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The Great Mahakala And His Brother
[Translated from the Pali by Daw Mya Tin,MA]
While residing in the neighbourhood of the town of Setabya, the Buddha uttered Verses (7) and (8) of this book, with reference to Mahakala and his brother Culakala. Mahakala and Culakala were two merchant brothers from the town of Setabya. While travelling about with their merchandise on one occasion, they had a chance to listen to a religious discourse given by the Buddha. After hearing the discourse Mahakala asked the Buddha for admission to the Order of the bhikkhus. Culakala also joined the Order but with the intention of coming out of the Order and to bring out his brother along with him.
Mahakala was serious in his ascetic practice at the cemetery (Sosanika dhutinga) and diligently meditated on decay and impermanence. He finally gained Insight and attained arahatship.
Later, the Buddha and his disciples, including the brothers, happened to be staying in the forest of Simsapa, near Setabya. While staying there, the former wives of Culakala invited the Buddha and his disciples to their house. Culakala himself went ahead to prepare seating arrangements for the Buddha and his disciples. Once there, the former wives of Culakala made him change into lay clothes.
The next day, the wives of Mahakala invited the Buddha and his disciples to their house hoping to do the same with Mahakala as the wives of Culakala had done to Culakala. After the meal they requested the Buddha to let Mahakala remain to "express appreciation" (anumodana). So the Buddha and the other disciples left.
Arriving at the village gate the bhikkhus expressed their dissatisfaction and apprehension. They were dissatisfied because Mahakala was permitted to stay behind and they were afraid that, like Culakala, his brother, Mahakala, too, would be made to leave the Order by his former wives. To this, the Buddha replied that the two brothers were not alike. Culakala indulged in sensual pleasures and was lazy and weak; he was just like a weak tree. Mahakala, on the other hand, was diligent, steadfast and strong in his faith of the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Samgha; he was like a mountain of rock.
Then the Buddha spoke in verse as follows:
Verse 7: He who keeps his mind on pleasant objects, who is uncontrolled in his senses, immoderate in his food, and is lazy and lacking in energy, will certainly be overwhelmed by Mara, just as stormy winds uproot a weak tree.
Verse 8: He who keeps his mind on the impurities (of the body), who is well-controlled in his senses and is full of faith and energy, will certainly be not overwhelmed by Mara, just as stormy winds cannot shake a mountain of rock.
Meanwhile, the former wives of Mahakala surrounded him and tried to remove his yellow robes. The thera, sensing their attitude, stood up and rising up into the air by his supernormal powers passed through the roof of the house into the sky. He landed at the feet of the Buddha at the very moment the Master was coming to the end of his utterance of the above two stanzas. At the same time, all the bhikkhus assembled there were established in Sotapatti Fruition.
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All Daje Johnson needed was a plan.
Baylor came calling. So did TCU. Roughly 15 others came calling as well. Most of them wanted Daje as an athlete.
TCU had a specific plan to use him on offense as both a receiver and running back, much the same way he was used at Pflugerville Hendrickson. And the Horned Frogs earned Johnson's commitment.
When Texas came calling, at first, there was no plan - just an appreciation for his athleticism.
That athleticism (a lot of which appears to have come from his father, Clyde, who played defensive back at Kansas State from 1994-96 before going on to the Kansas City Chiefs) helped Johnson pile up 2,178 rushing yards and 26 touchdowns on 249 carries (8.7 ypc) with 28 receptions for 496 yards (17.7 ypr) and six TDs with one punt return as a senior.
In his final two seasons at Hendrickson, Johnson returned two kickoffs and three punts for touchdowns, helping Hendrickson to a 14-9 record.
The Texas coaches told Johnson they would find a place for him. But as time went on, Daje wanted a plan. And Major Applewhite finally gave him one.
"I think Coach Applewhite did a great job of coming in and selling late," said Chip Killian, Johnson's head coach at Hendrickson. "Coach (Mack) Brown is the Godfather in terms of being able to seal the deal. But I think Coach Applewhite did a good job of identifying with Daje and bonding with him and was able to sway him.
"I think Daje was listening to Texas. But I think once Texas had a plan for him, it swayed him (away from TCU). That's where Coach Applewhite and Coach Harsin did a good job. When they got on him originally, it was just because he was a freak athlete. They were trying to figure out how to use him. And kids these days want to know how they are going to be used.
"It's the now generation. It's the microwave generation. Kids want to know right now, 'What are you going to do with me?' And sitting in here listening to recruiters talk, the kids will say, 'Well, if you're going to recruit me as an athlete, what's your plan? Texas is Texas. I don't want to get lost in the shuffle.'"
Once Texas developed a plan for Johnson, things took off. Killian sees that plan coming together with the announcement by Mack Brown of a "T and Z" package for Johnson and senior-to-be D.J. Monroe way.
"With Daje and D.J. Monroe, they are creating a position - that hybrid back kind of deal - where they can move him around," Killian said. "That's what we did with him. We split him out wide. We put him in the slot. We put him in the backfield. He took snaps. You could put the kid wherever you want to.
"I can't imagine the kid not returning punts and kickoffs at Texas because he's just that explosive. If you kick it to him, you're stupid. I'll say that, because he can house it."
EXPLOSIVE BURST: Killian said Johnson's top-end speed is well documented ? whether it's the 4.28 in the 40 that Killian clocked or the 4.35 time Johnson posted at The Opening in Oregon last summer.
But Killian says what really blows everyone away is the burst. As Killian says, "Daje can go from 0 to really, really fast in the blink of an eye.
"You're a linebacker and you think you're going to close that hole, and he's already past you. It's just stupid," Killian said.
"His burst made up for a lot of mistakes when he played defense. We hated losing him on defense. Our defense got a lot worse when we moved him over to the offensive side.
"But he might have read something wrong or bit on something incorrectly and get a step out of place, but he had the burst to get back into coverage in no time."
KILLER INSTINCT: What separates Johnson from most and what may separate Johnson from D.J. Monroe, is an undying desire to be the best and to do whatever it takes to help his team.
Killian said he saw Johnson's fire up close in Hendrickson's first every victory last season over rival Pflugerville Connally. All Johnson did was rush for 337 yards and five touchdowns on runs of 3, 67, 1, 18 and 59 yards on 31 carries in a 37-35 victory.
"He was tired, and it was a nip-and-tuck game, and he kept coming over to me and saying, 'Coach, give me the ball. Give me the ball.' And you have to love a kid like that," Killian said.
"His senior year, he just wanted the ball. And you don't always get the kids who demand the ball. That's the thing that's going to be hard to replace is the mindset of that guy.
"He wanted the rock, and everyone in the stadium knew he was going to get it. And I'm talking about a tired kid who had piled up a bunch of yards and got knocked around a little bit and touched the ball a lot. He still wanted it because he knew he could make a difference in a close game."
WHATEVER IT TAKES: Sources close to the situation have said Monroe is content to have a limited role on the football team and to run track. That he isn't real interested in spending a lot of extra time watching film or in the weight room. And that has played a role in not getting Monroe on the field consistently.
Johnson, meanwhile, is a bit of a workout warrior and has his mind focused on making an impact at Texas as soon as possible.
"Texas fans are going to enjoy watching him play because of his explosiveness," Killian said. "As Coach (Bryan) Harsin and Coach Applewhite really expand that offense and ramp it up with speed, it's going to be a lot faster with Daje Johnson on the field. He just gets from Point A to Point B so fast.
"He's not a weight room junkie. But when he's in there, he will work.
"He'll watch film. Coach Applewhite will slap him around if he doesn't. But he's a football player. He ran track on the side. He wants to be in the National Football League. That's where his head and heart are."
SURPRISING STRENGTH: When you hear about Johnson carrying the ball 30 times a game as a senior, you wonder about his ability to avoid the big hit.
"I don't think people understand how strong he is," Killian said. "He's only 5-8. But he's all over our strength board. I know the players get bigger in college. But we played some pretty good-sized teams, and I think he does a good job catching more glancing blows. I think he has the ability to change direction and position his body to avoid the big hit.
"It's going to be real hard for someone to just square him up. I didn't see too many guys do that."
So just how strong is Johnson?
"Power cleans 300 pounds. Benches 315," Killian said. "And for a kid who weighs 175 pounds, that's a lot of weight. He squats 450 or 475. Coach (Bennie) Wylie will go nuts with him. He'll be a freak by the time he gets out of Texas. He'll eat better and benefit from that strength program."
UNLIMITED OPTIONS: Killian said the only thing limiting where Johnson can play on the field are the coaches' imaginations.
"We'd split him out wide and throw the deep ball to him," Killian said. "We'd put him in the slot and run a reverse. Or we'd get in empty, reload and hand him the ball. When he was quarterback, we had a Wildcat package with him."
The Texas Wild formation has an opening with Fozzy Whittaker now out of eligibility.
"It's a natural deal for Daje," Killian said. "He had great hands. We never had to worry about him handling the snap.
"We've put some backs in that formation, and they'd have stone hands. Daje has good hands. He can catch the ball, so you don't worry about the snap.
"He runs good routes. We used him as a decoy even. We'd line him up wide. They'd roll coverages to him, and we'd run the other way. Defenses definitely knew where he was."
A GOOD KID: Killian said he never had to worry about Johnson in terms of off-the-field behavior.
"He's good teammate," Killian said of Johnson whose mother lives in Virginia and who was raised mostly by his father, Clyde, in Pflugerville.
"For the most part, he always has a smile on his face and is laughing about something. I wouldn't say he's a big rah-rah guy who is going to give some motivational speech or anything. He's got kind of a high-pitched laugh. I can still hear it in my office."
The thing Killian liked most about Johnson was that when a game got tight, Johnson never did.
"When the pressure was the greatest in a game, he was his most relaxed," Killian said. "He'd always kind of grin or give you a silly laugh when things would get tight. Not much got to him.
"He's been in enough pressure situations. Outside of the speed of the college game and playing in front of 100,000 people, he's going to relax and let his athleticism take over."
And with Mack Brown's staff already creating a package of plays for Johnson, that shouldn't take long because now ... it's all part of the plan.

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not about what it means when two people come together for the purpose of sexual intercourse
"Hey--I'm alive, and isn't it grand?"
BubbaBuddhist wrote:I've followed this thread with interest, as I do quite a lot of them. I was particularly interested at the notion that sexual interest/performance drops off with age. My father, at age 65, was living with a 30 year old woman and from what I understand their intimate life was both vigorous and frequent. I'm 52, almost 53 and if there's a willing female handy, I'm more capable now than when I was 30. But the biological clock of the males in my family runs slow; according to my doctor I have a physiological age of 37, and I take very good care of myself. I also really enjoy sex and don't see it as harmful, an object of aversion, or a distraction from anything. Nor do I obsess about it one way or the other. It's one of many things I do that I enjoy, like playing the piano, savoring a cup of strong coffee, reading a good book, playing with my cat, watching a great opera. If sex is a hindrance than so are all of these others. I might as well strip the branches of all the leaves and live a bleak existence.
This one thing however, involves another human being so it involves being compassionate, considerate and empathetic. In other words, making a human-to-human connection, which may be what I missed in this discussion. Most of the conversation in this thread has been about the sexual act, not about what it means when two people come together for the purpose of sexual intercourse.
In my opinion it isn't just about procreation or the release of tension. If it isn't fun, affectionate and friendly it ain't worth the trouble. Even dogs can copulate. In the biggest sense of the word, it's very cold outside, and making love is one way to build a cozy fire against the chill and proclaim "Hey--I'm alive, and isn't it grand?"
Unabashed Libertine since the 1970s
My sense is that without a healthy attitude like this, sex cannot be truly transcended.
Hanzze wrote:My sense is that without a healthy attitude like this, sex cannot be truly transcended.
What should be transcended?
I guess most of us would need many livetimes to do so. Its not so easy to remember past - livetimes, consciousnesses - and understand kamma fully while being in the middle of the stream. Of course as long as we can not say "thats enough", as long as we have had enough, we will try it another time. What about the way of conviction (out of other things we already can addopt) even if there is some doubt in one or the other regard, wouldn't it be more secure, wouldn't if slow down the stream?Dan74 wrote:Hanzze wrote:My sense is that without a healthy attitude like this, sex cannot be truly transcended.
What should be transcended?
abandoned, let gone of, seen through as unwholesome - choose your favourite vocab.
So what is the means that you talk about? Would you say that it is really that different to dogs? And if yes, why?
BubbaBuddhist wrote:The good Hanzze asks:So what is the means that you talk about? Would you say that it is really that different to dogs? And if yes, why?
One big difference is that dogs have to fight for it. If I had to fight for it, I would be the fifty-year-old virgin.
Lover, not a fighter.
Lover, not a fighter.
convivium wrote:i didn't realize sex was demonized, even in 'renunciate' buddhism. it's certainly not encouraged (except maybe in certain tantric practices, but that's a different thing altogether). the reason for not encouraging sex is that tanha causes suffering, and sexual desire is probably the deepest form of tanha (if you think you can have sex withut desire, then try going without it for a while). i think to say it's not easy to renounce things like sex would be a gross understatement for most people. we take it as a source of release, pleasure, inspiration (however consciously), which leads to suffering (even if we aren't aware of it).
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Still, if you're a western monk, why stay in Asia? You might be more beneficial to people in the west.
Monks with Asian accents and bad English, while western people find them alluring, are not always as easily understood. And there are people like Gil Fronsdal, who are so brilliant, but they don't describe things with a rigorous adherence to the Pali text, or have any monastic authority, so people don't take them as seriously. Also, it seems like there are so many Buddhist temples in America that only (or mostly only) cater to Asian groups. But there is already a plethora of monastics in places like Thailand, isn't there?
Because of visa issues, most westerners at some point in time would need to return home. I get the impression that many western monks, other than the monks associated with the ajahn Chan monasteries and particularly those ordained in Sri Lanka or Burma often disrobe after some time in the west. They don't feel comfortable in ethnic monasteries and are unable to get sufficient support for western monasteries.


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Today, we look at installing a GM Performance LS3 into a 1970 Chevrolet Caprice. Removing the stock motor and transmission will shave several hundred pounds of weight as you replace your old drivetrain that can weigh as much as 850 pounds combined. With modern technology, you will have efficiency, power, and the reliability of a new car.
A few issues ago, we started prepping for our install. After assembling all of the pulleys and accessories, we figured out that the factory A/C would need to be relocated at a different time. Once all the components that we chose to use were bolted on, we were ready to start on the mocking up of the engine. With a brand new hoist and TD engine leveler that our buddy Brian Brennan let us borrow, it was easy to mock up the engine that was pulled in and out at least 12 times over a two-day period.
With these engines seeing an increase in availability through local dealerships or even directly from GM Performance, the LS transplants have become more popular. Now follow along, as we prep this LS3 for a Caprice transplant.
1. This GM Performance LS3 was ready to be transplanted.
2. To make the install easy, we pulled the front clip off the car.
3. The stock small-block 350 was a good design, but it needed to be upgraded with modern technology.
4. We pulled the whole engine and transmission out together so we could save time.
5. With a clean slate, we were ready to start on our Caprice transplant.
6. Calin helped us get our first measurements, so we could see the first obstacles that needed to be dealt with.
7. The stock oil pan did not work in our application and needed to be switched.
8. Here are three different oil pans that are currently the most popular. The first is the GM Camaro oil pan, but it did not work in our application, as the steering linkage won't clear the oil pan. The second one is the LS retro-fit Holley oil pan. The third one is a GM muscle car oil pan, which cleared the steering, but hung below the frame. We needed to use the Holley pan to fit our job.
9. The Holley pan has a few benefits, including the sump baffle that will keep the oil from sloshing around the pan when braking, accelerating, and hopping.
10. Holley's new LS Retro–fit Engine Oil Pan is designed to help! It provides maximum clearance to the chassis and ground, plus provides an OEM fitment for durability and proper sealing.
11. With the right oil pan, we were ready for the next obstacle.
12. It was time to install the Gearstar transmission.
13. The whole drivetrain went in together, so that all of the mounts could be checked.
14. We hung the engine over the stock motor mounts in order to get measurements and see if we could use the stock motor mounts.
15. There are several LS motor mount brackets to place your engine in the stock location. We opted to use the Energy Suspension brackets and mounts.
16. After checking the measurements, we realized that the stock motor mounts were to short and needed to be stretched.
17. The best thing to do in a case like this is to remove everything completely and just build our own.
18. We used the stock motor mounts so we could start building the new motor mount bases.
19. This ¼-inch plate would serve as the sides of the motor mounts.
20. Greg cleaned up the brackets.
21. We had to drill out the frame to make sure that the 3/8 bolts fit properly.
22. The nuts were welded to the frame to make it easier to pull them off, or in our case, to bolt them on.
23. There are several motor mounts on the market, and we used the energy suspension model because they were the easiest to modify for our application. These motor mounts pushed the engine forward a full inch.
24. With the heights measured out, we started tacking together the custom motor mount base.
25. The motor mounts were tack welded and ready to be welded together.
26. These mounts were ready to be painted and bolted onto the frame.
27. These motor mounts gave us the right height needed to give us clearance for steering, while ensuring that the oil pan would not hang below the frame.
28. These custom mounts cleaned up well.
29. The oil pan did not hang below the frame, which will keep the pan from cracking when the cross member scrapes the ground.
30. The motor was in place and ready to start and get plumbed.
31. From whatever view you have, these engines look good!
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PHOENIX -- Right-handed pitcher Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez is working out as a starter and will pitch in an extended spring training game soon.
He threw to hitters on Sunday.
"His mechanics are looking much more fluid," Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro said. "We're just building his arm back after being injured. He was up to 94 [mph] when he pitched for us in Spring Training. We just have to get him going again."
Also, outfielder Darin Ruf (strained oblique) remains on track to play in extended spring training games. Amaro does not expect Ruf to be activated during the upcoming seven-game homestand.
"He needs at-bats," the general manager said. "He needs to play in games. We'll start him off at extended and see where he goes from there but he needs Abs."
Ethan Martin (strained right shoulder) will pitch in an extended spring training game Monday.
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text: they just showed jim grey reporting about the lakers current situation. They had a white # 24 jersey with it backwards saying "Bryant" and a white # 7 jersey turned forward...lol i just found it funny that the # 7 jersey was turned forward. Could this be a sign? LOL


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SANTA CRUZ - A 30-year-old auto theft suspect was arrested Wednesday night after a woman drove around looking for her stolen car, spotted it on Grant Street and confronted the driver, police said.
The driver, also a woman, told the woman whose car she was sitting in that she wasn't going to jail before jumping out and running, Lt. Warren Barry said.
Police, including a K-9, searched for the suspect yard by yard and found the woman hiding under a parked recreational vehicle on the 200 block of Avalon Street, Barry said.
Candice Marie Jones was arrested on suspicion of auto theft, resisting arrest and violating the terms of her probation, he said.
Jail records show she was still in custody Friday and had been arrested about 9:30 p.m. The car was stolen on Button Street, police said.
Santa Cruz police ask anyone with information on the case to call the anonymous tipline at 831-420-5995 or leave a tip at www.santacruzpolice.com or on its cellphone application at m.santacruzpolice.com.
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Bees: Rick the Beekeeper will share his knowledge of beekeeping during the monthly meeting of the San Antonio Herb Society. 6:30-8:30 p.m., San Antonio Garden Center, 3310 N. New Braunfels Ave. www.sanantonioherbs.org.
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Smartphone Batteries Not the Life of the Mobile Wallet Party
At this year's MobileCon, a mobile commerce panel wondered what was holding back widespread adoption of the mobile wallet.
The minds of Verizon CEO Dan Mead, Isis CEO Michael Abbott, Jamba Juice CEO James White and American Express Group President for Enterprise Growth Dan Schulman set to the task. In search of the answer, the group noted that the smartphone had effectively taken over for many other aspects of personal life (i.e. calendar, address book). Why not the wallet?
The simple answer is that if the phone takes over for the wallet, there'll be almost no jobs left for our back pockets. But the real answer is that a wallet—or more generally, access to money—is too vital to be tethered to the ticking time bomb of a smartphone battery.
Even without adding the stress of keeping your phone alive so as to not cut off access to your bank account, smartphone battery management is still harrowing. Just when you think you've got a handle on the correlation between your normal usage and its drain on your device, you're at 15 percent without a charger in sight.
If your phone runs out of juice, you can live without your address book. But if the same fate befell your pocket book, the consequences could range from seriously inconvenient to catastrophic.
As CNET concluded, even a phablet like the Galaxy Note 3 with a healthy battery might still only get you 15 hours of charge, leaving lots of opportunity to run out of life through the course of day.
The threat of battery death doesn't just hang over the NFC-enabled ISIS mobile wallet the MobileCon panel was discussing. It affects Bluetooth Low Energy, geo-fencing, QR, biometrics or any other potential mobile payment technology.
Mobile payments will inevitably gain more traction with consumers, merchants and retailers as the technology becomes more widely distributed. If one technology eventually prevails in the market, that would be even better for adoption. But the likelihood of a connected device fully replacing our wallets is about zero until battery life turns into afterthought for smartphone users.


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Tennessee basketball coach Donnie Tyndall announced the non-conference portion of the Volunteers' 2014-15 schedule Wednesday.
The Big Orange will play a dozen regular-season games leading into Southeastern Conference action in January. The complete SEC portion of the schedule will be released later this summer.
Of Tennessee's 12 pre-conference clashes, seven take place at Thompson-Boling Arena, four will be played at a neutral site and one is a true road game. The opponents include at least five teams who appeared in last season's NCAA Tournament, at least four teams that posted a top-100 year-end RPI in 2014 and three in-state foes.
"This is a very ambitious non-conference schedule, but I think it will prepare us well for the level of competition we'll face once Southeastern Conference play begins," Tyndall said. "Nearly half of the teams we will face were in the NCAA Tournament last year. All of them are extremely well coached programs. I think we've put together a schedule our fans will be excited about, and that's important because we are going to need our fans to be impactful for us this season – both at home and on the road."
As announced earlier this month, Tennessee opens the regular season Nov. 14 at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., where it meets VCU as part of the inaugural Veterans Classic. Under head coach Shaka Smart, VCU posted a 26-9 (12-4 A-10) record last season and made the program's fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance. The Rams advanced to the Final Four in 2011 and reached the third round in both 2012 and 2013.
The Volunteers' home-opener is set for Nov. 20 against Texas Southern. Led by head coach Mike Davis, the Tigers won the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament last season.
The Tennessee football team plays host to SEC foe Missouri at Neyland Stadium two days after the Texas Southern game at Thompson-Boling Arena, so out-of-town fans can use that long weekend to see two of their favorite UT squads in action.
During the week of Thanksgiving, Tennessee takes part in the eight-team Orlando Classic at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World. The Vols will play three games at the event (Nov. 27, 28 and 30), but the bracket has yet to be announced. The tournament field also includes Georgia Tech, Kansas, Marquette, Michigan State, Rhode Island, Rider and Santa Clara.
Tennessee then hosts back-to-back home games, as Kansas State comes to Thompson-Boling Arena Dec. 6 in conjunction with the SEC/Big 12 Challenge and Butler travels to Rocky Top for a Dec. 14 matchup.
K-State posted a 20-13 (8-8 Big 12) record last season and earned its fifth straight NCAA Tournament berth.
Butler made consecutive national championship game appearances in 2010 and 2011 and joins Tennessee as two of only 13 programs in the nation to reach the Sweet Sixteen four times in the last eight years.
UT's only true road game of pre-conference play takes place Dec. 17 against NC State in Raleigh, N.C. The Wolfpack beat the Vols last season in Knoxville and then went on to reach the NCAA Tournament and finish the season with 22 wins. Tennessee's returning players are familiar with NC State's PNC Arena, as the Vols played – and won – a pair of NCAA Tournament games at the venue in March.
A four-game homestand in December closes out the non-conference portion of Tennessee's schedule. During a two-week span, the Vols host Tennessee Tech (Dec. 19), Mercer (Dec. 22), Tennessee State (Dec. 27) and ETSU (Dec. 31).
Mercer posted a 27-9 overall record last season. The Bears shared the regular-season Atlantic Sun Conference championship with a 14-4 league record and also won the A-Sun tournament. Their season ended with a third-round NCAA Tournament loss to Tennessee in Raleigh.
The Vols will host a pair of exhibition contests in early November. The University of Pikeville, an NAIA school located in Pikeville, Ky., visits Knoxville Nov. 3. And on Nov. 8, UT welcomes NCAA Division II opponent Lenoir-Rhyne University from Hickory, N.C.
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Limes and pineapples are enjoying sales growth as retailers increase orders to meet rising consumer demand, importers say.
In late August, importers of Mexican limes were dealing with lower supplies at the end of the old crop, as well as fruit harvested during the rainy season.
Peter Leifermann, director of sales and fruit procurement for Brooks Tropicals LLC, Homestead, Fla., said he expects supplies to improve in September.
"We are getting different quality and sizes are a little limited now, but we expect quality and sizings to improve," Leifermann said in late August. "We are looking forward to the fall, which is always a great time to promote limes. Mexico has been blessed with ideal weather going on the past four years."
On Aug. 27, the USDA reported lime quality and condition as variable.
Southern Specialties Inc., Pompano Beach, Fla., sources limes from Guatemala throughout the year but also from Mexico through its McAllen, Texas, facility.
Charlie Eagle, vice president of business development, said demand is definitely rising.
"As a company, we see growth in the area largely due to demographics as well as people being aware of the many uses of limes," Eagle said.
Eagle said limes are becoming more prominent in the foodservice arena, in marinades, desserts, as garnishes and in ceviche.
On Sept. 4, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Mexican limes crossing through Texas selling for these prices: seedless 40-pound cartons of 110s-150s, $14; 175s, $12-14; 200s, $10-12; 230s, $8 with 250s fetching $6.
The USDA reported lime quality and condition as variable.
In late August, pineapples are seeing high demand and high prices.
That's not typical for the summer, which normally brings oversupply, said Greg Golden, sales manager and co-owner of Amazon Produce Network, Mullica Hill, N.J.
"Pineapple demand recently has been fantastic," Golden said in late August. "As we get into the spring and summer, it's been very strong. Normally, for this time off the year, we see some sort of an oversupply and a lack of demand, but it has been the opposite this year. It's been really strong through the summer and prices and demand have been high."
Golden said Costa Rican production lessens in the summer during the growth process which can produce an abundance of fruit followed by a shortage.
Costa Rican volume remains consistent, said Michael Warren, president of Central American Produce Inc., Pompano Beach, Fla.
"The pineapples have been good," he said in late August. "It's a steady business. "We go through a period when growers planted for uniform volume, but every year, Mother Nature will induce a few early, so we get a little influx in them and then get a small shortage before volume returns to normal."
Warren said he expects volume to begin increasing in mid-September.
The flowering stage brings smaller supplies and a June and July gap as the new crop begins, said Adrian Capote, vice president of sales for J&C Tropicals Inc., Miami.
In late August, Capote said supplies were improving.
"Prices are coming off," Capote said. "Prices have been as high as $14 in those months while the average price in other months is $9-10. The new crop is coming in so prices are coming off and the market will be stabilizing."
Capote said quality is high and said retailers should expect consistent fall supplies.
In early September, the USDA reported these prices for one layer golden ripe pineapple from Costa Rica, Ecuador and Panama pineapple entering south Florida ports: 5-6s, $9; 7s, $8-8.50; 8s, $7.50-8.
In Philadelphia ports, the same cartons and variety sold for $9 for 5-6s, $8-9 for 7s and $8-8.50 for 8s.
At Southern California ports, the same cartons and variety sold for $10-10.50 for 5-6s, $9.50-10 for 7s and $9 for 8s, according to the USDA.


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text: Sites picked for routers By Eric Eyre July 12, 2012 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia officials have selected a private college, nonprofit environmental group and a federal jobs program center in Charleston as possible sites scheduled to receive $22,600 Internet routers paid for by President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package. The state's application for the federal stimulus funds specified the money be used for routers and high-speed fiber cable to "critical community facilities" in West Virginia -- "schools, libraries, health care facilities, public safety institutions, emergency response entities, courthouses and jails."But a federal agency -- at the state's request -- recently approved Bethany College, Canaan Valley Institute and Charleston Job Corps as possible locations that will get stimulus-funded routers and fiber.Asked this week how a private college wound up on the state's list, state Office of Technology administrator John Dunlap said, "I'm not sure."Dunlap and state Homeland Security Director Jimmy Gianato also weren't sure who selected Canaan Valley Institute in Tucker County. Gianato and Dunlap said they weren't familiar with the Charleston Job Corps."If it's a federal entity, it would not be allowed," said Dunlap, who serves on the state's three-member grant implementation team."It could be a Workforce West Virginia [state employment programs] site," added Gianato, who heads the broadband project team. "We need to look and see specifically what it is."The U.S. Department of Labor runs the Charleston Job Corps, a vocational training program for low-income job seekers.During an interview this week, Gianato and Dunlap said just because the Job Corps center, Bethany and Canaan Valley Institute wound up on the list doesn't guarantee those locations will receive stimulus-funded routers."We're asking for more sites to be approved than we have fiber and routers for so we have the flexibility as we go through this toward the end of the day to be able to get all those deployed," Gianato said. The Jobs Corps, Bethany and Canaan Valley Institute are among 88 sites recently designated to receive a router and fiber as part of West Virginia's $126.3 million federal stimulus grant to expand high-speed Internet across the state.State officials submitted the sites -- calling them "community anchor institutions" -- to the National Telecommunications & Information Administration, which oversees stimulus spending on broadband projects.In 2010, state officials identified 1,064 public facilities that needed new routers and a fiber-optic Internet connection.That year, the state subsequently purchased 1,064 Cisco Internet routers for the sites. The routers cost $24 million, or $22,600 each.However, the state bought the routers without first ensuring there were a sufficient number of places to put them. It turned out that about 300 of the initial designated sites already had fiber and suitable routers. State officials are now scurrying to find "replacement sites" for the orphan routers. On Thursday, a Canaan Valley Institute administrator said the Tucker County organization never requested a router or asked to be included on the state's list of "community anchor institutions." "No, I never heard about this," said Jennifer Newland, the group's executive director. "I'm not aware of anyone asking us about this."Newland said the nonprofit group, which helps communities restore streams and set up wastewater treatment facilities, probably could use a new router for online data analysis and educational programs."It's nice that someone thought of us, I guess," Newland said.The U.S. Department of Labor installed Internet routers at the Charleston Job Corps office about a year ago, said Bryon Thompson, systems administrator at the federal program. Thompson said he's heard nothing about his office possibly receiving a new stimulus-funded router from the state."I did recently receive a [router] fan, but I didn't receive a router," Thompson recalled. "All of our service and maintenance is done by a federal data center. Any new router, the [Department of Labor] would have to put that in."A Bethany College spokeswoman did not respond to a request for comment Thursday.The state's latest list of 88 replacement sites includes 54 local health departments across the state, 17 community colleges, and a handful of county school board central offices, state hospitals, regional education service agencies and vocational schools.The state Department of Health and Human Resources submitted the list of health department sites. A Kanawha-Charleston Health Department administrator said this week the agency doesn't have a fiber connection."KCHD has not been notified nor have we requested a Cisco router," said Lolita Kirk, administrative services director.State officials said most health departments likely wouldn't make the final cut and receive routers."The fact they've been approved doesn't mean they will ultimately get a router," said Gale Given, West Virginia's chief technology officer.The federal government's broadband grant program defines community anchor institutions as "schools, libraries medical and healthcare providers, public safety entities, community colleges and other institutions of higher education."The definition goes on to say the agencies should provide "outreach, access, equipment and support services to facilitate greater use of broadband service by vulnerable populations, including low-income, the unemployed and the aged."The state also has cobbled together a separate list of about 200 additional replacement sites that may receive routers. Gianato would not provided a copy of that list to the Gazette this week, saying the state had yet to submit the document to the federal government for approval.Last month, two U.S. House Energy and Commerce subcommittee chairmen asked for the inspector general to investigate West Virginia's use of the stimulus funds to purchase more than 1,000 routers.The request followed a series of reports in the Gazette that raised questions about the equipment's size and cost.The state purchased Cisco 3945 series routers, which are designed to serve 500 or more users at places such as corporations, medical centers and universities.In West Virginia, 70 percent of the pricey routers are being installed at schools and libraries. Some locations have only a handful of Internet connections.Some public agencies have refused to install the "enterprise-class" routers, saying they're unneeded and a waste of taxpayer funds. State officials have defended the router purchase. 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Scientific Name: Bombycilla cedrorum
Description: Cedar waxwings are crested birds with pale to lemon yellow bellies and a matching band of yellow at the tip of the square tail. The rest of the plumage is gray to brown. A black mask edged in white extends from their beak and surrounds the eyes. Waxy red tips on the secondary wing feathers complete their appearance. The purpose of the waxy red secretions—which gives them the name "waxwing"—is unknown. Males and females generally look alike with the exception of darker colored chins on the males.
Size: Cedar waxwings are 6 to 8 inches in length with a 12 inch wingspan. They weigh about an ounce.
Diet: Insects are consumed in summer, but these birds specialize in fruit-eating during the winter months. Cedar berries are the most popular food source, but other fruits are also consumed. Cedar waxwings pluck berries while perching, hanging upside down, or briefly hovering in midair. Unlike most fruit-eating birds that regurgitate seeds, cedar waxwings digest the entire fruit, and seeds are eventually dispersed in their feces. Occasionally they consume too much over ripened fruit, which leads to intoxication and death.
Predation: Merlins (a member of the falcon genus), hawks, and common grackles are predators of adult cedar waxwings. Additionally, adults sometimes fall victim to bullfrogs when they drink from ponds. Blue jays and house wrens consume juveniles and eggs.
Typical Lifespan: Both males and females reach reproductive maturity at 1 year and live up to 8 years in the wild.
Habitat: Cedar waxwings occupy a variety of habitats from deciduous and evergreen woodlands to orchards to suburban parks and backyards.
Range: Cedar waxwings are found year round mostly in the northern half of the United States. Non-breeding winter populations are found from the Midwest and southern states down through Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and the northwestern reaches of Columbia. Summer breeding populations are found from British Columbia, across Canada to Maine.
Life History and Reproduction: Adult cedar waxwings form monogamous bonds during each breeding season. The courtship ritual begins when a male dances for a female and gives her fruit, flower petals, or insects. If the female is interested, the gift is passed back and forth several times until the female eventually eats it. Afterward, the female takes the lead on choosing a nest site and constructing the nest. The pair produces one to two clutches from June to August. The male stays with the female while she incubates the eggs, bringing her food and guarding against predators. The young are ready to permanently leave the nest at about 25 days after hatching, at which point they form flocks of their own. Cedar waxwings are highly social and communicate with other members of the flock using noises and physical displays.
Fun Fact: Some cedar waxwings have orange tail tips instead of yellow. This is not a normal color variation. Rather, the fruit of an introduced species of honeysuckle is known to cause cedar waxwings to grow orange-tipped tail feathers.
Conservation Status: Cedar waxwing numbers have been increasing for a number of years, partly due to the use of berry-producing trees in landscaping and the conversion of agricultural land to forest. Additionally, they are protected under the U.S. Migratory Bird Act.
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CONCORD — A motorist was critically injured Saturday evening in a suspected DUI crash on Highway 4 in Concord, authorities said.
The California Highway Patrol responded just before midnight to reports a silver Honda Civic had left the eastbound roadway near the Solano Way exit and rolled down an embankment, CHP Officer Ron Simmons said. The car came to a rest at the bottom of the hill, near the WestWind Solano Drive-In movie theater.
The driver of the vehicle was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, and there were no other people in the car, Simmons said. While the cause of the crash was not immediately determined, Simmons said alcohol appears to be a likely factor.
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Of the three pitchers who entered the spring in a competition for the final spot in the Diamondbacks rotation, Tyler Skaggs has the highest upside and likely the brightest future. Jason Parks ranked the lefty as the team's number-one prospect and, since Justin Upton was shipped to the Braves after the list was published, Mark Anderson would have considered Skaggs its best under-25 talent. The 21-year-old shouldn't need to wait long for his next major-league look, but after being optioned to Triple-A on Monday, he will need to pitch well in Reno to earn a trip back to Phoenix.
Diamondbacks' rotation battle down to two
Corbin, who made 22 major-league appearances (17 starts) last year, is the presumptive favorite for the job, according to Bob McManaman of the Arizona Republic. A command-oriented southpaw, Corbin lacks Skaggs' upside and proved vulnerable to the home-run ball in 2012, serving up 14 of them in 107 innings. He has largely kept the ball in the yard this spring, allowing only one big fly in 14 2/3 frames, while maintaining his strong control to post a 15-to-4 K:BB. If Corbin can hold serve the rest of the way, he seems likely to open the year in the job that was once expected to go to either Skaggs or Trevor Bauer, who now finds himself in a similar battle for the fifth spot in the Indians rotation.
Delgado, though, is determined to not go down quietly. A higher-ceiling pitcher that ranked as the Braves' second-best prospect entering the 2012 season, the 23-year-old right-hander was knocked around earlier this spring, but he has since settled in and delivered his best effort in yesterday's win over the Dodgers. Delgado held Los Angeles (with most of its starters in the lineup) to two runs over five innings of work, and a scout that attended his previous outing told Nick Piecoro of AZ Central that his stuff had finally come around.
If that is the case, then Delgado—who came over from the Braves in the Upton deal—could give Corbin a run for his money over the next two weeks. The winner will join Ian Kennedy, Brandon McCarthy, Trevor Cahill, and Wade Miley in a rotation that could welcome back Daniel Hudson from Tommy John surgery around the All-Star break, if his recovery proceeds without a detour. Miley, who dealt with a "dead arm" earlier this month, appears to be on track for the start of the regular season.
Indians discussing extensions with Michael Brantley, Jason Kipnis
The challenge in Brantley's case, as Rosenthal explained, is the 25-year-old's shift from center field to left, which became possible when the Indians acquired Drew Stubbs from the Reds and was assured when Antonetti inked Michael Bourn to a four-year deal later in the offseason. All of the advanced metrics rated Brantley as a below-average center fielder, with FRAA (-11.4) providing the most pessimistic depiction, but while his glove should be an asset to the Indians in an outfield corner, his mediocre power raises tweener concerns. Thus, the move could widen the gap between Antonetti's offers and agent Joseph Kusnick's price tag, potentially setting the stage for an intriguing arbitration battle next February.
Meanwhile, although the Indians would do well to lock Kipnis up now, he is coming off of a relatively disappointing season and might be wary of signing a below-market deal. Kipnis, who turns 26 on April 3, was worth just 0.9 WARP in his first full season in the majors, with a poor defensive rating (-8.6 FRAA) and struggles against left-handed pitching (.223 TAv) sagging his value. But if he can overcome the latter weakness, Kipnis has a "star-level" ceiling, and PECOTA is optimistic, pegging him for a spike to 3.7 WARP in 2013. The temptation to secure an eight-figure payday is undoubtedly large, but Kipnis must weigh it against an investment in his own ability to improve, which could yield a much-greater reward in 10-12 months.
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I only ask this here after reading a ton of the posts and concluding that there won't be any ***** fights when I ask this question.
Why choose Innova over Discraft or vice versa? I ask because I tend to stick with Innova discs simply because I know more about them (my knowledge pales in comparison to most of you) but I wonder if I'm missing something by not trying out some Discraft discs. Is this just an issue of personal preference, or are there practical implications behind the choice?


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Bryant is the author of several books, including Letters for First Ladies, I Dance with God: A Cojourney In Prayer, and Kiamasha: A Spiritual Discipline for African American Women. She also contributed to Volume 4 of Those Preaching Women.
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Tom Matlack finally asked his dad the things he most wanted to know.
James Matlack, my dad, earned his BA from Princeton in 1960, his MA from Oxford in 1962, and Ph.D. from Yale in 1965. He was a leader in the civil rights and anti-war movements. He taught American Literature at Cornell from 1965 to 1969 and at the University of Massachusetts from 1970 to 1978. He served as an administrator at Hampshire College from 1978 to 1983. Matlack then worked as the Director of the Washington, D.C., Office of the American Friends Service Committee from 1983 until his retirement in 2003, traveling frequently to Latin America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia on service missions. He met my mom when he was 16 and they have now been married 52 years. He has three children and six grandchildren, and has retired to Rockport, Maine, where he is Program Director for the Camden Conference on International Affairs.
I'm 46. My dad is 73. I wouldn't say we are close. I can't really explain why. He tried to save the world and I have tried to conquer it. I am not sure either of us succeeded, though in certain ways I think my dad had more enduring success than I have had. Yet when we are together there is always an awkward silence. He often tells me how proud he is of me and that he loves me. But it is hard to break through some unspoken barrier between father and son who chose very different paths and yet remain similar. He reminds me of where I came from and, in so doing, makes me uncomfortable of my own inescapable shadow. Still, there are things I want to know, questions I'd like to ask. So I decided to talk to my dad as a kind of Father's Day gift to both of us.
What I discovered, unexpectedly, is that my dad is a pretty cool guy.
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Headley, Fowler clear air after contract talks
SAN DIEGO -- Third baseman Chase Headley told reporters Friday that he had a meeting with the team's executive chairman, Ron Fowler, in the afternoon to discuss the events of the last three days.
On Wednesday, Fowler said the team intended to make Headley a contract offer this season that would make him the highest-paid player in franchise history. On Thursday, Headley told MLB.com that his stance had not changed in that he would not negotiate a deal during the season.
Hours before the Padres faced the D-backs at Petco Park, Headley and Fowler talked.
"We had a good conversation," Headley said, standing in front of his locker. "He [Fowler] wanted me to know that he wasn't negotiating through the media. I appreciated that. I explained my position to him. We're good. There's no tension between us."
Headley, coming off a season in which he led the National League in RBIs (115) while winning the Silver Slugger and Gold Glove Awards, will not be a free agent until after the 2014 season.
"As of this point, nothing has changed," Headley said. "I'm trying to pour water on the fire. This is why I didn't want this to be in-season. I need to be completely focused. We're done with it for now."
Headley is making $8.575 million this year and is the second-highest-paid player on the team behind left fielder Carlos Quentin ($9.5 million).
Earlier this week, Fowler said he gave general manager Josh Byrnes the go-ahead to start negotiations with Headley on a longterm deal that, Fowler indicated, would make Headley the "highest-paid player in club history."
"We want him here; it's a priority to keep him here," Fowler said.
Headley, who missed the first 14 games of the season after fracturing the tip of his left thumb in Spring Training, went into Friday's game hitting .278 with three home runs and seven RBIs in 14 games. He's hitting .429 in his last five games.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Florida is the closest. Rick Scott and Charlie Crist both have 44%, with Libertarian Adrian Wyllie polling at 6%. PPP usually has a policy of not releasing poll results to the decimal, but when we find a tie on our final poll of the cycle somewhere we make an exception. Crist is at 44.0% to 43.8% for Scott- in terms of raw respondents to the poll that's 526 for Crist and 524 for Scott. Wyllie may be playing a spoiler role for Crist's hopes of defeating Scott- those saying they support Wyllie would prefer Crist to Scott by 25 points, 43/18. In a straight head to head contest Crist leads Scott 47/46.
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Phil McGraw turns 61 on Thursday. The former Wichita Falls resident has used his talk show Dr. Phil to address LGBT issues regarding youth and same-sex marriage. He recently spoke to CNN about the damages of ex-gay practices in the wake of Michelle Bachmann's presidential campaign.
Mercury in Leo stimulates creative thinking, but also a lot of self-promotional BS. While in Leo he's agitating the Pluto-Uranus square, leading people to take their notions way too seriously, but those aspects can trigger bits of revolutionary genius. The trick there is to not challenge everyone around you, but to challenge yourself.
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WILL North rowed 120 kilometres on Saturday, without leaving the shelter of the gazebo in the rain-lashed Square, Winchester.
The former Westgate and Peter Symonds' student was preparing for one of the most gruelling races in the world, rowing across the Atlantic.
His static 12-hour row was designed to raise awareness of the 3,000-mile challenge from the Canaries to Antigua next December.
Will, 27, needs to raise £80,000 to finance his participation along with friend Dan Howie but aims to raise £200,000 for three charities: Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research, Cancer Research UK and St Anna's, a children's charity in Ghana.
Two of those are close to his heart as his father Simon, a partner in Winchester estate agents Strutt and Parker is in remission from cancer of the lymphoma.
Mr North, 62, from Shawford, said: "I feel a great deal of pride. Obviously there's a worry but it is a marvellous adventure. He has my full support."
Will, a London-based headhunter, is also hoping for corporate support but anyone giving £250 will have their name on the 23-foot £28,000 boat.
The physical training is no easy task as Will must put on two stone in muscle as he will burn 8,000 calories a day in the race expected to last 40-50 days.
"It has taken over my life but it has opened a whole new world, new people and new opportunities. So far it has been a fantastic journey," he said.
His sister Emma said of her brother's plans: "I think he's mad. No, we are very proud of him."
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Mariners recall Jones after Ramirez optioned
Speedy outfielder expected to provide help on defense, running bases
SEATTLE -- Rookie outfielder James Jones was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma on Monday by the Mariners, filling the opening created when right-hander Erasmo Ramirez was optioned to Tacoma after starting Sunday's 4-2 win over the White Sox.
Jones, 25, returns for his third stint with the Mariners this year. He's hit .258 with 38 runs and a team-leading 20 stolen bases, as well as eight doubles and four triples in 79 games.
Jones hit .257 with two doubles, two triples and four RBIs in eight games with Tacoma since being sent down. He's hit .296 in 28 total games with the Rainiers this year.
His return gives the Mariners five outfielders, joining Dustin Ackley, Austin Jackson, Endy Chavez and Chris Denorfia, with Michael Saunders still on a rehab stint with Tacoma as he returns from a strained oblique muscle.
With Jackson entrenched as the everyday center fielder since being acquired on July 31, manager Lloyd McClendon said Jones would play more in the corner-outfield spots now.
"James can do a lot of things," McClendon said. "He can play defense, steal a base. He can steal a base when they know he's stealing a base. I thought that's an important ingredient and it might help us win a ballgame."
That doesn't mean the youngster will be getting a lot of starting opportunities, however.
"I'm not going to rotate anybody. I'll play the guys that have played," McClendon said. "James will fit in on the defensive side of things and be able to steal some bases for us late in games. But I doubt if he'll get a lot of playing time, no."
Jones was in a 1-for-30 slump when he was sent down to Tacoma and says he used the time to get his confidence and approach squared away.
"It definitely gave me time to reset and draw things back," he said. "I felt like I was pressing, now I'm relaxed again. … They were just going out of the zone and I was chasing pitches. As a hitter, you've got to get a good pitch to hit, and it's just keeping it as simple as that. If I get a good pitch to swing at, I'm going to put it in play and probably drive it. But I'm not going to do well with balls bouncing and all out of the zone."
Ramirez threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings on Sunday against the White Sox, but was taken out before becoming eligible for the win. He's 1-5 with a 4.06 ERA in 13 starts for Seattle this year, including 0-1 with a 1.15 ERA in his last six outings.
Ramirez's demotion leaves the Mariners with only four starting pitchers on their 25-man roster, but with an off day coming up Thursday, they won't need a fifth starter until Tuesday, Aug. 19, in Philadelphia. He won't be eligible to return by that time, as players must stay in the Minors for a minimum of 10 days when they're optioned, but left-hander Roenis Elias -- who was optioned to Tacoma on Thursday after beating the White Sox for his ninth win of the season -- would be able to rejoin the club at that point.
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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