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Victorian Rugby League Round 5 results
1ST Division
Jets get shown their place in the Hierarchy
THE Sydney Airport Jets were dealt a harsh lesson by Premier League competition leaders the Canberra Raiders in the match played at Seiffert Oval, Queanbeyan on Saturday. The well drilled and superbly prepared Raiders blew the Jets away by a 52-8 margin, at one stage piling on four converted tries in a nine-minute points avalanche midway through the first half.
Auckland Local Competition Results
FOX Memorial: Hibiscus Coast 25 Glenora 18, Ellerslie 30 Otahuhu 12, Mangere East 16 Marist 10, Richmond 30 Mt Albert 6.
A Bad Week For Kiwi League
NEW Zealand rugby league is as much about famous family names as any sport in the country.
Bartercard Cup - Round 6 results
ROUND 6 of New Zealand's Bartercard Cup competition had a mix of the predictable and surprise.
Gee makes history
FORWARD Andrew Gee will claim a special place in Broncos' history when Brisbane hosts Newcastle in the welcome back to Lang Park National Rugby League extravaganza on Sunday.
Storm closer to shedding away hoodoo
MELBOURNE Storm?s thrilling last minute win over Parramatta has done more than secure two valuable premiership points and cement the club in fifth place on the NRL ladder according to hooker Cameron Smith.
Gallen cited, could be outed for two months
CRONULLA'S Paul Gallen could receive a two month ban from the National Rugby League judiciary after being charged with a grade two reckless high tackle.
Vagana Looking To Go To Britain
NIGEL Vagana could be on his way to England after contract talks broke down with his club, the Canterbury Bulldogs. The New Zealand Test centre has a host of admirers in the Tetley's Super League, with Bradford, Leeds, St Helens and Wigan all thought to be interested in signing him.
Queenslanders want another NRL team
A consortium from the Gold Coast will address National Rugby League chief executive David Gallop and his operations team this morning as they continue their bid for a place in the premiership.
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MITSUBISHI Electric Bulldogs forward Mark O'Meley has been named in the Dogs round 12 team to take on Wests Tigers this Saturday at the Sydney Showground.
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RADISSON Maine Wests Tigers Head Coach, Tim Sheens has announced his team for the game against the Canterbury Bulldogs, on Saturday 31 May 2003 at the Sydney Showground. Kick off is at 5.30pm.
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COACH Ricky Stuart has named a 19 man squad that will head down to Melbourne this weekend to take on the Storm. Michael Crocker & Chris Walker are both surprise inclusions in the squad, and could play from the bench on Sunday.
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THE National Rugby League has backed Bill Harrigan over his decision to award a penalty against South Sydney's Bryan Fletcher for a double movement in the Rabbitohs' loss to St George Illawarra on Sunday.
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CRONULLA back rower Paul Gallen will endure a six week stint on the sidelines for what his club boss Steve Rogers has branded a two-week offence.

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Man pleads innocent to killing father, son electriciansFebruary 13,2014Staff Report
A 70-year-old Hubbardton man charged with killing father and son electricians Wednesday had been in an ongoing dispute with his landlord about allowing workers onto the property to do maintenance work, according to court records released this afternoon.
Sylvester Labartino, 70, pleaded innocent today in criminal court in Rutland to two counts of second-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Shane Plummer, 57, and his son, Christopher Plummer, 26, both of West Haven. Sylvester was ordered held on $750,000 bail and was taken to Rutland jail following the brief hearing.
The two men were killed Wednesday afternoon when they were at 578 Route 30 north in Hubbardton doing work at a home Labartino had been renting from William Gilbert, according to an affidavit by Vermont State Police Detective Sgt. Daniel Elliott.
A day earlier, the affidavit stated, Trooper Stephanie Shaw had gone to the residence after receiving a complaint from Gilbert that he had been "having difficulty" with Labartino, who was preventing electricians from doing needed maintenance at the residence.
"Gilbert advised the tenant was hostile and was a gun owner," the affidavit stated.
Shaw then talked to Labartino, who reportedly told her that the dispute with Gilbert had been going on for some time and he was tired of being bothered by his landlord.
Shaw again was called to the home Wednesday morning for a trespassing complaint made by Labartino, who told her that he again was having "issues" with Gilbert and electricians who had been at the property that morning, the affidavit stated.
Labartino told Shaw, according to the affidavit, that he didn't want to see Gilbert or the workers when he returned from a doctor's appointment.
On Wednesday, at 1:37 p.m., the affidavit stated, police received a 911 call later determined to be from a number belonging to Shane Plummer's cellphone. "I need help, my son has just been shot and he chased me out of my truck with a rifle," the caller said.
The first two troopers who arrived at Labartino's address at 1:56 p.m. reported finding two men on the ground and injured. Fair Haven Rescue personnel arrived at the scene at 2:06 p.m. and both men were pronounced dead, Elliott wrote in the affidavit.
At 2 p.m. police pulled over Labartino, who was driving a white Ford Bronco about a mile south of the scene, Elliott wrote. Labartino was taken to the Fair Haven Police Department and told authorities he wanted to speak with an attorney and then did not provide any statement, according to the affidavit.
Labartino appeared this afternoon in Rutland criminal court dressed in a green smock and sandals. He sat at the defense table and stared straight ahead, not looking at the rows of mourning family members who wept behind him.
Each second-degree murder charge against Labartino carries a possible maximum penalty of up to life in prison, if convicted.
Outside the courtroom prior to the arraignment, Michelle Charron, Shane Plummer's sister and Christopher Plummer's aunt, said she came to the hearing seeking answers.
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South Carolinians covered by companies other than Blue Cross Blue Shield could see lower health insurance premiums if a proposed bill is signed into state law.
Senate Bill 145 is attempting to even the playing field among competing companies in a state that is dominated by one health insurer.
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The next largest company in South Carolina, United Healthcare, claims less than 10 percent of the market share, according to the S.C. Department of Insurance.
The new bill would prohibit insurance companies from writing clauses into their contracts with health care providers that obligate doctors and hospitals to charge lower rates for patients insured by that company and equal or even higher rates for patients insured by the competition.
The Post and Courier first reported in 2011 that these clauses, known as "most-favored-nation" clauses, are being investigated by the federal government as potentially anti-competitive.
The proposed bill will be taken up for discussion in the Senate Banking and Insurance subcommittee today — the first step toward a vote by the full General Assembly.
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36% of Americans believe in UFOs, that is, though most Unidentified Aerial Phenomena are actually explained as such mundane things as misidentified meteorological phenomena, astronomical phenomena, aircraft, and so on, there's ~ 5% that are as yet unexplained and that these unexplained UFOs are machines from somewhere other than Earth.
Have you ever observed a UFO that has never been sufficiently explained? Do you believe that some unexplained UFOs are machines from somewhere other than Earth? If so, why (what are your reasons or arguments for believing so)? What evidence is there to support your belief?
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"the larger the tail, the harder it is for the bird to get airborne in case of a predator attack, so the tail would seem to be actively dysfunctional,"
Actually peacock's fly extremely well. They roost at night high up in trees and stay until dawn. They are quite adept at evading predators despit their beautiful, iridescent tail feathers.
36% of Americans believe in UFOs...
And 90% believe in a deity of some sort without objective evidence. That looks real bad for the flying saucers.
...that is, though most Unidentified Aerial Phenomena are actually explained as such mundane things as misidentified meteorological phenomena, astronomical phenomena, aircraft, and so on, there's ~ 5% that are as yet unexplained and that these unexplained UFOs are machines from somewhere other than Earth.Given how hard it is to get to the truth about what fallible eyewitness testimony actually saw, a "95% explained" figure is pretty impressive. Occam's Razor says the rest are simply the sightings we don't have the necessary information to properly identify, rather than space buggies from planet Streibertron.
Have you ever observed a UFO that has never been sufficiently explained?
No, but I debunked one at the tender age of seven--there had been a two-day UFO flap in my neighborhood and my babysitter and her boyfriend saw one of the objects while out doing, um, stuff one night; being a known space nerd kid with a working (small) telescope, I got a call that night after they fled home in terror from the approaching Romulan armada. They told me where to look by phone, the object--a bright starlike light--was easy to see from my backyard, and through my telescope it was obvious that they were looking at Venus (then in a gibbous phase). They didn't believe me, of course, because the object they saw was moving around jerkily in the sky, unlike a bright planet. Odd, since Venus was clearly (pun intended) what they were looking at. A year later, I learned about autokinesis and that completed the solution to the mystery.
Do you believe that some unexplained UFOs are machines from somewhere other than Earth? If so, why (what are your reasons or arguments for believing so)? What evidence is there to support your belief?
No, and others have given good explanations as to why above. I'd only add that if the aliens had the ability to cross between the stars and wanted to be unseen, they'd be able to pull it off. If they wanted to be known, we'd never be able to hide from them. And if they didn't give a shit, we'd see lots of objects in earth's skies that didn't look like planets, meteors, returning space junk, indoor light reflections, aircraft (I can't tell you how many times I've heard stories of UFOs with red, green, and white lights on them) or spacecraft from the Hollywood Galaxy.
Note--I noticed the New Zealand 1978 flap referenced above. I saw a photo promoted of one of those UFOs a long time ago--it was a round glowing sphere with a dark spot in the middle. It was obviously an Airy disk (an out-of-focus point source of light viewed through a telephoto lens), which made the photo a product either of incompetence or deception. I gave up on that sighting right then and there.
I have seen my share of weird/wonderful things.
During HS, a friend and I were out walking late summer, a little before sunset, and noticed that there were two suns, one above the other. It was very beautiful, and ahw inspiring. WOW
I and my mother were out in our garden about 1970. We were weeding and mom looked up to see what seemed to be a huge dark gray craft in the east moving slow SE to NW. We watched it for a while, then heard what seemed to be a jet engine sound coming from that direction. As we watched, the shape resolved to what looked like one of the large troop carrier aircraft, but it seemed huge from where we were.
While on a camping trip with my 'pre-wife', we camped out up a logging road in our van. We were most likely at about 2500ft, surrounded by trees and open sky. Just before we went to bed, Lisa noticed a strange cloud over head, fluffy, but very uniform in shape. I mentioned, 'So its coming towards us then?' This has been a joke between us since. We sleeped soundly, with no abduction dreams.
First off, this post turned out to be mostly about UFO's and not so much about interstellar travel.
I believe interstellar travel is impossible for humans for several reasons. For other sorts of beings, perhaps not so much.
The distances are so vast that it's unlikely, bordering on impossible, for a human being to live long enough to arrive at even the closest stars, and that's even with some way of putting them in some sort of stasis. You can't freeze people solid, so somesort of metabolizing will have to go on, even if it's very slow.
In order to get anywhere in any kind of reasonable time, one would have to move at fairly close to the speed of light. This, combined with the fact that outer space isn't really empty, creates a very high likelihood of colliding with something. Even if something like a large asteroid could be detected and avoided before a collision, what about objects the size of soccerballs, baseballs, or marbles. Even a dust cloud could do a fair amount of damage to a craft moving that fast.
There's an ethical question involved in sending out a long-term space colony, since they will be having children and, in effect, those children are kidnapped on a mission taking away from the choice of living a normal life on humanity's home planet.
Alien beings with far longer lifespans might want to visit us and be able to do it, but I can't imagine why, unless we have a resource they want to take away from Earth.
"..unless we have a resource they want to take away from Earth.."
Beetlejuice needs aligators and yellow onions. So thats where my garden onions went to?
I agree--if anything from earth ventures forth to the stars, it won't be humans in our present form. We're tied to the planet we evolved on for now, except for temporary jaunts into the solar system. The same holds true for alien intelligence; I have no doubt there are other planets inhabited by intelligent beings but unless they make themselves somehow more optimized for long-duration living in a deep space environment, they're stuck too. Which has me wondering if a truly interstellar species, should it exist, even care about life at the bottom of gravity wells like planets.
The only point of disagreement I have is whether aliens will find it worthwhile to cross the stars in search of resources, since the difficulty of such travel cancels out the benefit of transporting the resources home. If aliens are that desperate for earth stuff, I'm guessing they'll just move in for good. Hopefully they'll be polite and ask first...
Maybe they just need water to continue on their journey in their Death Star sized craft.
I also didn't get into gamma ray radiation which is virtually impossible to defend against in any practical way.
I also didn't get into gamma ray radiation which is virtually impossible to defend against in any practical way.
That depends on how much radiation there is. Mass blocks it, but the more intensive the radiation, the more mass you need. Build the living quarters inside a shield made of depleted uranium a hundred feet thick and you'll do well enough. You did say 'practical' but what is practical changes as technology advances. Maybe it would be practical in the year 3013.
I think that's why we'll need to engineer new types of human beings before interstellar travel becomes practicable for us. Organic life is poorly suited for space travel but a technological copy of a human mind-- essentially a sentient machine-- would be made for it (quite literally).
We are already turning to robots for space exploration. However, don't forget that gamma rays also adversely affect electronics, so the same sort of very heavy shielding a person would be required, the next problem being that all that weight requires more fuel than otherwise and would be needed and the craft would take significantly longer to get up to speed.
When thinking about fuel, don't forget you'll need about the same amount of fuel it took to get you to your destination to slow the craft down, unless you just want to do a very very quick flyby and not stick around to explore at all.
We can dream (and should), but realistically speaking, we are trapped in this solar system. We're not going anywhere beyond it, ever. I doubt if we'll ever get people much beyond Mars, which itself is a dangerous place due to lacking the sort of magnetic shield we possess here on Earth.
This might not be entirely true.
I attended a lecture about 1973, given by a researcher from a food study and preservation laboratory, I think Dr. Jesse Bone. He was also a science fiction writer, writer of 'Nobel Red Man', with the theam of nuclear war survival.
He was studing the effects of gamma ray sterilization of foods at the time, and had, in a few samples, found one bacteria species that could survive extreame gamma ray exposure. If memory serves, he mentioned that there was a compound related to a mercaptan, that had a large radiation shielding/absorbtion capacity. I do not know what has happened since, maybe this is a datum that has been lost due to intellectual snobbery? I don't think my memory is weak on this point, I was very amazed at the idea and result being a nerd and all.
Given my inability to scare up relevant links to Dr. Bone's theories, I take it there isn't wide acceptance of it.
Intellectual snobbery or intellectual skepticism. Science doesn't change instantly with every new theory or new test result that comes along, and that's the way we want it. The fact that we no longer believe we are the center of the universe, that bumps on the head can tell you about a person's personality and intelligence, that we no longer imagine that "humours" are a cause for disease, and many other big changes over the years shows that science can change when the evidence becomes irrefutable.
I find it hard to believe that anything can survive intense gamma ray exposure, but if someone can show me actual evidence, I'm willing to reconsider.
If memory serves again, the good doctor was a researcher at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. It has been a very log time since his presentation, but I remember it well. Maybe look for retired OSU researchers, Food Science. That was long ago, maybe his papers were never uploaded, but an OSU library search might dig them up, then inter-library loan.


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Originally posted by dave6660
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Originally posted by Edeus
Honestly, I firmly believe the "gamer community" would benefit by, say, an order of magnifude reduction in size.
But I envision most of the avocates for social controls, and what their systems would be like if put in place.
And the cure scares me one hell of a lot worse than the disease ever did.
Promise them public safety, or even just trains that run on time. Sounds awfully familiar to any student of history.
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
Originally posted by Icewhite
It doesn't have to descend into facism you know.
heck, I swear up a storm in certain environments and in other enviroments people are astounded to hear that I have ever said anything that wasn't professional.
It's all about knowing where you are and realizing there is a time and place for everything.
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Originally posted by inzane3
Or may be you should just learn to use the ignore button. It would be like they are banned just for you.
Originally posted by Sovrath
Of course not, and I specifically avoided summoning the Godwin monster.
But social controls are delicate things, not prone to simple plans. Gamers, discussing them on forums, tend to favor solid declarations of how it's such an easy, simple solution.
It's a people problem, involving behavior--basic problems don't get more complicated. The magic wand solution doesn't exist. Spanking your children isn't a magic bullet, no matter how often Granny swears by it, or Dr. Spock swore about it; and politicians who promise you easy solutions are lying.
And argument by analogy is always extraordinarily trickly too :P
Guess we need Dr. Phil to tell us to grow up and stop playing games. There you go, easy answer.
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
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Originally posted by Drolkin
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To me, the unofficial motto of mmorpgs is "Here comes everybody!" Meaning you are going to get every personality type imaginable and some you've never heard of. Of course there should be standards of conduct, but unless your game is strictly aimed at kids, you need to let people vent, be a little salty and knock heads occasionally.
Now we're calling prostitutes "sex workers". What's next? Calling hit men "end-of-life technicians"?
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Originally posted by Icewhite
Of course it does for some behavior.
Rolling your own loot (LFR in WOW, or D3) solves the ninja-ing problem by simply making it impossible.
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Smack talk is one thing. Verbally attacking people with grotesque insults and/or griefing is a whole other thing.
It's not about being thin skinned either. It's about everyone having a right to enjoy themselves without some socially mal-adjusted idiots ruining the experience. Smack talk in context with the game makes sense.
There are games that allow just about any behavior, such as DarkFall, and you either accept that with the game, or don't play it. Darkfall is widely known for having the worse community on the planet too. However, this does not mean such behavior should be universally accepted in gaming.
A sure sign that you are in an old, dying paradigm/mindset, is when you are scared of new ideas and new technology. Don't feel bad. The world is moving on without you, and you are welcome to yell "Get Off My Lawn!" all you want while it happens. You cannot, however, stop an idea whose time has come.
Originally posted by nariusseldon
But we're not discussing one specific behavior.
We're discussing the ridulously large one-umbrella "unspecified internet anonymity asshat" problem.
On a case by case basis, we can declare one easy answer: "Grow a thicker skin." Effective, but not too satisfying. The Black Hats don't get Punished.
But the corporate-issued easy answer™ comes with some dangerous built-in privacy issues. As Robert Kotick discovered to his dismay.
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
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"Before I speak, I have something important to say."
Originally posted by MindTrigger
I doubt you'll find any clear line as to where smack talk ends and insults begin. That leaves your fate to some GM of questionable intelligence who might be having a bad day.
"There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own."
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I agree with the OP for the most part. I don't care for immature losers getting brave in the safety of a video game, but how can you stop it without getting overly PC and Big Brother-esq. So just ignore it and let them feel good about themselves for bit, until they have to go back into the real world.
Originally posted by Icewhite
hmmm, don't know about that, every "kid" I knew while growing up, who was spanked, actually turned out "ok".
But that's just personal observation and I can't say that that works for every kid. Then again, if I had kids (or wanted them) I would spank.
I've never advocated the parent as friend way of parenting.
Or, if one doesn't want to spank, then throw away their toys.
meh, I'm too old school to have it any other way I suppose.
All I know is that people swear, using colorful language, etc, and yet in professional situations they are professional. At least within circles where it's expected.
There is a time and place for every type of behavior and yet there are people who have yet to learn it. I'd love to be a fly on the wall and really see some of these people in their own lives to see if they really are that way or if they are just "angry young men" who don't have any outlet for their unhapiness other than the internet.
Originally posted by Sovrath
Or (more likely) they have a perfectly servicable 'don't swear around your ganny' mask to wear in Official Behave situations, like mose people do. Ever notice how easily they stop swearing when the Vice Principal walks around a corner? The same ones who later use the "it just slips out, I can't help it" Online non-defense later in the day?
They may not (often) agree with you (or I) what situations it applies to. That's all.
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
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Ppl or lets say better gamers nowdays are huge pussys. Im trash talking all day all night in competitive games like wc3 , dota , SF or CS. The problem are the sissys nowdays. 10 years ago i would have hard battles and insults against someone in wc3 and the next day we would be in the same team and no one would give a fuck. I played old school lineage 2 where ppl wished u death for being in an other alliance when u fought against them and still no one reported anyone for that because we didnt took it personal. Nowdays look at soft weak games like LoL and WoW. Call someone a noob or ffs a retard u got like all white knights and the moral police against u. Gamers used to have balls.
Originally posted by Icewhite
As I was on the subway I was reading the paper and was noticing all the "group arrested for... man arrested for... " articles.
It made me think back to the idea that societies have laws for a reason. One could say "hey just ignore the red light district or the drug dealers or the homeless who take over bus shelters, just ignore the guy who shoplifts a stick of gum (big deal a stick of gum) or a CD.
But the thing is, at some point ignorign doesn't work. It's like all those players on this forum who go nuts because they log into "x" asian game (looking at you Aion) and see the gold seller spam everywhere. Including the private stores. One could ignore it and it's even a valid approach until one day you just get tired of hitting ignore on a daily basis. The game becomes poison and you say you've had enough and you move on.
Now, one could just allow some downtown to go to the dogs and just "be what it will be" but eventually it ceases to become a viable part of the city and it just becomes infested with the weeds of humanity.
There will always be people who give to socieity, those who mind their own business but aren't a drain and those who require more resources just because of who they are.
After a while people are going to find these communities too poison and they will not log in. This in and of itself might not be a big deal if there is a majority who can support the game and want an "everything goes" mentality and the developers are agreeable.
But it is noticed that the community will degenerate and how far that community degenerates into the cesspool of humanity depends on the game company.
And it then comes back to being an economic issue for game companies if they can't draw enough people because they are inundated. but then again maybe in the long run there are enough people who don't care? Not sure.
My only thought is for these games to have a channel that isn't moderated. And, as long as players don't break any local laws, they can chat in whatever way they want.
Then have a general chat that is moderated. Just like real life, one can choose the bar they want to go to, whether it's biker bar/strip joint or some shi-shi upscale club.
Because clearly, as you have indicated, there are groups of people who just don't mix.


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Baseball is a source of fond memories for many. In years past, whole childhood summers revolved around the sport. It is "America's pastime," after all. Many adults can probably even remember going to their first baseball game — "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," the seventh-inning stretch, "Popcorn! Get your popcorn here!" Each season, the Toledo Mud Hens go to great lengths to make sure a new generation of kids will have those experiences.
"We have always been active in getting kids involved and promoting a family-friendly atmosphere, but in recent years we've evolved to focus on the variety of interests and groups that make up our fans," said Emily Croll, special events coordinator for the Toledo Mud Hens. "We have people come and tell us the fond memories they have from the old Ned Skeldon Stadium. They remember going to their first baseball game. We want to preserve that. We want the kids in our community to have those kinds of memories as they grow up and then share them with their kids one day."
One of the most popular ways the Mud Hens get kids involved is through the Muddy's Buddies Kids Club. Children age 12 and younger are treated to a new member's packet of prizes when they join and can then participate in special events throughout the season. Notably, members are invited to attend Muddy's Buddies Field Day where kids can play catch on the field, play in batting cages and have lunch.
"It's a lot of fun. They get to take over the ballpark before the game," Croll said.
Kids can register for the club at Fifth Third Field, through the Fan Center page at MudHens.com or at participating Toledo McDonald's locations. Membership is free.
Throughout the summer, the Mud Hens host several baseball camps: a one-day camp, an adult-child camp, a camp for children with special needs and two three-day camps. The three-day camps are scheduled during the week, one in June and one in August, whereas the others take place on weekends.
The camps last three hours during which attendees practice hitting, pitching and fielding at stations run by Mud Hens players. Attendees also receive a T-shirt, ticket for that day's game and a baseball they can get signed.
"We've had registration for the camps open since December. They're popular as Christmas presents," Croll said. "But we'll keep registration open until the date of the camps or until they're full. They do tend to fill up fast."
Specifically for its girl fans, the Mud Hens began the Chicklets dance team four years ago. Girls ages 5-11 can join the Chicklets to perform during one of the Mud Hens' home games throughout the season, and then once more for a group event in August. The Chicklets practice three times during the week leading up to their performance under the guidance of a professional dance instructor.
"You don't need prior experience to be a Chicklet," Croll said. "We have girls who have been dancing their whole lives and girls who have never danced a day in their lives."
Participating girls get a Chicklets uniform and two tickets for them and a family member to both the home game performance and the big event in August.
The team also opens Fifth Third Field to Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops for sleepovers. This season, there will be six sleepovers for Boy Scouts and two for Girl Scouts.
"The sleepovers are organized by the troop leaders, and the scouts come in [and] pitch tents on the field, we put a movie on the big screen and they sleep right on the field. These are popular and tend to fill up quickly," Croll said.
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The Mud Hens will have a special day geared toward kids April 6 as part of opening weekend.
"We're always a family-friendly ballpark, but the opening day game on Friday, April 4, tends to have more of an adult atmosphere. It's Friday afternoon, and we have a lot of people who come straight from work. Keeping that in mind, we're going to have a special kids day," Croll said.
On April 6, kids will be able to participate in activities and games on the concourse during the game and spend time with the Mud Hens mascots as well as their friends representing the Toledo Walleye, Spike and CatTrick. Before the game starts, young fans can get autographs from two players on the team and, if they stick around after the game, have an opportunity to run the bases. There will also be a drive at the park for kids to join Muddy's Buddies and collect their membership prize.
"Sunday is the day we always focus on kids activities. We have pre-game autographs and the postgame base run every week. Our opening weekend kids day on April 6 is really a kickoff for what we do every Sunday," Croll said. "Our weekend activities will begin to ramp up once kids are out of school for summer."
Once summer vacation starts, Fifth Third Field will host several themed games, during which fans are encouraged to dress up. Star Wars Night, which was a tremendous hit last year, will be May 10; the Mud Hens will sport special jerseys for Ghostbusters Night on May 30 in commemoration of the movie's 30th anniversary; and Spider-Man is scheduled to make an appearance on Superhero Night on June 28.
"Kids love to dress up for these days, and honestly, adults do too," Croll said.
Additionally, between 20 to 30 of Muddy's fellow mascots, a list that in the past has included mascots from Bowling Green State University, the University of Toledo, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Wendy from Wendy's and several local high schools, will come to celebrate his birthday July 13. Once again this year, the Mud Hens will host fireworks after home games on weekends.
Other kid-favorite entertainment planned includes the ZOOperstars! on July 11 and BirdZerk! on Aug. 1.
For more information on any of the Toledo Mud Hens' children's programs, visit www.mudhens.com.
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Perhaps it's a sign of progress that the Pittsburgh Pirates are now a frustrating team.
In 2012, the club made noise in the NL Central for a second consecutive season. And for a second consecutive season, the Pirates lacked the stamina to remain in contention beyond mid-August. As a result, the franchise's streak of consecutive losing seasons reached 20.
Last season, thanks to strong starting pitching and the offensive exploits of center fielder Andrew McCutchen, the Pirates at least sidestepped 90 losses for the first time since 2004. On Aug. 8, they were 63-47 and only 2½ games out of first place, but they then embarked on a 16-36 spiral and finished fourth.
There is a bright side. The Pirates drew more than 2 million fans for the first time since 2001 and only the second time since 1991. The payroll also climbed to a franchise-record $62 million. Pittsburgh has shown a 22-game improvement since 2010, the last of four consecutive sixth-place finishes.
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The pitching staff is the team's strength. The Pirates' 3.47 ERA before the break was tainted by a 4.29 ERA after, but the resulting 3.86 ERA for the season was good enough for eighth in the NL.
After disappointing New York Yankees fans during his time in the Bronx, A.J. Burnett (16-10, 3.51 ERA) has become a legitimate ace in Pittsburgh. Lefthander Wandy Rodriguez is a solid No. 2. No pitcher personified the staff's hot-and-cold tendency more than James McDonald, who challenged for an All-Star berth by going 9-3 with a 2.37 ERA in the first half, then regressed to 3-5 with a 7.52 ERA in the second.
Jeff Karstens is expected to be the No. 4 starter, leaving Jeff Locke, Kyle McPherson and newcomer Francisco Liriano to compete for the final spot.
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Payroll issues forced the team to deal All-Star closer Joel Hanrahan, who saved 36 of 40 chances last season but had issues with his command and homer totals. Pittsburgh re-signed veteran reliever Jason Grilli to a two-year contract, and he will close. Jared Hughes returns as bullpen workhorse.
Catcher Russell Martin, who signed as a free agent from the Yankees, might be the team's most significant addition because he provides a veteran presence for a staff that has lost its way in two consecutive stretch drives.
Offensively, the projected rise of outfield prospect Starling Marte and a return to health by second baseman Neil Walker provide reason to believe the Pirates might score more runs in 2013. Marte destroyed Class AAA pitching but had some trouble adjusting to major league pitching after being called up. Walker was hitting .290 with 14 homers and 67 RBIs before finger and back injuries derailed his season in mid-August.
The Pirates haven't been proficient at producing baserunners — six of last season's eight regulars had sub-.320 on-base percentages (four lower than .300). And Pittsburgh hitters strike out a ton; third baseman Pedro Alvarez, shortstop Clint Barmes, Walker and McCutchen had 522 among them.
After years of underfunded incompetence, the Pirates at least have established a foundation. But by teasing the fan base the past two years, the organization has raised expectations that its marginal depth might not be able to satisfy.
1. LF Starling Marte
2. 2B Neil Walker
3. CF Andrew McCutchen
4. RF Garrett Jones
5. 3B Pedro Alvarez
6. C Russell Martin
7. RF Travis Snider
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RHP A.J. Burnett
LHP Wandy Rodriguez
RHP James McDonald
RHP Jeff Karstens
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Mr. Dependable: Andrew McCutchen. It has been a while since the Pirates have had a legitimate superstar, but McCutchen is becoming exactly that. Last season, he finished third in NL MVP voting, was named to his second All-Star team and was a Gold Glove and Silver Slugger Award winner. He also led the league with 194 hits. If McCutchen repeats that effort, Pittsburgh's odds of finishing above .500 for the first time since 1992 will be strong.
X-factor: James McDonald. He is 28 and has made 72 starts since 2010, so he no longer is a young guy trying to find his way. McDonald needs to find it now. He had a 4.21 ERA and 88 ERA-plus last season, but he showed flashes of brilliance and resembled a no-hit artist in the making on some nights.
On deck: Travis Snider. His minor league numbers and major league numbers look nothing alike. That is why the Blue Jays traded him to the Pirates last July. Without the weight of high-prospect expectations, perhaps Snider can bust out. Projection formulas have him anywhere from a below-average hitter (PECOTA and ZiPS) to a productive one with a .352 weighted on-base average (Bill James).
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OFFENSE: The Pirates scored 651 runs in 2012 (41 more than in 2011), heady stuff for a club that typically has scratched to find four runs per game. McCutchen makes the offense go, and a return to the NL might rejuvenate Martin.
DEFENSE: Barmes was better than advertised at shortstop last season, and first baseman Garrett Jones is good enough to erase some of his infielders' throwing mistakes. McCutchen won a Gold Glove and will be joined by Marte, who would be a center fielder on many teams.
ROTATION: Burnett and Rodriguez give the Pirates a chance against the division's big names, but Liriano is a question mark.
BULLPEN: The relievers showed signs of wear when the rotation labored during the second half. But Pittsburgh has more lefthanded options than any team in the division.
BENCH: Gaby Sanchez will play first base against lefthanded pitching. Backup catcher Michael McKenry posted nice power figures in limited time last season. Jose Tabata, a starter in 2012, now is a fourth outfielder.
A major league scout analyzes 2B Neil Walker:
"Andrew McCutchen is the Pirates' headliner, but second baseman Neil Walker offers McCutchen protection within an otherwise pedestrian lineup. Injuries slowed him last season, when he appeared in only 129 games after playing in 159 in 2011. Walker hits better lefthanded than righthanded but is rarely overmatched from either side. He offers protection to both those in front of and behind him in the order. … There are few second basemen in his class. As a defender, Walker is tall (6-3) and not very graceful, yet he makes plays and is adept at turning the double play. The Pirates are a much different team with him."
Walker scored runs in 52 games last season. The Pirates had a .750 winning percentage (39-13) in those games compared to a .364 percentage (40-70) when he didn't score. Walker didn't score in seven September games.
What could go right: If a healthy Walker and a better developed Marlin give the lineup enough kick to support an improved pitching staff, the Pirates could avoid a third consecutive late-season meltdown.
What could go wrong: If the team isn't markedly improved offensively and the Liriano gamble doesn't pay off, manager Clint Hurdle could have issues with morale.
Bottom line: The team showed in the first half of the past two seasons that it is capable of competing, but there is little room for error. Pittsburgh can't hit .239 after the All-Star break and hope to finish .500 or better.
Joe Strauss covers baseball for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This feature also appears in Sporting News' 2013 Baseball Yearbook.


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England international Lampard's first-half substitution proved a spark for Chelsea as they beat Swansea City 2-0 on Sunday afternoon.
The midfielder scored a penalty after coming on to move a step closer to becoming his club's all-time top scorer and he is now just one short of Tambling's record of 202 goals.
Tambling was a guest of honour at Stamford Bridge on Sunday and Lampard told Sky Sports after the match: "He is a gentleman.
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George Griffin — driving under the influence first offense
Chad Craig — possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, family court violating an order two counts, assault and battery third degree, possession of a sawed-off shotgun
Briana Vaughn — possession of stolen property
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James Banks — driving under suspension license not suspended for driving under the influence first offense bench warrant
April McCormick — breach of trust with fraudulent intent $1,000 to $5,000, breach of trust $2,000 or less bench warrant
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Sheronda Fuller — violation of probation, family court failure to appear
Johnny Sherlock — failure to pay child support
Tiffany McGee — driving under the influence second offense commitment
David Dowd — criminal domestic violence first offense
Juland Price — violation of probation, no South Carolina driver's license bench warrant
Shareka Buckett — shoplifting $1,000 or less
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Around 10 a.m. Monday, state police responded to the home of Donna Smith on Lincoln Hill Road in Shrewbury to investigate the theft of antique sterling silverware.
A Danby homeowner returned home Friday to learn she had been the victim of a burglary, police said. Sometime between Feb. 14 and Friday, police said,someone broke into the residence of Jadalyn V. Smietana on Danby-Pawlet Road and stole 200 feet of copper piping.
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We can't simply cut our way to prosperity...we're going to have to continue to move forward in deficit reduction, but we have to do it in a balanced way, making sure that we are growing even as we get a handle on our spending.
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[Credit: Detroit Free Press] In May Alan Richman dropped his Top 25 Pizza List in GQ magazine and in a related story somewhat counterintuitively declared Detroit the No. 3 pizza city in the U.S. The Detroit Free Press now seems to be reacting to the pizza spotlight—a little late but better than never. What's interesting, though, is that the Freep story focuses not on the Sicilian style that Richman praised as being "flawlessly executed" consistently throughout the region but on the up-and-coming pizzerias in the Motor City. The paper rounds up 25 places to check out. View the list,... More


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Belton (December 13, 2012) -- The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor men's basketball team built a double-digit second-half lead and then held off a late U.T.-Dallas rally for a 74-70 victory over the Comets Thursday night in Belton. The Cru improves to 6-2 overall and 4-0 in American Southwest Conference play with the victory. The loss drops UTD to 6-2 overall and 3-2 in ASC play.
UMHB erased a four-point halftime deficit and took its first lead since early in the first half at 37-35 on Kitrick Bell's put-back at the 14:03 mark. The Cru would eventually stretch the lead to 55-43 with 7:37 remaining before the Comets began to chip away. Nolan Harvey's three-pointer pulled UTD to within one at 59-58 with 3:17 left to play. Cory Meals then wrapped two three-pointers around a Comet free throw to make it 65-59. Carter Nash hit a three to cut it to 73-70 UMHB with seven seconds left, but a James Allen free-throw at the other end made it a two possession game and Kyle Schleigh's desperation three was off the mark at the final buzzer.
Bell finished with a monster game for the Cru. He poured in a career-high 28 points and pulled down 16 rebounds. Allen also posted a double-double with 11 points and 10 boards. Meals also had 11 for UMHB. The Cru shot 43 percent from the field and went 16-21 from the free-throw line. UMHB also out rebounded the Comets 42-32 and turned the ball over just eight times.
Schleigh topped UTD with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Harvey added 14 points, Nash scored 13 and Mitchell Anderson chipped in 11 more. The Comets bench scored just four points in the loss. U.T.-Dallas shot 43 percent from the field and hit 11 three-pointers in the game.
The UMHB men will close out the week with a 3:00 PM home game against the University of the Ozarks on Saturday. The Cru will then be off until December 28th and 29th when the team plays host to the Cru Holiday Classic at the Mayborn Campus Center.
The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor women's basketball team could not find enough defense to tame Texas-Dallas's offensive presence as the Lady Cru dropped a 83-63 decision to the Comets Thursday night in Belton. The loss drops the UMHB women to 1-7 on the season and 0-4 in American Southwest Conference action. Texas-Dallas improves to 7-1 overall and remains undefeated in conference play at 5-0.
The Lady Cru fell to an early 2-15 deficit, cutting the Comets' lead to 40-30 before ending the half at Texas-Dallas 44-30 lead. The second half saw both teams remain scoreless for over three minutes before the Lady Cru went on a 4-0 streak and closed the gap to 36-47. The Comets used an 8-0 run to regain the double-digit lead and controlled that lead for rest of the game.
Macy Moore led UMHB with 19 points, while Taylor Tucker added 15. Tucker and Ashlee Sargent led the Lady Cru with four rebounds apiece while Simone Moreno and Jovana Miles each added three. UMHB shot 37 percent for the game and 60 percent from the free-throw line. The Lady Cru also forced 30 turnovers and recorded 13 steals in the game.
Kellie Loukanis led the Comets with 16 points, while Jo'Anna Davis added 15. Katie Korioth led the Comets with 10 rebounds. Texas-Dallas shot 56 percent from the field and 86 percent from the free-throw line.
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