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Jim DeMint: Exit, stage right
Perhaps Jim DeMint, in his new role as a conservative think-tanker, will wind up polluting the political climate far more than he already has. But for the moment, at least, it's deeply satisfying that the poster child for U.S. Senate dysfunction is suddenly quitting the chamber.
Good riddance.
The junior senator from South Carolina, who announced his imminent departure yesterday, has been a one-man wrecking crew, a polarizing figure who has embodied the party of No, who has typically made it impossible for senators to find common ground and accomplish anything of substance. As one Washington observer remarked, upon hearing the great news about DeMint, "(His) entire style of conservatism is all-or-nothing, no compromise....I am sure many senators on both sides are clicking their heels. DeMint has been a destructive force, threatening to (line up primary challengers against his) colleagues, resisting all deals and offering very little in the way of attainable legislation. He has contributed more than any current senator to the dysfunction of that body." So wrote blogger Jennifer Rubin, a prominent conservative.
Not surprisingly, of course, Rubin's attack on DeMint has prompted some of her brethren to turn the guns on her. To wit, this tidy tweet from talk-show host Mark Levin: "Go to hell, Jennifer Rubin."
Such is the fratricidal mood among conservatives as they continue to grapple with the reality of the election results. Skirmishes and shakeouts abound. I only have time for the highlights.
House Speaker John Boehner has booted some tea-party conservatives from their plum committee jobs, citing their lack of party discipline. FreedomWorks, the fake "grassroots" tea-party outfit bankrolled by the Koch Brothers, has retaliated by attacking Boehner for being a sellout (fake politician Sarah Palin has attacked Boehner as well). FreedomWorks chairman Dick Armey has quit his job in a huff, taking an $8-million settlement, because he's ticked off that president Matt Kibbe was more interested this fall in writing a book than mobilizing voters. Fox News chief Roger Ailes is barring Karl Rove and Dick Morris from the air unless producers get his special permission. Talking head William Kristol continues to attack anti-tax commissar Grover Norquist, a growing list of Republican lawmakers have been whacking Norquist like a pinata, and on Wednesday, Sean Hannity got into a Fox News tiff with Ann Coulter, after Coulter (of all people) suggested that Republicans should cave to President Obama and agree to raise taxes on the rich. Hannity, on the cusp of head detonation, said, "You're saying capitulate to Obama?" Whereupon Coulter replied: "We lost the election, Sean!"
And DeMint's decision to quit his seat — with four years remaining in his second term, to join the Heritage Foundation — is arguably the most important shakeout. Just days ago, he was still in character, defending the indefensible (no tax hikes on the rich), attacking Boehner for even considering the notion of finding common ground with Obama on the need for more revenues. But clearly he had come to decide that it was time to move on. Not only did Obama win re-election (the latest margin is 4.67 million votes; so much for DeMint's 2009 declaration that Obamacare could be the president's "Waterloo"), but the Democrats also picked up two seats in the Senate, driving the GOP deeper into the minority. So it was an opportune time to quit and go work for a lot more money at the right-wing Heritage Foundation.
Republican leaders are glad to see him go. After all, DeMint is one of the big reasons why Democrats still control the Senate. In his search for purist right-wing candidates, and in his willingness to bankroll them via his PAC, DeMint screwed the party establishment in 2010 and 2012 by backing extreme conservatives who wound up losing winnable Senate seats: Christine O'Donnell in Delaware, Sharron Angle in Nevada, Ken Buck in Colorado, Richard Mourdock in Indiana. This year, he also did his darndest for Todd Akin, the Missouri extremist. After Akin made himself a national laughingstock by insisting that the victims of "legitimate rape" can will themselves not to become pregnant, DeMint came to the rescue with 90 grand and urged other "freedom-loving Americans" to do the same.
Remember, this is the same guy who declared, during the summer '11 debt ceiling crisis, that he was willing to risk default and "serious disruptions" in the economy, in order to force draconian cuts in domestic social programs; who last year sought a provison that would've barred women and their doctors from discussing abortion via Internet tele-conferencing; who insists that "an unmarried woman who's sleeping with her boyfriend" is not fit to teach in a public school...the list goes on.
But the happy news of his departure is tempered by the legacy he leaves behind. In the words of one press report, "there are plenty of junior lawmakers who are willing to use the guerrilla tactics that DeMint employed frequently." And once DeMint is ensconced at the Heritage Foundation, he'll have a big megaphone for his absolutism. In other words, his decision to quit the Senate is not a harbinger of a new era of comity and GOP moderation. Quite the opposite. The vigorous, and at times vicious, intramural struggle for the party's soul has only just begun.
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I'm sorry Mike Brown lovers, but I just don't see it.
He coached teams to 60 wins with LeBron James. That doesn't impress me. He made it to one NBA Finals with LeBron James. They got swept.
Why oh why are people still impressed with the guy?
And don't say LeBron had bad teammates in Cleveland, because he didn't.
Those guys struggled without LeBron, but take Danny off our team and see how well we do. Probably not very well. But that doesn't mean we have bad players either.
No Mike Brown please.
I'd prefer Frank, but I'd explore other options. But I'd sure as hell rather have Frank than Mike Brown.


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Former WW2 intelligence officer now 90 must return to UK from Canada to claim her full pension
6:00pm Wednesday 19th March 2014
By Kate Wilson
6:00pm Wednesday 19th March 2014
By Kate Wilson
AFTER 13 years of living in Canada, Ann Puckridge, 90, is being forced to leave her family and friends and return to England.
Mrs Puckridge moved to Calgary in 2001 to be with her daughter Diane, and grandchildren Kirsty, 11, and Andrew, nine, who had moved there a few years earlier.
However due to the Government's policy on pensions for those who live abroad in countries such as Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada she is now unable to financially support herself and must return home and live a ten hour flight away from her immediate family.
Along with the 560,000 other expatriates her state pension was frozen when she emigrated.
Having served as an intelligence officer in the Women's Royal Navy in the Second World War and making mandatory National Insurance contributions throughout her teaching career in Gloucestershire she would receive £110.15 per week had she stayed in Britain.
"I lived in Painswick for 15 years and then Valley View Road in Stroud for 20 years so when I have to move back it is my intention to settle back in the Gloucestershire area," said Mrs Puckridge.
"However currently I have no definite plans and am hoping I won't have to make that decision in the end."
Mrs Puckridge has spent 12 years writing letters to British ministers and campaigning for justice alongside the International Consortium of British Pensioners.
However she said that the cost of her posting a letter to an MP is the same amount that she must also budget for one meal.
Mrs Puckridge moved to Canada at the age of 77 to be with her family but can no longer survive on the pension she is receiving and she has exhausted all of her savings.
"I am being forced back to the UK where I will live alone with no family at all," she said.
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Sharon Experienced Reflexology at Mahala's Day Spa
Mahala's Day Spa in Manchester offers so many different services from eyelashes and nails to facials and massages. I decided to try some Reflexology.
Reflexology is when the Licensed Massage Therapist finds the pressure points in the bottoms of your feet and uses them to stimulate the nerves throughout the entire body. I'm so glad I got to meet Claire Guy!


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The YOUTH EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND (Y.E.S.) Golf Tournament is organized by the Young Professionals Network and the Steamboat Springs Chamber. The funds are awarded in two categories, consisting of Routt County high school graduating seniors and past recipients of the scholarship still enrolled.
To date, $192,000 in total funding has been awarded.
The Y.E.S. Golf Tournament is played at Rollingstone Ranch Golf Club, a Robert Trent Jones, Jr. designed course, managed by Troon Golf.
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Senior defensive end Brandon Clum traveled to Cancun, Mexico to represent Muskingum College, Division III football and the United States of America in the 2004 Aztec Bowl. Brandon was selected as one of only 44 student-athletes across our nation to play in the 2004 Aztec Bowl.
In this annual contest between Division III standouts and Mexican football all-stars, Brandon and his teammates triumphed, beating their opponent 23-3. Selections were made by the American Football Coaches Association on the basis of athletic achievements and academic talents. Brandon, a 6'4", 275-pound defensive end, was a leader on the Muskingum defense and an All-Ohio Athletic Conference honoree.
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Our European PR manager, Alistair Hatch, pointed me to an insane collection of DOOM collectibles on Flickr and YouTube. Collected by Mahmut Saral (aka DOOM Collector), he's got every possible version of the game (32X!!!), as well as guns from the movie, old as dirt press kits, and even an HD-DVD.
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Leigh Brasington proposes to classify modern approaches to jhanas into two divisions: sutta jhanas and Visudhimagga jhanas:
It seems that two main distinctions about "sutta" and "Visuddhimagga" jhanas are:
1) If 5 senses are working in jhana?
2) If one can think in jhana?
In the thread "Jhana in Visuddhimagga" we tried to find where Vsm witnesses to absence of sense perceptions:
We found two paragraphs which may suggest that senses are not active in jhana, and two paragraphs witness that sense perceptions are still present in jhanas.
I believe that this point is important enough to be stated explicitly, - as Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw and Ajahn Brahmavamso do this in their instructions. But Ven. Buddhaghosa is more than implicit if he really states that five senses are "switched off" in jhanas.
It would be also logical to tell about absence of perceptions when describing the first jhana, - when this phenomenon first appears in practice. But two paragraphs of Visuddhimagga that may suggest this point are scattered: first in the description of third jhana and second is where first arupa-samapatti is described.
So, most probably Ven. Buddhaghosa did not mean that sense-perceptions are absent in jhanas. At least, Visuddhimagga is somewhat controversial at this point, as it gives arguments for both opinions.
That's why I'm not sure that "Visuddhimagga jhanas" is the best name for jhanas of Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw and Ven. Ajahn Brahmavamso. This name may be misguiding, - as one may start to think that Visuddhimagga definitely describes jhanas with five senses "shut off".
Isn't it better to find some other names for these two types of jhana practice?


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Justin Turner (thumb) remained out of the Dodgers' lineup Sunday.
Dylan Bundy was scratched from Sunday's start against the Rays due to a strained left hamstring.
Daniel Murphy hit a solo home run in the 10th inning to help the Nationals edge the Mets 4-3 on Saturday.
Giancarlo Stanton finished 3-for-6 with a double, a solo home run, two runs scored and four RBI in Saturday's victory at Arizona.
Whit Merrifield drove in three runs with a bases-loaded double, and the Royals downed the White Sox 8-2 on Saturday.
Jose Abreu went 1-for-4 with two RBI in a loss to the Royals on Saturday.
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Gracie goes everywhere her big brother Seth goes, but her parents hope Gracie doesn't follow in Seth's footsteps when it comes to one thing. Seth has autism. Siblings have a one in five chance of developing autism.
"I was concerned about it," said Tony Whitaker, Gracie and Seth's father.
They decided to enroll Gracie in a one-of-a-kind study. University of North Carolina resarchers used a special kind of MRI imaging called, diffusion tensor imaging, to look at 15 brain connections of babies who had a sibling with autism. They found significant differences in 12 of the 15 connections in those who developed autism.
"What we find is the children who went on to have autism, we can see differences as early as six months, and that over time their brains changed less," explained Jason Wolff, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
Right now, it's almost impossible to diagnose autism at six months. These scans could offer a way to catch it much earlier.
"This is really before we can pick up any differences behaviorally," said Wolff. "If we could go earlier and earlier in our interventions, we could prevent autism from fully manifesting."
Gracie seems to be developing normally. A relief to her parents who say their little girl is a big part of helping Seth deal with his disorder.
"We can't imagine where Seth would be if it wasn't for Gracie," said Sally Whitaker, Gracie and Seth's mother.
Wolff says the imaging could one day be used with behavioral exams, which are the current standard, to better diagnose autism. The hope is to catch it before signs start to show.
A recent study published in Pediatrics found when children as young as 18 months underwent therapy for autism, their IQ improved by 14 points compared to other kids with autism.
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DIAGNOSING AUTISM: Research now suggests that children as young as 1 year of age can show signs of autism. It's important to diagnose autism as soon as possible because early intervention may be a child's best hope. Some red flags that may suggest a child should be screened include:
- No big smiles or joyful expressions by 6 months or thereafter
- No back-and-forth sharing of sounds, smiles, or other facial expressions by 9 months or thereafter
- No babbling by 12 months
- No back-and-forth gestures such as pointing, showing, reaching or waving by 12 months
- No words by 16 months
- No two-word meaningful phrases by 24 months
- Any loss of speech or babbling or social skills at any age (SOURCE: Autismspeaks.org)
IMAGING STUDY: A new study, led by researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, found significant differences in brain development starting at 6 months of age in high-risk infants who later develop autism. The study suggests that autism does not appear suddenly in young children, but instead, develops over time during infancy. Researchers studied 92 infants who had older siblings with autism and were therefore considered to be at high-risk themselves. All participants had diffusion tensor imaging -- which is a type of MRI -- at 6 months and behavioral assessments at 24 months. Most also had additional brain imaging scans at either or both 12 and 24 months. At 24 months, 30 percent of the infants met the criteria for autism spectrum disorders while 70 percent did not. The two groups differed in white matter fiber tract development -- pathways that connect brain regions -- as measured by fractional anisotropy. This measures white matter organization and development based on the movement of water molecules through brain tissue. The researchers studied 15 separate fiber tracts. They found significant differences in FA trajectories in 12 out of the 15 tracts between infants who did develop autism versus those who did not. Infants who later developed autism had elevated fractional anisotropy at 6 months but then experienced slower change over time. By 24 months, infants with autism had lower FA values than those without autism. (SOURCE: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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I've developed some snap recently but I must be doing something wrong because I've developed "medial epicondylitis," aka golfer's or pitcher's elbow. I have slight pain, but mainly soreness and weakness at the bottom of my elbow, the "ball" under the elbow is very tender. I feel weakness in grip and less dexterity in fingers. Ice and rest should do the trick.
I haven't been playing any more often than normal, but I have been really feeling the weight of the disc pulling on my forefinger, getting snap off that finger, late acceleration, etc. I've been averaging 375-400 with the disc slipping out of my hand and have just started to get the disc to snap off. I tend to feel more strain immediately after release. Anyone have any idea what I could be doing wrong?


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This is wild.
This space for rent.
She "maybe" murdered her wealthy husband by drugging him and getting him to go in the pool.
Just a lotta classy people in those first 4-5 "I'm a VIP" rows, and in no way bandwagon types. I bet she was one of the only people going to games before they drafted Wade.
Her daughter said: "She was having fun just like any other fan. All she has to say is that people need to get a life."
NBA basketball - taking my breath away since 1963.
What a classy lady and a druggie to boot. LOL! What is the opposite of MILF? That is what she is.
Ugly?? Ha
Mother I Wouldnt Touch With A Ten Foot Pole.
Hilarious..... yet, so true
2012 PD ABA Fantasy Keeper League Champion, sports.ws
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2006 PD ABA Fantasy League runner up, sports.ws
When I first saw that photo, the first thing that popped into my head was:
"Wow, check out this attractive woman giving Noah hell like a lot of us
would probably like to do". A bit over the top, but unfortunately not that
Now after having read about her and gaining a little insight, the thought of
our Pacers being subjected to a slimeball like that absolutely sickens me.
I'm not mad about anyone flipping Noah off. Dude is a tool.
"The greatest thing you know Comes not from above but below" Danzig
I like how the whole report hinges on the words of a "conman and internet psychic."
You left off the ETBHDISGTCOTTKMBDMALMTAPWAMP
Except To Beat Her Down If She Got To Close Or Tried To Kill Me By Drugging Me And Luring Me To A Pool With A Male Prostitute!
Danger Zone
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Smothered Chicken!
And that's why, when the Chicago fans up here start complaining about Tyler, I tell them that Tyler and Noah are just the same player with different hair.
Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you
Whatever your dislike for Noah (I love Noah. Such a passionate player), you have to step aside and realize sports just really aren't that important. This kind of behavior is childish and I feel sad for all the kids around here that now probably think it is acceptable. Some sports fans need to grow up.
The action of the middle finger is not that big of a deal for me. The proximity Noah's face is a huge issue. What if Noah, well within his rights, had swatted her hand out of his face. All hell would have broken loose. And what in the world is the security guy that is right there doing. Do something!!!
Serious question, would you want to take a vacation to Cleveland?
I hate that fans feel invincible and as if they can do anything they want/say anything they want to the players as if they weren't human beings. If you stick your middle finger in someones face you should expect there to be possible physical confrontation in most situations, but she did that fully knowing noah couldn't do anything to her. Ridiculous.
How can you hate Noah? I like the guy and would love for him to be on my team, he probably has some of the best gifs ever too
@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!
I have zero patience for idiot fans. She should have been kicked out and never allowed back in


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30 years of this?
I recently spent two days at Trinity School in Atlanta, Georgia, learning with some very passionate educators. As I left to head back home, this invigorating feeling came over me as I really felt empowered by many educators who wanted to get better and were taking the opportunity to grow and learn. The message that was stated over and over again during those two days was the importance of teacher as lead learner, and if we really want to get better for our students, we need to learn alongside them.
In the morning, as I shared my keynote and we all had the chance to partake in an awesome team building activity, what I was enjoyed most by was sitting, working, and listening to educators throw around ideas of innovative opportunities that they were going to create with their students when they return for the next school year. The open conversation, risk taking, and sense of wanting to get better was exhilarating. I really believe that we are in the people business, and what I saw were educators collaborating and pushing each other to get better.
My staff has taught me the power of continuous learning and the process of powerful collaboration. Connecting with so many educators in the past few years, I continue to gain a sense of energy from the ideas that I hope will impact our students. Watching another staff hear some ideas, go with them, and create some amazing learning opportunities is an environment that we need to transfer to our students. Seeing educators have time to collaborate, create, and learn and enjoy that opportunity only solidifies my belief that our students need this as well. The concept of the "In-Out Box", of simply giving an assignment to get it back to mark it is something that I knew I could not do and dreaded the thought of spending 30 years of my life partaking in.
But 30 years of this? I can no longer imagine doing anything else!
In case you are interested, below is my presentation to Trinity School.


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The radio program that began in 1996 broadcasting on 50 radio stations is now heard on more than 100 stations and this year reached a record high of about 750,000 listeners each week, according to a 2004 audience audit by MQ&C Advertising of Austin.
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Balchem Corporation (NASDAQ: BCPC), the global leader in choline chloride and precision release nutrient technologies, today announced the creation of a new grant-based research program, the Real Science Initiative. The program will offer funding to university and related research institutes to support new research projects in animal nutrition, performance and health. Grant pre-proposals must be submitted by August 1, 2013. Complete details about the program are available at www.balchemresearch.com.
Balchem's focus on research is well known in the animal agriculture industry, with a long history of directing and supporting both university and on-farm research initiatives. Founded on the principal of "Real Science," Balchem is concentrating on the areas of feeding efficiency and animal health to improve overall animal performance, productivity and health.
"The intent of the Real Science Initiative is to foster innovative research by developing partnerships throughout the global research community," noted Dr. Michael de Veth, Commercial Development Manager with Balchem Animal Nutrition & Health. "Through these partnerships, we hope to discover new and innovative ways to enhance animal performance and health, while improving profitability for our customers."
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Healthy Burger
By Fruits & Veggies - More Matters
What a surprise? Burger and fries can make a healthy meal. Potatoes, including fries, provide fiber, potassium, and vitamin C, among other important nutrients, and today's frozen fries are lower in fat and sodium than in the past. Use lean ground beef and skip the cheese t
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
Main Dishes
Serves: 4
Cups of Fruits & Vegetables per Serving: 1.25
- In a medium bowl, mix ground beef with seasonings; shape into patties.
- Grill or pan fry.
- Bake shoestring french fries according to package instructions.
Remember, color is not a reliable indicator of doneness. Use a food thermometer to ensure that the internal temperature of the burgers is 160°F.
Nutritional Information
- Calories: 420
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Total Fat: 12g
- Cholesterol: 65mg
- Saturated Fat: 3.5g
- Dietary Fiber: 6g
- % of Calories from Fat: 26%
- Sodium: 670 mg
- Protein: 30g
- Recipe Credit
Recipe courtesy of United States Potato Board.
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HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. Sears Holdings announced that it has launched new technology Kenmore that enables select Kenmore and Kenmore Elite washers and dryers to "talk" directly to service experts. With Kenmore Connect, customers questioning whether their appliances are running exactly right or needing machine instructions find answers with a phone call and a push of a button, the company reported.
"The rollout of Kenmore Connect is another milestone in the brand's history of offering its customers best-in-class innovation and service," said Guenther Trieb, president Sears Brands. "Kenmore has a long-standing reputation for high quality products. While our products are designed for durability, there may be times when an appliance needs service or customers have questions about their products. Kenmore Connect is one more way we strive to ensure customer satisfaction during the many years our product is in someone's home."
Kenmore Connect works as follows:
Customers call 1-800-4-MY-HOME and follow the voice prompts to reach a Kenmore Connect service expert. Customers are then asked to follow three steps:
* Hold: Place the mouthpiece of the phone over the power button, very close to – but not touching – the machine. * Push: Press and hold the appropriate button, "Wash/Rinse" for washers and "Temp" for dryers. * Listen: Wait to hear three beeps. Then release the button while keeping the phone in place. Users will hear transmission sounds as the numbers on the display count down.


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Saudi Arabia airlifts injured Iraqis
The first medical evacuation plane has arrived in Riyadh from Baghdad with twelve injured and ill Iraqis that were transferred by the Saudi field hospital which was set-up last week as part of a comprehensive $80 million humanitarian aid package from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
These medical evacuations are expected to reach over 200 individuals in the initial phase. Treatments and care will be given at various hospitals and medical centers throughout Saudi Arabia.
In addition to medical care offered by Saudi Arabia, a telethon ordered by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd Bin Abdulaziz to raise funds for the Iraqi people has raised over $11.5 million as of Monday morning. King Fahd himself has donated $2.67 million; Crown Prince Abdullah has donated $1.33 million, and Second Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector-General Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, donated $800,000. — (menareport.com)
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Renowned St Ives artists, past and present, will have their work displayed at Wine Street Gallery in Devizes.
Gallery owners Juliet Reid and Dawn Galbraith drove from studio to studio in the Cornish seaside resort to find artists.
One of the major ones will be Sir Terry Frost, whose work reflects his gratitude and joie de vivre at having survived wartime incarceration.
Others taking part include Breon O'Casey and Roy Conn and ceramicists Christine Feiler and Sam Hall.
The exhibition opens with a private viewing on Saturday and then runs until April 26. The gallery is open on Saturdays, 11am to 5pm, and Sundays and Mondays, 11am to 4pm. Other times are by appointment.
The gallery is on the White Horse Business Centre, Hopton Road. For more information, call 07852 945598.


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Former sprinter Craig Pickering has declared himself "devastated" at being ruled out of Great Britain's bobsleigh team for the Winter Olympics in Sochi due to a back injury.
Pickering had been due to partner pilot Lamin Deen in both the two-man and four-man events this week before sustaining his injury last Sunday during the team's pre-Olympic training camp in Konigssee.
Pickering, who was part of the 4x100m relay team in Beijing, would have become only the eighth athlete to represent Great Britain at both a summer and winter Olympic Games.
He said: "Having missed out on competing at the London 2012 Games due to a back injury, I am devastated to have suffered a similar fate just days before the start of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
"We worked so hard to qualify the GBR 2 sled for the Games and I am gutted that I won't be on the start line with Lamin (Deen), John (Baines) and Ben (Simons).
"I would like to thank all the staff at British Bobsleigh, who have been incredibly helpful in making sure I've had the best support and treatment both in Germany and back in the UK.
"I will be cheering the boys on from the UK and wish the rest of Team GB the best of luck in Sochi."
The British team will now be able to call up a named replacement for Pickering, although it is likely one of the existing team members will transfer to take over Pickering's berth in the two-man sled.
British Bobsleigh team leader Gary Anderson said: "This is a big blow and I am personally devastated for Craig.
"I spoke with him just after we heard from the doctors and he was clearly very upset, he had worked so hard to get to the point of selection for Sochi.
"Craig is a very professional athlete and his concern for the team illustrated that.
"We will now consider the options open to us, and the coaches will sit down over the next 24 hours and evaluate the next move and selection, both for the two-man and four-man competitions.
"We are fortunate that we have a fantastic squad, which has strength and depth, so we know that whoever replaces Craig will put in a credible performance for Team GB."


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The box office returns make one thing clear: Americans liiiiike fumbling faux Kazakh journalist Borat (otherwise known as comedian Sacha Baron Cohen). His moviefilm Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan held the No. 1 spot at the box office after opening last weekend. But the verdict is still out about one thing: Borat's fashion sense. While he tells PEOPLE that he doesn't need a stylist – "I able to put on my own shirt and antipants," he says – he could use a some coaching. At least, he's been trying to step it up a bit on the red carpet –witness these three dazzling looks. First, he goes Mr. Hollywood in a skinny tie, shades and a shiny suit. Then, there's his "casual tourist" look. (Who doesn't love a purple fannypack?) And finally, Borat models a barely-there chartreuse "banana thong." (We'd love to see Mr. Shorts Matthew McConaughey wearing one.) Now we want to know: Which Borat look do you give your thumbs-up to?
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UPDATE: According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, sources indicate that one key hangup in the rumored Toronto-Memphis deal involving Rudy Gay is finding a third team to take Jose Calderon in the trade.
Wojnarowki adds: "As for finding a spot for Calderon, yes, teams have interest in him. Yet how much are they willing to contribute to MEM-TOR in 3-way deal?"
Which teams might make sense here? Dallas immediately comes to mind, given their desire to add a veteran point guard, but others like Boston and Utah both have a lot of trade chips and the need at point guard as well. They are three teams to watch here.
Several teams would like to acquire Rudy Gay and the one at the front of the line is apparently the Toronto Raptors, reports ESPN.com's Marc Stein.
According to Stein, the two teams are having active trade discussions. Toronto also has interest in Memphis' forward Darrell Arthur and their package to the Grizzlies could include Jose Calderon and Ed Davis.
The Raptors reportedly have Kyle Lowry and Andrea Bargnani available, too.
Memphis is now below the luxury tax line after the trade with Cleveland and they could stick with the current roster for the duration of this season.
Gay's name has been linked with Boston, however the Grizzlies likely don't want the aging Paul Pierce.
Anyone interested in taking a shot at with Calderon. Who knows maybe he would resign with us since we're a top team in the East. Certainly would help us in the turnover category and also would bring veteran leadership.


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TAMPA, Fla. — More retail and foodservice produce buyers traveling to the Sunshine State helped bring another year of record attendance to Southern Exposure 2012.
The Southeast Produce Council's ninth retail and foodservice conference and exposition attracted 1,599 growers, shippers, brokers, marketers, distributors and buyers to the shore of the Tampa Bay convention center, higher than last year's record 1,403 participants, said Terry Vorhees, the East Ellijay, Ga.-based organization's executive director.
Up to 305 retail and foodservice buyers converged on the March 1-3 show, more than the 280 buyers who participated last year, Vorhees said.
"There is a tremendous number of retailers here," said Mark Hanks, vice president of North American sales and marketing for DNE World Fruit Sales, Fort Pierce. "It's amazing. The turnout of retailers and the time you get to spend with them makes this one of the best shows in the country. The growth of this show is unbelievable."
This was the fifth time Kent Kuwata, category manager of Los Angeles retailer Smart & Final Inc., traveled to the spring show.
"This is one of the top shows around," he said. "Hats off to Terry (Vorhees) and the council. They do a very nice job here. Every year it improves. They really make it interesting for the retailers."
A panel of some of the industry's leading retail and foodservice distribution executives driving food safety changes tackled the Produce Traceability Initiative during a March 3 session.
"Part of our problem as a distributor, we can come up with solutions for this, but if we do it for U.S. Foods and the rest of the industry comes up with another solution down the line, we've put money into this to come up with a system that we have to get rid of later," said Frank Swanson, national category manager of fresh produce for U.S. Foods, Rosemont, Ill.
"We don't want to be put into that situation. We're willing to be a leader and do what everyone else does, but as of today, I don't know what that answer is. But we're working on it. You can see how this little bitty thing is a huge problem for a company like us that uses a packer label for 50% of the items we sell."
Gene Harris, senior purchasing manager for Denny's Corp., Spartanburg, S.C., said the restaurant chain has a list of approved distributors which must employ effective traceback systems for the 120 U.S. produce distributors Denny's uses.
"We have 1,650 restaurants and growing," Harris said. "We're in 50 states and four countries. Our distribution is fragmented. That's why traceability is important to us. We want to know where everything's coming from."
A session also covered how food bloggers are influencing produce consumers.
On March 2, two motor coaches took supermarket and foodservice buying executives to central Florida growing and importing operations.
At Plant City-based Wish Farms' Duette growing operation, Gary Wishnatzki, president and chief executive officer, described growing, harvesting and distribution operations.
"We have had some real weather challenges this season," he said. "This season has been one of the worst we have ever gone through."
At the Port Manatee importing operations of Del Monte Fresh Produce NA Inc., tour participants saw how Del Monte handles its banana and tropical imports in its second largest U.S. port.
Delivering the conference's March 3 keynote speech, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam described some of the problems Florida and southeastern grower-shippers endure.
"Poorly thought-out labor regulations threaten the viability of U.S. agriculture," he said. "Water and labor issues, these are typically regional issues, not just Florida issues. These issues the industry is struggling with will chart the course for the future of the produce industry."
The council welcomed participants through its golden age of Hollywood-themed gala opening party at the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina the evening of March 2.
During the March 3 trade show, 240 exhibitors, 40 more than last year, displayed their products which this year included an additional hour of exhibition.
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21 March 2012
Andy Oliver gave up his first three runs of the spring all at once on a three-run homer off the bat of Minnesota's Luke Hughes on Wednesday afternoon. But it wasn't the home runs, or the run total that badly wounded Oliver on this day, it was the re-emergence of his walk problem.
Five of the eighteen batters that stepped to the plate against Oliver were issued a free pass, nearly doubling his spring walk rate (from 3 BB/9 to 5.7 BB/9). Compounding his high-walk problem (both in this game and for the spring as a whole) has been a somewhat surprising lack of strikeouts. He's totaled just seven in 12.2 innings of work thus far. If Oliver can't completely shake off the walk demon (though he must control it), he's going to at least need to ratchet up the strikeouts if he hopes to ever experience success in the big leagues.Duane Below (2.13 to 5.19)*, I don't think Oliver really holds an advantage over him anymore. Below threw one rather 'neutral' inning on Wednesday afternoon in relief (1 IP, 1 BB, 0 K, 0 H, 0 ER).
*The ERA difference is largely related to the BABIP difference for each player this spring. Oliver's BABIP is .091 while Below's is .364. The difference in FIP between the two players is only .003.
The big winner of the day appears to Drew Smyly, who's the lone fifth starter candidate with impressive numbers. He's scheduled to pitch in a minor league game on Thursday (with Rick Porcello) while the rest of the club has a day off from games.
Jacob Turner probably also 'wins' today. Reports are that he's "feeling good" after a few tossing sessions, and he reports no pain with the tendinitis. Jim Leyland said before the game that Turner is still unlikely to return in time to win the job, but that was before Andy Oliver regressed to his old self. Perhaps the skipper will still be willing to give him as long of a look as possible.
Matt Snyder is the editor of The Tigers Den. He can be reached on Twitter @snyder_matthew.


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PHILADELPHIA — Net income rose to $83 million at Urban Outfitters for its fourth quarter from $39.26 million in the year-ago period, on strong same-store sales and higher revenue.
Total company net sales for the quarter increased 17% to $857 million. Comparable retail segment net sales, which include comparable direct-to-consumer channel, increased 11% for the quarter, while comparable-store net sales were flat.
Comparable retail segment net sales at Free People, Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie increased 37%, 11% and 7%, respectively. Direct-to-consumer net sales surged 44% and wholesale segment net sales grew 22% for the quarter.
Sales from Urban Outfitters grew 16.5%, while Anthropologie sales rose 11.9%. Free People sales surged 39.9%.
For the year ended January 31, 2013, total company net sales increased to $2.8 billion or 13% over the prior year.
"We entered the year with a plan to invest in initiatives to drive top line growth and improve margins," said CEO Richard A. Hayne. "We succeeded on both fronts especially in the fourth quarter. We will pursue a similar strategy in the current fiscal year as we believe we have only begun to unlock the opportunities ahead of us."


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9 Favorite Extra-Inning Games
1. 5 August 2001: Never Leave a Game Early
The Indians scored three in the seventh (which we heard about as we got on the train to go back to the car), four in the eighth (which we heard on the radio on the way back to my parents' house), and five in the ninth, capped off by an improbable bases-clearing triple by Omar Vizquel. Of course, by this point, I was watching the game on ESPN. The game went to extra frames, and in the 11th inning, Jolbert Cabrera himself won the game with an RBI single. Now, of course, the game ended at about 1:00 a.m. and I had trouble getting to sleep from the tingling sensation that went with such a game, which meant that I didn't get much sleep and was tired when I got to Atlanta the next day... and I missed my chance for an "I was there at that game" moment.
Fortunately for me, the story ends with the fact that Thursday marks the nine-year anniversary of the day I asked that girlfriend to marry me. I hope she knows what I gave up for her. —Russell A. Carleton
2. 1 July 2004: The Jeter Dive
If Garciaparra hadn't sulked his way out of Boston (allegedly), it would have been the day Gary Sheffield had to play third base. This one didn't go as well as the Vernon Wells experience at third base this year. Sheffield, forced back there when the Yankees lost Jeter, made a throwing error on his first chance at third since 1995. We were also one bench player away from the Yankees having to hit their pitcher in an American League game.
If it weren't for the defensive weirdness, it would have been the game when Brad Halsey beat Pedro Martinez and Ruben Sierra, Miguel Cairo, and John Flaherty beat Manny Ramirez. Pedro and Manny were terrific, but a pitching matchup that looked extremely one-sided in the paper that morning turned out to be a fine matchup, and after Ramirez hit his second home run of the night in the top of the 13th, the three players who didn't even start the game had the three hits for the Yankees in their winning rally.
If the Yankees hadn't won it late, it would have been the fake triple play game. Both teams escaped bases-loaded quagmires in extra innings with the Yankees getting out of a bases-loaded no-out situation. It took a little longer than Michael Kay, John Sterling, and most of the crowd thought, as the Yankees appeared to execute a 5-2-5 triple play to end the 11th, but the last runner tagged out at third had already been forced out at third on the initial ground ball, so it was just two.
If there weren't so much extra-inning drama, it would have been the game where Pedro and Sheffield nearly incited another Yankees-Red Sox riot. Martinez got a little steamed when Sheffield stepped out of the box on him in the first inning. He then drilled him with a pitch prompting a staredown, some words, and nearly a rerun of this incident from just nine months earlier.
But Jeter did make that dive into the stands, so I guess we've thought of it as the Jeter game. But while the Aaron Boone game, the Bucky Dent game, and Game 4 in 2004 ALCS had higher stakes, this was a better game start to end than all of them, and maybe the best in the history of baseball's most celebrated rivalry. —Zachary Levine
3. Aaron Boone's Sends the Yankees to the World Series
In Game Three, Pedro hit right fielder Karim Garcia in the back of the neck with a pitch, which got the Yankee bench barking at the Dominican right-hander. (Pedro maintained years later that the pitch to Garcia was an accident.) Umpires warned both benches. In the next half-inning, Manny Ramirez went ballistic after a Roger Clemens pitch went high and inside (but nowhere really near Ramirez's head). An infamous brawl ensued, with elderly Yankee bench coach Don Zimmer charging Martinez and Pedro shoving the old man to the ground. Later in the game a Fenway groundskeeper got into a fight with Jeff Nelson in the visitors' bullpen.
Yeah, it was a tense atmosphere.
So enter Game Seven. It was Pedro and the Rocket again, this time in New York. Clemens had nothing, leaving with a deficit and with runners on base in the fourth inning. Mike Mussina made his first career relief appearance, pitching three scoreless innings to somehow keep the Yankees within reach. Still, the Red Sox had the momentum.
It was the eighth inning, and the Sox were up 5–2. They had a win probability of 94 percent. I moaned in disbelief to my dad, "They're really going to do it. The Red Sox are actually going to win this time." But he cautioned me: "Dan, they're the Red Sox." Nothing else needed to be said. He knew the drill.
Then all of a sudden, Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, and Hideki Matsui had base hits. It was 5–3. Sox skipper Grady Little was going to take out Pedro, right? Everybody knew Pedro was vulnerable after 100 pitches, and he'd thrown 117 to that point. But no—Pedro stayed in to face Jorge Posada, whose bloop double tied the game. Yankee Stadium shook with cheers so loud that Mariano Rivera went into the bullpen bathroom and cried. Posada's reaction:
Every Yankee fan watching had faith Mariano would give the Yankees a chance to win in extra innings… but for how long? With two outs in the 10th, David Ortiz hit a double to left that almost made its way out for a home run. The normally stoic Rivera bit his right hand out of anxiety:
After Rivera got out of it in the 10th, I couldn't take it anymore. I resigned myself to the outcome, whatever it was. I just needed Armageddon to be over. So no, I don't remember Boone's walk-off home run. But I remember that game feeling like the last epic battle of a World War. It was extraordinary.
And thanks to Major League Baseball, you can watch the entire drama unfold on YouTube. —Dan Rozenson
4. 12 July 1997: The Extra-Inning No-No
5. The Tied All-Star Game
I never like seeing people disappointed, but admittedly there's a sick thrill to seeing people sad only if distraught over trivial matters such as a tie baseball game. This was one of the first times times as a sports consumer where I could not understand the mass outrage. My thoughts were along the lines of "It was an exhibition!" and "Robert Fick scored the tying run so how important could it be?"
Ties happen all the time in baseball, including spring training and high school. They even happen in the MLB regular season, as recently as 2005, when the Reds and Astros played to a seven-inning, rain-shortened 2-2 draw, which was later made up to determine a winner.) Not that I'm advocating ties. What makes extra innings so darn wonderful is the hope for perpetual baseball; that it will never end, even when bullpens become pyres and kids are begging their parents to stay at the ballpark, even on a school night. The game must go on. The chance of a tie kills this hope.
This was an annual event whose outcome slowly became irrelevant to us over time, including to MLB, at least until then. They felt obligated to placate the immediate outrage and make the game matter. That is why the outcome of the game now determines World Series home-field advantage, long after all the best players have been removed from the contest. So if this year's game goes 20 innings and both teams are out of pitchers again, then what? —Matt Sussman
6. Let's Go 2 3/4!
The contest was full of absurdities beyond even the NCAA-record 25 innings. The game took seven hours and three minutes to complete; after writing the game story, I didn't get home until about 4:30 a.m. Both teams went scoreless from the top of the seventh through the bottom of the 24th––that's 36 consecutive blank half-innings. The clubs also teamed up to retire 29 hitters in a row at one point.
Texas lefty closer––yes, closer––Austin Wood put on the performance of a lifetime, beginning his outing with 12 1/3 no-hit innings. That's not a typo. Wood ended up yielding two hits in 13 shutout innings, walking four, striking out 14, and throwing the infamous 169 pitches. Not to be outdone, Boston College closer Mike Belfiore, currently with the Orioles, kept Texas off the board for 9.2 frames. He gave up three hits and struck out 11 without walking a batter. Yes, the closer usage was irresponsible on the part of both coaches, but those are two incredible individual performances––in addition to the 25-inning game––that I'll never forget. —Jason Cole
7. The Grand Slam Single
The game took over from there. In Game Five, John Olerud hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the first and the Braves tied it in the fourth on a two-run single from Brian Jordan. And that's how the game stayed for hours—in fact, by the time it ended it would become the longest playoff game ever played, at five hours and 46 minutes. In the top of the 13th inning, Chipper Jones doubled with two outs and Keith Lockhart tried to score from first unsuccessfully—making the third out at the plate. In the top of the 15th inning, he would make up for it, hitting the go-ahead triple off of Octavio Dotel (in his third inning of work) to make the score 3-2.
What happened in the bottom of the 15th is what everyone remembers. The Mets loaded the bases on a single, a sacrifice bunt, and two walks before Todd Pratt stepped to the plate. This was the same Todd Pratt who hit the series-winning home run against Arizona in the NLDS. He worked a walk of Kevin McGlitchy to tie the game, bringing Robin Ventura (who had struggled all series) to the plate. The rest, as they say, is history. Ventura hit a grand slam to win the game and was tackled by Todd Pratt and others before he could get to second base, leaving the umpire to rule that Ventura actually hit a single, and the game was won 4-3 by the Mets. It was a thrilling conclusion to a thrilling game, and even though the Mets went on to lose another extra-innings game two nights later, Ventura's "grand slam single" is still both one of the organization's defining moments and one of my favorite baseball memories of all time. —Bret Sayre
8. 14 August 1990: A Giant Relief for the Phillies
And yet, somehow, the Phillies couldn't score. Frank Oliveras got a couple of strikeouts looking, and then a fly out, and the game went into the 12th. The Giants would lose in the 13th, but the game would go another 45 minutes or so, and by the time it was over—a four-and-a-half-hour game—it was late enough that we were on our way home. For the life of me, I can't remember why we were at the hospital. I want to say it was something having to do with my sister. Maybe a concussion? Something serious, I think I remember, but gosh. I can't remember that, but I can remember as clear as anything how those two strikeouts and the fly out felt like somebody had walked in, saw me in critical condition, and saved my life. —Sam Miller
9. 4 July 1985: Rick Camp Plays Hero and Goat
This is the exact prompt to elicit an homage to Rick Camp, who passed away a little less than two months ago at the tender age of 59. Camp is one of the few pitchers in history whose Baseball Reference page you visit in order to look up his hitting stats—more specifically, his home run log. He hit exactly one major-league home run in 197 plate appearances, and despite a pretty good career on the mound—including two excellent relief seasons in 1981-82, and seven straight years with a >100 ERA+—it's that single home run for which he'll be forever remembered, if he's remembered at all. (Well, remembered for his deeds on the field: Camp went to jail in 2005 for his involvement in a plot to embezzle money from a mental health agency.)
On July 4, 1985, Camp's Braves locked up the New York Mets in an extra-innings duel that started late due to rain, was delayed again by rain, and continued far into the next morning. Dwight Gooden, 20 years old, started the game for the Mets. He was on his way to the greatest season of his career—he won the Cy Young Award, and his 229 ERA+ was the 12th-best season a pitcher has ever had, by Baseball Reference's math—but this was his shortest outing of the year. He was lifted in the third inning.
Fifteen innings later, Camp was the pitcher of record for the Braves. The pitcher of record for the Mets was Tom Gorman, who was in his sixth inning of relief work. Gorman had already blown a save opportunity in the 13th inning when he allowed a two-out, two-strike home run to Atlanta's Tommy Harper. He was staked to a new lead, 11-10, in the top of the 18th inning, when Camp's throwing error moved the go-ahead run to third base—a sacrifice fly out the Mets ahead.
There were two outs and no one on in the bottom of the 18th when Camp came up to hit for himself because the Braves were out of pinch-hitters. Camp was batting .060. He smirked when he came to bat. He put a good swing on the first pitch and fouled it back, garnering John Sterling's respectful approval. He took the second pitch for strike two. And then he hit the third pitch over the left-center field wall for a game-tying home run. Danny Heep fell in a heap in left field. Chief Noc-A-Homa (or however the hell it was spelled) greeted Camp at home plate. I once saw the Atlanta broadcast of this game in what I guess was an ESPN Classic replay (via TBS), and I recall the Braves' announcer simply saying, "Now I've seen everything."
The ending is by no means a perfect one. Camp stayed in the game and, perhaps tuckered out from his trip around the bases, coughed up five runs in the top of the 19th. It was by now nearly 4:00 a.m. The Mets' Ron Darling, who had pitched eight innings just two days earlier, came on to nail down the win. An error (by none other than Keith Hernandez) and two walks, plus a single by (of course) Tommy Hunter, brought up the tying run, improbably, in the bottom of the 19th inning, in the form of… Rick Camp. But this time Camp struck out to end the game.
It was 4:01 a.m. on what was now July 5, 1985. There were still quite a few Braves fans in attendance because it was—or had been—Independence Day Fireworks Night at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Naturally, the Braves obliged the remaining Tomahawk choppers with a pyrotechnical display, which awoke local residents and convinced many that they were under attack.
The Braves released Camp, a Georgia boy by birth an upbringing, after spring training of 1986. He never pitched again. —Adam Sobsey
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As a Cardinals fan it will be impossible to ever top Game Six of the 2011 World Series.
Jun 12, 2013 05:55 AM
I'm not a Cardinals fan and I was amazed at the exclusion of that game. Wow!
Jun 12, 2013 06:16 AM
Well, I can explain Russell's, at least: there is no Cleveland fan on Earth over the age of 18 or so that would not have listed The Mariners Game. This, plus the admission that he's been committed to his wife for at least 9 years, allows us to conclude that Russell is at least 18.
Jun 12, 2013 16:50 PM
That Phillies-Giants game on August 14th was a day earlier than the best game of the Phillies' entire season - Terry Mulholland's no-hitter. Charlie Hayes made a throwing error in the 7th to spoil the perfecto, but followed it up by starting a double-play and then by catching a liner by Gary Carter to end it. 27 up, 27 down (albeit not in a row). I was there and the weirdest thing I saw/heard was the 2 couples in front of me who got up in the bottom of the 8th to leave to "beat the traffic". I pointed out that there had never been a full-9 no-hitter in the history of Veteran's Stadium but they left anyway. In those days a "crowd" of 15,000 would have been huge, so beating the traffic was the last thing they would have had to worry about.
Jun 12, 2013 06:28 AM
It's shocking that nobody listed Game 6 of the 1986 NLCS between the Mets and Astros. Never mind extra-inning games, that was one of the most exciting baseball games ever played. ESPN has it listed as the greatest MLB playoff game. I watched it on a public TV at NYU and it was a riveting experience--nobody who wandered past was able to pull themselves away--until there were hundreds of people crowded around that screen but you could hear a pin drop.
Jun 12, 2013 07:25 AM
I remember watching the Brave-Mets game on TV, but I have to admit that I went to bed long before the Rick Camp HR. IIRC, I gave up after the Harper HR having concluded that the game would go on forever.
Jun 12, 2013 09:24 AM
I lived in Alaska at the time, so I caught the first few innings before going to the parade. I remember catching a few more middle innings at a friends' house after the celebrations, in the afternoon. After a party, I was shocked when I got home about 7pm and the game was still on. I finished watching (until midnight). We had TBS and the announcers were hilarious, I think one of them promised to eat their shoe if Camp hit a HR. It is the one game I will never forget watching because of how it intertwined with a perfect July 4th day.
Jun 12, 2013 21:36 PM
1999 World Series game 3, Yankees vs. Braves. That was the game where Chad Curtis hit the walkoff home run in the 10th inning at Yankee Stadium, after the Yankees had come back from down 5-1 to tie it. After he rounded the bases, he famously spurned Jim Gray for what he had done to Pete Rose in that year's All-Star game. Absolutely fantastic.
Jun 12, 2013 11:02 AM
I'm a Rangers fan, and I am still amazed Game 6 of the 2011 World Series was not included here. And I try on all fronts to purge that game from my memory....
Jun 12, 2013 11:08 AM
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Jun 13, 2013 09:17 AM
These are all great (I watched the '85 Mets-Braves game to its conclusion) but someone should put in a word for the July 2, 1963 Braves-Giants duel between Warren Spahn and Juan Marichal. Willie Mays homered for the game's only run in the bottom of the 16th: both pitchers (Spahn was 42!) went all the way.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre manager Dave Miley pulled Zelous Wheeler out of the on-deck circle on Wednesday.
"Come here," Miley said. "Somebody else is going to hit for you."
Once the confused Wheeler was off the field, the manager broke some unexpected news: The Yankees needed him to catch a flight to Minneapolis.
Wheeler skipped the second game of Scranton's doubleheader and gave his mother, Laverne, and the rest of his family a call he's been waiting to make since being selected by the Brewers in the 2007 First-Year Player Draft.
"She screamed," Wheeler said. "They're excited. They were jumping up and down."
On Thursday night, Wheeler made his Major League debut. Starting at third base and batting eighth in the lineup, he belted a home run off Twins starter Phil Hughes in the fifth inning, a 413-foot smash into the Yankees' bullpen for his first career hit.
"I got a pitch over [the plate], elevated up and put good wood on it," said Wheeler, who went 2-for-4 and added a seventh-inning single in the Yanks' 7-4 win. "I was like 'Wow, I really hit a home run!'"
Wheeler's blast followed Carlos Beltran's three-run shot in a four-run fifth that erased New York's 2-0 deficit.
"It's a special night for him," manager Joe Girardi said. "Obviously, he's a part of the win. A big part. He gets a tack-on run to make it 4-2, and then he's a part of that rally."
Wheeler replaced Yangervis Solarte, who was optioned to Triple-A following Wednesday's 6-3 loss to Tampa Bay.
"He's been struggling in the month of June," Girardi said. "We thought we'd send him down to get him going.
"We made it known to him: Hey, you were a big part of our success in the first two months, then you struggled, so go get back on track."
Until then, Wheeler could be the answer on the 25-man roster.
In a span of hours, Wheeler went from taking in the pregame sights at Target Field to contributing to a big win in his first career start.
"It felt great," he said. "I've been waiting for this moment for a long time. Hopefully, I can take advantage of it."
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Greg McMillan and Stan Weiner Talk Sensor Speeds
This article was printed in CONTROL's May 2009 edition.
Greg McMillan and Stan Weiner bring their wits and more than 66 years of process control experience to bear on your questions, comments, and problems. Write to them at email@example.com.
By Greg McMillan and Stan Weiner, PE
Greg: It is best to have lots of field experience to provide the reality check and confidence to go beyond the rote duplication of designs. About 40 years ago, I was sent immediately out into the field after an intensive 12-week instrument engineering course to lead the construction and checkout for the automation systems of five rubber chemical plants. These were difficult batch processes with nasty chemicals. I was lucky to be learning so much so fast, but felt like the three-legged pig named "Lucky." I graduated to helping rebuild, check out and start up the replacement of a reactor that blew up, and with the help of Stan to become the lead design and construction (D&C) engineer for project where the catalyst would explode if the bag was dropped, and the lead D&C again for a project for a Texas City plant with the world's largest hydrogen cyanide production rate as a byproduct.
Stan: We all learned the hard way what worked and didn't work. When it comes to sensor speed, we got sensitized by compressor surge control, furnace pressure control, exothermic reactor temperature control and neutralizer pH control.
Greg: The fastest automation requirements were compressor surge because going into surge was like falling off a cliff. There can be a precipitous drop in flow in less than 0.03 seconds. Once into surge, there were flow reversals every 2 seconds, too fast for any feedback loop to deal with. You can get an overview of such super-fast applications in the "Analog Control Holdouts" entry on April 2, 2007, and the fastest upsets in the "Stuff That Comes at You Too Fast" entry on Jan. 22, 2007, on my site www.modelingandcontrol.com. To see the effect of transmitter speed on damping settings on surge cycles, check out Figure 7-3 on page 84 of the E-book Centrifugal and Axial Compressor Control posted on April 3, 2009, on the same website.
Stan: In the days of pneumatic controllers, transmitters and tubing, the measurement and control system could be as slow as the valve. For fast pressure control, we used field regulators. For compressor control, we used hydraulic controls and shut down if things were not right. When analog electronic controllers and transmitters came on the scene, we could get rid of the field regulators and hydraulics. The slowest components in the loop were the control valves that had pneumatic actuators and positioners. Unless you had a variable-speed drive, the inherent speed of the sensor and control system were not the limiting factors. When digital controllers came on the scene, some were designed to sample at 0.1 and 0.25 seconds. Users of big modern DCSs typically ran the execution time at once per second, which was fine for the flow and noncritical pressure loops. They didn't realize they could go with 5 to 10 seconds for level, composition and temperature control. The downside of a faster-than- necessary DCS scan/execution time is controller loading and A/D noise, but with the processor speeds and A/D resolutions used today, these should no longer be issues. For wireless, we can go with a variable update time that is as fast as 1 second (see Greg's "Is Wireless Process Control Ready for Prime Time?")I was ready to take a nap, confident in the future of process control until I heard a rumor that the proposed design for a next-generation control system doesn't understand the importance of speed. The question in that case is, "Do you feel lucky?"
Greg: Let's hope that's just a bad joke and concentrate on making some sense out of sensor speed requirements. Sensor speed can be set in a lot of places. The sensor design may have some inherent lag time (time constant). Usually this is 0.2 seconds or less for flow, pressure and level sensors—fast enough for all but the most extreme applications. The default filter time setting in the analog input and PID blocks is 0 seconds. Signal filtering exists in the transmitter in terms of a damping adjustment. In some cases, the default filter time is 2 to 3 seconds. This high default setting, combined with reduced visibility and knowledge of a damping setting and the insidious nature of signal smoothing, has caused unexpected deterioration when the field measurements were upgraded. A user describes the possible dramatic consequences.
User: In the past few years, I have twice seen major equipment accepted into service and then malfunction. One was the lube oil system of an FCCU wet gas compressor where the standby pump didn't start quickly enough. The other was when two CNG gas export compressors had serious problems with the anti-surge system and load-sharing functions. In both cases, the problem came down to pressure transmitters that had been installed with factory defaults for the transmitter damping of a generous 2 seconds. My control and instrumentation colleagues were quick to point fingers in all other directions, as they had tuned the loops personally (or instructed their reports to do so) and could see no problems.
I have twice found damping left at factory presets to be the major or only cause of problems. None of the data relating to the instruments makes a big deal about this. Is this where the problem lies? I wish I knew where all the similar problems in the world were because I am sure I could be a very wealthy person based just on this knowledge alone. Based on my findings, the savings are probably in excess of $2 million per annum.
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Colts Mathis wins AFC honors
By Mike Chappell
October 26, 2005
Robert Mathis continued to build on his torrid start to the regular season in the Indianapolis Colts' victory at Houston last Sunday, and the NFL took notice.
The veteran defensive end has been named AFC Defensive Player of the Week after setting a Colts record with a sack in his seventh consecutive game. Mathis, who registered a career-best 10.5 sacks in 2004, leads the league with eight sacks.
Against the Texans, Mathis sack of quarterback David Carr resulted in fumble that defensive tackle Montae Reagor scooped up and returned 37 yards for a touchdown. Mathis also was credited with four tackles and a quarterback pressure.
On the season, Mathis has 25 tackles to go along with his eight sacks and team-high five forced fumbles. He also shares the team lead with 14 special-teams tackles.