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I made the pick in a rush after BZ stole Mayo from me.
All the way into work I was 2nd guessing the pick & I got on here first thing to drop him & pick up someone else before anyone saw it.
I guess I'm stuck with him now.
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I made the pick in a rush after BZ stole Mayo from me.
All the way into work I was 2nd guessing the pick & I got on here first thing to drop him & pick up someone else before anyone saw it.
I guess I'm stuck with him now.
A frontcourt of Beasley, Stoudamire and Okafor?
Hey! What're you kicking me for? You want me to ask? All right, I'll ask! Ma'am, where do the high school girls hang out in this town?
If he stays healthy he's a double-double machine for the next 8-10 seasons. It's a good pick.
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I based my entire draft on this:
sorry -- updating my list confusing at first without the front page wasn't fully updated.
(EDIT: and now it is...)
i'll take Tyson Chandler
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This is the darkest timeline.
47 Intrid takes Tony Parker
48 Aesop Rock on takes Al Horford
49 Tbaby924 takes Joe Johnson
I'll update the list on page 1 when I can.
Jay Redd is up
The Fighting Velvi take Steve Nash.
He's really still available? I know he's 34...but still.
Well, he may not salute the flag but Mesilla takes Josh Howard. We're close to the Mexican border - maybe he can live there and commute.
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Sidenote: When I saw your name was Mesilla, I first thought it was Wasilla.
When I realized it wasn't, I considered changing my team name to the Wasilla Experience...which, coincidentally, would make a good WNBA (or Oklahoma City) franchise name.
Didn't want 2 Denton's.
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Soup is Good is up
Panhandles & Adam 1987 are next in line
1 Sheboygan --------- Kobe Bryant
2 Elon ---------------- LeBron James
3 Pleasant Valley ----- Chris Paul
4 Indricity ------------ Dwight Howard
5 Baltimore ----------- Dwyane Wade
6 Bombay ------------ Amare Stoudemire
7 Mount Vesuvius ---- Al Jefferson
8 Daytime ------------ Chris Bosh
9 Funk Seoul --------- Tim Duncan
10 Mostar ------------ Gilbert Arenas
11 Enfield ------------ Carmelo Anthony
12 Columbus --------- Dirk Nowitzki
13 Stuttgart --------- Deron Williams
14 Bloomington ------- Kevin Garnett
15 Mesilla ------------ Andrew Bynum
16 Young ------------ Carlos Boozer
17 Indianapolis ------- Yao Ming
18 DC --------------- Shawn Marion
19 DC --------------- Chauncey Billups
20 Indianapolis ------- Josh Smith
21 Young ------------ Baron Davis
22 Mesilla ------------ Brandon Roy
23 Bloomington ------- Tracy McGrady
24 Stuttgart --------- Greg Oden
25 Columbus --------- Elton Brand
26 Enfield -------------Kevin Durant
27 Mostar ------------ David West
28 Funk Seoul -------- Allen Iverson
29 Daytime ----------- Derrick Rose
30 Mount Vesuvius ---- Caron Butler
31 Bombay ----------- Michael Beasley
32 Baltimore ---------- Pau Gasol
33 Indricity ----------- Paul Pierce
34 Pleasant Valley ---- Antawn Jamison
35 Elon --------------- Rudy Gay
36 Sheboygan -------- Andrew Bogut
37 Indricity ----------- Gerald Wallace
38 Indianapolis -------- LaMarcus Aldridge
39 Mostar ------------ Danny Granger
40 Baltimore ---------- Jose Calderon
41 Daytime ----------- Devin Harris
42 Young ------------- Andre Iguodala
43 Stuttgart ---------- O J Mayo
44 Funk Seoul --------- Chris Kaman
45 Bombay ------------ Emeka Okafor
46 Pleasant Valley ----- Tyson Chandler
47 Sheboygan --------- Tony Parker
48 Elon ---------------- Al Horford
49 DC ----------------- Joe Johnson
50 Mount Vesuvius ----- Steve Nash
51 Mesilla -------------- Josh Howard
52 Enfield
53 Columbus
54 Bloomington
Enfield takes Vince Carter.
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
Columbus will take Luol Deng
The Bloomington Trucks are now on the board, with back to back picks at 54 & 55.
Bloomington Trucks
54: Manu Ginobili
55: Jason Kidd.
I love hating to love Manu Ginobili.
Columbus takes Lamar Odom
I'm going to be gone for a couple hours.
be nice
Enfield takes Kevin Martin.
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
I love the Horford pick at #48. That is a really good one IMO.
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Josh Howard's had a lot of input into who to pick next. Based on his recommendation, The Mesilla Gargoyles select Zach Randolph.
One of the most persuasive arguments made by Josh, and later confirmed by Zach, is they're planning on opening a new business which will benefit the team.
They're creating J-Z Imports
Apparently they have a specialty grower in Mexico who produces an exclusive, highly sought-after Oregano - must be organic or something. Why, this stuff is so expensive they price it by the ounce!
In return for using the team buses and planes to help transport it, as well as storage at the training facility, the team will get 10% of all gross income. Plus Josh has said he'll provide a free supply to all team members. Josh says - and this is a direct quote, "This'll make everyone happy."
They also have a contact who produces a very exclusive confectionary sugar product which they may expand into in the near future.
Who says young people have no initiative these days? Interestingly, Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur have both contacted me and practically begged me to draft them. Guess they have the entrepreneurial spirit too.
Man I hate this pick - has Isiah Rider written all over it. Couldn't do much else based on the fantasy numbers though. Ugh. Maybe I can have the All-Indicted Team.
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ZBo was actually number one on my depth chart and although I actually sorta wanted him, I'm pretty glad you took him.
With no further ado, the Fighting Velvi reluctantly select Andris Biedrins.
There's an old saying in Indiana, I know it's in New York, it's probably in Indiana: Fool me once, shame on...shame on you. Fool me...you can't get fooled again.
One of my favorite players and Bushisms in the same post. Bravo. And I hope this pick comes back to bite you in the *** once again.
57 Enfield ------------ Kevin Martin
58 Mesilla ------------ Zach Randolph
59 Mount Vesuvius ---- Andris Biedrins
60 DC ---------------- sent PM
61 Elon --------------- sent PM
62 Sheboygan -------- have a list
63 Pleasant Valley
64 Bombay
65 Funk Seoul
66 Stuttgart
67 Young
68 Daytime
69 Baltimore
70 Mostar
71 Indianapolis
72 Indricity
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TRIBUTES have been paid to the founder of the famous Pewsey Wheelbarrow Race Tony Kimber, who has died at the age of 76.
Mr Kimber, of Milton Road, Pewsey, was in the building trade and was heavily involved in the village's annual carnival.
He launched the first Wheelbarrow Race, known then as the Wheelbeero Race, in 1980 after watching a couple of builders messing about, one pushing the other in a wheelbarrow.
The race is now one of the most popular events during the two-week carnival and involves teams in fancy dress pushing barrows around the village stopping at pubs to down a glass of beer.
Carnival committee member Liz Boden said: "Tony was a much-loved Pewsey character who played a huge part in Pewsey Carnival for many years. Indeed, one of the biggest, and most popular, carnival events – the Wheelbarrow Race – was Tony's brainchild.
"Since then it has blossomed and grown – in recent years attracting almost 1,000 participants – whilst maintaining a wonderfully good-spirited atmosphere.
"We shall miss him tremendously, and will miss his presence, in his legendary top hat, at the start of this year's race."
Brother of Peter, Niel, Vince and Monica and father to Vanessa and the long-term partner of Rita Quarta, the grandfather-of-three passed away peacefully on June 23.
A thanksgiving service was held at St John the Baptist Church in Pewsey yesterday.

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last month my father was diagnosed with an inoperabel klatskin tumor (Cholangiocarcinoma Bismuth Typ IVb). He developed a Jaundince, since the bile could not flow out. After receiving several stents and antibiotics (to prevent sepsis) his condition got better and he was discharged from the hospital. Since a few days he is recovering at home. The Jaundince is getting less, but in the mornings he is sweating a lot and in the evenings he still gets very itchy. His attending doctor is recommending a photodynamic therapy. On the internet I found this... does anyone have experience with this:


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Ball State fought through a second half that included six ties and four lead changes to improve to 10-13 (4-7 MAC) with the win. Northern Illinois dropped to 5-18 (3-8 MAC).
The Cardinals found themselves trailing 44-41 with just under five minutes left when Scaife drew a foul behind the 3-point line. He knocked down all three free throws to tie the game.
Two free throws from Chris Bond with 3:16 to play gave Ball State the lead for good, but it was far from over.
The Cardinals pushed their lead to as many as four points down the stretch when Matt Kamieniecki saved a possession by fighting for an offensive rebound, which Scaife turned it into a lay-in to make it 49-45. It was then a one-possession game for most of the closing minutes, but Ball State made 7 of 8 free throws in the final 35 seconds to answer every Northern Illinois score.
Ball State was 20 for 26 from the foul line for the game, including 15 for 19 in the second half. Scaife was 9 for 10 at the stripe.
The free throw shooting helped the Cardinals overcome a cold second half from the floor.
After knocking down 47.6 percent of its shots in the first half, Ball State shot 26.1 percent over the final 20 minutes. But the Cardinals turned the ball over only twice in the second half.
In fact, after turning the ball over four times before the game's first media timeout, the Cardinals gave it away only six times the rest of the way.
Ball State held Northern Illinois' top scorers, Abdel Nader and Aksel Bolin to a combined eight points. Nader, who averages better than 14 points per game, finished his night with five points on 1-for-13 shooting.
Northern Illinois led by as many as eight points early in the game, but a 14-2 run midway through the first half swung the momentum in Ball State's favor. The Cardinals stretched their own lead to as many as nine points at 28-19 before back-to-back 3-pointers from Northern Illinois guard Antone Christian cut the BSU lead to 28-25 heading into the break.
The Huskies made only seven first-half field goals, but five of them were 3-pointers. Christian, who had made just eight treys all season, accounted for four of those. He finished the game with 14 points to lead Northern Illinois, and Darrell Bowie added 11.
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Tasty, Skinny Party-Food Picks That Won't Bust a Button
You may feel virtuous reaching for a bag of fat-free pretzels instead of fried potato chips. But don't do it. "It's not a snack that will energize you or keep your blood sugar level steady to get through the rest of your afternoon alert and focused," says registered dietitian Elisa Zied, author of Younger Next Week. "It provides calories, refined carbohydrates, too much sodium, and not much else to keep you nourished and satisfied long term."
Try instead: A whole-grain, high-fiber cereal mixed with two tablespoons of nuts, such as almonds, cashews, pistachios, hazelnuts, walnuts, or pecans, says Zied.
Read more at GoodHousekeeping.com.
It's true that baked chips aren't bad as the regular variety, but they're still mainly fast-acting carbs (hello, blood sugar spike) with very small amounts of protein, fiber, and fat. Even so, "There are so many better, more filling foods that provide these nutrients that won't lead to the blood sugar crash that saps your energy," says Samantha B. Cassetty, M.S., R.D., nutrition director of the Good Housekeeping Research Institute.
Try instead: A different kind of crunch: dry roasted edamame. "A 1/4 cup serving has a whopping 14 grams of protein and 8 grams of fiber with less salt than traditional chips," says Cassetty. "They're even a good source of iron — a nutrient that many women fall short on."
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McCann leads way as Braves top Giants
Atlanta slugger hits first homer, adds RBI during four-run fifth
SAN FRANCISCO -- As his offense showed flashes of its potential through this season's first month, Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez repeatedly said his lineup was not clicking on all cylinders. But now that Brian McCann is back and Dan Uggla has broken out of his funk, the pieces are seemingly falling into place.
McCann highlighted a three-hit performance with his first home run of the season and aided the four-run fifth inning that gave Julio Teheran more than enough cushion to help the Braves open a four-game series with Thursday night's 6-3 win over the Giants at AT&T Park.
"That's what Mac does," Gonzalez said of McCann. "A healthy Mac is a guy that can swing the bat. He makes our lineup a lot better."
McCann's two-run home run in the second inning off Ryan Vogelsong got things rolling for the Braves, who have scored at least six runs in five of their past six games. They have won three of the four games played since McCann returned on Monday from offseason shoulder surgery.
"I tested [the shoulder] as much as I could when I was down in Florida," said McCann, who spent the first half of April in extended spring training. "To be where I am at, honestly, if you would have told me this a month ago that I'd be feeling this good, I wouldn't have believed you. This thing went through its ups and downs, and I was able to make some huge gains when I was down in Florida. I'm just excited to be where I am."
Craig Kimbrel was thrilled to have the opportunity to seal this victory with a scoreless ninth inning that provided him the 100th save of his career. The Braves closer, who had blown three of his previous five save opportunities, was making his first appearance since allowing a pair of two-out home runs in the ninth inning of Tuesday's loss to the Reds.
After being limited to two runs through the first four innings, the Braves chased Vogelsong during the decisive fifth that included triples from Jordan Schafer and Justin Upton. Freddie Freeman provided a go-ahead RBI single and later scored from second base when McCann's sharply hit grounder deflected off second baseman Marco Scutaro and went into shallow center field.
McCann's single off left-handed reliever Jose Mijares set the stage for B.J. Upton to drive in his first run since April 23 with a clean single to center.
"That one inning was really the only thing we did against [Vogelsong]," Gonzalez said. "We didn't miss any pitches."
The eventful fifth inning erased the early damage done by Buster Posey, who notched an RBI single in the first and added a two-run home run in the third. Those two hits would account for the only damage incurred by Teheran, who allowed just the three runs and seven hits in seven innings.
"You can't hang a slider to Buster Posey," McCann said. "That's what he'll do. [Teheran] knows that. But when you take that whole outing as a whole, he was on his game. He made one mistake to Posey and that was about it. He's going to build off this and get better and better."
Teheran was certainly frustrated after hanging a slider on the ninth pitch of the at-bat that resulted in Posey's home run. But the quickly maturing 22-year-old right-hander maintained his composure and limited the Giants to two more singles through the remainder of his outing. He proved perfect in his final two innings and faced the minimum in his final three innings.
Gonzalez credited Teheran's success to his willingness to throw his changeup, which he had been hesitant to throw in his previous five starts. The young hurler struggled to command the pitch when he changed grips last year. But in this outing, he went back to the grip he had used when his changeup was considered one of his better pitches during his early Minor League days.
"He stayed on the corners pretty well," Posey said. "He wasn't making too many mistakes on the plate."
Coming off Wednesday's two-homer performance in Cincinnati, Uggla drew two walks and provided a fourth-inning single, which accounted for one of the nine hits he has recorded in his past 22 at-bats. The veteran second baseman's batting average has increased from .167 to .214 during this six-game span.
After Uggla walked in the second inning, McCann stepped to the plate and drilled Vogelsong's 1-0 fastball over the tall right-field wall. It was the first home run since Sept. 9 for the five-time Silver Slugger who spent April strengthening his surgically repaired right shoulder in extended Spring Training and Minor League rehab games.
"I'm just glad to be back and be part of the team," McCann said. "That's my job -- to come here and put up good [at-bats] and get hits."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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My youngest daughter (now 10) and I were driving last summer when she askedĀ what my favorite One Direction song was.Ā I told her I didn't know of any One Direction songs.Ā Her response: "Quick, give me your phone."ĀĀ I dutifully complied and within minutes I was being serenaded by a YouTube video from the boy band that had captured her heart.
Yeah, it's a whole new world out there.Ā
When I was her age I probably would have tried to sing the song to my dad.
Nothing good would have come of that.
Today, kids increasingly find the example or answer they are looking for by turning to their nearest device for answers.Ā
And, we have plenty of them.
Recent statistics state that Americans have more than five electronic devices per household and a Pew study in May of this year revealed the following:
Our kids are learning in new ways; interacting with information differently; and communicating in ways that are both good and bad. ĀThey are growing up in an increasingly wired world, and how to act responsibly in that world is now added to a parent's list of duties.
It's not as bad as it sounds.
When the Arab Spring protests swept across the Middle East, I found myself trying to consume as much information as possible from a wide variety of sources.Ā I flipped between CNN and MSNBC on television and had a variety of web sites open on my laptop, including a feed of Al Jazeera's live broadcast.Ā When my son (now 15) asked what I was doing, I had the opportunity to show him the differences between CNN's reporting viewpoints and those of Al Jazeera.Ā It was a pretty cool teaching moment that was nonexistent when I was his age.
But a whole host of new parenting issues come with what seems like daily changes in technology.Ā Technology has produced a new set of concerns for parents including:Ā privacy; sexting; sharing without permission; viral sharing; costs of devices, programs and apps; pedophiles; cyberbullying; peer pressure ... it's a long list.
At the same time, many of the new apps, devices and tools coming out offer tremendous learning opportunities for our children.Ā We'll take time to examine them, offer suggestions on deals, and alert you to scams as well.
We will try and tackle it all on this blog.Ā We don't pretend to have all the answers but we hope we can have an ongoing conversation aimed at managing the wild world that lives at the intersection of parenting and technology.Ā But we would also like to hear from you. What concerns you? What excites you? What would you like to know more about? Please weigh in with your thoughts in the comments section.


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PREMIER division champions Old Malton St Mary's stayed on course for the double as they advanced to the semi-finals of the York Minster Engineering Football League Senior Cup.
The Ryedale side enjoyed a hard-fought win over eight-man York RI, only winning 3-1 despite three red cards for their opponents.
Scott Preston, Jon Newton and Dean Nuttall struck for St Mary's to set up a semi-final clash with Huntington Rovers, while Liam Keenaghan replied for RI.
Huntington were taken to penalties by Church Fenton White Horse in the semi-finals of the York FA Saturday Senior Cup, but they had little trouble in overcoming the same rivals in the League Cup.
Free-scoring Chris Dyson bagged a hat-trick, with Lee Bunce, Neale Holmes and an own goal completing the Rovers' haul.
Mikey Brown and Ollie Varley netted for division one Brooklyn as they triumphed 2-0 over premier league side St Clement's.
Their semi-final opponents will be Wigginton Grasshoppers, who won 5-1 against York St John University.
Grasshoppers led after only five minutes through Matthew Tiplady before Tom Metcalfe corners were nodded home by Luke Roberts and Dave Hartas.
Dale Holding then hit Hoppers' fourth shortly before the break and Dan Zambelli capped off the scoring in the second half.
Thorpe United provided a huge upset in the Reserve Cup after they despatched top-flight runners-up Dringhouses on penalties.
Thorpe went ahead after ten minutes but Liam Robertson levelled before the interval. With no further scoring, Thorpe won the shootout 3-2.
Wigginton will face Thorpe after they defeated Riccall United 3-0. Josh Hutchinson opened the scoring for Grasshoppers with a spectacular 20-yard opener before a Tom Jackson brace.
The final will be played at Huntington Sports Club on Tuesday, May 6, kick off 6.45pm.
Riccall United finished their premier division campaign with a comfortable 6-0 victory over Terrington Glory. Gary Collier, Wayne Brook (2), Liam Olsson and Dave Heron all hit the target, with the sixth an own goal.
Selby Town and LNER Builders played out a 2-2 draw in division four.
Jordan Leybourne hit Selby's opener before Kyle Wilkes put through his own net to level. Gary Hardcastle then gave LNER the lead before Wilkes restored parity with a last-minute penalty.
In reserve 'A', Copmanthorpe raced into a 3-0 half-time lead at Old Malton thanks to goals from Terry Hibbert, Stu Auton and Matty Pallister.
Josh Bown then struck twice for Malton but an own goal sealed the game 4-2 in Copmanthorpe's favour.
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Polar BearsRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
"Polar bears around an ice hole, like petals around a rose. The game is in the name, and the name is in the game. How many polar bears are there?" Johnny asked as he rolled the five dice. The first roll produced 4, 6, 1, 3, 2. "Six," said Billy. "No, two," Johnny replied. The next roll was 5, 1, 5, 2, 4. "Four?" said Billy. "No, eight," Johnny said. The next rolls were 3, 5, 3, 1, 2. There were 8 polar bears. The next rolls were 6, 2, 1, 2, 4. There were no polar bears. How does Johnny figure out the number of polar bears?
HintA rose by any other name...could be a die?
AnswerDice all look the same. On a die, the 1, 3, and 5 all have a dot in the center. The 3 has 2 dots on either side of the center dot, and the 5 has 4 dots around the center dot. Johnny simply counted the number of dots around the outside. A "3" has 2 "petals around the rose, or polar bears around an ice hole." The "5" has 4 "petals" or "polar bears." Roll some dice and it will become clear!!
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Yankees lose battle of bullpens in finale vs. Jays
Club caps 7-3 homestand after rare hiccups from Betances, Robertson
NEW YORK -- If the Yankees want to compete late into the season and reach the playoffs, they'll need to have consistently strong homestands like the one they wrapped up on Sunday -- albeit in frustrating fashion.
The Yankees' last 10 games have seen contributions come from nearly every corner, particularly their newest additions in third baseman Chase Headley and starters Brandon McCarthy and Chris Capuano. They've been in close games on a regular basis, rallying to win five times in the past week.
But after a tough 5-4 loss to the second-place and division-rival Blue Jays in Sunday's finale at Yankee Stadium, it was hard not to let disappointment seep in after Toronto earned the series win in a hard-fought game.
"It's always a disappointment to lose," said Derek Jeter. "We don't go into the last two days worried about what we did in the last eight. You try to win every day."
The Yankees had a shot late, but in the ninth inning, David Robertson wasn't paying any attention to Jose Bautista at first base. With two outs in a 4-4 game, Bautista stole second without a look or throw.
Then, just a few pitches later, Dioner Navarro lofted a sinking liner to right-center, plating the go-ahead run to deal the Yankees their first series loss since the All-Star break.
"I wish I had done a better job of holding Bautista on first," said Robertson. "[I] just kind of let it slip from my memory there for a second, and that's all it took and he was on second."
"It's a frustrating loss," said manager Joe Girardi. "[It's] a team that we're fighting with, obviously, and it's a frustrating loss. … We fought back a couple of times and just were never able to get the lead."
The Blue Jays led four times, the first three of which the Yankees came back to tie the game, the last coming on a Carlos Beltran RBI single in the eighth to score Brett Gardner.
That came after Dellin Betances nearly threw the game away in the top of the frame with an errant pickoff throw, allowing Colby Rasmus to skip to third base and eventually score a batter later on a sacrifice fly to give Toronto a 4-3 lead.
"My cleat got stuck," said Betances. "And as soon as that happened, I had a feeling I was going to throw it away, so I just tried to be quick instead of taking my time, and I threw it away."
It was the first time all season that both Betances and Robertson surrendered runs in the same game, a rare occurrence in roles they have otherwise held down very well.
"Today just wasn't our day," said Robertson. "We've been doing a pretty good job of pitching out of the bullpen. I just didn't have my sharp stuff today, and I wasn't able to get it done."
In the seventh, the Yankees were beneficiaries of some shaky defense when Brian McCann bounced a ball into the shift in short right field. Bautista couldn't collect a one-hop throw from Jose Reyes, and Jacoby Ellsbury, hustling from second, scored to tie the game at 3. McCann was awarded a hit on the play.
The Blue Jays jumped ahead right away off starter Shane Greene thanks to a Bautista RBI groundout in the first. Juan Francisco then added to the Toronto lead in the fifth with a solo shot to right, pushing the game to 2-0.
But the Yankees responded with their own power in the bottom of the inning. Headley ripped his first Yankees home run to left field and Francisco Cervelli immediately followed suit, launching a high one just out of Melky Cabrera's reach in right-center to tie the game.
Greene settled down nicely after the early outburst, inducing plenty of ground balls and letting his defense help out in the process. That included cutting down a run in the fourth when right fielder Zelous Wheeler, making his first start in right field, threw out Dan Johnson thanks to a nice tag from Cervelli.
"That was huge," said Greene. "He definitely bailed me out of that situation, for sure."
But the righty was lifted with one out in the sixth, the shortest outing of his four starts, after Rasmus roped an RBI double to left-center to give the Jays a 3-2 lead. Toronto stacked eight lefty bats into its lineup, which worked to the tune of eight hits and two walks off Greene. David Huff, as he did Friday, cleaned up the sixth to keep the deficit at one.
"I felt pretty good," said Greene. "I made some good pitches. I've just got to be better later in the game."
Happ went the same distance and was mostly strong, save for the back-to-back home runs. His line ended up being similar, relieved after 5 1/3 innings and three runs by Brett Cecil, part of a Blue Jays bullpen that held the Yankees just enough to preserve the game.
"We're used to it," Girardi said of playing close games. "It's not something that we're not used to. I've said all along for us to have success, we're going to have to win these close ones."
In large part, the Yankees have. But all those battles have surely made each game exhausting, which seemed to be evident during the last two losses. For now, they'll head to Texas pleased with their production at home and knowing they have a blueprint for the road ahead.
"You win seven out of 10 the rest of the season, you make the playoffs," said Gardner. [We] definitely would have liked the last few days to have gone differently, but we feel good about where we're at, and hopefully we can have a good road trip."
Jake Kring-Schreifels is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I've read several places on here, that the Pacers should try to build a team more like the Pistons if they want to win a championship.
The Pistons are an extremely rare case.
If you look at ANY modern championship team in the NBA, each of them had that one special player. That one player that was taken extremely early in the draft. That one player you can easily build an entire franchise on.
The Pistons are the ONLY team that didn't have that one player. The Pistons are the exception to the rule. They won a championship with several very good players, but let's be honest, the Pistons don't have a top 5 player in the NBA, like any other modern championship team. We could argue all day about who Detroit's best player is. You can't count on building a championship squad like that. Did it work for the Pistons? Obviously, but like I said, they're an exception to the rule. Let's look at the past champions besides the 2004 Pistons.
1999, 2003: Spurs(Duncan)
2000-2002: Lakers(Shaq)
1991-1993, 1996-1998: Bulls(Jordan)
1994-1995: Rockets(Hakeem)
1989-1990: Pistons(Isiah)
1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988: Lakers (Magic)
1981, 1984, 1986: Celtics
1983: Sixers: (Dr. J)
Isn't it fascinating that since 1980, only 7 franchises have won NBA championships? The Sixers were the only single time winner.
That's every NBA champion since 1980. What do they all have in common? They had that one superstar, that one player you could count on to lead you to the promise land, that special guy who you knew would take over when the game was on the line. That's how you build a championship team. Outside of 2004, a team of "several good players", but no superior superstar never wins the championship.
Let me clearly state that I am not knocking the Pistons at all. Their formula worked for THEM, but no other franchise can count on putting several very good players together like that and taking home the big prize.
The Pacers have never had that special player. Reggie was an exciting player to watch. But let me clearly state, while he is a first ballot hall of famer, he was never one of THE BEST players in the NBA. The BEST meaning top 5 or so. Reggie found a niche, and road it for 18 years. That brought alot of excitement to Indiana, and it was a great ride. But Reggie was never a player that was on par with Jordan, Shaq, Duncan, whomever.
Do the Pacers have that special player in Jermaine O'Neal? The answer to that question will determine the future of the Pacers for the next several years. JO has the talent, that's obvious. But if JO can turn into the perfect leader, the guy you can count on to take you all the way, then we may see a banner hanging from Conseco a couple of years down the road.


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Series 5 saw the return of the Daleks (as every season does...), but this time viewers were in for something a bit different. The first of the cyborg aliens seen in Victory of the Daleks were not the usual gold or even the rarer bronze or black designs. Instead, serving in the British army in 1941 were green hued Dalek Ironsides outfitted with equipment belts and emblazoned with the Union Jack! Though they were part of a complex plot by the Daleks to regain their former pure genetic glory, the Ironsides served the British forces for a time as artillery and even waiters. The design was an instant hit with fans, and it would be only a matter of time before they were made into toys.
And then theres Prisoner Zero. In the first episode of Series 5, the Doctor met Amy Pond whose house contained a crack in the universe. As it turns out that crack allowed Prisoner Zero to escape from an extra-dimensional Atraxi prison. A hideous creature that could appear as other life forms for disguise, the only parts of the alien that appeared onscreen were long tentacles and an awful face. After killing a variety of people in Amys town and threatening to cause the destruction of the Earth, Prisoner Zero was finally re-apprehended by the Atraxi.
With the current Series 5 the Doctor Who figures have received a whole new look with regards to packaging. While the previous figures came on tall cards with the red and yellow swirl and TARDIS-shaped bubble, the new packages are darker and more stylish, taking advantage of the updated logo and overall different tone. The package is still a bubble on card configuration, but with a wider and shorter footprint. In front of the figures is an insert with the show's title, the names of the characters, and Underground Toys information. The card itself (identical within each wave) has the dark blue swirl of the time stream along with the BBC logo and the exciting "Highly Detailed Poseable Figure!" and New Figure! announcements.
The back of the card has a very interesting angular layout with photographs of the figures in a given wave on top of dark purple and blue backgrounds.
Anyone familiar with Doctor Who over the last 47 years knows what a Dalek looks like. A single eye stalk extends from the domed head, along with two clear cylinders used in communication. The central body is barrel-shaped, and the forward-facing panel features two extremities: a ridged energy death ray and a black plunger tipped manipulator arm. Below this is the Daleks skirt, studded with control spheres, rounded in the back and coming to a point in the front.
Daleks have basic articulation, which includes everything they need. The eye stalk moves up and down, the dome rotates, and the two "arms" are mounted on ball joints. The bottom of the Dalek Ironside has two fixed wheels in the back and a free spinning wheel in the front. As with all Daleks, it rolls smoothly over flat surfaces.
The new Ironside utilizes a lot of the traditional Dalek figure sculpt, which still holds up extremely well. There are tons of lines and vents all over the figure, especially in the middle section beneath the dome. Tiny "rivets" line the figure's bumper and appear on the paneling. In addition to the regular parts, the Ironside has a padded belt around its midsection. Its textured to look like fabric, and is decorated with buckles and a variety of pouches, containers, and canteens. There are even laces in the back! Theres one final sculpt difference, and one thats new from the previous version of this character; this Ironside has fabric ear cozies on its dome cylinders! The British servant is decorated in various green hues, with details in silver (buckles, studs, and canteens), black, and blue (eye). Look beneath the eye stalk to see the tiny British flag!
While the Ironside is covered in armor, Prisoner Zero is like a creepy alien worm creature. Extending from a web-like organic mesh, the creature is a long snaky creature with a huge toothy maw. Its body is covered in lumpy protrusions, with multiple joints for slithery articulation.
Zeros head is covered in similar bumps and ridges run over the forehead, while tiny eyes dot the sides. Past the needle-like teeth is a long pointed tongue, only adding to the creep factor. Prisoner Zero is comprised entirely of translucent plastic, with pink at the base and a gray body. Inside is a red center, and the creatures eyes are green and teeth white. The unique alien can stand up straight on its base, or you can attach it with tape or other adhesive to a wall or ceiling so that it can menace the Doctor and his friends!
Aliens are the backbone of the Doctor Who figure line, and in a wave thats all extraterrestrials the Dalek Ironside and Prisoner Zero offer some truly unique choices. The Ironside is very cool as an alternate, and less deadly, design, while Prisoner Zero is one of the creepiest aliens youll find in current figure lines!
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Tim'm West says hip-hop is gayer than you think —and he plans to prove it
The gay community and hip-hop music often clash over homophobic lyrics, but in the last few weeks, those paths crossed in two different but significant ways. Amid the rash of gay teen suicides, rapper 50 Cent tweeted about how men over 25 who don't have oral sex with women should kill themselves (he awkwardly tried to backpedal after an outraged response). That was soon followed by Anderson Cooper's interview with Eminem, who responded to questions about his attitude toward the gay community with, "I don't have any problem with nobody."
But gay activist and rapper Tim'm West isn't buying any of it.
"It's all part of the necessitated spewing of homophobia in hip-hop," he says. "It's like this right of passage for artists to do that."
The thing is, West says hip-hop — the music and the culture — is gayer than it wants to be. He'll set out to prove it with Keeping it Real: Hip-Hop Has Gone Gay, a master class discussing the queer side of hip-hop. The Fahari Arts Institute teamed up with UT Dallas to host this two-night session, wrapping up today.
For more on the class, click here. West also appears at Fahari's Queerly Speaking event tonight at 8 p.m.
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LIVERMORE — Three juveniles were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of sending cyber threats to a boy who was sexually abused by former Livermore "Hummer Mom" Christine Hubbs more than two years ago.
The suspects' names were not released because they are under 18, but police said those arrested were friends of Hubbs' teenage children.
The threats against the victim began Feb. 16 on Twitter, just after Hubbs — who was convicted in 2011 of sexually abusing the boy — had been released from prison then rearrested for a parole violation. Hubbs, 44, served 2½ years of a five-year sentence for sex crimes against two 14-year-old boys. She was released Feb. 10, but arrested again on Feb. 15 after a parole agent found pornography in her Hayward home, a felony violation of a parole.
Hubbs was not involved in the threats against her victim, police said. Police did not disclose the nature of the cyber threats.
"We looked into whether Hubbs encouraged others or initiated the threats toward the victim," said Livermore police Officer Steve Goard in an email. "There was no Internet activity or threats to either one of her original victims while she was in prison. She got arrested (Feb. 15) and the threats began the very next morning by friends of (Hubbs') children."
Hubbs has been cleared in the cyber-bullying case, but she is not free of trouble with the law.
She remains in Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on a no-bail hold, which is standard for parole violators. A spokesman with state prisons said earlier this month that she will have a hearing on the pornography arrest to determine if she will return to prison. The spokesman was not available for comment Wednesday.
During the police investigation into the sexual assaults in late 2010, Hubbs, a mother of three, became known as "Hummer Mom" because of the giant SUV she drove around Livermore, often with the boys in the vehicle.
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There are jugs, buckets and axes that rival teams play for on fall Saturdays. But there is nothing quite like the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy awarded to the winner of the service academies.
The men from West Point, Army's Black Knights, are rarely in contention.
But on a beautiful, crisp day in Philadelphia, Army was right there, primed to snap a 10-game losing streak to the Midshipmen of Navy. Army was ready to march out of football darkness and fill the cadets at Lincoln Financial Field with pride.
It would have been a wonderful story. Instead, it's another triumph for Navy, who came back with a score late and a recovered Army fumble to win 17-13 in the 113th game between the two.
"It means everything," Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo said. "That's our No. 1 goal, to get the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy. I'm just so happy for these guys."
In the end, they are all one; fighters and protectors of America.
But it doesn't make the joy that much more full; the pain of losing a game like this any less deep.
Army held a 13-10 lead late in the fourth quarter. Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds passed to Brandon Turner, who reached high over solid coverage to haul down a 49-yard pass. That set up Reynolds' 8-yard TD run on the very next play, the extra point giving Navy the advantage.
Army's ensuing possession was threatening. Starting a drive on its own 17-yard line, the Black Knights drove to the Midshipmen's 14. That's when Larry Dixon fumbled with just over a minute left. Navy's Barry Dabney recovered, ending Army's chance of pulling off an upset and ending a decade-long drought.
Navy leads the series 57-49-7.
"I feel like we deserved that game in every way possible, but it just didn't happen," said Navy's Trent Steelman. "We were wearing them down and there was nothing that was going to stop us. But that's life."


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Q&A: An Interview With Jorge Padrón
The president of Padrón Cigars Inc. speaks about his Nicaraguan cigar brand.
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David Savona: How did you get your start in the family business?
Jorge Padrón: In our family, we were not forced to enter this business. It just sort of happens. I remember when I was young, in high school, I'd spend the whole summer working in the factory. I used to call that the tobacco tan. All my friends would go to the beach, and I was going to the factory in Miami.
Q: Would you also do this after school?
A: No, school was school, but in the summers I would spend most of the time working in the factory. Before I drove, my dad would wake me up at 6:30 in the morning to go to the office. Early in the morning he would come into my room, turn on the lights and start shaking my feet so I would get out of the bed.
Q: I'm sure you loved that.
A: Well, at first, you kind of resisted, but after a while you would just expect it.
Q: About what age did that start?
A: I must have been 13, 14. I came to Nicaragua in 1976 for the first time, when I was eight.
Q: Do you have memories of that trip?
A: Yes, that was in the old factory. We had the apartment right upstairs, right on top of the factory; we would go down the stairs and the factory was right there. I was running around the factory, in the pilones [editor's note: bulks of fermenting tobacco.]
Q: When did your family's company start making cigars here in Nicaragua?
A: 1970. Before that, we made cigars in Miami. In 1977, because
of the problems [with political unrest] in Nicaragua, my father opened up a factory in Honduras. For several years, both factories were operating side by side. In the '80s, during the civil war, I never came to Nicaragua, but I did go to Honduras on many occasions. Then in 1985, [President Ronald] Reagan placed the embargo on Nicaragua, and at that point we shifted all our production to Honduras. For five years there, all the production we had came out of Honduras.
of the problems [with political unrest] in Nicaragua, my father opened up a factory in Honduras. For several years, both factories were operating side by side. In the '80s, during the civil war, I never came to Nicaragua, but I did go to Honduras on many occasions. Then in 1985, [President Ronald] Reagan placed the embargo on Nicaragua, and at that point we shifted all our production to Honduras. For five years there, all the production we had came out of Honduras.
Q: Was that difficult? It's a small factory, isn't it?
A: Yes, it was very difficult, but at the time we were taking advantage of every possible space in that factory. That factory was full. We had a lot of tobacco and raw material that we were able to salvage in years earlier, and that's what really helped us get along and get through. It wasn't until 1990 that we actually came back to Nicaragua for the first time and started the factory again.
Q: Wasn't your father living at the Honduran factory at that time?
A: He was living inside the factory. We both—when I was there—lived inside the factory. As we did for many years in Nicaragua.
Q: How were the accommodations?
A: Let's just say it was one room.
Q: One room for you and your father?
A: Those were good times. It was rough, but at the same time it was very practical. Don't forget, it wasn't very safe. There were a lot of kidnappings. We were in our little shell inside the factory.
Q: Kidnappings of local businessmen?
A: Yeah. There was a plot to kidnap my father in Honduras. They were found with plans of the factory, the layout, where his room was. Those times were very rough times, particularly in Nicaragua; and [in] Danlí, Honduras, being very close to the border, there was a lot of military activity.
Q: It must have been very challenging to run a business in that environment. How old were you?
A: 20 years old, 17, 18, 19. And at the time I was, more than anything, just accompanying my father, but in all of those trips you learned something. Even if it was not about tobacco, you learned something else. So I can tell you that, in all the years that I spent next to my dad, I think I learned more than I did all the years I spent in school.
Q: Tell us about your education.
A: I graduated from a Jesuit high school in Miami, and from there I went to Florida State University and got a bachelor's degree in marketing. After I graduated there in 1990, I worked in the family business for a year, in Miami, and then I went to the University of Miami and got my master's degree.
Q: When you got your MBA, what were you thinking in terms of a career path?
A: All my friends were interviewing for jobs with different companies, and I told them I was going into the cigar business and they thought I was crazy.
Q: When was that?
A: That was the tail end of '92. For me, all the family members had seen the hardships that my dad had gone through, so we felt an obligation. At that time, I always felt that what my father had created was something special, but that it could be taken to another level or taken advantage of in a way that we weren't doing at the time.
Q: Describe Padrón Cigars at that time. What products were you making, and where were you selling them?
A: The philosophy of the company has been the same since day one: to produce quality products, and to concentrate on the quality of our products, rather than the quantity that we produced. The only changes that we've made have been in the type of cigars that we make and in the areas that we sell. For many years, my father concentrated mostly on the Miami market, to the local Cuban communities in the area—and most of the consumers who smoked the cigars were Cubans—and some mail-order business that we had across the country, direct to individuals. We made the decision to expand our distribution and to go into the national market. Luckily, my father had enough confidence in me to allow me to try to get that done.
Q: That was your job?
A: Yes. At that time we had a lot of customers who were mainly older Cubans. When I kept seeing all these older people coming in, I said in 10 years, 20 years we're not going to have a market left. And that's when we went to our first trade show, in 1993.
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Promo Monday and time for our regular outing with reed.co.uk, The Register's UK recruitment partner. Four jobs are presented for your perusal.
- The Hood Group, a household insurance company headquartered in Southend, is hunting for a group IT director. Responsibilities include the successful delivery of software development, ensuring that contact centre technology is best of breed and takes account of recent trends in online customer behaviour. Salary is up to £85K.
- Serco is looking for a Lead Solution Architect to run the firm's solution architecture practice. The job is based in Hook, Hampshire and salary is £70K-£80K.
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It's time for a new big thing in sports, a new can't-miss event. Years ago it was baseball's home run contest. Then it was basketball's dunk competition. The last great sports idea was the NHL's Winter Classic outdoor game. So it's time for something new. Here are a few suggestions for the Next Big Thing in sports.
A true World Series
Major League Baseball calling its championship the "World Series'' is not accurate. It's a North American championship. There's little debate that Major League Baseball is the best baseball league in the world. But Japan has a pretty good league, too. We've seen players come over from Japan, such as Ichiro Suzuki and Daisuke Matsuzaka, and have major success. So, how about this: a five- or seven-game series between the MLB champ and the Japanese league champion? Rotate the site between the countries. At the end of it, you have a true world champion. And we have the perfect name for the event: the World Series.
College football playoff
I like the BCS. I truly believe that every year, the two best teams in the country play one another for the national championship. This year I'm convinced LSU and Alabama are the best teams in the land. And any team that loses even one game loses the right to complain about its lot. To those teams, such as Oklahoma State: If you wanted to play for the national title, well, you shouldn't have lost. But I will finally admit that a four-team playoff wouldn't ruin the integrity of the best regular season in sports. Heck, even an eight-team playoff probably would still make the regular season critical. If it was up to me, the BCS would remain. But a playoff seems to be the choice of the people, would draw incredible interest and easily would be the next big thing in sports.
A golf Super Bowl
Pick a great course. Invite the top 50 players in the world. Make it winner take all. The winner gets $5 million. Second place: a set of steak knives. Third place: nothing. Now in tournaments you watch a player standing over a 7-foot putt and the monetary difference between making it and possibly finishing first and missing it and possibly finishing second might be a few hundred thousand dollars, but the player will take home a few hundred thousand dollars. Now imagine the pressure of an all-or-nothing putt.
A new Superstars competition
Remember the Superstars, the show that began on ABC in the 1970s in which some of the best athletes in the world competed against one another is such sports as swimming, weight lifting, bicycling and decathlon-type sports? (Interesting fact: The show was the brainchild of former Olympic figure skating champion and analyst Dick Button). Wouldn't it be cool today to see whether Sidney Crosby or Chris Paul is a better athlete? Or who would win a race between Ray Lewis and Derek Jeter? Or who could lift more weight, Tiger Woods or Dale Earnhardt Jr.? With as much money as teams pay players these days, it's unlikely any franchise would agree to let its best players compete in a competition in which they could snap an ankle or twist a knee. But geez, wouldn't be fun?
"Football Day in America''
This is not the first time I've mentioned this idea. Each year, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. has a "Hockey Day in Canada.'' It picks a town to host a day of events that celebrate Canada's favorite sport. NHL games featuring Canadian teams are played and televised throughout the day, and features about hockey are aired. Why not do it with football in the United States? Each year a network would pick a day in the autumn and go to a town rich in football tradition -- a place such as Aliquippa, Pa., Plano, Texas, or Hoover, Ala. -- and have a day of football. Bob Costas could be the host. As far as games to build a day of programming around, there could be a marquee matchup between high school powerhouses followed by a big-time college showdown and capped off with an NFL game or two. Ratings would be through the roof.
New NBA All-Star weekend skills contests
The NBA's All-Star weekend dunk competition was cool back in the days of Dr. J and Michael Jordan, but that contest hasn't been exciting or relevant in years. There are only so many dunks before it becomes more of the same. The three-point shooting contest has become boring, too. So here are two events that could generate excitement. First, a tournament of H-O-R-S-E. You wouldn't watch, say, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James go at it in a game of trick shots? The other idea: a 2-on-2 tournament. How about a matchup of Kevin Durant and Dwight Howard against Derek Rose and Kevin Garnett? That would be a blast. Give the champions in both contests serious money to guarantee their effort. It could end up being more fun to watch than the All-Star Game itself. Want to add more spice? Put microphones on the players and air the events on HBO or Showtime while the non-pay networks run them on a seven-second delay to bleep out bad words.
An outdoor NHL All-Star Game
If you love hockey, you have to admit two things: The Winter Classic outdoor game is awesome, and the All-Star Game stinks. So why not combine the two? The problem with the All-Star Game is it doesn't feel like a real game because there's little defense and even less (as in zero) hitting. Putting the game outdoors wouldn't change the on-ice product, but it might spruce up the overall event and give it a more festive feel, which is sort of the point of an All-Star Game anyway. The downside is that many NHL cities wouldn't be able to host a game, but then again, why limit the game to NHL cities? Why not put the game in places such as Quebec City; Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; Madison, Wis.; Montpelier, Vermont, and Fargo, N.D. Those folks follow the NHL, too. Why not make them feel a part of the league?


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MESA, Ariz. -- Matt Cain's run of bad luck continued Sunday. Just a few days after a Pablo Sandoval liner hit him during a team workout, Cain was struck on the side of the right knee by a hard shot off the bat of Alfonso Soriano.
Cain stayed in the game and said he didn't anticipate missing any time. He also joked that he has learned a valuable lesson from the two comebackers and a Hector Sanchez liner that bruised his other leg last spring.
"Maybe I should start using my glove," Cain cracked.
Trainer Dave Groeschner and manager Bruce Bochy ran out to check on Cain after he was hit, but the Giants' scheduled opening day starter stayed in the game, a 4-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs. Naturally, the next batter, Nate Schierholtz, hit a slow roller to the right side, forcing Cain to sprint over and cover first base.
"Why wouldn't he?" Cain said, chuckling. "That's the way it always goes."
Bochy said Cain had been scheduled for a second inning of work but all involved wanted to be cautious. Cain expects to make his next Cactus League start.
"It's nothing to worry about, I don't think," he said. "You've got all the same risks out there. But you've got to go through it full-bore like it's the regular season."
"I've been told that a few times so far," Schierholtz said Sunday, smiling wide beneath his blue Cubs cap.
Schierholtz won a ring with the 2010 Giants and was sized up for his 2012 ring a month ago. He said he still considers San Francisco his home but already feels comfortable with the Cubs after signing in December.
"I've always enjoyed Chicago," he said. "It's a great chance to get a lot of time in right field. That's what I'm looking forward to."
An inconsistent role with the Giants led to Schierholtz looking for a way out last season. He was dealt to Philadelphia as part of the Hunter Pence deal but struggled, hitting just one homer in 37 games while battling injuries. Schierholtz wasn't surprised when the Phillies nontendered him shortly after the season ended and chose the Cubs after overtures from several contending teams.
"This team is young, and we have a chance to win quickly," he said.
Thanks to the 2010 run, Schierholtz is one of the few in the Cubs' clubhouse who knows what winning feels like. He got another close look in October, when he watched all the Giants games from his home in Orinda. Schierholtz said it was a little weird to watch his former team make another run without him, but he was happy with the way things turned out.
"I was sitting at home rooting for the guys," he said. "It was exciting as a fan. It was a different point of view. I'll always have friends there, no matter where I am."
"We had a deal -- he had to get to a certain area (with his weight) before I would play him," Bochy said. "To his credit, he did. He's doing what I've asked, and that's to drop a few pounds."
Sandoval would like to play every day in order to get his form back in time for the World Baseball Classic.
"We're still in the early stages of talks," Baer said.
Posey signed a one-year, $8 million deal this offseason, his first as an arbitration-eligible player. He is not eligible for free agency until after the 2016 season, but both sides have indicated a willingness to come to a long-term agreement.
"It's our absolute intention to have Buster signed long term," Baer said.


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Indian Tribes are disproportionately bearing the brunt of climate change. But the huge potential on tribal lands to generate clean energy from renewable resources presents tribes with the opportunity to be a significant part of the solution through climate policy that creates green jobs and protects natural resources, detailed in a new report.
In collaboration with National Tribal Environmental Council, Native American Rights Fund, and Intertribal Council On Utility Policy, a National Wildlife Federation report The New Energy Future in Indian Country: Confronting Climate Change, Creating Jobs, and Conserving Nature provides an overview of the possibilities for renewable energy in Indian Country and details case studies of wind, solar, geothermal and biomass production, as well as energy efficiency/weatherization.
"With 95 million acres of land under their management and centuries of experience conserving the natural world, Indian tribes can play a significant role in protecting natural resources from climate change and coping with a warmer world," said Steve Torbit, director of the
National Wildlife Federation's Rocky Mountain Regional Center and Tribal Lands Conservation Program
"With our partners, we developed this report to showcase the tremendous opportunities tribes have to implement renewable energy, energy efficiency, and participate in the green economy, while protecting their natural resource heritage."
The report details:
Oil and Gas Methane Pollution Report


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Diet, Exercise and/or Rosiglitazone for HIV-Associated Insulin Resistance
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The purpose of this study is to determine if, in men and women with excess abdominal fat and insulin resistance, people with HIV infection respond differently than people without HIV to interventions that typically improve body fat distribution and insulin resistance. The specific interventions are:
- Diet + exercise program.
- Rosiglitazone treatment.
- A combination treatment of diet + exercise program and rosiglitazone.
|HIV Infections Insulin Resistance Obesity
|Behavioral: Weight loss through diet and exercise Drug: Rosiglitazone insulin sensitizing agent
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Effect of Diet, Exercise and Rosiglitazone on Regional Fat and Insulin Resistance in HIV-Infected and Uninfected Men and Women
- Insulin sensitivity
- Body composition
- Quality of life
- Strength and fitness
- Lipid profile
- Additional cardiovascular risk indicators
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|July 2005
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2007
A constellation of nutritional alterations in HIV-infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapies (HAART), including body fat redistribution with subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) wasting and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) accumulation, hyperlipidemia, and insulin resistance (IR) has been described. There is a major concern that these developments will be associated with adverse clinical outcomes related to atherosclerosis, as suggested by several case reports (Henry 1998, Behrens 1998, Gallet 1998, Vittecoq 1998). Although there are well documented associations among body fat distribution, insulin resistance, and adverse health outcomes, especially accelerated atherosclerosis, in non-HIV infected individuals, it is unclear if the relationships are affected by HIV infection, or if they reflect the same outcomes. This information is important, since understanding the interrelationships between body fat distribution and metabolism may guide the development of treatment strategies.
The specific hypotheses to be tested are:
- HIV infection does not affect the relative reductions in visceral (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) resulting from diet + exercise, but decreases the effect of this therapy on insulin resistance.
- HIV infection decreases the changes in insulin resistance and body composition (increase in SAT and decrease in VAT) expected with rosiglitazone.
- The combination treatment of diet+exercise and rosiglitazone will reduce VAT to a greater extent than rosiglitazone alone, and will improve insulin resistance to greater extent than diet and exercise alone, however these effects will be blunted in HIV-infected subjects.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV-infected or uninfected.
- Body mass index (BMI) at least 25.
- Excess visceral adipose tissue. Excess VAT will be determined in HIV+ and HIV- groups of men by a waist hip ratio > 0.95 and a waist circumference >88.2 cm, and in women by a waist:hip >0.9 and waist circumference >75.3 cm.
- Insulin resistance (fasting serum insulin level >16 μU/ml).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unable to tolerate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Clinical evidence of active liver disease or a significantly abnormal liver function test (ALT >2.5x the upper limit of normal).
- Severe hyperlipidemia (fasting plasma triglycerides >500 mg/dL or fasting total cholesterol >300mg/dL)
- Current coronary artery disease including angina
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Uncontrolled hypertension
- Participation in a regular exercise program
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00264251
|United States, New York
|St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10025
|Principal Investigator:
|Donald P Kotler, MD
|St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University
|Principal Investigator:
|Jeanine B Albu, MD
|St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00264251 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|December 9, 2005
|Last Updated:
|October 26, 2007
Keywords provided by St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center:
Body composition
Weight reduction
Insulin resistance/sensitivity
Visceral adiposity
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Insulin Resistance
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Insulin, Globin Zinc
Hypoglycemic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Sacramento is going through hell right now. The city, its fans, and the politicians and money people who have pitched in big to support the Kings for the last 28 years, are being threatened with having their team ripped from them and transported to Seattle, and their soul along with it.
Plenty of cities know that pain, in the NBA and elsewhere. Seattle, of course, is one of them.
Thus, we've arrived at the moment everybody has to have seen coming for five years. We may be a signature away from the nightmare that was inevitable from the moment in 2008 that the SuperSonics were exported to Oklahoma City, with the NBA's shady blessing.
As colleague Sean Deveney pointed out this week, David Stern owes this to Seattle; it at least slightly cleans up the biggest stain on his legacy. However, from the start, there was almost no chance that Seattle's gain would not be some other tortured city's loss. Sacramento drew the short straw.
More accurately, of course, Sacramento drew the untrustworthy owners, the Maloofs.
This is not a failing of the city or market, as bitter Sacramentans have pointed out ever since Wednesday. (That is the day that the first reports surfaced of a sale by the Maloofs to the group building the newly-approved Seattle arena.) Last April, a deal hammered out among the NBA, Sacramento and the Maloofs to keep the team in place – agreed to during All-Star weekend – was abandoned and denounced by the Maloofs.
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This is the fatal flaw in the system of franchise free agency, or franchise roulette. It's so engrained in our sports culture, we take it for granted … until our favorite team starts playing. This is a fairly new stage of this, though, now that expansion in the big sports has all but hit its limits: vacated cities becoming occupied again at the expense of another vacated city.
Just when you thought a filthy practice couldn't become filthier.
With Seattle now involved, Sacramento is back to bargaining to keep the Kings. Mayor Kevin Johnson, the native of the city and former NBA star, is now rounding up new investors, and no fewer that two local owner candidates have surfaced.
"I believe the NBA knows that we're a proven market,'' Johnson told USA Today late Friday in a story published on its website Saturday morning. "I want Seattle to get a team. They deserve a team, but I don't want it to be our team."
Johnson is not alone. Even some people in Seattle have serious misgivings about this.
MORE: Kings players, coaches worth through uncertainty
They include Seattle Times columnist Steve Kelley, whose column on the topic on Thursday began, "None of this is fair,'' and later continued, "I'll gladly buy the first season ticket. But I can't help thinking how rotten this deal is for Sacramento's basketball fans.''
It also includes SuperSonicSoul.com, one of several local websites that sprang up in the mid-2000s when the Sonics' existence in town was first threatened. One of the site's founders, Paul Merrill, reacted to reports of the Maloofs angling to retain part-ownership even with the team in a new city with this: "If these are the sort of folks we have to appease to get a (pretty lousy) team, I'd rather invest in a custom team on NBA Live.''
If this angst sounds familiar, it's because you heard it some 17 years ago, when the Browns bolted Cleveland for Baltimore. To this day, many older Colts fans in Baltimore can't bring themselves to pull completely behind the Ravens, because getting a team the same way they'd lost one a generation earlier left a bad taste in their mouths.
Of course, there's evidence that segments of fans in both cities are squaring off in a battle royale for the right to say which deserves the Kings more. By extension, they want to declare which city deserves to get robbed worst. The online flame wars are only beginning, and they'll only get worse the longer it takes to reach an outcome.
Actually, they won't end there, either, as fans of Seattle and Oklahoma City can attest, after the Thunder reached the NBA Finals and caused the heads of ex-Sonics lovers to spontaneously combust.
Seattle does need to have the NBA make things right, after the wrong done to them. Knowing that the league was not going to expand, this was the only solution. It's a terrible one that Sacramento did not bring on itself.
The only consolation that can be offered to Sacramento?
Some day, you'll be the ones ripping the soul out of some poor city with cruddy ownership. Your joy will be someone else's pain. And the first city to empathize with you might be Seattle, home of the Kings.


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Today is what I call a double whammy. First off, it's raining hard and the weather report says when the rain finally ends this afternoon expect very high winds. Wonderfully, work starts near Central Park and ends up in Chinatown. Along the way we stop and check on small construction projects to make sure our clients are happy. We also have several Energy Audits to perform. Normally we don't cover that much ground but hey since it's going to be nasty out why not? That's a joke of course. The second whammy is a 7PM meeting tonight somewhere in Yonkers. The meeting is by choice but if you want lots of green paper in your pocket you have to go to these things. I won't be home until at least 11PM. Thank god I have an iPhone for moments of Techmeme.com
Here's something I have been thinking about this morning before heading into Manhattan. Last night before I went to sleep my wife who is a fashion designer was freaking out Alexander McQueen's new fashion line or whatever you call it. "Shoes!" "You have to check these out. Crazy!", Julie yelled. I admit I do think these new McQueen things are pretty cool looking. A bit club kid platform mixed with Fabergé Egg? My real thought focused on the comfort of these things and computer aided design. I was thinking that if these shoes were designed by a computer maybe its possible the model's feet are positioned properly inside them. By the look on the girl's faces they are probably very uncomfortable.
I know this post was OT (off topic) but hey synths and sequencers were not on my mind this morning.
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BURBANK, Calif. Warner Home Video is feeling the love.
A trio of romantic films from Warner Home Video will be available on Blu-ray Feb. 1, 2011, including "10," "Pleasantville" and "You've Got Mail," all for a suggested retail price of $19.98 each.
"10," which stars Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews and Bo Derek, is a comedy that follows Moore's pursuit of a beautiful woman (Derek), despite having it all. "Pleasantville" stars Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon as two teens zapped into a black-and-white 1950s sitcom who then realize the importance of a bold and colorful world. And "You've Got Mail" stars Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, who fall in love over the Internet while also being business rivals in the real world.
Each film includes special features, from theatrical trailers to guest commentaries. The Blu-ray editions of the films will be available nationwide wherever videos are sold.