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As we bring 2012 to a close and ponder the new year ahead, many of us make resolutions to change something in our lives, and frequently, that something is our health. According to the University of Scranton Journal of Psychology, 47% of Americans make New Years Resolutions. Of those, the #1 New Years Resolution for 2012 is to lose weight. Staying fit and healthy and quitting smoking also appear in the top 10. Each of these health-related resolutions translates into quantifiable healthcare data that is, or can be, captured and measured to assist the resolution-makers in achieving their goals. Our calorie consumption and burn can be calculated, our blood oxygen level monitored, our ratio of fat:lean muscle mass tracked over time. If only we were all a bit more like George Washington, and couldn't tell a lie, the success rate for annual resolutions would be higher than 8%.
The inclination to tell little white lies to protect ourselves from inconvenient, uncomfortable truths exists in all of us. "Do these jeans make my butt look fat," meets, "Of course not," rather than, "Yes, your butt DOES look fat in those jeans – but it's not the jeans' fault." "Can Timmy come play," warrants, "We already have plans – let's rain check," in lieu of, "Your child is a brat who cannot enter my home because I prefer to keep all my hair rooted in my scalp."
Many, if not most, of us extend these white lies to ourselves. The dress that fit last month but doesn't today "shrunk at the dry cleaner". Cigarettes only smoked during cocktail hour don't really count as "smoking". You count the time you spend standing to give office presentations as "exercise". You "usually" eat healthy, except for the tell-tale McDonald's bags in your garbage showing a once-a-day burger and fries habit.
What if there were a way to identify and hold you accountable for these self-delusions – a health data lie detector? Would you change your behavior? Could you achieve your healthy resolution? And might it have a quantifiable impact on healthcare cost if you did?
I had a partial thyroidectomy a few years ago. A year after my surgery, I found I had gained 7 pounds in 11 days, was feeling lethargic and was having difficulty sleeping. As a very active adult who meticulously maintained body weight for a decade, I was disturbed, and convinced that my symptoms were a result of my remaining thyroid tissue failing. I went to my primary care physician to request a hormone test.
The nurse and doctor both agreed that, in 90% of cases, the root cause of weight gain is diet, and they asked myriad questions, capturing all my answers in the clinical notes of their EMR: had I been eating differently, had I altered my exercise routine, had I been traveling. I was adamant that nothing had drastically changed. Given my fitness and history, they agreed to order the hormone test, and a blood vitamin test, as well.
All lab work came back normal. BETTER than normal. So I retraced every detail of my routine over those 11 days. And I discovered the culprit: office candy.
A bad meeting one day led to grabbing a handful of chocolates from one co-workers bowl, which became grabbing a handful of chocolates from each bowl I encountered on my department's floor…several times a day. Did you know there are 35 calories in a single Hershey's kiss? 220 calories in a handful of peanut M&Ms? 96 calories in a mini-Butterfinger bar? Turns out, I was eating between 500-700 calories a day in office candy. And that wasn't all.
Along with the chocolate snacks, I'd fallen into some poor nutrition habits at meals. I started to consume other starchy carbs regularly: the pre-dinner bread basket at restaurants, pizza, pasta, sandwich bread. I didn't feel I ate to excess, but I also didn't take into account the difference in nutrient density between the mass quantities of fruits and vegetables I had been eating for years, and the smaller (yet still plentiful) quantities of processed starches I was currently eating.
The changes in diet likely disturbed my sleeping pattern and led to my lethargy, which in turn made my daily workouts less intense and effective at calorie-burning.
In short, my weight gain was legit, and the two doctor visits and the lab tests could have been avoided had I been completely honest with myself. I cost each actor in the healthcare system money with my self-deluding little white lie: the office administrative staff, the LRNP, the doctor, the medical coder, the lab, the insurance company, myself. There is also a per-transaction cost associated with each HIPAA-covered request that the doctors' office EMR and lab information system generated. Given that I have only been to the doctor three times this year, and twice was for this weight gain concern, one could accurately conclude that 66% of my annual medical costs could have been avoided in 2012.
The health data exists within Meaningful Use-certified EMR systems to capture and communicate both the absolute data (height, weight, lab results, etc.) and the unstructured notes data (patient comments, doctor notes, responses to questionnaires, etc.). The capability to automatically compare the absolute with the unstructured data already exists. It wouldn't take an inordinate amount of effort to program a lie detector to call out many of the most common little white lies.
What would happen to medical cost if we stopped lying to ourselves, and to our healthcare providers? And how high a percentage of the nation's total healthcare bill could be avoided by this type of analysis? Better still, how much would the healthcare industry change if patients not only took responsibility for their own action/inaction, but modified their behaviors accordingly?
I'll tell you what happened to me. I dropped the candy and starchy carbs, and I lost those 7 pounds. Keeping them off will be 2013's New Years Resolution.


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From Gibson.com
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/F ... 0225-2011/
Top 10 Alex Lifeson Guitar Moments
Sean Patrick Dooley
For millions of Rush fans old and new, it's a pleasure to see the world's greatest power-trio riding as high today as they did back in the late '70s and early '80s, when they first catapulted to arena rock superstardom on the heels of such classic albums as 2112, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures. And over the years, each of Rush's three members has established himself as an iconic figure on his instrument. Many consider Neil Peart the greatest rock drummer alive – if not ever – while Geddy Lee's skills on the bass are remarkable (even more so when you see that he plays like that while singing!)
Then we have guitarist-extraordinaire Alex Lifeson, who has carved out his own estimable and indelible niche in the pantheon of guitar heroes. In a band known for its intricate detail and complex musical landscapes, Lifeson's guitar work is the paintbrush that completes the portrait.
As we continue celebrating the launch of the new Gibson Custom Alex Lifeson Les Paul Axcess, let's take a closer look at ten of the greatest guitar moments from the man some affectionately refer to as Lerxst.
From Rush's 1981 Moving Pictures album, "YYZ," which gets its name from the identification code for the Toronto Pearson International Airport (Rush's hometown), is an instrumental piece that lets all three members shine. Lifeson's solo, in particular, is a wonderfully meandering, almost schizophrenic dance, not unlike the frazzled flight of a bumblebee that's just been sprayed with Raid and is frantically trying, and failing, to maintain altitude until it crashes to the ground.
9. "Freewill"
Of his solo on "Freewill," Lifeson told Gibson.com "It's a really hard solo to play. I think I feel a certain amount of pride in that fact alone. Every time I play it, I'm amazed I got through it. It's so frenetic and exciting… Recording it, I didn't have anything planned; I was just responding to what the other guys did. Basically, I was just trying to keep up! But I think it worked out pretty well. I'm rather happy with it, and I can usually find fault with everything I do."
8. "Kid Gloves"
From Rush's 1984 album Grace Under Pressure, Lifeson spoke about his solo on 'Kid Gloves': "It's got a hip, kind of slinky attitude, a little goofy humor. When I play it, I feel a certain confidence, also like a prankster, which is not the way I am in real life at all. What's funny about it, too, is that it has a plot to it, and I only realized that after I recorded it for the first time — I never have a plot in mind when I'm recording solos; I always just kind of wing them. The 'Kid Gloves' solo guided me; it's like it knew what it wanted to be, and I just had to allow myself to follow."
7. "The Trees"
Starting with a classical guitar prelude (and often preceded in concert by the classical piece "Broon's Bane"), Lifeson takes us on a diverse musical journey, soft and plaintiff at first, then utterly bone-crunching until he humanely takes the foot off the pedal for a mid-song respite just so we might catch our breath. His solo, though relatively brief, is sublime and perfectly moves the narrative forward.
6. "Closer to the Heart"
Released in 1977 from their A Farewell to Kings album, Lifeson's guitar work on "Closer to the Heart" is inspiring and uplifting, from the first indelible and beautiful acoustic riff to the monolithic thunder-crunch of his transition to electric. His solo captivates with a soaring ascension up the fretboard. Lifeson's full skills are on display here.
5. "Xanadu"
When "Xanadu" fades in, like an otherworldly fog enveloping you without your notice, Lifeson hypnotizes you with a series of ethereal and random notes that eventually coalesce into a string of six eerily repeated notes. Soon your eyes are fixed and dilated, and you are fully receptive to any and all suggestion. His spell on you is complete. Enjoy the ride.
4. "Fly By Night"
Along with Geddy Lee's amazing vocals, the foundational guitar riff throughout "Fly By Night" is the fuel that propels this classic Rush song. But the real revelation is Lifeson's piercing and emotive solo, which is refreshingly spiced with a healthy dollop of driving Texas blues-rock.
3. "Limelight"
"I love the elasticity of the solo," Lifeson told Gibson.com "It's a very emotional piece of music for me to play. The song is about loneliness and isolation, and I think the solo reflects that. There's a lot of heart in it. Even now it's my favorite solo to perform live. I never get tired of it."
2. "Spirit of Radio"
From 1980's Permanent Waves album, Lifeson delivers unto the rock world one of the most amazing, original and enduring opening riffs in rock history. That riff alone warrants inclusion on this list, but the icing on this Rush confection is Lifeson's acidic and screaming Wah-fueled solo that drives the song home.
1. "La Villa Stangiato"
Epic. From the first few delicate notes of Lifeson's classical guitar, notes that quickly cascade into a frenetic and blistering pace – and that's in just the first 20 seconds – "La Villa Strangiato" is at times beautiful, other times haunting and sinister. However you define Rush, this is the ultimate Rush song. Operatic and dazzling, this is Lifeson's greatest and most dynamic guitar moment.

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2K Sports is offering a cool million to the winner of a public, 8-person Major League Baseball 2K12 tournament… this April. From the MLB's Opening Day on April 4th (definitely learned something just now) to the end of that cheerfully prank-filled month, athletes (read: gamers) will be clawing their way to the top of the leaderboards, where a spot in the tourney awaits.
Bravo, 2K Sports. Last year, we had to trust that Brian Kingrey had accomplished the exploit of winning a Perfect Game—and his own million dollars—behind closed doors before anyone else had (behind their own closed doors). This year, we will have sweat and passion, ripe for the spectator's plucking.
Major League Baseball 2K12 releases on March 6th, 2012. Those not lavishing their attention on Commander Shepard can start sharpening their skills for a shot at millionairedom.
Get Ready for The Perfect Club [2K Official Page]


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The Top Twenty Geological Sites in the Isle of Mull, by James Westland MSc (Part 1)
Posted by True Highlands in Kit and Caboodle | 19 comments
Whether you're a keen geologist or just interested, there is no doubt that geology fascinates. These geological sites are simply the author's choice of interesting places to visit. They are listed in the order of an itinerary, starting at Tobermory, travelling west and south and ending up in Iona.


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Around this time last year, we discussed the idea of a constitutional "fork" that occurred with the founding of the Confederate States of America. That post briefly explains how forks work in open source software and how the Confederates used the US Constitution as the basis for their own, with deliberate and meaningful differences. Putting the two documents on Github allowed us to compare their differences visually and confirm our suspicions that many of them were related to issues of states' rights and slavery.
Caleb McDaniel, a historian at Rice who undoubtedly has a much deeper and more thorough knowledge of the period, conducted a similar exercise and also posted his results on Github. He was faced with similar decisions of where to obtain the source text and which differences to retain as meaningful (for example, he left in section numbers where I did not). My method identifies 130 additions and 119 deletions when transitioning between the USA and CSA constitutions, whereas the stats for Caleb's repo show 382 additions and 370 deletions.
What should we draw from these projects? In Caleb's words:
My decisions make this project an interpretive act. You are welcome to inspect the changes more closely by looking at the commit histories for the individual Constitution files, which show the initial text as I got it from Avalon as well as the changes that I made.
You can take a look at both projects and conduct a difference-in-differences exploration of your own. More generally, these projects show the need for tools to visualize textual analyses, as well as the power of technology to enhance understanding of historical and political acts. Caleb's readme file has great resources for learning more about this topic including the conversation that led him to this project, a New York Times interactive feature on the topic, and more.


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"Danville Kings win MVP Title!"
The Danville Kings, an MVP League basketball team made up of players from San Ramon Valley High and Monte Vista, won the 2011 Spring League title for the High School Varsity Division, defeating Lafayette/Acalanes 43-41.
Pictured: John Kapulica (head coach), Griffen Kapulica, Gavin Foltz, Clayton Correa, Jack McGinn, Duke Dalton, Garrett Linck, Logan Loucks, Michael Hernbroth, Rob Louks (asst. coach). - May 22, 2011
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Dr. Kirk Brumels and Dr. R. Richard Ray of the Hope College faculty are among the experts who have co-authored chapters in the new textbook "Core Concepts in Athletic Training and Therapy," published earlier this year by Human Kinetics.
The book is an introductory text to athletic training and sports medicine coursework, and was developed to align with the newest, 2011, athletic training education competencies of the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA). Featuring 23 chapters by 12 athletic training educators with experience at the professional and collegiate levels, the 640-page hardcover volume was edited by Susan Kay Hillman, who is a member of the faculty of A.T. Still University in Arizona.
Brumels, who is an associate professor of kinesiology and program director of athletic training education, co-authored nine of the book's chapters. Ray, who is provost and professor of kinesiology at Hope and former director of the athletic training program, co-authored two of the chapters.
The chapters that Brumels co-authored are "Athletic Taping, Padding, and Bracing," "Injury Mechanisms and Classifications," "Principles of Examination," "Upper Extremity Injury Recognition," "Lower Extremity Injury Recognition," "Head, Spine, and Thorax Injury Recognition," "General Medical Conditions," "Concepts of Rehabilitation and Healing," and "Therapeutic Exercise Parameters and Techniques."
The chapters that Ray co-authored are "Management Strategies in Athletic Training," and "Reimbursement and Legal Considerations."
Brumels has been a member of the Hope faculty since 2001, and previously spent more than a decade as an athletic trainer with the New England Patriots. He is currently serving a two-year term as president of the Michigan Athletic Trainers' Society (MATS), following two years as president-elect of the organization. He has been a guest speaker or lecturer in numerous venues, and in addition to writing numerous articles published in scholarly journals is co-author of the fourth edition of the textbook "Developing Clinical Proficiency in Athletic Training: A Modular Approach." In addition to teaching and serving as head athletic trainer at Hope, he conducts research in athletic training, including collaboratively with students at the college. His experience with Hope's program includes having been a student himself: he is a 1988 graduate of the college.
Ray joined the Hope faculty in 1982, and as director of athletic training led the development of the program into an academic major in the 1990s. Extensively involved in the discipline of athletic training at the regional and national level, he is a past co-chair of the NATA Education Task Force, a past president of both the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers' Association and MATS, and a former editor of the professional journal "Athletic Therapy Today" and former associate editor of the "Journal of Athletic Training." He is the editor or author of the books "Management Strategies in Athletic Training," "Counseling in Sports Medicine" and "Case Studies in Athletic Training Administration," as well as numerous articles in scholarly journals, and has presented several papers at professional conferences. He has received multiple regional and national awards in athletic training, and in 2006 was elected to the NATA Hall of Fame, the highest honor in the athletic training profession. He has been Hope's provost since 2010, previously serving as dean for the social sciences from 2008 until 2010 and as chair of the department of kinesiology from 2003 until 2008.


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Corporate News
Group sales grow 7.4 percent to EUR 2.894 bn
Group operating profit* increases at a faster rate than sales, by 19.1 percent to EUR 641 m
Group operating margin up 210 basis points to 22.1 percent
Earnings per share rise from EUR 0.68 to EUR 1.17
Increasing impact of programme for sustainable process optimisation and improved productivity (HPO)
Group outlook for 2010 confirmed: growth in sales and earnings expected
Munich, 4 May 2010 - The technology group The Linde Group has made a good start to the 2010 financial year. It achieved significant increases in sales and earnings. "It looks as if the worst is behind us. Towards the end of the first quarter in particular, we noticed a marked revival in demand," said Professor Dr Wolfgang Reitzle, Chief Executive Officer of Linde AG. At the same time, he confirmed the Group's forecast: "Given current economic predictions, we expect a higher level of Group sales and Group earnings in the 2010 financial year than in 2009. Achieving a faster rate of growth in Group operating profit than in Group sales remains our goal. The measures we have taken to ensure sustainable improvements in productivity, which are having an increasing effect, will continue to contribute towards this goal."
In the three months to 31 March 2010, Group sales rose 7.4 percent compared with the prior-year period to EUR 2.894 bn (2009: EUR 2.695 bn). After adjusting for exchange rate effects, the increase in sales was 3.9 percent. Group operating profit* grew at a faster rate than sales, by 19.1 percent to EUR 641 m (2009: EUR 538 m). The Group therefore improved its profitability, achieving an increase in Group operating margin from 20.0 percent to 22.1 percent. It should be noted here that restructuring costs of EUR 20 m were recognised in the first quarter of 2009.
Earnings before taxes on income (EBT) rose to EUR 283 m, a significant increase (66.5 percent) over the figure for the first three months of 2009 of EUR 170 m. Earnings after tax in the first quarter increased by 66.4 percent to EUR 213 m (2009: EUR 128 m). Earnings attributable to Linde AG shareholders were EUR 198 m (2009: EUR 115 m). Earnings per share improved as a result by 72.1 percent to EUR 1.17 (2009: EUR 0.68). On an adjusted basis, i.e. after adjusting for the effect of the purchase price allocation in the course of the BOC acquisition, earnings per share rose to EUR 1.41 (2009: EUR 0.99).
Gases Division
The market stabilisation in the global gases industry which began in the second half of 2009 was reinforced in the first quarter of 2010. The main contributory factor here was increasing demand from the emerging economies, where Linde is very well-positioned.
Against this background, Linde achieved an 8.5 percent increase in sales in the Gases Division in the first three months of 2010 to EUR 2.340 bn (2009: EUR 2.157 bn). On a comparable basis, i.e. after adjusting for exchange rate effects, changes in the price of natural gas and changes to Group structure, sales rose by 3.9 percent. Operating profit improved by 14.5 percent to EUR 625 m (2009: EUR 546 m). As a result, there was a significant increase in the operating margin in the Gases Division of 140 basis points to 26.7 percent (2009: 25.3 percent). The main reason for this increase in profitability was the positive impact of HPO (High Performance Organisation), the integrated concept designed to achieve sustainable process optimisation and improved productivity.
Business performance in the various regions comprising the Gases Division illustrates the regional differences which underlie general economic trends. Whereas the economic recovery is still fairly weak in the mature economies, some of the emerging economies were able to achieve double-digit growth rates once more.
In the Western Europe operating segment, Linde achieved a 3.7 percent increase in sales in the first quarter of 2010 to EUR 970 m (2009: EUR 935 m). On a comparable basis, sales rose 2.6 percent. Operating profit improved significantly by 11.3 percent to EUR 275 m (2009: EUR 247 m) as a result of efforts to achieve process and cost optimisation. The operating margin in this region rose as a result by 200 basis points to 28.4 percent (2009: 26.4 percent).
In the Americas operating segment, Linde achieved sales in the first quarter of 2010 of EUR 514 m, 2.6 percent above the figure for the prior-year period of EUR 501 m. On a comparable basis, sales increased by 5.9 percent. Operating profit rose 7.7 percent to EUR 112 m (2009: EUR 104 m). The operating margin was 21.8 percent, 100 basis points up on the figure for 2009 of 20.8 percent. The cost reduction and productivity improvement measures more than offset the adverse impact on the margin of the passing on of higher natural gas prices.
In the Asia & Eastern Europe operating segment, Linde was able to expand its gases business considerably, as evidenced by a 17.3 percent increase in sales to EUR 502 m (2009: EUR 428 m). On a comparable basis, the Group also achieved double-digit growth in sales in this region (12.3 percent). Moreover, operating profit improved significantly, increasing by 20.2 percent to EUR 155 m (2009: EUR 129 m). The operating margin was 30.9 percent, above the high level achieved in the first quarter of 2009 of 30.1 percent. These quarterly results not only demonstrate the good business performance of our joint venture activities in Asia, but also the positive impact of HPO.
In the South Pacific & Africa operating segment, Linde achieved sales in the first quarter of 2010 of EUR 375 m. This was a 21.4 percent rise compared to the figure of EUR 309 m achieved in the first quarter of 2009. However, this increase was due solely to positive exchange rate movements in the Australian dollar and South African rand. On a comparable basis, sales in the reporting period were 3.9 percent below the figure for the first quarter of 2009. Operating profit improved by 25.8 percent, also as a result of exchange rate effects, to EUR 83 m (2009: EUR 66 m). The operating margin rose as a result from 21.4 percent to 22.1 percent.
Business trends in the various product segments of the Gases Division confirm the good start made by The Linde Group to the 2010 financial year. In the on-site business, where Linde supplies industrial gases from plants situated directly on the customer's site, there was sales growth in the first quarter of 10.3 percent on a comparable basis to EUR 569 m (2009: EUR 516 m). In the liquefied gases business, Linde achieved an increase in sales of 5.2 percent on a comparable basis to EUR 569 m (2009: EUR 541 m). On a comparable basis, cylinder gas sales remained virtually constant at EUR 937 m (2009: EUR 937 m). The Healthcare or medical gases product segment continued to show steady business trends, achieving sales of EUR 265 m, 2.7 percent above the figure for the first quarter 2009 of EUR 258 m.
Gases Division - Outlook
Linde's original target for the gases business has not changed. The Group wants to grow at a more rapid pace than the market and to continue to increase its productivity. In its on-site business, Linde can fall back on a full project pipeline, which will make a greater contribution in 2010 due to the start-up of numerous plants during the year. In the liquefied gases and cylinder gas business, demand is expected to rise. In the Healthcare segment, Linde anticipates further growth in the current financial year.
Based on these factors and given current economic forecasts and the Group's business performance in the first quarter, Linde continues to expect an increase in sales and earnings in the Gases Division in the current year 2010. The Group also assumes that this year it will be able to exceed the record operating profit achieved in the gases business in 2008.
Engineering Division
In its international plant construction business, Linde noticed a slight increase in demand in the first quarter of 2010 in the four major product segments: olefin plants, natural gas plants, air separation plants, hydrogen and synthesis gas plants. This had a positive impact on order intake in the Engineering Division. In the first quarter of 2010, Linde recorded total incoming orders of EUR 502 m, nearly double the figure achieved in the prior-year period of EUR 285 m.
Sales in the first quarter of 2010 of EUR 517 m were slightly down on the figure for the first three months of 2009 of EUR 549 m, whereas operating profit improved by 13.3 percent to EUR 51 m (2009: EUR 45 m). The operating margin rose from 8.2 percent to 9.9 percent, again exceeding the target margin of 8 percent.
The order backlog at 31 March 2010 was EUR 4.281 bn, exceeding the very high order backlog at 31 December 2009 of EUR 4.215 bn.´
Engineering Division - Outlook
Growth in investment in the international construction of large-scale plants is expected to come primarily from China, India and the Middle East during the remaining part of 2010. At the same time, given the continuing economic uncertainty, it is still likely that the award of some projects will be postponed.
The high order backlog of more than EUR 4 bn provides a good basis for a relatively stable business performance over the next two years. Linde is expecting sales in the Engineering Division in the 2010 financial year to be at least at the same level as in 2009. The target for the operating margin remains at 8 percent. Linde is well-placed internationally in the plant construction business and will continue to benefit from the structural growth drivers energy and the environment.
To coincide with the publication of the quarterly financial statements, a teleconference for analysts will take place today at 8am (German time) in English with Georg Denoke, CFO of Linde AG. Journalists will have the opportunity to listen to the conference live by dialling +49.69.589.99-0509. Please tell the operator your name and the name of your company. Following the teleconference, you will be able to hear a recording of the event by calling +49.30.726.167-224. Please give the following reference number: 862439.
The Linde Group is a world leading gases and engineering company with almost 48,000 employees working in more than 100 countries worldwide. In the 2009 financial year it achieved sales of EUR 11.2 bn. The strategy of The Linde Group is geared towards sustainable earnings-based growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business with forward-looking products and services. Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment - in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. Linde is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.
For more information, see The Linde Group online at http://www.linde.com
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 128 diseños de 28 diseñadores freelance.
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Conservative group slams A&M for liberal bias
A conservative student group from Texas A&M University said the school displayed its "far-left agenda" by hosting actor Danny Glover at a campus event.
The Texas Aggie Conservatives posted portions of Glover's comments about the Second Amendment, which he made during a breakfast to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 17. The event was organized by the Memorial Student Center Woodson Black Awareness Committee.
The conservative group later created an online petition slamming the university for inviting "radical leftist speakers" to speak at the annual MLK event. The petition accuses the university of funding liberal events and speakers and accusing professors of teaching liberal viewpoints.
The 66-year-old actor was responding to a question about activism when he touched on the Second Amendment. The student group took offense to comments the actor made about the genesis of the Second Amendment. He also spoke about racism in today's society, the Occupy Wall Street movement and global warming.
"Frankly, let's call a spade a spade, a racist society continues to be in 2013," Glover said to the students at the event. "How have we changed our souls? ...Where have we changed."
The group put the blame for the statement on Texas A&M for inviting Glover to the event.
"Instead of honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King and promoting true equality, A&M reaffirmed its commitment to the far-left agenda," according to a statement from the group.
The group has a history with claiming the university has a liberal bias. In June of last year, attorneys for the conservative group filed a lawsuit against the university, according to a media release from the Alliance Defense Fund. According to the release, the university denied the Texas Aggie Conservatives funding for bringing a speaker to campus.


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My name is Charles and this is my blog.
So, I've decided to start an official blog on Adobe Blogs. Since I graduated (and even while in university), I've tried to contribute to the community as much as I could, but lately, I've been…well…lazy. This blog is my attempt at getting back at it, for better or for worse : P
I thought, what should my first (really second) post be about? I figured it should be something engaging, like asking people to guess approximately how many lines of code there are in CS5 (which we just recently released), or asking people to submit some ActionScript code to do something like sort a list of 10,000 numbers, most efficient gets a prize. But, I thought that these are kinda cliché and kinda boring…let's do something fun.
How about this:
Add a comment to this post with your favorite tech joke. On June 4th, 2010 (two weeks from today), myself and an impartial jury (i.e. my team-mates) will choose the best ones, and I'll send you a book!
I have a bunch of books ready to ship out, mostly about Flash, Flex, AIR, and ActionScript, but I obviously can't give one to everyone. So, top 5 will definitely get something, and, if shipping isn't killing me, runners up will get consolation prizes! That's it!
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Snakes on a Plane Director David R. Ellis Found Dead
Police suspect no foul play after the filmmaker was discovered in his South Africa hotel room
David R. Ellis, a filmmaker best known for the 2006 movie Snakes on a Plane, which he directed, was found dead in the bathroom of his hotel room in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Monday, his manager confirmed to the Associated Press. He was 60.
Police say no foul play is suspected, while results of an autopsy have not been released.
"So sad to hear of David R. Ellis passing!" Tweeted Samuel L. Jackson, who starred in Snakes. "So talented, so kind, such a Good Friend. He'll be missed. Gone too soon!"
Ellis, who started his career as an actor and stuntman in the '70s, was in Johannesburg to work on Kite, a remake of the 1998 Japanese anime film that also was to have starred Jackson, reports The New York Times.
His credits include Lethal Weapon, as stuntman; Fatal Attraction; and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, as second-unit director, and, as director, Shark Night 3D, Cellular and Final Destination 2, according to IMDB.
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LITTLE ROCK — George Curlin of Pine Bluff has seen his son's name etched on memorials honoring fallen firefighters in Colorado and Maryland, and he's looking forward to seeing it a little closer to home in the state where he died doing what he loved.
LITTLE ROCK — George Curlin of Pine Bluff has seen his son's name etched on memorials honoring fallen firefighters in Colorado and Maryland, and he's looking forward to seeing it a little closer to home in the state where he died doing what he loved.
On March 22, a dedication will be held for the new $1.2 million Arkansas Fallen Firefighters Memorial on the state Capitol grounds.
About 3,000 people are expected to attend, including Curlin and relatives of several of the fallen. Curlin's son, David, was a lieutenant and 14-year veteran of the Pine Bluff Fire Department when he was critically injured on Jan. 3, 2010, when a wall fell on him while fighting a structure fire in that southeastern Arkansas city.
The 40-year-old father of three died four months later from his injuries.
"I have a place in Arkansas now that I can visit and touch my son's name on a wall," said Curlin, a retired restaurant operator, about the Arkansas Fallen Firefighters Memorial. He has visited the IAFF Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial in Colorado Springs, Colo., several times, as well as the national memorial in Emmitsburg, Md.
The Arkansas memorial includes four bronze statues of firefighters and is on the west side of the state Capitol lawn between the state Department of Education building and the building that houses the state Department of Parks and Tourism. The statute is 11 feet 6 inches tall, and with the four-foot high base it stands 16 feet tall.
The memorial features the names of 99 Arkansas firefighters who have died in the line of duty since 1889.
Johnny Reep, chairman of the Arkansas Fallen Firefighters Memorial, said Mena firefighter Odell Egger, who died in 1987, will be added to the memorial later this year. The Mena Fire Department submitted the Egger's name in the fall but it was too late to add it to the memorial before the March dedication.
Egger's name will be read with the other 99, Reep said, adding said the names of two other firefighters who have died in the line-of-duty in Barling and Wilson were recently discovered and will be added to the list later this year.
The four statutes in the memorial each represent different periods of firefighting history — post Civil War volunteer firefighter, the modern firefighter with a breathing apparatus, the wild land firefighter, the current firefighter/paramedic.
The memorial also includes a water fountain and Reep said Lisenne Rockefeller, wife of the late-Lt. Gov. Win Rockefeller, who served as finance chairman for the Fallen Firefighter Memorial, will switch on the fountain near the end of the dedication ceremony.
Gov. Mike Beebe and New York City Fire Department Lt. Ray McCormack, who is editor and publisher of Urban Firefighter Magazine, will speak at the event.
Getting the memorial completed has been a long, hard road, Reep said, adding it began in 1985 when he and a few other firefighters first discussed the idea.
Momentum for the memorial was slow to develop, but after after a 1997 chemical fire in Helena-West Helena that killed two city firefighters and one volunteer, interest started to grow, Reep said.
"For me, it means we can finally face the families and say, 'what we have dreamed of now exists,'" Reep said. "'This was done for you. This shows you that the people of Arkansas care about public safety officers.'"
Along with raising the $1.2 million, Reep said, an additional $100,000 also was raised and will be given to the secretary of state's office for upkeep and maintenance of the monument.
Robert Daus, a retired St. Louis firefighter who has sculpted firefighter memorials in St. Louis and Milwaukee, sculpted the statue, Reep said, and Brooks Jackson was the architect.
Reep said that while researching the fallen firefighters, they found living in Little Rock the great-great-grandson of the first fallen firefighter on the list, Julius Deiser of Fort Smith, who died in the line of duty on April 2, 1889. That person is expected to attend the memorial, Reep said.
Curlin said he never understood the bond between firefighters across the country until his son's death.
"I never realized what a family the fire departments are until this happened," he said, adding that fire departments across the country organized blood donation drives in honor of his son.
Each September since his son died, Curlin said he has traveled to back Colorado to volunteer at the annual ceremony at the IAFF Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial.
"After that first year I really became attached to a lot of those people up there and it's been a great thing for me to do … it's something I can do to honor his name," he said.


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NEW DELHI - It's festival season in India, with the celebrations providing a perfect opportunity for family outings, late-night parties and customary feasting on sweets.
But health experts warn that the festivities, coupled with genetic predisposition and lifestyle changes brought about by the increasing prosperity of the middle class, is contributing to the country being called the world's "diabetes capital," with the highest number of diabetics in any nation.
The string of festivals, starting with Durga Puja and Dussehra and ending with Diwali, take place in accordance with the Hindu calendar and the dates change every year. The first two were on Oct 6 and Diwali falls on Oct 26 this year.
"For the next one month or so, it is all either festivals or outings," says Anoop Misra, chairman at New Delhi's Fortis-C-DOC, Center of Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases and Endocrinology.
"During this time, the rate of obesity goes up, sugar control of established diabetics goes down and those who are predisposed to develop diabetes also show diabetes."
Festivals in India are synonymous with eating and gifting sweets, and most food and confectionery shops are decked with an assortment of goodies in colorful wrappings meant for traditional presents.
Two all-time favorites are rasgullas, a soft, spongy ball made from cottage cheese, and the conch-shaped samdesh, made from jaggery. A popular holiday treat is milk-based kaju barfi.
But experts warn the festival fun -- and, not least, the culture of sweet-eating that peaks then -- can help trigger long-term health problems, with diabetes only the start.
The disease is characterized by high levels of sugar in the blood and can lead to more serious complications such as heart disease and stroke, damage to the kidneys or nerves, and blindness.
But the culture of consuming sweets is hard to shake off, especially during festivals.
"Everybody (in India) has a sweet tooth, including me," said Ramachandran, a man in his 50s polishing off a plate of sweets at a New Delhi restaurant.
"(Diabetes) is not because of sweets. It's because people are too lazy (to exercise)," he added.
The majority of those with diabetes have Type 2, which is linked to obesity and lack of exercise. India, with 62.4 million cases, has the world's highest number of diabetics.
Misra said numbers are rising at an alarming rate because of a newly rich middle class that increasingly consumes junk food while adopting more sedentary lifestyles.
"Their awareness about healthy eating is very low," he said.
Recent studies have shown the numbers of diabetics is also rising fast in villages, where people are traditionally more active and have not previously been exposed to fast food restaurants and refined snacks.
Nutritionist Uma Gupta attributes it to increasing stress and people adopting city culture, among other causes.
A recent study commissioned by the Indian Council for Medical Research found that in the last one year, the number of diabetics in India increased by 11.6 million, while another 77.2 million are pre-diabetics -- a precursor to Type 2 diabetes where a person's blood sugar levels are higher than normal.
Experts warn that the country's health infrastructure could soon be unable to deal with the burden.
"(Diabetes) is a forerunner of multiple diseases including heart disease and cancer ... I don't think our present health system can counter this pressure," Misra said.
The situation is made worse by a tendency for people to wait until they have a real health problem before doing anything, said Gupta.
"Take measures now, improve your lifestyle. Otherwise, hospitals will not have space for you, doctors will not have time to treat you," she added.
"Treatment should start from your plate itself."


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The Quest For 10,000 Friends
If you don't have a Facebook profile, you're missing out. If you don't know what Facebook is, you're missing out and you're over 25.
TheFacebook.com is a website, and from what I hear, the internet is becoming very popular. Ever since Al Gore invented it a few years ago, people have been purchasing home computing devices intended for use on said internet, where they are interacting with other owners of computing devices. Almost as popular as the internet is this new thing called "sarcasm."
The most common way for young people to express their love for the internet is by signing up for profiles on a billion different community websites. The sites are predicated on networking - Friendster was the big one, then Orkut hit, and now MySpace seems to be taking over. The sites are fun ways to track down old friends, find new ones, or post revealing pictures of yourself in hopes of making up for the attention your parents didn't give you as a child.
TheFacebook.com is like all these, but college-based. And it's more than a fad - the vast majority of students on my old campus have Facebook profiles. I have even been to bars where people exchanged Facebook information instead of phone numbers. I'm kidding - they exchanged Facebook information instead of screen names.
Even though I'm an old gross alumni ("Ew! He's, like, older than my TA!"), I have a Facebook profile. The site is great for me - I make most of my living performing at colleges, so I use it to keep in touch with bookers, fans, and people who I conned into letting me use their web connection to check my email and update my Facebook profile.
Last week, I was on Facebook when I got a message asking me when I was performing at a particular campus. I wrote back with the details, and it dawned on me - what a great way to let people know when I'm in town.
I started adding people I didn't even know as friends. At first I searched for fans of standup, then people on programming boards, then the newspaper, then the radio station, then anyone with a cool last name. It grew - I was adding hundreds of friends, and they were adding me back.
I decided to see if I could get 10,000 friends on the site. The number was fairly arbitrary - I picked it because it was attainable, but impressive. Kind of like my prom date. I then changed my profile to talk about my quest, and even put a caption on my picture to explain why I was adding random people. Then I sent a message to my entire list asking for help.
Word started spreading that there was a crazy comedian adding people on Facebook. And suddenly, I didn't have to ask anymore. I spent hours adding all the people who were asking ME to be THEIR friend. Here's where it stopped feeling like my prom. There must be something about a zany request combined with the boredom of winter break to mobilize the masses: in a week, I'm already over 5,000.
I've gotten several dozen encouraging messages - most a variation on "you're crazy, but I'll help." I've also gotten four pieces of hate mail. One was from someone who hates all comedians, and two more were from people who thought I was bastardizing the purity of Facebook - as if there's some inherent purity in adding the girl you've never spoken to in your Lit class because you want her to read your profile and fall in love with your boyish online charm. The fourth message came from someone named Kyle Hofstetter, who accused me of ruining the Hofstetter name. He's not related to me - but I Googled him and found a website that accuses him of twice sodomizing billy goats. Of course, that's my website. Thanks for writing, Kyle.
I also get several messages a day from people asking me who I am and why I added them. If you read my profile, you'll see why I find that funny - that's like asking someone wearing a restaurant nametag what he's doing disturbing you during dinner.
The funniest message I got was from a student asking me if I was going to make fun of her in my act or in my column. I told her that I am linked to 5,000 people on the site, and if I made fun of all of them individually, it'd be a very boring column. So, no, I will not make fun of her in my column. At all. Not even in this paragraph.
Overall, the quest has been fun - I've made a few new friends and a few new fans, and found something to do over the holidays while the rest of the world seems to be closed. I'm not sure where this will take me, but I'm enjoying myself. And when I hit 10,000, I will probably keep going. Maybe 25,000 is next. Maybe 50,000. Maybe even 100,000. The only one who can be truly sure about the limit of all this is Al Gore.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to take care of this Kyle Hofstetter fellow. Anyone know where I can get a feather pillow, some super glue, and a mousetrap at this hour?


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Google reserves the right to delete the emails of Gmail users in "extreme" situations.
One woman (on the Internet) claims she found out the hard way after a folder containing copyrighted material was deleted by the search giant without her permission.
Today I noticed that with my gmail account, where i had a folder for mp3 files, all of the mp3 files which contain copywrighted (sic) material or files that would match copywrightedsic material, have now been deleted, not by me, but by Google...
A Google spokeswoman declined to comment on any specific cases but said the Mountain View-based company sometimes is forced to act.
"While we don't comment on specific cases, our policies have not changed," She said. "Emails, data and files contained in Gmail are users' private information. Like all Google services, Gmail complies with applicable laws, which may include acting upon clear notices of alleged copyright infringement."
The woman in the original complaint said the music from several independent artists were left in the folder where the other music had been deleted from.


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Tothora Twist Q-L Table Clock
Tothora Twist Q-L Table Clock is a contemporary designed wall clock from the Spanish clock manufacturer Tothora.
A different, simple but attractive modern wall clock – with nothing similar, the clock is hand made to order in Tothora's workshop in Barcelona, for delivery in four to six weeks. Each clock is signed by Josep Vera the creator.
Variety of Sizes and Finishes
Tothora Twist Q-L Table Clock dimensions are 12cm x12cm x 37cm and comes in a selection of finishes:
Wood Finishes: the bottom comes in a white or black lacquer, and the top in a range of wood finished: Black, Orange, Pistachio, Red, White (see image for indication)
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Contemplating time differently and enjoying it, is something that Tothora would like to share with you, in their hand-made manufactured clocks. Designed in minimalist and unique forms and with asymmetrically displaced hours on one side, their floor, table and wall clocks are transformed into unique pieces that add a contemproray and dramatic element to your home or office.
With a number of modern designer table and wall clock collections "different clocks for different spaces" is the Tothora maximum, and each clock is signed by its creator Josep Vera, certifying its authenticity as a Tothora masterpiece, an eye catching compliment to any space.
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These clocks are built to order and not stock items that can be returned. They are hand made in Barcelona for delivery in four to six weeks from ordering.


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Onslow County
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Laptime for infants up to 23 months and their caregivers meets at the Main Branch every Wednesday at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.
Time for Twos for 2 year olds and their caregivers meets at the Main Branch every Thursday at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.
Preschool Explorers meets every Tuesday at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. at the Main Library.
Preschool Storytime, for children ages 3 to 5 meets at the Sneads Ferry Branch every Tuesday at 10 a.m. and at the Richlands and Swansboro Branches every Thursday at 11 a.m.
Mother Goose Time for children up to age 3 and their caregivers meets at the Richlands Branch every Thursday at 10 a.m. and the Swansboro Branch every Wednesday and Thursday at 10 a.m.
Kids Creations, featuring theme-based stories and crafts for children in kindergarten through fifth grade, meets at the Richlands Branch the first Thursday of each month at 4:30 p.m.
Legos at the Library for children ages kindergarten through 12th grade meets at 10 a.m. the second Saturday of each month at the Main Library and the third Saturday of each month at the Swansboro Branch Library.
Free family film Friday
The Onslow County Public Library shows a free family-friendly movie the first Friday of each month at 4 p.m. at the Main Branch. Bring the family and enjoy an afternoon movie and free popcorn. For more information or to register, call 910-455-7350, ext. 231.
American Girl Club
American Girl Book Club for youth in grades two to five meets the third Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. at the Main Library. The group discusses a different American Girl each month with snacks, crafts and activities relevant to different periods in history.
For more information on Onslow County Public Library services or programs, go to co.onslow.nc.us/library/ or call 910-455-7350.
Carteret County
Let�s Talk About It series
Carteret Public Library hosts �Let�s Talk About It� at 7 p.m. Sept. 23 with Helena Feder of East Carolina University discussing a selection of poetry by famous poets such as Whitman, Dickinson, Sandburg and Pound. This is the second session of the series on �Picturing America: Making Tracks.�
Western Carteret Public Library also hosts a �Let�s Talk About It� series at 7 p.m. Sept. 24 with Willie Nelmsy discussing Lee Smith�s �Oral History.� This second session is on Tar Heel Fiction: Stories of Home.
Library newsletter
The library�s newsletter �The Library Log� is available as an eNewsletter. Visit Carteret.cpclib.org for details and to sign up.
Book wagon
Friends of the Carteret County Public Library�s book sales wagon is located at the corner of Turner and Front streets in Beaufort. Hardback books are $1 and paperbacks are 50 cents.
Children and youth programs
Carteret County Public Library�s storytime program for 3 to 5 year olds meets at 10 a.m. Wednesdays. Time for Toddlers, ages 18 months to 3 year olds meets at 10 a.m. Fridays.
The Western Carteret children�s storytime with Ms. Anna for ages 3 to 5 years meets at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays. �Bookends� meets Tuesdays at 4 p.m. Anime Club meets Tuesdays at 5 p.m.
Z-Factor Productions meets at 4:15 p.m. Thursdays.
Gaming meets at 3 p.m. Fridays.
Newport Public Library children�s library September is �Be Creative� month. The children will turn into artists, sculpting with play dough, designing paper bag puppets and face masks. Scooby �Van Gogh� will be supervising the fun. Book Worms Book Club meets Mondays at 3:30 p.m. Preschool �Read-to-Me� Storytime for ages 3 to 5 years meets at 10 a.m. Tuesdays. Book Buddies Book Club for grades K-2 meets at 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays.
Bogue Banks Library�s preschool storytime �Falling for Fall� meets at 10 a.m. Thursdays.
For more information on Carteret County Library services or programs, call 252-728-2050 or go to carteret.cpclib.org.
Camp Lejeune
Preschool Storytime meets every Wednesday at Tarawa Terrace Community Center at 10 a.m. and Midway Park Community Center at 10:30 a.m.
Storytime meets for theme-based stories and crafts on Thursdays at the base main library at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.
For more information on events and programs at the base libraries, call 910-451-3026.


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Md. Pets on Wheels to comfort Newtown families
Group to head to Connecticut for day Friday
As Newtown, Conn., continues to grieve after last week's mass shooting, those affected will be getting some comfort from Charm City in the form of a furry faction of therapy pets that are heading north on Friday.
More than 20 therapy dogs, 25 handlers and one therapy turtle from Pets on Wheels are going to Newtown to try to bring comfort to the families and community a week after a gunman opened fire on Sandy Hook Elementary School, killing 26 people, including 20 children.
"We're not going to impose on people's grief, but we're certainly there to support them, and if they want to interact with the dogs, we're there," said Pets on Wheels volunteer Dana Kollmann.
At a time when words aren't enough, the pets have something else to offer.
"They give unconditional love. They're sort of a blank slate in the sense that people can give to the dogs what they want, and they can tell the dogs what they want," Kollmann said.
The day isn't completely planned out, but the group said they'll mostly go where their instincts lead them.
"We're going to meet at Sandy Hook Elementary. They have a memorial there, so we're going to spend some time there. I heard they have another memorial near the river close to there, so we'll spend some time there," said Vicki Rummel, the executive director of Pets on Wheels.
After that, they're planning to visit a counseling session at a nearby middle school.
Pets on Wheels has been around for 30 years, but the group said it doesn't usually travel like this.
"This came together really fast," Rummel said.
She said the volunteers -- nearly all of them have full-time jobs -- didn't miss a beat when she floated the idea.
"Immediately, as soon as I sent out the email to volunteers, they were like, 'I'm calling my boss to get off Friday.' And 10 minutes later, they're calling back, saying, 'I'm going,'" Rummel said.
The human volunteers know they're in for a trip that will drain them emotionally, but they said that doesn't matter because the pets are just doing their jobs.
"Our experience is people won't necessarily go to counselors, but they see the animals and they're just drawn toward them, so we're there for them," Kollmann said.
The group is leaving early in the morning Friday and returning very late the same night.


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Touch Compass is New Zealand's only professional integrated contemporary dance company. Our performances include dancers with and without disability. A Creative New Zealand Recurrently Funded Arts Organisation, the company has won national and international acclaim for its ground-breaking performances. Read acclaim for our performances
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A $16.6 million project to renovate the Ambridge-Aliquippa Bridge continues with another around-the-clock closure that started on Monday morning.
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The bridge crosses the Ohio River between Route 65 and Route 51 in Aliquippa and Ambridge. It opened in 1927, and PennDOT says it's used by about 12,588 vehicles use it on an average day.
"Major problems. Major, major problems," said Hopewell Township resident Doug Meinert of how the detour will affect him. "It's going to add a half an hour to each commute."
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Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines the word explosion as: " To burst or cause to burst violently and noisy." Another definition shows it as:" To give forth a sudden and noisy outburst of emotions. " Now that did sound like the last few days for the Tampa Bay Rays. Since their Friday night game against the Florida Marlins here on the road, the Tampa Bay Rays have scored an amazing 39 runs in 4 games.
That is just below a 10 run a game clip, which is unheard of for a team battling for the fourth spot in their division. But these Rays have always been about surprises and sudden bursts of emotion both this season and in 2008.
Coming into this game the Rays have scored a total of 273 runs. That is over 12 runs more than their closest rival, the Los Angeles Dodgers.
And with that kind of explosion of runs the Rays have won 7 out of their last 11 games and a rise towards the .500 mark for the first time since the team was 4-3 in April 2009. But the team is not just relying totally on their hits, no this squad also has a beady eye at the plate and currently have 200 walks this season, which trails those same Dodgers by 8, but they are the leader in the American League right now.
The team has used a good formula of strong base running along with a keen eye at the plate to turn their walks into legitimate scoring chances almost every inning. The Rays are also seeing more pitches per at bat than any other team in the MLB right now. But they are still trolling dangerously at the sub .500 or .500 mark for most of this explosive time. Why would the team leading the majors in RBI with 259 this year be struggling to hold onto wins? Can the explanation be simple, or is there a underlying problem here we do not see yet.
Heck this Rays team has gotten 44 free passes (walks) in the last 4 games. They have tied the season high mark of 9 strolls to first three times during this road trip. Carlos Pena has even walked in 11 consecutive games now, a new Rays record. Pena now has 35 walks this season and is only one shy of Toronto's Marc Scutaro who is tops in the AL right now.
And worst part of it all is that this is the Rays second best record after 47 games in their young history. There has to be a reason for the fall from grace of this team. Can you really throw all the blame on the pitching staff, or are there team effort mistakes that are making this a season to remember with mixed emotions right now?
The same dictionary shows the meaning of Implosion to mean: " To burst or collapse inward." Is that the problem with the Rays right now? Are the competition bursting some bubbles and exposing some of the weaknesses we have currently in our pitching staff. The Rays pitching staff after the fourth inning is going through a state of internal implosion in their minds and on the mound right now. You have to admit in last night's game, both teams did their own special takes on the word implosion.
Combined we saw over 19 walks in this game. Granted, these are the top two squads in the AL with walks, but it was downright annoying at times to see the strike zone get smaller at times during the contest. Not to be outdone by the walk total, both teams also combined to throw 422 pitches last night, which is tops in the majors this season by two squads. The Rays had their own share of 230 tosses in the game, which is the third highest total in team history.
The game was an abnormality for both teams, but you can not let the history of this ballpark come up and snag you either.The Rays have now lost 14 consecutive games in this ballpark. The steak is the longest consecutive streak in any ballpark for the Rays.You have to go back to the days of ex-Rays pitcher Seth McClung as a starter to find the last win in Progressive/Jacobs Field. That was back on September 28, 2005, when McClung beat Cliff Lee.
But the implosion, for the second game in a row by the Rays Bullpen is starting to signal a weakness in the Rays Way of relief pitching. I am not going to throw the Bullpen under the bus here totally, but someone has to take some of the past two games failures under their skin and boast this Bullpen back up again. Is the way they are being used the culprit, or is this Bullpen right now not as good as the 2008 model? I mean we did lose another cog in Brian Shouse to injury in Sundays game, but can one guy be the key to the implosion experienced during last night's game. Some sort of change might be needed, but where do you look first?
But if you look at the players who have been inserted in both the 5-4 walk-off loss to the Marlins, and in this contest, they are the regular guys mixed with a few of the "newbies". There is not a consistent plus or minus from any of the pitchers in either game to instill or conduct a massive witch hunt for a scapegoat here. At least in Sunday's loss the team was battling back and forth throughout the game until the Marlins plated the winning run in the 11th inning. In that contest, the word implosion is not fitting to use. The Marlins only came back from a single run down to tie the game, not 9 runs like the Indians did to the Rays last night.
The implosion started with three quick singles to load the bases in the eight inning. The Rays defense did their part by getting a 6-4-3 double play and get two quick outs on the board. Considering the Indians got 4 hits in that inning and only scored 2 runs, it can be a minor "atta boy" for getting out without surrendering more. But the ninth inning is going to be the poster boy of implosive actions for this Bullpen for quite awhile.
Not only did the Rays use 4 pitchers to try and get three outs, but they used some of the tried and true veterans along with recent call-up Randy Choate. But then again, you had Choate and Thayer, the newbies in the Rays system as the first two guys on the mound in the bottom of the ninth inning. As a bookmark for both of these guys to separate what the rookies did and the veterans accomplished was a nice high,wide and not very handsome throw by Ried Brignac at short to make the inning drag on more for the Rays.
Willy Aybar could have been LeBron James and he could not have had enough reach to get that ball from Brignac. Funny we are in the town of LeBron this week, and more people have seen Cavaliers' basketball this year than an Indians game, and their complexes are right next to each other. Anyways, The Rays bring on the first of two vets in Grant Balfour with one out and a 10-5 Rays lead. Hearing the Indians faithful beating the tom tom drum in the background Balfour get Mark DeRosa to line out to Evan Longoria.
Two outs and a 10-5 lead is still intact for the Rays. Tom tom gets louder and Ryan Garko cracks a 3-run shot to left field that clears the high wall with ea
se. Now the stream of runs are beginning to flow for the Indians. They have gotten to within two runs at this point, 10-8, but have only one out left to play with here. From that point on, Balfour gives up a walk to Asdrubal Cabrerra to start the run carousel all over again.
He is replaced by former St Louis Cardinals' closer Jason Isringhausen who the Rays signed as protection in case of some Percival problems this season. Izzy comes to the mound with the determination of Job, but issues three straight walks to score another Indians run and get the lead to within one run 10-9. Then the Indians protagonist for the Rays, Victor Martinez is up to the plate for the second time in this inning. His first at bat ended with the first out of the inning on a pop out to Longoria. Izzy gets him to a 2-2 count before he hits a ball on the ground between B J Upton and Ben Zobrist, and neither player can get the ball before the two runs score and the Rays go down again in Cleveland.
This is a word that can have many meaning to many people. It will depend on the way you have been brought up what this word means to you. Different religions and cultures have many interpretations of this word. But I like the fourth definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary : " The fact or state of being dedicated or loyal ". I also think a great parallel word is fandom here.
I truly think this is the time we either go for gusto supporting this team, or you abandon the bandwagon and go about your life until football starts in August. Seriously here people, this is the time we can send a message to other fans around baseball. The Rays are having their second best season in team history after the 47 game mark, and people want this team to be comparable to 2008 (27-20). Look at that record. 27-20 last season is only 4 more wins than this season currently. Is that a good enough reason to bring out the "D(evil)" word again in referring to this team?
I hope not. Devotion and support of this team will be the hidden treasure in 2009. They told us last season if we had a winning season the fans will show up. Well, so far this season they have shown up in moderate numbers, but we still have huge teams coming in future home series that will spike the attendance marks higher and higher. This is not the time to even think of digging out those other jerseys to wear, or caps to adorn your head. That famous phrase, "When the going get tough, the tough get going" really needs to shine right now in Rays-land.
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Rays – I hope the fans rally around the team. That is what fans are suppose to do! I believe in my Red Sox from the first pitch of the season until the last out is made. I really hope the fans in Tampa don't abandon the team. You can enjoy your baseball and await football season; I know I do! Hang in there!
I only wait for College Football anymore. ( Go Gators My Alma Mater).
I have not kept a keen eye on Pro Football since 1985 or so.
I have to say I abandoned it for another love……Baseball.
The fans are just going through expectation withdrawls right now. Most will be fine, but some will have problems with the rest of the season.
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Man, you staked David Price a 10-0 lead…only to have the bullpen melt down. I know the feeling…lol
But all you can do is keep the faith. God knows I keep telling myself this Nats team CAN'T get any worse. (And BTW, that Shettfield homer last night was NO home run. Not by a longshot. WE GOT SCREWED by the umps, bottom line.)
What a country…
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I saw that on Sportscenter this morning.
The good thing is there are over 100 plus games to make up for it.
The bad thing is they did not go to review to positive. That is what it is for now, but some umpire crews see it as counterproductive still.
Good things come to those who wait……right?
Rays Renegade
Wow Cliff for a moment I thought you were writing about the Rockies and just disguising it by calling them the Rays…It's tough I know too well…Soon we'll be pairing off in Denver my man. Somebody's gotta be the winner though eh?
Hey Tommy,
Yeah, June 16-18th is coming fast.
I hope we can keep Bullpen Coach Bobby Ramos out of the waterfeature in left centerfield this time in Denver.
Last time he took a nice little swim in the rapids there to churn up the Bullpen.
It is going to be a great series, and you never know, we both have been on the bad end of a few ballgames this year.
Maybe the series will ignite something in our teams………we can dream.
Rays Renegade
Now is the time for the team to shine. With the injury bug biting hard, I think we're going to see some guys stepping up big time. The last couple of game have been hard to watch (or in my case follow online). We've always had a hard time with the Indians, but there is a lot more baseball to come. GO RAYS!
That is soo true.
There are over 200 games to try and get some of these losses back in 2009.
We are playing the Indians earlier than in 2008. If we can make up that 7-game losing streak we suffered before the All-Star break, we are right back in the hunt.
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