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The Angels needed a starting pitcher. The Mariners needed a middle-of-the-order hitter who could provide some semblance of power.
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If Morales can return to 2009 form, the trade might be a steal for the Mariners, who desperately needed offensive help over a middle-of-the-rotation starter.
"Adding him to our lineup immediately makes us a better offensive club," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said, according to MLB.com.
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With Bourjos, Mike Trout and Hamilton, the Angels may have the best defensive outfield in the majors. Trumbo (32 home runs, 95 RBIs) helps give LA one of the most dangerous collections of power in the league.


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|Trad, 2 pitches
|YDS: 5.8+ French: 5b Ewbanks: 16 UIAA: VI- ZA: 15 British: HVS 4c [details]
|Richard Rossiter and Bonnie Von Grebe, June 1996
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By Anonymous Coward
Jan 1, 2001
|Enough sandbag grades! The bottom is definitely 5.9 and the upper pitch is thin enough to easily warrant 5.8.
By Michael Komarnitsky
Founding Father
From: Seattle, WA
Jan 1, 2001
|I don't know if 5.8+ is sandbagged... I remember working a bit with 2 quarts of water and 2 sets of shoes in my backpack... but the moves seemed straightforward. Especially the second pitch, it was a race between the belayer and the climber to see who could move the rope quicker. YMMV...
By Matt Bauman
Jan 1, 2001
|The guidebooks all rate it 5.9.....when I led it I thought it was pretty easy for 5.9 but then most of the Dream canyon climbs seem a little inflated to me also (remember Long Dong Dihedral). Id say 8+ is fair since the 1st pitch is pretty sustained but the second pitch is definately easy 5.7. Theres an awesome one pitch line called Brief History in time on the right side of Dream dome thats also rated 5.9, is more sustained and has a much harder finger crack than Wrinkles crux finger crack.
By Peter Franzen
General Admin
From: Phoenix, AZ
Jan 1, 2001
|The first bolt is by no means "thoughtfully placed," although the rest of the route is very well bolted. I put a small-medium nut in the crack below the first bolt while standing on the large flake at the bottom to protect those moves. They might be a bit sketchy for someone expecting a straight-up 5.9 face climb.
By Matt Bauman
Jan 1, 2001
|That's whats so cool about upper dream, its part trad, part bolted.....its not exclusively sport climbing by any means....the guide book says take some gear and QDs....Ive led Wrinkles with a light rack and really all you need is one nut or small cam for the finger crack and the rest is fine with the bolts.....GREAT climb.
By Anonymous Coward
Jan 1, 2001
|Shad O'Neel - I'd agree w/5.8 on the 1st pitch, 5.6 or 5.7 or the second. Definitely glory, though.
By Matt Bauman
Jun 6, 2001
|Ok, I've done this wonderful climb twice in the last 2 weeks and the finger crack is no harder than 5.7 but the crux is at the 3rd or 4th bolt (can't remember exactly), right where you get onto the arete.....This climb definately warrants the "classic" description....very fun, steep, sustained and exposed. The 2nd pitch IS 5.8 if you stay on-route, which is on the very narrow blank face/arete where the bolts are.....However, it is FAR too easy to step right and cruise up the gully to the right and make it 5.6 or easier.....very contrived 2nd pitch but thin, balancy and fun if you stay on route....the first pitch deserves 5 stars and the 2nd deserves 1.
By Jeff Lockyer
From: Canmore, AB
Jun 7, 2002
I am not sure where you would need to place a #1 Camalot on this route, or for that matter, any cams at all? This route requires one small nut from the stance atop the flake, that is it. The bolts are in decent clipping positions and the crux between the 3rd and 4th bolt is protected fine. Don't bring all that stuff along for this route, you will end up asking yourself, what was that shit for ? Besides this, not a bad route a little dirty around the 1/2 bolt area, nonetheless fun..
By Joe Collins
Jul 1, 2002
|The finger crack at the start is at most 5.7+. If you didn't bring gear down to the Canyon and are a pretty solid 5.9/10 trad climber, then you'll be OK with just QDs. Kudos to the F.A.ist for not putting a bolt in this section.
By Adam Hicks`
Jan 3, 2003
|This route is damn fun! We just rapped in early morning and preclipped first bolt as we pulled ropes...no worries!!! Ha ha ha. I don't think there's any reason to sit around placing gear on such a straightforward and moderate route. The moves on the 1st pitch are cool by themselves! the second pitch is definitely no harder than 5.7, but it'll get ya a wee if you haven't done multipitches before moving between 1st and 2nd bolt...it's just a tad long, but still no worries, the 1st'll hold ya and there's nothing evil to fall on. I mean, this is so well protected and moderate I'd let a 10 year old kid lead it...just kidding, but it is easy cheesy. For a fun time, head up the gully left of wrinkle in time to the farthest left route. It's the most insane slab weirdness, kinda scary, goes at 5.8 in the book, I think. Anyway, have a fun time climbing! Oh yeah, how can you be worried on pitches less than 100 ft?
By Jay Hippel
From: Denver, CO
May 23, 2003
|Sink 1 small nut in the finger crack to protect the first bolt, otherwise leave the gear behind and stick with QD's. 5.9 first pitch 5.7 second pitch. Completely enjoyable moderate climb especially if you (or your second) aren't solid on 5.10 and up. The climbing plus location gets 5 stars for me.
By Jonathan. D.
Jun 16, 2003
|Classic ...... The finger crack protects easily with a small stopper. I found a #1 cam helpful between the 1st and 2nd bolts on the 2nd Pitch.
By James Balasalle
Jul 16, 2003
rating: 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
This really is a good climb. Interesting moves on the first pitch. I felt the crux to be a roof/bulge about 2/3 the way up the first pitch. Slabby, smeary stuff on the second. When you're on the second pitch, you have a great view of the other climbs on Dream Dome. They look pretty sweet...
I agree with Jeff and Jay... leave the cams. I took a light rack of cams and didn't place a single one. You can put 2 stoppers in to protect the bottom finger crack if you want. Those were the only pieces that I placed, and the only that I felt like I needed.
I definitely didn't think 5.8+ felt sandbagged. I felt the bottom crack to be easier, just like everyone else has said. Definitely a cool climb, and very much worth doing.
By Anonymous Coward
Sep 29, 2003
|A lot of people have said "don't bring any gear except for a small stopper/cam for the crack at the beginning". If you follow this advice, (i.e. not bringing the #1 Camalot for pitch 2) you will take a pretty big fall (below your belayer) if you blow it just before getting to the second bolt on pitch 2. I'd strongly recommend bringing the #1 Camalot for pitch 2 (it doesn't weigh that much) and deciding for yourself once you're up there.
By Area Dan
Feb 18, 2004
Why is almost every thread on this site directly related to someone stroking their own ego? Who is anyone to say to put gear in or not? Anecdotes are cool and very useful- good example: "if you didn't bring gear down to the Canyon and are a pretty solid 5.9/10 trad climber, then you'll be OK with just QDs."- Joe Collins, kudos to Joe Collins. Bad example: "Don't bring any gear except for the finger crack at the start."
A 5.7 leader would probably soil their pants if they did that 2nd pitch with only the nut their partner placed on the first pitch. That's great you can run out 5.7. I don't care if you can run out 5.12, the comment is not very useful or relevant.
By the way, a great route- we did it today, postholing up to the start, I manteled up to the block to start and booted up there to avoid wet rock shoes, but otherwise dry (and I 2nd Joe's comment).
Lots of mountain lion tracks in the snow- also cool.
By TBlom
Jul 15, 2004
|Anyone know about the route immediately left of Wrinkles, it doesn't seem to match Rossiter's guide, though the next route left seems to. Really slabby, with a steep start out of the gully. Maybe 11a, 10d. lots of nice bolts. Need a 60m rope to get back to the ground (just right).
By Matt Juth
From: Evergreen
Jul 15, 2004
|Look at the post for "Stained Glass." It was over rated a bit by the poster.
By Luke Evans
Aug 8, 2005
rating: 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
|Kind of Scary if you don't place gear before the 1st bolt. But not too bad and adds a little spice to a magnificent Route! The wrinkled pinches are unreal and I wish there were like 5 more pitches of it.
By Brad Schildt
From: Boulder, CO
Aug 28, 2005
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|Compareth is to the climbs put up in Boulder Canyon since 2000, and you have to call this route 5.9.
By Cornelius Jefferson
Apr 5, 2006
Great route.
I took a buddy and his daughter up this a few years back. She had been climbing for some time but had only quickdraws, no trad rack.
After we did the route, she returned a few days later to take a friend up it. I guess she felt, like many here, that putting pro in before the first bolt was unnecessary.
She fell from the moves getting to the bolt, hit the flake, then fell the rest of the way to the ground and got banged up pretty good. I think her dad told me the SAR had her winched up the dome in under an hour, which is really amazing. That's why that emergency phone is there I guess.
Anyway, just wanted to remind folks what can happen if you let your guard down or get in over your head while blowing off opportunities for protection.
By George Bell
From: Boulder, CO
Apr 16, 2006
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
Excellent route up wrinkled rock! I'd definitely take a few nuts and cams for before the first bolt and start of p2. You may not use them, but it's nice to have the option. I can't imagine not wanting a stopper before the first bolt.
The crux felt near the 4th bolt, just after 2 bolts close together. One problem is you can't see the next bolt and it's not so obvious where to go. I'm voting 5.9, although maybe it was just the wooden fingers and 40 mph gusts that were messing with me! We climbed Dreamscape too and Wrinkles felt a grade harder, but only in this one place.
By John Fulwider
May 22, 2006
rating: 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
I also encourage bringing a small cam or nut to protect the climb to the first bolt. This weekend a Dream Canyon regular told me of a fall where the climber missed the bolt and had perhaps a worse experience than bouncing off the flake and decking -- he got his leg caught in the flake on the way down and dangled for an hour and a half from a broken leg before rescuers could extract him. The leader I climbed behind is a 5.12 climber, and he protected the move.
I would also recommend this route to those leading a group of climbers with mixed experience. It has an interesting crux even for the better climbers, but is more than doable for those just starting out.
By Rob Kepley
From: Westminster,CO
Aug 28, 2006
|Such a fine route. Fun movement near the top.
By Ryan Malaty
From: Broomfield, CO
May 2, 2007
|I would have liked this climb a lot more if it wasn't so wet!! haha
By Richard Rossiter
May 9, 2007
|Date of the FA was June 1996. This was our first route on the Dream Dome and the first new route since Kyle Copeland visited the rock in 1984.
By kevinnlong
From: Boulder, CO
Aug 18, 2007
rating: 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
I used two small to medium stoppers in the crack on the first pitch (less than 1/2 inch), and my partner used a 1 inch cam on the second pitch.
To me, the reason why this climb feels very soft for its grade is that for the majority of the climb (at least on the first pitch), the difficult climbing is not sustained. There are a few good moves in the beginning, but then there is much easier ground until the arete. Once on the arete, there is a move or two that makes one think, and then it eases up considerably with large holds. The second pitch is a pleasant cruise.
For me, this climb was considerably LESS demanding (mentally and physically) than the Northface Center Route (2 pitch, 5.7) on Cobb Rock which falls nearly two grades below the consensus here!
Still, it is a wonderful climb; I highly recommend it.
By claytown
From: Boulder, CO
May 17, 2009
|Classic easy route with some moderate runouts. If you're here for harder routes you can climb this out of the valley with your pack by linking both pitches and passing the upper anchor until you reach a tree. You might want a couple cams if you do this, but it's easy to run out up there. Just a little bit 'o simul-ing with a 70m.
By Paul Donald Andrews
From: Nederland, Co.
Jul 1, 2011
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|Climbed this route (first pitch only) today on my first visit to the upper canyon. I placed a mid-sized stopper (bomber placement) in the finger crack and felt comfortable with just the bolts the rest of the way. One crux move pulling onto the ribs (wrinkles) about halfway up the pitch. The anchors are placed at the perfect height for lowering off the first pitch with a 60m rope. The weird features and beautiful setting make this an absolute must do. Can't wait to go back and finish it.
By Josh Rawson
From: Boulder, CO
Jul 25, 2011
rating: 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
|Great first pitch. Second pitch isn't worth the time unless you just want some multi-pitch and rappel practice.
By Andrew Shoemaker
From: Olympia, WA
Aug 14, 2011
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|Easily done without gear. The only place that even needs gear is the finger crack below the first bolt. And if you're comfortable climbing 5.9, then you can lead this without gear. The moves to the first bolt are definitely sketch and airy for sure but solid moves. No gear required IMHO.
By prod. Kenny
From: Boulder, Co
Oct 16, 2011
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
Climbed it today. First pitch felt 5.9 somewhere around the 4th or 5th bolt. I used a nut to protrect the finger crack below the 1st bolt, this was not the crux. I'd give the crack 5.7 1 move wonder. Also places a blue TCU in a small horizontal somewhere along the way.
The 2nd pitch is 5.8 if you stick to the face for the last 2 bolts. 5.5 if you head up the gully.
By Chip Loomis
Apr 8, 2012
rating: 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
|Not much of a trad climber, but I still felt comfortable leading this climb. I put a medium size nut in the crack below the first bolt. 5.8- moves at that point.
By Jralph
Jul 26, 2012
I just finished climbing this yesterday. Both my partner and myself think the grade is a little sandbagged. Definitely a couple 5.9 moves on the first pitch.
Second pitch was extremely easy, very well-protected. It's easy to run out a few bolts on the second pitch due to the huge holds and elementary moves.
As for gear, don't bring more than 12 draws (this includes extras in case you drop one). And a new piece of gear that fits perfectly for the run out first bolt is a 0 Helium Friend. No need for any more gear than that. Also, be ready for the arête, the mind space needs to be there, otherwise you will impale yourself on the tree 5ft down from the crux move.
All in all, I recommended this route. I will be taking some of my less advanced climbing partners there to teach leading.
By Eric Klammer
From: Boulder, CO
May 20, 2013
rating: 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
|Really fun route in a beautiful setting. The crux can be made as difficult as you would like, depending on how you climb it. I totally missed the sequence this last time and made it quite a lot harder than it needed to be. Or maybe it was the vision of the tree impaling me in a certain sensitive area should I fall that made it seem harder....
By Hiro Kurotsuchi
From: Colorado
Aug 5, 2013
|What is a 'small cam' - a small cam to protect below the 1st bolt is a C3 size. A 0.3 C4 is too big. Maybe red or yellow (which is practically a 0.3) - I'm not sure because I left mine at home. Used a medium nut like many others, which isn't quite desirable for your first piece.
By Ted Peterson
From: Boulder, CO
Aug 24, 2013
|The high first bolt and naturally-protected crux keeps out all the riff raff, IMO. A small (not micro) nut will suffice for this section, and you could place a smallish cam in a sort of runout section in the middle of the second pitch. Super fun climbing. If you bring some long slings and maybe skip a couple bolts, it's easy to link pitches as well (I have a 70m, but I think a 60m would also do).
By Scott Taber
Aug 29, 2013
rating: 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
|Fun fun route! Lots of nice features and good exposure. Used a cam to get from the flake to the first bolt because high first bolts freak me out. Rest of pitch 1 was fabulous. Pitch 2 is slightly less thrilling but still nice. Very well-protected for sure. I skipped a bolt without much concern near the top. Nice view from the anchors on a sunny day. So nice it's worth climbing twice!
By James Hicks
From: Grand Junction, CO
Aug 5, 2014
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
Awesome route! One of the best at the grade I have climbed in BC. For a bit of beta, I used a small nut and a #1 C3 (#0 would work as well) to protect the crack up to the first bolt. Personally, I wouldn't listen to the folks saying you don't need gear. I would think of it more as a trad protected start instead of simply a high first bolt. A fall before the bolt would be bad news. An earlier comment shows what can happen. The crack takes great gear, so why not use it?! Most people don't skip the first bolt off of the ground, so why would you skip putting gear in when it's readily available? Pretty tough to be a hard ass when your legs are broken....
The rest of the route is bolted well, maybe a tad "sporty" but still perfectly safe. A couple mid/small C4s protected the upper section between bolts 1-2 if I remember correctly.
By Corey Dvorak
From: Denver, CO
Mar 29, 2015
rating: 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
|Not a terrible route. The first bolt is not well placed, but it's easy to protect with cams. However, people should be aware the anchor bolts for the first pitch are GLUED.... Be careful on this route, the bolts held, but it's definitely not entirely safe in my mind to climb/anchor off glued hardware.
By Julia
May 17, 2015
rating: 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
|Well bolted for the grade, I placed a #2 at the beginning, because why not!
By Bill Lawry
From: New Mexico
Oct 4, 2015
rating: 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|If we remove 2 or 3 bolts, this route might consensus its way up to 5.10a. ;-)
By Soph Binder
From: ST. LOUIS, MO
Jul 23, 2016
Just a warning: there is a tree, the top of which is cutoff, right under the 5th (I think) bolt. It points up like a dagger. I had a close encounter with it today as my foot slipped when I made a move on the rounded flake there. Fell right on top of it, and it stabbed my leg earning me 10 stitches....
Just a warning. I felt good, had passed the gear part just fine, in easier territory....
Things happen, and what was just a good fall became really bad because of the "dagger tree".
Heads up!
By Soph Binder
From: ST. LOUIS, MO
Jul 26, 2016
And thank to a good friend, the killer tree has been removed as of today!
Edit: yes trimmed down, not removed :)
By J. Albers
From: Colorado
Jul 26, 2016
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
^^^^ You removed the whole tree?!?!? Seriously? No offense, but that was unwarranted. Please don't remove the tree next time. Trim it a little....meh, maybe, but remove the tree, no.
Edit: very good, Mauricio, glad to hear it wasn't removed.
By Mauricio Herrera Cuadra
From: Mendoza, Argentina
Jul 26, 2016
rating: 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
|The tree was not entirely removed, only the offending branch/dagger was trimmed off by members of the Boulder Climbing Community. That happened on Sunday, July 24th.
By Alton R.
From: Boulder, Co
Feb 13, 2017
By B. Smith
From: Denver, CO
Mar 19, 2017
|Used 1 nut to protect the beginning of pitch 1, then did not need any other gear for the route, just bolts. It did not seem too spaced out other than the first bolt. Very safe and very fun route.


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Tibco (TIBX), Darden (DRI) and, to a lesser extent, Gap (GPS) worry me.
Tibco's one of those companies with software that allows data to be recalled with lightning speed, so when you are shopping for a Tommy tie at Macy's (M) they can quickly match it with a deal on a Tommy shirt. This is the company that allows casinos to manage comping real time. It's always had a reputation as doing better and better each quarter.
Until tonight when it hit the wall. Seventeen consecutive quarters of beating the Street and then, suddenly, tonight it tells people it can no longer keep the streak going. I have interviewed CEO Vivek Ranadive many times and this is pretty shocking.
It can't happen when things are getting better, only when things are getting worse.
Darden's terrible. I can't tell you how much I want to say that management's at fault because I am tired of hearing from management that their advertising didn't resonate. It's incredible the excuses this company keeps offering for its myriad disappointments.
But I just fear that there's a pullback in spending. You get 2% declines in Red Lobster and Olive Garden same-store sales again amd you know things are getting worse, not better.
Finally there's Gap. This was many a gadfly's expectation for the next special dividend play. Instead we got the worst of all possible worlds, a rumor from an investment firm that Gaps' same-store sales are weak, coupled with a statement from management that no special dividend's coming.
The issue is all three of these stocks had been fairly hot of late. Tibco traded at $32 a little more than two months ago, now it is at $21. Gap hit its 52-week high at $37 in October, but was at $35 just last week. Bingo, it's at $30. Darden's down $5 today, stopped maybe only by it 4.22% yield, which may be too flimsy in the post-cliff world.
Tibco and Darden will probably catch downgrades tomorrow. Gap's being defended.
But the bottom line is that there are no bidders for those who screw up or are rumored to be doing badly. This reminds us, again, that we have a treacherous tape until the disappointment of no fiscal cliff deal becomes the consensus view for all to see.


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edit: And the Celtics offer to West was 27/29 mil for 3 years but the deal didn't go through because the Celtics were not able to find a taker for JO's expiring contract, if the Celtics would have found a taker West would be a Celtic and not a Pacer.
If y'all wanna just be cynics all the time that is fine, but David West has done nothing to show that he is not a straight shooter.
[QUOTE=vnzla81;1508171]You do realize he takes less shots per game and plays fewer minutes? He plays in an entirely different system where the minutes and scoring are spread. I guarantee you the Pacers were cautious with his minutes too due to the ACL recovery. You constantly evaluate players by their PPG or RPG, when in reality it should be based upon efficiency (percentages and statistics per 36 mins). It's ridiculous that you're even evaluating a player based upon those statistics without pealing back the layers. Jeff Pendegraph could average 20PPG if we gave him 25 shots and you'd want to toss him the max.Quote:
I know that it takes a while for somebody to fully recover from a knee injury like the one West had, I also know that older players like him sometimes don't fully recover from an injury like that and they usually lose and step or two, not only because of the injury but because of age, that happens to a lot of players every year but it seems like many here are leaving in some type of alternate universe were older players don't get old and someway somehow they even get better than what they were in their prime.
He was getting 18.9 before the injury and with CP3 feeding all the time, he is never going to get back to where he was before the injury, PLAYERS GET OLDER, the guy is going to be 33, why is so hard for people to understand this? Jeff Foster retired last year at 33 years of age, West is going to be lucky if he has two years left in him.
I also see that when you talk about him getting better you mean on the offensive side of the court, but why you and others don't talk about the defensive side of the court when you talk about him? or his lack of rebounding? I remember few years ago when the Pacers had a power forward that averaged 15 and 10 but the only thing everybody in PD would talk about was about his defense, now defense doesn't matter anymore?
By the way once again I'm coming across as a hater but I'm not, I know what he brings to the table, I also like his leadership, I like that he is vocal on the court but the thing that grind my gears around here is that many of the people that are elevating West into "Pacers MVP" status are the ones that when they talk about other players (specially Seth with Tyler Hansbrough) all of the sudden they remember that there is another side of the court.
So, let's compare apples to apples here and look at his stats adjusted for shots taken and minutes played. 2008 was his best year (all-star)
PPG 21 21 (adjusted for attempts)
Wow, what a huge decline. Sure you can say we need to upgrade the PF position to win a championship, but the same could be said for any position. With the exception of Hibbert, West is no further down the talent list for his position than Danny, Paul, or Hill. You just have an agenda with West.
Also, if it was simply a matter of Boston not being able to afford West, why would Ray Allen make negative comments in regards to the fact that West signed here instead of with Boston? Just doesn't add up to me.
I am not sure why you guys are arguing with V here. He didn't like the West signing before so he won't like it now.
In either case you got to know whats available for a reasonable price and make a decision then. IF Milsaps there for 10 million then you take it. If West is willing to go down in his yearly salary and there is no better option then you take it.
Edit: By the way, Barbosa's per 36min is as good as anybody in the NBA does that means that he needs to play 36mpg? No!
Marion and Wallace don't really belong there, though. I'd take Gallinari, Batum, Wilson Chandler over both of them easily - and I think all of these are in a lower tier compared to Danny/Gay/Deng types as well.
Center position is deeper right now. It's not as deep in Hall of Fame talent, but when it comes to marginal all stars, there are many.
My speculation here is that he didn't want to get locked in for 3 years at a lower salary for the 3rd year and lose out on the next contract. He also wanted an easy transition from his injury and not to be forced minutes to remain competitive as a team. Add in Bostons age and salary constraints with their prime players and its a fair assumption on his part.
Go to basketball reference and do season split and look up how many games David West played atleast 30-39 minutes.
Thats 33 games with a average of 33.7 minutes per game. He averaged 15 ppg with 7.5 rpg while shooting .494 FG%.
Contrast that with 08-09 David West and you have 29 games with an average of 36.2 mpg. He averaged 17.8 ppg and 7.9 rpg with a FG% of .465.
Thats being the second best player on his team with now being the 3rd best player and no longer the focal point. Thats still good production IMO and I believe most of the board would agree with me here.
Also never mind it was a condensed season with more back to backs than any other season he has played so on that note I think your argument is pretty silly and borderline petty.
I was trying to make the claim that West WANTED to come here, and didn't just decide to come here simply b/c Boston didn't have enough money to give him what he wanted. Yes he would have made a smaller annual salary, but it wasn't significantly less.
Good try though next time show me how he averaged 30ppg in 10 games last year and that his numbers are as good as Love...... you like it or not he averaged 12ppg last year so nope he is not the guy you think he is.
Let's put things into a real world scenario for you. I see on your profile that you're an auto mechanic. Let's say I buy a set of Bridgestone tires off you, drive 2 years, 50,000 miles, and then come back and purchase a second set. After only 1 year the second set is in need of replacement - does that mean they were bad or declining in performance. Of course not, it depends on whether my input (in this case mileage) was any different.
You can't pass judgement on a change in West's output until you neutralize the input. I know it's a beyond an elementary concept, but think about it.........
We have a guy with a good per-36 number. OK, that isn't unusual, a scrub playing 5 minutes of garbage time can have a great per-36.
In this case, though, you have two things that make West's per-36 worth considering. First is that he's a starter. He's not playing garbage time nor is he matched up against scrubs. Second is that when he has games where he place close to 36 minutes his scoring actually approaches the per-36 number. That is pretty important because it means the per-36 isn't somehow due to a burst of production in short minutes.
So, you point out, his OVERALL average was MUCH lower than his per-36, and a guy with similar numbers is considered to be a much better player.
This is where you have to start looking around to explain WHY that is instead of just saying that somehow the statistics are wrong. Is it that West commonly played far fewer minutes and therefore didn't have the opportunity to hit the scoring he could hit when playing over 30 minutes? If so, WHY was he playing fewer minutes? Were his shooting percentages bad in the games he played fewer minutes (in other words, he is inconsistent offensively)? Is it that he was pulled for defensive reasons (which I know you would focus on)?
Fitting a team together isn't about picking a statistic and finding everyone who is best at that statistic - all single statistics are flawed because they only show part of the picture. It is about figuring out WHY guys have certain statistics and whether another player can help overcome the weaknesses that are shown in this player's statistics while allowing him to use his strengths.
LIke I said before David West played half the season 33 games total averaging 34 minutes per game. Thats with coming back from an injury and playing a condensed schedule which could explain the drop of production alone.
Even out side of that you could explain the lack of production with his role on the team which isn't to be the primary option or even the primary option in the low post. Why is that not a logical answer to you I have no idea.


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In a recent study, researchers found that the combination of olaparib and cediranib (Recentin) kept recurrent ovarian cancer from worsening for almost nine months longer than treatment with olaparib alone. Recurrent ovarian cancer is cancer that has come back after the initial treatment. The current standard treatment for recurrent ovarian cancer is chemotherapy, which can cause severe side effects and may not work very well because the cancer often develops a resistance to chemotherapy, meaning that the chemotherapy that was used initially can no longer control the cancer's growth. This is why researchers have been studying other ways to treat recurrent ovarian cancer, such as the use of olaparib and cediranib.
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· Release to Web July 14th – The user interface elements for the new recognition and the user points and achievements processing should be complete.
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1) New Features – On July 14th users will see new user badges with updated point values reflecting their community contribution as points. Hovering over a forums user display name will show a popup with more detail about the user, their achievements and links to that user's profile and list of threads contributed to.
2) New Points and Achievements – The legacy notion of points for all behaviors is changing, points will reflect quality contributions to the community. Achievements will reflect quantity based effort for a user.
· Points – Each user's points will be reprocessed against the history of the application. The new points algorithm will reward user points for contributing answers and helpful posts.
· Achievements – Users will be rewarded for many of the volume based activities by gaining new achievements. Some achievements will incent the 'new' users by rewarding their first step towards participation. Other achievements will continually incent users by rewarding 'level based' achievements for posting, answering and other activities.
3) Points Changes – On July 14th user points will be updated for all users. Users will see new point totals and achievements for the history of their participation in the forums for the past six years. Some users will gain points but most points will be adjusted to a lower value based on the new points algorithm. Two main differences in the new algorithm:
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· New points system no longer rewards users for 'self-answer marking' on their owner replies. This has been a noted bug in the system for years that until now, we have not addressed.
Users that understand these differences but still have points questions will be able to report these at the profile/recognition forum.
More on the recognition changes can be found at the Forums blog post. This contains more detail about the changes coming, where to post feedback and questions as well as a "Known Issues" list in the CTP environment.
Forums Home Page Updates
July 14th will update the MSDN and TechNet Forums Home pages en-us. These home pages expose too much data making the page footprint too large and the pages slow to load and difficult to use. The coming release is a step towards solving some of these problems by addressing the overall design of the page. High level changes include:
· A convenient new "find a forum" feature enabling users to type in the forum or category they are looking for
· A list of 'recent forums' helping users get to places they have been
· A list of 'most popular forums' helpings users quickly find the forums that has the most recent activity
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NOMINATIONS for this year's Good Neighbours Awards in Blackburn with Darwen have reached double figures.
With more than 10 applications received, hopes are growing this year's total will beat last year's inaugural 70.
Among the most recent nominations are two community-minded pensioners.
One approached the council for a high-visibility jacket and a litter picking stick so she could collect debris every day from a piece of land on the corner of Knowle Lane and Moor Lane in Darwen.
The nomination describes her as 'a real character, taking great pride in her neighbourhood'.
The second is a 'neighbour from heaven'.
The nomination says: "I moved into the house next door to her on my own in July 2012.
"In October 2012, I fell and broke my shoulder and arm so I couldn't look after myself as I was in a lot of pain.
"She barely knew me but took me under her wing and made sure that I was fed by making me food, bringing it over to my house and keeping me company as I have no family here.
"She is an angel and deserves to be rewarded for being so selfless when I had nobody else to help me. I don't know how I would've coped without her support. She is a wonderful neighbour and I'm lucky to live next door to her."
Blackburn with Darwen Council leader Kate Hollern said: "Nominations are coming in. Some of their stories are truly heart-warming and make me proud to belong to such a place as Blackburn with Darwen.
"The important thing about these awards is that they recognise people who give their time to the community and expect nothing in return. They are the people who keep the community together and make the place a better place to live."
The awards are sponsored by a wide range of organisations including Blackburn with Darwen Council, the Lancashire Telegraph, Capita, Blackburn Rovers, and Blackburn with Darwen Clinical Commissioning Group.
Seven great prizes are on offer including a match day meal for two at Ewood Park, a meal at Mellor's Stanley House Hotel, a weekend break in Blackpool, a meal at The Pack in Belthorn, and The Mall Blackburn shopping vouchers.
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I mean the travel distance from Nebraska/Iowa/Minnesota to Rutgers is already pretty hilarious so why not at this point is the way I look at it.
Lotta internet talk about Georgia Tech being on the verge of announcing the move.
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Joe Hobbs, Sam Dighton and Charles Walker were all due to be joined by guest rider Jack Warren, from Ludlow, in a four rider team competing in the Ras De Cymru cycle race which started last Sunday.
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A YOUNG thespian from Brierley Hill has been chosen to perform a famous Shakespeare monologue at 11 Downing Street.
Jacob Naylor, aged 11, of Peters Hill Primary School, is one of five students from across the country to be invited to take part in the reception, organised by the Shakespeare School Festival next Tuesday (February 11).
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ALUN Wyn Jones is wary of a proud Newport Gwent Dragons side putting a spanner in the works of the Ospreys' push for the playoffs, writes Chris Kirwan.
The Liberty Stadium region need a perfect end to the campaign if they are to overhaul fourth-placed Glasgow to earn a RaboDirect Pro12 semi-final in Ireland.
Most pundits expect them to record a bonus point win in the second game of the Judgement Day double-header on Easter Sunday given that the Dragons have had a shocking 2014.
The Rodney Parade region have won just once in the league since the turn of the year to slip to 10th in the table and were thrashed 45-27 by 11th-placed Treviso last weekend.
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"They have a few dangerous individuals, (scrum-half) Richie Rees has been marshalling them well while they have young guys like (full-back) Hallam Amos really putting their hands up."
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By this stage in his Marquette career, redshirt junior Jamil Wilson is familiar with the typical preseason talk surrounding his team. The refrain rarely changes.
"The first year when I got here when I sat out, I heard all the stuff about how they were losing Lazar (Hayward) and Mo (Maurice Acker) and how they weren't going to be good," Wilson told Sporting News on Thursday. "And then, Jimmy (Butler), Dwight (Buycks) and DJO (Darius Johnson-Odom), those guys made it work. And the year after that, I heard all about losing Jimmy and this and that, and Jae (Crowder) and DJO stepped up. And, of course, this year, I heard, 'Oh, you guys are losing Jae and you're losing DJ, those are your best two players.' "
They were, no doubt. Crowder, the Big East Player of the Year, averaged 17.5 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. Johnson-Odom averaged 18.3 points for a team that finished second in the Big East with a 14-4 record and earned a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Crowder and DJO were the only players to average double figures in scoring.
They're gone, but here's Marquette, back in a familiar position at 19-6 overall, ranked No. 17 in the country and tied atop the Big East standings with a 10-3 record. The Golden Eagles are 14th in the RPI and 21st in the Pomeroy rankings. By any definition, they've weathered the storm of losing their two best players.
"This year, other guys have stepped up, and we've been maintaining just the way we have in the past," Wilson said.
The Golden Eagles are heading into their toughest three-game stretch of the season—at Villanova on Saturday, at home against Syracuse on Monday and at home against Notre Dame on March 2.
A few things that make this Marquette team special:
From a statistical standpoint, Blue has filled the biggest void created by the departures of Crowder and Johnson-Odom. A highly recruited prep star from Madison, Wis., who originally committee to Wisconsin before choosing to play for Buzz Williams at Marquette, Blue is having a breakthrough season as a junior.
The 6-4 shooting guard is averaging 15.0 points per game, way up from 5.1 as a freshman and 8.4 as a sophomore. His production isn't just a matter of dedicated film study of opponents, learning to be a better defender or a summer spent working on getting to the basket consistently—and scoring with either hand once there—though those factors certainly helped.
"I don't think you can make the jump that he's made, in regards to his role, in regards to the production from his role, unless it's a lot of little things added up," Williams said Thursday. "Vander has really matured as a person, and I've always believed that, as guys mature as people, it typically mirrors their maturation as a player."
Wilson, another prep product from Wisconsin who has known Blue for a long time, agrees.
"He's always been a hard worker. He's always been one to be in the gym," he said. "His habits have changed, off the court, just taking care of himself, watching more film and the small things that no one really pays attention to. His habits of being better at things like that have made him better as a player."
There's a method to the go-go-go system Williams preaches, even though it might look like unorganized chaos at times on the court. That system requires players to stay fresh, which means Williams can use any number of players on a given night, depending on matchups and things of that nature.
This season, nine players average at least 14 minutes per game, and two more average at least 8.8. Blue, at 32.7 minutes per game, is the only player averaging more than 27.6.
"There are more than one or two guys who can do it on this team, and I think that's what makes us such an experienced team," said Wilson, who is averaging 23.8 minutes, 8.7 points and 4.8 rebounds. "A lot of us have been here two years or three years, so we kind of know each other. That's starting to show."
The best free-throw shooter at Marquette is 6-8 and weighs in at 290 pounds. Davante Gardner doesn't exactly fit the profile of a sharpshooter.
"A lot of people are impressed and shocked by his touch," Wilson said. "That's a big guy."
And it's not like he's just the best free-throw shooter on a horrible shooting team. The Golden Eagles rank second in the Big East this season at 73.4 percent, and Gardner's conference-only free-throw percentage of .893 is second in the league.
And it's not that Gardner shoots a high percentage but rarely makes that an effective part of his production. The junior is fifth on the team in minutes, but he has attempted 32 more free throws than any other Marquette player. His free-throw rate, according to kenpom.com, is an outstanding 72.5.
And—there are a lot of "ands" when discussing Gardner—it's not just about his offense (12.0 points per game, on 56.1 percent shooting from the field). He has become a more complete player.
"He's much better defensively, he plays harder, is a lot better in ball-screen coverage," Williams said. "All of the things he's really been deficient at in his previous two years, I think he's really improved at that, and he'll continue to improve.
"I don't think he's hit his ceiling yet, but I'm very pleased that he's able to be a guy that can have a presence on both ends of the floor, as opposed to one like he was the last two years."
This hasn't been a perfect season. There have been lopsided scores—a 33-point loss at Florida in late November and a 19-point loss at Louisville early this month—and a how'd-that-happen loss—a 49-47 defeat in mid-December to Wisconsin-Green Bay, a team that's barely over .500 this season.
The Golden Eagles, however, haven't allowed those defeats to carry into the next game. After losing to Florida, they beat rival Wisconsin in their next game. After the Green Bay loss, they won six straight, including their first four Big East games. Since the Louisville loss on Feb. 3, they've won four of five. You get the picture.
Marquette hasn't lost back-to-back games all season.
"If we lose, Buzz says, 'You have until midnight to figure out what you did wrong or how you could have prepared differently, and then we've got to go to tomorrow,' " Wilson said. "He says that after every game."
The veterans, like Wilson, have bought into that approach, and the younger players are learning the value of letting go.
"Everything's coming your way so fast that you can't hold onto to something and then absorb everything else or it'll be too out of hand," Wilson said.


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The Federal Reserve released notes from its Open Market Committee at 2 p.m. As expected, it held steady with its policy of $85 billion per-month in bond purchases. It didn't offer any specific guidance about eventual tapering of the program. It noted that economic activity had been expanding at a moderate pace, and that the downside risk to the economy and labor market had lessened, although unemployment remains elevated.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 54 points, or 0.4% in recent trading, while the Nasdaq fell 18 points, or 0.5% and the S&P 500 slipped 8 points, or 0.5%. All three indexes touched new session lows after the announcement.
From the statement:
The Committee will closely monitor incoming information on economic and financial developments in coming months. The Committee will continue its purchases of Treasury and agency mortgage-backed securities, and employ its other policy tools as appropriate, until the outlook for the labor market has improved substantially in a context of price stability. The Committee is prepared to increase or reduce the pace of its purchases to maintain appropriate policy accommodation as the outlook for the labor market or inflation changes. In determining the size, pace, and composition of its asset purchases, the Committee will continue to take appropriate account of the likely efficacy and costs of such purchases as well as the extent of progress toward its economic objectives.
Update: Stocks have pared their losses, with the Dow off 35 points and both the Nasdaq and S&P 500 recently down about 2 points each.
Second update: The Dow is now losing about 70 points; the Nasdaq and S&P 500 are both down less than 10 points.
Chairman Ben Bernanke is scheduled to hold a press conference at 2:30.
Read more coverage from my colleagues Michael Aniero and Brendan Conway here and here.


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Dinosaurs, volcanoes, precious gems, creepy crawlies - as a visitor to The Natural History Museum you will be amazed by the diversity of our natural world.
The Natural History Museum is home to the nation's finest collections of natural history specimens and is one of the UK's top visitor attractions. The Museum's collection now runs to 80 million plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, fossils, rocks and minerals - many of which are displayed through its fascinating exhibitions and more than you could ever see in one day.
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The Natural History Museum's natural science collections are the finest in Europe and are divided into:
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4. Palaeontology
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Archives, Fine Art, Natural Sciences, Personalities, Photography, Science and Technology
Key artists and exhibits
- Highlights of a trip to The Natural History Museum include:
- *The Darwin Centre (Phase One), where you can take a behind-the-scenes tour for the first time to see some of the 22 million zoology specimens on display and meet the scientists working with the collections. A packed programme of tours and talks with scientists about their work gives visitors the chance to engage with the natural world in a more informed way.
- *The Dinosaurs exhibition, with its animatronic displays and real dinosaur skeletons.
- *Entering the Earth Galleries through a giant suspended globe and a visit to our permanent exhibits on the origin of the universe and the restless earth - including the human experience of earthquakes and volcanoes.
- *Investigate - a hands-on education centre where visitors can be scientists and examine hundreds of specimens.
- *Permanent exhibits devoted to mammals, creepy crawlies, human biology, ecology and much more.
- *A regular and changing programme of special science, art and photography exhibitions on all aspects of the natural world.
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- 21 October 2016 — 10 October 2017 *on now
From intimate portraits to dramatic landscapes, see how photographers' passion for the natural world produces startling images.
Enjoy the world's best nature photography exhibited on sleek backlit panels.
This year's competition was the most competitive to date, attracting almost 50,000 entries from professionals and amateurs across 95 countries.
Judged by a panel of international experts, winning images are selected for their creativity, originality and technical excellence.
The exhibition will feature the collection of 100 exceptional images, revealing the astonishing diversity of life on our planet and highlighting our crucial role in protecting it.
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Adult £10.50 - £13.50
Child and concession £6.50 - £8
Family £27 - £36.90
Late at the Natural History Museum
- 27 October 2017 6-10pm
Looking for a fun, free Friday night out? Visit the Museum by night. Eat, drink, see exhibitions, science demos and more. See specimens from the Museum collection, including the new 25.2-metre star attraction, Hope the blue whale, suspended from the ceiling of Hintze Hall.
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Dino Directory
Dinosaur datafiles
The Data Files contain extended information about some of the dinosaurs in the Museum's Dino Directory, They have been designed so that they can be printed out and photocopied for use in the classroom, at home or in the Museum itself.
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Hair Detective
Investigate is a bookable state-of-the-art, hands-on science centre available to school groups at Key Stages 2 and 3. Students become scientists and explore the processes of science. Museum staff encourage them to ask their own questions about hundreds of real specimens. With everything from dinosaur fossils to butterflies and rare minerals , students can explore some of the diversity of the natural world with scientific equipment and computer resources.
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Mission: Explore
Predator or Scavenger?
This activity lets you explore different features of T. rex. Look at each of the pieces of evidence and decide whether you think T. rex was a scavenger, predator or even both.
Seeds of Trade
Civilisation is based on the cultivation of plants, but humans rely on plants for far more than simple foodstuffs. This virtual book, written by Henry Hobhouse, the author of Seeds of Change, and Museum botanist Sandra Knapp, is an introduction to the fascinating history of cultivation and some of its impacts on today's society.
- Hobhouse, Knapp and Lowndes
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Our galleries, events, online videos and activities support a large number of classroom needs.
Enter a topic you are interested in and the Teachers' resource will bring you all the relevant learning outcomes covered by our museum resources.
Includes Teachers' packs and Gallery Guides.
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The Story of Perseus and Andromeda
What Dinosaur are You?
Wildlife garden activities
During the summer term, we offer a number of activities that complement National Curriculum Science and Early Learning Goals . Themes covered include creepy crawlies, habitats, variation, classification and grouping, plants and animals in the local environment and adaptation.
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I wanted to ask this in another topic, but thought it would lead us astray. So here is a question for you all:
I wonder how were the quotes in the suttas transmitted and then written down? The suttas often quote different speakers one by one, without introducing who is talking every time, like:
Now, in the written down versions we can see who is talking by the quotes. But how was it back when there was no written language and the suttas were transmitted orally? And did the earliest written version of the suttas already have these quotes or were they added later?
I mean, it could also be:
"blabla, hoho"
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Often it is obvious who says what, but as a background: This came up because of DN 11 and MN 49. There the Buddha and Brahma talk together and I know that in one of these suttas in some of the versions of the Pali canon the infamous "featureless consciousness / consciousness without surface" is attributed to the Brahma instead of the Buddha, which to me makes much more sense. Venerable Sujato discussed this on his blog. So I wanted to investigate where the versions of the canon departed in their quotations and if this may change the way the suttas should be read.
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American Physical Society Education Programs
American Physical Society Policy Statements
American Association of Physics Teachers
European Physical Society Education Division
General Web sites
The Physical Science Resource Center (PSRC) is managed by the AAPT as a part of the ComPADRE network of education resources for physics and astronomy. ComPADRE is a collaboration of the AAPT, APS, AIP, and SPS.
The Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC) is a project to improve and promote the education of future physics and physical science teachers. It's goals are to improve the number of highly qualified high school physics teachers, engage physics departments in the preparation of teachers, and disseminate best practices in teacher preparation.
PER-Central is designed to serve as an informational touchpoint and online community for "producers" and "consumers" of physics education research (PER). It includes links to articles and dissertations, research groups, PER-based curricular materials, news, and events.
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Below are web sites of peer-reviewed curriculum development projects. This list is not intended to be complete but rather is representative of resources available for physics teachers and students. Suggestions for additions to this list are welcome. More resources are available on the PSRC.
Activity Based Physics: The Physics Suite
Activity Based Physics Tutorials
Physics by Inquiry and Tutorials in Introductory Physics
Physics Education Technology Project (PhET)
Physics Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PIE) Education
Statistical and Thermal Physics (STP) Curriculum Development Project
Technology Enabled Active Learning (TEAL) Visualizations for electricity and magnetism
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Physical Review Physics Education Research (PRPER) is a peer reviewed electronic-only journal sponsored by the APS, the APS Forum on Education, and the AAPT. The journal covers the full range of experimental and theoretical research on the teaching and/or learning of physics.
The American Journal of Physics is devoted to the instructional and cultural aspects of physical science. It is published by the AAPT through the American Institute of Physics.
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A motorcyclist from Ilkley died in a motorway crash in Gloucestershire yesterday.
The 57-year-old was riding a yellow BMW motorbike when it collided with a blue Ford Mondeo on the M5, near Gloucester and Cheltenham.
It happened on the southbound stretch, between junctions 10 and 11, at about 6.50pm.
The man's next-of-kin and the coroner have been informed of his death.
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Two men armed with semi-automatic handguns robbed the Little Caesars pizza parlor, 45 S. Sanborn Road Monday, Salinas police reported.
The pair entered the business about 1:30 p.m. and demanded money from one of the cash registers. After they received an undisclosed amount of cash, the robbers ordered employees to leave the business and walk away for 10 minutes before returning, police said.
The gunmen then fled to a tan, older model car, in which a third person was waiting behind the wheel. The car drove away north on Sanborn Road.
The pizza parlor employees called police after a few minutes of leaving the business, police said.
Woman robbed of cell phone, necklace
A 24-year-old woman was robbed by two men Saturday while walking to the rear of a school on the 1300 block of Sanborn Road.
Police said the woman was confronted by the men at La Paz Middle School who simulated having guns in their waistbands. They took the woman's cell phone and before fleeing, ripped a necklace from her neck.
One of the men was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and the other a white shirt.
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The Salinas Police Department's Violence Suppression Unit arrested a 17-year-old boy Saturday night after a traffic stop for mechanical violations at North Sanborn Road and Freedom Parkway.
Police said the teen had no driver's license or other identification. They searched his car and found a loaded .22-caliber revolver under the driver's seat.
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Jack Johnson announces fall headline tour dates in support of his sixth studio album, From Here To Now To You, to be released on September 17 through Johnson's own Brushfire Records. Inspired by his solo acoustic Hawaiian Islands Theater Tour last year, Johnson will play some of the most beautiful and intimate seated theatres in North America including DPAC on October 3. As Johnson told Rolling Stone about his 2012 Hawaiian Islands Tour: "They were the most magical shows," he says. "It gave you the time to tell stories and where the songs came from. I really enjoyed that. I think we're going to mix it up next year with different types of tours, but at least for a lot of it, we're going to try to do some theaters." With 25 of his 28 fall tour venues in historic theaters, Johnson is doing just that. As with all of his tours since 2008, Johnson will donate 100% of his tour profits to charity.
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Now just imagine if it was ESPN, and not Fox Sports, in charge of the TV coverage for Tuesday's MLB All-Star Game.
Considering the resources, resolve and ratings that come into play for a situation like that, you think Yasiel Puig would have been allowed to miss out on a National League roster spot? Compared to the Puig Push that could have taken place on so many ESPN platforms, it would have made Tim Tebow look like Tiny Tim.
Perhaps the Dodgers' 22-year-old rookie outfielder from Cuba could still be named as an injury replacement, although it won't be from the fan online "Final Vote" announced Thursday that showed he came up short behind Atlanta's Freddie Freeman for that 34th spot on the team.
In the weeks before it launches its new Fox Sports 1 cable channel that's supposed to offer more of a channel to ESPN, Fox simply did not have as many opportunities to prop up the Puig storyline and, in return, increase the likelihood of more bi-coastal curious viewers for a quasi-exhibition game that has had issues in recent years attracting a sustainable audience. Not when compared to what ESPN has in its serendipitous arsenal -- such as the ability to put Puig on the air Thursday for a one-on-one with anchor Max Bretos that ran all day on "SportsCenter" and could be viewed on ESPNLA.com.
No matter how much Fox's Joe Buck and Tim McCarver talked up Puig's exploits during regional coverage of Saturday's Dodgers-Giants game in San Francisco last Saturday, Puig struck out four times and the game went to only 22 percent of the country. That, and McCarver reiterated that he wasn't convinced Puig had played enough games to warrant a selection.
"I've softened on it but not much further than I have last week," McCarver said Thursday morning, before the "Final Vote" had been revealed, and obviously sabotaging any help Fox needed to push the game by simply presenting his honest opinion. "I understand the sentiment and the emotion behind Puig's inclusion, but five weeks does not a season make. A guy like Freeman is more deserving.
"We did have a chance to see the impact and electricity and buzz that he presents. He's a fascinating player. But as far as an All-Star? In my opinion, there are others more worthy strictly for one reason -- they played the whole first half."
No matter how many times the Prime Ticket Dodger telecasts pushed the Vote Puig campaign, the fact that Puig has hit a modest .250 with no homers and a 33 percent strikeout rate from July 3-10 could have resonated more with short attention-span fans than that .443 clip he had with eight homers and a 20 percent strikeout rate between his June 3 debut and July 2.
There's all kinds of perceptions out there that ESPN, which will cover the All-Star Game nationally on radio as well as the tired Home Run Derby on Monday, can get things done when it needs to for its own benefits.
ESPN's Buster Olney reported recently that members of the Atlanta Braves, and teammates of Freedman's, were upset by what they thought was a "concerted effort" by that network to get Puig voted in.
"In particular, they're not happy with ESPN," Olney said on a recent "Baseball Tonight" installment, noting that the baseball page of ESPN.com made some reference last Sunday to promoting Puig votes.
Olney said that Braves pitcher Tim Hudson thought the network "had an agenda," causing the reporter to respond: "I can promise you that there was not a big memo that went out telling everybody to push for Puig. The Braves should know that what's pushing Puig now is not a conspiracy, but the excitement that always comes along with the climb of a young player."
Fox Sports president Eric Shanks said he thought "it's interesting people perceive ESPN promoting a game that's on Fox as having some kind of push. We know it's an exciting story and we're in the business of eyeballs. It would be fun if he got in. But I don't think there's a particular pushing happening one way or another."
It's just that the story has already crossed several boundaries.
Eric Dodd, Time magazine's New York City-based reporter covering sports, culture and entertainment, posted an argument on the KeepingScore blog under the headline: "Please Stop Saying Yasiel Puig Shouldn't Be an All-Star."
At least he said "please."
"Puig has simply been one of the most riveting stories in baseball over the last three months," wrote Dodd. "He's managed to change the Dodgers' narrative from one of a bloated, floundering franchise to one of the NL West's most compelling team. His mammoth home runs and laser-like assists from the outfield regularly top nightly highlights, and his inclusion on the NL roster would inevitably be a ratings boon for Fox "?"
The Wall Street Journal, which knows its numbers, also pointed out in a recent story that Pittsburgh's Frankie Zak has the record for playing the fewest career games before his All-Star selection -- 44 of them in 1944 -- compared to the 39 that Puig could appear in by Sunday.
During Saturday's Fox Dodgers-Giants game, McCarver even brought Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria into the conversation. Echevarria, a professor of Spanish and Comparative Studies at Yale University and an expert in Cuban baseball history. Echevarria, who said he thought a great nickname for Puig would be "El Cohete Cubano" (aka, The Cuban Rocket), told us earlier this week that he did vote Puig for the NL roster spot.
"I am tremendously impressed with Puig," he said via email while on vacation. "I have never seen anyone, Cuban or otherwise, break into the Majors with such eclat. He plays as if he belonged in a higher league, if there were one.
"I remember how he was called out at Yankee Stadium trying to stretch an ordinary single into a double -- replays showed that he was safe -- and did it again, undeterred the next time and made it safely. He has great self confidence. The only Cuban player with comparable batting eye, power, speed, and arm was Jos? Canseco. But I don?t remember (Jose) Canseco making such a splash when he reached the Majors.
"Puig deserves to be in the All Star game because, at present, there is no one as good as he is and the fans throughout the country will want to see him."
McCarver said Thursday he found it most interesting that MLB seemed to enjoy the debate in the media over the last couple of weeks rather than act upon creating a rule that would avoid any further confusion.
"I'm not sure Major League Baseball wants a solution to this problem," he said. "From a business standpoint, it's smart for baseball to want this controversy. There's been so much talk about it, it's more fun. Both sides could be right."
Speaking of both sides, we'll defer to Fox baseball analyst Eric Karros, who in his 14-year MLB career (1,755 games and 7,100 plate appearances) did not make an All-Star team despite finishing as the career L.A. Dodgers leader in home runs and, in 1995, finishing fifth in the league MVP voting.
"This is my take: As a player, I wouldn't have wanted him to take a spot. There's a pecking order, you pay your dues, it's a right of passage," Karros, who'll be on Fox's coverage of the Dodgers-Rockies game Saturday (4:15 p.m., Channel 11), said Thursday afternoon.
"But as a media member, and as a fan -- absolutely I want to see Puig there. That would make the game far more interesting."
== The graphic popped up on the screen during the sixth inning of Tuesday's Dodgers-Diamondbacks telecast on KCAL-Channel 9: "Trivia question: Who was the last Dodger pitcher to win their debut start following a mid-season trade?" Except when Vin Scully read it aloud, he halted at the word "their" and correctly said "his" instead. He read it a second time and emphasized "his" again. "C'mon guys," he said aloud to the production truck about the grammatical error, but also chuckling. "That's embarrassing." By the time the graphic reappeared with the answer in the ninth inning, it had been corrected. Was it wrong for Scully to call out his supporting cast? Not in the way he did so.
== ESPN's prime-time audience during the second quarter dropped 32 percent, its daytime viewing fell 13 percent and its overall viewership declined 20 percent from the same period a year ago "" the lowest Nielsen numbers for the network in the last seven years, according to research by the Sports Business Daily. It also showed that ESPN2 experienced similar drops. TV biz analysis attribute it to a poor showing by NBA playoffs games the network covered. How Earth-shaking is that? David Letterman turned it into a Top 10 list on Wednesday's "Late Show," citing the problem was likely due to shows such as "Mike and Mike in the Shower," "Two and a Half Mets," "Monday Night Tee-Ball," "The Joe Theismann Prostate Report," and the "World Series of Shuffling," which consisted of someone shuffling a deck of cards. Note: ESPN's 1.3 million viewers were still double its nearest competitor. The largest audience jumps came from the MLB Network (20 percent) and NBC Sports Network (17 percent).
== The Pac-12 Network seems no closer to getting a carriage deal done with DirecTV, AT&T U-verse, Charter cable or Verizon Fios than it has nearly a year ago when it launched, according network president Lydia Murphy-Stephans. "I wish I could say the conversations were fruitful and we're ready go to "" the reality is, I'm not optimistic," she told the Orange County Register last week, with the college football season less than two month away and the network planning covering three dozen games on their schedule. "We just can't change our business model to meet someone's needs when we already have done a comfortable deal (with other systems)," she said. Live event coverage is expected to increase from 550 to 750 this coming school year.
More media notes on Tom Hoffarth's blog: insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth


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I just walked back into my office after spending some time walking around Mariner's Landing. We're currently in the process of conducting a simulated opening for the property. Our entire operations staff, from ride operators to facility managers, participate in this yearly exercise in an effort to iron out the kinks that will undoubtedly occur on the first operating weekend.
During the simulation, we basically pretend that we are scheduled to open for our guests by a specific time. Everyone knows their responsibilities and has been thoroughly trained on what needs to happen and when, but this is when that training is put to the test. If we don't get everything right, we do it again and again until everything goes smoothly. Today's first try went OK, second try a bit better. Third, almost perfect. One more run through and we'll have it down. Hopefully the weather will cooperate for the real thing tomorrow!


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7/14/2008 – what are the advantages to using a glass carboy as opposed to a plastic bucket?
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3/22/2007 – I'm using a 5 gal plastic bucket as a primary fermentor for cider but I'm having difficulty getting an air-tight seal around the lid. This makes it difficult to judge the fermentation by watching the airlock.What is a good, simple way to get a good lid to bucket seal so that the airlock will do it's job?
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11/5/2006 – I live in Seattle, can I come and pick up the bottles in Everett? Do you have a "brick and mortar" store?
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5/16/2005 – i am new to this, and i have seen and heard of people using plastic buckets for final fermentation, their purpose for doing this is so they can attach a spigot to the bucket for bottling, is this ok to do or is glass the better choice? thanx again and i find that you question and answer part of the site to be very helpful
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Yes, that can be done, but we prefer to use the plastic "bucket" type fermenter for the primary fermenter, and using glass for the secondary. We like the bucket for ease of cleaning, and besides, your beer is only in there for a few days to a week or so. We find glass to be better for clarifing your beer, however. This is not to say you CAN'T . . .
3/13/2005 – I'm just getting started brewing and I had a question. As a primary fermenter which is better, plastic bucket, plastic carboy or glass carboy. Then for secondary fermentation, plastic carboy or glass carboy?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: You will find that brewers have different preferences. Personally, I like the plastic bucket for a primary. It's inexpensive, and easy to clean. For the secondary, I like glass carboys. Glass seems to cause the beer/wine to clear better. If I had a lot of money (not the case), I'd probably get a stainless steel Fermenator. Best of all worlds. . . .
1/26/2005 – i am looking around my town for some buckets that i can use for my fermenting and was just wondering if 5 gallons is big enough or should i go with 6 or 7? also do i need the lids for them and would i need to order anything extra from you like a hydrometer of fermenting stop?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: We have them. Here is a link.For beer, we recommend at least a 6 gallon fermenter to make a 5 gallon batch, and bigger is better. There is usually significant foaming in the primary. Yes, I would get lids. I don't consider a hydrometer "extra", I consider it essential. That's why we put it in our kits.
1/10/2005 – I've made wine 5 gallons at a time. Now I want to make wine at 20 gallons at a time. For a primary fermentor, I've used 6? gallon pail. With a larger batch, if I use a 30 gallon new clean plastic trash can, am I asking for problems (health and taste wise)?
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12/19/2003 – I am having trouble keeping the temp in the room I am making wine between 70 and 75 degrees as specified in the wine kit I have. I live in Colorado and often the temp at night dips way down, and in the day it can get quite warm. I am not around at all times to adjust the thermastat. Could I solve this problem by wrapping the carboy with . . .
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11/2/2003 – My father wants to make root beer. I understand that you have ingredients for the root beer but where can i get the equipment to bottle and make the root beer in?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Right here at Homebrew Heaven! We have bottling equipment in the Beer Brewing section, and food grade buckets etc in the Carboys/Fermenters section.See below for the links to take you there
10/23/2003 – I noticed most of the malt extract brew kits are 5 gallon batches. Will a 5 gallon carboy be sufficient for fermentation, or will I need a 6 gallon carboy to allow for foaming? Thanks, I'm new to this.
Response From Homebrew Heaven: We recommend going larger for the primary. That's why we put 6 gallon plastic fermenters in our equipment kits. You can use a larger carboy of course, but the 6.5 gallon "bucket" type fermenter allows for the foaming, doesn't break, cleans up easier, and is less weight for shipping. Hey...we were all new to this at one time. No shame in that! . . .
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Here are some old telephone directories from my favorite Independent Telephone organization - Associated Telephone later changed to General Telephone Corporation...
These are very hard to find directories...Most will be priced at $20 minimum or more (if you can find them!)...I have more of these directories and will be posting scans later on...Thank you for looking! Enjoy!