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This week we were on hand for Intel's "Rearchitecting the Datacenter" event, which offered a glimpse into how the company imagines its future path along both low power and high performance server routes.
In addition to the announcement of key details around the Atom family and upcoming Avoton and Rangeley, and a general roadmap for the 14nm products expected to roll out in the next few years, the emphasis was on integration between hardware and software. From software defined storage and networks to the role of fabrics in typing together low and super-power cores, the company collected its strategy under a number of nets–one of which was HPC specifically.
While a great deal of the focus was on web-scale and enterprise datacenters, the company's HPC lead, Raj Hazra, gave a detailed presentation about how new trends can push HPC into a greater "knowledge economy" and into more mainstream (beyond the "traditional" academic and government arenas) contexts.
The recorded presentation reflects Hazra's wider view of where Intel stands with its high performance computing strategy on a broad level, which was meant for the room's more mainstream audience. To drill down on specifics, we spent some time chatting with him in more detail about the key concepts he outlined, including power, performance, neo-heterogeneity, integration and the future reach of Xeon Phi into the enterprise.
Hazra emphasized the concept of Intel's focus on "neo-heterogeneity" in his discussion of where HPC fits into Intel's larger datacenter strategy going forward. As he defined, this refers to making a new approach to heterogeneity possibly by taking advantage of hardware that's been designed for different performance (and performance per watt) but which looks unified on the programmer's side.
The ROI here, he explains, is in providing the capability for users to quickly and easily port an application and then contend about the much longer process of optimization. For users waiting on the long port times to discrete GPUs, he says, it's a risk as the speedups may or may not be present.
With Xeon Phi, however, he stresses, there is little risk in porting and "trying out" the approach and the optimization process is usually shorter than with GPUs and users find that in the process their codes are optimized for general Xeon as they go. While we're still on the lookout for a breakdown of some common application types and their GPU to co-processor optimization times (not port–Intel has that time cut down considerably) this does reflect what we've heard from Phi and GPU users at TACC, among other centers.
The real test in the coming years for Phi's reach outside of the government and academic sites is when the ISV community gets behind the co-processor. The initial users in academia and elsewhere generally write their own codes and aren't reliant on the internal processes of ISV approval and tuning. Once a wide range of commercial codes are conditioned to take advantage of any potential performance benefits, the market for Xeon Phi will be quite large, Hazra anticipates.
And certainly, as with the other items on Intel's roadmap, the focus is not on niches–it's on reaching every segment of the server market via ultra-low power approaches fed by developments on the Atom family side all the way up to Phi. The company stressed this week its role in bringing software-defined networking, storage and more integrated compute capabilities to all market segments–and HPC is no exception.
The integration value coming from Intel on this side will be felt when the interconnect assets they've pulled in from QLogic and Cray come to bear. On this topic, Hazra says Intel is focused on having a discrete network solution wherein they integrate the network interface control on the processors. From there, he says, "we'll innovate on what that integrated version is to be able to improve performance, lower power and add features to it so it addresses next-gen programming models."
In terms of the role of QLogic in particular, he notes, "our goal, and we're engaged in building the next gen products with integrated fabric and this has to cover the gamut, from high-end HPC to midrange and to the enterprise."
As one might imagine, the HPC flavor on the Top 500 and academic side was more muted in favor of putting high-end processor technology in greater enterprise context during this general datacenter event. However, the one key topic that tied HPC to the rest of the strategy outline is how the technologies developed in this community can feed a much wider set of general enterprise applications and server approaches. Hazra agreed that big data is indeed a prime way for his HPC group to extend outward, noting that as analytics evolve, the need to blend high performance computing developments (and in general, the role of more robust hardware) with these new algorithms will open up new opportunities.
Big data and, of course, the range of scientific and research applications, are all stoking HPC investments on Intel's side, Hazra side. Unlike AMD's recent statement that HPC is relatively low margin, he stressed Intel's investment in it with a focus on longer-term goals. "The paradigm is that we are going to be continuing to improve compute capacity. Manycore is the way forward. We are investing in it, but the world is still on multicore. Still we're starting to see leading edges of applications and algorithms that are going to manycore and we expect that to be the way applications s of the future are built so we have to move now instead of being reactive."
As the company's senior VP and General Manager of the Datacenter and Connected Systems Group, Diane Bryant, stressed repeatedly, there are converging forces (cloud and big data in particular) that require tighter integration at the storage, network and rack levels. She outlined the company's Rack Scale Architecture (RSA) which pushes utilization and flexibility for cloud datacenters in particular, and played up the role of low-power, ultra-dense servers for a future that doesn't just include cloud datacenters or small devices.
Hazra echoed the value of this move, noting that HPC is also diversifying. He says that while the majority of HPC remains under carefully engineered co-design there is no doubt that certain segments of HPC that share the characteristics of low energy scale-out (life sciences, algorithms and apps that fit that scale-out highly dense, low power pattern) represent a trend of overall diversification of system architecture. "It's the beginning of a curve," he says, "and Intel wants to be responsive and not reactive."
We asked Hazra whether or not this steady march to lower power and higher density marks a death of the server industry as we know it, in part because of the event's emphasis on Open Compute inspired designs and approaches. "I don't know if it's a death or rebirth," he says, but "the open projects bring like minds together and provide a scaffolding to build greater things." He says that questions about sea changes in the server businesses this aren't unfamiliar.."In the HPC space at one point, many said the Beowulf clusters would kill HPC, but look at the tremendous amounts of differentiation."
And that's just what Intel wants to architect into their strategy–a base that extends across it's ultra-low power lines all the way up to Phi–and one that lets the OEMs differentiate to create value and differentiation as the lines between what chipmakers traditionally do (and do not do) are blurred.


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A 20-year-old man was shot and killed late Friday in Seaside about two hours after police responded to another shooting in a separate location — the same Coe Avenue address where a shootout occurred six days earlier.
Seaside police have not released the name of the man who was found dead in the 1600 block of San Lucas Street shortly before midnight, but say he is a known gang member.
He was pronounced dead at the scene by police and Monterey County Sheriff's deputies, who responded to calls reporting shots fired in the area of San Lucas and Olympia Avenue.
Two hours earlier, just before 10 p.m., police were dispatched to the 5100 block of Coe Avenue. Police said shots were fired from a passing vehicle at several men who were standing outside the same house where two teenagers were wounded the previous Saturday. No one was wounded in Friday's shooting, but stray bullets struck the residence.
Police Cmdr. Chris Veloz said Saturday that no connection has been made between the San Lucas Street homicide and the Coe Avenue shootings.
Police Chief Vicki Myers held a press conference Friday to announce the arrest of a 17-year-old boy who was wounded in the Oct. 6 shooting and may be linked to some of the city's 17 previous shootings this year.
Police said the 17-year-old is suspected of shooting at the occupants of the Coe Avenue house, hitting one 19-year-old man in the leg. Investigators were told that relatives of the man returned fire "in self-defense" at the suspected assailant, who sustained multiple non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.
Myers said the youth will be charged with four counts of attempted murder, gang charges and violation of probation.
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text: The last sleep By Rusty Marks November 9, 2013 Story Share Lawrence Pierce Re-enactors clad in Union blue and Confederate gray fire a volley in salute of 78 men who died during the Battle of Droop Mountain on Nov. 6, 1863. Lawrence Pierce Spectators, many in Civil War-era clothing, turned out for the dedication of the memorial. Lawrence Pierce Rob Taggart, a U.S. Navy veteran and historic re-enactor from Green Bank, played Civil War-period music for the event and blew Taps to mark the end of the ceremony. Lawrence Pierce Caleb Skaggs, 19 (right), of Rupert, and Logan Duff of Alderson are two younger re-enactors trying to keep history alive. Skagg's great-great-great-great grandfather was wounded at Droop Mountain while fighting for the Confederate Army. Lawrence Pierce The names of 78 men who died at Droop Mountain are memorialized on a plaque dedicated last week. HILLSBORO W.Va. -- Caleb Skaggs had a personal reason for marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Droop Mountain last week.Skaggs' great-great-great-great grandfather fought in the Civil War battle that took place on Nov. 6, 1863."To commemorate what he did, I wanted to take part in this event, for my whole family," said Skaggs, 19, a resident of Rupert.The Battle of Droop Mountain, fought on a mostly nondescript hillside about 25 miles north of Lewisburg, came out of a federal attempt to cut the Confederate-controlled Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, which ran south of Lewisburg and White Sulphur Springs in Virginia.Prior to the battle, U.S. Brig. Gen. William W. Averell was to be part of a pincer movement designed to trap Confederate forces in the area and capture the railroad. During the first week of November 1863, Averell sent his troops toward Lewisburg, then occupied by Confederate forces under Confederate Brig. Gen. John Echols.But Echols got word of the plan, and sent troops from Lewisburg to try to stop Averell. After a 27-mile march over what is today U.S. 219, Echols arrived at Droop Mountain, where his soldiers clashed with Averell's forces on Nov. 6, 1863. During a daylong, hard-fought fight that sometimes devolved into hand-to-hand combat, the Confederates were forced to retreat back to Lewisburg.Averell won the battle, but Echols succeeded in stopping the Union army from capturing the railroad, at least for a while.But in the ensuing 150 years, little has been done to remember the men who fought and died at Droop Mountain. Michael Smith, director of Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park, said at least 78 men -- 45 Union and 33 Confederate -- died during the battle or succumbed to their wounds. Smith said there may have been more, because records of some units who took part in the fight were poorly kept at the time or have been lost. Hundreds more men were wounded.The park has hosted a series of events remembering the 150th anniversary of the battle. On Tuesday, Nov. 5, Smith and 14 others, including many Civil War re-enactors, recreated Echols' march from Lewisburg. They left Lewisburg at about 2 p.m. Tuesday and arrived at Droop Mountain around 1 a.m. on Wednesday.Caleb Skaggs and his brother, Isaac, 17, were among those who made the 11-hour trip."History will be lost if we don't take part," Caleb said. Henry H. Skaggs, who lived near Ansted, fought at Droop Mountain with the 22nd Virginia Infantry, Caleb said. His ancestor took a musket ball in the leg during the battle. Afterward, he was taken to Roanoke, Va., where his leg was amputated. But the younger Skaggs said the wound wasn't enough to keep Henry Skaggs from re-enlisting in the Confederate Army.John Groves, 16, who lives on Droop Mountain, also recently became involved in Civil War re-enactment. "I think it's good to keep history alive," Groves said. "As the generations grow older, the younger ones should take their place."Smith said the names of the men who died on Droop Mountain have never been collected in one place. During a solemn ceremony on the Wednesday anniversary of the battle, Smith unveiled a monument bearing the names of those known to have died that afternoon. Before a group of about three-dozen spectators, each name was read out loud. Re-enactors clad in Union blue and Confederate gray fired a salute to the men with their rifled muskets, and bugler Rob Taggart of Green Bank blew the somber notes of Taps.Many in the crowd bowed their heads as the last note echoed down the valley, to be replaced by the wind in the trees. Such a wind would have cleared away the smoke and the sounds of battle that swept Droop Mountain on an unseasonably warm day in November 1863.Reach Rusty Marks at email@example.com or 304-348-1215. Those killed at Droop Mountain include:Union: Henry Emmerling, Andrew M. 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It can be hard to see change, sometimes. If these two teams had met two years ago, it would have been a battle between the best offense in the National League and the best pitching-and-defense in the National League. Now, though, the teams have almost completely flipped: the Reds have the league's best pitching, the Giants have the league's second-best offense, and each team is pretty lopsided that way. Nonetheless, don't be surprised if the mainstream narrative focuses on the Giants' homegrown aces and the Reds' powerful middle of the order. A better narrative would focus on the showdown between perhaps the two best hitters in the National League; or the ticking clock that the Giants face each game as the Reds' bullpen anticipates the final three or four innings; or the unexpected second-act brilliance of Brian Sabean's career.
Lineups (AVG/OBP/SLG/TAv)
The Giants' lineup produced the second-best TAv in the National League this year, though they did give up 20 points of OPS against right-handers, which won't help them against the Reds' all-righty rotation. Marco Scutaro's outburst has been unusual, as the infielder walked just 13 times in a half-season after walking 90 in a year not long ago. Buster Posey finished with the second-highest OPS+ ever for a backstop, and if momentum means anything, then his .385/.454/.646 second half means the Giants might have this postseason's best hitter.
Or the Reds might. Like the Giants, they have a top-heavy lineup by virtue of having one of the league's best hitters. Joey Votto missed two months and still tied for the league lead in walks, giving him the highest non-Bonds OBP of the past decade. The Giants might not be able to get him out, but they can be hopeful that the damage will be limited to one base at a time; after returning in early September from his knee injury, Votto didn't homer in 25 games and slugged just .421. Ludwick and Bruce provide plenty of power behind him and make for a match-up nightmare in the late innings. Drew Stubbs might be replaced at home, but Dusty Baker will tolerate his collapsible bat to have his range in San Francisco's spacious outfield meadows. The Reds crushed lefties and struggled against righties, so the complexion of the lineup changes a bit if Bruce Bochy ultimately decides to start Ryan Vogelsong instead of Barry Zito.
Benches (AVG/OBP/SLG/TAv)
3B/OF-R Todd Frazier (.273/.331/.498/.284)
The lean of the Reds' rotation means Nady will be chained to the bench, but Bochy's faith in him in September (and a few big hits as a Giant) will make sure he gets a big at-bat or two against Chapman. Lucky guy. Sanchez's main role was to give Posey a breather, but that won't matter in October, so he becomes a pinch-hitter with a bit of power. Arias will replace Sandoval on defense when the Giants lead late. Huff's .631 OPS against lefties (and .671 in 2011) mean Cincinnati won't even have to burn a LOOGY to get him out. By carrying 12 pitchers, the Giants can't carry Justin Christian, who can't do anything but run but would have been the only real speed on the bench.
Frazier gets to watch, thanks to the Red-hot Scott Rolen's second-half surge. He's easily the best hitter on either team's bench, probably one of the half-dozen best hitters in either lineup. The sample is still small, but he's a .309/.342/.547 hitter against lefties, and the Giants will likely have three lefties in the bullpen. Navarro is a solid backup, though the Reds' decision to carry just two catchers might limit his ability to come off the bench. If Heisey gets starts in Cincinnati, Drew Stubbs would provide impact speed off the bench. Otherwise, the Reds' bench hitters are spectacularly ironic: Miguel Cairo, the "power," hit one homer in 150 PA. The Reds' inability to add a better backup infielder at the trade deadline doomed them to Valdez's .170/.196/.181 line after August 1st. (The Reds final playoff roster hadn't been announced by early Saturday morning.)
Starting Pitchers (IP, ERA, FIP)
RHP Matt Cain (219.1, 2.79, 3.44)
RHP Johnny Cueto (217, 2.78, 3.31)
The difference between the Giants' 2012 rotation and their 2010 unit goes far beyond the departure of Jonathan Sanchez. Bumgarner is now something very close to an ace, though he stumbles into October with a 5.94 ERA and a startling walk rate in his (arbitrarily) last seven starts. Tim Lincecum finished the season with the worst ERA among NL qualifiers. He still misses bats but lost his command when he got into trouble; with runners in scoring position, he allowed a .286/.400/.487 line and walked nearly as many as he struck out. His last great start (70+ Game Score) came way back on July 14, against the Astros no less. Barry Zito's winning streak (the Giants won his last 11 starts) earned him the rotation slot, unlike 2010, when he was left off the playoff roster. But that record disguises the fact that he wasn't all that good in those 11 starts: a 3.92 ERA, and a .293/.336/.443 opponents line. Thankfully for the Giants, the man who'll start games 1 and 5 is unchanged, and Cain brings a career 0.00 postseason ERA (21 1/3 innings) into this matchup.
The Reds are playing this series largely because the four names listed above stayed healthy and productive all year; they and fifth starter Mike Leake started 161 of the Reds' games. Cueto is a smart pitcher who does everything well: fields his position, holds on runners, gets the bunt down. A Cain/Cueto matchup won't usually yield double-digit strikeout totals on either side, but is fun to watch for people who like pitchers who make adjustments and don't make mistakes. After a slow start, Latos struck out 13 in a late June start and caught fire after that, with a 2.43 ERA . (He also has some history with the Giants.) Arroyo and Bailey both throw a lot of strikes and allow too many home runs; the Giants don't hit many of the latter, so this could be a good matchup for both pitchers.
RHP Sergio Romo (55.1, 1.79, 2.74)
The Giants have three very effective lefty relievers, but they're going up against a team with only two lefties in the lineup and one on the bench. So will Bruce Bochy let Javier Lopez cross the Ryan Ludwick bridge between Votto and Bruce, or go full La Russa on the Reds? Ludwick hit .263/.360./576 against lefties, if that matters; he has a reverse split in his career, if that matters. Sergio Romo is one of maybe two relievers in baseball who doesn't give up a big edge to Aroldis Chapman. If he has a weakness, it's that he gives up more homers than an elite reliever should, and 20 of the 35 runs he has allowed over the past three years came on the longball. Kontos, acquired for Chris Stewart last winter, has a hard slider he controls well and sterling peripherals. He finally earned high-leverage work in September. It's hard to imagine how the Giants will need 12 pitchers, but they're carrying Guillermo Mota anyway.
The Reds, though, have the decisive edge, with not only the best bullpen in the National League but perhaps the best in league history. It's a bullpen with six sub-3.00 ERAs, a bullpen so good that Sean Marshall has been limited to LOOGY work for the second half. Dusty Baker has deployed his leveraged outings generously to all of those pitchers at some point in the season, but the trade for Jonathan Broxon, and Broxton's subsequent revival (20 Ks, three walks), have made the eighth and ninth innings predictable. Broxton or Marshall will get outs 22 to 24, depending on batter handedness; Chapman will get the last three. Baker might shift that plan up earlier in the game and ask Chapman to get more than three outs (he had eight outings of four or more outs this year), but the September strain on Chapman's shoulder and the depth of the Reds' bullpen, probably rules that out in all but the most desperate situations.
The Reds are extremely strong up the middle, with Cozart and Phillips each grading out highly by most measures and Drew Stubbs covering as much ground as any NL center fielder. Hanigan handles the basics of catching as well as any non-Molina in baseball, allowing just three passed balls and 17 wild pitches while throwing out a league-leading 48 percent of baserunners. If he slows down Pagan's running game, it'll be interesting to see whether Bochy counters by giving away more outs with bunts. The Reds give up some of that defensive value on the corners, which is the place to give up defensive value if defensive value is to be given up. Neither team is strong in right field, a particularly important position in San Francisco.
Baker's reputation as a player's manager is a bit vague; perhaps it is best reflected in his willingness to let players stay in their roles. But he hasn't been rigid this season, and his current lineup—Phillips at the top, Stubbs at the bottom, Ludwick hitting cleanup—has shown he's willing to let the players find their own level. If he stays flexible this month, you could see Frazier and Heisey getting big hits as starters. A good bench has always been part of the Baker model, but his bench isn't likely to help him much this year, taking away some of the incentive to get overly tactical. Both of these managers have shown they can win a postseason series, though Baker has helmed not one (2002) but two (2003) postseason collapses.
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I would go with the Giants in this series. Their line-up is clearly better, while the starters are roughly equal. I don't see enough from the Reds, even with their bullpen, to overcome the Giants bats.
Oct 06, 2012 12:56 PM
Giants in 5. Starting Zito over Vogelsong is a dumb move, unless they pull a 90's Leyland move and yank Zito very, very early. As in 1-2 innings regardless of score, then put in Vogelsong against a lineup written to face a lefty.
Oct 06, 2012 15:01 PM
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Good article.
Oct 06, 2012 16:44 PM
What's known about the health of Dusty Baker? Has he been on the bench since his recent ill health? Has he been declared fit by doctors? Could this have any tangible effect on the Reds?
Oct 06, 2012 19:27 PM
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As revealed in our Q&A with NECA's Randy Falk late last year, their Deluxe Electronic EXORCIST Box Set had experienced some setbacks "due to the economy and lack of specialty retail support". That is not to say that the collectible, depicting the iconic scene of a head-turning possessed Regan, was canceled. Randy further stated in our interview that "We're going to try again for 2010 as it is a set we're very proud of and we know a lot of collectors want to own it."
That time has come as select retailers are now accepting pre-orders on this eagerily awaited set (available for pre-order now at ToyWiz.com). Randy Falk has confirmed with us that the set is indeed slated for release this fall (September/October) priced for under $39.99. The Deluxe Electronic EXORCIST Box Set will feature motorized head spinning action and will play sounds from the classic 1973 horror film.
Split pea soup not included. Sleepless nights guaranteed.


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Since there is very little going on in Pacer world thought I would make this silly thread.
SOoo post your Pacer related animals, can be yours or just one you know of.
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Going, Going, Gone: Vanishing Americana, one of my favorite books, offers compelling evidence of how fast our world is being transformed. On page after page, we see products, services, vocations and styles that once seemed integral to daily life but have nearly or completely disappeared. Remember milkmen? Carbon paper? Phone booths? Drive-in movies? Vinyl records? All gone or mostly gone. OK, that last item is making a bit of a comeback, but downloading music has become so pervasive that in many homes even CDs are already obsolete.
Much farther down in the scrap heap of history is the IBM Selectric typewriter I relied on in the 1970s. Back then, its use of a ball-shaped typing element instead of keys rendered it cutting-edge technology, but it would look like a fat relic next to one of today's laptop computers. As for the "Magic Brain" mechanical calculator I carried around in junior high, thinking about it now just makes me laugh. I've actually seen ones just like it in antique stores.
Speaking of antiques, consider AT&T's Princess phone. Consumers lauded its compact design and the original model's illuminated rotary dial. But it doesn't exactly stack up next to the iPhone, which Apple introduced in 2007, a mere 13 years after production of the Princess ended. What's a lighted dial compared with a go-anywhere, quarter-inch-thick wireless device that connects to the Internet, lets you make free video calls and features Siri, who can provide at least six decent answers to your questions about the meaning of life?
Trading Princess phones for iPhones in a little more than a decade—that's quite a technological leap. But I can think of at least one such leap that was even bigger. That's the one that happened between December 1903, when Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first powered flight in Kitty Hawk, N.C., and August 1969, when Apollo 11 carried Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to the moon and back.
Think about it: 110 years ago this December, the Wright brothers thrilled the world by taking a 120-foot flight over a beach at 6.8 miles per hour—a flight that lasted 12 seconds, or about as long as it took you to read this sentence. And a mere 66 years later, when many people who'd been around for Kitty Hawk were still alive, astronauts flew almost a quarter of a million miles to the moon, landed, took a look around and returned safely to Earth.
That's what I call progress.
So now it's 2013. In 2035—just 22 years from now—as much time will have passed since the moon landing as went by from 1903 to 1969. By then, will humanity have achieved something that represents as big a leap from the moon landing as the moon landing did from the Wright brothers' flight? I sure hope so, but Siri, bizliners and even the space shuttle notwithstanding, I don't think we're quite there yet.


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ST. LOUIS -- Though he'll be doing so at the Major League minimum, John Lackey is "absolutely" going to honor the remainder of his contract and pitch for the Cardinals in 2015.
The guaranteed portion of the five-year, $82.5 million deal that Lackey signed with the Red Sox in 2009 is set to expire at the end of the season. Written into the contract, though, was a club-friendly option that triggered because he missed extensive time with an elbow injury. It was included as protection for the Red Sox, who knew the right-hander had a pre-existing issue with his elbow.
As a result the Cardinals can retain Lackey next season for a salary that should be just a bit over $500,000. There were reports earlier this season that Lackey would consider retiring if that club option wasn't nullified with an extension. Upon reporting to Busch Stadium on Friday, he said that wouldn't be the case.
"I'm absolutely going to [pitch]," Lackey said. "As long as I stay healthy, I'm going to."
The fact that he was dealt plays a role in that decision.
"Obviously, it was case by case," he said. "It would have been a harder decision other places, for sure, but this is definitely somewhere I wanted to be, and I'm excited about it."
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I don't know whose more obnoxious, Rose or LeBron.
Rose has...
1. Complained that the Pacers celebrated too much after a win, when he has Joakim Noah on his team
2. Complained that he literally is the only star player that doesn't get a lot of calls. First of all, I know all star players get calls but that is something you just should not even mention as a star player. Second of all I am sure the NBA is not singling out the star player from the big market Chicago Bulls.
3. He was cleared to play for 2-3 months and could have helped the Bulls in a possible playoff run but he decided to be selfish and not play.
4. His cousin took his ACT for him so he could get into Memphis
Rose is an absolute idiot, and you can tell he is an idiot just by the way he interviews.


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Chuck Kennedy wrote:What would you suggest the PDGA could do to change things other than encourage manufacturers to improve the baskets? The PDGA has no design engineers nor manufacturing capability. Yes, we could set specs for an official target. But what would those be without prototyping, testing over a long period and getting manufacturer buy-in?
Make it a contest where whichever manufacturer comes up with the best re-designed basket can put "official basket of the PDGA" on all their baskets.
That thought started out as a joke but now I'm half serious.


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'The loss hurts Buffalo's dwindling hopes to make up ground in the playoff race, and the road only gets harder in the coming weeks. The Sabres play six of their next seven games on the road and all will have playoff implications on the line. Buffalo plays at the New York Islanders and Rangers, Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, and Carolina in the next two weeks. The outcomes of these games may determine if the Sabres have a shot to recover ground and make the final playoff spot.'
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LEXINGTON, KY (April 23, 2016) – Skychai Racing's Da Big Hoss, under a ground-saving trip from Florent Geroux, held off a late bid from Kaigun to win the 31st...Read More
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I haven't been to this board in a while, but since posting on the PDGA DISCussion is now limited to members, I figure new players will be turning increasingly to this site for advice. I'm here to offer a little help with the sidearm shot. Although some of what follows will conflict with what Blake says, I hold him, his knowledge, and his contributions to the sport in the highest regard.
There is a lot of decent, but not complete, advice online about throwing sidearm. In particular, there are two misconceptions that I think hinder people from developing the shot to its potential. They are, in no particular order:
1. Throwing sidearm for power will ruin your elbow.
Not if your technique is good. I experimented with the Stokely method, and yes, it caused me considerable elbow pain. I think the culprit is the advice, "lead with your elbow". When I throw a good sidearm, my elbow doesn't do much work at all. It basically stays in position, tucked in tight, fully extended, or somewhere in between, depending on the throw. Yes, your elbow should lead your hand/disc, but it follows shoulders, chest, and hips, even on a low-power shot.
And then, and this is crucial, you must follow through. It's easy to tell if you're doing this right. If you are, you'll throw smooth, powerful shots. If you're not following through, you'll throw crappy shots that hurt your elbow.
2. Sidearm power comes from the arm.
This is dead wrong, and probably contributes to arm problems. Like every other kind of throw ever, sidearm power comes from effectively harnessing a weight shift. Think of it like a medieval trebuchet: A big, slow weight comes down, pulling a long arm with a sling attached to it up. With the leverage provided by the arm, that slow weight shift becomes a whipping action fast enough to launch a 500-lb. rock a quarter mile.
You can throw a 350-foot sidearm with no arm effort at all if your body mechanics are right. The arm is sort of a turbocharger – a boost you can give your throw after everything else works out properly. I need the extra arm effort to get out to 400', and I find it makes shorter shots a little more precise, but it's by no means the main power source of the throw.
I hope this helps people, at least a little. Someday I may get around to posting some video of myself, but otherwise, you're on your own as far as implementing this advice. The most important thing to remember is that if you want to develop a good sidearm, you have to throw it constantly, and focus on improving it. Reps aren't enough. You need to pay close attention to what you're doing and how it affects the flight of the disc.
Good luck.


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The talent level of the two isn't close. The significance of it from a basketball/baseball standpoint isn't close. And yes the cultural environment is nowhere near as hostile today to gays than it was towards people of color in Jackie's day.(I'm not equating Jason Collins' situation with Jackie Robinson, just pointing out the flaw in your logic)
But there IS a parallel here.
In terms of a young person of color or young gay person seeing that people like them can succeed in pro sports and overcome adversity and discrimination, they are both moves in the same direction.
I can almost guarantee you that there are numerous players in the Hall of Fame in all the major U.S. pro sports who were gay but never came out of the closet. If Collins' situation can gradually lead to another player here and there going public, and eventually get us to the point a few years down the road where it truly doesn't matter what a pro athlete's sexual orientation is, that will have been a positive thing. So yay.
I don't think anyone can argue that racial integration of pro sports wasn't a good development for overall race relations in the country. I hope/feel that more of this type of thing will have a similar positive impact on LGBT persons' status in the sports community.


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Thanks, appreciate that. Trying to get some Colts talk starting with camp right around the corner.
Good article. I expect Werner to shine. Hopefully he does. I'm really hoping the O-line takes a huge step in the right direction. It would be nice to see T-Rich get some holes and easy yards this year. That could really help to build his confidence. I really am hoping they are planning to utilize him more catching out of the back field. He was way underutilized in that aspect last year.
I agree with TRich being utilized in the passing game more. Anything to get him in the open field.
With all the LeBron stuff I completely forgot the Colts first preseason game is less than a month away!! Your a heck of a writer and you got me excited!
Thanks, I appreciate that!
For me, it's all about the running backs. If Holmes, Thomas, and Thornton can hold down the middle, and the three backs can stay healthy and play well, I think we can make a Super Bowl run and have one of the best offenses in the league.


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The Reds fans at Wrigley tonight howling was hilarious. The way our park used to be full of rowdy, drunk Cubs fans a few years ago, it's nice to see Wrigley almost empty, with a lot of howling Reds fans.
Especially if Broxton becomes the closer. His song is Ozzy's "Bark at the Moon"


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Cally over at Country Gate Gardens has kindly and quickly penned the first, on the subject of holiday watering...
|Grouping pots together in bowls of water is one option to keep your plants happy whilst you're away on holiday
When Cliff Richard boarded that red London bus and started singing, it was all too apparent that here was no gardener. Anyone who has more than a pot of tomatoes to worry about at this time of year would not have been able to head off to Greece with such abandon. I remember only one extended holiday when I was growing up. Every sunny day on the beach or sightseeing was punctuated with mutterings from my mother about whether Aunty Betty had remembered to water the greenhouse.
In contrast I am relatively relaxed about the holiday watering regime. With a bit of planning and organisation most gardens will survive quite happily in your absence. Here are my top tips...
- Get your plants in training. Giving them a good soak every few days is SO much better than little and often. It encourages the roots to push down deep and become well-developed. Then they'll stand a much better chance of finding water in a dry spell.
- Try to ensure that all your plants are well established before you go away so no sowing ten days before you're jetting off. Seedlings are not going to survive a fortnight's neglect. I know - thanks to years of dealing with the burgeoning school garden during the Easter break.
- Soak your plants thoroughly just before you go away and mulch to ensure that the soil holds onto the moisture for longer. Use well-rotted manure, compost, bark chippings, leaf mould, shredded comfrey leaves, straw or newspaper. Don't worry about drought-tolerant plants. They'll be fine. And don't bother about the lawn. Grass will recover from even the most severe drought once the rain falls.
- Heat sensitive plants like salads, which are prone to bolting will benefit from shading. Use green netting. Container grown plants can be moved into the shade.
- Dig out that old paddling pool, put it in the shade, fill with a few inches of water and leave your containers in it for the duration of your holiday. Houseplants can be placed in the bath.
- You can rig up a homemade irrigation system. I sink porous pots next to big plants and fill them with water. This allows water to seep slowly to the roots. Plastic bottles with a pinhole pricked in the bottom are less aesthetically pleasing but do the job just as well. Or invest in a soaker hose like this one.
- Quadgrow's self-watering pots get the thumbs up from a friend of mine keeping thirsty tomato plants healthy for a fortnight. [NB there's lots of suppliers, so Google quadgrow and look for the best deal - Ed]
- For the really upmarket option check out Rainwater Gardening
Or you could just rely on your Aunty Betty.
Thanks Cally for a great post! Our neighbours have kindly agreed to substitute for Aunty Betty this year ;)
Do you have any top tips to add? Leave them in the Comments below. I also have guest post spots available on growing salads using hydroponics or the hotbox technique. Drop me an email on vegplotting at gmail dot com if you can help.


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Facebook Card is an actual card -- one that looks and feels just like your credit and debit cards -- that can be used to redeem actual merchandise. The really interesting thing is that you can maintain balances from different retailers on the one card.
Here's how it works, according to Facebook: First you select a gift or a store from the Gift Cards & Digital category, then choose an amount of money you want to spend and complete your purchase. The recipient of the gift will be notified instantly about the gift, and the Facebook Card will be mailed to the person a few days later. As soon as the Facebook Card arrives, the person can use the card at the retailer you've chosen for the amount you've designated. Once someone has received a card, any additional gifts from you or others will be added to it. Facebook said a card can hold multiple gift balances for different stores, restaurants and services. For example, said a Facebook blog post about the card, "you might have gift balances of $100 at Sephora, $75 at Target, $50 at Olive Garden, and $8.25 at Jamba Juice.
What does all this mean in practice? Well, think about this past holiday season. How many different gift cards did you and/or family members receive? Was it hard to keep track of them? Are there some you haven't even used yet? Are there some you will never use? Having everything in one place seems like it will be hugely appealing for both gift givers and gift getters. Making things even more efficient, gift balances for the Facebook Card can be viewed from a mobile or desktop system, and Facebook will provide notification when balances change by sending real-time notification to a user's phone.
This seems very simple but devilishly clever. If Facebook can get enough businesses to jump on board -- and enough of the right businesses (think retailers that appeal to people who get a lot of gift cards, such as teenagers, teachers, and so on) -- Facebook becomes an easy one-stop shop for gift cards. This could not only drive sales for businesses that participate but potentially increase registrations for and use of Facebook.
Facebook said the ability to send a Facebook Card gift will roll out gradually to users in the United States.
What do you think of the idea of a Facebook Card? Would you gift one? Want to receive one? Please let us know in the comments section below.
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I believe that this is another smart move by Facebook to keep up on the top of the tech world. They have a viable business idea and it will work, even it doesnGt. What I mean by that is that Facebook has such a large user database that the law of averages will kick in and the result will be success even if the product isnGt that great. It is hard to judge the popularity of an item when the amount of people in the poll infinite. I do however think that this will be a success based upon the cards functionality.
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I think it will be partly dependent on the variety of stores they can sign up. Also, if they can offer favorable fees compared to say, visa or amex, it might work. A really interesting concept might be to enable smaller local chains to join and advertise sales for cardholders. That would take advantage of the program and FB's extreme localization capability.


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TALLADEGA, Ala. — Earnhardt Ganassi Racing will try to use existing sponsors and find some new ones next year to replace its 18-race sponsorship from Bass Pro Shops.
Bass Pro Shops, which is moving to Stewart-Haas Racing, could even continue its sponsorship in a reduced role.
The outdoor apparel and equipment company has sponsored Jamie McMurray since 2010 but announced Friday that it would sponsor Tony Stewart for 18 races beginning in 2013, leaving EGR looking for sponsorship for McMurray.
"We've got a great relationship with them," EGR president Steve Lauletta said of Bass Pro Shops. "Obviously they made a business decision to move a majority of what they're going to do primary-wise on the Cup side over to Tony. … We're working through (our relationship) right now.
"The primary sponsorship is what we're talking about collectively and leaning towards. How many races that (will be) is to be determined. They value the relationship with our team; they value the partnership with Jamie."
McDonald's, LiftMaster, Banana Boat and other companies have sponsored McMurray's car in 2012. McMurray, who won three Sprint Cup races in 2010, including the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400, is 20th in the Cup standings.
"We've been lucky enough to have another great brand on our car in McDonald's — they're going to have the ability to look at some race markets that they haven't been able to in the past and some big races like the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard," Lauletta said.
"As far as partners, I think we're going to be just fine."
With McMurray and Juan Pablo Montoya being fully sponsored recent years, it has limited the organization's ability to bring in new companies for significant primary sponsorship, Lauletta said.
"(McMurray's car) will be companies that have been with our team in either primary or associate roles and there's a number of new companies that we've been talking to that have shown interest in doing primary races, and we haven't had the ability to deliver on those," Lauletta said.


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Berkshire Buys Rest of Iscar for $2.05 Billion
Buffett's Group Already Owns 80% of the Israeli Metalworking Company
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. agreed to pay $2.05 billion to purchase the remaining piece of an Israeli metalworking company that it had acquired a stake in seven years ago.
Berkshire is buying the remaining 20% stake in IMC International Metalworking Cos., called Iscar, from the Wertheimer family, the founders of the company. They had sold the first 80% to Berkshire for $4 billion in 2006, meaning the company doubled in...


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Best retriever of a sausage? It's a dog show, but not as we know it
9:26am Tuesday 3rd June 2014
By Vickie Scullard
9:26am Tuesday 3rd June 2014
By Vickie Scullard
PAMPERED pooches put their best paws forward at a charity dog show on Sunday afternoon.
About 125 dogs of all shapes, sizes and breeds strutted their stuff in a number of categories all vying to become top dog.
There were prizes for Best Small Dog, Best Large Dog, Best Puppy, Best Retriever of a Sausage and 'Scrufts' — Crufts for canines that aren't quite as well presented.
The show was arranged by Friends of Turton Tower, an organisation which raises funds to keep the tower open to the public.
Almost £1,000 was raised from the event, which also saw archery, a home-made cake stand and various local charity stalls including the Bolton branch of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People and Crowthorn Animal Sanctuary in Edgworth.
Treasurer Grainger Nelson said: "The whole reason that we have done this is to raise money for Turton Tower, which has been under threat of closure for quite some time.
"It was a fantastic event which saw 125 dogs take part.
"The funniest event was the retrieve a sausage category — I think this was the first time in five years that a dog has actually retrieved it and not eaten it first.
"The cake stall was really popular — I think they raised £400 by themselves."
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Hickersonia wrote:I honestly hope they are very happy together and experience as little stress as possible in their marriage. Perhaps they both might yet put an end to suffering in this life? Who knows?
hermitwin wrote:As a monk, you enter into a contract with the
people who support you.
A monk is a teacher, a role model and an inspirational figure.
To say that a monk who disrobes and marries the woman he loves
is just a career change or he does not owe an explanation to
his supporters means that you do not understand the role
a monk plays in his community and the unique nature of
the relationship between a monk and his followers.
Quite different from Anne Heche declaring she was gay
and then not gay, and went on to marry a man.
forestmat wrote:Maybe to 'clear' his/her name, two books are due out next week in Thailand
"Mitsuo Shibahashi, formerly known as Phra Mitsuo Gavesako, will launch two new books that promise to tell all about why he left the monkhood after almost 40 years to pursue a married life."
Furthermore, bhikkhus, that person in which an individual has confidence has forsaken the order. He thinks thus: 'This person who is dear and charming to us has forsaken the order'. He does not keep companionship with other fellow bhikkhus. Not keeping companionship with other bhikkhus, he doesn't hear the proper Dhamma. Not hearing the proper Dhamma, he falls away from the proper Dhamma. This, bhikkhus, is the fourth danger of placing confidence in an individual.
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tiltbillings wrote:Why he disrobed is none of our damned business.
Sekha wrote:Actions tell more than words. He can write 100 books, it won't change the facts.
Sekha wrote:I meant the fact that he disrobed to marry someone speaks by itself. There is no need for any explanation. And no one should ask for any, because either it reveals an attachment to the outcome of generosity, and an inferior motivation thereof, or it is involvement in what is none of our business.
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It's no secret that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, and the same can be said of women, especially when cooking with amorous ingredients. This February, get close in the kitchen and heat things up with some of my favorite romance-inducing dishes like this chocolate-bottom crème brulee recipe.
This unique recipe for crème brulee is taken from our Chemistry in the Kitchen couples' cooking class in San Diego, held in Baleen's exhibition kitchen overlooking Mission Bay. You're bound to fall in love with this Valentine's Day dessert recipe that uses the sensual flavors of vanilla beans and chocolate to stir up romance in both the body and mind.
Yields 6 servings
Chocolate Bottom:
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ½ cup corn syrup
- 2 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ¼ pound unsalted butter
Crème Brulee Custard:
- 1 quart heavy cream
- 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped
- 6 large egg yolks at room temperature
- 2 quarts hot water
- 1 cup vanilla sugar (Place one vanilla bean submerged in granulated sugar for two weeks or more.)
Chocolate Bottom Recipe:
Place chocolate and butter in a stainless steel bowl. Pour ½ cup of water into a medium size pot that bowl of chocolate and butter can sit on top of. Turn the heat to medium and melt chocolate via double boiler method. In another stainless steel bowl add cream and syrup and let sit till it's a room temperature. Once the chocolate and butter have melted, whisk the chocolate and butter mixture together to form ganache. Once the chocolate and butter have been well mixed together, pour the cream and syrup into the chocolate, slowly folding both mixtures together with a rubber spatula. Mix the mixture well until it looks like thick chocolate syrup. Using six ramekins, pour 1 to 2 ounces of the chocolate sauce into each ceramic dish. Once done, place in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 hours or until chocolate hardens. This can be done two to three days in advance.
Crème Brulee Custard Recipe:
Preheat the oven to 325*. Place the cream, vanilla bean and its pulp into a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat, cover and allow to sit for 15 minutes. Remove the vanilla bean and reserve for another use. In a medium bowl, whisk together ½ cup sugar and the egg yolks until well blended. Add the cream a little at a time, stirring continually and taking care not to scramble the egg yolks with the warm cream. Pull out the chilled chocolate ceramic baking dishes and place them in a large cake or roasting pan. Pour the liquid custard into ceramic baking dishes with the chilled chocolate bottom. Pour enough hot water into the pan to come halfway up the sides of the ceramic baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil and bake just until custard is set but still trembles in the center, approximately 40 to 45 minutes. Remove the ceramic baking dishes from the roasting pan and refrigerate for at least 6 hours and up to 3 days. Remove from the refrigerator at least 30 minutes prior to browning the sugar on top. Divide the remaining ½ cup vanilla sugar equally among the 6 dishes and spread evenly on top. Using a torch, melt the sugar and form a crispy top. Allow the crème brulee to sit at least 5 minutes before breaking into.


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Story Of 4-Year-Old Lafayette Boy Overcoming Birth Defect To Be Told To International Audience On EWTN
An inspiring story about Eli Judice, how he is overcoming spina bifida and is now leading a very normal life, will be told to the world Thursday night on EWTN.
Spina bifida, according to dictionary.com, is "a congenital neural tube defect in which part of the meninges or spinal cord protrudes through the spinal column, often resulting in neurological impairment." But, his father Chad, a teacher at St. Thomas More in Lafayette, says his son is now doing well. He has already written two popular pro-life books, titled "WAITING FOR ELI: A Father's Journey from Fear to Faith" and "ELI'S REACH: On the Value of Human Life and the Power of Prayer." Now, he will get to tell an international audience on the program called "The World Over," with Raymond Arroyo. It's a program that's estimated to reach 100 million viewers.
With Eli's story becoming so well-known, he has become a symbol of the pro-life movement not only in Louisiana but in several parts of the U.S.
"The World Over" starts at 7:00 p.m CST. The program will be re-run on Friday at 8:00 a.m. CST, Sunday at 6:00 p.m. CST and Monday at 9:00 p.m. CST.


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I sat down to the evening news. That's not always the best thing to do if you want to unwind for the day, which was my intent.
'Even paranoids have enemies'
- Golda Meir,
Prime Minister of Israel
I love quotes. Most say simple truths in a few words. Others are totally misleading.
Take this one in the misleading category for instance: "Girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice." Bull hockey! I've been to a few girls' grade school basketball games. I think I've seen a few moves made on the court that are in the Marine Corps Close-Quarter Combat Manual.
We are young"
- Fun.
It's 7 a.m. on any given weekday, and the regular crowd shuffles in. No one asks where to sit; it's been settled by habit over the years.
I'm at the retirement facility in Lubbock, Texas, where my mom and dad live. And on this day, I join my dad's breakfast bunch. This morning Dad, age 89, is undergoing a knee replacement while Mom, 92, waits in their apartment.
"Never give in and never give up."
- Hubert H. Humphrey
America loves a winner.
But do you know what they love even more?
It's the underdog.
The fighter.
The guy that faces impossible odds but keeps getting up no matter how many times he gets knocked down to the mat.
We watch in awe and amazement from the sidelines of life as we constantly take the measure of these people and put their lives on the scale with our own. Each time we come up short on our end.
Moriah Hourigan
(Editor's note: This column was used with permission from the RaiderView, a student newspaper at Lindsey Wilson College, where it was originally published on Oct. 11).
I am bi-racial. My mother is white; my father is black. My entire life, I have been exiled as the "other."
I always had too curly hair and too dark of a skin tone to be friends with the white kids. I had hair that was too straight and skin that was too light to be friends with the black kids.
Hillary C. Wright
Guest Columnist
With the latest crop of college graduates out pounding the pavement in their job search, you've probably heard the generalizations and seen the hesitation of many employers in the hiring of the millennial. This new generation has been identified by so many undesirable traits that it seems nearly impossible to overcome the reputation.
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst, for they are sticking to their diets."
- Unknown Author
Let's face it. Fast food and diets don't belong in the same sentence.
Still, I once developed a plan to limit my fast food intake and save money. It seemed foolproof but ended up backfiring on me.
She lowered her eyes as if she were too ashamed to look at me. Her quivering voice revealed the emotional pain she was experiencing: "Pastor, what those people are saying about me just isn't true."
There's something about October that makes it just right for tales about the supernatural, the unexplained and things that go "bump" in the night. It makes you pull the covers over your head, check under the bed and double-check all your locks on the doors around the house when the moon is full and the wind is coldly blowing.
Still, everybody loves a good story that sends a few shivers down your back and make your neck hairs stand up.
A lot of people have been up in arms over the last week after the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) issued a directive on postgame handshakes.
Columnists throughout Kentucky and even sports writers across the nation and ESPN have gotten in on the conversation.
For the most part, the sentiment has been harsh against the KHSAA, criticizing them for taking away the most traditional sign of sportsmanship in amateur athletics.
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It's also from the Indianapolis Star, but I just saw it this morning. While I understand not wanting to lose, we're talking about your second best player coming off a surgery where there was no certainty he'd even be able to play again. Given the injury history of this franchise, particularly concerning knees, I think it's foolish to say that you're going to ignore doctor's advice in order to try to win a game that isn't going to matter much the way this team is playing. I feel like it shows a lack of respect for your players, and sends a message that you feel like winning the game is more important than their health/safety.
With comments like these, it's not surprising that JOB might be losing this team.


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SAN FRANCISCO - One of the most spirited all-star debates in years is about to heat up even more.
Major League Baseball on Saturday announced that Dodgers rookie sensation Yasiel Puig is among five players in the running for a Final Vote selection.
Puig has put up monstrous numbers in a historic first month that's catapulted the Dodgers back into a pennant race, but his 31-game career resume is probably the thinnest of anyone who's garnered serious consideration for an all-star selection.
"If he continues playing the way he has I think he does" deserve to play in the all-star game, Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said.
"If you're trying to put the best players on the field, at least the first four weeks, give me somebody who's been better.
"It's no longer an exhibition. It's a game that gives a league the right to home field (advantage) in the fall classic."
As expected, Dodgers 2011 Cy Young award winner Clayton Kershaw was named to his third straight all-star team. First baseman Adrian Gonzalez and Puig are among five Final Vote selections.
Puig is batting .407 (50 for 123) with eight homers, 19 RBIs. Gonzalez is hitting .296 with 13 homers and 53 RBIs and has a .845 OPS.
Kershaw (7-5) leads the league with a 1.93 ERA and is second with 126 strikeouts. His 0.93 WHIP (walks and hits per inning) is the league's second lowest.
Colletti said Kershaw's selection is "well deserved."
"Every day I see him he's working to get better, whether it's the day he starts or the four days in between," Colletti said.
The online fan vote for a final all-star selection ends on Thursday at 1 p.m. PDT. The Final Vote started after Major League Baseball announced its rosters Saturday afternoon.
Also on the Final Vote ballot are Washington Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond, Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman, and San Francisco Giants outfielder Hunter Pence.
Ryu reacts to crash
Hyun-Jin Ryu watched news coverage of the deadly crash at San Francisco International Airport involving a flight that originated in his native South Korea in the Dodgers clubhouse before Saturday's game.
At least two people were killed and dozens more injured when the Asiana Airlines flight crashed on a landing strip about 13 miles south of AT&T Park.
"It's obviously very unfortunate," Ryu said through a translator. "Whether it's a Korean plane or not, it's a very unfortunate incident."


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10 Amazing Room Before-and-Afters
The house merges indoors with outdoors. On her front terrace, antiques dealer Jeannette Whitson designed a Charleston-inspired secret garden enclosed by pear trees espaliered on a trellis. An arched window adds architectural interest.
A slatted door leads from the street to a covered entry in front of the foyer. Encaustic tiles mimic a rug.
What's on Your Vanity, Madeline Weinrib?


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Feliciano says Mets camp 'feels like home'
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Looking back, Pedro Feliciano still does not believe that overuse contributed to the shoulder injury that derailed his career. He was, after all, the one asking to be overused.
"I never felt tight," Feliciano said of his most recent stint with the Mets, from 2006-10. "I never felt fatigued. I was always ready. I always wanted to pitch. I can't say that I was ever overused. I remember going to manager [Jerry Manuel] and saying, 'I want to pitch. I want to break my record. I wanted to pitch in all the games.'"
In 2008, Feliciano set the franchise record for appearances, with 86, then reset it with 88 appearances in 2009 and 92 in '10. He parlayed that durability into a lucrative two-year contract from the Yankees, but he never pitched across town due to a shoulder injury that required surgery.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said at the time that Feliciano was "abused" during his tenure with the Mets; Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen revealed that his club did not pursue Feliciano in part because of the heavy workload.
Stung by those comments, Feliciano sought out Warthen upon arriving in camp on Monday, after rejoining the club on a Minor League contract. The left-hander said that Warthen did not apologize for his comments, nor did he need to.
"It was just stuff that I heard that he said, but who cares?" said Feliciano, who will earn $1 million plus incentives if he makes the team. "We're friends. He wants to help me, and I'll be here for him to help me."
As for being back in Port St. Lucie following a two-year absence, Feliciano admitted that he never expected to return.
"It feels weird," he said. "But it feels like home."


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He has been crushed on here , sometimes with me leading the charge. There were times he deserved our frustration and at times maybe a little over the top, but...... Its time to give him his well deserved props for his play over the past 5 games.
This is not to demean A.J. Price or Lance Stephenson, the two players whose roles increased while Hill was out. Price, in particular, represented himself well. It took a couple of games to shake off the rust from the end of the bench, but Price has come around nicely, averaging 9.8 points, 2.6 assists and .485 shooting in the last five games


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Traffic Rules During Power Outages
Traffic Rules during Power Outages
When there is a power outage or disruption, do you know what to do? When drivers understand, and obey, the following rules, intersections will be easier to navigate while the lights and signals aren't working.
What do I do when the power goes out?
What do I do when the traffic lights are on flash?
What do I do when the power goes out?
- Treat each traffic light as a four-way stop, with the driver on the right having the right-of-way.
- Proceed with caution only when traffic permits.
- Enter intersections only when it is safe to do so, using turn signals to let other motorists know your intentions.
- Use extreme caution in school zones.
- As always, yield to pedestrians in crosswalks.
- Watch out for and obey police officers directing traffic within intersections.
- Don't use the emergency number 9-1-1 to report a power outage.
- Call your local power provider to report outages.
What do I do when the traffic lights are on flash?
- For flashing red, stop. (treat like a stop sign)
- For flashing yellow, proceed with caution.


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Urinary Disorders
High level of pus cells in urine
I am a male, 40 years old. I had a series of urine tests lately. My pus cells level is at 10-12phf. Antibiotics were prescribed for 7 days. I took ciprofloxazin. However, afterward, I had a urinalysis again, but the pus cells level has not gone down. What could be the cause for it? What causes having a high level of pus cells in my urine?
You should follow up with your physician and have a urine culture performed and you should be examined. Depending on your symptoms and the findings of the culture, further cultures, or imaging studies can be performed. The most common cause of pus cells in the urine is an infection which could be in the prostate, bladder, or perhaps kidney.
Donald R Bodner, MD
Professor of Urology
School of Medicine
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Committeewoman Carol Bianchi
Ms. Bianchi has served on the Township Committee since 08/27/2013 and was Mayor in 2016. She has been a resident of Bernards Township since 2001 with husband Rich. They have 4 children
attending Ridge High School, William Annin Middle School and Cedar Hill.
Education: Graduate of Rutgers University, 1992 magna cum laude graduate of Seton Hall Law School. She is
also a 2010 graduate of Leadership Somerset, where she led a project to increase recreational use and stewardship
of Somerset County's rivers.
Ms. Bianchi's community service includes: serving on the Planning Board since 2010, being Vice Chairperson
2011-2012 and Chairperson 2012-2013. She also has served on the Zoning Board and Environmental Commission.
She was an organizer and co-leader of a citizens group "Citizens for a Clean and Safe Millington Quarry".
Ms. Bianchi volunteered as president and public relations coordinator and PTO liaison for William Annin Middle
School Athletic Organization and also as parent liaison to the District Curriculum Committee, and is a St. James
Parish Volunteer and Republican Campaign Volunteer
Professional Career: Interned in Johnson & Johnson's Government Affairs department, worked as a legal publisher,
clerked for a New Jersey Chancery Equity judge, and practiced general and employment litigation at Riker Danzig
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CHIPPENHAM Town chief Mark Collier thought his side were unfortunate to be stung by a Hungerford Town comeback on Easter Monday.
The Bluebirds looked to have put a huge dent in their Berkshire rivals' play-off ambitions after leading 2-0 at Hardenhuish Park but a second-half onslaught eventually saw the visitors flip the clash on its head.
Collier was still keen to focus on the positives from his team's display, particularly after a below-par performance at Hitchin Town two days earlier.
"We went to Hitchin in good heart, the pitch was good, the weather was good and everything was ready for us to go and play our game," said the Hardenhuish Park boss.
"We asked the players after the game for their excuses and one of them actually said 'there are no excuses', which just about summed it up.
"We were disappointed about that and bringing one of the play-off contenders to our ground a few days later, we expected a response and a reaction, and we did get that.
"But unfortunately, they were disappointed because they gave their all and it wasn't good enough to win.
"There are a lot of positives to take out of the game for us and for next season but sometimes we have to make sure that we're mentally stronger when things are going against us."
Jake Harris couldn't apply the finishing touch to Joe McClennan's pass whilst Corey King shot straight at Hungerford keeper Paul Strudley early on while at the other end, Luke Brewer's strike was clawed away by Kent Kauppinen before Stefan Brown headed wide.
But a scorching counter-attack saw King race down the pitch before setting up striker Harris to poke home his first Chippenham goal.
On the stroke of half-time, the Bluebirds grabbed a second goal as McClennan found King, who again laid the ball on a plate for Harris to find the net again.
But ten minutes into the second period, Hungerford's Brown nodded into the corner from a Dean Stow delivery to reduce the deficit.
The visitors piled on the pressure and resurrected their promotion push with two goals in two minutes.
James Clark smacked a volley from the edge of the area, which keeper Kauppinen couldn't stop trickling over the line, before Stow side-footed a shot onto the far post.
The ball bounced back to the Crusaders man and he clipped a cross to the far post, allowing Brown to turn and scoop an effort into the bottom corner to complete the comeback.
CHIPPENHAM TOWN: Kent Kauppinen, Harley Purnell, Pete Monks, Iain Harvey, Jon Beeden, Greg Tindle (c), Joe McClennan (Jake Simpson 86), Shane Blackmore, Corey King (Tyron Leigh 59), Jake Harris, James Guthrie.
Sub not used: Ben John.
Attendance: 369.


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|IF YOU'VE SEEN THE MOVIE, SEE THE MUSICAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!If you are planning to see a musical pick HAIRSPRAY! It is a great play for petes sake!!! SEE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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HAIRSPRAY: What an experience!,
|reviewer: Grant Pastor from New York, USA
|HAIRSPRAY is most deffinetly my most beloved musical ever, and trust me, I have seen many! HAIRSPRAY is always a new and fresh experience, time after time again I see the show. I have seen HAIRSPRAY 3 Times, Including at the Neil Simon Theatre. Lsitening to the Soundtrack, Playing the songs- whether be singing or clarinet, or listening to the soundtrack, It seems new and even more enchanting than the 1st! I highly rcommend this for anyone who likes to laugh, cry, and feel good in a show. If you like warm, big, splashy, and new things, try HAIRSPRAY!- and i tell you this now- You WONT Regret it!- Grant Pastor
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|reviewer: Anita S. from Erie, PA USA
|This is the best show I have ever seen. Its awesome if you're looking for that show were you just want to get up there and start dancing and singing yourself. Great for mothers and daughters. Two thumbs way up!!!!
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|reviewer: Arthur & Yvonne Johnson from UK
|We were bought tickets for this wonderful show when we visited NY, and it blew our heads off. We can't praise the show enough. All the cast were absolutely excellent, the settings were magical, the energy and vibrancy were totally infectious, the production is superb, and we - the audience- loved it. If anyone is wanting to see a show that will lift their spirits, that will inspire, that will add to the enjoyment of their life, then this is the show that they must see.We had the cd beforehand and so had heard and learned the songs, but to see the dancing/acting AND the singing was magnificent. I musy say though that to be able to sing along with Darlene Love about Pecan Pie was one of the highlights for me.Don't forget the Theatre Staff either. The guy in the booking office went out of his way to check about our tickets, and he epitomised the concern shown by all the staff.So folks, JUST SEE IT !Bathe in the warmth of the show and feel the afterglow for days afterwards.
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Unbelievable Cast! Unbelievable Show!,
|reviewer: Amy Snow from Fort Lauderdale, FL USA
|I cannot believe how incredible the show was! I had heard so much about the current Tracy (Shannon Durig) and was hoping she would not be on vacation or something! She was on and she was amazing! Her powerful and beautiful voice was incredible. The dance moves were great! There was so much energy on stage I was exhausted by the time I left, just watching them! Of course Ashley Parker-Angel was surprisingly exceptional! The entire cast just seemed to mesh! I know there are a lot of shows on Broadway, but if you have the chance to see this one, you really should. The cast came out after the show and signed autographs for about 50 fans! From what I have seen so far in trailers for teh movie due out in July, which I am sure will be good...but it so so much fun to watch it LIVE!!! You just Can't Stop The Beat!!!!
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When I was a girl, my friends and I liked to play house. First, we would decide which Beatle we'd be married to and then we'd name our children. Looking back, the names we chose — Cathy, Patty, Theresa, Thomas, Joseph — were pretty traditional.
Today, it seems that many people choose baby names that are exotic or unusual. That might be true or it might be that now we hear names we never would have before the dawn of social media. Twenty-five years ago would we have had a reason to know baby North West?
I have been working with newborn babies and their moms since I was 16 years old. During those years I have heard a lot of baby names and seen a number of naming trends. As a result, I've developed some recommendations. For example:
Remember, your baby's name is going to follow him or her through life. It will appear on his or her resume. He or she will likely have to explain how you came up with it — in some cases over and over again.
Whatever you decide, I can guarantee this: I will always think your baby is beautiful and that the name you choose is perfect for your baby.
Mary M. Murry, R.N., C.N.M.
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Second Life only uses the first joystick-type device it finds. It finds the 3DxWare emulation joystick before it finds the native SpaceNavigator, so it tries to use that, which doesn't work well.
To work with Second Life, you have to Disable the 3Dconnexion emulation Joystick. After this, SL will use the native 3D mouse.
You also have to define a special profile for Second Life.
The steps are:
1) Start the Device Manager and find the "HID-compliant game controller" that has an ID Value of HID/3DXKMJ_HIDMINI&Col03 (Properties->Details->Hardware Ids).
2) Disable that device (Properties->Driver->Disable).
3) Create a profile for Second Life using the 3DMouse template.
4) Edit that new profile with notepad. Change
5) Restart Second Life.
6) Make sure you Enable your 3D mouse at the top of in Second Life->Me->Preferences->Move & View->Other Devices.
You have to reenable your emulation joystick in the Device Manager to play other games that use the joystick interface.


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Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid
The Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid concept showcases new developments in plug-in, range-extended electric propulsion, new electronic technologies to enhance driver involvement, the adaptability of the Lotus Versatile Vehicle Architecture (VVA) that underpins the Evora 414E Hybrid and a dramatic new roof system and interior concept from Lotus Design.
The Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid structure is the same award-winning, versatile vehicle architecture used on the Lotus Evora. The low volume architecture was designed with the utmost flexibility in mind.
Lotus Engineering has developed a highly efficient, high performance drivetrain system consisting of twin motors each limited to providing 152 kW (207 PS) of power and 400 Nm (295 lb/ft) of torque to each wheel via independent, single speed, reduction transmissions integrated into a single housing, enabling torque vectoring dynamic control of the vehicle (the capacity to generate different torques at each of the driving wheels), this is particularly suited to electric vehicles and significantly reduces the conflict between stability and response.
- 0-60 mph (97 kph) in 4.4 seconds
- Total hybrid range of over 300 miles (483 km)
- Eco mode or Sports mode featuring realistic 7 speed paddle shift with energy recuperation
- HALOsonic internal and external electronic sound synthesis
- Torque vectoring for improved dynamic stability
The Evora 414E Hybrid provides less of a psychological step change for people familiar with high performance cars compared to other electric and hybrid sports cars. The car has a simulated paddle shift gear change offering ultra quick gear changes reminiscent of a dual clutch transmission.
This enhances the driver interaction with the vehicle and provides a driving experience similar to current internal combustion engine high performance sports cars. The Evora 414E Hybrid uses a column mounted paddle shift to simulate the gear change and a synthesised engine sound changes frequency with virtual gear selection. The drive torque is also modulated to simulate a physical feeling of a gearshift jolt. The virtual gearshift simulation, like a conventional gearbox, is used to change the driving characteristics and response of the vehicle.
The most significant aspect that this offers the driver is the ability to control the vehicle deceleration by simulating engine braking through a virtual downshift in gears. Unlike true engine braking, the Lotus system does not dissipate the energy of the moving vehicle through internal engine friction but uses the electric motors to regenerate the energy back into the battery. While many electric and hybrid vehicles provide engine braking, this is generally at a fixed rate or pre-selected rate. In some driving situations this can either be too aggressive, slowing the vehicle unnecessarily, or too light, requiring additional braking application.
The Lotus system effectively allows the driver to select the appropriate level of regeneration by simulating stepping down by one, two or even three gears. The simulation of engine braking through both the gear noise change and the retardation of the vehicle is fully intuitive to a driver familiar with a conventional gearbox. The simulated gear change capability can be selected for greater driving involvement or switched off for more relaxed driving.
The vehicle energy storage system is made up of the latest Lithium Polymer battery chemistry providing 14.4 kWh energy storage capacity. The battery pack is optimised for energy density, efficiency and high power demand, with over 300 kW discharge capability. For everyday commuting journeys, up to 35 miles can be travelled using battery power. The battery can be charged overnight using a conventional domestic mains supply through a socket concealed by the rear number plate. This permits the vehicle to operate with zero tailpipe emissions. For longer journeys, exceeding the battery capacity, the highly efficient Lotus Range Extender engine is used as a generator to supply the motor with electrical power and top up the battery.
The cutaway hybrid Evora 414Evolution exhibit demonstrates Lotus Engineering's technical expertise in: lightweight architectures, efficient performance, driving dynamics and electrical and electronic integration. The new intelligent HALOsonic system is displayed in the cutaway hybrid Evora 414Evolution exhibit along with the supercharged Lotus Range Extender.
HALOsonic: Sound Technology with Vision
The system on this latest version of HALOsonic , a collaboration between HARMAN and Lotus uses a single camera to determine the distance, trajectory and speed of pedestrians and other road users, calculating the risk of collision by comparing this information with the car's path. The new HALOsonic system uses this data to actively control the volume of the External Sound Synthesis to warn pedestrians of the vehicle's location, thereby improving pedestrian safety and reducing noise pollution. Under certain conditions the system will generate an audible and visual warning for the driver using the Internal Sound Synthesis and instrument panel.
The new active system is optimised to operate in urban environments where there is the greatest risk of a collision with a pedestrian. It is calibrated to actively control the volume and pitch of the sound synthesised while the vehicle is travelling from 0-75 km/h, continually evaluating the risk of a pedestrian collision and operating in an area up to 60 metres ahead of the vehicle. All of the HALOsonic systems are designed to use low levels of power and with the new active version there will be less power consumed as the system will only increase the volume when there is a risk of an impact.
Governments around the world have acknowledged the increased risk posed by almost silent vehicles and are in the process of drawing up legislation to compel car manufacturers to equip vehicles with pedestrian warning systems like the HALOsonic system.