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I'm not one to overlook the obvious. Stx, the Shiga toxin that is spreading in Germany, and the Stuxnet virus which may have unhinged Fukushima, have too small an alphabet pool. A short list of words I can make out of 'Stuxnet' almost sounds like a bad memo : 'next stunt use Stx', which rearranges the word 'stuxnet' twice with an extra 's' (stuxnetstuxnets, using all letters). A word that begins and ends with the same letter can represent a circle in a linear form… therefore 'closing the circle' to become a never-ending round.
But apart from whatever added meaning I might 'see' in alphabet language, there is an unmistakable parallel, and very real possibilities that the events are two parts of one operation just as the September 11 attack was followed by anthrax –again, with symbolic relatedness.
Ralph Langner, the German computer engineer who cracked the Stuxnet attack code, gave a presentation in February 2011 at the Longbeach TED seminar, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS01Hmjv1pQ . I'll quote him loosely: "This was a directed attack… Stuxnet's code was [searching for] a target, and if [no target is found], Stuxnet does nothing… The attack code..is structured in two digital bombs… we saw they were very professionally engineered… people obviously all had insider information, they knew all the bits and bytes for attack… the payload is..way above anything we have ever seen before… [but] this is very important, think about this, [the] attack was generic… You can use conventional technology to spread it as widely as possible… and the target-rich areas are in the United States, Europe, and Japan."
Mr. Langner, with my editing, has succinctly described the Stx-encoded E.coli. If not for his pre-Fukushima presentation, I would not have articulated the comparison as accurately. Instead, with his words, two halves of a thought creature reunited as one entity. Stx and Stuxnet.
The mythologist Joseph Campbell insisted that all humans are led by symbols. Abiding his views, we can know when events are speaking the language of power. I'm still working on a page about the Stx outbreak, elucidating a description of biowarfare through the details of scientific progress in genetics, but a bit of information came to my attention that corporate "food and beverage" controls are liable to use Siemens systems –and I thought of Stuxnet and found Langner's video. It flows with predictable Order even when I don't see it until I'm running and looking back over my shoulder.


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Lady Illucia Barov was a level 60 elite ghost mini-boss found in Scholomance. She was the wife of Lord Alexei Barov and one of the six mini-bosses who neede to be killed in order to summon Darkmaster Gandling.
She uses only shadow spells, so a shadow resistance buff or aura will do great here.
- (AOE) Shadow Bolt Volley: Hits every party member within 20-30 yards.
- AOE Curse of Agony — affects everyone in the room.
- Shadow Shock: Instant shadow damage to her target (tank)
- Fear: The first person on the aggro list, besides the main tank, will be afflicted by the magic debuff fear for about 10 seconds, but this varies.
- Silence: Has a cast time, 10sec duration, magic (blue, dispellable) debuff
- Dominate Mind: Randomly controls a party member, making him turn on the person with the most aggro besides the main tank. If the tank himself is afflicted this way, both the player and Illucia will attack the next person with the most aggro. To counter this, DO NOT damage your party member, just CC him, eg Polymorph, Fear, or just stun him until the spell wears off.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.— The Penn State College of Education named Emily Giannotti as the student marshal for summer 2013. She led the College's procession of graduates during the Penn State Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, August 10, at the Bryce Jordan Center.
Giannotti, a rehabilitation and human services (RHS) major, said she was honored to be named as student marshal.
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Giannotti said she attributes part of her success to her parents, Brad and Patty Giannotti, who, along with her sisters, Allison and Natalie, plan to attend the ceremony.
"My mom and dad always stressed the importance of education, but above all, only asked that my sisters and I give our best in everything we did," said Giannotti. "Long story short, I have the best family in the world, and I owe my success to them."
Giannotti's success is well documented. She has made the Dean's List every semester, and she has been named NCAA and Big Ten All-Academic Athlete from 2010-2013 as a member of the Penn State Women's Cross Country and Track and Field Team.
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Another important mentor to Giannotti is Beth Alford-Sullivan, director and head coach of track and field and cross country. Alford-Sullivan said Giannotti is a quality person and a great Penn Stater.
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Macau International Airport (MIA) always bears its social responsibility and commits to protecting the environment in order to develop a "Green Airport". Therefore, we spare no effort to study viable waste management methods in the hope to contribute to the sustainable development of MIA. Recently, MIA carried out a food waste recycling program with introduction of the food waste decomposition equipment (food waste disposer), and a food waste collection point set nearby the north car park. The full support and cooperation were obtained from executive body Administration of Airports Ltd. (ADA), and participanting entities: Servair Macau; Macau International Airport Restaurants, McDonald's, airport CIP lounge, East Sun Cleaning Services Ltd., Brilliant Landscaping & Gardening Co. Ltd. The related entities will separate food waste from general garbage, and then separate out the biodegradable waste such as meat, small bones, bread, rice, pasta, vegetables and fruits, etc. The cleaning staff collect those biodegradable waste and deliver to the food waste disposer for processing. Finally, greenery staff collect the compost to growing plants in MIA. The recycling programme will turn the food waste to an endless supply of organic fertilizer, reduce the use of chemical fertilizers and destroy to the landscape.
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Macau International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition 2015 takes place at Venetian Macao from 26-28 March 2015. In the exhibition, Macau International Airport Co., Ltd. (CAM) presented the plan and results of the airport environmental protection, by increasing the green elements to improve the airport environment in order to achieve the goal of "Green Airport".
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Documents Show NYPD Spied on Liberal Political Groups
The Associated Press recently obtained documents showing undercover NYPD officers attended meetings of liberal political groups and kept intelligence files on activists who planned protests around the country.
The tactic mirrors the NYPD's behavior in the run-up to New York's 2004 Republican National Convention when police monitored church groups, anti-war organizations and environmental advocates, a story broken by The New York Times back in 2007.
Police claimed at the time that spying was necessary to prepare for the huge, rowdy crowds heading to the city, but the documents obtained by the AP show the monitoring continued into 2008, long after the convention had ended.
The AP's report outlines how the NYPD spied on activists with varying social concerns, such as opposing U.S. economic and immigration policies, and Israel's treatment of Palestinians.
In April 2008, an undercover NYPD officer traveled to New Orleans to attend the People's Summit, a gathering of liberal groups organized around their shared opposition to U.S. economic policy and the effect of trade agreements between the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
When the undercover effort was summarized for supervisors, it identified groups opposed to U.S. immigration policy, labor laws and racial profiling. Two activists – Jordan Flaherty, a journalist, and Marisa Franco, a labor organizer for housekeepers and nannies – were mentioned by name in one of the police intelligence reports obtained by the AP.
"One workshop was led by Jordan Flaherty, former member of the International Solidarity Movement Chapter in New York City," officers wrote in an April 25, 2008, memo to David Cohen, the NYPD's top intelligence officer. "Mr. Flaherty is an editor and journalist of the Left Turn Magazine and was one of the main organizers of the conference. Mr. Flaherty held a discussion calling for the increase of the divestment campaign of Israel and mentioned two events related to Palestine."
In its report, the AP goes on to mention that at the height of the Occupy Wall Street protests, officials at the U.S. Homeland Security Department repeatedly urged authorities not to produce intelligence reports based on political activities.
"Occupy Wall Street-type protesters mostly are engaged in constitutionally protected activity," department officials wrote in documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the website Gawker. "We maintain our longstanding position that DHS should not report on activities when the basis for reporting is political speech."
But documents obtained by Rolling Stone in late February show the DHS scoured OWS-related Twitter feeds for information and the report includes a special feature on what it calls Occupy's "social media and IT usage," complete with interactive maps of protests and gatherings nationwide (this part was lifted directly from the Daily Kos).
Most worryingly, the DHS warns large numbers and support from groups like Anonymous increase the "risk for potential incidents and enhance the potential security risk to critical infrastructure," even though, as the DHS notes itself, OWS protesters have a "peaceful nature."
"The continued expansion of these protests also places an increasingly heavy burden on law enforcement and movement organizers to control protesters," the DHS report states.
Again, here the DHS is talking about the need to "control" what it describes as "peaceful" individuals.
The main concern in the documents appears to be maintaining a business-friendly environment for Wall Street.
"As the primary target of the demonstrations, financial services stands the sector most impacted by the OWS protests. Due to the location of the protests in major metropolitan areas, heightened and continuous situational awareness for security personnel across all CI sectors is encouraged."
Business Insider notes that this memo was posted to DHS's Tripwire intelligence sharing database reportedly without having been cleared, and was quickly taken down after. However, a link to the report was also included in an email briefing from the Domestic Security Alliance Council, a strategic intelligence partnership between DHS and the FBI.
Officials within the DHS seem to have realized how damaging it would be if the public knew they were tracking the activities of a peaceful protest group operating within the law.
"This could be quite unfortunate," one email reads. "I thought IP had withdrawn this piece. We may need DSAC to immediately withdraw their email and take it off DSAC's portal if it is posted there."
Truthout filed a FOIA request with DHS and the FBI received hundreds of pages of Occupy-related documents, though the FBI claims it is "unable to identify main file records responsive to the FOIA" relating to OWS.
In October, Adrian Chen broke a story about security consultant Thomas Ryan who waged a campaign to infiltrate and discredit the movement, forwarding emails to contacts at the NYPD and FBI, including special agent Jordan T. Loyd, a member of the FBI's New York-based cyber security team. (photo via Gawker)
A DHS officials maintains the department holds "standard coordination calls and face-to-face meetings with our partners to ensure that the proper resources are available for operations such as street closures, etc."
Truthout notes there appears to be a "lack of clarity" within DHS about its role in the surveillance and eviction of Occupy movements.
In a set of memos written less than a month after the first Occupy protests on September 17, 2011, the discussion is centred around a threat assessment on a planned protest by Occupy Pittsburgh on October 15, 2011. A DHA employee notes the assessment may be infringing on protected First Amendment activity.
There is attached to this email a threat bulletin being disseminated by the Office of Emergency Management in Pittsburgh in which it discusses the threat posed by the Occupy Pittsburgh campaign and the hackers group Anonymous.... Both myself and [redacted] (IO deployed to the PACIC [Pennsylvania Criminal Intelligence] Center in Harrisburg) are somewhat concerned that several items contained in this Intel Bulletin might be advocating surveillance and other countermeasures to be employed against activities protected under the 1st amendment. Would either one or both of you be able to see what could be developed from this document that (redacted) could take back to the Intel staff that produced this so that in the future they have a greater awareness of how to develop intelligence assessments that don't undermine constitutionally protected speech and assembly rights?
Ten days later, Shala Byers with the Intelligence Coordination Branch of DHS responds, effectively passing the buck on the monitoring question. Byers states that clearly Occupy Pittsburgh's activities are protected by the First Amendment, but also, take the question elsewhere.
We have received a number of questions and requests for information regarding Occupy Wall Street from a number of component partners and intelligence officers. Recognizing that this is a first amendment protected activity, we have recommended (on an ad hoc basis when we receive requests) that our Intelligence Officers refer inquiries to fusion centers and avoid the topic altogether.
A senior privacy analyst named J. Scott Matthews then responds, again reiterating the protected activities of Occupy, but also laying down guidelines for limited reporting or surveillance.
"There are certainly some circumstances that may allow limited reporting on behavior that is coincident and collated with 'Occupy Wall Street' like protests," Matthews writes, failing to define the scope of that "reporting".
Truthout reports that even after these guidelines were issued, the intelligence-gathering branch with the DHS, I&A (Intelligence and Analysis) requested to "do a product on Occupy Wall Street," according to an email from October 24, 2011.
A DHS employee responds, "I tend to agree that it would be difficult to clear on that, given that any concerns out of the movement thus far are local matters: reasonable time, place and manner restrictions on protects, health and safety issues etc."
Mainly, the documents received by Truthout contain hundreds of pages of DHS discussing the media's discussion of its activities - alleged and real. The issue of an Examiner article that alleged local police agencies received tactic and planning advice from national agencies set off a snowballing email exchange among officials.
A press release states that DHS is only involved if the protest takes place on federal property, though there is an exception: the "standard coordination calls and face-to-face meetings" noted above.
A person named Brent Colburn responds to the thread, calling federal involvement "rare."
Another individual, Robert M. Davis, sent an internal email earlier saying FPS will assist local authorities "upon request with things like road closures, etc. DC, for instance, may require our assistance tomorrow with Key Bridge activities, etc."
The Key Bridge protest took place Nov. 17 on a major bridge in the capitol.
Colburn sends an inquiry in a separate thread: "Triple checking on this - there hasn't been any connection except for Portland?"
The documents received by Truthout don't include an answer to his question.
Eric Neuschaefer, a DHS FOIA program specialist, said the agency expects to release a second set of OWS-related documents to Truthout sometime in mid-April.
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The natural patterns and rhythms of verbal communication do not come naturally to Nik. Despite the fact that he's had his speech device for three-plus years now, he still struggles with parts of speech and being able to put words together in a way which is understandable to "outsiders." It's just a part of how his brain is wired. Much of Nik's default method of communication is "telegraphic," meaning that he will use one word for multiple meanings and that meaning is figured out by the listener who must either be psychic or must elicit more information to determine the context in which Nik means them.
For example, Nik may say "Park Daddy" to mean any of the following:
I want to go to the park with Daddy when he gets home from work.
I went to the park with Daddy this morning.
Will Daddy take me to the park?
I like going to the park with Daddy.
In speech therapy, Nik is working on using "action words" to go with the things he labels. For example, when he says "Park Daddy," Ms. K will ask what actions he can do at the park– swing, climb, etc. They work on pairing nouns with verbs and reinforcing structure and the relationship between them. It's a painstaking process which needs to be supported consistently– not just in his twice weekly sessions with Ms. K.
Nik loves to chatter to me as we drive along to the store after school or on the weekends. I try to encourage and coach his language use all the time. Lately, though, I can tell that Nik finds it annoying. I can't say I blame him; who likes to be grilled all the time, right? Sometimes, he flat-out refuses to participate and changes the subject to avoid the work. Others? He plays me like a fiddle and I don't even realize it until it's too late!
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On the way home from the store yesterday, we shared a small bag of chips. As we drove along, I doled out chips every time Nik asked "more chips."
"Nik, what actions can we do with chips?"
We've done this exercise often enough so I knew, from the silence in the back seat, that he was processing the fact that chips are food and you can eat, bite, or chew food. Uncertain if I would need to prompt him with possible answers, I asked again.
"Nik, what is an action we can do with chips?"
I heard the quiet beep of Nik activating the screen on his device to answer.
"H-O-L-D bag."
Well played, son. Well played.
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I promised Nik we would go to McDonald's after his therapy this morning. He was extremely excited. We don't dine there with any remote degree of regularity; I try to save it for special times (or travel emergencies) and he loves going inside to eat. On the way to see Ms. K, Nik and I were discussing what he would have for breakfast. He suddenly got stuck in a loop and began to perseverate on eggs.
"Eggs, eggs, eggs, eggs…"
Doing my best to help him break out of it, I tried to expand the language. "Nik, what can you DO with eggs?" I asked.
"Eggs, eggs, eggs, eggs…"
"Nik, there are lots of things we can do with eggs, right? Eggs are food and we can…" I began to sign eat, bite and chew as possible clues for him.
"Eat, eat, eat" he replied from the back seat.
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JOHNSTOWN — He had kicked drugs and was finding fulfillment helping others battle addiction. He was enjoying life as a father. He loved his job.
Things had finally turned Christopher Diaz's way.
But his future full of promise and potential was cut short last week in a tragic workplace accident.
The 30-year-old Butler man was killed Thursday morning when he was electrocuted at a sewer line installation site in Johnstown, authorities said.
"He had gotten his life together and he was happy," Diaz's mother, Deborah Busin of Evans City, said Monday.
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death, which has been ruled accidental, said Johnstown police Capt. Chad Miller.
Diaz was "leaning against" a hydraulic forklift that came in contact with overhead power lines about 10:30 a.m. at DuPont Street and Coleman Avenue, Miller said.
Two other co-workers suffered non-fatal injuries when they also were electrocuted trying to pull Diaz from the forklift.
An autopsy was performed Friday and determined he died of electrocution.
Diaz was employed by Insight Pipe Contracting of Lancaster Township, Butler County as a laborer. He was part of a crew that was working on a years-long project of the Johnstown Redevelopment Authority to replace the city's sewer lines.
"He loved his job," Busin said, referring to her son. "He loved the men he was with. He loved his boss.
"He was struggling to get a decent job, with just his high school degree; one that he could make a living at. And he found it."
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The Karin Sultan RS is a highly modified sports variant of the Sultan in Grand Theft Auto IV and its downloadable content.
In Grand Theft Auto V, the normal Sultan can be modified into the Sultan RS (although the modifications are purely comestic). There is also a label on the Sultan in GTA V that reads Sultan RS, despite it still being called a Sultan in-game.
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The Sultan RS is a high-performance two-door coupé variant of the Sultan. The vehicle itself is based on the first generation Lexus IS (also known as the Toyota Altezza), with a few minor influences from a range of second generation Subaru Imprezas. Although the Lexus IS or the Toyota Altezza never had a two-door coupé configuration, their influence remains obvious in the RS. The front and the complete shape of the car closely resembles that of a 2001 Lexus IS with a body kit, and of course a side exhaust system, which aren't usually found on Lexus models. The massive rear spoiler is usually a stock feature on the Subaru Impreza WRX STi. The rear of the car is highly reminiscent of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV.
The car comes with a carbon fiber hood, roll cage, side exit large-bore exhaust, front-mounted intercooler, rear diffuser, racing rims, and low-profile tires. Some variants also have a carbon fiber trunk lid, hood scoop, and metallic paint. The car is available in several colors, including pink, which is rare in-game, although carbon fiber components (such as the hood) are always colored black.
Grand Theft Auto VIn GTA V, while the Sultan RS can't be obtained normally, the normal Sultan can be modified into one (although the modifications are purely comestic). By adding a roll cage to the Sultan, it will receive the Sultan RS dashboard turbo boost gauge, bucket seats, rear "RS" badge, two-tone color scheme, and the racing stripe with the "Sultan RS" decal on each side. It can also be fitted with the RS front and rear bumpers and sideskirts. Its "Gruppe Z" rims are available under the Tuner section. Upgrading the turbo will give the Sultan RS' blowoff valve that creates a "hiss" sound when shifting or letting off the accelerator at high revs. The only modification missing is the short length sideskirt exhaust system.
This car's top speed is 186 mph (300 km/h), a noticeable improvement on the car this started out as. This accelerates like no other car in the game, getting from 0 to 60 mph in just 4.1 seconds, though the Forklift gets to its top speed much faster than all other vehicles. As shown on the rocker cover badging and the model marque on the boot, it has a 3.5-litre DOHC (double overhead camshaft) straight-6 engine, with a large turbo added for good measure. This vehicle also comes fitted with a high-pressure blowoff valve which results in a hissing sound after changing gear past 6000RPM+. Which you will need to do, given the enormous amount of ghastly turbo lag you get lower down in the rev range. Once the turbocharger spools up at higher RPMs, the power is quite alarming. The engine sound is similar to that of a Subaru Impreza, even though this car has two more cylinders. This is due to car featuring the unequal length manifolds, similar to the models of Impreza that produce a distinct rumble.
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Like the Infernus, Banshee, Buffalo, F620, and Bullet GT, the exhaust system of the Sultan RS is prone to letting unburnt fuel explode in flames from the sidepipes during throttle liftoff after high revving. The RS is also equipped with a dump (blowoff) valve on the turbo which causes a whipping/hissing sound when the throttle is released.
An interesting note is that there are several variations in the Sultan RS's engine redline (maximum RPM) - some cars can reach higher RPM than others. This is evident when the player tests multiple cars near the abandoned mansion (where the car spawns) by holding down the handbrake and throttle at the same time to see how high the engine note of that particular Sultan RS is.
It is unusual that the Sultan RS houses a GPS system, as most stripped down cars of its type aren't usually equipped with one because it is viewed as unnecessary.
- There are two physical variants: one has a hood scoop, and one does not. This difference is only visual; and does not affect vehicles' performance in anyway.
- In The Ballad of Gay Tony, the Sultan RS is a frequently used car to transport/ protect drugs in the Drug Wars. Many of these have a unique paint-job, which may include two-tone roofs and boot/trunk lids.
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- Parked in the bushes behind the garage of a run-down mansion in Westdyke, Alderney; the mansion is located at the end of a dirt road, at one of the northernmost points of the island. A link to a map showing the location of the mansion on the map can be found here.
- Appears in traffic when the player is already driving one.
- Very rarely spawns in Hove Beach while driving a Sentinel.
- Sometimes seen competing in Brucie's races, however stealing a competitor's car will end the race and count as a loss to the player. Fortunately, the presence of the RS may cause others to spawn in traffic on the way to the race, during it, or immediately after.
- In The Ballad Of Gay Tony, a unique purple-blue one is used in some of the Drug War missions driven by the Korean Mob.
- In The Ballad of Gay Tony, another unique Sultan RS is used in Drug Wars. It is black with a tannish-white roof and black hood.
- Driving the Sultan RS around often results in the rare Sentinel XS spawning more frequently, being both tuned racing cars puts them into the same category.
- This vehicle can be sold to Stevie, fetching $2500.
- The Sultan RS in the beta version of Grand Theft Auto IV was available in a green and blue two tone color and a different spoiler. It can be seen in-game at the mini vendor stands around the city by using the sniper rifle to zoom in on the magazines. This beta Sultan RS can also be seen on the television screens inside the Stretch.
- The Sultan RS' default radio stations are as follows:
- GTA IV: Electro-Choc or Radio Broker.
- The letters RS stand for 'Rally Sport', which usually designates that the car is a highly tuned racing version of its original derivative.


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BURTON, Ohio - Diamonds don't grow on trees. The Red Maple Inn in this charming Geauga County village has sprouted the gems, however - four of them. The 18-room inn is one of just five small lodgings in Ohio to receive a four-diamond rating (out of five) from AAA. (Only one lodging in Ohio has earned five diamonds.)
BURTON, Ohio � Diamonds don�t grow on trees.
The Red Maple Inn in this charming Geauga County village has sprouted the gems, however � four of them.
The 18-room inn is one of just five small lodgings in Ohio to receive a four-diamond rating (out of five) from AAA. (Only one lodging in Ohio has earned five diamonds.)
The high rating is well-deserved. The beautiful hostelry, built in 1999, offers comfort with a touch of luxury at prices that won�t require guests to sell the family jewels.
The location is as charming as the accommodations. Burton lies at the edge of Ohio�s Amish country and at the heart of the state�s maple syrup-producing region. Guests can schedule guided van tours of Amish country from the inn, and the Red Maple website offers suggestions about several scenic auto and bicycle tours nearby.
The Burton Chamber of Commerce visitors center, housed in a log cabin in the town square, offers maple-syrup tasting, demonstrations and products year-round.
Several wineries are near the inn, and the 22 historic buildings of Century Village Museum are next door.
The inn even has its own entrance path to the village, where the Crossroads Museum Store is a good place to shop for crafts, some made by artisans at the museum, and for Amish and maple foods.
The location isn�t an accident. Owners Gordon and Evie Safran fell in love with Burton and the surrounding area during many visits, and they chose the 3-acre hilltop site to build the inn.
The inn was designed to curve along the hilltop so most guest rooms would look out over the scenic Geauga County countryside, with others offering a view of the museum village.
Each room is decorated with gorgeous Ohio Amish handcrafted oak or cherry furniture that, be warned, will likely put in you a craft-buying mood.
The inn has not neglected modern amenities: It has large concealed flat-screen televisions and DVD players, Wi-Fi access and whirlpool tubs. Some rooms also have gas log fireplaces or private balconies that allow guests to take advantage of tremendous views of farms and forests.
My balcony room was thoughtfully equipped with binoculars, so I could scan the surrounding countryside at my leisure. I visited before the spring bird migration, but I imagine that, in warmer weather, the inn � located not far from Lake Erie flight � would be a bird-watcher�s haven.
As comfortable as my room was, I found myself spending most of my indoor time in one of the inn�s lovely, convenient and thoughtfully designed common areas.
I was most charmed by the cozy library, which shares a wall and back-to-back fireplace with the inn�s large dining room. Bibliophiles will have pleasant (or perhaps avarice-filled) dreams about the built-in cherry bookcases.
The shelves have not all been filled with as much care as I�d prefer, but visitors will find good, interesting books on local and Ohio history and even a section of Amish romance novels � chaste stories dubbed �bonnet rippers� by wags.
The large dining room, where breakfast is also served, shares the grand view of the countryside. It�s here where guests might also partake in the complimentary hors d�oeuvres and beverages, including wine, set out at 5?p.m. daily, except Sunday.
An Amish-style family dinner, prepared by a local Mennonite cook, is also available in the dining room on the first and third Fridays of each month. The dinner includes staples such as breaded chicken, roast beef, mashed potatoes with gravy, and desserts such as cracker pudding or apple dumplings.
Freshly baked cookies entice from the check-in desk every afternoon, and a popcorn maker in the dining room ensures that a snack is available to fill any empty stomach corners. The cheese plates, wine and cookies might account for all the time I spent out of my room. Other guests chose to do the same, making the dining room a lively place much of the day.
The inn also has a fitness room � and a good thing, too, after all those cookies and cheese .
I also appreciated the complimentary daily newspapers served alongside an ample continental breakfast, which includes homemade granola and real maple syrup.
The inn also acts as a sort of tourist information center: Staff members are informative and knowledgeable about attractions in the region.
I don�t own many diamonds, but sitting on my comfortable balcony with a glass of Ohio wine, a book from the inn�s library and a million-dollar view, I felt like the richest guy in the world.
Eat your heart out, Bill Gates.
Steve Stephens is the travel writer. He can be reached at 614-461-5201 or by email.


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This question is about the popular logic game called Tantrix. I would like to collect combinatorial theorems about it, eg. necessary conditions for making a cycle of one color from a given set of tiles that passes through all the tiles and the union of tiles has no holes in it. On the web I could only find theorems about the complexity of the game which is a completely different question. To show what kind of theorems I want, here are three easy observations.
Theorem Trivial. If there is a red cycle using all the tiles, then red must appear on all the tiles.
Theorem Crossing Parity. If there is a red cycle using all the tiles, then the number of red-blue crossings must be even.
Theorem Winding. Count straight red tiles 0 (can be denoted by I), big turns (which are almost straight, can be denoted by L) as 1 and small turns (when red touches adjacent sides, can be denoted by V) as 2. If there is a red cycle using all the tiles, then it must be possible to assign a sign to each tile such that the sum is 6.
I would be also interested in configurations that satisfy these theorems but it is still impossible to make a cycle, like 3 Vs and a non-zero number of Is.


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Newly formed Hawaii-Pacific Evaluation Association elects officersUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Posted: Sep 26, 2006
HONOLULU — The first Hawaiʻi-Pacific-based affiliate of the American Evaluation Association (AEA) recently held its first evaluation conference in Honolulu and elected its first slate of officers, giving the organization many "firsts" to celebrate.
The Hawaiʻi-Pacific Evaluation Association (H-PEA) has elected the following individuals to serve as officers for its inaugural year:
- President — Judith K. Inazu, PhD, Associate Director, Social Science Research Institute and Director, Office for Evaluation and Needs Assessment Services, UH Mānoa
- Vice President — Sonja Evensen, MPH, Evaluation Specialist, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL)
- Treasurer — Gerald M. Meredith, PhD, Interim Chair, Office of Faculty Development and Academic Support (OFDAS), UH Mānoa
- Secretary — Lisa M. Watkins-Victorino, PhD, Evaluation Specialist, Department of Education
"This will be an exciting time to head the Hawaiʻi-Pacific Evaluation Association, given the increasing demand for high quality evaluation of publicly- and privately-funded programs," said Inazu.
All of the elected officers were members of the original planning committee to get the association off the ground. Inazu initiated the petition to become a recognized AEA affiliate, and took the lead in organizing the group and planning for the inaugural conference.
"Her vision and excellent leadership made it clear to the group that she should continue to serve in this role," said Evensen, also a member of the planning group.
The Hawaiʻi-Pacific Evaluation Association, or H-PEA, was organized in 2005 by a group of faculty members from the University of Hawaiʻi and evaluators in educational, for-profit and non-profit organizations. It became an official affiliate of the American Evaluation Association in October 2005. H-PEA's mission is to foster a culture of excellence and ethics in evaluation in the Pacific region by improving evaluation practices and methods, increasing evaluation use, promoting evaluation as a profession, and supporting the contribution of evaluation to the generation of theory and knowledge about effective human action. Its current membership includes evaluators from local universities, educational and governmental agencies, and from the private sector. For more information, email email@example.com.


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January 19, 2013
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Well, we showed up late to playgroup and there was no one in sight (except for ducks in the pond). I thought about turning right around and heading home since Monday mornings are not ideal for outings, but we stopped anyway. Turns out it's pretty fun to play with just your kids sometimes.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Just the four of us
Well, we showed up late to playgroup and there was no one in sight (except for ducks in the pond). I thought about turning right around and heading home since Monday mornings are not ideal for outings, but we stopped anyway. Turns out it's pretty fun to play with just your kids sometimes.
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Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Erik's day out
The Mariners migrate south for their spring training to none other than our current stomping grounds. Kyle and some friends got tickets to enjoy a little show time and Erik was more than happy to accompany them.
I think he'll go just about anywhere for a hot dog.
However, baseball turned out to be less-than-fascinating to Erik. Rather, he passed the time with his hand at the camera.
(Wow, those are some third-trimester-looking feet, Erik.)
Erik is the best kid to take absolutely anywhere. He'll just sit and entertain himself for hours without a word of complaint. Awesome on road trips. Perfect at the store. Snuggly and true to the end.
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Sunday, April 03, 2011
So, I'd been feeling the absence of a shopping spree in my life quite keenly. I don't shop often, really, but when I do, it tends to be in the face of an astronomical clearance event so... it becomes a spree.
Even when things are cheap, though, I'm finally starting to cut down on some uneccessary purchases, like clothes, toys, rockin decor items, etc. I have a weak spot for literature, though. I seem to always always always be able to justify purchasing books. They're always dirt cheap books, mind you, but still, our shelves are full and yet... I could not resist our library's recent book sale.
The kids and I whittled our enormous round one stack of books down to the following. At a buck a piece, we had to be judicial.
(Oh, funny store about "The Boo Boo Book." I was so excited to see it there because Kyle's parents gifted it to us for Christmas and the kids absolutely love it. I bought it anyway, thinking I wouldn't have a problem finding someone who'd take it.
Well, at home, I searched and searched and could NOT find our Boo Boo copy. Then I realized that this was the only book we bought at the sale that didn't have a library bar code on it. Also, pretty much all of the board books for sale were hashed to pieces at the brutal hands of toddler legions. This copy was in quite good condition, as if only three kids had been handling it for only three months...
Yup, finally we concluded that this was indeed OUR copy of The Boo Boo Book that we must have inadvertently left at the library. How serendipitously wonderful that we were the ones who managed to swipe it at the sale, and before we even noticed it was lost!)
Well, that was a good time and all, but the next day, in the sale's final hour...
Ellie and I stuffed eight plastic bags full of books (for a buck a bag this time!)-- that's right, EIGHT. A staff member had to give us our own book cart and help us roll it to our car.
While we shopped, I felt a tad sheepish continuously returning to that employee for yet another bag to fill, while families around me exited contently with a single bag. Each time I approached her, I had this nagging fear that she would turn me down for exceeding the greed limit, but no. For the record, I DID leave a few of the (particularly mangled and unattractive) books there for others patrons.
Yeah, talk about judging a book by its cover... I'd only ever heard of a handful of the titles that I brought home. These are the library rejects, after all. No matter. If they're terrible literature, we won't feel bad about throwing them out. Otherwise, we've still managed to bulk up the Larsen family library for a negligible fee.
Ever since second grade, I've dreamed of having a library room like in Beauty and the Beast. I think we're finally on our way...
This is glee, sheer glee. Even without the love of books, this bargain gave me chills the rest of the day. Yipeeeee!
Kyle has forbidden me to purchase any more books for a year. It's been seven days, and excluding Goodwill's half-off sale and my community garage sale finds, I have kept good on his wish...
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Lisa Holt is a Napa Valley-based interior designer obsessed with all things related to art and design.
Born in California and educated in London, it's often said that her talent is to come up with sophisticated and contemporary designs with a sense of casual elegance, refinement and wit. And we can vouch for that. Lisa nothing short of creative.
Free time is spent in her own vineyard, while work — designing hotels and residences for clients throughout the U.S. and internationally — is being done from the Bay Area offices in San Francisco.
Some of Lisa's work include the amazing Milliken Creek Inn and Spa or the Hotel Yountville, both of which are located in the beautiful Napa Valley. But we'll let you find out more about her in this enticing interview. Read on!
(Editor's note: Lisa is a hell of a person; and her website music is addictive)
Lisa, you have extensively traveled throughout the world. What is the one culture that has influenced your designs the most?
I actually have two, Italy and Southeast Asia. Those are the areas of the world that I consistently refer to when I am thinking about design and creation.
What is your favorite city skyline? Have you ever incorporated it into a design?
One of my favorite city skylines is Rome's, because it has multiple hills, the ancient ruins, and those incredible cathedral domes. Although it is an amazing site, I have never actually incorporated the skyline into any of my designs.
On your "Lisa Holt Inspired" blog you have a chair that appears to be hanging upside-down by a leg and you list "chair whores" as one of the sites that influenced you. How did your love affair with chairs start?
The upside down bergere chair on my blog site is a sketch I did a number of years ago for a client. The bergere is a reproduction of a Louis XV seating item. I think my love affair with chairs started because they are the primary item in a space that we interact with. We see them, we sit on them, and sometimes we even dance with them. Utilizing fabulous chairs gives you the opportunity to have an artistic expression, along with the ability to introduce multiple materials. Chairs are just an incredibly versatile design tool.
You say one of your most highly prized assets is your ability to listen. Did you ever have a situation where the customer did not quite know what they wanted and just said "go for it!"? Tell us about what you did.
Regarding my ability to listen … that comes out in a number of ways. Many of my clients are usually surprised that I deliver what they are imagining with the first presentation. That's because I am trained to interpret all kinds of information a client gives me when we begin work together. A great example is my recently completed project, Hotel Yountville. The client did not have any specific design criteria other than the expected hotel programming. Given this flexibility, I created a design statement that is a consummate updated version of the napa valley wine country experience, with a hip European overlay. The project has already won a number of awards for the design.
What are your favorite two or three projects and why?
One of my favorite residential projects I have actually just completed was a project involving the renovation of an old church into a residence. The client is a very talented couple, with great vision. They were wonderful people to work with and the product that we developed for them was quite sophisticated and unexpected. Another project that I am very fond of is Spa Acqua, which is a freestanding 5,000 sq ft hotel spa. Conceptually, it was to feel completely different from the hotel, and so I created a very contemporary space, yet it is very warm and relaxing. It has been well received by all of the spa guests and was featured on the cover of American Spa magazine.
You have completed many luxury hotel renovations throughout the world. What are some of the challenges in incorporating some of those ideas into a luxury home? Obviously there are space and scaling issues.
In regards to doing residential work that feels like my hotels…some of the challenges definitely involve scaling issues because the power of the space of a lobby is difficult to replicate in most residential experiences. You normally don't have the ceiling heights or 5,000 sq ft clear to work with a residence, so there are definitely some issues there. However there are some elements that I typically make sure that I always incorporate into my residences that come directly from hotels. I love the use of moving water and the elements of fire or fireplaces, these are always elements that people are attracted to on a subconscious level, and can easily be brought into the residential experience.
Can you remember when was it that you decided interior design is what you want to do for the rest of your life?
Well I was pretty hooked from the moment I started running around, working on window displays in London. I can remember being heartbroken over the fact that we would work ourselves to the bone over a display that would only be up 2 weeks, and then it would be gone. I remember saying that I wanted to create things that were more permanent.
Still remember your first project?
Yes. It was the worst (laughs). It was the engineering office for a gentleman I was dating's father, and it was a disaster! But it was definitely a learning experience.
How do you manage to be so creative. What is it that inspires you to create?
Almost everything around me inspires me to create. I am very visual I spend a lot of time in nature, despite the fact I have lived most of my life in cities. Because of this I am constantly being exposed to the colors, forms, massing and volumes that occur in nature, and when combined with mans' interpretation, it becomes even more interesting. So fashion, art, architecture, dance, music, theatre…all of those elements are big inspirations for me. Just people watching can be inspirational, because when you watch how people behave in a space, you learn what you need to do to solve the problems that come up in design. That's really what designers are, we are problem solvers.
If you had to describe your work in three words, what would these words be?
Three words is pretty limited in terms of how I would describe my work, but I would say textural, experiential and sensual. I would also add the descriptor sophisticated.
What is the most rewarding aspect of your work?
There are actually two phases to the work that are very rewarding for me. When you first start construction on a job and it begins to lay out in 3 dimensional form is a incredible experience. This is when you see the truth in the phrase "creating something from nothing." In that moment you see the space you are creating that people will live into, and that's a very exciting experience. Another gratifying point is when you see the people you have created the designs for beginning to interact in the space. This is incredibly informative because it tells you what you did right and what you didn't do right. When people come into spaces and don't want to leave them…you know you have done your job as a designer.
In the end, tell us how you'd like to change the world if you wanted it to be a better place.
If I said world peace right now I think I would sound like a Miss Universe contestant, but I have to admit that if I could wave a magic wand, I would make all of us more conscious of our decisions on an everyday basis about how we impact the world around us. We live in this very special place on this exquisite blue orb in the universe, and we want to preserve and protect it.
Thank you Lisa for taking the time to answer our questions.


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Illinois lawmakers are about to wrap up their legislative session, and we're sure you feel much better about the state of the state now that lawmakers have addressed such pressing issues as cupcakes and soda. Pizza probably wasn't on the legislative menu.
Here's our take on some of the issues lawmakers dealt with during the session.
Cupcake bill. Chloe Stirling's story has to be the silliest, most glaring example of government overreach we've seen. Chloe, a 12-year-old who lives in Troy, did the dastardly deed of selling homemade cupcakes to family and friends. An article in the local newspaper alerted the Madison County Health Department, which shut her down.
She was told she needed to follow the rules by setting up a commercial kitchen and other nonsense. What's next? Make grandma get a permit before the kids can eat a cookie or two at Christmas?
Getting the Illinois General Assembly involved usually is enough to make you lose your appetite, but this time common sense prevailed.
House Bill 5354 prevents county and state health departments from regulating small, home-based food businesses that earn less than $1,000 a month. It's a good, one-page bill, yet it almost didn't turn out that way.
The bill passed the House 106-0, but once it got into the Senate, Sen. Donne E. Trotter wanted to add a bunch of rules like requiring a food safety course, permits and other stuff that would be burdensome to anyone, let alone a sixth-grader. Fortunately, senators rejected the amendments. When the original bill was resubmitted, it passed 57-0.
Soda tax: The soda tax is dead — for now. The Illinois House Revenue and Finance Committee on Tuesday voted it down. The tax would have added 1 cent per ounce of sweetened beverage, or an extra 20 cents for that Coke you get out of your company's vending machine.
Educating people on how to live healthier is a good idea, but legislating an extra fee to sip a sugary soda is not. Discouraging people from consuming those 200 calories in a typical soft drink isn't going to turn fat people into fit people.
Sen. Mattie Hunter, D-Chicago, the sponsor of the bill, has said she will keep trying. We hope all her attempts meet with the same results.
Nonbinding referendums: Usually we think it's good to let voters decide, but not when it means lawmakers are shirking their duty.
Speaker of the House Mike Madigan is pushing nonbinding referendums on whether there should be a tax on millionaires and whether Illinois should raise the minimum wage. Those are tough issues that we pay our lawmakers to decide.
Given how few people vote, a scientific poll probably would be a more accurate way to gauge public opinion.
Land of Lincoln: Madigan also wants to create a new state agency to oversee Springfield's Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency is responsible for the museum and 55 other historic sites. Madigan thinks the Lincoln museum, which has drawn more than 3 million visitors since it opened in 2005, should be run by its own agency. The transfer of power is expected to cost taxpayers $2.4 million.
The idea may have merit, but it has come up too quickly to decide whether it's a good move or not. Plus, the state should be in a penny-pinching mode considering the condition of its finances.
School funding: State Sen. Andy Manar, D-Bunker Hill, sponsored a bill that would reduce funds to more wealthy school districts and give the money to needier districts. Rockford schools would get an additional $18.5 million, a 17.5 percent increase; Harlem would get $2 million more (8.7 percent); Belvidere would get an additional $3.1 million (12.1 percent); North Boone would see $926,000 more (17.1 percent); Hononegah High School would get $101,000 more (2.2 percent); and Freeport would see $3 million more (18.1 percent).
The Illinois Senate approved Manar's bill. A system that has been in place since 1997 and is not working for the districts that need the most help must change. We hope representatives take up the issue.


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We like to anthropomorphize the objects in our lives, assigning our tools and tech personalities of their own. But some just go ahead and do it for you. The gadgets you are about to see wear their hearts on their sleeves.
HAPPY: That wide-eyed innocence. "Everybody is going to want me," thinks the Sony HDR-TD10e 3D camcorder. "I'm going to change the world."
SAD: This morning, this moped's wife left him for a Vespa. He's not sure he has the will go on.
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HAPPY: Look at that soul-patch. Look at those slits for eyes. This coffee-maker is high as hell.
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SAD: The blank stare of resignation. The mascara made of ashes. The world's saddest cigarette butt depository, St. John Street, Clerkenwell, England.
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SAD: What horrors have you seen, smoke detector?
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HAPPY: Hello, little windshield-wiper fluid dispenser! Aren't you just the cutest thing?
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SAD: Shock, as the newsbox realizes its face is made of poop.
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HAPPY: That carefree, off-center grin. This is the Dennis Quaid of alarm clocks.
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SAD: For every happy alarm clock, there is another that has known untellable sorrow.
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SAD: Now is the bathtub of our discontent...
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HAPPY: Are you winking at me, you saucy little key tension adjustment knob on a Remington typewriter? Behave...
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SAD: Are you sick, little lock? Say, "Ahh!"
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HAPPY: USB man thinks he's so fresh with his flattop.
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SAD: "Who will play with me now?" asked the tape, alone, from the floorboard of a 1987 Buick LeSabre.
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HAPPY: Sony Ericsson camera phone is clearly manic depressive. Here you see a very high high before it spirals once again into darkness.
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SAD: You'd be frowning too if you were a Samsung watch-phone nobody bought.
HAPPY: Gets tremendous satisfaction from weighing things.
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SAD: Doorbell/letterbox has the disposition (and eyebrows) of Bert from Sesame Street.
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SAD: "I can perk up everyone, except myself," laments the espresso machine.
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meow wrote:Idoit40fans wrote:His mediocrity justified all the questioning of the decision to give him the net and give it to him so early. Did anyone in junior hockey agree with it? 3 of the four goals today were saveable, 1 should have definitely been saved.
1st goal, screened by not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4....FOUR of his own guys. 2nd goal, screened by 2 of his own guys. 3rd goal was nasty. A curl and drag into the middle with a US guy busting the net and a perfectly placed shot. 4th goal was probably the weakest goal, and his D just let Vesey walk around him. Were they savable? Maybe, but to expect your goalie to make those saves, you should be prepared to lose.
I you are good enough to be given the job that early, youre good enough to stop goals 2 and 3. The 4th was bad.


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Silent Treatment
In three of their five postseason berths, the Phillies clinched against the Nationals, twice at Citizens Bank Park (2007-08) and the other in DC (2010).
Washington came to town with a magic number of five. With the Phillies win on Tuesday night, the Nationals cannot clinch on Citizens Bank Park's field. The two teams end the season with another three-game series starting on Monday night in Nationals Park so Washington could still return the favor. Chances are, they'll clinch before then.
For only the third time this season, Cole didn't pitch six innings but he still won, his career-high 16th. He gave up three runs in five innings and then the bullpen tossed four, one-hit shutout innings.
Remembering His First
Ruf will certainly remember his first home run. Upon getting back into the dugout, he received a total silent treatment from his teammates until the inning ended and then was mobbed. Getting back to his position in left field, he received a standing-O. The rookie waived and then tipped his cap. Good move. Wish more players did that.
He's the 20th player in Phillies history who's first hit was a home run. The last one was Mayberry in Yankee Stadium in 2009. The first was a pitcher, Bill Duggleby, in 1898.
Ruf also became the 24th different Phillies player to homer, breaking the 1996 mark of 23.
The Philadelphia Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America will present their four annual awards pre-game on Wednesday: **Steve Carlton Most Valuable Pitcher—Cole. **Mike Schmidt Most Valuable Player—Chooch. **Dallas Green Special Achievement—J-Roll. **Tug McGraw True Pro—Pierre.
Writers first presented the awards in 2004.
Forty years ago, Lefty Steve Carlton turned in a spectacular season for the Phillies, winning 27 games and winning his first Cy Young Award.
MLB.com's Hal Bodley has an in depth feature on Lefty at www.phillies.com/alumni. Check it out.
September 26, 1954: CF Richie Ashburn finishes the season by playing in his 730th straight game, a Phillies all-time record that still stands. The streak began June 7, 1950 and ended when Ashburn failed to make the 1955 opener after getting injured in a collision with LF Del Ennis during a spring training exhibition game in Wilmington, DE.
September 26, 1976, 1st game: After watching a lead of 15 ½ games on August 24, 1976, slip to three games in three weeks, the Phillies clinch their first post-season title in 26 years, 4-1 over the Expos in Jarry Park, the final day for the Montreal park.
September 26, 1998, 2nd game: RHP Curt Schilling strikes out seven Florida batters in his final start to finish with 300 strikeouts, only the fifth big league pitcher with 300 or strikeouts in back-to-back seasons.
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Re: Remembering his first: it's "whose first hit…" not "who's [who is] first hit…"
Thanks. Grammar check didn't like "whose". So I changed it.
"CF Richie Ashburn finishes the season by playing in his 730th straight game…"
Look at this season's cast of injury prone athletes who can't even make it through 150 games without going on the DL cause of a hang nail. And most don't play the game as hard as Whitey did. Pathetic.
why did we trade wilson valdez ? that was a knunkleheaded ida, that has blown up in our collective faces, time for M O N E Y B A L L !!!!