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Arroyo unable to slow down Cubs offense
CHICAGO -- Travis Wood hurt the D-backs with his arm and with his bat Monday night.
The Cubs left-hander smacked a three-run homer and pitched seven quality innings as the D-backs lost, 5-1, at Wrigley Field.View Full Game Coverage
CHICAGO -- Travis Wood hurt the D-backs with his arm and with his bat Monday night.
The Cubs left-hander smacked a three-run homer and pitched seven quality innings as the D-backs lost, 5-1, at Wrigley Field.View Full Game Coverage
"The guy pitched a great game against us, No. 1 and secondly Bronson [Arroyo] hung a couple of breaking ball pitches to him and we know he's one of the better hitting pitchers in the league and he just got a hold of them," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. "We didn't have much offense tonight as well."
The start of the game was delayed a little more than an hour by rain and the D-backs would have been better off had it just not been played at all.
The loss was the ninth in the past 10 games for the D-backs, who have a 5-17 record -- the worst in the Majors.
"When things are sliding downhill, it's difficult to pull those things out sometimes," Arroyo said. "It seems like the momentum builds in either direction and right now it hasn't been our way."
Arroyo's outing turned sour in the second inning when he allowed a pair of two-out singles, the first of which brought home a run to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead.
Still, Arroyo had the opportunity to get out of the frame with no further damage until Wood hit a 1-0 hanging breaking ball into the left-field bleachers for a three-run homer.
The homer was the seventh of Wood's career and it came off a guy he was teammates with in Cincinnati from 2010-11.
"Travis is a good hitter," Arroyo said. "He's usually really aggressive, so I was trying to throw him some off-speed [pitches]. But he knows me pretty well, he's kind of a thinker up there, a bit of a guesser, and it looks like he was looking for the breaking ball and I left it up in the zone."
Wood once again did damage in the fourth.
Arroyo retired the first two hitters of the inning before Ryan Kalish singled. Wood then followed with a double over the head of Tony Campana in center to score Kalish and put the Cubs up, 5-0.
"That's supposed to be the free out in the lineup, and tonight it obviously wasn't," Arroyo said. "He pushed across almost all their runs. He's always been good at the plate and that's something you don't want to let beat you, but that's the way it went tonight."
The D-backs could not get anything going offensively against Wood as he held them scoreless through the first six innings.
Overall, the D-backs were 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position.
"I think everyone is pressing," Gibson said. "Everybody is trying to be the guy. When you get runners in scoring position and you get ahead in the count, you have to look and see a pitch that you can hit and you can drive instead of swinging at a pitcher's pitch, which may be marginal or down in the zone. You want to elevate, but overall we have not done a good job of that and I think the numbers speak to that."
Arizona finally got on the board in the seventh when Mark Trumbo hit his National League-leading seventh homer of the year.
"I had good command, especially of the fastball, but of most pitches," Wood said. "I made a mistake with Trumbo, but it was pretty solid. It was supposed to be a back door slider, but it hung there and he did what he's supposed to do."
But it was too little too late as Wood tossed seven innings, allowing six hits and striking out nine.
"It's pretty frustrating, obviously," catcher Miguel Montero said. "We're battling, but unfortunately the rallies are like four runs, three runs and can't limit the damage and it's tough. It's hard to come back when you're down five runs."
Steve Gilbert is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Inside the D-backs, and follow him on Twitter @SteveGilbertMLB.


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Jeff NicholsSan Diego Aces 2009 Club President PDGA# 5530 Pro Grand Master
Began Playing Disc Golf: In 1981 I was a young man with too much time on my hands, so I joined some friends at Morley for some "Frisbee Golf". I was hooked instantly and started coming back every time I could. My first aspiration to play competitively was when I saw Donny Olow park a Super Puppy on Hole 7 (now Hole 11) in its short position. I knew at that time I wanted to play in competition.
First Disc: First golf disc was a 100 mold Midnight Flyer.
Favorite Disc: The one I'm going to throw next.
Favorite Drivers: Boss, Destroyer, TL.
Favorite Midranges: Rocs beat to various degrees, Cobra.
Favorite Putter: Super Puppy
In My Bag: Depends on the course. My usual Morley bag is: 2 Champion Boss' 2 Star Destroyers CE Firebird Tee Bird L Sidewinder '02 USDGC Roc KC Pro Roc Champion Cobra – super straight flyer DX Stingray Star Gator 9x KC Pro Aviar Super Puppy – sometimes carry one of my vintage ones, circ. 1984
Tourney wins and / or Top 5 finishes (not necessarily from Morley): 1990 San Diego Spring Fling – 4th place 2001 San Diego Open Pro Masters Champ Santa Maria Open – 2nd place (beat Johnny Lissaman in a playoff for the 2nd place trophy) 2004 Emerald Isle Open Pro Masters Champ 2005 Emerald Isle Open Pro Masters Champ (including a course record 1051 rated round) 2005 World Masters Flying Disc Championships – 2nd Place 2009 EIEIO – 2nd place.
Favorite Disc Golf Website: PDGA.com
Favorite Pro Player: "The Champ" – Ken Climo I had the pleasure to play with him on his home course in Clearwater, FL before he won his first Worlds. I had met a lot of people who were very passionate about the game, but none more that him. His skills and professionalism are unsurpassed.
Tips for newer players and players looking to improve: Beginners should learn to throw a putter or midrange disc before moving on to a driver. I see many players who think they need to throw drivers while they could probably throw just as far with a midrange disc and retain much more control. This is a game of control first, and only after control is mastered will distance be of any benefit.


text: TECHNOLOGY: Digital + Social Media A Preliminary Deciphering of Google+ By Delia Paunescu Monday, September 12, 2011 1:13 PM By Delia Paunescu Assistant Editor When news came that Google was launching its own social medium, the internet was beside itself with excitement. Since most already use Google for its GMail, GChat, GCalendar, GReader and sometimes even GDocuments, it seemed ideal to have the convenience of Facebook and Twitter there too. When the gates opened up and select users were allowed to see inside the new Google+, the thrill of "adding to circle" (Google+'s flexible friend lists) waned and the inevitable realization of "What does Google+ actually do?" came over users. The question must have been doubly frustrating for business owners who, having gotten a grasp on the Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are not able to create profile pages for their businesses just yet. Josh Anisfeld, group supervisor at GolinHarris Chicago, wrote on FutureSimple.com that "while Google has yet to let on how brands and businesses can jump into the frenzy of the search leaders' foray into social, there is no doubt huge interest." He believes the internet giant is "positioning itself and its social channel for success in the B2B world with the uses for its functionality," though not until "it opens the gates for businesses to have pages and a presence, all we can do is plan and be ready when the time comes." In his posts on VisionMonday.com, Bright Eyes Family Vision Care owner Nathan Bonilla-Warford, OD, FAAO, wrote that ECPs can get started with Google+ while waiting for the business pages section to launch (they are expected in the coming months). His advice to ECPs using the latest social medium includes: Take control of relationships by categorizing your circles. Customize your experience by using browser extensions to change the look and feel. Use formatting in posts to change how text looks. +Tag or mute if you want to share something directly with someone or if you don't want to receive further notifications from a particular post. And don't forget to have a little fun. Bonnilla-Warford also interviewed optician and marketing specialist at Midwest City Vision Source Keely Rowe in a post for Review of Optometric Business about her practice's use of Google+. "I am very excited about using Google+ at Midwest City Vision Source," she told him. "I can get an idea of how we will be using Google+ based on the features available on my personal page." Her practice has a clear view of why social media is important to their business: "We want to meet with the people in our community where they are, which in many cases is online, and provide them the best possible experience even before (or after) they have visited our office." To prove the effectiveness #googleplus does have, Alltop co-founder Guy Kawasaki wrote a post for American Express's Open Forum site listing the number of comments a single post of his garnered among Twitter, two Facebook fan pages and Google+. Among the four accounts, according to Kawasaki, "It sure looks like Google+ followers generate far more comments than Twitter or Facebook." He adds, "It's Google for crying out loud, so give Google+ a shot and see how it works for you." Ultimately, as business and tech writer Chris Brogan wrote on his blog at the beginning of July, "Small businesses would benefit from an integration of Places, Pages and Google Plus. That whole social customer service movement? Pow. Done. Easy." This will come once Google+ launches business pages and ECPs will once again be thrown into the deep end of the social media pool. Until then, stay afloat by checking out more info on Google+ from Bonilla-Warford, available on VisionMonday.com. ■ firstname.lastname@example.com


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Kent Davidson Indicted in Death of Crystal Schulz in Mitchell
PIERRE - A Brule County grand jury has indicted a Mitchell man in the death of a woman whose body was found in a farmstead shed near Chamberlain.
Thirty-six-year-old Kent Davidson faces murder and other charges. He could face life in prison or the death penalty if convicted.
Davidson is accused of murdering 26-year-old Crystal Schulz, of Mitchell. Her body was found March 14. The Daily Republic newspaper reports the two were engaged, and the farmstead was Schulz's mother's.
Davidson is scheduled to make his initial court appearance on Tuesday. It was not immediately clear Monday if he had obtained an attorney.
Davidson was arrested March 15 following a standoff in Sioux Falls after the state attorney general's office asked for the public's help in locating him for questioning about Schulz's death.
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These elements are: purpose, question, information, inference, assumption, point of view, concepts, and implications. They are present in the mind whenever we reason. To take command of our thinking, we need to formulate both our purpose and the question at issue clearly. We need to use information in our thinking that is both relevant to the question we are dealing with, and accurate. We need to make logical inferences based on sound assumptions. We need to understand our own point of view and fully consider other relevant viewpoints. We need to use concepts justifiably and follow out the implications of decisions we are considering. (For an elaboration of the Elements of Reasoning, see a Miniature Guide to the Foundations of Analytic Thinking.)
In this article we focus on two of the elements of reasoning: inferences and assumptions. Learning to distinguish inferences from assumptions is an important intellectual skill. Many confuse the two elements. Let us begin with a review of the basic meanings:
We humans naturally and regularly use our beliefs as assumptions and make inferences based on those assumptions. We must do so to make sense of where we are, what we are about, and what is happening. Assumptions and inferences permeate our lives precisely because we cannot act without them. We make judgments, form interpretations, and come to conclusions based on the beliefs we have formed.
If you put humans in any situation, they start to give it some meaning or other. People automatically make inferences to gain a basis for understanding and action. So quickly and automatically do we make inferences that we do not, without training, notice them as inferences. We see dark clouds and infer rain. We hear the door slam and infer that someone has arrived. We see a frowning face and infer that the person is upset. If our friend is late, we infer that she is being inconsiderate. We meet a tall guy and infer that he is good at basketball, an Asian and infer that she will be good at math. We read a book, and interpret what the various sentences and paragraphs — indeed what the whole book — is saying. We listen to what people say and make a series of inferences as to what they mean.
As we write, we make inferences as to what readers will make of what we are writing. We make inferences as to the clarity of what we are saying, what requires further explanation, what has to be exemplified or illustrated, and what does not. Many of our inferences are justified and reasonable, but some are not.
As always, an important part of critical thinking is the art of bringing what is subconscious in our thought to the level of conscious realization. This includes the recognition that our experiences are shaped by the inferences we make during those experiences. It enables us to separate our experiences into two categories: the raw data of our experience in contrast with our interpretations of those data, or the inferences we are making about them. Eventually we need to realize that the inferences we make are heavily influenced by our point of view and the assumptions we have made about people and situations. This puts us in the position of being able to broaden the scope of our outlook, to see situations from more than one point of view, and hence to become more open-minded.
Often different people make different inferences because they bring to situations different viewpoints. They see the data differently. To put it another way, they make different assumptions about what they see. For example, if two people see a man lying in a gutter, one might infer, "There's a drunken bum." The other might infer, "There's a man in need of help." These inferences are based on different assumptions about the conditions under which people end up in gutters. Moreover, these assumptions are connected to each person's viewpoint about people. The first person assumes, "Only drunks are to be found in gutters." The second person assumes, "People lying in the gutter are in need of help."
The first person may have developed the point of view that people are fundamentally responsible for what happens to them and ought to be able to care for themselves. The second may have developed the point of view that the problems people have are often caused by forces and events beyond their control. The reasoning of these two people, in terms of their inferences and assumptions, could be characterized in the following way:
Critical thinkers notice the inferences they are making, the assumptions upon which they are basing those inferences, and the point of view about the world they are developing. To develop these skills, students need practice in noticing their inferences and then figuring the assumptions that lead to them.
As students become aware of the inferences they make and the assumptions that underlie those inferences, they begin to gain command over their thinking. Because all human thinking is inferential in nature, command of thinking depends on command of the inferences embedded in it and thus of the assumptions that underlie it. Consider the way in which we plan and think our way through everyday events. We think of ourselves as preparing for breakfast, eating our breakfast, getting ready for class, arriving on time, leading class discussions, grading student papers, making plans for lunch, paying bills, engaging in an intellectual discussion, and so on. We can do none of these things without interpreting our actions, giving them meanings, making inferences about what is happening.
This is to say that we must choose among a variety of possible meanings. For example, am I "relaxing" or "wasting time?" Am I being "determined" or "stubborn?" Am I "joining" a conversation or "butting in?" Is someone "laughing with me" or "laughing at me?" Am I "helping a friend" or "being taken advantage of?" Every time we interpret our actions, every time we give them a meaning, we are making one or more inferences on the basis of one or more assumptions.
As humans, we continually make assumptions about ourselves, our jobs, our mates, our students, our children, the world in general. We take some things for granted simply because we can't question everything. Sometimes we take the wrong things for granted. For example, I run off to the store (assuming that I have enough money with me) and arrive to find that I have left my money at home. I assume that I have enough gas in the car only to find that I have run out of gas. I assume that an item marked down in price is a good buy only to find that it was marked up before it was marked down. I assume that it will not, or that it will, rain. I assume that my car will start when I turn the key and press the gas pedal. I assume that I mean well in my dealings with others.
Humans make hundreds of assumptions without knowing it---without thinking about it. Many assumptions are sound and justifiable. Many, however, are not. The question then becomes: "How can students begin to recognize the inferences they are making, the assumptions on which they are basing those inferences, and the point of view, the perspective on the world that they are forming?"
There are many ways to foster student awareness of inferences and assumptions. For one thing, all disciplined subject-matter thinking requires that students learn to make accurate assumptions about the content they are studying and become practiced in making justifiable inferences within that content. As examples: In doing math, students make mathematical inferences based on their mathematical assumptions. In doing science, they make scientific inferences based on their scientific assumptions. In constructing historical accounts, they make historical inferences based on their historical assumptions. In each case, the assumptions students make depend on their understanding of fundamental concepts and principles.
As a matter of daily practice, then, we can help students begin to notice the inferences they are making within the content we teach. We can help them identify inferences made by authors of a textbook, or of an article we give them. Once they have identified these inferences, we can ask them to figure out the assumptions that led to those inferences. When we give them routine practice in identifying inferences and assumptions, they begin to see that inferences will be illogical when the assumptions that lead to them are not justifiable. They begin to see that whenever they make an inference, there are other (perhaps more logical) inferences they could have made. They begin to see high quality inferences as coming from good reasoning.
We can also help students think about the inferences they make in daily situations, and the assumptions that lead to those inferences. As they become skilled in identifying their inferences and assumptions, they are in a better position to question the extent to which any of their assumptions is justified. They can begin to ask questions, for example, like: Am I justified in assuming that everyone eats lunch at 12:00 noon? Am I justified in assuming that it usually rains when there are black clouds in the sky? Am I justified in assuming that bumps on the head are only caused by blows?
The point is that we all make many assumptions as we go about our daily life and we ought to be able to recognize and question them. As students develop these critical intuitions, they increasingly notice their inferences and those of others. They increasingly notice what they and others are taking for granted. They increasingly notice how their point of view shapes their experiences.
This article was adapted from the book, Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Learning and Your Life, by Richard Paul and Linda Elder.


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A new analysis of prescription drug overdose deaths shows that the problem was getting worse even as overdose deaths drew national attention.
A new analysis of prescription drug overdose deaths shows that the problem was getting worse even as overdose deaths drew national attention.
In 2010, drug overdoses increased for the 11th year in a row, hitting 38,329, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis of death certificates. More than half — 22,134 — involved prescription pharmaceuticals. Another 9,429 overdoses involved drugs that were unspecified, either because there was no toxicological analysis or because results of that testing were omitted from death certificates.
The deaths were caused by accidental overdose in 74.3 percent of the cases. A total of 17.1 percent were suicides; intent was undetermined in 8.4 percent of cases.
The most common class of drugs involved in overdose deaths was, as in last year's report and in accordance with the trends of the past decade, opioid analgesics. This is the class of drugs also most associated with abuse: oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, fentanyl, methadone — you get the idea.
The numbers are not just abstractions — something brought home in January, when two stepbrothers died of a methadone overdose in Montgomery after experimenting with the drug. Methadone — used in restricted dosing for treatment of opiate addiction, and also prescribed in pill form to treat severe pain — is a particularly tricky drug, one with an overdose range perilously close to its therapeutic dosage. But it's cheap, making it a preferred painkiller for many insurers.
In 2009, methadone also was the drug involved in the highest number of overdose deaths — more than heroin and cocaine combined. Although about 2 percent of all painkiller prescriptions are written for methadone, it accounts for 30 percent of prescription painkiller deaths.
Talk to local cops and prosecutors, and they're bracing for a rise in heroin addiction as the state and feds crack down on opioid-related crime. New York's controlled-substance database will make it harder for people to get prescription opioids, but the addiction will still be there. And in our region, heroin's long been plentiful and cheap.
In July, the New England Journal of Medicine published a study on the effects of the abuse-deterrent OxyContin formulation introduced in 2010. Researchers found that addicts who had used the name-brand time-release oxycodone switched to other drugs for their high — and their heroin use doubled.
On Tuesday, an Orange County grand jury handed up three indictments charging six people with possession of heroin with intent to sell. A recent string of heroin overdoses had cops in Middletown, Port Jervis and Monticello scrambling to find the sources. Port Jervis alone had two dozen drug overdose deaths in 2010-2011 and 47 non-fatal overdose calls in 2011.
Perhaps it's time to think seriously about drug treatment and mental health care. It's past time to pay for those programs.


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Anderson County jumped to a 16-4 lead after a quarter then continued to build the margin on the way to a 68-16 win over visiting Eminence on Friday night.
However, the victory could have been costly as freshman Eriel McKee, who led Anderson with 14 points, suffered what was thought to be a strained knee ligament early in the third quarter. McKee dressed for Saturday's game with Collins but did not play.
Twelve different Anderson players scored as they remained unbeaten in district play and moved to 11-5 on the season.
Owen County broke a tie with two minutes to play, then held on to beat visiting Anderson County, 61-57 in boys' basketball action Friday night.
Anderson, which had been clinging to a one-point lead going into the fourth quarter, saw Owen convert a turnover to take the lead 56-54. Then after the Bearcats missed a shot, the Rebels nailed a 3-pointer to go up by five points.
Even though his team stood at 6-7 through last weekend's games, Anderson County boys' basketball coach Glen Drury believes his team can still make some noise toward a successful season.
"When we started, we never thought this would be a year when we would have a high (won-loss) record," he said after Monday's practice. "We are really after being a good post-season team."
The Anderson County High School boys' basketball game at Eminence, postponed Tuesday night because of the snow, has been rescheduled for Thursday, Jan. 13. Tip-off for the varsity game is set for 7:15 p.m. The contest is a crucial 30th District seeding game. If you are unable to attend the game, follow Anderson News sports editor John Herndon on Twitter for updates.
Matt Fogle took home three awards and three players received two varsity awards aat the annual Anderson County baseball awards/kickoff dinner, held Tuesday night at the high school.
Two departed seniors were also given awards for outstanding play. Jacob Russell was named the Most Valuable Player and Kyle DeLong received the Derrick Wells Award for the outstanding pitcher. Both were members of last year's senior class.
The Anderson County vs. Shelby County basketball double-header, postponed by inclement weather on Dec. 17, has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 2 at Anderson County High School. The girls' game is set for 6 p.m. to be followed by the boys' game.
A date for honoring Anderson County's all-time team in celebration of the 100th season of Anderson County basketball has still not been determined.
The Anderson County High School football banquet, originally scheduled for Dec. 14, but snowed out, has been rescheduled for Monday, Jan. 10 at 6:30 p.m. The banquet will take place in the school cafeteria, according to head coach Mark Peach.
Seniors are asked to bring drinks and bread. Juniors should bring desserts while freshmen and sophomores are asked to bring vegetables and salads.
Anderson County will get a test Saturday when the Lady Bearcats take on Bryan Station in the Martin Luther King Classic, held at Paul L. Dunbar High School in Lexington. Tipoff is set for 4:30 p.m.
Bryan Station has gotten off to a 10-1 start with the only loss coming to defending 11th Region champion Scott County.
The Anderson-Bryan Station game is the fourth of five games pitting Fayette County schools against teams from around the state.
Tuesday, Anderson will host Mercer County, which the Lady Bearcats defeated in the Mercer tourney.
HARRODSBURG – This time, Anderson County could not even stay close.
Not for long, that is.
Throughout a month of playing some of the state's best girls' basketball teams, the Lady Bearcats had been in the games, even in a position to pull the upset a time or two. They'd lost by one point to Sacred Heart. They had been within four before running out of gas in the final minutes against Perry Central.
The Pegasus Sports Network has announced its internet coverage of the 2010-11 Anderson County Bearcats and Lady Bearcats. The network will provide live internet radio coverage of 15 Anderson County regular season games, plus the entire 30th District and Eighth Region tournaments. In addition, PSN will follow either or both teams if they advance to the Sweet 16.
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Just in time for this issue of Creative Tidbits, two excellent pieces from icons in the design and typography fields : Allan Haley asks "What is Typography All About?" ... and our friend Steven Heller reminds us all of the place occupied in typography history by Steve Jobs! Also, we have :
[] We Love Typography
[] Print's Color Conference
[] Indies Only: Oswego Resident Having His Cake
[] Liz Ryan: Moving past the tire-kickers
[] Spending Wisely on Technology
[] Entrepreneurial Success: 6 Questions with Lolo Siderman
[] 7 Ways Tim Cook's Apple Can Serve Small Business Better
I've got lots more creative typography tidbits so stay tuned all through September and October ...
What is Typography All About? ... If you think about it, the craft of typography is little more than the combination of three very simple things: attention to detail, common sense and visual acuity. Sure, there are typographic rules and guidelines, but they are, for the most part, just based on what is sensible and pleasing to the eye.
Learning to identify the parts of a character may increase a designer's business vocabulary, and knowing the lineage of Garamond designs may aid in the choosing of a good modern revival of the face, but the real key to typographic success is basically just 'sweating the details' and a simple coordination of mind and eye.
Full story : Allan Haley - Print Magazine
We Love Typography ... There are at least 10,000 sites online, Facebook, and so forth with the tag "We love typography." Yawn. It's almost generic. But it's a fantastic treasure of all things typography.
The brain child of John Boardley, who also invented "I Love Typography", this site is one you should bookmark and follow for daily doses of good design and typography.
Full story : I Love Typography
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Print Magazine has announced the first-ever Print Color Conference, taking place October 4-6, in New York City. Presented in partnership with Pantone and COLOURlovers, and hosted by The Art Directors Club, the event is an exploration of color by leaders in the graphic design, art, fashion, lighting, and interior design industries.
The focus of Print's Color Conference is to illuminate and elevate the discussion of color; its usefulness and impact on society, its importance as a communication tool; and its impact on the worlds of art, design, politics, branding, and everyday lives.
Full story : www.dexigner.com
Liz Ryan: Moving past the tire-kickers
Liz Ryan does freelance graphic design. Liz answers this inquiry from a reader :
I do freelance graphic design. Telephone tire-kickers are killing me. They fire questions at me for half an hour. Then I learn they want a corporate identity for $500. I charge $2,500 for a branding package. How do I get off the phone fast without being rude?
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I drove north of Tolmezzo to Arta Terme, then warmed up on the easy gradient to Sutrio (534m). Crossing the bridge I arrived at a staging area where many riders park before attempting Zoncolan. Here I turned left and immediately headed upward at 8%. I remained seated on this lower section, which traverses a beautiful spruce forest up a series of long switchbacks. The road is wide and well-paved, with a fairly constant gradient averaging 8.3% for 8.7km. I only encountered one rider headed upward, a middle-aged lady on a mountain bike. I was very impressed that she was attempting this difficult climb- quite courageous. She advised me to go "piano, piano" so I tried to keep my enthusiasm in-check.
This section ends at a ski resort parking area around 1300m. Quite a few tourists up here this time of year, many from other countries in Europe. There was no indication of a road continuing to the summit, so I asked some Civil Defense folks and they pointed upward.
After briefly winding through the ski area, this narrow mountain road hits a stretch of 16.4% gradient, with 18.5% at points. I climbed this standing, panting like a train. I passed 2 young ladies hiking up, and tried to say "Bon di" and they laughed and politely returned the greeting. The next segment of very short, steep tornanti also averaged about 16%. I greeted 2 ladies hiking, who asked if it was "facile o dura." I croaked out "Dura" and they laughed. Their companion was at the next tornante; he laughingly consoled me that this stretch was very easy and the worst was to come. Unfortunately he was right. I held out hope and panted and gasped my way higher. Then a section of 18.4% average gradient, with bits above 20%. I was on my last legs here, wheezing and braying like an asino. I thought I might have to stop, but wouldn't have room to restart and clip in, so I'd have to roll all the way down to the previous wide spot, and then reascend this wall. So I struggled on, and then spotted some little buildings at the summit, and they seemed not too high up, so maybe the gradient was going to ease. Sure enough it did, and I lived. This 4 km upper climb has a 13% average gradient.
At the top (1745m) were some tourists who had driven up. I took a few pictures of the nearly 360-degree panorama. I headed down and soon saw the lady on the mountain bike- she was almost to the top. I encouraged her, "Appena!" and "Brava!" then continued downward. The ski resort area was becoming even more crowded with tourists/cars. Now I headed down the wonderful wide smooth road, round the switchbacks and down the straights, felt like I was flying. That was fun. Soon, back to Arta Terme and home.
I'll try this again and see if the top is easier next time. And maybe next year- the climb from Ovaro....
|The road from Ovaro nears the summit
|View to the southwest
|Monte Crostis and Panoramica delle Vette road
The valley from Paluzza to Ligosullo to Forcella Duron
View east-southeast toward the Julian alps
|Dolomiti Bellunesi to west
|Arta Terme down the valley of Torrente But
|8.3% average gradient lower climb
|13% average gradient of upper climb
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Zucchini, Shallots, & Parmesan
Squash and I have a long history. I grew up hating it…well all of it except pumpkin when made into a pie or Mashed Acorn Squash. My mom would make it regularly and I would always avoid it like the plague. Then one day something changed…and I now eat all squash and love it! I even grew yellow squash and eggplant this summer! And then because Florida is so freaking hot, my entire garden died. But about two weeks ago, on the complete other side of where my garden was…a plant started to grow. And I kept watering it and just waiting to see what it was….and it grew and it grew….and it grew! I eventually had to go buy a trellis to allow it room to continue growing. I still had no idea what it was…but eventually it bloomed…and it grew a Zucchini! Actually it grew a bunch of Zucchinis! I have NO clue how the seed got there…since I have never grown Zucchini before. My Mom says that something like this can happen if a bird gets into trash and gets some Zucchini…and nature takes its course…and the bird does its business there. However it happened to get there, I am thrilled that it did! It is still producing Zucchini and besides some herbs and Eggplant, is the only thing growing despite this heat. So with all the Zucchini it has been making, I have been on the hunt for more recipes for it. This particular recipe was delicious. We (my Mom and I) LOVED this recipe! It was delicious and the perfect side dish to just about anything! And for 167 calories per serving…you can't go wrong!
Zucchini, Shallots, & Parmesan
3 tablespoons Olive Oil
2 lg Shallots, chopped
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
4 cups sliced Zucchini
1/2 c freshly shredded Parmesan
Salt & Pepper, to taste
In a nonstick skillet over low, heat olive oil. Add shallots and cook on low until they are soft, about 5-6 minutes. Add balsamic vinegar, mix well, and allow to cook for 1 minute.
Add Zucchini, salt, and pepper. Saute over medium-low, turning occasionally, until cooked through, but not wilted. About 10-13 minutes.
Once the Zucchini is cooked thoroughly, sprinkle Parmesan over Zucchini and toss quickly so that it is evenly distributed. Serve immediately.
Adapted from: The Family Kitchen


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Saturday, November 26, 2011
Does anyone but me pin baste anymore?
I was basting the ROYGBIV quilt this morning and the back looked so interesting upside down. So I decided to take a bunch of pictures and make a pin basting tutorial. Lately I have heard people get puckers in their quilt backs when quilting and that does not happen to me. Also, it seems that more people are spraying glue at their quilts, which I don't do. So I thought maybe I would share my low tech, chemical free method.
First I move aside the furniture and tape the back to the floor with painter's tape. The taping process takes a few minutes as the aim is to get the back tight without stretching or misaligning it. You need to adjust the tape a bit to get rid of the puckers, all the way around.
By the way, doesn't the back of the giant log cabin look interesting all nicely taped out.
Then I carefully place the batting, so as not to disturb the back. I try to lay it straight on one edge and then place it over the entire back.
This photo is an attempt to show you the smoothing process. Once I have the batting laid out, I sit or kneel in the middle of the quilt toward one end. I carefully smooth the batting onto the back with my hands, moving from the centre to the edges. This process needs to be done carefully so you don't pull the backing away from the tape. Also don't stretch the batting, just smooth it so it sticks to the back. You do get rolls like the one in the picture as you go. I move my body carefully down the quilt and keep smoothing from the centre to each edge.
When the batting is all smoothed, you can see the seams on the back. This back was a great one to use as an example because it has so many seams to see. On this back, once I had smoothed the batting I also trimmed the batting to be the same size as the back rather than leaving the batting bigger than the back. I wanted to try to keep the top straight on the back so I needed to be able to see the back's edges.
Then carefully place the top onto the batting. I started in the top right corner and worked to keep it straight along the top and the edges. It is important to do this gently so as not to mess up the batting.
Then I smooth the top in place, just like the batting. I sit or kneel on the top, and gently smooth from the centre to the edges. Again being careful to not distort the top or the batting. All this smoothing causes the batting to adhere to both the back and the top so that when I am quilting, there is far less likelihood of any puckers.
Here are all three layers, ready for pins. It is far easier to baste when the back is about 3" - 5" larger than the top. I have that amount at the bottom of this quilt sandwich but you can see there was only an inch to spare on either side (you know, I forgot to measure twice, that skimpy back was not on purpose). I don't recommend a back with this little to spare, it is a bit tricky to keep everything that straight.
Then I get my bowl of pins and pin the layers. Again, I sit or kneel on the quilt and pin from centre to the edges. I pin all I can reach and carefully move my body so I don't disturb the layers.
Pins make the quilt sandwich heavy and that extra weight makes the quilting harder, so I do not use more than necessary. I place them about a hand width (4" - 5") apart and stagger each row. I use quilters safety pins, they have a curve bent in them to make it easier to pin from the top of the layers.
And here it is all pinned. After this, carefully remove the tape from the back and the floor, fold or roll the sandwich and head off to quilt it. Oh, and I also put the furniture back.
This process took me 1.25 hours, including the time to take the photos - it is not that long. I do recommend getting up part way through the pinning and having a good stretch once or twice.
I have to admit that I really like this quiet, chemical free, process of readying my quilt for the quilting. I hope to spend the evening quilting this one, and likely tomorrow too. I have watched Rhonda's, from Quilter in the Gap, videos from the Duo QAL for all her pointers and the plan is for an all over stipple on this quilt, so I am ready to go.
I hope you are enjoying the weekend.
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Great write up on your basting process. I love that quilt - both sides. Looking forward to seeing it finished!ReplyDelete
This is exactly how I do it. i have never used basting spray. I know it can't be good for your lungs.ReplyDelete
The back and front are beautiful by the way! I can't wait to see it finished.ReplyDelete
**raises hand!!** I pin baste!!ReplyDelete
Great tutorial, and - may I just say WOWZA to that quilt!!! Top AND back!! So so so pretty!!
This quilt is so stunning - can't wait to see your stipple!ReplyDelete
it is such a pretty quilt. i can't wait to see it finished!ReplyDelete
pretty quilt. I pin baste!! ~MonikaReplyDelete
It`s such a gorgeous quilt Leanne! I pin baste and find it much easier than sewing the besting, which I detest. I have never used spray as I can`t buy it here and haven`t bought any online. I love your shiny wooden floor too!ReplyDelete
Great tutorial, and your quilt looks stunning! Unfortunately I have neither the room size nor the knees to try it that way :-(ReplyDelete
I love both the back and front of your quilt!ReplyDelete
I tried basting spray but I prefer pin basting and have gone back to pinning.
Lol Leanne, this is exactly how I have always basted till today when I had my first try at spraying. Love your tute it's great and while I loved the spray, it is expensive and I think I will reserve for the really BIG quilts. Can't wait to see this finished it is going to be fab!ReplyDelete
The back of that quilt all pinned and ready to go looks beautiful!!! I've never pin basted, I don't have that much patience. Great tutorial.ReplyDelete
Love your quilt - it is going to be so beautiful!! I am pin baster too and spent Friday crawling over the lounge room floor doing the same thing:)ReplyDelete
that beauty, both sides of this quilt is spectacular, congratulationsReplyDelete
Thanks, Leanne. I usually pin-baste but have occasionally sprayed. I really don't enjoy either. But your method is pretty much what I do too. Nicely done & can't wait to see that quilt quilted!ReplyDelete
I pin baste and I have used spray. I really don't like doing either although spraying is much quicker. I just pin basted a quilt yesterday, but I basted it on the dining table, my knees don't love me crawling around on the floor.ReplyDelete
Both the front and the back are amazing, it;s going to be an absolutely stunning quilt.
- AnonymousNovember 26, 2011 at 6:26 PM
WOW...that is one AWESOME quilt! I was wondering why you were doing it backwards...then I realized that was the reverse of the quilt...it's all amazing.ReplyDelete
I've spray basted...though last time the can was being a pill...and left drips which didn't wash out. And just tonight I was pin basting, so I guess I still do it...you're not alone. =) I've not done a quilt that large though...so not sure if I would pin baste or not. I'd have to buy more pins, that's for sure! =)
I pin baste too, but I have to anchor the back to carpet with safety pins stabbed into the carpet. I do everything else just like you do. Can't wait to see the finished quilt!ReplyDelete
For big quilts I sew basting lines. For smaller projects I use a basting gun that pokes plastic staples in, like the plastic fasteners they use to attach price tags to clothing. Recently I tried out some fusible batting on 14 inch quilt-as-you-go blocks. That stuff is awesome.ReplyDelete
I spray basted a small pillow once and it was a disaster. I also tried a combination of the two on a small table runner, which was quite successful and didn't require so many pins. But I normally pin baste and will continue to do so. I find the process quite calming - although I can't usually walk afterwards!ReplyDelete
Love the ROYGBIV quilt - such patience to piece the back as well as the front.
I'm afraid I'm a spray basting convert - but I love your method of pinning. The quilt is absolutely stunning! JxoReplyDelete
I use both methods...depends on the quilt. I really like the fusible batting for the smaller quilts too. Great tutorial and thanks for the mention.ReplyDelete
I pin baste just this way. It always takes me forever if I'm doing anything larger than a baby quilt. I don't haven't had any pucker problems since the first couple of times I tried it. I definitely prefer sore knees from my hardwood floor to breathing the spray fumes or paying for the cans of glue!ReplyDelete
the giant log cabin looks great from both sides, thanks for showing it from the other side, too.ReplyDelete
I pin baste more or less in the same manner if the quilt fits my not so very big space in the bedroom or if my kind friend lends me her floor.
This quilt is gorgeous!ReplyDelete
I only pin baste. I use enough chemicals setting charcoal drawings that I don't want to use more for quilting, especially when pins are available. :)
I'm even more old fashioned - I stitch baste my quilts but may have to change as it may be easier to machine quilt this way - only used to quilt by hand before!ReplyDelete
I also only pin-baste! LOL I fins that it works very well.ReplyDelete
I also use this method to sandwich and pin baste including the moving of furniture :D Great tutorial! Your quilt is lovely.ReplyDelete
I just discovered this post through the giveaway-blog hopping - And I really like the idea about pins - I was taught to use a "upholstery" needle as thei are bend into almost a half circle to do what you do with the pins with a thread, it takes ages ... and its fumbly making the knot not too firm or looseReplyDelete
Will have to put those pins on the wish-list
And here I am thinking that everyoe is pin basting but me. BUt I thread baste. :-)ReplyDelete
Pin basting strikes me as the best way to go. Thanks for te tute!ReplyDelete
Pining always seems to me like the better way to go. I enjoyed reading about your process, thanks!ReplyDelete
beautiful quilt! Just saw it at Quiltstory. I use the exact same method! The process is almost a meditation for me! Except for the sore back.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the tutorial, it came up first on google. I just pin basted my first quilt and wanted to make sure I had enough pins.ReplyDelete
I think I'm a convert, but we'll see how quilting goes. =) My quilt was smaller, so it wasn't much more time or effort, and A LOT less messy than spray basting has been in the past.
How do you pin without messing up your hardwood floor when the quilt it taped to the floor?ReplyDelete
My wife and I pin bast. I tried the spray bast and hated the messy sticky crap that it caused in the machine pin basting all the way for me.ReplyDelete
Great tutorial! But I'd like to repeat debshoe's question... how do you get the pins through all 3 layers, and then back up, without 'stabbing' or marking your wooden floor? I find it very tricky to get the pins through when it's taped down. Any tips for that part of the process please?! ThanksReplyDelete
ps: your quilt top and back are both amazing!!!ReplyDelete
Great tutorial! But I'm going to repeat the last question... "how do you get the pins through all 3 layers, and then back up, without 'stabbing' or marking your wooden floor?" I'm new at this and any help would be greatly appreciated. Also if I may make a suggestion, if you reply to the comments publicly instead of via email you will avoid repeat questions...just a thought. Thanks again for the great tips!ReplyDelete
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With the new features in Flash CS3 for captioning, the skins we've made available for accessible video presentations, our support for the DFXP caption data format, and new work on CC for Flash by NCAM I'm seeing a lot of new captioning examples. Someday there will be too many to point out when new ones come available, but in the meantime, here's another. This one is also by the Library of Congress and relates to the 2007 National Book Festival and uses the FLVPlayback skins.
The example is at http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/. It includes captions and is screen reader and keyboard accessible, and also offers a transcript.


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Launching Gentoo VMs on okeanos.io
October 23, 2012
Update: Corrected fallocate and parted commands, and removed diratime mount option. Thanks to axil
Long time, no post.
For about a year now, I've been working at GRNET on its (OpenStack API compliant) open source IaaS cloud platform Synnefo, which powers the ~okeanos service.
Since ~okeanos is mainly aimed towards the Greek academic community (and thus has restrictions on who can use the service), we set up a 'playground' 'bleeding-edge' installation (okeanos.io) of Synnefo, where anyone can get a free trial account, experiment with the the Web UI, and have fun scripting with the kamaki API client. So, you get to try the latest features of Synnefo, while we get valuable feedback. Sounds like a fair deal. 🙂
Unfortunately, being the only one in our team that actually uses Gentoo Linux, up until recently Gentoo VMs were not available. So, a couple of days ago I decided it was about time to get a serious distro running on ~okeanos (the load of our servers had been ridiculously low after all :P). For future reference, and in case anyone wants to upload their own image on okeanos.io or ~okeanos, I'll briefly describe the steps I followed.
1) Launch a Debian-base (who needs a GUI?) VM on okeanos.io
Everything from here on is done inside our Debian-base VM.
2) Use fallocate or dd seek= to create an (empty) file large enough to hold our image (5GB)
fallocate -o $((5 * 1024 * 1024 *1024)) -l 1 gentoo.img
3) Losetup the image, partition and mount it
losetup -f gentoo.img
parted /dev/loop0 mklabel msdos
parted /dev/loop0 mkpart primary ext4 2048s 5G
kpartx -a /dev/loop0
mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/loop0p1
losetup /dev/loop1 /dev/mapper/loop0p1 (trick needed for grub2 installation later on)
mount /dev/loop1 /mnt/gentoo -t ext4 -o noatime
4) Chroot and install Gentoo in /mnt/gentoo. Just follow the handbook. At a minimum you'll need to extract the base system and portage, and set up some basic configs, like networking. It's up to you how much you want to customize the image. For the Linux Kernel, I just copied directly the Debian /boot/[vmlinuz|initrd|System.map] and /lib/modules/ of the VM (and it worked! :)).
5) Install sys-boot/grub-2.00 (I had some *minor* issues with grub-0.97 :P).
6) Install grub2 in /dev/loop0 (this should help). Make sure your device.map inside the Gentoo chroot looks like this:
(hd0) /dev/loop0
(hd1) /dev/loop1
and make sure you have a sane grub.cfg (I'd suggest replacing all references to UUIDs in grub.cfg and /etc/fstab to /dev/vda[1]).
Now, outside the chroot, run:
grub-install --root-directory=/mnt --grub-mkdevicemap=/mnt/boot/grub/device.map /dev/loop0
Cleanup everything (umount, losetup -d, kpartx -d etc), and we're ready to upload the image, with snf-image-creator.
snf-image-creator takes a diskdump as input, launches a helper VM, cleans up the diskdump / image (cleanup of sensitive data etc), and optionally uploads and registers our image with ~okeanos.
For more information on how snf-image-creator and Synnefo image registry works, visit the relevant docs [1][2][3].
0) Since snf-image-creator will use qemu/kvm to spawn a helper VM, and we're inside a VM, let's make sure that nested virtualization (OSDI '10 Best Paper award btw :)) works.
First, we need to make sure that kvm_[amd|intel] is modprobe'd on the host machine / hypervisor with the nested = 1 parameter, and that the vcpu, that qemu/kvm creates, thinks that it has 'virtual' virtualization extensions (that's actually our responsibility, and it's enabled on the okeanos.io servers).
Inside our Debian VM, let's verify that everything is ok.
grep [vmx | svm] /proc/cpuinfo
modprobe -v kvm kvm_intel
1) Clone snf-image-creator repo
git clone https://code.grnet.gr/git/snf-image-creator
2) Install snf-image-creator using setuptools (./setup.py install) and optionally virtualenv. You'll need to install (pip install / aptitude install etc) setuptools, (python-)libguestfs and python-dialog manually. setuptools will take care of the rest of the deps.
3) Use snf-image-creator to prepare and upload / register the image:
snf-image-creator -u gentoo.diskdump -r "Gentoo Linux" -a [okeanos.io username] -t [okeanos.io user token] gentoo.img -o gentoo.img --force
If everything goes as planned, after snf-image-creator terminates, you should be able to see your newly uploaded image in https://pithos.okeanos.io, inside the Images container. You should also be able to choose your image to create a new VM (either via the Web UI, or using the kamaki client).
And, let's install kamaki to spawn some Gentoo VMs:
git clone https://code.grnet.gr/git/kamaki
and install it using setuptools (just like snf-image-creator). Alternatively, you could use our Debian repo (you can find the GPG key here).
Modify .kamakirc to match your credentials:
enable = on
url = https://astakos.okeanos.io
cyclades_extensions = on
enable = on
url = https://cyclades.okeanos.io/api/v1.1
colors = on
token = [token]
enable = on
url = https://cyclades.okeanos.io/plankton
account = [username]
container = pithos
enable = on
pithos_extensions = on
url = https://pithos.okeanos.io/v1
Now, let's create our first Gentoo VM:
kamaki server create LarryTheCow 37 `kamaki image list | grep Gentoo | cut -f -d ' '` --personality /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
That's all for now. Hopefully, I'll return soon with another more detailed post on scripting with kamaki (vkoukis has a nice script using kamaki python lib to create from scratch a small MPI cluster on ~okeanos :)).


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For our april numbers, we were thankful to see some movement again.
Girl Number: 89
Boy Number: 68
We don't anticipate this next month's numbers to move quite as much as the past two, but I am forever reminded that regardless of the numbers, every day is one day closer to our child.
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When Carnoustie (ranked #26 in the world) is brought up in conversation, the discussion invariably turns to Jean Van de Velde and his meltdown in the 1999 Open Championship. It is too bad if that is the only impression many of us have of Carnoustie, because, despite the R & A allowing the course to be made ridiculously penal in 1999, it is an impressive course. Hopefully, the R & A has learned its lesson and for future Open Championships will let Carnoustie defend itself without trying to trick it up.
Carnoustie is an important and historic golf course. Originally laid out in 1840 by Allan Robertson, it is one of the oldest courses in the world. Subsequent changes were made by Old Tom Morris and James Braid, which is not too shabby a group. For years I organized a small golf trip to Great Britain or Ireland. We were frankly scared off of Carnoustie after seeing it on TV, so had not made it a priority to play. After a half dozen years, we finally put it on our itinerary, and having done so are now sorry that we waited so long.
If every golf course has a personality, Carnoustie is that of a working man. Looking over Carnoustie from the first tee and you are bound to be disappointed. Be patient, however, and you will be rewarded.
One of the key things that makes Carnoustie great is its variety and the selection of shots you are asked to hit. Another defining feature is the series of burns that run through the course. On six holes you have to navigate the most "Scottish" of burns in golf. The tenth is guarded by the unforgiving Barry Burn:
Carnoustie is an enigma. It is unquestionably one of the greatest golf courses in the world but not for the usual reasons. It has none of the beautiful scenery that Pebble Beach or Turnberry has; in fact, some of the views are almost industrial and gritty. It is not set directly on the water. It does not have the storied history of a Merion or a Muirfield. It does not have a Royal pedigree or a delightful clubhouse like Hoylake or Lytham and St. Annes. In fact, it has a bit of a dis-jointed history and has been the home of many different golfing societies and local clubs over the years. Carnoustie is a public links, roughly the equivalent of a Bethpage in the U.S. And, it has an inferiority complex to its neighbor across the bay - St. Andrews.
Yet, despite all these apparent shortcomings, there is a certain charm to the place. Carnoustie is not pretending to be something it is not. It doesn't put on any airs or try to be fancy or pretentious in any way. It deserves a high place in the world of golf because it has evolved into something great. It is pure golf.
The third hole is guarded by Jockie's Burn. It is a classic Carnoustie hole. How can you make a 355 yard hole difficult? Make the second shot a blind one and put a burn like this directly in front of the green:
The fifteenth, "Lucky Slap", is a 459 par four that normally plays into a prevailing wind and features a narrow fairway to a green that sits between treacherous bunkers.
The sixteenth is an impossibly difficult 250 yard par three, whose green slopes back to front. During the 1968 Open Championship the hole played so long that Jack Nicklaus was the only player able to hit the ball past the pin. Tom Watson describes it as the hardest par three in golf and I won't disagree.
The seventeenth and eighteenth have the Barry Burn snaking through them. We all remember what the Barry Burn did to Jean Van de Velde on that dreadful Sunday in 1999. Ironically, the seventeenth hole is actually a more difficult hole. The seventeenth is aptly named "Island" and when you stand at the tee you quite literally think to yourself, "Where the F am I supposed to hit the ball?"
One of my favorite golf writers, Dell Leigh, had this to say about Carnoustie in 1925 and it still rings true today, "The burn meanders slyly about the course to trap the shots of the unskilled at several holes. But the course is all the better because of it. There is a great satisfaction in beating the burn, and beating it convincingly."
On seventeen you need to hit your tee shot to a very small landing area that exists between the snaking burn. It is equally as important to hit the ball both the correct distance and on the correct line. Most people hit into the burn. Your choice is whether to do it left or right. This is all difficult enough, add in the wind and you've got your hands full.
The eighteenth repeats a lot of the characteristics of the seventeenth, but in the opposite wind direction, which completely change the dynamics. Also, the eighteenth has an out of bounds along the left side, so any tension in your swing coming in on a close match easily brings it into play.
The famous British golf writer Henry Longhurst describes Carnoustie perfectly: "It defies you for thirteen holes and hammers you over the last five."
Come see where the Wee Ice Mon, as the Scots called Ben Hogan, won the 1953 Open Championship, his only time competing it that championship. The sixth hole is now named "Hogan's Alley". The hole is one of only two par fives on the course and has an out of bounds down the entire left hand side and a ditch down the right side. Hogan hit an almost identical shot in all four rounds in 1953, starting the ball out over the O.B. and fading it into the middle of the fairway. He did it with such precision that it is said the ball almost landed in the identical spot each day. What Hogan accomplished at Carnoustie is breathtaking, during the 1953 Open Championship he missed no fairways on the way to his victory and was the first champion since Willie Park in 1860 to win the tournament on his first try. It's too bad he didn't play in other Open's, which at the time was scheduled at the same time as the PGA Championship.
It was with great amusement that I recently came across a review of Carnoustie published by Golf Illustrated in 1930. The only criticism they had of the course was that the greens were in such good shape that it actually made putting too easy. More than 70 years later, Carnoustie has had the best greens of any course I've played in the top 100 (although Winged Foot is a close second).
Whenever I return to Scotland I try to play Carnoustie and consider it among my personal favorites in the world, and for me it is the best course in Europe.


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On one side is Emma Thompson playing P.L. Travers, author of the Mary Poppins books � who needs money but doesn�t want the Hollywood monsters meddling with Mary.
On the other side is Tom Hanks as Walt Disney, who spent 20 years and two highly contentious weeks wrestling the rights away from the stubborn author.
The Travers-Disney battle forms the basis of Saving Mr. Banks, to be released on Dec.?20 in theaters. The Disney-produced film recounts the two weeks in 1961 that Travers spent torturing Disney and his Mary Poppins production team with a constant stream of �No, no, no. That�s not how it is."
We know how the story ends: Mary Poppins became an Academy Award-winning movie that appeals to generation after generation.
In a suite recently at the Beverly Hills (Calif.) Hotel, where Travers stayed in 1961, Thompson, 54, was more relaxed than her uptight character in Mr. Banks.
�I love this movie. I love it,� the actress said. �I hear the quibbles, but perhaps it�s my own connections with loss and fathers that make me think there�s so much in it for all of us.
�My friend and producer Lindsay Doran saw the film and was in pieces, just crying away. She said, �Why don�t they just call it Father Issues?�??�
Saving Mr. Banks pays close attention to the relationship between Travers, who was born Helen Goff in Australia, and her father, Travers Goff, who died when Helen was 9.
�We all have father issues in one way or another,� said Thompson, whose father, British actor Eric Thompson, died in 1982 at age 53 as she was just beginning the career that has netted her two Oscars.
�We come back again and again to the reality that our relationship with ourselves is profoundly and terrifyingly dependent on those early atomic relationships with parents.�
That Travers is rude to Disney and his team in the film delighted Thompson.
�We�re all so bloody polite all the time � Americans, particularly,� she said. �It�s bliss to see someone so rude.�


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Miami Heat overcome big game from Nikola Vucevic, Orlando Magic to end 2012 on high note
Dwyane Wade sustained a bloody nose.
He also got scratched hard under his left eye.
Like the Heat on its end-of-the-year road trip, Wade took his share of bumps and bruises.
But Wade delivered the blow that mattered most Monday night at Amway Center to help the Heat finish 2012 on a positive note.
Wade stole a crosscourt pass by Magic guard J.J. Redick and broke away for an easy dunk with 6.2 seconds left in overtime that sealed a 112-110 comeback victory and snapped the team's two-game losing streak in front of a Magic franchise-record crowd of 19,311.
"I got hit a few times, but you try to fight and match their energy," Wade said. "We didn't want to lose another one and lose the last game going in to the new year."
Wade made the clutch defensive play, but the Heat fought through another difficult game against an underdog home team — a repeating theme during its four-game trip — missing three of its top players, including Jameer Nelson and Glen Davis.
Magic center Nikola Vucevic had a career game and one of the best all-time against the Heat on the boards.
Vucevic, a second-year player, finished with a career-high 29 rebounds to go along with 20 points. The rebounding output was the highest by an individual against the Heat, surpassing then-Milwaukee center Andrew Bogut's 27 on Jan. 7, 2011.
Vucevic had 16 rebounds in the first half, making him the first player this season in the NBA to have more than 15 in a half. The number tied the most rebounds allowed by the Heat since Feb. 19, 1994, when Dennis Rodman pulled down 16 while playing for the Spurs.
The Heat was outrebounded 50-33 as a team.
"[Vucevic] is a big guy, and he's been rebounding the ball pretty well," Chris Bosh said. "The ball movement was very good, and he was open on the backside a lot. He was getting tip-ins, and once you work your way into a rhythm rebounding wise, you get some easy ones and they start coming to you."
Collectively, the Heat overcame a deficit as large as 11 in the second half.
LeBron James finished with a game-high 36 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds.
Wade's gutsy effort in the second half helped him finish with 21 points, despite 3-of-10 shooting from the free-throw line.
Chris Bosh scored the four points that tied the game in regulation at 99 and finished with 22 points on 10-of-15 shooting.
Ray Allen, who had struggled over the past two games, scored 17 points off the bench, shot 3 of 4 from three-point range and made four key steals.
James matched up with Vucevic one-on-one in the closing moments of overtime and scored the go-ahead basket on a drive to the hoop with 1:07 left. James later hit two free throws with 1.5 seconds left.
"This is a winning league," James said. "It's not about how close you came to losing or how close you came to winning. We won. I am not discrediting what they did. They played a great game. They have some really good players and some pretty good pieces. We just made one more play than they did."
Wade got his nose bloodied with 7:31 left in the first quarter when he was hit on the right side of his face by Andrew Nicholson after catching a pass under the basket. Wade wore nose plugs while shooting his free throws and left for the remainder of the quarter.
"No, nothing is broken," Wade said "I know, I'm good. I'm breathing OK."
Bosh nearly won the game in regulation, as well.
James drove to the basket and drew a foul on Josh McRoberts with 3.6 seconds to go, but it was a non-shooting foul and only Orlando's fourth of the quarter. Bosh pulled up for a fadeaway jumper while defended by Vucevic as time expired, but the shot hit the side of the backboard. Bosh believed he had drawn contact, but no foul was called.
The effort gave the Heat (21-8) a 2-2 split on the trip and pushed its road record to 7-6 while dealing the Magic its sixth consecutive defeat.
"We haven't been playing particularly well on the road, so maybe this will change the dynamic," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "Maybe, we'll have a paradigm shift in 2013 and start playing well on the road."


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Marvel Comics' digital-comics strategy is that… they don't seem to have one, really. Full disclosure — I'm on work-for-hire exclusive to them until the end of the year. But they're all used to me moaning at them anyway.
Marvel may now be owned by Disney, but you can be damned sure attention is still paid to their quarterly reports. And it's hard to keep your lines buoyant when everything else in your business is a constant fight against diminishing returns. I personally believe that taking much of the print line to a sales point of $3.99 will defeat growth in the print sector. I know they're doing it to protect themselves, but I think it's going to hurt in the long run.
Are they then, like DC, looking to digital as a way to increase reach? Well… not yet. I believe they have done some original digital comics. (By which I mean company-owned Marvel comics created for digital-first release.) But I'm not sure there was any great plan to their release. One of the things I like about Marvel is that they move pretty fast and are capable of an entirely random "hey, let's do this thing for five minutes" move. The whole Marvel Architects cascade-of-events structure they do these days are frankly as organised as Marvel's ever been on the macro-scale.
Their digital store, then, is a big back-issue bin, with the occasional experiment in day-and-date simultaneous release in print and digital. They're unlikely to go line-wide day-and-date like DC unless DC's numbers are explosively successful and stay that way for six months — in digital AND print. Right now, Marvel own the comics stores in terms of dollar sales and market share, and probably see no compelling reason to risk a dilution of those figures. Those figures look good on quarterly reports. And that's not a knock against Marvel, just an observation of the reality of their business life.
All that said: I can conceive of a point where there's pressure on them to do something more with their digital store. And also, pressure to do less. I recently noted that if I, say, wanted to buy the first part of Walt Simonson's THOR run (in my case, because I wanted to remind myself of some of Simonson's tricks in page design), I couldn't buy a digital edition of the collection in question. I had to buy it as single issues in digital form. Which suggests to me that, somewhere, someone decided they didn't want Marvel Digital to be seen as affecting bookstore sales. That would seem to me to be a cautious shuffle too far, and possibly indicative of conflicts ahead.
I am looking to Marvel to do more original material for digital. They've done it before, there's obviously a system in place to make it happen, they can reprint in trade paperback, and it'll make a good business narrative. It's the march they can steal on DC, it doesn't screw with their print market share, and it fits Marvel's profile better.
It could make for interesting times in the commercial medium.
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The Davidson County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council is requesting proposals from programs that will serve delinquent and at-risk youths for Fiscal Year 2013-14.
The JCPC anticipates receiving about $385,970 from the N.C. Department of Public Safety to fund needed programs, which could center on family counseling, psychological assessments, sex offender treatment, mentoring, skill building, vocational development and several other areas.
"The majority of the programs we fund would not be able to provide the services they do without this money," said Petra Leonard, JCPC coordinator. "We do have programs that rely completely on JCPC funds, and they wouldn't be able to exist without them."
The deadline for receiving funding applications is by 4 p.m. March 4. For more information on how to apply, go to www.co.davidson.nc.us/JCPC, click on the tab for funding and programs and select the link that says "FY13-14 Request for Proposals."
Leonard said they work with juvenile court counselors and other groups in the community to ascertain needs, which helps in selecting different programs to fund.
Interested programs should be able to target risk factors for delinquency or repeat delinquency, including children under age 12, runaway behavior, minor or moderate school problems, recidivism, gang members or association with other gang members, according to the JCPC's request for proposals.
In addition, the JCPC is seeking programs that are outcome-based, have an evaluation component, offer services that detect and divert individuals from gang participation, and that are compatible with research that is shown to be effective with juvenile offenders, according to the request for proposals.
The JCPC funds seven different programs this fiscal year, Leonard said, including an alternative to suspension program and several others offered by Family Services of Davidson County.
For more information, go to the JCPC website listed above or contact the Davidson County Manager's Office at 242-2200.
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