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ONE of the best-known faces on the local live music scene, Nick Buckle passed away suddenly this month.
Nick's musical partner of more than 40 years, Tim Holt recalls meeting him in a dingy room above the Pembroke Arms in Bournemouth in 1972.
Bonding over a shared passion for Soul music and American bands such as Little Feat and Steely Dan, before long they had moved into a shared house where Nick met his future wife Linda.
(Tim also met his spouse-to-be there – Nick's sister Sally.) By 1974 they had formed their first band Skydog, which was soon renamed The Freshly Layed Band.
More than a thousand people attended Freshly Layed's fare-well gig in 1979 at Bournemouth Town Hall, just a few months after they had reached the finals of the Melody Maker talent show at the Roundhouse in London judged by Bob Geldof, John Martyn and Justin Hayward.
Regrouping as The Outsiders, Nick and Tim with Richard Furter and Tris Stevens, played the local circuit for two years before parting company.
Nick, who was born in July 1949, then joined Ronnie Mayor's Biz International, playing on the 1982 single Stay True, which evolved into Après Ski.
By 1985 Nick was ready to go back to his Soul roots and rejoined Tim. One rehearsal at Holdenhurst Village Hall and The Agency was formed.
"Amazingly it worked and has done for the last 28 years," says Tim. "It's an incredible achievement."
Nick went back behind a full drum kit in the horn-free side project, The Secret Agency, with Tim, Andy and Richard; and, only last year, joined his son Robbie in The Three Apostles with singer Andy.
Outside of music Nick was a keen fisherman and ran the successful Wimborne-based engineering company, Robet CNC Milling.
He is survived by Linda, his loving wife of 33 years, and their children Lisbeth and Robbie.
"Their loss must be unbearable," says Tim.
"I can only get comfort by telling myself that I wouldn't have missed a day of it. As for the band, we will always remain brothers in arms. As friends, it is we who are the lucky ones for having known him."
Nick's funeral is at Poole Crematorium at noon tomorrow. No flowers please.


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Desert Vista graduate Devon Kennard was named starting middle linebacker for Southern California.
The 6-foot-3, 250-pounder played in all 13 games last season, including five starts. He recorded 34 total tackles (18 solo) with two tackles for a loss, three passes broken up, three passes defended, forced a fumble and recovered one.
He made several publications' Pac-10 all-freshman first-teams.
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Each resident is strongly encouraged to complete some form of clinical-pathologic investigation during the course of their residency. A variety of options and opportunities are available, ranging from a detailed study of multiple cases using a new diagnostic approach to implementation of a new clinical diagnostic test to a basic research project. The results of the study should be presented intradepartmentally and, if appropriate, submitted for presentation as either an abstract at a national meeting or a manuscript for publication (or both). These projects should be conducted under the supervision of a faculty member in Pathology or Laboratory Medicine, and funding for these investigations are available through the faculty (who can solicit additional funding from the department if needed).
Residents on the physician-scientist pathway, particularly those on the AP-only and CP-only training tracks, may elect to incorporate up to six months of full time research into their training. This experience must be approved by the Program Director to be sure that it will be eligible for credit toward the training requirement. This discussion should occur no later than the first half of the academic year preceding that during which the research is planned, to assure adequate time to plan for coverage of the service needs of the program (for AP-only or CP-only tracks, this means during the first half of the second year of training). Residents must be in good standing with respect to their clinical training, and will be expected to submit a written proposal describing the purpose and scope of the planned research. The research may be conducted under the direction of a faculty member in any department at Yale University. The research proposal should be approved by the research sponsor before being submitted to the Program Director. The Departments of Pathology and/or Laboratory Medicine will guarantee salary funding for an additional two years of research (non-ACGME accredited) following completion of the residency training. This will aid in launching that resident on a successful research career. Any resident planning to pursue this career path should discuss their plans with the Program Director and/or Chair of either department early in their training.
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Photographs of the world's most beautiful women, including Gisele Bundchen, Kate Moss, and Brigitte Bardot, are to be auctioned at New York's Christie's on April 10 later this year.
Photographs of the world's most beautiful women are to be auctioned at New York's Christie's with an estimated price tag of 6.5 million dollars. The collection includes nude portraits of supermodels Gisele Bundchen, Kate Moss and an image of Brigitte Bardot.
The images, captured by such renowned photographers as Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon and Irving Penn, come from the collection of German-born Gert Elfering, who's one of the foremost collectors of 20th century photography. The sale, which has been scheduled to take place on April 10, will feature 135 rare original prints.
Per the Daily Mail, "the tastefully shot nudes show a young, unspoilt Kate Moss, and an Amazonian looking Gisele Bundchen shot by photographer Irving Penn." Kate's photo, still according to the Daily Mail, is expected to fetch $30 - $40,000 (15-20,000 pound sterling) at the auction, as is Gisele's.
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AUSTRALIA will field three debutants in a one-day game for the first time in 27 years against Sri Lanka at the MCG on Friday, but acting captain George Bailey believes the match could showcase the core of the country's 2015 World Cup team.
The all-new top three of Aaron Finch, Phillip Hughes and Usman Khawaja will be unveiled, in part, because of the selectors' contentious decision to rest explosive opener David Warner, while Shane Watson is injured and Michael Clarke has a sore hamstring.
Australia blooded four debutants at once against New Zealand in Melbourne in January 1986 and must hope one of their uncapped trio turns out to be as good as Steve Waugh, who made his first one-day appearance in that rained-out match at the MCG. The others were Bruce Reid, David Gilbert and Simon Davis.
Then, as now, the selectors were planning for a World Cup, and future captain Waugh and Reid were part of the 1987 campaign, in which Australia triumphed.
Finch, Hughes and Khawaja will also form Australia's most inexperienced top three since 1978, when Graeme Wood, Rick Darling and Graham Yallop debuted during the Packer era against the West Indies in Antigua.
Bailey, who will lead the one-day team for the first time in his 14th ODI, said all three debutants had earned their promotions.
While the selectors are on one hand building a World Cup squad, several players including Khawaja, Glenn Maxwell, David Hussey, Brad Haddin and Bailey himself, can use the one-day series against Sri Lanka to audition for impending Test tours of India and England.
''There's opportunities certainly … for a lot of players in the side to push for a claim on that India tour,'' Bailey said. ''There's a lot of one-day cricket but also some big Test tours going forward and there are some holes that have been left in that Australian side.
''There is no doubt this side has been picked with an eye on the World Cup in 2015 and hopefully by that stage the guys who make it there, if they are the debutants or newer members of the side, have 40 or 50 games under their belts.
''We've been pushing for those guys to feel as comfortable as they can as quickly as they can … We want them to bat and bowl exactly as they do [in domestic cricket] and not to feel like they have to replace a Mike Hussey or Ricky Ponting. The guys are good enough and it's about them going out and being comfortable enough to express that.''
Bailey backed his team to rise above the ''B team'' tag bestowed on it in the wake of the selectors' decision to omit some of the nation's best ODI players.
''It's still the Australian cricket team and I am sure Sri Lanka won't be taking it as an Australia B team or whatever you want to call it,'' he said. ''I think if these guys perform really well what you could see is the core of the Australian team in 2015.''
Queensland fast bowler Ben Cutting will have to wait until at least the second ODI in Adelaide on Sunday to make his debut.
Sri Lanka welcome back Lasith Malinga, who proved almost unplayable during the Big Bash League for the Melbourne Stars, and spinner Ajantha Mendis, who has a good record against the Australians.


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As with any growing social network, acquisitions can come often to further enhance the service. With Summify, a social aggregator, that's definitely the case.
Twitter acquired the company for an undisclosed sum and as far as what they plan to use it for, well, signs point to the same way it was used before, just with the Twitter branding, give or take a few changes.
In their own words, "Summify creates a beautiful daily summary of the most relevant news from your social networks, and delivers it to you by email, web or mobile."
"Considering the torrent of information Twitter delivers on a real-time basis — to say nothing of all the other social networks where we work and play — the possibility of integrating a product like Summify makes a great deal of sense. The product is essentially a daily bulletin of pertinent information, using algorithms to separate the 'wheat' it thinks you want to read from the 'chaff' you don't. And if you're a voracious news and social information consumer like the average Silicon Valley techie, Summify functioned as a great way to get your fix of what you've recently missed."
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Students and faculty at Arizona State University are hoping to invent not only the technology of the future, but also the narrative that accompanies those advances.
"We are creatures of discovery and creatures of creation. That's what makes us unique," said ASU President Michael Crow of the university's capabilities to impact scientific discovery and creation of new technologies.
Last week, ASU formally opened its newest science building, the Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building IV, which will house a number of high-tech, flexible laboratories and research centers for the School of Earth Sciences, Security and Defense Systems Initiative and the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering.
"There are truths to tell," Crow said. "There are some people out there who believe that global warming is a hoax — and they are fools. You can't accept one type of science and reject another. This facility is built so that the truth can be told."
The seven-story, 293,000-square-foot building contains 166 laboratories, a rooftop laboratory, a 250-seat auditorium, public space, offices, collaboration spaces and meeting rooms. The total project cost $160 million and took more than two years to build.
Inside one of those labs, ASU is building an instrument to be used by NASA to acquire rock, soil and dust samples from an asteroid. OSIRIS-REx, an acronym for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security and Regolith Explorer, is part of NASA's New Frontiers program.
"This new facility will not only offer state-of-the-art equipment and infrastructure, but will provide a unique collaborative environment, which is designed to foster team-driven projects in areas such as earth and science exploration, security and defense systems research and renewable energy," said Sethuraman "Panch" Panchanathan, senior vice president of ASU's Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development.
The building will also serve to educate and connect middle and high school students to science through a number of interactive displays. Visitors will be able to view meteorite samples and see a full-sized model of the Curiosity Mars rover.
In addition, ASU launched the Center of Science and the Imagination on Sept. 24, which is designed to create a new narrative in science, said Ed Finn, the director of CSI.
"It's a really broad ambition for our creative future," Finn said. "We have the power to do incredible things or terrifying things. We're making more and more challenging choices today."
When many writers look to the future, they often focus on the dystopian model, of a future run amuck, Crow said.
Instead of creating a narrative in a similar nature to George Orwell's "1984" or Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World," where people are trapped by technology, Crow imagines more examples similar to Jules Verne's "From the Earth to the Moon." Verne imagined a cannon shooting a man to the moon, Crow said. Verne was able to imagine a world 100 years before it ever happened.
"This idea has been something that I've put a lot of personal energy into," Crow said. "I've been disappointed that we've drifted from challenges like going to the moon."
To create those conversations, the center has partnered with Intel Corp. to bring the Tomorrow Project to ASU, which will foster conversations about the future, and Hieroglyph, a project that will encourage science fiction writers to create visions using the technologies that are already available or will be soon.
"We have to own the fact that we are all responsible for creating the future," said Brian David Johnson, futurist at Intel Corp. "We need to change the story people tell themselves about the future they will live in."
To illustrate the future of technology, Johnson pointed to a quote by Justin Ratther, chief technology officer at Intel Corp.: "Science and technology have progressed to the point where what we build is only constrained by the limits of our own imagination."
To do that, futurists need to look even farther into the future to create the world that we will one day live in, Johnson said.
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OCALA, Fla. - A 22-year-old man was arrested Thursday in a home invasion in which a teen girl home alone texted her father and called 911.
Anthony Alexander Bingham was arrested on armed home invasion robbery charges.
The Marion County Sheriff's Office said the 15-year-old girl was in her bedroom about 11 p.m. Tuesday when she heard men rummaging around.
She told Marion County sheriff's deputies three men barged into her bedroom, pushed her and demanded jewelry and money. One of the men, identified as Bingham by authorities, pointed a handgun at the girl's face.
About that time, the girl's father drove up and confronted the burglars. Deputies say the men ran out the front door, past the girl's mother who was still sitting in the car.
The father chased the men, who fired two shots at him. The teen was not injured.
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Just figured I'd ask - WHY all the speculation? Even if it can be mathematically or scientifically proven, it's still speculation. And some statements in articles use the most ridiculous facts for reference. And (I know, never start a sentence with and) some of the pages for film-people list them as appearing in the first film despite never being identified, simply because they had to have been there "because they were sorted in the books"! I'll be referencing what I can, but anything that can't be given a valid, canon reference ought to be removed. I'm posting here to see whether the speculation rule applies to mathematically or scientifically proven dates or timelines. Hunnie Bunn! 12:17, March 8, 2013 (UTC)
- I generally agree that there's too much speculation, however, I've never minded the stuff about crowd scenes much. However, if you see other more ridiculous bits of obvious speculation, feel free to be bold and remove them. BTW, just curious, did you start this thread by typing a URL? Because the forum index has been broken for me for the past couple days. ProfessorTofty (talk) 13:26, March 8, 2013 (UTC)
- A URL is the address you put in the white box to get to a webpage, i.e. "http://harrypotter.wikia.com." But, okay. I didn't realise the white box was still working. Anyway, I contacted Wikia and they fixed the forum index issue. As for the speculation, yeah, I guess, though if you see anything related to "mathematically proven" that you're still concerned about, feel free to bring it up on talk. ProfessorTofty (talk) 22:02, March 8, 2013 (UTC)
- Unproven speculation really should be limited to the BTS section at most. I also agree that the whole crowd-scene / "well they were there in the book so they must be there in the film too" thing really isn't appropriate. Possible appearances should be limited to something a bit more well-founded. As far as the "mathematically or scientifically proven dates or timelines", could you cite an instance where you think this is an issue? - Nick O'Demus 09:35, March 10, 2013 (UTC)
- I'm not exactly sure whether this is an issue, I just don't think any speculation, mathematical included, should be allowed. But almost all of the birth years here (almost all of the ones that weren't in Wizard of the Month or on the Black Family Tree, actually) are based on "they started Hogwarts when they were eleven, which according to our timeline was in 199_, therefore that number subtract eleven is their birth date". Even more disliked in my opinion is the fact that we're willing to say "he was born before this date because he's using magic so he's older than seventeen" (as evidenced at least in the Bartemius Crouch Sr. page, unless I removed it). --Hunnie Bunn! 13:33, March 10, 2013 (UTC)


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1 : a pouched enlargement of the esophagus of many birds that serves as a receptacle for food and for its preliminary maceration; also : an enlargement of the digestive tract of another animal (such as an insect)
2a (1) : a plant or animal or plant or animal product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence an apple crop a crop of wool (2) : the total yearly production from a specified areab : the product or yield of something formed together the ice cropc : a batch or lot of something produced during a particular cycle the current crop of filmsd : collection a crop of lies
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Tobacco is their main crop.
They sprayed the crops with a pesticide.
The teachers got ready for a new crop of students.
a new crop of horror movies
Origin and Etymology of crop
Middle English, craw, head of a plant, yield of a field, from Old English cropp craw, head of a plant; akin to Old High German kropf goiter, craw
First Known Use: before 12th centurySee Words from the same year
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transitive verb
1a : to remove the upper or outer parts of crop a hedge crop a dog's earsb : harvest crop troutc : to cut off short : trim crop a photograph
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intransitive verb
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2 : to yield or make a crop
3 : to appear unexpectedly or casually Problems crop up daily.
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The picture was cropped badly.
We had to crop the image to fit it into the frame.
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The job as public lands communications manager for the Rocky Mountain regional office of the National Wildlife Federation allows her to combine the love of writing, talking to people, learning new things and educating the public with her love of the West's open, lonesome places, rolling prairies, rugged mountains and the wildlife that makes the region unlike anywhere else. She works with the media, other conservation groups and affiliates to advocate for maintaining healthy, viable public lands to support fish and wildlife and for keeping public lands accessible to the public – including hunters, anglers and wildlife watchers. Judith also works with Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development, a coalition led by the National Wildlife Federation, Trout Unlimited and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership.
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These cupcakes are so moist, so delicious, so RED, and so completely guilt-free, that writing extra words to introduce this recipe would be a complete and total waste of everyone's time. Serving Size: 1 frosted cupcake Calories: 134 Fat: 3g Sodium: 266mg Carbs: 25g Fiber: 0.75g Sugars: 11g Protein: 3g POINTS® value 3
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I saw these on the Nate Berkus show. They looked so good with yummy icing piped up high on top.... my version did not turn out like that. The cupcake tasted great. But, the icing did not turn out at all like I thought it should. First, I made a double batch of the icing, because one batch seemed so small. Then, the icing was really runny and just drizzled down over the cupcakes. Again... tasted good though. I would make these cupcakes again but find another icing alternative. Also, the use of 1 cup of the cake mix was a bit annoying... what do I do with the other 2/3rds of the cake mixes??
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- 1 cup pillsbury moist supreme reduced sugar devils food cake mix
- 1 cup pillsbury moist supreme reduced-sugar yellow cake mix
- 2 (1 ounce) fat free powdered cocoa mix, packets (diet)
- 1⁄2 cup fat-free liquid egg product (like Egg Beaters)
- 1⁄4 cup semisweet mini chocolate chips, divided
- 1⁄2 ounce red food coloring
- 1 teaspoon Splenda granular, no calorie artificial sweetener (granulated)
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
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- 6 tablespoons jet-puffed marshmallow creme
- 6 tablespoons Cool Whip Free, thawed
- 1⁄4 cup fat free cream cheese, softened
- 1 tablespoon Splenda granular, no calorie artificial sweetener (granulated)
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- Place half of your chocolate chips (2 tbsp.) and the contents of both cocoa packets in a tall glass.
- Add 12 ounces of boiling water, and stir until chips and cocoa mix have dissolved. Place glass in the freezer until mixture is cold (about 30 minutes).
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, mix together marshmallow creme, cream cheese, and 1 tablespoons Splenda until smooth. Fold in Cool Whip.
- Place bowl in the fridge to chill until cupcakes are ready to be frosted. Once the cocoa in the freezer has chilled, give it a stir, and pour it into a large mixing bowl.
- Add the cake mixes, egg substitute, remaining chocolate chips, red food coloring, 1 teaspoons Splenda, and salt. Using a whisk or fork, mix batter for about 2 minutes (until smooth and blended). Batter will be thin, but don't worry, your cupcakes will puff up once baked!
- Line a 12-cup muffin pan with baking cups, and spray lightly with nonstick spray (or simply spray the pan with nonstick spray). Evenly spoon batter into the pan.
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This spring, the perfect combination of a good deal and a good time can be found in Northwest Montana. Whitefish Mountain Resort offers several spring deals for skiers and peppers the calendar with end-of-season crowd pleaser events.
Whitefish winds up the season with several events, including the Winter Brewfest and the final Moonlight Dine and Ski. Among the end-of-season fun, the Dummy Derby and Pond Skimming rate high as hefty crowd-pleasers.
On March 30, the Dummy Derby sends homemade contraptions on skis flying off a jump and crashing into a pile. The bigger the crash, the better the appeal. Here's a taste of the crashes:
On April 6, skiers and snowboarders attempt to skim across a pond of icy water. Some make it, but big cheers go to those who with giant splats.
For the end of the season, Whitefish is offering several deals, including one with Alaska Airlines. But tickets must be booked by March 21, 2013. Flights from most Alaska Airlines cities to Glacier International Airport (FCA) in Kalispell are discounted by 20 percent through the end of the ski season on April 7. By presenting your boarding pass at check in, you can also get 10 percent off lodging at the resort and lift tickets. Special codes are needed for both reservations, but they are available on the Whitefish Mountain Resort website.
Spring lodging and lift ticket packages are available, too. When booking three nights of accommodations at the resort and three days of lift tickets, you can add on a fourth for free. This package is available through April 7.
Those who want to hit the slopes during the last week of operation, March 31 through April 7, can get another deal. When booking two nights of accommodations and purchasing two days of lift tickets, you can add on a third night and third day skiing for free.
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Regarding Gwynne Dyer's article ''Smart may not be so clever'', it may be worth separating fact from (science) fiction.
''The singularity'' is, apparently, a term designating the point at which humans cease to be the most intelligent creatures on Earth.
This would happen if some new, highly intelligent species were to evolve and overtake us or if we were able to create super-intelligent machines.
But one thing the singularity hypothesis does not imply is that ''high data-processing capacity is synonymous with self-conscious intelligence''.
Self-conscious intelligence is certainly not the result of high data-processing capacity.
My pocket calculator can ''process data'' faster than I can but it has no understanding or intelligence.
It has no grasp of meanings. It is programmed by humans to produce certain shapes as output given certain shapes as input.
Modern computers are no different in kind from my calculator, just more complex. To produce a robot that could think, let alone think faster than we can, would require more than just devising a computer program.
As Dyer himself says, we don't think it a big deal that some machines can lift more than we can; so why be impressed by something that can ''process data'' quicker than we can?
Modern computers are useful tools but they understand nothing.
All these points were made a number of years ago by the famous Berkeley philosopher John Searle, but they need to be repeated.
Dr Brian Garrett, School of Philosophy, RSSS, Australian National University
Jesus still relevant
According to Benjamin Herscovitch (''Masses rapt in hippy values'', Forum, December 22, p9), the increase in the number of Australians who now declare themselves to be without any religion - from 16 per cent in 1996 to 22 per cent in 2012 - indicates that ''Christmas in the new irreligious and non-Christian Australia will need to drift from its traditional religious moorings to remain relevant''.
Whatever his motivations for this assault on Christianity, Herscovitch certainly could not be more wrong.
Leaving aside the fact that 61 per cent of Australians still see themselves as Christian and that most other religions, notably Islam, see value in the Christian message, Herscovitch simply doesn't appear to understand the meaning of Christmas. He says that Christians should not ''look askance''at Christmas without Christ because ''its core message of family and community will remain meaningful to a majority of Australians, thereby ensuring one key element of Australia's Christian past lives on, albeit in a modified form''. While Easter is clearly the most important religious celebration of Christianity, the Christian significance of Christmas goes far deeper than some ritualised get-together! It is instead a profound meditation on the power of hope arising from humble beginnings.
I speak as one of the 22 per cent irreligious who counts themselves as an atheist.
Yet while I regard the belief and hope in an all-powerful deity to be misguided, the message of Jesus Christ has never been more important and needed. The money-changers have never been more powerfully in control and not just in our banking system but in governments and the global news media and entertainment industries, polluting everything they touch.
Jesus remains the revolutionary figure who challenged the corruption and perversions of the Pharisees. The modern inheritors of the Pharisaic tradition revel in their role in his execution, declaring him to be burning in hell.
They hated him then and they hate him now. It is this hatred that has set the Middle East afire with the ethnic cleansing of Palestine and torturing of people in their hundreds of thousands, the destruction of Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan, the start of war against Syria and the prospective annihilation of Iran. The message of the nativity - ''peace on earth and goodwill to all men'' - has never been more urgent.
Chris Williams, Griffith
Critical mass
Burgess Cameron (Letters, December 22) raises a broader issue that surely must be at the very heart of the climate debate, namely the planet's exploding human population. The matter becomes more pressing if we are reminded that in 1971 there were 3.5 billion of us. This has doubled in just 40 short years to 7 billion, with ever increasing pressures on ever declining resources. It would seem reasonable to assume that in 20 short years from today the world's population could reach 11 billion to 14 billion regardless of predictions by population ''experts'' who claim it will ''level out'' around 9 billion. A truly frightening thought.
We seem to have our heads in the sand when it comes to acknowledging the seriousness of the situation. Clearly, if pre-industrial carbon dioxide levels were 280 ppm (parts per million) and carbon dioxide levels are now 398 ppm, we will cut pollution without addressing the population question. A classic tiger chasing its tail situation.
I'm constantly amazed that many climate summits of the past 40 years have failed to adequately recognise the urgency of this problem. But then again, maybe they're still trying to find ways to make a buck out of it.
William Gray, Bungendore, NSW
Case to answer
The former head of Western Australia's Anti-Corruption Commission, Terry O'Conner, QC, would probably disagree with T. Marks' view (Letters, December 26) that the AWU affair is nothing more than a beat-up by Julia Gillard's political opponents. Indeed O'Conner recently expressed an opinion, based on information in the public domain, that the Prime Minister would appear to have a case to answer as a result of her involvement in the incorporation of the AWU Workplace Reform Association, later describe by Gillard as a slush fund. O'Conner's article is easily found on the internet and I commend it to Marks for some holiday reading.
H. Ronald, Jerrabomberra, NSW
A great scientist
It was disappointing that Professor Nancy Millis, who was one of Australia's most distinguished female scientists before dying in September 2012, was not included in your article ''Lives lived well, champions all'' (December 26, p15). I had the pleasure of meeting Professor Millis on several occasions and she was not only an eminent scientist, but a really down-to-earth person. Is it the media that generates such overwhelming interest in sportspeople, TV personalities, musicians and other artists, while scientists and their achievements go unnoticed? Or is the preoccupation with sport and the arts a true reflection of a public that is largely ignorant of science and the fundamental role it plays in our lives?
Lynda Graf, Garran
American riposte
Don Sephton (Letters, December 26) opines, ''Just how sick is American society''? No sicker than a society where binge-drinking runs rampant among young adults, drink-drivers are released to offend repeatedly, obesity abounds, and life-styles are increasingly unsustainable.
No sicker than a political system where big business and unions exert a disproportionate pull on political parties, where each parliamentarian is required to support party policies no matter how they violate his or her morals, where crossing-the-floor translates to a career-limiting move, where gambling, liquor, and tobacco lobbies interfere with legislation to help those afflicted by addictions.
Where health, education, longevity, employment and social achievements of our indigenous population continue to veer away from those of our immigrants.
As an American, I don't understand other Americans' fascination with guns or their literal interpretation of our Second Amendment.
If Mr Sephton believes we're genuinely a sick society, then perhaps to ensure his personal integrity he should avoid all American products and services, including those derived from American sciences and technology.
Judy Bamberger, O'Connor
Guns must go
As a teacher I find the idea that I should take a gun to class to ''care'' for my students a truly poisonous concept that would create an atmosphere of terror, not safety, in the classroom. In the wake of the mass murders in Connecticut, such an idea is obscene in the extreme.
A core belief of the National Rifle Association is that the more guns that are in circulation in a society, the safer that society will be. This belief has changed over the years from a political or social stance to what now appears to be a deeply-seated psychosis that prevents the organisation from thinking clearly or responsibly.
It refuses to recognise what is blindingly obvious to virtually every other nation on Earth: that a country saturated with firearms that revels in a ''stand your ground'', ''law of the frontier'' mentality is sick to the depths of its collective heart and that this sickness will never be cured by having even more guns.
Good luck to President Obama and the millions of sane Americans who know that strict gun controls are needed now.
Steve Ellis, Hackett
Time to think
Security breaches are inevitable at the Alexander Maconochie Centre, or any prison, but not because of excessive focus on prisoners' human rights, as former superintendent Doug Buchanan claims. They are inevitable because when intelligent and creative people are imprisoned, they have lots of time on their hands to think of ways to circumvent security. The NSW prison system, which Mr Buchanan came from, has also had serious breaches in recent years. I doubt anyone would claim these occurred because of the views of the NSW Corrective Services Commissioner at the time, Ron Woodham, on prisoners' human rights.
Peter Marshall, Captains Flat, NSW
To the point
John Bell (Letters, December 26) asserts that without the birth of Christ, there would be no gatherings, gifts or holidays. Not so, John - there are many of us who are very aware that Yuletide was hijacked from the pagans.
We also know that, if indeed there ever was an historical Jesus, he was born in late August or early September, as this is when the census took place. One certainly doesn't need to be Christian to celebrate this time of year.
Jo Hann, Wanniassa
Robert Willson (Letters, December 24) claims Christmas is diminished without God, and yet Sheikh Yahya Safi (''Christmas fatwa was a mistake: Muslims'', December 24, p1) proclaims Christmas offends God. Why do these opposing clerics want this relaxing season to stick in our throats? Is their attempt to sully our pleasure born of any concern? No. What we have are identical examples of religious grotesquery - casting a wet blanket of guilt over people's pleasure for no good reason. This needling has nothing to do with God and all to do with clerical power.
Peter Robinson, Ainslie
Can anyone think of a city of comparable size to Canberra that doesn't include a town hall? Canberra also needs a public facility named after Marion Mahony.
Katherine Beauchamp, Ainslie
Burgess Cameron (Letters, December 22) is full of gloom. CO2 was higher in the 1820s, 1850s and the early 1940s as measured by the Pettenkoffer method. The IPCC chooses to ignore that data.
As for rivers, where is the evidence that the Murray was always open to the sea prior to white settlement? It was always a slow briny river. Sturt, who found the Darling, said it was too briny for even horses to drink. And temperature has not risen for 15 years. How many years of no warming do we need before the warmists admit the emperor has no clothes?
Brian Hatch Narrabundah
All credit to the ACT Legislative Assembly for refusing to be slavishly conformist. Its members were voted in by believers and non-believers. Robert Willson (Letters, December 26) says ''we all rely on the blessings of God''. What blessings? Tornadoes and earthquakes? The good dying young?
The churches have always offered specious explanations, like ''this was God's revenge for our sins'' to the opposite: ''thank God we were spared'' - (while others perished.)
Ned Ovolny, Duffy


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The goal of the study is to examine how cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a common treatment for adolescent depression, affects brain functioning. Depressed adolescents will complete an initial assessment consisting of an interview, questionnaires, computer tasks, and an EEG recording. EEG (electroencephalography) measures brain activity by recording the electrical activity along the scalp caused by the firing of neurons within the brain. They will then complete 12 sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy, which will be 50 minutes long and held once a week for 12 weeks. Before their third therapy session, participants will complete a computer task while EEG data are recorded. After completing the treatment, the participants will complete a final assessment, which will include questionnaires, computer tasks, and an EEG recording. They will also complete follow-up assessments over the phone 1, 3, and 6 months after completing the treatment.
This study will also include healthy control participants. They will complete an initial assessment consisting of an interview, questionnaires, computer tasks, and an EEG recording. Three weeks later, they will return to complete a behavioral task while EEG data are recorded. Twelve weeks after the initial assessment, they will complete a final assessment, which will include questionnaires, computer tasks, and an EEG recording.
|Major Depressive Disorder
|Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Examination of the Neural Components Underlying the Treatment of Adolescent Major Depression
- EEG Activity [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]EEG and ERP measures collected during resting state and behavioral tasks
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Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
12 sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy
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Inclusion Criteria, Major Depressive Disorder Participants:
- Ages 13-18 years at time of initial assessment
- Female
- Current major depressive disorder (MDD) diagnosed according to the K-SADS Axis I semi-structured interview
- English as first language or English fluency
Exclusion Criteria, Major Depressive Disorder Participants:
- Male
- Mania/Hypomania
- Current anxiety disorders [e.g., Panic Disorder (PD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)]
- Eating Disorders
- Substance Abuse/Dependency
- Conduct Disorder/Antisocial Disorder
- Psychosis
- Mental Retardation
- Organic Brain Syndrome
- Current Psychotherapy Treatment
- Medical & neurological illness (head injury, loss of consciousness for more than 5 minutes, seizures)
- Current use of psychotropic medication for treatment of MDD with the exception of SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors)
- Active suicidality
Inclusion Criteria, Healthy Control Participants:
- Ages 13-18 years at time of initial assessment
- Female
- English as first language or English fluency
Exclusion Criteria, Healthy Control Participants (in addition to the exclusion criteria of the MDD group):
- Elevated depressive symptoms as assessed in phone screen
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01717508
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2011A053424 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: Harvard Medical School )
2011A051965 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: McLean Hospital )
2010A054978 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: Katz Family Foundation )
K23MH097786 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
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Keywords provided by Randy P. Auerbach, Mclean Hospital:
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Depressive Disorder, Major
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Ware scores big; keeps Shady Side in playoff picture
Michael Ware, a 6-4 freshman at Shady Side Academy, plays football as an outside linebacker and baseball, where he pitches and plays first base.
Oh yeah, he also plays basketball.
Last week Ware showed why he says he prefers hoops.
Ware scored 21 points to help lead the Indians to a victory over Riverview. He also scored 17 in a win over Serra and 10 against Springdale.
"I'd have to say that basketball is my favorite, but it depends on the season," Ware said.
He's looking forward to a prolonged basketball season. "We've been playing well and we're ready for the playoffs," Ware said.
Here's a closer look at Michael:
Q: Who have been your role models in life and in sports?
A: My parents. They've always been there for me. In sports, it's John Wall and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.
Q: What are your hobbies?
A: Sports and hanging out with my friends.
Q: Who is the best player in the NBA?
A: Kevin Durant.
Q: What do you like better, the Super Bowl game or the Super Bowl commercials?
A: The commercials, unless the Steelers are playing.
Q: What movie could you watch over and over?
A: "Glory Road."
Q: What's your favorite TV show?
A: "Criminal Minds."
Q: Who is the most overrated athlete in sports?
A: Neil Walker. I just don't think he's very good.
Q: What sport would you be playing if you weren't a basketball player?
A: Baseball.
Q: Who's your favorite athlete?
A: Kevin Durant.
Q: Who would be your dream date?
A: Selena Gomez.
Q: Are you a junk food junkie?
A: I am. I love candy, especially chocolate and Wendy's chicken sandwiches.
Q: What would make up your all-time favorite meal?
A: Pancakes, Mac and Cheese, and a buffalo chicken sandwich.
Q: Have you ever dunked in a game?
A: Not yet.
Q: What's the wildest, craziest thing you've ever done?
A: I'm a pretty calm guy so nothing crazy from me.
Q: People would be surprised to know that I …
A: ... Wear a size 16 shoe.
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FAMILIES and child carers are being urged to be "safety heroes" by taking measures to stay safe as part of Child Safety Week 2014, which runs from next Monday until, Sunday, June 29.
Run by the Child Accident Prevention Trust, the campaign is being supported by Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS).
With preventable accidents one of the biggest killers in the UK, the message of the week is that a few moments' extra thought can make all the difference.
Actions like testing smoke alarms and making sure candles and matches are out of reach or a quick glance down the hall to ensure an escape route is clear in case of a fire, which can take just seconds, are recommended.
Station Commander Alan Haley, of HWFRS, said: "There's nothing more important than the safety of a child in the home and getting into the habit of taking a quick glance round the room for hazards is a simple step that will make safety an automatic reflex for any parent or carer and help give real peace of mind."
He added: "Another really vital thing mums and dads can do to keep their family safe is talk to their kids about the importance of fire safety and make sure they know what to do if the worst happens.
"Fitting a smoke alarm and involving the children in testing it regularly can also help keep them fire aware and - most importantly - provide the vital seconds you need to escape in a fire. This could develop a life-saving habit for the future."
Katrina Philips, chief executive of the Child Accident Prevention Trust, said: "Preventing deaths and serious injury from accidents lies at the heart of Child Safety Week.
"Families can take simple steps to protect themselves from the devastation caused by fire - testing smoke alarms, putting matches and candles out of reach and keeping escape routes clear all take a few moments.
"We are delighted that fire services are supporting the week and families to make a real difference to protecting children."
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Not everyone wants a traditional wedding experience with the big white dress, church ceremony, and feminine reception.
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Ahwatukee Foothills resident Dylan Rudolph has achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, and his Eagle Court of Honor will take place in October. He is a member of Troop 16 led by Scoutmaster Dave McBee.
For his Eagle project, Rudolph and his team relocated and rewired the video and audio systems used for worship services at Desert Foothills United Methodist Church. This required minor construction and reorganization of the entire system. The project involved more than 25 people and took over 200 hours to complete.
Rudolph, 18, is a 2010 graduate of Desert Vista High School and will attend Mesa Community College this fall.


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Too Busy to Cook
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We Moms are busy. No matter what stage in life, how many children, whether we homeschool or not, carving out extra time in our day is downright hard. I get asked all the time how I find the time to cook most of our food from scratch. The answer for me is simple time management. Making a time budget has been so helpful to me see the big picture of what needs to get done each day.
As much as many of us would like to add more time to a day, there are only 24 hours and so many necessities that have to be fit in to those 24 hours. When you take a look at how you spend your time throughout your day, you might be surprised at how many time wasters are gobbling up your precious and valuable time. When I gave up watching TV, I found all kinds of time I never thought I had before. Talk about a productivity increase!
Take a good look at how your 24 hours are spent on an average. What time wasters can be taken out? Which things can be done more efficiently to take less time? How much time can you really spare to minister to your family by feeding them better?
Feeding my family nourishing food is a priority, so for our needs I expect that I will spend a total of 2 hours per day in the kitchen and plan for that. Some days I spend far less time in the kitchen thanks to meals I have made ahead. And on a rare occasion I'll spend more than my planned 2 hours if I have the extra time available and get inspired. I also plan a "kitchen day" each week and plan for more time in the kitchen on this day to get extra baking or bulk cooking or any other tasks done that will make the rest of my week easier.
You might have difficulty finding 2 extra hours in your day, let alone fathoming spending all that time in the kitchen. You might only be able to spare 1 hour per day. That's okay! There is a lot that can be done in one hour, even if that hour is broken up into 20 minute segments. Even if your schedule is so tight that you can only spare 30 minutes of your day to dedicate to feeding your family, there are still things you can do in that time that will make a great impact on the health of your family.
All said, we have to work with what we have. And usually if something is important enough to us, extra time seems to magically appear as we cut out things that are not as high on our list of priorities. With some planning and preparation anyone can prepare fresh, wholesome meals and nourishing snacks even on a tight time budget. No, not gourmet cooking, but simple healthy nourishing foods that bring health to your family.
How do you manage your time for kitchen work?
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I love the idea of a "kitchen day" every week. I've been thinking about doing it for several weeks, but my problem isn't so much a lack of time, it's a lack of energy. At the moment, I'm eight months pregnant and anemic, so standing for any length of time isn't an option. I'm thinking that I could improvise by moving most of the cooking stuff into the dining room and sitting in there to do everything except the actual cooking… I'm going to try that this week!


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As the final two weeks of the season kick into gear, most of the post-season berths are still in play. Three of the six divisions-the AL East, AL Central, and NL East-feature races where the margin is two games or less, as does the race for the NL wild card. Adding to the drama is a flurry of games decided in the late innings, by timely hitting overcoming leaky bullpens. Consider Sunday's activity:
That's just one day's slate of broken dreams. With the pressure of the playoff races increasing on a nightly basis, some bullpens are running out of gas just short of the finish line, compromised by injuries, ineffectiveness, and (as in Yost's case) managerial incompetence. I have four similar bullet points left over from a half-written piece dated September 1, a column that fizzled with my laptop battery as I headed west for vacation. Three of the ostensible contenders mentioned in that one-the Marlins, Cardinals, and Yankees-have seen their postseason odds plummet below one percent since then, in particular because the incidents I cited at the time weren't isolated instances of late-game combustion. Florida's Kevin Gregg, for example, took the loss four times in a two-week period, failing to protect three leads and one tie. Had he converted those saves, the Marlins would be tied with Houston, three games out of the wild-card spot, with postseason odds closer to eight percent instead of 0.4 percent-still a long shot, but a long shot with a pulse.
With burning bullpens such a hot topic, it's worth viewing team relief performances through the prism of our relief stats, particularly Reliever Expected Wins Added (WXRL) and Fair Run Average (FRA), which do a much better job of accounting context in which each team's relievers have performed. Here's a first- and second-half breakdown of WXRL, with the teams ranked by the latter; keep in mind that the unusually long first half (an average of 95 games per team) makes for smaller second-half WXRL totals and a much narrower spread between teams. Through Sunday:
Team 1st 2nd Total Astros 4.7 5.9 10.6 A's 5.8 5.5 11.3 Angels 7.5 5.0 12.5 Rays 9.5 4.5 14.0 Dodgers 6.8 4.3 11.0 Yankees 7.3 4.1 11.4 Jays 4.5 4.0 8.6 Royals 5.2 4.0 9.2 Marlins 4.1 3.9 8.0 Phillies 8.8 3.6 12.5 Rockies 2.3 3.5 5.8 Red Sox 3.1 3.0 6.1 Cards 1.8 2.6 4.4 Brewers 4.1 2.6 6.7 ChiSox 7.2 2.4 9.6 Nats 1.9 2.1 4.0 Cubs 6.0 2.0 8.0 Pirates 5.3 1.7 7.1 D'backs 3.5 1.4 4.9 Padres 4.3 1.4 5.6 Reds 4.7 1.4 6.0 Giants 3.1 1.2 4.2 Indians -2.7 0.8 -1.9 Mets 6.1 -0.4 5.7 Tigers 3.2 -0.6 2.6 Rangers 5.3 -0.9 4.4 Orioles 3.8 -1.0 2.7 Twins 8.1 -1.1 7.0 Braves 5.3 -1.1 4.2 Mariners 3.0 -1.9 1.1
While this ranking isn't tremendously revealing at first glance, the fates of various contenders do stand out. The Astros have the majors' best second-half WXRL; that 5.9 is a monster number to have accumulated in a short period of time, and it's a key factor in Houston's re-emergence in the wild-card race. Or it was at least until Hurricane Ike forced them to Miller Park sans bats. Jose Valverde (1.504 WXRL and 2.05 FRA since the break; all stats cited within this section are for the second half unless otherwise noted), LaTroy Hawkins (1.355 WXRL since being acquired from the Yankees in a footnote of a deal on July 31), and Chris Sampson (1.200 WXRL) all rank among the top 25 relievers in WXRL in the second half.
On the individual level, we're not working with huge sample sizes here, but the second-half WXRL numbers do highlight the kinds of effective patterns of usage that teams settle into for their playoff runs. To put these numbers into context a bit more, note that they've been accumulated in about one-third of the season. A mental multiplication by three is helpful, with the understanding that last year, 34 relievers-just over one per team-finished with full-season WXRLs of 3.0 or higher, and 59 finished with WXRLs of 2.0 or higher.
Getting back to the rankings, the Rays, who lead the majors in WXRL overall, have been strong in both halves, with Grant Balfour ranking eighth in the majors since the break (1.856 WXRL) while helping to pick up the slack for the injured and largely ineffective Troy Percival (-0.274 WXRL, 8.89 FRA). The Dodger bullpen has been surprisingly good despite the loss of Takashi Saito and some shakiness from Jonathan Broxton, with Cory Wade (2.073 since the break, sixth in the majors, not to mention a microscopic 0.30 FRA in that span) emerging as a key weapon out of the pen-and yes, that's a rookie reliever, for those of you scoring back in New York.
Further down the rankings, the Brewer pen has been in the middle of the pack during both halves rather than awful, weighted down by the early-season performances of Eric Gagne and the since-departed Derrick Turnbow (a combined -0.599 WXRL before the break), though the second-half performances of David Riske (-0.178 WXRL) and reclamation project Seth McClung (-0.310 WXRL) have certainly been part of the problem lately. The Diamondbacks spent the second half delivering bad news in the ninth inning for far too long via Lyon (-0.179 WXRL), though Rauch (-0.582 WXRL as a Diamondback) has been an even more malevolent force. Cub fans might sweat the ranking here, and while it's largely the result of some bad work by Bobby Howry (-1.036 WXRL) offsetting strong second halves by Carlos Marmol (2.154 WXRL, fourth-best in the majors) and late-July call-up Jeff Samardzija (0.857 WXRL), Kerry Wood's performance (0.111 WXRL, 5.22 FRA) doesn't exactly inspire confidence.
But it's really the Mets and the Twins who've been getting the worst relief work since the All-Star break. While that hasn't cost the former their spot atop the NL East yet, it has certainly prevented them from fortifying a solid lead. This is a unit that's running on fumes; Heilman, Feliciano, Duaner Sanchez, and Scott Schoenweiss-four of the team's top five relievers in terms of appearances-have all put up Fair Run Averages of 5.93 or higher in the second half. That's before considering the fact that the loss of even a less-than-mint Billy Wagner limits the Mets' chances to snap out of it, since the drop-off between him and every other member of the bullpen is so high. With the rotation putting up a 4.99 ERA this month while averaging 5.9 innings per start, the pressure on an already compromised unit is only going to mount.
As for the Twins, the relative lack of support in front of Joe Nathan is unusual for a Twins team, and it may have cost them the opportunity to overtake the White Sox. Nathan (0.071 WXRL, 2.58 FRA) has been less than his dominant self since the break, but besides him and lefty Craig Breslow (0.116 WXRL and a tasty 1.75 FRA), all of Ron Gardenhire's other go-to guys-Matt Guerrier, Dennys Reyes, Jesse Crain, Brian Bass, and Boof Bonser-have WXRLs below replacement level since the break. Ouch.
Speaking of the White Sox, their second-half bullpen woes become apparent if we focus on bullpen Fair Run Averages instead of win expectancy:
Team 1st 2nd Overall Jays 3.59 3.15 3.42 Astros 4.50 3.51 4.16 Brewers 4.73 3.57 4.34 Dodgers 3.40 3.71 3.51 A's 3.63 3.77 3.69 Angels 4.23 3.84 4.08 Rockies 4.81 4.08 4.54 Rays 3.40 4.21 3.69 Red Sox 4.62 4.22 4.47 Phillies 3.15 4.40 3.60 Marlins 4.45 4.45 4.45 Cards 4.59 4.49 4.55 Nats 4.99 4.51 4.82 Reds 4.14 4.73 4.35 Twins 4.23 4.74 4.40 Yankees 3.72 4.75 4.09 Pirates 4.76 4.79 4.77 Padres 4.79 4.79 4.79 Cubs 4.18 4.86 4.40 D'backs 4.49 4.88 4.63 Mets 4.46 5.15 4.69 Royals 4.18 5.16 4.56 Giants 4.88 5.38 5.05 Tigers 4.76 5.64 5.11 Mariners 4.14 5.66 4.70 Rangers 5.42 5.84 5.56 Indians 5.36 5.95 5.58 ChiSox 3.23 6.19 4.38 Orioles 4.11 6.62 5.08 Braves 3.77 6.82 4.95
Accounting for the base-out situations which they've inherited and bequeathed, White Sox relievers have allowed in excess of six runs per nine innings in the second half, the third-worst mark in the majors. Bobby Jenks (3.22 FRA in the second half) and Carrasco (3.42) have been solid, but Dotel (7.14), Matt Thorton (5.26), and Logan (18.80, albeit in just nine innings) appear to be dousing themselves in gasoline as part of their regular warm-up routines.
Another team whose second-half performance might be cause for concern is the Phillies. Although Brad Lidge is still the majors' individual leader in WXRL, and though the team still leads the league in that category, the Phils' second-half increase in FRA is the fifth-largest in the majors, and the second-largest among contenders. What mitigates their case at least somewhat is that it isn't the mainstays who have been having the most trouble, it's the patches Charlie Manuel has been forced to apply due to decreasing depth. Among those with more than 10 second-half innings, only Ryan Madson (4.80 FRA) is above 4.04, while the likes of James Happ, Rudy Seanez, and Les Walrond have combined for their 8.21 second-half FRA in just 22
Elsewhere in the rankings, again the second-half performances of the Cubs, Mets, and Diamondbacks stand out as subpar, while that of the Twins doesn't look as bad as it did in the previous context; it's not how many runs they've given up, it's when. Speaking of which, check who's third in the majors: the very same Brewers bullpen that's drawn so much criticism of late. Most of the time they haven't been that bad.
Most of the time... but not all of the time. As with comedy, timing is everything when it comes to bullpen performance-timing with regards to the inning/score combination in a ballgame, and to a team's post-season hopes late in the year. Even the best of our relief statistics don't capture what amounts to a "season leverage" context, and if we've had to apply small-sample caveats in sifting through the rubble to focus on second-half performances here, it seems egregious to break things down further to highlight the performances of the last week or two. At a certain point we're better off reducing our focus to bullet points, bullet points that could come to represent the fatal holes in a given team's post-season dreams. Stay tuned for the growing casualty list.
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I suppose you could use the disparity between WXRL and FRA as, at the very least, a reflection of managerial prowess. The fact that the brewers are third in FRA but only middle of the pack in WXRL indicates that they've been managed really poorly (as indicated by the Ned Yost firing), whereas the same in reverse means that Ozzie Guillen is doing a great job over in Chicago, eating innings with his worse pitchers when it doesn't matter but making sure when it does matter his good guys are in there.
Sep 16, 2008 12:13 PM
Dr. Dave
Disparity between WXRL and FRA is a good thing to look at. Another way to get at the same thing would be to look at the correlation between FRA and Leverage for the pitchers on each team. Good reliever usage means very negative correlation between FRA and Leverage.
Sep 17, 2008 08:01 AM
Jay Jaffe
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Interesting note, Dave, and probably something worth examining more closely. But as Joe Sheehan points out in Thursday's article (http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=8089), relying on Leverage when evaluating bullpens at this point in the year may not be ideal in the case of teams who are finally finding the right combination of roles down the stretch.
Sep 18, 2008 08:59 AM
Absolutely agree with the Twins take. Gardenhire has burned through his bullpen for the year and it will be the singular reason why they will miss the playoffs. His absolute disdain for allowing starters to ever throw over 100 pitches in a game has finally caught up to the pen and has ruined their chances. Even if they do make it somehow, they won't have enough horses to go far.
Sep 16, 2008 13:30 PM
Just another couple thoughts to clarify my first post. I am certainly NOT in favor of pitching the arms of your starters either! That too can have devastating effects on your season as well as actual careers.
Sep 16, 2008 14:03 PM
I just have Nathan on my fantasy team, and I can tell you off the bat he's been misused. He's gone over 1IP 3 times all year, all within the last month or so. His wins are down from an average of 6 or 7 to 0. He's on pace to throw the fewest innings in the past 5 years. All this tells me he's not getting into nearly enough tight games for nearly long enough. Now I'm going to go look at his WXRL and see if my anecdotal evidence is supported or not.
Sep 16, 2008 19:36 PM
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It's not over yet. But it's not looking good.
Canada's Stanley Cup drought, which began back in 1993 when the Montreal Canadiens hoisted the big silver milk jug, seems likely to hit 17 springs unless the Vancouver Canucks, Canadiens or Ottawa Senators can reverse their current fortunes rather quickly.
Both the Canucks and Habs are facing virtual do-or-die Game 4 situations on Wednesday, while the Senators are up to their chinstraps in trouble dealing with the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins.
By this time next week, there may be no Canadian teams left in the hunt.
So when is the drought going to end? People, after all, are starting to notice, and even Canadian-born players on U.S.-based teams would like to see the Cup back in Canada sooner than later.
"Canadians take pride in being the best in hockey. I'm sure they get upset when year-after-year the Cup travels south of the border," said Washington winger Brooks Laich on Tuesday with his club up 2-1 on the Canadiens.
Laich, a native of tiny Wawota, Sask., pop. 591, grew up a Maple Leaf fan with a Doug Gilmour No. 93 jersey, and even religiously used Gilmour's stick pattern growing up. His grandfather once ventured east with buddy Bert Olmstead to try and make the Leafs, so there's an emotional connection to the Toronto franchise and all the Canadian teams.
"Just as a hockey fan, as a Canadian, you want to see the hometowns do well," he said. "When one team makes a run and all the other teams are eliminated, everyone jumps on board that team, which is cool. I know I have friends and family back home rooting for me because one day they dream of holding the Stanley Cup."
Since the Habs won the Cup at the old Forum, teams from Rutherford, N.J., Denver, Dallas, Raleigh, Anaheim, Tampa and Pittsburgh have taken the trophy south. Detroit has done it four times.
The closest any Canadian team has come to carefully sculpting and developing a champion was the Senators, who acquired talent through years of misery but lost to the Ducks in '07. Now the window of opportunity seems to have closed on the Sens, and the same likely applies to the Calgary Flames, Cup finalists in 2004. Vancouver has put together good rosters but no good spring runs, while Montreal seems stuck in the mushy middle of the league.
Toronto and Edmonton, meanwhile, were the two worst teams in the NHL this season and are both years away from contending.
Adding to the frustration has been the steady flow of superior Canadian prospects south to U.S. teams that started in 1997 and 1998 with Joe Thornton and Vinny Lecavalier, respectively, and has continued with Rick Nash ('02), Eric Staal and Shea Weber, ('03), Sidney Crosby ('05), Jonathan Toews ('06), Steven Stamkos and Drew Doughty ('08) and John Tavares and Matt Duchene last June.
No Cups, and no Canadian-born stars staying home. If the 2010 Canadian Olympic team was a reflection of the country's best and brightest, it was telling that only two players from the 23-man roster — Roberto Luongo and Jarome Iginla — were employees of Canadian-based NHL clubs.
At least the Oilers will get a chance to reverse that CanCon flow this spring by taking either Tyler Seguin or Taylor Hall with the first overall selection in the entry draft. The Leafs traded away the No. 2 pick to Boston, but in Dion Phaneuf, Tyler Bozak, Luke Schenn and Nazem Kadri there is a new emphasis on homegrown talent by the Brian Burke regime.
With the Capitals, Penguins, Blackhawks and Kings having gradually organized talented young teams with key Canadian components that have yet to peak, however, there simply may not be a Canadian NHL club positioned well to break through and bring the Cup home anytime soon.
Now, it's not like stockpiling Canadian talent is the only route to the Cup. Detroit surely proved that with its Swedes, and Russian players, while few, remain among the biggest stars in the sport.
But ignoring Canadian talent, or at least watching the best of it flood south, seems to have coincided with the longest Cup-less drought for Canada in NHL history, one unlikely to end soon.
Perhaps there's a connection.


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How come all the characters jutsu from the game are not added to the characters jutu profile? because it says Ino only knows 3 techniques but in the game she knows quite a lot. —This unsigned comment was made by Airgrimes (talk • contribs) on 07:19, December 6, 2008.
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Transatlantic and Med: Westerdam Cruise Review by FunForUs
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Transatlantic and Med
Destination: Transatlantic
Embarkation: Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)
This was our 2nd HAL cruise, 17th in total and 3rd time in the Med.
We went into Fort Lauderdale 2 nights early. We stayed at the Renaissance which was very convenient for getting to the port.
Embarkation: We arrived around 11:00 and were on board by 11:45. Our cabin was ready probably due to the ship being in drydock just before the cruise. Went to the MDR for lunch.
Cabin: Our cabin was very roomy & comfortable. There is an amazing amount of storage space with 2 large drawers under the bed and another 2 drawers under the sofa. The bed was very comfortable and the bath was large enough to move around in with a very nice tub/shower combo. The towels are large and absorbent and the bath supplies are very good quality. Our room stewards, Lee & Jhon, were the best we have had. We would leave our room More for breakfast or an activity and it was always clean when we returned. The ice bucket was never empty which is important to us. Lee made us a different towel animal every night to welcome us back to our cabin after dinner.
Activities: I really enjoyed the cooking demos and the lectures. DH went to Trivia every day which we both thought was scheduled at a poor time; either Noon or at the same time as sail away. He also enjoyed the Wii contests held daily in the Northern Lights. I enjoyed the sail-aways which featured a small table of local foods and music -- very nice touch. The dance classes were taught by dancers from the shows and they were very good. Also, enjoyed the daily tea both in the MDR a couple of times and in the Explorers Lounge on the other days. IMO, HAL excels here. Amazing seven straight days at sea and we never were at a loss for something interesting to do. However, we felt a little cheated since we lost 5 hours on the crossing and rather than doing it at night, it was done at 2 p.m -- so 2 p.m quickly became 3 p.m. on five different sea days.
Ports: We took 5 HAL tours and enjoyed them.
In Cadiz we went to Tio Pepe for a tour and sherry tasting. Following that we went to a horse farm where we spent some time up close & personal with the beautiful Andalusian horses, followed by a spectacular horse show. Highly recommend this tour.
Since we had been to Rome before, we did the Etruscan tour -- interesting but a little long and the included lunch had no atmosphere and was very cramped, but good food.
In Naples we went to Herculaneum which was a nice tour but did think the time spent to take us to a Cameo store would have been better spent elsewhere.
In Messina we went to Taramino which is lovely and the Greco-Roman Theatre is not to be missed.
In Albania, we went on a very interesting tour to the archeological site of Butrint. The site was interesting and our guide spoke perfect English providing us an overview of the life in Albania.
Entertainment: The jazz group was very good as were the HALCats. We thought that the entertainment in the showroom was excellent to just OK. Whereas we usually enjoy the string group, we thought that the group on this cruise was amateurish.
Dining: We thought the food in the Lido for lunch was very good and the tables were always cleaned immediately after they were vacated. The food in the MDR was excellent to just OK. I don't like Salmon and there was a lot of salmon on this cruise. I felt the menu choices were not as good as I had experienced on my first HAL cruise a couple of years ago. But they still had the cappuccino in the MDR which is a big plus for me. We had room service 2 nights and really enjoyed having dinner on the balcony. After many attempts to get a reservation, we finally had dinner in the Canaletto and enjoyed it.
While on the ship, the Westerdam had it's first Galley Buffet tour. It was a highlight! The vegetable & ice carvings were spectacular, as was the food.
Disembarkation: Best we have experienced. We had a 15 minute window assigned to leave. We walked right off, our luggage was easy to find, stepped out and into a cab to the airport. HAL pushes their expensive transfers to the airport, but the cab was 40 euros including tip and we were there is less than half an hour. Also, it was nice that we had until 11:30 the night before to put our bags out so we were not rushed.
HAL introduced a new beverage card where you save 10% on beverages. $50 card is $45 and $100 card is $90. We bought a number of these and feel that they are a good deal.
We will definitely cruise HAL again -- we have two future cruises booked. Less
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With Summer's heat in full swing and every free spot in front of the fans & air conditioners taken, movie theaters beckon us in with promises of arctic temperatures and icy-cold beverages. Sure, the tickets cost your firstborn and that tasty soda will drive you to bankruptcy, but what's important is that Captain America is hitting theaters this month, as well as a handful of others you're not going to want to miss! Check out our July 2011 Movie Guide for all you need to know about releases this month!
Starring: John C. Reilly, Jacob Wysocki, Bridger Zadina
Directed By: Azazel Jacobs
Opening:July 1
Orphaned to an uncle who is fading away, mercilessly teased by his peers and roundly ignored by his teachers, Terri is alienated and alone. When the dreaded vice-principal sees something of himself in Terri, they establish a friendship which opens Terri up to the possibility that life is not something to be endured, but something to be shared, and even enjoyed.
CraveOnline's Call: An oddball heartwarmer about an unlikely friendship based on dysfunction? It worked for Bad Santa, didn't it?
Starring: Tom Hanks, Sarah Mahoney, Roxana Ortega, Brady Rubin
Directed By: Tom Hanks
Opening:July 1
When appealing everyman Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks) is inexplicably fired from his job as a big box store clerk, he realizes it's time for some meaningful change in his life. Deeply in debt and without direction, he returns to college where he befriends a group of scooter-riding students and eventually develops a real affection for his beautiful speech class instructor, Mercedes Tainot (Julia Roberts).
CraveOnline's Call: Early reviews aren't exactly promising, with one critic calling the pacing "at once comfortably assured and frustratingly slack". This looks like feel-good coasting for menopausal women who need to get out of the Summer sun for a couple hours. If you're not one, skip it.
Starring: Jason Bateman, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx,
Directed By: Seth Gorgon
Opening:July 8
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CraveOnline's Call:With Aniston's box-office poison and Colin Farrell's weird forehead-enlarging wig, things don't look too promising for this yuppie office comedy. Biggest red flag: the "raunchy" sex scene with Aniston is being touted quite heavily, despite the total lack of nudity. Forgetting Sarah Marshall made some money this way as well. We all know how that worked out.
Starring: Kevin James, Rosario Dawson, Adam Sandler, Jon Favreau
Directed By: Frank Coraci
Opening:July 8
In Zookeeper, the animals at the Franklin Park Zoo love their kindhearted caretaker, Griffin Keyes (Kevin James). Finding himself more comfortable with a lion than a lady, Griffin decides the only way to get a girl in his life is to leave the zoo and find a more glamorous job. The animals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honored code of silence and reveal their biggest secret: they can talk! To keep Griffin from leaving, they decide to teach him the rules of courtship – animal style. The film also stars Rosario Dawson and Leslie Bibb and features the voices of Cher, Nick Nolte, Adam Sandler, and Sylvester Stallone
CraveOnline's Call:You do remember how bad Night at the Museum was, correct? And Paul Blart: Mall Cop was like pulling fingernails. This is roughly a mix of the two, but with talking animals. In other words, hell no.
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman
Directed By: David Yates
Opening:July 15
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, is the final adventure in the Harry Potter film series. The much-anticipated motion picture event is the second of two full-length parts. In the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalates into an all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one is safe. But it is Harry Potter who may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice as he draws closer to the climactic showdown with Lord Voldemort. It all ends here.
CraveOnline's Call:You've read the books, you've seen the 37 films leading up to this, you've gone to Hogwarts' Magic Kingdom or whatever the hell it is and spent your college savings on Harry's wand (made in China, no magic included)… so you may as well complete the cycle and go watch the final send-off. But for everyone else, this franchise has gotten as boring as a marathon monopoly game with Grandma at hour five.
Starring: Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Tommy Lee Jones
Directed By: Joe Johnston
Opening:July 22
Born during the Great Depression, Steve Rogers grew up a frail youth in a poor family. Horrified by the newsreel footage of the Nazis in Europe, Rogers was inspired to enlist in the army. However, because of his frailty and sickness, he was rejected. Overhearing the boy's earnest plea, General Chester Phillips offered Rogers the opportunity to take part in a special experiment… Operation: Rebirth. After weeks of tests, Rogers was at last administered the 'Super-Soldier Serum' and bombarded by 'vita-rays.' Steve Rogers emerged from the treatment with a body as perfect as a body can be and still be human. Rogers was then put through an intensive physical and tactical training program. Three months later, he was given his first assignment as Captain America. Armed with his indestructible shield and battle savvy, Captain America has continued his war against evil both as a sentinel of liberty and leader of the Avengers.
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Starring: Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone
Directed By: Will Gluck
Opening:July 22
Dylan (Justin Timberlake) and Jamie (Mila Kunis) think it's going to be easy to add the simple act of sex to their friendship, despite what Hollywood romantic comedies would have them believe. They soon discover however that getting physical really does always lead to complications.
CraveOnline's Call: This wasn't very good when it came out a few months ago and they called it No Strings Attached. Replacing Kutcher with Timberlake may help the odds of first-week success, but we're not that stupid.
Starring: Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell
Directed By: Jon Favreau
Opening:July 29
Based on the Malibu Comics graphic novel that mixes Western and science fiction genres. Set in 1800s Arizona, a skirmish between cowboys and Apaches is interrupted by the crash landing of a space ship. The alien commander plans to tame the Old West and enslave everyone, but the cowboys and Native Americans turn their six-guns against the alien invaders.
CraveOnline's Call:Popcorn's popped, seats reserved, alien invasion kit secured. Let's do this.
Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Sofia Vergara
Directed By: Raja Gosnell
Opening:July 29
The Smurfs make their first 3D trip to the big screen in Columbia Pictures'/Sony Pictures Animation's hybrid live-action and animated family comedy, The Smurfs. When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the Smurfs out of their village, they're forced through a portal, out of their world and into ours, landing in the middle of New York's Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.
CraveOnline's Call:As the Hollywood miners dig deeper and deeper into our childhoods, spewing toxic regurgitation as they extract and retard our precious memories of youth, we are left hopeless on the sidelines while a new generation accepts these bastardizations as original reality. I've had it up to my smurf with these smurfing smurfs thinking they can carelessly smurf up every smurfing smurf from our smurfhoods.


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BILLINGS, Mont. — A Yellowstone National Park bull elk featured in a BBC film has died after likely being killed by a wolf pack. Park officials confirmed Tuesday that elk No. 10 was found dead near the Wraith Falls trailhead Saturday. He was believed to be between 16 and 18, a ripe old age for a male elk.
Gardiner, Mont.-based naturalist Jim Halfpenny told the Billings Gazette (http://bit.ly/13ScU7w ) that the elk "held court" in the Mammoth Hot Springs area starting in 2006, when he chased off another bull and took over a harem, or group of cows. No. 10 became famous after being included in the BBC film on the Mammoth elk, Street Fighters. Bulls are shown fighting with each other and chasing off tourists with their antlers. No. 10 got his yellow numbered tag after being tranquilized and having its antlers sawed off in 2001 after getting caught in a badminton net at a school in Mammouth. The tag warned hunters that the animal's meat was unsafe because of the tranquilizer.
In recent years, Halfpenny said No. 10 maintained a smaller harem outside Mammouth.
"Being slightly old, wiser and lacking the body weight of his youth, it was now time to retreat to a more private place with a smaller harem," Halfpenny said in an email.
Cow elk usually live into their teens but males generally live shorter lives because of the physical toll of the ongoing competition for mates.
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