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Sorry guys, I'm CRAZY busy the next 2 weeks. This post is going to be super short.
I don't think we played that bad, but I do think our Power Play being so horrendous really killed us….again. If this team wants to do something, they need to figure this out NOW.
Uncle Daddy was incredible, tip your hat, he stole the game for the Devils. It happens, this game could have easily been a 3-1 Rangers win. Move on.


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Humanitarian group predicts war crimes and worse if robot AIs are trained to target and kill humans
Thus far, no nation has produced a fully autonomous robotic soldier.
I. Human Rights Watch Warns of Robotic War Crimes
However, many observers fear we are creeping towards an era in which automated killing machines are a staple of the battlefield. The U.S. and other nations have been actively been developing
, and
unmanned vehicles. Most of these machines are imbued with some degree of artificial intelligence and operate in a semi-autonomous fashion. However, they currently have a human operator in the loop, (mostly) in control.
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International humanitarian group and war-crimes watchdog
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Current generation war robots, like the MAARS robot, have a human operator in the loop.
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, Arms Division director at Human Rights Watch, "Giving machines the power to decide who lives and dies on the battlefield would take technology too far. Human control of robotic warfare is essential to minimizing civilian deaths and injuries. It is essential to stop the development of killer robots before they show up in national arsenal. As countries become more invested in this technology, it will become harder to persuade them to give it up."
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OBAMAPHOBIA: For a man who created more jobs in one year than his predecessor created in eight; who pushed through and signed a stimulus package; who rescued the U.S. automobile industry; who provided health care; who took a harder stance on Wall Street fraud; who eliminated Osama bin Laden; who brought our troops home from Iraq, Barack Obama is sure hated by a lot of people.
We don't mean disliked. We disliked President George W. Bush. We weren't what you'd call enamored of Dick Cheney. We could have hated them if we weren't such a fine Christian for things ranging from getting us into a pointless, tragic, long and expensive war to, in Cheney's case, shooting his friend in the face with a shotgun - two feats that Obama hasn't duplicated in his nearly four years in office.
Of course, haters will say that Obama would certainly shoot his friend in the face with a shotgun if he weren't so busy trying to wrest shotguns out of every American's hands, even though there are no facts to show that Obama has done anything to miff the NRA other than being against people shooting each other.
The outright and disturbing hatred of Obama came through loud and clear last Friday when political analyst and high-school dropout Hank Williams Jr. finished playing one of his new songs, "We Don't Apologize for America," and told the "USA, USA ..." -chanting crowd, "We've got a Muslim president who hates farming, hates the military, hates the U.S., and we hate him!"
If music be the food of love, play on, Bocephus.
You know when Junior made more sense? Back before he fell 500 feet down Ajax Peak in Montana and landed on his head.
In another new song, "Takin' Back the Country," he writes/sings, "Hey, Barack, pack your bags, head to Chicago/ Take a teleprompter with you so you'll know where to go."
It rhymes OK, meter's a bit clunky, doesn't show much understanding of what is expected of a teleprompter.
It's easy to see why the country has had such a bellyful of Obama. He neglected to wear a flag pin on his lapel for a while. He changed the American flag to one with a big letter O amid the stars in the blue part (turned out that's the Ohio state flag, but it still drew some wrath and ire from people until it was explained. Even then, they wouldn't've put it past him).
Your president, further, commented on the passings of the dusky-hued Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston but not on the the death of the more birch-toned Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. To say nothing of the fact that he's a committed Muslim terrorist who was born somewhere on the Serengeti plains among the happy ululations of people who boil missionaries in big kettles.
The haters can't point to anything Obama has actually done to dismantle this country and turn over the keys to his terrorist chums, but, they say, that's only because the president is merely biding his time during Term No. 1. The big guns come out upon the tragedy of his re-election, which is not, by any means, to be allowed. We're unclear about why he wouldn't turn the country over on Day One rather than spin the wheel on re-election, but that's clearly what he's doing.
Viewers are already lining up to see what terror awaits in the docu-horror film, "2016," by Mumbai-born (but Christian, so it's OK!) Dinesh D'Souza, which carries the tagline: "Love him, hate him, you don't know him." That's the problem: The people who hate Obama the most could be the ones who know him the least.
The night Obama was elected, we sat out in the Barn with our son watching the different channels and tracking voting on a couple of laptops. Our dog Jimmy was fresh out of the hospital that day. Karl Rove, bless his heart, was telling an analyst that if John McCain could carry Ohio, he'd still have a chance. Just then, the anchor broke in to say that Obama had taken Ohio (and with his own, personal O-flag!). Bush was finally gone, Palin wouldn't be a heartbeat away from anything, we were enjoying democracy with our son, our dog was resting peacefully on the Barn couch, and God was in his heaven.
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10 U.S. Code § 2790 - Recovery of improperly disposed of Department of Defense property
§ 2790.
Recovery of improperly disposed of Department of Defense property
No member of the armed forces, civilian employee of the United States Government, contractor personnel, or other person may sell, lend, pledge, barter, or give any clothing, arms, articles, equipment, or other military or Department of Defense property except in accordance with the statutes and regulations governing Government property.
(b)Transfer of Title or Interest Ineffective.—
If property has been disposed of in violation of subsection (a), the person holding the property has no right or title to, or interest in, the property.
(c)Authority for Seizure of Improperly Disposed of Property.—If any person is in the possession of military or Department of Defense property without right or title to, or interest in, the property because it has been disposed of in material violation of subsection (a), any Federal, State, or local law enforcement official may seize the property wherever found. Unless an exception to the warrant requirement under the fourth amendment to the Constitution applies, seizure may be made only—
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property in the collection of any museum or veterans organization or held in a private collection for the purpose of public display, provided that any such property, the possession of which could undermine national security or create a hazard to public health or safety, has been fully demilitarized.
(e)Determinations of Violations.—
The district court of the United States for the district in which the property is located, or the district in which the person in possession of the property resides or is subject to service, shall have jurisdiction, regardless of the current approximated or estimated value of the property, to determine whether property was disposed of in violation of subsection (a). Any such determination shall be by a preponderance of the evidence.
Except as provided in paragraph (3), in the case of property, the possession of which could undermine national security or create a hazard to public health or safety, the determination under paragraph (1) may be made after the seizure of the property, as long as the United States files an action seeking such determination within 90 days after seizure of the property. If the person from whom the property is seized is found to have been lawfully in possession of the property and the return of the property could undermine national security or create a hazard to public health or safety, the Secretary of Defense shall reimburse the person for the market value for the property.
(f)Delivery of Seized Property.—
Any law enforcement official who seizes property under subsection (c) and is not authorized to retain it for the United States shall deliver the property to an authorized member of the armed forces or other authorized official of the Department of Defense or the Department of Justice.
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Any military or Department of Defense property disposed of after January 6, 2011, in a manner that is not in accordance with statutes and regulations governing Government property in effect at the time of the disposal of such property.
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The authority of this section is in addition to any other authority of the United States with respect to property to which the United States may have right or title.
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The term "museum" has the meaning given that term in section 273(1) of the Museum Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9172(1)).
The term "fully demilitarized" means, with respect to equipment or material, the destruction of the military offensive or defensive advantages inherent in the equipment or material, including, at a minimum, the destruction or disabling of key points of such equipment or material, such as the fuselage, tail assembly, wing spar, armor, radar and radomes, armament and armament provisions, operating systems and software, and classified items.
The term "veterans organization" means any organization recognized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the representation of veterans under section 5902 of title 38.
(Added Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title III, § 355(a), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4195; amended Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1076(e)(5), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1951.)
2013—Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 112–239 substituted "after January 6, 2011," for "on or after the date of the enactment of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011".
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ESPN-U to feature new McGuire scholarship
The Frank and Frankie McGuire Endowed Scholarship at the University of South Carolina will be featured on ESPN-U's "SEC Weekly Academic Special Show" that will air at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 27.
The scholarship, named after the legendary Gamecock basketball coach and his son, was created this fall to provide funds for students enrolled in CarolinaLIFE, a two-year post-secondary education experience for students with intellectual and cognitive disabilities. McGuire's son, Frankie, could have qualified for the program in his youth.
One of the main objectives of CarolinaLIFE -- "LIFE" is an acronym for "Learning Is For Everyone"-- is to make sure its students have a more traditional college experience. CarolinaLIFE students attend University 101 and audit classes in areas that interest them.
ESPN producers interviewed former USC trustee Donald Bailey, whose son is a student in CarolinaLIFE, as well as Frank McGuire's daughter, Carol Ann McGuire Morgan, and USC College of Education dean Dr. Les Sternberg.
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Kelly Clarkson is letting fans in on her plans for the rest of the year. In a "CMT Radio Live" question-and-answer session, the singer revealed that she's recording a Christmas album that will be out for the holidays as well as her sixth studio album, which she says will be out in "early 2014."
Clarkson, who is busy preparing for her upcoming nuptials with Brandon Blackstock, says she's already recorded a few tracks for her follow-up to 2011's "Stronger."
The singer also confirmed that she's commissioned producer Greg Kurstin, who contributed to "Stronger," for the Christmas album as well.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Several thousand home brewers in Alabama are waiting to see if the governor will make their hobby legal and end Alabama's status as the only state banning the making of beer and wine at home.
The Alabama Senate gave final approval late Tuesday night to a bill to permit adults to make beer and wine for personal consumption, but not for sale. The bill passed the House earlier and now goes to the governor.
A member of the Right to Brew organization, Brant Warren of Huntsville, said Wednesday that members are hopeful Gov. Robert Bentley will sign it into law because he has signed other liquor-related legislation even though he doesn't drink.
The governor's press secretary, Jennifer Ardis, said he will review the bill and then make a decision.
The American Homebrewers Association estimates there are 1 million home brewers nationwide, with about 5,000 of them in Alabama. They formed a very public grassroots organization to push for the bill, even though Alabama law has prohibited an individual from owning equipment to make alcohol. The state liquor control agency has cracked down on the retail sale of equipment, but not on home brewers.
Alabama and Mississippi had been the last states to ban home brewing, but Mississippi passed a law in March.
Megan McCourt, a spokeswoman for the American Homebrewers Association, said Mississippi's law has a 90-day delay before it takes effect, and Alabama could end up allowing home brewing before Mississippi because Alabama's bill is effective as soon as the governor signs it.
The bill would allow home brewers to make 15 gallons of beer or wine every three months. Warren said that is less than most states allow, but it was necessary to get enough support in the Legislature to pass the bill.
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COACH SHAW: Thank you. First of all, just very proud of our guys. Give a lot of credit to Wisconsin. Nobody gave them a chance coming into this game, but we watched the film, saw how physical they played, and saw how they lost so many close games to some really good football teams. We knew this was going to be a battle.
For us, we wouldn't expect it any other way. This is the way we've played all year. We know it's going to be tight, and we know it's going to be close. At the end of the game, we're going to find a way to win. That's what our guys did.
As I said, I'm so proud of them, the work that these guys have put in, the way they played together, and when somebody makes a mistake, our guys don't get on each other. They pick each other back up again, and that's been a running theme all year.
So we knew our unity, our togetherness, the way we played together was going to give us a chance to win the football game.
Q. Why do you think you won today?
COACH SHAW: Well, not to be sarcastic, but we scored the most points.
Surprised this isn't getting more run around here. Sounds like something our last coach would have said. Shaw's growing more comfortable in his own skin.
Q. Well, why do you think you scored the most points?
COACH SHAW: For us, it's not the why, it's the how. We played extremely hard. We didn't always play smart. We missed a couple of throws, and we had a couple of guys that missed a couple of blocks on offense. Defensively, we missed a couple of tackles.
But for us, it's not about playing perfect. It's about finishing strong, and that's what our guys did. So we knew in the fourth quarter, if it's a one-score game, and we're up or we're down, we know we're going to give ourselves a chance to win.
We'll have the exact Ben Gardner quote soon, but, much like Coach Shaw alluded to not playing smart, Gardner too said that Stanford left points on the table because of self-inflicted mistakes. Gardner, for one, thinks that the second half was far more reflective of the Stanford defense's talent level than the first 30 minutes.
Q. David, first of all, when I talked to Chase Thomas, he said that you guys kept going back to the same thing in the second half that you kept basically trying to do the same things constantly. What was that same thing?
COACH SHAW: It was about us being us. We say that a lot. It's about playing our scheme. We did some things early in the game to loosen them up a little bit, but we want to play our style of football. And we put the onus on the execution. Of the drives that stalled, we didn't execute great. Wisconsin played extremely well. The drives that Wisconsin had, they executed extremely well, but we missed some tackles. So for us it's always about getting back to basics. I tell these guys a lot about a conversation I had with Joe Montana and we talked about the Super Bowl wins and how Bill Walsh would go back to day one: installation. The game is on the line, and the plays that those guys know and rep. We say that all the time we're going to go back to what we do, because at the end of the game, it all comes down to execution.
Q. Coach, you've had two outstanding seasons in a row. How much pressure are you going to put on yourself and your staff for this year coming up?
COACH SHAW: It's not about pressure for us. It's about, once again, our work. I know first and foremost as a coach the thing you do is surround yourself with the right people. I love my staff. I love the way the guys work. We've recruited great kids, kids that are tough. They're smart, and they're great kids to be around. So the environment is one of competitiveness, that we push each other and we work together. So for us, it's about what's next. What's next for us is the winter conditioning. We'll enjoy this. We'll have a great time and we'll get back to winter conditioning. I've reminded the young guys that were in the locker room how hard it was to get to this point. It's not going to be any easier. Our conference, you see our conference, and our conference, we beat each other up throughout the year, so next year is not going to be easy. Every team's going to be back, bigger, and stronger, and it's our job to be the same way.
This would have been the logical point for Shaw, had he wanted to, to make headlines about next year's team being a top-five unit, or gunning for the national championship, or such. He demurred, ducking the question if anything.
Q. Obviously you guys coming off of last season with Andrew Luck, and then the USC hype and the Oregon hype. Why do people sleep on Stanford, do you think, and what did you guys prove today?
COACH SHAW: It was understandable. We weren't upset about it at all. It was understandable. Andrew Luck deserved and deserves a lot of credit and a lot of attention for what he has done with us and what he's doing now in the NFL. But the thing that we knew is that we had a good team. The thing that Andrew knew was he had a good team around him. Andrew was as excited about this year coming up as anybody that we have. That is one thing we kept talking about. He was so excited because people gave him so much credit.
But nobody was talking about our running game. Nobody was talking about our offensive line. Nobody was talking about our front seven and how special those guys were, last year and this year. Our guys knew if we played smart and played together and played hard, we'd give ourselves a chance to be right here.
Q. Can you talk about the defensive performance in the second half holding Wisconsin scoreless? If somebody had told you that would happen, and then that play with the interception at the end, you would have said?
COACH SHAW: Sounds about right. Defensively, and that's the thing, we talked about it early on when we started winter conditioning. We were going to win games differently than the way we won the year before. We're not going to score 40 points a game. That's just not how we're built right now. Hopefully we'll be built that way again in the future.
But we're going to play great defense, run the ball, use our play action, use our tight ends; and thankfully our quarterback came on strong another the end of the year. We've got a mobile quarterback, that made some great plays. His stats weren't great, but he saved us with his athleticism. That's how we're going to play this year. We knew with a tight game, and as I said earlier, we got our hands on four or five balls defensively in the first half. And for us, those usually turn into interceptions, and we didn't get them in the first half.
We talked about it at halftime, we're going to have to intercept those balls to win it in the end, and we did that thanks to Usua.
I really liked, "That's just not how we're built right now. Hopefully we'll be built that way again in the future." It suggests he has been and still is not satisfied (as some fans had feared as Shaw stuck with Nunes amidst his struggles) with the offense, and while a realist, will not be one to settle for "good enough" moving forward.
Q. How does the perfectionist within you feel about this? I know you guys have high ambitions and lofty standards that you set there. And you win a game on national TV that you really want to play well in, and you find a way to win, even though you don't play your best, how does the perfectionist within you handle that?
COACH SHAW: It never stops. I still have that in my gut. There are two of those third downs, I'm still upset at the calls that I made. Some execution things that I know we could have done so much better.
But right now, it's not the time for that. It's time for celebration. Really excited, really happy, and we'll go back and try to make sure that next year we play even better. And that is the thing. We have a lot of guys coming back on both sides of the ball, all three phases, and we'll hold ourselves to a higher standard. But our standard is not just talking about winning games. Our standard is how we work, and how we come together, and how we practice and the attitude that we build before we ever play a football game, And that starts in a few weeks.
Q. [Stepfan,] you didn't have a carry longer than ten yards, but you still averaged more than four yards a carry, which is kind of an unusual thing to do. Is this kind of the quintessential Stanford game to grind it out against a team?
STEPFAN TAYLOR: Yeah, we knew coming in it was going to be a physical game. We knew that they know how to stop power or knew how to play against power as well as us.
So coming in, we knew it was going to be just grinding it out, grinding it out, and hoping for the big one. They did a great job. We knew they were a great defense coming into this game. We had all the players making big plays as well early on, and as well as our defense keeping us in the game to be able to get the win.
Great stat on Taylor that speaks volumes about his consistency.
Q. If you could be honest about this, it might be difficult, but when you guys take over in the first quarter there and you take a 14-0 lead and you're dominating the game, what is going through your mind at that time?
STEPFAN TAYLOR: I mean, everybody's preaching on the sidelines, let's go, keep the pedal on the metal. And we prepared and Coach told us this game is going to go by quick. And that first half was over really quick. It seemed that we didn't have many possessions.
So coming out in the second half, we needed to capitalize. But we didn't do that. Luckily our defense played great in the second half and held them scoreless.
But like I said, we knew it was a quick game, so we were just trying to capitalize as much as possible. And we knew that at the end of the game, we needed to get that first down to win the game. So we got that and then won the championship.
Q. What would Kulabafi think about this game?
STEPFAN TAYLOR: Kulabafi, I think he's proud right now. He's a happy guy right now.
Q. The perception seemed to be, without Andrew Luck you guys wouldn't have the type of season that you did. Do you guys get tired of hearing that this season at all with the things you guys were able to do without Andrew Luck?
USUA AMANAM: I think it served as motivation for us throughout the year. A couple years ago we lost Toby Gerhart. Couple years ago we lost Coach Harbaugh. This year we lost Andrew Luck. I think it's a testament to our program and how we train and how we prepare each week and every season. I think hat's off to the guys upstairs.
Q. Can you go over the interception?
USUA AMANAM: It was a max drop, so basically just playing the quarterback. I happened to see him go to the middle of the field, and I just pedaled to the right, and I think a D lineman got his hand on the ball, and fortunately the ball just fell in my hands.
So I don't think one play wins any game. I just happened to be at the right place at the right time, and we were able to kind of seal the game with that one.
Josh Mauro was the DL who tipped the pass.
Wisconsin on Stanford's DL:
Q. What did they do to take the running game away?
COACH ALVAREZ: They were doing some different things on the perimeter. They were doing some line stunts that we were having some problems with; and, quite frankly, they're a very good defensive front. We knew that coming in. They're one of the Top 5, I think, in the country against the run.
They're very difficult to block. I thought we had some success. Melvin had a great day on the edge. We made some plays, but they were jamming the middle up pretty good. It seemed like when somebody was coming up free. We weren't picking up the back side linebacker or the lineman on the stunt was coming up free, and they clogged the holes up.
I thought, quite frankly, I thought our defense played very, very well in the second half. Give them a couple of field goals. Both defenses picked it up, made adjustments and picked it up.
Q. You guys had so much success in your last game running the football. Can you talk about what Stanford did that was different than what you've seen so far this year?
Montee Ball: Well, it was just challenging for us to scout them and watch film on them because we've really never faced a three-four defense with the standup D-ends that they do. But their interior group is very physical, and have shown that they do a great job of stopping the run; and they showed it today. But we still feel like we did a great job. Still I can see here 24 for 100, so we still did a good job of running the football. But we just didn't keep it going the whole entire game.
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On Sunday night a friend of mine passed away after being knocked out in a full contact kickboxing match. He was 26, it was his 2nd fight his first being a long time ago and he was a fire fighter. I was there to see him fight and the knock out was like many others I've seen in the scores of shows that I've attended and supported...only difference is my mate didn't wake up.
I am aware of the arguments for and against governing bodies in our sport, by which I mean kick/thai boxing and MMA, but in light of this a lot of these arguments are weak and I'm now appealing to the fighters to demand some sort of licensing etc. I've trained MMA for a few years now along with Muay Thai and have a background in boxing and have suffered a number of injuries. When considering competing at pro, semi pro, i've heard the argument "whats the worst that can happen? you're not going to die in there" well tragically my mate did and I never want to read of another fighter suffering the same fate.
We all know that we partake in a risky sport, but we are all at the mercy of promoters, their rules and more importantly our own body and its susceptability to damage. Some people's bodies are not equipped to deal with the punishment we expose it to in sparring let alone competition. This is why you are not allowed to fight in a professional boxing contest unless you have your license and in order to get your license you have to pass a thorough medical which i believe includes a CAT scan. I really think the time has come that we need to introduce something like this in order to help stop further fatalities or terminal damage in our sport. I'm not saying that this would've helped my friend, but its certainly started me thinking. I've witnessed fighters ignore their contractual obligation to undertake a blood test before an MMA fight because its a hassle, but if the promoter or license was to forbid a fighter from putting him/herself and opponents at risk, then we should hopefully cut down on these terrible incidents.
The only argument against this is cost, well how much is it worth to not do this? Maybe we shouldn't fight for 50 or 100 pounds and demand upwards of 300/ 500 for any pro fight, which I know will upset the promoters, but this may bring MMA in the UK more mainstream. I know that the UFC make their fighters undergo CAT scans and other medical check and they seem to survive pretty well. And if we're all paying to get medicals done then the costs will come down and i'm sure there are some medical practicioners will jump at helping out.
So I'm guessing I'm calling for a collection of fighters to lobby for some kind of license which should let them fight with greater peace of mind that they are safer in doing so and hopefully wont get hurt or hurt an opponent to the point that they cannot fight again. Licensed fighters should then also be able to command a higher purse.
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Cox Leads BC Past CokerOctober 5, 2013
HARTSVILLE, S.C.- Brevard College freshman Savannah Cox delivered a game-high 14 kills to lead the Tornados past the Coker Cobras 3-1 on Saturday afternoon in Timblerlake-Lawton Gym.
The Tornados won their first South Atlantic Conference match of the season by scores of 25-22, 20-25, 25-22, and 25-10.
Cox's 14 kills serve as a career-high for the freshman, who turned in a scorching .565 hitting percentage on the afternoon. Fatima Gharachorloo and Erin Rollins both had nine kills to help bolster the Tornados front line.
Brevard took a 7-3 lead in the opening set and were able to keep at least a two-point lead on the Cobras for the rest of the set to take a 1-0 advantage.
The Cobras tied it at 1-1 with a win in the second set and got out to a 4-1 lead in the third set before BC used a 6-1 run to go in front 7-5.
The two teams then went back and forth for rest of the set until a Coker ball handling error broke a 20-20 tie, and the Tornados ended the set on a 5-2 run for the win.
The fourth set was never in doubt as the Tornados jumped out to a 16-4 lead to get things started.
The Tornados improve to 4-8 (1-7 SAC) with the win while the Cobras drop to 3-14 (0-9 SAC) on the year.
Brevard begins a three-game home stand on Tuesday as they welcome the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears at 7 p.m.


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HONOLUA BAY, Hawaii (Wednesday, December 10, 2008) – The Billabong Pro Maui commenced this morning in picturesque four-to-five foot (2 metre) surf at Honolua Bay, allowing the ladies of the ASP Top 17 to revel through three rounds of competition, deciding the Quarterfinalists for when competition resumes.
The final stop of the 2008 ASP Women's World Tour, the Billabong Pro Maui also serves as the deciding event in the Vans Triple Crown (an ASP Specialty Series), with today's frontrunners putting on a show.
Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 20, newly-crowned two-time ASP Women's World Champion and defending Billabong Pro Maui winner, put in an incendiary performance in Round 3, scoring a near-perfect 9.75 out of a possible 10 to eliminate Paige Hareb (NZL), 18, from the event.
"Paige (Hareb) got off to an aggressive start in that heat by getting the first solid scorer and that fired me up to unleash on my first wave," Gilmore said. "It was a good set wave and I was able to really push my board out there. It was a lot of fun."
Despite having already securing her historic second ASP Women's World Title, the competitive fire still burns for Gilmore, who is looking to defend last year's Billabong Pro Maui win as well as claim her first Vans Triple Crown title.
"I'm currently second on the Vans Triple Crown ratings behind Layne (Beachley)," Gilmore said. "It's pretty close and I think whoever performs better here will claim it. I've been pretty relaxed since the ASP Women's World Title race finished, but I still want to win every heat I'm in. I love surfing well and performing for people and when that happens you win heats. I'd love to leave Hawaii with the Triple Crown in my pocket."
Silvana Lima (BRA), 24, currently sitting in third in the hunt for the Vans Triple Crown, caught a fire in the final heat of the day, posting the day's highest heat total of an 18.00 out of a possible 20 to eliminate Karina Petroni (USA), 20, from the Billabong Pro Maui.
"The ASP Women's World Title has been decided and I'm relaxed here in Maui," Lima said. "I really want to win the Vans Triple Crown and to do that, I need a big result here."
Layne Beachley (AUS), 36, former seven-time ASP Women's World Champion and current frontrunner on the Vans Triple Crown ratings, has announced that 2008 will be her last season as a full-time competitor on the ASP Women's World Tour and the iconic natural-footer would love nothing more than to cap off her esteemed career with a big result in Hawaii.
"Of course I would love to finish up with a win here in Maui or by winning the Vans Triple Crown," Beachley said. "Anybody would, but for me, I'm just very relaxed and wanting to surf well. I love Hawaii and the waves here and I'm just really focusing on my surfing."
Melanie Bartels (HAW), 26, current No. 10 on the ASP Women's World Tour, put on a big performance in Round 3 today, dominating the bowling righthanders to post a 16.80 out of a possible 20, and eliminate former event champion and last year's runner-up Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS), 22, from the Billabong Pro Maui.
"I had a great time out there," Bartels said. "The waves are really fun and I'm just happy to be home in Hawaii. I have the Hawaiian "mana" and I'm really looking forward to the rest of the event."
Carissa Moore (HAW), 16, winner of this morning's trials, caused the upset of the event today, eliminating former ASP Women's World Champion and current No. 2 Sofia Mulanovich (PER), 25, from the Billabong Pro Maui.
"It's an honor to be surfing with all my heroes," Moore said. "It's just a real treat to be able to surf Honolua Bay with just another girl out. I was just having fun and I'm happy to have the opportunity to surf again."
Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow morning at 7am for a possible 7:30am start.
The waiting period for the Billabong Pro Maui will run through December 20, 2008.
The Billabong Pro Maui will be webcast LIVE via www.billabongpro.com
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Heat 1: Samantha Cornish (AUS) 12.50, Rosanne Hodge (ZAF) 12.15, Rebecca Woods (AUS) 11.25
Heat 2: Layne Beachley (AUS) 16.50, Jacqueline Silva (BRA), 9.75, Melanie Redman-Carr (AUS) 8.25
Heat 3: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 15.15, Nicola Atherton (AUS) 8.55, Paige Hareb (NZL) 7.95
Heat 4: Carissa Moore (HAW) 11.25, Megan Abubo (HAW) 10.90, Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 7.65
Heat 5: Silvana Lima (BRA) 12.50, Melanie Bartels (HAW) 11.75, Serena Brooke (AUS) 9.65
Heat 6: Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) 16.10, Karina Petroni (USA) 14.00, Amee Donohoe (AUS) 8.75
Heat 1: Paige Hareb (NZL) 13.25, Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 13.00, Melanie Redman-Carr (AUS) 11.60
Heat 2: Amee Donohoe (AUS) 12.85, Rebecca Woods (AUS) 12.75, Serena Brooke (AUS) 10.15
Heat 1: Layne Beachley (AUS) 15.00 def. Nicola Atherton (AUS) 11.65
Heat 2: Rosanne Hodge (AUS) 13.70 def. Samantha Cornish (AUS) 13.35
Heat 3: Rebecca Woods (AUS) 12.00 def. Jacqueline Silva (BRA) 7.75
Heat 4: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 17.50 def. Paige Hareb (NZL) 9.85
Heat 5: Carissa Moore (HAW) 12.50 def. Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 5.75
Heat 6: Melanie Bartels (HAW) 16.80 def. Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) 15.50
Heat 7: Megan Abubo (HAW) 12.25 def. Amee Donohoe (AUS) 7.00
Heat 8: Silvana Lima (BRA) 18.00 def. Karina Petroni (USA) 11.75
QF 1: Layne Beachley (AUS) vs. Rosanne Hodge (ZAF)
QF 2: Rebecca Woods (AUS) vs. Stephanie Gilmore (AUS)
QF 3: Carissa Moore (HAW) vs. Melanie Bartels (HAW)
QF 4: Megan Abubo (HAW) vs. Silvana Lima (BRA)


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Just on my way up Cape York gathering info for another one.
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A handy shortcut from Western Australia to the Northern Territory, missing out on the Nullabor and South Australia, but only for the intrepid, ie, it's a long ride unsupported, out among the sand dunes and camels, the road is often smashed up by the roadtrains and 4WDs, and some of the gaps between permanent water points are 3 days riding.
While the road is generally well maintained it can be soft, or with chunky gravel, for long stretches. Fat tyres, ie, 2"+, are plenty useful and you may spend considerable time whirring away in the granny cog.
Some excellent dirt road riding through the heart of the Gascoyne area with the major highlight Mt Augustus National Park, ie, the permanent waterhole at Cattle Pool and a climb of the world's biggest monolith, whatever that means, Mt Augustus.
Once you leave the company of the roadtrains and caravans on the highway you have all that austere scenery to yourself and the road surface is generally magnifique. What more could you wish for on a long distance bike ride?
An attractive alternative for those wishing to avoid the "boring" and busy, ie, caravan and roadtrain laden, North West Coastal Highway from Geraldton to Carnarvon and treadle down a better than average, often sublime, Outback unsealed road on your lonesome.
A few highlights along the way, mainly to do with water, Ballinyoo Bridge, built 1932 when they had grand ideas for this region, at the Murchison River, Bilung Pool, and Rocky Pool, with the opportunity to venture off for a couple of days detour to the dry gorges of the Kennedy Range National Park.
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This is the great secret in long distance riding across Australia, kind of like Victoria's Great Ocean Road on steroids. Zip around the coast, plenty to see, not much in the way of traffic. What's not to like?
Well, there is a bit, the first three that come immediately to mind: hills, wind and inclement weather. There's lashings of all three. It's a roller coaster, true, but you get to whizz down the hills and it's mostly less than 20 minutes of up before the down. There's a fair chance of wind behind you as you head east, that's a plus, unless, of course, you are riding into it. The weather, basically there can be just far too much of it.
But despite these factors the countryside you traverse more than adequately makes up for it: surf beaches, (Yallingup), wineries, (Margaret River), Cape Leeuwin lighthouse, rail trails, (Cowaramup, and Denmark/Nornalup), big tree forest, (Pemberton to Walpole), beaches, (numerous but Greens Pool, Two Peoples Bay, Point Ann etc are a start), national parks, (Leeuwin Naturaliste, D'Entrecasteaux, Walpole-Nornalup, Stirling Ranges, Porongurup, Fitzgerald River.)


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Both the US MIL-STD-810F/G and China GJB are standards of environmental tests including low pressure for altitude testing, exposure to wide temperature (both operating and in storage), humidity, fungus, salt fog for rust testing, shock, vibration and others, said Memoright.
Memoright's Computex booth will be at Nangang Hall, 1F K721a.
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Prince William Dishes on Piloting Helicopters, Saving Lives + More
Prince William will be appearing in the BBC television documentary 'Helicopter Rescue.' Check out these sound bytes from him on saving lives and more!
-Lucia Peters
Prince William may be royalty—but that doesn't mean that he just sits around all day. He's been a helicopter search and rescue pilot with the RAF since 2010, and in 2012, he earned the qualification that allows him to captain missions, rather than being a co-pilot. Indeed, he's so invested in what he's doing that instead of leaving service at the end of his commission in 2013, he's signed up for another three-year commission through 2016. UPDATE: Or is he? According to Us Weekly, he's handed in his pink slip. Hmmm…
In any event, guess what? We're now going to get the chance to watch William and his fellow RAF rescue pilots at work! The documentary television program Helicopter Rescue, which saw its first broadcast in 2012, returns for a new series to BBC One Wales on April 8. In it the show's crew gains exclusive access to follow the crews based at RAF Valley on Anglesey and RMB Chivenor in Devon—which of course means William will be making a few appearances.
People got a sneak peek of the show (lucky beasts!). Though it's not clear whether or not Helicopter Rescue will be making it stateside to BBC America, here are a few sound bytes from William's appearances on it to tide you over until we know:
Read Brace Yourselves, Harry Hunters: Prince Harry Is Coming Back to the US
On why he does it:
"There's not greater feeling than when you've actually done some good and saved someone's life. I don't think there's any greater calling in life… to be able to see a son or daughter's face when you bring their mother or father back from the edge of death—it's quite powerful."
On the role of the captain:
"As captain you're trying to play out the entire rescue, the transit to the rescue and back again in your mind, and pick up any circumstances or problems you can foresee, and try and fix them on the ground before you get airborne."
On challenges, danger, and fear:
Says Master Aircrewman Richard Taylor, "It's a challenging procedure and inherently dangerous to put a man on a very thin piece of wire, hanging underneath nine tons of helicopter that's susceptible to turbulence and problems itself, and may have to fly away." Do they ever get scared? Of course. But that's just part of the job.
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Rodney blows late lead as M's fall 2-1 to Rays - May 13, 2014
Closing pitcher Fernando Rodney #56 of the Seattle Mariners is removed from the game by manager Lloyd McClendon #23 in the ninth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Safeco Field on May 13, 2014 in Seattle, Washington. The Rays defeated the Mariners 2-1. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)
Seattle, WA (SportsNetwork.com) - Matt Joyce delivered the game-winning single in the top of the ninth inning to help the Tampa Bay Rays rally past the Seattle Mariners, 2-1, to even this three-game series at a game apiece.
The Mariners carried a 1-0 lead into the ninth after Hisashi Iwakuma tossed an eight-inning gem, limiting the Rays to just four hits while striking out five. Fernando Rodney (1-2) eyed the save but did not have his best stuff, serving up the game-tying home run to David DeJesus to start the frame.
After Rodney retired the next two batters, James Loney and Desmond Jennings had consecutive singles for Joyce, who looped a 1-0 offering into center to plate the winning run. Rodney then walked Yunel Escobar and was replaced by Danny Farquhar, who fanned Ryan Hanigan on three pitches to leave the bases loaded.
"You have to come in and make good pitches," said Rodney. "They beat me tonight. I didn't throw a lot of strikes."
David Price (4-3), who had thrown 97 pitches through eight, toed the slab for his ninth inning of work after the heroics in the top of the frame and struck out two in a 1-2-3 stanza to secure the win.
Price fanned 12 in total and allowed just a run on six hits in his second complete-game of the season.
Joyce had three hits and DeJesus had two for Tampa, which had lost six of seven entering Tuesday's matchup.
"The guys battled right to the very end, that's the one thing I can say about all this," said Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon. "We play nine innings hard every night."
James Jones doubled to start the home half of the first inning and scored on a pair of grounders. Stephen Romero moved him to third and Robinson Cano plated the speedy center fielder for an early 1-0 lead.
Cano and Dustin Ackley had two hits apiece for the Mariners, who failed to put another run across.
Game Notes
Iwakuma went eight scoreless innings for the second straight start. Last year's breakout star has allowed just four runs in 22 2/3 innings since returning from a torn tendon in his finger suffered in spring training ... Seattle went 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position.


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Disney cuts Boy Scout donations over gay ban
(NEWSER) – Boy Scout troops are losing Disney's financial support over its continuing ban on gay adult leaders. The Walt Disney Company currently donates to some troops—though not the national organization—through an employee volunteering program, the LA Times reports. Those donations will end next year, the AP reports. "We're never happy to see Scouting suffer as a result of the BSA's anti-gay policy, but Disney made the right decision to withhold support until Scouting is fully inclusive," saysEagle Scout Zack Wahls, founder of Scouts for Equality.
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text: It looks like Mario Lopez will get a chance to find some other woman to hit on at work. Mario, who has not much luck with Maria Menounos managed to make sure her contract was not renewed. Maria, who probably thinks she has hit the big time with her own reality show is going to discover really quickly that you need a day job to go with the reality job or all you do is film someone sitting around at their house whining about not working. Considering there a million women out there doing Maria's job and for a whole lot less money, she will probably end up doing infomercials. Mario wanted Maria gone and according to The NY Post, he got his way. His people tried to paint the picture that Maria is a diva. All I can say is I hope the new person doesn't fall for the Mario tutorial sessions he likes to offer.


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Celebrating the lives of South Carolina women
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Seven years ago three historians met around a breakfast table to sketch out a multi-volume book series on South Carolina women. That anthology, which tells the rich history, stories and contributions of women from the Native American Queen "Lady of Cofitachequi," who reigned in the 1500s, to S.C. Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal, is now complete.
A book talk and signing to celebrate the release of the final volume of "South Carolina Women: Their Lives and Times," edited by University of South Carolina historians Marjorie Spruill and Valinda Littlefield and Joan Marie Johnson of Northeastern Illinois University, will take place at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, in the University of South Carolina's Hollings Library. The event is free and open to the public.
"It's wonderful to see this project come to fruition," Spruill says. "We say 'lives and times' in the title for a reason. People enjoy biography, and these are biographical essays. But they are more than that. In the essays these women are not presented as isolated people. We want readers to understand the impact of society on them and the impact they had on society. Their contributions extend beyond South Carolina to the region and nation."
Spruill and Littlefield, professors in the College of Arts and Sciences, will discuss the book project and many of the personal stories of women, some famous and some obscure, whose indelible legacy has forever shaped the Palmetto State.
Some of those South Carolina women will be in attendance, including Toal; Alice Delk Ray, who with her sister worked in the Charleston Naval Yard during World War II as welders; Fannie Phelps Adams, an African-American educator and activist who confronted the Jim Crow system and helped to pave the way for the civil rights movement; and Victoria Eslinger, Keller Barron and Tootsie Holland, who helped usher in modern day women's rights.
A book signing and reception will follow the talk. Copies of the books, published by University of Georgia Press, will be available for sale.
The first volume of "South Carolina Women: Their Lives and Times" was released in June 2009 at a public symposium that drew hundreds of women and scholars from throughout the Southeast.
An immediate success, the book series, written for a general audience, scholars and K-12 teachers, has had a tremendous impact. Not only has it led to the revision of South Carolina's social studies standards to reflect more fully the contributions of women, but it was a catalyst for the publishing of a series of similar books about the lives and times of southern women in Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina and Arkansas.
"Teachers are using the essays to create lesson plans to tell the stories of these women. They love the individual stories. Once they start reading, they're hooked," Littlefield says. "It's gratifying to know that school teachers are using these materials and that the state's social studies standards have been updated as a result."
Littlefield says they're looking into a possible digital project that would give greater access of information to schools.
"There are many more stories just as rich and important as the ones in the series, and a digital resource would give greater access of information to schools," Littlefield says.
Choosing which stories to tell when there were endless possibilities was very difficult, Spruill says. In part decisions depended upon finding authors able to tell the stories. But Spruill says they found that there were scholars all over the world working on South Carolina women. Among the women and men whose work is featured in the volumes are writers from the United Kingdom, France, Australia and Guatemala as well as all part of the United States. Much of the research was done in USC libraries including the South Caroliniana and the South Carolina Political Collections.
Ultimately, the volumes comprise 47 essays and 1,082 pages.
"It wasn't easy. We wanted to represent all of the times in South Carolina history, from first encounters between Europeans and Native Americans to the present. We didn't want to include just famous and well-known women," Spruill says. "Some were slave women just known by their first names. Others were wives of plantation overseers, known only by their last names. There are the women in the Neves family from Mush Creek who wrote letters to the men in their family during the Civil War. These were not all highly educated women like Mary Boykin Chesnut, whose story is also told. These barely literate women of the Neves family provide a different understanding of experience during the Civil War."
Spruill says her mother, Edna Spruill, who is 91, plans to attend the Dec. 6 event. Her favorite story is about Wil Lou Gray, a pioneer in adult education who founded opportunity schools in South Carolina, and Julia Mood Peterkin, who won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel "Scarlett Sister Mary," which in part was written in a Gullah dialect, and banned by some institutions.
Littlefield says while she has many favorite stories, the one she wrote about Ruby Forsythe and Fannie Phelps Adams, African- American school teachers in the Jim Crow era, is deeply personal.
"These were two women who by all measure had little to nothing. They were not born into wealth and didn't have access to education and resources," Littlefield said. "You think about what they had to do in a time that said they couldn't do it. But they molded a future generation for voting and desegregation. They helped students to understand that they were important and intelligent and that there wasn't anything they couldn't do. She helped them see that the sky is the limit and provided the tools needed to confront Jim Crow."
The book celebration Dec. 6 is sponsored by USC's College of Arts and Sciences and its Department of History and History Center, African American Studies Program, Women's and Gender Studies Program, Institute for Southern Studies; University Libraries' South Carolina Political Collections and South Caroliniana Library; and the University of Georgia Press.
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July boasted marathon innings, freaky incidents, odd finishes
By Benjamin Hill / MLB.com | August 2, 2010 6:00 AM ET
Circling into the record books: Everett's Fred Bello hit an inside-the-park home run on July 2, a sixth-inning solo shot that snapped a 6-6 tie and propelled the AquaSox to victory over Salem-Keizer. It was the first time in 11 years that an Everett player had hit an inside-the-park homer, but Bello was just getting started. The second baseman connected for yet another inside-the-parker the very next day, a two-run homer that played a significant role in the AquaSox's 6-5 victory. After the game, Bello expressed what everyone was thinking.
"Who would have imagined that?" he exclaimed to the hometown Everett Herald. "It's not an easy thing to do once. But twice? That's crazy."
One good name deserves another: It may sound impossible, but the West Michigan Whitecaps' game on July 5 featured Luis Sanz pitching to Luis Sanz. The Venezuelan duo composing this identically named battery is, in fact, brothers: 22-year-old hurler Luis Angel and 19-year-old backstop Luis Alberto. Despite the strong familial connection, Sanz took the loss in that outing, allowing five runs over 6 2/3 innings as the Whitecaps fell to Dayton. The All-Luis Sanz battery made an encore appearance on July 22, and again a loss resulted. Sanz pitched well, however, allowing two runs -- one earned -- over five innings.
(For the record, a brother battery has not occurred in the Major Leagues since Larry and Norm Sherry suited up for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1962).
Tamargo, Tamargo: In what may have been a professional baseball first, the July 24 game between the Clinton LumberKings and Lansing Lugnuts featured a father and son managing against one another. John Tamargo Sr. is Clinton's longtime skipper, while Jr. (usually a hitting coach) was filling in for Lansing manager Sal Fasano. Youth triumphed over experience in this matchup, with the Lugnuts cruising to a 12-7 victory.
Rally-killer: Triple plays are rare in any circumstance, but especially when they are of the game-ending variety and marked in the scorebook as "9-6." That's what occurred on July 3 in San Jose, where the Giants loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the ninth. James Simmons, representing the tying run, lofted a deep drive to right field that was hauled in by Lancaster's Brett Barnes. He fired the ball to shortstop Barry Butera, who was able to take advantage of runners who were unsure whether or not a catch had been made. Butera tagged out Wendell Fairley, who'd been on first base, for out No. 2, then stepped on second to force Jose Flores. That was out No. 3, with the triple play handing Lancaster a 4-0 victory.
Killeen the ball: Hits were hard to come by during Sean Killeen's brief stint with the Lowell Spinners, but he sure made the most of them. He collected seven hits over his first 10 games but five left the ballpark. After his fifth homer on July 5, he was slugging .647, despite a .206 batting average. This was a far different story than last season, when Killeen went homerless over 23 ballgames in Lowell. The first baseman received a callup later in the month, and he's now a member of the Class A Greenville Drive.
Fireworks, lights don't: The crowd at the St. Lucie Mets game on July 4 got to enjoy the planned fireworks display a bit earlier than expected. A power outage suspended play with two outs in the top of the eighth inning, and the team took advantage of the darkness by treating fans to Independence Day pyrotechnics. The lights never did turn back on, however, and the game had to be resumed the following morning.
Zero zeros: It wouldn't be a "Crooked Numbers" column without at least one mention of a California League offensive onslaught. This month's most prominent example occurred on July 5 in High Desert, where visiting Rancho Cucamonga scored in every inning en route to plating a franchise-record 23 runs. The Quakes became just the second team in Cal League history to score in every inning, putting up five runs in the first and never looking back. Their 23rd and final run came with two outs in the ninth, with Rian Kiniry scoring on a passed ball to complete the rare feat.
Two rarities don't make a win: It's rare to score 13 runs in a game and lose, rarer still to have scored those 13 runs on the "strength" of only six hits. But that's what happened to the Reno Aces on July 6, as their 13 runs were augmented by 12 walks and three errors. It still wasn't enough, however, as the Sacramento River Cats eked out a 14-13 victory. The Aces scored three times in the bottom of the ninth inning and got the tying run to third base before Jeff Bailey popped out to end the monstrosity at 3 hours, 41 minutes.
Nothing is as it seems: Wilmington defeated Potomac on July 6, despite a bizarre play which turned a run into an out and a single into a double. Eric Hosmer hit what appeared to be a two-run double in the top of the fifth, but the umpires ruled that Fernando Garcia missed third base as he attempted to score from first. Garcia was ruled out on an appeal play, with Hosmer sent back to first, thanks to Rule 10.06.b.
Thefts aplenty: The Kinston Indians stole five bases against Myrtle Beach on July 1 -- and all five occurred in the seventh inning. Lucas Montero drew a leadoff walk, stole second and, after Bo Greenwell's walk, came around to score on Abner Abreu's single. Abreu was part of two double-steals, but he was stranded at third to end the inning.
A couple of touchdowns: The Cedar Rapids Kernels were on the wrong end of an 11-3 score when they came to bat in the bottom of the seventh inning on July 18. But when the frame finished, they had a six-run lead. Twenty men came to the plate in the fateful inning, which featured 14 runs, 12 hits, three walks, a hit batter and an error. Shortstop Jon Karcich made three plate appearances, singling, homering and drawing a walk. Cedar Rapids won the game, 18-11, over Lake County.
Homering for the cycle: Blake Smith of the Great Lakes Loons homered in four straight games against South Bend, from July 4-6. In doing so, he completed the home run cycle in reverse order. The 22-year-old outfielder hit a grand slam on July 4, a three-run shot in Game 1 of a doubleheader on July 5, a two-run blast in the nightcap and a solo dinger on July 6.
Isn't that cute? The Bowie Baysox trio of Joel Guzman, Joe Mahoney and Brandon Waring hit back-to-back-to-back homers in the bottom of the fourth inning of a July 20 game against Binghamton. The rare feat was even more remarkable given the Baysox's parent club, the Baltimore Orioles, had accomplished the same feat moments earlier. Luke Scott, Ty Wigginton and Adam James were the participants in that tater triumvirate.
Home field of horrors: The Dayton Dragons have had an exceedingly tough time at their home ballpark, losing 17 straight games in the apparently unfriendly confines of Fifth Third Field. Dayton won a home game against Fort Wayne on June 28 but lost the next two games of the series, then went 0-for-July.
Whatever it takes: The Erie SeaWolves did not win at home through the entire month of June, going 0-12 in the suddenly unfriendly confines of Jerry Uht Park. To reverse this revolting development, the club wore its road uniforms during the July 5 home game (the first of an eight-game homestand). The SeaWolves defeated Bowie while wearing the road duds, a victory that sparked a four-game sweep.
Walk-off strikeout: Speaking of Erie's win over Bowie on July 5, it ended in extremely bizarre fashion. In the bottom of the 11th, the SeaWolves had the bases loaded and two outs when Bryan Pounds struck out on a passed ball by catcher Steven Lerud. Pounds made it to first safely as Andy Dirks scampered home with the winning run.
Walk-off rundown: Further game-ending craziness occurred in Potomac on July 16, as the Nationals scored two runs on an infield grounder. The P-Nats had runners on first and second and one out in the bottom of the 10th when Bill Rhinehart hit a ground ball to first baseman Nate Recknagle, who threw to second to start a double play. The throw bounced off runner Robbie Jacobsen's helmet and into center field. That allowed Nicholas Moresi to score the tying run from second. Rhinehart was caught in a rundown between first and second, with Jacobsen breaking for home just as the out was made on the basepaths. Jacobsen's daring scamper was successful, giving Potomac an improbable 8-7 victory.
Let's play two-in-one: It took 18 innings, but the Lakewood BlueClaws beat the Delmarva Shorebirds, 8-7 on July 24. The BlueClaws plated three in the top of the ninth to take a 7-2 lead, but the Shorebirds stormed back with five in the bottom of the frame to force extras. After eight innings in which neither team scored, the BlueClaws got a run on a bases-loaded walk by moonlighting DH Levi Carolus.
Floridian slip: The Jupiter Hammerheads edged the Dunedin Blue Jays, 2-1, in a 17-inning marathon on July 21. In the fateful 17th, Kevin Mattison hit a one-out triple that deflected off the glove of right fielder Welinton Ramirez. As reliever Boomer Potts prepared to face the next batter, the ball slipped out of his hand and landed on the mound. This resulted in a balk, with Ramirez scoring the decisive run.
It just kept going and going and going ... And speaking of Florida State League marathons, the Daytona Cubs defeated the Charlotte Stone Crabs, 4-3, in a 19-inning game on July 19. The Cubs jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first, then were blanked for 17 frames before Kyler Burke came through with an RBI double in the 19th. The game's losing pitcher was infielder Matt Hall, who tossed a scoreless 18th before allowing Burke's two-bagger. Earning the win was Matt Matulia, a 26-year-old "player/coach" listed on the roster as a second baseman. Matulia, who had only appeared in one other game this season (also as a pitcher), hurled five shutout innings.
An interminable slog: The above 19-inning game lasted 5 hours and 13 minutes, only 40 minutes more than it took Harrisburg and Altoona to play a nine-inning game on July 17. The Curve scored 10 runs in the ninth inning, pulling out an 18-15 victory in a contest that took 4 hours and 33 minutes. That's longer than any nine-inning game in the history of the National League.
Benjamin Hill is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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Wednesday, March 11 2009 - Legal Response to 9/11
ACLU: Gitmo judge 'blatantly defied' Obama executive order
by Rachel Oswald
March 10, 2009
Update at bottom: White House not concerned by judge's actionsThe ACLU is angry that a military judge has accepted an incendiary legal pleading filed by five 9/11 suspects, despite President Obama's order stopping the Guantanamo military commissions and even though attorneys for some of the defendants were unaware of it.
Judge's action consistent with Obama's policy: GibbsWhite House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Judge Henley's decision to accept the detainees' legal pleading was not troubling at a press conference this afternoon.
FOX News reporter Wendell Goler asked Gibbs if the decision by the judge to accept the legal filings was troubling, given President Obama's order that the military commission proceedings be halted.
Gibbs responded with "No. The president -- not unlike our dealings with Afghanistan and Pakistan --we've developed a process to review the status of those at Guantanamo Bay and determine how best to deal with individual detainees and how to bring those that committed horrible acts to justice and that continues as well."
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Loads of L.A.'s Latino brethren (and sistren) are flocking to emerging forms of neo-Pentecostal religion because, for many, it eclipses the staid rigorousness of traditional worship in a Catholic church. And how. Catholic mass never got this many feet a'stomping and tambourines a'janglin'. The most musical of the week's events (and, yes, noise complaints do occur) usually happens on Friday evenings. Catedral de la Fe (formerly the State Theater) downtown is bigger (and louder) than most storefront Pentecostal churches around town, and the folks here definitely make the funkiest ruckus. By day, the rundown exterior of the formerly grandiose theater sits quietly, like a defunct storefront shell — even though some of the original 1921 filigree still shows through — but then the sun sets and the marquee glows, chandeliers flicker on, the house grows crowded, and spare seats are hard to come by. Arms raised, keyboards twinkling, drums crashing and Hallelujahs filling the air: The building practically rocks back and forth on its foundation in the spirit of Jesucristo. Whether you're passing by outside or stomping inside the church, on Broadway and 7th, it's hard to ignore the power of the Lord. 703 S. Broadway, dwntwn.— Wendy Gilmartin
You could live here for 25 years and easily miss the most charming, are-we-really-in-L.A.? scenic drive imaginable. We almost did. Red Rock Canyon is a geographic marvel tucked just off the beaten path in Old Topanga Canyon. It's practically a secret, yet it's L.A.'s own miniature of Arizona or Utah, with its huge, iron-tinged boulders and red sandstone river walls carved by eons of rain and wind. It's a very easy, thoroughly relaxing drive from the belching, stinking city. If you go shortly after a rain, the crystal-clear and seasonal creek will be up and running, alongside a dirt road that ends at Red Rock Canyon Park. The tiny picnic area is one of the most delightful places in L.A. County. Bring your own food and beverages, plus blankets to spread on the litter-free ground, because there are no kiosks, concessions or taco trucks — thank Christ. A trailhead leading into spectacular sandstone formations is situated right near the picnic area, but it took us years just to explore Red Rock in our car, so we'll have to work up our energy for the four-hour hike in the upcoming decade. The very leafy drive into Red Rock Canyon takes you along quiet, insanely charming Old Topanga Canyon Road, an idyllic community of woodland homes and cabins set among California live oak, pine and native sage. Gulp in the air and get drunk on it. Red Rock Canyon Park, 23601 W. Red Rock Road, Old Topanga, lamountains.com.—Jill Stewart
I collect deities, and there is no better place for affordable small, colorful statues of Krishna, Radha, Ganesh, etc. than the gift shop inside the Hare Krishna Temple in Culver City. While the clothing here is beautiful and more then a bit pricey, there are all kinds of other, affordable finds. Good incense and Ayurvedic soaps share shelves with real kohl eyeliner priced at only $2. Even better, when you're done shopping you can feast on the downstairs all-you-can-eat vegetarian buffet for a mere 7 bucks. 3764 Watseka Ave., # 1, Culver City. (310) 836-1269.—Elizabeth Bernheim
The Whittier Narrows Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary has 419 acres of wilderness, featuring trails that weave through dense, dry brush alongside the San Gabriel River. With 300 species of birds, bird watching is a favorite pastime. Mountain lions and bobcats have also been seen roaming, and deep inside the sanctuary, the solitude of the desert can be a liberating experience. With all the paw prints pressed into the sand around you, you have the feeling of never quite being alone. Nearby, the Nature Center Museum has collections of archaeology, botany, history, birds, bugs and reptiles. It occasionally hosts free lectures and hayrides. Unfortunately, part of the area is marred by transmission towers and power lines, and signs advertising Mobil and Shell Oil are visible on the horizon. Even so, this is a quiet, relaxing place, completely free of charge. That much, at least, is the way natures supposed to be. 1000 N. Durfee Ave., El Monte. (626) 575-2253.—Todd Krainin
That might be your lost copy of Wall of Voodoo's Seven Days in Sammystown on the wall of the spankin' new elevator that leads to the even spankier new Trader Joe's on Sunset and Crescent Heights. The company has long made each of its stores reflect its neighborhood — TV production murals at the Studio City outlet, for example. But they went the extra mile down Dead Man's Curve to make this new Sunset Strip store reflect the rock & roll history of its street. Inside, colorful giant guitar picks with likenesses of Frank Zappa and Iggy Pop grace the walls. But the best part is the elevator — actually, there are two of 'em — covered with actual rock-album covers you can ogle and even stroke as you ride the three stories from the parking garage. Wait — that has to be my Blondie Eat to the Beat cover! 8000 W. Sunset Blvd., L. A. (323) 822-7663, traderjoes.com.—Libby Molyneaux
When out-of-towners visit, give them a quick, entirely free, tour of the Sunset Strip and surrounding areas in West Hollywood filled with dead celebrity haunts. Peer at the gorgeous, historic Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard, where you can startle people with the grand announcement that John Belushi died there from a drug overdose in 1982. Everyone always wants to know what killed him. Correct answer: "a speedball," which is a toxic mix of cocaine and heroin. Things go downhill as you drive west on Sunset to the Viper Room, where, in 1993, young River Phoenix also died from a speedball overdose, on the dirty sidewalk outside the famed club once co-owned by Johnny Depp. Then head east and turn down Holloway Drive. Near leafy Alta Loma Road, at 8569 Holloway, you can announce that Sal Mineo, co-star of Rebel Without a Cause, was murdered outside his apartment there in 1976. A man stabbed the actor to death when Mineo was just 37. End the tour on Santa Monica Boulevard at Barney's Beanery, the friendly, old-time roadhouse where rockers Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin were reportedly regulars. Have a bowl of chili and relax while catching a baseball game on one of the Beanery's decent TVs. Chateau Marmont, 8221 W. Sunset Blvd. L.A.; Viper Room, 8852 W. Sunset Blvd., W.Hlywd; 8569 Holloway Drive, W.Hlywd.; Barney's Beanery, 8447 Santa Monica Blvd., W. Hlywd.—Patrick Range McDonald


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