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SANTA ANA – Prices for valet parking and car washes could soon go up at John Wayne Airport, with Orange County supervisors expected to finalize discussions on a new parking contract next month.
Under the proposed new contract with the county government, which runs the airport, LAZ Parking plans to boost car wash prices, depending on the service, by $5 to $27.
Regarding valet parking, Supervisor Pat Bates said the proposal "spells to me another increase" in prices.
In particular, Bates wondered aloud whether LAZ's proposal to take less of a cut of the parking revenue than the current vendor – from 36 percent down to 32 percent – would be accompanied by an increase in overall rates to keep profit margins healthy.
Meanwhile LAZ's president tried to reassure supervisors Tuesday during their public meeting that the parking prices won't go up. But, supervisors later noted, that commitment has not yet been made in writing.
The issue will come back to supervisors on Sept. 9 for another round of debate and public input.
Tuesday's debate also highlighted the longtime dominance of LAZ's competitor, Parking Concepts Inc., in receiving the county government's parking contracts.
Other potential parking contractors have been discouraged from bidding, Supervisor John Moorlach said, because of concerns that "we don't look to hire anyone other than the incumbent."
A Register investigation last year found that PCI was repeatedly awarded millions in county parking contracts "at county beaches, parks, the Civic Center and John Wayne Airport – in at least three cases after county staff recommended another vendor."
Those contracts brought in more than $10 million in revenue to PCI, the Register found.
The firm's vice president is Lyle Overby, a longtime county lobbyist who has contributed tens of thousands of dollars to county supervisors' campaigns through his Committee for Improved Public Policy. Overby and his other clients often contributed to supervisors on the same day, the Register found.
PCI has won every major contract at the county for more than a decade, Harth told supervisors.
The company has run the airport valet service since 2001.
Questions were also raised Tuesday about how the county's contract evaluation panel, which rated LAZ much higher than PCI, ended up giving the exact same scores on various ratings of LAZ.
Supervisor Todd Spitzer said the probably of that being a coincidence was extremely low.
"It's one in 10 billion if you look at that many scores" for them to come out the same, said Spitzer.
The panelists are prohibited from coordinating with one another about their scores.
JWA Airport Director Alan Murphy, meanwhile, said the similarity of scores was much more likely a coincidence, given that scores are ranked 0 to 5. But Spitzer wasn't convinced.
"On its face, I'm just going to tell you, I don't believe" they didn't talk to each other before giving their scores, said Spitzer.
Much of supervisors' discussion was spent questioning Murphy about LAZ's proposal to give customers an option to pre-pay through mobile phone apps and the Internet.
For all county parking contracts, the county requires that revenues be given first to the county, which then pays a percentage to the parking vendor as agreed in the contract.
But the proposed contract documents would allow LAZ to use a separate payment system and then pay the county, supervisors said. And that wasn't made clear in Murphy's report to supervisors, they added, making them visibly upset with the airport director.
"You can't have a separate thing going here," Nelson said of the payment collection. "That's not how we do business. We get the money direct … this is very frustrating."
Supervisors directed Murphy to clarify the issue with the vendors, including obtaining a letter from the vendor spelling out how the accounting would work
"You need to go back with both proposers and you need to get clarification on this issue," Spitzer told Murphy.
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Highlights from the 2017 Caribbean Carnival Toronto.
Images from the 2017 Toronto Pride Parade
These various photos were taken at the 2017 iHeartRadio MMVAs.
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Images from the high-society wedding of Pippa Middleton.
Toronto gets ready for rising water amid heavy rains.
Stars walk Red Carpet at 2017 Met Gala.
A firefighter climbed up a downtown construction crane to rescue a woman perched on it for several hours.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are done for the season. Here's a look at some of the highlights, lowlights and the fandemonium.
A look at ten Canadian women making an impact.
Strong winds cause damage in the GTA.
Images from the 89th Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
A six-alarm fire gutted the Badminton and Racquet Club of Toronto.
The Toronto Blue Jays are getting their pitchers and catchers warmed up for the upcoming MLB season at spring training in Dunedin, Fla.
Images from the Women's march in Washington and other cities in the U.S. and Canada.
Making them the first Canadian team to go for the MLS title, Toronto FC beat the Montreal Impact in extra time at BMO field.
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Trauma Prevention [1]
The greatest number of trauma patients is represented by those between the ages of 13 and 25. Nationwide, accidental injuries make up the leading cause of death for children 14 and under. Nearly 14 million children each year suffer a traumatic injury serious enough to require medical attention. Many of those incidents happen at home – often during the summertime and evening hours when children are not being supervised.
Our mission at Carilion Clinic is to promote injury prevention, education and research to help decrease this number in the future. We strongly believe that many traumatic injuries can be avoided if common sense safety precautions are taught and used.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among those ages 5 – 34 in the U.S. More than 2.3 million adult drivers and passengers were treated in emergency departments as the result of being injured in motor vehicle crashes in 2009.
- Distracted Driving is driving while doing another activity that takes your attention away from driving; these activities can increase the chance of a motor vehicle crash. Using a cell phone, texting, eating, and using in-vehicle technologies (such as navigation systems) are a few examples. While any of these distractions can endanger the driver and others, texting while driving is especially dangerous. For more information on Distracted Driving and to learn ways to prevent motor vehicle accidents, visit the CDC for Motor Vehicle Safety [2].
- Seat Belt Use – The CDC states that adult seat belt use is the most effective way to save lives and reduce injuries in motor vehicle crashes. For more information on seat belt use, visit the CDC for Motor Vehicle Safety [2].
- Child Restraint – According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, thousands of children are killed or injured each year as a result of automobile accidents. Using the proper restraint system for your children will greatly increase their chances of avoiding serious injury in the event of a car accident. For more information about choosing a car seat for your child, visit the American Academy of Pediatrics at HealthyChildren.org [3].
- Impaired Driving – Nearly one third of crash deaths involve and impaired driver. According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), this equates to one death every 53 minutes and at an annual cost of $51 billion. Learn more about the dangers of Impaired Driving [4].
Falls are the leading cause of non-fatal injuries for all children ages 0 to 19. Among older adults (those 65 or older), falls are the leading cause of injury death.
Preventing Fall injuries in children
- Play safely. Falls on the playground are a common cause of injury. Check to make sure that the surfaces under playground equipment are safe, soft, and well- maintained (such as wood chips or sand, not dirt or grass).
- Make your home safer. Use home safety devices, such as guards on windows that are above ground level, stair gates, and guard rails. These devices can help keep a busy, active child from taking a dangerous tumble.
- Keep sports safe. Make sure your child wears protective gear during sports and recreation. For example, when in-line skating, use wrist guards, knee and elbow pads, and a helmet.
- Supervision is key. Supervise young children at all times around fall hazards, such as stairs and playground equipment, whether you're at home or out to play.
Preventing Fall injuries for older adults
- Exercise regularly. Activities that increase leg strength and improve balance such as Tai Chi are especially good.
- Have your Doctor or pharmacist identify medicines that may cause side effects or interactions such as dizziness or drowsiness that may led to falling.
- Have their eyes checked by an eye doctor at least once a year and update their eyeglasses to maximize their vision.
- Make the home safer by reducing tripping hazards, adding grab bars inside and outside the tub or shower and next to the toilet, adding railings on both sides of stairways and improving the lighting in their homes.
While many children will experience a minor sprain during the course of their athletic careers, there are also more serious consequences that can result from carelessness or recklessness in sports – including serious fractures and even paralysis. Some important guidelines to follow include:
- Wearing all appropriate protective gear/equipment for your particular sport including helmets, pads, shoes, gloves, neck rolls, sunglasses, etc.
- Understanding and following the rules for your sport.
- Warm up slowly and stretch before your event.
- Use proper sports techniques, especially to help avoid repetitive motion injuries.
- Train and cross-train for your sport to be prepared physically.
- Listen to your body and stop if you are in pain.
Many U.S. homes – nearly 40 percent – have some sort of firearm within them. About ¾ of these are hunting rifles, while the rest are handguns. It is often hard for an adult to distinguish between a real gun and a toy gun, and it is even harder for children. At the same time, TV and video games have desensitized many children to the lethal consequences of firearms.
The only way to completely remove the threat of firearm accidents is to remove all firearms from your home, however there are other steps you can take to greatly minimize the risk to you and your children:
- Always store firearms locked, unloaded and separate from ammunition.
- Tell your children that if they see a firearm (at home or elsewhere) to not touch it and immediately inform an adult.
- Make sure your neighbors, family members and friends follow the same safety rules at their homes.
- Equip all firearms with safety devices and store them in a locked cabinet.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jaguars Coach Gus Bradley, his wife and a local furniture store hosted the slumber party of a lifetime Friday night.
Bradley teamed up with Ashley Furniture Home Stores' "A Hope to Dream" campaign to give Jacksonville kids a sleep over they will never forget.
"Not only are you going to have a great night's sleep but tomorrow, these beds are going to go home for you too. They're your beds," Bradley told 50 kids in Jacksonville.
Bradley's announcement was a surprise not even their parents were expecting.
"I got a bed, I got a bed," said one little girl as she jumped for joy on her new bed.
Among the lucky recipients, the Pugh family, Sedrick Pugh brought his two sons and daughter to the sleepover at Everbank.
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Not only did the kids get their new beds, they also got to hang out Friday night with Roar Cheerleaders, have a pizza party and watch the Sun's game fireworks from the touchdown club inside the stadium.
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Aquarium President and CEO Jerry Schubel has been appointed to the Savannah Ocean Exchange's Board of Governors. In this role, he will share his expertise with the organization in its efforts to bring about solutions that positively impact oceans and marine life. Schubel joins a prestigious group of advisers that includes Daniel J. Basta, director, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries; Nancy Knowlton, Sant Chair, Marine Science at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History; Dan Laffoley, marine vice chair, International Union for Conservation of Nature World Commission on Protected Areas; and Togolio T. A. Tulafono, governor, American Samoa.
Savannah Ocean Exchange holds an annual competition, the Solutions Exchange, and this year two awards of $100,000 will be presented to winning entries. The competition seeks to inspire the development of innovative solutions for saving the oceans. The Solutions Exchange will be held September 20 to 22, with additional ocean-related events held throughout the month.
The theme for the 2012 competition is Leap to Zero+, which encourages economic growth and increased productivity while reducing, ideally to zero, the use of non-renewable resources and waste. This year's prizes are sponsored by continuing support from Gulfstream Aerospace and new sponsor Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics. Entries may be submitted at www.savannahoceanexchange.org between February 1 and midnight on May 1, 2012.
The top fifteen solutions will be showcased at the Solutions Exchange where invited delegates will select the winners of the Gulfstream Navigator Award and Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics Orcelle Award, each accompanied by a grant of $100,000.
Corporations and organizations can apply to be among fifty selected to display in the LEAP TO ZERO+ Showcase. The top eight solutions selected by the global review panel will receive Excellence Awards and present at the Solutions Exchange.
The contest winner in 2011 was the Wave-Glider from Sunnyvale, California-based Liquid Robotics. The Wave-Glider featured a revolutionary surface vehicle that uses the energy from wave motion to propel itself, thereby requiring no fossil fuel. The Wave-Glider has been deployed on research missions exceeding well over 100,000 nautical miles since 2008.


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Make the most tender and moist ribs you have ever eaten by using a combination of methods including a dry rub, indirect cooking, smoking, apple juice and the sauce of your choice.
This recipe comes from Ray Lampe's book Dr. BBQ's Big-Time Barbeque Cookbook.
For a downloadable PDF file of this recipe click here.
Using either baby back or St. Louis cuts, take the membrane off the inside using a table knife and pulling the membrane off. This makes for more tender meat and allows flavors to penetrate more deeply.
In a mixing bowl, combine one half cup salt, one half cup turbinado sugar, one quarter cup brown sugar, a tablespoon ground garlic, tablespoon of ground onion, two tablespoons paprika, two tablespoons chili powder, two tablespoons ground pepper, two teaspoons of cayenne pepper, one tablespoon of thyme, a tablespoon of cumin, and one teaspoon of nutmeg. Take a spoon and stir all these dry ingredients together.
Spoon some of the spice mix onto the ribs and rub into the meat. Rub spices into both sides of ribs.
Prepare the wood by cutting it into smaller pieces and placing them into water to soak. Then place the charcoal coals on one side of the grill (the indirect method of cooking ribs) and add some of the wet wood on top. The idea behind wetting the wood is that you want the wood to smoke and not burn.
To keep the ribs moist, set a pan on the side of the grill and add a little bit of apple juice. You can also use wine or water or other kinds of fruit juice but apple juice imparts a particularly nice flavor.
Lay the ribs on the grill, bone side down and place the top on the grill. Close any grill vents (try to get the temperature down to about 325 degrees) and cook for about an hour to an hour and 15 minutes.
Remove the ribs from the grill and brush on some honey.
Take a foil pan and put about an inch of apple juice in the bottom. Cut the ribs in half if necessary, and put them in the pan. Cover with aluminum foil.
Keeping the temperature at about 325 degrees, place the foil pan on the grill, put the top on the grill and cook for one more hour. Place the ribs on the cutting board and brush on some sauce - either home-made or prepared.
Place ribs back on on the grill, put a little more sauce on the rib side and cook for just a few more minutes then remove. Serve the ribs as slabs or cut into individual ribs.


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Get a taste of the real Vietnam and its people on a sometimes funny, always fascinating journey from the bustling cities to out of the way villages, into Buddhist monasteries and along the Mekong - a real delight for armchair travellers and those contemplating their own adventure.
From the crazy heat and colour of Saigon to the quieter splendour of Hanoi, Walter Mason gives us a rare, joyous and at times hilarious insight into twenty-first century Vietnam. Seduced by the beauty and charm of its people, and the sensuousness of its culture, we can almost taste the little coconut cakes cooked over a fire in a smoky Can Tho kitchen, or smell the endless supplies of fresh baguettes and croissants just out of city ovens.
As colourful city cafes and bars make way for visits to out-of-the-way shrines and temples, we take an impromptu visit to forbidden fortune tellers, and glimpse a little of the Cao Dai religion, made famous in Graham Greene's The Quiet American. Escaping on impulse to a far-flung province, a brief imprisonment culminates in an invitation to local wedding celebrations.
Travelling off the beaten track to far-flung villages and lesser-known towns, we cruise along the Mekong, board hopelessly overcrowded local buses or perch perilously on the back of motorbikes. Behind-the-scenes visits to Buddhist monasteries reveal a quieter and more transcendent world beyond the busy day trips of tourists. And in the process we begin to see the country through the eyes of its people.
Walter, a former bookseller is well known in industry, has several blogs, and is a popular figure on the speaking circuit. He's a brilliant raconteur, good media talent, and has a strong eye for the quirky.
"captures the colour, smells, everyday life and cultural contradictions that is Vietnam" Sunday Telegraph
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"Between the soft chanting of ghosts, the mischievousness of fairies and a hysterical account of a night of karaoke with a group of fishermen this book is a gem." Nova Magazine
"A rare insight into Vietnam's rich history and culture" MiNDFOOD
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Walter, a former bookseller is well known in industry, has several blogs, and is a popular figure on the speaking circuit. He's a brilliant raconteur, good media talent, and has a strong eye for the quirky.
"Captures the color, smells, everyday life . . . that is Vietnam in the 21st Century." "Sunday Telegraph""
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 272
Published: 1st March 2010
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: AU
Dimensions (cm): 19.7 x 12.9 x 2.7
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A DONKEY led York Minster's clergy and congregation on a Palm Sunday procession through the city centre.
The procession, which went from St Helen's Square to the cathedral for the Palm Sunday service, recalled Jesus' entry into Jerusalem days before he was arrested and crucified, said a cathedral spokesman.
Canon Peter Moger said the procession had had to take place inside the Minster last year because of unseasonal snow and ice, but this time Joey the donkey was able to lead it through the streets of York, with the choir singing as everyone walked.
Holy Week will be one of the busiest times of the year for the Minster, which is the only cathedral in the country to host daily Choral Evensong from Palm Sunday every day until Easter Sunday.
Additional services will take place throughout the week and a host of activities for families and children are planned, including Little Explorer Backpacks and trail sheets for children, and Easter trails for adult visitors.
"Visitors will see the Easter Garden, located beneath the Five Sisters Window in the North Transept," said the spokesman.
"A bare cross hangs beneath the central tower, which is draped with a white cloth ready for the Easter Sunday service – a procedure that will be familiar to those who watched the recent BBC1 Yorkshire series, The Minster."


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Here's a little sunny inspiration from Coastal Living magazine for your mid-winter blues. This one-bedroom, 1930s cottage was once owned by modern architect Philip Johnson. Updated and restored by its current owner, the little cottage perches above the ocean and has rooms that all open to the outdoors.
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The seven Itsekiri groups that handed down the ultimatum in Warri after a meeting are: Itsekiri National Youth Council, INYC, National Association of Itsekiri Graduates, NAIG, National Association of Itsekiri Students, NAIS, HOSTCOM Itsekiri Youth Wing, Itsekiri Benin River Pressure Group, IBRPG, Itsekiri Renewal Forum, IRF and the vibrant Movement For The Protection of Iwere Homeland, Development and History, MPIHDH.
Seven Itsekiri groups have handed down a 21-day ultimatum to the Ambassador Austin Oniyesan-led Itsekiri Regional Development Committee, IRDC, to withdraw its case in court against the Itsekiri nation or be prepared to face the wrath.
The leadership crisis rocking the Chevron created IRDC has further widened the gulf in the Itsekiri Nation.
In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting, the groups admonished the litigants to meet with The Olu of Warri to resolve all pending issues concerning the IRDC amicably, noting that since the court case, "Itsekiri Nation have suffered a lot of setback in terms of employment opportunities and other benefits accruable from Chevron".
The communiqué signed by INYC President, Comrade Esimaje Awani, NAIG President, Comrade Collins Oritsetimeyin Edema, NAIS President, Comrade Oritseneye Fredrick, President of MPIHDH, Comrade James Aderojor Ereku, Wesley Madamedon for HOSTCOM Itsekiri Youth Wing, President of IBRPG, Comrade Raymond Aderojor and Jemine Omagbemi for IRF, stressed that those who took IRDC issue to court should realize "that IRDC is not their birth right and failure to distinguish between rights and privilege could lead to a permanent dissolution of IRDC".
They warned that if Chevron continues to ignore the demand to deal directly with the Olu of Warri pending when all contending issues of IRDC are resolved, "it would lead to shutdown of its facilities within Iwere Nation which is CNL's major area of operation with about 600,000 barrels of crude oil production daily".
According to them, the formation of IRDC has done more harm than good to Itsekiri Nation, but they expressed optimism that the restructuring of "IRDC by The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli will bring about transparency and accountability which will enable the IRDC meet its responsibility towards Itsekiri Nation".


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Banana Cream Cheese Pie Recipe
"Whenever I make this creamy banana pie topped with a thick strawberry sauce, everyone looks forward to dessert," shares Zahra Sulemanji of Houston, Texas. "The recipe was passed on to me by my mother-in-law."
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (2 to 3 medium)
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 1 graham cracker crust (9 inches)
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1-1/4 cups sliced fresh strawberries
- 5 drops red food coloring, optional
- 1. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Combine bananas and lemon juice; stir into cream cheese mixture. Fold in whipped topping. Pour into crust. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until set.
- 2. In a large saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch. Stir in strawberries and food coloring if desired. Let stand for 5 minutes. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Cool. Drizzle some over pie. Cut into wedges; serve with remaining topping. Yield: 6-8 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 slice: 378 calories, 20g fat (12g saturated fat), 31mg cholesterol, 206mg sodium, 45g carbohydrate (35g sugars, 2g fiber), 3g protein.
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This breezy raglan pullover is worked from the top down in the round. A simple cable follows the raglan lines and continues down the sweater sides. The original is worked in linen, making it great for warmer climates. For a pullover to wear in cooler weather, work it in a fingering weight wool.
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ZONE Off-Road 2" Torsion Bar Keys for 2001-06 GM Silverado & Sierra 2500HD 4WD
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Our community is one of learning, positive interactions, and mutual respect and support for one another. It is a community that provides support in a variety of ways, including parent to parent, student to student, staff to student and staff to parent.
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Joining the community at Seymour College means that you are joining a community of people who are committed to providing the very best in educational opportunities for its young women. The community is proactive in its support of the various academic and co-curricular activities within the College and offers wonderful encouragement for all that the College achieves.
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The Week In Tabloid Fodder: Fact Vs. Fiction
It's that time of the week again when the celebrity weeklies hit the newsstands. To separate what's real and rumor, we turned to our friends at Gossip Cop for the 411 on this week's most controversial stories.
Kristen Stewart is "acting out" by "drinking heavily" ever since she and Robert Pattinson split, reveals OK! The magazine says the actress has been spending lots of time partying in seedy bars, and she appears "directionless, and very angry at the world." For more on Stewart's crisis, and whether Pattinson is stepping in to help her, log on to Gossip Cop.
Kanye West proposed to Kim Kardashian right after the birth of their baby, reveals OK! The magazine says the couple was "talking to the baby when in mid-sentence, Kanye suddenly asked Kim to marry him." For the emotional way Kardashian reacted to the proposal, and when the pair is set to wed, click over to Gossip Cop.
Miley Cyrus is "wasting away" at "98 pounds," reveals Life & Style, which says the star's friends are "concerned" about her "shockingly thin figure." According to the magazine, the singer is "barely eating" due to her parents' divorce and problems with fiancé Liam Hemsworth. For more on Cyrus' issues, and whether she's getting help, go to Gossip Cop.
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are "moving to London," reveals the National Enquirer. The magazine says the couple is relocating because Kunis doesn't think Los Angeles is "big enough" for her, Kutcher and his ex-wife, Demi Moore, and wants her boyfriend to "cool his friendship with Demi's daughter." For more on the pair's big move, see what a Kunis pal leaks to Gossip Cop.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are fighting over whether they should let their kids appear in movies, reveals Star. The magazine says Jolie was "upset" when Pitt cast their son Madoxx in World War Z, and is now "putting her foot down" and banning the children from acting in any more films. For how the feud is straining the couple's relationship, go to Gossip Cop.


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I like to keep the company of intellectually stimulating, compassionate , down to earth people.
I love to combine things whether that be different subjects like art and psychology, or food like sage and meyer lemon.
I love to cook, I dont like to bake, too much planning. Im not a good planner.
Im most comfortable in the jazz style of life, improvisational, quick, creative and unplanned.
I love to analyze behaviors and ask why to understand the motivations behind actions.
I am a sensual person, I love smells, flowers, new foods, touch and sound.
Im happy to go out wherever, or just hang with friends and shoot the breeze. Just need some good conversations, good people, and Im content.
Artists: Malevich, Barnett Newman, Yves Klein, My Grandfather,
TV: Twilight Zone, don't watch a lot of TV at home, well we dont have a TV :) but I relish hotels and their TVs for that reason
Radio: NPR, WNYC
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces shot dead dozens of supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi on Saturday, witnesses said, days after the army chief called for a popular mandate to wipe out "violence and terrorism".
The bloodshed, near the military parade ground where President Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981, plunged the Arab world's most populous country deeper into turmoil following two turbulent years of transition to democracy since veteran autocrat Hosni Mubarak was swept from power.
Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood, braced for a military crackdown, said men in helmets and black police fatigues had fired on crowds gathered before dawn on the fringes of a round-the-clock sit-in near a mosque in northeast Cairo.
Activists rushed blood-spattered casualties into a makeshift hospital. Some were carried in on planks or blankets. One ashen teenager was laid out on the floor, a bullet hole in his head.
The United States, treading a fine line with an important Arab ally and recipient of over $1 billion a year in U.S. military aid, urged respect for the right to peaceful protest, and warned that Egypt was at a "pivotal moment".
Brotherhood spokesman Ahmed Aref said 66 people had been killed and another 61 were "brain dead" on life support machines. More than 4,000 were treated for the effects of tear gas and gunshot or birdshot wounds, he told reporters.
"Innocent blood was spilled," Aref said. "We have gone back 10 years."
The Health Ministry reported a total of 65 dead, while the head of the ambulance service, Mohamed Sultanm, said later that 72 had died.
"They are not shooting to wound, they are shooting to kill," another Brotherhood spokesman, Gehad El-Haddad, told Reuters early on Saturday. "The bullet wounds are in the head and chest."
Egypt's Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim denied that police had opened fire, saying local residents living close to the Rabaa al-Adawia mosque vigil had clashed with protesters in the early hours after they had blocked off a major bridge road. He said police had used teargas to try to break up the fighting.
Well over 200 people have been killed in violence since the army toppled Mursi on July 3, following huge protests against his year in power. The army denies accusations it staged a coup, saying it intervened to prevent national chaos.
Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians had poured onto the streets on Friday in response to a call by army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for nationwide demonstrations to give him backing to confront the weeks-long wave of violence.
His appeal was seen as a challenge to the Brotherhood, which organised its own rallies on Friday calling for the return of Mursi, who has been held in an undisclosed location since his ousting and faces a raft of charges, including murder.
Ibrahim said Mursi was likely to be transferred shortly to the same Cairo prison where former leader Mubarak is now held.
Leaders of the Brotherhood, a highly organised movement with grassroots support across Egypt, appealed for calm on Saturday, but activists at the vigil voiced fury.
"The people want the execution of Sisi," a cleric shouted to the crowd from a stage by the mosque. "The people want the execution of the butcher."
Interior Minister Ibrahim said the pro-Mursi sit-ins would "God willing, soon ... be dealt with" based on a decision by a public prosecutor, who is reviewing complaints from local residents unhappy with the huge encampment on their doorstep.
The European Union and major European powers deplored the violence. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged dialogue and restraint.
"At this critical juncture, it is essential that the security forces and the interim government respect the right of peaceful protest," he said. "This is a pivotal moment for Egypt."
The Pentagon said U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel had spoken by phone with Egyptian army chief Sisi and urged steps "to prevent further bloodshed and loss of life."
Washington has delayed delivery of four F-16 fighters, part of the $1.5 billion in aid it provides every year, mainly in military hardware, but says it does not intend to cut off aid to a country seen as a vital ally and which has a peace deal with neighbouring Israel.
Turkey, a vocal supporter of Mursi, accused the West of turning a blind eye.
"Those who were silent when Egypt's national will was massacred are silent again when people are massacred," Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who has faced down large protests against his own government this year, said in televised comments. "What happened to the EU (and) European values, where are those who go around giving lessons in democracy?"
Witnesses said police first fired rounds of teargas at Brotherhood protesters gathered on a boulevard leading away from the Rabaa mosque, with live shots ringing out soon afterwards.
"There were snipers on the rooftops, I could hear the bullets whizzing past me," said Ahmed el Nashar, 34, a business consultant, choking back his tears.
"Man, people were just dropping."
Dr. Ibtisam Zein, overseeing the Brotherhood morgue, said most of the dead were hit in the head, some between the eyes.
The bodies were wrapped in white sheets and laid on the floor, their names scrawled on the shrouds. A cleaner busily mopped the floor, washing away pools of blood.
Haddad said the Brotherhood remained committed to pursuing peaceful protests, despite Saturday's deaths - the second mass shooting of its supporters this month by security forces, who killed 53 people on July 8.
Brotherhood activists at Rabaa said they would not be cowed and warned of worse bloodshed if the security forces did not back down. "We will stay here until we die, one by one," said Ahmed Ali, 24, helping treat casualties at the field hospital.
Egyptian-born Youssef al-Qaradawi, one of the most prominent Sunni clerics in the Middle East, urged Egyptians to join the Brotherhood vigil, according to a statement on his website.
"People must come out of their homes to stand in the face of the criminal murderers with all bravery," he said.
Additional reporting by Shadia Nasralla, Yasmine Saleh, Tom Finn, Maggie Fick, Omar Fahmy, Edmund Blair, Michael Georgy, Noah Browning and Ahmed Tolba in Cairo, Abdel Rahman Youssef in Alexandria, Arshad Mohammed in Washington, Sami Aboudi in Dubai and Ayla Jean Yackley in Istanbul; Writing by Crispian Balmer and Matt Robinson; Editing by David Evans and Sonya Hepinstall


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I just went over to the Google Maps page and noticed a new feature that said "Drag the blue line to change your route." Curiosity got the best of me so I decided to try it out to see what it did, and after creating a route I noticed that I can make Google Maps go the way I want it to when giving directions. Check it out in this very quick video that I put together:
Pretty cool, huh? I was pretty impressed with what it could do, and the concept is pretty simple. It essentially just adds "way points" to the course to make sure it passes through that location, but it is useful when Google Maps takes you a slightly different route than you would really like to go. Now just drag and drop the blue line until it is perfect in your eyes!
You can play with the map I created in the video by clicking here. It even includes all of the way points I created.


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The Eastside Gamers and the Cleveland Board Gamers invite you to join us for Friday Night Gaming every fourth Friday. It's just like our the weekly Tuesday night gatherings, where we hang out at a Panera Bread (except this one is in Brooklyn), eat their delicious food, and then play a bunch of awesome games.
We will be, more specifically, playing games in the VIP room.
Panera Bread closes at 10, but, similar to our Tuesday night gatherings, if 10 is too early to stop playing, we can continue the gaming at the IHOP on Brookpark Road nearby.
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Rau earns Girl Scout Gold Award
By Sandy Bond
In the process of earning the Girl Scout Gold Award, Megan Rau surprisingly unearthed nearly as many questions as she did answers. In addition to giving to the betterment of the community, the project gave Megan a new appreciation for her community, its residents, and its pioneers.
In selecting a project, Megan learned from Eureka resident Robert Billotto that the town cemetery was badly in need of updating its plots.
"The cemetery, established in 1899, is really important to our community," Megan said, "I felt that updating it would be particularly important in time for Eureka's 125th Anniversary or 'Quasqui' (quasquicentennial) that will be observed this summer. Many people may use the cemetery in researching their genealogy."
From identifying a worthwhile project to educating and inspiring others, the project required at least 65 hours of intensive work. Megan believes she spent more than 83 hours on her project.
One of the criteria for the award is the supervision of others, enhancing leadership skills. Megan found her friends and Girl Scout members Amy Beck, Abby Ottenbacher, Tasha Imberi, Karlie Hinton, and Sierra Lutz, very willing to offer any help they could and it made the project more fun as well.
Her parents, Connie and Craig, elder sister Kaitlyn (Martinez), fellow troop members, and her community are proud of her. In fact, her mom is co-leader with Lori Lutz. The Rau family raises registered Red Angus cattle and small grains. Megan is a senior at Eureka High School where she is extremely active in FCCLA, theatre, yearbook staff, as a football cheerleader, and a member of the newly formed 4-H Council. She is employed as a C.N.A. at the Eureka Health Care Center.
Beginning as a Daisy, Megan has been a Girl Scout since the age of six, and has pursued each badge with enthusiasm that is positively contagious. She and best friend Sierra Lutz earned the Silver Award for painting park benches and traffic signage for the town of Java. The family's rural residence is halfway between Java and Eureka.
In choosing between Eureka and Java, she made her decision based on the population of each town. Eureka has nearly 1,000 people, where Java has only about 100.
Rene Schwingler, a member of the town's cemetery board, provided the death certificates of more than 1,500 individuals. These were entered into an Excel spreadsheet. This and old plot maps helped her locate each gravesite.
"There are believed to be many infants and small children buried in the perimeter of the caretaker's shed," she said. "It is believed they died during the 1930s of diseases like scarlet fever, flu, or polio-diseases that could be cured or prevented today. Because of the Great Depression, many families were so broke that they could not afford a marker for the gravesite."
There were some individuals who died of auto accidents before vehicles had the safety features they have today, she said.
Some of the gravestones were a challenge to decipher, she said. Eureka was settled by Germans from Russia, and many of names and epitaphs are in German.
Megan had chosen to take Spanish as a foreign language in high school-not German. So she asked elderly friends and relatives who might have grown up speaking German, including her grandfather, Stanley Rau. However, the most help came from "Google-ing" German to English on her laptop.
Some of the older stones bear unfamiliar names, she said. No one of that name has lived in the town for many years.
"Fewer than six percent of the 2.3 million Girl Scouts nationwide will earn the Gold Award," said Kristi Thunker, Program Director for Girl Scouts Dakota Horizons.
There are scholarships available for Gold Award winners that may help Megan when she attends Mitchell Technical Institute in the pursuit of a career in radiologic technology.


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"Advancing years have lately made playing a larger viola uncomfortable, and as I also play the violin it eventually became clear that the size of the instrument was the problem. I looked in a number of places for a smaller instrument of reasonable quality without much success. The only one that sounded suitable within my price range was on Martin Swan's site. I was initially dubious about buying an instrument unseen, but Martin went to great lengths over the phone to find out what I needed, he played the instrument and reported back to me, and I decided to give it a try. More details
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"The viola I bought some months ago from Martin – instrument no. 54 – is a beautiful instrument to look at and a great pleasure to play. I have owned five or six violas and would say unhesitatingly that, of all of these, this is the best value for money and looks of all of them and performs better than many much more expensive violas I have seen and tried in shops up and down the country. More details
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Cheney summer parks and recreation programs ramping up
Cheney Parks and Recreation's summer programs are up and running, with a full slate of activities for kids, adults and families.
The pool has been open since June 14 offering lessons, swim team practice, lap and open swims. Seven sponsors have signed on to provide free open swims from 1-4 p.m. each Saturday from now until Aug. 24.
Parks and Recreation Department director Paul Simmons said the city has added a lift chair to satisfy Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, but added there weren't a lot of repairs other than standard maintenance needed on the 50-plus year old pool. The city has also elected to try a new approach to chlorinating the pool this year, opting for liquid over granular tablets previously used.
Simmons said the city's treatment plant uses liquid chlorine, as do many other pools, and they want to see if several advantages pan out.
"We want to give liquid chlorine a chance to see if it will be more efficient," Simmons said. "The good thing about that is we can switch back if it doesn't."
Simmons said the Light Department is also doing some testing of the pool's pumps to see if they will accommodate the use of variable frequency drives. Right now when the pumps run they do so at full speed. Using VFDs could allow them to run at slower speeds and be more efficient, saving energy and increasing their lifespan.
Sponsors of the free swims are Farmers Insurance, The Edge Church, Solid Waste Systems, Inc., Cheney Federal Credit Union, Pool World, Fellowship Baptist Church and Alpha Nu. Swimming lesson scholarships are available at Cheney Outreach and provided by the Spokane Parks Foundation. Additionally, the Make-A-Splash program is providing free swim passes to low-income families, available through Cheney Outreach or the Parks and Recreation Department.
A list of all the programs and activities this summer is available online at the city's website. The popular summer concert series returns each Wednesday night at Sutton Park, beginning with the Texas Twisters July 17, and concluding with Dusty Klink Aug. 21. The lineup also includes Rodeo Roger, July 24, Two Dudes, July 31, Fools Circle, Aug. 7 and the Ryan Larsen Band Aug. 14. The concerts run from 6:30-8 p.m.
Also returning is the Friday night movie series, beginning with Monsters, Inc., July 26. Also showing will be Jurassic Park, Aug. 9 and Chimpanzee, Aug. 23. Movies begin at dusk at Sutton Park. Patrons are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and picnic dinners to both the concerts and movies.
A new event this summer is a father/son camp night. Recreation supervisor Kim Best said the campout takes place Aug. 2-3 at Hagelin Park, next to the pool, with check in beginning after 5 p.m. for tent camping only.
There will be swimming at the pool as well as games in the park. After the pool closes, Best said there will also be a movie in the park, but what that would be was not available at press time. The next morning features a pancake breakfast.
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Shows: Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line, Letters to Vermeer
Music: Leonard Cohen, Leonard Bernstein, Lynyrd Skynyrd
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You could hear the sickening sound of a metal race car making high-speed contact with concrete above screaming engine noise as the laps wound down in Saturday night's Texas Twister feature race at Texas Thunder Speedway.
To make matters worse, it was the race leader who went nose first into the turn four retaining wall.
James "Digger" Cochran, who has become a force to be reckoned with in the class, had his car in total command at the time, holding what looked like an easy cruise to the checkered flag, until disaster struck.
Safety personnel got the 15-year-old Harker Heights driver out and said on the radio he was lucid and responsive, but complaints of leg and neck pain hastened a trip to the hospital via Killeen Fire Department ambulance, where doctors found no problems, except for lower body black-and-blue bruising from his safety belts.
Digger dodged a bullet there, and after the red flag was lifted, track officials decided on a green-white-checker, two-lap finish, which wound up with Killeen's Gage Fuller in Victory Lane.
Who was it that said stock car racing and basketball are supposed to be non-contact sports?
Cochran's Crash was the only high drama of the night, unless you count a driver's 50th sanctioned IMCA win to be of "The Hunger Games" proportions.
In the IMCA Stock Car main, Richard Valentine of Harker Heights put his No. 96 out front early and had a three-length lead, but the field was bunched up after a caution to clear up a wreck between Peter Delavan and Michael Crandall. Valentine was leading after the restart, but the two guys you don't want to see on your rear bumper had worked their way forward.
Jason Batt and Eric Jones were relentlessly chasing down Valentine, when Batt made an inside move for the lead, but had to give it back when the yellow came out for an engine compartment fire on Crandall's car.
Valentine went back to the front on green, but Batt pulled ahead with one to go and put his Harker Heights-based Chevrolet in the Winner's Circle, giving the defending track champ his first victory of the year and No. 50 overall.
There was plenty of excitement left, since Salado driver G.W Egbert IV used a pretty exciting move to take over the lead on lap nine of the IMCA Modified feature.
Crawford driver Jimmy Helona led the first eight circuits, but was pressured hard by Pflugerville's Ben Ketteman and Taylor racer Hardy Henderson. In a gutsy move coming out of turn four, Egbert slid the 717 car between Helona and Ketteman with inches to spare on each side. The former national modified rookie of the year then had to hold off Charles Brewer of Abilene to pick up the win.
A few races earlier, Gatesville driver Sid Kiphen made his IMCA Southern SportMod win look almost easy. The national points leader was in charge from the git-go and only had to contend with one caution, when Bobby Sanford got tangled up with Kevin Green. No harm, no foul. Kiphen goes flag-to-flag and perches in Victory Lane.
It was nearly as easy for Killeen's Zach Riley in the IMCA Hobby Stock A-main. Riley had the 110 car out front for all but a few seconds, when Belton driver Charles Cosper pushed ahead by inches at one point. Riley was able to edge away and win it, despite a furious challenge from Cosper and Waco driver Andy Roller.
A rash of early caution flags slowed down progress in the Street Stock feature race, which eventually ran past its 30-minute time limit and caused officials to declare a green-white-checker ending. The early leader was Bertram's Brad Jordan, but he lost the lead on lap seven when Chris Florio of Copperas Cove passed and held on to win.
It was Florio's first win of the season and the Florio family's second trophy of the weekend, since daughter Taylor Florio was runner-up Friday in the Junior Mini Stocks at Heart of Texas Speedway in Elm Mott.
When the Outlaw Twisters came out, many eyes were on the 51 car of Kempner's Tommy Hultz after last week's fuel cell fire. Hultz didn't flare up this time, but his car did break down on turn one with two to go.
Killeen driver Brian Bagent became the first two-time winner of 2012 with his victory in the 45 car.
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The Knuckle Curveball
How it Behaves, And Why it's Becoming So Popular
Would you be surprised if I told you that over a quarter of the curveballs delivered by major league pitchers in 2013 were thrown with a knuckle curve grip? I certainly was. This was one of the results of the first comprehensive study of knuckle curveballs in the major leagues, which I have conducted after months of data collection. It is limited to PITCHf/x data, but the large population sizes give us a good first look at what knuckle curveballs behave like relative to standard curves.
What is a knuckle curveball?
What I am collectively calling the knuckle curve is really two related grips (although for the sake of convenience I will use the terms interchangeably). The first involves tucking the first knuckle of the index finger up against the ball, like the Cards' Sam Freeman does. The second, more common variant, is often known as the "spike" grip. Here's Craig Kimbrel's spike grip. These two versions of knuckle curveball are thrown by about 75 active major leaguers, according to my count, yet the perception still seems to be that the knuckle curve is something of a novelty pitch.
The perception may have been reinforced by how rarely the "knuckle curve" pitch tag was used in PITCHf/x data. Until last season, only A.J. Burnett, Vin Mazzaro, Chad Gaudin, and Nathan Adcock had pitches classified automatically as knuckle curveballs—and, to my knowledge, only Burnett actually threw one in that bunch. To MLBAM's credit, they began adding the knuckle curve tag ("KC") to a number of pitchers in 2013 after asking to see the list I was compiling. They now have about two dozen pitchers whose curveballs are classified as KC. Future analyses of knuckle curveballs using MLBAM's automatic classifications will thus be much easier.
Player cards on BrooksBaseball.net also now feature grip information for many pitchers, which should increase awareness of the prevalence of the spike/knuckle curve grip.
The population of pitchers who use knuckle and spike curveball grips was generated through a variety of methods. It involved searching for news reports of people with such grips, watching game video, and browsing through thousands of pictures of pitchers' grips. I have identified over 100 pitchers, active or retired, with such a grip; 84 of them threw a curveball in the 2013 season. In almost every case, I was able to find photographic evidence. Other evidence that I treated with equal weight was a pitcher's verbal description of his own grip.
The population of the "other" group consists of every pitcher who threw even a single curveball in 2013, but for whom I could not find evidence of a specialty grip. I was able to identify a non-knuckle curveball grip for a majority of the pitchers in this group. There may well be a handful of "false negatives," but they are disproportionately likely to be pitchers who threw very few curveballs (and thus had fewer available photos of their grip). I am very confident that whatever remaining knuckle curves exist in this population would not substantially change the findings presented.
What the data says
The most obvious difference in the two groups is that knuckle curves are thrown, on average, more than 2 mph faster than other curves. (This difference is highly significant, with a t value of 6. The vertical movement + gravity variable—likely as a result of the speed differential—was also significant.) Thoughtful readers might ask whether knuckle curve throwers simply throw harder in general. As it turns out, the aggregate fastball speed of the knuckle group was 92.75 mph, and the other group averaged 93.09 mph. That suggests that the knuckle grip itself has an effect of adding 2.5 mph to a pitcher's curveball. Additionally, the spin data suggests that rotation rate on knuckle curves is roughly equivalent. The spike and knuckle grip group was therefore able to add speed to the pitch without sacrificing spin deflection.
A sabermetric theory for the knuckle curve's appeal
To test this, I had the ever-helpful Harry Pavlidis draw up a diagram showing the average pitch trajectories of the fastballs and curveballs thrown by right-handed pitchers to right-handed batters in the 2013 season, separated by whether they were knuckle curve throwers or non-knuckle curve throwers. The curveball characteristics of RHP to RHH mirror the overall trends: on average, the knuckle curves were thrown 2.4 mph faster, and their drop due to gravity, drag, and spin deflection combined was slightly less.
To begin with, here is the side view of the fastballs. Knuckle-curve throwers are in orange, with non-knuckle throwers in black. The scale is shortened somewhat to make differences in the flight paths more visible.
No real difference. Now for the curveballs.
Two things jump out. The first is that the orange dots are spaced farther apart, which reflects the faster speed of the knuckle curves. The second is that the balls are released noticeably farther apart in height and maintain separation throughout the time that hitters would be trying to pick up the ball's pitch type, though that gap closes as the ball arrives at home plate. In other words, it appears that pitchers can release curves with the knuckle grip from a height and angle that's closer to their other pitches than those throwing a conventional curveball can. The combination of faster speed and subtler trajectory could create a more effective offering for some pitchers.
I tested both the overall "break" in trajectory for the two types of curveballs and the overall distance (on the x and z axes, with y set at 55 feet from home plate) in release points between fastballs and curveballs for both groups of pitchers. Both tests showed small but statistically significant differences—about half an inch of extra "hump" for non-spike curves and a release point a half-inch closer to the fastball release point.
Now let's look at how knuckle curves and regular curves fared against hitters last season, at the aggregate level.
There are a couple of trends in the data presented above. There is a significant tendency toward ground balls and away from pop-ups among knuckle curve throwers, which perhaps explains the higher BABIP. (The GB rate difference was significant at the 99 percent level). However, there may also be a tendency to swing and miss more frequently (which fell just short of being significant at the 95 percent level). These trends do not prove, but are consistent with, poorer pitch recognition by the batter (on average) when a knuckle curveball is thrown. PITCHf/x data cannot verify that the impaired pitch recognition explanation is true, so future research will have to address it. Another factor beyond the reach of PITCHf/x that may explain the ability of pitchers to disguise their knuckle curveballs is arm speed more consistent with a fastball. I encourage statheads and scouts to collaborate on investigating possible links in that area, too.
A pitcher's explanation
The first reason, naturally, is that a pitcher must have a "feel" for a pitch he's throwing. Bannister said, "Some guys also like the feel of having a finger on top of the ball, like they're not going to lose it. It's kind of a confidence thing." That makes sense.
In terms of pitching theory, Bannister described a philosophical approach to the curveball that he said he and Rick Peterson share, among others. I'll let Bannister explain:
For someone like Zack Greinke, who throws a very slow curveball relative to his fastball, the aim is to disrupt timing and change the eye level of the hitter. But the knuckle curve grips are natural choices for pitchers who want to live on the higher end of the curve spectrum. There is, after all, appeal in throwing a tighter, faster curveball. Bannister thinks it may be a result of the changing strike zone:
That could explain why a grip that used to be associated mostly with power pitchers has been adopted by a wider variety of pitchers—even Jamie Moyer! A curveball that acts a little more like a slider will not break as significantly from the time it crosses the plate to the time it is caught by the catcher. That means umpires and hitters have less reaction time, but also less movement to adjust to. Greinke himself said recently, "My curve is so slow, that they might say ball, and if not, they can still react to it. … [Justin] Verlander's is so sharp that by the time they realize it's a strike, they can't swing at it."
The success of any non-fastball pitch usually depends on the ability of pitchers to make it look like their fastball for as long as possible. My working theory for the knuckle curveball is that its faster speed and lower release cause batters to hit more ground balls and miss more often because they are less able to tell it apart from the pitcher's fastball. Pitchers who tip their curveballs with slower arm speed or a higher release point might try the knuckle grip to make the pitch more effective. The grip may also be useful for pitchers stuck with looping curveballs that they find hard to control or get consistent strike calls on, or pitchers who want a pitch similar to a slider but without the associated elbow risk.
I owe special thanks to Harry Pavlidis, Dan Brooks, and Alan Nathan for their help with this project.
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Great article. Easy to understand, informative and credible.
May 07, 2014 07:32 AM
Nice stuff here.
May 07, 2014 10:04 AM
Was Billy a knuckle curve thrower? It was always talked about as a slider -- but then again, Kimbrel and Venters were supposedly sliders. It does look like Wagner has a bit more topspin than most sliders.
May 07, 2014 11:44 AM
I've had a tough time finding hard evidence, but here's an article done by Harry Pavlidis on Kimbrel's knuckle curve, and trying to find a comparison.
May 07, 2014 11:56 AM
There is, indeed, such thing as a spike slider. I only know of two guys that throw it, though. Eno Sarris wrote about one of them the other day. http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/how-injury-has-changed-san-diego-padres-andrew-cashner-for-good-050514
May 07, 2014 12:19 PM
Very interesting article.
May 07, 2014 10:37 AM
I'll have the full list of guys I identified published in a little while, but to give you an idea of some of the people: David Robertson, Joe Kelly, Ian Kennedy, Cliff Lee, Dan Haren, David Phelps, James Shields, David Price, James McDonald, Jeff Locke, Homer Bailey ... and many more.
May 07, 2014 11:46 AM
Didn't Burt Hooten used to throw the knuckle curve for the Dodgers and Cubs back in the 1970's? He had some pretty notable successes with the Dodgers, IIRC...
May 07, 2014 10:58 AM
Jason Isringhausen was the first pitcher I remember recognizing as using the knuckle-curve. And apparently he taught it to Bobby Parnell:
May 07, 2014 15:36 PM
Mike Mussina always had one, at least in his Oriole days. If I remember correctly it would be very consistent with the article as it wouldn't arc high, but more just come in and "fall off the table" acting almost as a change. Can't look at video at the moment, but if you look at Mussina w the O's or look up articles it was his go to pitch for a long time, and I think he to change as he got older w the Yanks.
May 07, 2014 20:58 PM
Burt Hooten's knuckle curve was different than the spike curve- He has looong fingers, and actually used the 1st knuckles of his index and middle finger(think of your fingernails flat on the ball, not the tip of the nails) and then flicked/pushed his fingers to get topspin on the ball. Most peoples hands/fingers are not big enough/long enough to do that.
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Meanwhile, Saleen -- which retained the S7 super car, S5 Raptor and paint operations in the deal with MJ Acquisitions -- has reportedly announced that all operations within the company have now completely ceased, and that it no longer has any money to honor warranty claims on any products or vehicles. As a result, owners of Saleen products and vehicles with existing warranty coverage have been left holding the bag, including Saleen dealers who now have brand-new Saleen vehicles on showroom floors with no warranty coverage to back them up.
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FATULLAH, Bangladesh – Bangladesh "A" won the toss and opted to bat first in a Twenty20 warm-up match against the Proteas in Fatullah on Tuesday.
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Even the Arsenal calendar story cannot beat a gaffe by Scunthorpe.
Last season, the League One club sent out more than 2,000 personalised calendars for fans even though they had cut off the 'S' on the front cover. Just think about it for a moment.
Sadly, the perils of a modern football club mean that you will struggle to get through 12 months without one of the players leaving the club.
And who do you choose? You can only squeeze 12 players in between January and December. Surely you would include one of the most marketable players and the best right back in the Premier League.
But Arsenal inexplicably left out Theo Walcott and Bacary Sagna from their 2013 calendar. And if you don't believe me on how good Sagna is then just remember he was chosen by his fellow pros for the PFA team of the year twice since he arrived at Arsenal.
Walcott is the poster boy and pin-up of Arsenal. Until, of course, it comes to being on the calendar. You can't put them all on the calendar. But leaving off two of the biggest names is odd.
They are two of the most committed and dedicated players at the club. Walcott wants to stay. Arsenal should be rolling out the red carpet rather than leaving him off the calendar.
The story was by far and away the most read on the MirrorFootball website and yet I was besieged by people telling me it was a non-story.
Some got so angry they tweeted me telling me that newspapers should be ashamed of themselves for writing stories just to sell newspapers. Yes, really. Just think about that as well.
A few bloggers and some websites tried to demolish the story. Having of course missed the point completely: it was a story because people wanted to read it.
How do we know? Because people clicked on it on the Mirror website. In their droves. And no wonder those bloggers stick to websites if they're ridiculing newspapers for wanting to sell newspapers.
Quite apart from the fact that it created a big talking point, the calendar story caused unrest among Arsenal fans because they are worried about losing Walcott and Sagna.
Arsenal assured me on Tuesday before we published the calendar story that both players will be featured strongly on other merchandise. Arsene Wenger insists that the club are negotiating a new deal with Sagna. Wenger also says he wants Walcott to stay.
But if you needed proof that Arsenal fans want to keep them both then it has come this week. The calendar may seem a side issue but supporters are worried it could be an indicator that both might not see out 2013.
Robin van Persie, I am told, is the face of December on the 2012 calendar. I can't believe too many Arsenal fans have still got it hanging up.
And even worse, this summer Arsenal sent out Junior Gunners packs with van Persie on the front - after he had gone to Manchester United.
But the cost of pulping and reprinting the packs in the summer would have been around £50,000. So the van Persie packs were sent out and subconsciously the marketing department probably decided never to take a risk again.
I find it hard to believe that Sagna will go in the next window so could have at least been the face for January. After all, he is a first choice.
The worry is that Walcott - whose contract expires next summer - could be sold in January unless he signs. I hope not.
Arsenal do not seem ready yet to budge on their £75,000-a-week "take it or leave it" offer. Walcott at the moment has decided not to take it and is leaving it.
Hopefully, Arsenal will come to their senses. He's worth more on the pitch and off it his picture will shift some calendars. Well, it would have done if he had been on it.
Walcott is worth his weight in gold. He's enjoying a purple patch. His pace is an outlet for Arsenal. They missed him at Aston Villa and he stretches defences.
His early goal at Everton on Wednesday night highlights his worth. Arsenal need his pace because otherwise they look pedestrian without him. Wenger's teams are always built on pace. This is the slowest Wenger team I can remember.
Arsene Wenger has apparently set a limit on Walcott's contract value - and wants to stick to it. Hopefully he will review it because Walcott has proved to be of more value than many of his team mates this season.
If Wenger really wants to listen to the fans - as he said he would at the AGM - then he should also observe their wishes and make sure Walcott stays and signs but upping the offer.
The assumption is that if Sagna goes then Carl Jenkinson will step in. Jenkinson is an outstanding prospect but may benefit from a gradual handover process.
The talk in the dressing room is that Sagna is a goner next summer. The contract negotiations have dragged on and Inter Milan are keen.
Once a player has a couple of bad injuries - two broken legs within a year - and is approaching 30 then Wenger may be tempted to sell.
Arsenal desperately need to get a few more players in during January. They're languishing outside of the top four and in danger of missing out. It is becoming a familiar story and a struggle which is becoming harder each year.
This week Wenger, at his Tuesday press conference, sought to remind a few people about how 'painful' these last few years have been, moving to a new stadium while trying to remain competitive.
Arsenal are extremely optimistic about their new £150m deal with Emirates. It's second only to Manchester United. It blows the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich out of the water.
It will mean Arsenal can spend big and compete in the future. When a deal is that good, it gives anyone confidence about the next deal.
On a week when one fans' group, the Black Scarf Movement, is planning a "walk" - more civilised than a march - it is a good answer to have.
The BSM insist the protest is not about Wenger. I think they know the majority - albeit the majority is not what it was - is still on Wenger's side so it would be dangerous to challenge him.
However, the walk is about the way the club is being run, tickets and finance etc. The new sponsorship deal with the kit deal to come means better times ahead.
But will Wenger want to spend the new cash reserves? Surely Wenger will be able to see this team needs strengthening. Surely.
A new keeper to back up and challenge Wojciech Szczesny. The midfield general that Abou Diaby was supposed to be. New width as Andrey Arshavin is on his way out. A new striker to back up and compliment the ever improving Olivier Giroud.
Gervinho is not good enough. Aaron Ramsey's poor form appears to be coming from a crisis of confidence. Mikel Arteta has been left shattered. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has yet to reach his best form this season. The biggest signing of all should be keeping Walcott.
Arsenal need to spend. The squad needs surgery and Wenger knows it, despite trotting out his usual public protestations that he'll only sign players if they can improve the squad blah, blah.
The squad looks in need of repair. Most signings will improve it. Arsenal need more than just Thierry Henry on loan. That's not good enough.
Having done many Wenger press conferences down the years, for him to even admit that Wilfried Zaha is on their list - albeit not higher than other targets - is actually quite significant.
Wenger will happily bat away names even when he's keen. His complete denial of a Mirror back page on Andrey Arshavin in December 2008 prompted a Sky yellow ticker "rubbishing reports" as they say.
Wenger's valuation of Zaha will be well below Crystal Palace's. Klaas Jan Huntelaar us another interesting one. We'll see. But now comes the test. Arsenal need players, the new deal doesn't kick in just yet but they have money. But will they spend it?
Arsenal spent big in the 2006 January window. In came Walcott, Abou Diaby and Emmanuel Adebayor. Arsenal need another window like that. Jose Antonio Reyes was another memorable mid-season signing.
Another journalist who I respect greatly was at Goodison on Wednesday. He was surprised at how average Arsenal were and how Wenger was happy with a point. "He never used to be like that," said my journo pal. That's how it's become, I told him.
It's hard these days for calendar makers. Especially at Arsenal where players come and go. Hopefully, Jack Wilshere will stay and sign the new long term contract which has been discussed.
Then the safest option will be to make sure that 12 different pictures of Wilshere are used all the way from January to December.
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