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MLB Notebook: Rios has winning equation
White Sox slugger's six hits plus two steals lifts Chicago past the Tigers
Over 18 innings at Forbes Field on July 7, 1922, Pirates center fielder Max Carey did just about everything possible to help his team in its attempt to defeat the defending World Series champion Giants.
However, despite Carey's six hits (including a double) in six at-bats, three walks and three stolen bases, Carey and his Bucs came out on the short end, losing 9-8. It would be 55 years until another player had a game that featured at least six hits and at least two stolen bases.
Like the Carey game early on in the live-ball era, the one on July 26, 1977, was also a contest that went deep into extra innings (15) and also saw the featured performer -- this time the Padres Gene Richards (also playing center field) -- put together his act in a loss.
These two major themes -- extra innings and losing -- were finally put to rest the next time a player had a six-hit, two-steal game. On July 2, 1993, in Colorado, Cubs right fielder Sammy Sosa, in just nine innings, collected a double, five singles and three stolen bases. He was also able to celebrate an 11-8 victory.
And like Carey getting company with Richards, Sosa now has a companion. White Sox right fielder Alex Rios went 6-for-6 with a triple and two stolen bases Tuesday in an 11-4 win over the Tigers.
Rios tied the AL record for hits in a nine-inning game, accomplished 36 previous times. The most recent player to do it had been Ian Kinsler, on April 15, 2009. Rios is the fifth White Sox player to do it, joining Rip Radcliff (1936), Hank Steinbacher ('38), Floyd Robinson ('62) and Lance Johnson ('95).
Of the 37 AL players with six hits in a nine-inning game, Rios is one of 22 to have at least five singles and one of seven to have a triple. His hit profile of one triple and five singles is the only one of its kind among these 37.
For both leagues, and removing the qualifier of nine-inning games, Rios is one of five players since 1916 to have at least one triple and at least five singles in a game. The others: George Sisler (1921), Rocky Colavito ('62), Bill Madlock ('75) and Kirby Puckett ('91).
Beltre moving up the charts
The Rangers topped the Orioles, 8-4, getting a 4-for-4, two-homer, five-RBI game from Adrian Beltre.
With the two homers, Beltre tied and then moved past Mickey Mantle into the 17th spot for the most extra-base hits for a player through his age-34 season. With 881 extra-base hits, Beltre is directly behind Eddie Mathews and Sosa, who each had 901. If Beltre passes Mathews, he will have the most in history for any third baseman through his age-34 season.
Since the start of the 2010 season, Beltre leads all third basemen in hits, doubles, home runs, RBIs, total bases and extra-base hits. His Major League ranks for all of these categories: hits (sixth), doubles (fifth), home runs (fourth), RBIs (seventh), total bases (third) extra-base hits (fourth).
Miggy builds on big half
Miguel Cabrera homered and had two RBIs, bringing his numbers in these two Triple Crown categories to 29 and 92.
The 29 home runs are the most for a Tigers player before the All-Star break, eclipsing the 28 hit by Cecil Fielder in 1990. The 92 RBIs are the sixth most for a player before the All-Star break. Cabrera is now looking up at Hank Greenberg (103 in 1935), Juan Gonzalez (101 in '98), Carlos Delgado (97 in 2003), Manny Ramirez (96 in 1999) and Josh Hamilton (95 in 2008).
Papi ties Baines' DH mark
David Ortiz contributed to an Red Sox offensive barrage with a pair of doubles and a home run, giving him 14 games with at least three extra-base hits in his Red Sox career. Since 1916, only Ted Williams has had more (19) such games with Boston.
Ortiz also added a single, pushing his career total of hits as a designated hitter to 1,688, to tie Harold Baines for the most all-time. Ortiz is already the career DH leader in doubles, home runs, RBIs, total bases and extra-base hits.
Among players with at least 3,000 plate appearances as a DH (there are 14 of them), Ortiz's raw OPS in the role (.944) is the second highest, behind Edgar Martinez's .959.
Here and there
• Ubaldo Jimenez (six innings, five hits) and three relievers combined on an eight-hit shutout as the Indians topped the Blue Jays, 3-0. Cleveland has 11 shutouts this season -- the most in the AL and the most for the franchise at this point in the season (90 games) since the 1968 club had 17.
• The Rays continue to win, and continue to do so with superb pitching. With Chris Archer (six innings, three hits, one unearned run) and three relievers combining to allow five hits and no walks, the Rays' 4-1 victory over the Twins gave the club its 10th win in the past 11 games. The pitching numbers over this stretch: 101 innings, 72 hits, 22 runs (21 earned, for a 1.87 ERA), 89 strikeouts and 23 walks.
• Cardinals leadoff hitter Matt Carpenter had three hits, three RBIs and three runs scored -- the second time this season (and this month) he has had a three-hit, three-run, three-RBI game. Since 1916, two other Cardinals players -- Lou Brock in 1967 and Ray Lankford in '94 -- had multiple games like this from the leadoff slot in one season. Brock and Lankford each had two.
• Brewers right-hander Wily Peralta threw a three-hit shutout against the Reds, picking up his first career complete game. Peralta is the third pitcher in the franchise's history to produce a shutout on three hits or fewer within his first 25 career games. Both of the previous occurrences took place in 1971, when Bill Parsons tossed a three-hit shutout in his fifth career game and Jim Slaton cooked up a three-hit shutout of his own in his 13th game.
• Reds southpaw Tony Cingrani struck out 10 batters in taking the loss against the Brewers, but with the effort, he joined Gary Nolan as the only Reds pitchers since 1916 to produce multiple double-digit strikeout games within his first 17 games in the Majors. Nolan had three -- in his second, 10th and 11th career games.
• The Dodgers defeated the D-backs, 6-1, to move to within one game of .500 and 2 1/2 games of first-place Arizona. After losing on June 21, the Dodgers were in last place in the National League West, 9 1/2 games behind the division leader. Since then, Los Angeles has the best record in the Majors at 14-3.


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Lostock Sports & Social Club Northwich 26th & 27th August 2017.
All I can say is what an amazing weekend, starting off with a great acoustic show starring Theia, Michael Chimp Procter, Rob Lomax and the BBC acoustic band and Baxter.
Then the main event on Sunday was electric, the crowd were amazing, everyone was friendly and made you feel welcome. It was also a family event with kids and even more incredible, the youngest rocker attending this year was 1 years of age that's right only one years old!!!
The day kicked off rocking with The Sourheads, who gave a great performance to start us off. Even though it was 12pm the beer was flowing and the head banging commenced as it meant to go on.
The next band to hit the stage were Black Cat Bones who played an awesome set with songs "Better Days" and "Devil You Know" just to name a couple. They also did a song called "Down To The River" where the lead singer played a mean harmonica solo. The band rocked the stage with even their merch seller having a good old mosh.
Next to rock the stage was Ryders Creed (previously known as – Black Rose Cadillac) who started a great set with the song "Ryder". They also played "River man", "Begging For More", "Rise" and "Devil Road" just to name a few.
We then had The Senton Bombs come up and play a great set, followed by the awesome Baleful Creed who got the crowd up and dancing. Next up we had even more great music from Beckon Lane who had very little time to prepare as they were added to the line up in a week before RockWich, but that did not stop them putting on one amazing show.
It was at this point in the day that everyone gathered up inside to sing for Falling Red's new music video. The crowd loved being involved in this and everyone sang their hearts out.
Hells Addiction were due to play next but due to travel issues, Beth Blade and the Beautiful Disasters were next. The Lancashire lady was ready and put on a good performance.
Maybe running a little late but still in good form, we had Hells Addiction. They came on and gave it their all, giving us an epic performance. There were a lot of fans amongst the crowd for Hells Addiction and seemed to love the show they put on.
It was now time for Regulus who really got the crowd going. There showman ship was amazing, getting everyone dancing including Abel Reed the one-year old rocker!! They played an array of songs including "Rock and Roll", "Bones" and "The Minion".
Mason Hill now, and they had a lot of diehard fans waiting to rock out. Unfortunately, halfway through the first song "Broken Son", the mic died but that didn't stop the lead singer from carrying on and belting out some awesome vocals. As soon as the technical problem was fixed, they carried on rocking the stage with songs "Your Memory", "Out of Reach" and "Blame".
Getting closer to the headlining act we had Knock Out Kane with their old school style, they tore the roof off the building!!! They had a laid back style of play with a great set list of songs. The lead singer was a great performer and even got his guitar out to play.
Next to bring us more great music were Screaming Eagles. With their Black Stone Cherry style of music, they gave us a performance of a life time. The singer was down to earth and very entertaining, jumping all around the stage. They kicked off the set with the song "Blood" and followed with more amazing original songs by the band such as "Hungry", Soul", "Road House" and "Ready for the Fall". A great band to get us warmed up for the big one, the headliners!!!!
And ready to finish off such an amazing day in good old rock and roll fashion, were the Lancaster based rockers Massive Wagons. Kicking us off with their charity single "Back to the Stack" then straight into some heavy bass and guitars with "Nails". These were followed up by two new songs "Under No Illusion" and "Last on the List". They also gave us a wide range of tracks from all three albums including "Red Dress", "Look Around", "Ratio" and "Tokyo" and finished an amazing set that had the crowd rocking from start to end, with an amazing cover of the AC/DC classic "Thunderstruck".
Overall the day was amazing, from the promoters to the crowd, the bar staff and of course every band who played gave us a show to remember. Even though there was a couple of issues with mics the festival ran on time which is great to say when every band had a different setup. "So I would like to say a big thank you to RockWich and the RockWich family and look forward to seeing you next year"!
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I was 10 years old the first time I met an athlete. My pops had taken me to an N.C. State basketball game, and after the game he got us down to the Wolfpack locker room exit. It was the highlight of my life to that point. I got to stand there, talk to, and get autographs from Sidney Lowe, Derek Whittenburg, Chuck Nevitt, and Jim Valvano. Thurl Bailey slipped out but I'd catch up to him later.
When I say I got to talk to, I might be slightly overstating it. Lowe and Whittenburg couldn't have said more than 15 words to me..combined. And I was talking to Chuck Nevitt's girlfriend more than I was talking to Big Chuck. She was telling me a story about Chuck buying a boat… Jim Valvano talked to me a little bit but the greatest thing about him was his consistency. He kept calling me A.C. instead of H.G. I met him about 10 years later when he was working for ABC and in town to call a Louisville/UCLA game. He kept calling me A.C. instead of H.G.
Since then, through work and dumb luck, I've crossed paths with a number of athletes. In the brief time that I've talked to any of them, I've always wound up with an impression. It's probably not fair to judge somebody that quickly, but it's all I get.
10. Bobby Bonilla: I met Bobby at a celebrity golf tournament. I was there as a member of the media, not being a celebrity, obviously. We talked Pirates, he talked cigars, and then we just stood around bullshittin' for about 5 minutes. People passing by could only assume we had known each other for years.
9. Warren Sapp: 99 could be on the list or off the list. The first time I met him, he was still a Buc and Tampa had just signed Keyshawn. He was more than happy to chop it. He kept reiterating that Key was the key and now they were gonna win the Superbowl. The second time I met him, he was a Raider, and he didn't have two words for me.
8. Lennox Lewis: I guess knowing you can knock out anybody in the building probably leaves you pretty relaxed. That's what Lennox was. Real relaxed, real English, but he really didn't wanna talk about Mike Tyson. He was still boxing at the time, so we mostly talked boxing. We talked a little music and he swore that when he hung up the gloves he was done.
7. Eric Karros: There's no one time for EK. I met him a couple of times over the years and he was always cool. He didn't take the business of baseball too seriously, but he loved the game. He always had time to talk baseball, and he's good for a joke about an opposing team/player.
6. Tracy McGrady: I talked to T-Mac for about 10 minutes at a party. He had just joined the Rockets, which was precluded by rumors of Shaq going to Orlando to be teamed up with McGrady. T-Mac gave me his opinions on why the deal never got done, but said Houston was a good move too. We gm'd on what some of the other teams in the league should do, and he told me the things he was gonna miss most in Orlando. It was just an average conversation between an NBA player and some dude at a party.
5. Thurl Bailey: Meeting him wasn't as cool as it was sentimental. I wouldn't have had the chance to meet Thurl without Karl Malone arranging the meeting. We talked N.C. State hoops for a little bit, and then I asked him to sign the "Go Pack" sheet that had the Valvano, Nevitt, Lowe, and Whittenburg autographs on it. I thought he was gonna cry. You should have seen how that piece of paper took him back in time. It was a great moment, and to this day those are the only
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4. Lenny Harris/Mike Sharperson/Darryl Strawberry: I went to the worst/best post game barbecue in the early 90s. It was bad because there wasn't much food, the grill was on somebody's patio, and there weren't more than 3 ladies there. Then Lenny, Sharp (R.I.P.), and Strawberry rolled in and things livened up a little. Lenny Harris was in rare form, Sharperson wasn't sure who they played next (it was Atlanta, and the games were important. The Dodgers were in a pennant race.), and they all wanted to get the hell out of there before Kal Daniels showed up. They were gonna go out on the town for the night and they didn't wanna drag him around. Kal showed up to everybody's dismay (I think even me and my buddies by this point). Darryl was cool as could be, and even sought us out before he left to say "nice to meet y'all". He then got in his black Mercedes, cranked the beat, and bounced. He was dope.
3. Karl Malone and John Stockton: I didn't meet them together but you can't have one without the other. I got a chance to do some work with Karl, and I gotta say he pretty much is what you see on tv. A big country dude that prefers a small city and starry nights. He'll say some shit that will have you dyin', not neccesarily intentionally, but he was a cool cat.
I met John Stockton after a Jazz/Clippers game. It was weird… The Jazz weren't in any hurry to get to the bus or anything like that and I ended up standing there, talking, to John Stockton… and Peter Vecsey walks over. It didn't ruin the conversation I was having with Stockton although it didn't make it better either. The best part of the conversation was when John was breaking down Utah's pick and roll, explaining how they have limitless options depending on what the defense does, and basically saying Stockton/Malone= Unstoppable.
2. Chris Webber: I useta go out with a chick that thought Chris Webber was the finest man on the planet. You could call her a C-Webb Stan. When I met Webber, we started off talking basketball, and during the conversation I thought about Ms. C-Webb Stan. Camera phones weren't around yet, but I did have my trusty recorder that I carried with me everywhere for work purposes. I told Webber that I had a friend that thought he was the biz and asked if he could say something nice to her on tape. He takes the recorder and does 1 minute 30 seconds of telling her how much he'd like to meet her and if things go well they can get married in his backyard. It was some of the funniest shit I had ever heard. As you can guess, she was pretty damn happy with that tape.
1. Derek Fisher: Probably one of the top ten coolest people I've ever met. You'd be hard pressed to find somebody with a bad word to say about D-Fish. I've met him through work and in social settings and he's been the same all the time. Cool and down to the Earth.


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There's something about Hedda.
"Hedda Gabler," that is, the titular character in Henrik Ibsen's classic "new woman" tale, the original housewife of Oslo County, the gal who has attitude, aptitude and is one mean shot. The inscrutable character has intrigued audiences, fascinated critics and challenged actresses more than 120 years.
And now Roxanna Hope has a chance to take aim on the character.
Hope stars as the cool, calculating anti-heroine in the season-opener at Hartford Stage, with previews beginning Thursday, Aug. 30, and the press night set for Wednesday, Sept. 3. The production, directed by Jennifer Tarver (Long Wharf Theatre's production of "Krapp's Last Tape" starring Brian Dennehy), runs through Sept. 23.
Darko Tresnjak, artistic director for Hartford Stage, says he chose the work as the first show of his inaugural season because he felt the play — about a daughter of an aristocratic general who marries a good-but-not-brilliant academic and finds her new provincial life unfulfilling — especially timely.
"There are Heddas all around us these days," he says. "We're living in a youth-obsessed culture paired with a bad economy with huge loans that don't allow [young] people to find themselves in the world."
Tresnjak deferred directing the show himself "because it's too close to me. But I might want to play her," he says, laughing, "This is an all-or-nothing character who has certain expectations of the universe. She is either going to succeed or things are going to end badly. It's a very dangerous play and a very dangerous character."
To stage the play, Tresnjak turned to Tarver, whom he met and admired when both were doing work at Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival. (She is next set to direct Dennehy in "Waiting for Godot" there.
The Canadian director had recently staged a not-often-produced Ibsen play, "Brand," and "caught the Ibsen bug." Tarver says, "For me it wasn't about 'Hedda Gabler' or it being a 'woman's play' — it was just Ibsen and I wanted more and to delve into the nature of his storytelling."
For the adaptation, Tarver turned to a version by Jon Robin Baitz, which she described as "minimalist and direct" writing.
Casting was more of a challenge and the actors she saw were "all good but they were so American. I needed a woman who would take another angle, either ethnic, or something, I didn't even know what that was, something to make us feel that this character was from another world."
"I get that all the time," says Hope, who grew up mostly in Texas but moved around the country and lived overseas, too. "There is something 'other' about me that is hard to define in that way."
Hope says when she got the part her agent expected her initial reaction to be elation, "but I was terrified immediately because of the expectations attached to it. There is so much baggage. I had to strip all of it away and pretend that Ibsen just handed me the script and said, 'Have a read'."
So she read the script endlessly, eventually finding that "everything is revealed through the language. If you just trust the play it will take you where you need to go."
Hope, who has also been directed by Tresnjak in "Princess Turandot" and "The Blue Demon," joins a long line of actresses who played the role. Mary-Louise Parker played Hedda in the most recent Broadway production, with an adaptation by Hartford-born, Wethersfield-raised playwright Christopher Shinn. Other actresses include Ingrid Bergman, Eva Le Gallienne, Kelly McGillis, Maggie Smith, Kate Mulgrew, Judy Davis, Cate Blanchett, Diana Rigg, Claire Bloom and Annette Bening. Glenda Jackson played her on film. Diane Weist took on the part at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven in the '80s and Martha Plimpton played the role in a production at Long Wharf Theatre in the late '90s.
Tresnjak wanted to step away from the "grand dame" syndrome and cast young, vital and sexy actors. (Hedda is not yet 30 in the play.) "It's a play about moving from youth to middle age," he says, "when people ask, 'Is this my life?'
Hedda Who?
But who is Hedda, the character often described as the female "Hamlet," the fiercely intelligent, self-entitled character who can't decide what to do with her stifled life?
"I don't figure out who is Hedda," says Tarver. "I let Hedda emerge from the equation, from the precision of the storytelling. I can't think that she's this or she's that because I feel that would be wasting my time. The action for Hedda is largely internal.
"You've got this psychological space where the play for me actually exists, and then you have all these other [characters in the play] who are foils to her state of mind."
"I can't refer to her as narcissistic" says Hope. "She is a strong, ambitious, expansive, with a wild personality bottled in a time and a place and a condition where she has no outlook or model for what to do with that. She tries so hard ..."
Hope says Hedda cannot deal with the house where she is living or the man she has married, and she doesn't know what to do."
Does she need therapy?
"Who doesn't?" says Tarver. "But so does the judge, the husband and her aunt."
Tarver keeps the production in the original 1890 time period "but it's not 100 percent realistic," which is suggested in Eugene Lee's deliberately unfinished set and the flamboyant poster for the play where the actress is sprawled backward over a grand piano.
Even so, it's a play "with no lace up the dresses. It's got a sharp silhouette, like the text. It doesn't get lost in the details. The boldness is a cross between high melodrama and a deep psychological drama," says Tarver. "I love that mix."
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Tarver sees the play as about the nature of art and self expression, too, "which I think is about Hedda's desires and goals, to find some sort of authenticity in living, a way to truly express herself. So for me, on another level, it's about life's relationship to art which is a very complex, explosive and actually can be destructive. Ibsen in his life and time felt that as an artist as he battled with society — and he wasn't even a woman."
HEDDA GABLER begins previews Thursday, Aug. 30, and opens to the press on Wednesday, Sept. 5 at 50 Church St., Hartford. The run continues through Sept. 23. Performances are Tuesdays through Thursdays at 7:30; Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 7:30 p.m. Matinee performances are on Sundays and select Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $26.50, to $83.50, not including ticket fees. Preview tickets through Sept. 5 can be purchased for 25 percent off at www.hartfordstage.org using the online code Hedda25. Information: 860-527-5151 and www.hartfordstage.org.
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Best of Redlands: Saturn sweep
We go to the VeloNews archives for a look at the 2003 Saturn men's team and their suffocating spring campaign
Editor's Note: This week marks the 27th anniversary of the Redlands Bicycle Classic in Redlands, California. As the race opens today, we take a look into the VeloNews archives at a selection of the best moments from the U.S. domestic season opener. Today's pick: the 2003 men's race, when Chris Horner, Nathan O'Neill and Tom Danielson smothered the field for Saturn.
Saturn was the undisputed top dog in the domestic peloton in 2003. Led by Chris Horner, Nathan O'Neill, Charles Dionne and Tom Danielson, the squad ripped through the spring, winning at the Tour de Langkawi, Redlands and the Tour of Georgia. In this retrospective, VeloNews editors looked back at the squad's run through the first six months of the year. In their most dominant statement of the year, Horner, O'Neill and Danielson left the peloton behind on the final-day Sunset Ridge stage at Redlands and swept the day and the final general classification.
Images by Casey B. Gibson (who is on the ground for VeloNews at Redlands in 2012).
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Martin Luther King Jr. at Arizona State University
Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech entitled "Religious Witness for Human Dignity" presented at Goodwin Stadium, Arizona State University on June 3, 1964. Introduction by ASU President G. Homer Durham. This recording is followed by a brief recording of King's remarks to NAACP supporters at the Tanner AME Church in Phoenix earlier in the same day. Related photographs and correspondence of President Durham are included.
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Wow, why do race photos always come out horrible? Does everyone else experience this?
I know it might possibly be because you are out of breath, hurling your body towards the finish line, sweating, and wearing 'running clothes', but man, I really need to smile more, and not look like I'm ready to die. These are the pictures from the last race I ran, the Seal Beach 10k. Notice the super cool Zensah armwarmers too, that I never had to adjust and they never moved!
I think this was at the beginning of the race, maybe? And why does my leg look so weird?
Does anyone else think race pictures are a total rip off? I mean, I could have a spectator go there, take pictures of me and I wouldn't look like I was going to throw up in all of them. Have any of you bought the pictures?
It would be great to start a company and charge minimally for the prints, or even for the file. I've never personally bought any but maybe for my San Diego Full Marathon I will.


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If intruders ignore his one-note warning, a male gets more aggressive and challenges them with a severe tongue lashing ! This routine is so effective that after a few days, virtually no other hummers come into his area and all he needs to do to maintain it is sing his one-note samba. Rufous hummers are both aggressive and intolerant of other species at the feeder. His wingbeat here measures a fairly fast 60 bps.
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Authorities are questioning a "person of interest" in connection to the wildfire in the Bosque, a spokesperson with Albuquerque Fire Department confirmed.
Sky 7 was above the fire that began burning around 2:45pm Saturday. Larry Gallegos, the public information officer for Bernalillo County Fire Department said four fire crews arrived quickly and fought back flames from every angle.
Gallegos said firefighters came in from the north, west, south, cut a fire line around the wildfire, which scorched earth from just south of Paseo del Norte to the Rio Grande.
Gallegos believed it was a driver heading eastbound on Paseo del Norte who may have noticed the flames and smoke by the bosque and immediately called 911.
Gallegos said that's exactly what people should do.
"We are hoping that we don't have any more fires like this - but one of the things BCFD and AFD appreciate is the eyes and ears of the public," he said.
That way firefighters can get to work as soon as possible as they did fighting back the bosque fire, Gallegos said.
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Performance Enhancing Drugs – In 1894?
What's fun about turning over baseball's rocks is that it often turns out that beneath them there are…other rocks.
Two of the Giants
made the telling plays in the Temple Cup games, just as they did two weeks ago
in Chicago. … "You wish to know why these two particular men, and
how they did it? This is the solution." The speaker held between his
finger and thumb a diminutive three-cornered blue phial. He continued:
"May be, you all do not know that R—- … is a pretty good doctor.
… When we got to Washington he asked W—- and myself to go with him one morning
to call on a doctor who is supposed to be thoroughly up in Isopathy. The visit
was most interesting, and when we left, R—- and W—- had promised to test the
virtue of the elixir contained in these little bottles. The opportunity
occurred in Chicago September 18th. The score was 1 to 1, each team having
tallied in the sixth. R—- was now up, but before taking the bat I saw him pass
something to his mouth and then look up for quite two minutes. His eyes
brightened and the veins across his temples and the arteries down his neck
knotted like cords as he stood at the plate. … R—- met the ball … and he put
his 230 pounds in the lunge he made; … the ball was bound for the outer world,
and would not have stopped if the fence had been twice as high. Three runs were
tallied, and, as it proved, they were just about the number needed…They used
the Washington physician's elixir in every Temple Cup game, and I tell you that
is the secret of the Giants holding that trophy to-day. R—- and W—- will both
tell you so."
Shieber goes on to source what the miracle "Isopathy" elixir was supposed to do (provide accelerated heartbeats and thus an instantaneous surge of strength), what it was supposed to be made of (mashed up ox brains), what it actually was (nitroglycerine), and who apparently used it (Amos Rusie and John Montgomery Ward).
A cardiac specialist friend of mine says it must've been 100% placebo, or, maybe even pure luck that it didn't kill either of the 1894 Giants. Patients given nitroglycerine for heart-related chest pain are urged to lie down immediately because blood pressure drops.
Still, psychology tells us that placebos often work – and in the 1880's and 1890's when "glandular extracts" from animals were supposedly the cutting age of medicine, this might've been more true than at other times. Ironically, while Rusie and Ward were very-forward thinking in terms of supplements, they should've looked backwards. In 1889, future Hall of Famer Pud Galvin openly enrolled in "medical experiments" in Pittsburgh testing the efficacy of testosterone drawn from monkeys.
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This is a collection from 1878 put out by the Smithsonian. Search on "base ball" and you will find a lecture from 1874 by an early cardiologist. He was interested in the possible ill effects of strenuous exercise on the heart. Part of his study was to examine a professional baseball club. His conclusion was that exercise "is only injurious when too steadily persevered in".
The best part is the case studies of the ball players, with their anonymity thinly protected through the use of initials rather than names. It is immediately obvious to an eccentric 19th century baseball specialist that this is the Philadelphia Athletics. The first player discussed is "A.J.R.": obviously Alfred J. Reach, with ample biographical data provided to remove any lingering doubt.
My favorite tidbit: "J.V.B" (Joe Battin) "lives largely on bread and molasses." He suffers neither palpitation nor shortness of breath but he states that "he 'blows' if he chews tobacco."
Then there is the observation that "A.C.A." is "a splendid speciman of a man." Two years later he would be signed away by the Chicago club, and we better know Adrian Constantine Anson as "Cap".
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Thank you for the link, Mr. Hershberger – utterly fascinating. Jan in Santa Clarita.
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Heya just wanted to give you a brief heads up and let you know a few of the pictures aren't loading correctly. I'm not sure why but I think its a linking issue. I've tried it in two different web browsers and both show the same results.
Once again the Temple Cup has been misrepresented. The Cup competition had nothing to do with winning the league. It was a separate competition, much as winning the FA cup is to winning the Premier League. The Orioles were National League winners in 1894-1896, regardless of their performance in the Temple Cup.
With that Said… The Orioles were the Regular season Champs by Record alone!
The Author merely points out that this was the Closest to a Wprld Series iN 1894…
I don't see any misrepresentation to the event by the Author… He is just being open minded, No? "Life's Grand", Denny
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OK, so you've all had your jollies with that photo of new draftee Wayne Ellington and his comely friend. For my money, though, this one right here is vastly more interesting. I mean, just look at it.
It is nothing less than the distilled essence of the Draft. There's Grandma, just proud as she can be. There's Wayne, dressed to the nines, sipping on some iced tea. There's some champagne. There's a Chinese-character tattoo. And there is the woman herself, Amanda, Our Lady of Pneumatics. Family. The accoutrements of wealth. Young love. The breast of the new world flowering before our sailor's eyes, as Fitzgerald sort of wrote.
Years from now, when the aliens are sifting through our cultural detritus, they will ask us about this bizarre annual ceremony known as the NBA Draft and what it all meant. And, my friends, we will show them this photo. And they will understand.
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2 Meter 200.00 First of all, there is no other cable on the market at this price point that even comes close to these.No hype, No snake oil No voodoo. Pure, simple, outstanding cables with performance approaching the very best and most expensive audio cables on the market, for a fraction of the price. Well below what audiophiles normally expect to pay for superbly engineered and hand crafted components. Best Value of any cables available. All my cables are made by hand by me one at a time, I'm a small operation working at my home, with a small markup (40%) including labor. Unlike large cable manufactures which have a large overhead and typically charge 16 - 20 times cost. My mission is to the finest audio components, of the finest materials, at a reasonable price.
The wire is MIL spec aerospace stranded silver plated copper wire, silver being the best conductor of electricity,Teflon insulation is very close to air resulting in very low capacitance which makes the cable suitable for any audio component as it will not contribute to instability,or absorb the signal.Teflon insulation is very thin resulting in a cable that is lightweight and flexible.This cable will not stress the jacks on your components, This configuration provides incredible imaging and detail across the entire audio spectrum, deep, tight, powerful bass, sweet transparent mid range, smooth and linear high frequency response.This cable provides incredibly low resistance.
RCA Connectors:
Louvered RCA plugs establish constant, firm contact with RCA jacks.
Alloy shell .
Silver plated OFC Body and pin for the best signal transfer.
5% silver solder.
The Center Pin utilizes 101% IACS C11000 High Conductivity Oxygen Free Copper which is the highest conductivity copper available for the design.The center pin of the average RCA connector is typically some form of brass which is not nearly as conductive as the copper, silver plated copper or silver conductor cable you'd be connecting to it. Materials like C36000 Brass at 26% IACS or C54400 Phosphor Bronze at 19% IACS are the typical copper alloys used in RCA connector center pins due to their low cost and easy machining.
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The only plating option I currently offer is a 5um thick direct Silver plating without an under layer ensuring the maximum conductivity possible. Silver is the highest conductivity metal at 104% IACS and also has the lowest contact resistance of any metal.With proper handling silver plating will outperform any other connector plating.
Reduced Mass Ground Bar: Most single piece body designs of RCA connectors use a grounding bar that is used to attach the shield and or negative contact of the cable by means of soldering.This design is still used but the grounding bar has been reduced in mass to facilitate quicker soldering so cables don't get overheated during assembly.
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• C11000 Copper (OFC) Center Pin
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Silver plated Coaxial Cable RCA
Constructed with stranded silver plated copper conductors insulated with an extruded PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) dielectric. The outstanding electrical and mechanical properties of silver and PTFE over a broad range of frequencies makes this coaxial cable outstanding for audio applications.Extremely transparent, clean and clear with solid soundstaging, plenty of bass, and does cymbals better than I've ever heard.
Silver wire gives realistic, natural and organic sound with both solid state and tube gear.
Teflon insulation and silver braided shielding for the best EMI/RFI rejection
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Last month at the Suncoast Audiophile Society meeting, several new members appeared and as luck would have it I had the great fortune to meet Mr. Marcus (Mark) Tunis. Mark is a new entry into the high-end mix presently constructing high-quality interconnect cables and speaker wires in his living room, but do not let this modes garage-style beginning fool you about what lurks (or lures you) behind the curtain.
After a brief but engaging chat regarding esoteric materials and interconnect technology, Mark loaned me two pair of unbalanced 1-meter interconnects that I agreed to review. But this is not the only style of cable Mark currently produces; in his repertoire are balanced (and unbalanced) interconnects terminated in your desired connectors, and an interesting-looking speaker wire,and Power Cables
Mark is a believer that – to a certain degree – history in the audio realm repeats itself. Engineers and enthusiasts have bantered back and forth different technologies and applications yielding to new materials and innovations basically taking a good idea and trying to make it better. However, the original idea is grounded on solid science and this is where he steps in. He uses proven technologies in cable design and upgrades the connectors. Mark likes the sound of silver (as do I) and is also a huge fan of air as an insulator. Air is a proven and widely used technology – just look at the electric transmission lines or high-tension wires your power company used to bring electricity to your home as a classic example. His next favorite insulator is Teflon, and I must say that after adding small Teflon shunt capacitors on my signal-path crossover network capacitors, I must completely agree with him. Mark uses high-quality copper plated with silver for both the multi-stranded center conductor and braided shield of his interconnect cables and multi-stranded wire silver-plated copper wire for his speaker and power cables.As it is with anyone promoting their own goods or services, Mark started out (as anticipated) stating that his cables had been reviewed by others claiming they were better than those costing 10s and 100s of times more (…and do I have a deal for you on a bridge in Brooklyn…). Needless to say, I was initially skeptical but intrigued by his sincerity. So the cables sat on the shelf at home for another day or so until I connected them to my system.When someone claims to have a better cable than the mainstream sells for a tiny fraction of their cost, it is a lot to believe as I am certain that most of you would agree. But although skeptical, I was hopeful and gave them a chance.
Putting it mildly, I expect a lot from interconnect or speaker cables. My current hand-made interconnect cables possess a phenomenal soundstage in all three dimensions and unmatched smoothness from all but the best I have ever auditioned. But two of my quad-wired (think of them as bi-wired times two) hand-made speaker cables use Teflon-insulated silver-plated OFHC copper each wound in a star-quad configuration.
Each segment of my crossover network (sub, bass, mid, and tweet) is isolated from the other (no shared signal or ground paths) and each requires its own speaker cable (no shunt straps). Yup, you read this right: four discrete speaker wires run from the amp to each speaker.And the attention to assembly detail was equally as impressive since Mark uses 5% silver solder at the termination points. The cable itself is VERY thin; with an external diameter on the order of 3/32" (2.4mm) it is the smallest diameter cable I have ever tried. But tiny is anything but the way I would describe their sound. These are some amazing interconnects and what they do, they do very well.
First, the top two octaves just open up and become dynamic, detailed, accurate, and seamless. Most cables favor one band or another and as a result the sound is unbalanced from top-to-bottom. These are the exact opposite. What I realized after just a few minutes of listening is what my other reference cables had left out.
I use a ribbon tweeter (super tweeter) that crosses over at about 9,500Hz. After a long series of experiments with the selection of crossover network capacitors, I assumed that the sound from this driver was as good as it was going to get – until, that is, I auditioned Mark's cables. They allowed more sound to come through unaltered; just un-emphasized, un-compressed, and un-damped neutral music from source to speakers.
Everything I suspected as an issue in the crossover network was instead an issue with my old interconnect cables. I was relieved, excited, and really started listening to their uncanny ability to reveal nuances. Spinning my favorite reference disks found new life, new information, and new clarity in almost every measure. Performances with which I was intimately familiar now resounded with life-like realism unachieved before. Saxophones sounded like saxophones, not sort of like saxophones. Pianos had that inner detail of the felt on the hammer striking the string prior to its resonance; then the resonances of the sound board can be heard as it blooms; I listen in total awe.
My mouth literally dropped then and it still does today regardless of what I play.
My worst critic, my wife, even admitted that these cables were thrilling and incredibly realistic sounding providing– so to speak – a seat at the mixing console. These cables eliminate one more layer of grunge between you and the performance, something I find exhilarating. To me, sitting down to a sound system and having that "being there" experience come to life is the Holy Grail of audiophiles. Like having a concert in your listening room, these cables do the job.
What music sounds best? All of it! Even those tracks you thought were so-so you may again find to your liking. Classic rock has never sounded so good and the music I relegated to the "boring" category is now at least revealed to its fullest. The ability to notice differences between MP3, SACD, DSD, and higher-resolution recordings is easily brought to bear as the size and depth of the soundstage, the detail improves as do the dynamics.No matter what I listen to it now sounds good and those esoteric discs are to die for. One person – a newbie into the high-end realm – dropped by a few days ago and after hearing these cables said "Thanks for ruining my CD collection." What he meant was that he now had to invest into higher-quality recordings since the Red-Book 44-16 standard of CDs was now in his own words "grossly inadequate." I agree but I still listen to them because sometimes there is no other format choice available and I like the artist.With every improvement in your system, you begin to notice other issues. Like peeling back an onion, there are layers upon layers of issues that until you achieve a certain level of refinement you may have been totally unaware of their presence. This was my case for my line filter. I use a Hospital Grade differential toroidal line filter (a PowerVAR ABC-1200). I have already changed grounding to a true single-point scheme but the introduction of these fine cables caused me to rethink something about this grounding scheme.While the internal wiring reflected a single-point ground, the metal outlet frame is connected to the ground wire terminal. Attaching standard mounting screws to the frame therefore introduced more ground loops (Oops! Overlooked that one.). Adding electrical tape to the front and back of the outlet frames, enlarging the mounting holes on the frames, and adding insulating sleeves to the mounting screws created a true single-point grounding scheme on the unit.The results were absolutely astounding. The sound stage expanded exponentially allowing live recordings in large rooms to reveal the ambience nuances associated with long reverberation times. For example, on the SACD album "Missa In Nativitate Domini" by Kåre Nordstoga, track 19 Orgelimprovisata (Deilig er Jorden ) clearly revealed the position of the organ ranks along the walls and enhanced the low-level information in the performance literally thrusting you into the balcony (one wonders how far off the floor the microphones are placed).Outcome: one more layer of the onion peeled back and one step closer to the audio Grail. Other well-recorded music yields identical results: you just hear more detail and realism than you did before.Apparently made from a MIL-Spec stranded coax cable these cables are a delight and at their modest cost well worth the investment.
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I've spent last couple of nights amazed at the change the IC's made in my system. They are installed between my EAD Ovation Plus Pre-Pro and Hafler 9303 Transnova power amp. I don't know if they're burned in or not, but right off the bat I could here a welcome difference. It's as if a veil or two had been removed and I heard details that weren't as easily perceptible before. Case in point, on one familiar recording (vinyl), there was a sound in the background that I was never able to clearly make out, but after installing Your IC's it became clear as a bell, in fact it was a cowbell placed deep in the soundstage! I've used other well regarded cables in my system before, but these have proven to be the most well, invisible. They allowed the signal between preamp and amp to flow with the least amount of editorialization which is what a good cable should do.
I could go on with superlatives about how much I am enjoying my music now, but I'd probably end up with Carpal's tunnel.
Congratulations on a great product Mark! I'd would recommend it to anyone looking for a high performance cable at a price that's a steal. And they're good looking cables to boot!
Hey Mark,
First of all I love these cables. from the moment i plugged them in i knew i was in for something special. For virgin cables to sound better than my big buck thousand hour audioquest cables right out of the box is pretty amazing.
I already gave the other cables away! I am working up a list of what it is i need in regard to your power cables. As it looks now i will be needing ten(10) 3" power cables.
Talk to you soon!
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Catholic school to test students for alcohol
A Catholic high school in suburban Chicago says it'll begin randomly testing all students this fall to determine if any of them have been drinking alcohol.
The (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald (p://bit.ly/12UAOiV) reports that St. Viator (VYE-uh-tohr) High School in Arlington Heights says the tests will be done with a hair sample. Officials say that can determine if a student has consumed alcohol in the past 90 days.
The testing was the idea of the school's president, the Rev. Corey Brost. He decided to recommend it after reading an article about a private school in New York that does it.
That school uses the same company for alcohol testing that St. Viator has used to test students for drugs since 2007.
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Heidi Montag's plastic surgeon has had enough.
After performing 10 procedures on the 23-year-old, Dr. Frank Ryan says he reuses to go along with the reality TV star's desire for yet another boob upgrade.
"I told Heidi, 'If you want to do it I don't know who you will find but it's not going to be me,'" Ryan told Radaronline. "I strongly recommend she just doesn't do it."
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Ryan augmented Montag's breasts all the way to Triple D, but now she wants to go to an H cup. Ryan said he already had misgivings about the original breast surgery.
"They are a little bit larger than I wanted," he said. "I counseled her many times and told her 'Heidi these are a little bit big and the bigger you go the more the complication risk increases.'"
But as for the other nine operations Ryan did in one day last October, including a nose job, chin reduction, liposuction, having her ears pinned back and getting fat injected into her cheeks, the doctor said he was just doing his job.
"In Heidi's case – in a healthy 23-year-old girl – this was perfectly appropriate and the public is getting used to that or hearing about it for the first time," Ryan said. "This is what young women and men are doing all the time – you know in terms of procedures together."


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Stop me if you've heard this one, but I'm going to tell you about my experiences using an LG Optimus phone. All right, I know that's a bit snarky, but it's difficult not to make a joke when you've seen so many members of the Optimus family (more than a dozen when you factor in the various carrier versions). The new LG Optimus Elite has more in common with its
The Optimus Elite is available with Sprint in titan silver and white for $29.99 with a two-year service agreement and a $50 mail-in rebate. I reviewed the titan silver version, but the features are the same for both models. You also can buy it with Sprint's prepaid subsidiary, Virgin Mobile. There it will cost you $149.99, but you won't sign a contract.
You have to wonder why LG added "Elite" to the handset's name since there's really not that much elite about it. And that starts with the Optimus Elite's design. Indeed, with its straight lines and utilitarian look, the Optimus Elite puts function over form. At 4.58 inches tall by 2.47 inches wide by 0.39 inch deep, the handset is about the same size as the
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An added bonus, at least for some users, is an eco-friendly shell that's crafted from 50 percent recycled plastic and is ULE Platinum-certified. The handset doesn't contain harmful materials such as PVC plastics, phthalates, halogens, or mercury and the packaging is entirely recyclable.
The Optimus Elite weighs 4.25 ounces, which gives it a solid feel for its size. The back cover is plastic, something that I didn't love, and it has a textured material. On the whole, the handset should stand up to your daily routine and it sports Corning's Gorilla Glass, but I wouldn't recommend banging it on a concrete floor. You'll need to remove the battery cover to access the microSD card slot, but I was glad to see that you can leave the battery in place.
In addition to bordering on too small, the 16 million-color display has an average 320x480-pixel resolution. It's fine for everyday features like messaging and e-mail and your basic apps, but media content won't look fantastic. Colors were relatively bright, though, and blacks were dark. You have five home screens to customize as you wish.
Below the display are four touch controls: Back, Home, Menu, and Search. Like with the display above they're responsive to your touch. Up top is a 3.5mm headset jack and a power control and around the corner on the left side is a volume rocker. The Micro-USB port is on the bottom of the phone and the camera, self-portrait mirror and flash are on the back. As a touch-screen phone, the Optimus Elite has a virtual alphanumeric keypad and QWERTY keyboard. The latter has the standard Gingerbread design while adding Swype.
Outside of Google Wallet, the Optimus Elite's feature set doesn't extend far beyond the basics. The phone book's size is limited only by the available memory, with each contact holding multiple fields, including phone numbers, street addresses, URLs and e-mails, and a company name. You can pair contacts with a photo and video and sync your entire list with Sprint.
All the essentials are present including text and multimedia messaging, a calculator, a calendar (that you can sync with Google), support for both Gmail and other e-mail POP3 services, voice dialing, an alarm clock, a Web browser, and voice search. As for connectivity, there's Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and USB mass storage and syncing. One thing missing that I would like to see is a file manager.
Android 2.3 Gingerbread won't please the most devoted Android enthusiasts, but they're not the audience for this phone in the first place. As it is you get all the changes that Gingerbread brought, including the enhanced cut-and-paste functionality and the ability to see how much of the battery that individual apps are used. Sprint hasn't said when and if this phone will be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich, but given its middling specs, I wouldn't hold my breath.


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MBTA officials painted a dark picture Tuesday of the T's future if no funding increase arrives from the state, outlining cost-saving measures that could dramatically decrease service, increase fares, and fundamentally change the size and scope of the public transit service.
Facing a projected deficit of $130 million for fiscal 2014, Charles Planck, director of strategic initiatives for the MBTA, presented the Massachusetts Department of Transportation's finance committee with options for how the T could balance its budget, which is due by April 15.
T officials are hoping to receive additional state funding through an expansive transportation finance plan proposed by Governor Deval Patrick earlier this year, which relies on a slew of tax increases to fund investments in roads, bridges, and public transportation, which would help shore up the T's finances over the long term. But it will probably be months,long after the T's budget deadline, before the Legislature votes on the funding plan.
Even then, lawmakers could choose to reject or only partially approve the plan.
Beverly A. Scott, general manager of the MBTA, bristled at suggestions that the austere budget proposals presented Tuesday were scare tactics. Balancing the budget, she said, is required by law. The potential fare hikes and service cuts are simply a reality of the T's strained financial situation, she said.
"There are consequences of inaction," Scott said. "We're just doing what we need to do. . . . This is where we find ourselves."
Last year, the T received a one-time influx of additional state cash to help with its operating deficit. Those funds, with a 23 percent fare increase, allowed the T to balance its budget for fiscal 2013.
Now, the T is faced once more with a dire financial landscape.
In one scenario presented Tuesday, the T's deficit would be closed solely with fare hikes. In that case, Planck said, fares would need to rise by a total of 33 percent, increasing subway fares from $2 to $2.60, bus fares from $1.50 to $2, and fares on The Ride from $4 to $5.25. A commuter rail pass that currently costs $329 would increase to $461.
In another scenario, T officials would implement a 15 percent fare increase to cover half the deficit, or $65 million. The other half would come from cuts to operating costs: the elimination of the 30 least popular bus routes, curbed schedules on the T and commuter rail, and the closure and sale of some MBTA facilities and fleet, which would lower maintenance costs.
Some of those cuts, Planck said, would not just limit the hours and frequency of service on the T, but would dramatically reshape the area that it covers.
"If there is no action on the governor's transportation plan, we're going to need to discuss a resizing of the MBTA, so that it is consistent with the resources available going forward," Planck said.
To some state legislators, such dramatic cuts sounded far-fetched.
Representative Ryan Fattman, a Sutton Republican, said the MBTA's stark picture of service cuts and fare hikes might be overstated as the Patrick administration pushes for support of the governor's proposed budget.
"The public doesn't know if they can trust in the government, and it's because people tend to use hyperbole," he said.
Fattman said he would rather see state programs and organizations like the MBTA eliminate "low-hanging fruit," or costly nonessentials, before taxes are raised.
John R. Jenkins, chairman of the MassDOT board of directors, made it clear that it remains a very real possibility that the State House will decide not to send any additional funds to the T.
"We've got to put a placeholder plan in place, not knowing what relief we're going to get from the Legislature," said Jenkins. "And unfortunately, we've got to plan that we're not going to get any."
Planck estimated that it would take seven or eight months to increase fares, but Jenkins said T officials must work faster than that to maximize the amount of money that can be raised through increases, even if it means cutting the number of community hearings held to discuss such hikes.
"We want a legitimate, we-can-do-it plan, not a dream plan," Jenkins said. "This has got to be a plan that when the Legislature says no . . . then we have to be able to adjust and put that plan in place quickly."
Planck warned that cutting service could cause a drop in fare revenue due to declining ridership, which could counteract some savings.
Ferdinand Alvaro, a member of the MassDOT board of directors, questioned whether the estimates on anticipated drop in ridership on the T and commuter rail might be inflated.
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About three years ago, I dropped my iPhone 3GS on the sidewalk at the local playground, and the glass shattered. I was trying to sell a house, and the texts were coming in fast and furious. I couldn't respond. So I walked over to the nearest Apple Store -- about a half mile away -- and within a half hour, they had me up and running with a 16GB iPhone 4.
I've loved it for the better part of three years. There's really nothing wrong with it.
But I live in San Francisco. It's one of the most expensive cities in the United States. I feel lucky to live here at all, and I have a very fortunate life -- at least I'm not homeless and getting scammed by some rich guy who promised to pay me $40 to wait in line for a new iPhone, as reportedly happened in Pasadena this morning. But on a day-to-day basis, I don't feel rich.
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I'm betting most of you don't feel rich, either. We've all been squeezed for the last few years by stagnant wages on one side and higher prices (gas!) on the other. This is a real change from seven or eight years ago, when a lot of us did feel rich, even if that feeling turned out to be an illusion based on unsustainable speculation and financial shenanigans in the housing market.
But I do have that iPhone -- which Apple is now offering me more than $100 to trade in. And a new 16GB iPhone 5S costs only $199.
I'm already paying my monthly phone bill. It won't go up because of the new phone. As long as I'm willing to stick with AT&T for two more years -- and their data service is frequently bad but not bad enough to switch, plus I'm grandfathered into the unlimited data plan, plus my wife and I have staggered contracts on a family plan that make it complicated to switch -- I can get a brand-new phone for less than $100.
Not just any brand-new phone -- a brand-new smartphone from the company that created the consumer smartphone category. The phone from the brand I've been (mostly) loyal to since I first bought a smartphone. It has a faster processor that will apparently make all my apps scream. It has a new fingerprint sensor that means I'll never have to enter another password. It has a different look and feel that just screams "NEW."
And it comes in gold. The color of money. So everybody walking down the street will know that I have it.
I don't mean to trivialize the technology behind the iPhone 5s or condescend to the thought process of the people who were waiting in line this morning to buy one. (Believe me, I considered it.) Instead, I'm praising Apple's absolute marketing genius. The gold iPhone is exactly what it seems to be: an outward indicator of quality, available for a bargain price. It's like parking a new Mercedes in front of your house, only without the sticker shock.
Unfortunately, the gold one is apparently sold out; if I really want it, I'll have to wait a month or two.
Creating a high-quality product is only half the battle. Knowing how to sell it is the other half. Nokia and Microsoft could take a lesson or two from this one.
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The 1-2-3's of the exotic 3-3-5 defense
Wanting a defense to match the unpredictability of his innovative offense, former West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez decided on a scheme that would employ three linemen and five players in the secondary.
To get an idea of how it might work, he took his staff on a tour of the South.
The first stop was Wake Forest to get a look at defensive coordinator Dean Hood's 3-3-5 formation. Next, they went to South Carolina to talk with Gamecocks coordinator Charlie Strong, also using five defensive backs in his base defense.
After that, it was on to Mississippi State to see Joe Lee Dunn, widely credited as being the father of the 3-3-5.
Rodriguez and his coaches then headed back to Morgantown and started working on their own version of the defense.
"We started studying it, took what we wanted from everyone else's ideas and it evolved from there," said Tony Gibson, a member of Rodriguez's staff at West Virginia from 2001-07. "We just kept building it."
Rodriguez stuck with the 3-3-5 defense, bringing it with him to Arizona, where he's in his first year and Gibson is his assistant head coach.
They're not alone.
A handful of teams across the country are using the 3-3-5, a version of the more familiar nickel defense designed to keep up with the influx of spread offenses in college football.
Jeff Casteel, Rodriguez's former defensive coordinator at West Virginia, is in charge of running the five-defensive-backs system at Arizona.
Rocky Long used the 3-3-5 in two years as San Diego State's defensive coordinator and kept the scheme when he became the Aztecs' head coach in 2011.
The Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks have had success with it this year, beating Arkansas in Little Rock and playing close games against Auburn and Baylor.
Western Michigan also switched to the 3-3-5 this season, Arizona State coach Todd Graham has used it at times in his hybrid, multi-formation defense, and Wisconsin goes to it about 30 snaps per game.
"You can show people different looks," said Strong, now the head coach at Louisville. "Because it's a balanced defense, they don't know where to attack you from and they don't know where you're attacking from."
Unpredictability is part of the 3-3-5's appeal.
The defensive linemen in the 3-3-5 tend to be smaller and more mobile, their main objective not to rush up the field, but to tie up blockers so the linebackers and safeties can fill the gaps and make tackles.
The secondary typically features a pair of cornerbacks and a free safety with two other safeties - Arizona calls them spur and bandit - who are often hybrid strong safeties/outside linebackers who can stop the run, play the flats or cover tight ends in man coverage.
The point of it all is to make the defense difficult to decipher.
With so many skilled players lining up in a multitude of spots on the field, it can be hard for offensive players to keep track of their assignments, particularly on zone-blocking schemes and pass protection.
The 3-3-5 also allows for a seemingly unlimited number of blitz options, whether it's a linebacker on a stunt, safety up the middle or a cornerback charging in from the edge.
"That was kind of the whole intent of this thing when people started: Where are they going to bring their fourth or fifth guy from?" Gibson said. "Everybody in our defense, we have a blitz for them at some point, with the field corner being the exception. Everyone else could come."
Part of what makes the 3-3-5 such a good fit against the spread is that adjustments from the sideline, whether in personnel or play-calling, are often quick and easy because there are so many athletic, interchangeable players on the field.
Where it can get into trouble is against power-running teams with big offensive lines that can push the smaller linemen of the 3-3-5 back.
If the linemen get knocked off their spots, the gaps, which are already bigger than usual because there are only three down linemen, can become larger or filled with 300-pound behemoths, which smaller linebackers and defensive backs certainly don't want to see.
The 3-3-5 also puts a lot of pressure on defensive players to think on their feet.
The defense is designed to allow athletic players to charge around the field and make plays, but it doesn't do any good if they're going fast without a purpose. The players have to know what their assignments are and the tendencies of the offense out of each formation or they'll end up getting burned for a big play.
"You have to be intelligent because even though it makes it hard on the offense, it's more complicated for us as a defense," Wisconsin linebacker Chris Borland said. "You have to be keyed in to your assignments and your adjustments with what the offense shows."
The defense isn't for everyone.
West Virginia ditched it when Casteel left for Arizona, Strong didn't take it with him to Louisville and Dunn, now coaching at McMurray, never turned it into a big-time success.
San Diego State gave up 90 combined points in losses to San Jose State and Fresno State, and Arizona has struggled defensively in Rodriguez's first season - 111th in total defense at 480.50 yards allowed per game - though that may have as much to do with the Wildcats' lack of depth as their scheme.
Still, the 3-3-5 can be effective when it's clicking, a novel approach that's tough to prepare for and keeps the opposition off-balance.
In an era when offenses have had the upper hand, anything that keeps teams guessing is worth trying.
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April 25, 2013
Floyd Corkins II, the terrorist who wounded a security guard at the Family Research Council (FRC) last year, used the Southern Poverty Law Center's website to research his target.
The FRC, an organization founded by James Dobson that lobbies against LGBT "rights" and abortion, released a video of federal investigators questioning the convicted terrorist.
"Southern Poverty Law lists anti-gay groups," Corkins explained to interrogators in the video obtained from the FBI. "I found them online, did a little research, went to the website, stuff like that."
The SPLC listed the FRC as a hate group in the Winter 2010 issue of its magazine, Intelligence Report. It described the FRC as a "font of anti-gay propaganda throughout its history."
During a plea agreement Corkins acknowledged in that he intended to kill as many people as possible during the shooting and also planned to target other organizations opposing gay marriage.
The establishment media declined to run the story linking the SPLC with a convicted terrorist.
Earlier this week, however, the Associated Press ran a story insinuating that Alex Jones had inspired Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the alleged Boston bomber who was killed by police.
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Suicidal Tendencies has impacted them all. Stance's Marquee celebrates the band's legacy with substance and style. The sock's deep heel pocket and premium combed cotton cradle the contours of your feet while mesh vents help them breathe. A reinforced heel and toe ensure the sock can withstand abuse while an elastic arch matches your moves. Get a healthy dose of Suicidal Tendencies with Stance's Marquee. Stance's Socko Loco pays homage to Suicidal Tendencies.
With a restless energy, the band has spent decades evolving its sound and defying convention. Punk, thrash, metal, hardcore?although these labels are often applied to Suicidal Tendencies, there's no genre that accurately captures the scope of its sound and the depth of Mike Muir's vision. With a simple design?and the band's iconic logo?this classic pipe bomb sock celebrates the band. Join the army with Stance's Socko Loco.


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We took the horses to Astoria today. It was my friend Kelsey's first time riding at the beach and also me and my sister's friend Lynna's first time at the beach riding. We had a lot of fun, the weather held out for the most part, we only got rained on seriously once for about 15mins. The only bummer is that the trails were completely full of water, but I'm not gonna lie - I'd much rather be running down the beach!
Candie says "I am not a fan!"
Still not overly happy with the moving water.
After walking for about an hour through water that was sometimes up to their chest, Candie decided the ocean wasn't so bad.
My sister and her friend at what is left of the Peter Iredale.
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Envisat fishes up facts behind Chilean giant squid invasion
Masses of large ocean-going squid have inundated the shores of Southern Chile, alarming local fishermen who fear these carnivorous invaders could threaten fish stocks. Envisat has helped account for their otherwise mysterious arrival.
These jumbo flying squid – Dosidicus gigas is their Latin name – are some of the largest known squids on the planet: the ones here measure between 70 to 150 centimetres in length, although specimens have been known to reach more than three metres. Making their home in the open ocean, they rise to the surface at night to aggressively feed on small fish using barbed suckers.
In the final days of February more than 200 of the squid were washed up on the beaches around Ancud, on the northern coast of the island of Chiloé in southern Chile. Further incursions have since taken place towards Calbuco, on the inner side of the Chacao channel and towards the southern part of the island along the coast, up to Castro in the middle of the big island of Los Lagos region of the country. Strandings have also been reported in more northerly areas such as Chiles VIII region.
Wondering why these deepwater animals unexpectedly made it to coastal waters is a matter of more than just scientific interest. Thousands of Chileans earn their livelihood from fishing in this part of the country, and these voracious cephalopods are known to prey on commercial fish including hake, sardines and anchovies. The squid themselves are a delicacy in some parts of the world but there is no local tradition of catching or consuming them.
But an explanation for the incursions was available – from 800 km away in space. Envisats Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) instrument works like a space-based thermometer, taking the temperature of land and sea as it orbits the Earth. It can measure sea surface temperature (SST) to an accuracy of 0.3 degrees centigrade at a spatial resolution of one square km.
A Chilean team is currently working with AATSR SST results in combination with ocean colour data from another Envisat instrument, the Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS). Chiles national fish farming association Salmon Chile has co-founded a pilot scheme with oceanography firm Mariscope Chilena, investigating the feasibility of a satellite-based early warning system for harmful phytoplankton blooms – explosive growths of sometimes toxic marine algae.
"The AATSR results show the appearance of the squid was connected with changes in the water mass conditions off the coast of Southern Chile in recent weeks," says Dr Cristina Rodríguez-Benito of Mariscope Chilena.
This part of the Chilean coast, like most western continental coasts, is subject to upwellings – cold, nutrient-rich waters rise from the oceans depths as prevailing winds blow warmer surface waters away. The phenomenon supports rich fisheries. But the AATSR data reveal that a coastal upwelling that typically influencing the waters between Chiloé and the mainland was not seen in the last week of February.
"This caused an influx of warmer water, between 0.5 and 1.5 degrees, and also squid, which are attracted to steep temperature and salinity gradients in the sea where they find their food," adds Rodríguez-Benito. "The squid ended up in a lens of cold water between warmer masses, and this carried them into the inner Gulf of Ancud area.
"The resulting decrease in water temperature can also have a direct effect on aquaculture, because the metabolic systems of fish species are very sensitive to such changes. Envisats AATSR data registered a decrease of up to 3ºC.
"Even more important than temperature is the indication of the entrance of a water mass poor in oxygen that could be the reason for the losses already registered in some aquaculture sites.
"We are interested in such events as part of our main project because temperature gradients are often where new phytoplankton blooms occur. But the possibility of being able to predict these phenomena would be very useful also to the fishing industry."
The team plans to present their experiences of using Envisat data in this way to a conference this month of the Chilean Civil Protection Organisation.
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Description: That was a fun lesson on Zero wasn't? I want to now show you "how to draw a toad step by step". The toad is an animal that is relative to the frog. What is the difference between the frog and a toad? Well for one thing toads have stubby bodies and they also have short hind legs. The reason why a toad has small hind legs is because they walk more then they hop. Another difference between the two species is the texture of their skin. Toads have a more watery to dry feel, appose to the smooth and slimy feel of a regular frog. The reason why toads have a watery dry texture to their hides is because they live in a much more dryer climate than frogs do. Toads also have hearty looking bodies as well, and frogs are more lean and bouncy looking. There is over three hundred species of toad in the "Bufonidae" family of animal. The word "toad" is used to refer to these amphibians as being "true toads". Toads can be found all over the world except for a few places like; Australasia, the polar regions, Madagascar, and Polynesia. Another cool different trait that frogs and toads don't have in common is the way they lay eggs. Frogs will lay eggs in clusters and toads lay their eggs in chain like strand. I mean if you really think about it, toads are wicked cool amphibians to learn about because they are another specie of animal that is closely related to the dinosaur. I think you will find that learning "how to draw a toad" is fun, easy, and cool. Well that does it for me, for today at least. I will be back tomorrow with more drawing fun. In the mean time, join me and my other Dragoart friends and watch me draw live for you all. Peace out gang and happy drawing!


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