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Choate's run of success comes to an end
By Tom Green / MLB.com
In the Marlins' 10-2 loss to the Red Sox on Wednesday, Choate gave up an earned run in a home game for the first time since June 26, 2011. Not only did he give up one run, he gave up four after facing just four batters without recording an out during the eighth inning.
"That's the best I felt all year to be honest with you," Choate said. "I just looked up and four hitters later, three lefties. It's not like they roped them in the gap. ... I really couldn't tell you. That's the best I felt all year and the worst results I've had all year, by far."
Choate gave up four straight singles to Scott Podsednik, Dustin Pedroia, Adrian Gonzalez and David Ortiz. All four batters came around to score in Boston's six-run eighth inning.
The last time Choate gave up an earned run in a home game was when the Marlins were playing a home series in Seattle last season. He gave up a leadoff double to Dustin Ackley in the 10th and Ackley came around to score the go-ahead run on a wild pitch by Steve Cishek during an intentional walk attempt.
Before Wednesday, Choate had not given up an earned run at either Marlins Park or Sun Life Stadium since joining the team last season, a span of 44 appearances. He gave up a pair of unearned runs to the Mets in his first appearance for the Marlins on April 3, 2011, at Sun Life Stadium.
Morrison settling into nice groove after days off
MIAMI -- A couple days off did wonders for Logan Morrison.
Since manager Ozzie Guillen gave Morrison, who was in the midst of a 0-for-17 slump at the plate, two days off against Tampa Bay on Friday and Saturday, Morrison has picked up his production at the plate.
In the three games since the days off to clear his mind and work on his swing, Morrison has gone 6-for-11 at the plate. He has three doubles, a home run -- a seventh-inning shot in the Marlins' 2-1 loss to the Red Sox on Tuesday -- two RBIs and three runs scored.
"I think he's swinging at more strikes," Guillen said. "I think that's the key. He's attacking the strike zone. I don't think he's trying to hit the ball to left-center. He's just going out, seeing the ball, hitting the ball. That's the best approach he's had all year."
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With the Marlins' offense struggling to produce runs, Morrison has been one of the few bright spots in the lineup the past few games. In those three games, his average has climbed from .214 to .235 entering Wednesday's series finale against Boston.
Despite Morrison's recent resurgence at the plate and the offense's struggles to push runs across, Guillen held him out of Wednesday's starting lineup. While Morrison occasionally sits when the Marlins face left-handed pitchers, Guillen said the decision to hold him out Wednesday was made to give Morrison two days to rest his right knee since the team has an off-day Thursday.
In his place, utility man Donovan Solano started in left for the fourth time this season.
"We have to make sure we take care of his knee," Guillen said. "He's not a platoon player. We're going to pick a spot here or there to make sure his legs are fine to perform the next day."
Guillen, Bell move past 'misunderstanding'
MIAMI -- With the Marlins in the midst of a 1-8 stretch, frustrations appeared to come to a boil late Wednesday night.
Turns out, it was just a misunderstanding.
Manager Ozzie Guillen went to pull closer Heath Bell with two outs in the ninth of the Marlins' 10-2 loss to the Red Sox. Bell had given up a pair of hits in the inning, but he just struck out Will Middlebrooks for the second out of the inning before Guillen came out to pull Bell and bring in Sandy Rosario. As Bell walked off the field, he turned back and said something to Guillen.
"I just said I could get this guy out," Bell explained. "He wanted to protect me. I understood what he was saying. It kind of looked like I disrespected him, but I didn't mean it that way."
Bell was only pitching to get in some work since the Marlins are off Thursday. Guillen wanted to get him 15 to 20 pitches, and the third strike on Middlebrooks was pitch No. 19. Despite having two men on, Bell wanted to show his team he could get them out of the jam, but said he understood Guillen wanted to save his arm. Bell added that when the team is struggling like it is, minor miscommunications seem to get blown out of proportion.
"He wanted to give me some work, but not too much work and it was basically like two bulls just hitting the head," Bell said.
After Bell returned to the dugout, he explained the situation to bench coach Joey Cora and asked him to make sure Guillen didn't take it the wrong way. Bell and Guillen then patched things up after Rosario recorded the final out.
"If you're a pitcher, you're a hitter, you have to be upset [about being taken out of the game]," Guillen said, "but it was a misunderstanding. We already talked it over and it's over with."
Marlins' torrid pace on basepaths slowed
MIAMI -- Wins and runs aren't the only things that have been hard to come by lately for the Marlins, as their torrid pace on the basepaths has slowed down, too.
After stealing a Major League-best 40 bases in May, the Marlins have swiped just two bags in 11 games this month entering Wednesday.
The dip in stolen bases has been in part due to the team's low on-base percentage this month (.233 in June compared to .325 in May), but the team has also missed Emilio Bonifacio, who leads the team with 20 steals in 21 attempts but has been sidelined since May 18 with a sprained left thumb.
Bonifacio had the stitches in his thumb removed Tuesday and expects to start swinging a bat in 10 days. Still, his production in the running game has been sorely missed.
"Of course we're missing Emilio. He's probably one of the better basestealers on our team," Marlins baserunning coach Gary Thurman said, "but we just haven't been getting on base and hitting the ball like we were in the month of May."
The Marlins' two stolen bases this month are tied with the Orioles for the fewest in the Majors. Not only has the success not been there, but the attempts are down, too. Miami has just four steal attempts in June, ahead of only Detroit and Baltimore.
Part of that, Thurman said, is due to not only Miami's low on-base percentage recently, but also the team not wanting to squander the few baserunners it has been getting.
"Like anything else, it will change and guys will get hot again and we'll get going," Thurman said.
Despite the decline in production this month, the Marlins still lead the big leagues with 62 steals -- nine more than the next closest team, the Padres.
"We were putting a lot of pressure on the other team [in April and May]," shortstop Jose Reyes said. "We need to go back to that style of play again, because when we were able to do that, we were very successful."
Roof stays open for third consecutive game
MIAMI -- For the third night in a row, the roof was open for first pitch at Marlins Park.
When the team opted to open the roof for Monday's series opener against the Red Sox, it was done in an effort to switch things up and try to help end the Marlins' six-game losing streak. The team kept with the fresh air again Tuesday, and although Miami lost, 2-1, the 338,000 square-foot roof was open once again for Wednesday's finale against Boston.
It marked just the seventh time this season the roof has been open at first pitch.
One of the criteria for the roof being open at Marlins Park is a game-time temperature less than 80 degrees. The temperature inside the stadium when the roof is closed and the air conditioning is on is typically in the mid-70s, but some Marlins players believe it's cooler on the field when the roof is retracted.
"On the field here it's hot [when the roof is closed]," said outfielder Justin Ruggiano, who started in center field Wednesday for the third time since joining the Marlins. "The other night when I was out in center and they had the roof open it was nice. It was real nice. ... You feel the breeze with the roof open."
Right-hander Josh Johnson, who started Monday's game, expressed similar sentiments, saying it feels much more humid on the field with the roof closed, even with the air conditioning.
Worth noting
If Guillen was graded for his performance in his first season as manager, he would barely be passing -- at least in his eyes.
When asked to grade himself through the team's first 62 games, Guillen said he would give himself either a C-plus or a D.
"I should be in first place with this ballclub," Guillen said. "I got good players and I might not get the best out of them -- not yet."
Guillen said he considered starting Austin Kearns in left field Wednesday, but he doesn't believe Kearns is 100 percent healed from the right hamstring injury that sidelined him from May 24 to June 7.
"He can pinch-hit in case we need him," Guillen said, "but I'm worried about him playing nine innings right now."
Tom Green is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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glib-genmarshal --prefix=xfce4_session_marshal xfce4-session-marshal.list --body >> xfce4-session-marshal.c
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main.c:110:33: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
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make[3]: *** [xfce4_session_settings-main.o] Error 1
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In main.c that in xfce4-session/settings including xfce4-session-settings_ui.h but it's empty.
I think it must be generate from xfce4-session-settings.glade, but I don't know why it's not happen.
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Project Description: The project investigates how individual and communal understandings and practices of sexuality influences medical and religious thought and practice and how, in turn, medical and religious views on normality/abnormality, right/wrong, virtue/non-virtue influence the perception and practices of sexuality leading to different forms of societal and cultural practices such as inclusion/exclusion, marginalizations, medicalization and legitimation. This project is also interested in how religious and medical views on sexuality influence global health efforts and affect the distribution of global aid in relation to sexual health, contraception, HIV treatment, etc. The project pays special attention to questions of sex and gender change and how medical and religious views influence health care and health insurance decisions in relation to sex change procedures among other related issues.


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Chris Kluwe, the Minnesota Vikings punter who has made his position against the proposed ban on same-sex marriage public, said Wednesday he's received "overwhelmingly positive" feedback on his comments.
"People really like the fact that I came out and said what a lot of people seem to be thinking," Kluwe told MPR's Morning Edition.
Kluwe's letter to a Maryland politician who opposes same-sex marriage was made public earlier this week. In the letter Kluwe writes, "You know what having these rights will make gay Americans? Full-fledged citizens, just like everyone else, with the freedom to pursue happiness and all that that entails." The letter also contained profanity.
• Original letter on Deadspin (caution: profanity)
• Defending profanity at TwinCities.com
• Kluwe on Twitter
"I do regret some of the language used because it put the Vikings in a tough position. As a football organization they have to appeal to a broad fan base, but at the same time it's a message that I stand behind 100 percent and I felt needed to get out," Kluwe said.
Kluwe said his teammates have been supportive. He acknowledged that the NFL has had a reputation of being homophobic in the past, but he said that's changing.
"With the younger generation of players, you see this progressivism. You see guys realizing that it's not about who you sleep with because it doesn't affect them. It doesn't personally affect them if gay marriage happens or not," he said.
Still, he said it would be difficult if an NFL player decided to come out.
"It will take a team and locker room that the player knows supports him and it will have to be a player that is willing to deal with the distractions of being the first person who comes out openly and is still able to perform at a high level," he said.
Kluwe is working with Minnesota advocacy groups urging a "no" vote on the constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage, which Minnesotans will vote on in November.
"For me, civil rights issue," he said. "One group of people is trying to control another group of people that just wants the same rights that everyone else has. Fifty years from now, when our children look back at us, what are they going to think about us? What are they going to say about what side we were on?"


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Officers used a pulley system to raise the jagged, 255-pound metal piece on Wednesday. Onlookers took pictures as it was loaded onto a truck headed to a Brooklyn police facility.
The part was discovered a week ago, wedged in a narrow space between an apartment building and a mosque.
Authorities believe the part is from one of the two hijacked planes that brought down the trade center on Sept. 11, 2001. Of the nearly 3,000 victims, remains of about 1,000 were never recovered.
Retired fire department Deputy Chief Jim Riches, who lost his son in the terrorist attacks, visited the site on Saturday. He said the latest news left him feeling "upset."
"The finding of this," he said, "just goes to show that we need federal people in here to do a comprehensive, full search of lower Manhattan to make sure that we don't get any more surprises," as happened in 2007 when body parts were discovered in nearby sewers and manhole covers.
The piece of wreckage was discovered by surveyors inspecting the planned Islamic community center on behalf of the building's owner, police said.
The twisted metal part - jammed in an 18-inch-wide, trash-laden passageway between the buildings - has cables and levers on it and is about 5 feet high, 17 inches wide and 4 feet long, police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Friday.
"It's a manifestation of a horrific terrorist act a block and a half away from where we stand," he said after visiting the alley.
When plans for the center became public in 2010, opponents said they didn't want a mosque so close to where Islamic extremists attacked, but supporters said the center would promote harmony between Muslims and followers of other faiths.
The building includes a Muslim prayer space that has been open for three years. After protests died down, the center hosted its first exhibit last year. The space remains under renovation.
Detectives also solved a mystery about a piece of rope intertwined with the part. A responding officer on Wednesday used rope that he found on the ground nearby to wrap around the aircraft part in order to move it in such a way as to look for its serial number or other identifiers.
Police said the part will be moved to a more secure location, where a determination will be made about where it will go permanently.
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He was preceded in death by his parents and wife, Mary Ruth Breashears.
Survivors include a brother, Leroy Breashears and wife Ruby of Russellville; sister, Mary Hunt of Danville; and numerous nephews, nieces and cousins.
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The Machinery Journal blog is your place to find the latest machinery updates, industry news, and interesting tid bits.
It's a place where Harvey Firestone, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison would hold gentlemen's camp outs. The 400-acre property in Columbiana, Ohio was deeded to the Firestone family by President Thomas Jefferson and in 1952 was established as the Firestone Test Center. Today, the grounds are used for testing by Firestone Corporation as well as leased to a local farmer for production.
The tests are run 12 months a year on the indoor equipment as well as the five circles with concrete, black top and limestone surfaces. The test circles are the site for wear and durability tests, and the test tractors are run without an operator. The equipment is mounted with the tires for testing, the steering is locked in position, and using a remote start the tractor takes off in its circle pattern and run for 48 hours in one direction before the equipment is stopped and the direction of travel is reversed. For safety, the tractor is tethered to a concrete post and there is monitoring equipment at each tire and on the tractor so that if something malfunctions, the engine is immediately stopped.
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Discussion in 'Odds & Ends' started by zapvor, Apr 24, 2007.
lol nicely done cb!
Can't be sure about Monday but I'll see what I can do...I'll ping your old acquaintance, D.C., to see if he can come out as well...
Ok kids, other IG is strung full poly now. Ready to go anytime. Bring it!
Looks like a lot of folks free on Monday. we should be thinking bout Vets and not Nets, Service Members and not Service Winners. Tennismonkey in 2016.
I am down for Monday. Lets do this twmac! okay somebody pick a time and place.
this has really good potential. meet up monday!
dats you are going down.
was thinking about the blue courts off of Nelson Street Rt 28 exit off of 270. (maybe exit 6?) They have 4 pretty recently resurfaced courts there. Would mid morning be okay for everyone?
i heard that maxim store is closing-is it true???
I hear there's an opening at CIA, if you like Langley and covert affairs.
yep. as true as me havi a three plate min rule at the indian buffet place.
anniunced a month ago, everything is 20% off. of cours only thing left there is some naturally kimchi (was fresh awhile ago) on the fresh produce aisle and half a lime in the fridge.
oh no whens the last day
within a couple of weeks.
i might go on mon!
so where did we decide??
i think we decided arlington... yup.. pretty sure arlington. VIRGINIA mofos! :twisted:
so excited! can't wait to see everybody... in ARLINGTON! woot
i tried out the IGs vs BLXPROs today. looks like i probably prefer the IG with full poly but it did hurt my wrist a little bit. BlackCode17 is pretty harsh... i guess i gotta try something a little softer or go to 18g or try Kirchbaum Black Shark 17?
i don't like soft polys so i need the softest of a firm poly. ay yi yi
How's the hangover Downs?
Played two hours of singles and thought I was going to vomit haha I'm good now!
6 month old daughter just caught the cold.
got reamed by wife about clothes during today's park visit.. :'(
let me know what the consciences is. I can do between 10am to 1pm.
may need to bring munchkin to see the doc.
Mon 10am works for me. Nelson st courts.
enjoy the mini meet! i'm out...some of us have to work unfortunately...
i might show up at 11. if i dont sleep in
Haven't checked back in a while... If tomorrow happens, I'd have to do it in virginia.
So far it is me, CB, and wookie at 10 am in moco. Anyone who can come out are welcome to join us.
Auzzie - if you wanna try later this week in nova im down too.
Auzzie, I can hit Monday in va! Let's do it!
yep 10am at moco Nelson str blue courts.
for the directionally or "other side of American legion bridge impaired," :
u going to make it zap? tmonk and wookie will unleash their unfearful wife fury on me. need ur help!
Back in the day I used to buy duck in Seven Corners. Always fresh, never frozen, reasonably priced, and no gunshot wounds. Those Vietnamese kids roaming around the nearby NoVA ponds and lakes sure do have a way with slingshots. Fresh, local, cage-free, environmentally safe…:lol:
Dats, shoot me a msg, let's try to work something out
will try to make it....jrs is coming?
zap, do u have any donnays handy? wink wink nudge nudge.
lol maybe. why cant you guys go later. i want sleep
Lol that's a good one Downs! Next up: pigs will be flying n hell freezing over! Haha
haha...we don't get today off...in a meeting now!
what's for lunch people? vietnamese sandwiches?
Been perfecting my WasSub? inspired bulgogi cheesesteak with kim chi sammich. They'll be happy I won't be starting up a food truck!!! haha
make the sammich truck...park it outside my house...thank you!
Nice playing last night Downs...way to hold your partner together!
thanks -- she was NOT into the match mentally...haha - it's tough to enjoy beating friends in a usta match...you guys had a close battle on your court too!
Not just friends, but your *other* mixed partner!
I can't believe we actually lined it up the way we did!
Yeah, definitely a tough match, but we were always a step behind it felt. B played *much* better than last time, too...deceptively quick hands at net. I just wanted 15 more minutes!!! UGH!
yeah...i remember the last match - i felt like he was hitting the back curtain every other point...like he was too amped up! haha, he was under control last night...i was the one hitting wild! haha...ugh, we should've won easily...up 5-1 and then we lost that set...haha -- oops!
You just wanted to play more, right?
He had flashes of wildness, but he served much better, especially his second serve, and generally played smart strategy. Did your captain give him a talking to after the first match??? hahah!
he did talk to him, after he saw a bunch of nova losses in a row!
I guess what gets it done in Lynchburg doesn't get it done in NOVA??? He made the necessary adjustments...let's just put it that way!
He's a super nice guy...we had a nice match. We are all even now at 1-1. Battle Royale at the final of districts????
Good hit with TM, CB, and Zap today MoCo. Haven't played outdoors in forever, forgot that wind can be a factor in tennis - LOL.
So sore - Wife thought it was a good idea to do a HIIT class at the gym before my tennis boot camp clinic. Legs are tired.
unless you get taken out by "team america" -- haha...it could happen!
It could happen to Bouncer's Club too....you could get *bounced*!!!
it was awesome! i finally got to see cb in action! and catch up with striker, who would up the pace when i am not expecting it. of course i show up like 5hrs late and everyone had to go
also i learned the MAC is about to transition from tennis to babysitting industry
thanks zap, jrs, tmonk for coming out to hit.
have to find a way to chop like tmonk's slice. if he can find a way to put it in a box, he will make kitchenaid go out of business. thx for the tips again. habits are hard to break.
wookie's forehand is money,
zap needs a louder alarm clock... but am so happy he showed up! u got an awesome game, I like ur 2hbh.
hahaha i need like 10 alarm clocks. i set it for 9;30, snoozed for an entire hour. your Pk was a brick!
by the way monkey has a good idea for the next meet.
is the great idea finding some tennis courts next to a buffet restaurant?
Invite Wozinaki to play tennis with us?
or my fav:
having Wozinaki to play tennis next to a indian buffet restaurant?
but knowing tmonk, he'll pick something that is boring and makes sense like:
finding a tennis court with a big playground next door so our kids can run around while we hit... BOOOORRRING....
don't poo poo my ideas CB. fun hit yesterday gentlemen. i am not sure what i was more suprised by:
a -- CB has more racquets (3) than i do (2).
b -- wookie isn't pushing 3 bills and he ditched his civic si habla espanol even though it only had 200,000 miles and he could've easily pushed another 800,000 miles before it died.
c -- zap actually showed up at the time he said he was going to show up. no seriously. he showed up. i checked his ID too.
what's for lunch people?
lunch is chicken and rice. Actually my place actually has a single court and a playground right next to it. Floor actually has cushiony mulch. It's literally 30 steps from my place.
We can hit there next time. Still then, I'll probably find a way to be late as well. =)
you have courts 30 steps from your front door? you need a tennis ball machine and thermal underwear. then you can stay sharp all winter long.
yeah and thick gloves... fingers freeze first!
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The Whole Tooth about Wisdom Teeth
by Frank Sherwin, M.A.
Were you ever told that your wisdom teeth had to come out because they were crowding your other teeth — and this was because the modern human jaw was slowly evolving? In a section of a popular high school biology text (2002) entitled, "Critical Thinking," the two authors discuss removal of people's wisdom teeth supposedly due to "evolution of the human jaw." But this has nothing to do with macroevolution and everything to do with diet. Processed and refined foods in modern societies have resulted in our reduced use of wisdom teeth. When refined foods are constantly eaten, there is no stimulus for robust jaw development and erupting wisdom teeth become crowded. Failure of the wisdom teeth to erupt in normal position results in many cases of a developmental cyst around the crown of the tooth and problems result. Does this sound like macroevolution? Furthermore, there are virtually no "primitive" cultures with impacted teeth because their hearty diet uses wisdom teeth to grind and crush raw and unprocessed foods. One might say "use it or loose it" applies here! Does the biology text you have (or your children or grandchildren) use the unscientific explanation of wisdom teeth removal because of "the evolution of the human jaw"?
Speaking of the alleged evolution of teeth — the fossil record documents excellent, well-designed tooth patterns found in whatever animals are unearthed — be they apes or dinosaurs. This is not according to Darwinism. If evolution were true, fossil experts should find billions of fossilized creatures with badly formed jaws and teeth — testimony to evolution's blind tinkering. Museum display cases should be full of skulls clearly showing evolution's botched dental experiments such as jaws with atypical eruption patterns and other defects — until the assumed processes of natural selection and mutations finally "got it right."
But, just as the creation model predicts, there is a clear absence of these tried-but-failed dental evolution experiments. Each time wisdom teeth — or any other type of teeth — are found in the fossil record, they're beautifully formed and ready for use. Such dental design is seen when we loose our "baby" teeth at approximately seven years old to full-grown adult teeth. The fossil record shows teeth have always been teeth.
Cite this article: Frank Sherwin, M.A. 2003. The Whole Tooth about Wisdom Teeth. Acts & Facts. 32 (3).
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The Maupins, the Walkers, and Tennessee Lead
The 'Walker' is today the most popular of the American Foxhound dog breed. This breed can be traced to Madison County, KY and a stolen hound called Tennessee Lead. According to legend, drover Tom Harris stole the hound out of a deer chase in Tennessee a few miles south of Albany, Kentucky in November 1852. […]6 comments


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Swans set to take Tippett after GWS say no
Kurt Tippett is set to join AFL premiers Sydney in next week's pre-season draft after Greater Western Sydney officially withdrew their interest.
Former Adelaide forward Tippett, who will miss the first 11 games of the season for his role in salary cap breaches and draft tampering, nominated for Tuesday's pre-season draft and set down the financial terms of his contract.
It was thought Tippett's salary requirements meant only GWS and the Swans would be in a position to select the 25-year-old.
However, Giants chief executive David Matthews says the asking price of Tippett is too high and it wouldn't be prudent for the fledgling club to sign him.
"Internally we established a value for Kurt Tippett based on his capabilities and whilst we were hopeful, his terms submitted this week confirmed that we are simply not in a position to pay what he wants," Matthews said in a statement on Wednesday.
"Particularly for a player who will miss most of the year through suspension.
"We will continue to look closely at talented and mature players who become available."
Tippett unsuccessfully sought a trade to the Swans this year, with the Crows having earlier entered into an improper side agreement to trade him to the club of his choice.
When a deal couldn't be struck, the irregularities of a three-year contract Tippett signed with Adelaide in 2009 emerged and payments of $200,000 outside the salary cap were also investigated.
Tippett was handed a 22-game ban for his role in the deal but 11 of those games were suspended for the next five years, while he was also fined $50,000.
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Mind boggling idea: "Tesla Motors in Formula One Racing". Perfomance wise this would be great advertisement for Tesla. In 2025?
Mind boggling idea: "Tesla Motors in Formula One Racing". Perfomance wise this would be great advertisement for Tesla. In 2025?
F1, no because you can't have BEV in F1, but there is a electric version of the race beginning in near future. Short 15 minute races at first, but I expect race duration to increase as battery densities increase approaching traditional F1 at some point in near future.
You could have Model S as pace car in F1 though. Or the GenIII-based sport car.
Please check the thread that I started. Your comments would be greatly appreciated.
New FIA sanctioned electric Formula E Series. Should Tesla Motors jump in? http://www.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/new-fia-sanctioned-electric-form...
Yeah, F1 races are restricted to the same kind of engine for every team in a season. For example, it's a 6 cylinders turbocharged for the 2013 season. The rules are strict, but we can all dream about that. The safety car though, is a much smarter and possible idea. Tesla would just have to pay some big money to get over the Mercedes-Benz contract.
Audi R-18 E-tron anyone?
Yeah, I know it's a hybrid. A pretty mean hybrid. Besides Le Mans has looser engine requirements.
Forgot to actually check my WAG on the Le Mans engine regs. ;-)
These cars have quite high Cd to create downforce, something in order of 0.4-0.5 so drag is quite high for low energy requirements in high speeds. 250km/h speed would give force...
F = 1/2 * 1.2kg/m^3 * 70m/s ^2 * 0.4 * 1.8m^2 = 2 116,8 kg*m/s^2.
One lap in Le Mans is 13 629 m in length so you use 28 849 867,2 Joules which is roughly 8kWh to manage one lap just to counter air drag alone. Lets make that 12kWh to counter all the acceleration and regen losses and car weight etc. (reality check: 85kWh gives ~56 mile range, I'd say that sounds realistic)
So 12kWh for one lap.
Audi R18 E-Tron managed 378 laps in 24 hours (giving it 214km/h average speed). That means 378 * 12kWh = 4 536 kWh. That's a lot of kWh:s. Recharge speed required to compete in that class would be huge. Alternatively you could swap batteries, make the pack removable from side of the car.
As I wrote earlier 85kWh using Panasonic batteries the batteries alone weigh only about 400kg, if we make that 3/2 IE. 600kg or 127.5kWh (10 laps) that could be swapped with kind of forklift or some rail system in same time as it takes for car to swap tires (Le Mans tire change is not extremely fast, and they swap drivers as well every now and then).
Still a lot of pit stops but Audi made 33 pit stops which gives average of 11.5 laps / pit stop.
In the near future, if F1 is going to launch a Batterry Electric Vehicle version, that is possible. But as of now, I really can't see Tesla being qualified in any F1 race. If they can come up with a hybrid engine, probably yes but hybrid engines are still not fully accepted in F1. One example is Red Bull wanting to drop Renault after the latter's change to hybrid engine. Here's to more F1 news - http://www.dafabetsports.com/en/formula1
Personally i think nobody but race fans cares about F1 and NOBODY buys a car based on race results.
It's a fun and cool sport but i would suspect the sponsors get the ad value... not the manufacturers.
1. Tesla has never developed a race car. (The P85D isn't remotely close.)
2. It would require a huge amount of engineering effort for Tesla to develop a race car.
3. I thought Tesla needs to focus on the MX, M3, pickup truck, heavy duty truck, an M4 to go head to head with the Camry and similar cars, and a full range of stationary batteries.
Do you think Tesla's R&D doesn't have enough things to do?
Oh, and faster Superchargers.
An antique thread, but... Formula E is having a fairly good year. The sound reminds me of the speeder bike races in Star Wars and I keep expecting to see Jabba the Hutt.


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Education is pivotal for prevention. Injuries due to horses are one of the leading causes of animal-related hospitalizations and fatalities, according to the Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting (CAIR). A recent study conducted by the University of Kentucky (UK) Healthcare/UK College of Agriculture revealed that 40-60% of equine-related injury patients believed their injuries were preventable and due to rider error.
"The first 'Horse Behavior and Safety eWorkshop' sold out within two hours of announcement," notes Gayle Ecker, director of Equine Guelph. "We are pleased by the interest that horse people are showing in educating themselves about 'why' horses behave the way they do in order to become safer handlers."
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Ministers' pension contributions are being pushed up by hundreds of pounds a year to share the pain of the public sector.
David Cameron, his Cabinet and Ed Miliband face paying 1.2 percentage points more of their salaries into the retirement schemes.
Ministers of state will have to pay an extra 0.8 percentage points from April, while more junior government members will see a 0.5 percentage point increase.
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I finally got tired of the constant reminders to upgrade the free zone alarm, and took the plunge. It's always a hassle, which is why I wait as long as I can. First off, you're without protection because the old one has to be UNINSTALLED first.
I did everything by the book, but now after uninstalling the old, and installing the new and re-booting, zone alarm is stuck in "initialization is in progress". I can't open the program, even though the icon is in my lower desktop bar. This has been going on for several hours now.
Anyone else had this issue and know how to resolve it? I couldn't find anything else in the forum about it, but I could've missed it. If someone could point me to a solution I'd be forever grateful. I'm considering just using windows firewall and saying to heck with zone alarm, because it's something like this every time I update it.


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Daily News: Rose eligibility under review
All-time hit king would be considered for Hall if reinstated
By Bobbie Dittmeier / MLB.com
Citing sources, the Daily News said that Selig may now be more willing to lift Rose's lifetime suspension -- at least partially -- since Hank Aaron, the former all-time home run king and a close friend of the Commissioner, voiced support for Rose during an interview session on Saturday in Cooperstown, N.Y., where the Hall of Fame's Induction Ceremony was held on Sunday.
"I would certainly like to see him in," Aaron said of Rose. "He belongs in, really. His career is one that he needs to be right here in the middle of all of this."
Rose, the all-time career hits leader with 4,256, was given a lifetime suspension in 1989 for betting on baseball while he was manager of the Cincinnati Reds. He admitted to the wagers in 2002.
Sources told the Chicago Tribune on Monday that Selig was considering authorizing a statement contradicting the Daily News report. Reached by the Tribune in his Milwaukee office, Selig declined to comment, saying only that nothing had changed since he was asked about the Rose case earlier this month.
"I agreed to review this matter," Selig said in his annual Town Hall Chat in St. Louis on July 14. "I would remind you that Pete voluntarily accepted a lifetime suspension from Commissioner Bart Giamatti, and since I am the judge in this case, I think it's inappropriate for me to comment. He has a right to ask for it to be reviewed, if there's any new evidence, and we certainly have done that and will do that."
Selig's conditions for reinstatement would likely include the requirement that Rose make another public apology for gambling on baseball, and would also prohibit him from managing, a source told the Daily News.
The newspaper also reported that Joe Morgan and Frank Robinson, both former teammates of Rose, expressed their desire that Rose be reinstated during a meeting of the Hall of Fame's board of directors on Saturday. Morgan and Robinson both sit on that board.
"I think a lot of the guys feel that it's been 20 years now for Pete, and would lean toward leniency and time served," a Hall of Famer familiar with the situation told the Daily News. "If he had admitted it in the first place and apologized way back then, he'd probably be in the Hall by now."
If Rose's suspension were lifted, he would be eligible for Hall of Fame consideration by the Veterans Committee, since he was on the Ineligible List during the 15-year period during which he could have been on the Writers Ballot. The Veterans Committee consists of all of the living members of the Hall of Fame. Election requires 75 percent of the vote.
"I know there are still guys who feel strongly against him," one Hall of Famer told the Daily News, "and I don't know if that would change even if Selig clears him."
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Sorry all the Sasori related threads, but I rewatched the fight and I noticed something.
Chiyo should've died, and with that, Sakura would also have died, I'll explain.
As you can see, Chiyo was cut by one of Sasori's puppets, and she never took the antidote.
Sakura said there were two antidotes, she used the first one against the Iron Sand, and Chiyo used the second one on Sakura when she was stabbed.
Which means Chiyo should've been paralyzed either during the fight, or when Sasori stabbed Sakura.
If she got paralyzed during the fight, Sakura would've never been able to get Sasori and she would get raped.
If she got paralyzed when Sakura got stabbed, Sakura would die because of her situation.
If she did take the antidote to prevent her death, Sakura would die.
In that case, Sasori would probably still kill himself.
Which means that Chiyo lived even though she was poisoned, with no explanation.
Seems like a plot hole to me, or did Kishi run out of Plot no Jutsu ideas...


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A day after Apple announced the
iPhone, Cisco Systems quickly filed a lawsuit
against Apple, claiming that the computer company infringed on its
trademark. True enough, Cisco's consumer arm Linksys had released a product
called the iPhone earlier than Apple, and the trademark name
"iPhone" had been owned by Cisco for several years already. Despite
all this, Apple decided to launch its mobile communications device under the
iPhone name anyway -- a move declared as extremely bold by many analysts.
In a report, Cisco mentioned that Apple had repeatedly approached it for
permission to use the iPhone name, but no solid agreement had ever come to
realization. Now, however, it could be possible
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everyone else, says a trademark expert.
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property and trademarks at Rothwell Figg, the "iPhone" name may
actually be generic enough that a judge will rule it usable by both Apple and
Cisco. The ruling will be under condition however, that a company name be
attached to the term "iPhone," like "Apple iPhone" or
"Cisco iPhone." Banner mentioned that the term may also be deemed
generic enough to use by any company.
"They must have figured the reward would be greater than the risk. They
probably did a lot of homework before calling it the iPhone and figured that
the registration Cisco has is not a serious impediment," says Banner. But
this is definitely not what Cisco thinks. Cisco representatives indicated that
it will vigorously defend what it owns. Apple on the other hand disagrees with
Cisco. "We believe that Cisco's U.S. trademark is tenuous at best,"
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Trojan.Win32.FraudPack.zyb was found in C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\trt57.exe on 11/18/2009 1:32:46
Any idea how these things are making it in past zonealarm?
Trojan.Win32.FraudPack.zyb was found in C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\trt57.exe on 11/18/2009 1:32:46
Any idea how these things are making it in past zonealarm?
This is usually happening when you browse to sites with fake warnings that you are infected by malware. There is no consecuencies if you are not falling in the trap and actually download the fake antivirus to your system, like it seems in this case.
Golden rules: Never trust any page or window that says you are infected. Only trust ZA and close the other windows. Always keep your ZA up-to-date and set your ZA to update the AV every 30 minutes. Check also that your are not running vulnerable software, click here.
If you have ZA extreme please turn ON the virtualization (ZA browser security), this will ensure your browser is isolated from the system and cannot be passively infected.
Hope this helps!
Doesn't zonealarm scan downloads?
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I have been trying to get my Winodws XP Home Edition PC clean of Spyware/Malware. It was really infected and I removed most with out a problem using Spyware Doctor.But no matter what I do I cant seem to stop 2 executables from running, ripirr.exe & drkr.exe.Ive deleted the files from the windowsprefetch directory. deleted reference in the registry, ram msconfig to disbale them from the startup items.Ive done this in safe and well as normal mode, and they just keep coming back.Anyone know how to kill this thing?
remove other security tools than ZA and use only the ones suggested here: http://forums.zonealarm.com/showthread.php?t=70448
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Very nice collage work, there is alot of depth in the compositions plus nice use of detail and color, good job.
The first and second one looks like a good fit for a book cover illustration or advertising, you should send those to some art directors at Simon & Schuster, Little Brown & Co. if you haven't already.
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The main complaint I think wxPerl is getting, is that it's poorly documented. That is so untrue. The problem is that people just don't know where to find the documentation or actually, how to use it properly.
I disagree; while I personally can translate from C or C++ API documentation into the appropriate Perl calls (with some effort), I much prefer to steal code from decent Perl examples.
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Afzal Guru's Last Letter
By Mark Mistry
SRINAGAR, India– Mohammad Afzal Guru, a convicted Kashmiri terrorist who was hanged last week, in his last letter to his family asked them not to mourn his death, portraying himself as a martyr.
In a letter dated Feb. 9 –penned just over an hour ahead of his execution – Mr. Guru said he congratulated all those who "continue to side with truth."
"I request my family that they should not feel any remorse for me rather they should respect this honor," Mr. Guru added in his letter, written in Urdu and released by his family on Sunday.
The letter concludes with the words: "Allah is there to protect and help you all, Allah Hafiz," or goodbye.
Mr. Guru was convicted to death for his role in a 2001 attack against the Indian Parliament. His execution sparked unrest in Kashmir, where many believe he did not get a fair trial.
Following the 42-year-old's death, his family have refused an offer to visit Delhi's Tihar Jail, where he is buried, instead requesting that his remains be brought home to Kashmir.
India's Home Minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde, is expected to chair a meeting later this week that will decide if Guru's body is to be returned to his home region.
A letter sent by jail officials to Guru's family, informing them that his mercy plea had been rejected, failed to reach them before his death, further inflaming outrage in Kashmir.
Earlier Sunday, an local lawmaker in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, Sheikh 'Engineer' Rasheed, suggested naming Lal Chowk, an area in Srinagar after Mr. Guru, renewing his call for self-determination Kashmir, a region that is split between Pakistan and India and claimed in its entirety by both.
Mr. Rasheed, was temporarily detained by police after Guru's hanging for attempting to organise a march from the northern Kashmiri border district of Kupwara to Mr. Guru's birthplace of Sopore.
At a press conference on Sunday Mr. Rasheed said: "I hope that Lal Chowk, which is a symbol of our state, will be renamed Afzal Chowk after the martyr of our nation Afzal Guru."
Mr. Rasheed spoke in support of Hurriyat – a separatist party led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani – to hold strikes in support of Mr. Guru.
He added: "I am with Hurriyat, if they gave a strike call I will follow them for this initiative. Not only for the cause of bringing back the dead body but for the right to self-determination that is my birthright."
Mr. Guru's family could not be immediately reached for comment.
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If the current BOE oks MI can the new BOE and Superintendent overturn it?
Original post made by Palo alto mom, Crescent Park, on May 6, 2007
Comments (9)
a resident of Palo Verde
on May 6, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Hey... where can I read this "letter of 9" ... sounds interesting.
a resident of Midtown
on May 6, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Here's the link to the letter:
Web Link
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on May 6, 2007 at 3:11 pm
In the kabuki theater that was the last board meeting, Susan Charles said no to a 2007 start. She said at the Jan. board meeting that if the MI program wasn't approved then it couldn't happen this Fall.
I assume an incoming board could overturn it--particularly if it's not cost-neutral--which with the addition of an assistant principal, how could it be?
Re: the charter, I'm still not sure how a program that must have 30 percent native speakers and preferably 50 percent falls within the state's charter guidelines.
Yeesh, if the Gang of Nine had any sense, they'd just go start a charter in Mountain View--everybody gets what they want.
[Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 6, 2007 at 4:57 pm
I think it is time to accept what the Board decides and move on.
Let's work to come up with a way for determining what the city WANTS in the future..more choice programs, or not? More immersion programs, or not?
Once we know what the majority WANT, let's move on it.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 6, 2007 at 6:15 pm
It is not what the majority wants necessarily, it is what the schools can comfortably offer. The majority can want all it likes, but if there is no room in the schools and no money in the coffers, then wanting is not going to be enough.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 6, 2007 at 7:27 pm
In fact, Resident, we DID have a way of determining what the city wanted in the future. It was called the strategic plan, and was based on a great deal of community input, polls, etc. The community showed loud and clear in the pre-plan stage that it wanted the basics improved before new language programs were implemented. Language, as people on many posts have said for many months, was at the bottom of the priority list. This is why many MI opponents opposed MI -- because it was trying to "jump the line" of priorities in direct conflict with the community-set priority list. Since we do know what the majority want, many people are asking why it is the minority getting what THEY want ahead of the majority having their democratically set priorities addressed. The Board -- Mandy and Dana and Gail in the majority -- DID decide . . . *against an MI program on PACE's timeframe.* If you are saying it's time to put MI behind us for now and move on with the previously agreed priority list, here here!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 6, 2007 at 9:07 pm
What I am saying is that the past is past at this point.
The vote is clearly going to be for a Choice MI program.
I am not happy, but I believe that when a democratic decision is made ( which will be what our Board is about to do) regardless of what the history has been, regardless of what others did or did not do, regardless if I am happy or not with the decision, regardless if I believe it was the right decision or not...I have to accept it and move on. It goes deeper than what I think of this decision, it goes into accepting the "rule of law", so to speak. Into the heart of what makes a democracy a democracy.
Something along the lines of that old prayer about accepting what you can't change, changing what you can, and having the wisdom to know the difference.
Not presuming to lecture anyone!! Just saying how I am approaching it.
Changing what happens NEXT is different from trying to change what has already happened. I am going to focus on the "next" part.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 6, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Here's something interesting from the charter school sample application Web Link:
Provide information regarding the potential effects of the charter school on the charter authorizer and/or the school district in which it will be located, including, but not limited to, the facilities to be utilized by the school, the manner in which administrative services of the school are to be provided, and potential civil liability effects. [Ref. California Education Code §47605(g)]
Evaluation Criteria
Substantial evidence is provided that the applicant has made a thorough and conscientious attempt to examine the issues listed here through dialogue with the charter authorizer and/or school district officials."
PACE would have to acknowledge that their plan would be financially detrimental to an overenrolled, basic aid district. I frankly would love to see how they answer this one.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 7, 2007 at 4:29 pm
Please come and express all of your opinions related to Mandarin immersion chioce program at the board meeting Tues. May 8 at 7:00 p.m. at 25 Churchill. During open forum when you have 3 minutes to speak.
See you there.
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NRL Power Rankings: Round 16 - Game will endure troublemakers but it comes at a cost
Does the NRL have an image problem? Of course, it does. No professional sport on this planet can have a photo circulate on social media of one of its big-name players pretending to urinate in their mouth without it being a major issue.
The thing is - every sport has some sort of problem. Whether it's playing for penalties, match fixing, sexism, racism, insularity (yes, you Australian rules), the list goes on. The big question for the Australian Rugby League Commission is how to repair the NRL's image.
Education can only do so much. You can't blame ARL welfare officers for failing to tell players in their social media seminars: "By the way, taking photos in bathrooms of things that should never happen, even in bathrooms. Not a good idea." The general public will continue to think NRL players are overpaid, drunken buffoons if they continue to behave that way.
Cronulla did the right thing by sacking Todd Carney. Irrespective of whether you believe his juvenile prank was harmless, it was a terrible look for the game and if his club didn't banish him, the league would have made sure his playing days were over. Head office's lack of patience with trouble makers was underlined by last week's no-brainer decision to prevent Blake Ferguson from having a contract registered this year.
Even though many club officials have been too tolerant of misbehaving stars, players should have got the message loud and clear long ago that antics such as Carney's and Ferguson's indiscretions won't be allowed. But you know that in the next few days, weeks, or hopefully months or years, there will be another incident like this where the bone-headed player involved is bemused at having their contract put through the shredder.
The beauty of rugby league is that on the playing field, it's a lot less complicated. Here's how the teams are shaping up after round 16.
1. Sea Eagles (4): They are the team to beat. Their defence was great in their 24-16 win over the Roosters and has been for most of the season when they've had a full roster.
2. Panthers (1): A blip on the radar in Auckland last weekend. Their immediate future will rest on the injured ankle of Jamie Soward. On a side note, great to see Brent Kite bring up 300 games this weekend, one of the players the NRL would love to have in the headlines as often as the troublemakers.
3. Roosters (2): Just like in the Origin arena last year (and previous to that in the case of the No.7), the Roosters' halves duo made some crucial errors against Manly.
4. Bulldogs (5): Had the bye, very much needed the break.
5. Rabbitohs (3): Produced a very poor first half against the Cowboys and couldn't reel them in at Townsville. Their backline appears too reliant on Greg Inglis to create points.
6. Warriors (8): It's now at a stage where supercoach Andrew McFadden's troops will be disappointed if they don't make the finals. Knocking over the in-form Panthers was no easy feat and with many of their finals rivals suffering through the Origin period, the Warriors are up to eighth on the ladder and could even make a run at a high seeding and the big advantage for them of a home final.
7. Eels (6): Jarryd Hayne made 271 metres in their 16-10 loss to Newcastle last Sunday, way more than 100 metres better than any other Eel. A little help wouldn't go astray.
8. Tigers (10): It was as ugly as a Campbelltown mullet but the injury-hit Tigers proved two things in the west last Saturday night - they can grind out a win when the chips are down and the Raiders are beyond terrible.
9. Storm (7): The early return of Cooper Cronk to Origin III is crucial for Queensland's hopes of avoiding the clean sweep but it is also the be-all and/or end-all of Melbourne's finals hopes. Journeyman Ben Roberts and rookie Ben Hampton were outclassed by the Dragons in Wollongong on Monday night.
10. Dragons (11): If there is a buy of the season for 2014, surely it's Gareth Widdop. He has stepped out of the Storm shadows and he was the difference against his old team. Widdop's dominance can allow Benji Marshall to pick and choose his moments, which can only be beneficial for the Dragons.
11. Cowboys (12): Beating the Bunnies in Townsville continued their hot and cold season. Only wins in colder climes will impress.
12. Broncos (9): They led by 22-0 against a team which had not scored in a month with 25 minutes to go and they were run down. And with more than five minutes to spare. Last Friday night's loss to Cronulla was unforgivable. If it doesn't end up costing them a finals berth, it should.
13. Knights (13): There's been plenty of spirit in Newcastle this season, especially since the Tinkler era ended. Interchange forward Korbin Sims is starting to show why he's been tipped as a future star throughout the junior ranks.
14. Titans (14): Had the bye, just got home in a thriller.
15. Sharks (16): Unfortunately for Cronulla, a comeback win from 22 points down can't cure all their ills. At least it eased the pain momentarily before Todd Carney flushed it all away, the caretaker coach resigned and the ASADA saga dragged on for yet another week.
16. Raiders (15): Yes, there's a team playing worse than the Sharks. The Tigers were on the ropes for pretty much the entire contest last Saturday night but Canberra produced nothing when it came to landing even a body blow, let alone a knockout punch. The 19-18 losing scoreline flattered them.
Paul Suttor is deputy sports editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and basketball columnist
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With 24 communities spanning from the Boston Harbor to MetroWest, the Mass. 5th Congressional District is home to more than 700,000 people from different social and economic backgrounds.
With 24 communities spanning from the Boston Harbor to MetroWest, the Mass. 5th Congressional District is home to more than 700,000 people from different social and economic backgrounds.
Over the next three months, three state senators, a state representative and a county sheriff, all running to become the Democratic nominee in the district's special congressional election, will attempt to visit as many parts of the district as they can to solicit votes for the Oct. 15 primary election.
The 5th Congressional seat is open after Edward Markey was elected the Bay State's new junior senator in Washington, D.C. He was sworn in to his new role on Tuesday. Markey served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 37 years.
State Sen. Karen Spilka, D-Ashland, state Sen. Katherine Clark, D-Melrose, state Sen. William Brownsberger, D-Belmont, state Rep. Carl Sciortino, D-Medford, and Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian are running for the Democratic nomination. The general election is Dec. 10.
Despite the shortened campaign calendar, the candidates said they plan to visit as many communities as they can to promote what they have done for their local constituents and what they will do, if elected, for the entire district.
"It might be short but I believe I can get to every part of the district and talk to residents in every community," said Spilka. "People are concerned about the same things. They may live in a different community, their job may be in a different place, but people want a good quality of life for themselves and their family."
Spilka received four labor endorsements in a four-day span last week, including from Laborers' Local 22, which represents about 2,700 general construction workers, many of whom are in the Melrose, Malden and Revere area.
"It really does energize me," Spilka said of the endorsements. "It also translates into votes. These people live in the district, they work in the district, their children are educated in the district and it translates into votes and support."
Clark held an official campaign kickoff event Saturday morning at Memorial Hall in Melrose. About 80 people, including Attorney General Martha Coakley, were at the rally to support the former Melrose School Committee member.
Clark said while the district is diverse, with both urban and suburban communities, many of the residents have the same concerns, such as having good jobs and development in their towns.
"I think you just have to do the best you can and for me it is very important that we don't just stay in the parts of the district that we know the best," Clark said.
Peter Ubertaccio, director of the Martin Institute and an associate political science professor at Stonehill College, said the first step for all the candidates will be solidifying support in the areas where they are known best, and then branching out to parts of the district where they are not as well known.
"You have to make sure those folks who know you best will turn out in very sufficient numbers and then you grow from there," Ubertaccio said. "They all have recent electoral experience, which is going to be great for them."
The 5th Congressional District is like many of the other districts in the commonwealth because of its urban and suburban blend, Ubertaccio said. But what makes this special election unique is it's the first time in decades there is a contested race.
"We haven't had any contested races in this district for some time so there is no model," Ubertaccio said.
Sciortino, who is endorsed by MassEquality and the Human Rights Campaign, said his goal is to meet as many people as he can during the primary because he plans on being a congressman for the entire district.
"It is always a challenge to be everywhere," Sciortino said.
When he announced his candidacy in February, Sciortino said one of his first stops was the Framingham area and he hopes to build a strong network in MetroWest.
Brownsberger pointed out that in addition to it being a quick primary, the candidates are campaigning during the summer and many people will be away on vacation.
"It is a big district and candidates will need to meet people all across it in the dead of summer," said Brownsberger, whose state Senate district includes Belmont, Watertown and parts of Boston. "Many people are on vacation and out of town and we have to work harder. You always wish you had more time to meet everyone."
Koutoujian, who was elected last year to a six-year term as sheriff, said campaigning in the 5th Congressional District gives him the opportunity to re-engage with people in his county.
"I am not taking a single vote for granted," Koutoujian said.
He added he plans to work on shoring up support in his home base and build a grass-roots campaign through each town in the district.
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