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CORNELIUS — A local home designer will be featured on a TV show airing on Charlotte's WJZY-TV 46 Saturday.
The show, "Desperate Design,†will feature Jennifer Pippin with Pippin Home Designs. Pippin met the show's host, Margi Kyle, 10 years ago.
"She emailed me the idea for the TV show and I thought it was great,†Pippin said.
Kyle, also known as "The Designing Doctor,†is thrilled about working with Pippin.
"To be the best, I have to work with the best, and Jenny Pippin is just that,†said Kyle.
Andrea Core, marketing director for Pippin Home Designs, said the first of two shows aired in November.
"While the first show profiled our office as more of a paid advertisement, the second airing this Saturday will be more of a consumer-style design show,†she said.
The home on the first show was built in 1895. It's the building Pippin herself redesigned into her offices and studio.
"I started looking for an old house because they have so much character,†said Pippin. That's when she found a house on sale on Catawba Avenue in Cornelius.
On Dec. 9, 2004 the sale of Pippin's future design studio was completed. The next day, work began to renovate the home into her new location.
The work on the home's interior and exterior was extensive.
"We replaced all the windows, put in a whole new kitchen and bathroom and remodeled the flooring,†said Pippin. "We also had to make everything handicapped accessible.â€
Pippin said the home was not of a universal design — which features wider doorways and hallways and is standard in newer construction — due to its age.
She knows from personal experience the importance of universal design.
Twenty years ago, she broke her back in an accident.
"I had to live in the living room of my house for three months because the home wasn't universally designed,†she said.
The Saturday program will feature a custom home Pippin designed for a repeat client.
"I tried to create a warm and inviting feel in the home through open design, the use of faux finishes,†said Pippin.
The lake view of the home is also emphasized during the upcoming episode of "Desperate Design.â€
Views, according to Pippin, are central to design.
"A lot of your older lake homes weren't built with the view as a consideration,†said Pippin.
Her journey with a client starts with a walk of that client's property.
"I see what the client wants to see and what he or she doesn't want to see,†she said.
The best view for clients is west-facing, according to Pippin.
"It's the hottest part of the property. Because of the sun, so many people usually closes their blinds and miss what could be an incredible view,†she said.
Pippin also focuses on a home's interior. She asks her clients what they need inside, for example, do they want a home office or are they having a parent come to live with them.
After spending about two hours taking notes from these conversations, Pippin begins sketching room designs. Then the budgeting starts.
When she starts talking money with clients, she doesn't like the word "cost.†She prefers "investment.â€
"The investment depends on the square footage and what the client wants within the living space,†said Pippin. "I can do a house for $130 per square foot or for $250 per square foot. It depends on what the client wants.â€
Pippin then touts the "team concept†approach once the design is created. She likes the client to assemble a team to help create the project because the team concept saves time for the clients.
The "time†Pippin spoke of is the time it takes to complete a project.
"All of the major players from the builders to the contractors and designers are already together,†she said. "The bidding wars many people engage in traditionally adds two months to any project.â€
Renovations — roughly half of her business — also work the same way as the process involved with home building.
"There are not too many available lots that are affordable, so many clients like renovating because of the lot that their home sits one,†said Pippin.
While home designing is about the view and space, there's a lot of psychology that is also involved.
"You sometime have a husband that wants one thing and a wife that wants another. Listening is crucial to strike a balance,†said Pippin. "It's like putting pieces of a puzzle together. You have the site plan, client's needs and wants and the lay of the land to take into consideration.â€
The show "Desperate Design†airs on WJZY-TV 46 at 8 a.m. on Saturday and is repeated again at 5 p.m. on Thursday. For more information on Pippin Home Designs, call (704) 895-0000.
From Lincolnton, take N.C. 27 to N.C. 150. Follow N.C. 150 to I-77 in Mooresville and go south. At exit 28, take a left and Pippin Home Designs is a quarter-mile on the right going towards downtown Cornelius.
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JERUSALEM (Dec. 10)
With the intifada entering its fourth year and the peace process apparently at an impasse, Israeli politicians are beginning to speak openly of solutions to the Palestinian problem that were once beyond the fringes of respectability.
There is talk of "transfer," a euphemism for the mass expulsion of Arabs from the Israeli-administered territories, if not Israel proper.
The concept, once taboo, was the line taken by the late Rabbi Meir Kahane, the assassinated leader of the extremist Kach movement who was ousted from the Knesset when his party was declared racist.
The idea has been advocated in a more genteel fashion by Rehavam Ze'evi of the Moledet party.
But now it is being heard on the mainstream right and is no longer the mark of the "extremist" or "fanatic."
According to a just-published survey by respected pollster Hanoch Smith, 49 percent of Israel's Jews now favor expelling the Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, should no peaceful solution be found, The New York Times reported Monday.
The Times compared this finding with one made 20 months ago by Smith in which 38 percent of Israeli Jews favored transfer.
However, Smith also found that 25 percent of Israeli Jews are ready to accept the establishment of a Palestinian entity, the weekly Jerusalem Report said last week.
The idea of negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organization, once anathema to all but members of the farthest left part of the political spectrum, is now being advocated by members of the Labor Party.
The proponents of such talks are from Labor's dovish wing, to be sure. But until recently, no Laborite would suggest talks with the PLO for fear of being labeled a communist.
The "transfer" doctrine was discussed Sunday by Geula Cohen, deputy minister of science and energy and a veteran Knesset member of the Tehiya party.
Cohen denied emphatically that transfer is part of Tehiya's political platform. She insisted, in fact, that the party opposed it and considered it an entirely impractical solution.
Cohen was commenting on remarks over the weekend by Science and Energy Minister Yuval Ne'eman, the Tehiya party leader, which sounded to some like an endorsement of transfer.
Cohen admitted, moreover, that some members of her party — its spokesman Avi Farhan, for one — want Tehiya to incorporate transfer in its election platform.
Not too long ago, a party like Tehiya would have been embarrassed to admit publicly that any of its members thought in those terms. Cohen insisted that it would not even be debated in the party's policy forums.
Nevertheless, Ne'eman recalled that some 700,000 Palestinians fled the country between 1948 and 1949, during and after Israel's War for Independence. He implied strongly that if Palestinians in the territories and in Israel do not behave, they might meet a similar fate.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. — This one was for the spot on the X-ray. This one was for the tears. This was for staying strong through the disease and the drugs and the surgeries.
This one was for Amy.
If you are among the many who have had someone close suffer from the cruel disease that is breast cancer, this one was for you, too.
A man and a woman embraced Sunday evening. On the back edge of the 18th green, underneath a broadcast tower, just short of the scorer's tent, Phil Mickelson and his wife, Amy, held each other for a very long time. They did not speak, because after the past year, no words were needed.
This one was for them, and pretty much, for everyone else, too. Mickelson had just won his third Masters golf tournament, which is a nice enough feeling by itself. This time, it felt like something more. It felt like hope, and it felt like healing, and it felt heartwarming.
Every now and again, sports grants us a moment such as this, when the sweetness of the moment overpowers the size of the accomplishment, when the emotions are so staggering a dictionary cannot describe them.
They hugged each other for the longest time, Phil and Amy, and their embrace was so tight it was as if they were trying to squeeze the cancer from their body. He had won, which was wonderful, and she had found her way to the 18th hole to be a part of it, which was better.
His mother, Mary, who is also battling breast cancer, was there, too. And his three children. And as everyone took turns embracing, the tears flowed freely.
"This has been a very special day and a very special week," Mickelson said, speaking slowly as if to prevent his voice from breaking yet again. "To have Amy and my kids here to share it, I can't put it in words. It just feels incredible, especially given what we've been through in the last year. To be able to share this kind of joy means a lot to us."
It has been a difficult year for the Mickelsons. Amy was diagnosed with breast cancer in May. Her long-term prognosis is good, Phil says, but the short term has been harder. She tires easily, and her medicines can leave her nauseated. Amy flew to Augusta with their children Tuesday, but until Sunday, she had not made it to the course.
Then, as Mickelson glanced up while playing No. 18, there she was.
"I was really glad she was there," he said. "I wasn't sure she was going to be. I knew she would be watching.
"It's been tough. She didn't feel well and she doesn't have energy, and she's just not up for a lot this tournament can provide. To have her there and share this moment with our kids is something we'll look back on for the rest of our lives. This means so much to us to be able to share this type of jubilation."
This one, Mickelson said, is for all the doctors who have done research. This one is for all of the women who have battled the disease. This one is for anyone who has been touched by Amy's story.
Most of all, this one is for Mickelson.
There was a time, if you remember, when it was trendy to wonder if Mickelson had the stuff to endure what the final day of a Masters could bring. Hah. Compared to cancer, this was a stroll in the park. Mickelson threw up his third 67 in four days, and he went around without a bogey. Remember how the Masters is supposed to begin on the last nine holes? Mickelson played those in 4 under.
Yeah, the guy was a Master, all right. Did you see his shot from the rough on No. 13? Mickelson was behind a tree, real Tarzan territory, and his ball was on top of pine needles. He was 207 yards from the hole, and the clearing he had to shoot through looked like a coin slot. His playing partner, Lee Westwood, had just punched out to the fairway from a similar spot.
Mickelson? He picked up a 6-iron and drilled a shot 4 feet from the hole. It was the same bold approach that used to make critics shake their head. This time, however, it was 48 inches from perfect.
"I had a good lie in the pine needles," Mickelson said. "I was going to have to go through that gap if I laid up or went for the green. I was going to have to hit a decent shot. (The gap) wasn't huge, but it was big enough for a ball to fit through."
This one is for the storybooks. This one is for the big screen. This one is for a man's legacy. And a woman's, too.
There for a while, you couldn't blame Mickelson for wondering. On Saturday night, Mickelson's daughter Amanda broke her wrist while roller-skating. On the second hole Sunday, he was in the backswing of his putt when an insect landed in his line.
"When that happens, you wonder if somebody is out to get you," he said.
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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Certain source in the Parliamentary Committee which is tasked to investigate in the armament deal concluded with Russia revealed that that the Spokesperson of the Iraqi Government, Ali al-Dabbagh was prevented from entering the Council of Ministers.
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When it comes to custom PC case mods, there are few who can match the character and finesse of Dean Liou's creations.
Having put his tinkering days behind him to pursue other ventures (amongst other things, he's the guy behind the nifty little gogostand), Dean recently emerged from case modding retirement with this: the Lenovo ArcadeDock.
Nestled inside the half-height retro styled arcade cabinet is a late model Lenovo laptop. An authentic arcade joystick and array of buttons round off the gaming experience, while a USB keyboard with trackpad is hidden beneath to control the PC's more familiar functions.
Click through to see a video of the unit, including some Street Fighter II action and a closer look at the cabinet's more notable features.
The high impact graphics almost complete the retro feel – perhaps all that's missing here is a coin slot so that the cabinet can authentically swallow all of your quarters (or 'twennies, as we used to say in AU).
If you like what you see, you can support Dean in the Lenovo modding competition by voting for the ArcadeDock. There are many more videos in his detailed worklog for those who like to get in deep.
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Rand Paul should 'pontificate' about the dangers of Socialism and Communism, but instead he is playing games. Paul should explain to the people how shattering the economy would spike inflation and stifling taxes that will smash the middle class.
Paul should explain how the rich really fund the Democrats and that the middle class is their real enemy. Still, I see middle class Democrats that believe Obama supports them. It is pathetic how stupid and gullible these people are.
Instead, Rand Paul is repeating his fathers script (Ron Paul) about 'Auditing the Fed'. Who really wants the Fed audited? I bet Russia and China want the Fed audited. This is who Libertarians really 'work for'.
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Hearing few objections (and indeed many expressions of support!), I forge ahead with Lawfare's newest feature: the Week That Was.
The week's big news was that President Obama plans to nominate James Comey to be Robert Mueller's successor as Director of the FBI. Ben endorsed the choice. Later, he shared a speech on intelligence and the law, which Comey delivered and which The Green Bag later published.
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The new Crossvine Market brings back the old-time grocery store and barbecue joint
By Gerald E. McLeod, Fri., Aug. 30, 2013
Crossvine Market in Waelder is the kind of old-time barbecue joint where legends are made and so much more.
When you first walk into the market, which is more convenience store than supermarket, the unforgettable smell of barbecue engulfs you like a soft perfume. But the pit is hidden in a backroom, and you order directly from the pitmaster.
All the smoked meats are good, but it is the German-style sausage rings that set the Crossvine Market apart. The spicy, coarse-ground pork sausage is so good you'll want to grab a package to take home.
For the few residents left in Waelder – ironically the home of one of the largest commercial suppliers of cooked meats in Texas – the closest grocery store is 18 miles away. The store opened in 1909 and was run by the Eureste family until November 2012.
In April, the Orona family stocked the shelves and fired up the pits again with some of the pitmasters who had worked for the Eurestes. One of the secrets that transferred with the building was the sausage recipe. Some say that it is well over 100 years old, and came from the old country. But nobody is sure which old country that would be.
Crossvine Market is on the north side of the railroad tracks, two miles off I-10. They're open every day except Sunday. Give them a call at 830/788-7154.
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CHARLIE Sheen and Snoop Dogg have finally debuted their single in the US overnight, the proceeds of which will go to benefit Sheen's charity, Torpedoes against Tornadoes.
Sheen teamed up with the rap star and former Korn guitarist Rob Patterson to record Winning, a song which draws on the catchphrase repeated endlessly by the actor in interviews and tweets.
Torpedoes Against Tornadoes was set up by the Two and A Half Men star to help those affected by the recent US storms.
Sheen told his Twitter followers earlier in the week to "Get ready to rock the Sheenius." before tweeting this to announce the single's debut:
@charliesheen#WINNING Winning - dropped today on iTunes! w/ @CharlieSheen @RobPatterson666 & @SnoopDogg DL now! http://itun.es/i6z5CP RT!!
"People will love the song," Sheen told the Times. "Who doesn't like to be winning?"
"The genesis of the song is about, you know, winning...it's just everything in life. I think Snoop did a really good job at kind of encapsulating the whole vibe of, you know, the movement. Yeah, and it was taken out and then it was brought back in for the rest of the tour. We played it every night pretty much for the end of the show," Sheen added to E! News.
Patterson was less bold when it came to his assessment of the song, in which he wrote the music while Snoop Dogg penned the lyrics.
"Look, it's a good song," Patterson said. "But I honestly don't want people to take it seriously. It's meant to be fun and entertaining."
Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, spent about 45 minutes coming up with the lyrics before heading into the studio.
"Snoop is a warlock," Sheen said. "He came in and nailed it in a couple of hours."
"He arrived at 9:00pm and was out by 11:00pm," Patterson added. "We were all shocked by how quickly and how professionally he was able to just bang it out."
The song also features a cameo by former Baywatch star Carmen Electra, who is engaged to Patterson.
"Oh, good evening, Mr. Sheen. Are you winning?" Electra can be heard saying at the beginning of the song.
"No," replies Snoop Dogg. "He's smokin' right now!" before Sheen cuts in with "Winning, winning, winning."
Rob Christie, president of Waterfront Entertainment/Robo Records, is pushing for the song to become a sporting arena anthem in the mold of the Rocky theme tune.
"The song started off being about Charlie Sheen," Patterson said.
"But when Snoop came in, I said I didn't want it to be just about Charlie and repeating his key phrases. It's unilaterally about winning."
There will also be an R-rated version of the song, littered with four-letter words.
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ANN ARBOR -- In the past 10 years, the Michigan football program has had three seasons with a negative turnover margin.
The combined record of those three years? 15-22.
For those guessing at home, those three seasons were the duration of Rich Rodriguez's tenure at Michigan (2008-2010), when the Wolverines combined for a turnover margin of -32.
In terms of simple math, negative turnover margins mean big losses and disappointing seasons.
And so far in 2012, the Michigan football team has a four-game turnover margin of -7 -- the third-worst number in America.
And though he's had a massive part in this problem, the entire issue doesn't lie with quarterback Denard Robinson, who has accounted for nine of the team's 11 turnovers to this point.
Robinson has been careless with the football, sure. But Michigan's defense and special teams haven't exactly been stellar at getting the football back. The Wolverines got one meaningless fumble recovery against Alabama, one special teams recovery late against Massachusetts and two key interceptions against Notre Dame.
Of the four gained, only the latter two had the chance to have any type of impact on the football game.
But at this point, it doesn't really matter where the blame lies, what matters is what will likely happen if the team doesn't flip the number around.
In 2011, 31 NCAA Football Bowl subdivision teams finished with a turnover margin of -5 or worse. Those teams went a combined 135-250, a winning percentage of just 35 percent, and an average win-loss record of 4-8.
Only eight of those 31 teams finished the season with a winning record, and just four won a bowl game.
This season, the five teams who actually have a worse turnover margin than Michigan have gone a combined 5-14.
It's far from elite company.
Robinson's had trouble keeping the ball, the defense has had its problems getting it back.
Add it all up, and it means danger time for Michigan.
One way or another, sooner or later.
Nick Baumgardner covers Michigan sports for MLive.com. He can be reached by email at firstname.lastname@example.com and followed on Twitter @nickbaumgardner.
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A whole slew of teen movies point out the politics of the cafeteria. It's that big wide open space where people break off into groups, and if you haven't scheduled your lunch the same hour as your friends, you're screwed. Why? Because you're sans a group; you are alone.
While our preschool years equipped us with "soft skills," including: "pay attention and focus, being curious and open to new experiences, and being able to control your temper and not get frustrated," the high school cafeteria equips us with a whole other set of learned skills that can be applied to business and life. And I'm not talking about just how amazing a tater tot is.


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HIGH-PROFILE healers don't opt to practice occupational medicine: it's a blue collar science, dominated by asbestos and asthma and lead poisoning. Only a fellow fixated on being a doctor since he was 6 but captivated in the 60's by the effect one's station in life has on one's health would willingly veer off the beaten path -- a surgery internship at Bellevue and a psychiatry residency at St. Luke's -- into this branch of medicine.
So it's no stunner that Dr. Stephen M. Levin, director since 1987 of the Mount Sinai Irving J. Selikoff Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine and co-director of an unprecedented $12 million health screening for ground zero workers, turns out to be a scruffy-beneath-the-surface character. Attention embarrasses him. He would rather have his tired brown eyes in a research book, or be with a patient. But the trade center tragedy has put his expertise in the spotlight.
''Sometimes history behaves like that,'' he will say when he's finally been located inside his claustrophobic office at 10 East 101st Street. ''Events occur and suddenly you find yourself and your organization swept up in something you never dreamed you'd be involved in.''
This week, Dr. Levin and his team held a news conference alongside benefactors like Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Representative Carolyn B. Maloney to announce the daunting preliminary results of their screenings, which began last July and will continue until June. So far, more than 3,500 people have been seen; a survey of 250 examinations revealed three-fourths of the patients still had respiratory problems 10 months after the attack, half had lung-related complaints, and half were experiencing psychological trauma warranting further review.
As for late-onset cancers, time will tell: ''I'm not saying we'll see a huge wave of cancers in 20 years, but I know the rate won't be zero,'' he warns. ''The point is not to count statistics, but to plug the people who need it into care, and to detect the diseases as early as possible when we still might have a shot of curing them.'' Of the 70 patients Dr. Levin has personally taken on since Sept. 11, 2001, no one has made a complete recovery.Continue reading the main story
Mount Sinai's program can screen 9,000 workers before funds run out; it is estimated that some 35,000 workers and volunteers spent time at ground zero or adjacent to it. The doctor finds it scandalous that most worked without protective gear; he calls it a public health outrage. In public. On network television, before the City Council, the State Assembly, a Senate subcommittee. And we thought he was on the shy side.
No, Dr. Levin, 61, has plenty to say about this. The trick is finding him. Hint: he is the only doctor in the place wearing a navy tie with tiny salamanders poised atop a bed of flames, symbol of the asbestos workers union. You can't buy that tie at Bloomingdale's. Other hint: he is the only doctor whose office décor consists of a sign from a United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America convention (his father was a cabinetmaker), and a smoky photo of the trade center ruins snapped by an ironworker (he began monitoring ironworkers at the Manhattan Bridge for lead exposure a decade ago).
Dr. Levin works in an unmarked office behind a closed door whose tiny window has been blocked over; once found, he proves sociable. But busy. His phone and pager take turns bleating, and he seems inclined to take each call. It's how he is. He was screened himself for this line of work 24 years ago by his late mentor, Dr. Selikoff, who never let the demands of research, or policy, get in the way of patient care; he takes pains to do the same.
BUT he is irked that the program has received no assurance of continuance past June. He believes the workers' health should be tracked and treated much the way the government provides health care for nuclear arms workers exposed to radiation during the cold war. He says $160 million is a reasonable amount to cover two decades of treatment.
''The issue has become something of a political battle,'' he says. ''It's a public health mistake and a lost opportunity to do the right thing if government fails them. I just hope the clinical consequences aren't too severe.''
Dr. Levin grew up in Philadelphia. His mother worked in a hospital, and his father had dropped out of eighth grade to support his own mother and siblings as a carpenter. Dr. Levin was a science fanatic early on: ''I was one of those kids who looks under rocks and takes the radio apart and fixes a bird's injured wing.''
He got a full scholarship to Wesleyan University and received his M.D. from the New York University School of Medicine in 1967. He remains nostalgic for four years spent in general practice in Pottstown, Pa., a factory town, in the 70's. He did ''everything but deliver babies,'' and charged his patients what they could afford: $2 a visit for factory workers, $7 for management. He returned to New York to be closer to a son from his first marriage, and in 1979 he obtained the final spot in Dr. Selikoff's then-new occupational medicine program at Mount Sinai.
Now a widower, he moved 18 years ago from the Bronx to Dumont, N.J., with his wife and their three children. He chose Dumont, he says, because ''it's a blue collar town. I didn't want my kids to grow up in some suburb surrounded by other doctors' children. I wanted them to have the same kind of life experiences I had. I thought it was important.''Continue reading the main story


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The Agriculture Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations is proposing to cut more than $500 million from vital conservation programs for FY 2013. This move continues the trend in Congress of disproportionately targeting wildlife and conservation programs despite their proven track record of helping the environment and rural economies.
"Once again, members of Congress have chosen to slash funding for programs that protect soil, conserve water and enhance wildlife habitat," said Aviva Glaser, agriculture legislative representative for the National Wildlife Federation. "Every cut to these programs rips a new hole in the fabric of America's conservation heritage."
National Wildlife Federation is particularly alarmed by the following proposed cuts:
In addition, the Wetland Reserve Program is being capped at 163,250 acres for FY13 and the Grassland Reserve Program will be capped at 23,000 acres for FY13. All of these working lands programs provide incentives to farmers to implement practices that benefit soil, water and wildlife.
"Rural farmers have a long and proud history as stewards of our nation's lands, helping to provide clean air, clean water, and abundant habitat for wildlife," said Glaser. "Programs like the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program and Environmental Quality Incentives Program give farmers the support they need to continue this legacy. Cutting funding for these programs threatens rural farmers, the lands they help protect, and the wildlife they save."
"As the House and Senate move forward to agree on a final bill, we are counting on our conservation champions to restore funding for these programs in order to meet the needs of farmers and the lands, waters and wildlife they work hard to conserve," said Glaser.


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Hellickson Allows One Run Over 7 Innings On Just 2 Hits
The Tampa Bay Rays avoided a sweep at the hands of the Oakland Athletics as well as ending their five game losing streak in Oakland with a 7-3 victory. The impressive performance by the Rays resulted in Fox SunSports' Todd Kalas delivering the tweet of the day.
Tampa Bay hasn't looked this good against Oakland since Super Bowl XXXVII
— Todd Kalas (@TampaBayTK) August 6, 2014
With their win Wednesday afternoon the Rays improve to 55-59 and trail the Orioles in the AL East by 9.5 games and the Toronto Blue Jays in the second wild card by 5.5 games.
The star for the Rays was Jeremy Hellickson (1-1, 2.61 ERA) who had struggled in his first three starts failing to make it out of the fifth inning in each.
On Wednesday afternoon he resembled the Jeremy Hellickson of 2011 and 2012 – the guy who went 23-21 with a 3.20 ERA and less like the pitcher that went 12-10 with a 5.17 ERA last year.
It was the first win for Hellickson over his previous six starts dating back to September 4, 2013.
He delivered seven shut down innings allowing just one run on a solo homer to Eric Sogard (first home run in 110 games) while allowing just two hits striking out three and walking one. It was the first start that he pitched more than five innings in his last six starts dating back to September 12, 2013 (career long streak).
While Hellickson was shutting down the A's offense the Rays took advantage of Oakland starter Sonny Gray (12-5, 2.87 ERA) knocking him out of the game after just 4.1 innings pushing across seven runs (six earned).
The 10 hits allowed by Gray were a career-high and the six earned runs matched a career high. His 4.1 innings was the second shortest outing of his career (3.1 innings at Baltimore August 25, 2013).
Entering the game he had a six-game streak of allowing one earned run or fewer which was the longest streak (matching Cody Lidle Aug 4-31, 2002) dating back to at least 1914.
The victory finishes off a daunting nine games stanza for the Rays which pitted them against the National League Central leading Milwaukee Brewers (62-51), the AL Wild Card leading Los Angeles Angeles (67-45), and the AL West Leading Oakland Athletics (69-44).
The Rays finished with a record of 4-5 in the nine games and come through with an overall record of 55-59. When the nine games started they trailed the Baltimore Orioles by 7.5 games in the American League East and the Toronto Blue Jays by 4.5 games for the second wild card.
With their win Wednesday afternoon the Rays the Rays improve to 55-59 and trail the Orioles by 9.5 games and the Toronto Blue Jays by 5.5 games.
The Rays offense banged out 13 hits including multi-hit games by Jose Molina, James Loney, Yunel Escobar, and were led by three hits by Ben Zobrist.
Kevin Kiermaier drove in the Rays first run on a ground out in the second inning and then in the fourth inning he delivered his first home run since his grand slam against the Kansas City Royals on July 9th. It was his ninth home run of the season and came with a man on to push the Rays lead to 3-0.
Yunel Escobar's two hits pushed his average to .315 (23 for 73) in the 20 games since returning from the disabled list on July 11th. James Loney's two hits extended his on-base streak to 25 games where he is batting .343 (34 for 99) over that span. His 25 games streak is the second longest of his career and the second longest current streak in the majors behind Denard Span's 32 games streak.
Evan Longoria's bat continues to heat up as he extended his hitting streak to seven games going 8 for 26 (.286) over that span.
Jose Molina had a pair of hits and a walk – the first such game for him since June 23, 2013 against the New York Yankees. Remarkably, one of Molina's hits on Wednesday afternoon was an infield single.
Joel Peralta worked a scoreless eighth inning turning the ball over to Grant Balfour who allowed two runs (earned) on two hits and a walk.
The Rays will have a day off on Thursday before opening a three game weekend series against the Chicago Cubs at 4:05 Friday when Chris Archer (7-6, 3.42 ERA) takes on left-hander Tsuyoshi Wada (1-1, 3.32 ERA).
On Saturday at 4:05 Jake Odorizzi (7-9. 4.09 ERA) will take on Edwin Jackson (6-11, 5.66 ERA). The series wraps up Sunday afternoon at 2:05 p.m. when Alex Cobb (7-6, 3.52 ERA) takes on left hander Travis Wood (7-9, 5.10 ERA).


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Yesterday, news emerged that the Navy SEAL responsible for killing Osama bin Laden in May 2010 is struggling to find a steady paycheck. After leaving the service in September 2010 — three years before reaching the 20-year mark at which veterans receive benefits — the SEAL, known only as the Shooter, was, apparently, simply forgotten by the government.
Well, actually, that's not entirely true. Apparently the SEAL Command told the Shooter they could find him a job — driving a beer truck in Milwaukee.
It would take a cold, cold bastard to make the argument, with a straight face, that the man who personally shot the world's most wanted man dead should be simply discarded by the country he spent 16 years defending.
Yet somehow, despite all the talk of protecting our veterans, the Shooter finds himself with minimal health care and a growing pile of bills, when the president himself said, "No one who fights for this country overseas should ever have to fight for a job or a roof over their head, or the care that they have earned when they come home."
It's doubtful — near-impossible, in fact — that Obama was given the choice between extending early benefits to the Shooter, and not, and said, "Well, I guess what he did was OK, but screw him," so the angry accusations that will inevitably be leveled against him, personally, are nothing more than meaningless political spitballs.
But now that attention has been drawn to the plight of the Shooter — and more broadly, to the one in 10 veterans today who are uninsured in this country — surely it is time for the president to step in and take steps that go beyond empty rhetoric.
This is not to say there's been no progress on helping our veterans off the battlefield. This week, the Veterans Affairs Department announced it was adding 1,000 mental health professionals to its staff — a necessary, if delayed response to the skyrocketing suicide rates and instances of PTSD sufferers turned violent.
But it shouldn't take years to finally bolster mental health staff in the VA. It shouldn't take the revelation that one of our nation's greatest heroes is struggling to make ends meet to say, "Hey, maybe this isn't so cool."
Surely, our nation, which oversees the largest military budget by far and decides where and when to cut spending for which welfare programs, can agree that, in this instance, doing a better job looking out for our veterans when they return home is worth it.


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Had some really good runs today but took myself out in top 32. Not sure how to feel at this point partly feel like I am doing good (at the wheel) and partly wack (results wise). Really want to get at least one podium this season. Doing so much better than last year but rated worse. Such is life I guess.
You're doing great behind the wheel. Results will come if you'll keep driving like that. Don't give up


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When the German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen's announced his discovery of the x-ray in December of 1895, he was lauded on the front page of just about every newspaper in the world. Indeed, many journalists called this phenomenon "X-Ray Mania." … Continue reading
As millions of Americans take to the skies for holiday travel, some scientists have raised concerns about the small dose of ionizing radiation emitted by backscatter full-body scanners used to screen passengers at U.S. airports. In partnership with ProPublica, Miles O'Brien examines what we do and don't know about the machines. Continue reading
Harvard Medical School's Dr. Jerome Groopman came up with the idea for his book "How Doctors Think" while watching medical students make snap judgments while diagnosing patients. Groopman talks about how doctors get diagnoses right and sometimes wrong. Continue reading
Almost 18 months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, thousands of its victims are still without health care. In the first of a two-part report, NewsHour health correspondent Susan Dentzer looks at how doctors are providing some temporary relief. Continue reading


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Staff from The Holden Arboretum can enhance meetings and events held at our site with programs on a variety of informative topics. Please contact Program Registrations at 440.602.3833 for fee information and to obtain a speaker request form. We will also try our best to customize a program to your needs.
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Lori Gogolin, Horticulturist
Gogolin earned an associate's degree in horticulture from Kent State University in 1998. She is a horticulturist at The Holden Arboretum and is responsible for the Arlene and Arthur S. Holden Jr. Butterfly Garden.
Attracting Pollinators to your Garden
Tour the Arlene and Arthur S. Holden Jr. Butterfly Garden to learn all about the best plants, cultural methods and design principals to attract butterflies, hummingbirds and bees to your garden. This program is only offered at Holden during the months of June through September and takes place entirely in the garden.
Sharon Graper, Director of Academics
Graper has managed school programming at Holden since 1994. She has a master's degree in science education from the University of Delaware and received her undergraduate degree in environmental science from the University of Virginia.
How to Nurture a Child's Sense of Wonder
This presentation complete with hand's-on activities is designed for adults who want to be a companion in their child's exploration of the natural world. Techniques and activities that encourage children to discover the world around them will be presented. The focus will be on why it is more important to appreciate what is seen, than to know its scientific name.
Michael Watson, Conservation Biologist
Watson works on conservation issues involving wildlife He is also the coordinator for Holden's Bluebird Project, a volunteer-based program monitoring the nesting activity of bluebirds and other species using Holden's 200+ nest boxes. Mike earned his bachelor's degree from The College of Wooster and a master's degree from the University of Michigan.
Return of the Eastern Bluebird
This presentation will provide some basics of bluebird ecology and conservation. It will also address Holden's role in the successful recovery of this species in Ohio, including an overview of how Holden volunteers track bluebird nesting activity and current information on the status of bluebirds at Holden. Finally, tips for the homeowner on providing safe and attractive nesting options will be shared.
Ohio's Forests
This interesting presentation reveals how geology, glacial activity, human history, and ecological interactions shape Ohio's forests. Past and present forest types across Ohio as well as Holden's current dominant forest types and the plants and animals associated with these forests will be highlighted.


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Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone informed quarterback EJ Manuel that he will remain the starter next season despite lingering questions about the rookie's durability and uneven development.
Manuel, the Bills' first-round draft pick last April, missed six games this season after suffering three separate knee injuries. In his place, the Bills turned to backup Thad Lewis, who posted a better completion percentage, yards per pass attempt and passer rating in half as many games.
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TOP STORY > >Base will welcome all to big air show
The open house gives the base an opportunity to showcase its mission as the worlds largest C-130 training base and dazzle spectators with aerial and ground events from all branches of the armed forces from varying eras. The host unit is the 19th Airlift Wing, commanded by Brig. Gen. Rowayne Schatz.
The Navys premier aerial demonstration team, the Blue Angels, will highlight this years show, which boasts a Combat Airlift theme.
The Blue Angels performed at the 2006 open house, and more than 250,000 spectators were in attendance. This years show is expected to be even bigger.
Also performing at the open house will be the Armys parachute team, the Golden Knights.
The T-28 Warbird formation/acrobatics team, also known as Trojan Horsemen, will perform their acrobatics overhead.
Shockwave a jet truck that has a record speed of 376 miles per hour on a mile-long runway will also be performing.
Also in this years lineup will be the Viper West F-16 demonstration team; the Air Forces Air Combat Command Heritage Flight; the C-17, the newest airlifter to enter the Air Forces inventory; Fat Albert Airlines, an all-Marine Corps crew of three officers and five enlisted personnel who operate the Lockheed-Martin C-130T Hercules; Mike Rinker and his SU-26 Pink Floyd aircraft, and the disabled American Veterans B-52 Special Delivery.
This years announcer will be an Emmy Award-winner, Rob Reider, who narrates air shows around the country. Stepping Stones to Aviation, a program designed to enrich the education of children by introducing them to the experience of flight in a hands-on program, will let children climb into the realistic simulators, pedal down a colorful runway and taxi into a controlled airspace.
Static displays for ground-based viewing include the F-22 Raptor, the F-15 Eagle, KC-135 Stratofortress, OH-58 Kiowa Warrior, EC-130 J Commando Solo, C-17, C-21, C-130E and J, B-25 and much more.
The bases open house more commonly known as air show is the largest single spectator event in Arkansas, attracting people from not only around the state, but from adjoining states as well and is the largest open house in the south central region.
In what is known as a combat capabilities exercise, C-130 aircraft from the base will show what they do in combat: paratroopers will jump in a display of military power and will drop heavy equipment and other cargo.
Five hours of flying and military-related entertainment for attendees will be available at this years two-day air show/open house. Also available for spectators to participate in will be the Armys Virtual Army Experience. Participants will employ teamwork, rules of engagement, leadership and high-tech equipment in a virtual Army mission.
Souvenir, food and information booths will also be available. As always, admission and parking are free. For everyones safety, all visitors and their vehicles will be subject to search. No coolers, pets, or backpacks are allowed at the open house. Due to limited parking, RVs will not be allowed on base.
The Little Rock Air Force Base is located off Hwy. 67/167, at the air base exit.
Gates will open at 8:30 a.m. and close at 4:30 p.m.
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Rated 3.5 / 5 stars
Hey man a real solid composition you got here! I just have some constructive criticism for you, i hope you dont mind.
Right now I feel the song is a little empty. Yes you have wonderful composition, rich piano, but all your frequencies/synths/hi-hats seem to be in the higher end with only your kick and piano dwelling in the lower end. Where's the bass/fx? It just sounds a little unbalanced in my opinion. Another tip is that you can change up your drum loop every 8/16 bars or something to give it a little variety.
This is my opinion though! You've got talent that's for sure. The mixing sounded great, composition all made sense, it just felt a little empty to me.
Hope you didnt take offense to this, just try to help a fellow artist out!
Keep it up, have a good one
Hey man, no offense taken, I love constructive criticism, helps me to get better!
I'll taken everything you said on board, clearly from other reviews I need to work on bass ends a lot more. Thanks though for taking the time to listen and review :D
Rated 5 / 5 stars
this is great man, excellent work. total 5 stars
Thank you good sir :)
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
This is just excellent...
wonderful sound!!!
Thank ya very much :D
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Honestly, this disturbed me.
I didn't know what to think of it. My mind wanted to relax to the wonderful piano, but freak out to the beat and bass at the same time...
It confused me.
Well, i guess not everyone can like it
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Study to Assess the Seroprevalence of Anti-Tat Antibodies in HIV-infected Patients (ISS OBS T-004)
|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|May 17, 2011
|Last Updated Date
|March 3, 2016
|Start Date ICMJE
|October 2010
|Primary Completion Date
|February 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Anti-Tat Antibody Responses [ Time Frame: Up to 14 months ]
Assessment of serum anti-Tat antibodies. Anti-Tat humoral immune response will include the determination of serum IgM, IgG and IgA antibodies against both clade B- and C-derived Tat proteins and titration of IgM, IgG and IgA anti-Tat antibodies.
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01359800 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Descriptive Information
|Brief Title ICMJE
|Study to Assess the Seroprevalence of Anti-Tat Antibodies in HIV-infected Patients
|Official Title ICMJE
|A Multicentre, Observational, Cross-sectional Study to Assess the Seroprevalence of Anti-Tat Antibodies in HIV-infected Patients in Selected Areas of Gauteng and Eastern Cape
|Brief Summary
Tat is a key HIV regulatory protein produced very early after infection, prior to virus integration, and necessary for viral gene expression, cell-to-cell virus transmission and disease progression. Previous studies in natural HIV infection, indicated that the presence of a Tat-specific immune response correlates with a lower incidence and reduced risk of progression to AIDS as compared to anti-Tat negative individuals suggesting that an immune response to Tat may exert a protective role and control the progression to AIDS in vivo.
On the basis of the above mentioned consideration, the present study was directed at investigating the seroprevalence of anti-Tat antibodies in HIV-infected South African patients.
|Detailed Description
This is an observational, cross-sectional study aimed at assessing the frequency, magnitude and quality of the anti-Tat antibody response in both antiretroviral (ARV)-treated and treatment-naïve HIV-infected South African adults, and at exploring the correlation between the presence of anti-Tat antibody response and the immunological status of participants as well as with the presence of co-infections such as HBV, syphilis and HPV (the latter only for female participants).
The study has involved 531 participants and provided important information for the planning, design and conduction of future therapeutic clinical trials with the Tat-based HIV vaccine in South African individuals.
This study is conducted in the frame of the Government-to-Government cooperation program N. AID 8421, funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Directorate General for Development Cooperation (MAE-DGCS) and jointly implemented by the Italian Istituto Superiore di Sanita' (ISS) and the South African Department of Health in collaboration with the South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative of the Medical Research Council (MRC-SAAVI)
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Whole blood, cervical samples
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|HIV positive, ARV-treated and treatment-naïve participants.
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|HIV Infection
|Intervention ICMJE
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|Publications *
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|Completion Date
|July 2013
|Primary Completion Date
|February 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Exclusion Criteria:
|18 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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|South Africa
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|Barbara Ensoli, MD, Istituto Superiore di Sanità
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|Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Dir. Gen. for Cooperation and Development
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|March 2016
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Oswalt signed a minor-league hitch with the Rockies on May 2 and reported to Double-A Tulsa a few weeks later to prepare for an eventual return to the majors. The contract included both performance bonuses and a late-June out clause, but it wasn't merely the language in the deal that forced O'Dowd's hand this week. Oswalt amassed a 2.16 ERA over five starts for the Drillers, to go with a 25-to-7 K:BB in 33 1/3 innings, and he tossed 8 1/3 shutout frames in his final tune-up outing on June 14.
Last night, Oswalt supplied compelling evidence that there is gas left in his 35-year-old tank:
According to the Brooks Baseball PITCHf/x data, Oswalt routinely hit 92-93 mph with his fastball and could reach back for 94-95 when he needed it, both notable because he sat in the 91-mph range while serving as a swingman for the Rangers last year. He mixed in a passable changeup and exhibited excellent control of his curveball, earning called, swinging, or foul-ball strikes with eight of the nine hooks that he threw.
The outing was far from flawless. In the second inning, Oswalt hung a 1-1 changeup that Ian Desmond walloped 419 feet for a solo home run. In the fifth, Adam LaRoche pounced on a grooved, 2-2 fastball and drilled it to deep right-center field for a two-run triple. But amid those mistakes, which led to three of the four runs with which he was charged—the other scored on a fourth-inning single by Kurt Suzuki—Oswalt also enjoyed stretches of dominance, dominance of the sort that fans of the Rockies have seldom seen.
Seventy of his 101 pitches went for strikes, 17 of those strikes were of the swing-and-miss variety, and 14 of those whiffs were induced by the fastball, which blew away numerous Nationals batters. Oswalt's impressive velocity and control helped him to log 11 strikeouts without issuing a walk, a ratio that renders somewhat forgivable the nine hits and four runs that accompanied those numbers on his final line.
In the Rockies' first 73 games of the 2013 season, only thrice had a starter notched at least eight strikeouts, and only once had that feat been accomplished by a pitcher who did not permit a base on balls. Moreover, Oswalt became the first Rockies starter to fan at least 11 and walk none in an outing since John Thomson did it on October 7, 2001. The only other hurler in franchise history to post a K:BB of 11-to-0 or better was Pedro Astacio, who set the standard in the second game of a doubleheader on August 15, 1999, and remains the only Rockie ever to pull it off at Coors Field.
All of those strikeouts came at a cost, knocking Oswalt out of the game after only five innings of work, but the whiffs were a positive harbinger, and from a long-term perspective, Thursday's inefficiency and loss may be bumps in the road.
"There was plenty of stuff there, plenty of arm," Weiss told reporters, praising Oswalt's heater and noting that "a few tough breaks" contributed to the four runs with which he was tagged. After weeks of watching Jeff Francis and Jon Garland struggle to miss bats and barrels, Oswalt's debut held considerable promise for a team that dropped to .500 but is still in the hunt in an injury-marred National League West.
Assuming that the Rockies stick to a five-man rotation, the veteran right-hander's next assignment will come on Wednesday at Fenway Park, putting him in line to make his Coors Field debut sometime the following week in a series against the Dodgers. The Rockies' setback last night was their fourth in a row, but although they lost the battle in the nation's capital, a healthy Oswalt would significantly boost their 1-in-6 odds of winning the war.
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In either case, Nolasco has rewarded Beinfest and the Marlins with a renaissance of sorts. His strikeout percentage, which went from a career-high 24.8 in 2009 to 22.1 in 2010 to 16.6 in 2011 and all the way down to 15.5 in 2012, has bounced back up to 19.5, enough to offset a modest uptick in the 30-year-old's walk rate, which at 5.9 percent would be the highest he has posted in a full big-league season. If Beinfest plans to reevaluate the trade market for Nolasco in the weeks leading up to the July 31 deadline, he might find more suitors than he did this winter, particularly with a plethora of contenders potentially looking for veteran rotation depth.
Nolasco could continue building up his value with a strong effort in game two of four between the Marlins and Giants, which will be played in the Southern California native's favorite major-league setting. The pride of Rialto High School is a perfect 4-0 lifetime at AT&T Park with—this is not a misprint—a 0.87 ERA. Nolasco twirled a two-hit shutout in his first-ever visit to San Francisco, back on August 19, 2008, and he has held the Giants to no more than one run in each of his three subsequent trips to China Basin.
But all of those starts came before the Giants plucked Hunter Pence from the Phillies at last year's trade deadline. Pence is just 6-for-26 in his career against Nolasco, which would mean that the Giants, who are currently without Angel Pagan and Pablo Sandoval, might be no better equipped to handle the Marlins' ace than they have been in previous years. Except, of the half-dozen knocks that Pence has notched off of Nolasco, one is a double and four are home runs. His average is just .231, but his OPS is a stellar 1.016, the 10th-highest among active big-leaguers who have faced Nolasco at least 20 times.
All you need to know about Nolasco's approach to Pence is evident from a cursory glance at the above plot, which comes from the afore-linked matchup page. Nolasco has thrown Pence more sliders than fastballs, and most of those sliders have been outside of the strike zone, darting down and away from the right-handed-hitting outfielder. And here's why:
Pence is a solid fastball hitter with good plate coverage on virtually anything thrown anywhere except up and in. A lack of discipline is what generally gets him into trouble. And nowhere is he less disciplined than on sliders off the outside corner or below the hitting area.
Nolasco, as his approach demonstrates, is keenly aware of that weakness. But it's interesting to note that, even though he has spun slider after slider at Pence in deeper counts, he has actually used it less often on first pitches than he has to right-handed hitters as a whole. Nolasco learned the hard way on September 17, 2008, that he can't simply slip a get-me-over fastball past Pence without paying the price. And sliders in the strike zone, like this one, which turned into a single in their last head-to-head showdown before Pence headed to San Francisco, aren't of much use, either. In two-strike counts, though, spinning slider after slider, down and away, generally earns the pitcher his desired result.
With little reason to alter his strategy, expect Nolasco to mix up his first pitches to Pence, and to lean heavily on the slider when he smells a strikeout in the offing. The damage that Pence has done to Nolasco has largely come on location mistakes of the sort that the right-hander should be able to avoid. If Nolasco keeps Pence at bay, it will be up to the rest of the Giants to give him his first rude welcome to a yard in which he has made himself comfortable for years (10:15 p.m. ET).
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Daniel Rathman is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @danielrathman
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Oswalts 7.20 ERA last night doesn't sound like a diamond to me. And when he pitches at Coors...?
Jun 21, 2013 06:39 AM
Yady's your 5th man. If his defense is given any serious consideration but writers, is there any doubt he's a runaway MVP at this pace?
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Clever girl! The answer's in the next sentence. I can't believe I just had a dialog with Daniel 'The Wrath' Rathman. This is awesome. This internet thing might stick.
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Gary Ablett was nothing short of fantastic for the Gold Coast Suns, but his team was once again on the other end of a blowout loss as St Kilda ran away with a 21.13.139-7.5.47 victory.
The Saints were a class above to begin the match and received two goals in the first two minutes from Sam Gilbert and Terry Milera. It took Milera 23 seconds to break the middle and run into a goal and a couple of defensive errors allowed Gilbert to pounce on the ball and kick accurately around his body.
The Suns were better across the ground as the quarter progressed but couldn't get anything going in their forward line.
Stanley added another after some beautiful transition kicking from Milera allowed some Saints players to run free, resulting in the big 21-year-old to mark and goal.
Milne helped add the Saints fourth when he spun away from goal and centered the ball, finding Riewoldt who was strong in the air, giving them a 30 point lead at quarter-time.
Dangerous signs for the Suns as the second quarter got underway, Stanley bombed a ball and Koschitzke took a courageous mark in the goal square.
Milne missed two set shots on goal over a couple of minutes and it sparked a Gold Coast run that saw them dominate the ball across half back and head inside fifty a number of times. Luke Russell gathered a loose ball inside 50, sidestepped two defenders and kicked the first Suns goal of the game. Shortly after, Harley Bennell led and marked, waited for a running Tom Hickey to sneak past the defense, and lobbed a handball over his defender for a nice goal.
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Milne needed just two and a half minutes to kick the Saints as he shrugged a Matera tackle to goal. Matera got one of his own back for the Suns third major of the game.
The two sides traded another pair of goals courtesy of Armitage and a 50 meter bomb from Ablett before the Saints piled on three goals in three minutes. A contentious holding the ball decision resulted in Riewoldt's third while Cripps and Milne completed the final two.
Milne was given the red vest in an already decided game giving Tom Ledger his first run of AFL footy.
Campbell Brown kicked two more to improve the suns score, one coming from a beautiful delivery when Ablett ran 50 meters and speared a pinpoint pass into the path of his teammate.
Goddard kicked a goal after a fantastic tackle and Jack Steven kicked another on the siren to give St Kilda a 60 point lead heading into the final term.
The result didn't get any better for the Gold Coast in the fourth. Goals to Armitage, Stanley, Riewoldt, Jones, McEnvoy and Koschitzke further blew open an already uneven game. The Suns weren't as bad as the score board indicated and have already displayed great improvement but it has been a horrid start to 2012 and they need to be more competitive.
Gary Ablett was brilliant in the loss. He notched 40 disposals and kicked two goals. Brendan Goddard had 33 for the Saints and Nick Dal Santo added 26. Riewoldt led all goal kickers with 4.2.


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Ah, ska-punk. The pseudo-ubiquitous subgenre both loved and hated about equally by legions of ska and punk fans. At it's best, this mutated strain has produced long-standing bands like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Less Than Jake, and at it's worst, well, let's just say that there's nothing more painful than a bad ska-punk band. However, or at least to my experience, it's not a genre with long-lasting appeal, but hell, I remember vomiting out of excitement the first time I saw the Bosstones, and they've been doing this for longer than I (or they probably) care to remember.
What we've got here is the latest project by Mike "Bruce Lee" Park, maven behind Asian Man Records, as well as groups like Skankin' Pickle (whose best song was about a girl on the Canadian teen-soap Degrassi Jr. High) and the Bruce Lee Band. And it's actually pretty good. The standard melodic punk rock major chord changes are all here sewn-on patches and all, and Mike's got a good voice for this stuff. The band is made up of all Asian members (including the obligatory female bassist), and nearly every song deals with the trials and tribulations of being an Asian-American punk-rocker in this corrupt capitalist society we call Amerika, or girls. While I can't relate (to the former), I can appreciate the humor in a song like "Asian Prodigy," whose first line is "I don't want to be a doctor!"
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The record starts off with a bizarre monologue proclaiming the lack of unity between all races and creeds, which is common among bands of this nature (remember Operation Ivy's "Unity?") an easy socio-/political veneer to hide behind and point fingers while not offering any worthwhile solutions, but the first track, "You Don't Know," is really catchy regardless of the dumb lyrics. But then again, let's not fool ourselves, we're not listening to ska-punk for the ground-breaking lyrical content.
And in that respect, the Chinkees proceed to jump and skank through 11 catchy songs that you'll really like if you aren't ready to gag from the proliferation of much worse bands attempting to catch a ride on this fading star known as ska-punk. May it rest in peace, sometime soon.
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