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As the days go by, we're hearing little about Hiroki Kuroda's plan for 2012, and the longer we go, the less likely it seems that he'll return to the Dodgers. By comparison, last year his one-year deal to return was all but finalized by November 13. Of course, what we've been hearing lately is that the delay this time around is less about whether Kuroda wants to come back than it is about whether the Dodgers can even afford to pay him, as Bill Shaikin painfully pointed out yesterday:
#Dodgers parent company reports $9.9 million in "bankruptcy-related expenses" thru Oct 31. Dodgers might not have $ to bring Kuroda back.
Consider that another fun parting gift from Frank McCourt, though it's hard to argue that the millions foolishly committed to Juan Rivera and others couldn't have been better allocated by Ned Colletti as well.
If Kuroda doesn't return, the Dodgers simply can't go into the season with Dana Eveland and Nathan Eovaldi as their 4th and 5th starters (I'd prefer that neither of them be in the rotation, though that may be unavoidable), and that means that they'll need to dip into the shallow end of the veteran free agent pool, where they've already been linked to Aaron Harang, Chris Capuano, and Jeff Francis.
A word of warning: this isn't going to be pretty. It never is when you're trying to buy low on the open market.
RHP Aaron Harang, 34
Harang was once a solid workhorse for the Reds, tossing at least 211 innings for three seasons in a row until his career was derailed in 2008 in large part due to Dusty Baker forcing him into a relief appearance and making him throw 239 pitches in an eight-day span. After a feeble end to his Cincinnati career, he entered the starting pitcher equivalent of the Betty Ford Clinic – Petco Park – and voila! A superficially pretty 14-7, 3.64 record for the Padres… despite having basically identical K/9 and BB/9 rates as he did in his final season with the Reds, where he went 6-7, 5.32. Amazing what pitching in San Diego will do for a flyball-prone pitcher, isn't it? (Shockingly, his home/road splits are large.)
Harang declined his half of a $5m player option to return to his hometown Padres in 2012, so it seems clear he's not looking for a minimum-salary deal. (Because, you know, wins!) That said, watch him go to the Giants and go 16-8, 3.78 pitching in that ballpark.
LHP Chris Capuano, 33
You want to win a bar bet this offseason? Ask people which starting pitcher had the single most effective start of 2011, according to "Game Score". It's not Justin Verlander, and it's not Clayton Kershaw; it was Capuano, who struck out 13 Braves without a walk in tossing a two-hit shutout on August 26. The two-time Tommy John survivor came back from missing all of 2008 and 2009 (and half of 2010) to throw 186 decent innings for the Mets, as the advanced stats (3.67 SIERA, 4.04 FIP) belied his 4.55 ERA. For the $1.5m contract he signed (which ended up being about $3.9m with the incentives he reached), he provided a solid and unexpected value for New York, striking out three times as many as he walked – even briefly becoming a target of a bizarre trade rumor in late September as the Red Sox desperately tried to stave off their collapse.
But there's some warning signs here. In addition to obvious concerns about his durability – and don't ignore that whenever he went beyond five innings last year, his ERA was north of 8 – Capuano has had a career-long issue with keeping the ball in the yard, topping out at a Lilly-esque 1.31 HR/9 last year. And when I say "Lilly-esque", I mean, his 1.31 is exactly the same as Ted Lilly allowed, and we laughed at Lilly all year long. The cozy dimensions of CitiField helped him hide that somewhat, as he allowed seven fewer dingers at home despite pitching 17 more innings there, fueling some brutal home/road splits.
Capuano reportedly wants a two-year deal, which the Mets are seemingly unwilling to do; in a world where a similar soft-tossing lefty like Bruce Chen can pick up a two-year deal for at least $9m, it's probably not out of the question that he'll get it.
LHP Jeff Francis, 31
Francis has had an interesting career in the sense that while he was once massively overrated due to his 17-9 record with Colorado in 2007, he's now somewhat underrated due to going 6-16 for the Royals in 2011. (Fun fact #1: when he won 17 games, his FIP was 4.19. When he lost 16, it was 4.10. Yay, wins!) Francis missed all of 2009 and part of 2010 due to injury, and while he was once routinely in the 86-88 MPH range, he averaged only 84.7 MPH on his fastball last year.
Predictably, he doesn't strike anyone out – just 91 in 183 IP – and if you're going to survive like that, you need to be sure you're limiting the longball and keeping walks to a minimum. That's exactly how he succeeded, allowing just 1.9 BB/9 and 0.9 HR/9 with the Royals in 2011. In theory, the Dodgers have built a solid defensive infield, which could benefit Francis since he's not generating a lot of outs on his own. Of course, Francis operates with such little room for error that if he loses even a little of his control the results could be disastrous. Or he could be Jamie Moyer, pitching for another 20 years. Soft-tossing lefties are always so fun to try to predict. (Fun fact #2: on Baseball Reference's Similarity Score list, Francis' #3 comparable is Capuano. #8 is old friend Mark Hendrickson.)
LHP Paul Maholm, 30
The Dodgers haven't been linked to Maholm, but he's worth throwing out there now that he's a free agent since the Pirates declined his $9.75m 2012 option. Like most of these other guys, he's a soft-tossing lefty who doesn't strike out very many and has decent control, but he's been more successful because he's great at keeping the ball in the park, averaging just 0.8 HR/9 over his career. As a groundballer, he'd do well in front of a good infield defense, though as a relatively durable starter in a winter devoid of pitching depth, he's probably in line for a somewhat overpriced multiple-year deal. If the Dodgers can't afford Kuroda, they're probably not going to be paying Maholm either, since he's going to be attractive to whomever loses out on the C.J. Wilson sweepstakes.
RHP Aaron Cook, 33
Cook, like Maholm, has not been mentioned in any reports linking him to the Dodgers that I've seen, and he's now on the market after Colorado declined his $11m option. Cook is Colorado's all-time wins leader, though in recent years he's been sidetracked by a litany of injuries, including "a sprained toe, displaced right fibula fracture, a broken ring finger, and shoulder inflammation," bottoming out by going 3-10 with a 6.03 ERA for the Rockies last year.
Or so it would seem, anyway. Cook's 4.54 FIP last year isn't all that far off from what it was during his productive years, as he was hurt by a BABIP of .345 that was far above what he's ever seen before. When he's right, he's even more of an extreme groundball type that Maholm, though it remains to be seen if all of the injuries have robbed him of the ability to be even average.
There are, of course, plenty of other guys out there, from guys the Dodgers won't be in on (Mark Buehrle, Roy Oswalt, Edwin Jackson, Javier Vazquez), to injury-riddled former stars (Erik Bedard, Rich Harden) to even more fungible back-end types (Zach Duke, Doug Davis, Jason Marquis, Bartolo Colon, Joel Pineiro, who somehow struck out only 3.8/9 last year).
If Kuroda doesn't return, it seems certain that the Dodgers end up with at least one of these retreads. (Personally, I'd prefer Kuroda and one, allowing Eveland/Eovaldi to be backups, but that doesn't sound likely.) So which? In terms of talent in the five that we looked at, I'd probably go Maholm / Capuano / Francis / Harang / Cook. Yet the Dodgers likely aren't going to be able to afford Maholm, and the thought of guaranteeing Capuano two years to give up dingers terrifies me. So while I can't believe I'm actually typing these words, if this is the best the Dodgers can do… I might have to go with Jeff Francis. He's probably undervalued, coming off a 6-16 record, he made only $2m last year so he can't be expecting a huge raise, and I love pitchers who don't walk anyone. (I'd also take Cook on an NRI or minimum-salary lottery ticket.)
Now watch Colletti go out and get Francis, but for $18m guaranteed.


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Jenna Jameson, who has not starred in an adult film since Kobe Loves Jenna, told W Magazine in its latest issue that she will no longer get penetrated by men or women on camera. The reason?
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i have respect for jenna. you can tell shes a good mom. kendra was on the cover of star talking about how moms can still be sexy and its like who cares? its like shes scared to death that guys wont find her attractive anymore! her prioritiy should be her kid like jenna's is, not how shes still "got it"!
Im glad shes making that descion regardless of why...and shes exactly right....and she will still have to deal with it and im sure the kids will have to deal with it in school and after but hey everyone does something that later comes back to haunt them atleast shes doing the right thing...we can say the same for some some put their kids in with that bs...(kendra) she needs a reality and grown woman check ...raise your kids its not like you dont already have money attention whore

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text: The Black Lightning wiki last edited by sowlish on 04/11/14 12:19PM View full history Current EventsBlack Lightning appears in DC Universe Presents #13-17 alongside Blue Devil. His dad is a reporter who has been investigating Tobias Whale as he feels that the police aren't doing anything because they are being paid off Whale. The high school teacher is operating as a superhero during the night to take out Whale's operations before his dad gets himself hurt. During one of these excursions, he comes into conflict with the Blue Devil, believing him to be on Whale's payroll. Their fight is ended when LAPD intercedes and Jefferson meets up with his father after classes the next day and tries to convince him to stop going after Whale. Refusing to do so, Jefferson dons his Black Lightning outfit and follows his father that night to watch over him. He protects his dad from Tobias's thugs though Blue Devil is the one who finishes them off. Before Blue Devil kills a thug that he dropped onto a car, Black Lightning reminds him that he is a hero, and Danny regains control of the suit.They meet again, out of costume, at the funeral of Danny's grandfather and after the service, Danny, his old high school friend and teammate, reveals that he recognizes Jeff as Black Lightning, as his father did. After revealing that he is Blue Devil, Danny convinces Jeff to meet him at Graveyard Studios, which his grandfather left him. He reads his grandfather's letter, which reveals that all the props from his cheesy movies are real artifacts that he has been bleeding the power of by cheapening them in his movies. Jeff is uncomfortable with the idea of magic and recognizes that Danny's suit is a skin.OriginBronze AgeThe Death of Earl CliffordJefferson Pierce is a graduate from Garfield High in Metropolis who goes on to be an Olympic decathlon star and later a teacher at the school. He graduates from Kent State University with a teaching degree in physics. As a teacher, he works for New Carthage and later at the same Garfield High that he graduated from. Jefferson wastes no time in getting into trouble with a gang of drug pushers who are connected with the 100 organization. He does this by trying to clean the school of the pushers. In a fight, a student named Earl Clifford helps Jefferson and is later killed for his efforts by a gang leader known as Joey Toledo. This is the catalyst that leads Jefferson into becoming Black Lightning.Distraught over the death of Earl, Jefferson turns to a man named Peter Gambi. Gambi owns a tailor shop that Jefferson and his mother lived above while he was growing up and he became very close to as a child. Peter made a costume for Jefferson for when he came back, as if he knew that he would want it. When Jefferson returns, he presents it to him. With the addition of a mask and an afro wig, Jefferson's identity becomes secure, but he also disguises his voice and adds a lot of street slang while he is in his Black Lightning persona.Modern Age/Black Lightning: Year One"I want you to help protect the streets of Suicide Slum!"Jefferson Pierce is a normal man who grows up in South Side, Suicide Slums, with a dream of success one day. After becoming an Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon and a college graduate, he moves to Metropolis with his wife, Lynn Stewart. The main reason they move is the death of his father, Alvin Pierce. He is killed after trying to open the eyes of the public to the scams of local con man Tobias Whale. They have a daughter they name Anissa (Thunder), and later Lynn becomes pregnant with Jennifer (Lightning). Jefferson is a principal at several schools and is respected for all the good he has done in the neighborhoods and schools he had been in previously. The Wayne Education Trust gives him a grant to come back to South Side to try to do the same there. They look at him as "our last best hope for successful leadership in urban education reform." Jeff sees how bad it is, mostly due to the 100 and Tobias Whale, so he decides to do something with his hidden electricity powers discovered by his wife. He becomes Black Lightning after seeing the quote "Justice--Like Lightning-- Should Ever Appear To Some Men Hope, To Other Men, Fear." He fights local crime at night as a super hero. He is the principal of Garfield High School and he gets to know a student by the name of Earl Clifford. Earl is killed and this starts the end of the 100 and Tobias Whale. Black Lightning eventually defeats them both with the help of Superman.CreationBlack Lightning was created by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden in Black Lightning #1 in April 1977. Black Lightning was the first African-American superhero to have his own solo series. Though short lived, the series is known as an iconic addition to DC's history.Character DevelopmentThe OutsidersRecharged By BatmanJeff is one of the founding members of The Outsiders team along with Batman, Geo-Force, Halo, Katana, and Metamorpho, and has been on and off the roster many times. He has been the leader of the team as well.In the most recent version of the the team, Alfred recruits him along with Geo-Force, Halo, Metamorpho, Katana, Creeper, and Owlman to go under the radar and take on missions they normally wouldn't be able to take. The main enemies at this time are The Insiders who are unknown to the rest of the world. The team stops them and moves on to tracking down Killer Croc, Clayface, and Mr. Freeze.Current Line-UpThe team survives the Blackest Night and tries to pick up the pieces of the operation. Jeff has trouble with Geo-Force whenever he starts to act strange, rude and pompous. Geo-Force makes decisions for the team without consulting them and sends Black Lightning on a mission for Markovia as a secret agent. This eventually leads to Geo-Force and Black Lightning fighting and splitting the team apart. Black Lightning, Owlman, and Metamorpho leave and find Simon Stagg and Freight Train. Metamorpho gets stuck inside Chemo by Java, Simon Stagg's assistant. Chemo is defeated and they go into hiding.Later Solo Series and the Early 2000'sBlack Lightning has fought in the Suicide Slums for a long time and it looks like an uphill battle. He and his wife Lynn divorce and Jeff grows lonely. He eventually moves to Brick City after the divorce to work at a new school. He is attacked by Painkiller at one point, but defeats him. He is also framed for rape by his enemy Broadstrip. He teams up with Gangbuster and fights many new enemies like Warthog. He is eventually cleared and encouraged by his friend Batman to keep on fighting. He becomes Secretary of Education under President Lex Luthor and this blackens his name to some heroes. He is once again framed and put in Iron Heights prison. He is eventually broken out by a version of The Outsiders, which includes his daughter Thunder.Justice League of AmericaJLAJeff is invited to the Justice League of America during its Satellite years and at first turns down the offer. He joins a new version of the League later. He fights alongside Geo-Force, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Red Arrow, Vixen, Red Tornado, Hawkgirl, Black Canary and Hal Jordan against Amazo and Solomon Grundy. He stays with the team for a good time until he is traded to The Outsiders at the request of Batman.PowersEnhanced Strength: At his base level without the use of his powers, Black Lightning is able to lift double one's own body weight up to the 800 pounds. He can increase his strength by charging his cells with electricity.Black Lightning flexing his muscles, showing off his physique. Peak Human/Enhanced Conditioning: Though years removed from his Olympic career, Black Lightning obviously keeps in shape, he's still 200 pounds of solid muscle and a world-class decathlete. His physical prowess is amazing, and he's also a superior acrobat and sneaky type.Black Lightning can use electricity to enhance his physical (strength) and mental (reflexes) using electricity to stimulate his nerves.Peak Human Stamina: Black Lightning possess highly developed musculature, due to combination of his Olympic training and his training with Batman and Wildcat.Peak Human Endurance: Black Lightning's Olympic Training, increased his overall endurance beyond that of a normal human. His endurance was further heighten by training under Batman and Wildcat.Peak Human Durability: Black Lightning can endure far more damage then normal humans.Healing Factor: The limits and speed of Black Lightning's healing ability is unknown, but he can use electricity to heal and recover from injuries, such as regenerating his nerves/ brain cells.Lightning Fast Reflexes/Agility: Black Lightning is capable of reacting at the speed of light. His mind and eyes are capable of process information at such speeds, that time appears to have slowed down.Superhuman Speed: Theoretically Black Lightning can move at the speed of light. He can also increase his speed by charging his cells with electricity, however his top speed is unknown.Flight: Black Lightning can fly by charging his lower body with electric energy. Theoretically he can fly at the speed of light, although his top fly speed has yet to be determined.Enhanced Senses: Black Lightning possess extremely accurate senses. All is senses have been honed to their peak under Batman's tutelage.Black Lightning is a walking generator and can generate limitless amounts of electricity.Electrokinesis: Black Lightning can generate and control/manipulate electricity; Black Lightning is also immune to electricity. He can also use various electrical attacks, and manipulate various forms of electricity, such as all forms of electricity dwelling in a matter as charged particles. He can also manipulate all bio-electric energy fields, and harness the synapses and electrical nervous energies in the brain for a variety of purposes.Black Lightning flipping a car using Electromagnetism.Electricity Absorption: Black Lightning can absorb electrical energy, and utilize it for various purposes which include: enhancing his speed, convert the electrical energy into some other form of energy, use the electrical energy to regenerate/heal himself, and enhance all his powers/abilities.Electricity Projection: Black Lightning can project electricity through his hands to stun his enemies; he can electrify people/objects with a mere touch. The electrical currents can either stun the victim or kill them. Black Lightning can increase his electrical projections by simply ionizing the hydrogen atoms in the atmosphere, creating ultra-high level static discharges and having the potential to create electrical storms that have hundreds of lightning strikes per minute (the average lightning strike contains a billion volts of electricity). He can discharge streams of electricity (in the form of arc-strands, or single arcs that resemble lightning bolts), that can be used to attack his opponents. Black Lightning is capable of discharging destructive electrical energy that flows through the air negating all resistance that may be received from air or space. The destructive electrical energy is capable of destroying an entire an area.Electrical Heating: Black Lighting can heat things through electricity. By generating electricity, which in turn generates heat as a side-effect, he can heat and melt things.Electrical Telekinesis: Black Lightning can manipulate all matter through Electromagnetism.Electrical Detection: Black Lightning is able to track the resonance of a broadcast frequency to a location of where its coming from, this sense can be passive or active: Passive: In passive electrolocation, Black Lighting senses the weak bio electric fields generated by living beings and uses it to locate them. These electric fields are generated by everything living due to the activity of their nerves and muscles. Active: In active electrolocation, Black Lightning senses his surrounding environment by generating electric fields and detecting distortions in these fields using electroreceptor organs. This allows him to detect non-living objects as well as living beings.Electrical Field Manipulation: Black Lightning can control all electric fields. He can generate electrical fields of his own, to form tangible force-fields and many other feats, as well as negate existing electric fields.Force Fields: Black Lightning can produce highly concentrated electric force fields that are powerful enough to deflect high caliber bullets and high levels of impact. The force fields can withstand tremendous physical attacks, grenades, explosives, artillery fire, missiles, fire, and most energy attacks.Electricity Embodiment: Black Lightning has power to embody the element electricity. As a result, he has limitless control over it.Electroprotation: Black Lightning can ride on and in electricity/lightning-bolts. He can also glide over power lines and travel through electrical conduits.Electrical Form: Black Lightning possesses intense bio-electrical energy within his own body, which allows him to assume a completely electrical form. While in this form, he becomes extremely powerful and gains a variety of powers/abilities. Black Lightning can use his Electrical Form to travel from place to place quickly and discretely.Black Lightning's powers grew more and more powerful during the fight with Geo Force.Anger Empowerment: In the battle with Geo Force, Black Lightning's powers became more and more intense as he got angrier. With this increase in power, Black Lightning shattered blocks of the Markovian Village.Black Lightning using Black Lightning.Black Lightning Manipulation: Black Lightning has learned to generate and control black lightning (mystical dark electricity), which ignores the limitations and weaknesses of normal lightning. Black Lightning can wield it like normal electricity, and also use its mystical power for wide variety of attack and effects.Energy Aura: Black Lightning can release and surround himself in electrical energy for defensive/offensive purposes, becoming almost untouchable and granting him various abilities/attacks. The electrical aura gives him enhanced physical capabilities such as speed, strength and durability.Esoteric Lightning Manipulation: Black Lightning is able to generate and control mystical lightning, which is evident when he uses Black Lightning. This power may have a variety of magical effects.Black Lightning can ionize hydrogen atoms to further his own capabilities.Ionization: Black Lightning can ionize different types of atoms and molecules, by simply heating up air/gas, electrical activity, or changes in the air's electric fields, etc. He can create plasma that he can use as a ionized air channel/medium to allow electric current to flow through, thereby creating electricity. He can also tap into a variety of different energies and cause certain ionization to produce positive electricity.Physical Lightning Manipulation: Black Lightning can manipulate physical electrical and electromagnetic phenomena.Underwater-Lightning Manipulation: Black Lightning is able to absorb, generate and control electricity with distinct property of flowing within water particles.AbilitiesPedagogy: Pierce is a highly gifted/intelligent person.Expert Teacher: Pierce is an highly educated and skilled teacher, who is widely regarded as the country's number one teacher/educator. Pierce is known to have single handily been the driving force in turning various decaying public education schools and facilities in various cities in country into the finest in the nation.World Class Olympic-level Decathlete: Pierce is an Olympic-Level Athlete, excelling as a runner, sprinter, swimmer, track & fielder, and gymnast; 100-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400-meter dash, 110-meter hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, and 1,500-meter run.Martial Arts (Advance): Pierce was originally just a street fighter, but honed his fighting skills under Batman's tutelage. While training under Batman, he learned/mastered multiple forms of Martial Arts (armed and unarmed), and became a lethal combatant. Pierce also received training from Wildcat, especially in boxing, as a means to control his anger and keep him off the streets.The combination of all his training, has molded Pierce into a Martial Arts Master, allowing him to defeat strong opponents with just his fighting skills. His combat skills are further heightened by his Olympic Conditioning, and his ability to use electricity/electromagnetism with his physical attacks, making him more of a deadly fighter.Accumulated Wealth: Pierce has gained a substantial amount of wealth over the years. He attained this wealth through the combination of being Olympic Decathlon Star, one of the countries top Educators, once being the Principal at several different schools, and at one time serving as the Secretary of Education.EquipmentElectric Power Belt: Black Lightning had to access his powers through a belt; he has since internalized these powers.TransportationElectrical Form: Black Lightning can use Electricity to transport through power lines or even lightning bolts.Personal DataCharacteristicsHeight: 6'1"Weight: 200 lbs (91 kg)Eyes: BrownHair: Bald/BlackFamilyRelativesAlvin Pierce (father, deceased),Lynn Stewart (Wife)Anissa Pierce ( Thunder , daughter) Anissa Pierce is Thunder, one of Black Lightning's super powered daughters. Thunder has the ability to control her density. Thunder was a rookie heroine recruited to be in Nightwing's Outsiders.Jennifer Pierce (Lightning , daughter) Jennifer Pierce is the daughter of Black Lightning. She has absolute control of the electricity, however she can't interact with anything electrical.Joanna Pierce (niece, deceased)Other MediaBatman: the Brave and the BoldTeenage Black LightningFor further details: Batman: the Brave and the BoldIn the episode "Enter the Outsiders," a teenage Black Lightning (voiced by Bumper Robinson) appears as a member of the Outsiders with Katana and Metamorpho. At first, he appears as an enemy, but soon changes sides to help a dying Wildcat. They later appear in the teaser for "Duel of the Double-Crossers!" to fight a simulation of Despero. In the teaser for "Requiem for a Scarlet Speedster!", he gains a costume similar to his original one and is now part of an Outsiders line-up consisting of the founding members (including Halo and Geo-Force). They help Batman defeat the Kobra cult and prevent them from unleashing the Kali-Yuga, but mistakenly forgot to take out the bridge to the cult's fortress to prevent reinforcements from arriving.Justice League UnlimitedFor further details: Justice League UnlimitedHe appeared in an issue of the show's tie-in series.Super FriendsFor further details: Super FriendsBlack VucanOn the "Challenge Of the Super Friends" version on the show, a character named Black Vulcan is based on Black Lightning. He serves on the Justice League along with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Flash, Green Lantern, Robin, Hawkman, Apache Chief, and Samurai. He had many powers including projecting electricity/lightning from his hands, flight, time travel, moving at the speed of light, and welding. He was used instead of Black Lightning due to a dispute between the producers of the show and Tony Isabella.Justice League: Crisis on Two EarthsFor further details: Justice League: Crisis on Two EarthsBlack Lightning made a small appearance in the movie as one of the Justice League reserve members called in by Batman to battle Superwoman and her cohorts. He was voiced by Cedric Yarbrough.Superman/Batman: Public EnemiesHunting Superman and BatmanFor further details: Superman/Batman: Public EnemiesBlack Lightning was one of the many heroes looking for Superman and Batman when they became wanted. He was voiced by LeVar Burton.Thunder & LightningBlack Lightning and KidsBlack Lightning appears as the main characters in the series of shorts about his two daughters. The short are for Cartoon Network's DC Nation block.Young Justice: InvasionBlack Lightning inBlack Lightning is seen as one of the new recruits who has joined the Justice League during the five years since the final episode of the original Young Justice.Batman: the Brave and the Bold (video game)For further details: Batman: the Brave and the BoldHe appears as one of the jump-in heroes. He attacks with a charging bolt that covers the entire screen.DCU onlineFor further details: DC Universe OnlineBlack Lightning is in DCU online.


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Thursday, April 24, 2014
Red Sox pitchers and catchers report in 21 days.
Daniel Bard was a promising young reliever in 2010, then fell apart when the Sox made him a starter last year.
The Associated Press
That's important to note as you try to avoid the endless coverage of Harbaugh-palooza and 24/7 tributes to Ray Lewis. Football season is over in these parts, and it's time to look forward.
New Red Sox manager John Farrell has been looking forward to the start of camp in Fort Myers since October.
His spring training roster is just about set, and the former pitching coach believes his staff will be much better than the one that led the Red Sox to their worst record in 47 years.
It certainly seems the bullpen will be improved with the additions of Joel Hanrahan and Koji Uehara.
They'll join Andrew Bailey, Junichi Tazawa, Franklin Morales and Craig Breslow to make up a group that should allow Farrell to remove a starting pitcher at the first signs of trouble.
Will Daniel Bard be a part of that group? That might be the most difficult thing to predict heading into baseball season.
A year ago, Bard was one of the most promising late-inning relievers in the game.
Now the 27-year-old has to be wondering if he'll stick with the big club this year.
Farrell has seen the good and bad of Bard.
As his pitching coach in 2010, Farrell watched the righty strike out 76 batters in 742/3 innings while posting an impressive 1.93 ERA for Boston.
There was talk that he was the team's closer of the future. Instead, the Red Sox made him a starter in 2012.
To be kind, we'll just say it didn't go well.
In 2012, Bard had the type of season a New Englander wouldn't wish on Bernard Pollard. He posted a 6.22 ERA with a WHIP (walks plus hits per inning pitched) of 1.736.
Farrell had a front-row look at Bard's worst day as a professional, when he started against Farrell's Blue Jays in Toronto. He started the game by walking three of the first four batters he faced. The other hit a home run.
Things actually got worse in the second inning when he walked three more and hit two. He gave up five earned runs and got just five outs on the day. He was soon demoted to Triple A Pawtucket, where he went 3-2, pitching 32 innings in 31 games.
Last weekend, Farrell visited Bard in Mississippi with pitching coach Juan Nieves.
They watched him throw. What they saw, and what they see next month in Florida, will tell them a lot about how good this bullpen will be in 2013.
"I think as a starter last year he tried to manipulate the ball a little bit too much," said Farrell late last week.
"Maybe a little bit too fine in ways where he was trying to induce a ground ball a lot rather than staying with that aggressive approach that has made him successful in Boston."
Farrell believes he and Nieves can get Bard back to basics and help him become an effective big leaguer again.
"I'm not going to say time cures all," said Farrell.
"We're not just going to put his challenges aside and pretend that they didn't happen. But I think as he's gotten further away from it he's had a fresh outlook to this.
"The workouts he's gone through this offseason have been very consistent and strong and just the tone and confidence from which he speaks from is another step in the right direction. That'll all be solidified as he commands a baseball in spring training and starts to get some tangible results once he steps on a mound."
The first steps towards that occurred over the weekend in Mississippi. Time will tell if those steps lead Bard back to the Boston bullpen.
If they do, he could once again be one of the top relievers in the game.
If not, Bard may have thrown his last pitch for the Red Sox.
What a shame that would be, considering the potential he showed in his first years here.
Tom Caron is the studio host for Red Sox broadcasts on the New England Sports Network. His column appears in the Press Herald on Tuesdays.


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The main metric used is the CVSS score assigned to each vulnerability that might be covered by a rule. For more information on CVSS please visit http://www.first.org/cvss. The second criteria is temporal-based and concerns the age of a particular vulnerability. The final criteria is the particular area of coverage for the rule. So for example, SQL Injection rules are considered to be important enough to have influence when being considered for policy inclusion. Note that, the vulnerabilities covered by the rules in these categories are considered important regardless of age.
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Hedge funds can't catch a break. After posting lousy returns last year, the industry is getting left far behind in the frothy start of 2013. The average fund has boosted its leverage this year, but eked out returns of just 3%, less than half the gain of the Standard & Poor's 500. Where oh where has alpha gone, if it ever existed in the first place?
There's really nothing good to say about the results of early 2013. In fact, one in every 10 hedge funds is generating an absolute loss, says Goldman Sachs in its "Hedge Fund Trend Monitor." The report analyzed the positions of 725 hedge funds with $1.3 trillion in gross assets.
Think about it. The hedge-fund investor pays 2% of assets and 20% of the profits—and for what? Savvy mining for hidden gems, perhaps? Hardly. The mostly commonly held stocks among hedge funds are anything but hidden. Numero Uno, according to Goldman, is AIG AIG +0.85% American International Group Inc. U.S.: NYSE $50.82 +0.43 +0.85% April 17, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7.05M AFTER HOURS $50.57 -0.25 -0.49% April 17, 2014 6:54 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 95,195 P/E Ratio 8.25 Market Cap $74.40 Billion Dividend Yield 0.98% Rev. per Employee $1,064,830 04/20/14 To Mark 100 Years of Hebrew Ho... 04/18/14 NY Regulator at Odds With AIG ... 04/03/14 AIG Sues State Financial Regul... More quote details and news » (ticker: AIG), a logical play on turnarounds in housing and the economy. No. 2 is another stock you might have heard of— Google GOOG -3.67% Google Inc. Cl C U.S.: Nasdaq $536.10 -20.44 -3.67% April 17, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6.76M AFTER HOURS $538.15 +2.05 +0.38% April 17, 2014 7:59 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 34,753 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap $377.07 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $1,250,730 04/11/14 Heartbleed Bug's 'Voluntary' O... 04/08/14 Turkey Slightly Loosens Grip o... 04/03/14 Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich Steps... More quote details and news » (GOOG). Until recently, Apple AAPL +1.14% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq $524.94 +5.93 +1.14% April 17, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 9.94M AFTER HOURS $525.00 +0.06 +0.01% April 17, 2014 7:56 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 214,778 P/E Ratio 12.94 Market Cap $468.54 Billion Dividend Yield 2.32% Rev. per Employee $2,163,820 04/21/14 Mobile-Payments Startup Square... 04/20/14 Silicon Valley Tech Giants Dis... 04/20/14 Apple, Google Vie for Exclusiv... More quote details and news » (AAPL) had been the top holding, but since that stock has been declining and Google has been rising, the hedge funds have lightened up on Apple and loaded up on the other one. No dummies, they.
Hedge funds with equity have their largest net portfolio exposure to consumer discretionary stocks, financials, and information technology. Large-company stocks account for 63% of assets. As for short selling, General Electric GE +1.68% General Electric Co. U.S.: NYSE $26.56 +0.44 +1.68% April 17, 2014 4:01 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 69.43M AFTER HOURS $26.44 -0.12 -0.45% April 17, 2014 7:23 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 227,538 P/E Ratio 18.92 Market Cap $266.26 Billion Dividend Yield 3.31% Rev. per Employee $469,094 04/18/14 The Best LED Light Bulbs for V... 04/17/14 GE Plans to Divest More Busine... 04/17/14 Morning MoneyBeat: Big Blue's ... More quote details and news » (GE), ExxonMobil XOM +0.48% Exxon Mobil Corp. U.S.: NYSE $100.42 +0.48 +0.48% April 17, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 15.15M AFTER HOURS $100.37 -0.05 -0.05% April 17, 2014 7:47 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 292,486 P/E Ratio 13.63 Market Cap $432.84 Billion Dividend Yield 2.51% Rev. per Employee $5,249,550 04/18/14 Exxon CEO Tillerson Withdraws ... 04/16/14 New York Investor Swoops In an... 04/11/14 Total Says Kashagan Oil Field ... More quote details and news » (XOM), and IBM IBM -3.25% International Business Machines Corp. U.S.: NYSE $190.01 -6.39 -3.25% April 17, 2014 4:02 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 11.14M AFTER HOURS $190.37 +0.36 +0.19% April 17, 2014 7:57 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 113,526 P/E Ratio 12.93 Market Cap $197.87 Billion Dividend Yield 2.00% Rev. per Employee $229,711 04/20/14 Why IBM Mainframes Are Still A... 04/17/14 Stocks to Watch: IBM, Morgan S... 04/17/14 Morning MoneyBeat: Big Blue's ... More quote details and news » (IBM) are three important additions to the list of top shorts, just in case things go bad.
The world doesn't seem to be getting any kinder to the industry.
"Animal spirits are coming back, but it's a totally different landscape than the time before the crisis," says Ferenc Sanderson, chief operating officer with Cranwood Capital, based near Cleveland, which manages $95 million in Treasuries. "It's a much tougher market to trade. The retail investors are all but gone, and what's left are unpredictable algorithm traders and unpredictable volumes."
You might expect global-macro traders to be big winners in uncertain markets like these, where broad strategies often win out. But they've been faring worse. Last year the typical global-macro strategy delivered 4.6%, according to the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Global Macro Hedge Fund Index. By comparison, the average large-cap core mutual fund made 14%—and no one has ever paid 2-and-20 to get into one of those.
STANLEY SPORKIN is a thoroughly decorated Wall Street cop. He spent seven years as the Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement boss, then put in 14 years as a federal judge. So, what does Sporkin make of the current regulatory scene?
Too little, too late.
In a recent speech at an event sponsored by George Washington University Law School, Sporkin decried bureaucratic bunglings and lax oversight in the years leading up to the financial crisis. It all led, he said, to unnecessary destabilization through the creation and rampant trading of esoteric instruments like credit default swaps.
Rules Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank don't do much. "Regulation from behind is a prescription for failure," he said. What's really needed, he suggested, is for Congress to support the agency's status as the referee that protects and maintains the world's deepest and fairest capital market. Sounds like a plan to us.
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Study Group home page
Reflecting the CAA's Mission, Values and Guiding Principles to provide best practice regulation and to remain open to new ideas about how safety objectives may be met in the changing operational and legislative environment, the Light Aviation Airport Study Group (LAASG) aims to provide an opportunity for creative thinking and the discussion of industry proposals, free from the restraint of preconceived assumptions, on new regulatory concepts that may be applied to light aviation airport activities.
This web page contains links to information about the Group's work, the representatives on the Group, the Terms of Reference, and details of meetings. Your views and comments are welcome, presented through the Industry Representative most suited to your needs, details of which can be found here. Although representatives are drawn from a number of bodies, each representative will be pleased to accept comments for the LAASG from all interested parties irrespective of membership of the organisations that they represent.
The Terms of Reference and Working Methods statement for the LAASG can be found here.
Details of meetings can be found here.
Details of issues identified as in need of consideration can be found here.
Details of reference materials being used by the LAASG can be found here.
Details of the final report, presented to the CAA Executive Committee on 16 January 2006, can be found here.
The external consultation letter entitled 'Consultation on the Recommendations of the LAASG' dated 6 July 2006 can be found here.
The above consultation closed on 3 January 2008. The level of response received was low, despite targeted publicity prior to the consultation. We also received a small number of individual letters, expanding on the issues addressed in the consultation. The points raised were considered to be valuable and we have therefore drawn these together in the form of a Comment Response Document (CRD). Details of the responses received have been added to the original details on the relevant CAA Consultations web page.
The purpose of the Sub-Group is to consider the implementation of Recommendation 2 of the LAASG Final Report, namely:
That the CAA develops detailed proposals to remove the requirement for flying training to be conducted at a licensed aerodrome and accepts alternative arrangements, e.g. a Code of Practice or enhancement of FTO approval, to maintain safety levels for flying training to supplement the requirements in JAR-FCL.
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Tom Wopat, Elizabeth Stanley, Eric Michael Gillett and More Set for 54 Below, Now thru 3/3
Coming up this week, 54 BELOW, the performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond, including two-time Tony nominee Tom Wopat, Broadway star Elizabeth Stanley, BACKSTAGE award-winning vocalist, director and Broadway actor Eric Michael Gillett, singer/songwriter Tony DeSare, singing sensation Hilary Kole, and multiple award-winner Sarah Rice.
Tom Wopat, Feb. 25 at 7PM:
Broadway audiences adore him for his performances in City of Angels, Guys & Dolls, Chicago, Annie Get Your Gun, 42nd Street, Glengarry Glen Ross, A Catered Affair, and Sondheim on Sondheim, among others, but television audiences the world over remember him as Luke Duke from The Dukes of Hazzard! Now, for onevery special encore performance, 54 Below is thrilled to welcome back two-time Tony nominee Tom Wopat to our stage. His distinctive vocals can be heard in venues throughout the country and on an array of CD's, crooning the tunes of Harold Arlen, Hoagy Carmichael, and Cole Porter, among others. At 54 Below, listen especially for selections from his forthcoming CD, Consider it Swung! Cover charge: $20-30. $25 food and beverage minimum.
Elizabeth Stanley, Feb. 25 at 9:30PM:
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Elizabeth Stanley burst onto the Broadway stage when she recreated the role of April in the 2006 revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company. Since then, she's delighted Broadway audiences in Cry-Baby and Million Dollar Quartet, and her critically-heralded performances off Broadway include The Transport Group's Hello, Again and the Encores! production of Merrily We Roll Along. Join Elizabeth this February when she returns to 54 Below for a special, one night only reprise of a show that can only be described as "electric!" Cover charge $20-30. $25 food & beverage minimum.
ERIC Michael GillETT, Feb. 26 & 27 at 7PM:
Award-winning vocalist, director and Broadway actor (The Frogs, Sweet Smell of Success, Kiss Me, Kate) Eric Michael Gillett uses the wit and wisdom of Lorenz Hart to remind us all that, though love can be experienced with abandon, to be careless with the heart can also have a price. George Balanchine called Lorenz Hart the "Shelley of America," his lyrics rank with the greatest romantic poetry of all time. Though he, himself, was unlucky in love, his writing casts a spell that will always survive the test of time, inspiring generations of lovers to come to follow their hearts. Cover charge $30-40. $25 food & beverage minimum.
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The new Fedora should handle package downloads more quickly through the deltarpms familiar to OpenSUSE users. Fedora calls the plug-in for yum Presto, where Fedora should start in about 20 seconds on the GNOME desktop. As always, the beta is not yet ready for production systems.
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If words were glue and construction paper, Chael Sonnen could supply every kindergarten class for the next century. We're all living on the verge of yet another legendary Anderson Silva/Chael Sonnen face-off and that is reason enough to stop whatever you're doing, call your father and thank him for having unprotected sex some years ago so that you could be alive on July 7th 2012 for UFC 148. This brief promo was released this week and unfortunately it wasn't filled with vintage Chael Sonnen. Understandably, you can't manufacture this stuff. I'm sure at some point in the future, scientists will discover that smack-talk was built in his DNA by some extraterrestrial civilization that has constructed an entire society on this stuff. Sometimes his genetic traits aren't fully expressed and Sonnen gives level-headed assessments of his future fights and opponents -- this video is one of those rare occurrences.


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-The Comptroller Will Promote Tax-Free Weekend at Local Appliance Store-
WHO: Comptroller Peter Franchot
Councilwoman Vickie Almond, Baltimore County
Walt Auburn, Maryland Energy Administration
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Patrick Donoho, Maryland Retailers Association president
WHAT: Piggy-backing on this summer's successful Shop Maryland tax-free week, Comptroller Peter Franchot will announce Shop Maryland Energy, a weekend offering a tax break on certain ENERGY STAR products. The Comptroller will be joined by Maryland Retailers Association president Patrick Donoho and various state agency officials, as they unveil the list of products eligible for the sales tax exemption.
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Scott Andrew Bird is a writer, photographer and a guy who just loves this stuff. He's been at home in front of a computer for more years than he cares to remember (OK, 31) and is now making amends for years of many mistakes noted in the De-constructing computer guy articles (part 2) on T-Nation.
Stalkers may wish to track his every move via Twitter or Google+; everyone else is cordially invited to hop over to his online home. Enjoy.
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Video for Gymchat 243 - How to Improve Your Pull Ups (Frank DiMeo)
We hold these every Wednesday, starting at 8pm Eastern. See you there.
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If you're getting ready to put together a solid Home Gym (fantastic thing), here's how.
And for more, swing by the full guide. Absolutely free.
During the past week we've discussed a number of great links; on Google+, Twitter, Facebook and so on. Here are a few of my favourites.
Thanks again to everyone who watched and sent in questions for the discussion Gymchat 243 - How to Improve Your Pull Ups [with Strength Coach Frank DiMeo, joined by Personal Trainer (and Strength Athlete) Josh Hewett] - much appreciated. If you haven't seen it yet (or simply want to go over a particular point again), here's the entire video.
There are certainly many, many varieties of chin-ups and pull-ups. Fantastic exercises.
During the past week we've discussed a number of great links; on Google+, Twitter, Facebook and so on. Here are a few of my favourites.
Thanks again to everyone who watched and sent in questions for the discussion Gymchat 242 - The Role of Genetics in Aesthetics & Performance [with Powerlifter Bill Piche, joined by Personal Trainer (and Strength Athlete) Josh Hewett] - much appreciated. If you haven't seen it yet (or simply want to go over a particular point again), here's the entire video.
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There are some superb writers here, looking at the world of strength training from a number of angles. The regulars :
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In addition, articles are submitted from across the globe. Got a piece you'd like to share? Let us know.
As you've doubtless noticed, in addition to the main site is a Community on Google+, Facebook and Twitter. Wherever you are, a daily dose of strength isn't all that far away.
To help run all of these sites, we're on the lookout for several additional Moderators. To welcome new community members, bring up new items to discuss and generally keep the conversations on track.
If you're already spending a bit of time at any of the above sites, and would like to offer your services as a Moderator, just drop us a line. And thanks for that, it really is appreciated.
Over the years we've looked at the fitness industry from a number of angles - discussing the history, present approaches and potential future trends involved. Fascinating areas.
When it comes to the last part - discussing potential future trends - things get a little, well, unusual. If it's an interest you share, or you just want to find out the types of things we think are likely, check out the posts tagged 'Futurism'. And of course, Gymchat 224 (Roundtable) - The Future of Fitness. Superb discussion.
An iPhone Skin, that is. If you're like me and constantly using your iPhone in the gym (as a notebook, not as a 'phone), you might like to customise it a bit. Grab the Straight to the Bar iPhone Skin.
Görner the Mighty.This is one of the books that Logan mentioned in the Gymchat last week - Görner the Mighty. Good stuff. Although I was lucky enough to read the original book many years ago, I'm extremely keen to dive in to this version - the 2012 reprint - as soon as possible. I suspect that things will look quite different now; after training for a number of years. Görner the Mighty. »»
If you're new to the world of nail bending, this is the perfect book to get. It'll show you the exact techniques you'll need to get started right away. Written by world-class bender Jedd Johnson.
The Diesel Crew's Card Tearing eBook
This is a fantastic book. If you've ever considered learning this incredible strength feat, the Card Tearing eBook is the perfect place to start. Love it.
If you ever wake up with that 'just run over by a truck' feeling, you need a copy of Tim Hull's Functional Correction Manual. Not only will it help you to locate and repair the problem, it'll help prevent it happening in the future.
When it comes to body transformation - whether that's an increase in strength, packing on a bit of muscle or losing a bit of excess fat - this is the perfect place to start. Dr Berardi's Precision Nutrition.
This is a fantastic book. As Josh explains, it superbly shows what's going on while you train. Love it.
101 Fitness Myths [Kindle Edition]
A superb combination of fitness mythbusting and no-nonsense advice. If you're not quite sure where to start, grab this.
The Art of Expressing the Human Body
If you've ever watched a Bruce Lee film and marveled at his strength, speed, agility, endurance, flexibility or muscularity, this book should take pride of place in your collection. Unlike many other writings covering everything from Lee's training methods to nutrition, this book is based not on the recollections of people around him; but on Lee's own notes. Brilliant.
For a full list of what we're reading and watching at the moment, just head over to the Recommended Books & DVDs page. See you there.
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Bobby Slayton: A true "comic's comic," Bobby Slayton, often referred to as "The Pitbull of Comedy," has been performing his own intense style of stand-up comedy for over 20 years, becoming one of the best known, respected, and energetic comics working today. Audiences around the country may recognize Bobby from his scene-stealing roles in movies such as "Get Shorty," "Ed Wood," "Bandits" and most recently "Dreamgirls." He's been seen on dozens of television shows including "The Tonight Show" and "Politically Incorrect." Bobby's many appearances on HBO have included "Comic Relief "& his own stand-up special. He was a series regular on the HBO series "Mind of a Married Man," and played 'Joey Bishop' opposite Ray Liotta and Joe Mantegna in the critically acclaimed film "The Rat Pack." Slayton's distinctive gravelly voice has often been heard on animated shows like "Dr. Katz'" and "Family Guy," as well as many popular radio shows across the country including Howard Stern, Kevin & Bean, and Tom Leykis. The NY Daily News called Slayton "Armed and Dangerous", the Las Vegas Review Journal pointed out that "Slayton's refusal to comprise his art has always made him worth a special trip" and the American Comedy Awards voted him "Funniest Male Stand-up Comic of the Year".
Robert Duchaine: Robert Duchaine is a surly misanthrope. His sarcastic social commentary pokes fun at a myriad of topics including race, religion, and relationships. He's been kicked out of every organization he was ever forced to join, from the Cub Scouts to the U.S. Army, and fired from every job he ever finagled. Robert finally found a refuge where he can make his own rules - the stand-up comedy stage. Now an established national touring headliner, Robert performs regularly in Las Vegas show rooms, colleges, comedy clubs and concert venues. Duchaine is also involved in avant-garde theater and independent film. Robert's unique perspective fuels an act that pushes the envelope. Duchaine is candid, entertaining, and always hilarious! "...this guy is a must see!" --Arts & Entertainment Weekly "...like having a one-sided conversation with your funniest friend." --The Oregonian "...only Robert Duchaine rises above..." --Backstage West "Duchaine is confident and relaxed in the grip of hostility." --The San Francisco Chronicle


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Placer County is working with property owners, local fire agencies, propane providers and other agencies to remedy leaks occurring from propane tanks buried under dozens of feet of snow. Heavy snowfall can damage pipes, valves and tanks, leading to leaks. The county is advising High Sierra residents and businesses to monitor buildings and propane tanks and natural gas lines for signs of leakage. Residents and businesses need to ensure that propane tanks and natural gas are properly cared for due to an extraordinarily deep snowpack.
There are currently unresolved leaks in both the Serene Lakes area and the West Shore of Lake Tahoe. In addition to the property owners, who have been cooperative in working with the County, entities that are involved include fire protection districts, the Sheriff's Office, propane providers, county Environmental Health and the county Office of Emergency Services.
The situation facing workers attempting to resolve the leaks is finding an appropriate method to access tanks when they are under a massive snowpack. Conventional methods of removing snow such as snow blowers, front loaders and snow plows cannot be used due to the danger of explosions if metal were to cause sparks. Because propane is heavier than air, it tends to sink and collect at ground level. When it cools, it becomes a liquid. Anyone who smells propane or natural gas inside or outside a building should call 911. They also should avoid smoking, starting engines or motors, turning on cooking appliances, using heating-air conditioning systems or using other ignition sources if they smell propane or natural gas.
For homes at elevations above 5,000 feet, residents and businesses with propane questions should contact either their propane suppliers or local fire agencies. For natural gas questions, contact suppliers.
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Diamond Sports .47 COR ASA 12 Inch Synthetic Fast Pitch Softball by the Dozen
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Item # 1442514
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Product Details
The Diamond® Sports .47 COR ASA 12-in, fast-pitch softballs feature polyurethane cores, optic synthetic covers and raised seams. They are ASA certified and NFHS approved. Set of 1 dozen.Features
- 1 dozen
- 12 in
- ASA certified and NFHS approved
- Polyurethane core
- Optic synthetic cover
- Raised seams
- 375-lb compression