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A man suffered serious burns after an out-of-control car crashed into a gas pump Thursday morning in Clarksville, TN.
Around 8:11 a.m., Clarksville police said John Ward was driving a Lincoln MKZ south on Riverside Drive when Ward's vehicle went into oncoming traffic and left the road.
The car struck a gas pump at an Exxon station located at 715 South Riverside Dr., causing an explosion.
A pedestrian, Chris Porter, walking through the gas station parking lot was unable to avoid a fireball caused by the explosion and is seen in surveillance video rolling on the ground to extinguish flames on his legs.
A car belonging to the station's owner also went up in flames after the crash.
Porter was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in critical but stable condition.
Ward said he blacked out behind the wheel before the wreck. He was not injured, and the cause of the crash is still under investigation.
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Topic: Bile Duct Cancer Walk, Mt. View CA
Bile Duct Cancer Walk in Mt. View CA at Shoreline Park on April 16,2011
(google Bile duct cancer walk and the site will come up)
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Bile Duct Cancer Walk in Mt. View CA at Shoreline Park on April 16,2011
(google Bile duct cancer walk and the site will come up)
Hi Cathy....thanks for putting this out for everyone. As I have mentioned in my e-mail to you definitely I will attending and will display our banner, brochures, and wristbands. More information will be posted soon. I would love it if many of our members living in the area (or, not) could meet up?
All my best wishes,
There will also be a Bile Duct Cancer walk in California, in June I think. I will keep you posted. My daughter's company is supporting CC in their company walk this year. The day ends with candles lit and it is very inspiring. They will walk in memory of my husband and her dad. We are so pleased to participate in this event. Will get more information as the time draws nearer.
Thanks Susan...I believe it is the very same organization sponsoring the upcoming bile duct walk in Southern California. Walks for a cause I find especially intriguing in that all can participate; children, the elderly, and those physically less able. It can include anyone and everyone. Here is the link to this great organization: http://bileductcancerwalk.org/
Your daughter
I hope this spreads and there are some walks on the east coast. I would definitely be able to get a crew to walk.....
Nancy.....I am pretty sure that it will grow to a nationwide event. We will know more within the next few weeks.
All my best,
Marion-that is exciting!! We need one in the midwest. I posted on FB so all my northern california family can participate
Great Cathy....Will I be able to meet your family? I would love it. Also, I believe that Joyce has planned for a walk in Wisconsin but, again let's wait and see what else she has on the agenda.
All my best wishes,
Hi Marion. Let me know about Wisconsin as my son and grandsons live in Milwaukee.
Of course, Lainy. We all will know.
Gosh, I hope so. I am retiring April 1 and will always do whatever I can to help the cause....
Thanks, Marion. I sent this link to my daughter.
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The market is playing out history very well. The expectations based on history were a bullish bias last week and clearly we saw that. History also tells us the Monday after Thanksgiving is generally bearish, which is also coming to fruition. Ah, if only everything could be so simple.
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Political debates are never polite affairs — that's why they're called "debates" and not "friendly conversations" — but say that you're gonna cut funding for Big Bird and the whole internet gets in the fray.
During last night's presidential debate between President Obama and GOP candidate Mitt Romney, the Mittster said he would tighten Washington's belt by making cuts to federal programs, including subsidies to PBS, which airs Big Bird's show Sesame Street.
"I'm sorry Jim, I'm going to stop the subsidy to PBS," Romney said during Wednesday night's televised debate, addressing Jim Lehrer, the host of PBS's NewsHour. "I'm going to stop other things. I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I actually like you, too. But I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for."
Almost immediately the internet meme machine swung into action – seizing on the moment by making I Can Haz Cheezburger-style Big Bird images and GIFs. Twitter denizens got in on the action as well with non-verified and parody accounts for @BIGBIRD and @FiredBigBird joining the fracas much the way the @InvisibleObama account popped up after Clint Eastwood addressed an empty chair as if it were the president during the Republican National Convention. And, of course, Next Media Animation also weighed in with a typically bonkers animation of the Colorado debate that showed the GOP candidate taking a chainsaw to the beloved children's icon.
On Thursday, PBS issued a statement about Romney's remarks, saying that the publicly funded network was "very disappointed" to have been drawn into the presidential debate, defending the Sesame Street character, and noting that the federal outlay for public broadcasting was "one one-hundredth of one percent" of the nation's budget.
"For more than 40 years, Big Bird has embodied the public broadcasting mission – harnessing the power of media for the good of every citizen, regardless of where they live or their ability to pay," the statement read. "Our system serves as a universally accessible resource for education, history, science, arts and civil discourse."
The internet, naturally, was not nearly as polite, making images of Big Bird giving Romney the bird and even planning a Million Muppet March on Washington D.C.'s National Mall on Nov. 3. Here are some of the best Big Bird vs. Romney memes.
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daverupa wrote:For a modern approach which sees a Western empiricist practicing Chinese exercises and seeing Hindu gods, try reading Path Notes.
(It takes me back about 15 years; these are some old neurons firing to call up these titles; the single tattoo I have is related to Path Notes adventures...)
ccharles wrote:I don't know which systems are effective.
ccharles wrote:Thank you all for your responses. I know that's not what Dhamma is practice for, just wondering if that could be a side effect. Aside from dhamma practice, could any of you recommend any effective systems of "energy work" (qi gong, yoga, tibetan yoga, kundalini, etc.) so I could work with these energies/ keep them healthy? I'd personally like to see if I could receive any benefit from working with them, however I don't know which systems are effective.
ccharles wrote:This explains my motivation: (I PMed someone on this forum about this, and this is what I messaged them): "It may sound silly, but I recently was worried as to whether or not my "chakras" were opened or if I had accidentally closed them by focusing on a pressure I had in my forehead (I know this is not discussed much in Theravada buddhism). Because I was afraid I accidentally closed them, I tried to visualize and feel white light radiating and rising from the different chakra locations (and relaxing those areas) from the bottom up (not during meditation just in regular waking life). I'm now afraid that I may have opened certain chakras too much or that they're not balanced, so I'm wondering what to do next, if I should not worry about it or if I should search for someone who deals with chakras. I'm worried about my "energy bodies" for lack of a better word you could say...I've never formally learned about chakras btw, only scattered information I've seen online... All I know about chakras is the general locations they're normally said to be located, aside from that I know nothing at all about them: how to open them, get them flowing, balancing them, etc..." Also at one point when I was attempting to visualize white light radiating at a certain area and relaxing the area, I had a negative intrusive thought worrying if that negativity could somehow manifest itself in that chakra area and then affect my awareness and my life negatively. I tried to make my self feel safe by countering the thought with white light radiating from the area, however I kept worrying and having the intrusive thought, making it hard to maintain the visualization of white light, and so I felt like maybe I never completely "erased" this "negative energy" (if even "negative energy" was actually created, i was just worried about the possibility of having created it because of the negative intrusive thoughts/ visualizations, which is why I did this Pure O OCD like behaviour). It's got me worried, and I could say it's somewhat in the realm of Pure O (OCD) thoughts, but I do not know whether or not the negative intrusive thoughts I had could manifest because of this, in a way similar to what is described in the "Law of Attraction" teachings (Even though I don't really believe these teachings too much, sometimes I have Pure-O (OCD) worries that my negative thoughts could be attracting those things to manifest, so I'll try to counter them with a thought of the opposite positive situation, thinking that maybe this will help it to manifest and keep me safe. Countering the thoughts however is tiresome and I realize I only do it out of the fear that if I just leave the negative thoughts and feeling of fear alone, something bad could happen.) I'm just asking for advice.
daverupa wrote:For a modern approach which sees a Western empiricist practicing Chinese exercises and seeing Hindu gods, try reading Path Notes.
(It takes me back about 15 years; these are some old neurons firing to call up these titles; the single tattoo I have is related to Path Notes adventures...)
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Police have expressed their concern after the number of people killed in road accidents in Essex rose during 2012.
There had previously been a year-on-year reduction in road deaths, but 48 people died in 46 separate incidents last year.
This compares to 41 people dying in 38 fatal incidents during 2011.
Road policing chief inspector Rachel Nolan said: "The figures are disappointing and we can only hope our road safety messages hit home in 2013. These fatal crashes are needless."
"The four main contributing factors being road crashes, whether they result in death or not, are failure to wear a seat belt, mobile telephone abuse, drink-driving or speeding.
"All road users must be aware of this. If all of these factors were cut out and motoring laws adhered to then people would not be injured or killed."
The Essex Casualty Reduction Board, a partnership between Essex Police, Essex County Council and Essex Fire and Rescue, funds road safety operations throughout the year designed to educate people and improve their road skills and awareness.
Last year, 3,600 people were injured in collisions, with 670 of those being classed as serious.
By comparison, in 2011, 4,000 people were injured and 745 of these casualties were classed as serious.
Chief Insp Nolan said: "We will continue to rigorously enforce offences relating to the four key road safety factors throughout the next 12 months."


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'Acquired from Edmonton in a trade prior to the 2002-03 season, Hecht has recorded 331 points (133+198) in 566 regular-season games as a member of the Sabres. As the longest-tenured player on the team's roster, Hecht ranks 20th in franchise history in games played, goals and points. He leads all active Sabres with a career plus/minus rating of plus-94, ranking him 23rd among all active NHL players.'
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Senior Analyst and Project Leader, Directorate for Education
The recent international OECD-CCE-Singapore workshop gave 30 education decision-makers from 12 countries the opportunity to share the lessons from Asian educational initiatives aiming to foster pupils' creativity and critical thinking. While most of these initiatives build on project-based, research-based, and other active pedagogies, some start to use design thinking methods to scaffold the learning of innovation skills.
Singapore and Korea are two good examples of countries emphasising creativity, critical thinking and character building in their curricula. Since 2009, Korea expects its schools to foster creativity as part of quality subject-based learning – but also to devote almost 10% of overall school time to projects and other transversal activities that foster creativity. As for Singapore, their "Desired Outcomes of Education" include critical and inventive thinking as well as social and emotional competences. At the end of secondary school, among other things students are expected to be "resilient in the face of adversity", "innovative and enterprising" as well as "able to think critically and communicate persuasively".
A visit at Haig Girls' School in Singapore showed that this is more than just words. Creativity and innovation are at the heart of the project of this elementary school. Teachers have developed common criteria to monitor their students' progress in "critical thinking" and in "creative and inventive thinking". Students also assess themselves and their peers by answering questions such as "I am able to brainstorm multiple ways to reach a solution" (critical thinking) or "I am able to connect ideas in an interesting and creative manner to create a unique idea" (creative thinking).
Among its multiple projects, the school also asks pupils to engage in genuine innovation activities. After a long collective brainstorming, a small group of pupils has imagined and prototyped an inventive way of closing an umbrella—a useful invention in a country where it rains almost every other day. Why use two hands to fold your umbrella and risk one of them getting wet when you could do it with just the one hand holding the handle? To keep you dry and speed up the closing process, the girls have replaced the press-stud on the small band that is generally rolled around the fabric to fasten the umbrella tight with a magnet. The magnet is heavy enough to make the band twist around the pole before adhering to the magnetic frame and keeping the fabric tight. Ingenious, no?
Including creativity and other skills for innovation in national curricula is a helpful starting point for them to be taken seriously in school. The next step is to also formally assess these skills. Singapore and Korea have thus changed their national exams and assessments to incentivise teachers and students to pay due attention to them in their teaching and learning.
While the journey ahead is still long, it is encouraging to see countries taking action and starting to share the tools and lessons that will eventually make all students and teachers reach the promised land.
For further information on CERI Innovation Strategy for Education and Training, please visit our webpage: www.oecd.org/edu/innovation
The following working papers should be of interest:
• Progression in student creativity in school: first steps towards new forms of formative assessment by Bill Lucas, Guy Claxton and Ellen Spencer
• Assessment and Innovation in Education by Janet Looney
• Bringing about curriculum Innovation by Kiira Kärkkäinen
View our video of Howard Gardner discussing creativity and 21st Century education as well as his interview.
Summary reports and presentations on education for innovation can also be found in our conference webpage.
Diagram: Lucas, Claxton and Spencer (2013)
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Adobe Extension Builder 2.1 is an Eclipse™ based IDE for quickly developing, debugging, and packaging extensions that run inside the Creative Suite and Creative Cloud applications.
Creative Suite and Creative Cloud extensions are applications that leverage the Flex and Adobe AIR® frameworks and integrate inside the Creative Suite and Creative Cloud products to extend their functionality. Apart from ActionScript® code, they can contain native (C++, JavaScript) code. Creative Suite and Creative Cloud extensions that combine native and ActionScript code are referred to as hybrid extensions. They are usually accessible in the Creative Suite and Creative Cloud products from the Window > Extensions menu. When launched, they show up as panels inside the Creative Suite and Creative Cloud products. Learn more about Create Suite and Creative Cloud extensions.
The Adobe Creative Suite SDK is a set of ActionScript libraries that make it possible to build Adobe Flash® technology–based extensions in CS5, CS5.5, CS6 and CC. Developers can include these libraries in their projects in order to create cross-application plug-ins that use the Flex framework and the Adobe AIR 2 API or later, and access the scripting Document Object Model (DOM) of Creative Suite and Creative Cloud applications through ActionScript objects.
The Creative Suite SDK is a set of ActionScript libraries. Adobe Extension Builder is an IDE that includes the Creative Suite SDK.
To use Adobe Extension Builder 2.1, you will need at least one Creative Suite 5, CS5.5, CS6 or CC application installed.
Note: Both trial and licensed versions of Adobe Extension Builder and the Creative Suite/Creative Cloud applications will work with Adobe Extension Builder 2.1.
Adobe Extension Builder 2.1 includes a number of new features. Here are the key ones:
To find out more, read Introducing Extension Builder and check out other resources on the Developer Center.
Adobe Extension Builder 2.1 is currently available only in English.
No. Using Adobe Extension Builder 2.1 (or 1.0), you can create extensions that run inside either Creative Suite 5, CS5.5, CS6 or Creative Cloud. CS Extension Builder 1.5 lets you create extensions for CS5 and CS5.5.
Using Adobe Extension Builder, you can develop extensions using Flex SDK version 4.5. This is the version supported by Creative Cloud. Note that since Adobe Extension Builder is a Flash Builder plug-in, it supports the same Flex SDK version as Flash Builder. The limitation to 4.5 applies only to extensions developed for Creative Suite and Creative Cloud.
No. Extension Builder 2.1 needs Flash Builder 4.6 which is included.
The latest version of Adobe Extension Builder includes backward compatibility, so you can build extensions that run inside CS5, CS5.5, CS6 and CC. Hence, it is unnecessary to have multiple versions installed.
The standalone version of Adobe Extension Builder 2.1 comes without additional support. Read about Adobe support for developers.
Adobe Extension Builder 2.1 is available as a 60-day trial and as a month-to-month or yearly subscription. Both versions have the same feature set and are fully functional.
There are three ways to buy Adobe Extension Builder 2.1:
No, currently there is no specific pricing for education customers.
No, Adobe Extension Builder is not currently available as part of Adobe Buying Programs.
When you buy a subscription to use Adobe Extension Builder, the purchase is tied to your Adobe ID. Purchasing more than one subscription under the same Adobe ID will not provide you additional benefits, nor will it enable you to have multiple users access the software.
As long as you have a valid subscription, you will always be entitled to the latest version of Adobe Extension Builder. So, once a new version becomes available, you will be notified so that you can download it.
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Fairest of them all? Roenicke still wonders
SAN DIEGO -- Petco Park's ground rules were pushed to the limit on Monday night with Carlos Gomez's fourth-inning foul ball. A day later, whether Gomez's moonshot hit fair or foul was still on the mind of Brewers manager Ron Roenicke.
With the Brewers leading, 5-0, Gomez crushed a 1-0 slider from Padres right-hander Jason Marquis down the left-field line, toward the Western Metal Supply Co. building.
Incidentally, the edge of that building also serves as the Petco Park foul pole. The fair side has a painted yellow stripe, and the foul side is simply brick red.
The ball caromed left, meaning it physically could not have hit the yellow stripe, making it fair. Still, without knowledge of the park's ground rules, replays showed what appeared to be a ball that was too close to call either way.
Roenicke was informed of those rules in his pregame meeting with the umpires, but had a hard time comprehending them when he went out to ask for a review.
"I heard him say it to me, I looked out there, and I couldn't quite understand what they were saying," Roenicke said.
Before Tuesday's game, Roenicke spoke with San Diego manager Bud Black, who told him he had never seen a ball that close. But the ground rules clearly state that the carom of the ball is used as the fair/foul indicator. That's why no review was necessary.
The only exception would have been had the ball had hit precisely on the corner of the building. So, does Roenicke think that could have happened?
"My eyes aren't that good," he quipped.
AJ Cassavell is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @ajcassavell. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Kayla Shaw is happy and secure as a private banker until she realizes her boss, Andre Bertone, has used her to launder millions of dollars. Rand McCree has been hunting Bertone ever since the ruthless Russian brutally murdered his twin brother. When Kayla and Rand meet, they join forces to bring down the murderer, with the help of St. Kilda Counsulting, a private rogue operation. The story has a slew of agents, evildoers, and others, as well as a rash of emotions. Thankfully, Carol Monda moves easily up and down the roller coaster of feelings, maximizing the charged dialogue between Kayla and Rand and carefully portraying Kayla's growth from a worried woman to one who fears little and dares much.
On what at first appears to be an ordinary day, everything changes for Kayla, as she barely escapes a kidnapping attempt and finds herself accused of a shocking crime: the illegal laundering of hundreds of millions of dollars. Damned by lies and false "evidence", she is trapped with no place to run.
After five agonizing years, Rand has finally been offered what he desires the most: the name of his twin brother's murderer. Hungry for vengeance, he accepts a job with St. Kilda Consulting that will place him in the killer's orbit, and tantalizingly close to Kayla Shaw. The cold-blooded international criminal responsible for Rand's brother's death has targeted Kayla as his next victim. Since she can't turn to the police, who believe she's guilty as sin, she must place her life in the hands of the shadowy, secretive man who has come out of nowhere to protect her.
Suspicious of each other, needing each other, they are two against the world, with unknown enemies on all sides and even the government itself suspect, as the violence of the past erupts in the present. And now innocence alone will not be enough to keep Kayla Shaw alive.
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I love mysteries in the style of P.D. James, Rex Stout, Elizabeth Peters, Dave Duncan, etc. I love sci fi written by Issac Asimov (the robot books), Douglas Adams, Jack McDevitt (Alex Benedict series) and Susan Collins. I love fantasy written by Terry Pratchett, and Kim Harrison. I love Kate Morton. I don't like graphic descriptions of violence.
I had to listen to the first 10 chapters again since my mind drifted off so much the first time I was afraid I hadn't given it a fair try. Even after forcing my self to concentrate, it didn't help. Nothing happened until somewhere around the middle of the book and even then it had a very cooke-cutter feel. Cannot recommend this book.
I buy anything Elizabeth Lowell writes! This is Lowell at her best. I have listened twice and will listen again.
"Innocent as Sin"
The plot is good but the time stamping gets really boring.
"aw, come on!!"
Very predictable - undercover hero and feisty and heroic lady - story was well written and that is why I listened - the reader was also great. If you are looking for a standard romance with a somewhat not too "chic litty" theme then this is enjoyable - I have done better , but this was not a complete waste - passed a summers day without too much rewinding. there is some merit in that!
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3) We will call your Vet for a reference or request another reference. We also may do a home check.
4) Upon approval of all that, we will finalize the adoption and the pet will be scheduled on the next available transport
5) The adoption fee covers spaying/neutering, age appropriate vaccinations, rabies, complete vet check (including fecal, heartworm and preventative de-worming and de-fleaing), health certificate and transport to you
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Is there a way to see how my players did tonight without checking the individual box scores?
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Is there a way to see how my players did tonight without checking the individual box scores?
This space for rent.
I think you need to have a verified email address on your account on hoops.sports.ws, so you can be a platinum, or gold member.
Then, if you do that, click on the toys tab at the top, between schedule, and help, and then scroll down to the bottom, and click the part under where it says Lineup Stats, under Other Goodies, and you should be able to see all your players stats.
But, that also might not have all the stats on it, until after tonight's games are over.
Sometimes the site posts player stats within hours, other times it's a day or so.
Usually when you go to "schedule" and click where it says someting like "two minutes left in the 2nd" on the box for game 1, you see up-to-date stats.
They don't have last night's stats up yet, so you do have to look at the espn.com or nba.com box scores if you want to know now.
So when will I know if I won my first game?
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Can somebody clue me in as to why I drafted Korver?
Good NBA player, not so good fantasy player.
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I still object to the way in which Nydahl attempts to flame up anti-Islamic sentiment as a way to curry favor with his readers and listeners. Counterproductive is the gentlest term to use for it.
We don't live in Europe. So we don't see things the way they do. We are not having our cities overrun with Moslems who have no interest in integrating with our society (not yet, anyway). I don't particularly like nationalism, but Islam is a religion based on cultural warfare and ethnic cleansing, just like Christianity and Judaism. However, Christianity was ultimately neutered by the end of the 19th Century because of the forces of The Enlightenment. Islam never went through an Enlightenment.


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A retail space left vacant for several years in Hudson is slowly taking shape as a new ballet studio.
Hudson residents and longtime dancers Sunita Joshi and Eric Carvill plan to open the new Hudson Conservatory of Ballet for classes in June, but will host a series of open houses on Fridays through the end of May from 4 to 8 p.m.
"It was our first time doing anything like this," said Carvill. "It's come a long way. We've talked to some of the other business owners, and they have been very friendly and supportive. I don't think we could have found a better space without building it ourselves."
Joshi said conservatory will offer training for students 3 to 18 and provide guidance to those seeking scholarships and career opportunities. A full range of class options addressing all levels of interest will be offered throughout the year beginning with two introductory sessions this summer.
Joshi said she had been teaching off and on since she was 17, but an injury led her to teach more.
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Cards' offense finds rhythm it's been seeking
Behind three-run sixth inning, Lynn earns NL-leading fifth victory
ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals closed their homestand on Wednesday with the concentrated burst of offense that the club had been seeking for much of the past week. It was a glimpse, players said after the team's 4-2 win over Cincinnati, that should be the norm from a mostly established group of hitters.
With three runs off Reds starter Homer Bailey in a five-batter span in the sixth inning, the Cardinals matched their run production from the past three games combined. An announced crowd of 39,821 was on hand at Busch Stadium to see the Cardinals take their second series of the year from Cincinnati.
"I'll be the first to say that I don't think this offense is close to being where it's capable of being, and I know everybody in here agrees with that," Matt Carpenter said after his three-hit performance. "I think everybody will admit to it -- that nobody has really hit a huge stride here. It's going to come. We just have too many good hitters on this team that it's going to happen. When it does, it's going to be fun to watch."
Wednesday's production began with Carlos Beltran, who drilled a solo homer off Bailey to give the Cardinals an early one-run lead. It was Beltran's team-leading seventh homer of the season. And despite being bothered by the stomach flu for most of the homestand, he finished it 8-for-21.
"Right now, I feel like my legs are working. I feel like I'm solid at the plate," Beltran said. "When you feel solid, that translates into confidence as a hitter. You start seeing the baseball better. You start making better contact."
"He is the kind of hitter who can pick up a team, and if not carry them, get them going," manager Mike Matheny said. "You need that one guy to get the train going, and Carlos seems to be that guy a lot of times."
Beltran may have provided the first spark, but the fire was ignited en masse in the sixth. With the game even at 1, Bailey issued a one-out walk to Allen Craig; the Cardinals then followed with four consecutive singles to push three runs home. The team's Nos. 6-8 hitters -- Carpenter, Pete Kozma and Daniel Descalso -- each drove in a run during the sequence.
It produced the largest inning output since the Cardinals scored four in the eighth on Friday and marked the first time since April 23 that the club had a string of four straight hits.
"I could tell [Bailey] had kind of worn down, because we battled him so well," Carpenter said. "We know what kind of offense we have, and I know that people are wondering what the matter is. But we know that we're going to keep grinding and things are going to work out for us."
The Cardinals had used a similar formula against Bailey before. In his April 10 start against St. Louis, Bailey opened with four scoreless innings before being ambushed for four runs in the fifth and another three in the sixth.
Wednesday's succession of singles knocked him out of the game and lifted Lance Lynn to his fifth win. Lynn, who started the 2012 season with wins in each of his first six starts, is the first National League pitcher to reach the five-win plateau this season. His 10-game winning streak dating back to last season is the longest active streak in the Majors.
"Homer was throwing the ball well early, and all I was thinking about was trying to match him," Lynn said. "Then our offense broke through. I did everything I could to keep it right there and give them a chance, and it worked out."
Lynn skirted trouble in the second by getting Bailey to ground out with the bases loaded. Through the next five innings, he gave up four hits. The only one to go for extra bases was Brandon Phillips' RBI double in the sixth that tied the game.
"He had a great mix of intensity, but being controlled still," Matheny said. "You could see his frustration [after Phillips' hit], but he let that go and got right back to the game plan."
Lynn responded by retiring five straight to complete his 110-pitch start.
Lynn, who also snapped an 0-for-52 skid at the plate with his fifth-inning single, has finished seven innings in each of his past three starts. In those 21 innings combined, Lynn has given up only two runs and eight hits. His ERA has dropped from 5.40 to 2.75 in the process.
The rotation's ERA continues to tick down, too. Twenty-seven games into the season, it now sits at 2.11. The Reds' rotation ranks second in the Majors with a 3.07 ERA.
"Our starting pitchers have really been the MVP of [the season], because they've really given us the opportunity to win ballgames," Beltran said. "They are really keeping us in the game."
The bullpen settled, too, after a mostly tumultuous showing against the Pirates during the first half of the homestand. Trevor Rosenthal didn't allow a hit in three appearances, including Wednesday's, during the six-game stretch. Edward Mujica's save to preserve Lynn's win moves him to 6-for-6 in save opportunities since assuming the role.
"The starters right now are doing pretty well," Mujica said. "The bullpen has had a rough time, but we're just trying to come in and get the starters the win."
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For Scutaro, third Classic may be his last
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- While right fielder Carlos Gonzalez marveled at the young talent for Team Venezuela, its oldest member called 2013 probably his last World Baseball Classic.
Giants infielder and 2012 National League Championship Series MVP Marco Scutaro, who represented Venezuela in both 2006 and 2009, started in Tuesday's exhibition against the Marlins, going 1-for-2. Omar Infante earned the start on Wednesday.
The 37-year-old Scutaro has had an eventful few months, winning the World Series and preparing for his third Classic.
"It's a different experience, just because you get to be part of a team with a bunch of great players for your country, and something I'm very proud of [is] to be with this team and try to enjoy this experience the most," Scutaro said. "It's probably going to be my last one. I don't know about four years from now. I'm just trying to get the most and do something special."
When asked whether he grew up playing baseball with any others players on the team, Scutaro joked that he was old. He did play winter ball with catcher Ramon Hernandez -- seven months his junior -- more than a decade ago, and also against Miguel Cabrera.
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This is a collection of Movie Posters, Handbills, Lobby Cards. ect. From the movie "Custers Last Fight" The Largest is a six sheet poster that is 7'x7' I have 18 frames total. These are stone lithographs with great graphics.
Custets Last Fight was originally filmed in 1912 as one reel silent movie. It was the first film to use actual native americans to play the indians, and not some painted white guy. It was rereleased in 1927, with a second reel and sound. The additional cast included Buffalo Bill Cody and Sitting Bull, plus alot of the indian survivors of the battle.


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The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age is now available to play for free in browsers.
The Facebook game is developed by Kabam and draws heavily on the license recently popularised by the first of Peter Jackson's films.
It's the second game to be released via the collaboration between Warner and Kabam following last year's iOS and Android title The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth.
"We're eager to bring The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age to the millions of Middle-earth fans who engage online," Warner Interactive's senior VP of digital games Greg Ballard stated. "The Facebook and browser-based portals are key locations where The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film fans can regularly engage with Middle-earth in a shared interactive environment."
Facebook's director of games Sean Ryan added: "The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age from Kabam and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is a great example of the type of high quality games being built on Faceboo.
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McCarty Dairy in northwestern Kansas entered into an exclusive deal with The Dannon Company in 2011, the first of its kind in North America. Now the collaboration has resulted in Dannon Cream low-fat yogurt. The yogurt is now available in Sam's Club locations nationwide.
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For past few weeks I have had plenty of time to think about what I want to do, and what I have always wanted to do, what I like and what I have always dreamed of. Maybe the biggest passion and object of interest(Object? Give me a proper word) has beem these small "systems" like cell phones, handheld "computers", even calculators and old cash registers. ...programming wise, of course.
I don't know what is so interesting in them. I am just interested to do stuff with those small things. Mainly code programs and games for those. At least thats what I think I'd love to do. Maybe it is because of the fact that those "platforms" are very limited. You have to work with one set of functions or write your own. No external 3rd party libraries fooling devs here.
The problem is that I can't get into these "machines". How could I? I'd love to try doing something with these things. I don't really even know what kind of languages do these things use. I bet they use C, or some kind of assebly depending on the CPU architecture. At least not x86 I think. I believe the fetish is the low-level stuff. To use the specific, low-level and slow chip to do something fancy with. I feel like that this Windows + x86 with it's tens of languages, thousands of libraries and projects are driving me nuts. More I do C++/scripting in Windows/Linux environment, more deeply I have the passion towards these smaller things. I just wish I was born when the C64 was alive. Or Vic-20. Thats what I'd have loved, alot. Nowadays there are just some old hobbyists working with them.
This PC + high-level stuff is just so huge mess for me IMO. More and more it becomes higher-level stuff, but I want low-level, with low capabilities, and limited resources and stuff. Always after I write some code, I try to think how to optimize it, how to make it better, and better and better. Most of the time I end up getting frustrated since I don't really know how to make it better, but it feels like it isn't sufficient enough, even the loop runs WAY faster than it is needed. I end up thinking about getting some old 133MHz pentium laptop for coding and linux only. It is limited, it is slow, it does not have much resources... Ideal for me? I think so, but why?
I feel like being an idiot after reading all of this again. If I had a blog I'd put this there, but I don't have. I just wanted to write about it, maybe it can spring up some discussion even. Hope so, but hopes aren't that high this time. :unsure:
Anyone else with this kind of stuff?
Embedded systems is what they're called.
If you want to get into embedded development, a nice place to start is an old TI-86 calculator or something like that. If you've got one, and the cable to connect it to your computer, you can find programs on the internet to program it in assembly language and download the programs to the calculator. You could even write little games if you want (I never got deeply into it, but I did make a nice sprite blitter - it could move a semi-transparent sprite around on a background).
Another cool thing if you're into electronics and building things is to make a robot or something with a PIC microcontroller, and you can program that. Again there's software that will let you write programs in assembly language and download them to the PIC with a special "programming board" that you plug the IC into and connect to your computer via USB.
There are a few guys on the forum who are professionally involved in embedded development, so I'm sure they can tell you more.
Ah yeah. I've heard and read about the TI-86 and alike stuff. Never got to try a such thing really though, but it seems very interesting. I think I need to get one for myself and see how it turns out with it. Are there any real possibilities to start coding with PDA stuff or alike? e.g. are there coding hobbyists for those platforms?
After further brainstorming my mind and thinking about this whole issue, I must say that I can quite much put this all on one sentence: I like/want to work with the hardware, not with the software running on that hardware. Also many smaller and different projects interest me more than one big project. E.g. I'd rather write/design/work on a small game/program for PDA for one month, 12 times a year than to work 3 years on a full game/program for PC/Windows. Also Linux interests me, but not at PC-scale really, at least not for desktop. More like versions/"distros" for these "Embedded systems".
If you want an open-source programmable handheld device, look into the GP2X. It runs SDL as an API under Linux. If it had a lot of software it would be some real competition for the Nintendo DS.
-edit- Having started out on a C64 I can tell you right now that C majorly SUCKS at 1 MHz. In 65xx Assembly you have a very different perspective on programming. Structures go slow but arrays go faster (unless you have more than 256 items). If you have an array of structures on the PC, it will go faster as a structure of arrays on the C64.
That GP2X looks interesting indeed. I'd love to test it out. After reading more about it from Wikipedia, thats excactly what I want! Especially this sounds good: "Other libraries under development include Minimal Library SDK, which allows for direct hardware access inside the GP2X Linux environment, and sdk2x a set of libraries and a program which allows you to leave Linux completely for total control of all the hardware with no operating system to interfere." I am definitely trying to get one of those for myself in near future! Thanks alot.
Try software rendering. Suddenly 3 GHz is too damn slow and you'll discover an optimization opportunity every day...
But that is very inefficient! Alot of computing power wasted for nothing. Though, I usually tend to drwa my graphics with pixels, write my own functions to deal with more advanced stuff. Slow as hell, but can't change it.
But that is very inefficient!
Lots of embedded systems have a software renderer. I even believe the iPhone has a software OpenGL ES implementation...
But isn't that because they don't really have sufficient GPU/no proper hardware acceleration?
I'm also fascinated by working with limited systems. A couple of months ago, I made a text-adventure in which I tried to emulate some of the limitations of a Commodore 64: same font, same palette, same resolution Was good fun to do (can be downloaded from my website).
At the moment I'm making a ascii-rpg, using the same font and colors as good old DOS
But I want to explore more stuff like this, because it is fun (I started programming on the Vic20 and went through the C64 and the Atari ST before PC, but I don't want to just go back to working with those old systems again, but rather try out some new ones).
So what I'll be looking at now, is try my hand at building my own little embedded system, maybe by starting out using something like the ALIX ( http://www.pcengines.ch/alix1c.htm), which is pretty much a full 433Mhz PC less than 7"x7" in size. It would be fun to build some sort of portable device around that, and write my own simple OS for it But after that maybe look at building something more on my own, though I'll imagine it takes a bit of learning
I'll probably also try out the HYDRA system (or maybe even the XGameStation) http://www.xgamestation.com/products/hydra/hydra\_ss\_01\_large.jpg
The propeller chip seems quite interesting, and would be nice to try to build my own device using that as well.
I don't know much about this sort of stuff though, but sure will be fun to learn
Omg. That Hydra looks also very neat! I have thought about getting some VIA system, small, compact and low-power for Linux + programming, just like I have thought about the OLD laptop. Too bad they both are x86 and usually run on quite high-level OS. Hardware access would be nice. Sure it is complicated and takes alot of time to learn, but that is the fun part of it, I believe.
That's just a design decision. It has a 700 MHz CPU with vector instructions instead. Note that Quake runs quite smoothly on a 100 MHz Pentium without vector instructions. So if you really have a passion for embedded systems I'd definitely consider playing with something like an iPod Touch. :happy:
But Quake was one of the main games which made GPU's to become as popular as they are now. Well, one of those games which had some real benefit for usnig GPU instead of software rendering via CPU.
That GP2X seems very interesting platform for me. Hopefully I can get one of them in near future, before the summer at least. Just can't wait. Though, it has few drawbacks but well, there is no perfect product afterall.
Another thing is this "homebrew" games or such. People making their own GB/GBC/GBA games etc. That seems interesting aswell, but not so much, GP2X has my attention.
Another fun trick of emulation is that you can run software from some limited systems like a classic Commodore Amiga 500 (which DOES have graphics acceleration despite its age) with the emulator package called Amiga Forever. In addition to the WinUAE emulator for Windows, it includes a bootable Knoppix Linux live CD set to boot directly to the EUAE emulator which is also available for MacOSX. It also includes legally licensed Amiga Kickstart ROM images and operating systems from 1.x to 3.x .
Have fun running Amos Professional to bang away on the hardware with a high-level BASIC or use C to access the OS functions in a more friendly manner. 68000 Assembly language is easier to learn than Pentium Assembly language too!
The A500 is being redesigned to run from a small form-factor motherboard with a field-programmable gate array to embed the Amiga ECS chipset into is called MiniMig (scroll down past the Sam 440ep stuff to see the MiniMig stuff).
-edit- I forgot to mention that there is an Amiga emulator that runs on the GP2X also. It's called UAE4ALL.
You mentioned cell phones, I don't know if you already know this but you can download the NetBeans IDE with the Sun Wireless Toolkit and write games for mobile phones using J2ME. That's Java 2 Mobile Edition, so it's all Java based and object oriented and easy to use. It's all free, and J2ME is a neat little platform, it runs on just about every phone you can get nowadays. You can code on the PC using an emulator for the most part, and when you want to test it on a real phone you can easily send the code to your phone using bluetooth. It doesn't have lots of methods and you can't do any real fancy graphics on it. But I've been tinkering with it for a while now and I really enjoy using it to make simple little games.
If you own a PSP and wish to make homebrews and stuff for it, you will first need to downgrade the firmware for it. After you have done this, creating simple programs and games for it will be a doddle.
I wish I had one.
I mentioned about the 166MHz laptop etc. Well, I changed my Athlon 64 X2 3600+ + 512MB of RAM to a Dell OptiPlex GX1 something. Now this machine has 350MHz CPU and 256 megs of RAM. Will do upgrading, run Linux and have fun. More about the project in http://www.projectnoid.blogspot.com
I will focus on hardware/linux/case silencing mostly, but there will be posts about C++/Python/Linux IDEs aswell after I get the system to a bit more decent shape. Sure I will write about GP2X etc. after I receive one in few months.
You should look at Oberon. Native Oberon is very elegant and small. I used to use it, but now I use an OS called Bluebottle which is also written in Oberon.
Bluebottle runs fairly well as an embedded OS in a window inside Linux.
UnixAos can now be downloaded from:
Hertta : Maybe you would give a try into TomTom GPS devices hacking Since those devices are Linux based, there are lot of interesting technical stuff to do. They are powerful enough to display 3d scene at fairly interactive rate (but do not forget it is embedded !) and you can also play with the gps signal which is pretty fun actually.
EDIT : I forgot to give the TomTom GPL link, and the OpenTom one, I hope you have a Bluetooth dongle
I've just bought an Arduino. 20MHz RISC processor. Really cheap, great fun!
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Earlier this year, I have been noticing that my memory hasn't been as good as it usually is. This past semester in college I didn't get the good grades that I am used to getting in my classes and I think that it is due to my memory in some way. On Monday, I found out that I have Medial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. The way my neurologist's nurse explained the term, it was a full diagnosis. I want to hear that again. I was happy to hear that I am a likely candidate for Epilepsy surgery and all that. I have been dealing with Epilepsy since I was 2 years old. I am 22 years old and I am happy I know my type of Epilepsy in full medical terms.
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Southpaw takes no-hitter into fifth to halt advance of Tribe
DETROIT -- The postgame music playlist in the Tigers' clubhouse following a win includes Drake's "Started From the Bottom," a song that can be heard in a lot of places. Between the four-day All-Star break and three losses in two days to Cleveland, the Tigers hadn't had a chance to hear it for a while.
As the song blared through the clubhouse at Comerica Park following Sunday's 5-1 win over the Indians, somebody changed up the lyrics.
"Started at the top," the player said. "And we're still there."
It wasn't necessarily a message, but the way this weekend unfolded, it was timely. It wasn't the series they wanted out of the break, but it wasn't a historic sweep, either. Detroit dropped three out of four to Cleveland, but lost only one game in the standings, heading out west up 5 1/2 games.
The Tigers now have a different second-place pursuer in the Indians, who started June at the bottom of the American League Central.
"I think the way we played here this series definitely lets everyone know where we stand," Indians slugger Nick Swisher said.
The Indians have swept series in Detroit -- most recently three games in August 2008 -- but they've never taken a four-game set from the Tigers in the Motor City. An April postponement turned a three-game weekend series into four games in a 48-hour stretch following the four-day All-Star respite.
The Tigers lost a seventh-inning lead in Friday's opener and never found a moment to recover during Saturday's day-night doubleheader. Smyly's stingy pitching gave them a chance.
"It's just a rhythm," said Torii Hunter, whose two-run homer off Josh Tomlin helped power Detroit's offense. "Baseball's a rhythm. You take four days off, which we need, but I think we're starting to come around and I saw a little spark today."
The Tigers have a rotation of pitchers capable of being streak-stoppers. Rarely is Smyly, in just his second year as a starter, seen as one. In this case, though, the matchup favored it.
Smyly has battled inconsistency this season, but most of his problems have come courtesy of right-handed hitters, who were hitting .315 with a .909 OPS against him entering Sunday's game. Left-handers, by contrast, were batting .157 with a .436 OPS. Though Cleveland tried to put up as much opposition as it could from the right side -- including former Tiger Ryan Raburn batting fifth -- the Indians still had Jason Kipnis, Michael Brantley and David Murphy in their lineup.
Smyly (6-8) not only handled the lefties with relative ease, his breaking ball gave him an out pitch against the righties. Thus, for 4 2/3 innings, he barely had a good swing against him, let alone a hit.
Smyly was executing a game plan in which the Indians rarely saw the same pitch twice in a row.
"He mixed it up quite a bit," manager Brad Ausmus said. "They didn't see a lot of the same pitches back to back."
A lot of times, Smyly hasn't had enough pitches working at the same time to go for a long stretch with that strategy. On Sunday, for whatever reason, it all worked.
"Early on, he had a real good curveball working that he was able to throw to both sides of the plate, mixed his cutter in there," catcher Alex Avila said. "And as the game went on, it was almost like he were able to flip-flop it, use his fastball more."
The Indians, who entered Sunday batting .247 against left-handers, raved about the breaking ball.
"He was flipping that breaking ball over at will," Cleveland manager Terry Francona said. "And then, because of that breaking ball, I thought he threw some fastballs that caught some of the plate, but we just weren't ready to hit it."
Two of the Indians' four hits came from right-handed-hitting catcher Yan Gomes. His two-out, fifth-inning double to the out-of-town scoreboard in right-center field broke up any dreams of no-hit bid, then his seventh-inning solo homer accounted for the Tribe's lone run.
Detroit never trailed, with Austin Jackson hitting a leadoff double and scoring on Ian Kinsler's single in the first. Raburn's throw home allowed Kinsler to take second, giving him a chance to come around on back-to-back fly balls from Miguel Cabrera and Victor Martinez.
Once Hunter feasted on a hanging breaking ball from Tomlin (5-7) in the fourth, the Tigers had a comfortable lead, and the Indians had their momentum slowed.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Harrison's five RBIs pull Pirates closer to Crew
Third baseman also involved in challenged call that goes in Bucs' favor
MILWAUKEE -- Was this the worm, the tide or a new leaf turning? All of the above?
An apparent huge break -- in, of all places, Miller Park, their dome of horrors -- played a big role in the Pirates' 8-3 win over the Brewers on Friday night, which moved Pittsburgh to within five games of first-place Milwaukee in the National League Central.
Not as big a role as Josh Harrison, who drove in a career-high five runs, or Andrew McCutchen, who homered for the first time since the All-Star break, or Neil Walker, who had a pair of extra-base hits.
Harrison's five RBIs came in the leadoff spot on a trio of two-out hits, the only three hits the Pirates had with men in scoring position -- in 12- at-bats.
No wonder manager Clint Hurdle called it "Harrison's big show-up night."
Then, there was Jeff Locke, who shook off a two-run homer in the first by Ryan Braun to allow only one other hit in his six innings.
But both Locke and the Bucs could have been pushed over the ledge into their familiar Miller Park abyss were it not for a challenged play in the bottom of the sixth that stood -- in the surprised Bucs' favor.
Courting disaster, given that he led, 6-2, Locke issued two-out walks to Aramis Ramirez and Khris Davis. Rickie Weeks followed with a grounder deep into the shortstop hole that gave Jordy Mercer really only one option -- flip to third, and hope to get a force on Ramirez.
Harrison gloved the toss off the base, then had to try to fish for the bag with his foot as Ramirez slid in. Third-base umpire Will Little's out call was challenged by Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke and, after two and a half minutes of scoreboard replays that convinced 37,437 Brewers fans that the call needed to be changed -- it stood, meaning there was not conclusive evidence to overturn the ruling.
Therefore, slugger Mark Reynolds did not get to bat with the bases loaded as the potential tying run.
"A big play. A big out," Hurdle said.
"I was just hoping it went our way," Harrison said of the replay review. "I caught it and thought I'd stepped on the bag, but I stepped on dirt, so I knew I had to adjust quickly. It was probably one of those plays, however it's called on the field, it would stand. There probably were angles to support it both ways. The more time it took, I'm thinking, 'I don't think they can change it.'"
Roenicke considered it a game-changer.
"Right away I thought he was safe, the way that I could see Harrison try to get to the bag," Roenicke said. "It gives us bases loaded with Reynolds coming up."
With the call standing, so did the impact of the performances by Pittsburgh's returning cogs.
If the Pirates wanted to assert that this is a different team, one that plays at a higher gear, with McCutchen and Walker, they couldn't have done so more convincingly.
In the third, McCutchen hustled for a single on a grounder into the second-base hole -- his first hit in 10 at-bats since coming off the DL -- and Walker promptly tripled him home to make it 4-2.
Two innings later, McCutchen not only went out of the infield for another hit, he went into the stands, the right-center-field solo shot his 18th, but first since July 12. McCutchen had gone 70 at-bats since his second homer that day in Cincinnati gave the Bucs an 11-inning win.
"We were able to add some offense, with McCutchen and Walker involved," Hurdle said. "It was a good offensive night for us. And a really big night for Josh; fun to watch."
Mercer's sacrifice fly and Harrison's two-run double had already overcome the 2-0 lead Braun had given Yovani Gallardo with his 16th homer, which followed a walk to Jonathan Lucroy. Harrison added an RBI single in the fourth and put an exclamation point on the Pirates' 66th win with a two-run homer, his 11th, off Brandon Kintzler in the eighth.
Harrison wasn't impressed by all his run-producing hits having come with two outs -- since he wasn't aware of it. Others on the field were impressed -- such as Brewers third-base coach Ed Sedar, who made a point of talking up Harrison about it.
"You have to take advantage of [Gallardo's] mistake pitches," Harrison said of the Milwaukee ace, who lasted five innings as his career record against the Bucs dropped to 12-5. "We put his back against the wall a few times with runners on, and you want to capitalize. He left a couple out over the plate to me, and I put good swings on them."
After each offensive thrust, Locke kept coming up with shutdown innings in what ultimately went down as a very bizarre outing: He walked six -- nearly one third of his previous season total -- without a single strikeout.
That contributed to this final line by Pirates pitchers, which also included Jared Hughes, John Axford and Justin Wilson for an inning apiece: eight walks and one strikeout.
The Pirates had won while issuing eight walks as recently as last Sept. 28, but hadn't won with only one strikeout since July 18, 2010.
As for winning with that combination ...
"I don't know if I've ever before been on the winning side with those numbers," Hurdle said. "Not a game plan to follow."
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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It has been a slow week in the blogging world on this site so I thought I would do a predictions blog. Truthfully, I am not overly confident on these predictions which makes me more interested than usual for this PPV. I can really see almost every match on the card going either way. Regardless, here is what I am guessing will happen...
1. Bryan vs. Orton - Regardless of how this match
We have all heard the complaints about Cena a million times. 5 moves of doom, needs a heel turn, same gimmick of hero making the comeback to defeat the villain, character has went stale, etc. Realistically, the biggest problem that Cena has is a lack of competition within the WWE. Yes, you read that correctly. WWE's roster is too weak at the top of the card. Austin had Rock, Bret, Taker, HHH and
TNA is what it is. You may love it, you may hate it. But most likely, since you are a wrestling fan, you find yourself watching it every Thursday, or at least some Thursdays anyways. Some of the product is pretty good right now while others parts are well….just God awful. Likewise, there are other things going on with TNA that cannot even be described as good or bad, but just plain ugly.
First off, I will give credit to WWE for being the best wrestling promotion for the last 40+ years. WWWF was the top territory, WWF was supreme over WCW and WWE officially has no real competition in the present day. However, despite their dominance over the competing promotions, the one thing they continue to struggle at is making their titles relevant. Ever since the Monday night wars, the WWE
It has almost become popular in the IWC to criticize the divas division at every waking moment. Many of us claim that whenever the divas are having a match, they do not watch and use this as an opportunity to take a piss. Others remain upset that WWE did not utilize actual wrestlers like Beth Phoenix, Karma, or Gail Kim correctly. Some are still stuck in the past and remain disappointed that the
We have seen successful stables over the years such as the Freebirds, Von Erichs and Hart Foundation. We have also seen less than stellar stables such as the Filthy Animals, Latino World Order and my all time least favorite, WCW's No Limit Soldiers. After quite a bit of thought, I have come up with a dozen reasons as to why I feel the Shield has gotten over and remained red hot.
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I think that it is a safe assumption that most of us that regularly visit this site have been watching wrestling for quite a few years. I will be 30 in a few months and started watching wrestling in the early 1990's when the tag-team division was dominated by the likes of Demolition, the Hart Foundation, the Rockers, the Legion of Doom, the Nasty Boys and the Steiners. I vaguely remember the Freebirds,
So WM29 has come and gone. What a great way it was to start out the "new year" with an exceptional broadcast of Raw and perhaps the greatest crowd in wrestling history. We now have an entire year before the bell rings in New Orleans to start WM30. I am already wondering what WWE has in store for us these next 12 months. Obviously, there is no way to predict the future, let alone the rapidly
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Hello all. There have been a lot of really good blogs on this site over the past few weeks. Hopefully you guys will enjoy mine. In short, I want to talk about your top wrestlers in the industry right now and the era for which they will be remembered. More specifically, I am going to categorize each wrestler in the era for which he will be most remembered. For example, Steve Austin will be remembered
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LSU fans can breathe a sigh of relief: At least they kept one offensive star — maybe.
Left tackle La'el Collins doesn't plan to join a group of seven underclassmen leaving early for the NFL draft, a teammate says.
Running backs Jeremy Hill and Alfred Blue, receivers Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham Jr., defensive tackles Ego Ferguson and Anthony Johnson, and right guard Trai Turn plan to forgo their junior or senior years.
Hill, Blue, Turner, Beckham and Landry officially declared for the draft Monday, making for a gloomy day for a program that lost 11 underclassmen a year ago.
The positive dose was Collins, who plans to return for his senior season, Beckham said.
"It's huge," said Beckham, reached Monday afternoon while training in Arizona for the NFL Combine. "He's a big-time player."
Collins could change his mind. Underclassmen have until Wednesday to declare.
Meanwhile, for the second straight season, LSU will lose a host of underclassmen to the draft.
One in specific stunned the school Monday: Hill, the former Redemptorist High star.
As recently as Friday, a source said LSU expected Hill to return. Monday morning he tweeted his decision to forgo his junior season. Hill, like Turner, is draft eligible as a sophomore because he did not play his true freshman season.
"I am a Tiger for life. I will forever be grateful to my LSU fans, friends, coaches and family," Hill tweeted just before his announcement post. "This decision has been very difficult for me."
Turner announced his decision through his Colorado-based agency, Authentic Athletix. He said the decision left him at a "crossroads," but he ultimately decided to go pro.
Beckham confirmed to The Advocate that he and Landry were turning pro. Both are already out of state training for the NFL Combine, set for Feb. 22-25.
Johnson and Ferguson announced their decisions more than a week ago, and LSU confirmed Monday that Blue would not return, bypassing on a fifth-year of eligibility he received from the NCAA.
Hill created the most buzz Monday.
He began a new Twitter account Friday just an hour after his oldest of two probations was terminated. He announced that he'd reveal his "big decision" on Twitter on Monday night.
Hill did it Monday morning, stunning the program.
Hill and coach Les Miles met Monday to discuss the player's future and then Hill met later in the week with other LSU officials. According to those conversations, Hill was expected to return.
Most analysts and scouts believe Hill made the right decision to enter the draft.
Hill was second in the Southeastern Conference in regular season rushing yards and finished the season with 1,401. He piled up 216 yards in the Outback Bowl against Iowa, then the seventh-best defense in the nation. That was the best single-game rushing performance for an LSU running back since 2004.
In one of the latest draft projections released Monday, Gil Brandt of NFL.com has Hill as the draft's top running back and a first-round pick. But Hill's off-the-field issues – two arrests – may hinder his draft stock, said Rob Rang, analyst for CBSSports.com.
Hill was likely to be LSU's primary offensive weapon next year.
The Tigers will have a new starting quarterback and are losing their top two receivers in Beckham and Landry.
Collins' return would be a sigh of relief for the offense.
The Redemptorist star is projected as a second or third round selection. That's why he plans on returning, Beckham said.
"He's thinking he should be a first-round guy," Beckham said.
Landry and Beckham have a shot at the first round.
Beckham said the NFL Draft Advisory Board gave him a first-round grade. Landry received a "second or first round" grade. Beckham is in Arizona and Landry is in Florida, both training for the combine.
Beckham called the decision to turn pro "very difficult."
"When you get a grade like that, it's kind of like … you either take it and come back and risk … anything could happen," Beckham said. "It's just a matter of, I got the grade back and it's what I wanted."
Outside of news that Collins plans to stay, LSU received another positive dose. According to a tweet from his account, reserve running back Kenny Hilliard will return to LSU for his senior year. His fellow reserve, Blue, was granted a fifth-year of eligibility, but won't use it, team spokesman Michael Bonnette said.
Turner's departure wasn't a complete surprise. About 10 days ago, he joined Athletes' Performance, a company that prepares players for the NFL Combine. He's not projected to be drafted.
As for the Hill's departure, LSU now turns to a duo of veteran running backs - Terrance Magee and Hilliard - to go with true freshman Leonard Fournette, the St. Augustine star and recent LSU commitment who's ranked as the nation's No. 1 prospect.
Asked Monday about Hill's departures, Fournette said, "We would have made a good combination, but he did what he felt was best for him."
Ted Lewis contributed to this report.