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The next step in C.J. Brown's career happened almost completely by accident, a chance meeting with a team from Salt Lake City when he was supposed to be considering a job in Miami.
But when the longtime Chicago Fire defender bumped into Real Salt Lake general manager Garth Lagerwey during last week's MLS Combine in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a simple conversation steamrolled into a sitdown with RSL head coach Jason Kreis, and Brown was suddenly in the middle of an unexpected and very big opportunity.
Strangely enough, however, Kreis and his RSL coaching staff weren't quite sold on Brown when they first talked about the vacancy left by new Chivas USA boss Robin Fraser. The soft-spoken Brown effectively crept out the back door to retirement last fall and never bothered to openly express his desire to enter the coaching ranks, even though he'd been working as the assistant director of coaching for the Chicago Fire Juniors and the director of coaching for the Elmhurst Elite youth clubs in suburban Chicago.
So when Brown traveled to Florida to consider taking a job with former Fire goalkeeper coach Daryl Shore at NASL club Miami FC, it came as a surprise to the RSL brass that Brown was a coach in waiting.
"Most people knew me as just a soccer player, and probably not one of the nicest guys," Brown told MLSsoccer.com. "My fear was that people wouldn't perceive me as a coach, so I didn't really go around telling everyone that yeah, I wanted to coach. I always knew once I retired I would try to stay in MLS, I just never made a push to let everyone know about it."
But Brown jumped at the chance to impress Kreis and the RSL staff, widely regarded as one of the steadiest and most closely knit groups in the league. Brown's career longevity – he holds every durability record on the Fire's books after 13 years, including games and minutes played – was one of his greatest selling points.
"He's been a great defender in our league for a really long time," Kreis said. "What I really like about that is that I don't think you can qualify him as a player in our league that has stayed around so long because he was so talented. In fact, I think it's more towards the exact opposite – he's stayed around so long because he's wanted it and worked so hard for it."
[inline_node:326849]While Brown doesn't necessarily carry the individual accolades of the departed Fraser, he's appeared in at least 18 games each of his 13 seasons in Chicago, except during an injury-riddled 2008. He won four US Open Cup titles with the Fire, and was the lone player in a Chicago jersey still around in 2010 who won the team's only MLS Cup during their inaugural year in 1998.
Names like Peter Nowak, Chris Armas, Zach Thornton and Jesse Marsch came and went through the years, but Brown's relationship with the club endured. Only former D.C. United striker and LA Galaxy mainstay Cobi Jones played more matches with one club than Brown, leaving Fire followers to adhere to one fitting mantra year in and year out: "Death, taxes and C.J. Brown."
"[RSL] have made all their players happy, and brought them back, and that reminds me of the Fire days in the past," Brown said. "They try to keep a core group of people, and build around that. They're on the same path we were on in Chicago way back then."
Despite his lengthy ties with Chicago and a desire to land a coaching job with the Fire, Brown said talks about a position with the club were minimal. After 13 years as the one of the definitive faces of the Fire, Brown will leave Chicago on Friday to join Real Salt Lake's staff for preseason activities.
"[Kreis] is a hard worker, and he expressed to me that he wants the same from me," Brown said. "And people who have known me all these years know that I'm definitely not afraid to do that."


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On Tuesday, Tennessee State's Travis Williams joined other local men's basketball head coaches for the Third Annual Coaches vs. Cancer Tip-Off Luncheon held at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center.
The event was presented by Northwestern Mutual, The Pruitt Financial Group and ran from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with the coaches answering questions during the last hour. Williams was joined onstage by Lipscomb's Casey Alexander, Belmont's Rick Byrd, Middle Tennessee's Kermit Davis, Austin Peay's Dave Loos, Vanderbilt's Kevin Stallings and Tennessee's Cuonzo Martin.
Among the topics covered by the coaches were the early season outlooks on their respective programs to which Williams said:
"We have a lot of new guys on this year's team, but they have done everything that the coaches have asked of them so far. All of our players are giving maximum effort, listening to the coaches and working hard in the gym and classroom."
The topic of the new NCAA rules and regulations were brought up as well as the news that former Tennessee State forward Robert Covington had made the Houston Rockets' final roster.
"When you look at Robert Covington, you see a phenomenal young man who worked his way from a six-foot-seven, 175 pound guy that no big school wanted, into an NBA Player. He epitomizes what it means to have a dream, work hard and be successful."
The event ended with questions from the audience and the announcement of the winners of the silent auction.
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Why you don't really have free will
Why you don't really have free will
Continued...Perhaps you've chosen to read this essay after scanning other articles on this website. Or, if you're in a hotel, maybe you've decided what to order for breakfast, or what clothes you'll wear today.
You haven't. You may feel like you've made choices, but in reality your decision to read this piece, and whether to have eggs or pancakes, was determined long before you were aware of it — perhaps even before you woke up today. And your "will" had no part in that decision. So it is with all of our other choices: not one of them results from a free and conscious decision on our part. There is no freedom of choice, no free will. And those New Year's resolutions you made? You had no choice about making them, and you'll have no choice about whether you keep them.
The debate about free will, long the purview of philosophers alone, has been given new life by scientists, especially neuroscientists studying how the brain works. And what they're finding supports the idea that free will is a complete illusion.
The issue of whether we have of free will is not an arcane academic debate about philosophy, but a critical question whose answer affects us in many ways: how we assign moral responsibility, how we punish criminals, how we feel about our religion, and, most important, how we see ourselves — as autonomous or automatons.
What is free will?
But before I explain this, let me define what I mean by "free will." I mean it simply as the way most people think of it: When faced with two or more alternatives, it's your ability to freely and consciously choose one, either on the spot or after some deliberation. A practical test of free will would be this: If you were put in the same position twice — if the tape of your life could be rewound to the exact moment when you made a decision, with every circumstance leading up to that moment the same and all the molecules in the universe aligned in the same way — you could have chosen differently.
Now there's no way to rewind the tape of our lives to see if we can really make different choices in completely identical circumstances. But two lines of evidence suggest that such free will is an illusion.
The first is simple: we are biological creatures, collections of molecules that must obey the laws of physics. All the success of science rests on the regularity of those laws, which determine the behavior of every molecule in the universe. Those molecules, of course, also make up your brain — the organ that does the "choosing." And the neurons and molecules in your brain are the product of both your genes and your environment, an environment including the other people we deal with. Memories, for example, are nothing more than structural and chemical changes in your brain cells. Everything that you think, say, or do, must come down to molecules and physics.
True "free will," then, would require us to somehow step outside of our brain's structure and modify how it works. Science hasn't shown any way we can do this because "we" are simply constructs of our brain. We can't impose a nebulous "will" on the inputs to our brain that can affect its output of decisions and actions, any more than a programmed computer can somehow reach inside itself and change its program.
'Meat computers'
And that's what neurobiology is telling us: Our brains are simply meat computers that, like real computers, are programmed by our genes and experiences to convert an array of inputs into a predetermined output. Recent experiments involving brain scans show that when a subject "decides" to push a button on the left or right side of a computer, the choice can be predicted by brain activity at least seven seconds before the subject is consciously aware of having made it. (These studies use crude imaging techniques based on blood flow, and I suspect that future understanding of the brain will allow us to predict many of our decisions far earlier than seven seconds in advance.) "Decisions" made like that aren't conscious ones. And if our choices are unconscious, with some determined well before the moment we think we've made them, then we don't have free will in any meaningful sense.
Psychologists and neuroscientists are also showing that the experience of will itself could be an illusion that evolution has given us to connect our thoughts, which stem from unconscious processes, and our actions, which also stem from unconscious process. We think this because our sense of "willing" an act can be changed, created, or even eliminated through brain stimulation, mental illness, or psychological experiments. The ineluctable scientific conclusion is that although we feel that we're characters in the play of our lives, rewriting our parts as we go along, in reality we're puppets performing scripted parts written by the laws of physics.
Most people find that idea intolerable, so powerful is our illusion that we really do make choices. But then where do these illusions of both will and "free" will come from? We're not sure. I suspect that they're the products of natural selection, perhaps because our ancestors wouldn't thrive in small, harmonious groups — the conditions under which we evolved — if they didn't feel responsible for their actions. Sociological studies show that if people's belief in free will is undermined, they perform fewer prosocial behaviors and more antisocial behaviors.
Many scientists and philosophers now accept that our actions and thoughts are indeed determined by physical laws, and in that sense we don't really choose freely, but philosophers have concocted ingenious rationalizations for why we nevertheless have free will of a sort. It's all based on redefining "free will" to mean something else. Some philosophers claim that if we can change our actions in response to reason, then we've shown free will. But of course the words and deeds of other people are simply environmental influences that can affect our brain molecules. That's how love begins.
Other philosophers argue that while we may not be able to choose our actions, we can choose to veto our actions — in other words, we don't have free will but do have "free won't." But from the standpoint of physics, instigating an action is no different from vetoing one, and in fact involves the same regions of the brain.
Finally, some argue that we have free will if our actions are consistent with our personalities and past behaviors. But that says nothing about whether we "choose' our actions; only that our genetic and environmental makeup affects our actions in a consistent way. As Sam Harris noted in his book Free Will, all the attempts to harmonize the determinism of physics with a freedom of choice down to the claim that "a puppet is free so long as he loves his strings."
If not, then what?
So if we don't have free will, what can we do? One possibility is to give in to a despairing nihilism and just stop doing anything. But that's impossible, for our feeling of personal agency is so overwhelming that we have no choice but to pretend that we do choose, and get on with our lives. After all, everyone deals with the unpalatable fact of our mortality, and usually do so by ignoring it rather than ruminating obsessively about it.
But there are two important ways that we must face the absence of free will. One is in religion. Many faiths make claims that depend on free choice: Evangelical Christians, for instance, believe that those who don't freely choose Jesus as their savior will go to hell. If we have no free choice, then such religious tenets — and the existence of a disembodied "soul" — are undermined, and any post-mortem fates of the faithful are determined, Calvinistically, by circumstances over which they have no control.
But the most important issue is that of moral responsibility. If we can't really choose how we behave, how can we judge people as moral or immoral? Why punish criminals or reward do-gooders? Why hold anyone responsible for their actions if those actions aren't freely chosen?
We should recognize that we already make some allowances for this problem by treating criminals differently if we think their crimes resulted from a reduction in their "choice" by factors like mental illness, diminished capacity, or brain tumors that cause aggression. But in truth those people don't differ in responsibility from the "regular" criminal who shoots someone in a drug war; it's just that the physical events behind their actions are less obvious.


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People were wondering where Rusty, our faithful Rays announcer was last homestand. Well, he was nestled in a homey enviorment up in Minnesota getting ready to get married. Rusty missed the LL Cool J concert series because of his impending nuptuals and recently return to his duties at the Trop. So be sure to send Rusty your well wishes the next time you see him at the Trop.
The Rays' finally sent their invoices out for the Post Season ticket prices to Season Ticketholders. And from the opinions I have heard, the Rays might not get the positive results they wish for…… I know that Section 138 and the Lower Baseline area is going to cost just under $1,000 for the 11 game package.
I actually think this is pretty reasonable, but the 3 week window to have the entire amount into the Rays coffers might be a sticking point for myself and some other people. I know if the Rays have an unfortunate early withdrawl from playoff contention, the entire left over amonut will be credited to my 2009 account balance.
That is fine and dandy to me, but 3 weeks is an odd number of time to get that much scratch up to pay in time to prevent my ticket location from going public, or being offered to another person. I can see maybe having the money in by the last home game/ series against the Twins. That would give most people about a month to roll those quarters and pennies up and deposit them in the Rays accounts.
If the Rays tick to that solid Sept 12th date, you might just see my seat empty of my face, but you know someone will pay the upwards of 175 dollar for that seat during the World Series.
There have been some pretty odd happenings around the diamond during this series, and they continued tonight in the Rays 5-4 loss to the Angels. On a hard hit ball up the middle that Aki Iwamura had to backhand and slap down to prevent more Angel runs, it was scored an error on the second baseman. Anyone who saw the play could see that with his back to first base he would have never gotten a play off to the bag. For that reason alone, it should have been a hit registered and not an error.
Also during a play at first base, the television replay showed that Carlos Pena did not drop the ball, and got Chone Figgans out by a half a step. But unpire Crew Chief Gary Darling missed the play and called the runner safe on the play. Figgans again got another huge break from the unpiring crew when he was awarded third base on a double steal and the replay showed he was tagged even before his lead hand got near the bag by Willy Aybar. Two mistake that ended up being a Angels run in the inning. And might have been the difference in the ballgame.
Rays starter Matt Garza went into tonight's game as 1 of 9 pitchers in the majors with at least 2 shutouts. He also owns 3 of the Rays total 7 complete games this season. And he is one of the Rays' current starters who has reached the 10 win plateau this season. And tonight's game was only the second start of Garza's career against the Angels.
Garza had two uneventful innings before the Angels threatned in the 3rd inning. During the 3rd inning the Angels erupted by three straight hits, two of them extra bases to post a 4-3 lead on the Rays. Garza gave up 7 hits on the night, 4 of those in the 3rd inning. Matt also fanned 7 batters on the night and had great command again on the mound after the 3rd inning.
What was visible to the fans was the frustration level Garza outwardly showed during the 3rd inning. He seemed to be particularly annoyed when he walked Erik Aybar, and took at least 1 inning to compose himself fully before regaining his control on the mound.
Another play where the ball was hit back towards Garza was spining away from hgim and he could not make a play on the ball. Garza has come a long way this year to establish himself as one of the Rays' pitchers with the most upside to his development this year. Tonight was just a short interlude of problems in a long career for the righty.
Tonight's game was telecasted on ESPN as their featured game of the night. It was a hard fought contest that should go down as to how far the Rays have matured and progressed in the last year. This is a showcase for the Rays to show the rest of the nation that the Red Sox and the Yankees no longer own the rights to playoff berths in the AL East. This year, the playoff go through Tampa Bay.
The Rays got to Angel's starter Jered Weaver early last night, but could not rattle him enbough to send him to the bench early in the contest. In the 2nd inning, Eric Hinske singled to right and stole second to put himself in scoring position. Gabe Gross came up next and hit a screamer to right field that scored Hinske from second. Gross ended up on second after the Angels throw came back to the plate. With Gross in scoring position, Shawn Riggans hit a single to score Gross.
Then with Riggans in scoring position, Jason Bartlett hit a ball into the left center gap that fell between Torii Hunter and Juan Rivera for a triple. Bartlett might have had a chance for an inside the park homer, but stumbled coming out of the batters' box on the play.
On the night. the Rays' 6-7-8-9- batters went 6-14 on the night, with Gross and Hinske both going 2-2 in the contest. The bottom of the Rays lineup accounted for 3 of the 4 runs scored by the Rays. In the last few weeks, this section of the batting order has been tremedous for the Rays. They have been more productive and been in scoring position a majority of the time for the team.
In the 8th inning, the Rays produced two straight doubles to produce their last run of the ballgame. B J Upton took a 1-1 pitch and hit a liner to left for the first Rays double. Carlos Pena came up next and hit a ground ball double to left to score Upton from econd base and tie the score at 4-4.
Grant Balfour has always been known as a confidient and aggressive pitcher in the majors. It is widely known that he a hardnosed pitcher who will put the ball in on guys to get the outs needed to be a sucessful reliever. Balfour did run into a bit of trouble in the top of the 9th inning. He led off by waling Chone Figgans on 4 pitches, then got Erik Aybar to commit a fly ball bunt to third that his brother Willy had no problem handling for the first out of the inning.
From there on, the inning got more interesting for Balfour. He gave up a fastball single to Mark Teixeira that moved Figgans into scoring position. Balfour was replaced by Chad Bradford, but was responsible for both runners on base.
On the Bradford's first pitch of the inning, the Angels committed a double steal. This was the controversial steal of thrid by Figgans' that showed on the replays that he was out by at least a foot. This put the leading runner on third with 1 out. The Rays then decided to intentionally walk Vladimir Guererro to load the bases with Torii Hunter coming to the plate.
Hunter hit into a fielders' choice to third and Figgans was thrown out on the force play at the plate by Aybar. Garrett Anderson then came up and reached on the apparent error play by Aki at second base. Teixiera came in to score and put the Angels up 5-4. With Balfour still responsible for Teixeira, he was awarded the loss in the game.
The Rays will be off on Thursday and traveling to the south side of Chicago for a weekend series against the AL Central leading White Sox. Edwin Jackson will be the starting pitcher for the Rays on the Friday night contest and is riding a recent winnning streak on the mound.
Jon Danks will be the srating pitcher for the White Sox. If you remember the home series against the White Sox this year, Danks handcuffed the Rays' batter in his start, and should again pose a threat to the Rays trying to finally become a .500 team on the road on Friday night. The Rays are currently 2 games under .500 on the road this series.
With a series sweep against the White Sox this weekend, the Rays would come back to the Trop only 1 game over .500 next Tueday. This would be great for the morale and confidience of the Rays before they hit the road after the next 9-game homestand to have 9 game roadtrip against only AL East foes before the last homestand ( 7Games) of the year.
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Must be good to see how well the Rays are doing after following them through some very tough times all those years. I have to respect that. You are a true fan. Get ready however, for a hot Blue Jays team starting Tuesday.
You want know something, I would not have guessed that this season would be the "breaking out" season for the Rays
I was putting my money in Las Vegas for a 2009 streak to the top, but I will not tempt fate by saying I do not like these kinds of surprises.
From now on, every series we play is a critical series. Toronto has always played us well in the Trop., and I think this team has more to prove this year, so trying to spoil us a bit would only jack them up more in confidience.
The Tuesday night matchup will be a low scoring game with James Sheilds going against Roy Halliday. We have had Halliday's number in the past, but you never know in baseball.
On Wed, you guys have Matt Garza against David Pursey. That game might be a blow-out, but we shall see on Wed.
Thursday, Edwin Jackson and John Parrish get to toe the mound respectfully.
You should be proud that your team is still hitting the ball and pitching with extreme confidience. It will bode great for you guys in your quest to hop over the Yankees and make a run at Boston, or the Rays.


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"You only have to bat a thousand in two things; flying and heart transplants. Everything else you can go 4-for-5."
-Beano Cook
Harang confirms why K's are not always bad.
can anyone describe the Reds Dimener 2nite?
Calm? Tight? Rested? Scared? whatever it may be.. whats the body language and attitude 2nite on the field ffrom our guys?? Especially Harang.. is he confident 2nite?
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Not many outfielders get to that ball.
"You only have to bat a thousand in two things; flying and heart transplants. Everything else you can go 4-for-5."
-Beano Cook
Bonds missed about three meatballs in that atbat.
Harrang about the only guy in baseball to pitch to Bonds with 2 outs and a base open. Turned out well......this time.
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The Reds have had 53 different players in uniform this season (not including Paul Wilson or Grant Balfour, who have spent the entire season on the disabled list).
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Freel wallks on 4 straight pitches....taking notes Aaron?
steal please
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Stage-Based Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with Heart Failure
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Osuna PM, Brown SJ, Tabatabai LS, Hamilton DJ. Stage-Based Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with Heart Failure. Methodist DeBakey Cardiovasc J. 2018;14(4):257-65.doi:
Type 2 diabetes negatively impacts heart failure outcomes. Insulin resistance, central adiposity, dyslipidemia, and altered cellular substrate metabolism each have a mechanistic role. Management strategies focused solely on glycemic control have had limited success. However, three new classes of drugs, each with several options, offer the promise of improved diabetes management in heart failure. Unlike earlier classes, these medications have had favorable cardiovascular outcomes. In this review, we present a therapeutic guide for metabolic treatment based on the stages of heart failure.Keywords
heart failure , type 2 diabetes , therapeutic options , DPP-4 inhibitors , GLP-1 agonists , SGLT2 inhibitors


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National Public Radio
National Public Radio (NPR) is a not-for-profit organization which produces and broadcasts various radio programs including news, talk shows, and entertainment. The audience of NPR listeners has grown exponentially since the organization's inception in 1970. Currently, NPR reports that 26 million Americans tune in each week.[1] Not only does NPR boast a large weekly audience, it also produces the two most listened-to radio programs on public radio: Morning Edition and All Things Considered. A November 2005 poll claimed NPR to be the most trusted radio-broadcast news network in the United States.[2]
NPR, along with PBS, has been accused of tailoring its broadcasts toward a liberal point of view, making it little different than the mainstream media it claims to compete against. According to NPR, "NPR supports its operations through a combination of membership dues and programming fees from over 860 independent radio stations, sponsorship from private foundations and corporations, and revenue from the sales of transcripts, books, CDs, and merchandise. A very small percentage -- between one percent to two percent of NPR's annual budget -- comes from competitive grants sought by NPR from federally funded organizations, such as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts."[3]
All Things Considered
Robert Siegel chats about Conservapedia with Andrew Schlafly March 13, 2007.[4]
NPR's Nina Totenberg said on air of Sen. Jesse Helms' claim that the government may be spending too much on AIDS research,
- I think he ought to be worried about what's going on in the Good Lord's mind, because if there is retributive justice, he'll get AIDS from a transfusion, or one of his grandchildren will get it."[5]
New Orleans-based National Public Radio commentator Andrei Codrescu said of Christians,
- The Rapture, and I quote, 'is the immediate departure from this Earth of over four million people in less than a fifth of a second,' unquote. This happily-volatilized mass of the saved were born again in Jesus Christ....The evaporation of four million people who believe this crap would leave the world an instantly better place.[6]
Michel Martin, host of NPR's Tell Me More, on CNN had this exchange with Margeret Carlson:
- MARGARET CARLSON: And wouldn't it be a great thing if they moved it a few blocks? And Muslims and Americans who still worry would be talking to each other. Let's compromise.
- MICHEL MARTIN (NPR): Why should they move it?
- CARLSON: Well, why don't we compromise?
- MARTIN (NPR): Did anybody move a Catholic church? Did anybody move a Christian church after Timothy McVeigh – who adhered to a cultic, white supremacist cultic version of Christianity – bombed the Murrah building in Oklahoma?[7]
NPR has promoted politically correct wording on abortion.[8]
See also
Further reading
- McCauley, Michael. NPR: The Trials and Triumphs of National Public Radio (2005) excerpt and text search
- ↑ https://www.npr.org/about/growth.html
- ↑ http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6282871.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP
- ↑ NPR.org, Annual Reports, Audited Financial Statements, and Form 990s, retrieved 28 March 2009 [1]
- ↑ NPR, All Things Considered, Conservapedia: Data for Birds of a Political Feather?, by Robert Siegel, March 13, 2007 [2]
- ↑ Nina Totenberg of National Public Radio, July 8, 1995, Inside Washington. [3]
- ↑ Andrei Codrescu, All Things Considered, December 19, 1995.
- ↑ CNN's Reliable Sources, August 22, 2010.
- ↑ Bohon, Dave (May 29, 2019). NPR Memo Directs Journalists on How to Sanitize, Politicize Abortion Terminology. The New American. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
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Articles about National Public Radio from previous "Breaking News"
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- NewsBusters section on NPR


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Getting a buzz: A ripping good time in Batesville
Ingredients for a fun Saturday: apple butter, country biscuits, sausage gravy, coffee, and chainsaws. And that's just what was going down March 20 at the Batesville Day Field. The local Ruritan Club invited local timber master Rob Springer of Bartlett Tree Experts to teach some proper chainsaw safety procedures.
Food for the event was donated by the newly reopened Page's Store– and it's worth the drive out there to pick up a jar of their apple butter.
Springer's lessons on chainsaws were fascinating even for the good ole boys who've been around chainsaws all their lives. He went over handling, proper cutting techniques, how tight the chain should be, and how to avoid cutting your head off. He touted the importance of good protection equipment. Also on hand was Jimmy Carter of JC's Repair Shop, who demonstrated the Stihl line of chainsaws and provided sharpening services.
The piece de resistance was the felling of a rotted-out tree. Springer suited up and climbed aloft to make the proper cuts. After being pulled down by a coworker, the tree was cut into pieces and cleared away.
Batesville's next big event is the annual Batesville Day on May 15. Keep an eye on The Hook's Culture section for details.
Le bon beurre de pomme !
Felling a tree the right way
Paul Given with the good old boys of Batesville
Rob Springer cuts the perfect notch.
Safety first, kids.
Rob Springer is serious when it comes to chainsaw safety, but in a nice way.
Springer cuts a tree down and hauls it away by hand. He's a beast!


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There are some things celebs never seem to tire of, like fro-yo and Hermès Birkins. Here's Heidi Klum, escorting her kids to Pinkberry post-soccer practice and carrying an especially nice blue Hermès Birkin. Heidi owns several Birkins, but I don't think we've seen her carrying this one before, so it may be a recent addition to her collection.
Heidi's bag choices have truly improved since we profiled her collection in "The Many Bags of Heidi Klum." Several years ago she had a strong penchant for handbags that were on the extreme end of eccentric, but her bag picks as of late have all been pretty solid, which may mean it's time for a follow-up edition of "Many Bags."


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This story is from the category Artificial Intelligence
Date posted: 20/08/2013
Scientists are reporting a significant step forward in proving the feasibility of launching fleets of autonomous robots that search Earths deep oceans for exotic new life forms. Their description of successful deployment of the trailblazer for such a project an autonomous seafloor lander equipped with a mini-laboratory the size of a kitchen trash can that is able to detect minute traces of DNA in the deep oceans appears in ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.
William Ussler III and colleagues note that exotic forms of life may still remain undiscovered around the methane vents in the deep ocean floor that already have yielded previously unknown albino crabs, bacteria that consume methane and other organisms new to science. However, scientists have had very limited access to the deep ocean to search systematically for such life forms. Ussler and his team set out to modify a successful shallow-water robotic laboratory, called an Environmental Sample Processor (ESP), to work autonomously in the extreme conditions of the deep sea and provide that access. The ESP was conceived, designed and built by researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
They describe development and successful deployment of the deep-sea ESP (D-ESP) at an active methane vent in Californias Santa Monica Bay. The robotic laboratory inside the D-ESP collected and analyzed water samples in real-time for genetic signatures of microbial life in this methane-rich environment a half-mile below the ocean surface. The deployments of the D-ESP described here are a significant step forward in proving that autonomous molecular analytical laboratories can be used in the deep ocean. To our knowledge, these tests are the first successful deployments of an ecogenomic sensor that unequivocally detected the abundance of microbial genes, in real-time, at water depths greater than 1,600 feet, say the researchers.
See the full Story via external site: www.acs.org
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Observing the Moon reports actual observations as a narrator watches the Moon over a period of weeks.
Each phase features a photograph of the Moon's shape, along with the date, time, and name of the lunar phase. The pages that follow provide telescopic images of the Moon and diagrams of the Moon in relationship to Earth for each phase.
Through the recorded observations and diagrams, students come to understand that the Moon appears to change in a regular pattern. This book provides secondhand investigation opportunities for students as they analyze data in order to look for patterns.
Grade 4-5


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A General Reference Guide for Group Leaders
At the museum, we see lots of different kinds of people filling the role of 'group leader'. We see teachers, parents, big sisters, that big kid in the fourth grade… Whoever you are, if you're leading a group of students on a tour through the museum, you may want to boost your confidence before the big day (i.e. before you're a tour guide). That way, you'll know what to say when your students start asking questions about history. You may be thinking, 'That doesn't happen!' …but in a museum, trust us, it does.
Cleaver, Joanne. Doing Children's Museums: A Guide to 225 Hands-on Museums. Charlotte, VT: Williamson Pub., 1988.
Falk, John H., and Lynn D. Dierking. The Museum Experience. Washington, DC: Whalesback Books, 1992.
Finn, David. How to Visit a Museum. NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers, 1985.
Gartenhaus, Alan. Minds in Motion: Using Museums to Expand Creative Thinking (2nd edition). San Francisco, CA: Caddo Gap Press, 1993.
Green, Bob, and D. G. Fulford. To Our Children's Children: Preserving Family Histories for Generations to Come. NY: Doubleday, 1993.
Greene, Wilma Prudhum. Museums and Learning: A Guide for Family Visits. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Research and Improvement and Smithsonian Office of Education, April 1998.
Grinder, Alison L., and E. Sue McCoy. The Good Guide: A Sourcebook for Interpreters, Docents and Tour Guides. Scottsdale, AZ: Ironwood Publishing, 1985.
Hein,George E. and Mary Alexander. Museums: Places of Learning. Washington, DC: American Association of Museums, 1998
MacDowell, Marsha (Editor). Folk Arts in Education: A Resource Handbook. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Museum, 1987.
Mann, Kenny. Observe and Deduce: An Artifacts Game. Creative Classroom, 8(3) (Nov./Dec. 1993), pp.70-72.
Metcalf, Fay D., and Matthew T. Downey. Using Local History in the Classroom. Nashville, TN: The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), 1982.
Michigan History for Kids and The Mitten. Published by Michigan History magazine and used in fourth grade classrooms. Previous issues may be purchased from Michigan History or download free PDFs of the issues and teacher's guides online. Contact Michigan History for more information.
Neal, Arminta. Exhibits for the Small Museum: A Handbook. Nashville, TN: American Association for State and Local History, 1976.
Nichols, Susan K. (Editor). Museum Education Anthology,1973-1983. Washington, DC: Museum Education Roundtable, 1984.
Schlereth, Thomas J. Artifacts and the American Past. Nashville, TN: American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), 1980.
Tunnell, Michael O., and Richard Ammon (Editors). The Story of Ourselves: Teaching History Through Children's Literature. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1993.
Voris, Helen H., Maija Sedzielarz, and Carolyn P. Blackmon. Touch the Mind, Touch the Spirit: A Guide to Focused Field Trips. Chicago, IL: Department of Education, Field Museum of Natural History, 1986. (Published by the Department of Education, Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road and Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605.
Waterfall, Milde, and Sarah Grusin. Where's the Me in Museum: Going to Museums with Children. Arlington, VA: Vandamere Press, AB Associates, 1989. (Chapter Five–"History Museums: The Saving Place")
Happy touring!


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Newcastle Investment (NCT) recently closed a secondary stock offering at $9.35 per share in which two company insiders, Secretary Randal Nardone and Director Wesley Edens, each bought about $1 million worth of stock, respectively.
We track insider purchases because, on average, stocks bought by insiders tend to outperform the market, with multiple insider buys being a particularly good sign. We believe that this is because insiders are already tied to the company's prospects, so to buy more shares, as Nardone and Edens did, they have to be confident that the stock is undervalued. The same two insiders had bought shares in another offering in July 2012 at $6.70 per share; obviously, the stock is up significantly since that time. Newcastle's stock price has doubled in the last year, bringing it to a market capitalization of $1.7 billion.
Newcastle is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which owns mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities. As might be expected from that description of its business, the stock's performance has a strong correlation with that of the broader market: specifically, the beta is 2.2. Net interest income, including and excluding impairments, was higher in the third quarter of 2012 than in the same period of 2011. Net interest income is a key financial metric for financial companies such as Newcastle; earnings aren't very useful when evaluating REITs.
Many income investors are attracted to REITs because they are required to pay 90% of taxable income to shareholders to maintain their preferable tax status, which tends to result in high dividend yields. In Newcastle's case, the company stopped making dividend payments after October 2008 -- which is understandable because the stock price dropped 93% in that year -- and resumed payments in June 2011. That historical record, along with the high beta that we noticed earlier, suggests that even income investors should avoid the stock if they are not willing to take on the risk inherent in real estate-related investments. The mortgage-backed securities are particularly worrisome.
With that said, Newcastle paid a $0.10 per share dividend in June 2011, upped it to $0.15 the next quarter, then $0.20 two quarters after that, and then $0.22 for the third and fourth quarters of 2012. If we assume that the company pays out $0.22 per share to shareholders each quarter for a year, or $0.88 for the full year, the dividend yield at current prices is 9%. Remember that there is a considerable downside risk to Newcastle, but that is a good yield and it's possible that dividend payments will increase further.
We don't think there's any better way to characterize Newcastle than a blunt "high risk, high reward." There's certainly a possibility that poor real estate conditions will cause the stock to plummet and dividends to cease. For most investors, this would come as the rest of their investments (including a home, if they own one) declined in value as well. Yet from a yield-seeker's perspective, a 9% dividend yield is very high and certainly beats many of the alternatives in a low-interest rate environment (as well as many traditional dividend stocks). In addition, because of these insider purchases, we know that at least two insiders are so confident that Newcastle will avoid the downside case that they are willing to invest more of their own money in the stock -- and they would be among the hardest hit of all if the company did underperform and send the stock price down dramatically.


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From Ron Schott's Geology Picks:
Not so Good Oil and Gas Exploration in Washington state
From Geology.com:
Surprise, surprise, there's a new gold rush in CA!
Internet Addiction - do YOU suffer from it? (Oops - not mining related unless you are reading this blog post over and over again!)
Also from Geology.com:
Geologists are needed in Australia
But in other reports (and comments), jobs aren't really available unless you KNOW SOMEONE.
Canada can't attract women into mining jobs according to this article - also from Geology News - although on my spring field trip, all the women geologists were Canadian, except for me.
Mining and petroleum-related jobs are still going strong - from Arizona Geology.
Space radar can be used to improve mine safety in underground mines, from EurekAlert!
I could find no reference in the above news release to open-pit mines - I guess we're on our own! Also, the news release mentioned driving the referenced new equipment through mineshafts. Mine shafts are vertical, and no underground trucks or truck drivers drive up and down through these things (shafts). The driving is done in mine tunnels or adits, and in declines or inclines. Declines are mine tunnels or adits that descend gradually as you walk into a mine (or drive - a geologist should be so lucky!); inclines are tunnels that go uphill at a very slight angle as you enter the mine, usually for drainage purposes. Also, the article speaks of the "roofs" of underground mines, a somewhat vague term that could refer to the rocks immediately overhead while underground, or possibly to surface rocks above the entire mine - I'm not really sure which, because if you are in an underground mine, the surface over your head is called the "back." And that's because when the old-timers made their tunnels, they were typically not very high, and the miners had to bend over to enter and walk through them, thus having their backs almost in contact with the "ceiling" of the mine adit.
Last but not least, lots of things have been happening in Arizona - as usual - see these articles and more at Arizona Geology:
- Vale do Rio Doce reported to be looking at Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (as a takeover target)
- Freeport is the most likely takeover target
- Drilling is underway at Tombstone
- Why Are So Many Companies investing in Arizona Mines?
- White Cliffs diatomite and zeolites
- Arizona potash looking attractive
- Vale denies takeover plans


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The Prayer Pact
"Years have passed since we were married and we still have not been blessed with a child."
This was the tearful lament that the head of a yeshiva in Jerusalem heard from a former student of his now living in the north of Israel.
"I have a suggestion for you, " the Rosh Hayeshiva replied. "I heard a story about someone in your same predicament who went to consult a rabbi in his community. The rabbi told him that he has a son with the same problem, and suggested that he make an arrangement with his son that each of them pray for the other to be blessed with children. This fellow understood that this suggestion was based on the Talmudic dictum that one who prays for another and is in need of the very same Heavenly response is answered even before the one he prays for is answered. He therefore rushed to the home of the rabbis son and came out of it in a short time with an agreement of mutual prayer. A year later both of them were blessed with children."
"There is another childless former student of our yeshiva in your town," continued the Rosh Hayeshiva, "and I suggest that you make such an arrangement with him."
Sure enough, hardly a year went by and both couples celebrated the long-awaited birth of a child.


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As a high school counselor and coach in West Hartford, I recently testified before our state legislators on how best to support Connecticut schools after the December tragedy in Newtown.
Some well-meaning people have proposed placing armed security officers in every school. Others have called for arming teachers, at best a questionable idea. Case in point: Despite the hearing's somber note, many laughed when I asked them to imagine teachers from their school days packing heat in the hallways.
Given the horror of Newtown, the impulse to protect our children in such ways is understandable. But, I think it's short-sighted.
In the long run, adding counselors (or a social worker or psychologist) to schools is a sure way to make our children safer. I hate to make this an "either-or" discussion about armed guards vs. trained counselors, but given tight budgets, the choice may come down to that. (As for equipping teachers with guns, let's table that option forever.)
Some believe guidance counselors simply help kids choose courses and advise the bright ones on which colleges to consider. But for most of us, that's a small part of our day. Many hours are spent working with students in crisis or working to head off such crises.
In a typical week my schedule might include the following:
I attend four team meetings about educating students with special needs and lead another about vital accommodations for a learning disabled student. Then, with the one-year anniversary of two student suicides approaching, I meet twice with other crisis staff to plan for potential fallout.
I offer condolences at the wake and funeral of a sophomore girl's father and meet one-on-one with other students, moved by his death and her grief. I make a home visit to persuade a truant freshman to come to school. I find a translator to help me explain to a non-English-speaking mom that her daughter is failing most of her classes.
I talk with a judge and transition specialist about a currently incarcerated student and his return to school. For a student at risk of dropping out of school, I set up a professional drug and alcohol assessment. I meet individually with more than 20 freshmen to review their course selections.
I talk with three girls, worried about their close friend's budding eating disorder. To three families slammed by the economy, I give financial advice: how to pay for weekly bills, graduation events and college. And I answer lots and lots of emails.
West Hartford — like Newtown — is a wonderful school district. But I and my mental health colleagues do lots and lots of triage. We pride ourselves on building relationships, but many begin with a crisis. And that stinks.
One of my daughters attends William Hall High School, where I work. She learned that I was testifying about school safety and attended the hearing with me. Her take was insightful: Instead of armed guards, hire additional school counselors, who will prevent countless tragedies — suicides, dropouts, drug and alcohol abuse, unwanted pregnancies, the isolation and deterioration of teens with mental illness. Counselors also will inspire kids, teach coping skills, model healthy relationships and so on.
Not to knock guards, but catching these problems before they ignite into crises is not in their job description. "Guards," she said, "you hope will never need to do their job. Counselors you know will!"
No community — suburban or urban — is immune from the destructive potential that lies in wait. But schools can become safer.
We can start by making them places that when kids — every one of them — arrive each day, they know that there's an adult in that building on whom they can count.
Steve Boyle is a school counselor and coaches girls' varsity lacrosse and freshman soccer at Hall High School in West Hartford.


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Monday, June 24, 2013
Words! Words! Words!
By Tamara Jones
EAL Instructor, British School of Brussels
Whenever I am at a TESOL Conference, there are a few speakers I go out of my way to see every year. Keith Folse is one of them. Whatever he is speaking about, I know I will learn something new and have a great time doing it. He is entertaining and witty and so, so smart. (Can you tell I have a bit of a TESOL crush?)
Anyway, I managed to make one of his presentations at the 2013 TESOL Conference in Dallas, Texas in April. It was, as always, genius! He spoke about practical activities for learning vocabulary, a great topic for me, as my students needs to master lots of academic vocabulary quickly to succeed in their mainstream secondary school classes.
Folse organized his suggestions around Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction, which I had never heard of before. At any rate, he contends that if teachers structure vocabulary development around this instructional design model, students have a better chance of retaining vocabulary. At the risk of miscommunicating Folse's message (I hope he will see this and correct me if I misspeak), I wanted to share them with you.
1. Gain learner attention of target vocabulary. Folse says there are several ways we can do this. We can present the students with a problem that prompts the target vocabulary, ask them questions that contain the vocabulary or show them an advertisement with the vocabulary. I sometimes like to start a lesson with a simple card match (word to definition or word to picture) to see what students already know and to show them what words they will need to learn.
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Rays Make Red Sox Errors Count
Over the past weekend, the Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox played a home and home series for the first time this year. Much like the regular season in 2008, the home teams got the better end of the bargain in the final scores. But what is amazing is the set-up this is going to play in future Spring Trainings in Florida. With Tampa Bay moving down 2 hours from their regular season home to Port Charlotte, they have seen incredible increases in attendance and in merchandise sales this spring. But is much of that subject to the new location and the initial buying of the team wares by the locals, who also helped sell out the regular seating areas of the stadium before the first pitch was ever thrown in this ballpark.
Rays 2009 Opening Day starter Jame Shields took the mound for the first time this spring. Jacoby Ellsbury lead off the game with a fly to center field for the first out. Shields then got Jed Lowrie to strike out to get two quick outs in the inning. Chris Carter then came up and hit a nice single to get the Red Sox started in the inning. But he was stranded on base as Brad Wilkerson got a quick out to snuff the Red Sox attack.
Tim Wakefield then came out for the Red Sox and hit Rays lead-off batter Jason Bartlett to start the game. He then stole second and Carl Crawford hit a grounder to short that pushed Bartlett to third base with one out. Gabe Kapler then hit another grounder to second, but Bartlett was already running on the play and the Rays went ahead 1-0 in the game. Gabe Gross then walked and stole second base before Adam Kennedy struck out to end the Rays inning.
Shields came back out to the mound in the second inning and gave up a lead-off double to Jeff Bailey who put the ball down the third baseline. Paul McAnulty then hit a shallow fly ball to left field, and Bailey did not advance on the play. Then catcher Josh Bard came to the plate and Shields threw a wild pitch to the backstop that advanced Bailey to third with 1 out. Bard then hit a ball to second that Kennedy quickly got to Chris Richard at first, but Bailey scored on the play to tie the game at 1-1. Nick Green then hit a fly ball to Crawford in left field for the last out of the inning.
Shields did not come back out in the third as the Rays sent reliever Brian Shouse to the mound. Argenis Diaz lead off with a sharp shot to Olmedo at third base, but he bobbled the ball and then overthrew Richard at first for an error on the play. That gave the Red Sox a runner at first base with the top of the order coming up in the inning. Ellsbury then hit into a 4-6-3 double play to erase Diaz from the bases. Jed Lowrie then hit a single into left field to give Boston their second base runner of the inning. Chris Carter then hit a grounder to Kennedy that he quickly converted to first to end the inning. Wakefield came out again for Boston in the third inning and got Kapler to hit a grounder to Lowrie at third base that he easily threw to first for the first out. Gross then hit a long fly to right field, and Kennedy hit a sharp liner to Green at second to send the Rays down 1-2-3 in the inning.
Grant Balfour came on to relieve Shouse for the fourth inning. This was also Balfour's first action of the spring. Brad Wilkerson hit a fly ball out to Gross in right to start the inning off. Bailey then hit a ball to the right center field wall for a double. McAnulty then popped up to Balfour for the second out of the inning. Balfour then showed some of his own rustiness as he walked Bard to put two men on in the inning. Balfour then had a liner hit right back at him by Green that hit him between the bicep and tricep muscle oh his pitching arm. He quickly got the ball and threw to first to complete the inning. Balfour just shrugged off the bruise and walked to the Rays dugout.
Wes Littleton came on in relief of Wakefield in the fourth inning and lead off the inning by walking Zobrist on four pitches. Zobrist then stole second base and put himself in scoring position for the Rays. Riggans then hit a sharp ball down the third baseline that Jed Lowrie had a bit of trouble with, but got off a throw to Carter. But Carter could not turn and tag Riggans and he was safe with an error on the play. Littleton then hit Richard with a pitch to load the bases for the Rays with no outs. Olmedo then came on and got jammed and hit a ball back to Littleton that he threw to Bard to force out Zobrist at the plate. With the bases still loaded, Bartlett hit a shallow fly ball to center field, but Riggans did not try to advance on the play. Crawford then hit a ball to the right of Carter at third base, but Littleton came over and took the toss from Carter to get out of the inning with no runs scored against him.
In the fifth inning, the Rays sent Jason Hammel to the mound. Hammel, who was still in the running for the fifth rotation spot also is being considered by the Rays for a reliever role. He quickly got Diaz to hit a grounder to third that Olmedo got to Richard in time to post the first out. Ellsbury the hit a triple over the head of a pulled in Zobrist in center field. On the throw back into third base, they almost got Ellsbury, but the relay throw was a bit high coming into the bag. Lowrie then hit a sharp ball down to first that Richard snagged, but had no play at home and covered first unassisted for the second out. With Ellsbury scoring on the play, it put Boston within two runs 4-2. Carter then struck out to end the inning.
The Red Sox then sent Devern Hansack to the mound for the bottom of the fifth inning. Kapler lead off the inning with an infield single to third. Gross then hit into a 4-6-3 double play to erase both players from the base paths. Kennedy then walked to put another Ray on base. Kennedy then hit a grounder to Green, who quickly threw to first to end the Rays inning. Hammel returned to the mound in the top of the sixth inning and got Wilkerson to strikeout. He then got a called third strike on Bailey to get two quick outs in the inning. McAnulty then hit a sharp grounder to the right of Richard, who scooped the ball to Hammel, who came over to cover first for the third out.
Hansack again took the mound for the Red Sox, and Riggans took his first pitch to center field for a single to lead off the inning. Richard then struck out. then the Red Sox game plan started to come apart a bit on the field. Olmedo hit a hard grounder to Diaz, that he juggled but could not get either man out on the play. He was given and error on the play. Bartlett then hit another ball to shortstop that Riggans seemed to straddle and then break Diaz's concentration and it lead to his second error of the inning. Morgan Ensberg then hit a sacrifice fly to center that scored Riggans. Kapler then walked to load the bases. Fernando Perez then came on to pinch hit and slammed a liner to Green at second base that he could not find the handle on and Olmedo scored on the play. Jon Weber then came up and hit a double down the right field line to score three Rays runs as the ball 3-hopped to the wall. Red Sox Manager Terry Francona then came out and replaced Hansack with Marcus McBeth, who got Zobrist to strike out to end the inning with the Rays on top 9-2.
Hammel again took the mound in the seventh inning and gave up a quick homer to right field to George Kottaras on a hanging fastball in the zone. He then hit Green with a pitch to put him on base. Diaz then struck out for the first out of the inning. Jonathan Van Every then hit a 2-run homer to left field into the Red Sox Bullpen. It was an opposite field homer for Van Every. Gil Velazquez then hit a single into the right-center field gap. Lars Anderson then was hit by a pitch and the Red Sox had two men on base with one out. Chip Ambres quickly struck out to give the Red Sox one more out in the inning. Bailey then hit a sharp ball towards third base that was quickly converted for the third out.
Billy Traber took the mound for Boston in the seventh inning. Justin Ruggiano lead off the inning with a grounder to Lowrie at third for the first out. Rays Sadler the hit another hard grounder to Diaz at shortstop, who easily threw to first for the second out. Olmedo completed the 1-2-3 inning by grounding out to third again. Jason Childers took the mound for the Rays in the seventh inning. He quickly loss control of the inning as he walked both McAulty and Kottaras to start the inning. With two men on base with no out, Green then hit a flair to right field that loaded the bases for Boston. Diaz then hit a RBI single to center that scored McAnulty. Van Every struck out and Rays Manager Joe Maddon emerged to take Childers out of the game. Lance Cormier replaced him and got Velasquez to hit a ball to short that forced Diaz at second base to get two outs.Kottaras did score on Diaz's grounder to give him an RBI in the game. Anderson then struck out to end the Red Sox inning. The score was now 9-7 Rays.
Dustin Richardson took the mound for Boston in the bottom of the eighth inning. He quickly got behind and walked Michel Hernandez on 4 pitches. He then walked Ensberg to put two on with no outs. He then walked Tim Beckham to walk the first three batters in the inning for the Rays. With the bases now loaded, Fernando Perez came up and hit a sacrifice fly to left field that scored Hernandez. Jon Webber the came up and hit a 3-run homer to left center field. That gave him 6 RBI's on the day for the Rays. Chris Nowak then hit a grounder to Velasquez at third that produced the first out of the inning. Francona then popped out of the dugout and replaced Richardson with Mike James. Ruggiano then hit a grounder to Velasquez that was bobbled and Ruggiano reached on an error by the third baseman. Sadler then hit a 2-run homer into the pond beyond the left field fence. Olmedo hit a grounder to Diaz at short that he quickly converted to get the Red Sox out of the inning.
Cormier took the mound again for the Rays in the top of the ninth inning. He quickly got Ambres to pop out to Nowak at first base for the first out of the inning. Zack Daeges then hit a double to left field that gave the Red Sox a chance in the inning. But the next batter, McAnulty hit a grounder down the first baseline that Cormier took a pitch from Nowak to record the second out. With one out left in the inning and a man sitting at third, Kottaras struck out to end the Red Sox hope of mounting a comeback. Final score Rays 15-7 over the Red Sox. The win gave the Rays a record of 5-4 on the year, their first above .500 this spring. the game also saw Cormier get a save because when he came into the game, the Red Sox had the tying run at the plate.
So tomorrow they strap it on again and this time play in the Red Sox home park in Fort Myers. One of the Rays top prospects, Wade Davis will probably be making his last start of the spring before being put into the minor league camp sometimes during the next week. The Red Sox will be putting Justin Masterson on the mound for the contest.
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You know what – this is a good thing – the back and forth between the Red Sox and the Rays! It makes the season that much more interesting! Game on Rays Renegade!
Hey Julia,
I am being honest. I am writing the blog on the Rays loss to the Red sox right now and it should be up by maybe 5 pm.
It was a great home and home series. I actually like it becuase it made a great sandwich of games for fans to come down from Boston to see two great games in a row.
Rays Renegade


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For example: I drive a car
tawa = moving, would tawa = drive so that mi tawa e tomo tawa is I drive a car?
mi tawa e tomo tawa could translate as I am moving a/the car, or I am going towards a/the car (but that's just how toki pona goes).
Another example: I drive away the animal
Would could write mi tawa weka e soweli, or would mi weka e soweli suffice? (If one uses jan Lope's , weka (e) could be vt. to get rid of.)
Another example: We drive towards home
If tawa = drive, we have a problem: tawa = towards also. In that case we would have mi tawa tawa e tomo. (pu says we is mi, though it is often written as mi mute.)
mi tawa e tomo, which would translate as we go towards home could be a simple substitute (and remember, toki pona was designed to express things simply).


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Hot Hot Coals
From the portfolio. Why aren't there more posters and flyers with rocks on them?
Tags: bar, concert, erik homsapaya, gig, student
This is not London
Part of a campaign for a series of concerts (Including Simian Mobile Disco) that are happening right next door to me. The poster looked better than the flyer in my opinion, as the way they diplayed data thematically was more visually interesting.
Mine -
Saw this my second day into London, stumbling upon "The Crypt," the dungeony basement of St. Pancras Church that features art exhibitions. This week it is "Mine," a show of expirimental video and photographic works my the MA students at the Maidstone Campus of the University for the Creative Arts. The flyer is done by Irina Rusakova, who is also featured in the exhibition.
Get it before it melts
Tags: graphic, typography, vibrant
Sophie Cunningham
Tags: abstract, dark, handmade, Manchester, UK
Saw this on a rack at several vinyl shops in Haight for a gig at Milk Bar. Printed on matte cardstock, they looked and felt really nice. Card-sized means less paper.
Tags: dj, gig, photo, san francisco
Get it before it melts
Armin Hofmann
Another renown graphic designer, Armin Hofmann, famous for his Swiss-Style posters with their beautiful utilization of typography and colors.
Tags: classic, graphic, master, swiss, typography
Uncle Paul
This one was inspired by the British Channel 4 logo, and as you probably noticed, you can cut the pieces at the bottom to actually assemble the design on top. Kinda cool
Monster Massive 2008
Found this on my window after a show in Costa Mesa. Not does it look like a wrestler's mask on the front and back, it's also perforated on the eyes, nose and mouth so that you can actually use the mask yourself. If you click on the images, you can see that they even left holes for a string. Clever.
Tags: funny, los angeles, monster massive, rave, socal, usable
New ISO-50
Died Young, Stayed Pretty
For a while now, I've been trying to figure out how one would watch this film outside Canada. It's a documentary following the indie-poster scene, with what looks like some cool interviews and insight with some talented graphic designers and artists. If anyone knows how I can get a hold or a view of this, I'm begging here.
Tags: gig, handmade, illustration, movie, music, poster, typography
Massimo Vignelli
Some very clean-cut, minimalistic flyers and posters by Massimo Vignelli. For those of you who haven't watched him on Helvetica, this is a must.
Ames Bros (2)
A few more selections from Pearl Jam vs. Ames Bros, continued from my previous post a while back. I'd never imagine that talent as great and popular as Ames Bros would have to do promotional efforts for themselves, but the last piece shows that they can do it well.
Tags: ames bros., cartoon, famous, gig, illustration, poster
Power to the Peaceful
Fresh off the streets of San Francisco, I wish I was able to make this event. Simple, clear and bold from the symbol to the type, this piece gets its message across clearly and succinctly, while looking nice at the same time.
Tags: concert, gig, san francisco, typography
Hardcore Porn
Really might attract the wrong crowd, but I thought this was interesting because it took on the cut-and-paste magazine appeal but is a bit cleaner (rather than utterly jittery and choppy). The pornstar could be a little more explicit and the halftone could be better, but it does grab the eye off a rack of gig flyers.
Tags: gig, handmade, san francisco
Outside Lands - Ames Bros
This one passed under the radar for me. While I saw the same cartoony golden gate bridge promotions online and around SF, I never got to see this Jaws-inspired piece.
Tags: ames bros., concert, festival, gig, san francisco
Dolphin City
Iker Spozio
Tags: dark, illustration, retro
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- Yield
- Makes 6 servings
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 medium celery ribs, trimmed and coursely chopped
- 1 large yellow onion, coarsely chopped
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/8 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/8 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1/8 teaspoon ground hot red pepper (cayenne)
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 3/4 cup firmly packed chunky or creamy peanut butter
- 5 cups rich chicken stock or broth
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- Garnishes:
- 1/2 teaspoon sweet paprika
- 1/4 cup coarsely chopped roasted unsalted peanuts
- 2 tablespoons finely snipped fresh chives
- 6 tablespoons mango chutney (optional)
- 1. Melt the butter in a large, heavy saucepan over moderate heat. Add the celery and onion and sauté for 8 to 10 minutes or until limp and golden. Blend in the curry powder, cumin, coriander, turmeric, cayenne, and black pepper, then cook and stir 1 minute more.
- 2. Add the peanut butter, then gradually mix in the chicken stock. Bring to a boil, adjust the heat so the soup bubbles gently, and simmer uncovered, stirring now and then, for 20 minutes or until the flavors "marry." Add the pecans and cook, stirring occasionally, for 2 minutes more. Remove the soup from the heat and cool for 10 minutes.
- 3. Purée the soup by churning in batches in the food processor or in an electric blender at high speed. It will still be lumpy. Note: For a silky soup, force through a fine sieve.
- 4. Return the soup to the pan, add the cream and salt, set over moderate heat, and bring to a simmer. Taste for salt and adjust as needed. Or, if you prefer, refrigerate the soup for up to two days. When ready to serve, reheat the soup or serve cold.
- 5. Ladle into heated (or chilled) soup plates, and sprinkle each portion with paprika, peanuts, and chives. Then, if you like, top with the mango chutney.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories497
- Carbohydrates20 g(7%)
- Fat42 g(64%)
- Protein16 g(31%)
- Saturated Fat13 g(66%)
- Sodium507 mg(21%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat8 g
- Fiber4 g(16%)
- Monounsaturated Fat18 g
- Cholesterol48 mg(16%)


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In collaboration with electronics accessories brand Fresh Fiber design agency Freedom Of Creation has launched an initiative to bring a new breed of iPad cases to the market, unlike anything injection molding has ever seen.
Not only are all products in this range of iPad cases produced with 3D printing, they can be customized in 3D by their owner with for example text, logo's, name's or icons, each and every product will be a one-off piece.
We're using the social funding platform Kickstarter to make this a reality, with your help, we hope to raise $20.000 to start the production of customized 3D printed design.
Freedom Of Creation has a history with 3D printing which goes back about 10 years of designing exclusively for this technology, yet they never managed to bring Customization to masses. Of course mass-customization has been in the vision of Freedom Of Creation since day one, now with the help of social funding platform Kickstarter we want to bring high quality customization of design goods to life.
A goal of $ 20,000 has been set, aiming to kickstart an online tool for customizing 3D printed design products, starting with a range of - exclusive to kickstarter - iPad cases.
Using the kickstarter platform people can support the initiative in return for some of the worlds first custom 3D printed designs products.
The breakdown of pledges is as follows:
1$ Wallpaper pack
7$ Your name in 3D print
37$ iPad Stand with your name
77$ iPad Case with your name
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497$ co-designed iPad case with Freedom Of Creations' designers
So please help spread the word to your friends, spend a few bucks, and if you really love what we do, get one of those exclusive Co-Designed iPad cases.


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Documents & Filing Forms
Recent Highlights
October 20, 2016
Overview & Orders
The Form No. 6 is designed to collect financial and operational information from oil pipeline companies subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.
The following is a list of important Commission Orders and/or decisions regarding the Form No. 6:
- Order No. 620 , issued December 13, 2000, requires all jurisdictional oil pipeline companies to use the Commission's software to electronically file Form 6 commencing with reporting year 2000, due on or before March 31, 2001;
- Order No. 606 [38K], issued August 4, 1999, revises regulations governing oil pipelines. The regulations to be modified or deleted are located in 18 C.F.R. Parts 3, 341, 342, 343, 346, 357, 362, and 385. These revisions are intended to clarify the Commission's regulations and bring them up to date;
- Order
No. 572 [83K], issued October 28, 1994, amended regulations
to adopt filing requirements and procedures with respect to
an application by an oil pipeline for a determination that
it lacks significant market power in which it proposes to
market-based rates.
This rule adopts procedural rules in order to implement the Commission's Order No. 561 market-based ratemaking policy, which was published in the Federal Register on November 4, 1993. In that order, the Commission adopted a simplified and generally applicable ratemaking methodology for oil pipelines, which is an indexing system to establish ceilings on those rates.
The Commission also continued its policy of allowing an oil pipeline to attempt to show that it lacks significant market power in which it proposes to charge market-based rates. However, an oil pipeline may not charge market-based rates until the Commission concludes that the oil pipeline lacks significant market power in the relevant markets.
- Order No. 561-A [97K], issued July 28, 1994, amended regulations
to revise the requirements for filing suspension supplements
of oil pipeline tariffs in order to provide additional time
to file suspension supplements; to modify the circumstances
under which oil pipelines may use the cost-of-service methodology
for changing rates in order to more closely track the standard
for shipper protests to an indexed rate; and to modify the
requirements to protests to oil pipeline tariff filings in
order to require
that a protestant file a verified statement to support its
claim of a substantial interest in the proceeding.
The effects of these actions will be to provide more accurate, timely, and balanced approach to oil pipeline ratemaking under the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and the Interstate Commerce Act.
- Order
No. 561 [192K], issued October 22, 1993, provides a simplified
and generally applicable approach to changing just and reasonable
oil pipeline rates. The simplified and generally applicable
approach, adopted in this final rule, for changing oil pipeline
rates is an indexing system which will establish ceiling levels
for such rates.
The Final Rule permits cost-of-service proceedings to establish just and reasonable rates, with regard to initial rates for new service, and also with regard to changes to existing rates where appropriate.
The Final Rule retains the Commission's current policy of encouraging settlements of rate issues at any stage.
The Final Rule does not disturb current Commission practice, which permits a pipeline to seek Commission authorization to charge market-based rates. However, until the Commission makes the finding that the pipeline does not exercise significant market power, the pipeline's rates cannot exceed the applicable index ceiling level or level justified by the pipeline's cost of service.
- Opinion
154-B [38K], issued June 28, 1985. On March 9, 1984,
the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit affirmed in part and remanded in part the Commission's
opinion in Phase I of this proceeding.
The purpose in Phase I was to devise generic principles for the setting of just and reasonable oil pipeline rates. One essential ingredient in this task is to adopt rate base and rate of return methodologies which will operate together to produce a just and reasonable return allowance.
The Commission concluded that with the exception of the starting rate base, a rate base methodology derived from original cost rate making models should be adopted. As the court observed, original cost is a "proven alternative". As the Commission has observed, "the language of American finance is an original cost language" for American industry reports its earnings on net book investment.
Hence, original cost is the best yardstick to compare an oil pipeline to other oil pipelines, to other industrial companies, to other industries, and to the entire American economy in order to approximate the oil pipeline's cost of capital.
Therefore, the Commission adopted the Trended Original Cost (TOC) as the model for calculating rate based, and therefore, determining revenue requirements.


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Trip Part 9
Much of the West Coast of New Zealand that we saw was wild and rugged with cliffs going down to the sea.
A wonderful post to read and view Mick... lovely images.ReplyDelete
Nice bird photos!
Happy WBW!
what an adorable little bird! :)ReplyDelete
What a cute bird, great sighting of your Fantail. We have the same pesty pampas grass here. Spreading like wildfires and taking over everthing. Great shot, Mick!ReplyDelete
Great shots of a beautiful environment. Love that little bird and its Maori name, Piwakawaka.ReplyDelete
Beautiful nature and such cute little bird!ReplyDelete
what a sweet little bird and some amazing landscape!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful beach-scapes and great shot of the fantail!ReplyDelete
fantastic scenery and the fantail is adorableReplyDelete
Lovely shots. The fantail is quite fast--you got a great shot!ReplyDelete
Beautiful images, and that little bird is so cute. Thanks,ReplyDelete
These posts are doing a great job convincing us to go on vacation next year to this spot. Beautiful pics.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous shots, Mick! Great shot of the Fantail!ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful area...and the bird is cute! Love the Maori name!ReplyDelete
OK, I'm convinced. Next holiday sorted!
Very nice pictures.
Stewart M - Melbourne
Lovely place and such a lovely bird! The face is so sweet, just beautiful!ReplyDelete
What a marvelous wild area! I'd love to visit it. Love your Fantail!ReplyDelete
Wonderful post!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.ReplyDelete
I like that name Piwakawaka. Nice picture too.ReplyDelete
Careful traipsing around out there, the Haast eagle may not be extinct!
I don't think there are more beautiful vistas anywhere in the world than what you have in NZ. Awesome!
Beautiful place and lovely photos!ReplyDelete
Ah, to see New Zealand... especially the coast! Lovely fantail.ReplyDelete
What a wonderful shot of the Fantail!
The landscapes are so beautiful.
This sweet little creature has a beautiful home :)ReplyDelete
Gorgeous nature shots and the fantail is a beauty.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous little bird and scenery...I loved New Zealand when we were there in 2008. Can't wait to go back to see of the places we missed.ReplyDelete
He's such a plumb birdie!ReplyDelete
Lovely photos!ReplyDelete
Beautiful scenes, the fantails is cool too!ReplyDelete


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I posted this here because it can get some hot burn in the early days, I know I have inconvenienced the mods a little, but I hope not too much, so that they may merge it with the fitness thread later.
This is my gym:
This is me overhead pressing the sand bag. Note that this is a strict overhead press, my legs do not move, it's all upper body. The trick in overhead pressing is to squeeze your ass as hard as possible:
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Now, you can do a lot with a sandbag, the above video is just one example. What are some variations? To make it more difficult, I can maybe clean it before every overhead rep, instead of just one clean and 5 overhead presses. This will build the explosive strength but also develop the most useful kinetic chain for sports, from the feet to the top of the lift, this is a strong functional consideration. Think about when you grab a rebound and you need to go back up strong with some fools on your back, you get that And1 if you're sandbagging.
Generally, anything you can do with a barbell, you can do with a sandbag, plus some! They're the most versatile training tool in the world. They say the best things are free and this is as close to free as possible.
They're also adjustable. You see me here with 85, maybe 90 pounds, next month, I hope to upload a video of me doing 100 or 110 lbs, maybe I'll put more sand in, or maybe I'll put some weight plates in there with the sand. You can do anything.
This is training for the average Joe, so that you can gain some functional strength and live a better life, though I'm sure even serious athletes can benefit greatly from sandbag training.
Remember, STRENGTH IS MANDATORY, TRAINING IS NOT OPTIONAL.


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19th Annual Book Sale at Shepherd of the Glen Lutheran Church
This event occurred in the past.
Shepherd of the Glen Lutheran Church holds its 19th annual book sale featuring more than 20000 books with rooms of children's books and more than 1000 antiquarian books along with coffee table books DVDs puzzles videos CDs tapes and records. Children's and paperback books: 50 cents; hardback books $1; antiquarian books and a limited number of near fine books priced individually and higher.


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What caused the financial crisis of 2008? MIT economist Ricardo Caballero has posited that a key structural factor was a massive global imbalance between the demand for safe investments, especially bonds, and the supply of safe places to put new capital.
Because this "insatiable demand for safe debt instruments," as Caballero has called it, was not wholly absorbed by the traditional safe haven of U.S. Treasury notes, it helped spur the growth of the mortgage-backed bond market. But these bonds, backed by subprime loans, turned out to be unsafe despite their AAA ratings, exploding en masse. Financial markets are still feeling the aftereffects.
As a solution to this imbalance, Caballero — an expert on global capital markets, financial panics and risk who is among the 100 most-cited economists worldwide — has proposed the idea of government-issued investment insurance meant to help spur financial activity. Without such policies, he has warned, we could see the "recurrent emergence of bubbles," as capital chases emerging investment areas.
MIT News recently queried Caballero, MIT's Ford International Professor of Economics, Macroeconomics and International Finance, about the shortage of safe investments.
Q. In recent months, the fiscal crisis in Europe has intensified and core European countries such as France are now at risk of having their credit ratings downgraded. What is the status today of this global imbalance between the demand for, and the supply of, safe investments?
A. Worse than ever. People do not realize how many odd things are happening as a result of this shortage. The most recent one is a sharp decline in the currencies of emerging market economies, following the peg (floor) set for the Swiss Franc against the Euro. All of a sudden, one of the key safe assets in currency markets disappeared, and now holding emerging-market currencies became much riskier, as a natural hedge is no longer available. As the safe assets' relative supply shrinks, investors become less willing to invest in riskier assets, banks become more reluctant to lend and so on.
Q. In the mortgage-backed bond market, when the economy dipped, whole classes of securities blew up. Given this problem, why is an insurance-based solution your preferred policy choice, and how would it function?
A. Unfortunately, we may be beyond that point. I proposed that governments provide, for a fee, guarantees to banks against extreme macroeconomic risk so that banks could go back to the production of safe microeconomic assets — which they can generate through mortgages, loans and other growth-enhancing activities — without having to absorb macroeconomic risk, which is too capital-consuming. These types of measures are politically unfeasible at this time, so we will have to continue muddling through.
Q. What do you think of other ideas that might address the problem? For example, wouldn't the proposed issuance of joint Euro-bonds, backed by the whole European Union, provide a new source of safer debt for investors?
A. It would, but this would effectively mean a transfer of German collateral to periphery countries. Germany could certainly issue more Bunds [their bonds] since they have plenty of credibility to do so. But I don't think safe-asset production per se is an argument to justify these transfers. I suspect a better way to do it is to have the European Central Bank (ECB) provide some guarantees for marginal countries' debt, either directly or indirectly. I have in mind Spain or Italy, not Greece, which is clearly bankrupt and not the business of the ECB.


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- Make the colour of blue army numbers slightly lighter.
- It is now THIS but I would rather see it as something like THIS.
This will improve the following aspects of the site:
- Currently, the blue numbers are hard to see on black or dark background. This presents problems on maps like Conquer Man, Tamriel or Ancient Greece. Making it lighter would eliminate these problems.
- It would also allow mapmakers more leeway in the making of future maps. Currently you always need to worry if the blue numbers will be legible in your map, and thus you can't make the area where the numbers go too dark. This places limitations on graphical design of maps and forces many mapmakers to use army circles where they otherwise wouldn't be necessary.
- Blue is the only colour with these problems. All the other army number colours are fine. So by lightening just one colour, we can get maps with more various graphical styles in the future, and solve legibility problems on a few older maps.
[MOD EDIT: I am deleting the poll that was at the top of the post because it is not a good poll. A better poll would have included the option for no change.
Here is the poll that was in place and the results:
Which color would you support changing blue to?
This? - 46 votes
Or This? - 50 votes