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No. 9 Loyola – 13
No. 11 Duke – 8
The Duke University Blue Devils fell to 3-3 on the 2012 season after a 13-8 loss to ninth ranked Loyola. Loyola A Mike Sawyer scored a career high six goals for Loyola while Duke had seven different players score goals and eight players with at least one point. Robert Rotanz led the Blue Devils with two goals and one assist. Senior D Mike Manley had one ground ball and one caused turnover in the losing effort.
No. 5 Syracuse – 9
St. John's – 8
Red shirt senior A Tim Desko scored the game winning goal with 1:25 left in regulation as the Orange held on to win their Big East opener over St. John's 9-8. Desko and sophomore Derek Maltz each had three points while seniors Bobby Eilers and Kevin Drew had two goals each. Drew's two goals tied his career high and were his first points of the season. St. John's led 4-3 at the half and held a 6-5 lead early in the fourth quarter.
No. 1 Virginia - 9
No. 3 Cornell – 8
Number three Cornell lost to number one Virginia 9-8 in overtime. Cornell tied the game with twenty-eight seconds left to play in regulation after trailing 8-5 late in the game. Connor English started the fight back with two goals in twenty-one seconds and Max Van Bourgendien scored the tying goal late in regulation. Virginia's Steele Stanwick found Connor Briggs for the overtime winner for the Cavilers. Cornell M Roy Lang had a goal on three shots and scooped three ground balls in the defeat.
Air Force - 9
Army – 8
Army's LSM Tim Henderson gave the Black Knight's an 8-7 lead with 2:14 left in regulation but Army could not hold on and Air Force ended up winning 9-8 in overtime. Army junior A Garrett Thurl and senior A Conor Hayes had two goals each. Henderson also scooped six ground balls and caused two turnovers for Army.
Bucknell – 14
Hobart – 10
Bucknell scored four unanswered goals at the end of the first half that proved to be the margin of victory as Hobart lost to Bucknell 14-10. Sophomore A Cam Stone had six assists for the Statesmen while first-year M Taylor Vanderbeek scored four goals in the losing effort. Senior FO Bobby Datillo did not play in the game due to injury.
No. 5 UMass – 14
Hartford – 5
Senior A Carter Bender had one goal and one assist in the losing effort for Hartford.
No. 8 UNC – 9
No. 14 Princeton – 8
G Shane Rastivo was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2012 Konica Minolta Face-off Classic as number eight North Carolina defeated number fourteen Princeton 9-8. Rastivo made sixteen saves as Carolina stopped a two game skid at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. Charlie McComas caused one turnover and scooped four ground balls.


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Advice on reducing nitrate levels when harvesting and feeding drought-damaged corn silage is plentiful this year, but nitrates are just one part of the picture.
Bill Weiss, professor and dairy extension specialist at Ohio State University, reminds producers to watch for silage spoilage at feed-out.
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By Chad Ford
Updated: January 28, 2009
Trade Watch: Top wings on the block
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Will the Matrix be involved in another blockbuster deal before the trade deadline?On Tuesday, we broke down the top point guards on the trading block. Today, we turn to the wings -- shooting guards and small forwards -- who could be on the move. And there are a number of interesting players available at the moment.
We spoke with a number of NBA general managers and player agents to get a take on who might be moved before the Feb. 19 trade deadline. While such an endeavor is far from an exact science, here's our take on who's available.
Top wings on the block
Shawn Marion, Heat
Marion has been at the top of the list of players most likely to be traded all season. Since the moment the Heat drafted Michael Beasley, it has been pretty clear that the Heat have to move Marion this season or risk losing him for nothing this summer when he hits free agency.
A number of teams are interested in his talent. The question is, are any of them willing to meet his salary demands this summer? The thought of that has scared off a number of would-be suitors. The Raptors have shown the most interest, but the Cavs and the Kings, among others, also are in the hunt.
Chance of trade: 80 percent
Mike Miller, Wolves
Getting Miller as part of the Kevin Love trade this past summer looked like a coup for the Wolves. However, Miller hasn't fit in and reportedly has been miserable in Minnesota. While the Wolves publicly say there's nothing to the Miller trade rumors, a number of GMs around the league disagree.
Miller's shooting ability and reasonable contract make him one of the most attractive trade candidates out there.
Chance of trade: 65 percent
Wally Szczerbiak, Cavs
There are a lot of expiring contracts out there, but none gets more attention than Szczerbiak's because the Cavs aren't interested in cap room right now. They want a championship.
Everyone in Cleveland is crossing their fingers that some desperate GM will pull a Chris Wallace and give away an All-Star for cap relief and late first-round picks. But more often than not, it doesn't happen. Still, with the economy turning sour and a scrum of teams trying to get under the cap in 2010, the Cavs might be able to pull it off.
Chance of trade: 60 percent
John Salmons, Kings
Salmons is having a career season, but he doesn't fit into the long-term future of the franchise. The Kings have been shopping him all season. Despite his talent, he's never really been known as a chemistry guy in either Philadelphia or Sacramento.
His versatility, defense and ability to handle the ball have attracted a number of suitors. But buyers beware -- this guy has to start. Take him out of the starting lineup, and his numbers drop and his pouting increases.
Chance of trade: 55 percent
Vince Carter, Nets
Going into the season, no one predicted that Carter, at the age of 32, would put up All-Star numbers on a rebuilding team. But he has played his heart out and, with Devin Harris, has made the Nets respectable. Which means it's the perfect time for Rod Thorn and Kiki Vandeweghe to throw him a farewell party.
Carter has garnered plenty of interest from a few championship contenders like Cleveland and Houston who see him as a nice veteran addition. The Nets should jump on any deal that gets them a combination of cap relief and picks. Getting the last three years and $51 million of his contract off their books has to be a priority right now.
Chance of trade: 45 percent
Marquis Daniels, Pacers
Daniels is one of the more under-the-radar trade prospects on this list. He is having one of the best seasons of his career, and he has a team option on his contract, which, in essence, is an expiring contract. With Mike Dunleavy now back from injury and rookie Brandon Rush waiting in the wings, Daniels is expendable.
Daniels' appeal is two-fold. Not only can he help a team now, but he represents no long-term risk. For that reason, a number of GMs I spoke with listed Daniels as a player they have some interest in. I doubt the Pacers would mind packaging him, along with one of their other expiring contracts, if it could land them a young big man to pair with Danny Granger.
Chance of trade: 40 percent
Allen Iverson, Pistons
Everyone, including Joe Dumars, knew the Pistons were taking a big gamble bringing Iverson into the circle of trust. So far, the grand experiment hasn't turned out well. While the Pistons look like a playoff team, they no longer look like a serious contender for an NBA title.
So, what do the Pistons do next? They can keep plugging along, let Iverson's contract come off the books and have around $15 million in cap space this summer. Or, they can be proactive and try to turn Iverson into more assets or possibly a veteran big to shore up their front line. While Iverson doesn't hold the same appeal to many GMs as he used to, he is still a great ticket draw and could make someone a lot of money.
Chance of trade: 25 percent
Josh Howard, Mavs
Mavs owner Mark Cuban has been pretty adament that he doesn't want to trade Howard, but there's enough buzz around the league to make you wonder whether some of it is a smoke screen. The Mavs, at best, are a first-round-exit playoff team. I don't think that's what Cuban had in mind when he mortgaged the future to get Jason Kidd at last year's trade deadline.
While I'm sure he'd prefer to move Jerry Stackhouse, Howard is the guy in whom teams are interested. If Cuban wants to make a big splash by the deadline, Howard has to be the guy to go.
Chance of trade: 20 percent
Lamar Odom, Lakers
Odom has been on the block for what seems like years. This season, there was a lot of talk that the Lakers would move him after his lackluster performance in the playoffs. The fact that Odom's deal expires at the end of the season also led to the belief that the Lakers would move him now, while they could get something in return.
However, Odom is still in L.A., and the signals I'm getting are that he'll most likely stay there. Unless the Lakers get blown away with a trade offer, Odom's chances of swapping teams appear slim.
Chance of trade: 15 percent
Corey Maggette, Warriors
No one understood what the Warriors were thinking when they showered Maggette with a five-year, $48 million deal this summer. Not even the Warriors, apparently. (We could say the same thing about Stephen Jackson's deal.) Almost immediately, it became clear that the Warriors wouldn't mind getting out of Maggette's contract, and he has been on the block ever since.
Maggette still is one of the best scorers in the league, but with his price tag, I'm not sure how much interest he will generate.
Chance of trade: 10 percent
Tracy McGrady, Rockets
Once again, T-Mac is nursing injuries and dampening the hopes of Rockets fans everywhere. This time, it seems like everyone has had enough. The problem is, what GM in his right mind would give up anything of value for T-Mac at this point? Isiah Thomas is no longer running the show in New York.
So the Rockets can try to shop him all they want, but unless they want bad contracts in return or another injury-prone former star like Jermaine O'Neal, I don't think they will pull it off.
Chance of trade: 5 percent
Others who might be moved: Travis Outlaw, Blazers; Jerry Stackhouse, Mavs; Larry Hughes, Bulls; Andres Nocioni, Bulls; Sasha Pavlovic, Cavs; Bobby Simmons, Nets; Linas Kleiza, Nuggets; Rashad McCants, Wolves; Adam Morrison, Bobcats.
Chad Ford covers the NBA for ESPN Insider.
Trade Watch: Top big men on the block
On Tuesday we broke down the top point guards on the trading block and on Wednesday we did the same for the top wings. Today we turn to the bigs -- power forwards and centers. They are typically the most coveted prizes in any deal, and because of that, blockbuster trades involving elite big men just don't happen very often. Still, there's an unusual amount of buzz this season concerning some pretty impressive ones.
We spoke with a number of NBA general managers and player agents to get a take on who might be moved before the Feb. 19 trade deadline. Here's our take on who's available.
Top bigs on the block
Jermaine O'Neal, Raptors
O'Neal was traded last June. And now, with this trade deadline swirling, he is at the center of the storm again. The Raptors are ready to move him and develop Andrea Bargnani at the 5. But can the Raptors find someone willing to pay the injury-prone O'Neal $30 million over the next season and a half?
The Heat have shown the most interest. The Knicks and the Bulls also might make some sense.
Chance of trade: 60 percent
Marcus Camby, Clippers
Camby has been a strange fit in Los Angeles from the start. And with Zach Randolph now at the 4 and Chris Kaman also at the 5, Camby's long-term fit is a question mark.
Given his appeal around the league as a rebounding and shot-blocking machine, he's drawing a lot of inquiries. A number of teams would love to have him, especially when you factor in that his salary will drop to less than $10 million next season. With the Clippers trying to save money any way they can, you've got to believe Camby has a good shot of moving before Feb. 19.
Chance of trade: 55 percent
Raef LaFrentz, Blazers
LaFrentz has what NBA GMs are calling a "super-expiring contract." Not only does his $12.7 million salary come off the books this summer, but insurance is paying 80 percent of it. Add in that the Blazers have other young players like Sergio Rodriguez, Channing Frye and Travis Outlaw whom they could throw in a deal, and a team looking to clear some cap space and develop young talent would have to take a hard look at a deal with Portland.
The biggest question surrounding a Blazers deal at the moment: Does any GM in the league really want to do Blazers GM Kevin Pritchard any favors after his team threatened to sue all the owners in the league over the Darius Miles fiasco? More than one GM has told me no.
Chance of trade: 50 percent
Brad Miller, Kings
Miller is big and can still be productive when he's healthy. While he's overpaid, the good news is that his contract is done in 2010. The Kings are willing to move him to create more time for Spencer Hawes. So do we have a taker?
A team like the Pacers would be an obvious fit, but they can't afford to take on his salary. The Heat have been eyeing Miller. Ditto for the Bulls. But will trading for Miller really put either team over the top?
Chance of trade: 45 percent
David Lee, Knicks
Lee has been fantastic this season in Mike D'Antoni's system. The problem is the Knicks can't afford to pay him this summer when he hits restricted free agency. So the team is trying to figure out a way to either move another big contract like Eddy Curry's or (at the very least) Jared Jeffries'. If they can't, they might have no choice but to move Lee.
It will be a blow to the Knicks' rebuilding effort, but signing him to a deal worth $8 million a year could blow their chances of having enough room to lure LeBron James and someone else in 2010.
Chance of trade: 40 percent
Antawn Jamison, Wizards
Jamison signed a four-year, $50 million extension this past summer. Jamison has been solid, but his team is terrible, and the Wizards are showing no signs of pulling out of this tailspin.
If they can package Jamison's contract with Etan Thomas' or Darius Songaila's for an expiring deal, it would save them a lot of money in the long run.
Chance of trade: 35 percent
Charlie Villanueva, Bucks
Villanueva was on the block before Michael Redd tore his ACL. Now the team might have no choice but to keep him around. Without him, the entire scoring load would fall on Richard Jefferson and Andrew Bogut. Villanueva is having the best season of his career and looks promising enough that the Bucks probably won't trade him.
However, there is a caveat. Given the financial situation of small-market teams like the Bucks, can they afford to keep him? Their payroll is at $64 million next season before they decide what to do with Villanueva and Ramon Sessions. Will Herb Kohl be willing to fork over the cash for a team that looks like a borderline playoff team? If the answer is no, it's better to trade him now and package him with a salary they want to get rid of or trade him for assets.
Chance of trade: 30 percent
Carlos Boozer, Jazz
Boozer and the Jazz are in a predicament. Boozer was planning to opt out this summer, but an injury has put that plan in doubt. Meanwhile, Paul Millsap has turned into a borderline All-Star and hits restricted free agency this summer. Can the Jazz afford to keep both Boozer and Millsap? Most GMs don't think so, with several expecting Millsap to get an offer that exceeds the midlevel exception.
With the Jazz's payroll for next season coming very close to the luxury-tax threshold without factoring in Millsap's likely new contract, there's a problem. Several GMs are adamant that the Jazz will move Boozer. The problem is, no one wants to give up anything for him until they know he's healthy and know what his intentions are this summer. Whether that all gets resolved by the trade deadline or whether it spills over into the summer remains to be seen.
Chance of trade: 25 percent
Elton Brand, Sixers
The Sixers are experiencing quite a bit of buyer's remorse after giving Brand an $80 million contract this past summer. Brand has been awful in the early going. To make matters worse, he struggles to play the style the rest of the team wants to play. More and more, it's looking like a bad fit for both parties. I've heard rumblings over the past few weeks that the Sixers would let Brand go for expiring contracts and a future pick -- a pretty small price for the most coveted free agent of last summer.
But will anyone want to take on his contract at this point? The Heat's Pat Riley has always been a fan. The Pistons are looking for a dominant big, too. A Chicago homecoming isn't out of the question either. And the Cavs might be willing to roll the dice, although that's a lot of money to gamble with. Will any GM or owner in the league have the guts to pull the trigger?
Chance of trade: 20 percent
Marvin Williams, Hawks
Williams starts at the 3 for the Hawks but can also play the 4 in a small-ball lineup. He is the guy the Hawks infamously took instead of Chris Paul in 2005.
While Williams has been solid, he hasn't been great. And the Hawks will have a tough decision to make with him hitting restricted free agency this summer. The team already is cash-strapped. Joe Johnson and Josh Smith have huge deals. Mike Bibby will also be a free agent. Ditto for Josh Childress. And sooner than later, they're going to have to pay Al Horford.
All of that has led to some rumblings around the league that Williams is available in return for a lottery pick and a little cap relief. My source in Atlanta denies it, but it's something to keep an eye on.
Chance of trade: 15 percent
Amare Stoudemire, Suns
The Suns are the most talented mess in basketball. Some nights, they look like they can beat anyone. Other nights, they get outplayed by the Knicks. A lot of this has to do with a general malaise that has overcome the team. The Suns loved playing for Mike D'Antoni and the freedom he gave them. Terry Porter? Not so much.
Stoudemire will become a free agent in 2010, and if things keep going south in Phoenix, the Suns stand a big chance of losing him. So GM Steve Kerr has a tough call to make. Do they fire the coach and bring in someone who can make the players happier? Or do they blow up the team and start rebuilding? If it's the latter, virtually every team in the league will be lined up for Stoudemire.
Chance of trade: 10 percent
Chris Bosh, Raptors
Speaking of messes, the one in Toronto might be the stickiest. It's looking clearer to outside observers that Bosh is pretty set on testing the free-agent waters in the summer of 2010. Given what the Raptors have and what other teams will have to offer, it's not a stretch to say the chances of the Raptors retaining him don't look so good right now.
That leaves GM Bryan Colangelo in a tough position. Trade him and get criticized for giving away the franchise player. Don't trade him and get criticized for not being able to re-sign him. If the Raptors could get a blockbuster offer for Bosh, they probably would have to entertain it. Anything short of that and I think Colangelo will take his chances.
Chance of trade: 5 percent
Others who might be moved: Rasheed Wallace, Pistons; Samuel Dalembert, Sixers; Eddy Curry, Knicks; Darko Milicic, Grizzlies; Chris Wilcox, Thunder; Joe Smith, Thunder; Channing Frye, Blazers; Ike Diogu, Blazers; Sean May, Bobcats; Drew Gooden, Bulls; Tyrus Thomas, Bulls; Joakim Noah, Bulls; Rasho Nesterovic, Pacers; Jeff Foster, Pacers.
Chad Ford covers the NBA for ESPN Insider.


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A freshwater angelfish's long, curved fins are beautiful. But they also help the angelfish stay safe. They blend right in with the long leaves of plants growing in the fish's river home. Angelfish? What angelfish?
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The flying fish has big side fins that it uses like wings. First it swims very fast toward the surface, then it "flies" out of the water with the fins spread. Flying fish have been known to glide through the air as far as two football fields. It's a great trick to escape predators.
A sailfish has a large dorsal (back) fin called a "sail." The sail can cover the entire length of the fish's back. The sailfish raises its sail when it's threatened or under attack and that makes itself look bigger. Otherwise, the fish keeps its sail folded down and to the side when swimming along.


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Great Britain short track skater Jack Whelbourne will take part in his 1000 metres heat at the Winter Olympics in Sochi on Thursday, the British Olympic Association has confirmed.
The Englishman injured his ankle when he crashed to the ice in the final of the 1500m at the Iceberg Skating Palace on Monday.
However, Whelbourne trained on Thursday morning and will compete later in the day along with Jon Eley and Richard Shoebridge, with Elise Christie and Charlotte Gilmartin featuring in the quarter-finals of the women's 500m.
British short track team leader Stuart Horsepool confirmed Whelbourne was still struggling with the pain, but would give it a go.
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Criminal Justice is an interdisciplinary field that studies crime and the ways society responds to crime. The Criminal Justice curriculum examines the nature and causes of crime, the purposes and activities of the criminal justice system, and the impact of crime on victims and society. Since crime is a social problem, many courses include the study of community-based programs and social service agencies as well as the components of the criminal justice system. The Criminal Justice Department, located within the College of Public Affairs and Administration, emphasizes the study of public policy and change efforts as an essential part of its curriculum. Students have the opportunity to participate in public affairs research projects conducted by department faculty.
The Criminal Justice degree is designed for students interested in the general study of crime and the administration of justice and those pursuing professional careers in criminal justice or related fields. The degree also prepares students for entrance into graduate or professional schools in criminal justice, law, public administration, social work, and the social sciences.
The Criminal Justice major provides an integrated curriculum that emphasizes problem-solving and analytical skills, an approach favored by many criminal justice agencies and employers. The curriculum reflects the multidisciplinary character of the field, drawing on a variety of liberal arts and professional areas of expertise. Faculty associated with the department have degrees in fields such as criminal justice, criminology, law, political science, psychology, and sociology. Student majors take a core curriculum that familiarizes them with a range of perspectives, methods, and content areas of the criminal justice field. They may use their electives to take additional courses or to minor in another field. Majors also have the opportunity to study abroad.
All majors participate in an ECCE Engagement Experience through the UIS Experiential and Service-Learning Programs (EXL). Students have the opportunity to work with state agencies and training centers as well as local criminal justice and social service agencies.
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Transfer students admitted to UIS with 30 or more credit hours and a cumulative transfer grade-point average of at least 2.50 on a 4.00 scale qualify for full admission to the Criminal Justice Department. Transfer students with a GPA below 2.50 are granted conditional admission to the major, which permits enrollment in up to 12 semester hours of advisor-approved courses during the first semester. The final decision on admission to the major for conditionally admitted students is made after completion of 8 to 12 hours at UIS. Students admitted to UIS with 0 to 29 hours of credit must file a declaration of major through the CRJ department.
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CRJ 221 Introduction to Criminology
CRJ 239 Introduction to Criminal Justice 3 Hrs.
CRJ 315 Critical Thinking in Criminal Justice 3 Hrs.
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CRJ 345 Research Methods in Criminal Justice 3 Hrs.
CRJ 421 Criminological Theory 3 Hrs.
CRJ 489 Senior Seminar 3 Hrs.
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Texas had just lost again Saturday when a fan leaving the Frank Erwin Center turned at the top of the stairs and shouted, "We need you Kabongo!"
He was talking about Myck Kabongo, the Longhorns' talented point guard who been missing the last 23 games while serving out an NCAA suspension for accepting impermissible benefits and providing false statements during an investigation into the infractions.
Saturday's 72-59 loss to No. 22 Oklahoma State was the last game of that suspension and Longhorns coach Rick Barnes immediately promised that Kabongo will start when Texas plays Iowa State on Wednesday night.
Texas certainly needs something to turn around its worst season in 15 years under Barnes. The Longhorns are 10-13 overall and 2-8 in the Big 12. Maybe Kabongo, a player some have projected as a possible first-round NBA Draft pick, can be the spark to ignite it.
Barnes said Kabongo and freshman Demarcus Holland will start Wednesday.
"They will definitely start," Barnes said following the loss Saturday. "We don't have rhythm. We don't have anything going. I realize some of it is because Myck plays point differently than (point guard) Javan (Felix). When we are in practice, one team is playing one way and the other is playing another. All year long, we have tried to get consistency and we haven't (achieved it). We need to run. It is pretty obvious.
Last year as a freshman, Kabongo started all 34 games and averaged 9.6 points, a team-best 5.2 assists, 3.0 rebounds and led the Longhorns with 44 steals.
Felix has stepped in with Kabongo out and started all 23 games this season for Texas. The freshman is averaging 8.2 points, 5.5 assists and a team-high 30 assists.


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When I finally decided to replace my BlackBerry with an iPhone (and, of course switch from Verizon to AT&T—such a difficult decision), a friend (let's call her Lindsay) recommended I get a Speck case for my new 3GS. She had the fitted soft fabric on a hard shell. But I wanted something more rugged. So when I finally made the switch and had the device in-hand, Speck threw a new ToughSkin case my way for review. I was more than impressed.
As far as the look and feel, this is currently my favorite iPhone case. It's like putting a monster truck tire on your iPhone. ToughSkin is thick (but not too thick) yet lightweight and extremely durable. And from what I hear, it can withstand quite a bit of abuse. I'll have to take the reviews at their word because I'm not dropping my iPhone on the sidewalk as a test. Nor am I flinging it across a parking lot to see if the ToughSkin protects it. I'm just going to rest easy knowing if I do lose control, it's probably going to be OK.
The design is such that you won't have any problems accessing the buttons and controls, although you do have to press pretty hard to activate the home screen button. The bottom of the case hinges back for easy docking and the removable holster/belt clip offers the freedom to carry your iPhone however you please. That being said, I will never use the holster/belt clip, but I appreciate the option.
The only complaint I have about the ToughSkin is it has a tendency to collect debris and dust very easily. As soon as I pulled it from my jacket pocket for the first time, it was covered with specks (no pun intended) and pocket lint. So if this bothers you, you might want to reconsider. Otherwise, this rugged case is as good as it gets—especially if you live a reckless lifestyle or have a tendency to fumble.
ToughSkin works on the iPhone 3G or 3GS. It only comes in one color—black—because, c'mon, what other color works for a monster truck tire? Retail price is $34.95. www.speckproducts.com


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Frank Delicious wrote:Every groove is a unique snowflake of suck.
Blake_T wrote:brittwink: you sort of have to commit to pulling above or below. i generally recommend below (easier to leverage grip as Jeronimo said), but i do know women that throw far pulling above.
the "right" choice between these two will vary based upon how you want your throw to develop.
pulling above = anhyzer power.
pulling below = hyzer power.
chances are one of these will be stronger than the other for you. if you go with anhyzer power you will be throwing more stable/overstable discs for straight drives. if you go with hyzer power you'll be throwing more understable discs for straight drives.
money 21 wrote:Sarah DeMarr from discraft might also be one to watch for tips. Find which ever pull line feels most comfortable to you then and practice. Side note most women with boobs also have hips (i am not saying your butt is big ) real work on taking advantage of that lower body power and emphsize the hip turn. I coached high school track throwers for a while and using the power of your lower body is where women get there speed and power from. Really make sure your are leading with your hips. Do you throw FH at all?
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Bill Ectric interviews Mitzi Szereto
by PrideandPrejudice on Feb.28, 2012, under Books, Pride and Prejudice: Hidden Lusts
Pride and Prejudice: Hidden Lusts author Mitzi Szereto chats with fellow author Bill Ectric about the trials and tribulations of the writer's life, creating and editing her anthologies (such as Red Velvet and Absinthe and the upcoming Thrones of Desire), expat life in Britain with her famous teddy bear Teddy Tedaloo, and haunted Savannah!
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Mitzi Szereto to appear at Warwick Words Festival of Literature and Spoken Word
by PrideandPrejudice on Jul.30, 2011, under Books, Pride and Prejudice: Hidden Lusts
How to Write Erotic Fiction with Mitzi Szereto
Warwick Words Festival of Literature and Spoken Word
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
2pm to 5pm
Warwick Arms Hotel, Warwick, England
Price: £20.00
Erotic literature has changed dramatically in recent years. No longer banished to the top shelves of bookshops, it instead holds court on the front tables.
Approaching the subject from a literary perspective, internationally known erotic and multi-genre fiction author and erotic-writing workshop pioneer, Mitzi Szereto will pull back the duvet on the field of erotic writing, offering her own perspective on the craft. In a supportive workshop environment, participants will be encouraged to explore new perspectives and break down boundaries in their work. The workshop is open to all levels of writers.
Details: http://www.warwickwords.co.uk
Mitzi Szereto's books include Pride and Prejudice: Hidden Lusts; Red Velvet and Absinthe: Paranormal Erotic Romance; In Sleeping Beauty's Bed: Erotic Fairy Tales; and Getting Even: Revenge Stories; Dying For It: Tales of Sex and Death; Wicked: Sexy Tales of Legendary Lovers; The New Black Lace Book of Women's Sexual Fantasies; The World's Best Sex Writing 2005; Silk Sheets: Collected Stories of Mitzi Szereto; the Erotic Travel Tales anthologies, and the M. S. Valentine erotic novels. She also has a blog Errant Ramblings: Mitzi Szereto's Weblog and a web TV channel Mitzi TV. She's pioneered erotic writing workshops in the UK and Europe.


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Way back before celebrity baby bumps and the Brangelina brood, before Bronx Mowgli and Blue Ivy, we put together the first-ever collection of celebrity baby names in our 1988 book Beyond Jennifer & Jason. These "starbaby" names had the power to launch trends and inspire namesakes, we theorized, and we'd be hearing them far into the future.
The future has arrived, and those original celebrity babies have grown up and made names for themselves. Here, a look at some of the starbabies whose names were included in our original lists and what they're doing now.
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On November 20, nine APC members met to strengthen the APC network in the region.
The meeting was held just before the Regional Consultation on Freedom of Expression for Civil Liberties held on 21-23 November with UN Special Rapporteur Frank LaRue. BytesforAll Pakistan and APC were co-organisers of this consultation.
Members welcomed the opportunity to share their work, their priorities and also the challenges they are facing. They shared their main activities planned for 2014-2015, as well as the internet/ICT regulatory environment and condition of internet access and rights in their countries.
Some of the collaborative activities between the network discussed at the meeting were:
*Promoting access through DEF's eNGO connectivity initiative and Manthan awards. Osama Manzar, from DEF, offered to lead the effort to expand these two projects to APC members in the region with attention to improving local content and digital literacy.
*Strengthening internet and digital rights advocacy in the region. Members emphasized the need to learn more from each other and to understand regional trends in regulation especially on privacy, surveillance and freedom of expression. Shahzad Ahmad, from Bytes for All Pakistan, and Byoung-il Oh, from Jinbonet, were asked to lead this for the region.
*Promoting open governance including access to knowledge, right to information and transparency. Al Alegre and Engage Media are the anchors for this issue. Al offered to expand FMA's open governance index with other members in the region.
*Engaging regional (and global) governance policy processes. Members agreed to be more actively involved in the next Asia Pacific IGF which will be held in Hyderabad in September 2014, following involvement by Shahzad and Byoungil at the IGF in Seoul this year. Shahzad has been elected as a Vice-Chair of the steering committee. Members also discussed involvement in Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
*Advancing gender equality and women's rights through participation in APC's ending violence work and promoting women's participation. Work in the region includes FMA, BFA and Open Institue's work on documenting and responding to gender based violence as well as BFES's Amader Gram (Our Village) project which provides ICT facilitates in identifying and providing treatment for breast cancer in Khulna, Bangladesh among others.
At the end of the meeting, members expressed the importance of meeting face-to-face to develop trust and strengthen collaboration as a regional network. Compared to other regions, Asia-Pacific is very diverse and face significant barriers in terms of language differences. There is also a lot of potential to expand membership and outreach and members noted that support for regional coordination can go a long way in making this happen.
Members present included:
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So many firearms were traded in for cash Tuesday that all five gun buyback stations in Marin ran out of money by early afternoon, leaving vouchers to be handed out instead.
The tally for the collection day, which ended at 8 p.m., was 827 guns, said police spokeswoman Margo Rohrbacher. Of those, 277 were collected at the Novato station, 223 in San Rafael, 206 in Larkspur, 71 in Marin City and 50 in Point Reyes Station.
The number of cash payments versus vouchers was not available Tuesday night.
Marin County District Attorney Ed Berberian said he's pleased by the program's popularity.
"This was much more responsive than we expected," Berberian said. "There's a lot of these guns out there, and they don't need to be."
Berberian launched the $40,000 gun buyback program after the Connecticut elementary school shootings last month that claimed the lives of 20 children and six educators. It was timed to coincide with the birth date of Martin Luther King Jr.
Residents of Marin, San Francisco, Contra Costa and Sonoma counties turned out in force for the first Marin County buyback to trade in their firearms for either $200 or $100, depending on whether the gun was a semi-automatic, with no questions asked.
Rohrbacher said the money went quickly, but people could still turn in their guns the rest of the day on Tuesday, and there will be another buyback event on Monday.
"They'll be given a voucher, which then can be redeemed in 30 days," Rohrbacher said. "Over the next 30-day period, it's the DA's goal to raise enough funds to pay all the vouchers, but there's no guarantee."
As of 6 p.m. Tuesday, the San Rafael station alone had collected and given out vouchers for a total of 200 firearms, she said.
Concord resident Bob Oliver made an early trip to the San Rafael Police Department to get rid of two handguns and a shotgun. Oliver said he heard about the buyback Tuesday morning and decided it was time to part with the firearms.
"There are too many handguns on the street, too many killings," Oliver said.
He was one of more than 20 people who lined the streets in their cars around the San Rafael Police Department before the buyback began at 11 a.m. The department conducted a drive-up operation in which people drove up to the station and had their guns removed from their vehicles by officers.
San Rafael resident Elise Campeau looked over her shoulder from the driver's seat as officers removed a Super .38, 1965 revolver from her back seat. She said the gun was inherited from her grandfather.
"I took it to the gun shop and they said it was a piece of junk," Campeau said. "I don't like guns and it's time to get rid of it."
Lee Collet, a Fairfax resident and former U.S. Marine, said his father's World War II-era gun was worth at least $400, but he didn't feel comfortable selling it.
"I wouldn't sell it because it's untraceable," Collet said, adding that the gun was never registered and wasn't well-marked.
He said he feared selling the gun and having it out and about in the community.
Mother and son team Greg Bourassa, of Petaluma, and Joyce Bourassa, of Fairfax, made the trip to San Rafael to turn in a single-shot Winchester model 67.
"She's had it since she was 19 for target practice," Greg Bourassa said of his mother.
Joyce Bourassa said she hadn't shot the gun since she was 41, more than 40 years ago, and decided it was time to get rid of it.
"I don't think I'm going to go target practicing any time soon," she said.
In Novato, some 60 people queued up outside police headquarters downtown by the time the buyback started at 11 a.m. Some of them came from as far away as Santa Rosa to turn in unwanted hunting rifles, semi-automatic pistols, revolvers and other firearms.
"The shotgun was for home protection, supposedly," David Zimmerman, 76, of Santa Rosa said as he waited with his wife to turn in four rifles and two pistols. "We live in a very safe place and I never have used it and probably never would."
Zimmerman said he used to shoot at targets near his former home in Florida, and more recently in the Sonoma County hills, but he no longer needed the weapons.
"I'd rather they get destroyed," he said. "There are too many guns in the world right now."
Others said they planned to keep some of their firearms but wanted to dispose of those they no longer needed.
"It's just a symbolic gesture," said Charles Finney, 69, of Novato, who planned to hand over a .22-caliber rifle.
Finney said he still keeps a weapon that is "way stronger" at home for protection, but he has granddaughters in the first and second grades and wanted to make a statement after the Connecticut shooting.
"The message is for me," he said. "I feel better about myself."
In Marin City, a steady stream of people turned up at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church to get cash for their firearms, some of which still were operational, others not.
"I think it's a good idea," said Greg Alvernaz of San Rafael, who came to Marin City after he found out that cash had run out at the Larkspur buyback station. He received $300 for .22- and .38-caliber handguns. "These were sitting around and it's good to get them out of my house."
Rohrbacher said all of the collected guns would be melted down or shredded.
"We'll be holding them until next week, then the DA's office will collect them from all the different sites and destroy them," Rohrbacher said.
Berberian said each location was given the same amount of money Tuesday except for the Point Reyes Station sheriff's substation, because fewer people were anticipated to go there.
Firearms will be collected from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at the San Rafael Police Department and the Mill Valley Police Department.
Contact Megan Hansen via email at firstname.lastname@example.com or via Twitter at http://twitter.com/hansenmegan; staff writers Will Jason and Mark Prado contributed to this report.
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As part of the Marin gun buyback program, firearms also will be collected from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at the San Rafael Police Department, 1400 Fifth Ave., and the Mill Valley Police Department, 1 Hamilton Drive.


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There is no Miracle Woods.
There is no Brooke Ridley.
There is no Catherine Barnett.
A new group of Knights will have to lead the squad to another deep postseason run.
"This team is not as powerful (as years' past), no doubt," Bishop Luers coach Denny Renier said. "This is a totally different team, and our kids haven't experienced this."
Perhaps the most important cog in the Bishop Luers wheel is one of the two returning starters from a year ago, guard Addie Reimbold. And even she may still need an acclamation period on Saturday, her third game back after sitting out six weeks with a foot injury.
Reimbold showed just how important she is to the Knights' success last weekend, particularly defensively. The guard led by example in helping hold South Adams scoreless in the first half of the 54-13 victory in the sectional championship game.
"I think her foot is 100 percent, but she is not in the shape she was," Renier said. "She still has to get in the rhythm of the game a little bit. But I am very pleased in how she played last weekend."
Consistent defense has not been a strength for Bishop Luers this season. After losing 75 percent of its offense from a year ago, it has been impressive that the Knights are averaging 57.9 points per game. That's less than two points per game less than last season.
Tashayla Sutorious is the Knights' leading scorer with a 12.3 per game average followed by Allison Butler at 10.4 and Reimbold at 9.7.
But the defense has not stayed up to par, with opponents averaging 52 ppg this season as opposed to 39 ppg last season.
That is what is so encouraging about last weekend's performance.
"The fact is, our defense hasn't been that good," Renier said. "We are trying to get our defense to add to the offense. We have talked about it a long time about getting better on the defensive end."
The message appears to be getting through, and at just the right time. Bishop Luers has won six straight regional contests dating back to 2010.
With a healthy Reimbold back in the fold, the Knights may be playing their best basketball of the season.
"Addie is one of those kids that is so respected in our program, everybody is like a magnet to her," Renier said. "When she came back (Friday) and made that first basket, our bench just erupted. Her coming back gives us a better chance to be successful on defense and offense."
A scary thought for Class 2A North teams aiming to knock off the Knights on the way to the state finals.(All games Saturday)
Class 4A
Kokomo Regional
Snider (20-3) vs. Logansport (24-1), 10 a.m.
Westfield (21-2) vs. South Side (21-3), noon
Semifinal winners, 8 p.m.
Class 3A
Concordia Lutheran (17-6) vs. NorthWood (22-3), 10 a.m.
Hamilton Heights (20-2) vs. Norwell (21-3), noon
Semifinal winners, 8 p.m.
Class 2A
Westview (15-8) vs. Bishop Luers (12-11), 10:30 a.m
Whiting (20-3) vs. Boone Grove (17-6), 12:30 p.m.
Semifinal winners, 8 p.m.
Class A
Morgan Township (14-10) vs. Oregon-Davis (21-3), 10:30 a.m.
Canterbury (21-3) vs. West Central (14-9), 12:30 p.m.
Semifinal winners, 8 p.m.


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More CHIP funding applauded Pa., but some strategies questioned
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is proposing an extra $8.5 million for the Children's Health Insurance Program. Some of that funding is earmarked for outreach to eligible families who've yet to sign up for CHIP.
Joan Benso, who leads the Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children in Harrisburg, welcomed the pledge of new funds.
"At this point in time, I think it's just good news that they made a move that said, 'We're going to put some money on the table. We'll have some skin in the game and it is, indeed, our goal to find and enroll eligible children,'" Benso said. "This is the first time outreach money is being dedicated in many years. Honestly, I can't tell you how many years."
Others were more critical of Corbett's proposal.
"This expansion just puts us back to about the number of children who were receiving CHIP when he took office and nothing more," said Colleen McCauley, health policy director for Public Citizens for Children and Youth.
CHIP managers need to make sure the program is administered in ways that attract and retain eligible families, McCauley said.
The state Insurance Department recently changed its renewal-notice policy. Parents now get notifications 90 days and 60 days before their child's coverage is set to expire.
"So the Insurance Department stopped sending its 30-day reminder last fall," McCauley said. "And in a one-month period -- between December 2012 and January 2013 -- 2,000 fewer children were enrolled in CHIP. That's a dramatic one-month decline, 2,000 kids, when over the last year the total drop has been 6,200 kids."
"A reminder letter closer to the date your child's insurance cuts off may very well be the thing that parents need to take action and reapply," McCauley said.
"Families basically have three chances to renew coverage," Insurance Department spokeswoman Rosanne Placey said in an email. "And even if the family does complete the renewal within 60 days after termination, the child is reinstated back to the renewal date."
Reminders placed in doctors' offices
With limited funds, Pennsylvania has moved away from broad-based advertising. Last year, however, the state invested in a targeted promotion and placed posters in doctors' offices, Placey said.
"We had a lot of good feedback about it. Medical providers said, 'This is really fun, this is decorative, we are going to keep it up even after your campaign,'" she said.
Spending on CHIP marketing has declined in recent years, Placey reports. During that time, the department largely relied on advertising from partner insurance companies. But, she said, the new budget proposal was designed to "reinvigorate" outreach efforts.
The target audiences could include working parents of uninsured children as well as families in the Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh regions.
About 150,000 kids, or 5 percent, are uninsured in Pennsylvania. About 5 percent of children in Delaware are uninsured; 6 percent of New Jersey children are uninsured. Nationally, the rate is 8 percent.


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Jose Calderon played Monday for the Detroit Pistons against the New York Knicks, his first on-court appearance since being traded by the Toronto Raptors.
Calderon had 15 points, three assists and no turnovers in 27 minutes as the Pistons lost, 99-85, at Madison Square Garden.
Calderon, a native of Spain, had worked to resolve visa issues in the days since he was sent to Detroit in a three-team deal centered on small forward Rudy Gay.
Also included in the trade were Calderon's former teammate Ed Davis and Pistons forwards Austin Daye and Tayshaun Prince, who were shipped to Memphis. Calderon called the trade double-sided, because he was sad to leave Toronto after eight years. At the same time, he was aware Detroit had a high level of interest in him.
"I know Detroit has tried to trade for me for a while, so I'm really happy to be in a situation with a team that really wants you and I'm really happy to start a new part of my career—really happy," Calderon said, according to Pistons.com.
Before the trade, Calderon started in a two-guard Raptors backcourt with Kyle Lowry. Calderon averaged 11.1 points and 7.4 assists for a team struggling in the Eastern Conference.
The Pistons' backcourt is similarly crowded, with point guards Brandon Knight, Rodney Stuckey and Will Bynum playing significant minutes. While they have multiple guards, no Detroit player averages more than 4.5 assists on a team that turns the ball over 15.1 times per game.
Calderon is one of the NBA's better ball-handlers, with a 4.4 assists-to-turnover ratio prior to Monday, second only to Chris Paul, who is held up as the NBA's best point guard. The Pistons' new floor general will use his passing ability to feed young big men Greg Monroe and Andre Drummond.
"The young guys are developing," Calderon said. "Drummond is having a great, great year. I think it's a big surprise for everybody to develop this quick. There's a little bit of everything on this team, so that's good. Complete players."


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Bayes and the Hit By Pitch
When home plate umpire Clint Fagan made the decision not to eject Zack Greinke for hitting Miguel Montero with a pitch, and a subsequent decision to eject Ian Kennedy for hitting Greinke with a pitch, he was answering a couple of probability questions that umpires and eventually Major League Baseball will have to face.
It's not a question of whether the hit by pitch was intentional or not. You're never able to answer that question. The probability that the act was intentional from the point of view of the umpire/disciplinarian is never 0, even on the most innocuous-looking play, and it's pretty much never unless Cole Hamels is just begging for a suspension.
After a beaning occurs, an umpire and then the MLB office are forced then to determine how likely it was that tat beaning was intentional. And there is where they have run into trouble historically. It is my view that the umpires tend to be too beholden to their own warnings and may even be trying to legislate to some unwritten rules.
The second belief we'll get to later, but as to the first, remember, it is perfectly within an umpire's rights to eject a player with no warning. In fact, the previous pitcher tossed for a hit batsman, Jason Hammel, was ejected with no warning in the episode I documented semi-seriously here. Inversely, just because there has been a warning doesn't mean there has to be an ejection. In fact, the inning after the brawl on Tuesday night, Mark Ellis was hit by a pitch with no consequence.
The ejection, surprisingly, did not follow the beaning after and immediately after the warning. But at what point in this dance do you think the plunkings escalated to the point of ejection?
Top 5: Cody Ross hit by a pitch
Sam Miller laid out the uncertainty of such situations in his piece Wednesday. I would argue that the probability that Greinke was throwing at Montero after two inside pitches and one firmly in the back was slightly lower than the probability that Kennedy meant to hit Greinke, but both rose above what has been considered ejection-level in the past.
But the umpires never really know the true probability. The true probability is either 0 or 1. It has to be—each party was either throwing at the other or wasn't. Yet from the point of view of an observer, the probability is somewhere in between, and that's where Bayesian statistics comes into play.
In an event that's impossible to observe with certainty, probabilities from that point of view can be affected by other information you know about the event.
The example we learned in an introductory statistics class was of a blurry person you observe in the distance. To say that any specific person has a 50 percent chance of being a male is ridiculous in the traditional sense. Either he is or she isn't. Yet from the point of view of the distant observer, there is a 50 percent chance that the person is a male until the observer realizes that the person is wearing long pants.
If 80 percent of men and only 50 percent of women in this neighborhood wear pants, then the probability of this person being a man given that the person is wearing pants is:
Probability(Male|Pants) = ______________P (Pants|Male) * P (Male)_____________
= .80*.5/(.80*.5+.50*.5)
In looking for examples of this in baseball, I found a 2012 post by Patriot at Walk Like a Sabermetrician in which he determined the probability that Ubaldo Jimenez's plunking of Troy Tulowitzki in a spring training game was intentional after the two feuded through the media.
Probability(Intent|HBP) = ______________P (HBP|Intent) * P (Intent)________________
Not that umpires would ever be doing these calculations in their head, but Bayes' theorem is a good way to think about the problem. Since most pitchers have fairly similar chances of hitting a guy when they're not aiming for flesh, what changes is that initial figure. The likelier it was going into an at-bat that there would be a plunking, the higher the chance it was intentional in retrospect.
It's important not to let what actually happened cloud your judgment. Of course, when it turns out that the person down the street was a man, you're going to say it looked like a man all along. But when you were first looking at him, there was only a 61.5 percent chance.
The question of how likely it was that Greinke was throwing at Montero is one that had to be answered while Montero was on his way to the batter's box. Sure, it looks obvious now that he'd throw at the next guy to set foot in there, but look at what the announcers had to say as Montero actually was stepping to the plate, and throughout that at-bat.
Leading up to Greinke hitting Montero
Vin Scully on KCAL: Nothing at first, nothing after the first two were inside
Steve Berthiaume: Nothing at first, "Greinke having issues locating" after the first two were inside
Leading up to Kennedy hitting Greinke
Scully: Nothing
Berthiaume: Nothing (sideline reporter was doing most of the talking)
Not a "here we go" or a "this ought to be interesting." Nobody even mentioned it.
This was not the sort of foresight that accompanied what I considered the year's most obvious intentional plunking (i.e. the probability of intent closest to 1). Here's the transcript from both broadcasts of the Pirates-Mets game on May 11, the day after Jordany Valdespin admired a home run.
WPIX (NY) feed
Gary Cohen: Valdespin raised some hackles last night when he hit a home run in the ninth inning and with the Mets far behind in the game, paused, admired and flipped the bat, which led to even more conversation today about how do you legislate about that kind of thing if you're Terry Collins, and Terry has basically said 'I throw up my hands; I can't do anything about it.'
Ron Darling: Yeah, daily they have talks with Jordany and what did Terry say, he said 'he's a player with flair and sometimes that flair's going to get him in trouble.'
Cohen: McKenry setting up inside and (HBP happens here) that's exactly what happens. You flip your bat on a home run and you can expect at some point, you're going to have that happen.
Root Sports (PIT) feed
Greg Brown: And now Jordany Valdespin. There's a story today in New York that he stared at that long home run he hit last night in the ninth inning off Jose Contreras. Manager Terry Collins was asked about it. He said 'I don't know about now, but 15 years ago, he'd probably get hit today' in response to this showing him up with the big upper deck home run. Jordany Valdespin. (HBP happens) And look at that. How about that.
To take a highly non-scientific stab at calculating the probability that this was intentional, I reached out to three people who were at the game and employed by neither team. I asked what they would have said if asked what the chance of a HBP was while Valdespin was walking to the plate against Bryan Morris as a pinch-hitter.
They averaged 80 percent, which is right in line with the television dialogue from both sides and Collins' quotes. So let's go with that; it's not like we'll ever get a better number, and these are all estimates anyway, with true probabilities impossible to know.
How about the chances that he would hit him if he weren't trying? Morris is so new in the majors that I'd trust the league figure before I'd trust his small sample size, and plate appearances end with a hit batsman with probability 0.0085. That's a little high, since some of those are intentional, so let's call it 0.008, and let's call the probability that he hits him if he is intending to hit him 90 percent. (Shawn Estes was the outlier, but throwing behind a guy should probably be lumped in here too because that can be deemed ejection-worthy.)
Anyway, in the Morris-Valdespin incident, the probability that Morris was throwing intentionally at Valdespin from the point of view of our three observers was:
Probability(Intent|HBP) = ______________P (HBP|Intent) * P (Intent)________________
= .90*.80/(.90*.80 + .008*.20)
= .72/.7216
= a 99.8% chance that Morris was throwing at Valdespin intentionally.
Yet in the Pirates/Mets case, there was no suspension or even much talk of one. Everybody seemed happy. But even if the Pirates felt vindicated and the Mets were sort of cool with it too, you're still not allowed to throw a baseball at a batter intentionally.
This leads to a bigger question that can play in to what happened in Los Angeles. Is it possible that instead of determining intent, the umpires are actually trying to codify some unwritten rules?
Was Joe West in the Pirates-Mets game lenient because baseball code says he deserved it? And how much did "don't throw at the head" play into why Greinke was allowed to stay and Kennedy had to go, or was it just the warning?
When you go back and look at the suspensions that have occurred in the last five years, very few have resulted from unwritten rules violations compared to how often we actually hear about said unwritten rules. Here are all the suspensions, pulled from an MLB document, that were for throwing at a batter before the punishments came down for Dodgers-Diamondbacks.
*Showing up pitcher after a home run
I would clearly put Tuesday's episode into the retribution category, but it's not without some attachment to the game's unwritten rules. Was the umpire saying that by the unwritten rules of the game, Greinke was allowed a free shot for Puig's facial?
Most pitcher plunking suspensions like we'll undoubtedly see from Tuesday's action stem from a battle of "he started it," where at some point an umpire has to put an end to it. It just seems like sometimes the umpires are ignoring probability, while being overly controlled by the system of warnings and trying to enforce some rules that aren't really there when they do it.
Zachary Levine is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @zacharylevine
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So, in general, the probability of a PA ending in a HBP is .008. Does this imply that pitchers for the most part put the ball where they want, give or take a few inches?
Jun 13, 2013 04:48 AM
As an appendix and a way to take some of the math out of the body of the text: If you thought the probability when the batter was walking to the plate was less than 80 percent, here are some other applications of Bayes' theorem.
Jun 13, 2013 05:42 AM
Bryan Cole
Something about that seems high, doesn't it? Even if you think there's only a 1% prior, you get .90*.01/(.90*.01 + .008*.99) = 53.2% chance he was throwing at him given that the batter was hit.
Jun 13, 2013 08:10 AM
That's a good point. Is 1% really high though for a chance that a guy is being thrown at? I'd have to know a lot when a guy is walking to the plate even to think there's a 1% chance he's being thrown at. 1% of plate appearances is more than one every other game. I don't think there are nearly that many with intent to bean a guy, so there must be something exceptional about that PA, and then to see him do it would raise suspicion.
Jun 13, 2013 08:40 AM
Bryan Cole
I dunno, it seems to me like you'd also have to know a lot to think that there's a 99% chance that a very proud, hyperscrutinized, hypercompetitive pitcher fueled by testosterone and adrenaline, charged with enforcing any number of unwritten rules, doesn't have some real or perceived beef with a hitter.
Jun 13, 2013 10:14 AM
You might consider the distance from the center of the strike zone, relative to the pitcher's historical distribution of pitches to batters of that handedness.
Jun 13, 2013 07:52 AM
This is an excellent point too. And there are other factors. Like the count. The math would be a little different if it were the first pitch, where it would probably be more likely to signal intent, from if it were an 0-2 count.
Jun 13, 2013 08:42 AM
Great follow-up to Sam's article. Bayes' Theorem at work! I remember the Kershaw game in 2010 because Torre was thrown out and Mattingly visited the mound two times and Kershaw had to be removed. Crazy.
Jun 13, 2013 22:38 PM
"The true probability is either 0 or 1. It has to be—each party was either throwing at the other or wasn't."
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