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so i'm wanting to transcribe some of Jim Hall's comping/chord voicings, specifically from 'big blues' with red mitchell (here, specifically 4:26-5:50). i was curious if anyone had tips on how to go about it, or maybe approaches that would be helpful in successfully transcribing it. thanks, all the best
transcribing comping tips?(3 posts)
Play 3 random notes on the piano and try to sing the middle voice (check after). Increase the number of notes and always try to sing the middle ones (the bass and the top are usually easy). Has helped me hear inner voices on voicings...
Along the lines of jorge's suggestion: to improve your ability to hear inner voices, play a three-note chord on the piano or guitar, and work on moving just one or two voices:
* move upper note, listen to lower two
* move lower note, listen to upper two
* move upper and lower, listen to middle
* keep upper and lower static, move middle voice
This helps your ear practice home in on particular voices. Singing helps, too, as always.
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Is there anything like
tail –f that also works well with binary files and supports exit conditions like "on pid X death" or so?
Is there a command-line tool that can read from a file and write the file's contents to stdout, blocking on EOF?
Is there anything like
ISTM that
The original philosophy on Unix was to keep things simple. While its commercialization may have taken it away from that principle, I wouldn't expect to find a single program that did file I/O and also monitored the health of other processes. The best way to get the exit conditions you want may be to write a shell script and wrap it around


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the GaMERCaT - Help Wanted by celesseWatch
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You're doing it wrong.
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how did the cuckoo's not attack him? xD
This is love I wish that could happen honestly...
I'll just hope they've only passed out from fear.. nice work on her expression when Gamercat returns with them though, really well expressive ^^
Technically speaking, she didn't say if she wanted him to bring them dead or alive.
When you stab one chicken, an army will raise and kill you ! That's Legend of Zelda XD
Nice comic, anyway
Nice comic, anyway
Never hire a cat for a bird job
i say fry them
"Ha Ha Ha! Do it! Do it! Do it mooooore!"
-Marin, Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Yay!! Demolish the Cucco's!! ! Those evil puffs of feathers always destroyed me in the games ;
Whenever I try this, those Cucco's turn into demonic, overpowered monsters and kill me.
I guess GamerCat is adorable enough to get away with it. ^^
specifics, motherfucker.
Lol! I call one of my friends M the gamer cat xD
Nuh uh. He's doin it rite
Awww! GamerCat <3 Too cute!
Let me help you....
Hah, yes, you win my laughter.
Hah, yes, you win my laughter.
Why does she have any at all then. O_e
I was just wondering with some other commentors if that wouldn't be dangereous for Link/Gamercat
Lmao! That's hilarious. Freaking Cuccos.
This makes one wonder how Gamercat didn't die a horrible death.
She did never say they have to be alive.
I'm pretty sure he's doing them right
XD nice!
This is so funny!
I wish, lol maybe then they wouldn't KEEP escaping. . .
I have been mentally asking that since 1998.
XD Awesome.. Nice idea
Allergic? WHAT!
Hehe, this is clever and funny! Greatness!
This needs a continuation. A line of angry chickens with glowing red eyes on the walls staring down the gamer kitty.....
awesome! always hated trying to catch thoughs XD
that last panel is so cute!!!!!!!!!!!
I love cats XD
I love cats XD
Oh it so sweet and funny! He look like my cat
If you can kill Ganon, you are strong
If you can kill cuccos... level GOD
At least the reward was well worth the time: with a reward like a [spoiler], anything is worth doing to get it.
im surpirsed he didn't get cuckoo rage as a reward
Omg. This is funny, but almost impossible in zelda. But very funny x'D
As if you could kill them in the first place
those things are indestructible...
those things are indestructible...
Yay! I've missed your comics! Are you going to do some more ponies soon (hope, hope)?
I remember this quest. Which one was it from? Majora's Mask?
They update every week on the website ;3
And this quest was in Ocarina of Time.
^^ Yeah, someone else pointed that out to me. Haven't played either game in forever so I couldn't remember. I actually got the system so I could play that game way back when...
No this is from Ocarina of Time
^^ I knew it was one of the two. I haven't played either in forever so it was a stab in the dark. I did wonder why she had cuccos when she was allergic Then she's the one you get the blue egg from, right?


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South Korea, US begin drills as North Korea threatens war
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean state media said today that Pyongyang had carried through with a threat to cancel the 60-year-old armistice that ended the Korean War, as it and South Korea staged dueling war games amid threatening rhetoric that has risen to the highest level since North Korea rained artillery shells on a South Korean island in 2010. Enraged over the South's joint military drills with the United States and recent U.N. sanctions, Pyongyang has piled threat on top of threat, including vows to launch a nuclear strike on the U.S. Seoul has responded with tough talk of its own and has placed its troops on high alert.
JS you need to do your research. The nuclear history of North Korea goes well beyond President Clinton. In 1986 a reactor at Yongbyon went online that was powered by uranium with the potential to produce weapons-grade plutonium.
UNCOMMONSENSE JS did not state that the North Korean nuke program started under the Clinton administration. What he did allude to was the fact that the American taxpayers spent over a billion dollars building the North Korean's a nuke reactor that would not be able to make a plutonium bomb. Thank you Bill Clinton (tongue in cheek) .So what did the North Koreans do instead, they built an Atomic Bomb out of uranium. I have to ask you , do you think our tax dollar was well spent.


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Kindergarten and first-grade students of Dewey Elementary School gathered in the playground area Friday afternoon, unaware of what the next few minutes would bring. The students lined up, according to class, with their teachers at the front of each line. Also present was Dave Kinen, a popular Chillicothe R-2 coach and former elementary Physical Education teacher, who has been battling ALS for the last several years. He, too, was unaware of what was going to take place. Once everyone got into position, School Principal Abby Smith called for the students' attention. "At Dewey School, we are taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in honor of the awesome coach Dave Kinen, and we are challenging the rest of the staffs in the Chillicothe district at all the other schools to take the challenge," Smith announced. On the count of "3", the staff members dumped a bucket of ice-cold water over their heads. Then, one student from each class was called upon to dump a bucket of water on top of their principal's head. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has been sweeping the nation to raise awareness and money for Lou Gehrig's disease research and assistance. A video of the Dewey School challenge that was posted Friday afternoon on the C-T's Facebook page had reached more than 19,000 people as of press time Monday, and was shared more than 220 times.
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Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
Ted Lilly threw 5.2 IP (66 pitches – 46 strikes) for the Iowa Cubs this morning against the Angels AAA squad (Salt Lake) at Fitch Park Field #3, allowing one run on three hits, no walks, with four strikeouts.
Lilly was supposed to throw four innings/60 pitches, but he was so efficient with his pitches he ended-up working into the 6th inning before he hit 60 pitches, and even then he ended up going slightly over his pre-arranged pitch limit.
Lilly retired the first nine men he faced, and he generally threw strikes (he didn't walk anyone, and he went to a three-ball count on only two of the 20 men he faced). While he had outstanding command of his fast ball and had a really good change-up today (same as last time), he had some difficulty commanding his curve, bouncing three in the dirt.
Here is Lilly's INNING-BY INNING LOG:
1st INNING:
F-7 on 3-2 pitch
3-U on 2-0 pitch
K (swinging) on 1-2 pitch
2nd INNING:
F-9 on 1-0 pitch
F-9 on 1-1 pitch
K (swinging) on 2-2 pitch
3rd INNING:
5-3 on 0-1 pitch
P-3 on 2-0 pitch
K (looking) on 0-2 pitch
4th INNING:
Bunt single (ball bounced off plate and over Lilly's head) on first pitch
F-9 on 1-0 pitch
Lilly balked – runner advanced to 2nd base (otherwise runner was picked-off)
Lilly threw wild pitch as breaking ball bounced in dirt in front of plate, runner advanced to 3rd base
F-7 SF on 1-2 pitch, runner scored easily from 3rd base
P-6 on 1-1 pitch
5th INNING:
F-9 on 0-1 pitch
K (looking) on 3-2 pitch
Line single to RF on first pitch
1-3 on 0-1 [pitch
6th INNING:
F-7 on 1-2 pitch
Triple into right-centerfield alley on 1-2 pitch
FC (6-2) on 0-2 pitch, runner thrown out at home
The Iowa Cubs didn't do much offensively, scoring a run in the 4th on a Bryan Lahair lead-off double into the RF corner and two ground outs, and the tying run with two outs in the bottom of the 9th on a throwing error by the Angels 3rd baseman on a Darwin Barney infield single after Marquez Smith and Matt Camp walked. (The game ended in a 2-2 tie, as Micah Hoffpauir flied out to the warning track in left-center with the potential winning run on base).
While Lilly was throwing against the Angels AAA squad on Field #3, Cubs #5 starter Tom Gorzelanny was getting shelled by the Angels AA squad (Arkansas) on Field #2, getting knocked-out of the game in the top of the 4th after allowing two HR. His breaking ball was really sharp, but his fast ball had no life and he really got hammered.
Starlin Castro had two RBI triples in the game.
Today is "getaway day" for the Cubs full-season minor league teams (Iowa, Tennessee, Daytona, and Peoria), so all games started at 9 AM. The Boise/Mesa squad will be remaining at Fitch Park and becomes the Cubs Extended Spring Training squad, playing games most every morning Monday-Saturday (they get Sunday's off) until mid-June.
Here is today's abridged box score (Iowa Cubs players only):
NOTE: Jose Guevara was brought up from Boise/Mesa for today's game only, and utility infielder Jonathan Mota will be assigned to Extended Spring Training for a while as he continues to learn the art of catching.
1. Matt Camp, SS: 0-4 (Kc, 6-3, Ks, P-4, BB)
2. Darwin Barney, 2B: 2-5 (1B, E-3, F-8, F-7, 1B+E5)
3. Micah Hoffpauir, 1B: 2-4 (1B, 1B, 3-1, BB, F-8)
4. Jason Dubois, LF: 0-4 (L-7, F-7, 5-3, Ks)
5. Bryan Lahair, RF: 2-4 (3-U, 2B, 1B, Ks, R)
6. James Adduci, CF: 1-4 (1B, 4-3, E-4, Ks)
7. Chris Robinson, C: 0-4 (4-6 FC, E-4, 6-4 FC, F-8, RBI)
8. Marquez Smith, 3B: 0-3 (4-U FC, F-9, 6-4 FC, BB, R)
9a. Ted Lilly, P: 0-2 (4-3, F-7)
9b. Bobby Scales, DH: 0-1 (Kc)
9c. Jose Guevara, PH: 0-1 (Ks)
1. Ted Lilly- 5.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 1 BALK, 4/9 GO/FO, 66 pitches (46 strikes)
2. Thomas Diamond – 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/1 GO/FO, 17 pitches (8 strikes)
3. J. R. Mathes - 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 0 K, 2/1 GO/FO, 10 pitches (6 strikes)
4. Jay Jackson – 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GO/FO, 8 pitches (6 strikes)
Best I can tell, here are the Iowa, Tennessee, Daytona, Peoria, and Boise/Mesa rosters as they were yesterday:
Mitch Atkins
Casey Coleman
Thomas Diamond
* John Gaub
Jeff Gray
Jay Jackson
* Scott Maine
* J. R. Mathes
Mike Parisi
Blake Parker
Brian Schlitter
Jeff Stevens
Welington Castillo
* Mark Johnson (Inactive - player/coach)
Chris Robinson
Darwin Barney
* Matt Camp
* Micah Hoffpauir
* Bryan Lahair
# Bobby Scales
Marquez Smith
* James Adduci
Jason Dubois
* Sam Fuld
* Brad Snyder
Austin Bibens-Dirkx
Todd Blackford
* Ryan Buchter
David Cales
Chris Carpenter (Limited Activity Only – Injury Rehab)
Marco Carrillo
Andrew Cashner
Hung-Wen Chen
Alessandro Maestri
Marcos Mateo
Craig Muschko
Jake Muyco
* Jeremy Papelbon
David Patton (Limited Activity Only – Injury Rehab)
* Dustin Sasser
* Chris Siegfried
* Luke Sommer
Robinson Chirinos
* Steve Clevenger
Russ Canzler
Starlin Castro
* Ryan Flaherty
* Blake Lalli
* Jake Opitz
Nate Samson
* Matt Spencer (Disabled List – broken toe)
Tony Thomas
* Tony Campana
Brandon Guyer
Ty Wright
Chris Archer
Alberto Cabrera
Rafael Dolis
Chris Huseby
* James Leverton
Oswaldo Martinez
Dan McDaniel
Mike Perconte
* Brooks Raley
Dae-Eun Rhee
* Chris Rusin
Ryan Searle
Aaron Shafer
Michael Brenly
Luis Flores
* Mark Reed
# Alvaro Sosa
# Marwin Gonzalez
Junior Lake
D. J. Lemahieu
# David Macias
# Matt Matulia (Inactive - player/coach)
Josh Vitters
* Ryne White
Smaily Borges
* Kyler Burke
* Brett Jackson
* Jason James
* Nelson Perez
* Jeffry Antigua
* Jeffrey Beliveau
Steve Grife
Su-Min Jung
Jordan Latham
Corey Martin
Trey McNutt
Ronny Morla
Jon Nagel
Andres Quezada
Nick Struck
Robert Whitenack
Mario Mercedes
Jovan Rosa (ex-3B)
* Justin Bour
* Matt Cerda
* Hak-Ju Lee
George Matheus
Greg Rohan
* Logan Watkins
* Richard Jones
Jesus Morelli
* Alvaro Ramirez
# Jose Valdez
Frank Batista
Justin Bristow (Limited Activity – injury rehab)
Rogelio Carmona
Tim Clubb
Eduardo Figueroa
Jesse Ginley
Yohan Gonzalez
Gian Guzman (ex-SS)
* Cody Hams
Marcus Hatley (TJS rehab)
Dylan Johnston (TJS rehab)
Danny Keefe
* Austin Kirk
* Casey Lambert (TJS rehab)
Luis Liria
Toby Matchulat
* John Mincone
Tarlandus Mitchell
Arismendy Mota
Julio Pena
* Marcos Perez
Carlos Rojas
Melvin Rosa
Jose Rosario
* Drew Rundle (ex-OF)
Adam Spencer
Larry Suarez
Tzu-An Wang
Yao-Lin Wang
* Sergio Burruel
Jose Guevara
Jae-Hoon Ha
Garrett Maines
Jonathan Mota (ex-SS)
Carlos Romero
# Arismendy Alcantara
* Ping-Chieh Chen
* Wes Darvill
# Rafael Disla
D. J. Fitzgerald
Derek Helenihi
Brandon May
Rebel Ridling (appendectomy rehab)
Charles Thomas
* Bobby Wagner
# Vismeldy Bieneme
Runey Davis
* Francisco Guzman
Dong-Yub Kim
* Kyung-Min Na
Cody Shields
Blair Springfield
NOTE: The Boise/Mesa squad becomes the Cubs Extended Spring Training (EXST) team at Fitch Park April-May-June.
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
2 hours until baseball counts again :D
...also, woo ted lilly.
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
no castro in DM either? after lilly leaves the main attraction will be watching ryno flash signs from the 3b box; that & diamond...thomas diamond throwing his thunderball...
you cannot kill
Jason Dubois...
he's the cockroach of Cubs minor league players.
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
Bobby Scales says hi
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
Looks like it'll be a boring season in Peoria, is that your take Phil? To me, it looks as if Antigua, Cerda and of course, Hak Ju are the only players with much upside.
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
What about Watkins?
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
Trey McNutt is one to watch -- sounds like if he could control his stuff, he would be one of our best pitching prospects. I think Az Phil spoke about Richard Jones having great power. Rosa should hit Peoria pitching pretty well and hopefully becomes a good catcher.
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
Lilly's 15 day DL stint is retroactive from March 26th which means he's theoretically eligible to return April 10th.
Not that he'll be ready to be reactivated that soon.
Since no interesting (NL) teams are playing tonight
Re: Since no interesting (NL) teams are playing tonight
29 of 44. Did bad on the College of Coaches era, 1916-1925 managers, and whiffed on 1941-44 & 1974-76 plus various forgettables in the 80's & early 90's.
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
Phil, I notice there are three outfielders on TN roster (not including Matt Spencer who is on DL), and five on the Daytona roster. With Jackson and Burke in Daytona, do you think a callup - even if temporary - is likely?
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
lol... nevermind. And I haven't even had anything to drink tonight.
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
looks like we ultimately will come out ahead by missing out in the Chan Ho Park sweepstakes (seems he's got a little Aaron Heilman in him)
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
I forgot how wicked that 2-seamer is, though. That thing jumps around a lot.
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
Any word on who the 'last outs' were? The hitter and pitcher who just missed making Peoria.
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
Az. Phil, all this player movement and still Julio " The Animal" Castillo still hasnt showed up.
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
Thanks for the roster info, Phil.
1. Thomas, Opitz, and Samson joining Castro and Flaherty, does that probably mean Flaherty will primarily play 3B and let the others share 2B? (When Marquez Smith was with Tenn, I'd figured Flaherty primarily for 2b.)
Rotation questions:
1. Nick Struck: does he seem slotted for rotation or relief. Have you seen or heard anything about him? He got some superslot money, McNutt-level I think, so I'm curious how much they like him?
2. Iowa: which of these 6 is *not* in the rotation? I'm guessing Mathes starts as the token lefty, and it's Atkis or Parisi to the pen?
3. Tenn: With Cashner and Patton hurt, and Rusin dropped to Daytona, I'm puzzling for their rotation. Cashner, Bibens, Muschko, Chen, and Papelbon? Or will there be some surprise reliever-used-in-rotation deal, with Blackford or Carrillo or Mateo or something?
4. Daytona: as you noted, a lot of names. I'm assuming Archer, Cabrera, Dolis, Raley, Rhee, Rusin, and Searle are the 7 rotation candidates, and even that is a surplus; or will on of the Shafer/Leverton/Martinez group surprise me and be starting and crowd it even more? Dropping Raley to Peoria could alleviate some of the glut, I'd think...
5. Peoria: without Raley, I see Jeffry Antigua Trey McNutt Nick Struck Su-Min Jung Ronny Morla
Robert Whitenack and Jon Nagel as seven rotation/piggy-back possibilities, and Raley could add an 8th. Am I missing anybody for rotation? And are there any of my rotation possibilities who are definitely going to be used in relief rather than rotation, based on what you've seen? Struck, or Morla, or Jung, or somebody?
Thanks much for all your input. Fun to look forward to the upcoming minor league season.
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
This may be a dumb question or one that has already been answered (if so, my bad), but why isn't Starlin Castro going to Iowa? It seems that the Cubs see Castro as the starting SS of the future and Darwin Barney as more of a backup/utility guy. If so, and if the Cubs want Castro to keep developing, why not send him to Iowa and face better pitching and have Barney back him up there? Are they trying to keep Barney fresh and ready to be promoted as the first middle INF call-up during 2010 if someone gets hurt at the big-league level?
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
AA is considered the last real proving ground in the minors. AAA is where guys go to rehab...stay ready for a call-up..work on a pitch..get one last shot/hang on to a dream, etc...
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
I disagree. It's also where you stash fairly developed prospects so they can face the best competition until you have an opening for them--or until they force their ways into the majors.
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
1-Castro has less than half a season at AA. No need to rush.
2- Please check out some of the cannon fodder around AAA.
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
Top to bottom AAA pitching staffs are going to be better than AA staffs.
However AA is probably the best place for Castro to get off to a good start and build confidence. Knoxville is surely a better April hitting climate than Des Moines.
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
2009 Iowa Cubs:
Mitch Atkins
Esmailin Caridad
JR Mathes:
Jeff Samardzija
Jose Ascanio
2009 Tennessee Smokies:
Jay Jackson
Casey Coleman
Marcus Mateo
Andrew Cashner
HW Chen
Ok..ok..so I'm picking just the Cubs, but which rotation has more "prospects?"
I'm sure some of the AAA pitchers were quaking at facing players in the league like John-Ford Griffin, Bobby Scales, Jason Dubois, So Taguchi, and Luis Rivas, to name a few..jsut polluting the Cubs AAA team.
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
Ok..ok..so I'm picking just the Cubs
That's a bigger deal than you make it out to be. The Cubs system is deep, but most of the real prospects are very young--it certainly hasn't always been true that the Cubs highest ceiling players are in AA ball or (as was the case for the Cubs last year) A ball.
You don't think that Jackson, Coleman, Mateo or Chen will spend time in AAA? Cashner may not, but primarily because he's likely to end up a relief pitcher and the Cubs have a shaky bullpen.
If Castro skips AAA, it'll be because the Cubs need an infielder, not because AAA has no role in the development of an everyday player.
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
1. I didn't mean to suggest Castro shouldn't start in AA.
2. There's plenty of fodder and no-future/long shot prospects in AA as well.
Re: Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service
Phil - Is Jason James still in the organization, and if so, is there anything you can tell us about him. Also, have you seen or heard anything about Smailey Borges?
differences I spotted...
T. Blackford & D. Patton aren't on the AA roster
L. Sommer and C. Siegfried will start with Daytona
C. Lambert is on the Tennessee DL (along with M. Spencer as noted)
no sign of J. Leverton, D. McDaniel, J. James, L. Flores, or A. Sosa, all of whom Phil saw assigned to Daytona.
I assume some were cut and some stay back in extended spring training.
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Cards and Pirates lose. I'm OK with that.
I'm ready for the end of the Miggy era.
he juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust got there...1st appearance, injury...yow
b.matusz it is.
Oops. Colin Rea leaves the game with injury.
Cubs optioned Justin Grimm to Iowa after the game. No corresponding roster move announced yet, but it could be Brian Matusz.
Marlins with a quick 4 spot vs Jaime Garcia. Osuna HR the highlight.
Brian Matusz, supposedly he has attachments. Hope it's not like an email with a virus attached.
One thing to remember about Chapman -- he can be magic, but his ERA is higher than Rondon's this year. 100+ mph is fun, but I'd love to see a few more sliders. I think he enjoys the crowd reaction from 103 mph.
"Diamondbacks designated RHP Josh Collmenter for assignment."
aww...he was my 2nd favorite crapballer. his control issues are rather severe at the moment.
Wow -- Chapman gives up a hit and everything completely caves in. I think the Cubs went into collective shock.
Stolen base with the pitcher holding the ball, WP that should have been caught or blocked, then Russell with a 2-out error on a routine play. Cubs handed them 2 runs. Throw in a Fowler bobble and it was a mess.
Hopefully, that is all out of their system now -- let's get a W tomorrow.
First time I've ever seen a base running slump -- he's made some poor decisions recently, but I thought it was a great idea to try to score there -- it's not like Heyward was going to get a 2-out hit against a LHP. Sliding feet-first into home is probably the safe (ugh) way to go, but it's hard to get the foot on the plate.
Yup. He got squeezed (twice) on the first walk, but, when you have one-run lead and the other team is trying to make an out -- take the out.
Wasn't fun!
Clearly the Cubs need to clear out the farm and trade for another closer
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Editor: Washington doesn't seem committed to caring for those that have served our nation. Not only has the VA failed to give veterans the care needed, the U.S. government is taking away their religious freedoms. Maj. Gen. Craig Olson was facing possible court martial because of his speech at the National Day of Prayer.
What makes Islam radical?
Editor: Muslims are just like everyone else, searching for God, peace and love. But what is it about Islam that often leads to radicalism instead?
Even Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi said, "We need to revolutionize our religion (Islam)." Should they revolutionize the Islam religion, or search elsewhere for God's peace?
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Editor: The American Humanist Association (AHA) gets the Grinch Award. It sent letters threatening lawsuits to two schools unless these schools "cease and desist" their Operation Christmas Child projects. One school stood together and against this type of bulling.
View Academy in Highlands Ranch, Colo. received one of these letters.
The school board decided to comply with the AHA demands because of lack of funds to fight a legal battle.
Why is the DOD producing drugs?
This administration just loves to spend taxpayer dollars. The department of Department is going into the business of producing its own vaccines and bio-defense drugs. This not only duplicates what another agency is doing, government-hired experts have also advised against this $1 billion expense.
Editor: In a government shutdown, why would the Obama Administration spend money to block access to the World War II Memorial? This is an open-air 24-hour-a-day memorial, but the Obama Administration had to bring in forklifts, barricades and security to shut it down.
It cost more money to shut this memorial down and keep it shut than it would to leave open.
Editor: Martin Luther King Jr. would be proud that America elected a black president but he would be unhappy with President Obama.
King was a civil rights leader second but a man of God first. Therefore, he would be very displeased that our President pushes for abortion rights, even partial birth abortions and calls it "a war on women" if someone disagrees with killing unborn babies. King would not agree with President Obama's stance of requiring everyone to have insurance that pays for coverage against their religious convictions.
Editor: President Barack Obama angered some proponents of Catholic education during his visit to Ireland this week. He told a Belfast audience that towns will remain divided "if Catholics have their schools and buildings, and Protestants have theirs."
If Obama had studied the role of Catholic education in Northern Ireland, he would have learned about the contribution that Catholic education has made in bringing about the 15-year-old peace in the once-troubled region.
Our president seems to adore big government but scorns Christian organizations.
Editor: When Planned Parenthood brings in over a billion dollars in revenues, pays no taxes, and has $115 million in the bank, why should we give them a record $542 million in taxpayer dollars?
Also, Planned Parenthood had the flexibility to spend $15 million to put Barack Obama back in the White House. The U.S. Government can not continue to borrow from China to give money to organizations that need the money less than the working taxpayers and our future generation.
Editor: Later this month, the new government in Egypt is scheduled to begin taking delivery of 10 F-16 fighter jets and 200 Abrams tanks that will cost U.S. taxpayers $213 million.
The Obama administration should not be giving foreign aid to Egypt's new Muslim Brotherhood government. American has big fiscal problems, plus we should not support a Shariah dictatorship on Israel's border armed with American weapons.
Editor: The news media has ignored the open microphone slip President Barack Obama made when whispering to (Russian Federation) President Dmitry Medvedev that he needs more time — "particularly with missile defense."
The ominous question is, what is Obama hiding when he said "This is my last election... After my election I have more flexibility." It appears Obama is expressing confidence he will win a second term and he is ready to do something the Russians will like but the American people won't.
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After missing out on the sectional tournament due to injury last season, North Rockland junior Alex D'Angelo was at risk of the same fate this year. A nagging knee injury cost him some matches in the middle of the season, including holding him out of Eastern States, but he rehabbed and came back wrestling with a new fire. After avenging a loss from earlier in the season by defeating Suffern's Peter Oliveto for a Rockland county title, D'Angelo also reversed his fortunes against Fox Lane's Brandon Fay with a 1-0 decision in the 106-pound Division 1 final. When healthy, D'Angelo has proven that he is among the best lightweights in the section.
Here are the responses that I received from Alex:
How did you get started with wrestling? In seventh grade we did a wrestling gym unit and coach Martin thought it would be a good idea to join the modified team.
What is it that you love about the sport? It's a great workout and it builds great mental toughness for life.
Describe what was going through your head when the referee raised your hand after the finals: Damn, I did it.
What was the most difficult obstacle that you had to overcome this season? My weak mindset and my lack of confidence.
What area do you feel that you've improved in the most over the course of the season? My hard work habits.
What are you like off of the mat? I'm reckless.
What is playing in your headphones while you get ready for a match? Rap and techno.
What is your favorite food? Lobster ravioli.
Name one thing that's interesting about you that people may not know about: I'm a huge Wilfred (TV Show) fan.
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If there was an inspiring, non-sexualized movie playing in town that happened to have some natural nudity in it, I would not mind my children seeing it (they would probably not flinch about it either); however, if there was a PG-13 movie with a touch of raunchiness but "doesn't really SHOW anything" I would say no.
I'm also surprised by the level of violence that most Americans and even Mormons tolerate in their entertainment fare. I was amazed to hear of a "cleaned-up" R-rated movie shown in an LDS community for a family showing. Yup, they scrubbed-out a scene that showed a woman's nipple but left the murder and mayhem intact. (Sure wouldn't want them kiddies and babies to see one of those nursing apparati, now would we?)]]>
The South Africa movie ratings system has seven classifications, which is better in my opinion, but it's not perfect either. In addition, that system doesn't take its cues from the U.S.-based one. For instance, "The Matrix" is rated "10″ over there, meaning in theory that children under 10 years aren't allowed to watch it. "Saving Private Ryan" is rated "13." So naturally, a lot of people over there have seen those movies. Folks over there don't know what "R-rated" means, so it was shocking at first to this American missionary to hear Church members talk about seeing this or that movie which I knew was R-rated in the States. Of course, they didn't know that, nor should they be expected to.
For us moviegoers, the MPAA system is best understood as an important but imperfect guideline. It's an initial advisory thrown out there as a heads-up to people who are concerned about such things. The textual "explanations" of movie ratings added in 2000 help a bit, but they're also usually vaguely worded and sometimes poorly written. Kids-in-Mind and ScreenIt are helpful tools, but their classifications are imperfect too. One benefit to the Kids-in-Mind system is that over time it helps you know where your personal boundaries are. With me, for instance, I know what anything over a "4″ for sexuality, a "7″ for violence, and a "5″ for language will make me feel fairly uncomfortable.
Given all of the above, I think the revised "For the Strength of Youth" pamphlet says it best regarding entertainment choices. It establishes a clear but highly interpretable standard for Church members around the world, regardless of movie rating system. We really should be rallying around that statement (which more fully reflects the official position of the Church).]]>
"one who practices or preaches a more rigorous or professedly purer moral code than that which prevails"
So, I don't think it is incorrect… but I will take Enlightened and Naive as compliments. Thanks!]]>
I guess the standard is so low that anything nude is sexual in the USA. Whether it is art, entertainment, or whatever mundane activity, the human body is still a taboo to self righteous puritans. I guess their thoughts are so dirty that any of these things will simply spur impure thoughts and unmeasured lasciviousness. I don't know.
This is how funny life is, I myself have participated in theater fully nude. It was not in a sexual context and in my particular view (and in the view of my bishop at the time), not immoral. On the other hand, one of my best friends takes his rated R movies to a company to get them "cleansed" (by someone who obviously gave up his/her salvation long ago and therefore find themselves in the position to do righteous people the favor to watch those nasty parts in a film and effectively and conveniently edit them out… hehehe). Nevertheless, this is what freedom of choice is all about. Different people react differently to different things, and all of them should be able to go through life comfortably being able to choose whatever they may choose, thus we need tools like a rating system.
Since I am naturally vain and egocentric person; I just like to think I find myself in a far superior level, and when done in good taste, nudity does not spur immoral thoughts nor any type of sexual arousal. I am a man who is not offended by the nudity of other men. And this is what I advocate: Use both, a rating system and your own judgment. And please, for sure do this: OWN YOUR JUDGMENT!!! Put an effort to make a judgment for yourself whether something is good or bad! Don't be lazy and simply allow some committee to tell you what is good and what isn't good for you. Weight the issues. We are capable of this! If the movie is titled "Vegas Striptease Whores" and it is rated NC17…. Use your judgment!
Regardless of how critical I am of the pathetic puritan perceptions of art and the oft abused term "morality" in American society… I actually agree with the rating system established by the MPAA. Why? Because it is necessary to have guidelines. Because it is necessary for artists or entertainers to respect the tastes of all audiences, even if sometimes they doesn't make any sense. Because people should be able to have guidelines to make their decisions. Because it is impossible to see everything and judge it. Because you need to know what your children are watching even if you don't care to watch it. Because I like practical tools. Therefore, I say yes to the rating system.
This is a community of people I know very well and if there's one thing I know about artists it is that they always have been, are, and always will be boundary-pushers.
And thanks to this wonderful attribute, the Renaissance could happen! And half a millennium later our jaws still drop in admiration of the great pieces of art that this creative freedom propelled. God bless all artists who don't fall in the trap of judgmental censors and prudes! And good job for those who rate things so that people can make wise choices!]]>
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Why do you spend so much of your time telling your children that "everyone is doing it" is bad, especially when everyone is using inches, minutes and decibels?
Well, my kids understand that "everybody" doesn't use inches. Folks use metric in most of the world.
I think that when something is not working, and there is a much better idea, we should carefully consider adopting it. This is why my state re-did all the highway exit numbers to correspond to miles, which will be a much better system in the long run (although we all had to buy new maps).
A similar conversation could be had with a G-rating as well. One word is usually enough information to decide whether or not to even persue further investigation.
And once everyone becomes familiar with a better system (and there actually several out possibilities out there; I'm not pimping for that particular website), I could say, "It's a 6-6-3″ and folks would know that it each was a score from 1 to 10, for sex/nudity-violence-profanity.
But in real life, my friends are also thinking people who don't discount a movie on the basis of "one word." So I can't imagine either of those conversations happening.
Two of my most meaningful film experiences this year were the movies ONCE and THE KITE RUNNER.
ONCE is an incredible musical. (Eric Snider gave it a B+.) It was a delightful 90 minutes, and left me in tears about what love really means. But it was an independent film, and made by some folks in Ireland who weren't really aiming for the US market or considering MPAA (the musicians who tried acting thought they might eventually recoup the expenses by selling it at their concerts; they had no idea of the millions it would eventually bring in), and it was shot documentary-style with lots of improv. It ended up with more F-words than MPAA allows for PG-13, even though those words (1) never had a sexual content and (2) were spoken with such a strong Irish accent that it didn't affect me more than flip or frack. It was rated R by MPAA and 2.1.7 by KIds in Mind.
Then I saw THE KITE RUNNER. It was produced by a major American studio (and remember, major studios pay for MPAA and reportedly get a better deal). Despite having a brutal rape of a child and other scenes of violence, it was rated PG-13 by MPAA and 6.6.3 by Kids in Mind.
Which of those two films would I like children to be older before seeing? Definitely THE KITE RUNNER. I had read the book first, and knew when to shut my eyes, but still.
I don't think the MPAA shares my values. One of the dangers is that it can give a false sense of security. I appreciate having a more accurate tool to get a better idea of what is in a film before spending my money and time to see it.
How lame would that be to have to go to the internet EVERY FREAKING TIME you want to get a general idea of the content of a film? Answer: very lame.
I guess I don't mind, since I see so few films each year.]]>
I think avoidance of R-Rated movies is one of those "gospel hobbies" that are spoken of sometimes. If you wanna see R-Rated movies, go ahead! If you don't, don't! How simple is that? (of course, this would result in people not judging each other for their choices…imagine that!)]]>
…. a pretty weak reason never to have tried a PC;
Oh, I've tried PCs. I use them every day at work.
I've also had to carry a Windows laptop on business trips, if I was going to be needing software that only ran on PCs.
I'm actually considered to have above-average Windows skills by my colleagues. I know it, I can use it, I just don't like it.
(And it seems to me that recent Windows versions are just trying to catch up with what Apple was doing months to years earlier.)]]>
That may be a threadjack, but it keeps me from fully taking your argument (about evaluating movies) seriously. The MPAA ratings, while not perfect, give me a rough idea of what a movie will have, and between ericdsnider.com and the NYTimes (and, of course, the Onion's AV Club), I can get a pretty nuanced idea of whether I want to see it or not, based on both positive and negative content.]]>


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The 51st State (also known as Formula 51) is a 2001 Canadian-British action comedy film. The film stars Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Ricky Tomlinson, Sean Pertwee, Rhys Ifans and Meat Loaf. The film follows the story of an American master chemist (Jackson) who heads to Britain to sell his formula for a powerful new drug. All does not go as planned and Jackson soon becomes entangled in a web of deceit. The 51st State premiered in the United Kingdom on 7 December 2001. It was released worldwide under the name Formula 51 in October 2002, where it grossed $14.4 million, just over half of the budget. Wikipedia
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Anyone know of a way to blit a portion of a source texture using DrawPrimitive in D3D without using D3DXDrawSpriteSimple?
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By Justin Creech, Belvoir EagleMay 7, 2014
Fort Belvoir, Va. (May 8, 2014) - The Fort Belvoir Garrison Chaplains Office hosted the 2014 National Day of Prayer breakfast, May 1 at the Officers' Club.
Guest speaker, retired Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Douglas Carver, the 22nd Army Chief of Chaplains, discussed this year's theme, "One voice united in prayer," and reminded everyone of the importance of spiritual discipline.
"I just wanted to let everyone know we need to be seeking after the heart of God in everything we do," said Carver. "We need to fulfill the great commandment of loving God with our heart, soul, mind and strength."
Carver referenced the book Simply American during his speech; a book about 1st Lt. Noah Harris, who was killed in Iraq in 2005. Carver said Harris lived by four principals he thinks everyone should follow; Live for a noble purpose, Live with courage, Look for ways to help others, and I do what I can.
The fact that only one percent of our nation knows the nobility of wearing a military uniform is the example Carver used to illustrate what it means to "live for a noble purpose."
Deciding to live with God is an example of how to "live with courage," according to Carver.
As a servicemember, loving those we serve is how to "look for ways to help others," because it is the American people who servicemembers protect.
To Carver, "I do what I can" is anything a person does to incorporate the other three principals into their lives.
"Having read his parents' book about his life, it influenced and challenged me about those things I mentioned during my talk," said Carver.
The four principals Carver mentioned are spot on, according to
Chaplain (Maj.) Neal Durham, Fort Belvoir Soldier and Family Chaplain. Durham feels Carver did an excellent job illustrating how a Soldier who has given everything for the Army and the United States used these principals while serving.
His favorite of the four principals is "I do what I can."
"That is an absolutely great mantra to live by," Durham said. "We get caught up in the circumstances of life so much sometimes that we lose focus on what we need to have focus on, which is to help others. We need to do what we can to help others and it's important we keep that at the front of everything we do."
Others, like Spc. Melissa Brown, Intelligence and Security Command, Chaplain Assistant, identify with "Live with courage," and "Looking for ways to help others."
"If you are only living for yourself, the world isn't affected by Gods work in your faith," said Brown.
Carver's emphasis on the four principals is heard by U. S. Army Garrison, Fort Belvoir, Commander, Col. Gregory D. Gadson as well. Gadson first met Carver during his rehabilitation at Bethesda Medical Center and is encouraged every time they are together, according to Gadson.
"He's helped me grow in my faith," said Gadson. "I am touched by the 'I do what I can' mantra. It's a great lesson to have reinforced."
The military is drawing down from the longest war in the Nation's history with scars that need mending, said Carver. Our servicemembers maintaining a strong faith will allow those scars to heal quickly, according to Carver.
"A spiritually healthy servicemember is going to be a healthier individual," said Carver. "It's proven if one is spiritually healthy it can mend them together quicker than those who aren't practicing their faith. So, faith is very vital to our resilience."


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General Growth Properties Inc., the shopping mall owner planning to exit bankruptcy next month, plans to keep its top two executives in place while searching for a new management team.
Chief Executive Officer Adam Metz and Thomas Nolan, the president and chief operating officer, have agreed to stay in their positions for as long as a year after General Growth completes its restructuring, the Chicago-based company said in a statement yesterday.
"We are pleased to help position the company for the next chapter in its growth story and ensure a smooth transition for employees, shareholders and tenants while the board of directors selects a permanent management team," Metz said in the statement.
General Growth filed the biggest U.S. real estate bankruptcy in April 2009 after amassing $27 billion in debt making acquisitions. The company's exit from bankruptcy is being financed by a group led by Brookfield Asset Management Inc. Investors in the restructuring include Fairholme Capital Management LLC and Pershing Square Capital Management LP.
Metz and Nolan joined General Growth, the second-largest U.S. mall owner, in October 2008 following the resignations of John Bucksbaum from the CEO position and Robert Michaels from the post of president.
Metz is a founding partner of closely held Polaris Capital LLC, former chief investment officer of real estate fund Rodamco North America NV, and former chief financial officer for real estate investment trust Urban Shopping Centers Inc. Nolan is a former managing director of Trefethen & Co., a closely held real estate advisory and investment company.


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Henderson County Board of Commissioners Chairman Bill Moyer announced Friday that he is running for re-election.
Moyer, a three-term Republican, believes his record of balancing fiscal management while providing quality service to the community will speak well with voters.
"I'm proud of the progress we have made during my service on the Henderson County commission," Moyer said. "Long-overdue facilities including schools, the Historic Courthouse, Human Services Building, the Animal Shelter and Parks and Recreation facilities have finally been completed."
Moyer was elected in District 1. Commissioner Mark Williams, who was elected in district 4, moved into his district a year and a half ago, setting up a possible showdown in a Republican primary. Williams announced Wednesday he is not seeking re-election.
"I was waiting for Commissioner Williams to make his decision," said Moyer of the timing of his announcement.
Moyer will have served 12 years after his term expires at the end of the year. He understands people might think he has been on the board too long, but said he brings experience to the position.
"I think that (experience) is a factor that people are going to have to take into account," he said.
Currently there are no candidates running against Moyer either in the primary or general election. Moyer defeated Leon Allison in the Republican primary in 2006 and ran unopposed in the general election.
The county faces challenges in the future. The current economic climate has decreased sales tax revenue, and the county already faced more than $1 million in cuts in late 2008.
"The next couple of years will be equally as challenging," Moyer said.
He is proud of the economic development work done by the county, and said the county has made a strong push to help the agriculture community.
"We have in the last couple of years, and Commissioner Williams deserve a lot of the credit, have brought back the importance of agriculture," Moyer said.
He is most proud of the Historic Courthouse. The building was abandoned for years until the county decided to renovate the structure. In 2008, the board of commissioners and some of the county's staff members relocated to the Historic Courthouse, and the county now meets in the old courtroom.
Moyer wants to campaign hard.
"I would plan to have an aggressive campaign, but hopefully it won't involve asking people for money," he said. "I would rather ask people for their vote."
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DORAL, Fla. -- These are familiar, comfortable surroundings, much more so than two weeks ago when Tiger Woods made his return to the PGA Tour at a venue he had never seen and had barely explored.
The course at Doral is far different in that regard. Woods has won here three times and never finished worse than a tie for ninth in six appearances. He played a leisurely practice round with Mike Weir on Wednesday morning and raved about the condition of the course.
And you wonder whether he spent even a moment or two reflecting.
A year ago, Woods arrived at Doral for the CA Championship on an amazing run, even for him. He was coming off a dramatic walk-off birdie victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, a win that kept him unbeaten for the year.
He had won six straight official tournaments worldwide and eight of his past nine. He had not finished outside the top 10 since the British Open the previous July.
Although the notion was absurd, there was considerable conjecture that Woods would win every tournament he played. And there was plenty of discussion about Woods' ability to win the Grand Slam, fueled in part by a posting by Tiger on his Web site in which he said it was "easily within reason."
Today, nobody is talking about the Grand Slam or winning streaks. The WGC-CA Championship, where Woods will tee off at 11:25 a.m. ET, is but another step in his journey back from surgery to replace his anterior cruciate ligament.
Woods himself talks of playing to win at Doral because that is what he is here to do.
But it is important to keep things in perspective. Although Woods has been practicing for the better part of the last two months, this is still just his third tournament since last year's Masters. Since finishing fifth at Doral a year ago, Woods has played all of 11 official rounds of golf.
"I think it just takes reps, rounds, being in a competitive environment and competing again," Woods said. "I've only played basically two tournaments in what, 10 months. Not a whole lot of golf.
"So for me, I just need rounds under my belt, and this week will obviously be very positive."
Woods sounded encouraged by the way his left knee responded after the Accenture Match Play Championship, where he lost to Tim Clark in the second round. He reported no swelling, no soreness, no inability to do the things he needs to do to prepare.
But he is unable to say for sure where his game is at this point. He has hit plenty of shots on the range and taken a few dollars off his buddies at his home club at Isleworth. However, that's a bit different from playing against a field of 80 players with the entire top 50 in the world represented.
"Well, I don't know," said Woods, when asked how ready he is at this point. "I haven't played a stroke-play event yet. So it's kind of hard for me to give you a number on that because I've only played in the Match Play event. Physically, I feel good. But getting into a stroke-play event and where you're not playing an opponent and you're playing the golf course again. I'll have a better idea when the tournament is done."
And that makes it very difficult to speculate on Woods' readiness for the year's first major championship, the Masters, which is just 28 days away.
"It's much different because, obviously, I had an idea of how my game was and the things I needed to work on, where I needed to have my game go toward," Woods said of previous Masters preparation. "Right now, that's kind of out. I don't really know yet.
"That's why it's nice to be able to have the four rounds here and get into a competitive stroke-play mode again. I've only had the two matches there in Arizona, and that's it. But other than that, it will be nice to get a better understanding of what I need to work on the next month."
A year ago, there was no question about where Woods stood. Despite his victory streak, Woods made it clear that everything was about getting ready for Augusta National.
Little did we know that his knee was killing him -- and not getting better. He finished fifth at the CA Championship, his worst finish of the year. Two weeks later, he would finish second at the Masters by 3 strokes to Trevor Immelman. Two days after that, he was having arthroscopic surgery that was intended to get him through the rest of the season.
We all know what happened from there. In his zest to rehab from knee surgery, Woods suffered two stress fractures in his left leg that went undisclosed until after the U.S. Open. He somehow won that tournament, running his major victory total to 14 and his PGA Tour haul to 65.
Padraig Harrington won two majors in Woods' absence and will be going for a third straight at Augusta, but even that isn't getting the kind of attention heaped upon Woods.
"Tiger has taken away from every other golf story in the last few months, which is fair enough," said Geoff Ogilvy, who stopped Woods' winning streak here a year ago and will be trying for his third victory of the year. "He's the biggest story in golf when he's playing, and when he takes eight months off, it's obviously a big story."
It is, of course, an even bigger story now that he is back, perhaps even bigger than it was a year ago when he was making history nearly every week.
Now it is about getting back to that level of play, and each step, each stroke, each round at Doral is simply another part of the process.
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CHICAGO -- The actual face of a football player is almost immaterial.
Watching the action unfold on TV, you get only fleeting shots of the eyes, the movement of the lips of the quarterback barking signals.
The actual, physical face, well, that's for sideline harangues, smile sessions or nose-hair-tight shots of bloody cuts and dazed expressions, all part of the contextual narrative of a three-hour gladiatorial drama. It's part of the show. It's why a guy like Jay Cutler, who glowers with the best of them, gets a bad rap as a pouter when in fact he throws his body around like a regular Brett Favre.
Cutler's game face, the one you see on the sideline, is not the face of football. Or, at least, not one the Bears would champion.
But what about his symbolic face, the image that's supposed to represent a team, a city and their shared ideals, the face that's supposed to inspire confidence and sell jerseys?
Does Cutler have that face? And is it important that one man, or even two, takes that mantle?
All signs point to Cutler as the face of the franchise, for obvious reasons. He's the quarterback, for one. This is also a team that has been waiting for a Face of the Franchise QB since Jimmy Mac left. Cutler is the latest and perhaps best quarterback of that run, the guy actually capable of breaking Sid Luckman's lingering records.
But does he want that forced responsibility? Does he even care?
Brian Urlacher has been the face of the team for a decade. It's a good mug, too: his bald dome, his intense glare, his light-up-the-stadium smile. Urlacher is straight out of central casting as Middle Linebacker Who Inspires His Team. Last year, Urlacher said Cutler was the face of the franchise.
If Urlacher is passing the torch to Cutler, will Bears fans take to the quarterback, who has yet to ingratiate himself to the fan base?
Most importantly, can he do the job? Forget about his mien for a second. How's Cutler's head, and can it coexist with his arm?
Three years ago, a newcomer to the city's chattering sports culture was known to advise fans to take it easy, not get all "giggly."
"In Chicago, people get real excited when the team is playing well, and they get down when the team isn't," Cubs manager Lou Piniella told reporters, and by proxy the fans, in 2007. "We've got to find a little equilibrium somewhere."
Piniella, of course, was dead-on, and not just about Cubs fans. Chicago sports fans have the equilibrium of a drunk on a pogo stick. We're giggly and gagging, comfortable with the idea of failure and excited with the possibility of success.
Chicago fans are seemingly no different from any other city's sports fans, but perhaps given the scarcity of championships for the city's two most popular teams, the Bears and the Cubs, nervousness and often rage outrank hope.
There isn't a Cubs fan alive who isn't utterly dissatisfied with the direction of the team, and lowering the price of a fantasy camp from $7,500 to $3,000 isn't helping.
If they haven't tuned out yet (ratings on WGN radio and Comcast SportsNet are down, according to SportsBusiness Journal), Cubs fans will soon enough, as Bears training camp starts Friday in Bourbonnais, Ill.
Although I have a lingering feeling that Chicago fans won't give the Bears much relief, I'm promising here a cycle of optimism about the Bears and a cessation of my usual shot-taking sarcasm.
For the Bears fans who don't really care about the Blackhawks, don't they need some positive thoughts?
The 2007 Super Bowl seems as though it happened in another lifetime. Are we sure we're not celebrating the 25th anniversary of Rex Grossman & Co. this year?
And for sure, the Bears made some constructive steps in the offseason, from adding Julius Peppers, who amazingly has gone kind of under the radar leading up to camp, to Chester Taylor and, of course, offensive coordinator Mike Martz, the man who might tame the former Bronco.
I ripped the Bears a lot last season, mostly deservedly, and Cutler in particular. After his five-interception game against San Francisco, I wrote he "forces more passes than a 55-year-old divorcee at Tavern on Rush." It was a hacky kind of line, but it was true. I took shots at Ron Turner, Lovie Smith, Jerry Angelo, the offensive line, Matt Forte, etc. It was that kind of season, almost devoid of joy.
Cutler's arrival was the obvious storyline last spring. So much so that Lance Briggs jokingly volunteered to do a little dance for reporters to get his name in the paper. When a Chicago linebacker is being ignored for a quarterback, you know we're in a brave, new world.
After an optimistic beginning, Cutler's public failure -- highlighted by those 26 interceptions -- was caused by myriad factors. From a bevy of inexperienced receivers to his own off-kilter mechanics to being hurried on 22 percent of pass plays -- which, according to Football Outsiders, was the fourth-highest percentage in the league -- Cutler had a lot working against him.
Cutler certainly has the basic attributes to succeed in Martz's offense, which calls for quick reads, a lot of midrange routes and an intuitive quarterback with a strong arm. But the gradual maturation of a young receiving corps is a major factor. Martz's offense isn't child's play, but I can't imagine a receiver who wouldn't want to play in it.
Turner's much-criticized offense was handcuffed by a feckless running game, which couldn't perform in short-yardage situations. Football Outsiders ranked the Bears' red zone rushing attack as the worst in the league "by a country mile." Case in point: Forte had 19 rushes inside an opponent's 5-yard line and scored just twice. He should have scored eight times, FO concluded.
Mike Tice was hired to coach the offensive line, but it's hard to say how much it will improve under his tutelage. He's certainly a good line coach, but as FO points out in its annual almanac, his teams aren't known for a power running game. Certainly, the line play can't get much worse, but it will have to be able to pass-protect when Cutler takes those deep drops.
Cutler and Martz, two men who know how to emote, will be the couple to watch in training camp, and there's no doubt it will be covered to death. But it's an important story, one with real meaning. If anyone can bring Cutler's talents to the surface, it's Martz, who certainly will challenge the quarterback who is looking for his first winning season since leaving Santa Claus, Ind.
Both Cutler and Martz have a lot to prove, believe it or not. Cutler hasn't had a winning season since high school, and Martz hasn't been a part of a winning team since 2003, when his Rams went 12-4. He was fired after a 2-3 start in 2005. His short stays as offensive coordinator in San Francisco and Detroit resulted in offensive improvements, but teams don't get Moral Victory Mondays.
Martz's legacy isn't the story here, though. It's Cutler's show. Not Urlacher's, not Peppers', not Briggs'.
Cutler needs to show why the Bears invested so much in him, why Denver once made him the cornerstone of its team as a rookie, why he can be the quarterback for whom Chicago has waited all these years.
Cutler is 27, and although he's learning yet another offense, he's more than capable of mastering it. Simply put, his time is now. I'm going to be watching, and for now, I'm optimistic about the Bears' season.
Check again in two months and see how I feel.
Jon Greenberg is a columnist for ESPNChicago.com. Follow him at twitter.com/espnchijon.


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Availability of summer sea ice has been decreasing in the Chukchi Sea during recent decades, and increasing numbers of Pacific walruses have begun using coastal haulouts in late summer during years when sea ice retreats beyond the continental shelf. Calves and yearlings are particularly susceptible to being crushed during disturbance events that cause the herd to panic and stampede at these large haulouts, but the potential population-level effects of this mortality are unknown. We used recent harvest data, along with previous assumptions about demographic parameters for this population, to estimate female population size and structure in 2009 and project these numbers forward using a range of assumptions about future harvests and haulout-related mortality that might result from increased use of coastal haulouts during late summer. We found that if demographic parameters were held constant, the levels of harvest that occurred during 1990–2008 would have allowed the population to grow during that period. Our projections indicate, however, that an increase in haulout-related mortality affecting only calves has a greater effect on the population than an equivalent increase in harvest-related mortality distributed among all age classes. Therefore, disturbance-related mortality of calves at coastal haulouts may have relatively important population consequences.
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- Cover Date
- 2013-02
- 10.1007/s00300-012-1259-3
- Print ISSN
- 0722-4060
- Online ISSN
- 1432-2056
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Bering Sea
- Chukchi Sea
- Haulout
- Mortality
- Odobenus rosmarus divergens
- Pacific walrus
- Population dynamics
- Projection model
- Subsistence harvest
- Trampling
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Mark S. Udevitz (1)
- Rebecca L. Taylor (1)
- Joel L. Garlich-Miller (2)
- Lori T. Quakenbush (3)
- Jonathan A. Snyder (2)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99508, USA
- 2. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals Management Office, 1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK, 99503, USA
- 3. Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 1300 College Road, Fairbanks, AK, 99701, USA


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