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Q&A: Odorizzi soaks up time with Rays
Tampa Bay right-hander talks trades, offseason preparation
By Sam Dykstra / MiLB.com | January 15, 2014 10:27 AM
It's a saying that has become popular in football circles.
Next man up.
Then again, it's probably been muttered just as often within the Rays organization.
The former laughingstocks of the AL East have put together four straight 90-win seasons, thanks in part to their incredible pitching depth that has been built within its farm system. Of the six Rays pitchers to make at least 20 starts in 2013, only one (Roberto Hernandez) hadn't climbed the team's Minor League ladder.
With the 2014 season on the horizon, the next man up is expected to be Tampa Bay's No. 2 prospect Jake Odorizzi.
The 23-year-old right-hander, who was previously traded to Kansas City from the Brewers, came to the Rays last offseason along with Wil Myers, Mike Montgomery and Patrick Leonard in the deal that sent James Shields and Wade Davis to the Royals. He went 9-6 with a 3.33 ERA, 124 strikeouts and 40 walks in 22 starts (124 1/3 innings) during his inaugural season with the International League champion Durham Bulls. He made seven appearances (four starts) at the Major League level, posting a 3.94 ERA in those outings.
Odorizzi talked to MiLB.com about what it was like to be traded again, his first offseason in Tampa and his own flirtation with the pigskin.
MiLB.com: This past year was your first in the Rays organization. What stands out to you after having a season under your belt with Tampa Bay?
Odorizzi: Just kind of how I was handled, really, and how great it was. You hear things about how good this organization is, and it really lived up to that. Everyone here is great on communication, and the program they put you on is one-of-a-kind. You can see why they're so successful and continue to be that every year. It's a fairly simple system, and that made it an easy transition for me.
MiLB.com: When you talk about a program, what specifically was different from your experience with the Royals?
Odorizzi: There's just some different stuff you notice. They're big on making tweaks here, tweaking this and that. It's all very player specific, and that's what they're very into -- making sure you're on a program that's going to work best for you. The training staff is very hands-on in that way. They know your body, how your body will handle things and develop a program according to that. They know if you can keep pushing or if you need to take a few days off so that you can push again. They're very in-tune with that.
MiLB.com: What kind of tweaks have they made with you?
Odorizzi: Not too many, to tell you the truth. There was a transition from the Kansas City program, how they do weights and certain things like that. So there was a kind of transition there. But once I caught on, it was very easy to get on their plan from there.
MiLB.com: Sounds like it didn't take you long to get settled.
Odorizzi: Not really, no. Everyone was very welcoming. This was a very good team to fit in with because it's such a young team. It's actually kind of unique because there is definitely a veteran presence there, but at the same, primarily everyone is pretty young and around my age. So for me, we're all kind of coming from a similar place, and that makes it easy.
MiLB.com: The first team you had to get to know was in Durham, where you guys had a good rotation for most of the year with Chris Archer, Alex Colome, yourself, J.D. Martin and some others. How was it working in that environment?
Odorizzi: That was a good -- a really good, actually -- team. Between Arch, Colome, myself and Alex Torres, other guys like you said, it was a pretty good rotation down there. We felt like we could handle any International League team out there. That's always a good team to be on. Offensive-wise, we were pretty good too, especially with Wil being down with us for a whole lot of the year.
MiLB.com: Myers being one of the guys that moved from the Royals with you -- how close have you guys gotten?
Odorizzi: Yeah, definitely, we've been roommates before and got to be pretty good friends through this whole thing. It was great to make the move with him and Monty, too. It makes it a lot easier when you have guys like that coming with you.
MiLB.com: Did it help the second time around that you had already been through the trade before from the Brewers to the Royals?
Odorizzi: I think so. I knew what to expect, the ins and outs of the whole thing. I'd say I was kind of used to it after the first one and didn't feel like I was going into it blind. I wasn't sitting there thinking, "OK, what comes next? Who do I have to talk to?" I knew what was coming, and it was just an easier thing to do.
MiLB.com: Did the other guys come to you asking for advice?
Odorizzi: Not really. They were both excited for the trade. The Rays made it an easy transition for all of us, so there was not much really talk between us about what to do. At that point, it's all about meeting new faces, and they got a handle of that part of when you're making a move like we did.
MiLB.com: You yo-yoed a bit between the Majors and Minors during the season. What were your experiences like in the bigs?
Odorizzi: They were great. At Spring Training, I got off to a good start, getting to know the guys and figuring out how everybody operates. That's the best thing you can do is just be around people. So it was an easy move once I got called up because I felt like I was just coming back to the guys. The time was great though when I was there. The clubhouse atmosphere is fantastic. The coaching staff is awesome. The training staff is one of the best in the game. I can't say enough good things about them.
MiLB.com: One of the things that has made the Rays so successful has been their pitching depth, starting with David Price and on down the line with Matt Moore, Alex Cobb, etc. Did you seek out any one of them in particular for advice?
Odorizzi: I was just taking it in from everybody. David was actually the first one that reached out after the trade, so that was great. Any time you can be around him, a Cy Young winner, you have to listen.
Between Cobb, Matt and [Jeremy Hellickson], we're more similar in age, I guess, so that made it easier to be around them. Matt's actually the closest of the bunch, but Cobb and Helly are right-handed so I relate to them better on the mound. Still, I tried to take things from everybody because they've been so successful up there and that's what I'm looking for.
MiLB.com: What experience or experiences stood out to you about your time in the Majors?
Odorizzi: I made a spot start in Boston [a 3-1 loss on June 18], and that was a big turning point for me because I only gave up one run in [5 2/3 innings]. That was all about getting confidence again. My first two starts were only so-so. I had come back up for bullpen work, and I knew it was going to be a long process to start again up there. I ended up getting the no-decision, but it was still a big confidence booster that I was able to hold down that lineup in their park and the team that turned out to be world champs. It kinda felt like it all clicked up there for me. I started thinking, "If I've shown myself that I can handle them, what's stopping me from handling other teams, too?"
MiLB.com: One of the highlights of your season was pitching in the Triple-A National Championship. What's harder -- pitching in a regular-season game in the Majors or a Minor League game like that with a lot on the line?
Odorizzi: [laughs] Definitely the Majors. That game was a one-of-a-kind type of thing. It actually felt more like an All-Star Game than a championship game, to be honest. We had just won our league, and we were happy with that. Still, I got to face my old team [in Omaha], and that was fun to see some of the guys I played with and recognized. But yeah, it was more about fun than anything else.
MiLB.com: Now you're in your first full offseason with the Rays. What have you been up to so far this winter?
Odorizzi: I'm down here in Tampa now actually. We went home for the holidays [in Breese, Ill., about 45 minutes east of St. Louis], but I'm back now, working out at the Trop. Cobb and I have been working out on the side, too, so that's been good. There have been bullpens on the side, but there's still a lot to do, a lotta games to be had before we hit the season. I'm looking forward to all of it.
MiLB.com: Does yo-yoing up and down between the Majors and Minors weigh on you at all?
Odorizzi: Not particularly, to be honest. I was up in the Majors at the end of [2012] and got my first taste of it then. I got another taste last year, and it's just more motivating to have that under my belt and get back. It makes me push that extra bit to get up over the hump. I want to start the year up there, and that's what I'm constantly working on this offseason.
MiLB.com: Is there anything stuff-wise, anything you think needs particular attention that you're focusing on during that work?
Odorizzi: No, not really. I'm happy with my mechanics and stuff right now. It's just about staying consistent with what I know is working. I know what's going to happen when everything clicks -- it's just getting that to happen more often.
MiLB.com: Switching gears slightly, you had a chance to play college baseball and football at the University of Louisville before signing with the Brewers. How close did you come to playing on Saturdays?
Odorizzi: If I went to college, that would have been a tough decision for me. Football is my favorite sport to play, and it's always really been that way. But I knew which way the wind was blowing in terms of where my future was headed and decided to stick with baseball and become a pro with that.
MiLB.com: What was that decision based off?
Odorizzi: I was just better at baseball, and everyone knew that. I could see the writing on the wall there. There aren't many people like myself, with my leaner build, in the NFL. But there are definitely more similar types in MLB. Once I looked at it that way, it was an easier decision for me.
Sam Dykstra is a contributor to MiLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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This week, artist Spencer Finch began to install his site-specific glass work in the High Line's Chelsea Market Passage, a semi-enclosed former loading dock between 15th and 16th Streets. The piece, entitled
The River That Flows Both Ways, is made up of 700 individual panes of glass, each hued to represent a color of light reflected off the Hudson River.
The art piece has been commissioned by Friends of the High Line with public art superstars Creative Time, as the first of a series of large-scale, site-specific art works for the Chelsea Market Passage. Set to debut in June, at the same time as the High Line opens, the piece will be in place for at least the first year of the High Line's operation. This art program is made possible through a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation's New York City Cultural Innovation Fund.
The New York Times' Carol Vogel featured Finch's piece in her Friday Art & Design column, "Inside Art."
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Brookgreen Gardens, Georgetown County, South Carolina
Visited by thousands of tourists each year, Brookgreen Gardens is known today as a botanical and sculpture garden. Dedicated to the preservation of natural life and sculpture as museum and garden. The gardens are open to the public throughout the year. The Brookgreen Gardens property was part of an early rice plantation system that developed on the banks of the Waccamaw River in the eighteenth century; William Allston (1738-1781) developed the land into a plantation ca. 1760. He was the father of Washington Allston, the well-known American artist. Joseph Alston, buried here, was Governor of South Carolina from 1812 to 1814 and was drawn into the southwestern conspiracy of his close friend, Aaron Burr. Robert F. W. Allston, born here in 1801, was Governor of South Carolina from 1856 to 1858. He was a noted agricultural engineer. Other significant persons associated with the plantations on the Brookgreen property include Joshua Ward, a noted agriculturalist who developed large-grain rice, and Julia Peterkin, a frequent visitor to the plantation and author of the Pulitzer Prize winning Scarlet Sister Mary. In addition, Brookgreen Gardens' founders, Archer Milton Huntington and Anna Hyatt Huntington, were important figures in the development of the American arts.
Brookgreen was sold in January 1930 to Archer Milton Huntington, who with his wife, Anna Hyatt Huntington, developed Brookgreen Gardens as a garden and sculpture museum. Incorporated as an charity organization in 1931, Brookgreen Gardens has
However, the name most intimately associated with Brookgreen Gardens continues to be that of Anna Hyatt Huntington, its co-founder, and the noted premier American sculptress of her time. Aside from her many other accomplishments, Mrs. Huntington was an honorary fellow of the National Sculpture Society, a member of the National Association of Women Artists, the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Academy of Design. Widely recognized in her field, she received many prizes including the Saltus Medal, the Spanish Gold Cross of Alfonso XII and the French Legion of Honor. At Brookgreen, representative examples of Anna Hyatt Huntington's many sculptures include Diana and the Chase (1922), Jaguar Eating and In Memory of a Workhorse. Mrs. Huntington also designed various entrance and garden gates for Brookgreen.
Brookgreen Gardens lies between the Waccamaw River and U.S. Highway 17, in a forest of mixed hardwoods, pines, and semi tropical plants. Designed to preserve the indigenous flora and fauna of the southeast, the Gardens contain close to 1,000 different species and variations of plants. Especially notable among these species are certain rare hollies of the cassia group.
The sculpture garden area was designed by Anna Hyatt Huntington without the aid of a landscape architect. In designing the gardens, Mrs. Huntington used the existing
The Huntingtons' also designed an unusual water system which was based on the water systems
Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955) was a poet, scholar, philanthropist and patron of the arts. Independently wealthy and unusually generous, he has been called the greatest benefactor in the history of American sculpture. Huntington made important contributions to at least 37 national cultural institutions, including the American Geographical Society, the American Institute of Arts and Letters and the National Academy of Design. Named Director of the American Academy of the Arts in 1922, Huntington consistently fostered the growth of American cultural institutions and encouraged emerging American artists.
The nominated property includes that part of the area zoned Marshland Preservation
Some of the details on Anna Hyatt Huntington are taken from The Huntington's, found at the Brookgreen Gardens website at http://www.brookgreen.org/huntington.cfm. The rest is from the National Register of Historic Places documentation on Atalaya prepared by Daniel Ray Sigmon, Historic Researcher for the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism on March 20, 1984, and the National Register of Historic Places documentation on Brookgreen Gardens by Kathy Kelly (Waccamaw Regional Planning and Development Council) John Califf and Julie Burr for the South Carolina. Department of Archives and History, February 4, 1978
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Today IUCN, led by the Environmental Law Centre, launched Mesolex, a web database providing the most comprehensive collection on environmental law and policy in Central America. Mesolex derives from ECOLEX, an information system and service for environmental law information worldwide, and is tailored for the needs in the Mesoamerican region.
MESOLEX was developed in the framework of the BMU-IKI* project "Climate Change and Water Governance Capacity – Ecosystem-based adaptation in Mesoamerica". The overall goal of the project was to promote climate change adaptation capacity through water governance. The project focused on the following three components: Decision-support knowledge base; discourse building and policy development; and improved policy and institutional environment in pilot intervention sites.
Aiming at improving water governance, the project sought to create greater transparency and general access to information in the region, especially in pilot intervention sites. Without access to legal information in particular, public participation is severely hindered, because often people do not know the scope of their rights to participate in decision-making and resource management. Improving this situation and encouraging people to participate therefore also helps to improve climate change adaptation and water governance capacity.
Until now, a dedicated data base only providing documents on laws and policies in the region, in particular related to water and climate change, did not exist. This has changed with the launch of Mesolex. Mesolex serves individuals and organisations as a comprehensive information tool on environmental law and policy, providing national laws, and regional instruments, for example national and regional strategies and action plans.
MESOLEX is the regional counterpart to IUCN Environmental Law Centre's flagship project ECOLEX, a database providing the most comprehensive, global source of information on environmental law and literature. ECOLEX is a joint activity of IUCN, FAO and UNEP and is managed by the Environmental Law Centre.
Visit Mesolex at: www.mesolex.org
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...living the reality of a "retired" person, which means I work harder than ever at being a writer, lurching from one deadline to another.
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- My life was described by one of my editors as "impossibly exotic" – although really it was not my life, but me, that was the exotic, the uprooted plant, the one who didn't belong, always living in someone else's backyard...
Now I am back in Australia, the returning native learning to live where I was born. Writer, traveler, environmentalist. Author of The Isles of Glory trilogy (The Aware, Gilfeather, The Tainted); The Mirage Makers trilogy (Heart of the Mirage, Shadow of Tyr, Song of the Shiver Barrens); The Stormlord trilogy The Last Stormlord, Stormlord Rising, Stormlord's Exile, and writing as Glenda Noramly, a stand-alone book Havenstar.
LATEST: THE FORSAKEN LANDS A clash of cultures and magic as traders and buccaneers hunt for spices and wealth in the Va-forsaken half of the world ... even as the unidentified darkness of plague and murder stalks their own land. THE LASCAR'S DAGGER and THE DAGGER'S PATH available worldwide now! Final book, THE FALL OF THE DAGGER out mid-April.
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It's available!! If you live in the USA!
One reviewer called it the best middle-book-of-a-trilogy ever!
See reviews here.
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Buy from Amazon by clicking on the button above.
Buy from Barnes & Noble here. They say you can reserve and pick up from your local store in 60 mins.
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Cover of the US/UK edition is from Steve Stone (artist) and Peter Cotton (designer). Thanks, guys, I love it! Do click on the link to Steve...there are pix there to die for.
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I still prefer the Oz cover. Haven't read your interview yet. PC probs
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very Nice covers! It seems it is a dark trilogy according to the title and the picture .
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- Mary said...
I read the first one - bought here in the US (Minnesota), I loved it so much I couldn't wait and had to order the second one from Australia. I will do the same when the third becomes available in Aus. :D
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I bought your first Watergivers book here in the US. Loved it so much I couldn't wait and ordered the second from Aus. I will do the same for the third once it is published - best fantasy I've read in years - a decade or more....
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Oh dear, Mary - that must have been expensive!! But I am so chuffed that you liked it that much. I have still not heard exactly when the third will be published in the US - I think it could possibly be around the same time as Australia. March maybe.
I will announce it as soon as I know myself for sure.
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Sorry for double posting, feel free to delete the extra! And also? Your book was TOTALLY worth it. Haven't been this excited about a series in a long time - well with the exception of Karen Miller. :D
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Just finished reading Stormlord Rising a few minutes ago, and YES! Best middle book ever! I can't wait for book three!
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Thanks, Amy! So glad you enjoyed it.
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Moore-Bartlett-Skarland Complex
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The Moore-Bartlett-Skarland complex includes three residence halls linked with a common area that includes the Hess Recreation Center, the Campus Cache and department offices.
• Terris Moore Hall opened in 1966. The eight-story coed residence hall is the western-most
building of the MBS complex. Dedicated to former UA President Terris Moore in 1968,
Moore Hall can house up to 322 students. The bottom floor of Moore Hall contains three
lounges and a kitchen area.
Terris Moore was the second president of the University of Alaska, serving from 1949 to 1953. Moore, with Sydney Chapman's help, assembled a distinguished research staff at the Geophysical Institute and established the first formal graduate study at the university. He was granted emeritus status in 1972.
• E.L. Bartlett Hall is the central building of the residential complex. The eight-story
building opened in 1969. Bartlett Hall has capacity for up to 322 students in single
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E.L. Bartlett, known as Bob, was born in Seattle, Wash., on April 20, 1904. He lived in Fairbanks from 1905 to 1933 and attended the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines and the University of Washington. Bartlett was named congressional secretary to Anthony J. Dimond, his close friend who had been elected Alaska's delegate to Congress in 1933. He succeeded Dimond and began the first of seven consecutive terms as Alaska's delegate to Congress. When statehood was granted to Alaska, something he was instrumental in making happen, Bartlett was elected U.S. senator and served in that post until his death.
• Ivar Skarland Hall opened in 1964 as the "new women's dorm," to accommodate 142 students in double and single rooms. The hall was converted to coed in 1975. In 2009 the university administration determined that there are enough problems with the building that it should not be used for student housing. In August 2010, renovations to repair Skarland Hall began and were completed in fall 2011. Skarland Hall is one of the two First Year Experience halls; Moore Hall is the other.
• The Harriet and Luther Hess Recreation Center opened in 1970, in the MBS Complex.
It was originally designed as a dining hall and called the Harriet and Luther Hess
Dining Commons. It currently serves as a meeting area for social events, conferences
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Harriet Belle moved to Fairbanks in 1907, where she was principal of the high school from 1907 to 1910. She married Luther Hess in 1911. She was elected secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines upon its founding in 1917, and she remained on the board when it became the University of Alaska Board of Regents in 1935.
Luther Hess was licensed to practice law in Alaska in 1901 and served as assistant U.S. district attorney for the Fourth Judicial Division until 1905. Hess served in nine sessions of the Alaska Territorial Legislature.


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John Kerry, in full John Forbes Kerry, (born December 11, 1943, Denver, Colorado, U.S.), U.S. politician who served in the Senate (1985–2013) and who was the Democratic Party's nominee for president in 2004. He later was secretary of state (2013–17) in the administration of Pres. Barack Obama.
Kerry was born in a Denver military hospital, the son of Richard Kerry, a World War II pilot and diplomat, and Rosemary Forbes Kerry, a member of Boston's wealthy Forbes family and a descendant of John Winthrop, first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. John Kerry, educated in New England and Switzerland, was a successful student and athlete who nurtured a longtime interest in politics. After graduating from Yale University in 1966, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served in the Vietnam War as an officer of a gunboat in the Mekong delta. By the time he returned from Vietnam in 1969, he had achieved the rank of lieutenant and had been honoured with a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, and three Purple Hearts.
Concluding his military service in 1970, he questioned the purpose and execution of the war and was a cofounder of the Vietnam Veterans of America and a spokesperson for the Vietnam Veterans Against the War. In this role he gained national attention in 1971 when he testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The following year he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives and enlisted in the Naval Reserve. In 1976 he graduated from Boston College Law School and became assistant district attorney in Middlesex county, Massachusetts, winning notice for his tough stance on organized crime. From 1979 he practiced law privately for a few years before resuming his political career. In 1982 he was elected lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, and in 1984 he won election to the U.S. Senate. He was reelected three times (1990, 1996, and 2002).
As senator, Kerry fought for campaign finance reform, investment in public education, and deficit reduction. In his freshman term he began an unofficial investigation that persuaded a bipartisan congressional committee to open hearings on the Iran-Contra Affair. He also pursued scandals in banking and, along with Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, was known for helping to normalize relations with Vietnam by clearing up the status of American veterans declared POW/MIA (prisoner of war or missing in action). Kerry chaired several committees, most notably the Foreign Relations Committee (2009–13).
Kerry's first marriage, to Julia Thorne (in 1970), ended in divorce in 1988. In 1995 he married Teresa Heinz, widow of John Heinz (a Republican senator from Pennsylvania) and heiress to the Heinz Company fortune.
After securing the Democratic nomination in 2004, Kerry chose as his running mate John Edwards, a U.S. senator from North Carolina who had contended ably for the primary nomination. Campaigning in the general election against incumbent Pres. George W. Bush, Kerry touted plans to reduce joblessness and the national deficit, increase access to health care, and roll back Bush's tax cuts for the wealthiest. Kerry also called for greater diplomacy in foreign affairs and pointed to the administration's failure to capture terrorist Osama bin Laden and to achieve peace in Iraq (see Iraq War). In an election with a huge voter turnout, Kerry suffered a narrow defeat.
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Every summer seems to bring out the nautical trend. For some reason it just doesn't get old to me. Here are a couple of Victorian die-cut boats that hopefully you can use in your nautical themed crafts.
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There were some anxious fans worrying about what would happen with Ryan Kesler this summer. The gritty centre has been a huge part of the Canucks team over the last two seasons and was approaching restricted free agency this summer. There is no doubt that Kesler would be the recipient of numerous offer sheets. But worry not, Friday morning Mike Gillis made the surprise announcement that Ryan Kesler was re-signed for a 6 year term worth $30 million. The deal would give Kesler a $5 million cap hit over the duration of the contract.
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The announcement was all the more surprising given the news reports that had surfaced throughout the season regarding the negotiations. However, it took just 24 hours for Kesler's agent and the Vancouver Canucks to finally come to terms on the new deal. This contract means that Kesler will have the second longest active contract on the Canucks after Roberto Luongo's 12 years. The Sedin's will still have 5 years remaining on their contracts after this season.
The core players for the Vancouver Canucks over the foreseeable future will consist of the following:
Roberto Luongo, 12 years @ 5.33 million
Daniel Sedin, 5 years @ 6.1 million per
Henrik Sedin, 5 years @ 6.1 million per
Ryan Kesler, 6 years @ $5 million per
Alex Edler, 3 years @ $3.25 million per
Alex Burrows, 3 years @ 2 million per
Mikael Samuelsson, 2 years @ $2.5 million per
*2010-2011 Total Cap Hit:* $30.28 million
If the Canucks plan on winning a Stanley Cup soon, these will be the players who will make it happen. With a little over half of the expected salary cap locked up in these players, a lot of attention will turn to the upcoming prospects to help fill the holes and save cap space. Unfortunately, it looks like Mason Raymond could be a casualty of the cap after his breakout year. However, because this is just his first year of success, he may be willing to settle for a slightly lower cap hit.
Michael Grabner has been a name that has been bounced about in the Vancouver media for several years now. He showed early this season that he may have what it takes to survive in the NHL, but he'll need to show that he can consistently deliver. With Samuelsson out, these next few weeks could be very telling for what lies in store for the Canucks next season. If Grabner continues his strong play from before his injury, the Canucks may go with Grabner next season. If he doesn't, then they will most likely do their best to re-sign Raymond.
And then there is Cody Hodgson and Jordan Schroeder. Hodgson is coming off a serious back injury and has missed most of this season due to that. With a loss of almost an entire year of development it may be wise to have Cody spend a year in Manitoba. The same will likely happen with Schroeder who recently decided to go pro and end his NCAA career.
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Throughout the year, Music City
is highlighted with various festivals
celebrating songwriters, music,
authors, arts and crafts, food and
wine, dance, and holidays. Many
of these festivals have received
national media attention and attract
large and diverse audiences. With so
many options, there's something for
everyone in Music City. Check out
the most up-to-date event listings
online at visitmusiccity.com/eventscalendar.
Nashville Auto Fest
The city's largest auto show is a combination car show and swap meet event that brings in car lovers and classic cars from all over the country. This two-day, family-friendly event includes trophies and prizes of more than $2,500 in cash are awarded to car show entries.
Nashville Restaurant Week
Sponsored by Nashville Originals, a group of Nashville independent restaurants, Nashville Restaurant Week includes dozens of restaurants offering discounted menus to showcase their unique style and flavors. Restaurants participating offer three- and four-course dinners as well as specials on lunches, breakfasts, and even coffee.
Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville
Celebrating 25 years, The Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville brings together nationally- and internationally-renowned experts and exhibitors in the fields of antiques, decorative arts, and landscape design. The Antiques & Garden Show features 150 antique and horticultural booths and 10 innovative landscaped gardens. In addition, experts on the cutting edge of home and garden style offer special lectures.
Music City Soul Series
Scheduled in conjunction with Black History Month, the Music City Soul Series brings out some of Nashville's best musicians to rock.
Nashville Lawn & Garden Show
The annual Nashville Lawn & Garden Show is one of the largest garden showings in the South and includes four full days of events, exhibits, lectures, and demonstrations. Find an acre of live gardens, 250 exhibit booths, series of free lectures, and a floral gallery. The Lawn & Garden Show is held at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds.
Music City Irish Fest
The Music City Irish Fest is Nashville's largest St. Patrick's Day Celebration. It's a day full of live Irish music, traditions, food, drink, and family fun.
Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival
Presented by the Nashville Songwriters Association International, Tin Pan South is a weeklong celebration, spotlighting Nashville as the world capital of songwriting through the variety of songwriters who live and work here today. Club show performances are the highlight of Tin Pan South with more than 80 shows at venues all over Music City throughout the week. Night after night, fans find the best songwriters in the world performing "in-the-round" in small intimate clubs. Past Tin Pan South performers include Art Garfunkel, Gordon Lightfoot, Donna Summer, Loretta Lynn, Carole King, Garth Brooks, Janis Ian, Kenny Loggins, Peter Frampton, and many more.
Awesome April
Music City celebrates the month of April with Awesome April, a musical tribute to the city that promises a major event each weekend. Attend the fashion show of an internationally-recognized designer, take in a potential Oscar-nominated documentary, have a few laughs at the Wild West Comedy Festival, and run a marathon through the heart of Music City.
East Nashville Beer Festival
The annual East Nashville Beer Festival held at East Park welcomes guests to taste craft breweries from all over. Nashville food trucks and East Nashville restaurants set up, offering food to soak up the brew.
Music City Walk of Fame Induction Ceremony
The Music City Walk of Fame on Nashville's Music Mile is a landmark tribute to those from all genres of music who have contributed to the world through song or other industry collaboration and made a significant contribution to the music industry with connection to Music City. Induction ceremonies typically take place in the spring and fall. Past inductees include Keith Urban, Emmylou Harris, Little Richard, Peter Frampton, Fisk Jubilee Singers, Kris Kristofferson, Reba McEntire, Elvis Presley, Kings of Leon, and many more.
Ragin' Cajun Crawfish Boil
An annual charity event organized by the Nashville Junior Chamber each spring at Riverfront Park, this event welcomes over 2,000 event-goers to experience the area's most unique crawfish boil, complete with New Orleans-style food and 3,000 pounds of fresh crawfish for attendees.
Rites of Spring
Sponsored by Vanderbilt University, Rites of Spring is a three-day music festival that continually provides a lineup of the freshest artists in modern music to the Nashville community. Past performances include Dave Matthews Band, Nelly, My Morning Jacket, Kid Cudi, Gloriana, and Wiz Khalifa.
St. Jude Rock 'N' Roll Marathon & 1/2 Marathon
Fifty bands play live on 27 entertainment stages throughout the course while hundreds of high school cheerleaders cheer on participants. More music awaits at the post-race concert in downtown's Bridgestone Arena. Past performers include Brad Paisley, Martina McBride, Jo Dee Messina, Diamond Rio, and Rodney Atkins. A two-day expo at the Music City Center precedes race day with over 60 exhibits featuring free samples, the latest running shoes, sports apparel, and health and nutrition products.
Wild West Comedy Festival
The annual Wild West Comedy Festival, featuring some of the funniest comedians in the world and unique special events, will once again take place in Nashville. Vince Vaughn's Wild West Productions is producing the festival in partnership with Nashville's premier concert promoter Outback Concerts and renowned comedy club Zanies Nashville.
Brew at the Zoo
Sample brews from dozens of craft breweries while strolling through the Nashville Zoo during the annual Brew at the Zoo. The event includes an animal show, live music, and food from local food trucks.
Full Moon Pickin' Parties
A must-experience for bluegrass players and lovers, Friends of Percy Warner Full Moon Pickin' Parties feature bluegrass music including jam circles and main acts on a stage. The event series runs from May to October on Fridays at the Percy Warner Equestrian Center. Performances are scheduled for Friday nights that will have a full moon. Visit their website for dates.
Goodguys Rod & Custom Association Nashville Nationals
The giant car show features over 2,500 hot rods, customs, classics, muscle cars, and trick trucks. Shop at hundreds of vendor/ exhibitor booths or take a trip to the Swap Meet and Cars for Sale Corral. There's a Street Challenge AutoCross. The Super Sunday Get-Together invites you to see or bring your late model American-made or American-powered car to show off to the masses.
Musicians Corner
The summer schedule of Musicians Corner takes place each Saturday in May and June. (The Fall schedule runs September- October). This free, family-friendly event is open to the public with musical performances from 1:30 to 5pm. Pre-show activities begin at noon with food trucks, beer and wine garden, and "Kidsville" activities.
Running of the Iroquois Steeplechase
For over 70 years, the Iroquois Steeplechase has captivated thousands of spectators with its traditions, pageantry, and energy of the sport. As the nation's oldest, continuously-run, weight-for-age steeplechase, the stylish horse race event, a seven-race card with the featured Iroquois Memorial, benefits Vanderbilt Children's Hospital.
Tennessee Craft
Tennessee Craft is best known for its free, juried craft fairs. The May annual crafts fair in Centennial Park has served not only as a market for fine crafts, but as a conduit for demonstration programs, hands-on opportunities and the chance to meet and talk with professional craft artists. The three-day crafts festival attracts more than 45,000 people to view the craftsmanship of more than 200 exhibitors.
Tennessee Renaissance Festival
Travel back to a time when the music of harps and lyres filled the air. Open every weekend in May, the annual Tennessee Renaissance Festival relives a time when jousting and jesters ruled the castle. The Tennessee Renaissance Festival is the only festival in the country that is held on the grounds of a castle residence. Castle Gwynn, a full-size replica of a 12th century border castle, is the centerpiece of the festivities. Tours of the castle and its displays of medieval weaponry are included in admission.
Southern Women's Show
The Southern Women's Show offers four days of fashion, cooking, career information, health and education, hundreds of exhibits, shops, and celebrity appearances. The event takes place at the Music City Center.
Big Band Dances at Centennial Park
Search 'Centennial Park Big Band Dance' on Facebook for more details.
Dance your way through June, July, and August at Centennial Park. Big Band Dances host live music each Saturday from 7:30-10pm. This event is fun and free!
Bluegrass Nights at the Ryman
Every Thursday night from late June through July, the Ryman Auditorium celebrates the sounds of Bill Monroe and Earl Scruggs with the ever-popular Bluegrass Nights at the Ryman. Each week a different bluegrass artist or group takes center stage for two hours of banjos, mandolins, fiddles, and guitars. Past performers include Vince Gill, Alison Krauss & Union Station, and Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder.
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
Set on the 700+ acres of Great Stage Park in Manchester, TN, Bonnaroo is a four-day festival that draws 85,000 fans every summer. Featuring over 150 musical performances, along with comedy, cinema, sustainability workshops, and more, the grounds are converted into a virtual city of music and art. Bonnaroo's cultural impact has been so profound that it was cited as "one of the 50 moments that changed the history of rock and roll" by Rolling Stone Magazine.
CMT Music Awards
As country music's first fan-voted awards show, the CMT Music Awards honors the best country music videos of the year. The awards show, held at Bridgestone Arena, continues to increase in popularity among fans and in prominence among critics. The awards show airs live from Music City each year.
CMA Music Festival
The CMA Music Festival is a four-day musical event in downtown Nashville. Throughout the week more than 160,000 fans converge in Music City to hear approximately 200 artists perform more than 40 hours of live music. Daytime concerts are held on the Riverfront Park stage while evening concerts are held across the river at Nissan Stadium. Daytime events include autograph signings, fishing and archery tournaments and artists' Q&A sessions.
Frist Fridays
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts hosts an annual summer event series called Frist Fridays. Enjoy live music, snacks, and drinks while checking out the exhibits going on that month. Frist Fridays take place the last Friday of June, July, and August.
Nashville Pride Festival
Nashville celebrates the LGBT community at Riverfront Park every June. The three-day event starts with a pre-party on Friday, equality walk on Saturday and live music on Sunday.
Taste of Music City
Located at Public Square Park in Downtown Nashville, Taste of Music City provides an opportunity to enjoy food and wine from more than 30 area restaurants. It has been Nashville's largest food and drink festival for over 10 years. Taste of Music City also features live jazz music from local musicians.
Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th
Each year, the city of Nashville opens its downtown riverfront on the 4th of July to spectators wanting to enjoy free entertainment and fireworks for Nashville's biggest one-day event (drawing crowds in excess of 200,000). Live music plays all day long and into the night with a big finale of fireworks choreographed to the GRAMMY-winning Nashville Symphony.
Music City Brewer's Festival
Celebrate American Beer Month in Nashville at the 14th Annual Music City Brewer's Festival at Walk of Fame Park. More than 40 local, regional, national, and imported breweries will be on hand to offer samples that range from crisp lagers to light wheat brews. Live music and a sampling of cuisine from local restaurants will also be featured.
Music City Hot Chicken Festival
Every year on the 4th of July, hot chicken lovers gather at East Park for the Music City Hot Chicken Festival. Nashville's best hot chicken creators offer up tastes of their spicy dishes for the masses.
Live on the Green
Live On The Green is a free six-week concert series that takes place starting in August on Thursday evenings leading up to a three-day festival in September at Downtown's Public Square Park. The stage is set up on the steps of the Plaza and the crowd gathers in the grassy area of Public Square Park to watch performances from local, regional, and national artists. Each night consists of four performances with the first starting around 6pm and the headliner wrapping up around 11pm.
Nashville Restaurant Week
Sponsored by Nashville Originals, a group of Nashville independent restaurants, Nashville Restaurant Week includes dozens of restaurants offering discounted menus to showcase their unique style and flavors. Restaurants participating offer three- and four-course dinners as well as specials on lunches, breakfasts, and even coffee.
Tomato Art Festival
Put on by the owners of the Art and Invention Gallery, the Tomato Art Festival is an art show celebrating the tomato in the late summer. The festival is free and takes place in East Nashville's Five Points area.
African Street Festival
This annual three-day event, hosted by the African American Cultural Alliance, embraces the culture of Africa. The festival takes place at Hadley Park and features exotic food and daily stage shows showcasing poetry, rap, reggae, blues, jazz, gospel, R&B, and drama.
Americana Music Association Festival & Conference
The AMA Festival & Conference brings more than 1,000 executives, professionals, and artists together from all over the world, representing all facets of the industry. The festival features over 165 live performances at nine music venues from both established and emerging artists. The annual Americana Awards are also held during the festival and take place at the historic Ryman Auditorium.
The Black Abbey Brewing Company Festival
The Black Abbey Brewing Company's festival features live music, bottomless beer, and an item from Riff's Fine Street Food.
John Merritt Classic
The John Merritt Classic, an annual Labor Day weekend event, sees more than 20,000 fans gather for football and fun. Weekend-long festivities include Tennessee State University's season opening football game, a charity golf tournament, concerts, and special activities. The Classic is named in honor of legendary former TSU collegiate Hall of Fame coach John Ayers Merritt.
Musicians Corner
The fall performances of Musicians Corner take place each September and October at Centennial Park (the summer schedule runs May-June). This free, family-friendly event is open to the public with musical performances from 1:30 to 5pm. Pre-show activities begin at noon with food trucks, beer and wine garden, and "Kidsville" activities.
Music City Food + Wine Festival
Music City Food + Wine Festival is the creation of Caleb and Nathan Followill of Kings of Leon. The country's top chefs and wine, spirit and beer crafters join chefs from in and around Nashville for two days of panels, showcases, cooking demos, meals, and more.
Nashville Beer Festival
The annual beer festival, located at East Park, features more than 45 craft breweries. Enjoy samples as well as great food and festivities.
Nashville Greek Festival
Experience Greek dance, music, food, and culture at the annual Greek Festival at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. Tours of the cathedral are included in the admission cost.
Nashville Whiskey Festival
The Nashville Whiskey Festival gives guests the opportunity to meet distillers, taste whiskeys, learn about the whiskey-making process, and enjoy live music, good food, and more. The Grand Tasting takes place at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
Tennessee Craft
Tennessee Craft is best known for its free, juried craft fairs. The annual crafts fair in Centennial Park has served not only as a market for fine crafts, but as a conduit for demonstration programs, hands-on opportunities and the chance to meet and talk with professional craft artists. The three-day crafts festival attracts more than 45,000 people to view the craftsmanship of 200 exhibitors.
Wine on the River
Wine on the River is an outdoor wine festival with live jazz music. Located on the downtown John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge overlooking the Cumberland River, the festival features more than 300 domestic and international wine selections for tasting.
Celebrate Nashville Cultural Festival
In a city where one in six residents is foreign-born, the Celebrate Nashville Cultural Festival is a celebration and reminder of what makes Nashville a unique and diverse city. This free festival takes place at Centennial Park and includes food, art, music, dance, crafts, and more from representatives of more than 50 cultures.
Nashville Film Festival
Founded in 1969 as the Sinking Creek Film Celebration, the Nashville Film Festival is one of the longest-running film festivals in the country and has been named one of the Top 5 film festivals in the U.S. by Brooks Institute. Each year, the Film Festival receives submissions of nearly 1,500 features, documentaries, shorts, animated works, children's, and experimental films from all over the world. After pre-screening and deliberating, more than 200 top entries from all genres are selected for the competition.
Grand Ole Opry Birthday Bash
Thousands of Grand Ole Opry fans help celebrate the Opry's birthday each October. The signature event of the Opry features autograph and picture sessions with Opry members, Grand Ole Opry Birthday Bash shows, tours of the Opry House, and more.
Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue
Each year more than 90 domestic and international championship cook-off teams vie for the Jack Daniel's title of Grand Champion, and more than 25,000 people descend upon Lynchburg to bask in the aroma of award-winning barbecue and celebrate one of America's favorite pastimes.
NAIA Pow Wow
The NAIA Tennessee State Pow Wow brings together Native Americans from across the nation and Canada. Highlights of the festival include competitive dancing, storytelling, demonstrations, fine art displays, and food booths with traditional dishes from different tribes.
Oktoberfest, Nashville's Original German Festival
Live German music, authentic polka dancing, strolling accordion players, and authentic German food and beverages bring the historic Germantown neighborhood to life. Enjoy four stages of free entertainment.
Southern Festival of Books
First held in 1989, the Southern Festival of Books is one of the first book festivals of its kind, a true celebration of the written word, which has inspired hundreds of similar book festivals throughout the country. The free festival takes place at War Memorial Plaza and features more than 200 of the nation's and region's most prominent authors who take part in readings, panel discussions, book signings, and more.
Christmas Village
The annual event at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds showcases a variety of unique seasonal and gift items as well as holiday arts and crafts from more than 260 merchants and benefits the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center.
CMA Music Awards
"Country Music's Biggest Night" represents the pinnacle of achievement for country music artists, musicians, producers, publishers, songwriters, video directors, and industry executives who work in America's most popular genre. The CMA Awards take place at the Bridgestone Arena in Downtown Nashville every November.
Gaylord Opryland's "A Country Christmas"
Gaylord Opryland's "A Country Christmas" offers much holiday joy to all visitors starting in November. There's Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, ICE! Featuring 'The Nutcracker' with two million pounds of hand-carved ice sculptures and an ice slide, Arctic Plunge Snow Tubing & Glacier Glide Ice Skating, Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Christmas Dinner Show, an Outdoor Nativity Scene, Photos with Santa, Parade of Trees, Carriage Rides, General Jackson Showboat, Treasures for the Holidays, two million holiday lights, and more. It's everything Christmas and all at Gaylord Opryland.
Holiday Harmony
There's something for everyone during the holiday season from costumed docents reenacting holiday life in the 1800s to stage performances bringing out the holiday spirit. Celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Posada Navidad, and more. Enjoy history, arts, crafts, theater, dance, and song in Music City during the holidays.
Plantation Christmas
Each November through January, Travellers Rest Plantation decorates the plantation home in the style and tradition of an 1830s Christmas.
Season of Celebration
November through December, guests enjoy the traditions of many cultures during Season of Celebration at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art. Share the magic of the season with fabulous holiday decorations, Christmas trees, and multicultural exhibits.
Victorian Holiday Tours at Belle Meade Plantation
See the 1853 Belle Meade Plantation lavishly adorned in Victorian splendor and learn about the family's traditions.
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
Be a part of the excitement of the annual post-season college football bowl game at Nissan Stadium. The bowl pits an SEC school against an ACC/Big Ten rival in a game broadcast nationwide on ESPN.
Jack Daniel's Music City Midnight: New Year's Eve in Nashville
Ring in the New Year and rock out the old with thousands of your closest friends at Nashville's New Year's Eve party at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park. This free event has a big outdoor concert as well as a countdown to the fireworks and the midnight Music Drop.


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September 17, 2012
From ussoccer.com:
The U.S. Women's National Team came from behind to earn a 2-1 win against Australia in the second game of the Fan Tribute Tour, presented by Panasonic. After going down a goal in the first half, Alex Morgan and Shannon Boxx scored in the second half at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
Sept. 16, 2012 (CARSON, Calif.) - The U.S. Women's National Team came from behind to earn a 2-1 win against Australia in the second game of the Fan Tribute Tour, presented by Panasonic. After going down a goal in the first half, Alex Morgan and Shannon Boxx scored in the second half in front of 19,851 fans at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
The U.S. WNT improves its record to 22-1-1 in 2012, and faces Australia once again on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo., in what will be head coach Pia Sundhage's final match at the helm of the U.S. WNT. Kickoff is slated for 8 p.m. MT and the game will be broadcast live on ESPN2 and streamed live on WatchESPN. Fans can follow the action on via ussoccer.com's MatchTracker or on Twitter @ussoccer_wnt.
Australia opened the scoring in the 34th minute with a goal from Lisa de Vanna. De Vanna received the ball near the left sideline and turned on U.S. captain Christie Rampone, streaking straight for the goal. Breaking into the penalty area, she fired a high shot past an outstretched Hope Solo into the right side of the goal.
Morgan equalized in the 55th minute on a shot from the right side of the 18-yard box. Second-half sub Heather O'Reilly carried the ball up the middle of the field and passed to Morgan on the right. Morgan settled it inside the penalty area and cut to her left to free herself from her defender, blasting a shot past Australia goalkeeper Brianna Davey.
Shannon Boxx scored the game-winner in the 63rd minute, sending a penalty kick just inside the right post past a diving Davey. Moments earlier, Davey raced out to close down Morgan running into the box for a through-ball from Tobin Heath, clipping the U.S. forward just inside the 18-yard box and giving up the penalty kick.
Searching for an equalizer late in the first half, the U.S. peppered the Australia goal with several close chances. Defender Kelley O'Hara delivered a cross from the left side that was just out of reach for Abby Wambach as Australia's Davey, who earned just her second international cap, corralled the cross and ended the threat in the 40th minute.
Davey stopped a shot from distance by Morgan in the 44th minute and also saved a curling shot at the near post from Heath moments later, falling out of bounds and conceding a corner kick to the U.S. just before halftime. Midfielder Megan Rapinoe hit an in-swinging cross from the corner that struck the crossbar before Australia cleared it out of the penalty box. Quickly following the clearance, Morgan found space in the box, but her right-footed effort sliced into the side netting in second-half stoppage time.
From the outset, Australia attempted to push the USA back on its heels, twice striking the post inside the opening 26 minutes. Forward Sarah Walsh carried the ball up the middle of the field and into the box in the 19th minute, chipping a shot with the outside of her right foot past Solo, who was rushing off of her line to close down Walsh's angle on the goal. The ball rolled toward the corner of the goal, but softly bounced off the right post before the U.S. was able to clear the danger.
Seven minutes later, Australia midfielder Teigen Allen sent a deep cross from the right side to the far post. The cross floated over Solo's outstretched hands and struck the post before ricocheting off of Solo's back and being cleared away from the goal.
The USA made four changes at halftime, inserting O'Reilly and Boxx into the midfield for Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd while swapping Heather Mitts and Rachel Buehler for Christie Rampone and Amy LePeilbet in defense.
The move helped spark the U.S. to a more inspired effort in the second half, as O'Reilly used her speed and vision to start the attack that led to Morgan's game-tying goal as the USA earned its 13th consecutive victory and improved to 2-0 on the WNT Fan Tribute Tour. The U.S. handcuffed Australia, holding the side without a shot in the second half and finishing with a 23-8 advantage on shots overall.
Solo finished with two saves, both in the first half, and was not called upon much in the second stanza as the U.S controlled possession and combined well to earn the come-from-behind victory in head coach Pia Sundhage's penultimate match in charge of the Women's National Team.
Additional Notes:
-U.S. Women's National Team Match Report-
Match: U.S. WNT vs. Australia
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
AUS - Lisa de Vanna 34th minute
AUS: 18-Brianna Davey; 19-Stephanie Catley, 5-Laura Alleway (23-Alanna Kennedy, 64), 10-Servet Uzunlar, 7-Caitlin Foord; 15-Emily van Egmond, 14-Collette McCallum (17-Kyah Simon, 72), 2-Teigen Allen (4-Clare Polkinghorne, 56); 9-Sarah Walsh (capt.) (20-Samantha Kerr, 51), 11-Lisa de Vanna (3-Ashley Brown, 78), 12-Kathryn Gill (24-Emily Gielnik, 71)
Stats Summary: USA / AUS
Misconduct Summary:
Budweiser Woman of the Match: Shannon Boxx


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ANALYSIS: Connecticut shooting: Horrifying has become normal
The massacre in Newtown, Conn., Friday is another sign that something once considered almost unimaginable has become the terrifying norm in America.
Just five months after a bizarre and sinister attack by a gunman in an Aurora theater left 12 dead and many more injured, at least 26 people have been murdered at an elementary school on the East Coast.
Twenty of the dead are young children, elevating the sheer horror of the incident to a level perhaps not seen since the Bath School bombings in Bath Township, Michigan, killed 38 children, as well as several adults, back in 1927.
The date of the Bath School disaster might seem to undermine the contention that an alarming change has occurred in society, but it doesn't. It's not that massacres are new; it's their frequency.
A number of years could pass between similarly grisly events in the early decades of the 20th century. In fact, so unaccustomed at one time were Americans to mass killings that when Charles Whitman barricaded himself in the University of Texas Tower in 1966 and shot 14 people to death, it sent a shock wave through the nation that is hard to appreciate today.
Now such events seem to happen with numbing regularity. Aurora and Newtown aren't even the only mass shootings of the past six months. In August, a gunman attacked a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, murdering six. Earlier this week a gunman killed two people -- and was intent on killing more -- at an Oregon shopping mall.
Adam Lankford, a criminal justice professor at the University of Alabama, wrote last summer in The Huffington Post that four of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history had occurred in the past six years. He mentioned Aurora, "Nidal Hasan's attack at the Fort Hood Army base in 2009, Jiverly Wong's attack at a Binghamton immigration center in 2009, and Seung-Hui Cho's attack on the Virginia Tech campus in 2007."
Now the tally must be adjusted: Five of the worst shootings have occurred in just six years.
What's going on? In part, a copycat phenomenon is probably in play in which savage or sick individuals get the idea of a mass shooting from seeing others do it. This is an era of media saturation, after all.
Some experts point to frayed family ties, too. Others highlight the number of mentally ill people who go without supervision or even treatment -- a persuasive point, in our view.
And then there are guns. Opponents of gun control claim that raising the issue at times like this amounts to exploiting tragedy. But that's not so if the proposals are realistic and the claims are modest.
For example, in at least three high-profile recent mass shootings -- in Aurora; in Arizona when the target was Rep. Gabrielle Giffords; and in Fort Hood, Texas -- the killers used high-capacity magazines, enabling them to fire many rounds per minute. How is it exploiting tragedy to suggest that outlawing high-capacity magazines might save some lives? It's the truth.
For that reason, we were pleased to see Gov. John Hickenlooper shift his position on gun control this week and acknowledge that a debate over magazine size and the legality of assault weapons is one worth having.
We only wish he'd gone further. If he wants to lead on this important issue, he should do more than imply what policies he favors and say so outright. They might not be able to reverse the new normal of mass killings, but even a marginally positive effect is worth pursuing.


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Monday, June 15, 2009
Off-Day Fun! Take the Astros County Citizenship Exam
2. Which Houston judge was responsible for building the Astrodome?
3. Which Hall of Famer hit a single off of a speaker on the roof of the Astrodome?
4.Who hit the first home run in Astrodome history?
5. Which Astro was nicknamed the "Toy Cannon?"
6. Which Hall of Famer was responsible for teaching Joe Morgan his famous "arm-flap" batting stance?
7. Which Astro won five consecutive Gold Gloves – a club record?
8. Name the six pitchers who combined to throw the no-hitter at Yankee Stadium in June 2003.
9. Ten numbers have been retired in Astros history – who do they belong to?
10. Whose logo does Nolan Ryan wear on his cap in the Hall of Fame?
11. Who was the owner of the Houston Astros before Drayton McLane?
12. Who did the Astros trade in 1991 for catcher Eddie Taubensee?
13. Which former Astros manager became the sixth manager in Major League history to win the division in his first year?
14. Who is the only Astros pitcher to win the Silver Slugger?
15. The Astros set a club record on July 23, 2000 by hitting four home runs in an inning vs. the Cardinals (yay!). Who hit them?
16. Who hit the first Grand Slam at Minute Maid Park?
17. Who was the last Astro to hit three home runs in one game?
18. On June 28, 2007, Craig Biggio collected his 3000th hit. Which pitcher gave it up?
19. Craig Biggio is 5th on the all-time doubles list, with 668. Who did he pass at 665?
20. Who has the highest career batting average in Astros history?
8 comments:
- Ty said...
Man...I'm screwed. Guess I'll turn in my card now...
- June 15, 2009 at 9:59 AM
- The Constable. said...
Maybe "Off-Day Fun" was too sunny a title. Maybe it should read "Monday Work-Killer"
- June 15, 2009 at 10:19 AM
- The Constable. said...
Oh, and I had to look up a TON of these...
- June 15, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Without cheating: I don't know most early ones because I'm not very old :)
5. Wynn (did I even spell his name right?)
7. I'm guessing Biggio, but I honestly don't know
8. Oswalt, Dotel, Lidge, Wagner... and I remember seeing the answer on trivia recently and it was 2 pitchers I had forgotten about. Maybe one of those lefties we had?
9. Umbricht, Nolan, Wynn, Biggio, Bagwell, Scott, I guess we'll count Robinson since his is retired by everyone... 7 of 10 is passing, right?
10. I'm thinking Rangers
13. Garner?
14. Hampton seems the logical choice, but who knows?
17. I have a gut feeling to say Derek Bell, but I have no idea why and it's probably wrong...
18. Pretty sure Aaron Cook
- June 15, 2009 at 11:34 AM
- Ty said...
Ok. Also, no cheating:
1. Brooklyn Dodgers?
2. I should know this...
3. Terry Puhl? Something tells me he's in the Canadian Hall of Fame.
4. Someone I've never heard of.
5. Jimmy Wynn. Period.
6. No clue. How bout Jimmy Wynn
7. Biggio?
8. No, I won't do it.
9. Nolan, Bagwell, Puhl, Biggio, Cruz, Scott, Wynn, Davis?, Never would have thought of Robinson, but good call, and of course, Phil Nevin. Actually, how bout good ol' DK?
10. Rangers. Sell out. :)
11. I'll never recall.
12. Did they get or give? I'll guess they gave Schilling. Fools.
13. Larry Dierker
14. Hampton.
15. Bags, Biggio, Berkman, and Ausmus since he never hits HRs.
16. Tony Eusebio, of course.
17. Bobby Abreu
18. Roger Clemens
19. Joe Morgan
20. Cruuuuuuuz
- June 15, 2009 at 11:50 AM
- The Constable. said...
Answers tomorrow...
- June 15, 2009 at 12:36 PM
- jphelps said...
6.Nellie fox
7.I think Biggio won 4, so IDK?
13.Garner won it in his first full year.
- June 15, 2009 at 1:06 PM
- Seth said...
I decided to do the best I can without looking them up.
2. Is it Blaylock or was he a sheriff?
5. Jimmy Wynn
6. Oswalt?, Lidge, Dotel, Springer, Wagner, and __________
9. Biggio, Bagwell, Ryan, Cruz, Dierker, Wynn,.....?
12. Biggio?
13. Phil Garner
14. Mike Hampton
15. Total Guess, Bagwell, Bell, Biggio, ...?
18. Manny Corpas?
I give up.
- June 15, 2009 at 2:49 PM


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For a while now I've been somewhat concerned about the condition of the instruction books in my sets. Sometimes they really seem to just be shoved into the box and get bent and folded. This isn't usually a problem as the paper relaxes over time, especially when I put the book into a page protector and install it into it's proper binder. My kids do find it frustrating when they booklet won't lay flat because it's bent though. We'll deal with that though as it's just a minor nuisance to us but you can be sure that there are consumers and collectors out there that this is a HUGE deal for. I DO have a problem with the condition the sails for my Imperial Flagship came out of the box in though. These are the part of this set that truly make it a collectible and I want my sails to be perfect out of the box.
I reached in the box to pull out the sails, the first thing I went looking for were the sails, and lo and behold they were scrunched up! One side was fine but the other was folded up like an accordion. I think we'd all be a bit miffed if we opened a brand new set to find a long technic axle bent or a baseplate with a stress crease in it or a 6x16 plate bent in half so why is it acceptable for TLG to mash these sails into a box without some method of preventing this from happening. They are, after all, pieces of the set and I'm sure TLG will replace them* but I'm a little concerned by the possible reactions of the regular consumer. Please LEGO, just a bit of cardboard in the package will go a long way toward preventing this from happening.
*I will be asking for replacements, they don't look really great. If they became this way through play, that would be my own problem.


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T-Shirt from Berlin
Hello sports fans! Today will be my final day in Berlin. I finally got out yesterday and went to see the famous Prenzlauer Berg area. This was once part of East Berlin but now has become hip and trendy. My friend Vajra lives here now and he kindly showed me toe sights. I met Vajra a couple years ago when we were both washing dishes for rich people at Tassajara.
Before I leave Berlin I have to thank whoever it was that gave me the lovely t-shirt shown above. I did my lecture last Wednesday at Dharma Buchladen. That was at the height of my massive infection (see previous blog post below). But I didn't know I was massively infected at that point. I just thought I had a fever and the world's worst headache.
Anyway, after I gave the lecture I chatted with several people. One of them handed me a small sort of tubular shaped package. It was soft. I wondered if it might be a roll cake. It turned out to be a nice t-shirt, which I'm wearing today. But I didn't get the guy's name. He probably told me. But I was pretty much just trying to keep it together at that point. So thank you, danke shoen, whoever you are!
Last night I finally finished watching the film The Downfall: Hitler and the End of the Third Reich. Oy vey! What a film!
I found that I didn't like the main character at all. He even killed his own dog for gosh sakes! How did the filmmakers expect you to sympathize with such a character? I would have rewritten him. Maybe given him a quirky sense of humor or a funny catchphrase to say each time he entered a room...
OH STOP IT! I'M JOKING! Jeez. Settle down. OK?
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Just a small MOC that's been sitting on my desk, got a new phone recently which has a decent camera and can upload directly to Flickr, so though way not?
I'm quite happy with the images though they are much more fuzzy than my actual camera, though it should be considered that the only lighting was a desk lamp and a room light.
The uploading process was much less painless than normal, I may start taking more pictures after this. maybe. if i can be bothered.
It's just a simple MOC. but I decided to post it due to one novel feature:
Folding wings.
wow, it took 17 minutes from pictures to post, I'm impressed.
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Inside a sweat-steamed cycling studio at the Frank G. Berlin branch of the Sarasota YMCA, members of a highly select class are pedaling their hearts out.
In the narrow, dimly lit room, the cyclers seem intent on a bright screen before them that looks like something from a TV game show, with colored squares that display their first names and their real-time heart rates. Each square is green, yellow or red -- depending on how close that participant is to an individual, pre-set goal for sustained high-energy exercise.
When the session ends, the riders dismount, beaming with exhilaration from their efforts, softly chatting and laughing with each other. Some show the off-kilter posture or slightly fluttering hand that is a hallmark of the Parkinson's disease they have in common. Others may sway their hips from side to side as they speak about the class.
But all of them -- at an average age of 71 and 12 weeks into their experimental cycling program -- believe they are better off than when they started.
The 17 participants, from age 60 to 78, are local patients diagnosed with Parkinson's -- an age-related progressive neurological disorder that limits movements, balance and the ability to have a normal life. They volunteered for a study conducted by the Neuro Challenge Foundation, a Sarasota non-profit, with a grant from the Roberta Leventhal Sudakoff Foundation. Once the research data are analyzed and published, Sarasota's fledgling "Pedaling with Parkinson's" class could become a model for offering hope to patients like them everywhere.
This observational study is intended to quantify what so far has been anecdotal evidence that twice-weekly cycling sessions at top speed can soften or delay many symptoms of the disease.
"Some of the benefits we have already seen are improved speech, improved gait and balance," says Jennifer Williams, a care adviser for Neuro Challenge who has tracked the volunteers through the 12-week study. "A lot of folks are coming in without their walkers and their canes. Now they are getting on and off the bikes by themselves, which is huge. And the camaraderie of the class has helped with a lot of the non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's, the depression and anxiety."
Doug Tate, 64, was diagnosed with the disease about a year ago after he and his wife noticed some early signs, like a new habit of tapping his foot. Now he has tremors in his right arm and leg. But a week into the study, he noticed that the tremor in his arm vanished temporarily as a result of the cycling sessions. Even better, his overall energy level rose.
"It's the trying that gets you going," he says. "It's one thing to notice the progress on those charts, and it's another to notice the changes yourself. Even my neighbors have noticed it; they said to me, 'Your facial expression is brighter, you're walking more upright, your pace has picked up.'"
Serendipity on a bike
Tate is right; trying harder is the secret behind this low-tech treatment for the ravages of Parkinson's. When biomedical engineer Jay Alberts was an assistant professor at Georgia Tech in 2003, he went on a summer long-distance cycling event with a friend whose wife had the disease. Riding a tandem bike, the couple "had the traditional difficulties that married people do," and Alberts offered to ride with the wife.
"I remember that one time she said, 'It doesn't feel like I have Parkinson's when I'm on the bike,'" recalls Alberts, now at the Cleveland Clinic. Then one night at the camp, Alberts saw a birthday card the woman had written to a cyclist in their group.
Instead of her usual "micrographia" -- the tiny handwriting typical of Parkinson's sufferers, "that card looked perfect," Alberts says. "That was my first idea that there might be something going on."
In 2009, Alberts published a research paper in the journal Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, reporting experiments at the Cleveland Clinic using a stationary tandem bike that increased Parkinson's patients' speed to 30 percent more than their preferred cycling pace. This forced exercise, he and his co-authors wrote, led to "global improvements in motor function."
The paper caught the eye of Sarasota neurologist Dean Sutherland, the medical director for Neuro Challenge. Sutherland knew Alberts' cousin, who lives in Sarasota, and used the connection to invite him to speak at the foundation's annual symposium here.
Sutherland calls this chain of events "serendipitous," the same term Alberts applies to his initial mental link between pedaling and Parkinson's.
"We wound up putting an idea together to obtain a grant to do a pedaling study," Sutherland says. While the motor skills measurements from the study have not yet been crunched, he says, "The people who've done the spinning classes -- in or out of the study -- are more mobile and have better endurance and balance than other patients."
Because the program is so new, researchers do not yet know why these improvements occur or how long they might last. But after years of having to tell people they have an incurable disease, Sutherland is heartened by the idea of having something helpful to offer them.
"It's fantastic," he says. "It's such a positive thing and it's not even that complicated -- ultimately, not even that expensive. It shows them they have more capability than they realize, and that gives them self-confidence and hope."
Alberts, now studying why forced exercise lessens the motor impairments of Parkinson's, says the Sarasota pedaling project can prove that what works in his lab will achieve comparable results in the real world.
"I give the Sudakoff organization a lot of credit for supporting something that's not necessarily what you would typically consider for medical support," he says. "I think what's really important about this study is that the volunteers set an example. Now Sarasota can be this crown jewel with respect to a program that can be emulated across the country."
The smell of cookies
Charlie Campbell, a senior cycling instructor at the Berlin YMCA, has been part of the Parkinson's project since it began as a trial effort in November 2011. Now the Potter Park Y also offers a class, and a video and training manual are in the works for YMCAs nationwide.
"We started out with one time a week, because we were trying to learn what we were doing," Campbell says. "We really wanted to go slow because we were concerned that nobody had ever done this before. If we were going to make mistakes, we said, let's make as few as we possibly can."
Campbell admits he had some doubts when the first Parkinson's patients -- many of them older and not used to exercising -- had trouble even mounting the stationary bikes. But he and the instructors learned to step up the workouts gradually, lengthening their intervals and speeds so they could begin to feel benefits.
"After they do it for a while, you see consistent results," Campbell says, "like tremors being reduced, and feeling a lot better about their balance. And their hearing, taste and smell come back. If you haven't smelled a chocolate chip cookie in a while, and then you can, it's a big deal."
Christine Ludwig, diagnosed 14 years ago, had not ridden a bicycle for years when she agreed to participate in the study. She has enjoyed watching her classmates' confidence levels rise as they "walk taller and straighter."
Although she has not yet seen her own before-and-after measurements, Ludwig says, "I absolutely believe that the progression of the disease has been slowed in my case. With Parkinson's, even just to hold your own is wonderful, and I was not as good before as I am now."
George Mass, 72, has lived with the disease since 2000. Since his wife signed him up for the study, he has gone from a stationary bike at the Y to being able to ride a recumbent bike in his Sarasota neighborhood. He describes the class as hard work, but worthwhile.
"Well," he says, "you have to earn a lot of things. And that includes your health when you're my age."
Experimental program aims to show cycling can slow down the disease By BARBARA PETERS SMITH,
Inside a sweat-steamed cycling studio at the Frank G. Berlin branch of the Sarasota YMCA, members of a highly select class are pedaling their hearts out.


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First introduced in 1990, the Nissan 300ZX is a sporty two-door coupe that became an instant hit when it made its debut. While the Nissan Z had been around in one form or another for years, the fourth-generation 300ZX provides the fastest and best handling model of the line.
While the car sold well initially, the dollar's poor performance against the Japanese yen in the mid-1990s drove the 300ZX's price up. This had the effect of making the 300ZX not such a great bargain after all. Drivers found that for the kind of money they needed to buy a new Z, they could just as easily purchase a European sport model. This led to a downturn in sales, and Nissan ultimately chose to discontinue the model in 1996. This is arguably less of a reflection on the quality of the model than on the conditions of the day. In the mid-1990s, people with disposable vehicle income snapped up SUVs, and the sports car market dropped, taking down the 300ZX along with other models such as the Toyota MR2 and the Dodge Stealth.
Fast, maneuverable, and with a sleek, low profile, the Nissan 300ZX was one of the fastest, most head-turning sports cars on the market in the early to mid-1990s. The car's performance, power, and attractive styling, make a dramatic impression with drivers and reviewers alike. With a twin-turbo engine, a dazzling exterior design, and a four-wheel independent suspension, the Nissan 300ZX offers excitement on four wheels at reasonable price to boot.
However, as the dollar fell and the yen climbed, the 300ZX's price tag climbed along with it, leading to a decline in sales. Still, even more than a decade later, the 300ZX remains an impressive sport model that's worth a look for anyone interested in picking up a previously owned Japanese sports car. The 300ZX is known for being reliable up to a point, and market depreciation means you can often find them at bargain prices. However, it's worth noting that during the 300ZX's run of production, Nissan loaded the model up with technological features, many of which have gone wrong over the years.
1996 was the final year that Nissan produced the 300ZX. This falls during the Nissan Z's fourth generation. In its final year as a production model, the Nissan 300ZX came in four different models and as a convertible or a coupe. The four models produced in 1996 include: the standard coupe, the 2+2 coupe, the convertible, and the 300ZX Twin Turbo coupe. The 2+2 has a wheelbase that measures five inches longer, providing room for a pair of vestigial rear seats.
Regular versions of the car contain a 24-valve, 3.0-liter V-6 engine that produces 222 horsepower and 198 lb-ft of torque. While the coupe could come with or without the turbo engine, the convertible and 2+2 were not available with the additional power. Turbo versions of the engine feature intercooling and a single turbo for each of the cylinder banks. Turbo versions of the 300ZX's engine generate 300 horsepower and 280 lb-ft of torque. Both versions of the engine mate to the same standard five-speed transmission and limited slip differential. Nissan also offers the option of a four-speed automatic. When equipped with the automatic transmission, turbo models experience a slight reduction in horsepower to 280.
Stylistically, the 300ZX changed only slightly over the six years that Nissan produced it, and in 1996 it remained one of the leanest and meanest looking cars on the road. Not only does the car look good, but its hatchback body design also facilitates a reasonable amount of utility. The coupe version comes with either a solid roof or a T-top with removable panels. Despite the 300ZX's rather hefty 3,500 pound curb weight, the car offers good performance and maneuverability.
Nissan brought the 300ZX into compliance with the latest emission regulations for its final year of production.
Produced from 1990 through 1996, the 300ZX represents the fourth and final generation of Nissan's long-running Z line. During this final period, the Japanese automaker made only minimal changes to the model line. These include the addition of driver-side front airbags in 1992 and the introduction of the convertible version in 1994.
1994 also saw the introduction of remote keyless entry and a passenger airbag that permits the use of manual seatbelts.
Turbo models manufactured between 1990 and 1995 feature variable camshaft timing; Nissan discontinued this feature in the car's final year of production. While horsepower remains at 300, some claim that this modification caused a discernible drop in power.
1996 Nissan 300ZX
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The 1996 Nissan 300ZX marks the last model in Nissan's Z line.
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The 1995 Nissan 300ZX continues a long tradition of namesake cars that began in 1983.


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In Virgin Land, Henry Nash Smith explores how the unsettled land to our west has played a role in the development of the American consciousness. More than a geographical region, the American West is a territory in the imagination of America which has exerted considerable influence on our nation's cultural, political, and social evolution.
In The Mind of the South W.J. Cash states that "to ignore the frontier...in setting up a conception of the social state of the Old South is to abandon reality" for the reason that the South "throughout a very great part of the period from the opening of the nineteenth century to the Civil War (in the South beyond the Mississippi until long after that war) is mainly the history of the roll of frontier upon frontier - and on to the frontier beyond" (Cash, 4.) In the same way we can say that to ignore the South in the conception of the social state of the frontier is to abandon reality. Not only did much of the frontier fall within the region we call the South, but many of the more remote part of the southeastern seaboard states existed under frontier conditions long after "the frontier" had moved west.
It is to these Southwestern frontier towns, and to their eastern counterparts, that we look for the characters of our myth-drama.
Smith presents the myth of the garden in its American form. The symbols are the yeoman farmer and the planter. One tills the soil, deriving his virtue from contact with Nature and through Nature communion with God. The other enjoys the benefits of the luscious garden given to him by God, developing virtues through intellectual, social, and spiritual pursuits. These two myths do battle in the nineteenth century for a hold on the American imagination, with the yeoman emerging as victor. But while we can easily identify the planter class, who exactly is the yeoman farmer?
He is the small independent farmer who lives a harmonious existence, free from the burden of a landlord and from the responsibility and taint of slaves (or, in the Southern version, possessed of very few, with whom he works side by side.) He is the model of self-sufficiency and the backbone of democracy.
Yet he is not alone. In fact the yeoman shares his rural landscape with his degraded cousin, the poor white.
There is not a single clear line of division between these two figures. They often have similar names and live under similar conditions; however that the two are very different in the minds of the nineteenth-century American population is very evident in literary representations of the two.
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What do you get when you combine a metropolis that's known to be cycling-negative with a mayor who's a bicycling convert? You get Boston, a city that, according to this New York Times article, is working overtime to try and make Beantown more bike friendly by including feedback from cyclists, more bike lanes and the overhaul of a paved trail system.
Of course, Boston's only added four miles of bike lanes since 2007 with plans to add five to ten more by the end of the year. To put that in perspective, New York City put in around 200 more miles of bike lanes, putting Boston's recent growth at 1/14th the rate of NYC's, even if you stipulate that they'll put in ten more miles by the end of this year.
Still, change is change, and you've got to hand it to Boston for trying to improve the lives of cyclists. Now if only they could help out their baseball fans.