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Angels Sweep the Nationals, Presidents' Race and All
The Angels swept the Nationals and, oh yeah, we went to a baseball game on Monday! Work has been plentiful, all consuming, fun and, occasionally, FUn this week – I came home from Monday's game and moved a project along until 2am, that kind of fun. Between that and the games I suddenly looked up, it's Thursday already and I haven't posted my photos. Oh well…
Our seats for Monday night's game were just to the foul side of the foul pole down the first base line, in the second row. Prime visitor's section this. And, indeed, we set in front of and behind two families of Nationals fans vacationing in Los Angeles and next to a Phillies fan and his young daughters who were here on one of the middle stops of a larger baseball tour vacation. They had just come from Seattle and were headed out to Arizona then Texas. So jealous! When everyone has the right attitude, visiting fans can be a kick to enjoy the game with and all parties involved in this particular case were really nice and a lot of fun to chat/snark with.
Bobby Abreu leads off of second. Being on the field level, these seats were excellent for catching glimpses of personality on the field, some of which I got on camera. As you can see, Bobby is a talker on the base paths, especially at second base. He always wears a huge smile and gestures broadly with his hands so it is unclear for the most part if he's goofing around, talking trash, just shooting the breeze or what. Probably a little of columns A, B and C. What little I catch of it on TV is pretty darned funny…and of course he has 13 stolen bases (not bad for one of the few ballplayers left who are older than me :)) so perhaps this is all part of his strategy. Get 'em laughing, then break for third?
Vernon Wells at bat. These seats were not, however, the best for views or photos of the plate. The first base umpire is always in the way. That's okay. Ssometimes I enjoy having a closer vantage of the outfield and plays at second. Wells is continuing to heat up in June. He hit a single this at bat, which eventually lead to a run and then went four for five on Tuesday with a crucial two-run homerun. And Angels fans are starting to respond. Both developments are very welcome indeed.
Catcher Bobby Wilson and Pitching Coach Mike Butcher meet with Ervin Santana on the mound. Santana got off to an uneven start, giving up homeruns in the 2nd and 4th, but settled into a good rhythm after that. He lasted eight innings and on the Angels, starters don't pitch in the 9th inning unless they're pitching a shutout or something equally spectacular, so that's pretty darned good.
Just a random shot of the Angels bullpens. The bullpens at the Big A are terraced, which is a little unusual. The Angels bullpen on the lowest "step" in the front. And if you look at the photo you can see the Nationals in the visitor's bullpen one step up and behind the home bullpen. Starting another "step" above the visitor's bullpen you have the Left Field Pavilion seats. In this bullpen shot you can see Angels relievers Michael Kohn (standing up), Fernando Rodney, Hisanori Takashi's translator, Hisanori Takashi and Jordan Walden kneeling down and…what? Praying? Vomiting? Spitting sunflower seeds? Catching a few ZZZs? Probably the real answer isn't nearly as funny so I'm going to go with one of mine.
The Nationals brought the Racing Presidents with them to Anaheim for the series. So was this a) an incredibly stupid idea, b) a fine example of Interleague sharing of baseball cultures and traditions, or c) I really hate Interleague and fail to see how these two comments are mutually exclusive? You make the call. I initially thought the idea was kind of dumb, only because this is the Nationals' tradition and it's the Angels ballpark. But it was kind of fun to see and it provided a between innings icebreaker with the Nationals fans around us. I took the opportunity to ask, so, what's the deal with Teddy? He's really never won? I mostly knew the answer, but it was fun hearing all about the goofy, fun tradition from fans. We'd been talking a little between innings before that, but talked a lot more often after: relievers we love/who make us cringe, hitters who are starting to do better than their batting average indicates, overinflated contracts…it turns out Angels fans and Nationals fans have a frightening amount in common.
Nationals Catcher Wilson Ramos and Pitching Coach Steve McCatty meet with Pitcher John Lannan on the mound. All was going well for Lannan and the game was tied 2 to 2 until the Angels started hitting in the 6th. The Angels scored their third run shortly after this meeting and then Lannan was pulled. I love the photo because of the facial expressions and body language. I can only imagine the conversation that went with it. McCatty: Alright then, how are we going to get out of this? Lannan: Well, gee I don't know Coach. I thought maybe I'd throw some strikes and get him out.
Mark Trumbo grows impatient during the meeting on the mound – again, with being able to catch glimpses of personality from these seats. Mark Trumbo is usually as professional in demeanor as a veteran so I was amused to see him visibly impatient at another break in this already lengthy at bat, with his cheeks puffed out like an exasperated little kid. Very cute actually. He ground into a double play this at bat, but was pretty solid at the plate this series. His average is creeping back up again and he is the American League's rookie homerun leader with 13. Coincidentally, the Nationals' Danny Espinosa is the Rookie Major League homerun leader.
The Nationals outfielders, Roger Bernardina, Laynce Nix and Jayson Werth meet during the subsequent pitching change. 'Damn Werth, you have lots of friends over here too. You're a real popular guy in Anaheim.' Suffice to say, Angels fans were heckling Werth all night, which isn't surprising. There are a few folks I see regularly in this section and the left most corner of the right field MVP section (Season ticket holders? Maybe, maybe not.) who heckle pretty much everyone, occasionally even our own players. Whether or not that was the topic of the outfielders' conversation, I'm sure Werth is used to it by now.
Peter Bourjos and Vernon Wells joke after Peter snags a fly ball to end the inning. The outfield chemistry is shaping up much better as the months role by. This is very helpful, especially with various assorted centerfielders, corner outfielders turned DH and the occasional second baseman flopping roles in the outfield on a regular basis to accommodate injuries, Interleague and random acts of lineup juggling.
Yes that is Torii Hunter right in front of me in right field. The news report prior to Monday's game was that Torii took batting and fielding practice Monday and looked good enough to return soon, possibly as soon a Wednesday. Imagine our delight when they brought him in as an unexpected substitution in the top of the 8th inning. The whole crowd erupted and we went especially crazy in the seats around right field with our welcome backs.
Jorda Walden takes the mound in the 9th. Unfortunately this would prove to be another blown save for Walden, his third in a row, when he gave up a two-out homerun to Danny Espinosa. The young Nationals fan in front of us turned around and informed me "Blown Save". Thanks kid, I kind of figured that one out on my own. No liner notes needed. So, am I worried about Walden? No. Not at all. When I started advocating making the rookie our closer, I knew there would be some growing pains. This is a kid who had every intention of being a starter and never thought about the closer's role until it turned out he had quite the aptitude for it this season. So far, he has 18 saves (including last night's) which is respectable. And when he does blow it, instead of crumbling, Walden is right back in the game to get the next batter. Monday night when he gave up the homerun, he threw the next pitch for a called strike and then coaxed the batter into a ground out to end the inning. And he was right back in the game on Wednesday night with a 1-0 lead on the line and got the save. That says something to me. We will probably witness a few more growing pains this season, but I have no doubts that Jordan Walden is our closer.
Scott Downs pitches in the 10th as Howie Kendrick (who moved to first base in the 8th when Torii came in to the game) moves into position. I mentioned we were chatting about relievers with the Nationals fans? Well, Scott Downs is one of the few I never worry about. When I look over to the bullpen and see Downs warming up, with that distinctive haircut easily identifiable across the field, I breathe a sigh of relief. Yes, he has an off outing here and there, but by and large he comes in and gets it done and he has five wins for the season, as many as some teams' starters, to prove it. Monday night and the rest of the Nationals series was no exception.
Brian Bixler stands on second flanked by second baseman Maicer Izturis and third baseman Alberto Callaspo. Bixler reached 2nd on an uncharacteristic fielding error by Maicer. There were an annoying number of Angels fielding errors this series actually, but we recovered from all of them to sweep. I hope the errors are more an indication of tiredness from the epic Four Corners Road Trip than anything more trend setting, shall we say.
Peter Bourjos takes a long lead off third. I think it is safe to say that Bourjos has worked through his slump at the plate. He went four for five on Monday with one RBI and was a crucial component of the 10th inning rally, knocking a ground rules double into the stands mere feet from my seat, that put Callaspo in scoring position for Maicer Izturis' walk-off single. Yes, when that happened I tapped the young Nationals fan in front of us on the shoulder and informed him "Walk off." Fair's fair right? Acutally, everyone was laughing both over the "Blown Save" and the "Walk Off."
Four Corners, Angels, Mets, Marlins, Dodgers, Oh My! …Or, Not a Slow News Week
So let me get this straight. Tyler Chatwood is batting 1.000 (In addition to pitching a great game!). Jered Weaver is a beast even with precious little run support – six punch outs and 20 first pitch strikes on 28 batters! Torii Hunter is the run support – both RBIs on Monday were Torii! The bats are waking up, including Vernon Wells' – he's batting .292 with seven RBIs and three homeruns on this road trip so far! And Maicer Izturis is the Rally Monkey. Well, it sounds like everything is working out alright to me.
The Angels redeemed themselves against the Mets in game three and then, in their next stop on the Four Corners Road Trip, went on to win game one against the Marlins. Things seem to be falling back into place again in the sense that each component of the Angels' game has been strong enough that some of the parts are able to take the slack for another part, when that part fails. No offense on Monday? Weaver's pitching, the bullpen and the defense carried the day. Scary bullpen on Sunday? No problem. Again, starting pitching, this time Chatwood's, and the offense, also including Chatwood not to mention Wells, Peter Bourjos, Jeff Mathis and several others – built up enough of a lead that it all worked out. Keep it up guys and we might have ourselves a pretty good streak going!
However, I was amused to look at headlines on MLB.com last night and discover that somehow, we may have beat the Marlins but somehow we also lost to the Braves last night:
Hmmmm…what exactly are they saying here? That Tim Hudson is so good, he single handedly beat the Blue Jays and a team the Braves weren't even playing? Or is this a Freudian commentary on the Angels chronic lack of run support? The headline was corrected this morning, and possibly even moments after I noticed it. But notice it I did, and it was too funny to to share with you all…and now I sincerely hope MLB never takes a comedic look at the typos and crimes against commas I have committed on this blog, LOL.
Bud Selig Tells Frank McCourt "No" and "Bad Dog" and Rubs His Nose in it…So He Learns
Actually, as you all probably know, it went a bit beyond that. The deal with Fox that Bud Selig rejected yesterday was the last possible call from the governor that Frank McCourt had any hope of hearing. And even though it makes things a little rougher still for the Dodgers right now, I could not be happier. Selig, as quoted in the MLB.com article really said it best: Critically, the transaction is structured to facilitate the further diversion of Dodgers assets for the personal needs of Mr. McCourt. Given the magnitude of the transaction, such a diversion of assets would have the effect of mortgaging the future of the franchise to the long-term detriment of the club and its fans.
As a baseball fan, and as a lady who rooted passionately for the Dodgers in childhood, the last few seasons under the Mommy Dearest like affections of the McCourts have made me ill. The Dodgers are one of the most storied franchises in baseball and their fans are great people. I may give my friends and family good-natured crap and about leaving the game before the 8th inning, but Dodger fans are a passionate, knowledgeable, blue-bleeding bunch and they do not deserve the past few years' treatment any more than the players do. The only hope the Dodgers have of full and lasting recovery from this particular abusive relationship, is if the McCourts are no longer in the picture.
So, citizens of Dodgertown, (hey, I get your emails and read your billboards from time to time) I tip my glass to you with the sincerest hopes that this is the beginning of much, much better things to come for you. Perhaps even eventual ownership by Steve Garvey and Orel Hershiser, which is the rumor I most hope is true. My glass is full of coffee, mind you, because it's the middle of the day and all that. But, really, it's the thought that counts! I even wish you a long and fruitful winning streak…starting in about two weeks.😉
Post Tuesday Game Edit:
Okay. Granted the Marlins had just lost 11 in a row. Rationally there were going to win one eventually. But why do I feel like the Angels are the slump buster team of the American League, temporarily on loan to the National League? Overreacting? Just a tad. Which is why I typically don't post immediately following a game. We'll get 'em tomorrow. But still! Five to two? Shut out until the ninth inning? Really? Guys. When I talked about keeping it up and getting a streak going, this is pretty much the antithesis of what I was talking about…and by pretty much, I mean exactly.
New York, New York, a Helluva Town, the Angels Were Up, Then the Angels Were Down
Friday, the Angels reached stop number two on the Four Corners Road Trip and returned to Interleague play with a bang. Joel Pinero notched his 100th career win as the Angels bested the Mets in a tight four to three victory. Both teams played well and the outcome was a question mark right up to the last pitch. The Angels bats were out in full force and clutch with men in scoring position. Torii Hunter, Maicer Izturis and Howie Kendrick all had a multiple hit game. Mark Trumbo, Peter Bourjos and Vernon Wells also contributed to the hit parade. Most importantly, every time the Mets scored, the Angels were able to score in response. That hasn't exactly been a given this season, a big part of the reason we're still below .500.
The defense was pretty good as well. Another highlight reel Bourjos catch up against the wall in center. A couple of great plays at first. We have got to work on keeping the other guys from stealing though, even though players like Jose Reyes are smart, fast and dangerous on the base paths. Fortunately, Pinero had a good start and kept the sinker ball down and the Bullpen did their thing with only minimal hiccoughs. Jordan Walden had us all on pins and needles when he walked the first two batters, but then he let the ice water back into his veins and struck out the next three in a row to earn the 16th save of his rookie season.
So what happened Saturday? Well, let's just say there are a lot of very satisfied goats walking around the Bronx right now. (Note to self, "if my husband laughs" is probably not the best barometer there is for appropriate.😉 ) Without the benefit of the DH option, in order to get Bobby Abreu back into the lineup (good idea), we put our weakest outfield configuration on the field (bad idea). Abreu, Wells and Hunter all alone in that giant Citi Field outfield without Bourjos' speed? Very bad idea.
Then, Russell Branyan replaced Mark Trumbo at first in the starting lineup for reasons unbeknownst to me – can't we declare Branyan a cheap, failed experiment already? – and Erick Aybar proceeded to have one of those, fortunately rare, games when you wonder where his head is at and what joker oiled his glove with Vaseline. The official record shows only one error, but I watched every play and the Mets scorekeepers were extremely generous in this regard. Dan Haren had a bad night and the umpire's strike zone was doing him no favors. And with few exceptions, the team could not hit – Mark Trumbo, a late innings replacement going two for two with one deep homerun to right center, was our only highlight.
"Which is more important, a strong offense or a strong defense?" is one of those questions whose answer varies with every team and every season. For the Angels this season, the offense doesn't seem to be in a position to weigh in on that argument no matter what tweaks Scioscia might make to the lineup. In this situation, every single run is a big deal. Ours and theirs. If we aren't going to give the pitchers run support then we absolutely have to put the best possible defense out on the field every day. No more Branyan at first and leaving speed out of the outfield…oh, and when Aybar is having one of those games? Pull him. So, on to the rubber match, where I hope to see a lineup that reflects our best defense, and then on to Miami:
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Happy Father's Day to all of the wonderful dads out there, and especially to mine!
Daddy, softball coach, friend, confidant, giver of hugs, encourager of dreams and occasional shoulder to cry on, like most fathers, mine has worn many, many hats, and all of them much better than he will ever know. My father gave me my head for trivia, my irreverent sense of humor, my stubborn streak, my love of music, John Steinbeck and Mark Twain, my blue eyes and freckles and so much more. He taught me the value of working hard, the power of a good laugh and if the ball falls into your glove, never look surprised. And my love for the game? Well, as with so many things that are wonderful, I owe that to both my father and my mother. Thank you does not even begin to cover it, but it will have to do.
The Angels' Crazy Four Corners Interleague-ean Baseball Odyssey Begins
While the Angels grounds crew plows up the entire diamond for a series of U2 concerts and then puts everything back the way it was again, the Angels will spend two weeks circling the country in pursuit of truth, justice and the baseball way…Okay, really just in pursuit of a whole lot of Ws, but didn't it sound more poetic the other way? Anyway back to the travel part. Affectionately – by which I mean sarcastically and with no small amount of annoyance – dubbed the Four Corners Trip by Mike Scioscia and crew, this road trip will take the Angels to the four corners of the continental United States, more or less. Once they conclude their current series in Seattle, the Angels will fly to New York to play the Mets, after which they will fly to Florida to play the Marlins and then right back home again to play the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. That's a journey of just over 8,000 miles.
Now the length of the road trip does come courtesy of the U2 concert. But the craziness of the broad spectrum of destinations comes courtesy of Major League baseball. Wouldn't it have made more sense to just fly out the East Coast and play more Eastern Division teams while the Angels were already out there than flying all over hell and gone? Perhaps they could have played the Yankees and the Rays on either side of the Interleague match-ups? Or maybe this would have been a better time to head for Boston or Baltimore. Heck, even stopping in Kansas City on the way out to the east coast, rather than having the Royals fly to California would have made more sense.
And this isn't even the only crazy road trip the Angels have scheduled in 2011. In Oakland right after the All-Star break for three days, Monday off, just three days at home to play the Rangers and then out to Baltimore with no day off to play the Orioles before heading back home by way of Detroit to play the Twins in Anaheim, anyone? The Four Corners Trip is merely the craziest of the bunch.
I realize that every team has crazy schedule situations this season and if by some miracle a team escapes such oddities, don't worry, MLB will get to you next year. I also realize that there is a certain amount of scheduling craziness inherent in being a Western Division team, where no two in-league opponents exist within the same 100 mile radius. Florida teams have a similar problem. And no amount of proper prior planning is going to completely fix that.
Angels Manager Mike Scioscia is one of the proponents of expanding the post season to include two wild card teams in each league. I myself am not a fan of the idea. However, Scioscia keeps talking about making the post season extension feasible without pushing play back out into November by scheduling the regular season more efficiently. Avoiding having so many bizarre road trip situations, like the one described above, which Scioscia said looked like Kindergarteners designed it, would allow MLB to shave off a few rest days here and there, shortening the regular season in a sane fashion without actually cutting out any games. If MLB makes an effort to take some of the stupid end of the crazy spectrum out of the away schedules, I would like that _so_ much that I might find it in my heart to tolerate additional wild card teams…eventually. Just no more of this 15 teams in both leagues realignment talk, okay. Now _that's_crazy…not to mention contrary to having moved the Brewers to the National League in the first place.
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Two Ws in Seattle
However, as much as I am griping about the travel involved in the Four Corners trip, I have no complaints about the trip itself. So far the Angels are wearing it very well. They took two against Seattle including Jered Weavers' complete game shutout this evening. Wins for Weaver and Dan Haren in the same spin through the rotation. Angels bats striking early and often, including multiple hits for Bobby Abreu and Howie Kendrick whose bats are on fire and two homeruns by Vernon Wells in Monday's game. Spot on fielding. Heads up base running. A clutch bullpen. Oh yeah! Sure there are still a few things to work on, but keep it up boys. You're playing like Angels!
And with those two wins, the Angels gain two games on Seattle, of course, but also one on Texas to whom those nice, helpful Yankee boys administered a beating this evening. Well, nice and helpful this evening anyway. What's not to like?!
The Continuing Saga of Kaz
Scott Kazmir had yet another rough start in Salt Lake City this evening. He lasted 1.2 innings and is on the hook for six earned runs on five hits, three walks and one hit batsman. I don't report this gleefully. I am sorry he hasn't made any improvements at all and seems to be backsliding even further after such a solid career with the Rays. However this evening current Angels GM Tony Reagins and former Angels GM Bill Stoneman were in attendance at the Bees game, taking stock of Kaz' performance. I expect we will hear a final decision soon. It's more than time to stop prolonging the agony.
Friday Gourmet, Wine & Angels: Let the Wild Interleague Rumpus Begin
Now that was the way to come back from a bad couple of weeks. Nine runs on ten hits to beat the Braves 9 to 0. Ervin Santana pitched a complete game, four-hit shutout and was just plain nasty, striking out seven and walking no one, throwing both his slider and breaking ball for strikes. Not a single Brave made it to second base. It was beautiful.
Our bats were back and the rookies in particular were in fine form. Mark Trumbo had a fantastic game with a couple of stellar plays at first, a three-run homerun and two additional hits, finishing a triple shy of the cycle. Alexi Amarista went hitless but continues to impress in the field with several great plays and one leaping catch that did not look possible…until he did it. Hank Conger had a great night behind the plate and Peter Bourjos (okay, technically no longer a rookie, but only just barely) was able to put those quick feet to use yet again in center and on the base paths, with one hit, one hit by pitch and two runs scored.
The veterans were not left out of the fun either. Torii Hunter, Alberto Callaspo, Erick Aybar and Bobby Abreu all had hits. Torii had a great night in right field and even managed to make fun of his own blunder against the Mariners. He pretended, quite convincingly, to lose the ball in the twilight on a routine pop-up before catching it effortlessly, but not before frightening Santana, Bourjos and Mike Scioscia. Well played Torii! We were cracking up over here.
Oh, and I have decided that Ervin Santana is Hobbes. Outside of the game, he is charming, funny and downright sweet seeming in interviews. The term affable comes to mind. Much like the warm fuzzy side of Calvin's imaginary companion. On the mound with his game face on, however, Santana's face settles into an intense predatory smile and, though his eyes are completely hidden in the shadow of his cap, I always expect them to glow from underneath, like Hobbes in pouncing mode with the opposing team's batters in the role of the unsuspecting Calvin just home from school. I love it!
So, this week's Friday Night Ritual (wine, "gourmet" dinner and the Angels game) spread: grilled turkey and brie sandwiches topped with apples, pickled red onions and baby greens tossed with homemade balsamic vinaigrette and accompanied by Rio Seco's (the baseball winery) MVP reserve, a flavorful Cabernet, Cab Franc and Merlot blend perfectly themed for the evening. It was delicious but, even better, it was a great game! Keep it up gentlemen, this could be the beginning of a wonderful trend!
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I realize that I am in the minority on MLBlogs, but I actually like Interleague play…and not just because the Angels usually rock it. I understand it's not traditional. I understand that many of the rivalries are manufactured. I understand it can lead to uneven match-ups across a given division, but I don't care. It's just plain fun to watch the kind of crazy scenarios we played out as kids – the Angels catching balls against the backdrop of Wrigley's ivy, the Dodgers dealing with the green monster – come to life.
Part of my attitude may come from the fact that Interleague play developed during the period of my baseball discontent and self-imposed exile from the sport. I didn't watch it develop like the rest of you. I just checked back into the game in 2004 and *poof* we have Interleague play now. I am enough of a purist that, when I came back to baseball, I hated the new three division league structure, I hated the addition of wild card teams to the playoffs and I hated the whole stupid pitch count thing, but I enjoyed Interleague play. Go figure. Incidentally, I have come to accept three divisions and wild card teams, though it happened slowly and grudgingly, but I still do not like pitch counts and overspecialization among pitchers at all.


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Morrissey, Kelly; Idriss, Nadine; Nieman, Lynnette MD; Winkel, Craig MD; Stratton, Pamela MD
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis, arising de novo, is believed to be uncommon in women who have undergone bilateral tubal ligation because the occluded tube prevents outflow of blood and menses.
CASE: A woman 10-year status-post bilateral tubal ligation suffered from dysmenorrhea and menorrhagia that began within 1 year after sterilization. At the time of bilateral tubal ligation, no endometriosis was observed. A recent magnetic resonance imaging scan showed no pelvic abnormalities, and the patient underwent a diagnostic laparoscopy in anticipation of finding endometriosis, yet none was found. At laparoscopy performed on day 3 of her menstrual cycle, the proximal segments of her occluded fallopian tubes were dilated with blood. As this was the only abnormality found, we postulated that her dysmenorrhea might be related to the dilated proximal tubal stumps. We evacuated the bloody fluid and occluded the proximal tube at the cornua with Filshie clips. One year after surgery, the patient remains asymptomatic.
CONCLUSION: This case is unique because bilateral tubal ligation combined with retrograde menstrual flow appears to have caused dysmenorrhea. Women who have undergone tubal ligation and who have dysmenorrhea may benefit from a diagnostic laparoscopy during menstruation to evaluate the possibility of retrograde menstruation dilating the proximal tubal stumps.
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16 years after the first Peak Bouldering Rockfax comes a long-overdue new edition. At more than twice the size it certainly has a lot more between its pages than its predecessor, but what about the contents? Is the book up to standard? Does it offer anything new to bouldering in the Peak Area? Matt Heason takes a look.
This review was first published on Heason.net
I've reviewed a fair number of Rockfax guides over the years, but this one sets some new records! Had they made the cover from high density foam it could almost have doubled as a bouldering mat - it's that fat! 544 pages, 3394 boulder problems on 66 different crags, and including 60 circuits. I've known the authors a long time and had wondered what was keeping them from publishing the thing. Now I know!
Each iteration of Rockfax guides goes in the right direction as far as I am concerned. It's standard now to expect decent colour topos, good quality photographs, and decent descriptions of how to get to a crag. It's also taken for granted that the data is all cross referenced - from well and fully named photo captions complete with grades and respective page numbers, to the colour coded problem markers and intuitive icons describing individual problems and crags. What's new this time around is the inclusion of colour coded circuits. Originating in Fontainebleau, and adopted by the new wave of bouldering walls, and also by selected guidebooks (nod to Grimer and the recent BMC guides), the circuits provide a thoroughly enjoyable 'new' way of going climbing. Essentially a sequential list of problems within a defined grade range means that where you perhaps used to go to a crag and wander aimlessly amongst the boulders climbing problems that caught your eye, or more likely, problems that you recognised and had tried before, the circuit opens up new problems for you and spreads the load on the sometimes over-used rock. Some would argue that a circuit is only aimed at the unimaginative, but I think that is wrong. Circuits are almost climbing's equivalent of a fell race or cyclosportive. They add a little structure to an otherwise unstructured pastime, and I think that most of us like a good dose of structure in our lives.
Also plastered all over the book are QR codes which are scannable with a smartphone and open up Google Maps at the relevant parking spot so that you can navigate straight there. Simple, but effective. For those without a scanner there are also GPS coordinates listed. According to the book there's an App version of this book due in the future which is pretty exciting!
It covers a massive list of areas: See the full crag list
Northern Peak
Wimberry, Tintwistle Knarr, Black Tor, Hobson Moor Quarry, New Mills Tor, The Woolpacks, Derwent
Sheffield Area
Wharncliffe, Rivelin, Bell Hagg
Stanage Area
Bamford, Stanage
Burbage Valley
Higgar Tor, Burbage West, Burbage North, Burbage South Edge, Burbage South Valley, Owler Tor, Secret Garden, Mother Cap, Millstone, Carl Wark, Houndkirk Tor, Ox Stones
Derwent Gritstone
Froggatt, Curbar, Baslow, Gardoms, Birchen
Stoney, Rubicon, Raven Tor, Blackwell Dale, Rheinstor, Nuda's Tartan
Central Grit
Rabbit Warren, Harland Edge, Robin Hood's Stride, Cratcliffe, Clifftop Boulder, Stanton Moor, Rowter Rocks, Bank Quarry, Jackson Tor, Amber Valley
The Roaches, The Skyline, Five Clouds, Ramshaw, Newstones and Baldstones, Gib Torr, Wolf Edge
South Peak
Black Rocks, Harborough Rocks, Shining Cliff, Churnet Valley
I've spent a fair while perusing the book and looking for out of the way clusters of rocks that I've spied whilst out fell running and am yet to not find it listed. In each case there are at least a handful of problems to make the walk-in worthwhile. To put things into context, the previous edition of Rockfax's Peak Bouldering Guide covered 1,600 problems on 38 crags. That's 28 new crags, and 1,794 new problems! Throw in the circuits as well, of which nearly a third are aimed at beginners, and there's plenty to keep you busy!
Adrian Berry was responsible for one of the first climbing websites - climbingmedia, which he founded and then morphed into planetFear along with Shane Ohly. At a similar time Alan James, who had already set up Rockfax as a viable business, launched UKClimbing. Some ten years later and the pair are working together to produce guidebooks. Adrian used to be based in the Peak so clearly has a good knowledge of the local bouldering, but he now resides down south, so having Alan co-author the book must have been pretty key. Anyway, the long and the short of it is that between them they have produced a mammoth new chapter in the story of Peak Bouldering.
Not really got any to be fair. Perhaps the inclusion of some kid's circuits would be a good move some time, but then there's probably scope for a whole guide dedicated to that - my theory is that there are more smaller boulders than bigger boulders, therefore there are more climbable boulders for kids than there are for us grown ups. If there are 3394 problems listed for us, then think how many there must be that would suit kids in the same area!
£29.95 is a chunk of money to pay for a guidebook, but given the fact that the other option would have been to produce two volumes, each priced at, say, £19.95, I think it's worth the money. A very well researched book and a welcome step forward for Peak Bouldering.
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The MLB trade deadline is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET on July 31, and a plethora of trades could go down before all is said and done. One such team that appears to be in "buy" mode is the New York Yankees.
General manager Brian Cashman already made a splash by acquiring outfielder Alfonso Soriano (even if it wasn't his call), and more moves appear to be on the way. The team is interested in several different players and also has a few players of its own up for grabs. Such a combination generally translates into some roster shuffling.
The Soriano trade has already paid dividends, but the willingness to trade talent for rental players is what will pay dividends in the long run for Cashman and the Yankees. There's no doubting the fact that the Bombers need to get younger. To go for it all in 2013, though, they'll need to acquire talent—whatever the age.
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Director Ranjith Sankar, who shot to fame with Passenger and is riding high after the laugh riot Punyalan Agarbathis, has named his new film Varsham.
The film is a family drama with Mammootty playing the male lead. "It's a story about a common man becoming a legend in his own right," says Ranjith.
"There are two heroines but we are yet to finalise the names," he adds.
The shooting of Varsham will start in June. The film will be released by Central Pictures on October 2.
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Minecraft Creeper
Greetings from Hong Kong.
This is my first Arduino project. I have worked with the handyboard and NXT few years ago. The Arduino seems popular and easy to get into for people from non-electronic background like me, so I decided to build something simple to get myself familiarize with the Arduino board and interfaces. For the look I decided to make it the Minecraft Creeper, for the non-gamers, it's a iconic mob that appears in the 8-bit inspired 3D game Minecraft. If you havent try it before, grab a copy now!
The creeper is a mob which runs around in the game searching for the player, if it get close enough to the player, it will detonate itself and blow up everything nearby. I wont make my bot blow stuff up, but I will certainly wanted to make it be able to "search" for something. So I started off by making it run around without bumping into things first.
Underneath the frame is built using aluminium materials. This autonomous robot will perform a simple move-and-avoid action using its readings from the IR sensor. I tried to use the ultrasonic sensor but noise and accurate is fairly low compared to the Sharp IR sensor.
I got a Mega 2560 board on it. Motors are powered by a L298P chip shield, power supplied by 7.4v or 11.1v Lipo battery. The motor shield has a voltage regulator and it can also used to power up the mega 2560 with its 5V output, kinda handy.
I got most of the parts running well, now I just need a nice look body for the creeper.
Hopefully I can make it to recognize some designated objects, to mimick the search action in the game. And convert it into a 4-legged robot.
Please check my pictures for the prototype. Let me know anything you like and dont :)
Such a creative robot, I
Such a creative robot, I love the Creeper head, great video game too. Looks like a great start and the Arduino Mega is great many digital pins to add things to.
Finding humans isn't difficult,
if you have a PIR sensor and can get the robot to sit still while looking for said humans.
creeper are cute... but
creeper are cute... but deadly! heh! i want hugssssssss...
Cool project. I just came
In Hong Kong, robot
In Hong Kong, robot community is very small. Now some of the members will show up in the Hong Kong Mini Maker Faire. http://hkmakerfaire.com
nice robot
I am from Hong Kong. Now we have a Mini Maker Faire. Do you have interesting in showing the robot.
This is first Hong Kong Mini
This is first Hong Kong Mini Maker Faire. Our objective is to gather hong kong makers togther and promote the DIY culture. Maker Faire is not a trade show. I think your robot is nice and visitors will like it. "how to make it" is the main theme.Simple and interesting projects are welcome. Thanks


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If street names are changed to abbreviate the type of street (Dr, St, Pky, Ave, Blvd, etc.), as suggested on this page, will Waze pronounce them all correctly?
Waze road types for Canada
Highways in Canada (specifically Ontario and Quebec, my only experience) are different than ones in the US. According to the US road types we would have no (or few) major highways. Several highways are major, but not limited for example in the Montreal/Ottawa area.
148 117 125 132 138 in Quebec, which are major compared to 300 series routes which are in yellow.
17 138 38 7 in Eastern Ontario, this would distinguish them from county roads which are all yellow.
It would be far more useful for Canadian wazers to have these as major highways, how about we define standards for Canada?
How about out west and the maritimes? I don't know the road systems out there but are there similar problems?
Out west: coming from Alberta & BC, there are few "Major" highways -- for most of these provinces, you'll see two major routes going east-west (TCH Hwy 1 & TCH Hwy 16), and one or two major routes going north-south (BC 5, 97/97C; AB 2).
As most of these routes pass through cities, the US definitions break (there are stop lights, for example, on the TCH 1 through Calgary).
I would propose that we not downgrade these routes to "Minor" when they pass through a city -- it is useful for those from outside the city to know the official route they are trying to follow, even if it's not the most major of streets in that locale.
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British cannibal's plan to rape and eat children in dungeon
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- May 08, 2013
- Police foil 40-year-old's plan to rape and kill kids
- Man faces 27 years' jail, deportation to UK
- Geoffrey Portway swapped 4,500 child porn files
A BRITISH man who lives in the US has confessed his plan to lure children to his home for sexual abuse before killing and eating them.
The Mirror reports Geoffrey Portway, aka "Fat Longpig", faces a 27-year jail term and will be deported back home.
He told authorities of his plot after building a dungeon in his basement and trawling for victims online.
Behind two locked doors in Portway's Massachusetts home, police discovered an elaborate dungeon set up with a cage, butcher's tools, torture equipment and a deep freezer.
The US attorney's office said: "This dungeon was described in detail by Portway as a place he intended to use to keep kidnapped children while he sexually abused them and as a place to eventually murder and cannibalise the children."
Police also found a small coffin packed with speakers and locks, and sound-proofing material in the room at Portway's home.
The 40-year-old was discovered online, discussing "abducting, raping, murdering, and eating children".
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Coming off of a 40-point loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, the Jets' fanbase is certainly not confident about the team's prospects for the rest of the season.
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Last Sunday while Keith was woodsing it up in the woods of West Virginia we(Jeremiah, Colin, Torey, and I) took a mini road trip to wild DC for Sean's Courier Cross alley cat…..
We didn't race but we hung out at freedom plaza did some tricks and filmed some of the racers going by. Colin got a few flats. We worked on some down ledge grinds and some wacky flat stuff it was fun for sure. The time came to move on so we headed towards the race after party and tried to find some spots on the way. Nothing really caught our eye but luckily the streets and sidewalks around durkl were ripe with features. The afterparty was really chill and it was cool to see the DC scene outside of tricks, it was also fun to do some classic post race activities that I haven't done in a long time. Jeremiah did pretty well in foot down, unlike me… and while drunk green shirt glasses guy might have been my downfall in foot down, it was his adequate announcing at the track stand comp that led me to victory. The timing couldn't have been better for the prize give away because we all headed into the durkl shop just as the rain hit, not a second too late.
The rain stopped and the party winded down. We headed to the back of the shop to the warehouse section where Malcom at durkl hooked it up and we took portraits for a project Sean is working on. From there the four of us along with Nick from BFFDC and Palace 5ive (and a bunch of other things), Malcom from durkl, and David from Palace 5ive rode/skated to a DIY sk8 spot under an overpass. This spot was really cool and reminded me a lot of the Hampden park, where you can move all the stuff around and some of it's falling apart. Anyways I fell on my swellbow pretty hard and broke the 6th spoke on my rear wheel so I took it pretty easy with Jeremiah and Nick. Colin and Torey rode really well and their outfits matched too! Eventually we headed back down the alphabet to the car. With sore butts, fresh digs, and good memories we headed back to Baltimore. So big thanks to Sean for putting everything together, Malcom at durkl for all the sweet stuff, Nick for showing us a sick spot and being cool, Torey for hanging out this weekend, all the DC racers for putting up with our "tricktarking", drunk green shirt glasses guy for being entertaining, David for skating with us to the spot, sorry we lost ya on the way back and Lucas for coming up from RVA and riding with us.
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A final report on how much it would cost Wisconsin to do away with same-day voter registration has been delayed.
The state Government Accountability Board in December issued a preliminary report saying doing away with allowing voters to register at the polls on Election Day would cost $5 million initially and about $1 million annually after that.
The board which oversees elections had hoped to have a final report done by the end of December. But at its meeting Monday, elections division administrator Mike Haas said the board was still waiting on cost estimates from two or three other state agencies.
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5 Stocks Ready to Break Out
An example of a recent successful breakout trade is biotechnology and drugs stock Isis Pharmaceuticals (ISIS), which I featured in Dec. 14's " 5 Breakout Stocks to See " at $9.83 a share. I mentioned in that piece that shares of ISIS were uptrending strong and moving within range of both its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. I told readers to watch for a major breakout to trigger if ISIS took out both of those key moving averages with high volume.
>>5 Stocks Insiders Are Scooping Up
Guess what happened? Shares of ISIS went on to break back above both of those moving averages with bullish upside volume flows. The stock has now skyrocketed to its intraday high today of $14.45 a share, which is a huge gain from where the stock was trading at when I wrote the article. Shares of ISIS have now reached overbought levels, since its current relative strength index reading is 84.46.
Breakout candidates are something that I tweet about on a daily basis . I frequently tweet out high-probability setups, breakout plays and stocks that are acting technically bullish. These are the stocks that often go on to make monster moves to the upside. What's great about breakout trading is that you focus on trend, price and volume. You don't have to concern yourself with anything else. The charts do all the talking.
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If you take a look at the chart for Iridium Communications, you'll notice that this stock has been trending sideways for the last few weeks, with shares moving between $6.71 on the downside and $7.25 on the upside. Shares of IRDM are starting to bounce today off that $6.71 low and quickly move within range of triggering a near-term breakout trade.


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Now that the 2013-14 NFL season is officially over, it is time to look ahead to the offseason.
Fans of the Seattle Seahawks will spend their time basking in the knowledge that their team is unquestionably the best in the league. All other fans will simply hope that their teams spend the next few months putting the pieces together for a better run next year.
While the NFL prides itself on parity, the reality is that not every team will be competitive in 2014. However, fans can still hang onto the hope that their team, no matter how bad it was last season, can have a chance to chase the Lombardi Trophy.
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NEW YORK-Bodum recently won an Australian trademark-infringement suit that protects the design of its Chambord French Press Coffee Maker. The distinctive shape and features of the Chambord French Press are now protected against copies in Australia, according to the company, the result of an Australian court decision.
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>Subject: NASA Graduate Student Researcher Program
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This is for anyone who spent time they'll never get back watching the New Jersey Nets this season. This is for anyone who has lost trust in the refereeing, who is fed up with the endless LeBron James speculation, who wishes for less quantity and more quality over the eight-month season. This is for anyone who loves pro basketball and has been told it doesn't matter anymore.
The Celtics and Lakers will meet again here Thursday in Game 7, and no winner-take-all event in any sport could matter more. The Celtics took a bullet for fans everywhere (outside New England, of course) by coming out sluggishly in Game 6 to encourage the Lakers' 89-67 win. Boston could have finished off the season Tuesday, but that would have been anticlimactic and premature. Now everybody wins.
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Bill Posley was voted out of his all-male Manono tribe at the fourth Tribal Council session of
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Reality TV World: In your final words, you said you went into Tribal Council having decided to "roll the dice." Does that mean you weren't surprised to be voted out?
Bill Posley:
Yeah, I mean it meant that, you know, what doesn't -- not so much get seen [on TV] -- I'm out there strategizing like everybody else and I'm out there trying to win people's, you know, loyalty and alliances as well. So, going into that Tribal Council, I mean, it wasn't that I -- people are like, "How did you go?"
The main reason why -- the main reason why I went -- was I'm hoping and I believe in the alliances that I have. And I'm hoping that I can blindside [Colton Cumbie] and/or at least he gets voted off. I'm hoping that the three or four guys that I've been talking to and trying to convince to be on my side are ultimately going to see Colton for who he is and I'm going to expose him and they're going to back my vote.
Reality TV World: So who did you think you had aligned with that was going to join you and blindside Colton?
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I thought, you know, I would have [Jonas Otsuji], [Troy "Troyzan" Robertson], [Jay Byars], and [Michael "Big Mike" Jefferson]. And I thought I would win their -- in that final moment when I'm speaking and I'm feeling it and I hit my stride, I was hoping these guys were seeing that this dude isn't loyal and he's not a good person -- not not a good person, but not a good person to continue to have around.
Reality TV World: Looking back at it now, there seemed to be two possibilities to what happened last night. One was that your tribe was just pretending they were going to vote [Leif Manson] out and planning to vote you out all along, or the other was that they legitimately went to Tribal Council planning to vote Leif out but something changed once they got there and they all decided to switch to you instead. Most viewers seem to be thinking your tribe had planned to vote you out all along and all the talk about Leif was just a cover story to try and get you to agree to give up tribal immunity to the women. Is that your opinion as well?
Bill Posley:
Yeah, I mean, that very well could have been. Again, one of the things that continued to come up was, "How come everybody was so afraid of Colton?" blah, blah, blah. I didn't even know that he had the [hidden Immunity Idol] that day. I didn't even know that he was running the show until last night.
I didn't know any of that stuff and you're looking at seven different men and you get seven different answers and playing their own game. You can only take -- you have to think that somebody's telling the truth out of this bunch or somebody -- I mean, if Leif was open enough to be honest with me about me not being liked and Colton trying to vote me off, then I gotta believe that there is this whole other side of it, this whole other...
There are going to be some people who are honest and will tell you how they really feel and how they really want to vote. So, yeah, maybe that was their plan the entire time, and then saying, "Hey meet me and let's get Colton, let's get Colton" -- them just nodding to blindside me. But either way, I got -- I tried -- but either way, I feel good because he didn't have control over me. That meant a lot.
Reality TV World: I need to ask you a few questions about how the whole "giving up tribal immunity" thing went down, because like
host Jeff mentioned on the show, it's never happened in 24 seasons before, so it kind of has viewers fascinated.
How did you guys come to believe that giving up tribal immunity was something that you could even do? We've never even seen Jeff ask a tribe to confirm that they want to keep tribal immunity like he does with the individual immunity necklaces, so is giving up tribal immunity something that is listed as an option in the
rulebook that you guys get or is it something that was not listed and you guys figured if it's not specifically listed [as prohibited] then you can do it? How did the whole idea come about?
Bill Posley:
You know, I don't even know. It came about the way you thought. Colton suggested to Jonas and Troyzan and then it all got sent back -- got brought back down to -- sent out to the rest of us, and I thought I read that rulebook pretty thoroughly. But I didn't know whether or not I did. So, it just came up and I was like, "Yeah okay, that sounds cool."
Reality TV World: So what was the reaction when you guys first approached the producers and told them you guys wanted to give up tribal immunity -- did they immediately just say okay, or was it something they had to check the rulebook or get some kind of ruling on, or how did that all unfold?
Bill Posley:
I just gotta check with [the CBS publicist]. Am I allowed to talk about the producers' thoughts?
[EDITOR'S NOTE: The CBS publicist states those are unbroadcast "behind the scenes" details that are not discussed].
Reality TV World: What I was really looking to ask was last night's episode seemed to go out of its way to suggest that the only way you guys could give up tribal immunity is if everybody in your tribe agreed to do so -- so just to clarify, was that one of the conditions that was in the rulebook or part of the ruling you got from the producers? Because that's something that the show did broadcast but didn't explain in detail.
Bill Posley:
Right, right. Once the idea of giving up immunity was put out there, it came to our knowledge that it basically had to be all of us or it couldn't happen. I legitimately felt that either Leif was going home or I had a chance to get Colton, and that's why I went -- I legitimately felt those two things. It was a big move. It was a big move.
I wanted to make a big move and had it have worked, (laughs) -- had it have worked and we blindsided Colton, then you're talking to him about the greatest move that's ever been pulled on somebody and we're waiting to see what Bill does next. At the end of the day, I lost and -- not lost -- but I didn't have those guys backing me like I thought I did and they got me.
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