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As you know more than most, improperly printing the targets via an application that cannot turn off all modifications will cause improper profile creation.
This article is almost 4 years old. Please read Keith article,recently updated, which covers the EZ targets that provide self analyzing reading to reduce bad reads.
IMHO, the ColorMunki is perfectly fine for pigmented ink prints that have very little short and long term drift, but ALL dye-based inkjet prints need days (and at moderate to high humidity levels) in order to settle down into sufficiently stable colors for an accurate system profile. This whole short term drift issue with dyes isn't just a Colormunki problem.
So, I solved the data color OPERATOR ERROR problem and got consistently repeatable results with SpyderPrint3 by some operator practice and more importantly by measuring the target twice, using the Datacolor softwares import/export text file feature to output a text file readable in Excel, and then using a spreadsheet (email me at aardenburg imaging if you want a copy of it) to make a delta E comparison of the two sets of measurements.
The Datacolor profiling engine does still suffer from the classic LAB color model "blue turns purple" problem which other profiling packages have learned to overcome by fudge factors in the perceptual rendering mapping.
And this was printing through their application? If so, how is this Apple's fault? Like the blue's shifting to magenta, it's not their engine, it's OOG colors or something else. FWIW, blues shifting magenta is a somewhat common occurrence or it was years ago. Good profiling engines shouldnt be affected. I've seen none of this with the i1P engine (or earlier the Monaco engine).
Question: Do you know if in scan mode the DataColor product averages more than one reading per patch? So what's this about having to use a Saturation intent with the resulting profiles? And what's your experience with the newer product in terms of the editing sliders? Would this fix the color shift? And does it equally affect the preview table of the profile?
I can't unravel the muddy waters of why Datacolor recommends the saturation intent rather than perceptual intent for photographs. Nor did I attempt to fiddle with the sliders all that much because I was pleased with the default results once I got good measurment data with which to build the profile. Presumably, the DataColor software guys elected to bake some secret sauce into the saturation rendering intent, and let perceptual act just like relative rendering. It's a little unorthodox, but then other vendors sometimes skip a unique implementation for saturation mode, and thus all I can say is choose to use softproofing and select the rendering intent which gives best starting point for that image.
Why make them at all since the paper firms have experts who all have more experience than we do at paper profiles.
Can anyone honestly say they get better results on an Epson printer than just using icc profiles provided by manufacturers?
If only that were true and accurate. First off, there are paper firms that make bad profiles or don't supply them at all. In order for them to provide profiles, they have to either write their own software to do so (forget about that), OR pay a pretty steep licensing fee to the profile creation company (e.g. X-rite). Yes, lots and lots of us can! I have built hundreds of profiles for myself and others who will report better results for a number of reasons (you want to know why?). There are lots of people on the LuLa forums who either build them themselves or have had others build custom profile for them.
I am not pulling your chain....I would really like to know it, so I could share it with others, particularly my camera clubs.
Why make them at all since the paper firms have experts who all have more experience than we do at paper profiles. I'd rather spend my time optimizing my images than creating more work for myself. Can anyone honestly say they get better results on an Epson printer than just using icc profiles provided by manufacturers?
Just the differences between the quality of the Perceptual rendering intent for say i1Profiler versus the older offering makes a visible improvement when ink hits paper. IOW, just the software used to build the profiles can play role. When I build profiles with the new software, I also always run the optional 2505 patch gray optimization which further improves the results but it is subtle and I suspect there's a world of people who wouldn't notice the difference unless pointed out. You might be using a differing media setting or ink control setting than the manufacturer's setting for their profiles (if they tell even tell you). The paper, ink or even hardware may be different behaving on your unit then the unit used to print the targets for the canned profile. It is much like the on-going posts here about DNG profiles. Are they better than the one's supplied by Adobe? The answer is almost always yes but it isn't necessarily night and day differences. Adobe's profiles for their camera sample is probably superb. But how is it on yours?
Thanks..."...always run the optional 2505 patch gray optimization..."....but you're cheating....with an i1-iSis automated reader :-)John
Let me get Colormunki out of the way first, and I base my conclusion solely on a basic understanding that Colormunki requires iterative targets (i.e, print one target, measure, then print a second target with values that are based on the acquired readings of the first target, then measure again). I have not used a Colomunki personally, so maybe there's away around this iterative issue, but here's the problem with it. IMHO, the ColorMunki is perfectly fine for pigmented ink prints that have very little short and long term drift, but ALL dye-based inkjet prints need days (and at moderate to high humidity levels) in order to settle down into sufficiently stable colors for an accurate system profile.
Andrew, you and others, have made this elitist, promotionally biased statement before. I have NEVER seen it backed up by fact. As Jeff would say....show me the facts...!!!


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STOCKTON - The signs of a promising postseason cut short were all around Thunder players Tuesday as they gathered their belongings.
STOCKTON - The signs of a promising postseason cut short were all around Thunder players Tuesday as they gathered their belongings.
The lockers were emptied out. The jerseys and equipment were stored away. In the bowl of the arena, the ice was melted down and cleared off the floor.
The Thunder's season ended in a five-game loss to Bakersfield in the ECHL Western Conference semifinals. Many of the players came to Stockton Arena on Tuesday to pack up, have one final meeting with head coach Rich Kromm and say good-bye.
It's never an easy day.
"It's a weird feeling," forward Matt Bergland said. "You play with guys all year. You formed good relationships and friendships with these guys. And then you don't know if you'll ever see them again."
One welcome sight in the locker room was the presence of team captain Garet Hunt, who missed the final two games of the playoffs after suffering a fractured sternum. Hunt was injured when he checked a Bakersfield defenseman in the second period of the Thunder's 5-2 win in Game 3 on May 7.
"For me, it was personally tough to just have to watch," Hunt said. "I thought we played hard, and, hopefully, everybody learns from this experience."
Stockton had an up-and-down regular season, finishing 33-31-8 and earning the seventh seed in the conference. The Thunder swept No. 2 Ontario in four games to open the playoffs but came up short in the second round against the opportunistic Condors.
Stockton had to deal with a series of ailments suffered by key players, including Hunt, forward Jeremy Langlois and defenseman Andrey Pedan and Sean Escobedo, but its main problem was holding a lead. The Thunder had the lead in three of the four games it lost to the Condors.
The final game was the toughest to take as Stockton built a three-goal lead but lost 5-3.
"There's really no way to explain what happened in Game 5," said Kromm, who finished his first season with the franchise. "We were up 3-0 and let them back into the game.
"The injuries hurt us, but I thought everyone that came in and played did a good job. I still believe that series was right there for us to take if we were able to hold on to some of those leads."
Like any ECHL team, the Thunder likely will look much different next season. The New York Islanders became its NHL affiliate this season, and there will be talks over the summer about a renewal. Stockton's two most experiences players, Hunt and defenseman Ryan Constant, would like to return and Kromm is eager for them to stay.
"I think those are guys have their heart and soul in the organization and they are both good players," Kromm said.
The list of protected players will be submitted to the league on June 1.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A U.S. Senate subcommittee will hear testimony on the West Virginia chemical spill in Washington next week.
The Committee on Environment and Public Works' water and wildlife subcommittee will convene Tuesday on the spill that left 300,000 people without clean water for days.
Scheduled to testify are West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Randy Huffman, Natural Resources Defense Council official Erik Olson and Putnam Public Service District General Manager Michael McNulty, among others.
The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold its counterpart hearing in Charleston on Feb. 10. The committee includes two West Virginia members.
They are the committee's top Democrat, Rep. Nick Rahall, and Republican Shelley Moore Capito.


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Visiting Brooklyn? A one day tourist guide.
Lately I've been getting quite a few emails from readers who are planning a trip to Brooklyn and want some suggestions on what to do/see/eat/buy here.
I know when I travel, I really love to get tips from friends who live in that location. If you are visiting my fine borough, consider me that friend!
So, written entirely for the curious traveler (you!) by moi. My own subjective opinions about what to see, savor and spend on . To get it, download my******* Pocket Guide to Brooklyn *******
\Directions: Save file, print double sided on legal paper, fold like a map, carry in your pocket.
You'll notice I've boiled it down to one jam packed day. You may also notice (since I say right up front) that I'm leaving loads out. Brooklyn really is way too varied and large to see in a single day. But I hope my suggestions help you enjoy a bit of my home town and leave you wanting more.
Happy Travels! If you make use of the guide, I'd love to hear how you liked my picks and the borough at large.
If you can't make the trip but like the view, you can buy some of these photos right here.
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I've only been to Brooklyn once, for a Caribbean (I think) festival a few years back. I had a blast. Thought Brooklyn was beautiful. I would love to stop by and really get a good look at the place the next time I'm in New York.ReplyDelete
You 100% nailed it with your guide! You included ALL of my favorite spots (Brooklyn Bridge, Grimaldis, Ice Cream Factory, Flea Market!)ReplyDelete
Awesome job!
Wow, that's so thoughtful of you! I love, love, love guiding people about my little slice of the country (The 'other', western side of NYS).ReplyDelete
...If only I could see through my eyes, the way you see through a camera lens {sigh}.
STUNNING photos. i've only spent time in new york once, over new year's 2006. my sister was in an off broadway production and it was the neatest thing eva!ReplyDelete
these pictures make me want to go back!
thank you - my husband is taking me to NY on New Years Day for 3 days. I've never been and am so excited. I don't think we will make it as far as Brooklyn on this trip but I'll bring your guide just in case!ReplyDelete
Nice photos!ReplyDelete
You know how much I love Brooklyn - and it always looks better through your lensReplyDelete
Beautiful photos! Congrats on making the UK Times Online of 50 Best Design Blogs!! Just saw the list online today - very exciting!ReplyDelete
Ahhh Brooklyn, how I love you! Great photos and great guide! The one thing you left out that is super neat in the summer is Coney Island. Who can visit Brooklyn without getting a hot dog from the original Nathans?ReplyDelete
Just in the nick of time! Thanks so much. We are leaving next week and when it came to Brooklyn I had no idea what to do. Yay!ReplyDelete
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This is so fun! You named so many amazing places...SCALINO!!! YUM! Love that little spot!
I can't wait to come back to Brooklyn. And while I typically have the best personal tour guides a girl could ever want, your guide is truly special. Thanks for sharing!
great blog and congratulations on your award! have a wonderful holiday... x pamReplyDelete
Cameitak and Anon - I mention right on the first page that brooklyn is far too large and varied to do properly in one day so I was limiting my suggestions to a few basics for a new comer. I also note there are other great areas to explore. There is only so much that would fit into one day. Where you got the impression that Im saying this is all there is, Im not sure. I say the exact opposite.ReplyDelete
Really great images :) I'm going to be visiting NYC in April, but not sure if we're going to have a chance to visit Brooklyn.ReplyDelete
These are some amazing photos and some great suggestions about a visit to Brooklyn.ReplyDelete
- The Picky Girl12:22 PM
I spent quite a bit of time last week in Brooklyn, in Williamsburg and Cobble Hill. I absolutely loved it. My brother and his beau are looking at places there, and I even got to check out a brownstone with them. So fun! Thanks for tweeting about the Brooklyn Flea. After seeing all your posts, I knew I had to make it there.ReplyDelete
Love your neighborhood!
- julesTO6:39 PM
Hi there - just got back from NY where we spent a day in Brooklyn and followed many of your suggestions throughout the day. I just wanted to give you some feedback:ReplyDelete
- Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge was definitely the highlight and I never would have considered it prior to reading your guide. THANK YOU!
- Grimaldi's pizza was definitely an experience but the wait took up a major portion of our day (probably almost 2 hours). If you only have 1 day, I'm not sure this is the best choice for lunch.
- In terms of getting to the Promenade, your guide mentions going up Old Fulton and taking a left on Cadmen West. Should this say "right" on Cadmen, because the Promenade we found was to the right of Old Fulton...?? We actually found getting to the Promenade very frustrating as it wasn't easy to find - I didn't see any signs at all. We must have really missed something here.
- City Foundry sounded great but we went on a Tuesday and discovered it's only open to the public on weekends; Mon to Fri is by appointment only.
Hope you don't mind the feedback, and thank you again for taking the time to put this guide together!
- MrsLimestone7:57 PM
Thanks so much for letting me know. I'll definitelly make those edits. Agree on the pizza - nothing is worth a 2 hour wait! Ive eaten there many times without a long wait so for that reason I recommend it but its still just food :)ReplyDelete
I'm so sorry I steered you wrong in terms of getting to the next stop. I hope I didn't put you too far out of your way. Maybe they have taken the signs down since I wrote this? But thanks for letting me know so I can make those changes. Hope you enjoyed Brooklyn.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — The commandant of the Marine Corps is appealing to House and Senate leaders to complete a defense policy bill before the end of the year, calling it a national security imperative.
Gen. James Amos sent a letter to Republican and Democratic leaders similar to the plea from Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Amos said that failure to pass a bill would undercut logistical support for U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, and create other problems.
The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter on Tuesday.
House and Senate defense leaders said Monday that they had reached agreement on a $632.8 billion bill and have urged their leaders to allow votes on the legislation. Defense contractors also are pressing lawmakers to act.


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Miku fans have been busily denouncing major US network CBS after it had the temerity to call holographic princess Hatsune Miku "the world's fakest pop star."
The article in question is a rather late entry into the popular "Hatsune Miku = creepy Japanese hologram" genre:
source : http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57547707/hatsune-miku-the-worlds-fakest-pop-star/
Although otherwise an inoffensive puff piece, CBS's description of their virtual goddess as "fake" immediately outraged scores of Miku fans:
Spoiler Alert! Click to show or hide
'Congrats to the author for doing absolutely no research into the matter other than reading the summary on Wikipedia.
First of all, is Mozart's music fake because it didn't feature singing? Miku, and the rest of the voice banks for Vocaloid, are instruments.
Sure, anyone can use Vocaloid, but just like any other instrument, it takes an artist to master it.
Also, "fake" implies that it's a scam or doesn't exist. I don't see anything fake about Vocaloid; it's simply an instrument. There's a guitar sitting five feet to my right; are you telling me it's not there because it has the same implications as Vocaloid?
Finally, every other popstar who's conditioned for their image rather than voice or talent are just as fake if Miku is fake.
Have fun with your content-free articles and questionable reporters, CBS.'
'The world is filled with fake celebrities, pretending to be something they are not, remade by image consultants, keeping up appearances with a polished veneer.
Hatsune Miku is none of these things. She is exactly what she appears to be, with no pretence or deception. She is the sum total of the hopes and dreams and creative energy of her legions of adoring fans, and can be nothing else. She is quite possibly the most genuine celebrity to ever grace the earth.'
'I respectfully ask that you retract that HORRIBLE and MISLEADING title. Hatsune Miku is by no mean FAKE. Calling Hatsune Miku fake is the equivalent of calling ALL of the fan, artists, composers, singers, animators, that celebrate this movement FAKE. It's an insult.'
'If anything, it's more insulting that you didn't do much research than it is that you said "fake."'
'Well, Great job on doing no research! For one thing, you looked at Wikipedia, and everyone knows that they aren't completely right. Due to the fact that anyone can edit Wikipedia, it comes up with weird BS.
On top of that, this is just a stupid article! Miku isn't "fake"! On the contrary, she is most very real, and extremely loved. She was voiced by a REAL woman named Saki Fujita!
I do realize that Vocaloids are just programs, and I would be stupid to not know that. She has a character that the fanbase has given her, but now Crypton has taken it on. Hatsune Miku and every other vocaloid, are amazing creations.
Miku is more real of an idol, then most of us will ever be.'
'Whoever wrote the article, I would like to politely ask to change the title into something that WOULD NOT annoy/**** off Miku's fans.
Well, I got pissed off when I saw the title. FAKE is not the word, okay? It's like you're breaking her image >:/
Please change the title and everything will be okay.'
'Note for journalist:
There are a few hot button words and phrases with Miku fandom. One, as you might have guessed, is the word "fake", or the related phrase "she's not real."
Almost as touchy is the phrase "what anime is she from?" or "she's an anime character."
Just a suggestion, maybe replace "fakest" (omg that even sounds awkward) with "most unreal." Unreal is normally used when something is so awesome, reality is incapable of inventing it alone.'
'When one uses the word "fakest" when reporting in a news article, it leads me to believe their background research goes only as far as it takes to roll an office chair over to a thesaurus.
To address the use of fake in a general sense, we can establish that the adjective form of fake means something which is counterfeit or a sham.
To my knowledge, there is nothing counterfeit about a digital pop star whose image is derived from a vast fan-base.'
'Hey BAILEY JOHNSON fyi she is CREATED so she is not FAKE and she is way to better than Gaga and Justin Bieber. Your article really sucks. Why this been released through this site? This article is worthless!'
'This post is very derogatory and unprofessional. What can we expect from Americans. Please inquire more information about this topic even more. Hatsune Miku is a tool to create music, "She" is like every other item is able to create good music and express the creators feelings and music. Therefore its not considered "fake".'
'The numerous problems with this article astound me.
First of all, "fakest" is not a word. Dictionaries are fabulous tools that someone needs to introduce this writer to. Also, using "fake" to describe Miku really gives readers the wrong impression. Is it fake when a person devotes their time and effort into putting their feelings into a song?
Now I am going to assume that CBS was joking when they hired this…sham of a writer. Using Wikipedia as a source? You do realize that students are not even allowed to use Wikipedia in high school because of the unreliability, correct?
Well, I could go on and on, but I would just be wasting my time. Goodbye CBS, have fun with your shoddy articles and reporters.'
Spoiler Alert! Click to show or hide
Personally, I recognize Hatsune Miku as an instrument or a program synthesizer. Since vocaloid is a program that creates or imitate a barely human-like voice like Miku's then she is considered a pop star and not fake. The only difference is that she is virtual but not fake.
For the logic:
domain of x: Hatsune Miku
Let p: x is a program
let s: x imitates a barely human-like voice
let q: x is considered a popstar
let r: x is not fake.
(p ∨ s) → (q ∧ r);
¬(q ∧ r)→ ¬(p ∨ s);
So what do you think Miku fans?
i`m a Miku fan too.
I`m leaving Crunchyroll today.
Dont care still better than half of North Americas shit for music. And that is my argument. Tell me when we successfully assassinate bieber. thanks.
Fun things are fun.
I saw nothing disrespectful in the article. In fact it seemed the guy behind it was rather impressed by Miku. He used the word 'fake' because he was, in my opinion, genuinely impressed by the fact that a fabricated character could perform so well. Also he used a sampling of her music in the article which is a lovely performance of Miku's rather than something awkward and weird such as the Vegetable Juice Dance which CNN used in their own article.
I liked the article and the exposure for Miku.
Miku is better because modern american music sucks.
I`m leaving Crunchyroll today.
Yet to hear a song by "Hatsune Miku" that I enjoyed. Most of it is garbage. Fakest sounds about right to me, seeing as she only conveys the songs that others makes and isn't real to begin with. I don't see why people are getting so upset. Maybe it is time to realise that she isn't a real human being who will be your little sister/girlfriend.
Wouldn't go as far to say it's fake, but I agree that it's more of a synthesizer/ instrument. Gives song writers and musicians who can't sing an opportunity to have someone(thing) sing it for them.
I find it fascsinating that she has 'live' shows that are well attended. I think she is a cute video game character and has inspired some great cosplay but live shows surprised me. I suppose she isn't much less live than a lip synched Britney Spears concert...
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Yet to hear a song by "Hatsune Miku" that I enjoyed. Most of it is garbage. Fakest sounds about right to me, seeing as she only conveys the songs that others makes and isn't real to begin with. I don't see why people are getting so upset. Maybe it is time to realise that she isn't a real human being who will be your little sister/girlfriend.
The character itself is not the pop star, but the voice that goes with it, however, is based on someone's voice, so you can't entirely dismiss it. The problem with Vocaloid, like any other singer, you're not going to like certain vocaloids or all of the songs they are in.
Now, as to why they created characters for these voices is somewhat perplexing, but regardless they still give you a visual. Fans associate the vocaloid with their desginated character design and basing all their fandom on that rather than the original voice sampler.
But you can look at it this way, the vocaloid may be a sample of someone's voice, but that person is not doing the performance. You don't credit the creator of an instrument, you credit the performer. The performer in this case is the fictional Miku performing the song writer's lyrics.
Either way it's not like I care. I like what I listen to, I don't care what anyone else says, and I'm definitely not hurt over comment on a fictional character.
Don't care that its just animation on a stage, its great:) I really don't care about the people who sing the song, if its good I will get it (sure its helpful to know the artist's name, but there should be no problem with that -.- "Hatsune Miku")
Anyway they are good, and the animation is good enough xD So.. what's the problem:)
what is this cr stuff
Bitch can't carry a tune.
we can't all just get along
surprsie they would have a new article about that anywhere in the US let alone CBS
Watch dem Miku fans RAGE again~~! XD
Not sure fake is the right word though since no one tried to declare she was "real" in the first place. Q 3 Q;
but it is fake.
The article actually seemed rather respectful seemed more impressed than anything else. lol at fans getting mad about it.
If I had a type it'd be you, fortunately I don't have a type so please stop.
What exactly was offensive about that? I wouldn't stretch it as far as calling her "fake". But she's not a real, living person either. What's written there is simply the truth.
Oh, but don't mistake me, I'm a great fan of Miku, I'm simply tired of the people that believes as much in Miku as they do in Santa. None of them exists in the flesh. Deal with it.
Delete my account and ban me you losers.


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Angel Garland
Make a chain of angels to wrap around your Christmas tree or use to decorate your packages. A single one also makes a great gift card.
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Click on Printables and print out the Angel Template. It's helpful to have the template on heavier paper since you will be tracing around it.
On an 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper lying lengthwise on your work surface, draw a horizontal line four inches from the bottom, 10 1/2 inches in length. Divide the space into three sections each 3 1/2 inches wide. Cut along the outside lines. You are now looking at a piece of paper 4 inches wide and 10 1/2 inches long divided into three equal sections. Fold along the lines dividing the three sections, making nice, strong folds. Accordion fold the strip i.e backward and forward making a fat square. It is not necessary to be exact, what is important is having the angel wings up against the fold so they connect. Place the bottom of the template along the bottom of the square and draw around it lightly with pencil. Remove the template. You're now ready to cut her out. Don't cut where the wings are on the fold, this is what holds them all together. You should have three angels joined at their wings and paper left over to make three more. If you want a long chain join a group of threesomes to each other with transparent tape on the back.
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WASHINGTON | The House on Thursday fell short in an effort to ban abortions based on the sex of the fetus as Republicans and Democrats made an election-year appeal for women's votes.
WASHINGTON | The House on Thursday fell short in an effort to ban abortions based on the sex of the fetus as Republicans and Democrats made an election-year appeal for women's votes.
The legislation would have made it a federal crime to perform or force a woman to undergo a sex-based abortion, a practice most common in some Asian countries where families wanting sons abort female fetuses.
It was a rare social issue to reach the House floor in a year when the economy has dominated the political conversation, and Republicans, besieged by Democratic claims that they are waging a war on women, struck back by trying to depict the vote as a women's rights issue.
"It is violence against women," said Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., of abortions of female fetuses. "This is the real war on women."
The White House, most Democrats, abortion rights groups and some Asian-American organizations opposed the bill, saying it could lead to racial profiling of Asian-American women and subject doctors who do not report suspected sex-selection abortions to criminal charges.
"The administration opposes gender discrimination in all forms, but the end result of this legislation would be to subject doctors to criminal prosecution if they fail to determine the motivations behind a very personal and private decision," White House spokeswoman Jamie Smith said in a statement. "The government should not intrude in medical decisions or private family matters in this way."
The bill had little chance of becoming law. The Democratic-controlled Senate would likely have ignored it, and the House brought it up under a procedure requiring a two-thirds majority for passage. The vote was 246-168 — 30 votes short of that majority. Twenty Democrats voted for it, while seven Republicans opposed it.
The bill's author, Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., said before the vote that regardless of the outcome, the point would be made. "When people vote on this, the world will know where they really stand."
Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the House's No. 2 Democrat, said he thought the bill was introduced because "somebody decided politically that this was a difficult place to put people in."
The legislation would have made it a federal offense, subject to up to five years in prison, to perform, solicit funds for or coerce a woman into having a sex-selection abortion. Bringing a woman into the country to obtain such an abortion would also be punishable by up to five years in prison. While doctors would not have an affirmative responsibility to ask a woman her motivations for an abortion, health workers could be imprisoned for up to a year for not reporting known or suspected violations of the ban on sex-based abortions.
An earlier version of the bill also made it illegal to abort a fetus based on race.
"We are the only advanced country left in the world that still doesn't restrict sex-selection abortion in any way," said Franks, who has also collided with abortion-rights groups recently over a bill he supports to ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Franks and others say there is evidence of sex-selection abortions in the United States among certain ethnic groups from countries where there is a traditional preference for sons. The bill notes that while the United States has no federal law against such abortions, countries such as India and China, where the practice has contributed to lopsided boy-girl ratios, have enacted bans on the practice.
Lawmakers "who recently have embraced contrived political rhetoric asserting that they are resisting a 'war on women' must reflect on whether they now wish to be recorded as being defenders of the escalating war on baby girls," said National Right to Life Committee legislative director Douglas Johnson.
His group, in a letter to lawmakers, said there are credible estimates that 160 million women and girls are missing from the world due to sex selection.
But the Guttmacher Institute, an organization that favors abortion rights, said evidence of sex selection in the United States is limited and inconclusive. It said that while there is census data showing some evidence of son preference among Chinese-, Indian- and Korean-American families when older children are daughters, the overall U.S. sex ratio at birth in 2005 was 105 boys to 100 girls, "squarely within biologically normal parameters."
NARAL Pro-Choice America president Nancy Keenan said that while her group has long opposed reproductive coercion, "the Franks bill exploits the very real problem of sex discrimination and gender inequity while failing to offer any genuine solutions that would eliminate disparities in health care access and information."
Marcia Greenberger, co-president of the National Women's Law Center, said the bill fosters discrimination by "subjecting women from certain racial and ethnic backgrounds to additional scrutiny about their decision to terminate a pregnancy."
"Doctors would be forced to police their patients, read their minds and conceal information from them," said Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.
Republicans also used the bill to continue their ongoing criticism of Planned Parenthood, citing a video taken by the group Live Action purporting to show a Planned Parenthood social worker advising a woman on how to determine if her fetus was female before she terminated the pregnancy.


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Kolkata: For the first time in 78 years of Test cricket played at the Eden Gardens here, the floodlights were switched on Wednesday on day one of the India-England match.
The floodlights were used for the last eight overs of the day`s play to offset problems caused by poor daylight.
India were then 251/6 in their first innings, with M.S. Dhoni and Ravichandran Ashwin in the middle.
The lights were switched on in the 83rd over, and play continued for 40 minutes thereafter.
Eden had hosted its first Test in 1934 between India and England.


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CHICAGO (AP) – A super PAC is again pumping in money to support tea party-backed U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh a week after saying it would redirect its resources to other races.
The Republican from McHenry faces a well-financed Democratic opponent, Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth. It's one of the most closely watched and volatile U.S. House campaigns in Illinois.
The Now or Never super PAC said last week that it believed Walsh was well on his way to victory, allowing it to put its money elsewhere.
But the Chicago Sun-Times reported Thursday that the Missouri-based political action committee had decided to put another $1 million behind Walsh's campaign.
Its spokesman, Tyler Harber, says Duckworth is trying to "paint Congressman Walsh as a man he is not."
Walsh defeated incumbent Democrat Melissa Bean in 2010 to win Illinois' 8th Congressional District seat. At the time, Walsh moved to McHenry to live in the district. But after post-census redistricting completed by state Democratic officials, the 8th no longer will include any portion of McHenry County.
Walsh's McHenry home instead was moved into the 14th Congressional District. Rather than running against fellow Republican incumbent Randy Hultgren in the March primary, Walsh decided to seek re-election to the redrawn 8th District.


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Hooksett awaiting school documents from DerryBy BENJAMIN C. KLEIN
Union Leader Correspondent
November 14. 2013 11:21PM
HOOKSETT — Despite expecting to be presented with a copy of a newly negotiated sending contract with Pinkerton Academy, the Hooksett School Board was informed during a non-public meeting with the district's attorney that the contract isn't expected to be ready in another week or so.
Board members also did not receive copies of negotiated Memorandums of Understanding with the Bow, Londonderry and Pembroke school districts that would allow students who don't want to attend school at Pinkerton Academy or in Manchester other options.
"So this was a change, we really believed that we would have all those documents, so it will be near impossible that we will have them by the Nov. 19 school board meeting when we were supposed to vote on them," board member David Pearl said.
Pearl added that he believes a further complication is that the school board budget must be presented to the Budget Committee by Nov. 27.
"We have no tuition number in our budget, so this is a problem for us, we need to put that number in the budget, and we have no number as of right now. I don't know how we are going to solve this," Pearl said.
However, Hooksett School Board Chairman Trisha Korkosz said that she is unconcerned.
"I expect everything to be finalized before we have to turn everything over to the Budget Committee. It is just taking longer than expected; nothing is falling apart. We are nowhere near warrant article problems yet," Korkosz said.
However, Korkosz acknowledged that the contract and Memorandums of Understanding might not be ready in time for the Nov. 19 meeting. She added that the delay in the delivery of the contract and Memorandums of Understanding are not necessarily due to a snag in negotiations.
"We are eager to receive them and move forward, but negotiations are a two-way process and we are dealing with the availability of a varied group of people," Korkosz said.
Despite not receiving the contract and Memorandums of Understanding, Pearl said he still plans on holding a meeting on Nov. 18 with fellow board member John Lyscars, which he said was originally intended to go over the agreements with the public.
"We are continuing on with our meeting, the Londonderry (Memorandum of Understanding) is actually available on the Londonderry District website, so we are going to go over that, and we are also going to go over the settlement agreement that we reached with Manchester to prematurely terminate our sending contract," Pearl said.
Korkosz, who along with Hooksett School Board members Phil Denbow and Cheryl Akstin, have said they won't attend the meeting, said that Pearl's meeting is a violation of Hooksett School Board policy.
"Forty percent of the school board can call a special meeting, but that meeting is not supposed to be posted unless a quorum can be established, which it can't," she said.


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No. 4 Florida is losing at least three underclassmen to the NFL.
Tight end Jordan Reed, the team's leading receiver this season, declared for the NFL draft Friday. He joined safety Matt Elam and defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd as Florida players skipping their senior season.
Reed, a junior from New London, Conn., had 45 receptions for 559 yards and three touchdowns this season. He was a first-team, All-SEC selection by The Associated Press.
"I've enjoyed four good years at Florida, but I feel that now is the right time to pursue my dream of playing in the NFL," Reed said in a statement released by the school.
Floyd and Elam announced their intentions following a 33-23 loss to Louisville in the Sugar Bowl on Wednesday night. Defensive end Dominique Easley said he was unsure about his plans.
"It's been a dream for all three of these players to pursue a career in the NFL and now they are all getting a chance to realize that dream," coach Will Muschamp said. "We are very thankful for their contributions to the Florida football program over the years and we wish them the very best of luck in the pursuit of their dreams."
Reed's draft stock is the most questionable of the three early entrants.
Floyd and Elam are considered early round picks, maybe even first-day selections.
Floyd recorded 46 tackles, including a team-high 13 for loss. He also had six quarterback hurries, three sacks, two blocked kicks and a forced fumble.
"I sat down and talked to a lot of people about my decision and I'm going to go in the draft this year," Floyd said. "All my focus was on my team and on this season. Now it's time to move on. The coaches supported my decision and I'm ready."
Elam led the Gators with four interceptions and was second on the team with 76 tackles. Elam had 11 tackles for loss, five pass breakups, two sacks and a forced fumble.
"I've had three great years here at the University of Florida," said Elam, whose older brother plays in the NFL. "I've had a lot of advice during the process and I feel like it's the right decision for me and my family."


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On a Sunday afternoon not too long ago, I found myself sitting in a home in Southern California looking at the family heirlooms of a friend. It was great fun to watch him display these items with obvious pride in the accomplishments of his family. There were the typical objects: old photographs, business papers and personal items.
There were also drawings of historically significant furniture and tools used by highly skilled craftsmen. My friend's name is Gary Hall. Peter Hall was his grandfather and John Hall his great uncle. Together with Charles and Henry Greene, the Halls helped create what many hold to be the ultimate expressions of the Arts & Crafts movement in America. The Hall's contributions to the work of the Greenes are well documented, their place in history well deserved. Most fans of Greene & Greene know something of Peter and John Hall, the craftsmen. On that afternoon, I got to know a little about Peter and John Hall, the men.
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|4 de julio de 2016
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|1 de julio de 2016
|Potomac Nationals envian a RHP Jonathan Papelbon una asignación de rehabilitación a Harrisburg Senators.
|27 de junio de 2016
|Washington Nationals envian a RHP Jonathan Papelbon una asignación de rehabilitación a Potomac Nationals.
|14 de junio de 2016
|Washington Nationals ponen a RHP Jonathan Papelbon on the 15-día lista de deshabilitado retroactivo al June 13, 2016. Right intercostal strain.
|5 de octubre de 2015
|Washington Nationals activan a RHP Jonathan Papelbon.
|28 de septiembre de 2015
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|28 de julio de 2015
|Philadelphia Phillies cambian a RHP Jonathan Papelbon and cash a Washington Nationals for RHP Nick Pivetta.
|22 de septiembre de 2014
|Philadelphia Phillies activan a RHP Jonathan Papelbon.
|15 de septiembre de 2014
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|14 de noviembre de 2011
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Began the season with Philadelphia, but was acquired by Washington on July 28 in exchange for Minor League RHP Nick Pivetta...Was 2-1 with 17 saves and a 1.59 ERA in 37 games for the Phillies prior to the trade...He was 17-for-17 in save opportunities with the Phillies and ranked among NL relievers in ERA (7th, 1.59) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (T10th, 5.00)...After joining WSH, went 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA (3 ER/15.0 IP) and was 6-for-6 in save opportunities from July 30 to Sept. 6...He was the last regular closer in MLB to blow a save...Was 23-for-23 before failing to convert the save on September 14 at PHI...Went 2-2 with seven saves and a 3.04 ERA (8 ER/23.2 IP) in 22 games with the Nationals.2015
Jonathan Robert Papelbon…Married to Ashley Jeffries and the couple has one daughter, Parker, and one son, Gunner…Attended Bishop Kenny (FL) High School and Mississippi State University...Went 9-6, with 13 saves and 2.90 ERA in 61 games in three collegiate seasons…Was one of three relievers named to the All-Fenway Team by Red Sox fans in 2012 (joined Dennis Eckersley and Dick Radatz)…Along with his wife, is involved with and supports the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society…Is an avid outdoorsman.2014
Among all NL relievers, T-4th in save % (90.7), T-5th in saves (39), ranked 8th in WHIP (0.90) and 9th in opponent's OPS (.500)... Finished the season 2 saves shy of his career high (41 - 2008)... Became just the 5th pitcher in ML history to have at least 25 saves in 9 consecutive seasons (Mariano Rivera, Lee Smith, John Wetteland and Troy Percival)... Appeared in 50 or more games for the 9th straight year and 60 or more for the 7th straight year... Had a 15.0-inning scoreless streak, 4/5-5/17... 57 of his final 64 appearances were scoreless (1.66 ERA)... Had a 22.0-inning walkless streak (21 G), 5/24-7/22... Earned his 300th career save, 6/10 vs SD, becoming the 26th pitcher in ML history to accomplish the feat... At 552 career games, tied Trevor Hoffman as the 2ndfastest to 300 saves in ML history (Mariano Rivera: 537 G)... At 33 years, 199 days, became the 3rd-youngest pitcher in ML history to record 300 saves (Francisco Rodriguez: 31 years, 166 days; Robb Nen: 32 years, 251 days)... Had a 13.0-inning scoreless streak, 7/24-8/23... Notched his 100th save as a Phillie, 8/26 vs WSH; became the 1st player in ML history to have at least 200 saves in 1 league (219 with BOS) and at least 100 in another league... Recorded the final 3 outs in the Phillies' combined no-hitter, 9/1 at ATL... Allowed a career-high-tying 4 ER on 9/14 vs MIA; was ejected from the game and and suspended 7 games by MLB (9/15-21)... Finished the season with 325 career saves, 16th on MLB's all-time list... Has 106 career saves with the Phillies, 2nd-most in club history (Jose Mesa - 112)2013
Finished 5th among NL relievers in BB/9.0 IP (1.61) and games finished (54), 7th in SO/BB (5.18) and 10th in saves (29)... Became the 8th pitcher in MLB history to have at least 25 saves in 8 straight seasons (Mariano Rivera, Lee Smith, John Wetteland, Troy Percival, Roberto Hernandez & Trevor Hoffman)... Appeared in 50 or more games for the 8th straight year and 60 or more for the 6th straight year... Tied his career high with 5 wins... Held opponents to a .196 AVG (9-46) with RISP... Had 7 blown saves, his most since 2010 (8 BS w/BOS); 6 of his 7 blown saves came with 2 outs in the inning... Tied Brad Lidge (2008-09) as the fastest to 50 saves in Phillies history, 6/13 at MIN, when he converted his 50th save with the Phillies in only his 54th opportunity... Had a season-best 18.2-inning scoreless streak, 4/4-5/28... Converted each of his first 13 save opportunities and, dating to the previous season, 20 straight (9/9/12, gm 2- 6/14/13)... Posted a 1.34 ERA (5 ER, 33.2 IP) over a 33-game stretch, 4/4-7/7... Blew 3 consecutive save opportunities for the 1st time in his career, 6/19-24... Earned his 286th career save, 9/24 at MIA, tying him for 27th place all-time with Rod Beck & Jose Valverde... Had a 10.0-inning scoreless streak, 8/11-9/62012 First season in the NL ... Named to the NL All-Star team via manager's selection; his 5th All-Star selection ... Set career highs in appearances (70), innings (70.0) and SO (92); tied his career high in wins (5) ... Led all NL relievers in games finished (64), T-3rd in saves (38) & save % (90.5), 6th in SO, 8th in SO/9.0 IP (11.83) and T-10th in wins ... 56 of his 70 appearances were scoreless (80%) ... Appeared in 50 or more games for the 7th straight season and 60 or more for the 5th straight year ... Became the 5th pitcher in MLB history to have at least 30 saves in 7 straight seasons (Mariano Rivera, Trevor Hoffman, Robb Nen & Troy Percival) ... Named MLB Delivery Man of the Month for April (10 G, 0-0, 8 SV, 0.90 ERA, 10.0 IP, 10 SO) ... Posted a sub-1.00 ERA in April, August (0.63) and September (0.68) ... Converted his first 17 save chances of the season, the 2nd-longest streak of his career (20 in 2006) ... Recorded the final out in the NL's 8-0 win at Kauffman Stadium (0.1 IP, 3 pitches) ... Became the 5th-youngest pitcher in MLB history to record his 250th save, 8/31 at ATL ... Recorded four 1.0-plus-inning saves and has 35 for his career ... Posted a 1.16 ERA (4 ER, 31.0 IP) over his final 32 appearances of the season ... Had a season-best 12.0-inning scoreless streak, 9/7-30. 2011 Became the 1st pitcher in MLB history to have 30 saves in each of his first 6 full ML seasons. ... Earned his 200th career save, 6/7 at NYY, to become the fastest pitcher in ML history to 200 saves (359 G), surpassing Mariano Rivera's previous record (382 G). ... Finished 3rd among AL relievers in SO (87), save % (91.2) & BB/9.0 IP (1.40), 5th in SO/9.0 IP (12.17) & lowest opponents OBP (.247), T-5th in games finished (54) and seventh in saves (31). ... Converted 25 straight save opportunities, 5/13-9/16, the longest streak of his career and 2nd-longest of the season by an AL reliever, behind only DET's Jose Valverde (49-for-49). ... Got his 1st career ejection, 6/4 vs OAK (Tony Randazzo), and served a two-game suspension for it, 6/17-18. ... Tied his career high with a 22.0-inning scoreless streak (5 H, 2 BB, 28 SO), 7/17-9/16. ... Posted a 1.88 ERA (8 ER, 38.1 IP) over his final 37 games of the season, 6/10-9/28. ... Pitched at least 2.0 innings in two appearances (4.1 IP, 4 SO). ... Did not walk a batter in 25 of his final 26 appearances (27.2 IP, 2 BB). 2010 Ranked among AL relief leaders in strikeouts (T-3rd, 76) and saves (T-4th, 37)...Marked 5th straight season with at least 35 saves, becoming 1st hurler ever with 35 or more saves in each of his 1st 5 full ML campaigns. Matched a career high with 5 wins (also 2008) and established career highs in losses (7), blown saves (8), ERA (3.90), and runs (34), earned runs (29), homers (7) and walks (28) allowed. Tied for 5th among AL relievers with 5 unearned runs...2 losses (5/2 at BAL, 10/2 vs. NYY) and 1 blown save (7/22 at SEA) came via unearned runs. Converted 1st 9 saves and 22 straight overall from 7/30/09- 5/10/10, the 3rd-longest streak in club history, trailing only Tom Gordon's 54-gamer, 4/19/98-5/31/99, and Derek Lowe's 25-game stretch, 7/10/00-4/19/01. Earned saves of more than 1.0 inning on 2 occasions: 8/9 at NYY (1.1) and 7/26 at LAA (1.1). Posted a 4.36 ERA (21 ER/43.1 IP) in 45 save chances and 3.04 mark (8 ER/23.2 IP) in 20 non-save situations. Fanned at least 1 batter in 49 of 65 games, tied for 2nd in the AL after Daniel Bard (51)...Recorded at least 1 strikeout in each of his last 12 games of the season from 8/27-10/3, the longest streak by a Red Sox reliever since his 15-game stretch, 6/22-8/8/07. Allowed a career-relief-high 4 earned runs on 3 occasions: 5/17 at NYY, 9/5 vs. CWS and 9/21 vs. BAL...Posted a 2.39 ERA (17 ER/64.0 IP) in his other 62 outings. Surrendered runs in 2 of 1st 16 outings through 5/15 at a 1.47 ERA (3 ER/18.1 IP)...Gave up 12 runs (11 ER) in 13.1 innings over next 14 games from 5/17-6/24, but rebounded with just 4 ER in 26.0 IP (1.38 ERA) from 6/26-9/2...Allowed runs in 7 of last 9 appearances beginning 9/5, posting a 10.61 ERA (11 ER/9.1 IP) in that time. Missed time on the bereavement/family medical emergency list from 6/7-10 due to a family medical issue. Tossed 2.1 scoreless innings on 5/15 at DET, his longest relief outing since 2.1 IP on 6/24/06 vs. PHI. Blew back-to-back save opportunities once in 2010, 6/23 and 6/24 at COL, the 1st time he's done it on consecutive days and in the same series. Began the bottom of the 7th inning on 7/7 at TB and tossed a perfect inning with 1 K...Marked the earliest he appeared in a game since entering for the bottom of the 6th on 9/19/05 at TB. Tied Baltimore's Koji Uehara for the AL relief lead with 45 strikeouts after the All-Star break. Tossed 2.0 perfect innings on 7/17 vs. TEX, tying for his longest career outing without allowing a base runner for the 4th time and 1st since 2.0 IP at TB on 9/1/09. Collected 9 saves in August, tied for 2nd in the Majors and his most in a month since May 2006 (9). Paced league relievers with 18 strikeouts in August, his most in any month since April 2008 (19), and again registered 18 K's in September...Tallied 35 K's over last 20 outings beginning 8/9, the most among AL relievers in that time. Set a single-game relief high with 48 pitches over 1.1 innings on 9/5 vs. CWS. Struck out the side in order, all on called 3rd strikes, on 9/12 vs. OAK...Was the 7th time in his career fanning the side in order in any inning, 2nd in 2010 (also 8/18 vs. LAA - 9th inning). 2009 Tied for 4th in the AL with 38 saves and named an All-Star for the 4th time...Also ranked among AL relief leaders in games finished (3rd, 59), save pct. (3rd, 92.7), ERA (4th, 1.85) and strikeouts (T-8th, 76)... Limited 1st batters faced to a .461 OPS, 8th-best mark in the AL...92.7 save percentage (38 of 41) marked the 3rd best rate in Red Sox history...Held opponents scoreless in 56 of 66 games...Struck out 2 or more batters in a game 22 times, including a season-high 3 on 8 occasions...Converted all 6 save chances of more than 1.0 inning...Posted a 1.42 ERA (4 ER/25.1 IP) in 25 non-save opportunities, holding foes scoreless in each of his 1st 12 such outings (12.0 IP)...Converted each of his 1st 11 save opportunities through 5/19 and 16 consecutive chances from 9/13/08-5/19/09...Suffered the last of 3 blown saves on 7/28 vs. OAK, converting each of his final 13 chances on the season...Allowed 2 total runs in his 1st 18 appearances, a span of 19.0 innings from 4/7-5/21 over which he posted a 0.95 ERA...Recorded 24 strikeouts over a span of 16.2 innings (16 games) from 4/24-6/2, including multiple K's in 5 straight appearances from 4/27-5/10...Had 41 strikeouts in his final 30 games (32.0 IP) beginning 7/7, with 5 outings of 3 K's in that time...Struck out 3 straight batters with tying and go-ahead runs on 2nd and 3rd to record the save 5/10 vs. TB...Became 1st hurler to earn a save by recording 3 straight K's with the tying run on 3rd base since CHI's Mitch Williams, 4/4/89 vs. PHI...Gave up multiple runs in back-to-back outings for just the 3rd time in his career from 5/23-25 (4 R/2.0 IP) but followed up with a season-high 10.0-inning scoreless streak over his next 10 appearances from 5/28-6/24...Named an AL All-Star for the 4th straight season...Tossed a perfect 7th inning to earn the win in the AL's 4-3 victory, 7/14 at STL's Busch Stadium...Joined Josh Beckett (2007), Pedro Martinez (1999) and Roger Clemens (1986) as the only Red Sox ever to post a victory in the All-Star Game...The Red Sox won 16 consecutive games in which he appeared from 8/10-9/23, tied for the 5th longest streak in the AL in 2009...Logged a 0.98 ERA (2 ER/18.1 IP) in his last 17 games beginning 8/14...Collected a career-high 2.0-inning save on 9/1 at TB...Entered the game with no outs, the bases loaded and a 7-4 lead in the 8th inning before retiring the next 6 batters including 3 on strikeouts...Was the 1st 2.0-inning save by a Sox pitcher since Mike Timlin, 9/5/06 vs. CWS (2.0 IP)...Nick Masset of CWS was the last Major League pitcher to earn a save by recording the last 6 outs after entering a bases-loaded, no-out situation, 5/18/08 at SF. 2008 Continued as one of the majors' top closers, placing 3rd in the A.L. with a career-high 41 saves...Established career bests for appearances (67), wins (5), and innings (69.1)...Led the Red Sox staff in relief wins and strikeouts (77), was 2nd in relief innings, and 3rd in games...His 2.34 ERA was a career high but was the lowest figure of any pitcher on the staff...Earned his 3rd straight All-Star selection, one of 4 Red Sox to do so in each of their first 3 full seasons.
LEADERBOARD: Ranked among A.L. relief leaders in games finished (2nd, 62), fewest walks per 9.0 innings (2nd, 1.04), strikeout-to-walk ratio (2nd, 9.63), save percentage (4th, 89.1), opponents on-base percentage (5th, .245), fewest base runners per 9 innings (6th, 8.57), strikeouts (T6th, 77) and K's per 9 innings (10th, 10.00)...Permitted just 4 of 30 inherited runners to score, a 13.3 percent success rate that ranked 3rd among A.L. relief pitchers.
SAVE THE DAY : His 41 saves rank 3rd in team history behind Tom Gordon's 46 in 1998 and Derek Lowe's 42 in 2000...Was successful in 89.1 percent (41-for-46) of his save tries, 4th in the A.L.... Converted his first 10 save attempts before failing in consecutive opportunities for the 2nd time in his career, May 7 at Detroit and May 9 at Minnesota, taking the loss in both games...Was successful on 20 of last 21 tries beginning June 24...Earned saves in 5 straight outings twice...Had 11 saves of more than 1.0 inning, tops in the majors and most by a Red Sox since Lowe (13) in 2000.
SAVES FOR: 10-Daisuke Matsuzaka; 6-Jon Lester; 5-Justin Masterson and Tim Wakefield; 3-Mike Timlin; 2-David Aardsma, Josh Beckett, and Hideki Okajima; 1-Paul Byrd, Bartolo Colon, Manny Delcarmen, Javier Lopez, and Chris Smith.
BREAKDOWN: Allowed an earned run in 15 of 67 games...Permitted 16 of 67 first batters to reach base, with a .227 (15-for-66) opponents batting average in those situations... Posted a 1.65 ERA (3 ER/16.1 IP) in his first 15 games, then compiled a 2.96 mark (8 ER/24.1 IP) over next 26 outings and had a 2.43 ERA (11 ER/40.2 IP) at the All-Star break...Permitted one unearned run in 20.2 innings over the next 18 contests and was at 1.62 through September 8...Issued 7 runs in 8.1 innings in his last 8 appearances, including 3 runs in 1.0 inning in last outing, September 28 (D) vs. New York to lift ERA from 1.98 to 2.34...Posted a 2.39 ERA (10 ER/37.2 IP) in 36 games at Fenway Park and a 2.27 mark (8 ER/31.2 IP) in 31 road games... Held opponents to a .223 (58-for-260) batting average, including .210 (26-for-124) vs. righthanded batters and .235 (32-for-136) against lefties.
2008 NOTES: Worked more than one inning 13 times after doing so on just 4 occasions in 2007... Season high was 2.0 frames, August 1 vs. Oakland and August 24 at Toronto...Held foes to a 1-for-15 mark with 7 strikeouts in the 8th inning...Fanned 3 batters in a game 6 times...Did not surrender a walk over 29 games (31.1 IP) from July 6-September 25 before issuing a free pass in his final outing on September 27...Is the longest such streak by any Red Sox reliever since 1956, and the longest in the A.L. since a 31-game run by Mariano Rivera from June 26-August 31, 2005... Worked on 3 straight days on 3 occasions.2007 SUMMARY: Was once again among the majors' most dominant closers, tying for 6th in the A.L. with 37 saves and ranking 8th with 53 games finished...Had the lowest opponents batting average (.146) and highest strikeouts/9 innings ratio (12.96) among all qualifying major league relievers with the 7th best ERA (1.85)...Finished 3rd on the staff in appearances (59) while allowing a run just 9 times.
THE BREAKDOWN: After pitching in starting rotation for most of spring training, returned to closer's role on March 22...Opened the season with 9.1 scoreless innings in his 1st 9 games and posted a 1.26 ERA (2 ER/14.1 IP) over his 1st 14 games through May 17...Issued 3 runs in 7.0 innings in his next 7 outings before putting together 8.2 scoreless frames in next 8 games through June 29...Allowed 4 runs in 7.2 innings in next 8 games before pitching 16.2 scoreless innings with 2 hits allowed in 16 outings, August 1-September 12...Allowed 3 runs in 2.2 innings over consecutive games, September 14 and 18 before working 3.1 scoreless frames in last 4 outings.
SAVES: His 37 saves were the 5th most in Red Sox history...Converted 92.5% (37-40) of his save tries, the 3rd best percentage in the majors (20 or more save opportunities) behind 95.2% (40-42) for Seattle's J.J. Putz and 94.1% (32-34) for St. Louis' Jason Isringhausen and the 3rd best mark in club history...Converted all 8 save tries in April before blown save on May 1 vs. Oakland and is 18-for-18 lifetime with 23.2 scoreless innings in April...Also had streaks of 15 and 12 straight conversions with other blown saves coming on July 28 at Tampa Bay and September 14 vs. New York. SAVES FOR: 9-Tim Wakefield; 8-Daisuke Matsuzaka; 6-Josh Beckett; 3-Curt Schilling; 2-Clay Buchholz, Hideki Okajima, Jon Lester, and Julian Tavarez; 1-Eric Gagne, Javier Lopez, and Mike Timlin.
STRIKEOUTS: Fanned 84 batters in 58.1 innings with his 12.96 strikeouts/9 innings ratio ranking as the 4th highest in A.L. history among pitchers with at least 50.0 innings...Recorded at least one strikeout in 47 of 59 games with 2 or more 32 times...Had a season best 3 strikeouts 5 times, striking out the side on 3 occasions.
MR. STINGY: His .146 opponents batting average was the 5th lowest in history among all pitchers with at least 50.0 innings...Previous Sox record was .167 for Pedro Martinez in 2000...Opponents had one hit in 45 at bats from July 28-September 9, going 0-for-26 from August 17-September 9... Held lefthanded hitters to a .104 (12-115) average, lowest of any ML pitcher (50.0+ IP)...LH batters were hitless for 34 consecutive at bats in 2nd half, the majors' longest such streak in 2007.
2007 NOTES: Did not allow any of 1st 12 inherited runners to score before 5 of last 7 crossed the plate...Posted a 1.27 ERA (4 ER/28.1 IP) and converted 20 of 21 saves in 28 road games...Had a string of 21.0 consecutive road scoreless innings over 2 seasons ended with lone blown save on July 7 at Detroit...Worked on consecutive days 8 times including 3 straight days, September 2- 4...Longest regular season outing was 1.2 innings on April 8 at Texas and June 27 at Seattle...Held 1st batters to a .093 (5-54) average...Among A.L. relievers with at least 50.0 IP, ranked 1st in lowest opponents slugging percentage (.244) and placed 3rd in lowest opponents overall on-base percentage (.219), lowest on-base percentage for 1st batters (.169), and lowest batting average with runner in scoring position (.132)...Earned his lone victory on September 12 against Tampa Bay, his 1st since August 12, 2006 vs. Baltimore.
30 SOMETHING: With 37 saves in 2007, became the 1st Boston pitcher to earn at least 30 saves in 2 different seasons (35 in 2006)...Is just the 2nd reliever in ML history to post at least 35 saves in each of his 1st 2 seasons, joining Seattle's Kazuhiro Sasaki, who accomplished the feat in his 1st 3 years from 2000- 02...Has 72 saves in the last 2 seasons, 9th most in the majors and 7th highest in the A.L. in that span...Is one of 11 pitchers with 30+ saves in both 2006 and 2007...His 72 saves the last 2 seasons have come in 81 opportunities, an 88.9% success rate that is 7th best among closers in that span (40 or more save opportunities... His 72 saves rank 6th on Boston's all-time list while his 87.8% (72 of 82/0-1 in 2005) save percentage is the best in Red Sox history among pitchers with at least 75 save opportunities.
STELLAR STATS: His 1.62 career earned run average ranks as the lowest in major league history among pitchers with at least 150.0 lifetime innings... The 2nd best ERA among active pitchers belongs to Mike Gonzalez, 2.29 in 172.2 IP...Has held batters to a .180 (103-572) batting average, the lowest career mark among active pitchers (150.0 or more IP)...Ranks 12th all-time and 9th among active pitchers (150.0 or more IP) with a ratio of 10.81 strikeouts per 9 innings (193 K's in 160.2 IP).
ALL-STAR: Was selected to the A.L. All-Star team in both 2006 and 2007, becoming the 4th Red Sox ever named in each of 1st 2 big league seasons: Frank Malzone (1957-58); Carlton Fisk (1972- 73); and Fred Lynn (1975-76)... Pitched a scoreless 8th inning in the July 10, 2007 game at San Francisco, allowing one hit with 2 strikeouts... Received the most votes (283) of any relief pitcher in 2006 All-Star balloting conducted by A.L. managers, coaches, and players...Was just the 2nd Boston rookie pitcher ever selected to the A.L. All-Star Team at the time, joining Don Schwall in 1961 (2nd game)...Did not see action in the July 11 contest at Pittsburgh's PNC Park.
MORE HONORS: Was selected as the 2007 MLB Top Closer in fan voting by mlb.com This Year in Baseball Awards...Was chosen as the 2nd team relief pitcher on Baseball America's Major League All-Star Team in both 2006 and 2007...Was also honored by the Boston BBWAA chapter as the Red Sox Fireman of the Year both years...Received the 2007 Babe Ruth World Series Hero Award from the New York BBWAA chapter...Was the 2006 Red Sox Pitcher and Rookie of the Year in voting by the Boston BBWAA chapter...Joined Don Schwall (1961) and Dick Radatz (1962) as the only rookies to ever capture Red Sox Pitcher of the Year honors, the 1st full-time reliever to win the award since Bob Stanley in 1983...Was the 1st fulltime reliever to win the Rookie award since Radatz in 1962...Finished 2nd in the 2006 BBWAA A.L. Rookie of the Year voting with 63 points (20 2nds; 3 3rds) behind Detroit's Justin Verlander at 133 points (26 1sts, 1 2nd)...Was the best finish for a Sox player in the rookie voting since Nomar Garciaparra won in 1997 and best for a pitcher since Mike Nagy was 2nd in 1969.
POSTSEASON: Has worked 14.2 scoreless innings over 9 career playoff appearances...Has pitched the 5th most career post-season innings without allowing a run in playoff history...Pitched 10.2 shutout innings in 7 games during Boston's 2007 championship run, the 2nd most scoreless innings ever by a Red Sox hurler in a single post-season to Pedro Martinez's 17.0 frames in 1999...Converted all 4 save opportunities, those coming in his last 4 outings of the 2007 playoffs and all more than 1.0 inning...Were the most saves ever for a Red Sox in a post-season.
ALDS: Pitched 1.1 innings to win Game 2 versus Los Angeles at Fenway Park in only appearance.
ALCS: Appeared in 3 games working a total of 5.0 innings and saving the 7th and deciding game against Cleveland in Boston...Pitched 2.0 innings in both Games 2 and 7, his longest outings since August 20, 2006 against the Yankees (2.0 IP).
WS: Worked 4.1 innings while earning saves in Games 2, 3, and 4...Was just the 6th pitcher ever with at least 3 saves in a single World Series...Recorded final out of Series with strikeout of Seth Smith...Picked Matt Holliday off 1st base for final out in 8th inning of Game 2.2006 SUMMARY: Produced one of the top performances ever for a rookie relief pitcher, despite missing the final month of the season with right shoulder soreness...ranked 8th in the American League with 35 saves, 3rd most ever for a major league rookie, and was 10th with 49 games finished...issued just 7 earned runs in 68.1 innings for a 0.92 ERA, 8th lowest in ML history among pitchers with at least 50 innings...also held opponents to a .167 batting average, 2nd lowest in the majors and tied for the best in club history.
HONORS: Was selected as the Red Sox Pitcher of the Year by the Boston BBWAA Chapter...joined Don Schwall (1961) and Dick Radatz (1962) as the only rookies to ever capture that honor...was the 1st fulltime reliever to win the award since Bob Stanley in 1983...also received the team's Rookie of the Year Award, the 1st pitcher so honored since Casey Fossum in 2002 and the 1st fulltime reliever since Radatz in 1962...completed the trifecta as the Boston's Fireman of the Year...finished 2nd in the BBWAA A.L. Rookie of the Year voting with 63 points (20 2nds; 3 3rds) behind Detroit's Justin Verlander at 133 points (26 1sts, 1 2nd)...was the highest finish for a Red Sox player in the rookie voting since Nomar Garciaparra won in 1997 and the best for a pitcher since Mike Nagy placed 2nd in 1969...was named as the 2nd team relief pitcher on Baseball America's Major League All-Star Team.
SHUT DOWN: Left after facing 3 batters on September 1 versus Toronto after feeling discomfort in right shoulder, caused by a slippage in the joint and fatigue in the shoulder...after a period of rest began a shoulder strengthening program...threw to hitters in batting practice on September 30 without discomfort...is expected to be fully ready for spring training.
SEASON RUNDOWN: Opened the season as a set-up man before becoming the closer in the 3rd game of the year, earning 1st major league save on April 5 in Texas...worked 15.1 scoreless innings over his 1st 14 appearances before permitting a run in a 7-6 loss to Toronto on May 3...was the longest scoreless innings streak by a Red Sox rookie to open a season since Vaughn Eshelman tossed 18.0 frames without allowing a run, May 2-13, 1995...ended a 2-season span of 21.1 scoreless innings over 19 games since issuing last run on September 19, 2005 versus Tampa Bay. After allowing May 3 run to Blue Jays, put together 21.2 scoreless innings in 19 outings, May 4-June 24, to lower his ERA to 0.24 (1 ER/38.0 IP)...was just the 2nd pitcher in the last 40 years to issue no more than one run in his 1st 38 innings of a season...the Dodgers' Fernando Valenzuela began 1981 with one run in 50 innings...after that streak ended with a run on June 26 against Philadelphia, permitted just one run in 15.2 frames over next 13 games and was at 0.49 (3 ER/55.0 IP) through August 4...worked 10.0 scoreless innings, July 9-August 4, including 8.0 hitless frames in final 7 outings of that span...allowed 4 runs in 8 innings in next 6 games to raise season mark to 1.00 on August 20...pitched 5 scoreless frames in his next 4 games before allowing only unearned run of the year in final outing, September 1 vs. Toronto...allowed runs in 7 of 59 games...permitted just 4 of 24 inherited runners to score (16.7%) and 1st batters hit .196 (11-56).
A GREAT APRIL: Won the American League Rookie of the Month and the DHL Presents the Major League Baseball Delivery Man of the Month Award for April...pitched 14.1 scoreless innings and led the majors with 10 saves in his 13 appearances...established a major league rookie record and a team record for saves in April, one shy of the ML rookie mark for any month...was also the 1st rookie in history to earn 10 saves in April after entering the season without a career ML save...previous record was 9 by Los Angeles' Eric Gagne in 2002 and Kansas City's Mike MacDougal in 2003...earned saves in 1st 7 appearances as the closer, April 5-18.
SAVES: His 35 saves were 3rd most ever for a major league rookie behind 37 for Seattle's Kazuhiro Sasaki in 2000 and 36 for St. Louis' Todd Worrell in 1986...eclipsed Red Sox rookie record of 24 set by Radatz in 1962...overall was the 5th highest save total in club history, most since Ugueth Urbina had 40 in 2002...earned 35th save on August 31, earliest ever for a major league rookie and 2nd earliest ever by a Red Sox (Tom Gordon, August 18, 1998)...Converted 35 of his 41 save opportunities, an 85.4% success rate that ranked 9th best in the A.L...was successful on season's 1st 20 save tries before blown save on June 9 versus Texas, the longest streak to open a season in Red Sox history and by a major league rookie...Jeff Russell converted his 1st 18 save opportunities in 1993 and Baltimore's Gregg Olson went 16-for-16 to start 1989...in addition to April performance (see above), also established an ML rookie mark with 9 saves in May...failed in consecutive saves tries, August 6 & 9...retired all batters faced in 19 of his saves...recorded 8 saves of more than one inning, all 4-out saves...recorded at least one save against 15 of the 17 clubs he faced, the exceptions being Minnesota (1 game) and Oakland (3 games)...Saves For: 8-Josh Beckett; 7-Curt Schilling; 4-Jon Lester; 3-Matt Clement and Mike Timlin; 2- Keith Foulke, Rudy Seanez, and Tim Wakefield; 1-Manny Delcarmen, Julian Tavarez, Jermaine Van Buren, and David Wells.
ERA AND OTHER NUMBERS: At 0.92, recorded the 8th lowest earned run average for a season in major league history among pitchers with at least 50 innings pitched...was the 3rd best figure among rookies to Cincinnati's Tom Murphy (0.72 in 1986) and Pittsburgh's Nick Maddox (0.83 in 1907)...was also the lowest in Red Sox history, bettering Dutch Leonard's 0.96 in 1914...Permitted opponents to hit just .167 (40-240), 2nd lowest in the majors (50 or more innings) behind Minnesota's Joe Nathan at .158 and matching Pedro Martinez (128-768 in 2000) for the best in club history...held opposition to .211 on-base percentage and 7.11 baserunners per 9 innings, both the lowest in Sox history (Martinez, .213 and 7.22 in 2000) and 2nd in the majors in 2006 in both categories to San Diego's Cla Meredith (.207 and 6.75)...opponents had a .254 slugging percentage, 4th lowest in 2006 and 2nd in club history (50 or more innings) to .247 for Tom Gordon in 1998.
STRIKEOUTS: Recorded 75 strikeouts in 68.1 innings, an average of 9.88 per 9 innings, the 3rd best for a rookie in Sox history (50 or more innings) behind 10.40 for Radatz in 1962 and 10.01 for Ken Brett in 1970...had at least one strikeout in 46 of 59 games with highs of 5 on August 20 versus the Yankees and 4 on June 24 against Philadelphia...struck out the side on 14 pitches, April 29 at Tampa Bay.
SEEING STARS: Received the most votes (283) of any relief pitcher in All-Star balloting conducted by A.L. managers, coaches, and players...was just the 2nd Boston rookie pitcher ever selected to the A.L. All-Star Team, joining Don Schwall in 1961 (2nd game) and the 8th Red Sox rookie All-Star overall...did not see action in the July 11 contest at Pittsburgh's PNC Park.
ODDS AND ENDS: Worked more than one inning 18 times, including season high 2.1 frames on April 21 at Toronto and June 24 versus Philadelphia...pitched on consecutive days 17 times, going 1-0 with 14 saves and a 0.51 ERA (1 ER/17.2 IP) in the back end of those contests...won 3 straight decisions, June 9-August 2...earned saves in consecutive 1-0 shutouts, July 18-19 versus Kansas City...issued just 3 homers...posted a 0.87 ERA (1 ER/10.1 IP) in 8 interleague appearances...held opponents to a .082 (4-49) average with runners in scoring position...did not allow a run in his 1st 16 road games covering 26.2 innings, before issuing a 9th inning homer to Jermaine Dye on July 9 at Chicago.2005 SUMMARY: Advanced from Double-A Portland to Triple-A Pawtucket before making his major league debut with 17 appearances (3 starts) for the Red Sox...with Boston, went 3-1 with a 2.65 ERA...in 34.0 innings, struck out 34, holding the opposition to 33 hits and a .260 average...had no record and a 2.25 ERA (4 ER/16.0 IP) in his 3 starts, all Red Sox wins...was 3-1 with 4 holds and a 3.00 ERA (6 ER/18.0 IP) out of the bullpen...closed out the season with 5 scoreless outings (6.0 IP)...did not surrender a run in 10 of his last 11 appearances.
ON THE FAST TRACK: A 4th-round pick in 2003, he is the 2nd member of Boston's 2003 draft class to reach the majors, joining lefty Abe Alvarez, who started one game in 2004.
FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING: Did not figure in the decision in his major league debut July 31 vs. Minnesota...allowed 3 runs (2 earned) on 4 hits in 5.1 innings...walked 5 and struck out 7...allowed solo homers to Justin Morneau and Jacque Jones...left a 2-2 tie...the Sox went on to win 4-3 on a pinch-hit RBI single by Manny Ramirez with 2 outs in the 8th...Papelbon opened the game by striking out the first 2 hitters he faced in the majors: Shannon Stewart and Luis Rodriguez...earned his first big league win with 3.0 innings of no-hit, no-run relief in a 5-3, 11-inning victory September 12 at Toronto.
MORE RED SOX HIGHLIGHTS: Recalled to make his 2nd start August 16 at Detroit...allowed 2 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks in 5.0 innings, fanning 6...left in a 2-2 tie...down 3-2, the Sox tied the game on a one-out solo homer by David Ortiz in the 9th...Ortiz hit a 3-run homer in a 7-run top of the 10th as the Sox grabbed a 10-3 lead...Boston survived a 4-run Tigers bottom of the 10th to hang on for the win...worked 5.2 scoreless innings August 21 at Los Angeles (AL) before moving into the bullpen...allowed 4 runs in 4.0 innings in his first 3 relief outings before pitching shutout ball in 10 of 11 September/October games...went 3-0 with a 1.29 ERA (2 ER/14.0 IP) in those 11 games...struck out the side in a scoreless inning September 1 vs. Tampa Bay, the start of a 5-game, 7.0 inning scoreless run through September 17...after allowing 2 runs in an inning September 19 at Tampa Bay did not give up a run in 6.0 innings his last 5 times out...worked a perfect inning of relief with one K for win No. 2 September 24 at Baltimore...5 days later against Toronto at Fenway, threw 2.2 scoreless innings and earned his 3rd win when David Ortiz stroked a walk-off single in the 9th.
NUMBERS, PLEASE: Opponents were 1-for-5 attempting to steal...lefties hit just .190 (11-for-58)...righthanders batted .319 (22-for-69)...with men on, held the opposition to a .170 average (9-for-53), including a .160 mark (4-for-25) with men in scoring position...opponents were 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position and 2 outs...with 2 strikes, held foes to a .184 average (14-for-76).
IN THE POSTSEASON: Appeared in Games 2 and 3 of the ALDS vs. Chicago, allowing just 2 hits over 4.0 scoreless innings...walked none and punched out a pair.
2005 AT PORTLAND: Began the season with Double-A Portland, where he was named to the Eastern League's mid-season All-Star team...with the Sea Dogs, went 5-2 with a 2.48 ERA (24 ER/87.0 IP) in 14 starts, limiting opponents to a .196 batting average...struck out 83 and walked only 23 in 87.0 innings...at the time of his promotion to Triple-A, ranked 2nd in the league in ERA and 6th in strikeouts...allowed 2 runs or less in 9 of his 14 starts while pitching 6.0 innings or more in 10 of his starts...began the year 3-1 with a 1.93 ERA (9 ER/42.0 IP) in his first 7 starts...did not allow an earned run in consecutive starts (13.0 IP) April 28 at Binghamton and May 4 at New Britain...in 6 starts from April 28-May 31, went 1-1 with 4 no-decisions despite a 1.38 ERA (6 ER/39.0 IP)...struck out a season-high 12 in 8.0 innings June 11 at Bowie...in his final start with Portland, in game one of a July 2nd doubleheader vs. Norwich, exited the game after pitching 6.0 no-hit innings, walking one and fanning 10...was his first start since June 21 due to a minor hip flexor strain...finished 4-2 with a 4.03 ERA (24 ER/44.2 IP) in 8 starts at Hadlock field and 1-0 with a 0.85 ERA (4 ER/42.1 IP) in 6 road starts...opponents hit just .146 (20-for-137) with one homer on the road...enjoyed his best month in May, going 1-1 with a 1.64 ERA (6 ER/33.0 IP) in 5 starts, allowed just a .120 (12-for-100) average.
2005 WITH PAWTUCKET: Went 1-2 with a save and a 2.93 ERA in 7 games (4 starts) for the PawSox...in 27.2 innings, allowed 21 hits, including 2 homers, and a .208 opponents average...walked only 3, while punching out 27...upon his July 4 promotion from Portland, went 1-2 with a 3.57 ERA (8 ER/22.2 IP) in 4 starts, allowing one earned run in 3 of the 4 starts...in his July 7 Triple-A debut vs. Ottawa, held the Lynx to a run on 3 hits in 6.0 innings, walking none with 7 K's...allowed just one run on 6 hits over 8.0 innings July 21 vs. Louisville, but suffered a 1-0 loss...was promoted to Boston for one start July 31 and optioned back the following day...upon his return to Pawtucket, made his last 3 Triple-A appearances out of the bullpen, working a total of 5.0 no-hit, no-run innings...walked one and fanned 6...in his last Triple-A appearance, August 11 at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, earned his first professional save, working 3.0 perfect innings and striking out 4...posted a 1.20 ERA (2 ER/15.0 IP) in 3 games (2 starts) at McCoy Stadium.2004 Was named Red Sox Minor League Pitcher of the Year for Single-A Sarasota after going 12-7 with a 2.64 ERA in 24 starts...a mid-season and end-of-season Florida State League All-Star, Papelbon finished 2nd in the league in ERA and strikeouts (153) and 3rd in wins...his 153 strikeouts were most among all Red Sox minor leaguers...was crowned Red Sox Minor League Pitcher of the Month in April and July...went 2-1 with a 2.95 ERA (7 ER/21.1 IP) in 5 April starts and 3-0 with a 1.30 ERA (4 ER/27.2 IP) in 5 starts in July...went 6-2 with a 1.02 ERA (6 ER/53.0 IP) over his final 9 starts. 2003 2003: Made his professional debut with short-season Single-A Lowell after being selected in the 4th round of the First-Year Player Draft...went 1-2 with a 6.34 ERA (23 ER/32.2 IP) in 13 games (6 starts)...struck out 36 batters in 32.2 innings, an average of 9.9 K's per 9 innings...made his pro debut with a start June 24 vs. Vermont, striking out 5 over 2.0 scoreless innings of one-hit ball...also tossed 2.0 shutout frames in his 2nd pro outing June 29 at Oneonta...turned in back-to-back, 3.0-inning shutout performances July 26 vs. Vermont (start) and August 2 vs. Vermont (relief).


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Bricks in sand make an attractive, durable and pleasant outdoor paving (Figure 1). They are easy to install — the easiest to handle of all paving materials.
Individually, bricks are small and lightweight. A brick walk or patio can be installed piecemeal at leisure. Do not attempt too much at one time.
Bricks have other attractions: a non-glare surface, pleasant texture, mellow color and pleasing contrast.
On the other hand, weeds and grass may grow up through the joints, freezing and thawing may cause heaving and bricks may need resetting. Bricks are absorbent and can hold stains. The general roughness of the surface makes it unsuitable for dancing and some games.
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Brick patios and walkways provide a durable and attractive outdoor paving.
Choose hard-burned brick for paving. Soft bricks crack too easily. If available, slick-surfaced face brick or cleaned old brick may be used. A hard-burned brick will give a clear, high-pitched metallic sound when hit with a hammer. Soft bricks will give a dull thud like a block of wood.
Get enough bricks to do the entire job. There is enough variation in bricks that those from another batch may not match the color or size of those previously purchased. Common brick may range from 8 to 8-1/4 inches long, 3-3/4 to 3-7/8 inches wide, and 2-1/4 to 2-1/2 inches deep.
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Bricks can be laid with either open or closed joints. Where no mortar is used, closed joints are best. This means that the bricks are butted tightly together. When closed joints are used, the running bond pattern is easiest.
Herringbone and basketweave are popular designs, but are more difficult to lay. Basketweave, when laid with closed joints, will leave a 1/2-inch hole in the center of each group of eight bricks.
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The stakes are used to brace the edging. Cedar, cypress or wood that has been treated with a preservative may be used instead of redwood lumber.
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I spawn into a pitch black world. It's raining heavily. I can hear waves lapping against a shore line. From what little I know, I'm somewhere on the coast and - as the servers keep a real-time day/night cycle - it's 3AM. In the gloaming I can distinguish a tree lined hill stark against an overcast sky. Nothing can you prepare you for this. You don't see this on YouTube, because there's no way they can show it. Squinting at a paper printout of the controls in the glow of the screen, I crouch and rummage through my backpack to take stock; a flashlight, a bandage, some painkillers.
After yet more fumbling I manage to equip the flashlight and take small solace in the narrow beam that illuminates my surroundings. Though I can't see very far through the sheets of rain, I can hear some rather unpleasant sounds just beyond the beach and so decide to start moving. I've heard that there are military installations to the north, but with no map and in a completely alien landscape, I just pick a direction and start walking, sticking to the coast as best I can. Despite the game world being over 225km2, it's not long before I come upon a crop of outbuildings, and my first encounter with the indigenous population.
Three mindless beings are wandering aimlessly, one of them on all-fours. With no previous experience of their sensory perceptions, I don't know how wide a berth I need to allow and so it's not long before they spot me. They move with disturbing speed, zigzagging around me in all directions, forcing me to break into a desperate sprint for the buildings. Their screams are getting louder as I round a corner and dart into the first open door I see. Slamming it shut, I realise that I've trapped myself in a small garage. I can hear them searching for me just outside. After what seems an eternity, I sneak up to the window and peek out. The rain is beginning to let up as I watch them chase another player across a field and disappear from view.
I rummage around and, finding nothing of interest, decide it's quiet enough to move on. By the time I've mustered up the courage to leave the garage, the rain has stopped and the clouds have cleared to reveal a moonlit sky, peppered with stars. And then I see it. Ursa Major. The Big Dipper. I'd heard that Arma II's night sky was accurately rendered, but seeing the constellation first hand proves just how detailed this game world is.
Using the position of the Big Dipper and drawing on knowledge garnered twenty years ago on a camping trip with the boy scouts, I am able to find the North Star with relative ease. I now have a heading and clear sense of direction.
As I make my way north, my thoughts turn to the other survivors on this particular map and where they may be, relative to my location. I have yet to come into contact with another survivor, but I've heard plenty of campfire tales about the kinds of people you come across in this post-apocalyptic wilderness…
The emergent gameplay of DayZ is Darwinian in its elegant simplicity. Survival of the fittest; kill or be killed. Sure, there are people willing to bandage you up or give you their last tin of beans, but all too often the most you can hope for is to cross paths with someone and live to talk about it.
I've heard stories of bandits hunting in packs, maiming survivors then dragging their bodies into prominent positions in the centre of town to use as bait for yet more unsuspecting scavengers. I've heard tales of players being robbed at gunpoint or forced into looting dangerous locales under duress; people sacrificing their friends to the horde so that they can escape. Even genuine cases of friendly fire are rife amongst the paranoid and distrustful populous of Chernarus.
And what of the bandits themselves? Surely they didn't all start out that way? Most have no doubt been moulded by the game itself, a product of the fragile alliances and betrayals so common in this lawless society. There must come a point when they have been fucked over so many times that they harden to the world and treat everyone around them as either enemies or victims. Will I end up that way? Will I sacrifice my humanity to survive?…
My musings have taken my mind off the task at hand; you can't switch off for a second in this environment. It is not long before a shrieking zombie pounces out of the darkness and strikes. I panic, losing my bearings and sprinting across a field towards a barn. Looking back I can see it's gaining on me, its stride unrelenting. I'm losing a lot of blood and my pace is starting to wane, but I manage to break its line of sight by darting into the tree line of the nearby woods.
When I'm sure I've lost it, I double back to the barn and bandage myself up. My HUD tells me I'm thirsty. I find some soda cans (a rare treat) and a hatchet. Now that dawn is approaching I can at see least what I'm swinging at. I'm just about to equip it when I hear a shriek behind me. There's one standing in the doorway. I turn to run but three more block my path, clawing and gnawing relentlessly until I finally go into shock and pass out.
I come round to see them feasting on me. My vision is narrowing. I crawl slowly out of the barn into the light. The sky is a striking shade of amber but I won't live to see the dawn. They attack repeatedly, slicing and biting until my vision finally fades and the last thing I see is the tortured faces of the zombies standing over me. Then Darkness…
I stand up from the PC and stretch. I'm thirsty, hungry, tired and aching all over. And I've just had one of the most immersive experiences of my life. I check the time: 5:50AM. The sun will be rising in 15 minutes. I decide to stay up and watch it. Outside, the sky is a striking shade of amber and it's going to be a great day.
Apologies if this blog post seems a big self-indulgent. I've just had so much fun reading about other peoples' experiences that I wanted to document my own little story for posterity.
NB. I sourced the parts for my budget rig from Tek Syndicate's video which was recently posted on this site ("How to build a $375 gaming rig").
If you have the time/money/inclination, I would highly recommend experiencing DayZ first hand. It is, without doubt, the most unique and involving game I have ever played. This is the zombie game we've always wanted.
Thanks coolbeans. It was actually Bladesfist's original blog post that prompted me to get serious about playing this mod.
Similar to when I first started playing it.
Truly one of the most effective mods ever made, a standalone game is on the way I hear.
They should bring it to consoles, everyone should be able to play this.
Forget user blogs, this is just a good piece of zombie fiction. Well done.
I really enjoyed reading your blog and am glad you are enjoying the game. I am still playing it quite regularly giving this free mod more hours played than most of the games I own on steam. Good luck out there. It's a dangerous world.