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well, after having a couple of dozen lessons under my belt this year the incomplete secret technique is almost complete and no longer secret.
a few observations:
-i have not found a fool-proof way of teaching this, but at the same time i don't think i can make the majority of it any easier than i already have. this is partly because timing is difficult and i think largely because people are unwilling/unable to "let go" of their old throw when trying to do any of this. some players techniques are "close enough" to ideal where adding a few focal points can get them "there." for most, this is basically a rebuild from the ground up. the pace of the shoulders is really being the most difficult culprit to correct... while oddly enough, i developed this technique with helping bring the shoulder speed under control as one of its primary benefits.
-i've found 3 slightly methodologies/focuses that have helped turn on the light bulb for people. the downside is, in most cases, 1 works and the other 2 fail miserably. generally building them up "in sequence" through all 3 will yield the best outcome. i have only found 1 person who has been able to succeed in this manner.
-it has become insanely easy for me to see when someone throws with big snap or not. no one else seems to be able to see it though... and often the thrower isn't even aware of it.
-this is a culmination of pretty much everything i have worked on since 2002 and a lot of it is based upon conversations i've had with brad walker. much of what he has done has given me things to build on and i have found evolving some of his drills has really been the key to unlocking this.
-i still believe that players half-hit/full-hit/no-hit. this technique has been very successful in developing at least a half hit for most players and put them on track towards full hitting, even if it is sporadic. this is by far the easiest method i have found. it still takes a crapload of reps though, but even though i barely play/practice, the feel has come clear on relatively few reps over the past 2 years (few = ~1000) and i'm able to execute it on the first throw of the day.
-most body motions are over-rated. i've found a 20 degree body rotation with no reach back can still yield a 275'+ throw with a small arm twitch and using no leg power. increasing the body rotation on reach back to 90 degrees seems to add about 40' (~15%). adding 18"+ of reach back seems to add about 25' (~9%). adding a full run up adds about 40' (~15%). those three things together are noticeable but if you work from a 275' baseline with a midrange disc, a full body rotation, full reach back, and utilizing the legs are responsible for roughly 27.6% of the throw. read as: about 10" of motion mainly focusing on the wrist, hand, and fingers is roughly 72.4% of the throw.
new/solidified terminologies/concepts
snap - the amount of velocity imparted on the disc relative to the thrower's arm-speed. (it is in fact possible to launch a disc faster than your arm was moving).
power pocket - this involves the area i used to refer to as the "power zone" and begins as the disc passes the right edge of your body. i think the term pocket is a better description since half of the throwing process is loading the pocket and the other half is unloading it.
point of impact - the fully loaded forward position in the power pocket. oddly enough... most throwers don't have a defined point of impact. all long throwers do have a defined point of impact.
active vs. passive unloading of the wrist. achieving a true point of impact is necessary to get the wrist to unload naturally. half-hitting is when there is a passive unload of the wrist (the motion is incidental). full-hitting requires an active unload of the wrist. active unloading is rather tricky since it involves applying force during the unload... yet the unload must begin as an incidental motion, forcing the unload to complete in a stronger/faster manner is necessary for full snap.
slip/micro-slip - once timing is "good," slips and micro-slips become the major concern regarding distance and accuracy. rim width and depth are major limiting factors in consistency. while the variability of slips/micro slips can be reduced as technique improves, the consistency factor is huge during the developing stages. e.g. i've found many players will half hit or better a roc ~80% of the time and half hit or better a nuke ~10% of the time.
dual stage shoulder rotation. there are definitely two distinct rotations... and not one continuous "spin." the first rotation generates momentum to reach the point of impact. the second rotation happens as you unload from the power pocket. if you can't separate these, it's next to impossible to snap a disc.
hyper spin. this technique gets really close to generating hyper spin on almost every throw if it is done correctly.
overall conclusion
generating snap is pretty much a trick caused by entering certain portions of the throw with ideal angles and directions. it doesn't require an athletic motion, although being athletic helps. 95% of the throw involves a relaxed and flowing motion. 5% requires explosion if you wish to actively unload the wrist.
not everyone will throw 450' using this technique... but i have found almost everyone is able to throw just as far as they did before but with a lot less effort. e.g. throwing 300' at 25% power.
i'm still not sure on how to write this up but i know it will probably have to be done in stages, explaining how to achieve each key position in the throw. if people want to buy some dgr rocs so i can finish paying off my car repair without having to do 5 lessons a week i may have the energy to start writing it up soon


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Martin credits homework on Cards for recent surge
MILWAUKEE -- If National League Players of the Week had to give acceptance speeches, Russell Martin's might go like this:
"And, in closing, I'd like to thank the Cardinals batters for showing me how I can be better."
Martin concluded his award-winning week with a two-homer, 10-total bases game Sunday in St. Louis, which he said was aided by a little squat studying.
"I was checking out how they were setting up in the box and attacking the baseball," Martin said of his view of the Cards from behind the plate. "They had some pretty good approaches, and I felt they were staying on balls that normally are good pitches.
"I've never really done that before, taking something from the other team. But I tried something that I saw, and it worked for me."
So that was one odd aspect of Martin's first career weekly award. The other oddity is that two weeks ago, he was a .063 hitter, with two hits in 32 at-bats.
"That kind of a start, it's going to balance out somewhere," said Martin, believing he was helped out by the proverbial law of averages.
Martin actually has been torrid for a couple of weeks -- batting .409 in his last dozen games -- putting a rather positive spin on the Pirates' hustle to sign him away from the Yankees, a move that had been roundly criticized.
"This is why we got him. Why we were so aggressive to get him," manager Clint Hurdle said. "We talked a lot over the winter about how he can ramp up his offense."
The Yankees did not hide their displeasure over Pittsburgh GM Neal Huntington swooping down for Martin while they were busy dealing with Robinson Cano and Andy Pettitte. Now Martin is the NL Player of the Week, and his replacement in the Bronx, Francisco Cervelli, recently suffered a fractured right hand.
However, get this: Entering Monday's games, Martin was batting .267 with five homers and nine RBIs -- and Cervelli and his replacement, Chris Stewart, were batting a combined .268 with four homers and nine RBIs.
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Pacers have to be represented being the 3rd best team in the East and the only player worthy is PG. I would be shocked if he doesn't!
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Pacers have to be represented being the 3rd best team in the East and the only player worthy is PG. I would be shocked if he doesn't!
We've had a lot of change since this thread started. I have to say that I didn't think we'd be in the top 3 at the break which now looks likely with 2cd. being very possible. I thought West would be our most likely all star if we had one and I have to say I was wrong there as well. I still don't see us getting in 2 but I think PG will make it now with the way he's picked his game up. If PG doesn't get in over Johnson or JR Smith, that would be an injustice.
honestly, IMO, David West and Paul George both need to be in Houston, probably will only be Paul George though, when are the reserves announced?
In the last (non-lockout schedule) season, it was announced on February 3rd (A Thursday):
So my guess is February 7th (first Thursday in Feb in '13)
I'm expecting David West to make it. Would be pleasantly surprised if Paul George makes it. Keep in mind that the AS game is a popularity contest, and "star" players get selected many times because of their name. Because of this, borderline guys like Joe Johnson and Paul Pierce will get in before PG
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
PG also out played LBJ. Obviously he's half the player LBJ is. It's just one game. Coaches will always take the whole season into account, and for the whole season PG has been a lot better player than JJ.
And it's COACHES, plural. They aren't voting on watching the full slate of games each night. They are busy dealing with their own games. So they see these players live, which makes the strongest impression, and a little bit in some scouting tapes. And it's not like the tapes are full of Paul (or West) sucking it up. These coaches are trying to figure out who to focus on and how they can be stopped, if possible. Few of the coaches are going to be dialed in on the specifics of the BRK/IND game. 2 coaches really watched that game, and maybe a couple of others got some sense of it. But it's barely a blip on their radar, and if Paul comes to their arena and brings terror then the outcome of some other single game won't make a dent at all on their view.
Paul has become the focus for many opposing coaches, though West was that before Paul. This is why it's a close call, both have had long periods of being very difficult to deal with and each have given heartburn to a ton of coaches this season.
West was fading and then looked in the mirror and said "F*** that noise". Dude goes Trip Dub, then 27 points on 11-19 in BRK, and then goes 15-8-4 tonight on 6/13 shooting. Paul is in, but West refused to go gentle into that good night. We could very possibly see 2 Pacers reps in Houston still.
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LANDOVER, Md.—The Redskins received good news on Robert Griffin III's right knee injury Sunday night.
After an MRI was taken, the team announced Griffin had no serious ligament damage. The injury was being termed a knee sprain, with coach Mike Shanahan expected to provide more details Monday.
Griffin didn't think the injury was serious, but the intense pain got his attention.
"I screamed, like a man, of course," Griffin said following Sunday's 31-28 victory in overtime against the Ravens. "It hurt really bad."
But Griffin also said it didn't feel like he had torn his anterior cruciate ligament.
"I'm not a doctor, but I know what an ACL feels like, and it doesn't feel like an ACL," Griffin said. "Hopefully we can have some positive, positive things that come out of the MRI. I took an X-ray, and it was a very good X-ray. I'm not too nervous, but I'll definitely be praying during the MRI."
Later Sunday night, RG3 tweeted, "Your positive vibes and prayers worked people!!!! To God be the Glory!"
The injury occurred during the Redskins' final drive in regulation. After Griffin scrambled downfield, he was tackled as he was going down by Haloti Ngata. Griffin's leg was extended awkwardly on the play. He spoke at his postgame press conference as usual, but he walked slowly and limped to the podium.
Griffin showed the toughness that has endeared him to teammates after his injury. He was helped off the field, but returned after missing just one play. Throwing off one leg, stayed in the game for four more plays and completed two passes—a 15-yarder to Santana Moss and a 22-yarder to Pierre Garcon. But after his next pass was incomplete, Griffin slumped to the ground and had to be helped off again.
This time, he didn't return.
"I knew I needed to get out at that point," Griffin said. "I couldn't move. At some point, you have to do what's right for the team. If I would have played the rest of that game, I probably would have hurt myself even more. You gotta trust those guys, and trust yourself when you know enough is enough. When I first came out, I didn't think enough was enough. But after being out there for a few plays, and realizing that I really couldn't do too much, I had to get out."
It ended well for Redskins, when rookie backup Kirk Cousins completed the touchdown drive and scored on a two-point conversion that sent the game into overtime. Now with the good news on Griffin's MRI, the Redskins will hope he can recover quickly enough to play in Week 15.
If RG3 has to miss any time, it'll be up to Cousins to continue the Redskins' recent hot streak. They've won four straight in large part because of the dangers posed by Griffin—with both his arm and his legs.
With Cousins, the Redskins likely would not use a lot of the zone read game they love to use with Griffin. Cousins ran a more traditional offense in college and can run the Redskins' usual play-action game. He's not a threat to run with the ball, so the zone read would not be as big a weapon.
Cousins has an excellent arm and moves well in the pocket. He feels pressure and will slide away from it, as he did on the 11-yard touchdown pass to Garcon in the final minute. But Cousins also has shown, in the preseason and in relief vs. Atlanta earlier this year, a willingness to take more chances with the ball.
That can result in big plays but also more turnovers (which is what happened with Cousins at Michigan State). Griffin has thrown just four interceptions this season. The players say they believe in Cousins and, based on what he did Sunday, they should. But it would be a major test for the Redskins to play a full game without the player credited for the franchise's turnaround.
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The forward will be out indefinitely after suffering a tear of the plantar fascia of his right foot in Tuesday's win in Brooklyn.
"I'm hoping to recover asap so I can be back with the team and keep fighting until the end of the season," tweeted Gasol, who won't be in Boston tonight when the Lakers (23-26) face the Celtics (24-23).
Gasol had an MRI Wednesday, but will fly today to Los Angeles for more evaluation from Lakers team doctor Steve Lombardo and foot specialist Dr. Kenneth Jung. The Lakers will then provide a timetable for Gasol's return.
Plantar fasciitis involves painful swelling on the soft tissue under the arch of the foot. It can also extend from heel to toe.
"If it's a one-third tear, within four to six weeks he should be OK," said Dr. Robert Khorramian, a Santa Monica foot and ankle specialist. "If it's a two-third tear, it would go much higher, possibly eight to 10 weeks. When there's over a two-third or a complete tear, we advise surgery. That takes 12 to 14 weeks."
To make matters worse, the Lakers could remain without Dwight Howard for a while. He's missed the past three games because of a torn labrum in his right shoulder and hasn't indicated when he'll return.
How do the Lakers adjust?
"We have to think and look at the personnel we have available and who we're matching up against," Kobe Bryant said. "We have to figure out the best way strategically to attack them with the pieces we have."
The Lakers managed that against Brooklyn after Gasol hobbled off the court with 3:51 remaining.
Bryant played through tendinitis in his right elbow. He made only 9 of 24 shots and had five turnovers Tuesday but finished with 21 points, eight rebounds, four assists and four steals. Earl Clark, who likely will start at center, logged his seventh double-double since becoming part of the rotation. Antawn Jamison, who likely will start at small forward, came close to posting his sixth consecutive double-digit effort.
Metta World Peace will return from a one-game suspension and possibly play at power forward to defend Kevin Garnett. The Celtics lack star point guard Rajon Rondo because of a season-ending ACL injury to his right knee, but they have gone 4-0 during his absence.
The Lakers may be more inclined to the disabled player trade exception stemmed from Jordan Hill's season-ending hip injury. The Lakers can use that to sign a free agent for up to one season or acquire a player making up to $1.88 million through a trade.
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Gasol nursed plantar fasciitis in his right foot for most of the season. That significantly worsened against Brooklyn. After he said he "tweaked" his fascia in the first half, Gasol said he felt a "pop" in his foot while trying to block Brook Lopez's shot late in the game.
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For the mornings when an ordinary slice of pound cake won't do, meet the Black Sesame Loaf ($3.50) from Abraço. It's simultaneously dense and delicate, the toasty, warm aroma of black sesame accented with almonds. The seeds are ground and folded into the batter, turning the entire loaf a charcoal grey shade, the edges a nutty brown.
They used to bake this cake with fresh pears (which is even more amazing), but plain and simple is just as good, especially when you have a cortado on the side. Pick up an slice of olive oil cake for tomorrow, and if you spot the Cardamom Coffee Cake, a wedge of that as well!
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Chargers linebacker Takeo Spikes recently paid a visit to King-Chavez Preparatory Academy in San Diego, the winners of a PLAY 60 Super School visit.
During the visit, Takeo presented the school with a $10,000 health and wellness grant on behalf of the NFL and got active with the kids during physical education class. He spoke to the kids about the importance of being healthy and staying fit and what inspires him to live a healthy lifestyle.
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Christmas shopping in Vienna is delightful - shops displaying their latest christmas merchandise, streets alit with glistening lights, stalls serving hot wine and chocolates and Austrians flocking to the stores ticking off their christmas shopping list. Temperatures have been hovering above the zero mark, making it a lot easier to venture around the off-beaten paths. Above is the main shopping street in the middle of Vienna called Stephansplatz, aptly named after the main catholic church.
I picked up a total of 11 eyeshadows. The eyeshadows are so beautifully pigmented and there's just too many to choose from.
Here are all the swatches of the eyeshadows for reference. Each inglot single pan eyeshadow costs 7 euros.
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E078172 boomerang, wood, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia.
This boomerang is from the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia. The wooden boomerang has a slightly off-centre curve. One surface of the boomerang is flat while the other is convex or curves outwards. The boomerang was collected by Alexander Morrison in the late 19th or early 20th Century. It was acquired by the Australian Museum in 1981.
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January 4, 2013 5:00 am
Want to set a Hall of Fame voter straight? Here's how to do it.
While looking toward the future with our comprehensive slate of current content, we'd also like to recognize our rich past by drawing upon our extensive (and mostly free) online archive of work dating back to 1997. In an effort to highlight the best of what's gone before, we'll be bringing you a weekly blast from BP's past, introducing or re-introducing you to some of the most informative and entertaining authors who have passed through our virtual halls. If you have fond recollections of a BP piece that you'd like to nominate for re-exposure to a wider audience, send us your suggestion.
Derek offered a handy guide to persuading Hall of Fame voters to see things your way in the piece reprinted below, which was originally published as a "Prospectus Toolbox" column on January 22, 2008.
February 2, 2009 5:23 pm
An overview of a series that features all four leagues' champions this time around.
Normally, I'd start this preview by setting the scene in Mexicali, Mexico, the site of this year's Caribbean Series-you know, lightly bragging about the good weather and local hospitality while the bulk of our readership suffers through yet another harsh North American winter. But I can't open with that intro, because I am in fact writing from New York City. Although I was looking forward to finally visiting Baja California, for reasons too boring to get into in this space, unlike the past couple of years I'll be following this year's series on TV, courtesy of the MLB Network. For that reason, we won't have daily columns on the Series, and most updates on any issues that may arise during the Series will go up on Unfiltered.
For anyone who's new to the Caribbean Series, this is how it works: a field of four national teams, representing the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, face off in a week-long round-robin tournament, each team playing its three opponents twice apiece-that's a doubleheader per day at a single site in the host country. The national teams are their respective winter leagues' champions, "reinforced" with talent from throughout the league. So, for example, if the US were participating in this kind of tourney, their representative would be the Phillies, and the Phils would be free to select an American third baseman or catcher to strengthen themselves at those positions. Ideally, the ultimate effect is something that's better than just a good winter league team, but a bit more cohesive than a hastily assembled national all-star team. I say "ideally" because, particularly in recent years, the reality is that many of the winter league stalwarts who are the property of a major league club are denied permission to participate, or they decide on their own to rest up for spring training, rather than play in the Series. These defections, which seem to have been exacerbated this year by the World Baseball Classic, leave some Caribbean Series teams as an undistinguished patchwork of mediocre talents. Without further ado, here are some quick highlights of the teams who'll be taking the field in Mexicali.
September 22, 2008 11:49 am
The experience of showing up early and engraving a send-off into one man's memory.
Uncomfortable confession time: unlike just about all the big-time sports fans I know, I don't have any real recollection of the first professional game I attended. I've tried everything short of hypnosis to recapture the memory-I've done memory exercises, scanned old papers, scoured Retrosheet like a man panning for gold-but every time I think that I have a finger on that first memory, I'll find a contradiction that makes my recollection out to be a liar. I don't remember who started, who won, who the opponent was, and I've come to doubt anything I speculated about the lineup or the roster.
The one memory that I have, clear and true, is of my very first reaction to the ballpark. I remember walking out of Yankee Stadium's cavernous concourses, and out into the sunlight, and being absolutely shocked when I saw the playing field. All I could do was gawk at Yankee Stadium's perfectly manicured turf. I'd seen this very field hundreds of times on television, but nothing had prepared me. I simply did not know that grass could be so green.
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August 19, 2008 12:08 pm
Answering a few readers questions, and addressing the relative merits of a few metrics.
Yes, I know, another mailbag article. All I can say in my defense is that as long as folks send me thought-provoking e-mails, I'm going to get distracted and run a little off-course. So it's all your fault, really.
August 5, 2008 12:00 am
In search of reader-friendly clarity on minor matters.
At the end of Saturday's installment of Toolbox, I promised to move ahead to the pitchers this week. Once again, good feedback and a general desire to make sure the class is all on board with what we're talking about before moving on to the next thing keeps us from going forward. That's mainly my fault—the last few Toolboxes have been light on the Further Reading and bullet point sections, which might have helped clarify issues before they got out of hand.
August 2, 2008 12:00 am
All things being equalized... the new report on the Baseball Prospectus Statistics page.
The bookmark on my browser that brings me to Baseball Prospectus every day is set to the Statistics page. Even if I'm not looking something up—say if I want to go to one of the chats or see what's new on Unfiltered—that's where I start off. Often, I don't really look at the Stats page—either because it's a way station to wherever else I'm headed, or because I'm so familiar with it that I take it for granted. A few days ago, I was en route to the Glossary when something stopped me cold.
July 15, 2008 12:00 am
Installment the Third in an examination of deviations and their ramifications.
This quote represents the only resonant moment in the apocryphal third Godfather movie-a film ruined by, in no particular order, nepotism, over-acting, a filmmaker in financial difficulty, and a script that went through approximately 8,000 drafts and was compromised by cast defections. Regardless of the above flaws, whenever I think I've wrapped something up nicely, and then find that I can't move on, it's Al Pacino's voice I hear in my head, in full Scent of a Woman scenery-chewing mode, lamenting his inability to move on to a post-Cosa Nostra life. Two installments of the Scales Project ago, I announced that we'd conclude last week, but the previous edition seems to have raised more questions than it answered. Since I'm a question-answering kind of guy, we'll stick with relievers for another week-I trust you'll let me know if this looks as if it's becoming a quagmire.
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July 8, 2008 12:00 am
With the aid of feedback and some mathematical daring, sorting out what words like good, bad, and average mean.
In the past few editions of Toolbox, we've been discussing pitching statistics, and trying to answer one of the big questions that I receive frequently in emails: with all of these fancy statistics we've got here at Baseball Prospectus, how do you know what's good, bad, or in between? The answer so far has been to go stat-by-stat, comparing and averaging out performances over the last three years using a methodology borrowed from Kevin Goldstein and William Burke. You can check out the first two articles in the series here and here.
July 1, 2008 12:00 am
The Feds target Greg Anderson's wife, the House Oversight Committee causes more commotion, and the Supreme Court doesn't play fantasy baseball.
Since the last edition of Stupid Lawyer Tricks, we've had a lot of legal wrangling affect the wide world of baseball. Here's a quick rundown of the latest legal news that somehow involves the industry.
The Feds Lean on Mrs. Greg Anderson: As you might recall, the US Attorney's office re-introduced its case against and re-indicted Barry Bonds in mid-May, after having its original indictment dismissed on technical grounds. This turn of events has kicked back the trial in the United States v. Bonds until at least next March.
June 24, 2008 12:00 am
Reader response to defining the good, the bad, the and ugly bad, and turning that same firehose on relief pitching.
After a short delay, we're back with the next phase of the "Scales Project," this time bringing the methodology we borrowed from William Burke and Kevin Goldstein to bear on relief pitchers. Recapping from last time, the method I used for the starters was to take the top 150 pitchers each year (basically, the equivalent of five starters per team), ranked by the number of innings they threw as starters, and then within that sample I ranked the players according to various statistics (ERA and SNLVAR). Those pitchers were then averaged out with like-ranked players from the years 2005-2007. So the top pitcher profile, per SNLVAR-a composite of Roger Clemens's 2005, Johan Santana's 2006, and Jake Peavy's 2007-posted an average SNLVAR of 9.0, had an average record of 17 wins and 6.7 losses, an average VORP of 79.9, and so forth. We then used these rankings to divide the sample into thirds-Good, Average, and Bad, as ranked by that statistic-and further took the top half and bottom half, respectively, of the Good and Bad groups to have a profile of Elite and Superbad performance in each statistic. For the starters, this method outlined a scale for each statistic, which looked like this:
June 3, 2008 12:00 am
Not all the kids can be above average, so how do we define it?
When it comes to baseball's numbers, I'm often more interested in how they function as language than anything else. As Joe Sheehan recently pointed out, the 500- and 600-home run milestones don't, for analytical purposes, have that much value over the numbers 499 and 599, or 501 and 601, for that matter. They're round numbers that end in double zeroes, and that's why we paid more attention to Manny Ramirez's at-bats this weekend than we did his at-bats the weekend before, and more attention than we'll pay to his at-bats during the weekend to come.
May 20, 2008 12:00 am
The quest to best determine offensive efficiency continues.
I was ready to move on, but last week's column generated a lot of comment, so we're sticking with baserunners left on base for today's column. Now, last week we looked at the correlation between leaving runners on base-the Team LOB statistic-and run scoring, by looking at team totals of those stats going back to 1971. I kept the conversation limited to raw totals of runners left on base, times on base, and runs scored for two reasons: first, because that was the question that had been asked, and second, because raw totals are the way the left on base stat is most often used and discussed. Once the strike-shortened seasons of 1981, 1994, and 1995 were omitted (although I failed to take the first strike year, 1972, out of the sample) the teams were on more or less equal footing in terms of opportunities to put men on base, score runs, or strand them.
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NEW YORK — Supermarket chain Stop & Shop will work with Foodshare to sponsor events at its stores in Hartford, Conn., to help qualifying residents access the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit.
About 70% of Connecticut residents who qualify for SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program, actually receive the benefit, Stop & Shop said. This is because of such issues as language barriers, lack of transportation or lack of knowledge of the program.
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Lord Rayleigh and the Discovery of Argon: August 13, 1894"A searcher obedient to truth," he found a truth he was not searching for.
Ed. Note: This column has been contributed by guest author Richard Williams.
John William Strutt
3rd Baron Rayleigh
His work covered much of physics. Among the things named for him are Rayleigh Scattering, the Rayleigh-Jeans Equation, the Rayleigh Refractometer, and the Rayleigh Criterion for Resolution. His two-volume book The Theory of Sound, 1042 pages in all, published in 1877, was definitive at the time and is still in print. He was among the most eminent physicists of his era. What ultimately brought him the Nobel Prize was the discovery of argon. How this happened is one of the most remarkable stories in the annals of science.
As a physicist, Rayleigh tended to be direct and decisive, with a clear goal in mind. In the argon discovery, however, things were quite the opposite. His experiments were not aimed at the final result. He began by working to test Prout's Hypothesis from 1815, that the atomic weights of many elements were integral multiples of the atomic weight of hydrogen taken as unity.
The unusually difficult experiments are described in the biography, Life of John William Strutt, Third Baron Rayleigh, by his son Robert John Strutt. Rayleigh began by weighing hydrogen and oxygen gases to determine their densities. A 2-liter flask was evacuated, weighed, and then weighed again after being filled with the gas. Buoyancy of the room air affected the observed weight, and in turn was affected by the room temperature and barometric pressure. The experiments were done by a trusted assistant, closely supervised by Rayleigh himself, and went on for several years. His result for the ratio of the density of oxygen to hydrogen was 15.882, which appeared to Rayleigh to contradict the weight of 16 for oxygen.
To complete the study he then turned to what seemed like an easier problem, weighing nitrogen. The easiest way of obtaining the "pure" gas was to remove the other then-known constituents of air, oxygen, carbon dioxide and water vapor, by chemical means. His result was in good agreement with a measurement published several years earlier. At this point, he made the decision that changed the entire course of the investigation. "With characteristic caution he wished to confirm the result by a different method of preparing the gas." He obtained the nitrogen by chemical reactions of ammonia or other nitrogen-containing compounds. The result was a surprise. After two years of work he had to conclude that nitrogen of chemical origin was always about 0.5% less dense than that obtained from air, well beyond experimental error. He was unable to explain it. His first report of it in Nature, 46, 512 [1892], began "I am much puzzled by some recent results as to the density of nitrogen, and shall be obliged if any of your readers can offer suggestions as to the cause." None was forthcoming.
Finally, William Ramsay, a chemist from University College, London, learned of Rayleigh's results. He proposed that air might contain a previously unknown heavy gas that was not removed by the chemical methods used to remove the other constituents. Around this time Rayleigh learned of an experiment by physicist Henry Cavendish in 1795 that hinted at an unknown constituent of air. Cavendish had mixed air with additional oxygen and passed electric sparks from an electrostatic generator through the gas, in contact with an alkali solution. This removed the nitrogen and oxygen. At the end of a long experiment a tiny bubble of gas remained. He suggested that the bubble was a non-reactive gaseous constituent of the atmosphere. The experiment was never repeated and was forgotten for nearly a hundred years. Rayleigh repeated the experiment with equipment that produced a stronger electrical discharge. This worked, and about a cubic centimeter of gas was accumulated. It did not show the slightest trace of the nitrogen spectrum nor did it show any chemical reaction.
Meanwhile Ramsay showed that red-hot magnesium removed both nitrogen and oxygen from the air. He accumulated enough of the residual gas to measure the spectrum, specific heat and other properties. Rayleigh and Ramsay combined their efforts and confirmed the existence of a new, inert, monatomic constituent of the atmosphere. Lord Kelvin called this the greatest discovery of the year. They announced their discovery at the August, 1894, meeting of the British Association for Science. These meetings were similar to APS meetings, with many contributions, all with abstracts of a hundred words or so. The Association's report of their research was curiously brief for such an important discovery. It read, in its entirety:
Monday, August 13 "1. A joint meeting with Section A was held, at which Lord Rayleigh, Sec. R.S., and Professor W. Ramsay, F.R.S., gave a preliminary account of a New Gaseous Constituent of Air."
Ramsay went on to discover He [known from the solar spectrum, but not previously known on Earth], Ne, Kr, and Xe.
This discovery brings to mind Alexander Pope's epitaph for Isaac Newton: "Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, Let Newton be! and all was light." Argon and four other elemental gases lay hid in plain sight, there in every breath. Rayleigh's diligent physics and Ramsay's savvy chemistry brought all to light.
The name "argon" was proposed by H.G. Madan, from the Greek word, aergon meaning "inert" or "lazy". It is a contraction of two words, "a" and "ergon." The "a" is a prefix negating the following word, as in "apolitical," or, indeed, "atom." The "ergon" is "energy," as in the "erg" of physics.
Rayleigh and Ramsay each received the Nobel Prize in 1904, Rayleigh for Physics and Ramsay for Chemistry.
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There's an ancient customary belief, still extant among some few of all populations, that time alone gives a manner of doing things a certain merit.
This belief, spawned in an age when all wisdom was handed down orally by one's forebears, consisted largely of sentiment stoutly reinforced with familiarity ? fear of the unknown.
Of this last there was plenty in those days and for this reason this manner of thinking was best.
Even today one sees time's value vaunted on packagers of food and other products.
But today breakfast foods are being frequently developed that are better tasting and more nutritious than the old foods.
The same goes for most everything that's manufactured.
Medical instruments are being invented almost daily that are more efficient, more effective and less painful.
Customs are essential to every creature on earth because customs are formed habits and learning is habit formation.
Everything man or any other animal or insect knows is a custom.
Yet every custom should be suspect, because things change; a custom's appropriately causative conditions often no longer obtain. Two-way traffic for instance, now so inappropriate for motorized vehicles, became customary when people traveled in buggies pulled by horses.
An even more stark example is the custom of war, that, now so ridiculous between intelligent human beings, became fittingly customary before man had achieved language and information was conveyed by action. Amen to Jim Hall's of Nov. 24.
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The Norfolk Family Justice Board had its inaugural meeting on 17 July 2012. It was set up following the recommendations of the Family Justice Review (a comprehensive, independently chaired review examining the family justice system). Norfolk Family Justice Board is concerned with both private law cases (separation and divorce, including arrangements for children) and public law cases (judgements in cases involving abuse or neglect and whether to place children in the care of the local authority).
Accepting the conclusion of the Family Justice Review that there was a need for improved leadership and co-ordination of the family justice system, the Government established the national Family Justice Board in March 2012 to provide leadership, drive performance improvements and improve cross-agency working. . The Board, independently chaired by David Norgrove (who chaired the Family Justice Review), comprises members who are the executive heads of the agencies collectively responsible for delivering family justice, and the senior judiciary attend the Board as observers. Local Family Justice Boards are responsible for delivering the national Family Justice Board agenda at the local level. They are based around Care Centre catchment areas and meet four times a year. Essentially, their effectiveness relies on the active co-operation and collaboration of LFJB members and the agencies they represent.
The Chair of the NFJB is Professor June Thoburn. Its membership includes representatives from barristers and solicitors; family mediators; Cafcass, Health practitioners; HM Courts and Tribunal Service, the Legal Aid Agency; Norfolk Children's Social Care and Norfolk Safeguarding Children Board. the Designated Family Judge, a District Judge and a Magistrate are participant observers.


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OAKLEY — Anyone interested in seeing Oakley establish an equestrian center is invited to voice opinions and suggestions at a meeting the city is hosting this week.
Moderated by Mayor Kevin Romick, the public gathering will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in the council chamber at City Hall, 3231 Main St.
Proponents of the idea will describe what they would like to have — a spacious facility that includes an arena and a large expanse of land where horse enthusiasts can hold shows and competitions — as well as identifying possible sites and sharing thoughts on how the project might be financed.
The premises also could be used by young people involved in 4-H and National FFA Organization, groups that need a place to raise and show livestock, said Oakley resident and horse owner Nancy D'Cruz.
In addition, she and others say a place that caters to the area's equestrian community could double as a venue for farmers markets that showcase locally produced wines and produce, thereby highlighting two facets of Oakley's rural roots.
D'Cruz is among a loose-knit group of horse lovers who have created a Facebook page named PACE Oakley — Promoting Agricultural Community & Equestrian in East Contra Costa — to promote their interests.
They maintain that a riding facility would draw visitors from around Northern California and beyond, reinvigorating Oakley's economy with the additional sales tax revenue they would generate by patronizing local restaurants, motels and other businesses.
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The Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance held its 18th annual show at the Ritz Carlton hotel and golf resort in March. The show is a fundraiser for the Hospice of Northeast Florida and plays a vital role in funding this important organization.
Event founder Bill Warner is a racing enthusiast, and thanks to his efforts, the show honors a top race driver each year. For 2013 he selected veteran racer and TV commentator Sam Posey, who participated in many different motorsports venues during his career. One of his more notable accomplishments came at the 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans, where he drove a Ferrari 365 Daytona for the North American Racing Team (NART). He finished Sixth overall and Second in class, a few spots ahead of the NART ZL1 Corvette crewed by this author.
The four-day Concours is filled with auctions, wine tastings, driving experiences, fine-art displays, and keynote seminars. On Sunday the 10th and 18th fairways are filled to capacity with some of the finest automobiles from around the world. Corvette fans were well taken care of at Amelia this year, with special tribute paid to the 50th anniversary of the original Sting Ray. (See related story.)
The other big news for Corvette fans centered around the stunning new C7 Stingray, one of which was on prominent display at the show-field entrance on Sunday. The well-traveled Cyber Gray C7 was surrounded by every generation of Corvette from C1 to C6, much as it was at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January.
On Sunday a reserved area on the northwest corner of the show field was reserved for '63 Sting Rays. The display featured one ultrarare Grand Sport owned by the Collier Foundation in Naples, Florida, as well as the original Stingray prototype, which is owned by GM.
The showcase also included former race and show cars that currently reside in private collections. Several of significant Z06-optioned cars were on display, including one previously owned by Mickey Thompson. It was one of six that Zora Arkus-Duntov delivered to Thompson in late 1962 to race at a track in Riverside, California. While this particular car never raced at Riverside, it did appear at Daytona in 1963, where it set the pole and finished Third in overall.
Speaking of unusual Stingrays, ProTeam Corvette Sales displayed a righthand-drive '63 coupe that was converted by GM in Australia. It was shown at the 1963 Melbourne Motor Show and has only been driven a little over 22,000 miles since new. The flawless conversion looked like it could have been done at the St. Louis Assembly Plant.
Across the show field was an area for unusual cars called "What Were They Thinking?" Mid America Motorworks' Mike Yager used this space to display the driveable bare chassis of his '64 XP819 Corvette prototype. It's difficult to imagine how much time it took Corvette Repair, located in Valley Stream, New York, to rebuild this incredible Corvette, much of which had to be re-fabricated along the way. The body is slated to be installed sometime next year.
Bill Warner should be very proud of the growth and quality of the Amelia Concours d'Elegance. It offers the right mix of atmosphere, elegance, variety, and a chance to mingle with a veritable "who's who" of the automotive hobby. If you're planning on attending the 19th show next year on March 7-9, make your hotel reservations soon, as area hotels invariably sell out. You won't be disappointed.
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For a weekly columnist who is regularly published on Thursdays throughout the year, November is particularly appealing. That's because guys like us can always coast to at least one week's paycheck with the annual "Things I'm Thankful For" piece on Thanksgiving Day.
You know the one I'm talking about. It's the one where we list all the great things we love about sports, and we describe why we're thankful for various players and performances on our favorite teams. It's about the most effortless 750 words we'll write all year, and we do it shamelessly.
Well, not me. I'm not that kind of slacker.
This year, I'm not going to take the easy way out by listing all the things I'm thankful for in the 2012 sports world.
Instead, I'm going to go in the opposite direction by listing the people and events I've been most disgusted by in 2012. In honor of today's Thanksgiving Day feast, just think of them as Cleveland's 2012 "Turkeys of the Year".
Yes, I'm that kind of slacker.
In no particular order, Cleveland's 2012 Turkeys of the Year:
-- Mike Holmgren: The Big Show wasn't interested in coaching anymore, he said, but was willing to accept a massive contract while being miscast as a club executive by Randy Lerner. Then, during his exit interview with local media, he announces that he won't rule out coaching again. Just not here. Boy, the wattle on this turkey.
-- LeBron James: I know he doesn't play in Cleveland anymore, but he still counts. And all he did in 2012 was win the NBA regular season MVP, an NBA championship, and NBA Finals MVP award, and an Olympic gold medal. And I hated every second of it.
-- Joe Haden: One could make a relatively convincing case that the Browns would have two more victories this season had the team's best defensive player not missed four games for violating the NFL's drug policy.
-- Justin Masterson: The workhorse who posted a 3.21 ERA over 216 innings in 2011 looked more like the business end of a workhorse in 2012. A career-worst 4.93 ERA disappointed Tribe management and made certain columnists who proclaimed him a bona fide ace look like, ahem, well, you get the picture.
-- Chris Antonetti: The Indians' GM could be gobbling this year for a number of reasons, including the decision to bring back Grady Sizemore for 5 million wasted dollars prior to the season. But he'll wear the colorful feathers for the decision not to give slugger Josh Willingham the extra year he wanted, at a bargain rate of $7 million, to become the right-handed, power-hitting outfielder the Tribe desperately needed.
-- Jim Tressel: Although Tressel's crimes weren't technically committed in 2012, he makes this year's list because of what he's done to this year's Buckeyes. With OSU a perfect 11-0 under Urban Meyer, the Bucks could be in line for a spot in the BCS title game, but the probation brought on by Tressel's decision to allow ineligible players to participate in 2010 makes this year's campaign all but irrelevant.
-- Matt LaPorta: He could have made Antonetti's Willingham decision a non-issue, but chose to mope his way through spring training, swinging and missing at everything he saw when given a chance to win the left-field job. The one-time can't-miss kid has now been outrighted to the minors, where he can scratch and peck his way around Columbus.
-- Kyrie Irving: OK, this probably isn't fair, but the Cavaliers' best, and most watchable player broke a giblet and will miss at least the next 15 games. Gobble gobble.
-- Ubaldo Jimenez: See Justin Masterson above and repeat most of it in Spanish.
-- Anonymous New York Jets: Again, not in Cleveland, but who cares. The numerous Jets who went to the New York media and stabbed teammate Tim Tebow in the back, calling him "terrible" and worse, should be bounced off the roster. It's one thing to have a problem with a teammate, it's another to slander a guy without having the giblets (Can we use that term for two different body parts?) to attach your name to it.
-- Roberto Hernandez: The under-achieving 2012 Indians' turkey was formerly known as a chicken.
-- Lance Armstrong: From hero and inspiration to millions to disgraced fraud -- in Cleveland and beyond -- in less time than it once took to bike up a French mountainside.
-- NFL officials: This refers to those on the field and those in the league offices, both of whom have conspired to destroy the spirit of true competition on the field for fear of litigation off it. Players are being fined at a ridiculous rate for the egregious crimes of blocking and tackling. The league has redefined the term "defenseless" player to include players who have too much tunnel-vision to look around at their surroundings and know when to protect themselves. Tacklers are being forced to defy the laws of physics to stop themselves from hitting players' heads even after they've aimed at the chest. Following the NFL's lead, boxers will soon be fined for punching anywhere above the waist, lest they cause a head injury in their voluntarily violent sport. Thanks for nothing, Commissioner Roger Gobbell.
Bob Frantz hosts "The Bob Frantz Show" on WTAM-AM 1100 from 7 p.m. to midnight weeknights, and following Cavaliers, Indians and Browns games.


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Topic: Violarob in Texas: one-year update
Howdy to all: Allow me to share my story with you. It may be helpful to those who pass through this web site. I will try to pack the maximum information in minimum space, so forgive me if the style seems austere, spartan or unfeeling.
ME: 50-year-old white single male, with 20+ years of chronic hepatitis B infection (since 1988) and 10 years of cirrhosis caused by hep B (since 1999).
2003: diagnosed with gastric varices. Began treatment with Hepsera (adefovir) to suppress hep B. Treatment successful, virus completely suppressed for 5 years.
2003-2008: Screened every 6 months with ultrasound and MRI to watch for liver cancer and/or worsening of cirrhosis.
January 2008: ultrasound shows possible small lesions. MRI also shows possible small lesions. Number and size of lesions difficult to visualize on scans, biopsy ordered. Biopsy confirms malignant cells, but pathologist unable to distinguish whether it is HCC or cholangiocarcinoma.
February 2008: TACE procedure (transarterial chemoembolization) performed with doxorubicin. During the procedure, 7 lesions were visualized, 2 of them being 2 cm in diameter, and 5 of them being 0.5 cm or less in diameter. Only the largest lesion was treated with doxorubicin. Diagnosis was changed to multifocal HCC. I was deemed to not be a candidate for liver transplantation, or resection or radiofrequency ablation, due to the extent of the existing cirrhosis and the multifocal nature of the cancer. I was advised to seek consultation with a liver cancer specialist.
March 2008: I was accepted as a patient at MD Anderson cancer center. MDA pathology determined that my cancer was neither HCC nor cholangiocarcinoma, but a very rare mixed cancer which is a combination of the two types. (It is usually called "mixed cholangiohepatocellular carcinoma"). It was determined that the chemoembolization did stabilize the one tumor that was treated. MDA also agreed that I was not a candidate for resection or radiofrequency ablation. I was started on a chemotherapy regimen of Gemzar (gemcitabine), and cisplatin infusion given once every 3 weeks. (the usual regimen is to infuse once a week or once every 2 weeks, but my platelet count would only tolerate once every 3 weeks). In addition, I was prescribed Tarceva (erlotinib) pill, 150 mg taken once a day.
April 2008: I launched on an intensive program to educate myself about this rare cancer and cholangiocarcinoma in general as well, and also to investigate all the dietary, supplemental and alternative treatments available. I scoured the internet daily for information. The most valuable resource I found was a book called "Beating Cancer with Nutrition" by Patrick Quillan. So, in addition to the formal chemotherapy I was receiving at MD Anderson, I created my own regimen consisting of low-sugar diet guided by the glycemic index chart of food values. Daily supplements included selenium, alpha lipoic acid, milk thistle, CoQ10, resveratrol, rice tocotrienols, red yeast rice. Celebrex (a COX-2 inhibitor) was added to my drug regimen at my request as a chemotherapy potentiator. I also practiced home hyperthermia 24 hours after each chemotherapy treatment by immersion in a jacuzzi for 45 minutes until my temperature rose to 102 degrees. I also took a coffee enema 4 days after each chemo treatment to clean out all the dead cells and toxic chemicals from my intestinal tract. Information on all the above can be found easily on the internet via Google search.
June 2008: After 4 rounds of chemotherapy, CT scan revealed that all lesions had decreased in size. The smallest lesions were now almost too small to be seen on scan (the radiologist described them as "tiny"). I was very lucky with my chemotherapy regimen; I did not ever have nausea or vomiting. I did not suffer from fatigue and did not lose my hair. I had good appetite and good energy. I went to the gym and swam every day. I continued the Gemzar, cisplatin and Tarceva throughout the summer and early autumn.
October 2008: The 5 smaller lesions are now barely visible on CT scan. It is hoped that these lesions are now just residual scar tissue and are no longer active. I am now considered a candidate for radiofrequency ablation to treat the remaining 2 lesions which had started at 2 cm each and are now down to about 1.5 cm each. Chemotherapy is discontinued in preparation for surgery.
November 2008: Radiofrequency ablation surgery done at MD Anderson by Dr. Steven Curley, the man who invented the procedure. 100% ablation of both lesions was achieved. Intraoperative ultrasound did not reveal any other active lesions.
December 2008: Post-surgical follow up. It is decided to do at least 6 months of "clean-up" chemotherapy with only Gemzar to be infused every 2 weeks. Tarceva pill might be added again at a later date, depending on my progress. Follow-up scans will be done in February and May. I am cautioned that although I am cancer-free for now, this type of cancer tends to come back, even after successful resection or ablation. It is hoped that the "clean-up" chemo will greatly retard the possibility of recurrence. They expect that I can have several years of good health and good liver function, at which time there should be even better treatments available when/if I should need them. I plan to continue my home regimen of supplements indefinitely.
To all those who have been freshly diagnosed, remember this: When I was first diagnosed a year ago, I was given only a 20% chance of living for another year. Here it is, a year later, and I am happy, healthy and cancer-free for now. I don't know how long it will last, but it is a great feeling! So, my advice is to fight like hell, don't give up hope and do everything you can to help your doctors help you! Good luck, and bless all of you on this web site who have been so helpful to me this past year.
Violarob in Texas


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Nivea A Kiss of Moisture Essential Lip Care Reviews
A HUGE KISS for Nivea!In general, I love Maybelline's products. I was quite surprised at how quickly "Baby Lips" dried on my pout, forcing me to reapply again and again. Not so with Nivea's "A Kiss of Moisture Essential Lip Care" (about $3.00). It is packed with softening ingredients: Jojoba Oil, Shea Butter, Castor Seed Oil, Grape Seed Oil, Beeswax, Glycerin, Panthenol, and Vitamin E. My husband and I first gave ...read moreit the "overnight" test. We applied this emollient, rich fragrance- and scent-free formula over peeling lips and were impressed by the immediate comfort. This is a white balm, but it applies clear (no aggravating white spots remain on the corners of your mouth). We slept with it on. It the morning, a layer of clear protection still remained, and it exfoliated dead, dry skin. Because it is not intensely glossy, it is appropriate for uni-sex use; my husband was thrilled! I wouldn't recommend this as a base for lipstick, as the color tends to wander away from lips. It works as well as Vaseline, but Vaseline tends to be more messy and doesn't last as long. We have continued to use this. Our lips our soft, moist, appear more line-free and also more plump. This is now a staple in our must-have basic skin/body care supplies. — 4 years, 5 months agoGigiSD | 1102 reviews
NIVEA A KISS OF MOISTURE ESSENTIAL LIP CAREThis is hands down, the BEST lip balm I have ever tried. I personally like a thicker, more conditioning balm and this is it! This balm is the "Essential" balm in the dark blue tube. I'm making the distinction from the one in the light blue tube cause the alternative is significantly worse than the Essential version. I can't seem to find this dark blue tube of wonder in store anymore, so I order in...read more bulk online. It's a great night treatment for me, even topping my Jack Black Intense Lip Therapy. I love the texture of this balm. I can actually FEEL it on my lips, something that I truly enjoy as opposed to having more "slip" and lightweight balm. If you're looking for somthing more lightweight, buy the light blue tube. This balm doesn't have any issues with breaking me out around my lips and actually sinks into the lips, moisturizing deep within as well. Nivea "A Kiss of Moisture-Essential Lip Care" (non-SPF version!) came highly recommended to me by my regular physician. She said it was one of the best mild lip balms on the market (next to plain Vaseline) and I couldn't agree more. It's housed in a medium blue tube with a white cap. The balm is white, but glides on clear. It has a smooth and soft texture, not waxy, and has absolutely no flavor/taste. It's virtually fragrance-free -- I do discern a *very* subtle scent (Mustela-like?), but it's not enough to really notice, plus it's nice. The finish is glossy and it leaves my lips moisturized for hours. A perfect lipbalm for both day and night. My lips have been so dry and cracked around the edges recently due to weather changes. I tried the Blistex Restore/Revive product, which was the biggest waste ever. Luckily it was less than $2 so I didn't feel too bad about wasting money on it. I typically only use lip gloss everyday, but those do not protect or treat lips in any way whatsoever. I even tried using Vaseline in hopes that it would help because I've always had good exeriences with Vaseline in the past, in this case it did not help at all. I finally went to the store yesterday to find something else that would heal my lips. I found this product on sale for about $3 so I purchased it. I like Nivea product and this one gets relatively positive reviews so I got it. I love the packaging - it's light blue and really cute. The stick itself is solid white and applies on creamy. I noticed a difference in my lips within hours of using it. I applied it on last night and this morning my lips already look and feel so much better. This product works fast and feels so nice on my lips. I am glad I decided to try it because it works. It's saved my lips and I will continue using it. I will probably repurchase it in other colors/flavors just to try. — 5 years, 5 months agomihshelle | 182 reviews
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not enoughI liked this balm, but only when my lips were not extremely dry or chapped. I felt like it didn't deeply moisturize my lips like other balms such as blistex or carmex, which are cheaper. Therefore, I feel that this balm is overpriced and not of sufficient quality. It also did not last long and I felt like I had to reapply it often. Lastly, what I hated more than anything was that I could swipe thi...read mores lip balm on my lips 50 times and it would still feel like as if I only swiped it once. That's just weird. — 7 years, 11 months agokenya | 504 reviews
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IN LOVE.This balm moisturizins so well! The smell is nice and almost reminds me of cracked pepper. But, it is not an over whelming scent. I love the moisturizing properties so much! It does not make your lips white like some white lip balms do. It is a great over nigh treatment, but also great during the day. It smoothes my lips and does everything a lip bam should:) — 6 years, 2 months agoaly7 | 396 reviews
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Nice healthy shineThis Nivea lip moisturizer is like buttery moisturizing lip balm in a stick. It is hydrating, and gives my lips a shiny finish, but not greasy or waxy. When I feel like minty lip balm, I still use Burt's Bees. But when I just want to moisturize my lips, this is a good choice. Be aware though, if you are used to a light/solid chapstick, you may find this too rich and thick. I also like their packag...read moree. This is a bit bigger than a regular drugstore chapstick, and the cap is big too. BTW, I like this whole Nivea lip care line - so many to choose from. My favorite one is A Kiss of Milk and Honey. A Kiss of Protection Sun Protection Lip Care SPF 30 is great, and I use it when I know I would spend some time outside. And when I want a tiny bit of color on my lips, I use A Kiss of Flavor Cherry Tinted Lip Repair. — 6 years, 10 months agoluckybetty | 895 reviews
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Moisturizer by Your BedIf you'd like some type of lip balm next to your bed that does NOT have color, this balm by NIVEA is a great choice. When you have removed all your make up for the evening, this tube of fragrance-free balm is convenient to use beside your bed. It moisturizes your lips without leaving behind color to stain your pillowcase. I think a tube of CHAPSTICK is just as good and lasts a little longer but the price is still good and you can pick it up at your nearest drugstore. — 6 years, 8 months agoleo1999 | 678 reviews
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I love it.This is a staple lip balm. It is scented very slightly with that signature Nivea fragrance, which I love. There is no taste, and it gives you a light coverage with a slight shine. It is ergonomically designed and easy to use. It isn't super thick or long lasting, so for the middle of winter or for very chapped lips, I'll switch back to vaseline tube kind. — 8 years, 4 months agoMakeupGuru | 444 reviews
Awww.I like this lip balm. The thing is, I only got to use it for like 2 weeks until I mistakenly left it in my pocket and threw it in the wash then dryer. It basically evaporated the poor balm, leaving but an empty yet cheery bright blue semi-translucent shell. Okay it moisturizes crazy well, and has SPF. It doesn't make your lips white like Nivea's Kiss of Protection balm. It's also cheap and lasts a...read more long while, from what I can tell. Has a nice faint scent but no taste--thank goodness. The package is cute, and a welcome change for your typical lip balm. The tube is a little big, but that just means more product for me! — 8 years, 2 months agoRavenLoudspeakr | 301 reviews
My favorite Nivea productThis is my favorite Nivea product at this time (I say at this time because Nivea will surprise and come out with something new once in a blue moon - haha.) It is a bit on the soft side, making it easy to put on a little or a lot. I don't smell or taste anything in it (flavor or fragrance) a rarity in anything that says Nivea. I have several of these scattered throughout the house. I don't keep the...read morem in my purse as they will get too soft if they get warm (like a hot car) and the balm will shear off and make a mushy mess. — 4 years, 8 months agoNotJustGingerly | 143 reviews
A must have!I use this when I have extremely chapped lips and it works everytime! It's silky smooth and feels great when I put it on. I have a tube of it in my purse right now and I use it at least once a day. A great buy! — 7 years, 8 months agoGeekyChic | 226 reviews
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The Via Nova Pilgrimage Route runs approx. 280km from Bogen in Lower Bavaria, across the Salzburg lakeland, to St. Wolfgang in Austria. In days gone by, pilgrims used to carry a cross with them. Today, travellers on this modern pilgrimage trail are more likely to be carrying a lightweight rucksack.
The Via Nova builds on the centuries-old tradition of embarking on a pilgrimage to religious and spiritual places. The route is not dedicated to a particular saint and is open to people of all denominations – thereby connecting countries and people beyond their religion or nationality. St James' Way in Spain, the 'mother of all pilgrimages', is more than just a dream destination in the minds of many keen pilgrims. Along the route, pilgrims will find certified pilgrimage retreats offering affordable lodgings and a meal to restore their energy. Guests are welcomed with pilgrimage bread, salt and a fresh tankard of water. As an all-year-round destination, the Via Nova offers the perfect preparation for a pilgrimage on St. James' Way. As pilgrims usually set out on foot, sturdy shoes and a lightweight rucksack with rain protection are highly recommended. Other essential equipment includes a thermos flask for hot and cold drinks, a packed lunch, plasters and cream for blisters, spare socks, a mat to sit on and maps. You can either set out alone and enjoy some time for inward reflection or travel the route with a group of other like-minded individuals accompanied by trained pilgrimage guides. The name 'Via Nova' – new way – sounds snappy, but what really matters is that people actually come and walk along it. Anyone who has completed this spiritual trail should go home and tell others that the experience is simply not to be missed!
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Tristan Slater, Capital's two-time Class AAA boys pole vault champion, participates this week in the World Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, as a member of Team Canada.
Slater, who has dual citizenship in Canada and the U.S., vaults in the qualifying round beginning at 7 a.m. EDT Friday. If he reaches the medal round (top eight), he competes again at 7 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 25. If he's out of the top eight, it's at 9:20 p.m. that same day.
The opening ceremonies will be televised on NBCSN at 6 p.m. Saturday (Suddenlink Channel 32) and live streaming of the events is available at youtube/Olympics and Olympic.tv.
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PREP FOOTBALL: The Boone County Grid Classic scrimmages will be held Friday, Aug. 22, at Scott High School. All three Boone County high schools — Sherman, Van and Scott — will be competing.
The event features three officiated football scrimmages. Each scrimmage will consist of two fifteen-minute quarters with a continuously running game clock. The first scrimmage begins at 7:30 with Scott facing Sherman. At 8:45, Van faces Sherman and at 10 Van meets Scott.
The event will be Military Appreciation Night and all current and former military personnel will be recognized. The West Virginia National Guard will also on hand with interactive games and displays. Former college football coaches Don Nehlen and Bob Pruett will also be in attendance and will sign autographs before and after the opening ceremony.
Gates open at 5 p.m. with the opening ceremony slated to begin at 6 p.m. Tickets are $7 for general admission and $5 for Military personnel. Midget league players wearing uniforms will receive free admission.
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Schedules can be faxed to 304-348-1740, e-mailed to firstname.lastname@example.com or mailed to Gazette sports, 1001 Virginia St. East, Charleston, WV 25301. If high schools update their schedules on the SSAC website (wvssac.org), please make sure starting times are included.


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Once More, With Feeling
Strong earnings reports from Google (GOOG) and IBM (IBM) capped off another very good day for the bulls. GOOG only beat by a few cents but management did a nice job of lowering expectations, and that has caused a big spike as buyers regain confidence and shorts are squeezed. IBM also has low expectations and is benefiting nicely.
The market looked a little shaky to start the day but an interview with hedge fund manager David Tepper on Bloomberg TV brought in buyers and they ran all day. His thesis can be summed up as "What else can you do with your funds?" He moved the market with that thesis last year and did a nice job of it again today....139 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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