseball the phillies ever had.2 MVP's,almost 3,Home Run and RBI Champ,Home Run Derby Champ,Lidge's perfect season,4 N.L. East Division Championships in a row,4 play-off apperances in a row,2 N.L.C.S. Championships in a row,2 World Series apperances in a row.2008 World Series Champs and MVP,2 No-Hitters this year.I'm sure i missed something,oh yea,how bout Charlie Manuel,coolest cat in all of baseball.All 4 of those years the Phillies over came injuries,slumps,come from behind division wins,un-known players stepped in and stepped it up when the team needed it.The Phils could have easily crumbled when they were 7 games back,i live in braves country now,and didn't see a braves hat until june.Barely saw one after sept.I'm sure Howard was one of the most dissapointed guys in the world last sunday morning,but i'm sure everyone of his team mates gave him a pat on the back and thanked him for a great season.I know i would have!Thank you Phillies,win or lose,i had a blast watching this season.
Kate has it right. Howard's down year is a super year for anyone (like Jayson Werth?).
His strengths and weaknesses are well known, yet he still was in the top 5 in RBI. I can't get upset about one series or one AB. Howard is a quality player. He is adjusting to the fact that he is being pitched around. He is hitting what they give him which means fewer bombs. He will continue to develop. The only thing keeping him from true greatness is dealing with LH pitchers. He needs to take a totally different approach to those ABs. When he does his numbers will rise again.
Howard should be traded to an AL team. He can't field, throw or hit. Heck, he doesn't even hit fastballs down the middle of the plate anymore! All that for 20 million a year. What a bargain! And don't tell me that his ankle was still bothering him. If it was bothering him so bad that it affected his fielding and hitting that much, then he shouldn't have been playing.
And the journalist who said he was the best 1st baseman to put on a Phillies uniform is an idiot.
Way after the fact, I know, but I agree with Pat's grade and his overall assessment. Your job as the cleanup hitter is to drive in runs, and with Howard's massive power, that's expected even if there's no one on base. The only reason for his respectable batting average this season was he finally began beating the defensive shift. Most of those exta hits, however, were dribbling singles to left.
Even with the Year of the Pitcher, I personally think pitchers across the NL took notice of the Yankees' strategy against Howard in the '09 Series. An entire season of whiffing at breaking balls that tail out of the zone will result in the drop in production.


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Open records advocates oppose the measure, saying it will make it more difficult to obtain public information from the government. But supporters say taxpayers shouldn't have to foot the bill for the work involved with compiling the records.
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Three weeks before the TRICARE Reserve Select program begins, a key senator predicts Congress this year will embrace his plan to offer even better healthcare benefits to drilling Reserve and National Guard members.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., new chairman of the Senate armed services' subcommittee on military personnel, described as "excellent'' the prospect of opening TRICARE Standard, the military's traditional fee-for-service health insurance, to any drilling reservist and family — and with none of the onerous strings attached as occurs under TRICARE Reserve Select.
"I have 70 senators behind me,'' Graham said April 5, moments after chairing his first personnel subcommittee hearing.
At the hearing, Dr. David Chu, under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, testified with the service personnel chiefs on recent recruiting and retention problems. Chu said the troubles are only "of the moment'' and will be relieved by adding recruiters, raising bonuses and talking up the value of military service with parents, teachers, coaches — "influencers'' who have been advising youths not to join the military.
Chu suggested a better TRICARE plan for reservists is unneeded.
Graham disagreed, arguing that reserve recruiting and retention shortfalls in the Army and Marine Corps are here to stay unless military family support structures are strengthened.
"No amount of (bonus) money is going to be able to fix this problem in isolation,'' said Graham after the hearing. "This is a chronic problem because you now are having people … on their third, fourth trip to Iraq. The weak link in the chain is the family support piece.''
TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS) enrollments will begin April 26. TRS was a late-hour compromise between Graham's plan to open all of TRICARE to drilling reservists who lack health insurance, and the Defense Department's opposition to any health benefit for drilling reservists.
The result, TRS, is a benefit both complex and restrictive. Only Reserve and National Guard members deactivated from post-9/11 deployments are eligible. They must have served at least 90 continuous days of active service. For every 90 days activated, they are eligible for a year of TRS, a scaled-down version of TRICARE Standard.
Enrollees must sign a binding agreement to remain in drill status, susceptible to mobilization, for the duration of TRS coverage. They will pay monthly premiums of $75 for member-only TRS or $233 for family coverage. They also will pay TRICARE Standard usual fees, co-payments and deductibles. If a reservist stops the TRS premiums, coverage would end but the extended service obligation would stand.
Given operational demands on Guard and Reserve forces in the terrorism war, Graham said TRS isn't enough. In February, he introduced S 337, a bill to offer TRICARE Standard benefits to all drilling reservists and their families.
It would be the same Standard option available to active-duty families, meaning no monthly premiums or extended service commitment as under TRS. The bill has 12 co-sponsors but Graham said he expects at least 70 senators to back the plan when he offers it as a floor amendment to the 2006 defense authorization bill later this year.
A second part of S 337 would lower the age-60 start of reserve retired pay for members who serve longer than 20 years. Graham failed to tout that portion of the bill during the hearing. But Steve Strobridge, co-chairman of The Military Coalition, a consortium of service associations, encouraged the subcommittee to support both of these initiatives, and more.
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'The Word Police'
March 10, 2011 —
I have acquired a new nickname. The other night at dinner my family bestowed upon me the new moniker of "The Word Police." As in "What are you anyway—the word police?" (I picture tickets, sirens and flashing lights.) All for pointing out the juvenile overuse of the word "gross." For despairing of children's voices in an over-zealous shout of the phrase "boo-yah."
But I object. I am not "The Word Police." I am a mother advocating manners, articulate speech and "The Indoor Voice." Let me state here that I am an equal opportunity employer when it comes to words—all words—known and ever-evolving, four-lettered or otherwise. Democracy for all, I say.
Of course we all have our favorites—words we are more partial to than others. Here is a free-wheeling list of a few of mine: calliope, gravy, river, windrow, willow, weevil, abalone, chitchat, limelight and purulent. Consider how the word "mink" starts on your lips then lopes to the back of your throat or the loveliness of how the word "balloon" fills with air as you say it. But I digress.
All words have a place, I say. The trick is to find the appropriate place. Mark Twain once said, "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug."
This quote is appropriate considering the controversy surrounding the publication last month of a new edition of Twain's 1885 novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Edited for school kids, the new version replaces upwards of 200 uses of the word "nigger" with "slave" as well as "Injin Joe" with "Indian Joe" and "Half-breed" with Half-blood."
I can't see the progress in censoring language that accurately portrays America's past, however unsavory that past may be. But perhaps the real progress is in the fact that so many people have objected to tampering with the classic novel at all. General consensus seems to be that the book is more appropriate in a college syllabus with more mature students.
I've read that in times of war, such as the present, the native language diminishes—words vanish—and are dropped from the dictionary at a greater rate than in peace time. Perhaps this is reflective of a less tolerant, less expansive atmosphere that allows the simplification necessary to make someone your enemy. It is the same atmosphere that promotes illegal wiretapping of citizens and ugly bumper stickers that proclaim "Uncle Sam wants you to speak English."


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February 17, 2012. Posted by Becca Pulliam.Add new comment | Filed under: Either/Orchestra, Jazz Alive, JazzSet, Russ Gershon
Listen Sunday, February 19, at 6pm and Wednesday at 6:30, for "The Collected Unconscious" -- a three-way suite composed by Russ Gershon for the Either/Orchestra, six horns and four rhythm players from Boston. The music dances between Ethiopian song styles of the mid 20th century, jazz, and Afro-Caribbean grooves provided by the E/O's Brazilian pianist, Venezuelan drummer and Dominican percussionist. Sounds crazy? Well it isn't. It's ingeniously full of melodies and changes and subtleties and hooks, as it works on your ears, heart, feet and burrows into your subconscious.
In the spring of 2011, funded in part by a Kickstarter campaign, the E/O performed in the capital, Addis Ababa, and other provincial cities, deepening its relationship with the music and musicians. Then in November, as part of a short regional tour here in the Northeast, E/O brought this alluring new music to Tishman Auditorium at the New School, and now JazzSet brings it to you in Surround Sound .
One of the best New York concerts of 2011, wrote the blog lucidculture.wordpress.com.
Here's an additional tune, not in the JazzSet show. Composer Nerses Nalbandian, the Ethiopian national maestro, was of Armenian descent. To complete the circle, Nalbandian loved Xavier Cugat and Ray Charles! Check him out.
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November 15, 2007 by Mark Dodel
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++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Paul Smedley
Hi All,
In the last couple of days I've uploaded updated ports of PHP and MySQL.
In brief:
MySQL 5.1.22-rc - this is a release candidate for the latest version of MySQL - MySQL 5.1 My server has been running this for a few days now with no obvious glitches over MySQL 5.0.45
A rundown on what's new in MySQL 5.1 can be found at
PHP 5.2.5 - This release focuses on improving the stability of the PHP 5.2.x branch with over 60 bug fixes, several of which are security related.
All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to this release.
Further details about the PHP 5.2.5 release can be found in the release announcement for 5.2.5 ( http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php ), the full
list of changes is available in the ChangeLog for PHP 5 (
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5 ).
Paul Smedley
Adelaide, Australia
15th November, 2007