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Dirks hits RBI single in rehab reboot
DETROIT -- Outfielder Andy Dirks restarted his rehab assignment Saturday at Triple-A Toledo, going 1-for-3 with an RBI single and two strikeouts while playing five innings in left field.
It began the third different rehab stint for Dirks, who missed just over a week with a hamstring strain in his rehab from back surgery. Dirks told John Wagner of the Toledo Blade that he has had to remain patient through the stops and starts.
"They've been patient," Dirks told The Blade about the Tigers. "They understand that a body heals in its own time. We've been heading in the right direction. It's taken a little longer than I'd like it to, but at the end of the day I have to be healthy to perform."
If Dirks can stay healthy, he'll be on track for a potential September callup.
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Fredi: Don't assume Garcia in Braves' rotation
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Freddy Garcia did everything he could to convince the Braves he is worth the $1.5 million guarantee he will receive if he learns he is on Atlanta's Opening Day roster by Monday's deadline.
But after Garcia limited the Mets to an unearned run and two hits over 5 1/3 innings during Sunday's 4-1 victory, Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez would not commit to guaranteeing the 37-year-old right-hander will begin the season in his rotation.
"We'll see," Gonzalez said. "I wouldn't assume anything. His performance today was good, though. We've still got four or five days, so a lot of things could still happen."
There is always a chance the Braves could acquire another starting pitcher via a trade or a waiver-wire move at some point this week. But by the time Monday concludes, they need to tell Garcia whether he will be placed on Atlanta's roster to begin the season.
If Garcia does not receive this guarantee, he would likely opt out of the Minor League contract he signed in January. While he's willing to be used as a starter or reliever at the big league level, he has repeatedly said he has no desire to pitch at the Minor League level.
"If they want to keep me here, they keep me," Garcia said. "If not, that's something that's not in my hands. I did my job, and now it's a decision they have to make."
Garcia has been effective in three of the five starts he has made during the Grapefruit League season. The first of the two disappointing outings he completed was influenced by the pressure he faced as he pitched while his wife was in labor at a Miami-area hospital.
While Garcia might not be effective as a starting pitcher over the entirety of the regular season, he could provide value in the bullpen as a long reliever who would have the ability to occasionally make a spot start.
"I want to help them any way I can," Garcia said. "I have a lot of experience and I am healthy. I can pitch every five days and pitch a lot of innings. If they need me in the bullpen, I'll be in the bullpen. I'll be a support for the young guys. It's a long season -- and they need guys with experience."
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Blue Garuda wrote:Sönam wrote:Dzogchen is enlightenment
Enlightenment is Enlightenment.
If we are acting with the understanding you posit, we are all Dzogchenpa and there is no need of any path, and therefore no need of any special Dzogchen direct transmission. Quite a few here had received Dzogchen direct transmissions so if Dzogchen is enlightenment, as opposed to one of several paths towards it, why are they not all enlightened instantly?
Well, Sönam is right: Dzogchen is Enlightenment!
But we are not all Dzogchenpas since we are still floating in deep ignorance!
Receiving the Dzogchen direct transmission is not the same such as the TOTAL REALIZATION of Dzogchen.
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That's why we still need the transmission and the path for maturing the fruit.
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Hot weather makes me think about nibbling instead of eating big meals, and this delicious Roasted Red Pepper Dip with Feta and Mint is perfect for a snack, but also flavorful enough to serve for a party.
Roasted Red Pepper Dip with Feta and Mint
(Makes about 2 cups of dip; recipe adapted with minor changes from The South Beach Diet Super Quick Cookbook.)
1 jar (12 oz.) roasted red bell peppers, drained well
1 tsp. minced garlic (or less)
4 oz. low-fat cream cheese
4 oz. Feta cheese
1/4 cup fat-free Greek yogurt (I used my favorite Greek yogurt)
3 T finely chopped fresh mint (or more)
1 T fresh lemon juice (I used fresh-frozen lemon juice)
1 T olive oil
salt to taste
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The St. Lawrence String Quartet has awarded us the 2014 John Lad Prize, which includes debuts on the Stanford Live and Vancouver's Music on Main series in the 2015-16 season!
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Dealing third pick is still a strong choice
The Trail Blazer brass is spending much of its time this week on the June 28 NBA draft.
The Blazers hold the third pick and will invite at least 10 of the top prospects to their Tualatin training facility for individual workouts. The invite list includes the players generally regarded as the top three in the draft Utah center Andrew Bogut, North Carolina forward Marvin Williams and Wake Forest point guard Chris Paul.
Bogut and Williams are not expected to come to Portland, however, because they are all but assured of going 1-2 to Milwaukee and Atlanta. And Paul has passed on the Blazers invitation, probably because Portland already has a 6-foot point guard in Sebastian Telfair, a rookie last season.
Last year, (power forwards) Al Jefferson and Kris Humphries refused to come in because we have Zach Randolph, Nash says. That might be the reason we have been unsuccessful in getting Paul to visit.
The Blazers have invited at least seven other prospects for the No. 3 pick to the workouts next week, including shooting guards Rashad McCants of North Carolina, Martell Webster of Seattle Prep and Francisco Garcia of Louisville; guard-forward Gerald Green of Houstons Gulf Shores Academy; point guard Deron Williams of Illinois; and power forwards Fran Vasquez of Spain and Sean May of North Carolina.
Nash says there remains a strong chance Portland will trade the third pick. The Blazers need a shooting guard, and the top ones in the draft arent expected to go among the first seven or eight selections. If they decide to target one player as the guy they want the 6-6 Webster, for instance they could trade down to No. 7 or No. 8 or beyond, and still get the player they want, plus additional considerations.
One possible move is a deal with Charlotte, which owns the fifth and 13th selections. The Bobcats covet Paul; they might be willing to send both picks to Portland in exchange for the third choice.
Toronto owns selections 7 and 16, but sources say the Raptors are leaning toward keeping the picks.
Utah also owns multiple first-round picks (No. 6 and No. 27) and might be amenable to a deal.
Or the Blazers could try to package the pick with the rights to veteran Nick Van Exel and his nonguaranteed $13-million contract to secure a veteran shooting guard such as Ray Allen, Michael Redd or Corey Maggette.
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Topic: Bone Scan Results
Got results of my Bone Scan Yesterday. According to the report I now have mets to the right side on the tenth rib. Other than mild bone degeneration of spine and knees that is all they saw. Has anyone had experience of mets to ribs or the bones? Talked with Oncologist and he says continue treatment as is. Going to slightly increase Xeloda a few days this cycle. Otherwise press on as usual and have CT after I complete this round # 5. Oncologist thinks the lesion on the rib cound be from a previous tramua. I've had a few rib smashers so we'll wait, watch and see. As far as the pain around rib #7 I'm told that was caused from my liver inflamation that caused like a mini hernia action causing a vessel to rupture and my body absorbing the blood is what really caused the pain. Does that make sense? I guess, the pain has subsided pretty much. It certainly makes you aware how vunerable you are and why everyone keeps telling me to take it easy. Has anyone experienced any internal liver vessels popping? Other wise my visit / checkup was normal as far as blood work and weight. I even gained 5 lbs. Must have been those delicous Spare Ribs I barbarcued (Of COURSE I ATE A FEW) Ha! Yummy for the tummy. Any infor on personal experience with bone mets and popping vessels of the liver would be gratefully appreciated.
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Optioned RHPs Bob McCrory and Kam Mickolio and LHP Chris Waters to Norfolk (Triple-A). [3/25]
Optioned RHPs Jon Link and Kelvin Jimenez, C-L Cole Armstrong, and 3B-R Dayan Viciedo to Charlotte (Triple-A); optioned RHPs Jhonny Nunez and Clevelan Santeliz and 1B-L Brandon Allen to Birmingham (Double-A). [3/18]
While it's easy to make light of the things that the Sox don't have, that's not a bad group to have in your system. Even allowing for the fact that the Cactus League involves easy souvenirs and dry air, Viciedo didn't do too badly for himself as far as making an impression, belting a pair of bombs, while Allen didn't look at all intimidated getting a few early at-bats. Add in impressive camps for Josh Fields, Gordon Beckham, and Chris Getz, and it's easy to forget that the Sox aren't supposed to be one of the more talent-laden organizations in the game, instead ranking in the bottom third in Kevin Goldstein's organizational rankings. To be fair to Kevin, Fields has long since shed his rookie status while trying to re-establish his bid to start at third, while Beckham and Viciedo are two different kinds of recently minted Sox prospects. Beckham is last year's first-rounder whose camp has altered the timetable for when he'll be in the majors, while Viciedo is the Cuban merc brought in with the same sort of aggressiveness with emigres that already has Alexei Ramirez in the infield.
As for Floyd's extension, while it's hard to be wildly enthusiastic about it, given his reputation for unpredictability on the mound (not to mention a well-honed rep as the least-interested hurler when it comes to paying attention to the men he's put on base, forever denting A.J. Pierzynski's reputation for throwing out baserunners), it's not the worst investment. Consider what MORP has to say about his future performance: despite identifying him as a pitcher with a good amount of wiggle in his range of possibilities but generally tending towards "mediocre," his projected value over the next four years still comes out to $13.85 million. Add in the fact that he was more than a little hit-lucky last year, and that this year's infield might be, shall we say, a little more exciting, and you could get more than a little worried about the expense. Still, PECOTA's no big fan of Floyd, and it still doesn't see this as entirely out of line. So, instead of saying that the Sox have "wasted" almost $2 million, given their positive past with him and his development on pitching coach Don Cooper's watch, they might understandably be willing to bet on the high side, and maybe even harbor the hope that he'll spin that plus curveball into some healthier platoon splits. He got the benefit of a lot of defensive support last season, and keep in mind he's a fly-ball pitcher who won't have to live with the adventure of counting on Nick Swisher in center field. That $1.65 million spread over four years doesn't amount to all that much on almost any ballclub's budget, and it's not a bad investment. We might call it a calculated risk with a particularly unpredictable pitcher, but here again, that's where the value of direct association with a player helps a club make a call. Which is not to say I'm very optimistic that they'll be picking up that option in 2013, but we can probably consider that as something very like an NFL contract, where it will take a really good four years to seriously put that option on the table.
Optioned RHPs Adam Miller, Jon Meloan, and Juan Salas, LHP Tony Sipp, and 2B-L Luis Valbuena to Columbus (Triple-A); optioned RHP Hector Rondon and C-S Carlos Santana to Akron (Double-A). [3/19]
With that, we now know two things: that Scott Lewis is joining Anthony Reyes at the tail end of the rotation, while the bullpen will only carry a second lefty if Zach Jackson earns that slot (instead of Sipp). There's still the interesting question of whether or not they'll keep Josh Barfield as a multi-positional utility scrub, but he's been awful at the plate in camp, so there's not much to suggest he's turning things around after a couple of disappointing seasons in the organization. Among the non-roster bodies, Tony Graffanino's bid for a job as an infield reserve looks good, and though the Indians are at 40 on the 40-man after claiming the now oft-claimed Ryu (what is Korea's answer to the hot potato, anyway? Overripe kim chi?) if Barfield doesn't stick, he's out of options and would have to be outrighted anyway, opening up the spot for Graffy, but it isn't quite that simple, since Vinny Chulk is making a solid bit to stick in the pen as another non-roster invite. Chulk's chances probably get even better if Adam Miller winds up on the 60-day DL because of his career-threatening finger injury. If not Miller, things get a bit tight, with reserve catcher Chris Gimenez perhaps representing the next most-likely outrightable player currently on the 40-man.
Outrighted LHP Macay McBride to Toledo (Triple-A). [3/19]
Released LHP Jimmy Gobble; signed RHP Anthony Lerew to a minor league contract with a spring training NRI. [3/18]
Yes, I know, all us statheads feel Ka'aihue's pain, but with Mike Jacobs clomping around at first base and Billy Butler already ensconced at DH, this really doesn't represent that much of a surprise. That said, with the Royals within 10 games of the projected leaders in the AL Central, it's not a bad situation (unless you're Ka'aihue). If either gets hurt, they can call up Ka'aihue; if Butler falls on his face (again), they can bump Jacobs to DH and call up Ka'aihue. All depending, of course, on Ka'aihue repeating last year's seeming breakout season, which if he does will breed opportunity as is. The guy you should instead truly pity is Ryan Shealy, because he's out of options, and he can't stake a claim to much more than a job as Jacobs' platoon partner and notional defensive replacement; while that's a role that's probably within Shealy's wheelhouse, the holes in such a swing for a spot are obvious, operating as we are in the era of 12-man pitching staffs. As is, the Royals have a stack of guys out of options, so if a Shealy or one of the Penas (Brayan or Little Tony), or maybe even Shane Costa or Ross Gload get outrighted or cut, it wouldn't be all that surprising.
Optioned RHP Anthony Ortega to Salt Lake (Triple-A). [3/20]
Optioned C-R Wilson Ramos to New Britain (Double-A). [3/20]
Optioned 1B-L Juan Miranda to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Triple-A). [3/24]
Released C-S Rob Bowen. [3/17]
While Bowen has always been a very poor man's Gregg Zaun as serviceable switch-hitting backup backstops go, this represents an interesting development insofar as it at least notionally means that Landon Powell is set as Kurt Suzuki's caddy, but I'm not so sure about that. Mexican League import Joel Galarraga was an interesting addition over the winter, he's having a good camp, and it doesn't hurt to have a Spanish-speaking catcher on a ballclub. Then there are the standard concerns about Powell's durability with two knee surgeries in three years plus a personal definition of plate coverage that involves keeping it clean and asking for more, and Galarraga's shot at some big-league time seems to be getting better and better. As interesting as Powell's upside once was as a top pick in 2004, and whatever shred of that value is left, it's clear that there's no time like the present for him, and failing that, the A's have an option worth turning to.
Optioned OF-R Greg Halman to West Tenn (Double-A). [3/19]
If you're a LaHair fan wondering why Jack Z. won't give you more, give you more, long as you can grow it, LaHair, let's face it, the guy's not exactly young as unproven players go, he's not a premium power source despite being effectively limited to first base, and with new management on site, some middling prospects quickly revert to suspectdom. Since Zduriencik brought in Russell Branyan to play first base and since he also invited Chris Shelton and Mike Sweeney to camp as probable platoon partners-a fight Sweeney seems to have won, for as long as he's healthy enough to play-a fellow former player of interest like Mike Morse doesn't have much chance of sticking around. This might not really sound like progress, but it's an indictment of some of the former commitments made and the ready replaceability of some of the talents already within the organization. A Branyan/Sweeney platoon at first base should bop a bit, butcher a few bunts, and possibly help the Mariners score enough runs to make their fragile-but extant-bid for contention a going concern.
Optioned LHP David Price, C-L John Jaso, SS-L Reid Brignac, 2B/OF-S Elliot Johnson, and OF-R Justin Ruggiano to Durham (Triple-A). [3/25]
I'll be chiming in later on tonight about these particular moves. Rest assured, I'm not really wild about David Price's being delivered a dose of Bulls... z.-CK
Optioned INF-R German Duran, CF-L Julio Borbon, and CF-R Greg Golson to Oklahoma City (Triple-A); optioned RHP John Bannister to Tulsa (Double-A). [3/19]
Optioned LHP Jon Coutlangus and RHP Esmerling Vasquez to Reno (Triple-A). [3/18]
Optioned LHP Jo-Jo Reyes, C-R Clint Sammons, and 2B-R Diory Hernandez to Gwinnett (Triple-A). [3/26]
Reyes and Sammons were both effectively damned and doomed by this winter's decision tree that put graybeards like Tom Glavine and David Ross in Brave doubleknits, but that near-term joyless trek to Atlanta's suburbs is also perhaps their cause for subsequent hope. In Sammons' case, all it takes is one banged-up Ross (or Brian McCann) at the position where getting banged up goes with the territory, while in Reyes' case, a potential rival for the fifth slot like Jorge Campillo may have made himself indispensable in the bullpen by the time Glavine implodes or some other mishap strikes the rotation. I am, of course, being overly simplistic. Lose McCann and you may well lose the season; lose any starter higher up the depth chart than four or five (Glavine or Kenshin Kawakami), and you either lose the season or turn to Tommy Hanson on the double-quick.
Optioned RHP Jose Ascanio, 1B/OF-R Jake Fox, and OF-L Sam Fuld to Iowa (Triple-A); outrighted OF-L Richie Robnett to Iowa. [3/24]
Bumping Robnett gets the Cubs down to 38 on the 40-man, so I think it's beginning to look like Chad Fox is a lock from among the non-roster guys-barring of course yet another sproingy sensation in that trick elbow of his. There are a couple of active campaigns for keepery among the non-roster position players; Esteban German's doing his OBP thing, while "Me" So Taguchi is doing his best to make things interesting to stick as an outfield reserve. Of the pair, German's utility may give him the best shot, while Taguchi could be stuck in the cornfields because Joey Gathright's out of options, and any club willing to give Joey Gathright $800,000 must have done so either with the active intention of playing him, or after a particularly perverse buck bet. ("Betcha you can win the division even with Joey Gathright." "Bah, that's easy." "Gathright and Bako?" "Piece of cake." "Bako, Gathright, and you leave Mark DeRosa on somebody's collection plate." "Uh... OK. You've got this round, right?") The odds of a second NRI making the roster aside, this would also put GM Jim Hendry in a position to make a claim should anyone outright any optionable players because of crunches on their 40-man rosters in the next 10 days or so.
Optioned RHP Carlos Fisher and C-R Craig Tatum to Louisville. [3/20]
Optioned RHP Greg Reynolds and 1B-L Joe Koshanksy to Colorado Springs (Triple-A). [3/23]
Optioned RHP Ryan Tucker to New Orleans (Triple-A); optioned RHP Tim Wood to Jacksonville (Double-A). [3/24]
Signed C-R Ivan Rodriguez to a one-year, $1.5 million contract; optioned SS-R Tommy Manzella and OF-L Brian Bogusevic to Round Rock (Triple-A). [3/20]
Given the money and the stakes and the Astros' "die in the last ditch" philosophy with what's left of the Oswalt/Berkman era, signing Pudge for a single season for this kind of cash is reasonable enough. The question is whether this is seen as a temporary bridge to Towles' eventual resuscitation as a prospect, or if Rodriguez is instead a symbol of the Astros' increasingly understandable lack of faith in him. While it would be easy to decry the decision to retain Humberto Quintero on the big-league roster as the backup, Towles needs at-bats to regain favor, and Round Rock's going to be the best bet for getting them in the early going. Where things get interesting will be in a month or two, when Quintero's doing his usual punchless nothing, while Towles has provided either cause for optimism or not. Pudge should be fine in the weaker league; a .300 OBP while slugging .400 in Houston doesn't seem like all that much of a stretch, which makes him a man among Ausmuses in recent Astros receiving history.
The other fun/odd thing about how things are playing out in the Astros' camp is that as many as five non-roster guys have good shots: Russ Ortiz, Jose Capellan, and Chad Paronto among the pitchers, Jason Smith among the infielders now that Aaron Boone's out for the year, and Reggie Abercrombie in the outfield. Since they're at 38 on the 40-man (counting Boone), that might take some doing, but the same overall lack of talent within the organization that makes such a thing possible for the quintet similarly reflects the potential space to be made when we're talking about pushing aside guys like Tyler Lumsden. Since everyone but Abercrombie is new to the organization, that sounds like a group of agents who deserve a wee bit of extra credit from their clients for wise placement.
Optioned OF-R Jamie Hoffmann to Albuquerque (Triple-A). [3/20]
Optioned C-R Angel Salome and 3B-L Mat Gamel to Nashville (Triple-A); outrighted RHP Wes Littleton to Nashville; released OF-L Trot Nixon. [3/25]
Released LHP Valerio De Los Santos. [3/25]
Optioned LHP Dave Davidson and 3B-S Neil Walker to Indianapolis (Triple-A). [3/18]
Signed RHP Shawn Hill to a minor league contract with a spring training NRI; acquired RHP Luke Gregerson from the Cardinals to complete their trade from 12/4, and invited him to spring training; optioned RHPs Josh Geer and Scott Patterson, LHP Joe Thatcher, 2B-R Matt Antonelli, OF-L Will Venable, and C-S Jose Lobaton to Portland (Triple-A). [3/23]
Canadian Brittle might be a maple treat involving the ubiquitous flavor of the Great White North and something that breaks noisily at the first bite, but it could also describe Hill adequately enough for our purposes. Even so, he's a worthwhile pickup for the Pad People, since we're talking about the club that's locked in on waiver bait like Cha Seung Baek as a key component of their rotation, so there's no harm in signing him up and taking a look. In the best-case scenario, the breaks a pitcher catches pitching in Petco help him moderate his pitch load in any individual inning and start, and he stays healthy enough to contribute. Worst-case, the Pads lose a little money on a broken bit. Speaking as someone who had the fun of watching Hill spin his shortened no-hit bid on May 11, 2007, he's certainly somebody you can sit down and enjoy if he's healthy, but in the six full seasons he's been a pro, his start totals, majors and minors combined, are 25, 25, 20, 17, 19, and 14. Does that sound like someone you can count on? Sadly, no, but it never hurts to look.
Released RHP Keiichi Yabu. [3/19]
Recalled 3B-R David Freese from their minor league camp; optioned RHP Blake Hawksworth and SS-L Tyler Greene to Memphis. [3/22]
The interesting development here is the choice to bring back Freese to renew his shot at the job as the team's temporary starting third baseman in Troy Glaus' ongoing absence. That also entails throwing Joe Mather back into the camp clash for one of the team's reserve slots. The choice there is whether his lean towards being more of a corner outfielder than a four corners player makes him useful enough over options like Brian Barden (mostly a third baseman who moves around the infield when ordered), Sloppy Joe Thurston (more a speed guy and token lefty bat, but someone who can scoot between second base and the outfield easily enough, a skill that matters with the grand Skip Schumaker Experiment getting played all the way out in the interests of science), true utility infielder Brendan Ryan, and... well, Colby Rasmus. There are four spots to go to these six (including Freese), and Rasmus is the only one we might properly call a prospect, so he's the only one they need to be sure is getting playing time -either as a Cards reserve or as the starter in center in Memphis. It seems reasonable to run with Freese for now at third, and while sending Rasmus down to Memphis would be the sensible thing to do, there's just something about keeping all three of Thurston, Barden, and Ryan that smacks of... well, less than a really good roster. They've already elected to send Brian Barton down, though, so the concern over having a reserve center fielder who can genuinely play center-besides Schumaker, of course, because he's stuck in the petri dish over at the keystone-could get Rasmus kept. On the other hand, considering that they don't want Rasmus to get stale watching other people play, and we already have the precedent of Freese making the trek back to the big-league camp, I wouldn't be surprised if Barton isn't out of consideration, because while he also could stand to get some everyday play, a few weeks at Memphis and some direct in-game experience with the limitations of much of the rest of this crew might be enough to get him back to The Show.
Christina Kahrl is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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The teenaged baseball historian at our house calls him "Say It Ain't" So Taguchi
Mar 27, 2009 14:03 PM
Texas "optioned RHP John Bannister to Tulsa (Double-A)": Tulsa isn't the Rangers' AA club anymore; it's Frisco.
Mar 27, 2009 16:27 PM
Jay Levin
Josh Barfield has only been optioned twice (2005 and 2008), so he certainly would seem to have an option remaining. The bigger problem for him is that there's no room for him in Columbus, with Valbuena starting at 2B and too many extra position players already hanging around without starting jobs (Aubrey, Marte, Toregas).
Mar 27, 2009 19:59 PM
The A's comment may now be obsolete - the A's picked up Curtis Thigpen for futures from the Jays today. Not that Thigpen is a no-doubt upgrade from either Powell or Galarraga, but why make the move for another catcher in Sacramento?
Mar 27, 2009 20:02 PM
Robert Flaxman
Any chance the Cubs keep Patton on the 25-man? Why not give him a flyer over Fox?
Mar 28, 2009 14:43 PM
you said: I'll be chiming in later on tonight about these particular moves. Rest assured, I'm not really wild about David Price's being delivered a dose of Bulls... z.—CK
Mar 29, 2009 13:31 PM
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I had a great time at the Control Voltage Fair at the South Street Seaport yesterday. It was good to see that there are now 4 stores in the NYC area selling modular synthesizers! I spent the most time with Karl Ekdahl and his new Polygamist synth. I own his Moisterizer spring reverb unit and the new synth is wonderful. It's also one of the coolest looking pieces of hardware I've ever seen. Mark Verbos had his car size vintage Buchla system there and did an hour live performance (eat that Deadmau5!). A good time and I hope these type of events keep happening because you really need hands on time with the modules to decide which ones you want in your own rack. You can see the full set of photos if you: click here
"The analog modular synthesizer is a type of synthesizer consisting of separate specialized modules connected by wires (patch cords) to create a so-called patch. There are three basic kinds of modules: source, processor and logic. The basic modular functions are as: signal, control, logic/timing. Outputs are an electric voltage." – Wikipedia
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AN INDEPENDENT patient champion group has put out-of-hours telephone services in local GP surgeries under the microscope.
Volunteers and staff from Healthwatch Hampshire called every surgery between 6.30pm and 9pm on May 29 to check they were giving vital information to patients.
They say surgeries should have a prompt, clear and audible message, with information about 999, opening hours and out-of-hours service.
Surgeries covered by West Hampshire Clinical Commissioning group in Winchester fared well, and St Paul's Practice, in Alison Way, had a special mention for providing information on repeat prescriptions and self-help, but failed to mention opening hours.
Friarsgate Practice, in Stockbridge Road, was rated bottom for failing to mention opening hours and emergency information.
The Gratton Surgery, in Gratton Close, Sutton Scotney, and St Clements Partnership, in Tanner Street, achieved perfect scores.
In Eastleigh The Fryern Surgery, Brownhill Surgery, Parkside Family Practice, The Archers, St Andrew's Surgery, Stokewood Surgery and The Old Anchor Inn Surgery also achieved perfect scores.
But The Boyatt Wood Surgery, in Boyatt Shopping Centre, did not give out-of-hours information or opening times.
Twyford Surgery and Alresford Group Surgery fared well, but West Meon and Wickham Surgeries both failed to mention opening hours.
A spokesman for Healthwatch Hampshire said the results were good overall, adding: "We want to ensure that when a patient telephones a GP surgery out-of-hours they hear a good quality recorded message which contains correct and clear information enabling the patient to be signposted to the appropriate service."
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By Luke Douglas
Jul 10, 2009
Not my anchor.
By Greg Martinez
From: SLC UTAH
Jul 31, 2009
|next time you want to put up a route don't use someone else's anchors. I put in the anchors and cleaned the route to bolt. so put up your own shit in asshole. I m not posting anymore routes on this site thanks to you. there's a place called Ruth lake with anchors at the top of all the climbs. and can place gear allover lots of first ascents just waiting for u .
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|You've posted routes here? Funny...
By John Steiger
Aug 1, 2009
Greg, I'm pretty sure the line we climbed is not the line you cleaned. I knocked off a hundred-plus pound flake that would have made a sweet but deadly layback/undercling, and spent a good deal of time brushing moss. At top, our route veers maybe 10 feet right to your anchors, so I suspect the line you've worked on is to the right, and remains unbolted.
I have to add, though, that I've never heard of an area ethic where someone can claim a section of crag by putting anchors at the top, or where anchors can't be shared by another party's route. But, hey, this is all "off topic," according to MP, so if it needs to be hashed out, maybe it should be over a couple Provo Girls at the Porcupine.
By zoso
Aug 2, 2009
Porcupine pub & grill. What a great place.
Oh wait, off topic.
By Brian in SLC
From: Sandy, Utah
Aug 3, 2009
"I have to add, though, that I've never heard of an area ethic where someone can claim a section of crag by putting anchors at the top..."
Oh, really? My bet is part of the motivation for you guys hauling a drill up there was just exactly that reason.
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Aug 3, 2009
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By Greg Martinez
From: SLC UTAH
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|The first 3 bolts are in the line I was going to bolt.sraight under my anchor. I took my anchor out. so go put your own anchor in and maybe paint your chains so people going to climb 5 10- don't get sandbagged .only seeing your shinny chains.the only ones you can see without trying out of the five walls up there.


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Evaluation of Volume Status, Haemodynamics and Microcirculatory Flow in Adult Patients With Severe Falciparum Malaria (PRiSM)
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acidosis, acute renal failure and acute pulmonary oedema are common, and frequently fatal, manifestations of severe P. falciparum malaria. The course of all three might be ameliorated by optimising a patient's intravenous fluid therapy. The fluid treatment of severe malaria is presently empirical, by defining cardiovascular responses to volume replacement we would provide a physiological basis for resuscitation strategies.
We will use pulse contour cardiac output monitoring (PiCCOTM) to guide the fluid resuscitation of patients admitted to intensive care with severe malaria. With data collected during the patients' admission we hope to:
- Assess the degree of hypovolaemia in adults with severe malaria and its contribution to microcirculatory dysfunction and acidosis.
- To assess the relationships between volume status, haemodynamic parameters and the renal and pulmonary manifestations of severe malaria.
- To assess the utility of central venous pressure measurement as a guide for fluid administration in patients with severe malaria
- To investigate the prognostic and clinical utility of central venous oxygen saturation in severe malaria
In this way we hope to develop a greater understanding of the pathophysiology of haemodynamic derangement in severe malaria. By comparing the PiCCO derived data with simpler clinical parameters, we hope to determine potential fluid resuscitation strategies - relevant for a resource poor setting - whose efficacy could be confirmed in future trials.
|Severe Falciparum Malaria
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|Observational Model: Case-Only
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|Evaluation of Volume Status, Haemodynamics and Microcirculatory Flow in Adult Patients With Severe Falciparum Malaria
- Metabolic Acidosis [ Time Frame: 48 hours ]
- Acute renal failure [ Time Frame: By discharge ]
- Acute pulmonary oedema [ Time Frame: By discharge ]
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|July 2008
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Inclusion Criteria
- Severe malaria, defined by the modified criteria of Hien et al and the presence of asexual forms of P. falciparum in the peripheral blood smear.
- The patients or their attending relative able and willing to give fully informed written consent.
- Age ≥ 16 years
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients or relatives unable or unwilling to give informed consent.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00692627
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|Chittagong, Bangladesh
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|Arjen Dondorp, MD
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|Josh Hanson, Mahidol Oxford Research Unit
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|NCT00692627 History of Changes
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|June 3, 2008
|Last Updated:
|January 21, 2015
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Malaria, Falciparum
Protozoan Infections
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BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — Hancock County, Miss., investigators are still following up on leads and waiting for forensics results in the death of a French Quarter dancer who was gruesomely slaughtered in June.
Jaren Lockhart went missing on June 6 after leaving work at Temptations Gentlemen's Club on Bourbon Street.
Hancock County Chief Deputy Don Bass tells the Sea Coast Echo (http://bit.ly/ZPolv1) that authorities are waiting the results from more forensics evidence handed over to the FBI in early December.
Days after Lockhart went missing, her severed body parts washed ashore in Bay St. Louis, Miss. Two people were detained — 28-year-old Margaret Sanchez and 39-year-old Terry Speaks. However, no formal charges in Lockhart's death were made against the couple.
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Sanchez was held at the Tangipahoa Parish jail until Aug. 10, when she was released because a prosecutor determined she could not be held on her initial charge.
"We have some more forensics evidence we submitted to the FBI lab, that's from (Speaks and Sanchez's) car," Bass said.
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The expanding universe of three parasites
Three parasites that primarily affect dogs are becoming an increasing concern in the United States. Are these three emerging parasites on your radar?
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You have undoubtedly heard it before, but transporting our pets around the world is one of the most significant factors in the emergence of diseases in new geographic areas. This article discusses three primarily canine parasites: Angiostrongylus vasorum, Heterobilharzia americana, and Trypanosoma cruzi. Two of these parasites are already spreading within the United States, while the third is not yet present but is knocking at the door.
The females lay eggs that lodge in smaller capillaries where they develop and hatch (Figure 2). The hatched first-stage larvae (L1) penetrate capillaries and alveoli and migrate into larger airways where they are eventually coughed up, swallowed, and passed in the feces. They then infect a suitable gastropod intermediate host where development to the infective third-stage larvae (L3) occurs in as little as 16 to 18 days.
Once ingested by the dog, the L3 penetrate the gastrointestinal tract wall, migrate to visceral lymph nodes, and develop into immature adult nematodes. They then migrate to the right ventricle and pulmonary arteries via the portal circulation. The prepatent period is around 38 to 57 days, although longer prepatent periods may also occur. The adult nematodes are long-lived (at least five years), and the dog may remain infected for life.
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Liriano believes he's game-ready despite groin injury
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Except for the lack of 40,000 witnesses, festive bunting and a brilliant skyline, Francisco Liriano took the McKechnie Field mound Wednesday morning under the same conditions he can expect Monday afternoon in PNC Park.
A bright sky and 50 degrees: perfect environment in which to prep for a March 31 Opening Day assignment in Pittsburgh. But to get to fulfill that real honor, the left-hander had to pass a simulated test of his tight left groin muscle.
He did that, for three innings and 55 pitches, throwing to Pittsburgh Minor Leaguers. Liriano pronounced himself "ready to go" after the drill that also included sprinting to cover first base and fielding bunts.
The official confirmation of his Opening Day status, however, will depend on how he feels when he checks in at McKechnie Field on Thursday morning.
"We'll see how it feels tomorrow, if it's not too sore," Liriano said. "But today, it feels great. It didn't bother me. I didn't feel it at all. I think I'm ready to go."
Pitching coach Ray Searage agreed.
"He looked fine, his normal self. We'll just have to see how he feels in the morning," said Searage, who skipped the Bucs' ride to Fort Myers, Fla., and the Grapefruit League game against the Twins to monitor Liriano's pitching.
The increasing tightness in the area had forced Liriano out of last Thursday's start against Baltimore after 76 pitches, about 15 pitches shy of the target the staff would have liked to see him reach. Liriano shrugged off not being ideally stretched out.
"I think I'm game-ready," Liriano said. "As long as it doesn't bother me, I'll be OK. I didn't feel it at all, from stretch or windup. And I threw everything like a regular game."
Upon receiving Searage's report, general manager Neal Huntington could only concur with the party line.
"As we said from Day 1 that he had the tightness, it's a day to day type situation," Huntington said. "He felt good through all the activity today and we'll see where he's at tomorrow."
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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If you look more closely at the numbers, the same research that ranks fresh fruit as consumers' top snack choice shows there's plenty of room for improvement.
The NPD Group's "Snacking in America" report said fresh fruit is eaten as a snack 55 times annually per person.
That's great. But the remaining top 10 snacks are eaten a combined 209 times. Chocolate is a close second at 45; potato chips, 30.
The other seven are sugary or salty snacks of doubtful nutritional value. Yogurt is an exception on value, but I'm willing to tar it with the sugary brush too.
The numbers, of course, are cumulative. There's no implication that I, personally, am eating four times as much junk as fresh fruit at snack time.
Or even more, if you consider the top 20 or 30 foods.
Naturally I would never admit to making sub-par eating choices. But together our itemized checkout receipts amount to a collective confession.
The study quantifies how snacks connect with consumers on many criteria, not just nutrition or flavor.
Peppered with words like craving and grazing — the latter is contrasted with snacking, which is more of a social occasion — it suggests the idiosyncrasies of consumer motivation.
Where does that leave marketers? Painting a picture of a new, healthier you? Or building somehow on established habit?
"It's both," said Kyla Garnett, Salinas, Calif.-based marketing manager for Naturipe Farms LLC, Naples, Fla.
"It's showing a new audience who may be used to grabbing that single-serve bag of chips for their afternoon snack that a clamshell of berries is equally as convenient, healthier and tastes better."
"We always have had and forever will have a group focused on health," she said.
"It's reiterating their current views and introducing them to audiences that might not have thought about it before."
Naturipe has long eyed the snack market and competition with foods elsewhere in the store or on the menu.
Examples include its Berry Quick snack packs and recent experience as a seasonal blueberry supplier of similarly sized packs to McDonald's.
But the berry grower-shipper also sees competition for a share of snack purchases within fresh produce.
"We give consumers ideas on how they can take fruit on the go, to compete with other popular snacks like celery sticks or oranges that might be perceived as easier," Garnett said.
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Recently, researchers developed a new way to classify stage II and III colorectal cancers based on gene expression (which genes within each tumor are turned on or off) into three separate subtypes. Each of these subtypes helps predict a patient's prognosis (chance of recovery) and how a tumor responds to adjuvant chemotherapy (chemotherapy given after treatment). Previously studied genetic tests, such as Oncotype or ColoPrint, can help doctors find out which tumors are more likely to grow and spread quickly, but there are still no clear recommendations for identifying which patients should receive adjuvant chemotherapy and which patients wouldn't benefit from additional chemotherapy..
In this study, researchers created a system to classify colorectal cancers based on gene expression information from the tumors of 188 patients. This system was then used to divide the tumors from 543 different patients with stage II and III colorectal cancer into three groups or tumor subtypes, called A, B, and C. After 10 years, researchers found that patients with subtype C had a poorer prognosis and were not likely to benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy. Patients with subtypes A and B did benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy and had a better prognosis. The differences between the three subtypes was based on specific tumor features that are known to affect how well treatment works, such as how quickly a tumor is likely to grow and whether a tumor is more likely to have many changes to its genes.
What this means for patients
"This study clearly shows that there are different subtypes in colorectal cancer with completely different characteristics," said study co-author Josep Tabernero, Director of Clinical Research at Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology in Barcelona, Spain. "We hope that we'll be able to develop new tests based on this classification system not only to identify patients who need more intense adjuvant treatment but also help us to predict which drugs and targeted therapies will work best for each patient." This test is still being researched and only available in clinical trials. Talk with your doctor about your treatment options and how your treatment recommendations are determined.
Questions to Ask Your Doctor
- What stage of colorectal cancer do I have? What does this mean?
- What are my treatment options?
- What treatments do you recommend? Why?
- Do you recommend chemotherapy after surgery?
- What clinical trials are open to me?
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text: Paterno's offers classic, inventive Italian fare By Julie Robinson September 25, 2012 Story Share Chip Ellis Executive chef Brent Pauley adds piccata sauce to a veal chop. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The lasagna served in the Italian restaurant opening in October in Power Park might taste vaguely familiar to people who dined in South Charleston in the 1970s.Paterno's at the Park will feature some of the classic Italian recipes Mary Jo Paterno prepared for Paterno's Little Italian Seafood Inn, the cozy restaurant she and her husband, Andy Paterno, ran for several years.Fast forward to 2012 and find their daughter, Niki Kurten, managing the family's foray back into the restaurant business. Paterno's at the Park, opening in early October, will again feature classic Italian food prepared from Mary Jo's family recipes, as well as new entrees created by executive chef Brent Pauley. This time around, Mary Jo won't be cooking."Mom is a phenomenal Italian cook. When Dad had important business meetings, he didn't take them out to a restaurant. They come over to our house, instead. They still do," Kurten said.Mary Jo's lasagna, meatballs, bolognese and alfredo sauces and spaghetti carbonara will be prepared by Pauley, who most recently was executive sous chef at Edgewood Country Club. Assisting Pauley are sous chefs Amie Dodson, formerly of The Barge, and Michael Aiello, a recent culinary school graduate who was also at Edgewood."Classic Italian dishes will be our core menu, but our chefs will have free rein to create daily and nightly specials," Kurten said.Pauley's initial creations include a pan-seared red snapper in a spicy tomato sauce with kalamata olives, capers and fresh herbs, a 14-ounce veal chop prepared piccata style with capers and a lemon butter sauce and risotto, and an appetizer of shrimp in a light cream sauce with mushrooms, prosciutto and spinach topped with Asiago cheese."The veal chop will be a signature dish," predicted Aiello, who contributed some of his own creations to the menu. The house-made Italian sausage will be made fresh from ground pork and Aiello's own seasoning mix. They'll use it in stuffed peppers and a sausage patty sandwich. Aiello and his wife, Ashley, also created an unusual presentation of the classic Italian dessert cannoli. Instead of serving the vanilla lemon/orange ricotta filling stuffed into a tube-shaped pastry, they offer the filling along side pastry chips. The chips solve the messy dilemma of whether to pick up the crispy shell with fingers or eat it with a fork, which tends to scatter the pieces of broken shell all over the table.Wild mushroom risotto, polenta and meatballs and rigatoni and meat sauce will also be on the menu, as well as Mary Jo's unique eggplant parmigiano recipe. In it, she layers slices of eggplant with meat sauce and cheese, lasagna style.Paterno's has some nearby Italian competitors in Soho's, owned coincidentally by Dodson's father Bill Sohovich, Fazio's and Leonoro's, but Kurten thinks the menu at Paterno's is different enough to bring in a crowd."Every Italian family has its own meatballs and sauce recipe. They make their lasagna their own way. I think our family recipes will set us apart," she said. "There's a lot of tradition in it." A lunch menu focuses on sandwiches and wraps, salads and soups, Italian of course. Pasta Fagioli, Italian wedding soup, and Zuppa de Pesche are on both lunch and dinner menus. Lunch prices range from $9 to $15. Dinner entrees range from $15 to $40, with most falling below $25.Rashaun Brown, formerly of Berry Hills, will manage the front of the house. He hopes guests will feel like they're coming into someone's home. They'll sit down at tables covered in white linens, but can relax in an informal family-friendly atmosphere. That's important to Kurten, who has two children.It will be even more informal during baseball season when the WV Power, and WVU and Marshall baseball teams play at the park. On game days, the menu will change to feature bar foods. The first time the Paternos and Kurten walked through the space that was formerly Power Alley Grill, a plaque on the wall immediately grabbed their attention. It was in honor of Michael Paterno, Kurten's uncle, who was instrumental in keeping minor league baseball in Charleston."We walked in and looked up and there was Uncle Mike. We thought it was meant to be," said Kurten. The plaque bearing his image remains on the wall.Her parents' restaurant experience guides Kurten, who is an elementary school teacher by training. She describes her family as foodies who plan trips around the restaurants at which they want to dine.They guide menu decisions, and her father gets the final vote on the wine list. He has a personal collection of 3,000 to 4,000 bottles. Her brother Tony also helps with the bar and wine. Andy and Tony will keep their day jobs, but Kurten left her teaching position.Mary Jo, who owns Bella Cupcakes, will provide some of the sweet treats for the restaurant. Kurten's great aunt Bella Panzera is doing her part. She'll bake biscotti for the restaurant. The dessert menu will also include tiramisu and limoncello sorbet.Kurten's teaching background should come in handy in the area of customer relations. "It's all about dealing with people," she said. She brings a unique perspective to the staff. "She has the customers' point of view. We see it from the kitchen, but it's nice to have her point of view," Aiello said.Paterno's at the Park, located at Appalachian Power Park, 601 Morris St., will open in early October. Hours will be: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday. Closed Sunday. Call 304-720-7640.Reach Julie Robinson at email@example.com or 304-348-1230. 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Throughout the 1800s and early 1900s, many one-room schoolhouses -- some wood-framed and others made of brick -- dotted the landscape in every Ohio county.
To this day, just about every county has a handful of the structures still standing. Some have been preserved, serving to show today's youth what education was like in "the old days." Others are used for various purposes such as wagon sheds on farms, and some are rotting away.
Recently, I read that a group called the Preservation Alliance of Greater Akron is working to restore an 1870 vintage one-room schoolhouse at West Market Street and White Pond Drive in west Akron.
And that's not the only restoration project under way. The Stow Historical Society is spearheading an effort to save a building called the Stewart's Corners Schoolhouse, which is now situated on Young Road and hopefully will be moved soon to Silver Springs Park
Overseeing the project in west Akron is Mark Gilles, an Akron architect who once was involved in some preservation projects in Aurora.
The structure has been used continuously since it was built -- as a school, library and community meeting place. The project could take two to three years to complete.
The Stow schoolhouse, which oncew was on the Hanson Dairy Farm, was used until 1906, when Stow schools were centralized. It was relocated to Young Road in the 1950s when Fox Den Golf Course was developed.
It's estimated that the move and restoration of the Stow structure will cost about $75,000.
Unfortunately, no one-room schoolhouses in Portage County have been preserved to demonstrate their original purpose, although there probably are a few that have been converted into homes or sheds.
The two schools my mom attended near New Philadelphia prior to going to Welty Middle School are still standing. Fribley is used as an implement shed on a farm and Bucey is a house now owned by a guy who I went to church with as a youth.
The school my dad attended was used as a wagon shed out behind a barn when I was young, but I'm pretty sure it isn't there anymore.
Last week I mentioned the Little Red Schoolhouse near Willoughby South High School, which is used as a history center.
I have photographs of more than a dozen one-room schoolhouses which have been preserved. The one pictured with this column is the old Valley School, which stands on the Guernsey County fairgrounds. Sadly, it was heavily damaged by a windstorm last summer, is now off limits to visitors and likely will have to be demolished.
The structure stands on a hill overlooking the grandstand. It was moved to the site and restored by the Guernsey County Retired Teachers Association in the early 1990s, and was open during the county fair and other special events.
Other small schoolhouses which I've seen at fairgrounds are at Western Reserve Pioneer Village on the Canfield grounds and one at the Noble County grounds in Caldwell.
Century Village in Burton and Chesterland Historical Village probably boost the closest preserved one-room schools to Aurora. There's also one in Kirtland.
Others I'm familiar with that have been preserved are in Hartville, downtown Akron, the Algonquin Mill Festival grounds near Carrollton, near Deersville in Harrison County, Malta in Morgan County, the Ohio University-Belmont campus near St. Clairsville, Walnut Creek in Holmes County, Route 4 north of Marion, on the Bowling Green State University campus and a couple in Medina County.
A one-room schoolhouse was simple -- a small rectangular structure with rows of wooden desks, three or four windows on each side, bell tower, potbellied stove, a blackboard across the front of the room, outside well, and boys and girls outhouses in the back.
Some of the textbooks available for learning included McGuffey Readers, Harvey's Grammar, Cornell's Physical Geography and Barnes History.
Many of the one-room structures succumbed to larger and more modern schools in the 1920s and 1930s, but some survived into the 1940s and '50s.
Many schools in areas where there are heavy concentrations of Amish families still have one-room schools dotted on the landscape, although they look a little different than the old-fashioned styles.
As consolidations occurred in the 1930s and 1940s, one-room schoolhouses gave way to elementary buildings with four, six and eight classrooms, and "junior highs" and high schools with many more rooms.
For example, Aurora students moved into the building which now serves as Town Hall -- built in the late 1800s -- and then into the building now housing the school district's central offices on East Garfield Road in the late 1910s. That building soon will reach the 100-year mark.
My alma mater -- New Philadelphia High School -- is celebrating its 100th year in 2013. It survived a devastating fire in 1990, was renovated and still stands proudly just northwest of downtown, and is a place dear to my heart.
The New Philly school district has one building older than the high school. Front Elementary, where I went to kindergarten, was built in 1906. It's a plain square brick building which was heavily damaged by fire in 1977, and has housed the district's administrative offices since the early 1980s.
New Philly's Tuscarawas Avenue elementary building dates to 1914, but was closed a few years ago. The property and building have been for sale ever since.
The school I attended from first to sixth grades in New Philly was built in 1892 and survived until a new school was built in 1971. Also an eight-room square brick facility, it originally was called Lockport School and later South School since it was located on the southside of town. It was razed in 1977.
I've seen some historic photos of it in the early 1900s when it had a stately bell tower, but that was gone by the time I was born, and the building had a plain, flat roof.
Its gymnasium, built in 1959, remains and is used for storage of district equipment.
One of the "newer old" buildings that was demolished recently was the old Ravenna High, which was opened in 1923.
In my 26 years in Portage County, other schools have met the wrecking ball, including in Atwater, Brimfield, Hiram, Randolph, Suffield and Windham.
A few buildings in Portage that no longer are used as schools still stand, including Depeyster in Kent (now the district's central offices), Mantua Village, Mantua Center, Shalersville, Emma Willard in Brady Lake, Deerfield, Palmyra and Paris.
Some have been converted to other uses -- such as doctor's offices at Mantua Village -- while Palmyra and Paris are rotting away. Part of the roof has collapsed at Palmyra.
Probably Portage County's most majestic remaining "newer old" school is Davey Elementary in Kent. Built in 1922, it was the original Theodore Roosevelt High School, then housed middle school students from 1959 to 1999 before becoming an elementary school.
There are many other school buildings around Ohio that I have fond memories of which have been torn down, including some where I covered athletic events.
Some of them are in Cambridge, Bridgeport, Martins Ferry, Old Washington, New Concord, Zanesville, Stone Creek, Magnolia, Waynesburg, Midvale, Mingo Junction and Strasburg.
Some of the buildings I was familiar with were built and demolished in my lifetime, thus lasting less than six decades. One was Sandy Valley High School, built in the early 1950s.
I have tons of photos of schools around Ohio -- some of which are still in operation and some which have been abandoned or converted to other uses. It's sad to see some of them waste away.
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We're just a few days away from the November 18th release of Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, and what better time to reveal a new area than now?
Inspired by Disneyland's opening day attraction, Autopia, comes a new Wasteland location, appropriately titled Autotopia. Autotopia is part of Tomorrow City and is equipped with Midget Autopia, vintage cars from the retired attraction.
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Dale W. Dickson Scholarship awards support to Alexa Abrams of Freeport
A first-year Muskingum University student has been awarded financial support from the Dale W. Dickson Endowed Scholarship Fund. Alexa Abrams, a 2011 Buckeye Trail High School
graduate from Freeport, will begin her studies at Muskingum this fall,
where she plans to pursue a major in early childhood education. She is
the daughter of Angela and Jack Abrams of Freeport.
As a high school student, Alexa played
volleyball, basketball and softball. She was inducted into National
Honor Society, was a member of Student Council and was chosen as a
Student of the Month at Buckeye Trail. Away from the classroom, she
attended state conferences on leadership and ethics and was involved as a
Relay for Life volunteer for five years.
The Dale W. Dickson Endowed Scholarship Fund was
established in 1998, following his death, by his family, friends and the
Mace Club, a social club at Muskingum. Dickson, who graduated from
Muskingum in 1965, was a member of the Mace Club and served on its
advisory board after his graduation. The purpose of the fund is to make
it financially possible for deserving and qualified students, preferably
from Guernsey County, to attend Muskingum University.
Dickson was a teacher and coach at Meadowbrook
High School, Cambridge High School, Cloverleaf High School near
Cleveland and Mt. Vernon High School. Beginning in 1986, he was employed
by Cambridge Savings Bank, where he served as vice president and
secretary and as a board member of Camco Mortgage. He also was the high
school football coach of Cambridge native Dom Capers, who is defensive
coordinator for the Green Bay Packers. Capers also won Coach of the Year
honors in the NFL as head coach of the Carolina Panthers.
Dickson was a member and past president of the
Kiwanis Club, the Cambridge Area Chamber of Commerce Board, the Guernsey
County United Way campaign and the board of directors of the
Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center. In tribute to his college
athletic career, he was inducted into the Muskingum University Hall of
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text: FestivALL schedule for Saturday, June 29, 2013 By Staff reports June 28, 2013 Story Share Art"JOIN THE PARTY: CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF MOUNTAIN STAGE": Show memorabilia, glimpses of backstage moments and artwork created by state artists in celebration of the show's 30th anniversary will be on display from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Good News Mountaineer Garage Gallery, 221 1/2 Hale St.CAPITOL STREET ART FAIR: Nearly 80 artists, almost all from West Virginia, will display their fine arts and crafts on Capitol Street from Quarrier Street to Washington Street East. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A list of vendors is available on the FestivALL website.CATFISH DISPLAY: The installation of colorful, painted FestivALL catfish will be on display from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Brawley Walkway.TROLLEY ART TOUR: Board at the Lee Street Triangle at 10 a.m. for a 90-minute guided tour of some of the city's public art. Artists may be on hand at some locations.PUBLIC ART AND ARCHITECTURE TROLLEY TOUR: Guided tour leaves from Lee Street Triangle. Hour-long tours begin at 1, 2:15 and 3:30 p.m.RAIN BARREL EXHIBIT: See how artists have decorated 55-gallon drums to be used as rain barrels in a display on Capitol Street between Washington Street East and Lee Street from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The barrels will be raffled off.MusicAPPALACHIAN POWER STAGE: Music and dance at Davis Park. Bob Shank (hammered dulcimer, banjo), 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Marium Bria (folk), noon and 4 p.m.; Dance in Davis Park, 1 and 5 p.m.; Ballroom Dance in the Park, 3 p.m.CAPITOL MARKET STAGE: Traditional/old-time music at Capitol Market. Robert Shafer and Robin Kessinger, noon and 2 p.m.; Little Sparrow, 1 p.m.WINE AND ALL THAT JAZZ: 2 p.m. Advance tickets $18, at the gate $20. Music by Soul Rebels, Samba Mapangala & Virunga, Bob Thompson Unit, Comparsa, Ryan Kennedy Trio. Presented by Fund for the Arts. University of Charleston. Call 304-345-0775. THIRD EYE CABARET: The Cellar, 8 Capitol St. Admission $5. Featured act Option 22 (worldbeat) will perform at 11 p.m.DRUM CIRCLE: A free community drum circle begins after "Dance in Davis Park" (approximately 5:30 p.m.) at Davis Park. No experience is necessary.Theater"BRICKTOP AND COMSTOCK (IT MATTERS WHERE YOU'RE BURIED)": 2 and 7 p.m. Walker Theater, Clay Center. Free. Staged reading with sets and props about Ada "Bricktop" Smith and James Comstock with music. Presented by West Virginia Music Hall of Fame. For information, visit www.festivallcharleston.com. "HOLLY GROVE": Original musical drama from the Contemporary Youth Arts Company commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Cabin Creek/Paint Creek Mine War. 8 p.m. Capitol Center Theater, 123 Summers St. Admission is $10 for adults and $6 for students and seniors at the door.LOCATION PLAYS: Charleston Stage Company presents the two winning 10-minute plays in this year's competition at the Good News Mountaineer Garage Gallery, 221 Hale St., at 11 a.m., noon, 2 and 3 p.m. The event is in conjunction with the "Mountain Stage" 30th anniversary exhibit. DanceTHE PAINT DANCE: Artistic duo The Snake and the Pot mix music, art and dance in this performance from 11 a.m. to noon at the Lee Street Triangle. Duane Swanson III will drum while Amanda Jane Miller belly-dances in paint on canvas to create a work of art.DANCE IN DAVIS PARK: The theme is "The Princess and Her Ponies." Carli Mareneck, of Lewisburg's Trillium Performing Arts Collective, wrote, choreographed and will narrate the piece inspired by the artwork of Franz Marc and Wassily Kandinsky. Performances are 1 to 1:30 and 5 to 5:30 p.m.Family CHILDREN'S ART FAIR AND LIBRARY STREET FAIR: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Capitol Street between Virginia and Quarrier streets. Games, children's activities, make-and-take crafts, a photo booth and a youth art sale, and a children's songwriting workshop at 1:30 p.m. with Todd Burge and Ron Sowell.RECOVERY SPORTS GRILL STAGE: Family-friendly entertainment in front of the library, 123 Capitol St. Katzendrummerz, 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. (drumming); Todd Burge and Ron Sowell, 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. (kids songs); Mutts Gone Nuts, noon and 3 p.m. (dog tricks); Jonathan Burns, 1 p.m. (contortionist comedy); Glen Singer, 2 p.m. (mime/clown).BB&T STAGE: Family-friendly entertainment in front of Taylor Books. Jenny Allinder & Jim Mullins, 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. (old-time music); Glen Singer, noon; Moon Goddess Poetry, 12:45, 1:45 and 3:45 p.m. (spoken word); Jenna Brooke Swanson, 1 and 4 p.m. (belly dance); Jozef Mak, 2 p.m. (Slovic music); Jonathan Burns, 3 p.m. Bobby Altman, 5 p.m. (acoustic blues).DIZZY DOC'S AMAZING BALLOON SCULPTURE: Dizzy Doc and his crew will be building their giant sculpture in Charleston Town Center Mall Center Court. They'll be working from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.Etc.KANAWHA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SUMMER USED BOOK SALE: The library's annual summer sale will take place on the third floor of the library on Capitol Street from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m."BIGGEST LOSER RUN/WALK 5K/10K RACE: Race begins at 9 a.m. for the 5K/10K at Haddad Riverfront Park. The event also includes a kid's one-mile race for ages 4-12 hosted by the Kids Fitness Foundation. A post-race concert featuring former "Biggest Loser" contestant and Nashville recording artist Dan Evans will be featured. For more information, visit www.biggestloser.com/RunWalk.RIVER QUEEN CRUISES: 90-minute cruises on the Kanawha River embark from Haddad Riverfront Park. Noon, 2, 4 and 6 p.m. Tickets are $19 for adults, $18 for seniors, $11 for ages 4-11 and free for ages 3 and under.EAST END GARDEN SHOWCASE: More than 30 local gardens are featured in this self-guided walking tour from dawn to dusk. Get a tour brochure at Zegeer Hardware, Contemporary Galleries or Bluegrass Kitchen.WRITE HERE! WRITE NOW!: Stop by Taylor Books between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and add a line to an ongoing poem or short story started by the West Virginia Writers. At the end of the day, completed works will be published at www.wvwriters.org.EAST END BAZAAR COUNTRY ROADS COOK-OFF: Amateur chef competition encourages cooking using local foods. 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Samples cost $2 to $4. The bazaar is on Washington Street East at Ruffner Avenue.HORSE AND WAGON RIDES: Noon to 4 p.m. Horses from Rocky Point Farm in Kenna will take riders in a loop from the corner of Quarrier and Capitol streets. Availability is subject to weather. Tickets are $5; $20 for a private couples ride.ROLLER DERBY: It's Charleston's Chemical Valley Rollergirls versus the Star City Rollergirls of Roanoke, Va., in a match that starts at 6 p.m. in the Civic Center's South Hall. Adult tickets are $10 in advance through Ticketmaster or $12 at the door. Tickets for children ages 2-12 are $5; children 2 and under admitted free.RIVER TAXI: The River Queen will run taxi service between Haddad Riverfront Park and the University of Charleston for Wine & All That Jazz. Those departing at UC must have or be willing to purchase a ticket to the event. Tickets are $3 for adults and free for children ages 12 and under when accompanied by a paying adult. 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Tailoring questions to the contestant's age, gamers from age eight to 80 can join in on the fun all at the same time. Every player's answer is tracked, and the game automatically adjusts the difficulty level to provide continuous stimulation and interactive challenges that are age appropriate. Exciting Wii gestures make everything a game, from spinning the category wheel and tug-of-wars over correct answers, to "dance-offs" for additional points. Smarty Pants boasts multiple game modes including a family mode, a single team race against time and a rapid-fire competitive mode perfect for groups of friends. With both competitive and collaborative game modes and 20,000 questions in multiple categories, the fun is virtually endless!
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- It's anybody's game
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Thu 19 Jul 2012
Detective #1,000–Gotham's Last Laugh
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I've been playing this game based on the Apprentice television show over at the Brian M. Bendis forum on Jinxworld. (For non-comic readers, Bendis is likely Marvel's more prolific writer. Avengers and all that.)
I've never watched the show but the game I'm playing basically consists of writing prompts. Coming up with story arcs, coming up with alternate takes on heroes, plotting out an entire Marvel line reboot and even plotting an entire year of an animated series.
It's been great for generating ideas and characters, especially with all the plot bunnies. But it also is giving me a taste of what it would be like to write these characters, which is absolutely a blast.
Our last big assignment as a team was to come up with a #1,000 anniversary issue. Either Spider-Man or Action Comics (Superman) or Detective Comics (Batman.)
Naturally, I insisted on Batman. And then I got stuck for what I thought might be a big game changer. After all, sidekicks have all been killed before, Batman's been defeated before, he's even been considered dead fairly recently. Can't really marry him off, he's Batman and it wouldn't stick. So then I looked at the villains and thought, well, the #1,000 issue demands the most iconic Bat villain.
The Joker.
So here's our take on Detective #1,000, which might occur ten years down the line, if DC goes back to the regular number system. (They swapped all numbers back to #1 with the reboot.) This is not solely my own creation, I had the help of Kedd & Gary Sloan from the Bendis board. 🙂
I'll give you a hint. Something very bad happens to the Joker. Second hint: Batman doesn't do it to him.
Third hint? Look to the image.
Also, a certain redhead who's been missing from the Gothamverse for a while makes a re-appearance.
Detective #1,000
Batman started fighting crime in a corrupt system back during the Great Depression, a problem that remains today in places like Detroit, New Orleans, and Camden, New Jersey. Batman still stands for the common person who gets back up off the ground and not only survives but vows to make certain that others never again suffer the same kind of pain. He is the guardian of the night whose quest is endless as no one person can eliminate the horrors of life.
Still, Batman will always try.
Over the years, Batman has trained a number of exceptional young men who have suffered similar losses, gained an ally in a thief whose life taught her that the 'law' is often a tool for the unjust, and made perhaps his truest friend in a man who, many times, provides his strongest link to the law.
As Batman: Year One was the parallel story of two men searching to serve justice, one outside the law, one inside the law, Detective #1,000 is meant to be a bookend to Year One, the story of the parallel tracks the actions of Batman and JIm Gordon and where those tracks have taken them.
This issue contains the story that allows the Batman mythos to move into the future with a somewhat altered status quo both for the Batman characters and for the city at large. Along with that, the back-up stories will showcase the best of the characters in Gotham and the work of the creators who've had such an impact on them.
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Multiple crews contain 3-acre brush fire in Eastern Truckee
June 26, 2012
TRUCKEE, Calif. – With the five-year anniversary of the Angora fire barely in the rear view mirror, regional crews Monday afternoon teamed up to contain a brush fire in Eastern Truckee that one official said could have been a lot worse.
The Truckee Fire Protection District was dispatched to a report of a 30 foot by 30 foot fire shortly before 3:30 p.m. north of Glenshire Drive, roughly a half-mile east of Highland Avenue, said Gene Welch, public information officer for the district.
Crews from Truckee Fire, Calfire, U.S. Forest Service, the Squaw Valley Fire Department and Northstar Fire Protection District were able to contain the fire – which was proceeding quickly uphill – to three acres, Welch said.
Officials closed down Glenshire Drive to help battle the fire; as of 5:30 p.m., one lane had been reopened to allow through traffic. It should take crews another hour or so to mop up the incident, Welch said.
The cause is still being investigated, he said.
"Conditions today were extreme due to low moisture and low humidity and high winds," Welch said. "Just one little spark could have been what started the fire."
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Monday's fire occurred under red flag conditions – the same conditions on June 24, 2007, when the Angora fire was ignited. The blaze, which started from an illegal campfire, eventually destroyed 242 residences and 67 commercial structures and scorched 3,100 acres of land in South Lake Tahoe.


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