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Friendly and great service, I have stayed more than 10 times for the last few years. No free internet in the room, which should be a plus for busines hotel
Location near Marlboro street...the famous street from Jogja. Carpet on the floor must change with new.
I like it because near by the shopping area, and easy to access to the hotel and not far from the airport. The staff are very friendly and always ready to serve you. The food is good. The carpet in the room is dirty,and lots of spots, bathroom not clean, housekeeping did not put cotton buds, the haidryer is not strong enough, the coridors carpet kind of dirty too, need maintenance eventhough the hotel is old. The furniture in the room need to change.
the food is quite uninspired, breakfast was directly bad. They play horrible muzac worse than muzak fro the 70's - my room should be refurbished asap
Comfortable and Secure
Position in the city; helpful staff for visiting the surroundings; nice pool; nice breakfast; comfort Nice hotel but without indonesian feeling
Lcation nar th airport ans near Sultan's resdence
Beautiful building, very friendly and efficient staff, all facilities, very good food...
Colonial style building. Tasteful decoration. Very nice staff. Excellent value for money. A bit humid in the bedroom, despite the aircon.
The hotel design is very colonial and exotics . It brings out the combination of dutch and javanese. Staff is very friendly and accommodating. The towels are really old. Carpet in the room need to be replaced
Design Staffs poor english
The entire stay was a pleasurable experience - even before I arrived they contacted me to see if I needed a pick up from the airport to the friendliness at reception and from all the staff. I couldn't fault the hotel for anything. Top marks! Sauna slightly small but adequate
location and the breakfast we were bitten by insects coming from the carpet of the bed.
The location which is close to shopping area and the train station. The room and food are also good. Newspaper was given on the first day but not on the second and third day. I have to extend one night because I change flight but my request was turned down and was suggested another nearby hotel. After paying the other hotel, then only I was told the room is available but unfortunately I cannot cancel the other hotel
Central location : at the edge of the main shopping street Malioboro, the 2 most profitable money exchangers, bank, at 10 steps from entrance hotel. Main railway station at walking distance. The extensive breakfast buffet : American and Indonesian. The food is composed of typically Indonesian dishes and of perfect quality and taste ! It is located at a busy square of crossroads, and the windows of the rooms are not doubled glass, so it is only between 1 - 6 AM that you do not hear street noise.
its very convenience to shop n dine around at malioboro it just infront of inna garuda hotel with lots of traditional food and gourments.
Good service some installation in the bath room was a bit old

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Yelich enjoys career night for Jupiter
No. 1 Marlins prospect strokes pair of homers, drives in seven
By David Heck / Special to MLB.com | June 28, 2012 7:16 PM ET
The Marlins' top prospect slugged two homers and knocked in a career-high seven runs as the Class A Advanced Hammerheads routed the St. Lucie Mets, 11-4.
Overall, Yelich went 4-for-5 with two runs scored as he raised his average 14 points to .290. His previous career high for RBIs came on April 18 last year, when he went deep and plated four.
"I just got some good pitches to hit and didn't really miss them," Yelich said.
The 20-year-old outfielder got on base in his first four plate appearances, starting with a single in the first inning. In an 0-2 hole in the third, he battled back to hit a grand slam off Chase Huntington, tying the game at 4-4.
"I think he threw a 3-2 slider," Yelich said. "I just barreled that pretty good and it ended up going over the fence."
After an RBI single, Yelich capped his day with a two-run shot off reliever Kyle Allen in the sixth.
"I got into a good hitter's count, it was 3-1, I think," Yelich said. "He threw a fastball and I hit it well again."
On the whole, eight players in the Hammerheads lineup recorded base knocks as the team totaled 14 hits on the night. Jacob Realmuto also went deep twice, driving in three.
"We always give each other a hard time, we actually live together," Yelich said of Realmuto. "It was a pretty good night for our house. I was happy for him, he was putting good swings on balls. I wasn't trying to match him or anything, but I'll definitely take it."
No. 3 Marlins prospect Jose Fernandez (1-0) won his debut with Jupiter after giving up four runs on five hits over five frames. He had been one of the best starters in the Class A South Atlantic League, leading pitchers with a 1.59 ERA, 0.87 WHIP and 99 strikeouts in 79 innings before his promotion.
"He's got great stuff," Yelich said. "I thought it was a pretty good start. They didn't really hit any balls hard against him, just some balls falling in. He kept us in the whole time. We put up the six runs [in the third] and he shut the door the next two innings. He's a gamer and a fun guy to pay with."
In 50 games this season, Yelich has collected nine homers and 28 RBIs to go along with a .914 OPS. The 23rd overall pick in the 2010 Draft has been honored as a Florida State League All-Star and will be playing the in the All-Star Futures Game on July 8 in Kansas City.
"It's awesome," Yelich said. "I grew up watching the Futures Game ever since I can remember and always wanted to play in it. To finally get the the opportunity is pretty special, I'm looking forward to it."
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Hilton Head, S.C. - Dorian Feron clinched the match for the Tornados at No. 4 singles as Brevard defeated NCAA Division I George Mason on Wednesday afternoon, 4-3.
The win gives the Tornados two in a row as Brevard moves to 3-5 on the season, while the Patriots fall to 1-3.
Brevard opened the match by sweeping all three doubles matches to receive the point. Feron and Scott McCormick topped Jorge Osuna and Kevin McMillan at No. 1 doubles, 8-3, while Cole Altizer and Jarred Fisher worked their way through Patrick Mulguin and Greg Donabedian at No. 2 doubles, 8-4. Andrew Thompson and Jonathan Kuhn teamed up to complete the sweep as the duo defeated Ariun Sanghvi and Sam Coster, 8-5, to put Brevard up 1-0 heading into singles competition.
McCormick defeated Osuna at No. 1 singles, 6-3, 6-1, but George Mason took the points at No. 2 and No. 3 singles as McMillan topped Altizer and Mulguin defeated Fisher. Thompson won at No. 5 singles for Brevard, defeating Sanghvi, 6-0, 6-1, leading to Feron clinching the match with his 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (10-8) victory over Donabedian. Coster defeated BC's Shane Apps to finish out the scoring.
The Tornados finish up their trip to Hilton Head, S.C. tomorrow afternoon as Brevard takes the courts against the College of Wooster at noon.
Singles competition
1. Scott McCormick (BC) def. Jorge Osuna (GMU) 6-3, 6-1
2. Kevin McMillan (GMU) def. Cole Altizer (BC) 7-5, 6-1
3. Patrick Mulguin (GMU) def. Jarred Fisher (BC) 6-3, 6-2
4. Dorian Feron (BC) def. Greg Donabedian (GMU) 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (10-8)
5. Andrew Thompson (BC) def. Ariun Sanghvi (GMU) 6-0, 6-1
6. Sam Coster (GMU) def. Shane Apps (BC) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Dorian Feron/Scott McCormick (BC) def. Jorge Osuna/Kevin McMillan (GMU) 8-3
2. Cole Altizer/Jarred Fisher (BC) def. Patrick Mulguin/Greg Donabedian (GMU) 8-4
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Chad and Alison Paris started the company on June 3, 2010, to do web design, branding, graphic design, printing, direct mail and other marketing services.
What was the idea behind the business?
"We saw a pretty massive devastation from our fellow printing industry and we decided to turn things around by printing all recycled material and planting trees. Then it turned into a lot more digital media to promote, not printing. Initially it was, 'If you're going to print, print with us, we'll make it eco-friendly and a lot more socially responsible' and long-term encouraged more digital advertising, Web branding and graphic design."
How many trees have you planted?
"We're coming up on 15,000 trees. We plant 10 trees with every order placed with us and 100 trees for every website that we design as a thank you for going digital instead of printing. Half of them are planted here in Gainesville at the Alachua Conservation Trust and the other half are planted all over the world wherever there's massive deforestation with our partner Trees for the Future.
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Relics of the War that Wasn't
Putting people permanently not the moon isn't a plan unique to this years current crop of US presidential hopefuls. In 1959 the US department of Defence started putting serious thought into putting a missile base on the moon.
Project Horizon, developed by the Army Ballistic Missile agency (itself headed by infamous rocket scientist Wernher Von Braun) would have created a garrison of 12 soldiers in either the Sinus Aestuum or Mare Imbrium regions of the moon.
The lunar outpost is required to develop and protect potential United States interests on the moon; to develop techniques in moon-based surveillance of the earth and space, in communications relay, and in operations on the surface of the moon; to serve as a base for exploration of the moon, for further exploration into space and for military operations on the moon if required; and to support scientific investigations on the moon."— Project Proposal
Had the plan gone ahead, 147 Saturn-A Rockets would have delivered components into orbit for assembly at an orbital space station and and later delivery to the moon.
The base itself would be powered by 2 Nuclear reactors and defended by Davy Crocket mini-nukes, weighing 23Kg but producing a 10-20 ton of TNT equivalent blast - one for all the Fat Man fans out there.
Although the plans never made it past the feasibility study phase, the plans themselves are declassified, you so can read the plans themselves on the US Army's own website:
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Jeffco ranked ground zero
President Barack Obama, left, and former Gov. Mitt Romney, right, both met with supporters at rallies in Jefferson County last year. File photos
Colorado becomes battleground state By Glenn Wallace
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ike it or not, Colorado is now undoubtedly a battleground state in the war of national politics. Statisticians like the New York Times' Nate Silver have even identified Colorado as "the tipping point," with its modest nine electoral votes proving to be crucial votes for Barack Obama to ensure victories in both 2008 and 2012. "Colorado has gone from being a relatively safe Republican state to a very important battleground state," said Brendan Doherty, a political science researcher at the U.S. Naval Academy. Doherty has tracked and analyzed presidential travel patterns since the Carter administration, and said his research clearly indicates that presidents and their opponents recognize Colorado's pivotal importance as well.
sources in Colorado, particularly in Jefferson County where he held three separate rallies, including a sell-out event at Red Rocks Amphitheater. According to the National Journal, more than $48 million was spent on Colorado media spots by the Democrat and Republican candidates and their national parties between May and November 2012.
This Week: National politics
The data unsurprisingly shows competitive states with more electoral votes get the most attention. Proximity to Washington, D.C., also seems to result in more visits, easier to make a morning appearance and still be back in the White House for afternoon briefings. The state travel list shifts over time though. From January 2012 to Election Day, Colorado was Obama's fourth most visited state, since he spent 15 days here, trailing only Ohio (23 days), Virginia (23 days) and Florida (18 days). Republican presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney also spent considerable time and re-
Swing state
The amount of time and resources spent in the state reflects a belief that is shared by both of the nation's major political parties: Colorado is winnable. Before 1992, the state had voted for the Republican candidate in every presidential race, going all the way back to Lyndon Johnson. But within the last six presidential elections the state has voted three times for the Republican candidate, and three times for the Democrat. The swing in voting margin is pronounced: George W. Bush beat Al Gore by nine points, but
just eight years later Obama won by the same margin over John McCain. "Colorado has always been a very independent-minded state," Colorado GOP Chairman Ryan Call said, pointing out the Centennial State's tradition of often electing a Republican majority to the Legislature, alongside a moderate Democrat for governor. Colorado Democratic Party Chairman Rick Palacio said much the same. He said that in Jeffco there is almost a perfect threeway balance between registered Democrats, Republicans and Independents. "I think we're one of the most evenly divided states in the nation. And Jefferson County really is a microcosm for the rest of the state," Palacio said. Some counties are safely in the hands of one party, like El Paso County for the GOP and Boulder County for the Democrats. "They kind of cancel each other out, so to win the state it becomes all about those swing counties, like Arapahoe County and Jefferson County," Call said.
Looking ahead
'Colorado has gone from being a relatively safe Republican state to a very important battleground state.' Brendan Doherty, political science researcher
Demographic trends and new voter registrations tend to favor the Democratic Party, but Call said he thinks Colorado's independent nature, and recent "overreaches" of legislative policy by Democrats at the state and federal level will cause the pendulum to swing back in the GOP's
favor in the future. "I think Colorado will continue to be a battleground to see what party and philosophy will carry the day. I think that is healthy because it keeps politicians more accountable, and closer to the electorate," Call said. Palacio said he also sees the state remaining a swing state for the foreseeable future. "I think Coloradans just vote for the higher quality candidate and in 2012 that was definitely the Democrats," Palacio said. According to Doherty, battleground states clearly receive more campaign and media focus which has economic benefits, but also the side effect of bombarding residents with an even greater number of political ads. Presidential candidates will be likely to continue visiting the state. Doherty said that there "definitely the perception" that al those visits make the winning candidate more sensitive to the wants and needs of a state. All those candidate visits are not without their own costs, starting with multiple road closures. Secret Service also requires local law enforcement to assist in presidential candidate security racking up tens of thousands o dollars in staffing costs for even the shortest of rallies. That money is never reimbursed. "But votes matter more in a battleground state," Doherty said. "I'd say that's the biggest benefit."
Colorado's voting history in presidential elections for the past 25 years: 2012
Barack Obama (D) 51 percent to 46 percent
George W. Bush (R) 52 percent to 47 percent
2008 Barack Obama (D) 54 percent to 45 percent
George H.W. Bush (R) 53 percent to 45 percent
Bob Dole (R) 46 percent to 44 percent
2000 George W. Bush (R) 51 percent to 42 percent
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Clemson's Tajh Boyd Earns Manning Award Player of the Week Honor
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Tajh Boyd, a sophomore quarterback from No. 21 Clemson, has been selected as this week's Manning Award Player of the Week. Boyd earns the honor over seven other Manning Award Stars of the Week after earning more votes than any other candidate thus far in the Allstate Sugar Bowl's Facebook contest.
Official Manning Award Website
In addition to collecting Manning Award Player of the Week honors, Boyd was named the ACC Offensive Back of the Week. The Tigers face No. 11 Florida State at home this week for a Saturday afternoon game.
In the voting, Clemson fans did not disappoint as Boyd earned the most votes of any nominee to date. Not far behind in the race was Russell Wilson of Wisconsin and Iowa's James Vandenberg, who finished second and third, respectively. Wilson led the Badger offense to 621 yards of total offense, including scores on six of its first seven possessions against Northern Illinois , while Vandenberg led his team, down 24-3 late in the third quarter, to the biggest comeback in school history, running for a touchdown then throwing for three in the fourth quarter against Pitt.
The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in 2004 to honor the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that includes the candidates' bowl performances in its balloting.
The honor will be recognizing its eighth winner this year. USC's Matt Leinart was the inaugural winner of the award in 2005, followed by Texas' Vince Young in 2006. Both went on to be top 10 NFL draft picks. In 2007, LSU's JaMarcus Russell earned the award and was the NFL's No. 1 draft pick. Boston College's Matt Ryan claimed the award in 2008 and was drafted No. 3, quickly becoming the starting quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. In 2009, Florida star Tim Tebow earned the honor - he also went on to be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. The 2010 winner was Texas signal-caller Colt McCoy, the winningest quarterback in college football history, who was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the draft. Last year saw Auburn's Cameron Newton earn the award, prior to being selected No. 1 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers.


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Former Mines Peace Corps volunteer wins 2008 Franklin H. Williams Award
Washington, D.C., June 16, 2008 – Ginny A. Lee, a member of the Colorado School of Mines Academic Networking and Computing department, is one of 11 Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who will receive the Franklin H. Williams Award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on June 19.
Established in 1999, the Franklin H. Williams Award honors returned Peace Corps Volunteers of color who continue the Peace Corps mission through their commitment to community service and who support promoting a better understanding of other people by Americans. The award is named for former Peace Corps regional director for Africa and U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, Franklin H. Williams.
Lee served as a rural fish culture extension Peace Corps Volunteer in Zambia from 2003 to 2005. A joint project of the Peace Corps and the Zambian Department of Fisheries, Lee's rural aquaculture program (RAP) worked on developing local fish farming communities. Primarily, her accomplishments included building and maintaining fish farms, teaching tilapia breeding, production, and harvesting, using local vegetation and growing specific crops for use as fish food, and maximizing farmers' earnings through effective marketing.
Lee also worked to equalize gender relations in local communities. As part of the RAP, Lee helped women and children enter the fish farming process as equal partners. For one of her secondary projects, Lee developed a women's sewing group that designed and created patterns and clothes, including school uniforms. After some time, the group of women shifted their responsibilities from production to marketing and design when they were able to hire a male tailor.
Since the close of her service, Lee has actively worked on recruitment and promotion of the Peace Corps in the Denver region. From informal run-ins to scheduled speaking opportunities, Lee never misses a chance to share her experience as a Volunteer. The Denver office frequently uses her as a resource for newly accepted trainees and she has participated in all semiannual Peace Corps Denver recruiting events. At Mines, Lee has assisted recruiters at many career-day events and was invited by the Office of International Programs to speak for a panel on international careers. She co-sponsored another recruiter to hold a recruiting session at the Colorado School of Mines as well.
Lee has also reached beyond the traditional methods of recruiting in order to share her experience. She was part of the Peace Corps information booth at the Denver Dragon Boat Festival in 2006. And, when the international debt-forgiveness non-governmental organization, Jubilee, sponsored a roundtable discussion, Lee took part and related to the group her experiences in Zambia.
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Friendly rivals Taillon, Yelich face off
Bucs hurler, Marlins hitter talk history in, out of batter's box
By Andrew Pentis / Special to MLB.com | July 19, 2012 6:08 AM ET
When baseball's No. 27 overall prospect (Marlins) doubled in his 14th plate appearance against No. 5 overall prospect Taillon (Pirates), did he know that it was the first base knock of their career matchup?
"Oh yeah, definitely knew that," said Class A Advanced Jupiter's Yelich of his two-bagger, which scored the first of five fourth-inning runs against Bradenton's Taillon on May 27. "I told him it was about time. We laughed about it, but we know there are going to be many more times that we are going to face each other."
More on that later. First, how far do you guys go back?
Yelich: We're actually pretty good friends. We played together in the high school circuit, and we were on the same team in the Tournament of Stars out there in Cary, North Carolina.
Taillon: That's like a Team USA Trial type-deal, and that was our junior year going into our senior year.
What were your first impressions of one other as teenagers?
Taillon: I could tell back then Christian was going to be good. I remember being surprised he was pretty fast because, I think at the time, he played first base. I remember we were running our 60s in the outfield and stuff. He ran like a 6.6 or 6.7. That blew me away because I didn't know he also had speed in his game.
Yelich: I remember Jameson being pretty good, one of our better guys, and then he ended up going No. 2 overall in the Draft. Yeah, he had real good stuff.
Taillon: We had lost touch, but the past two years, we have been in the same league and it seems like our teams face each other once a week. So I am always seeing him on the field, seeing his numbers pop up on the big screen. It's been neat to monitor each other's progress.
The Scorecard: Yelich v. Taillon in the Minors
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Key: GO (groundout), F (fly out), L (line out), RBOE (reached base on error), BB (base on balls), K (strikeout), Kc (strikeout looking).
Before we get back to your duel on the diamond, do you guys have an elephant's memory when it comes to hitter-pitcher matchups?
Yelich: I'm not of one those guys who looks at the numbers. I mean, I have no idea what my batting average for the whole year is. I kind of like that.
Taillon: I've got some guys I know I have had success against and some guys I haven't had too much success against, but I try not to register that because I want to attack every hitter the same way.
Yelich: Yeah, I normally know if I have had success against a guy or haven't had success against a guy -- I can tell. But I don't have any guy that I'm like, 'Hey, man, I know when I face this guy tonight, I'm going to get two, three hits.'
What makes Taillon difficult to hit against?
Yelich: Every time I go out there to face him, I know it's going to be a tough night. He's got good stuff: mid-to-upper 90s fastball and a hammer curveball and his changeup is getting a lot better too.
Taillon: My four-seam fastball is probably, on an average night, 93 to 97 mph, and I usually sit at 95, 96 and bump it up a little higher. Pretty good command of that. I have a spike curveball as my strikeout pitch and a changeup that, this year, I have been throwing a lot more of. I have a lot more confidence in my changeup; it's been huge for me to be able to throw it in any count -- 2-1, 3-1. I am still learning how to harness all three pitches. Some nights I have all three of 'em there. Some nights, I just have one of 'em there.
Yelich: You don't face too many guys like that. His old teammate, Gerrit Cole, has a similar fastball.
So then what's the plan of attack against Taillon?
Yelich: You got to get something good to hit because he doesn't make very many mistakes. So when you do get one, you can't miss it. I mean, if you get behind him, he's got pretty good put-away pitches. You got to grind it out and battle. You know you're probably not going to be putting up 10 runs that night, but you're trying to scratch out a few.
On the other side, what makes Yelich difficult to pitch to?
Taillon: He's got a really nice swing, a smooth stroke. I've liked lefty swings growing up, looking up to guys who were pure lefty hitters in the big leagues, and I think he falls into that category. He's got a balanced approach, he sees the ball well and over time -- he's got some power now -- but I think he'll develop more power.
So then what's the plan of attack against Yelich?
Taillon: He's always hit in the three-hole -- last year for Greensboro and this year for Jupiter -- so whenever he steps up to the plate, I am trying to get the guys before him out, trying to give them good pitches, make them put it in play, not trying to be too perfect with those guys. Face him with as few people on base as possible. I go right at him with all my pitches but can't show too many fastballs, because he can time it. Can't show him too much of the other stuff because he's good enough to react to hit 'em.
Yelich is a .311 career hitter in the Minors but is batting .077 against you. What part of the plate doesn't he cover?
Taillon: I feel like I just go at every different spot. I don't think he has one of those true holes in his swing. At least, we haven't found it. I'll go in, out, up, down, give him a bunch of different of looks.
OK, let's circle back to that last at-bat when Yelich doubled. What happened?
Taillon: That one sticks out for me. He had two strikes out on 'em, and I actually felt like I was making some really competitive pitches. I threw him a couple of changeups that he fought off, went back to my fastball and it was either 2-2 or 3-2.
Yelich: I remember the fastball. It was a pretty good pitch, and I put a pretty good swing on it.
Taillon: I spotted it down and away and he just went with it, and I think he smacked it off the left-field wall.
So while the score may not be settled, at least Yelich got one on the board.
Yelich: Yeah, he's gotten the better of me so far.
Taillon: Christian texted me and told me we were doing this story and he was like, "What am I supposed to say? I've only got one hit off of you." I have just made some good pitches, and he's a guy I'm always trying to make sure to keep it down to. He's a tough guy to strikeout, and he's put a lot of balls in play, and I know our defense has made some really good plays on him.
Yelich: It's always fun going up against the guys who are the best. I know it's going to be a tough night, it's going to be a battle, and that's fun. I enjoy that.
And obviously you guys are both in National League organizations, so this matchup could be in the making for years to come.
Yelich: Hopefully, we're facing each other 3-400 more times if both our careers work out well and this is just the beginning of something. I got a feeling that's going to happen. It would be cool for both of us, to see where we started out and where it ultimately took us.
Taillon: Yeah, at Double-A and Triple-A, our teams are in different leagues, so we'll take a break from seeing each other and maybe square off again in the big leagues if that times comes -- and, hopefully, he doesn't remember all the pitches I throw by then.
Prospect Up
Cubs' No. 10 Josh Vitters -- he was No. 6 in the system a year ago -- still won't be the superstar some thought he could become when Chicago drafted him third overall way back in 2007. A scout who has seen the third baseman play this year and in recent years told us that Vitters has been your classic six-o'clock hitter, meaning that he might put on a show during BP but, come game time, exudes less energy and appears to play with added weight on his shoulders. But -- good for him -- Vitters has appeared to lift the burden. Through 93 games at Triple-A Iowa, he's posted .302/.355/.503 at the plate. By comparison, I-Cubs teammate Brett Jackson, ranked second in the organization, has put up .258/.340/.484 marks. Jackson will still end up being the better player, but Vitters is looking more and more like an average-to-above-average big leaguer.
Prospect Down
Rockies' No. 2 and baseball's No. 54 Chad Bettis has the stuff to be a starting pitcher. That much is known. What isn't: Whether his body will let him. Bettis, who won a dozen games in the Cal League in 2011, hasn't yet thrown an official pitch in 2012 and, if he does, it will most likely be as a reliever. Which is all fine and good should his right shoulder respond without surgery, but his career stock certainly takes a tumble if he goes from potential second or third starter to potential eighth- or ninth-inning reliever.
Memo from Mayo
For Draft and prospects expert Jonathan Mayo's analysis, visit MLB.com's Prospects Central.
Your Questions, Answered
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Reading Material
- Taillon has ace upside, writes Fangraphs' Kiley McDaniel.
- He and Gerrit Cole go 1-2, writes the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
- Billy Hamilton does everything fast, writes Yahoo! Sports' Jeff Passan.
- Wil Myers considers his callup everyday, writes ESPN's Jerry Crasnick.
- That is, when Myers isn't demolishing cameras, writes Deadspin's Timothy Burke.
- Jairo Beras, a Ranger alright, writes the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Jeff Wilson.
- Taylor Guerrieri is a plus pitcher, writes Bullpen Banter's JD Sussman.
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The  fastest animal on land: The cheetah.
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Chris Brown is turning 25, but he has to celebrate his birthday behind bars.
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There has never been a 2A boys state swimming team title that has gone to a high school not named "Sehome."
This weekend, the Archbishop Murphy team is trying to change that.
After finishing a distant second to Sehome last season the Wildcats are hoping the fifth time is the charm at the 2013 state championship, which starts today at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way. The 2A swimming classification began in 2008.
"We're excited," Archbishop Murphy head coach Mike McCloskey said. "We know we're in contention. Sehome didn't win four state titles by a fluke. They have a great program, great swimmers and their depth is just unreal."
The aptly named Sehome Mariners will get another boost this year thanks to a new scoring system. Instead of scoring eight swimmers, 16 will get points, which McCloskey said definitely helps Sehome more than the Wildcats.
"On the top end — the top three finishers — we're better than them," McCloskey said. "But they've got more athletes in (consolation races) and pick up those points. So they'll have more swimmers at state than we will. It's our top end versus their depth."
Archbishop Murphy is working on some depth of its own. The Wildcats doubled their team from last year — going from 12 to 24 swimmers — while not graduating a single senior. And there are a couple of fourth-year swimmers that will be leading Archbishop Murphy in their final high school state tournament.
Alec Barnard, the Wildcats' lone individual champion last year in the 100-yard butterfly, is back along with fellow senior Hunter Cosgrove. Both swimmers were on a state championship-winning 400 freestyle relay team last year, both will swim collegiately next season and both are excited to end their high school career on top.
"I'm pretty excited," Barnard said. "I think the most exciting part is we could potentially win. Four years ago I would have never thought that even could be a possibility."
McCloskey might agree. His second year into the boys program — now in its fifth year — he had a star in Barnard, but not a lot of depth around him.
"Alec Barnard, when he came here freshman year, we called it Gladys Knight and no Pips. There was just nobody to back him up," McCloskey said. "Over the last couple of years we've been able to build a team around him. It's been fun to see the team mature."
The Wildcats still finished 13th in their first state tournament in 2009, and followed that up with finishes of sixth, tenth and then the second-place award last year. The improvement has Archbishop Murphy thinking upset.
"Last year was really fun," said Cosgrove, who swims in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke, as well as the freestyle relays. "We got second and we got second by a long shot. And they were solidly ahead. I think we've got what it takes, but it's going to take all that we've got."
Archbishop Murphy has been training hard for this tournament all season. They share the West Coast Aquatics pool in Mill Creek with the Jackson team. The Timberwolves practice in the afternoon, while Archbishop Murphy gets up early to use the pool from 6-7 a.m.
The early morning swimming experience might come in handy at state, where the 2A boys are the first group to swim at 10 a.m.
"Fortunately for us we're in the first session this year," McCloskey said. "We're at 10 o'clock. We're used to training at six in the morning. For us this is sleeping in."
Along with Cosgrove and Barnard, Archbishop Murphy has a couple of younger swimmers eager to make their return to the state tournament. Sophomores Stephen Boden (200 individual medley, 500 freestyle and freestyle relays) and Alec's brother Austin Barnard (500 freestyle, 200 freestyle and freestyle relays) are excited to return to the state tournament after a strong showing — including a win in the final event of last year's tournament, the 400 freestyle relay — as freshmen.
They think they'll be much less nervous during their second go at state.
"There was an incredible amount of nerves," Boden said. "Before prelims I honestly felt like I was going to throw up. But coming in this year, it feels a lot more relieving with a year of experience under my belt."
Austin, who enjoys swimming on relay teams with his older brother, hopes that he can send the seniors out on top.
"I think our training has really kicked up," Austin Barnard said. "This last year, after getting second, we noticed what we can do. We're thinking, 'If we work harder we could actually win this thing next year.' I think we have to have the perfect meet. But I'm pretty sure we can do that."
Said Boden: "It's going to be hard not having Alec and Hunter here. And all the seniors that aren't coming back. It's going to be a fun last hurrah this weekend with them. We're going to try to carry on what they've been doing here and keep the legacy going."
The Seattle University-bound Alec Barnard, who will swim in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly as well as the freestyle relays, knows it's going to take a lot of work to unseat the defending champs.
"We're all going to need to swim our hardest, especially in the relays," he said.
Cosgrove, who will be swimming at Pacific Lutheran University next year, has mixed feelings about the end of his Wildcats' career. He's looking forward to sleeping in, but he's going to miss his teammates.
"There is a little bit of relief. Once I'm done I am done with my high school career and I get to sleep in every day until 6:30, which will seem like a lot," said Cosgrove. "But then, it's a little bittersweet. I've been swimming with Austin, Alec and Stephen for about five years now in high school and club. It's kind of sad going our separate ways but it's been a really good run."
McCloskey believes a top-two finish is a "realistic expectation" for Archbishop Murphy. And while everybody, himself included, wants the Wildcat seniors to leave with a championship, McCloskey said success won't be entirely measured by what trophy Archbishop Murphy takes home.
It will also be measured by the stopwatch.
"The nice thing about swimming, like with track, you always have best times," McCloskey said. "If you get a best time and you get last place you did great. With our kids if they get best times they're going to be top three, maybe first place. Our goal is always to get their best times in the last meet and I think they're in position to do that."


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STANFORD - Alex Sanchez scored 14 points but was Long Beach State's lone scorer in double figures as the cold-shooting 49ers lost their sixth straight to Stanford, 77-41 on Sunday.
Long Beach State faced a ranked opponent for the first time since a 51-46 upset of USC on Nov. 23, 2005.
"This is a great opportunity to come into Stanford, play at Maples against the No. 1 team in the nation. There's not a lot of drop off from their starters to their bench," LBSU coach Jody Wynn said. "It's not a secret. The kids understand. They follow television and Twitter. They know Stanford's win streak here. I can't hide that from them. Playing the No. 1 team in the nation is an honor."
Stanford already had the impressive national ranking and remarkable home winning streak - and, now, the No. 1 spot in the poll puts even more attention and pressure on the program.
Chiney Ogwumike had 16 points and 11 rebounds in Stanford's first game holding the top place in women's basketball in nearly eight years.
Joslyn Tinkle added 18 points and seven rebounds and Amber Orrange scored Stanford's first seven points of the game and finished with 13 for the Cardinal (6-0), who extended the nation's best home winning streak to 81 games at Maples Pavilion.
Stanford's defense held Long Beach State to 18 total field goals in the first meeting between the schools in 19 years - since a 122-49 victory on Dec. 8, 1993, that set the Cardinal's single-game scoring record that still stands.
Sanchez, who came in averaging a team-leading 14.4 points per game, shot 5 for 12.
The 49ers (3-4) rallied from 22 points down in the second half of a 77-69 win against Utah Valley on Friday night, but were overmatched from the opening tip against the aggressive, up-tempo Cardinal.
The Cardinal took over the top spot in The Associated Press poll Monday from Baylor after ending the Bears' 42-game winning streak in the Rainbow Wahine Classic on Nov.16 in Honolulu.
If Stanford's unbeaten run at home remains intact, UConn will be determined to end that streak after the Cardinal snapped UConn's record 90-game winning streak with a 71-59 home victory in December 2010.
The Cardinal, ranked No. 1 for the first time since the final poll of the 2005 season, shot 54.3 percent in the first half while holding Long Beach State to 24.3 percent (8 for 33) on the way to a 49-20 lead.
The 49ers finished the day a dismal 18 for 66 (27.3 percent). They still lead the all-time series 8-7, including 7-6 in in the NCAA era.
Wynn, a former guard at USC, knows it could have been worse.
"I played on the team that Kate Starbird scored 44 on us," she recalled. "It's not that bad."


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Last edited by Dking078; 09-07-2012 at 09:03 AM.
Does anybody know if this has been done to a 2000 540i (E39) Sport Package with an existing Nav system. The Nav system is *VERY* slow and my daughter (she now has my former car) could really use Bluetooth, iPhone interface and faster Nav.
iPod in E39
You will lose the steering wheel control of the radio if you upgrade the head unit.
I bought an $80 adapter from Crutchfield that connects to the CD changer wire in the trunk. You plug the box into the factory wire, reboot the system by pulling the neg off the battery and the radio will select the changer with the MODE button. Next, run a stereo cable through the hole for the ski bag into the cabin from the trunk and you are able to play music from a mini plug. The sound quality is excellent with no ignition squeal.
There are speaker phone boxes that are stand alone for bluetooth.
Crutchfield is helpful to explain what is involved with radio upgrades.
Bob dueb - that's actually incorrect! premium brand head unit manufacturers will have a steering wheel control interface they sell to use with their head units. There's also aftermarket solutions from the likes of PAC, Connects2 and Paser.
Fricchione - The issue with trying to interface new technologies with 10-15 year old designed systems is compatibility. Certain things can be done, and other's cannot. Those items which can be done, are often expensive in relative terms compared to other solutions which have a different direction. I'll explain a little more..
You sound as though you want to 'add on' to the oem audio/GPS system in the car. You have a 2000 model year E39, did it come with the 16:9 widescreen monitor / GPS setup? if so, you'll most likely have a Mk3 CD disk based GPS computer. The one most owners go for is the Mk4 DVD disk based GPS unit from the later E46 and E53 cars which plug n play in the E39 with the oem audio/GPS setup above. They do cost around £300-400 over here in the UK and the US pricing is likely to be around $500-700 USD. It's ONLY that oem setup which is able to have the oem Bluetooth module retrofitted as well, so if you have any other oem setup, you cannot add oem bluetooth. Assuming you do have the 16:9 monitor/GPS setup, then you'll need to find the last version of the bluetooth module which had the last 'Bluetooth Stack' - given that these modules will be from around 2005/6 from E46 and E53's they're coming onto 7/8 years old. New mobile phones might not be able to 'pair' and 'connect' with such an old bluetooth version, so perhaps the next round of iPhone 6 or 7 just 'wont work' - if you do find a module, they'll be perhaps $300-400 USD (plus any fitting charges) and you might need to buy looms. For an iPod connection, you'd need to look at solutions from DICE, Dension, mObridge, GROM - expect to pay perhaps $250-400+ for this.
As mentioned above, there are such things as aftermarket bluetooth hands free car kits available from the likes of Parrot, Motorola etc. They can be connected to the existing audio setup you have and can stream iPod as well. You'll have to mount a control screen somewhere in the dash though, so if you are more of the wish to keep the dash with uncluttered looks, you might not want it, but if there's no other way, you may well have to!
The chinese all in one replacement head units which have GPS, iPod and Bluetooth built in are a 'possibility' - the best of these are the Dynavin's and if you do consider this route buy from Jeff out of Fresno Calif. as he's the US official importer/dealer, his website is here - http://jandtdistributing.com/dynavinsolutions/ - any of the other cheap chinese units, are more risky to buy as their quality is much lower with much less support.
If you prefer an easier life and want products that a high quality and work well, then consider getting a premium brand double DIN head unit fitted. Ipod and Bluetooth are pretty much standard features on most units out there. Those who want to 'add' a navigation module have the choice to do so - with software like Co-Pilot and TomTom available on Android and Apple markets at like $50-70 USD, many people use their smartphones for GPS duties.
Have a look around this forum and other BMW forums as much can be done to an E39, all depends on what you want, how much you'd like to spend and if you *must* keep the oem looks in the dash.. or not!
Cheers, Dennis!
A few questions....
I'd like to upgrade it, but not spend a ton of money. The Dynavin unit seems fine, but I'd like to confirm a few things..
1. The dash I have looks like the one in this picture. Mine is a six speed and a different wood grain, but the style is the same..
It *SEEMS* like the Dynavin unit replaces the wood grain section around the existing screen and rearranges the position of the buttons for radio presets, etc. Does anyone have a picture of what this would look like once in? I'd like to see if its a good fit. I'm less concerned about losing the wood grain, but it has to look like it belongs there.
2. The unit seems to be plug for plug compatible with the existing unit. Is this the case? Are there any adapter cables or mounting hardware that do not come with it that you need to buy?
3. Any advice on the install? I've done this on other cars before, but not an E39. Is there some part where you need the help of a spaghetti armed, plier fingered alien? Does half the dashboard come off, or something reasonable? I looked for a PDF or something from a posting which describes the replacement of an OEM NAV system on an E39 and couldn't find one. Is there something out there?
Thanks in advance.
One more thing
What happens to the CD reader in the trunk? Its certainly not fast enough for a new technology unit. Is it simply disconnected and the drive is internal to the unit?
Please consider these two things before proceeding down the Dynavin route
1) Unless there has been a recent update/solution if you have the OEM DSP sound option, the Dynavin will most likely not work. I think one or two people might have figured out a work around, but I am not sure.
2) Your OBC functions (mpg, avg mph, distance to empty ect) will not work once you remove the factory headunit. Dynavin does have some of these features, but they do not work in the same way as the OEM ones (not necessarily worse or better just different). To many people this is a non issue, but if all the different OBC functions are important to you/your daughter it is something to think about.
A couple of people have relocated their MID to the glovebox so they can still keep all the OEM OBC functions. Although I am not sure if that will be useful with the low OBC cars as I am not sure if they have that LCD screen on the instrument cluster to displace the OBC info. Also you don't have a MID since you have NAV so you would have to purchase a used MID which would be a lot of money for something to sit in the glove box just so you can have OBC functions.
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I suppose it depends which eventsor fights it covers.
Ultimate Combat has had some great fights and many of the UK's crop of top fighters cut their teeth on the UC shows.
Sort of off topic: But why did Dale quit promoting ? I know he wasn't that well respected for paying fighters 50p to compete and then charging them for gloves etc but he had a full house at every show I went to.
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Good question, I always thought it was an odd one, he was getting over 2,000 fans at the last shows he did. Even if he started paying fighters a decent wage, he would of been making money..... must be more to it.
Maybe the Cage Rage guys told him to stop promoting?
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I think the other promotions ganged up and said that to promote in the Uk you had to be bald or greying. The was no room for a 'Strawberry blonde' (read: ginger) young promoter.
Dale, his dwarf sidekick Ben and bodyguard Laura were no match for the power of the baldness.
Or so rumour goes anyway.