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Kayli Paugh wasn't afraid to let herself dream big.
The Howard pitcher with a power arm and just as powerful bat had already displayed moments of greatness as a junior on her way to being named a second-team all-county selection and helping the Lions to a top three finish in the county standings in 2013.
Yet, as Paugh mapped out her goals before this season, she knew the potential was there for something even better.
"In the back of my mind I was thinking, 'How cool would it be if I could reach that (Player of the Year) level and help us compete for a county title.' It was Katie Wilkinson last year and, having her as a teammate, I definitely was kind of looking up to her," Paugh said. "I remember thinking why not me this year?
"It's one of those things where I wanted to do everything I could to help the team, and I knew if I stayed confident hitting and confident pitching anything was possible."
Sure enough, putting together a senior season where she led the county with a 1.14 ERA, smacked a county-best seven home runs and upped her batting average almost 200 points to .490, Paugh reached a level all her own this spring.
And it's because of those individual accomplishments, along with helping lead Howard (16-1, 19-2-1) to this year's county championship, that she has been named this spring's Howard County Times/Columbia Flier softball Player of the Year.
"There aren't many girls that come around like Kayli," Howard coach Chuck Rice said. "She's a shutdown pitcher that also has the ability to win a game for you at the plate every time she comes up. We always saw the talent with her coming up since she was on the JV, but this year she added the confidence to go along with it."
A year of travel ball, along with offseason work with hitting coach Scott Wade and pitching coach Jenn Shellhammer, went a long way to putting Paugh in position to hit the ground running this spring.
However, as important as all the preparation was, actually getting into big game situations and delivering in the clutch was just as critical to setting the stage for the breakout campaign.
Right out of the gates, Paugh combined with fellow senior pitcher Courtney Merson to shut out Broadneck. Then, two days later, she pitched a masterful two-hit victory over Mt. Hebron where she struck out 12 and allowed just one run.
"Coming into the season, that was the game we wanted because of the playoffs last year," said Paugh, referencing Howard's loss to the Vikings in the 2013 postseason. "So beating them and pitching the way I did, I think it not only gave me a lot of confidence but gave the whole team a lot of confidence. We figured if we could do it against Hebron then we could do it against anybody."
Howard did indeed keep rolling, stumbling only once against Centennial prior to spring break. After that, the team didn't lose again until a regional semifinal match-up against Sherwood — a team that went on to win its third consecutive state title this spring.
Included on the way to winning the program's first county championship since 2011 were season sweeps of second-place River Hill and third-place Mt. Hebron.
"After the Centennial loss, I think it just made us strive to get better," Paugh said. "We really focused on our defense and I thought as the season went on that was probably the strongest part of our team.
"Courtney and I owe our defense so much … they made us look good."
This year, Paugh got to be a part of that standout defense when she wasn't pitching. No longer blocked by Wilkinson, she got to play some third base and she showcased just how versatile she can be.
"I was really happy that I got to have that opportunity senior year and, I'm not going to lie, I've really been looking forward to it," Paugh said. "It definitely helped me to keep in the game because I was always focused and always more involved in the game those times when I wasn't pitching."
Added Rice: "She worked as hard at third base as she did on the mound. She was the complete package."
During the course of the season there were plenty of highlights, but the team's double-header against Reservoir late in the year is right there at the top of the list. It was in the first game of that twin bill that Paugh proceeded to hit home runs in each of her first three at bats.
Reservoir, refusing to let Paugh continue her onslaught, decided to intentionally walk her in each of her ensuing five plate appearances that day.
"I've coached against a lot of really great players, many that went off and played high-level college ball, and I've never seen anything like that," Rice said. "We are talking three absolute bombs. When she is in the zone, there is nobody better and she showed that in that game."
As a pitcher, Paugh finished with an 11-2 record while striking out 98 and walking 26. While a lot of her success was the result of hard work, she also was incredibly quick to credit the relationship she has with long-time catcher and best-friend, Alli Jakubek.
"Alli actually has been my catcher for 10 years, ever since we started playing together," Paugh said. "It's really awesome that we got to continue this into high school, and I just felt so comfortable with her. She's been my catcher, and in my heart she always will be. I was always confident with her and I knew we could get the job done together.
"She really helped motivate me and she deserves a lot of credit."
Paugh is slated to play for Hood College next spring, and Rice says he expects her to only build on the success she's had to date.
"I think she is going to do really well at Hood College because she has the right personality and mentality to succeed at the next level," Rice said. "She has the tools and has the drive as well."
Named to the all-county first team are:
Maddie Bennett, Mt. Hebron. A junior that made up half of the Vikings' shutdown pitching duo, Bennett made great strides this spring after making second-team all county in 2013. With a nearly identical number of innings pitched, she managed to improve her numbers in every single pitching category. She cut her walks in half — allowing only eight on the season — while also upping her strikeout numbers from 57 to 78. All of that led to the county's second-best ERA (1.21).
"Maddie has pinpoint control and can throw in that curveball or screwball wherever she wants it," Mt. Hebron coach Chuck Struhar said. "She has really worked at her craft and takes great pride in not walking people."
Bennett had plenty of standout games for a Mt. Hebron team that made it to the state semifinals, but right up there at the top of the list was a playoff win over Centennial where she struck out 13 batters in a 7-2 victory. She allowed just one base runner over the final six innings. At the plate on the season, Bennett hit for a .420 average and had nine extra-base hits.
Alex Herschman, Atholton. A repeat first-team selection, Herschman was once again the workhorse for a Raiders' team that finished in the top half of the county standings. She pitched 117 innings, third most among county pitchers, and still managed to decrease her ERA from a season ago from 1.49 down to 1.37.
"She kept us in every single game. All the games against the top teams we were in because of her," Atholton coach Bob Baxter said. "She's one of those pitchers that won't blow you away with velocity, but has such great movement and location. She's a true competitor."
Herschman also was a top-of-the-order batter for the Raiders that hit for a .340 average and scored 11 runs. She will play for McDaniel College next year.
Courtney Merson, Howard. A ground-ball pitcher who finished with a perfect 8-0 record, Merson combined with Kayli Paugh to give the county-champion Lions a dynamic duo in the circle. She finished the season allowing just 34 hits, which is the fewest by any county pitcher that threw at least 60 innings, and had an ERA of 1.63.
But what made Merson, a second-team all-county player a year ago, so valuable was her versatility. When she wasn't pitching, she was a gold-glove caliber first baseman and at the plate she hit for a .471 average, smacked seven extra-base hits and scored 22 runs.
"Her versatility and ability to excel in every area was just unbelievable. In my opinion, not only was she an all-county pitcher, but she was the best defensive first baseman in the county," Howard coach Chuck Rice said. "I think the big thing for Courtney was that she had a great summer with her select team at nationals and that carried over. She did everything we asked of her and more."
Merson will play at the University of Mary Washington.
Maya Schwartz, Atholton. A first-year catcher at the high school level who had previously starred as an infielder, Schwartz settled in to the role immediately this spring and was the kind of leader the Raiders needed.
"She definitely felt the most comfortable behind the plate and I think she liked that she could run the game back there … she's a catcher at the travel level, so it wasn't a new position for her," Atholton coach Bob Baxter said. "There's something about Maya that you can't teach. She just has an innate ability to play her sport."
At the plate, she was the team's leader in six different major offensive categories. Her batting average of .534 was second best among the county's public school players and was an improvement of 180 points from her junior campaign. She also posted team-high numbers in hits (31), runs (19), RBI (18), doubles (8) and home runs (2).
First base
Sammi Cadigan, Mt. Hebron. Before the season began, Vikings' coach Chuck Struhar predicted that his senior first baseman was poised for a breakout campaign. Sure enough, after never previously making all-county, Cadigan exploded onto the scene as arguably the county's most-improved player. The four-year varsity letter-winner improved her batting average from .224 as a junior all the way up to .474 this spring — among the top 10 averages in the county.
"I told my assistant before the year, she's going to be the county's biggest sleeper. And she really was … she kept getting better and better as the season went on," Struhar said. "She could absolutely crush the ball and even her outs were hard outs."
Cadigan finished with eight doubles and was among the team leaders in multi-hit games. She spent time batting in a number of different spots in Mt. Hebron's powerful lineup and produced in all of them, scoring 20 runs and driving in 18.
Alli Bluhm, Mt. Hebron. A three-time all-county player, Bluhm was the bat at the heart of the Vikings line-up and was the anchor of the team's defense from her shortstop position. She had power numbers (five doubles, five triples, two home runs) to go with a solid batting average (.390) and a .930 fielding percentage to round things out defensively.
"Alli is as sound offensively and defensively as any player you will find at this level," Mt. Hebron coach Chuck Struhar said. "From where she came in as an outfielder to becoming an absolutely tremendous shortstop … she earned all of it through hard work and determination."
Bluhm's hottest stretch undoubtedly came during the middle of the season when she helped carry the Vikings to what ended up being a double-digit winning streak. Over the first two weeks of April, she had seven extra-base hits — including a double and a home run in a one-run victory over River Hill.
Rachel Cadigan, Mt. Hebron. The sophomore second baseman is lauded by coach Chuck Struhar as quite possibly the best defender he's every coached.
"I've been doing this for almost 30 years and I have never seen someone cover as much ground as she does at second base. There is just no one in her class," Struhar said. "Rachel could almost literally cover the entire right side of the infield by herself. That initial first step that she has is so quick that she gets to balls that no one else can."
In addition to her standout play with the glove, Cadigan also blossomed into a tremendous all-around hitter as well after spending most of her freshman season as a full-time slap hitter. She raised her batting average to .466 and collected 12 RBI after posting just one as a freshman. Cadigan's speed also helped her finish as the county's top base stealer, swiping a total of 19 bags on the season.
Amanda Petersen, Atholton. A first-time all-county selection, Petersen's greatest strength was her consistency on both sides of the ball. She boasted a .444 batting average hitting in the third spot most of the year, and she was among the top two for the Raiders in almost every offensive category. But she also was terrific with the glove at her shortstop position, compiling a fielding percentage of .948.
"Amanda has the complete package with the offense — an absolutely beautiful swing — and the defense — a great arm and great range," Atholton coach Bob Baxter said. "She has great natural ability to play the game and is passionate about it.
"In just about every competitive game we played, she played a huge role."
Petersen finished with eight doubles and 19 runs scored. Further showcasing her versatility, she also stepped in and played catcher for one game — a position Baxter says she could end up playing full time as a senior because of her experience at the position during travel ball.
Evvie Buehlman, Mt. Hebron. A finalist for Player of the Year honors, Buehlman picked up right where she left off after a dazzling freshman campaign in 2013.
Splitting time defensively between the outfield and pitcher, she excelled at both — but was particularly strong on the rubber. Her strikeout per inning ratio was the best in the county, as she finished with 109 in 60 innings. She also was tied for second in ERA (1.21) and tied for third in wins (9) among county pitchers.
At the plate, she led the county's public school players in hits (37), average (.561) and doubles (12). She also stole 10 bases and scored 26 runs. Among her season highlights was delivering the game-winning hit in the regional championship game victory over Glenelg that secured the program's first trip to the state final four since 2005.
"She's a pure softball player in pretty much every sense — her swing, her pitching, her fielding, the way she runs the bases," Mt. Hebron coach Chuck Struhar said. "She's a sophomore, but she plays like a senior. Evvie is the one you want in the big spot with the game on the line."
Jordan Burk, Centennial. The junior captain for the Eagles took her game to impressive new heights this spring — setting career-highs in every single offensive category. The batting average jump was the biggest improvement, as her team-best .426 mark was a jump of almost 100 points from her sophomore campaign. But, as a top-of-the-line-up spark, Burk was a leader across the board.
She posted team-high totals of 25 runs scored, 26 hits and five doubles. Burk also produced multi-hit games a half-dozen times, including in the team's season-ending playoff loss to Mt. Hebron.
"She was the kind of player that when she was getting on base, it lifted our entire team and she was so consistent that I could always rely on her to make the play or get the hit," Centennial coach Katie Grimm said. "She hit in the two-hole and her versatility was huge for us. She could lay down a bunt to move a runner or just as easily swing away for a double or a triple."
Courtney Colosimo, River Hill. After enjoying a solid season as a sophomore while being named second-team all-county, Colosimo stepped into more of a central role for the Hawks this spring and managed to improve her numbers across the board. She became the team's everyday centerfielder and its main lead-off batter.
Her average improved almost 100 points to .352, and she also posted career highs in extra-base hits (8), runs (20) and stolen bases (4). "She is just such a clutch player and seems to always be coming through and making things happen. She used her speed to get on and then let her teammates behind her move her around," River Hill coach Marni Rosenbaum said.
In the field, she ran things in the outfield and covered a lot of ground. Her 21 putouts were tied for the most among county outfielders. She also showcased the ability to pitch, picking up a victory against Oakland Mills during the regular season.
Taylor McGrann, Howard. As the leadoff hitter for the Lions, McGrann was an absolute magician with the bat. She had the ability to hit to all fields, helping her hit for a .500 batting average, and also boasted some terrific power that accounted for 11 extra-base hits on the season.
In the team's playoff loss to eventual state-champion Sherwood, she went a perfect 4-4 with three doubles. Earlier in the season, she accounted for both of the team's RBI in a walk-off win, 2-1, over River Hill.
"She has absolutely the perfect swing … there is not a flaw to be found. And it's because of that, that I believe she's one of the purest hitters I have ever coached," Howard coach Chuck Rice said. "She has an uncanny ability to pick up the ball and hit the ball where it is pitched and, at the same time, understand how teams were pitching her so she could use that to her advantage."
Defensively, McGrann played center field and made just one error.
Katie Smith, Marriotts Ridge. After serving as the Mustangs' primary pitcher last spring, Smith was able to showcase her versatility as a senior by shining in a variety of infield and outfield roles in addition to still pitching on occasion. It was that ability to have her hand in a little bit of everything that truly made Smith — a four-year varsity starter — so valuable.
"Katie is a smart softball player, knowing what each situation calls for whether it be the pitch she needs to throw or where the play is on the field," Marriotts Ridge coach Karyn Curley said. "She led the team inside the batter's box as well with the highest batting average and slugging percentage, consistently getting on base in almost every game."
Smith's batting average of .426 was a significant improvement on her .282 mark from a year earlier. Her totals for runs (15), RBI (13), doubles (7) and stolen bases (4) were all greatly improved as well.
Bethanne Venkatesan, Chapelgate. For a Yellowjackets team that finished as the runner-up in the IAAM B Conference tournament, Venkatesan was the piece that made everything go. She was the team's main pitcher, finishing with nine wins and 130 strikeouts in 103 innings. But it was her efforts at the plate that made her truly special.
Her .596 batting average, 10 extra-base hits (including 3 home runs) and 23 RBI all were among the county's elite.
"She was the most dangerous hitter in our conference," Chapelgate coach John Isaac said. "She became our all-time doubles leader at Chapelgate and moved into second in career batting average and on-base percentage."


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Think back to when ST:TNG came out. It was slick to look at, but the stories were very tame and seemed to dwell heavily on gizmos and soap opera moments. Time did the show no favors. After the first season I gave up on following it regularly, and checking in from time to time found it getting scarcely better (about 20 minutes of material stretched into 1 hour show most of the time.)
It needs to get back to its roots. Let the characters have flaws, let them make mistakes. Put irony and humor into it in difficult situations. Make the leaders make difficult choices. Make it interesting again with good stories, not practically perfect people and a lot of references to Shakespeare.
Heck, Klingons were a cold-war type adversary -- make up some nasty race like Al Qaeda and have the characters discuss how the federation got into a mess with them and try to find a way out of it.
What you discuss is called "Deep Space 9." Flawed characters, tons of mistakes, terrorist organizations, even a villain who kept reinventing himself.
Exactly! Star Trek doesn't need another reinvention. It needs the friggin writing team from DS9 to come back!
(Opening comm channel to the UPN Flagship Berman...)
"Captain Berman, First Officer Braga. Only one man - J. M. Straczynski - has done battle with broadcast studio executives while being able to produce five years of good science fiction television. He is behind me. You are front of me. If your employer values the deep-space franchise, be somewhere else!"
I remember cringing at some of the earlier TNG episodes that ended with Riker making some inane remark and Picard saying "Agreed!" * YAWN *
I find it very hard to believe that this state of utopia will ever be reached, because every improvement in society brings its own drawbacks. For example, the richest country in the world today has still not managed to find happiness, look at the sheer size of the shrink and self-help industry. The nation with the highest car-ownership in the world has brought with it an epidemic of obesity and enormous environmental problems. Bottom line, for every problem you solve in society, another is created. This is something that's missing from the humans in the Trek universe.
Lastly, from a drama point of view, people happily getting along makes for unbelievably boring TV. Remember the Itchy & Scratchy episodes where they became best friends? All the kids in Springfield started switching off their TVs and went out to play. We demand TV that keeps us indoors!!!
"Captain, it's a planet where they allow men to marry men and women to marry women!"
"Well, that's something Earth had to recognise as a fundamental human right..."
"But, Captain, they're doing it in polygamus unions!"
"WHAT!?!? Helm to starboard! Weapons officer, load all topedo tubes! Raze their capitol!!"
Similar to one of the Orig. Star Trek movies, the one where effectively a cabal of military and diplomats try to keep the Klingon - Federation rivalry going.
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Um, no. Hilter took power in Germany by leveraging nationalist and racist fervor, and working popular anger about unfair WW1 reparations treaties. The Japanese empire was a result of popular imperialist ideals dating from the 19th century, and a desire to prove themselves as a major world power. In the Soviet Union (which 1984 was meant to represent), the totalitarian state was a direct outgrowth of the popular communist revolution. In none of these cases was fear of terrorism at all a factor. (I haven't heard those science fiction books you mention, though.)
The importance of terrorism in world politics is actually a rather new thing dating from the 90s. In the past, terrorists had neither WMD nor suicide bombing techniques, so they were much less dangerous. The Star Trek writers probably were more inspired by current events than history.
Side note: what is it with people conflating fascism, stalinism and (the comparatively *extremely* tame) current US rights restrictions as if they were all the same? These are all completely different, both qualitatively and quantitatively! It makes me grind my teeth together whenever somebody uses 1984 as an analogy for a contemporary phenomenon. 1984 is about communism, and communism is dead. It's just not very relevant anymore.
BZZZT - wrong.The importance of terrorism in world politics is actually a rather new thing dating from the 90s
Q: Which act by an Albanian Arnarchist group started WWI?
Q: What were the origins of the Mafia?
Q: What happened at the Munich Olympics?
Q: What happened in Iran which led to the downfall of Carter, and how many billion did Reagan pay for a ransom?
Just being not being aware of examples before the 1990's doesn't mean it didn't happen.
1984 is about a totalitarian state, and there are still a few of those on earth. Aspects of it also give us an idea of what can happen if things are taken to extremes in other parts of the world which have mostly benevolent regimes.1984 is about communism, and communism is dead
Um, no. Hilter took power in Germany by leveraging nationalist and racist fervor, and working popular anger about unfair WW1 reparations treaties
(Pilkul, you ignorant slut...) Hitler came to political prominence as you describe. He did not take power until he orchestrated the burning of the Reichstag, and blaming the attack on the communists. Basically, a group of undesirables, destroying a symbol of the German "democratic" government, in order to foment civil war amongst its citizens. Its the classic method (at the time) the communists rose to power. It was that fear that certainly galvanized unity behind Hitler by its German citizenry. Just because they didn't call it terrorism back then, didn't mean it wasn't, nor any of those played out concepts which was known since Pericles.
1984 is about communism, and communism is dead. It's just not very relevant anymore.
Bullsh*t. 1984 was about totalitarianism. Yes Orwell was solidly anti-communist, and yes 1984 was an inference to communist governments. But note that there were social classes in 1984's society (proles, outer circle, inner circle), and the need to maintain control over the populace by constantly fomenting war, and using nationalism and fear to keep them in line. Its not surprising you think 1984 is not relevant anymore, you can't even use what little historical knowlege you possess to apply it to modern conditions.
That episode of ST:TNG was one of the most spiritual. Here's Wesley, trying to be like his Dad. He finally figures out that he's not his dad and his destiny is somewhere/something else. I'm kind of disappointed that he had to be turned into a demigod of sort, but the underlying(grammar?) theme is all the same - he has to become his own man.
Think about it, Star Trek is all about being in Star Fleet. What if you don't want to be in Star Fleet in the St
Do a well-done mini-series on Star Fleet academy
Great. Star Trek: 90210
I've always thought it would be great if there were a Federation Civil War.
But because of Roddenberry's guiding principles, that'll probably never happen. "Enlightened people of the future will never fight each other."
Andromeda was originally intended to be a 'Star Trek: Fall of the Federation' series. Wasn't a bad series, until Kevin Sorbo turned it into Hercules In Space, firing that writer from DS9.
But an actual series dealing with the fall, rather than the results, would be good. Easy enough to do, too; two member factions get in a fight, the Federation Council tries to intervene, doesn't work, Starfleet is sent in to 'keep the peace,' there's an incident, the Vulcans walk in protest, people draw up sides, and the Federation turns, over the space of a few years, into, say, about six to ten separate groups.
The Federation: Earth, Andoria, and a few other 'core' members, they attempt to cling to the original tenents.
Vulcan, and others; view the Federation as a good idea ruined by bad species; they revert back to isolationism; not all Vulcans agree, though.
Antagonist A and Antagonist B, and assorted hangers-on; obviously, they're at war. One side invites in the Klingons to help out, the other side invites in the Romulans, and it all goes to pot.
Several other 'balkanized' areas which revert to sectoral or species lines, rejecting the Federation as being ultimately ineffective. Think League of Nations at this point. Others reject the Federation for trying at all to intercede, or blame the 'incident' on official Policy, rather than Shit Happens.
The next thing you know, some of these groups are attacking the core worlds, because they want Starfleet technology and knowledge that was withdrawn when they broke away from the Federation, there are old grudges flaring up, the Klingons and Romulans are nibbling at the edges, gleefully taking advantage of the Chaos, Starfleet are trying to maintain their principles and dignity while their ideals are collapsing around them, and so on.
To ensure the survival of the Star Trek franchise, please stop referring to it as 'ailing'. Instead, use the word 'beleaguered'. Seems to have worked wonders for Apple.
Bab5 guy first went to Star Trek guys with the idea of Babylon 5. But they didn't accept the "space station" suggestion at that time, so Bab5 was born independently.
Later Star Trek guys came up with DS9. (no comments here)
Now, I wonder what will be different.
How many stories are there, really, that will fit into a one-hour TV slot? The universe may or may not be finite, but plot possibilities certainly are.
Which is why new shows seem like such dreadful, bloodless retreads of old ones. We've seen all the characters and pretty much every idea you could ever squeeze onto the deck of a starship.
There's nothing really *wrong* with ST. It's just played-out.
If ST could learn one thing from Babylon 5, it would be plot and character development. In the original series, the fact that Kirk and the others were flying through space was somewhat incidental. We might have enjoyed it just as much if the same actors had been set in a western.
Perhaps ST could move toward the sort of long-term plot arcs we saw in Babylon 5, and have come to expect from series like the Sopranos. Freed from the format of episodic drama -- and the crushing weight of our expectations -- Star Trek might be free to again explore the Undiscovered Country.
That would be kinda nice.
Just don't let Fox have the rights to air it.
The writers sit up suddenly energized and with a burst of creative enthusiasm finish the episode they're working on. I think they need to fire Benny.I've got it! Time travel!
ST has become fashionable to hate. It used to be just a geek thing but now even geeks are trying to be hip by saying they don't like it.
If you look at the recent ST series I think the fault is that they tried to be too popular. Instead of aiming at their main audience they tried to broaden it and managed to loose both their old audience and not aquire a new one.
ST:TNG was too softly and soapy (it even had the evil twin sister kinda stuff), Deep Space 9 became a true soap, going away from the 1 hour episodes into an neverending story with returning cast members. Dynasty in space. Voyager never stopped whining. Enterprise is so bad I didn't even watch past ep3. And I am very forgiving to ST.
Any new series needs to go back to the roots. 1 hour episodes of a small crew exploring the universe. No whining, no soul searching. Just doing things. Focus on the old fans, they kept the franchise going for decades, we are ready to be milked more. Just don't insult us anymore.
Oh and shoot the person that came up with the holochamber idea. These guys are out exploring space and the best they can do for excitement is do fantasy games indoors? Losers.
Babylon 5 is an absolutely amazing piece of science fiction but only when you realize that the 5 seasons are really one 80-hour long movie.
When I saw it aired on TV, I thought it was contrived because I didn't understand all the constant references to prophecies, councils, past wars, Valen, etc. I thought that they were doing what Star Trek writers do - reference cool sounding things just to enhance the illusion of the future, but those things are not existant in the actual plot. B5 is completely different; almost all their references are to cool stories in other episodes (both forward and backward) including some mind-blowing plot twists (some that make you giggle when you watch earlier season episodes because you know some *huge* secrets revealed later). It's important to realize that the B5 plot was fully written before filming, something that Star Trek never benefited from.
My roommate got the DVDs for all the seasons and we started watching them one by one. I'm a few episodes from finishing the last season. B5 is a trememdous story, not just out of science fiction, but of any type of story I've ever watched or read. It's one of those real works of art you only see once every few years. Of course I take issue with some scientific points, like their premise of the "first ones" (first race in the galaxy) living for indefinite lifetimes and such, but they are just quibbles.
It's also worth noting that besides the brilliant story weaving, B5 also fantastically avoided the concept of "good guys" and "bad guys". I'm impressed to no end how they side-stepped that oh-so-common trapping and actually made several alien races really come to life with politics, emotions, and goals of their own. Very cool.
The third great thing about B5 is that the problems are solved with character solutions. The tech is there to enhance the experience, but unlike Star Trek where they can reconfigure the primary deflector to do the dishes and take out the dog, in B5 they actually work out the problems using more traditional methods, and the interesting tech is for there for the viewer's enjoyment as backdrop, not primary focus.
If you're a Star Trek fan but have never watched B5, do yourself a favor and start with Season 1 [amazon.com]. Watch them in order, and P.S. there is an extra prequel movie, but don't watch it until after you get into Season 5 because it gives a few things from the middle away.
It makes me curious as to how they'd give Star Trek the B5 treatment, but I'd have to guess that the first step would be to write out a cohesive plot that can cover the first few years of the show before they start filming.
The last thing one knows in constructing a work is what to put first. -- Blaise Pascal

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From South Africa Rock Climbing Routes Wiki
Start: On the far right of the Knight, (2nd last buttress on the chess-pieces) there is a scoop of compact orange rock beneath a 3m roof at 25m height. Start on a higher ledge at the left-hand side of this where the orange rock meets grey.
- P1: 22: 40m: Start up two orange recesses, a step left and then straight up compact orange rock, past an unnerving grey flake to the roof and the apparently off-width crack that breaks the roof. Power through this, then cruise 10m up the giggle-jug-crack to stance on the boat-anchors on the left.
- P2: 16: 35m: Straight up the steepest (vertical), dappled wall on a stellar pattern of seams and juglets. Eases off after 10m. Stance at the back of a fairly big ledge.
- P3: 15: 25m: Straight up the 8m, 20cm-wide crack on ears, laybacks and juglets. Continue straight. Upon gaining the ledge move 6m left.
- P4: 22: 30m: Up an easy crack system (the right of two) to the roof system just inside the right-hand corner of the buttress. Left, then straight through the first dark overhang: a long stretch on some undercling crimps leads to good rails, and left into the twin cracks that break the roof. Establish an exposed position on two ledgelets, then heel-hook, jam and crank! Continue up to a stance.
- P5: 17: 20m: About 7m left of the right-hand skyline. (Should be 1m left of stance) Start on a pedestal, past a good rail to some thin moves (delicate) and to the summit.
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A follow-up on the COFFEY dump, because this is something I've been thinking about for a while but didn't know how to drill down into second-level splits data until the great Dave Cameron gave me an Excel tip this morning . . . .
I've seen lots of noise made about Justin Upton's uneven splits. He's a lifetime .307/.389/.548 (.937 OPS) hitter at Chase Field, a mere .250/.325/.406 (.731 OPS) hitter elsewhere.
The equivalent of 2012 Prince Fielder at home, Michael Saunders away.
The disparity was even greater in 2012 alone: .313/.390/.534 (.924 OPS) at home, .252/.326/.344 (.670 OPS) away.
Robinson Cano vs. Rafael Furcal.
So, buyer beware, right?
Well, as someone pointed out (I can't find where I saw it), lots of Upton's road games have been in the pitchers' parks of the NL West.
So I wanted to see how Upton has fared in the five AL West parks, and in American League parks as a whole – not how he's hit against AL clubs, that is, but how things have gone when he's been in their ballparks.
In 209 plate appearances in AL ballparks, Upton has hit .317/.393/.465 (.858 OPS). In other words, 2012 Dexter Fowler.
Of those, 88 trips have come in Texas, Anaheim, Oakland, Seattle, and Houston: .314/.373/.454 (.826 OPS). Or 2012 Alex Gordon.
A dozen of those plate appearances came in Seattle, in 2009 (one of his two great seasons). He went 5 for 11 with a home run and a walk, and no strikeouts, good for a .455/.500/.727 slash (1.227 OPS).
No wonder the Mariners are seduced.
Upton has been a lot better in AL West parks (.826 OPS), not to mention AL parks as a whole (.858 OPS), than he's been away from Chase Field altogether (.731 OPS).
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
There is flow yoga, hot yoga, power yoga and even laughter yoga. There are variations of yoga for every type of person, level and interest. And it seems that yoga is offered everywhere, from specialized schools to your local fitness center.
So it should come as no surprise that for 25 years Massachusetts General Hospital has recommended yoga to some heart disease patients. Yoga at the Heart Center includes physical postures, breathing exercises, relaxation techniques and meditation in a way that emphasizes heart health. This type of yoga can reduce cardiac risk factors and enhance lifestyle choices.
"It is an approach that's safe for patients with heart disease and multiple cardiac risk factors," says Christie Kuo, RN, of the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Center at Mass General, "and it takes into consideration the many medical issues patients may have."
These medical issues include cardiac risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity, and most yoga students at the Heart Center are recovering from serious conditions such as coronary artery disease, valve disease, congestive heart failure or rhythm disturbance. These patients are often hard on themselves when beginning to make changes in their eating habits or starting an exercise program.
"This type of yoga emphasizes a cultivation of compassionate self awareness as patients move forward with their lifestyle changes," says Kuo.
Nurses are trained to modify poses so they are safe for patients. For example, they might replace a standing sun salutation series with a series of seated poses. Sitting in a chair reduces the effort required, provides a stable support and increases the number of yoga poses patients experience.
At Mass General, nurses incorporate yoga into three unique programs, all intended to treat different types of patients:
According to Kuo, yoga is only successful when it is carefully tailored to a patient's needs. For example, when a patient visits Kuo, she starts the treatment plan by figuring out what the patient hopes to accomplish. Often this process begins with discussing their exercise goals.
"So already you're starting to pull together threads that will help them in a more specific practice," explains Kuo.
She also incorporates meditation into the warm-up and cool-down time. An important part of yoga, meditation encourages patients to think about how they are feeling at that moment versus how they feel at other times of the day. Also known as self awareness, patients can apply this to stress reduction.
"I used to say yoga was stretching with an attitude," smiles Kuo. "It's really stretching with awareness."
When patients are in a meditative state, they send signals to their mind and body that things are ok. If they can apply this meditative state to other, more stressful times of the day, then they greatly reduce stress levels. Kuo explains that the heart has a natural resting state called cardiac diastole. Just like the heart, people need to rest too.
"Allow yourself to rest and to find stillness. Accept where you are." says Kuo. "When you give your mind a rest, you're really only doing what your heart wants to do naturally, rest for a period."
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But no matter what it brings back from Itokawa we can be certain that Godzilla will rise out of the dust of the Australian desert...
Especially as the piece of dust in the Australian desert they are talking about is the Woomera Prohibited Area. It is prohibited because of the high levels of radioactivity remaining from nuclear weapons testing. You couldn't script this better.
You couldn't script this better.
Is that a challenge? We've got a number of very creative people on slashdot who would be happy to take you up on that.
Just some ideas on how things could get better:
The observation craft crashes in said desert, with the only survivors being the three very attractive but brainy female NASA scientists who unfortunately were slightly injured and had to tear the midriffs from their shirts in order to apply tourniquets to the pilot of the plane, who, despite their best efforts, expired on the desert flats -- but not before handing our intrepid heroines a jailbroken iPad with a map of a secret city in the desert.
The secret city, of course, is populated by mutants who are engaged in a war of factions between the aborigines and the whites. The whites have a technological advantage, but are really mean. The aborigines, however, reveal secrets to our heroines via a half-naked drug-addled walkabout whereupon it is discovered that the residue from the asteroid contains the last component to the ritual that awakens Croczilla from his dusty resting place and floods the desert, who upon awakening will be hungry for the other other white meat.
That's all I've got so far, I'm not sure how they'll keep Croczilla from destroying the opera house in Sydney. However, I'm quite sure it involves ridiculous sci-fi weapons and more toplessness of our heroines, and perhaps some beer.
I think I saw that on the SciFi channel (err.. syfy) a while back.
I thought it involved feeding it Tom Jones. Or was that another sci-fi story?
Well, I'm sold. Just no Michael Bay or Jerry Bruckheimer 'cause I want some rated R sci-fi.
The firing mechanism which was meant to fire a bullet into the asteroid malfunctioned. They're just hoping it picked up enough residue.
True that. I wonder however, seeing as they are thinking that it's a tiny amount of residue rather than what they really wanted, whether it will be tainted on it's re-entry and landing process.
Not to mock their efforts, it's utterly amazing what they have done, and on what sort of budget, but I just hope that it doesn't go tits-up at the last moment for them with this - or worse yet, they do some research, and it ends up being called into doubt due to possible contamination.
Judging from publicity that the breakup gets this is probably the apogee of it's mission.
There aren't many parts of the world that are unpopulated. And people do live in the bush in Australia. Just not many. That said, it'll take more than something falling from space to kill anyone who can rough it out there, since everything in the bush is deadly. Even the plants have it in for you.
Indeed. It's a testing ground for various military purposes, and in the 1950s the British government tested nuclear weapons there.
However there is a (small) population there. The mailman has to use a helicopter because the area is the size of England.
Not really: Woomera was a missile test range, and the dingoes have taken over the old SAM emplacements.
Sure it's dingoes and not kangaroos?
http://www.snopes.com/humor/nonsense/kangaroo.asp [snopes.com]
As far as I can tell, any place with "prohibited area" in the name doesn't sound hospitable.
Oh sure, just because the place is teeming with unexploded munitions, you think it's somehow less hospitable than most of the bush? Please -- it's more hospitable! I mean, there's signs of civilization in there and stuff...
As far as I can tell, any place with "prohibited area" in the name doesn't sound hospitable.
Oh sure, just because the place is teeming with unexploded munitions, you think it's somehow less hospitable than most of the bush? Please -- it's more hospitable! I mean, there's signs of civilization in there and stuff...
It was used for open air nuclear bomb tests for many years. Beliive me you don't want to go there.
See how it mutated him to have an extra eye?
Any place called "prohibited area" sounds like a dare. It's kind of like putting a big "do not enter" sign with no obvious reason why. 95% of folks won't go. The rest of us will say "Hmm, I wonder why it's prohibited, lets go have a look."
Sometimes I don't deal well with authority, especially when it's just a line on a map that says "don't go here.". Well, unless I drew the line, but that would be because I already went there.
Their sign [wikipedia.org] doesn't scare me
I don't think that 500 kilograms moving at supersonic speed are going to care how tough you are..
It is true that there aren't many parts of the world that are unpopulated. However, large tracts of Australia genuinely are. There are certain patches of Australia where it is likely that no human has ever set foot (yes, including Aborigines). There really are very few other places in the world that are as 'empty' as the interior of Australia. Antarctica obviously. And random areas of the Greenland ice cap. And not much else.
However in this case the area mentioned in the article is empty not because of its remoteness, but because it's a military reserve/testing ground. They did atmospheric nuclear testing there in the 50s. Non authorised personnel aren't allowed - so they can be reasonably confident it's 'unpopulated' for the purposes of the Hayabusa landing.
I can't be the only one who thought of this scenario.. Does anyone else think the same as me?
Yes [imdb.com].
I've never really got how "viruses from space" would be particularly dangerous. Viruses and germs and such didn't get dangerous by accident- they're highly evolved, highly specialised, purpose built to infect their hosts.
How adapted is something from another world, with completely alien biology, likely to be for infecting humans and other animals?
It would be dumb luck. Something that existed somewhere else in the universe that thrived, can handle living in space, and could infect those pesky mammals that think they own the earth.
If the panspermia theory is correct, that wouldn't be all that questionable. Well, if across the span of the entire universe, a rock happened to be tossed into space, that happened to have a virus, that happened to be able to survive to the earth, that happened to infect a mammal host b
There are quite a few opportunistic pathogens that are non-specialized, eg. soil bacteria that are normally free-living but if you're exposed with a weakened immune system or manage to get them into a wound, you may be in trouble. I imagine some space bugs might be dangerous in similar way, but indeed, spreading like wildfire from people to people is a mere fantasy - unless it's genetically engineered by the Evil Aliens(TM), of course.
"See the earth below,
Soon to make a crater!
Blue sky, black death,
I'm off to meet my maker!"
Does anyone know if there is more information? I.e. Which side of Australia will it approach from and a more exact time? I'll be a couple of hours out of Sydney and would like to know if it will be observable. A quick search around NASA's website and Google didn't reveal anything helpful.
You would have to be at Woomera to have a hope of seeing anything.
Hmmm... hate to answer my own question, but the details of the trajectory are here: http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/enterp/missions/hayabusa/trj.shtml#new
Looks like Western Australia should get a glimpse as it flies past, although I don't think you'd see it from Perth - would have to be a fair bit north of there I'd imagine... maybe somewhere in between Carnarvon and Karratha?
Nah -- too high. According to the site you provided, it'll be 600 km up when it crosses the coast. However, the folk to the northwest of Glendambo, SA should get quite a look. You'll remember Glendambo -- it's the town with the famous sign [excelsiortc.com]:
"Welcome to Glendambo
Elevation 150m
Flies........2,000,000 (approx.)
I'm sure Yahoo has the answer to that. Just ask this guy [youtube.com].
Well, from the little bit I know about it, the best direction to look would be up. Gravity should be taking care of the rest.
No, first the Dutch, then the British...
In case you haven't followed that drama you should do that now [wikipedia.org]. Keeping that bird in control, managing it to do some science and finally getting it back was seriously heroic by JAXA. This was easily the most problem-ridden probe ever making it back (well, almost now). I hope the last leg of that epic journey will go well.
Though I recall that when the vehicle bounced off the asteroid the operators had no idea whether it had collected material from the surface and it is likely they still don't know.
....the operators had no idea whether it had collected material from the surface and it is likely they still don't know.
Yeah, well, leave it to the Slashdot community to just make shit up in the summary for no apparent reason. Look on the bright side, at least there aren't any threads on this story complaining about how bad the media is at factually portraying technical media. Sometimes the irony of those rants being posted on Slashdot is just too much to handle.
Yesterday I came across a really neat English-sub version of a Japanese trailer, which I'm guessing is for a documentary about Hayabusa's dramatic journey. It's definitely worth a watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsQp9Zey27Y [youtube.com]
There's also a much more surreal Japanese video depicting a cartoon version of Hayabusa as a cat with solar panel wings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Ey3dNeCeM [youtube.com]
As I don't speak/read Japanese I'm not really sure what's happening in it though, other than that it's very strange.
Its a 24 hour drive to Woomera, and from Saturday I will actually be allowed to drive again. But medically its just a really bad idea to spend two whole days on the road right now. It would be great to be close to the landing (or crash, or splat) but in reality I would just spend a few hours waiting at the road block with binoculars stuck to my eys, then turn around and go home.
You can tell, we don't see space craft very often in
The Japanese will probably just get fined for littering.
The Japanese will probably just get fined for littering.
We haven't had much luck fining them for killing whales so I don't like our chances with this one.
NASA astronomers will be flying onboard a specially equipped DC-8
Sure, right.
We all know that when they say "astronomers" they really mean Xenu.
We all know that when they say "DC-8"s the really mean space ships that look exactly like DC-8s.
Don't be fooled people! It's all happening again!
There's an important point to the re-entry process, separate from the asteroid sample: the craft will be coming at interplanetary speed (about escape velocity from Earth) -- is much faster than typical re-entries from Earth-orbit. Seeing if the heat-shielding technology will work is important for future missions around the solar system.
Yeah I suppose so but the Galileo entry probe entered Jupiter at 45km/s or so and it survived okay. Designing a heat shield is really just a question of how much energy vs how thick to make it.
Seeing if the heat-shielding technology will work is important for future missions around the solar system.
Unless they're using some radically new heatshielding materials (which I haven't heard of), not really. Heatshielding is a fairly well understood technology and surviving faster reentries is pretty much just a matter of a having a thicker shield.
It took the US 30 years and a fundraiser to pay for the littering of Skylab [wikipedia.org]. Hope the Japanese are less of a bunch of deadbeats.
They're using DC-8s, man! That and the fiery reentry is supposed to make us remember about our Thetan past.
The spacecraft is expected to land in an unpopulated area of Australia
Australia is populated?
on premium unleaded is AMAZING. I can't wait to see how fast one is with space technology for an engine!
Is "to" French for "will"?
"The one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception a neccessity." - Oscar Wilde


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Ok for this to work do i need to have like BB Maps installed or something ?
i really don't get how it works?
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Ok for this to work do i need to have like BB Maps installed or something ?
i really don't get how it works?
No, all you have to do to geotag something is be in the default program 'maps' and select the option from, I believe the blackberry button. I have successfully geotagged a few locations.
Does that answer your question?
--oh, yeah, you have to have maps installed as far as I know.
A geotagging program is suppose to let you take pictures and download them along with your gps location, for example you take a road trip to a half a dozen wineries at each one you take some photos and geotag them, you at that point will have tagged photos with pinpoints on a map of where they were taken, kind like a photo album with a map ( and similar to restaraunt points on a google map ). I think in some programs they can even be time stamped with comments and from the phone can even be sent as an email attachent or downloaded to a facebook type app.
I am not sure which map that is available for the storm works best to geotag, AmAze says it does but it is not storm ready yet. I have wanted to explore it for about a month now and will most likly try and do it right before i leave on vacation and screw it up... Ha! hope that helps a little
To enable geotagging when you take a picture with the camera:
1. Open the Camera app
2. Click the blackberry button
3. Click "Options"
4. Set the "Geotagging:" line to "Enabled"
5. Select "Yes" at the prompt "Geotagging adds GPS coordinates to new photos. Are you sure you want to enable this?
6. Change whatever other options you want while you are on this screen, and then finally press the blackberry button and select "Save"
Oh and don't forget GPS must be enabled in your phone as well ;-)


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Evolution Hoax
On its edition dated August 1st, 2010, Yukselis Namina, one of the weekly papers of Azerbaijan, published an article with the title, "The Verses of the Qur'an Referring to the End Times" in which Mr. Adnan Oktar has explained the dominion of the moral values of Islam with verses from the Qur'an.
It is He who sent His Messenger with guidance and the Religion of Truth to exalt it over every other religions, even though the mushrikun detest it. (Surat At-Tawba, 33)


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Current Bauxite superintendent to become Sheridan superintendent
Jerrod Williams, who announced his plans to leave employment with the Bauxite School District on April 25, has been selected as the new superintendent of the Sheridan School District.
Officials of the Sheridan District announced that Williams will begin his duties July 1.
Williams was selected from a pool that included two other finalists, Dr. John Buchanan and Andrew Curry.
District officials utilized a search committee to select the new administrator, who will succeed Dr. Brenda Haynes.
Haynes announced her retirement on Dec. 9, 2013.
Williams has been superintendent of the Bauxite District for three years.


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DescriptionProprietary Louisiana brand of anis-charactered aromatic bitters introduced by Haitian immigrant, Antoine Amedee Peychaud. Produced since the early 19th century, currently by The Sazerac Company, which can trace its linage to one of the first venues to serve these bitters - in the drink for which they were created. They remain notable & essential in the Sazerac cocktail, as originally prepared with brandy, and in later years with rye whiskey.
Flavorbitter, herbal, spicy, cherry and anise
AvailabilityLimited availability. Produced and sold in United States. Rarely exported. Regional.
SubstituteAngostura bitters (imperfect substitute), other aromatic bitters (imperfect substitute)
Usage examplesThis ingredient appears in 35 recipes in CocktailDB.
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text: Tens of thousands of people are attending the Jaipur Literature Festival in India — including many international literary stars and Oprah Winfrey. Author Salman Rushdie was invited but decided not to attend after a warning that hit men would be after him. Rushdie wrote The Satanic Verses which has been banned in India for more than 20 years.


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AC Milan midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng, of Ghana, celebrates at the end of the Champions League round of 16, first leg soccer match against Barcelona, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. AC Milan won 2-0. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 6:24 pm
AC Milan stuns Barcelona 2-0 in Champions League
By DANIELLA MATARAssociated Press
Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sulley Muntari scored second-half goals, leading AC Milan to a 2-0 upset Wednesday night in the first leg of the second round.
At Istanbul, American midfielder Jermaine Jones scored on a right-footed shot from 16 yards off Jefferson Farfan's cross on a 45th-minute counterattack to give Germany's Schalke a 1-1 tie against Galatasaray. The Turkish club had gone ahead on Burak Yilmaz's goal in the 12th.
Boateng put seven-time champion Milan ahead in the 57th minute after Riccardo Montolivo's squaring pass appeared to bounce off an arm of Milan's Cristian Zapata and land in front of Boateng. Muntari scored in the 81st to help Milan to end a seven-game winless streak against Barcelona (4-0-3) dating to 2004.
"We didn't concede anything in defense and we had several chances," Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri said. "But it wasn't perfect, we were a bit lacking with the last ball in the first half, but the team grew in the second. I think this is an important victory which will put us through. We could even have won 3-0, but I understand tiredness set in a bit."
Barcelona, seeking its fifth European title and fourth in eight years, had not lost by two goals since a 3-1 defeat to Real Betis in the Copa del Rey on Jan. 19, 2011. The second leg of the total-goals series will be in Spain on March 12.
The only other time this season Barcelona was shut out was by Benfica in the last match of the group stage, after advancement to the knockout rounds had been assured.
"It was harder than usual for us to score," said Barcelona assistant coach Jordi Roura, in charge of the team while Tito Vilanova undergoes medical treatment in New York. "Milan was very organized, very strong in defense and that caused us a lot of problems. We were also playing on a pitch that wasn't worthy of this competition. We controlled in the first half, we didn't create chances but neither did they."
At Istanbul, American midfielder Jermaine Jones scored on a right-footed shot from 16 yards off Jefferson Farfan's cross on a 45th-minute counterattack to give Germany's Schalke a 1-1 tie against Galatasaray. The Turkish club had gone ahead on Burak Yilmaz's goal in the 12th.
In the other matchup, Jones will be suspended for the second leg after receiving his third yellow card of the competition in the 35th, given by Scottish referee William Collum after Jones waved an imaginary yellow card in an attempt to get an opposing player punished.
Jones became the second American to score in the knockout rounds of the Champions League following DaMarcus Beasley, who had a goal for PSV Eindhoven against Monaco in the second round's second leg on March 9, 2005.
Jones called the yellow card "stupid" but said Schalke was "absolutely satisfied" with the result.


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Mappin Open Solo Show (Sheffield Museums, 2002-01)Mappin Open Solo Show (2002) The Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK. Jan 2002 - Apr 2002. Catalogue, full colour, essays by Julie Milne, published by Sheffield Museums. Exhibition funded by Sheffield Museums, and The Arts Council of England.Two images from a body of work entitled 'Narrative driven by shape', which, along with other works, formed the basis of a solo show held at The Mappin Art Gallery in Sheffield from January to April 2002.


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UH Student Journalist Wins Prestigious NCAA ScholarshipUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Student Media Advisor
Melody W. Lawrence, (317) 917-6116
Assistant Director for Public Relations
The NCAA and the Freedom Forum have awarded a $3,000 scholarship to a University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa student journalist.
Stanley K.T. Lee is one of only eight juniors in the nation selected for the one-year, nonrenewable scholarship that is given after a review of the applicants' transcripts, articles and letters of recommendation.
About 100 students apply annually for the scholarship, which is designed to foster freedoms of speech and press, while also promoting quality sports journalism education at the collegiate level. The program has given $261,000 in scholarships since starting in 1992.
Lee has been a staff writer for UH Manoa's daily student newspaper, Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi, since his freshman year."Since coming to UH, Stanley has always been one of Ka Leo's best and most consistent writers," said Ka Leo Faculty Advisor Jay Hartwell. "But what has really impressed me is that Stanley reports because he loves it, not because he wants a job. And he is always looking for new challenges."
Lee came to Manoa from McKinley High, where he was sports editor for the campus newspaper and lettered three years in cross country and track. Last semester, Lee, a double-major in American Studies and Liberal Studies, also coached McKinley's cross county team and worked as a sports stringer for The Associated Press.
The seven other award recipients who also will be full-time seniors in the fall attend Northwestern University, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Western Kentucky University, University of Southern California, University of Texas at Austin, University of Iowa, and University of Colorado-Boulder.
The Freedom Forum, which co-sponsors the scholarship with the NCAA, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit foundation dedicated to free press and speech.
For more information, visit: http://ncaa.org


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Springfield's public works director answers questions about how the city plows the snow on days like today.
The city of Springfield's public works crews continue to tackle what has been a long and challenging winter. Through it all, they have stepped up to get the job done, and they have done it well.
Much has been reported about the drain on city resources — from overtime to salt to wear and tear on roads. But here are answers to the most common questions the city receives about snow-removal procedures.
When does public works start plowing during a snowstorm?
Public works crews begin clearing main routes and trouble spots as soon as snow begins to accumulate. With any significant snowfall, public works moves to an around-the-clock operation.
What are main routes and trouble spots?
Main routes are streets with the highest amount of traffic as determined by the city traffic engineer. Trouble spots include steep inclines, areas near hospitals and streets of residents who are on a medical emergency need list. Keeping these streets clear is our top priority until the snow stops falling.
How do I get on a medical emergency list?
Residents must submit to the city letters from their physicians indicating the need for immediate access to 24/7 medical care due to life-threatening conditions. The letters should be submitted to the Department of Public Works at MCW, 300 S. Seventh St., Springfield IL 62711.
What is the Emergency Snow Route?
When we are anticipating a significant snowfall, the mayor may initiate a "snow emergency," which requires vehicles to be removed by an announced time from city snow routes. Snow routes are marked by signs and also can be found on the city website at springfield.il.us/snow. Vehicles parked on the street are obstacles to snow-removal operations, and those that are not removed by the designated time are subject to ticketing and towing.
Why do I never see a snowplow on my street?
Public works generally does not start plowing residential streets until all main streets and trouble spots are cleared for travel. Plowing on residential streets does not typically occur until snowfall has ceased. Therefore, it can begin in the late hours of the evening or morning depending on the timing of the snow.
Why does it take hours for my street to get plowed?
With city resources and more than 625 miles of roads and 2,000 lane miles, it takes crews 24 to 36 hours or more to plow every residential street and cul-de-sac. The time it takes to plow depends on the amount and type of snowfall.
Why does my street never get plowed?
During significant snow fall, public works will plow every city street. As a general rule, residential streets are not plowed unless snow accumulation exceeds two to three inches or conditions would otherwise merit it. Also, cul-de-sacs are best cleared with smaller equipment, such as backhoes. Often, larger trucks will plow through streets prior to a backhoe being available for the cul-de-sacs. If a resident believes their street has been missed 24 hours after the snowfall has ended, they should contact our 24/7 dispatcher at 789-2246.
Why do snowplow drivers have to pile snow in front of our mailboxes or driveways?
While drivers do their best not to impede resident access, often due to circumstances it does occur. The focus of our drivers is to clear the streets as quickly and as efficiently as possible. Cul-de-sacs are particularly challenging both in terms of when they are plowed and in terms of placement of the removed snow.
How does public works know if each street is plowed?
Public works utilizes an Automated Vehicle Locator system that tracks each piece of equipment via Global Positioning System. From that data, central dispatch can verify when and where a vehicle has been. Also, we provide to our snow district managers a list of areas that are easy to miss and ask them to verify. Visual checks continue during and after snowstorms to verify that streets are passable.
Why do our streets remain snow-covered and hazardous for driving?
During the type of winter Springfield is experiencing, residential streets are likely to remain snow-covered for some time. These conditions are similar to years past when central Illinois experienced much longer and harsher winters. Given these weather conditions, winter preparedness is far more serious this year. There often is nothing public works can do to take the place of reminding people to drive for winter conditions.
How many snowplows does the city send out?
City resources can provide as many as 45 vehicles and equipment for snowplowing. Public works; City Water, Light and Power lake services; and an outside contractor all contribute to this number, which varies based on equipment and manpower available each day.
How much snow has to fall before you plow the streets?
During all snow events, public works strives to plow the city's main streets and trouble spots to bare pavement as best it can. Characteristically, for a smaller snow fall — two to three inches — we will not plow all residential streets because by the time crews get to them they probably are snowpacked from traffic. In those cases, crews simply are making the conditions more hazardous than snow-packed streets because plows can actually make the snowpack turn into a sheet of ice. Additionally, with the smaller amounts of snow, streets generally are passable, and it would not be a wise use of limited resources to plow them.
Will public works plow residential streets more than once?
As temperatures rise, public works crews work on streets to break up the snow and ice accumulation as best we can. Frequently, the warming temperatures tend to remove much of the snow and ice before we can plow every street again.
Why does my street never get salt?
Salt is utilized on the city's main streets, trouble spots and hazardous intersections as necessary. The city spends about $400,000 a year on salt and uses 6,000 tons on average. Salting 625 miles of streets and 2,000 lane miles is not practical. The application of salt also takes a toll on the condition of city roads and, when overused, can cause significant deterioration, resulting in additional road repair.
What do you use in place of salt when temperatures drop below freezing?
When temperatures drop well below freezing, applying salt to streets is ineffective. A liquid calcium mix is sometimes applied to trouble spots when temperatures drop to that level. This is used only for the most hazardous areas because of the harsh effect its use has on the streets.
How was the strategy of removing snow developed?
The strategy of focusing on priority streets and then moving to side streets has been long standing and similar to how most communities practically approach snow removal. The streets division operations coordinator, who is in charge of our snow removal operation, has more than 30 years of experience at public works and has overseen snow removal for three years. Public works also is part of the American Public Works Association to annually evaluate and compare Springfield's operation to other cities.
While there are many variations to winter storms, as a general rule the procedures explained here lay out the approach to snow removal with the resources that are available to the Springfield public works crews. We are always open to suggestions on how we can improve the process and encourage any who have such recommendations to please call us at 789-2255.
Mark Mahoney is director of the Springfield Office of Public Works.


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A.M. 12:24 to 2:29, town-wide, police conducted 24 building and site checks, all secure; 1:58, Front Street and village area, foot patrol; 3:46, Davis Street Apartments, domestic disturbance; 9:23, Leominster Road and Presidents Building, Fire Dept. service call; 10:37, same; 11:43, police station, officer wanted;
P.M. 1:35, Harvard Road and residence, Fire Dept. call; 3:03, Great Road, medical, ambulance transport to Nashoba Valley Medical Center; 4:41, Hazen Road, same; 7:05, Great Road between Bull Run and Mohawk, suspicious activity, gone on arrival; 10:12, Lancaster Road, animal complaint, ACO call;
A.M. 12:30 to 2:31, town-wide, police conducted 22 building and site checks, all secure; 8:21, Lawton Road, traffic stop, verbal warning; 9:13, Lakeview Drive, motor vehicle complaints; 9:59, Townsend Road, animal complaint, ACO call; 10:24, Front Street, traffic stop, verbal warning; 10:50, Center Road, traffic stop, warning citation; 11:09, Parker Road and Senior Center, police services, general; 11:21, Townsend Road, police investigation;
A.M. 12:39, Leominster Road and Iszy's Billiards, suspicious motor vehicle, building checked and secure; 1:03 to 3:15, town-wide, buildings and sites checked and secure; 1:19, Leominster Road, traffic stop, warning citation; 1:56, Front Street and middle school, same; 2:39, Front Street and village, foot patrol; 2:44, Hazen and Walker roads, suspicious motor vehicle; 7:44, Clark Road and Wayside Trailer Park, E-911 hang up call, transport to Nashoba Valley Medical Center;
P.M. 12:40, police station, general services; 4:25, Ayer Road and residence, animal complaint, ACO call; 4:36, Longley Road, breaking and entering, burglary; 5:19, Ayer Road, mutual aid, police; 7:42, Ayer Road and train station, traffic stop, verbal warning; 8:01, Lancaster Road and School Street, same;
A.M. 12:12, Hospital Road and Ayer-Shirley Middle School, suspicious motor vehicle, building checked and secure; 12:19 to 11:41, town-wide, police conducted 14 building and site checks, all secure; 12:32, Great Road, traffic stop, verbal warning; 1:01, Great Road and Ayer town line, traffic stop, verbal warning; 3:06, Maple Street, directed police patrol; 3:28, village, foot patrol, buildings checked and secure; 4:54, Third and Main streets, Ayer, mutual aid, police;
P.M. 2:34, Walker Road, well being check; 2:46, Walker Road, suspicious motor vehicle; 6:38, Catherine's Way, fire alarm, accidental or defective; 11:32 to 11:42, town-wide, buildings and sites checked and secure;
A.M. 12:02, Hazen Road and Amanda Lane, parking violation, citation issued; 12:33 to 1:24, town-wide, buildings and sites checked and secure; 12:40, Catacunemaug Road and Lakeview Drive, traffic stop, verbal warning; 12:48, Ayer Road and Phoenix Bar and grill, police foot patrol; 1:11, Front Street and Patterson Road, traffic stop, verbal warning; 1:40, Lancaster Road and Airport Diner, traffic stop, verbal warning; 2:03, Center Road, same; 2:06, Center and Holden roads, traffic stop, arrest; 3:24, Great Road and Lunenburg town line, traffic stop, verbal warning; 3:32, Townsend Road, same; 5:53, village, foot patrol; 9:40, Great Road, burglar alarm, accidental or defective; 10:38, Great Road, larceny, theft;
P.M. 2:44, Route 2E, Lancaster, assisted citizen; 6:12, Front Street, well being check; 6:45, Pumpkin Brook Road, suspicious motor vehicle, gone on arrival; 8:02, police station, animal complaint, ACO call;
Monday, Oct. 22: Angela M. Staples, 31, of 477 Alger St., Winchendon, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor with breathalyzer .08 percent, marked-lanes violation, operating so as to endanger;
Sunday, Oct. 28: James E. Favreau, 42, of 189 Center Road, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor with breathalyzer .08 percent, operating so as to endanger, motor vehicle lights violation.


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21 Jan, 2012
SMS 620 Camaro Unveiled and Auctioned
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SMS Supercars, Steve Saleen's company, officially unveiled the SMS620 Camaro at the Barrett-Jackson auction this week, where the first production unit was auctioned off. This particular model was a special Bondurant Edition, in honor of Steve Saleen's former racing partner, Bob Bondurant. The $100,000 auction proceeds from the auction were donated to Cox Charities and [...]


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It's been almost four decades since the last Americans walked on the Moon, and it could be decades more before anyone follows in their footsteps. But like good scouts, scientists and engineers are staying prepared. Among other things, they're testing equipment and techniques in environments that are as Moon-like as possible.
An example is a project called Desert RATS, which is scheduled to get underway this week in Arizona. In years past, the project has tested a lunar rover, plus an ungainly vehicle that could walk across especially rough or steep landscapes.
Desert RATS is one of a long list of expeditions to sites that are like the Moon, Mars, or other space environments. In the last few months, for example, astronauts spent two weeks underwater to test techniques for spacewalks. A little later, another expedition was testing ways to live and work on Mars on a remote Canadian island.
One of the highlights of Desert RATS has been testing a new lunar rover. It has a pressurized cockpit that allows the two-person crew to live and work in shirtsleeves for days at a time. And when crewmembers want to get a closer look at something, they can slide into spacesuits that are attached to the back of the rover.
With a hot set of wheels to whisk them around, all astronauts need now is a ride to the Moon -- which is in good view tonight, by the way. It rises not long after darkness falls, with the brilliant planet Jupiter to its right.
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Sunday, July 18, 2010
A Day At The Museum: Genealogy Style
The past Saturday was our long awaited day to have some fun in the park and tour some great Nebraska museums. The You Go Genealogy Girls were the hosts for "A Day At The Museums" in Alliance Nebraska. Since we both belong to the genealogy society in North Platte, Nebraska and I live in Alliance, Nebraska; we thought it would be a nice field trip to bring the genealogy group to Alliance.
You Go Girl came to visit me and we stayed busy for two days beforehand, getting things ready for our picnic meal and planning the tour for our group. We were anxious to get started and looked forward to seeing our friends on Saturday.
Finally the day arrived. We busily gathered all our supplies with the gracious help of my niece and "Go Hubby". Everyone at my house had to work if they wanted lunch! We arrived at the Knight Museum and Sandhills Center at 9 am to set everything up. The museum director was kind enough to let us use the indoor patio facility at the museum when the weather that morning was to exceed 100 degrees! It was very nice and surely did make the long day more bearable. By 10:30 AM our guests had arrived and we were ready to get started. Our group included friends from North Platte and Alliance, with some staff ladies from the museum who very kindly helped out with lunch and our tours.
First stop was a walking tour of the basement, kitchen, storage, and archiving area of the Knight Museum/Sandhills Center. We got a behind-the-scenes tour of their great system for storing all the collectibles and archiving the thousands of family history documents that are housed there. The museum director, Becci Thomas, was very thorough and our group got to see the unique movable shelving systems and see how they integrate into the new museum. The basement tour concluded with a look at the facility's full service kitchen that is used for meetings, weddings, and city celebration parties: all these gatherings can be held on the beautiful indoor patio area that we were using for our gathering that day. Our museum is a complete community facility.
Lunch was next on the agenda! Everything was served buffet style and while the group ate and visited we held our door prize drawings. Several guests went home with small mementos of the day. Immediately after our lunch, the group gathered and split into vehicles for the short drive to the nearby Sallows Military Museum which is part of our overall museum system but housed separately. A few of the genealogists elected to walk the three blocks, passing by our historic city fountain. Once again the director filled everyone in on some of the history of the area and told about the displays in the military museum. That building also houses a small but impressive indoor botanic garden which was an added bonus.
Back to the main museum at 1 PM. There we were introduced to the impressive holdings of genealogical,family history,county histories and vital records which are housed in the gorgeous "Heritage Room" of the Knight Museum/Sandhills Center. The research room was designed and built into our new museum for the purpose of housing those records and anyone is welcome to come and research there. Staff is always on duty to assist patrons and welcomes all visitors to the new facility. From there we journeyed into the new little theater to view a Nebraska Sandhills film which introduced everyone to the main museum. Western Nebraska history from the age of the dinosaur through prairie pioneers, native Americans, soldiers, railroaders and agricultural families is all beautifully represented in the museum. It had been a busy day for everyone but we were not quite finished yet!
Two o'clock brought us all to a museum conference rooms where we were treated to a power point presentation on the new Nebraska Veterans Cemetery at Alliance. The administrator of the facility, Allen Pannell, showed many photos of the project as it has progressed in construction and told about the ways the veterans and their families will be honored. The cemetery is built on part of the land that was once the Alliance Army Air Base. Nearly all the first troops into Normandy during WWII were trained here at this base so it is a special honor for us to have this new facility located here. It is the first Nebraska State Veterans Cemetery. The program was enjoyed by all and we went away with a lot of new knowledge and pride about the cemetery.
A few in attendance took some time to do some research at the days end before the three hour drive back to North Platte. Many said they were surely going to make the trip again and spend more time getting to know the wonderful museum system we have here. The day was long but a lot of fun for all and best of all was that one of the ladies in attendance met a relative that she never knew. Her unknown family had just came to the museum as patrons and in the course of writing a check for a gift shop purchase, our museum director noticed their name as being the same as one of our tour guests. She introduced them and sure enough, they were related and had never met--who knew? That is one of the things that most genealogists dream of! A nice ending to a fun genealogy day in the park.
My next big outing will be the Family History Expo in Kansas City on July 30-31st. The agenda is available on their website and includes great topics as Southern State researching, Swedish record acquisition, and using Twitter and Facebook. For those who can't attend, we will have daily live updates from the conference--right here!
You Go Genealogy Girl #2, Cheri
Posted by Cheri Hopkins aka You Go Genealogy Girl #2 at 8:23 PM
Labels: Alliance, cemeteries, conferences, Facebook, Family History, Family History Expo, genealogy society, Knight Museum/Sandhills Center, museums, Nebraska, speakers, Swedish research, syllabus, Twitter
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My granddaughter, the Jr. Genealogist, is the girl in the blue shirt, back turned to camera taking it all in as the presenter tells about genealogical records and research in the Heritage Room. Now what should we name her YGJrGG??ReplyDelete
this is so cool girls! love reading about your experience in alliance as well as your SLC trip.ReplyDelete
Cheri, I love the photo layouts!!cant wait to hear your thoughts on the expo.
Sounds like a very interesting place to visit and learn. Thanks for sharing with us. Love the photo layouts.ReplyDelete
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Ask young children what they want to be when they grow up and the answer will change three times in one day. Ask them at age 18 and the response may not be anymore decisive.
College students who have yet to choose a major can struggle during their freshman year. Doubts creep in: They fear making a mistake about their career choices as they listen to peers who knew in sixth grade that they wanted to be an artist or a doctor. Or they worry about letting their parents down with the additional costs of tuition to restart course sequences and possibly losing college credits in the process.
They call themselves the "undecided," and Christopher Tarantino from Enfield, Conn., was one of them. He was a good student in high school, interested in everything, especially science. Entering RIT as a freshman two years ago, he was challenged with all kinds of career possibilities: pre-med, biomedical photographic communications, culinary arts and hospitality, public policy and marketing and finance.
He hit the jackpot with help from an unexpected source, the University Studies Program—a unit within Academic Affairs at RIT that started in 2009—which is dedicated to helping undergraduate students explore and identify alternative majors and programs. RIT Provost Jeremy Haefner initiated USP after discussions about student success and retention with deans across campus.
"We felt very strongly in creating a university-wide program that would allow students to explore a variety of different majors without significant loss to progress of their degree and in a very supportive environment.
"There's an untapped market of students out there who are a good fit for RIT but uncertain about their major," says Haefner. "This gives them the opportunity to explore the university's wide variety of programs, from glass blowing in the School for American Crafts to game design in the Golisano College. Our goal is to have a student say, 'Wow, what great choices, and with a little work on my part, I can get all the help I need to understand what careers are available.' "
Marty Burris, director of the program, says the personalized, one-on-one advising and the opportunity to expose students to courses in their majors of interest has kept many students in school.
"These are very bright kids, interested in everything and often good at everything as well," says Burris. "At a cost of over $40,000 a year, it is critical to get students on the right path as soon as possible. We help them find themselves, their interests and their career path. The program markets to freshman and we also work with internal and external transfers who want to explore other career options."
Now a marketing major, Tarantino "graduated" from the program and is one of many ambassadors for the program—including Dan English, a major in advertising and public relations; David Beyerlein, imaging and photographic technology; and Andrea Catelyn Warren, visual media. Together the foursome redesigned the program's promotional brochure for campus distribution to use as a marketing tool for current and future undecideds.
"My mother wasn't fully aware that I was photographing for the brochure so it was a happy surprise for her," says Greece native Beyerlein about his mom, Melinda, who works in the communication department at RIT's College of Liberal Arts.
"I was undecided when I came to RIT and used University Studies because my mom had heard about the program," recalls Beyerlein, now a third-year student. "It was kind of discouraging walking in freshman year and hearing there were thousands of incoming freshman students and only 48 were undeclared. I've always done well in science, physics, chemistry, mathematics and calculus, but I also have an artistic path and enjoy photography. The University Studies Program managed to help bring all my interests together in RIT's imaging and photographic technology program."
University Studies Program is also like a family, says Tarantino, who is highly involved with campus activities and is also an emergency medical technician, CPR instructor and professional rescuer. "It's a life saver for students who don't feel established or comfortable with just one choice when they have multiple interests. University Studies broadened our learning experiences while making us realize that being undecided is nothing to be ashamed of."
According to Angelo Fuino, assistant director for the program, current enrollment in the program at RIT is approximately 80-100 students per year and growing.
"We are recruiting to parents and prospective students because we want them to know we are here to help," Fuino says. "It's exciting to watch a student's transformation as they discover their passion; starting out with interests in engineering, math, art and design, then deciding to major in imaging science, a blend of all three."


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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Coker men's volleyball team wrapped up the Coker Volleyball Invitational Tournament by dropping a 3-0 match to Emmanuel (Ga.) College, before capturing a 3-1 win over Alderson-Broaddus University on Sunday (Mar. 16).
In match one the tempo was controlled early by Emmanuel as they took the first two sets with identical scores of 25-14. Set three would be far more competitive, but the Lions would take the set 25-21 to capture the game 3-0.
Coker was led offensively by Artur Cabral and his nine kills. Ricardo Ferrer handed out 18 assists to set the attack for the Cobras.
Match two would be more generous to the Navy and Yellow as they rolled over Alderson-Broaddus 25-14 in set one. The Battlers would bounce back in set two and pick up a tightly contested 25-21 victory. The Cobras would not be phased by set two as they took the final two sets 25-20 and 25-18, respectively, to win the match 3-1.
Leading Coker offensively was Jared Geizer with 14 kills, seven digs and three service aces. Liam Flaherty knocked home 11 kills with a service ace and two digs, while Cabral continued his solid day with 10 kills and three service aces. Will Brewer led the defense with 10 digs and Ferrer had 44 assists and a team-high four service aces.
Coker will be back in action Friday (Mar. 21) when they host Belmont Abbey and Rutgers-Newark in a tri-match. Game one against Belmont Abbey is slated for a 2 p.m. start, with game two against Rutgers-Newark at 6 p.m.
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Moyer improves his lifetime record against the Marlins to 9-0 as he help the Phils leave Miami with a win.
Jamie Moyer and reliever Brad Lidge would combine to three hit the Marlins as the Phillies are able to leave Miami with a win, 3-0. Moyer and Marlins' starter, Scott Olsen would spend the first five innings in a pitchers' duel before the Phillies are finally able to score the first runs of the game in the top of the sixth. With two men on and two out, and with Ryan Howard batting, Olsen would uncork a wild pitch, which would allow Jimmy Rollins, who has singled earlier, to score from third, while Shane Victorino, who has gotten on base earlier on a force out, would move over to third. Victorino would then score on Marlins' catcher Matt Treanor's throwing error, to make a 2-0 game. The Phillies would then add a run in the eighth when Jayson Werth singles in Chase Utley, who has reached base earlier on a single, making it 3-0 Phils. Brad Lidge would pitch the ninth inning in relief of Moyer, recording his eighteenth save in eighteen tries.
Jamie Moyer would get the win, going eight innings, giving up no runs on two hits. His record is now 7-3 with an ERA of 4.12. Brad Lidge would go an inning, as he records his eighteenth save of the season, giving up no runs on one hit. Scott Olsen would get the lost, going seven innings, giving up two runs, only one of which was earned, on six hits. His record is now 4-3 with a 3.27 ERA. Renyel Pinto would pitch two-thirds of an inning, giving up an earned run on one hit. Matt Lindstrom would pitch a third of an inning, giving up no runs on two hits. Logan Kensing would pitch an inning, giving up no runs on two hits.
The Phillies lost their first series since their weekend home stand against the Blue Jays last month, mainly because their pitchers got hit for six home runs, which would score all eleven runs that the Marlins would score during the three games series. Also, because they had lost the series, they would be unable to bury the Marlins early, although neither the Braves or the Mets would be able to take advantage of the Phillies' problems with the Marlins.
The Phillies (40-28) with the win are now once again twelve games over .500 as they head on to St. Louis for a weekend series with the Cardinals (40-28, 2nd National League Central). The first game of their weekend series will be played tonight at 8:15 pm Eastern (7:15 pm Central) in the New Busch Stadium. The Phillies will send to the mound Kyle Kendrick (5-2, 4.87), who is coming off of a no-decision against the Braves on June 7, where he went five and a third innings, giving up only two earned runs on four hits, in the Phillies' 6-2 win. He has won his two previous starts. He is 2-0 lifetime against the redbirds, with both wins coming last year. He will be trying to improve his personal record against the Cardinals while trying to help his team forget about their recent bad series in Florida. His opponent will be Todd Wellemeyer (7-1, 2.93), who is coming off of a win against the Nationals on June 5, as he pitched six scoreless innings, giving up only five hits in the Cardinals' 4-1 win. He has won five of his last seven starts, having not lost a game since April 28. He hopes to make it six wins in eight starts while trying to help the Cardinals keep pace with the red hot Chicago Cubs.
The first place Phillies has increased their lead back to three games with their win over the Marlins, who will now start a weekend series against the Tampa Bay Rays of the American League at Tampa Bay. They now have a seven and a half games lead over both the Braves and the Mets, after their losts to the Cubs and the D-backs, respectively. The Braves will start a weekend series against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, also of the American League, in Anaheim, while the Mets will be facing the Teas Rangers of the American League for three games at home. The Phils hope that when they return to Philadelphia that they have increased their lead over the rest of the division.


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Well based on the slides below from @liquidcyber that were posted last week, it sure looks like Big Red is going to release the BlackBerry Torch 9850.
The question is when? There have been several dates that have been thrown out there, so which one will stick?
Verizon typically gets their shipments on Thursdays, so it could be 9/1 or 9/8 till we see this hit Big Red. My hopes are for 9/1, we have seen some reports that a few Verizon stores receiving accessories like the charging cradle and batteries.
What do you think the launch date will be for this device?