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KAYFABE: What happens when wrestlers BREAK THE LAW?
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Hey there everyone hope the weekend is treating you all well... so now on to the show. With the recent arrest of jack swagger (#1 contender WHC) there are now many things up in the air as to how the E will go about fixing the situation. Also this is not the first time an incident like this has occurred will the E lean from there mistakes or air on the side of business?
OK so MR. Swagger was pulled over for speeding .... then was found to be under the influence of a smoking substance in which may i remind you he was leaving the smackdown taping. WHAT WAS HE DOING SMOKING RIGHT AFTER A TAPING OF THE SHOW? i do understand its his own personal choice i am not here to judge. as it is his first violation of the wellness policy anything could happen.It has also been reported that they leaked the original plans of him winning the belt from Berty at WM... not a good sign he has been pulled from a few shows as well. The E has only issued one statement about this saying that he is responsible for his own actions (OUCH) what no support? Really...
I would like to say that he is not the first superstar to have done this... R truth, Evan Bourne, Randy Orton and Rey Mysterio have all been suspended or disciplined in some form for a mistake they made on there own time. lets take a look at the outcomes of the punishments. Randy got a 60 suspension on his 2nd violation (Smoking) Rey also received the same 60/2nd. now Evan received the 60/2nd on a synthetic smoking charge but he was the tag team champion with Kofi Kingston at the time (AIRBOOM) so they mad him drop the belts after they wouldn't let him wrestle for weeks. Ok kinda not fair to Kingston but the kicker was the other party that was also caught with bourne. R- truth who was tag teaming with the miz at the time ( awesome truth)
Awesome truth was set to square off with the rock and john cena for the rocks comeback match at survivor series 2011. The match happened as the rock got the win shocker huh no......anyways the next night we find out the truth was suspended for testing positive 30 day / 1st violation they wrote him off TV by miz attacking him on the ramp for losing the match . now if the E really didn't play favorites and followed the policy truth should have been suspended the same day with evan bourne but because of the high profile match they looked the other way ... totally not fair to the other talent who by there own fault mess up stilll should all get the same treatment.No one should be able to escape from punishment not even the main eventer's period....
Now i have a feeling that the E will come down hard on swaggs due to the fact that wrestlemania is so high profile and they trusted him to be the #1 contender. They are only human understandable but whats really good for business. They might have a different position on this now that bruno sanmmartino is being inducted and given his views on drug policies it coould be a deciding factor? Now ii do hope they do whats right wihthout ruining a good career or a personal life of an employee. THEY SHOULD ALWAYS TREAT EACH CASE THE SAME NO MATTER IF YOU ARE THE CHAMPION OR THE JOBBER WHO ONLY WRESTLES TWICE A MONTH


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Robert Ward joined the San Francisco Symphony in 1980 and is Principal Horn, occupying the Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Chair. He made his solo debut with the Orchestra in 1982 in Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4. A native of Schenectady, New York, he received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music in 1977, studying with Robert Fries. Mr. Ward was previously a member of the Atlantic Symphony of Halifax, Nova Scotia (now known as Symphony Nova Scotia), and also played for one year with the Denver Symphony (now the Colorado Symphony). Mr. Ward has appeared at the Grand Teton Music Festival, the Peninsula Music Festival in Door County, Wisconsin, and the Colorado Music Festival. At Tanglewood, he gave the world premiere of Avram David's Sonata for Solo Horn and received the C.D. Jackson Master Award and the Harry Shapiro Award for outstanding brass player.
A founding member of the symphonic brass group, the Bay Brass, Mr. Ward has also engaged in a number of recording activities, making music with such diverse performers as Paul McCandless, Spencer Brewer, Ed Bogas, Raquel Bitton, Lisa Vroman, and Metallica. He can be heard on several movie soundtracks, including Spy Kids, Mars Attacks, Inspector Gadget, and Ricochet. Mr. Ward is also a composer and arranger, and his Quartet for Horns was given its premiere at the International Horn Society Conference in Eugene, Oregon in 1996. His Sound of the Sea and And All the Sea Sang for chorus and solo horn have been performed with the San Francisco Choral Artists.
Mr. Ward serves on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the University of California at Berkeley. He has also taught at Dalhousie University, Acadia University, and San Francisco State University. He is currently revising his first novel and also maintains an interest in genealogy.
(June 2014)
SFS member since: 2009
Hometown: Annandale, VA
Music schools you attended: Northwestern University, Rice University
Began playing music: At age 4
I was inspired to become a professional musician by: The fact that I can't (or at least don't want to) do anything else.
If I were not a professional musician, I might be an: interior designer or archaeologist
Favorite composers: Brahms and Prokofiev
Favorite works featuring my instrument: Brahms, A German Requiem; Prokofiev, Symphony No. 5
When I'm not working, I enjoy: Baking, entertaining, skiing, traveling
Recent reading: The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver; Song of the Lark, by Willa Cather; Marie Claire magazine
On my CD player/iPod: Radiohead (tons of it!); Janelle Monae, A Tribe Called Quest, Bluchunks
Favorite things to do in the Bay Area: Hiking with my dog, skiing in Tahoe, eating great food, trips up to Napa/Sonoma
Bruce Roberts
Assistant Principal Horn
Member since 1988
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Early musical memory:
My mother is a piano teacher and my father was a band director in public high schools. Early on, my sisters and I would give impromptu performances after dinner, and my mother would accompany us on piano. It was a social thing to do, and we did it pretty regularly, to the point where we got comfortable playing.
Outside the Orchestra:
Over the last few years, I have been working towards building my own French horn making and repair shop. I see it as something to look forward to in my retirement from performance. It's also another way to have a lasting legacy in the music world.
Current reading:
I love to read The Economist, and my favorite radio show is This American Life. I listen to that religiously. I also enjoyed reading a book called A Devil to Play by Jasper Rees, which is about a British amateur horn player who decides to try and master a difficult Mozart horn concerto (and perform it in front of an audience!) It's a story that all horn players can relate to.
Bruce Roberts has served as a Symphony mentor in the SF Symphony Community of Music Makers program.
SFS member since: 1991
Hometown: Springfield, MA
Music schools you attended: Oberlin, Northwestern University
Began playing music: At age 7
Musical inspirations: My mother, and hearing great music when I was young.
If I were not a professional musician, I might be a: A recording engineer or jazz/rock keyboard player
Favorite composers: Mahler, Strauss, Ravel, Bruce Broughton, Shostakivich, Respighi
Favorite works featuring my instrument: Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, Respighi; Roman Festivals; Richard Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks and An Alpine Symphony; any Mahler symphony!
When I'm not working, I enjoy: Hiking with my family, playing keyboards and composing
On my CD player/iPod: A lot of progressive rock, funk and jazz, music from the Jewish diaspora, lots of obscure composers and artists
Favorite things to do in the Bay Area: Hiking and eating (because of all the great opportunities we have here)
Plus: Also performs with Bay Brass, and is featured on the ensemble's Grammy® award-nominated CD of American music, Sound the Bells!
Jonathan Ring has served as a Symphony mentor in the SF Symphony Community of Music Makers program.
Fourth Horn
SFS member since: 2008
Hometown: Saint Paul, MN
Music schools you attended: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Northwestern University
Began playing music: At age 9
If I were not a professional musician, I might be a: Travel writer
Favorite composers: Brahms, Stravinsky, Bach
Favorite works featuring my instrument: Britten, Serenade; Brahms, Horn Trio; Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring; Bach Cello Suites (played by horn!)
When I'm not working, I enjoy: Cycling, hiking, yoga, napping
Recent reading: Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë; Song of the Lark, by Willa Cather; A Short History of Women, by Kate Walbert
On my CD player/iPod: Björk; Prince; Cloud Cult; Beirut
Favorite things to do in the Bay Area: Cycling in Marin, taking my dog to the beach, walking through the Presidio, visiting all the great museums, daytrips to Point Reyes
Jessica Valeri is currently a member of the Coaching Team for the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Kimberly Wright
Member since 1999
Hometown: Arkadelphia, AR
Favorite composer:
My favorites would probably be Brahms and Mahler. Both of them wrote great parts for horns—very different from each other, but very meaty in both cases. I feel really privileged to have been able to record all of the Mahler symphonies here throughout my career. Not many people get to do that.
If I were to pick another career, I would go into decorating. I've also thought about flipping houses for a living. I love to garden: My husband—former principal trombone Mark Lawrence—and I live on a floating home in Sausalito now, so I've moved to pots. We've taken up kayaking, which is great—we just walk out the door and jump in, and just around the corner all the seals and birds hang out. I love my three Persian cats; I play with them all the time. And I love to travel: Mark and I really enjoy going to Lucerne. It is just beautiful.
On being in the Orchestra:
I enjoy the depth of sound that the middle voices—horns, cellos, bassoons, violas—give to the overall sound of the orchestra. I love playing solos and being heard, and I also love playing in our brass section. Most of us have known each other for 15 years at least, so we're very close. It's easy to sit down and work through the music together.
Listening to:
I have a lot of CDs of classical music at home, but because I play so much classical, I like to balance it out with other kinds of music. Some favorites are Mel Tormé, Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand, Elton John, and Al Jarreau.
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Prospective Follow-up of a Cohort of Pre-diabetics in the North of France (DiabeNord) (DiabeNord)
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Nantes University Hospital
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Nantes University Hospital
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First received: September 9, 2011
Last updated: June 23, 2016
Last verified: June 2016
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The purpose of this study is to identify in prediabetic subjects, physiopathological changes involved in the evolution to type 2 diabetes mellitus and to identify new biomarkers of type 2 diabetes risk in this population.
|Other: Prediabetes screening and prospective follow-up over 5 years
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
|Official Title:
|DiabeNord: A 5-year Prospective Follow-up Cohort Study in Pre-diabetic Subjects for the Identification of New Biomarkers
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MedlinePlus related topics: PrediabetesU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Nantes University Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Type 2 Diabetes occurrence [ Time Frame: 5 years (or less if occurrence of the condition) ]To understand the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in switching from pre-diabetes to type 2 diabetes and to identify new biomarkers of type 2 diabetes risk in this population
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Biomarkers [ Time Frame: 7 to 10 years ]To highlight biomarkers of prediabetes, type 2 diabetes and cardiometabolic diseases, through genomics, proteomics and transcriptomics analyses performed on a biological sample collection.
- Number of patients with pre-diabetes in North of France [ Time Frame: 5 years ]To estimate the prevalence of prediabetes in the region Nord-Pas-de-Calais (France)
- HbA1c measurement [ Time Frame: 5 years ]To evaluate the role of HbA1c in screening for pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes
- Diabetes Risk Score [ Time Frame: 5 years ]To assess the interest of Diabetes Risk Score (questionnaire used to evaluate a clinical risk) in identifying subjects at risk of type 2 diabetes
- Others cardiovascular risk factors [ Time Frame: 5 years ]To measure the prevalence of other cardiovascular risk factors observed along with prediabetes: dyslipidemia, metabolic hepatopathy
|Study Start Date:
|September 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:Detailed Description:
Other: Prediabetes screening and prospective follow-up over 5 years
- Enrollment at visit V0 of subjects at high metabolic risk, based on a biological value (within the past 2 months) of moderate fasting hyperglycaemia (blood glucose ≥ 1,10 g/l and < 1,26 g/l) or fasting blood glucose ≥ 1 g/l and < 1,10 g/l with HbA1c ≥ 6,5%.
- First biological sample (B0) within 1 month following V0 (measuring fasting blood glucose + glycated hemoglobin HbA1c + lipid profile + creatinemia + liver function; and establishment of a biological sample collection to identify biomarkers).
- Annual follow-up for five years consisting in one blood sample (B1 to B5) measuring the same parameters as V0 + biological sample collection, and questionnaire on major health events or health events related to study procedures.
- End of study phone call
The study period per patient is 5 years. The planned schedule of the study is as follows :
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a real public health issue, with an exponential incidence. Before its diagnosis, several physiopathological changes are already taking place, such as insulin resistance of target tissues and the progressive inability of pancreatic beta cells to produce insulin. The objective of this study is a better understanding of the prediabetic stage and mechanisms involved in the possible development of T2D, by way of a five-year follow-up cohort study in 207 prediabetic subjects.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Previous history (within 2 months prior to enrollment visit) of fasting blood glucose ≥ 1,10 g/l and < 1,26 g/l OR fasting blood glucose ≥ 1 g/l and < 1,10 g/l with HbA1c ≥ 6,5%.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Fasting glycemia ≥ 1.26 g/l
- History of treatment with oral antidiabetics
- History of treatment with insulin, except gestational diabetes
- Subject with any history or presence of significant hematologic (coagulation, thrombopenia, …), hepatic, renal, or psychiatric disorders
- Subject unable to follow the study during the 5 years of follow-up
- Subject in exclusion period of a previous study or simultaneously participating to any other clinical trial on metabolism
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01432509
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01432509
|Clinical Nutrition Center Naturalpha (CNCN)
|Lille, France, 59020
Sponsors and Collaborators
Nantes University Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|Bertrand Cariou, Pr.
|University Hospital of Nantes, France
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Nantes University Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01432509 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
ID-RCB Number : 2011-A00565-36 ( Other Identifier: Afssaps - French Health Products Safety Agency )
|Study First Received:
|September 9, 2011
|Last Updated:
|June 23, 2016
Keywords provided by Nantes University Hospital:
Type 2 diabetes
Diabetes Risk Score
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Glucose Intolerance
Prediabetic State
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Prediabetic State
Diabetes Mellitus
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Just last month, some media busybodies and labor groups were throwing tantrums because IBM decided to stop releasing country-by-country details on layoffs and total employment. So I wonder how they'll react to IBM's revelation yesterday that a recent round of layoffs mostly affected employees outside the U.S.: will that raise or lower the indignation level?
IBM's contention has been that while its headquarters remain in the U.S., and while it continues to have a significant percentage of its employees based in the U.S., it is now a global company and with a corresponding responsibility to tinker continuously with its geographic employee mix to match evolving marketplace demands.
But for many in the media, their deep-seated antipathy toward global corporations triggered knee-jerk reactions to demonize IBM for its decisions to restructure its work force in ways that meet emerging global demand for its products and services. Has IBM laid people off? It certainly has, and that shouldn't exactly be a surprise to any adult who lived through the global recession of late 2008 and all of 2009.
And IBM's been hiring people as well but in higher-value positions pursuing higher-value business opportunities. The company's CFO underscored that in yesterday's earnings call, pointing out that its drive to become the world leader in advanced and predictive analytics, IBM now employs "the largest private-sector math department in the world."
That didn't just happen by coincidence, or by IBM setting country-by-country quotas for how many employees can stay and how many have to go: it happened through several years' worth of carefully plotted strategic acquisitions and organic growth. And the result? IBM's software unit and its Smarter Planet initiatives have been among its fastest-growing and highest-potential sectors.
Even the Wall Street Journal's online sibling, "Digital Daily," got into the act as writer John Paczkowski trumpeted the findings of a virulently anti-IBM website as the basis for his sophomoric and unbalanced skewering of IBM CEO Sam Palmisano:


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On a night St. Francis High reunited and honored its 1983 Central Coast Section championship football team, the 2013 Lancers made their own mark.
St. Francis (2-0), playing its home opener, posted its second straight shutout in a 26-0 win over Palma (0-2) Friday.
The Lancers have held five of their last six opponents scoreless, dating back to last year. The last two shutouts have come under new head coach Greg Calcagno.
"Cannot ask for anymore than that," Calcagno said. "The defense has done a fine job. … The kids are fantastic and they're believing in what we're doing."
Junior linebacker Steve Dinneen led the Lancer defense with seven tackles and 1.5 sacks.
Dinneen was part of a unit that limited the visiting Chieftains to only 104 yards of offense, with only nine of those coming in the fourth quarter. Palma ran just seven offensive plays in the final quarter and finished the game 0-for-10 on third downs.
Offensively, the Lancers did most of their work on the ground, running for 248 of their 270 total yards. Senior running back Alex Andrighetto led the team with 136 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 24 carries. Senior Landon Baty added 72 yards rushing on eight touches.
"We knew a bunch of people were going to be here for the opener tonight," Andrighetto said of the team's home-opening win. "We wanted to put on a show and that's what I told our guys we were going to do – put on a clinic."
Calcagno said with several players like Andrighetto and Baty playing on offense and defense this season, teammates like Devin Hurtado – who added 39 yards rushing – will likely see increased playing time at running back.
"Whoever is able to go, we'll get them the ball and they'll make some plays," the coach said. "They each have a couple of different things they do well, and it's nice to be able to alternate them and have success."
The win was Calcagno's first at home since taking over a program once run by his father, Ron Calcagno. The elder Calcagno was among those honored Friday; he coached the 1983 title team.
"A lot of guys were coming from back East and all over," Greg Calcagno said of the 1983 team reunion. "It was a special night for them and for us, and for what we're trying to do with our traditions at St. Francis."
Leading 6-0 after a pair of first-half field goals by Patrick Fordham, the Lancers padded their slim lead early in the third quarter with a six-play, 81-yard drive capped by a 3-yard touchdown run from Andrighetto with 7:19 remaining. St. Francis opted for the two-point conversion, which failed and left the lead at 12-0.
Andrighetto, who gained 57 of his game-high 136 yards on the drive, wasn't done. He added his second rushing touchdown on a 1-yard run with eight minutes left in the fourth. The 66-yard drive pushed the lead to 19-0 after the PAT.
Ten seconds later, junior defensive back Riley Quinn picked off a pass from Palma quarterback Mitch Kidd. The Lancers were back in the end zone soon after, this time getting a 1-yard touchdown run from Hurtado. The PAT extended St. Francis' lead to 26-0 with 4:35 remaining.
The Lancers are scheduled to host Skyline 7:30 p.m. Friday.
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Jon Ross Barrie looks the part of a patriot. In images on his campaign website, Barrie sports an American flag tie and, for good measure, an American flag lapel pin. From the website, a simple WordPress template, Barrie broadcasts his campaign platform for the US Senate. In a YouTube video, the bespectacled Vietnam veteran says he's a "citizen activist" who is "kind of like the founding fathers."
"If I'm elected, half of my salary will stay here in New Mexico and go to children with disabilities," he announces. "I'm not here to enhance myself. I'm here to represent you. That's what the founding fathers had in mind. The Constitution is important to me. I think we need to restore it."
It's Barrie's first campaign spot—and possibly his last. An Albuquerque-based practitioner of homeopathic medicine, Barrie has struggled to get his name on the ballot as the US Senate nominee for the Independent American Party, a small-government group whose advocacy for religious-based political institutions places it at the far right end of the political spectrum.
As such, Barrie represents competition—if not especially significant competition—for Republican Senate candidate Heather Wilson, whose moderate views exposed her to attacks from Tea Party favorite Greg Sowards in the primary. But while Barrie believes he's being held off the ballot to protect Wilson, he also faces a much more profound (and time-consuming) battle: the classic struggle of the minor-party candidate.
Barrie's fight for ballot access is a familiar one in New Mexico. If he wins, he'll be the first minor-party candidate in 16 years to vie for the US Senate. If he loses, he'll join many who have fallen to some of the strictest ballot access laws in the nation.
Between 1980 and 2004, New Mexico had the second-fewest candidates on gubernatorial and US Senate ballots in the nation, with an average of just 2.4 candidates, according to a report by Richard Winger, the editor of San Francisco-based newsletter Ballot Access News.
"It's one state that's really gone downhill, from my point of view," Winger says. New Mexico "used to be one of the best states" for minor-party candidates, he notes, until state officials implemented stricter ballot access laws decades ago.
Barrie has had to appear in court twice in one week—a drain on valuable political dollars and time—because Secretary of State Dianna Duran's office contends he does not have enough valid signatures for his nominating petition.
At issue are 4,566 signatures the Secretary of State's office rejected in Barrie's petition for his name to appear on the ballot. State law requires Barrie to get 6,028 valid signatures. On June 20, he submitted 10,279. But on Aug. 1, Duran's office sent Barrie a letter showing it had rejected 44 percent of those signatures. As of press time, he was 277 signatures short of qualifying for the ballot.
Last week, the state Supreme Court ordered Duran's office and Barrie's campaign to work out their differences. Barrie's campaign claims that 574 of the signatures were rejected in error. They include minor typographical entries of names like Rob Settercerni, whose real surname is Settecerri.
Duran's office and the Barrie campaign disagreed on whether registered voters whose addresses did not match the addresses in the state's database should be counted, so the two parties found themselves in Santa Fe district court on Tuesday.
Scott Fuqua, the attorney for the state, argued that the state did not want to add bias in the signature validation process by counting signatures whose addresses did not match—a more subjective process than just going by the numbers.
But 1st Judicial District Judge Sarah Singleton sided with Barrie, saying that the Secretary of State has to make more than a "mechanical determination" of whether the addresses are valid. Instead, to invalidate signatures, the state must look for signs of fraud, Singleton said.
After the hearing, the Secretary of State's office said it would review signatures with mismatching addresses. The battle could end up in court again if the state doesn't confirm 277 signatures.
Barrie says the tough laws are only part of the problem. He also blames Duran, a Republican.
"I can't help but feel…the Secretary of State definitely does not want me on the ballot," he says. "There is no doubt that I will take votes away from Heather Wilson."
But Brian Sanderoff, president of Research and Polling Inc., says that, while Barrie could pull some hard-right voters away from Wilson, his candidacy probably wouldn't make a huge difference in the race unless there were a razor-thin margin. (A recent Rasmussen poll put Martin Heinrich, Wilson's Democratic opponent, approximately seven percentage points ahead of her.)
"If this US Senate race were to be extremely close, one or two percentage points could make the difference," he says. "Therefore, it's in the Republicans' best interest to keep him off the ballot."


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No. 6 Syracuse blasted by Boston College, 21-10, in season-ending loss
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The Monterey Peninsula College women's basketball team opened up its Coast Conference South Division season on Wednesday with a 59-52 win over the visiting Ohlone College Renegades.
Ohlone came into the conference opener having won the last four conference titles.
Salinas High alumna Alexis Warne led the way for the Lobos with 15 points and five steals. CarrieAnne Allegri added 13 points. MPC continues conference play on Friday when the Lobos travel to Cupertino to face De Anza College.
Stevenson 34, York 24
Junior Nicole Trenka had 15 points, five rebounds and three steals as the Pirates topped the Falcons to earn their first Mission Trail Athletic League win of the season.
Emma Bhaskar added nine points and 10 rebounds for Stevenson, while Emma Carr had eight points for York.
Pacific Collegiate 55, Pacific Grove 34
Sabrina Riffle scored 14 points and Jessica Matthews added 11, but the Breakers fell to the host Pumas.
Morgan Green led Pacific Collegiate with 24 points.
King City 55, Soledad 42
The Mustangs snapped a three-game losing streak and earned their first MTAL win of the season by topping the host Aztecs.
Jessica Davis scored a game-high 23 points for King City and Sarah Shepherd added 22. Laura Dominguez was a defensive standout for the Mustangs.
Felicia Villarruel led Soledad with 21 points.
Santa Catalina 30, Carmel 22
Kylie Moses had 10 points and 10 rebounds as the Cougars topped the Padres. Maddie Bennett also had 10 points for Santa Catalina.
Kayce Stachelek had an all-around strong game for Carmel with 12 points, 16 rebounds, three steals and five blocks.
Alisal 64, Gilroy 41
Adam Hernandez and Jonathan Fausto both scored 14 points as the Trojans earned their first Monterey Bay League Pacific Division win.
Anthony Martinez added 10 for Alisal (1-1, 7-7), which plays at Watsonville on Friday.
Pacific Grove 49, Pacific Collegiate 32
Luke Lowell hit three 3-pointers and ended with 11 points to lead the Breakers past the visiting Pumas.
Kevin Russo chipped in seven for Pacific Grove, which moves to 1-1 in MTAL play. The Breakers play at Stevenson on Friday.
Carmel 42, Marina 33
The Padres rallied back from a five-point deficit at halftime to top the visiting Mariners.
Corey Castillo had 14 points and six assists for Marina, Isaiah Santos added 10 points and Nick Drinovsky had 16 rebounds and nine blocks.
Carmel's Thomas Spanos led all scorers with 16 points and John Stivers added seven.
San Benito 43, Salinas 26
Hiram Miskim and Jacob Tonascia combined for 35 points as the Balers (2-0) knocked off a struggling Salinas offense.
Josef Delk's eight points lead Salinas while Brian Amiya. Salinas (0-2) will host Monterey on Friday.
Palma 56, Alvarez 28
Jacob Taylor scored 18 points as the Chieftains improved to 10-1 overall and 2-0 in the Gabilan Division.
Peter Lucas and Jack Tardieu each had 10 points for Palma, whose defense held Alvarez (10-4) to a season low 28 points. Mitchell Wood led the Eagles with 12 points — all in the second half.
Stevenson 65, York 18
Freshman Marco Giangiorgi scored 13 points and fellow freshman Ian Rice added 11 as the Pirates cruised past the visiting Falcons.
Ben Scott scored six points to lead York.
MPC 64,Gavilan 51
The Lobos got 18 points and four rebounds from Monterey High alumnus Stephen Dorsey en route to a win in their Coast Conference opener.
MPC (1-0, 6-9) travels to Cupertino to face De Anza on Friday.
Hartnell 69, De Anza 62
The Panthers opened up their Coast Conference season by coming back to beat the visiting Dons.
Hartnell trailed by four at halftime but took the lead with 6:03 left in the second half. Kyle Baird led the Panthers with 20 points, Billy Giles added 16 and Michael Salazar added 10.
Hartnell plays at MPC on Wednesday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m.
Pacific Grove 4, Stevenson 2
Jordan Jones scored two goals, both assisted by Shawn Christopher, and the Breakers topped the host Pirates.
Christopher and Rutger Sperry also scored for Pacific Grove, which is now 1-1-0 in the MTAL and 1-2-3 overall. Outside defender Martin San German also was a standout for the Breakers.
Greenfield 7, York 1
After a 3-1 lead at halftime, the Bruins added four second-half goals to pull away and top the Falcons.
Ryan Ixtlahuac had the lone goal for York and goalie Nick Newman had eight saves for the Falcons.
King City 3, Trinity Christian 0
Luis Mendoza, Juan Aguilar and Rafael Mosqueda all scored as the Mustangs topped the Warriors.
Palma 47, Monterey 30
Andreas Dorio (113 pounds), Brandon Watson (132) and Jorge Bocanegra (170) all pinned their opponents, while Jacob Golden (182) and Blake Flores (195) won by decision for the host Toreadores in a losing effort.


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Daniel Oldaker Brings DANDYMAN to The Butterfly Club, Now thru Dec 9
Australia's funniest front man of Circus and Physical Comedy presents a not to be missed night of sublime stupidity. Take a journey of peculiar proportions with Daniel Oldaker as he presents jaw dropping circus, absurd acrobatics and mind-blowing magic with DANDYMAN.
Daniel Oldaker has been creating world-class circus & physical theatre for over 15 years in Melbourne and abroad. He divides his time between the international street theatre circuits of Europe, Asia and North America. His innovative use of everyday ephemera and innate sense of physical comedy have made him a hit on both sides of the globe, including the recent Edinburgh Fringe.
Daniel's energy and originality are unsurpassed. Daniel has achieved perhaps the highest accolade an artist can expect; he is a ''performer's performer', not only enormously entertaining for the public but also a true inspiration to his peers.
Daniel has taken audiences on unforgettable journeys previously from the unique, vaudeville-inspired Bell Boy, to the hilarious and powerfully poetic Live Flavor, audiences can expect absurd variety/cabaret in his new piece Dandyman.
DANDYMAN is fresh and quite literally dripping with comedy goodness and you'll witness beautiful moments collide with absurd chaos.
DANDYMAN plays tonight, 6,7,8,9 December at 9pm Thurs-Sat, 8pm Sunday. All shows take place in The Spare Room at The Butterfly Club. Tickets: $23 Full $18 Conc. Bookings: 03 9690 200 www.thebutterflyclub.com. For more information, visit www.varietyville.com.


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"Every morning I have to look in the mirror and deal with the fact that I almost killed my son when I made the decision to give him raw milk."
That's what Mary McGonigle-Martin, a former raw milk advocate, wrote in an Op-Ed article featured on Food Safety News. She joins the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) in urging Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval to veto Assembly Bill No. 209, which would allow the sale of raw milk directly to consumers.
Despite being what she considered an educated consumer, McGonigle-Martin says she was unaware of the risks involved with drinking raw milk. McGonigle-Martin's son spent two months in the hospital and eventually recovered from renal failure, congestive heart failure, a collapsed lung, acute pancreatitis, high blood pressure and seizures brought on by drinking contaminated raw milk.
"When I made the choice to give my son raw milk, I didn't know something so horrific could happen to him," she wrote.
NMPF and IDFA echoed McGonigle-Martin's concerns in a joint letter sent to Sandoval on Tuesday.
"Gambling with the health of your state's residents – particularly its children – is a bad bet," NMPF President and CEO Jerry Kozak said in a news release. "While choice is an important value, it should not pre-empt consumers' well-being," he said, likening consumption of unpasteurized milk to a game of Russian roulette.
"A single case of illness – even one caused by a well‐intentioned dairy farmer – that is attributed to raw milk or raw dairy products in Nevada would likely have an adverse effect on consumer confidence in and consumption of healthful, nutrient‐rich foods like milk, yogurt, and cheese," the letter said.
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Whoa!!! This is pretty cool. I guess you know where u can go meet Rik and see an up and coming baller if u live in the Zionsville area.
Do you remember Rik Smits? Of course you do. The Dunkin' Dutchman, as he was called, was the Tonto to Reggie Miller's Lone Ranger, giving the Pacers a legitimate inside presence during the playoffs in their 1990s heyday.
Now there's a new Smits carrying the basketball torch for the family name, and like his father, he's beginning to make waves in Indiana.
As covered by Fort Wayne TV network WANE and the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, Derrik Smits is suddenly emerging as a legitimate Division I prospect as a 15-year-old in Indiana. The rising sophomore has yet to play a varsity game for his hometown Zionsville (Ind.) High, but he is a rising center prospect for the decorated Indy Spiece program.
Perhaps most significantly, the younger Smits is also rapidly growing into his father's rather sizable shoes, quite literally; in the past year, the teenager has grown six inches to his current height of 6-foot-9 (though the News-Sentinel reported that the teen claims he is already 6-foot-10) and seen his feet grow to a size 16 sneaker.
His game isn't anywhere nearly as refined as his father's, but Derrik Smits is already hard at work developing the kind of silky touch that his father flexed during his 12-year Pacers career.
Smits' coach with the U15 Indy Spiece program is Jim Reamer, who said it isn't hard to identify where the younger Smits has improved in the past 12 months.
"He's better," Reamer told the News-Sentinel, "and some of that is the inches. Some of that is being tougher and more competitive. Being able to make plays. Being able to take contact and finish plays.
"Derrik is probably about two inches behind his dad at the same age. If it stays that way, I'll take him at 7-2. I'll be good with that."
And while the younger Smits is still a far cry from his father's highlights, his Dad is also chipping in to help him close that gap.
"I work with my dad a lot," Derrik Smits told the News-Sentinel. "He's helped with my outside shot. We're working on down low and post moves. I need to rebound better."
Those rough edges certainly aren't scaring off any potential collegiate suitors. Smits has already visited Indiana and Purdue, and the News-Sentinel reported that he is expected to visit Butler and Xavier in June. Trips to Michigan, Michigan State and Mississippi State could also be in the offing.
For now, Smits doesn't have to worry about picking his next home. Rather, he can just focus on improving in the gym and letting his talent and size take care of everything else.
"Last year he had a hard time getting on the floor," Reamer told the News-Sentinel. "Now he gets on the floor and is able to compete.
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MOTORSPORT: Scott Redding confident of improvement at Le Mans
8:34pm Friday 16th May 2014
By SNJ Sport
8:34pm Friday 16th May 2014
By SNJ Sport
Scott Redding ended the opening day at Le Mans 17th on the timesheet, despite a minor crash after losing the front in this afternoon's second free practice session.
The 21-year-old Briton finished half-a-second off the time of former MotoGP World Champion and fellow Honda RCV1000R rider, Nicky Hayden, but remains confident that he can close the gap to the American in tomorrow's free practice and qualifying sessions.
The Quedgeley-based rider said: "The crash this afternoon was a result of the issues we're having with front grip here at Le Mans, but everything is okay.
"I'm already fairly happy with the set up of the bike here but, just like at Jerez, it's taking us some time to dial in the electronics.
"Having said that, we're a bit closer to our rivals here at Le Mans, so we just need to keep going in the right direction.
"Tonight we will look to find settings to improve my confidence in the front and, if we succeed, I'm sure I can be up there with the fastest open class Hondas tomorrow."
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An attorney, Mr. Brock was very active in the Woodside community, his home for many years. He served on numerous boards, including those of Woodside Village Church, Los Altos Hunt Pony Club, Sharon Heights Golf and Country Club and La Quinta Country Club. He took part in many community plays and loved singing with his friends, say family members.
Mr. Brock was born in The Dalles, Oregon, and spent his early years in Goldendale, Washington. He met his future wife, Phyllis Egger, while attending the University of Washington. They married after graduation in 1952 and spent the next 61 years together.
After serving two years in the U.S. Army, Mr. Brock attended Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, where he graduated at the top of his class.
He was admitted to the California Bar in 1957 and began his career with the San Jose office of Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel. He was in practice for 44 years.
He was a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He was past president of the American Inns of Court, Santa Clara Inn, and served on its executive committee. He also served of the Board of Governors of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Northern California, and was listed in the "Best Lawyers in America."
Mr. Brock is survived by his wife, Phyllis; children, Jennifer Marsden of Woodside, Charles Brock Jr. of Menlo Park, Peter Brock of Newport, Oregon, and Suzanne Brock of Santa Rosa; brother William Brock of Ashland, Oregon; and six grandchildren.
A reception at Sharon Heights Golf and Country Club will be held at 6 p.m., following Mr. Brock's service on Oct. 23. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association, the Parkinson's Association or a charity of choice.


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I wonder if Casey has anything to add about this trade.
I wonder if Casey has anything to add about this trade.
The Hunt for a Reds October.
Thanks westofyou.Originally Posted by westofyou
Machado is an extreme secondary average guy. He hit .218 for his career in AA, after a bad 2003. (Was he injured?) But he still had a .345 OBP in two stints in AA. Tons of stolen bases, and modest isolated power (for a MI). He did hit for 39 extra-base hits in AA in 2002, so that is promising.
Hopefully, he turns into Ozzie Smith lite--he certainly fits the profile as a switch hitter. This collection of pitchers could surely use an Ozzie Smith at SS.
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Thanks WOY. I couldn't find that stuff.Originally Posted by westofyou
Rob Neyer: "Any writer who says he'd be a better manager than the worst manager is either 1) lying (i.e. 'using poetic license') or 2) patently delusional. Which isn't to say managers don't do stupid things that you or I wouldn't."
So you keep Jones to pitch on an under .500 team, have about a 4.00 ERA and will be a FA at years end? Oh yeah, he was put on waivers by the DRAYS!
Or, you trade him for a 23 year old SS who knows how to look at pitches, and can steal bases. And you also get a 26 year old pitcher who could top out as a better version of TVP.
Man, I'm not sure which one I'd pick.
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What exactly did you want for Todd Jones? That's what I'm wondering. Do you think Dan O'Brien looked at all the prospective deals and said "this one makes the least sense for the ballclub" and pulled the trigger? This was the best offer he had on the table so he took it. Todd Jones' 45 innings of close to 4.00 ERA ball he would have pitched the rest of the year won't be missed enough to the point where we should have kept him! I don't understand this way of thinking. If Hancock wins 10 games next year DanO's a genius. If he wins 1 game the next 2 years......we only gave up TODD JONES!!!!!Originally Posted by corkedbat02
Originally Posted by corkedbat02
Who are we trading for Pork Chop Pough???
Anyone remember him?
This board is incredible.
Todd Jones gets traded at almost midnight and we've topped 110 posts in less than 2 hours...
After being much maligned in April, thanks for a nice run in 2004 and getting the club something in return. Hope it works for you in Philly.
Is he any relation to Seahawks OL Pork Chop Womack ??Originally Posted by shaunsinger
Let's not forget Jone's July.
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I don't think this trade was horrible. We got Jones as floatsom at the beginning of the year. Jones is a career 1.44 WHIP and 4.04 ERA.
It appears that the Phillies had given up on Hancock, it appears they wanted him to be a starter but worked out better as a releiver....for them. If the Reds use him as a reliever, we may be in the same boat as we were with Jones and got cheaper this year and definitely next year, and younger. If Hancock shows that he can be a starter, then this is even a better trade.
Mercado is intriguing. The kid has some wheels. Looks like he has been pushing some singles into doubles too. I'm a little worried about all those errors, but if some of these posters have seen him and think he is a Castro type fielder, then this isn't a bad move at all.
O'Brien did address two areas of need, and didn't trade for a 5 tooler outfielder.
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
Hancock is orginally a Red Sox Guy, traded to Phillies for Giambi, they were using him in the BP (with hopes that he'd seize a starting job) they want "died in woll" old style relievers, not converted starters (at least right now)
I think I read that Mercado had an appendectomy earlier this year(?)
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
Last year Abreu?Originally Posted by CougarQuest
Yes. Todd Jones had a horrible July and would only have been worse as the year went on. He was released by the DRays and we are lucky we shed his salary for the Hancock salary (which I assume is much less). It's not a blockbustrer, for sure, but it's a trade that makes us better in the long run. If Mercado is Castro, he's a younger Castro and costs much less.Originally Posted by CougarQuest
No, it wasn't the trade of the century or the deal that brought Randy Johnson to Cincinnati, but it was a good solid deal. To be frank, the only options for the Reds (with current budget limitations) is to gamble on youth or hope some major league team is totally insane and gives up a Randy Johnson for a Danny Graves .
I still feel there is a deal to come tomorrow which will include Mr. Graves or Mr. Lidle. We shall see...
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I'm not really that down on this trade, not really gung ho about it either. Maybe it'll turn into a great trade down the road, but just doesn't seem that exciting right now. Jones may not have made anyone forget the Nasty Boys, but he was one of the more consistent members of a very bad bullpen. I just think that Jones could've been combined with someone else for a better haul.Originally Posted by shaunsinger
We may not have lost that much, but have we added anything more than what was already scattered through the organization? We'll see.
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VW's Tiguan classes up the small SUV world
October 12, 2012
Does the smaller of Volkswagen's offroad-ready SUVs have what it takes for a mountain-worthy driving experience? And does it really have the soul of a GTI, hidden somewhere in there?
The VW Tiguan does, indeed, offer plenty of compelling evidence of being a strong contender in the compact SUV class. And with the turbocharged 2.0-liter found in its more pavement-oriented siblings, there's more than enough jolt to carry the machine around.
Even better, as I found three years back when I took the Tiguan on the same rocky, high-altitude offroad trek I'd used to test the guts of the Jeep Wrangler and a Land Rover LR4, it survived. Admirably.
Tiguan's only drawbacks may be its price and an interior that's pretty heavy on the cold, hard plastic. Those would be the only disagreeable notions about the car, maybe that and the funny name.
And as for the GTI connection, it's mostly true. Tiguan doesn't have quite the same competitive spirit as the similar Audi Q5, which corners like a car but is as light-offroad-rugged as possible; Tiguan's optional 4Matic all-wheel-drive system will keep the automobile grounded even when the ground inevitably turns to deep snow. Its Haldex guts normally put 90 percent of the power to the front wheels, but the full blast can go to the back when traction and acceleration are required. (The SEL features slightly tighter suspension and 19-inch wheels with low-profile tires, for those looking to more accurately replicate the GTI experience).
The 200 horsepower and 207 lb.-ft. of torque are tangible parts of the package and allow the machine some good starts and steady uphill power – the kind of boost I would have loved in the new Subaru Crosstrek, as I will discuss in an upcoming column.
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In recent years, there have been minor changes to the Tiguan's looks (LED lights surrounding the headlamps, for instance); the basics remain and it has sharp looks, very nice wheels and comfortable proportions.
You'll find the seating a little higher than other SUVs and definitely stiff, at first, plus a rock-hard, leather-wrapped steering wheel and some slightly hard-to-the-touch surfaces on the armrests. Even in the 40/20/40 splitting rear seat, drop the center leaf and you get a center armrest and cupholder that's as hard as a lunchbox.
The 2012 model I drove got a major suite of redesign tweaks, including interesting but odd silver dollar-sized air vents and the updated but slightly too-small-for-its-own good navigation screen.
The 2013 Tiguans are buoyed a bit with a new electronic parking brake and hill hold control, but no other major changes; the most bare-bones of the bunch retails for $22,995 (front-wheel-drive) and major options include bi-xenon headlamps, a gigantic panoramic sunroof or your choice of either six-speed manual or automatic transmissions.
That full-cabin sunroof is lightly shaded by an electronically controlled opaque screen but when parked in the blast of a mid-summer day in Denver, it left the cabin pretty toasty.
In addition to 56 cubic feet of storage space with the rear seats flattened, Tiguan is also capable of hauling up to 2,200 pounds of trailer gear – or the hitch can be used to mount a four-spot bike rack.
The competition's becoming a heated race in this segment, with the new, European-styled Ford Escape looking suspiciously Tiguanish; Honda's CR-V and the Kia Sportage are also strong contenders, along with the Nissan Rogue, Subaru Forester and the getting-on-in-years Toyota RAV4. The little VW is still pretty cool among that bunch.


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TPWD Seeks Input on Expanded Seagrass Protection
Agency Scoping Possibility of State Scientific Area near JFK Causeway
AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will hold initial scoping meetings and take online comments this winter about two possible regulations changes for 2012, depending on stakeholder input—a new state scientific area to protect seagrass in the Laguna Madre near the John F. Kennedy Memorial Causeway in Nueces County, and a clarification of emergency rules to protect fish during coastal freezes.
The two coastal items are part of possible statewide hunting and fishing regulation changes for 2012. They will not become official proposals until January, after which there will be more statewide meetings and comment opportunities before final rules are approved by the TPW Commission in March.
Shallow-water seagrass meadows are among the world's most productive marine habitats, next to coral reefs, salt marshes and mangroves. Seagrass meadows serve as nurseries for juvenile game fish, crabs and shrimp. They also provide food for sea turtles, shorebirds and waterfowl, help prevent erosion, and play a biological filtering role to improve water quality.
The JFK causeway proposal would create a new 15,500-acre protected area similar to the Redfish Bay State Scientific Area created in 2000. Redfish Bay was the state's first scientific area for education, scientific research, and preservation of flora and fauna of scientific or education value. A key goal was to allow submerged seagrasses time for recovery from extensive damage caused by outboard motor propellers, as well as prevent further harm to the delicate aquatic plants.
When the Redfish Bay area came up for five-year renewal in 2005, TPWD enacted a rule to prohibit seagrass uprooting in the scientific area. At that time, TPWD's Coastal Fisheries Division launched a comprehensive outreach and education campaign about the new rule and the importance of seagrass, emphasizing a "Lift, Drift, Pole, Troll" message. In 2010, the TPW Commission voted to indefinitely extend the "no uprooting seagrass with a boat propeller" law in the Redfish Bay area.
Public surveys of boaters before and after the Redfish Bay rule change showed that 88 percent of respondents were aware of the regulation, and 87 percent of them reported that their boating behavior had changed, the most common change being to avoid known shallow areas.
Also, scientific studies demonstrated the Redfish Bay rule has helped seagrasses recover. Using transect surveys and aerial photography, coastal fisheries biologists found the number of boat propeller scars in Redfish Bay decreased 45 percent from 2005 to 2009. Among the good news: preliminary data suggest seagrass propeller scars may recover faster than was previously thought.
In the wake of this success, the TPW Commission directed staff to explore expanding seagrass protection on the Texas coast. The team came up with a short list of five sites, from Galveston Island down to South Bay near Brownsville.
The JFK causeway site was chosen because it has extensive shallow seagrass flats that would benefit from protection, plus heavy boat traffic with many access points. Also, the site offers beneficial "overlap" from the nearby Redfish Bay area, only 10 miles away. The region benefits from previous outreach and conservation efforts, and existing partners dedicating to helping the cause. Because of this, many boaters and anglers in the region are already familiar with rules and boating practices to protect seagrass.
Seagrass protection in the JFK causeway area would be essentially the same as in the Redfish Bay scientific area. Boaters could motor throughout the area under power as long as they do not uproot seagrass with boat propellers.
TPWD is also proposing to clarify rules to protect fish during prolonged freezing weather on the Texas coast. For example, on Feb. 2, the agency issued a temporary closure to saltwater fishing at specified areas or thermal refuges along the Texas coast. Texas has about two million acres of bays and estuaries susceptible to freeze. There were three major freezes during the 1980s, including one in 1989 when the temperature at Brownsville dropped to 16 degrees and an estimated 11 million fish were killed.
The existing rule says no one can fish with a hook and line, pole and line, or throwline in an affected area during a freeze closure. The proposed rule change for 2012 makes clear that no one may take or attempt to take any aquatic life by any means in an affected area during a freeze.
The agency will hold public meetings to scope both items along the coast before the Jan. 25-26 commission meeting in Austin, and will also take comments via the TPWD website. Interested parties should stay tuned to the agency news release web pages for meeting dates and locations. The staff will make proposals for commission consideration at the January meeting. If approved by the commission, the proposals will be published in the Texas Register and the items will be considered for final adoption at the March 28-29 commission meeting.
A map showing the outline of the proposed JFK causeway scientific area is available on TPWD's news images web page.
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Now that the holidays are over, it's time to get back to the important stuff, like fishing.
We mourn the passing of rockfish season at the end of each December. The reliable old standby, this year's season was very good from start to finish. A dedicated angler could have brought home rockfish limits on just about any day of the 2012 season. Our local party boat and six-pack skippers did just that, with Stagnaro's, Captain Jimmy, and Reel Sportfishing providing us with nothing but limit reports all season. These passenger fishing vessels still operate, but are now searching for sand dabs and Dungeness crab as a tasty alternative to the out-of-season rockfish.
For now, the only "big game" available locally is the giant Humboldt squid. We had a flurry of shallow-water squid catches before the holidays, but they have moved toward deeper waters in search of prey. The latest reports indicate a short Humboldt bite in Monterey straight out from the harbor there, but we have no confirmation that the bite is ongoing.
There's always the chance of white sea bass as well. When and if the smaller market squid congregate in our area, we are almost sure to have sea bass along with them. These winter sea bass bites come and go in an eye blink, though, so it pays to keep your ear to the ground for any reports.
Perch fishing has been consistent at all the usual spots. Ed Burrell at Capitola Boat and Bait says, "Some days it's on and some days it's off." But, he is happy to report a nice variety of species such as the barred surf perch and black perch caught this week by Diana Gong, using shrimp bits while fishing from the wharf.
If all else fails for the weekend fishing fix, don't forget the International Sportsmen's Expo at Cal Expo State Fairgrounds in Sacramento. This is the yearly fishing and outdoor sports trade show that features hundreds of retailers, activities and seminars. Children are admitted for free and it will feature a "kids only" trout pond again this year. The ISE show will be run through Sunday.
And, for further fishing-related fun, mark your calendar for the Santa Cruz Fly Fishermen Club's annual fundraiser extravaganza on Jan. 19. Scheduled for 5 p.m., at the First Congregational Church on High Street in Santa Cruz, the event supports habitat restoration projects locally and throughout Northern California. This year the extravaganza includes hors d'oeuvres as well as a raffle and auction of top-of-the-line fly-fishing gear. Tickets and information are available at The Angler's Choice in Capitola and on the Club website: www.santacruzflyfishermen.org.
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A weekly round-up of the latest DVD releases.
By Damon Smith
New to rent on DVD/Blu-ray
Skyfall (Cert 12, 137 mins, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Action/Thriller, also available to buy DVD £22.99/Daniel Craig Collection DVD Box Set £24.99/Blu-ray £26.99/Daniel Craig Collection Blu-ray Box Set £32.99) Starring: Daniel Craig, Dame Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes, Berenice Marlohe, Rory Kinnear, Albert Finney, Helen McCrory.
Bond (Daniel Craig) is reportedly killed in action and section chief M (Judi Dench) pens an obituary as a political storm rages around her. A database of MI6 assets has fallen into the wrong hands, compromising undercover agents around the world. While M fends off sustained attacks on her reputation, news filters through that Bond has survived and M engages her physically bruised agent to track down menacing cyber terrorist Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem). Bond traverses the globe in search of Silva and consequently he unearths dark secrets from M's past that threaten to bring down MI6. Skyfall opens with a breathtaking 12-minute pre-credits sequence, which draws heavily from the Bourne franchise. Sam Mendes's film looks stunning courtesy of cinematographer Roger Deakins, and Adele's soaring theme song harks back to the belting ballads of Shirley Bassey. Craig has rugged physicality in abundance but his one-note interpretation of the spy who is shaken but never stirred remains devoid of personality. Mendes sensibly surrounds his leading man with an ensemble of award-winning actors. Bardem is deliciously camp and menacing, and Dench is glorious. Ben Whishaw asserts himself as a gadget geek worthy of the Q mantle. The film dazzles during verbal jousts, whether it's M discovering Bond in the shadows of her London apartment ("You're bloody well not sleeping here!") or Silva fondling Bond's inner thighs and asking what regulation training suggests he do in such a situation. In his 50th anniversary year, Ian Fleming's debonair secret agent is on top form. A three-disc box set comprising Casino Royale, Quantum Of Solace and Skyfall is also available.
Rating: **** T
ower Block (Cert 15, 86 mins, Lionsgate Home Entertainment UK Ltd, Thriller, also available to buy DVD £15.99/Blu-ray £17.99) Starring: Sheridan Smith, Jack O'Connell, Ralph Brown, Russell Tovey, Ralph Laurila.
Jimmy (Ralph Laurila) is murdered by hooded figures in the corridors of the condemned Serenity House tower block and none of the residents come forward as eyewitnesses to the shocking crime, fearful of the reprisals for helping the boys in blue. Three months later, as the final residents are preparing to move out, new terror grips the block when a sniper begins taking pot shots through the windows. Like her neighbours, Becky (Sheridan Smith) has tried to forget the murder but now she has nowhere to hide from a hail of bullets. She heads out into the corridor in search of an escape route, only to discover that the mystery attacker has set traps to keep residents hostage in their homes. Becky decides to search for a way out of Serenity House and she carefully makes her way through the gloom accompanied by bully boy Kurtis (Jack O'Connell), alcoholic Paul (Russell Tovey) and other terrified targets. Silence can be deadly in James Nunn and Ronnie Thompson's claustrophobic thriller, which sustains dramatic tension from a slender premise. Smith and O'Connell deliver the stand-out performances in underwritten roles, while supporting cast struggle to flesh out their two-dimensional characters as the residents are slaughtered one by one. Some of the dialogue is crisp and O'Connell bags a large proportion of the best lines as the bad boy with attitude. However, James Moran's script comes unstuck in the closing frames - the identity and motivation of the marksman/woman is an anti-climax.
Rating: ***
Hit & Run (Cert 15, 95 mins, Momentum Pictures Home Entertainment, Comedy/Romance/Action/Thriller, also available to buy DVD £15.99) Starring: Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Kristin Chenoweth, Tom Arnold, Michael Rosenbaum, Bradley Cooper, Joy Bryant, Ryan Hansen, Beau Bridges, Sean Hayes, Jason Bateman, Jess Rowland, Carly Hatter.
Charlie Bronson (Dax Shepard) is a nice guy living in the small California town of Milton, whose formative years are a mystery to his perky live-in girlfriend, Annie (Kristen Bell). She is completely unaware that his real name is Yul Perkins and he is a one-time getaway driver from Los Angeles who agreed to testify against his bank-robbing chums in exchange for a new name in the federal witness protection programme. When Annie lands an interview for a teaching position in Los Angeles, Charlie throws caution to the wind and agrees to drive his sweetheart back to his old stomping ground, unaware that Annie's jealous ex-boyfriend, Gil (Michael Rosenbaum), has alerted gang leader Alex Dimitri (Bradley Cooper) and sidekicks Neve (Joy Bryant) and Allen (Ryan Hansen) to his return. Hit & Run has its heart in the right place but Shepard's script is all over the place. Dialogue about the political correctness of a homophobic slur is outdated and a subplot involving a gay police officer (Jess Rowland), who cruises for partners using a fictitious smartphone app called Pouncer, outstays its welcome. Shepard and Bell gel nicely but any sparks of on-screen chemistry tend to be extinguished by the madness unfolding around them. Supporting characters are garish caricatures, from Kristin Chenoweth's sassy school principal, who casually admits to rape and abortion in her past, to Bradley Cooper's dreadlocked heavy, who seems to be modelled on Gary Oldman's deranged pimp in True Romance. Running jokes collapse wheezing well before the end credits.
Rating: **
Also released A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story Of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (Cert 15, 84 mins, Trinity Filmed Entertainment, Animation/Comedy, also available to buy DVD £17.99/Blu-ray £19.99 - see below) New to buy on DVD/Blu-ray Lewis - Series Seven (Cert 12, 267 mins, ITV Studios Home Entertainment, DVD £19.99, Drama/Thriller/Romance) DI Robert Lewis (Kevin Whately) and his trusty sidekick DS James Hathaway (Laurence Fox) encounter more perplexing cases of murder and intrigue beneath the dreaming spires of Oxford. This series, the slaying of a young psychic poses difficult questions for friends and family, DC Gray (Babou Ceesay) joins the team while Hathaway takes leave to build an orphanage in Pristina, and Lewis and pathologist Dr Laura Hobson (Clare Holman) go public with their burgeoning relationship. The two-disc set includes the investigations Down Among The Fearful, The Ramblin' Boy and Intelligent Design.
Africa (Cert PG, 345 mins, BBC DVD, DVD £19.99/Blu-ray £24.99, Documentary) David Attenborough and his colleagues at the BBC's natural history unit embark on an epic quest to document undiscovered species of Africa's five major regions against breathtaking landscapes from the Atlas Mountains to the Cape of Good Hope. Cameramen journey the length and breadth of the continent armed with state-of-the-art technology to capture fascinating creatures in previously unseen locations.
Ripper Street (Cert 12, 462 mins, BBC DVD, DVD £24.99/Blu-ray £29.99, Thriller/Drama) All eight episodes of the violent and gory BBC drama series set in 1889 London. It has been six months since the last murder attributed to Jack the Ripper and police from H Division are no closer to catching the shadowy figure who has brought terror to the streets of Whitechapel. When more women are slain in a similar fashion, DI Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen), Sergeant Bennett Drake (Jerome Flynn) and American forensics expert Captain Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) join forces to restore law and order. What they uncover is deeply disturbing.
Blandings (Cert 15, 180 mins, ITV Studios Home Entertainment, DVD £19.99, Comedy/Romance) The stories of PG Wodehouse provide the inspiration for this six-part sitcom set in 1929. Clarence Threepwood (Timothy Spall), the Ninth Earl of Emsworth, presides over Blandings Castle with a sense of weariness. His dream is to be left in peace and quiet with his beloved pet pig, The Empress. Unfortunately, Clarence shares his sprawling home with a domineering sister Connie (Jennifer Saunders) and dim-witted son Freddie (Jack Farthings), who both have a habit of creating uproar. Various relatives and house guests add to the chaos. Thankfully, Clarence can always rely on his long-suffering butler, Beach (Mark Williams), to remain an oasis of calm in the storm.
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story Of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (Cert 15, 84 mins, Trinity Filmed Entertainment, DVD £17.99/Blu-ray £19.99, Animation/Comedy) And now for something completely different. Inspired by recordings made by Graham Chapman before his untimely demise in 1989, A Liar's Autobiography is a fictionalised tribute to 'the dead one from Monty Python', which doesn't quite capture the madcap genius of the comedy troupe that made household names of Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. Abandoning the stuffy constraints of a traditional biopic, Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson and Ben Timlett's film melds 17 different animation styles from 14 animators to create a mosaic of memories from Chapman's chequered life. The artistry of each vignette is impressive, tinged with impish humour, but there's a noticeable lack of eye-opening disclosure behind all of the visual razzamatazz.
World Without End (Cert 15, 368 mins, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, DVD £29.99/Blu-ray £39.99, Drama/Romance) Recently broadcast on Channel 4, this eight-part mini-series based on the 2007 Ken Follett of the same name is a sequel to The Pillars Of The Earth. The year is 1327 and England teeters on the brink of war. King Edward III (Blake Ritson) is preparing to lead the country into conflict with the French. In the town of Kingsbridge, residents are determined to forge a brighter future, far from blood-stained battlefields. Caris (Charlotte Riley) and her lover Merthin (Tom Weston-Jones) are determined to stand firm against the English Crown and the Catholic Church. However, the spectre of the Black Death looms large over the community and some of the locals do not possess the same powers of endurance as Caris and Merthin.
Doctor Who: The Ark In Space (Cert U, 98 mins, BBC DVD, DVD £19.99, Sci-Fi/Drama) A pernicious alien life form plots to invade Earth in this four-part storyline, which was originally broadcast in January and February 1975. The Time Lord (Tom Baker) and his companions Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) and Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter) arrive on an ageing space station, which turns out to be an ark for the human race. Passengers have been in suspended animation for centuries and an insectoid known as the Wirrn has infiltrated the ship with the intention of using the slumbering humans as hosts for eggs. The Doctor arrives just as the crew wakes from induced sleep, unaware of the extra-terrestrial threat aboard the ship.
The Fall Of The Essex Boys (Cert 18, 87 mins, Metrodome Distribution, DVD £15.99/Blu-ray £19.99, Drama/Thriller) Paul Tanter directs this gritty drama charting the rise and violent fall of the notorious Essex Boys, who became one of the most feared criminal gangs in British history. This reign of terror hit the headlines in December 1995 when the bodies of Craig Rolfe, Patrick Tate and Tony Tucker were discovered in a Range Rover on a remote Essex country lane. Tanter relives the exploits of Rolfe (Simon Phillips), Tate (Peter Barrett) and Tucker (Jay Brown) in blood-spattered close-up as police hunt down the gang and decide to play off different factions of the criminal fraternity against each other. The brutality escalates, culminating in the murders in Rettendon, which were previously dramatised in Terry Winsor's film Essex Boys.
White Collar - The Complete Second Season (Cert 15, 688 mins, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, DVD £24.99, Comedy/Drama) Dashing con man Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer) and FBI Special Agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay) join forces once again in the second series of the comic crime drama. The killer of Neal's ex-girlfriend Kate Moreau (Alexandra Daddario) remains at large and the trail of evidence becomes ever more complex. Consequently, the relationship between the two men falters and Neal accepts a job to kill insurance investigator Sara Ellis (Hilarie Burton). The four-disc box set includes all 16 episodes.
Love (Cert 12, 80 mins, High Fliers Films, DVD £9.99, Sci-Fi/Drama) Captain Lee Miller (Gunner Wright) bids farewell to Earth and the people he loves to begin a solitary tour of duty aboard a newly constructed International Space Station. As the only human inhabitant, Lee keeps in contact with space command via a radio. Out of the blue, he loses contact with the men and women on the ground, and Lee is gripped with fear and paranoia, convinced that he will be stranded in space until the day he dies.
I Am (Cert E, 77 mins, Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd, DVD £12.99, Documentary) Following a serious bicycle accident which left him with post-concussion syndrome, writer-director Tom Shadyac embarks on a quest to better understand what is important in life and what we can all do to improve our surroundings. With camera in hand, he travels the world to interview world leaders, economists and scientists about their visions for a brighter future.


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Namdrol wrote:Serenity509 wrote:
Are you willing to recognize that your views may not be universally shared within Buddhism?
What I described to you above is a normative definition shared by all schools of Buddhism grounded in Mahāyāna sutra.
The idea that there is no higher self or all pervading spiritual reality that can be personally experienced isn't universally shared in Buddhism.


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OT - Anybody been to San Diego?
Cactus Jax
I'm going to be leaving to San Diego for like a week or so, and I need to know of some good places to eat there.
Thanks in advance.
Sorry, would love to go but haven't been yet.
if you're going to be downtown, there's a place for breakfast called the Cheese Shop that's excellent. Don't remember the street name, but it's about 4-5 blocks from the convention center area - it's a local landmark, so anyone could give you directions probably...
Will Galen
I took basic training there, and I visited there a few times when stationed in California, but you know what, I hardly remember the place.
Hmmm, all I can remember is they have a nice zoo, I can't remember any place I ate.
Diamond Dave
Hey, one of my best friends just left for San Diego to serve his next 3 years in the Navy. However he thinks he'll be headed to Iraq or Iran at right about a year.
I know this doesn't help you, but thats what I thought when I saw San Diego. On the plus side he says its really really nice out there. :)
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Good places to eat? What you need to do is center in on the hip neighborhoods. If you want good food and music, you need to go into some of the places where "eccentric culture" thrives.
My top picks (shamefully ripped off from here http://sandiego.about.com/cs/neighborhoods/tp/top_hoods.htm?PM=ss15_sandiego ) --
New York has Greenwich Village. San Francisco has the Castro. Vancouver has the West End. And San Diego has Hillcrest, our closest thing to a diverse, lively, hip and colorful neighborhood. This gay-friendly 'hood just north of Balboa Park is a mix of apartments and bungalows mixed with a pedestrian-friendly business district. Best Bets: Landmark Cinemas, any restaurant. Bus Routes: 1,3,11,16,25
University Heights
University Heights is located between Hillcrest and North Park. Similar in ways to both (not as lively as Hilcrest; not as worn as North Park), it is a mix of Craftsman bungalows and apartments. Its small retail area is at the north end of Park Blvd. where it turns into Adams Ave. Best Bets: Adams Avenue Grill, Twiggs Coffee House, Parkhouse Eatery, Trolley Park. Bus Routes: 1,11,15,115,990
For beers by the Water:
Ocean Beach
O.B is more like a town within the city, but I'll include it here because it has a little business district and it truly does have a neighborhood feel, albeit one steeped in the '60s and '70s. Ocean Beach has resisted gentrification, and for that it should be commended. Because it wouldn't be O.B. if it didn't have it's funky charm. Best Bets: The O.B. Pier, Dog Beach, Winston's. Bus Routes: 923,35
Or, if you want to stay downtown you could go to the "little italy" section. Fair warning - it kind of sucks - especially if you've been to a little italy in another city.
Little Italy
Little Italy has always been a neat ethnic enclave within downtown, but only in the past year or so has it become a bonified "cool" neighborhood, thanks to the addition of new condo highrises. Plus, the business district has been refurbished, including it's own nifty street-spanning neighborhood sign. Best Bets: India Street, Mimmo's Italian Village, Indigo Grill, Filippi's. Bus Routes: 50, 150, 810, Trolley
The most common place for visitors to eat is the Old Town Mexican Cafe, in Old Town SD. I don't especially care for it but everyone I go with disagrees. It is fairly authintic and across from the Whaley House, one of two California certified haunted houses.
There are a lot of other places to eat in Old Town as well. The Gaslamp district has a lot of nice places to eat as well. I don't go often enough though to have a favorite place.
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Anode|ION|JOKERi|MD2|FD|TD|PD|LEGENDaParks wrote:If the posts on this forum are any indication, the PD is like a Teebird with sunshine coming out of its butthole so hard that it flies faster.
jubuttib wrote:Is it just me or does it sound kinda like an FD?
BLURR wrote:I had a chance to throw the SP Undertow a little more over the weekend. I really liked it for a faster fairway driver. When thrown with 90% power, I could hyzer flip this thing pretty easily. Dialing it down to 70% was very TL'ish. It is definitely faster than a TL. I would say it falls in the 9 speed category. The one thing that is nice about it, the lip isn't razor sharp like an Avenger/Predator/Tsunami. Very comfortable to grip.
money 21 wrote:how would they compare to a monarch.
Frank Delicious wrote:Anyone get the glow undertows yet?
BLURR wrote:Frank Delicious wrote:Anyone get the glow undertows yet?
My buddy who is part of the DGA Team let me throw his glow a few times this past weekend. It definitely has more stability than the proline runs. It is very straight. The Sparkle and Glows are legit disc's...but the proline still suck IMO.
niuvalleycane wrote:is this similar to a champ valk?
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I used a fairly generous amount of ham and red bell peppers in proportion to the split peas, so you can have this for a carb-conscious diet. Of course if you're just craving split pea soup and don't care about that, go ahead and make it with carrots if you prefer.
It grows wild in the U.S. and Mexico and has a slightly sweet flavor. (Some Epazote comes with a lot of woody stems, so when I first get a new batch, I put it into my food processor with the steel blade and process it to a fine powder.) If you don't have Epazote, you can get it at The Spice House or Penzeys, but you can certainly make this without it too.
Split Pea Soup with Ham, Bay Leaves, Epazote, and Red Bell Pepper (or Carrots)
(Makes about 6-8 servings, but this freezes very well so you may want to double the recipe)
1 large onion, diced
1 T olive oil
6 cups chicken stock, ham stock, or water with chicken soup base
1 lb. green split peas (just over 2 cups)
2 fresh bay leaves or 1 dried bay leaf
1/2 - 1 tsp. dried Epazote (optional)
1-2 diced red bell peppers (or 1-2 cups diced carrots)
2 cups or more diced ham (save the rind, use ham with less than 10% fat for South Beach Diet)
optional: Ham flavor base (I use Goya, Better than Bouillon, or Penzey's brand)
salt/pepper to taste
Cook at a low simmer, stirring occasionally, for about 1 hour or until most peas are losing their shape and combining with the liquid. (The length of cooking time will depend partly on the freshness of the dried split peas.) You may need to add water once or twice while this cooks.
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Special invitation to be Part of Maple Grove Days
Maple Grove Community Organization (MGCO) is a non-profit organization; that provides the community of Maple Grove with family oriented events like the upcoming community festival Maple Grove Days.
This year's Maple Grove Days runs Wednesday through Sunday, July 10 to 14. The annual festival draws an estimated 30,000 people to enjoy such activities as the Pierre Bottineau Parade, business expo, art fair, children's activities, Rice Lake Classic Run, tennis and golf tournaments, Maple Grove Ambassador Coronation and so much more.
MGCO would like to promote the community by adding the participation of local businesses to the festival with a Citywide Maple Grove Days Sidewalk Sales. There is no fee or registration form to participate in the Maple Grove Days Sidewalk Sales. All a business needs to do is plan its own special Maple Grove Days promotion and sale.
However, if participating, a business selects to do a sidewalk sale they would need to abide by all guidelines established by any individual management companies; state and local health permits, Maple Grove City Code (Sec. 36-482 1C, available atci.maple-grove.mn.us click on community profile) and the American Disability Act (Chapter 1341.Minnesota Accessibility Code; 1341.0422, Subpart 3, Item B.) a minimum clear width for an exterior accessible route shall be 48 inches (four feet) walk way access on any public walkway.
MGCO will promote Maple Grove Days Sidewalk Sales & Festival Specials on the Maple Grove Days web site and in the Maple Grove Days Guide (25,000 copies distributed) with the following information: Maple Grove Days Sidewalk Sales & Festival Specials happening July 10 to 14 throughout the city
Another great Maple Grove Days happening is the new "Button of Savings." Maple Grove Days buttons are available for $3 at the Maple Grove Community Center and also sold by the Maple Grove Ambassador candidates. The button is needed to play and win the eighth annual Maple Grove Days Medallion Hunt, and includes money saving offers. Wear a Maple Grove Days button to receive special offers from participating local businesses. The roster of participating businesses is attached to every button and will also be available on the website.
MGCO hopes that many Maple Grove businesses will choose to join Maple Grove Days. For more information on other events visit the website at www.maplegrovedays.org or call 763-494-5985.


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Thomas hopes slider will pave path back to Atlanta
ATLANTA -- Left-handed reliever Ian Thomas was the odd man out when the Braves activated Gavin Floyd from the disabled list on Sunday, but the development of the southpaw's slider could earn him a return trip to the Majors.
Thomas, whose departure left Luis Avilan as the lone left-hander in Atlanta's bullpen, debuted the new pitch in a start for Triple-A Gwinnett on Tuesday night. He threw it several times as he struck out five in three perfect innings.
"He threw four or five sliders to both sides, and they were really, really good," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "It had some depth."
When the Braves decided to option Thomas, Gonzalez said they did so because they viewed him as "the guy who needs the most work." By taking on a starting role, Thomas has more game situations during which he can work on his pitches.
"It's just more repetitions," Thomas said Sunday. "I'm able to throw the slider more in an appearance as a starter than as a reliever. As a starter, I'll be getting a certain pitch count. I'll be able to throw pitches in a game as opposed to coming in an appearance and facing a lefty here, a lefty there."
Thomas previously tried to throw the slider in high school and during his days at Virginia Commonwealth University, but he ultimately decided to set it aside because he did not master "throwing it the right way," and to avoid injury.
After a stellar spring, Thomas made his MLB debut on Opening Day in Milwaukee, and compiled 4.26 ERA in 10 relief appearances for Atlanta. If he can fine-tune his repertoire the way the Braves hope, Thomas may get a chance to add to those numbers in 2014.
"The big word is 'trust,' and I want them to trust me," Thomas said Sunday. "When that time comes to call down on the farm to bring me back, I'll be ready."
Joe Morgan is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.