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Sabermetrics is the term for the empirical analysis of baseball, especially baseball statistics that measure in-game activity. The term is derived from the acronym SABR, which stands for the Society for American Baseball Research. It was coined by Bill James, who is one of its pioneers and is often considered its most prominent advocate and public face.[1]
- General principles 1
- Early history 2
- Examples 3
- Notable proponents 4
- Groups 5
- Popular culture 6
- See also 7
- References 8
- External links 9
General principles
The Sabermetric Manifesto by David Grabiner (1994)[2] begins:
Bill James defined sabermetrics as "the search for objective knowledge about baseball." Thus, sabermetrics attempts to answer objective questions about baseball, such as "which player on the Red Sox contributed the most to the team's offense?" or "How many home runs will Ken Griffey hit next year?" It cannot deal with the subjective judgments which are also important to the game, such as "Who is your favorite player?" or "That was a great game."
It may, however, attempt to settle questions, such as, "Was Willie Mays faster than Mickey Mantle?" by establishing several possible parameters for examining speed in objective studies (how many triples each man hit, how many bases each man stole, how many times he was caught stealing) and then reaching a tentative conclusion on the basis of these individual studies.
Sabermetricians frequently question traditional measures of baseball skill. For instance, they doubt that batting average is as useful as conventional wisdom says it is because team batting average provides a relatively poor fit for team runs scored.[3] Sabermetric reasoning would say that runs win ballgames, and that a good measure of a player's worth is his ability to help his team score more runs than the opposing team. This may imply that the traditional RBI (runs batted in) is an effective metric; however, sabermetricians also reject RBI, for a number of reasons. Rather, sabermetric measures are usually phrased in terms of either runs or team wins. For example, a player might be described as being worth 54 offensive runs more than a replacement-level player at the same position over the course of a full season, as the sabermetric statistic VORP can indicate.
Early history
Sabermetrics research began in the middle of the 20th century. Earnshaw Cook was one of the earliest researchers of sabermetrics. Cook gathered the majority of his research into his 1964 book, Percentage Baseball. The book was the first of its kind to gain national media attention,[4] although it was widely criticized and not accepted by most baseball organizations.
While playing for the Baltimore Orioles in the early 1970s, Davey Johnson used an IBM System/360 at team owner Jerry Hofberger's brewery to write a FORTRAN baseball computer simulation, and using the results unsuccessfully proposed to manager Earl Weaver that he should bat second in the lineup. He wrote IBM BASIC programs to help him manage the Tidewater Tides, and after becoming manager of the New York Mets in 1984 arranged for a team employee to write a dBASE II application to compile and store advanced metrics on team statistics.[5]
- Base runs (BsR)
- Batting average on balls in play (BABIP)
- Defense independent pitching statistics (DIPS)
- Defensive Runs Saved (DRS)
- Equivalent average (EQA)
- Fantasy batter value (FBV)
- Late-inning pressure situations (LIPS)
- Log5
- On-base plus slugging (OPS)
- PECOTA (Player empirical comparison and optimization test algorithm)
- Peripheral ERA (PERA)
- Pythagorean expectation
- Range factor
- Runs created
- Secondary average
- Similarity score
- Speed Score
- Super linear weights
- Total player rating, or Batter-Fielder Wins (TPR, BFW); Total Pitcher Index, or Pitcher Wins (TPI, PW)
- Ultimate zone rating (UZR)
- Value over replacement player (VORP)
- Win shares
- wOBA
- Wins above replacement (WAR), a non-standardized statistic
Notable proponents
- Sandy Alderson: Former General Manager of the Oakland Athletics, Alderson began focusing on sabermetric principles in the early 1990s toward obtaining relatively undervalued players.[1] He became GM of the New York Mets in late 2010.
- Billy Beane: Athletics' General Manager since 1997. Although not a public proponent of sabermetrics, it has been widely noted that Beane has steered the team during his tenure according to sabermetric principles.[6] In 2003, Michael Lewis published Moneyball about Billy Beane's use of a more quantitative approach. In 2011, a film based on Lewis' book which dramatised Beane's use of sabermetrics was released, starring Brad Pitt in the role of Beane.
- Earnshaw Cook: Early researcher and proponent of statistical baseball research. His 1964 book Percentage Baseball was the first book of baseball statistics studies to gain national media attention.[4]
- Paul DePodesta: A key figure in Michael Lewis' book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game as Beane's assistant in Oakland.
- Theo Epstein: President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs. He was hired as GM of the Red Sox after owner John Henry hired sabermetrician Bill James.[7][8]
- Bill James: Widely considered the father of sabermetrics due to his extensive series of books, although a number of less well known SABR researchers in the early 1970s provided a foundation for his work. He began publishing his Baseball Abstracts in 1977 to study some questions about baseball he found interesting,[9] and their eclectic mix of essays based on new kinds of statistics soon became popular with a generation of thinking baseball fans.[10] He discontinued the Abstracts after the 1988 edition, but continued to be active in the field. His two Historical Baseball Abstract editions and Win Shares book have continued to advance the field of sabermetrics, 25 years after he began. In 2002 James was hired as a special advisor to the Boston Red Sox.[7]
- Brian Kenny: a studio host for MLB Network.
- Christina Kahrl: Co-founder of Baseball Prospectus and current ESPN columnist, Kahrl puts an emphasis on advanced baseball analytics.
- Sean Lahman: Created a database of baseball statistics from existing sources and in the mid-1990s made it available for free download on the Internet, providing access to statistical data in electronic form for the first time.
- Voros McCracken: Developed a system called Defense Independent Pitching Statistics (DIPS) to evaluate a pitcher based purely on his ability.
- Rob Neyer: Senior writer at ESPN.com and national baseball editor of SBNation and former assistant to Bill James, he has worked to popularize sabermetrics since the mid-1980s. Neyer has authored or co-authored several books about baseball, and his journalistic writing focuses on sabermetric methods for looking at baseball players' and teams' performance.[11]
- Joe Posnanski: A popular baseball writer and a proponent of sabermetrics.
- Nate Silver: Writer and former managing partner of Baseball Prospectus, inventor of PECOTA. Later applied sabermetric statistical models to the study of politics, particularly elections, and published the results on his blog FiveThirtyEight (later affiliated with The New York Times and ESPN).
- David Smith: Founded Retrosheet in 1989, with the objective of computerizing the box score of every major league baseball game ever played, in order to more accurately collect and compare the statistics of the game.
- Tom Tango: Runs the Tango on Baseball sabermetrics website. In particular, he has worked in the area of defense independent pitching statistics.
- Eric Walker: Former aerospace engineer turned baseball writer, who played an important part in the early acceptance of sabermetrics within the Oakland Athletics organization. GM Sandy Alderson hired Walker in order to get "some Bill James-like stuff that was proprietary to us."[12]
- Keith Woolner: Creator of VORP, or Value over Replacement Player, is a former writer for sabermetric group/website Baseball Prospectus. He was hired in 2007 by the Cleveland Indians as their Manager of Baseball Research & Analytics.
- Craig R. Wright: Worked 21 years in MLB and while with the Texas Rangers in the early 1980s, was the first front office employee in Major League Baseball to work under the title "Sabermetrician."
- Stephen Jay Gould: proposed that the disappearance of .400 batting average is actually a sign of general improvement in batting.
- Baseball Prospectus is an annual publication and web site[13] produced by a group of sabermetricians who originally met over the Internet. Several Baseball Prospectus authors have invented or improved upon widely relied upon sabermetric measures and techniques. The website publishes analytical articles as well as advanced statistics and projections for individuals and teams. This group also publishes other books that use and seek to popularize sabermetric techniques, including Baseball Between the Numbers[14] and It Ain't Over 'til It's Over.[15]
- The Hardball Times is a website as well as an annual volume that evaluates the preceding major league season and presents original research articles on various sabermetric topics. The website also publishes original research on baseball.
- FanGraphs is a website that publishes advanced baseball statistics as well as graphics that evaluate and track the performance of players and teams. The site also favors the analysis of play-by-play data and PITCHf/x. It draws on some of the advanced baseball metrics developed by well-known sabermetricians such as Tom Tango and Mitchel Lichtman.
- Beyond the Boxscore is a part of SB Nation and specializes in sabermetric analysis and research. It has also launched the careers of many successful sabermetricians.
- SABR is the Society for American Baseball Research, founded in 1971, and the root of the term sabermetrics. Statistical study, however, is only a small component of SABR members' research, which also focuses on diverse issues including ballparks, the Negro Leagues, rules changes, and the desegregation of baseball as a mirror of American culture.
- Fielding Bible Awards are voted on by a panel of sabermetically inclined writers to recognize the best defensive player for each fielding position. It provides an alternative to the Gold Glove Awards, the traditional measurement of fielding excellence.
- Baseball Think Factory is a web forum that includes extensive coverage of and commentary on baseball, usually from the perspective of sabermetrics.
Popular culture
- Moneyball, the 2011 film about Billy Beane's use of sabermetrics to build the Oakland Athletics. The film is based on Michael Lewis' book of the same name.
- The season 3 Numb3rs episode "Hardball" focuses on sabermetrics, and the season 1 episode "Sacrifice" also covers the subject.
- "MoneyBART", the third episode of The Simpsons' 22nd season, in which Lisa utilizes sabermetrics to coach Bart's Little League Baseball team.
See also
- Fielding Bible Award
- Win Shares by Bill James
- Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame? by Bill James
- Total Baseball by John Thorn and Pete Palmer
- The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
- Moneyball, by Michael Lewis
- APBRmetrics, the basketball equivalent
- Theorycraft
- Notes
- ^ a b
- ^ Grabiner, David J. "The Sabermetric Manifesto". The Baseball Archive.
- ^ Jarvis, J. (2003-09-29). "A Survey of Baseball Player Performance Evaluation Measures". Retrieved 2007-11-02.
- ^ a b Albert, James; Jay M. Bennett (2001). Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game.
- ^ Porter, Martin (1984-05-29). "The PC Goes to Bat". PC Magazine. p. 209. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ Kipen, D. (June 1, 2003). "Billy Beane's brand-new ballgame".
- ^ a b Neyer, Rob (November 5, 2002). "Red Sox hire James in advisory capacity".
- ^ Shanahan, M. (May 23, 2005). Retrieved November 2, 2007 His numbers are in the ballpark The Boston Globe
- ^ "Bill James, Beyond Baseball".
- ^ Ackman, D. (May 20, 2007). "Sultan of Stats".
- ^ Jaffe, C. (October 22, 2007). "Rob Neyer Interview".
- ^ Lewis, M. Moneyball. pp. 58–63.
- ^ "Baseball Prospectus". Retrieved 2012-03-04.
- ^ Baseball Between the Numbers. 2006.
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External links
- The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)
- This Guy's Quest to Track Every Shot in the NBA Changed Basketball Forever - Wired, Mark McClusky, 28 October 2014


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Cahill insisted the performance of Didier Drogba and fellow thirty-somethings Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole in Saturday's epic victory over Bayern Munich proved they still had plenty to offer - especially to him.
"I don't see it being the end," the England defender said. "Frank Lampard was fantastic. Ashley Cole was amazing and he's probably been the best left-back in the world for many years. Didier, again, turned up, the big man for the big occasion. You just learn from these sorts of boys, especially myself."
Speculation has been rife all season about a summer clear-out of the club's so-called 'old guard' and reports on Monday suggested Munich hero Drogba had already agreed a deal to join Shanghai Shenhua.
Meanwhile, Cahill admitted he felt added pressure on Saturday in the absence of another Chelsea veteran, suspended captain John Terry.
"I felt pressure because, obviously, the skipper wasn't there," said the 26-year-old, who revealed he was not even fully fit after almost a month out with a hamstring injury.
"Because of the size of the game and what it meant to the club - obviously playing the Champions League next season - however much you want to try to play it down in your head and relax, you knew it was a massive, massive game.
"You only get the experience by playing in the games and, now, these games, the Barcelona games, and even coming on in the Benfica game in the second half was a great experience for myself and will only improve me as a player."
Chelsea were on Sunday planning 11th-hour talks with Drogba in an attempt to reach an agreement on extending his contract. The club refused to bow to the 34-year-old's demands for a new two-year deal earlier this season.
Cahill said: "If you ask every player at the football club, you'd hope that he stays. But he's obviously got his own decision to make. It was just fitting that he took the penalty that won us the cup, he got us back in the game late doors. He just seems to turn up in these big games and that's the kind of player he is."


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Hazardous Waste in Idaho
What is Hazardous Waste?
Hazardous waste has properties that make it dangerous or potentially harmful to human health or the environment. Hazardous wastes can be liquids, solids, contained gases, or sludges. They can be the by-products of manufacturing processes or simply discarded commercial products, such as cleaning fluids or pesticides. By law, facilities that generate waste must determine if any of their wastes are hazardous.
Types of Hazardous Waste
There are two types of hazardous waste:
Hazardous wastes that exhibit one or more of the following characteristics:
- Ignitable. These wastes easily catch fire when exposed to heat. If the waste has a flash point below 140°F, it must be managed as a hazardous waste. This information is available on Material Safety Data Sheets and from product suppliers.
- Corrosive/caustic. These waste products can burn or damage living tissue on contact. Corrosivity is determined by properties outlined in 40 CFR.261.22. Testing methods are explained in EPA publication SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods.
- Toxic/poisonous. Such wastes can cause injury or death if swallowed, inhaled, or absorbed through the skin or eyes. If the material contains any organic or inorganic chemicals in excess of the concentrations listed under
40 CFR 261.24, it must be managed as a hazardous waste.
- Reactive. Reactive wastes are unstable, react violently or explode, and/or give off toxic gases.
Hazardous wastes that appear on any of four specific lists issued by EPA. Some of these wastes, such as some pesticides that can be fatal to humans in small doses, are so dangerous that they are called acute hazardous wastes.
Regulation of Hazardous Waste
Hazardous waste is regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle C. Businesses and other facilities in Idaho are required to comply with hazardous waste regulations prescribed in the state's Rules and Standards for Hazardous Waste (IDAPA 58.01.05). First and foremost, a business must determine if any of the wastes it generates are hazardous.
If a business determines that it generates hazardous waste, the business must do the following:
- Identify the types of hazardous waste it generates.
- Comply with storage quantity and time limit requirements.
- Determine its generator status based on the amount of waste generated in a given month (this can change monthly).
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DEQ ensures compliance by inspecting businesses that generate hazardous waste and, if necessary, taking enforcement action if a business fails to comply with regulations. DEQ also assists businesses in complying with regulations through education and outreach.
Certain businesses and facilities that treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste, especially waste generated by others, are required to hold permits to do so. DEQ issues and oversees these permits and ensures the facilities meet all applicable laws and that the facilities comply with permit conditions.
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Hazardous waste generators are regulated according to the amount of waste they generate in a calendar month. Based on volume, hazardous waste generators are classified into one of three statuses: very small quantity generator, small quantity generator, or large quantity generator. Regulatory requirements vary based on generator status. Find out how to calculate how much hazardous waste you generate and how to determine generator status of your business here.
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All businesses that generate more than 220 pounds of hazardous waste or 2.2 pounds of acutely hazardous waste in a calendar month are required to obtain an identification number. A very small quantity generator who wants to take advantage of the episodic generator provisions in 40 CFR Part 262 Subpart L must also obtain an identification number. Learn more.
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Generators of hazardous waste in the state are required to report annually to DEQ on the types and quantities of hazardous wastes generated, shipped for treatment and disposal, and remaining in storage, and whether hazardous wastes they generate will be disposed of or treated in Idaho or out of state. Learn more and access annual reports here.
Universal Wastes
Some hazardous wastes are so common that they are referred to as universal wastes and include batteries, some pesticides, thermostats, and spent lamps. The Universal Waste Rule (40 CFR 273) allows universal wastes to be managed under streamlined requirements. The rule is designed to encourage recycling and proper disposal of some common hazardous wastes and to reduce the regulatory burden on businesses that generate these wastes. Learn more.
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Electronic waste, or e-waste as it is commonly referred to, is unwanted, obsolete, or unusable electronic products such as computers and computer peripherals, televisions, VCRs, DVD players, stereo equipment, and hand-held cell phones. Management and disposal of e-waste has become a serious problem among states nationwide, including Idaho. Learn why and how to properly dispose of e-waste here.
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Some pharmaceuticals, such as prescription or over-the-counter drugs, supplements, and liquid nicotine, are hazardous when wastes and must be disposed of properly. Effective August 21, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency prohibits disposing of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals by flushing them down the drain. The ban on sewering these wastes will mainly impact healthcare facilities, retailers, and reverse distributors. Learn more about managing pharmaceutical waste here.
Sump Waste
Sump waste is the mixture of dirt, grime, and grit that accumulates in a sump. Sump waste is considered solid waste and may be hazardous, depending on its content. Learn more.
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Like all hazardous wastes, spent solvents must be tracked and properly disposed of. Examples of spent solvents include mineral spirits, chlorinated solvent, paint-related waste, and alcohol that is no longer useful. Is your spent solvent hazardous? How should you dispose of spent solvent? Find out and learn about alternative cleaning solvents and processes here.
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Most hazardous waste is generated by businesses and industry, but Americans generate 1.6 million tons of household hazardous waste each year as well. Common household hazardous wastes include paints and stains, cleaners, batteries, compact fluorescent light bulbs, and pharmaceuticals. Improperly disposing of hazardous wastes is harmful to the environment. Learn how to identify whether a product is hazardous and how to properly dispose of hazardous products here.
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My name is Magnus Reuterdahl, I'm a Swedish archaeologist and osteologist currently working at Kalmar County Museum. I've been blogging on archaeology since 2007 at Testimony of the spade, in English, and blog on occasion for the museum blog in Swedish.
Archaeology is a strange thing, you'd think I would be out digging in the dirt all summer long, but no. Currently I'm doing in-door stuff – not due to lack of work but due to the fact the land owners and or building contractors either have vacation or have lots of people on vacation and can't organize wood cutting needed etc. Well, I'll be digging again soon enough 🙂
Then what do you do – well lets dig into old digs and finds from old digs – some have not been catalogued or needs to be recatalouged, reports that hasn't been finished needs a little TLC etc. So this is what I currently do.
This work is a bit of detective work, as you often haven't participated in the dig and you'll have to read up, try to find the original notes and get into the methods of registration done then etc. A couple of these digs have been laying about for more than just a few years.
When doing something like that this you'll bound to stumble on some interesting artefacts such as this bronze tool, found at a excavation just next to Hossmo church, Kalmar County.
A bronze lucet, probably from the late Viking Age or the early Middle Ages (ca 600-1200 AD), used for twinning cords in the same way as bone lucet or as they are called in Swedish tinbl bein. The lucet is made of a folded thin bronze plate, and has had two points at the end, the object is about 3 inches long.
Another find that caught my interest was found on the island Öland, just east of Kalmar, at Övra Vannborga, is 18 teeth beads. The beads are made out of front tooth from several deer, the roots are pierced, and they probably have been sitting on a garment. The beads were found in a grave originally believed to be of Neolithic origin though the 14C-analsys proved the grave and the beads to be older than that, they are from the Mesolithic, ca 7000 BC.
By working with finds you learn a lot, not just about the finds themselves but also about the context they been found, how they been made, where other finds alike them has been found and not but not least you come very close to the common man or woman, to the prehistoric individual – you find objects from which you can eventually can build a story, their story, so that both you and I might understand their and perhaps our time better.
That's all for now
Magnus Reuterdahl


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Monastic School of Aran
Monastic school on the island of Aran Mor, Ireland. It was an ancient center of sanctity and learning, c.500-800. Saint Enda attracted followers thither, among them, Brendan the Navigator, Finnian of Clonard, Columcille, and Ciaran. Nearly all the Twelve Apostles of Erin visited Aran. Remains of distinct monasteries at Killeany, Kilronan, Kilmurvey, and at the Seven Churches, can now be seen side by side with the ruins of pagan architecture.
- "Monastic School of Aran". . CatholicSaints.Info. 2 January 2013. Web. 25 November 2020. <>


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Fido and Felix are out as cats and dogs get human names
GONE are the days when pet lovers named their pooches Fido or Rex - human names are hot and pets are being equally spoilt in the process.
What's worse: Today's popular pet names (like Daphne or Steve); or today's popular baby names (like Summa or Blaze)? Click here to vote in this Poll
Raceview Veterinary Surgery vet Fiona Perry said names such as "Blanket" - the late Michael Jackson's third child's name, and "Lord Byron" had made it into their client lists.
"We even have people who like to use alternate spelling because they are following the trends of movie stars - we've even had a dog called Apple, like Gwyneth Paltrow's child," Dr Perry said.
Lord Byron is a 12-kilo Maine Coon - a Persian-like cat commanding dominance in any home they are a part of.
"Pets in lots of circumstances replace children for couples - those who are delaying children or prefer to have a furry baby instead," she said.
Fido and Scruff have changed during this generation - there is a different perception of what people deem as 'normal'.
Yamanto Veterinary Surgery vet nurse Stephanie Romyn said people had become tired of the usual names for their pets.
"Having a human name adds to their character - people who do it are usually a bit quirky themselves," Ms Romyn said.
"It is more common in recent times than it used to be because people are open to change."
Ms Romyn said many clients named their pets after their beloved head vet Dr Tim Rush.
"We have lots of dogs named Tim," she said. "He's a wonderful vet and has been here for years."
Karalee Veterinary Surgery vet nurse Jodie Browning said many people encouraged their children to christen the family pet with their favourite name.
"We have lots of dogs named after cartoons - such as Bob or Patrick, from SpongeBob Squarepants," Ms Browning said.
"It comes down to what you like really."
Popular human names for pets include: Steven; Robert or Bob; Gregory; Timothy; Patrick; Sid; Colin; Jillian; Sally.
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OK, that headline might be a little harsh. How about "Anti-bullying activist to discuss non-intervention in Libya while dictator massacres entire city"? Unfortunately, it doesn't appear at the moment that Barack Obama will be taking questions but rather will just be issuing a statement:
The White House says President Barack Obama will make a statement later in the day on the deepening nuclear crisis in Japan.
Obama spoke Wednesday night with Japan's prime minister about steps the U.S. is taking to ensure the safety of Americans there — steps that exceed what Japan is telling its own citizens. The U.S. has also offered to evacuate Americans from three Japanese cities.
It's unclear what Obama will have to say, other than the US will supply any assistance Japan requests, which Obama already said in an earlier statement. Today, for instance, the US Navy delivered protective suits to workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has now repeatedly said that the US is safe from any impact from the radiation emanating from the site. Now the IAEA is calling the situation "stable":
The situation at Japan's tsunami-stricken nuclear plant is "very serious," but at the moment it does not appear to be deteriorating, a senior official of the U.N. atomic agency said Thursday.
As emergency workers frantically worked to regain control of the dangerously overheated nuclear complex, Graham Andrew told reporters that "there had been no significant worsening" over the past 24 hours at the crippled plant.
Andrew, a senior aide to International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano, emphasized that the situation could change quickly, either improving or escalating into a wider catastrophe.
"It hasn't gotten worse, which is positive, But it is still possible that it could get worse," he said. "We could say it's reasonably stable at the moment compared to yesterday."
While we're waiting for President Obama to make a public appearance on the Japan crises, be sure to absorb this report from ABC on the nearly 200 workers who have volunteered for what appears to be a suicide mission to keep the nuclear station from killing their families, neighbors, and countrymen:
"My dad went to the Nuclear Plant. I never heard my mother cry so hard. People at the plant are struggling, sacrificing themselves to protect you. Please dad come back alive," read a tweet by Twitter user @nekkonekonyaa.
"My husband is working knowing he could be radiated," said one woman. He told her via email, "Please continue to live well. I cannot be home for awhile."
An email from the daughter of a Fukushima 50 volunteered was shared on national television and said, "My father is still working at the plant — they are running out of food…we think conditions are really tough. He says he's accepted his fate…much like a death sentence…"
The nearly 200 workers are rotated in and out of the danger zone in groups of 50, taking turns eating and sleeping in a decontaminated area about the size of an average living room.
There is real courage and sacrifice in this world, and it usually arises in the darkest of moments. Keep these people and their families in your prayers.


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Kate Hands Out Shamrocks to the Irish Guards
The Duchess of Cambridge marked St. Patrick's Day with her first solo military engagement
With a gold shamrock-shaped brooch adorning her dark green coat, The Duchess of Cambridge undertook her first solo military engagement when she made a traditional royal visit to the Irish Guards on St. Patrick's Day.
She handed out sprigs of shamrock to members of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards (and their mascot Irish wolfhound Conmeal) in Aldershot, Hampshire, on Saturday.
The visit to the regiment used to be carried out by her husband William's great-grandmother, the Queen Mother, who died ten years ago. That job was then passed on to Princess Anne, and is now likely to be Kate's role.
The 450 soldiers paraded in full ceremonial uniform of scarlet tunics and bearskins before she gave out the shamrock, which is the floral symbol of Ireland.
She also had a private meeting with senior personnel.
The links with the Irish Guards were cemented when Prince William was made an honorary Colonel in the regiment – wearing the ceremonial uniform on his wedding day last April.


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SANDY, Utah - Three Real Salt Lake players played for their national teams in World Cup qualifying matches this weekend.
Forward Alvaro Saborio (Costa Rica), defender Abdoulie Mansally (Gambia) and captain Kyle Beckerman (U.S.) all featured for their respective national sides, while defender Tony Beltran (U.S.) and goalkeeper Nick Rimando (U.S.) made their country's gameday roster but did not play.
Saborio started and played all 90 minutes in Costa Rica's 1-0 loss at the U.S. in snowy Denver; Mansally started and played 80 minutes - first as a midfielder, then at forward - in Gambia's 3-0 loss at Ivory Coast; Beckerman came on in second half stoppage time for the Stars-and-Strips in its win over Costa Rica.
The U.S. and Costa Rica will both play CONCACAF Hexagonal matches on Tuesday, with the U.S. taking on Mexico at Estadio Azteca and Costa Rica hosting Jamaica in San Jose. Beltran, Beckerman, Rimando and Saborio will all return to RSL following Tuesday's action.
Gambia does not have a second World Cup qualifier this FIFA date. Mansally will return to RSL early this week.
The Claret-and-Cobalt will take on FC Dallas on the road at 6:30 p.m. MT on Saturday night. The match will be broadcast live on ABC4, ESPN700 AM and 102.3 La Gran D FM/1600 AM.


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Opening Day just got one day closer…
And that's how we kick off the Inside the Dodgers blog for 2011…
We head to Camelback Ranch in just six weeks and after six more weeks at baseball's best Spring Training site, we are back here at Dodger Stadium for Opening Day against the Giants.
As you have probably heard, ESPN wanted to get the Dodgers/Giants rivalry as their marquee game on Opening Day, so they asked us to move our home opener, April 1, to the night before so that it could be televised nationally. So, we'll have three of our first four games on national or regional TV — Thursday and Sunday on ESPN and Friday on FOX. And pretty soon, we'll be able to give you the whole TV schedule for the season with KCAL and Prime Ticket.
The energy and buzz at the stadium has ramped up significantly since we returned from the holiday break. And as promised, I'm going to work harder to make this blog more exciting, more relevant and with more of your input throughout the year. Please know that your comments about the blog's commenting functionality are being addressed as we speak. I'm very, very hopeful that the good people at MLBlogs.com will have a solution before Opening Day.
So check back often or keep an eye on our Facebook or Twitter pages, where new posts show up whenever I send them live.
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Yes, please have Vin Scully in the booth. At the very least, get the ESPN guys to interview him during the game.
Nice to read you here Chillicat! I was coming to express the same about Vin Scully. Is the first thing that popped into my mind when the schedule was changed and that ESPN would be doing the game. Is not an Opening Day without Vin Scully. It could be our last and is not fair for Dodger fans and baseball fans.
I love Opening Day early with all the festivities of the day. Getting up extra early and heading for breakfast close to the stadium with my friends and then heading to the stadium. Last year after an early breakfast we headed for a ride around all the surrounding parks around the stadium.
I am not liking the 5 p.m. time but as long as we have Vin Scully there, it will be OK.
Oh happy "Dia de los Reyes" "Day of the three Wise Men or the three Kings"
Happy New Year, Everybody.
Glad you are back with us, Josh. Looking forward to all of your upcoming threads.
Please have Vin Scully involved in the call of the game. I know its ESPN covering it, but its just not opening day without him!
Glad to see you back Josh!! I am with the majority around here. Opening Day at Dodger Stadium has to have Vin's voice.
I'd love to have Vin call Opening Day.
If he didn't, though, it'd probably be the first Dodgers Opening Day in which he'd get to enjoy a day of baseball without worrying about play-by-play in… how long?
Remember when he watched the game at Fenway a few years back? It was the first time he enjoyed a baseball game in years.
It IS his job. But knowing he's under contract for another year, I could wait 17 hours if the stars aligned for Vin Scully to enjoy an Opening Day of baseball.
It could be a Thank You for coming back another year and still finding love for the game and the booth after over 60 years (not to mention the current disparaging state of the franchise in the national media).
Of course, the question would be if Vin Scully would do it. Reading of his love for the game, something tells me there'd be more of a chance of him and Sandy allowing 24k gold statues of themselves to be built at every gate to Dodger Stadium.
But everyone could use a vacation, if only for a day. After six decades, he's more than earned it.
You make a very, very good point Northstateblues, and I certainly can't argue with that 🙂
Hi'Ya Josh!! Welcome back and Happy New Year. I want to thank you in advance for all your efforts. It is good to hear that MLBlogs is at least aware of our time warp/commenting plight and are going to address the problem. Your efforts to make our blog better should not be hindered by MLBlog's oversights and shortcomings!!!!!
Rays games have been the same thing for me ltelay. My girlfriend has been going through some health issues and I was lucky enough to go to a Rays game for a few hours. Even though they lost, it was nice to have that escape from reality. When life gets hectic or crazy, we all need that release. I hope the year ends better for you Jordi!
Glad to have you back on here writing Josh! Good to see that your alive and well, and eager to write about all things Dodgers, including your memories as a kid. The kid inside of something should never go away, especially when it comes to baseball, and reading your posts, the kid in me comes out, and smiles from ear to ear. So Thank You Sir.
As I read the comments from others on here that beat me to the punch at being first to comment, I can only say one thing, THANK YOU VIN..Wether or not he does announce Opening Day, something that has become a sheer joy to myself since I was a kid, he has done right in his choice. The man is a legend, and he's given his all to the game he so dearly loves.
I would not miss him one bit though on Opening Day, if I were to see him on that baseball field, walking to the mound, and hearing the crowd scream out his name, fans, kids, teams, etc chanting VIN VIN VIN VIN VIN VIN!!..A see of people going back and forth with their hands extended over their heads and saying GREAT ONE GREAT ONE GREAT GREAT ONE!!..Nothing less would be an insult. Then, to hear him say those words that have drawn me to a tear as I write this right now, I'd cheer him on until my voice gave way.
No matter what Vin, your the true meaning of this franchise. You gave up what most people wouldn't, to be with the other joy in your life. First seat behind home plate, alongside his wife, and kids, would be bittersweet. His career, never once blemished, and his valiant wife, standing strong and firm with him through all these amazing years.
He might be the voice of the Dodgers, but he is a loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, great great grandfather, and I wouldn't give it a second thought.
He deserves a day off.
And a pretzel and ice cream that I'd personally buy for him, just because he is who he is.
The man has been working for this franchise for 61 years now, older than my father, and myself obviously. The man is baseball.
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Yunghitterz – fabulous post!!!! I have been reading Vin's biography "Pull Up a Chair" by Curt Smith, and like your post so
eloquently puts it, Vin is just an amazing human being. How fortunate we are to have him not only representing Dodgers baseball but just baseball, period.
I had to swallow hard reading your comment! Happy new year to you!


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Each hour of the day the fourteen mechanized bells of the Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower ring to remind students and faculty of the generosity of two families associated with the University since its earliest days. John Motley Morehead, Class of 1891, first presented a proposal for a bell tower to University President Harry Woodburn Chase in the early 1920s. During the post-war building boom the University remodeled South Building, one of the school's oldest structures. Morehead offered to pay for a bell tower to be placed on top of the old building. The administration declined his offer, seeking to keep the historical integrity of the building.
In 1926 campus officials drew up preliminary plans for what would become Wilson Library. Morehead thought that the roof of the building would be ideal for his bell tower. Louis Round Wilson, the University Librarian, had already decided that his building should be domed. Business giant and librarian faced off, and the former went elsewhere in search of bell tower space. When the University trustees decided to move the flagpole from McCorkle Place to Polk Place, Morehead suggested a bell tower. The administration again declined his offer. By this time Morehead had decided to enlarge his project and enlisted the aid of Rufus Lenoir Patterson II. Finally the University and the two families agreed on a site behind Wilson Library for the bell tower.
Rising 172 feet, the Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower is surrounded by a hedge and lawn designed by William C. Coker, botany professor and creator of the campus Arboretum. The tower's belfry once contained a carillon of twelve manually operated bells; now there are ones. The largest bell is inscribed "Governor John Motley Morehead," the tower creator's grandfather, and the second largest bears the name of William Lenoir. Both men played prominent roles in University and state history. Inside the porch-like structure at the tower's base, called the arcade, are plaques honoring other members of the two families
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Howard Beach is a middle class neighborhood in the southwestern portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered in the north by the Belt Parkway and South Conduit Avenue in Ozone Park, in the south by Jamaica Bay in Broad Channel, in the east by 102nd–104th Streets, and in the west by 75th Street. The area's houses are similar to Bayside and Hollis.
The neighborhood is part of Queens Community District 10, served by Queens Community Board 10.[1] It is home to a large Italian-American population.[2] The ZIP code of Howard Beach is 11414.
- 1 History
- 2 Demographics
- 3 Geography
- 4 Government
- 5 Transportation
- 6 Schools
- 7 Notable people
- 8 In popular culture
- 9 References
- 10 External links
Early development
Howard Beach was established in 1897 by William J. Howard, a Brooklyn glove manufacturer who operated a 150-acre (0.61 km²) goat farm on meadow land near Aqueduct Racetrack as a source of skin for kid gloves. In 1897, he bought more land and filled it in and the following year, built 18 cottages and opened a hotel near the water, which he operated until it was destroyed by fire in October 1907. He gradually bought more land and formed the Howard Estates Development Company in 1909. He dredged and filled the land until he was able to accumulate 500 acres (2 km²) by 1914. He laid out several streets, water mains and gas mains, and built 35 houses that were priced in the $2,500–$5,000 range.
The Long Island Rail Road established a station named Ramblersville in 1905 and a Post Office by the same name opened soon thereafter. A casino, beach, and fishing pier were added in 1915 and the name of the neighborhood was changed to Howard Beach on April 6, 1916. Development continued and ownership was expanded to a group of investors who sold lots for about $690 each starting in 1922. Development, however, was limited to the areas east of Cross Bay Boulevard near the LIRR station now known as Bernard Coleman Memorial Square (then Lilly Place). The rest of Howard Beach consisted of empty marsh land except for the area to the south of Coleman Square, centered around Russell St. and 102nd St., which consisted of many small fishing bungalows that dotted alongside Hawtree Creek and Jamaica Bay. This area of Howard Beach would retain the name "Ramblersville." Despite its close proximity to the Howard Beach station at Coleman Square, the LIRR would establish a station a quarter of a mile south down the line at Hamilton Beach in 1919.
After World War II, Queens and Long Island went through a major suburban building boom leading to the marsh land west of Cross Bay Boulevard to be filled in. This led to the development of many Cape-Cod and High-Ranch style houses on 50 and 60 x 100 lots. This area was developed as "Rockwood Park" to the north and "Spring Park" to the south, together comprising what would be known as "New Howard Beach", while the area east of the boulevard became known as "Old Howard Beach." In the early 1950s, farm land north of Rockwood Park was developed with the building of many red bricked two-story garden style cooperative apartments along with some six-story co-op and condo apartment buildings. A number of private two-family houses were also built in this neighborhood, which was named Lindenwood. The various neighborhoods continued to be developed through the 1960s and 1970s as Cross Bay Boulevard became the area's main shopping district. During the 1990s and 2000s, there was further high-scale development as many of the area's old houses were torn down and replaced with upscale million-dollar mini-mansions.
Recent history
Hate crimes
In 1986 and 2005, Howard Beach experienced two well-publicized hate crime incidents that left a lasting tragic legacy on the community.
On December 20, 1986, one African-American man was killed and another was beaten in Howard Beach, in a racially charged incident that heightened racial tensions in New York City. The dead man was 23-year-old Michael Griffith, a Trinidadian native living in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. He was killed after being hit by a car with three teenagers inside it on December 20, 1986. Griffith was chased onto a highway by a mob of white youths who had beaten him and his friends. Griffith's death was the second in a string of three racially motivated killings of blacks by white mobs in New York City in the 1980s.
On June 29, 2005, three African-Americans were attacked with baseball bats by white men. One of them was injured seriously enough to be hospitalized and two arrests were made in the case. The convicted assailant, Nicholas Minucci, claimed that the victims had attempted to rob him.[3] On June 10, 2006, Minucci, 20, who uttered a racial epithet during the baseball bat attack, was found guilty of robbery and the racially motivated assault of Glenn Moore.[4] On July 17, 2006, Minucci was sentenced to 15 years in prison.[5]
Hurricane Sandy
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy struck; it had a devastating effect on much of the neighborhood. Howard Beach was one of the many seaside city neighborhoods that was hit by Hurricane Sandy's record storm surge. On October 28, 2012 city officials ordered a mandatory evacuation of all Zone A neighborhoods (low-lying neighborhoods susceptible to storm surge), in the city, this included the Howard Beach neighborhood of Hamilton Beach. However, most of the rest of Howard Beach lay in Zone B which was only ordered with a voluntary evacuation. Many neighborhood residents decided to stay and ride out the storm citing the relatively minor damage caused the previous year by Hurricane Irene. Nevertheless, when Sandy made landfall on October 29 a ten-foot-high storm surge from Jamaica Bay flooded all of Old and New Howard Beach as well as the neighborhoods of Broad Channel and the Rockaways in addition to some sections of Lindenwood and neighboring Ozone Park. Most, if not all, houses in the neighborhood suffered some flooding damage as well as all stores along Cross Bay Blvd. The Howard Beach – JFK Airport station along with the IND Rockaway Line trestle carrying trains over Jamaica Bay into Broad Channel and the Rockaways were also heavily damaged. Power was out for over three weeks in the neighborhood. In the wake of Sandy, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the New York City Office of Emergency Management have provisionally re-classified Howard Beach along with the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Gerritsen Beach and Red Hook as Zone A neighborhoods.
As of early 2013, recovery in the neighborhood has been largely successful yet still ongoing. On April 5, 2013, the Howard Beach post office reopened after extensive repairs.[6] Residents are still working to recover from Sandy's aftereffects.
As of the 2000 census, there were 28,121 people residing in Howard Beach. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 85.9% Non-Hispanic White, 2.8% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 1.0% African American, 2.3% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. 11.8% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 13.1% of the population is foreign-born. The estimated median household income as of 2007 is $69,800. Many of the residents are Italian-American, often from immigrant families that relocated from Brooklyn in the 1940s and 1950s as they looked for a better life for their families.
Like many New York City neighborhoods, Howard Beach is composed of several smaller neighborhoods – Howard Beach, Old Howard Beach, Hamilton Beach, Ramblersville, Spring Park, Rockwood Park, Lindenwood, and Howard Park (Old Howard Beach, Ramblersville, Howard Park, and Hamilton Beach are sometimes all grouped together as "Old Howard Beach", instead of being referred to by their proper names). Howard Beach proper is a small peninsula bordered by the Belt Parkway and Conduit Avenue on the north, Jamaica Bay on the south, Hawtree Creek on the east separating it from Hamilton Beach and Shellbank Basin on the west that separates it from Cross Bay Boulevard.
Cross Bay Boulevard is the main commercial strip of Howard Beach and going northward it eventually turns into Woodhaven Boulevard after Ozone Park. Throughout the 1970s and 80s, the Boulevard was made up almost exclusively of locally owned shops and restaurants. However, starting in the 1990s, chain stores and restaurants began moving in and now many well-known franchises are on the boulevard. Entertainment venues on Cross Bay Boulevard such as the Kiddie-Park and Cross-Bay Lanes were popular until their collapse in the 1970s and 1980s. The Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge (named for a deceased member of the United States House of Representatives who once represented the district that includes Howard Beach) carries the boulevard over Jamaica Bay, connecting mainland Queens to Broad Channel.
Bernard Coleman Memorial Square (colloquially known as Coleman Square) is a small plaza near the Howard Beach – JFK Airport station.[2] There is a memorial to servicemen from Howard Beach who died in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.[7]
Hamilton Beach
Hamilton Beach is a middle class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. Its boundaries are the 102nd Street Creek to the north, the IND Rockaway Line (A train) tracks and JFK Airport to the east, Hawtree Creek to the west, and Jamaica Bay to the south. Hamilton Beach is one of the few communities in New York City that has its own volunteer fire department. Hamilton Beach is frequently referred to as West Hamilton Beach.[8] East Hamilton Beach was on the east side of the then Long Island Rail Road tracks, but was taken by the City for expansion of Idlewild Airport (now JFK Airport) in the 1940s. Hamilton Beach bears no relation to the Hamilton Beach Company other than the name. The company is named after a Mr. Hamilton and a Mr. Beach.[9][8]
There was a Hamilton Beach station on the Long Island Rail Road's Rockaway Beach Branch. The station closed on June 27, 1955 in connection with the LIRR's sale of much of the branch's right of way to the New York City Transit Authority. Hamilton Beach is a small community that has one long strip (104th Street) with ten dead-end blocks connected to it. It is mostly surrounded by water. There is one way into Hamilton Beach by car and two ways in by foot. It is accessible by a boardwalk that stretches from the A train station at Coleman Square to 104th Street, or by the Hawtree Basin pedestrian bridge that is in between two of the ten blocks. This bridge connects Hamilton and Old Howard Beach. Hamilton has a small park at the southern end, with a 200-foot baseball field, a handball court, a small jungle gym area and beach. Gateways Hamilton Beach Park, just south of 165th Avenue, is the last stop for the Q11 bus. Hamilton Beach was once an area with dirt roads, old shack-type houses (bungalows), and no sewer system, as the area was unincorporated, but recently Hamilton Beach has been "building up." There are new houses going up on almost every block.
Lindenwood is a section of Howard Beach, developed in the 1950s and 1960s, and sits on landfilled land. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community District 10, served by Queens Community Board 10.[10] It is primarily made up of six-story, orange or red-brick apartment buildings, constructed in the early to mid-1960s, smaller co-op "garden-apartments" (four-unit red-brick buildings) constructed in the 1950s, and seen from the Belt Parkway, and two-family homes (some attached) built in the 1960s. The "hi-rise" apartment buildings are co-op (red bricks) or condominiums (orange brick). Heritage House East and West (84-39 and 84-29 153rd Avenue) were among the first condominium apartment buildings in New York State. Additional townhouses, near the Brooklyn border, were built in the 1970s and 1990s. The hi-risers, used to be very family friendly but today many of the apartment building play grounds have been converted into sitting areas and no longer even allow dogs.[11] Lindenwood's residents tend to be of mostly Jewish and Italian heritage along with some of Hispanic heritage.
In the middle of the neighborhood is the elementary school, P.S. 232, built in the early 1960s (and now known as the Walter Ward School,[12] named after the neighborhood's late longtime City councilman) and the Lindenwood Shopping Center, which consists of a supermarket and about 20 stores. In the early 1970s, a second supermarket called the Village was located behind the shopping center. After failing, the building became a mall, flea market, bingo hall and private school before finally becoming a walk-in medical center. There is also a second small strip mall on Linden Boulevard, adjacent to the Lindenwood Diner.
Lindenwood currently has one church, Saint Helen's, as well as a synagogue across the street. Temple Judea, on 153rd Ave and 80th Street, was converted into apartments when the temple merged with the then Howard Beach Jewish Center in Rockwood Park. The neighborhood also used to have two pool clubs, one on 88th Street and 151st Ave, that became walk-up apartments in the early 1970s and another across from 232 that was developed in 1980, into townhouses, adjacent to a branch of Queens County Savings Bank (formerly Columbia Savings Bank), which had been previously developed. There also used to be a tennis "bubble" on 153rd Ave and 79th Street, that was also developed around 1980.
Old Howard Beach
Old Howard Beach is a section of Howard Beach that lies between Shellbank Basin and Hawtree Creek to the east of Cross Bay Boulevard. Coleman Square and Frank M. Charles Park are located in Old Howard Beach. The area is locally referred to as "Old Howard Beach} since it was the original place in which founder William Howard built his famous hotel, and later the area's first houses in the 1920s. The current housing in Old Howard Beach consists of several different types of houses. Those located near the former Howard Park hospital are mainly 1950s and 1960s detached two-family homes, while the areas near Coleman Square, Frank M. Charles Park, and Shellbank Basin contain primarily single-family homes. The Q11 serves the neighborhood.
Ramblersville is a section of greater Howard Beach, being a small neighborhood between Hawtree Creek and JFK Airport.[13][14] It is nearly surrounded by waterways leading into nearby Jamaica Bay. It is bordered by on the north by 160th Avenue, on the west by Hawtree Creek, across which is Old Howard Beach; on the east by the New York City Subway's Rockaway Line (A train, beyond which is Bergen Basin and the airport; and on the south by the 102nd Street Creek. Crossing the creek, 102nd Street reaches Hamilton Beach at Russell Street. The size of the neighborhood is about Script error: No such module "convert". on each side, and it notably lacks the rectangular street grid of the surrounding neighborhoods. In 2001 the New York Times reported:[15]
[Ramblersville] resembles a cozy fishing village with its pebbled streets and wooden bungalows built on pilings... [T]all grass... surrounds many of its marshy fields...
Ramblersville, which once considered itself independent of New York City when the city was first unified, is purportedly the oldest neighborhood in what later became known as Howard Beach.[16] Fishing was a large industry in the tiny neighborhood. Ramblersville still has streets named Broadway, Church and Bridge. Just north of Ramblersville is 159th Drive, also known as Remsen Place, named after Jeromus Remsen, a Revolutionary War officer. This area, near the current subway station, was known as "Remsen's Landing" at the time. Before the Howard Beach development was named in 1916, the entire area was commonly known as "Ramblersville", including Hamilton Beach to the south on Jamaica Bay, and Old Howard Beach to the west. The Howard Beach – JFK Airport subway stop was originally the "Ramblersville Station" on the Long Island Rail Road.
Ramblersville is the smallest neighborhood in New York City in terms of real estate per square foot.[17][18]
Rockwood Park
Rockwood Park is a section of Howard Beach that mainly consists of single family homes and is considered to be a more upper class section of Howard Beach. It is part of what is commonly referred to as "New Howard" by many residents. The area is situated between 79th and 92nd Streets (these are north-south streets) and 156th and 164th Avenues (the east-west streets). The Q41 and Q21 serve Rockwood Park. To the west of 79th Street, the last street in the neighborhood, lies the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in which lies the border between Brooklyn and Queens.
The area remained primarily undeveloped during the first half of the 1900s. After the Second World War marsh land west of Cross Bay Boulevard was filled in, which led to the building of many Cape Cod-style houses in the area, followed later on in the 1960s and 1970s by high ranch-style houses. Becoming known as a more upscale section of Howard Beach led the area to become the home of many known mob figures, most notably Gambino crime family boss John Gotti who lived on 85th Street. Starting in the late 1980s and through the 2000s, Rockwood Park began to go through another building boom. Many of the area's old Cape Cod-style houses were demolished and replaced with upscale million dollar mini-mansions. Another famous resident was folk singer Woody Guthrie, who lived at 159-13 85th Street with his family after moving from Coney Island.
Joseph Addabbo, Jr., the son of former Congressman Joseph P. Addabbo, represents the area as member of the New York State Senate. Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) represents that part of Howard Beach east of 104th Street and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) represents the part west of 104th Street. Eric Ulrich (R-NY) is the New York City Councilman for Howard Beach. Phil Goldfeder (D-NY) represents Howard Beach in the New York State Assembly.
Howard Beach – JFK Airport on the IND Rockaway Line was formerly a Long Island Rail Road station on the Rockaway Beach Branch. Frequent fires on the trestle to Broad Channel forced the LIRR to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the 1950s, which allowed New York City Transit to purchase the line in 1956.[19] The station provides a connection between the A train and Howard Beach JFK AirTrain route (and was, until 1990, the terminus of the former JFK Express, known colloquially as the "Train to the Plane"). Prior to the AirTrain JFK, the Port Authority provided a free shuttle bus to the terminals at JFK Airport. The AirTrain now provides these connections.
Local bus service in the neighborhood is provided on the Q11, Q21, Q41, Q52, and Q53. All of these routes are operated by MTA Bus Company. There are also the QM15, QM16, QM17, and QM18 express buses.
- PS 146 The Howard Beach School
- PS 207 The Rockwood Park School
- PS 232 The Walter Ward School
- Our Lady of Grace Catholic School K–8
- Saint Helen Catholic School K–8
For grades 9–12, most residents attend John Adams High School or Robert H. Goddard High School in nearby Ozone Park, specialty high schools such as Beach Channel High School in Rockaway Park, or Catholic high schools such as Christ the King, St. Francis Prep, or Archbishop Molloy and Forest Hills High School.
Notable people
Notable current and former residents of Howard Beach include:
- Vito Antuofermo, former boxer and actor
- DJ Skribble, DJ, producer, remixer, radio personality and TV star.
- Vitas Gerulaitis, professional tennis player[20]
- Keith Gottfried,[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] former General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and senior member of the administration of President George W. Bush, spent much of his childhood as a resident of Howard Beach.
- John Gotti, Gambino crime family head was a resident of 85th Street in Howard Beach[29]
- Victoria Gotti, John's wife.
- Woody Guthrie, folk music legend (son Arlo Guthrie's music is frequently copyrighted to "Howard Beach Music, Inc.")
- Rick Hearst, soap-opera actor
- James Maritato, professional wrestler
- George Martin, played for the New York Giants football team
- Joey Ramone and his brother Mickey Leigh lived here as children.
- Pia Toscano, top 10 contestant on American Idol Season 10.
In popular culture
- A 1989 TV movie was made based on the 1986 racial incident entitled Howard Beach: Making a Case for Murder.
- In the 1989 Spike Lee movie Do the Right Thing, in a riot scene near the end of the film, a chant rises up: "Howard Beach! Howard Beach! Howard Beach!" This immediately follows a scene wherein a young black man is killed by police using excessive force to break up a fight.
- On The Chris Rock Show, comedian Chris Rock proposed renaming Cross Bay Boulevard after Tupac Shakur, asking the predominantly white residents of the neighborhood to sign a petition.
- ^ Queens Community Boards, New York City. Retrieved September 3, 2007.
- ^ a b Lemire, Jonathan (2002-09-22). "'Small town' has big pride – & image woes: The Howard Beach story". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ Burke, Kerry; El-Ghobashy, Tamer; Gendar, Alison (2005-06-30). "Howard Beach 'Bias' Attack. Bat-Wielding Thug Clubs Black Man". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ Kilgannon, Corey (2006-06-10). "Batsman Convicted of Howard Beach Hate Crimes". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ Fenner, Austin; Shifrel, Scott (2006-07-18). "Fat Nick Gets 15 Years". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ "Howard Beach Post Office Reopens After Undergoing Sandy Repairs". NY1. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ^ "Coleman Square, Howard Beach". Bridge and Tunnel Club.
- ^ a b "WEST HAMILTON BEACH, Queens". forgotten-ny.com. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
- ^ Ramblin' in Ramblersville
- ^ Queens Community Boards, New York City. Accessed September 3, 2007.
- ^ Wendelken, Joseph (2006-10-26). "Lindenwood Dog Days Coming And Going". Queens Chronicle. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ "Welcome!". nyc.gov. December 22, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
- ^ Six photographs by William M. Vander Weyde, American (1871(?)-1929)
- ^ Ramblin' in Ramblersville, Forgotten New York
- ^ "NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT - HOWARD BEACH - Junk to You, Junk to Us Too, Embattled Residents Say - NYTimes.com". nytimes.com. March 4, 2001. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
- ^ "The Sewers Of Ramblersville / Abandoning cesspools would ease pollution of Jamaica Bay, but hookup costs are a concern". Newsday. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
- ^ "The Story of Ramblersville, New York's Smallest Neighborhood". Curbed NY. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
- ^ http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/25/new-york-today-mr-de-blasio-goes-to-albany/
- ^ "Rockaway Branch". Forgotten New York. Retrieved 2006-06-08.
- ^ Araton, Harvey (1994-09-20). "Sports of The Times; 'We've Lost Another of Our Kids'". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-11-03.
It was the finals of the United States Open, and it was Gerulaitis, out of Howard Beach, Queens, against McEnroe, out of Douglaston, Queens.
- ^ "Personnel Announcement". Georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
- ^ http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-109shrg27870/pdf/CHRG-109shrg27870.pdf
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- ^ "Hud Archives: Keith E. Gottfried Becomes Hud'S General Counsel". Archives.hud.gov. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
- ^ "HUD Archives: Prepared Statement of Keith E. Gottfried, General Counsel Nominee before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate (9/15/05)". Archives.hud.gov. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ "HUD officer anchored by home life". The Denver Post. 2006-07-18. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
- ^ "results.gov : Resources For The President's Team". Georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. 2005-10-07. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
- ^ "Queens Tribune Feature Story". Queenstribune.com. 1940-10-27. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
External links
- 16x16px Media related to Howard Beach, Queens at Wikimedia Commons
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The Chief Seattle Council office be closed to the public until year end. Support staff will be available Tuesday – Friday from 10am – 5pm via phone and email. Shop will be closed indefinitely. Please read this announcement (updated 11/16) for more information.
For our youth, awards can be a way to motivate, teach, and recognize important skills. For adults, they are often a guide on how to do a job, and a way for the unit and council to thank Scouters for a job well done.
At Awards Central on the official Boy Scouts of America website, you can find even more awards and possibly newer forms (PLEASE tell us!). All links are to www.seattlebsa.org (Chief Seattle's website) or www.scouting.org (BSA national website) unless otherwise noted.
Some questions, frequently asked:
|Is there a right side up to leader knots? Yes, the bight, or loop, in front goes on the wearer's right (toward the shirt's buttons). This is easiest to see in a two color knot like the Scouter's Key.
|What is a "device" for a knot? Many knots can be earned multiple times. A device, or small gold pin, can be worn on the knot. For example, Scouts may earn the religious award several times as they move through Scouting. Here is a religious knot showing the Scout earned it both as a Cub Scout and as a Scout.
|How many rows of knots may be worn on the uniform? A maximum of three rows (9 knots) is suggested.
|How are medals worn? Up to five medals may be worn in a single row pinned directly above the seam of the left pocket.
|What is the difference between the "trained" patch and a "training award?" The "trained" patch may be worn as soon as a leader completes the required training for his position. The "training award" also includes tenure and performance requirements in addition to the basic training, and must be approved by the district training chair (the last signature).
|Where can I learn more about how to display my awards? Uniforming questions are answered in the Guide to Awards and Insignia book which can be found online here or purchased at the Scout Shop.
FEEDBACK on the Awards pages


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Nestled in the beautiful hills of Kundasang and delightful scenery of vegetable farms, just 1.5 hours drive from Kota Kinabalu through spectacular countryside, The Cottage Hotel Kundasang, invites you to indulge yourself and family with the beautiful scenery of the majestic Mount Kinabalu.
The hotel is conveniently located within easy walking distance from Kundasang War Memorial, Rose Garden and markets. Comprises of 41 comfortable rooms and spacious suites to suit all budgets, a restaurant offering wide range of delicious local delicacies, and a function room equipped with modern amenities, The Cottage Hotel is the ideal choice for business as well as leisure travelers.
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text: Share: April 12, 2009 Wetlands, Vernal Pools Drive by a local wetland on an early spring evening, and if you're lucky you'll hear a harbinger of the changing season - the clear chirping chorus of tiny frogs known as spring peepers, classified by biologists as Pseudacris crucifer. Adults are only about one inch in length, but in March and April, the woods are alive with the sound of their music.Unfortunately, human activities can inadvertently destroy small wetlands. In our region, as farms were cultivated, and more recently as new developments have spread across the landscape, many ponds have been drained and converted to other uses. Vernal pools—those that fill only in the spring from snowmelt and spring rains—are especially vulnerable.The word vernal derives from Latin, meaning "of the spring." Most vernal pools are less than an acre in size. After a few weeks or months, these pools dry up, so they are often overlooked by land planners and developers. But with careful work, soil scientists can still recognize these wetlands even when they are dry. The seasonally wet soils under vernal pools are classified as hydric soils, which have distinctive soil color and chemistry throughout the year.Vernal pools are an important part of the landscape in the mid-Hudson Valley and New York state. Those that remain should be strongly protected. They provide critical breeding habitat for a variety of amphibians - frogs, toads, salamanders and newts. Each spring, these animals lay their eggs in water, where their young spend the first part of their lives as aquatic animals.Because vernal pools are seasonal, they don't contain fish. For this reason, they are excellent nursery grounds for developing amphibians, such as tadpoles. When vernal pools dry, both adult and young amphibians spend the rest of the year in the pursuit of insects in adjacent woodlands.Lose their springtime breeding habitat, and we are likely to lose the amphibians. Some species, such as the wood frog, breed only in vernal pools. With their demise, we will lose another component of the balance of nature.Vernal pools play an important role in removing pollutants from our water supply. Their wet soils are anoxic—that is, without oxygen. Anoxic soils support populations of denitrifying bacteria, which convert nitrate, a contaminant in runoff waters, to harmless nitrogen gas that is returned to the atmosphere. Like kidneys for the landscape, vernal pools capture and cleanse nitrogen pollution that originates from fertilized lawns and golf courses.This is not the only valuable "ecosystem service" vernal pools perform; they also help recharge the groundwater that feeds our local wells. Left undisturbed, there are typically two to three vernal pools per square mile of landscape. During the springtime months, they capture and retain snowmelt and rain water. This helps surface water infiltrate the soil, replenishing groundwater resources.A recent (March 1) EcoFocus column described the current threats to our groundwater supply from various toxic compounds and nitrate. Sixty percent of the residents of Dutchess County depend on clean groundwater for household use.Some argue vernal pools provide breeding sites for mosquitoes and other pests. But a recent analysis suggests ponds that dry each year harbor fewer insects than those that dry up only during years of extreme drought. By providing breeding habitat for amphibians that consume insects, vernal pools are more likely to enhance the overall control of insect populations.Many states, including California, Maine and Massachusetts, have strict laws protecting vernal pools from destruction. These states recognize the vital roles vernal pools play in water conservation and as special habitat for plants and animals. New Yorkers should do the same.It will be a sad time when the peepers are gone and the spring is silent. Share: Feature Temporary pools do lasting good › April 12, 2009


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Mister Heavenly, the band made up of Nick Thorburn of Islands and The Unicorns, Ryan Kattner of Man Man and Joe Plummer of Man Man, have announced their first ever date in the United Kingdom and some more in Europe, too. They are all listed below and start at the end of next month, moving through to December.
30 – Charlatan, Ghent, Belgium
1 - Transmusicales, Rennes, France
2 – L'International, Paris, France
3 – La Peniche, Lille, France
4 – Gebaude 9, Köln, Germany
5 – Molotow, Hamburg, Germany
6 – Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
8 – Privatclub, Berline, Germany
9 – Atomic Cafe, Munich, Germany
10 – Generiq Hotel de Vogue, Dijon, France
12 – Cargo, London, UK
The band's debut full-length, Out Of Love, came out earlier this year through Sub Pop and you can download a track from it below, should you so wish.


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You've had joint replacement surgery, and your healthcare provider has said it's OK to have sex.
You may be wondering what positions are safe? These positions should be safe after either a hip or a knee replacement. Try to avoid putting too much pressure on your new joint. Also, take the same care getting out of a position as you did getting into it. If you have had a hip replacement, always keep the joint within a safe range of motion.
For hip replacements
After a hip replacement, be sure the knee on the affected side:
- Remains level with or below the hip.
- Does not cross the belly button (the body's midpoint)
Setting the scene
Having sex can be a little easier if you plan ahead.
Here are a few tips:
- Take a mild pain medication about 20 to 30 minutes before sex. This can help prevent minor aches. Avoid taking medication so strong that it masks warning pain.
- Have pillows and rolled towels nearby. They can be used for body support.
- Relax. Do a few easy stretches within a safe range of motion.
- This position works after either a hip or a knee replacement. Being on the bottom is safe for a man or a woman with a new joint.
- The partner on the bottom keeps his or her legs apart and turned out slightly. Use pillows to support the legs on the outside.
- Depending on comfort, the person on the bottom can recline propped up on pillows or lie flat.
- If the man has a new hip joint, place pillows between his knees. This keeps his knees from crossing his body's belly button, or midpoint.
Sitting in a chair
- This position works after a hip or knee replacement. It is a safe position for a man or a woman with a new joint.
- The man sits on a straight chair. His feet are supported or are flat on the floor.
- The woman sits on the man's lap.
Woman lying and man kneeling
- This position works for a woman with a new hip or knee joint.
- The woman lies on the bed on her back, buttocks near the edge of the bed. Both feet should be supported or flat on the floor.
- The man kneels in front of the woman, on pillows placed on the floor. His hands are placed on either side of her body.
Side-lying position
- This position works for a man with a replaced knee joint.
- He should lie on his side, with the new joint on the bottom.
- A woman with a replaced hip or knee joint can also use this position. She lies on her side, with the new joint on the bottom.
- Use pillows for support.
Man propped on elbows
- This position is for a man with a new hip joint.
- He lies on top of his partner.
- His legs are stretched out behind him, with a pillow between his knees.
- He supports his weight on his elbows.
Special note
If your partner has had a hip replacement:
- Make sure your partner's provider says it's OK to have sex.
- Help your partner stay within a safe range of motion.
- Control the amount and speed of movement during sex.
- Don't put all your weight on your partner's hips.